CeO OF EE PE Ee ET EE EE OTF ELT OEE EE EGTA HEE MDP BRA A EL EAH LP APF OA PPE OW Swe Dae OUP EL dd pene SEM ge cae ae . , . , PROVINCIAL LIBRARY ——— . . VICTORIA, B. C.. ep A DEC 31/59 o 2 Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Paciti¢ ¢ Port - ——. And Key to the Great Northwest VOL. XLVIII, No, 107 Telephone 6767 ‘Night Calls—Business 6768, Editorial 6769 PRICE TEN CENTS— PRICE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, “JUNE, 3, 1959. 2 AR Weep, tor of musi yr District 32 Schools to get | ong-term program. ~ -A long-term program to turn Prince Rupert: into a musical.“oasis” will'be launched in local schools this fall. Start of the program was assured last night ata meeting of School District 52 trustees with announice- Pane rid City ‘man’s act lauded “by Lt-Gov. VANCOUVER (CP)— “A ; quick-thinking Prince Rupert Indian will receive , “just recognition” for the part he played in saving the life of a wounded RCMP constable Sunday. - John: Robertson, 27-year-old fisherman, drove constable John Clark to hospital after the officer ‘had been shot in the chest while investigating a trouble call at the nearby Coquitlam reservation. He wk “OTTAWA: -@-_Works Minister Howard Green, one Sof. Prime Minister Diefenbaker's top lieutenants, has" been picked as Can- -lada’s next external affairs minister. . had driven a car only twice be- fore. Lieutenant-governor.. Frank Ross said Tuesday “every In- ‘dian in British Columbia ‘should view with pride the 4The- ‘announcement, expected shortly, could ‘well touch off the first. big..cabinet~ shuffle since the. - Progressive | Conservatives took office nearly two years ago. +The 64-year-old Vancouver Commons operation. In opposition he was known as a dour, rather humorless MP who pursued the Liberal gov- ment that James White of Terrace has accepted : a ‘post, Mr. White, music teacher at Skeena § Junior - Senior. ‘High school, has a background in both las musical co-ordinator here. White, he said, has expressed ernment with dogged question- ings and criticisms. Liberal Trade Minister C,.D. Howe once said the. Vancouver member -re- minded him of:-a perambulating the intention “to see it: ‘through” for at least this perlod. =". The superintendent added: that Prof. Marquis and. Professor . Lloyd Slind, also-a professor -of. music at UBC, had been:consult- . Presence of mind and resource that John Robertson showed in i “his splendid action in motoring - “RCMP constable John Clark to hospital with. the speed he lawyer, who since June 21, 1957, has been works minister and also acting prime minister in Mr. Diefenbaker’s absence, would fill the external affairs vacancy seience and music. He. was educated at the University -of Southern California, taking teacher training at Wiley College.. - that just. recognition be given.” ‘, Constable Clark now is in sat- , tody until June 8. a did.’ “Byes of all ‘citizens. of British Columbia are on him and I as ieutenant-governor of the prov- infée will forward a recommenda- tion to the proper. authorities isfactory condition in hospital: : Kenneth Basil ‘Joe, 22, was charged with. ‘attempted murder and has been remanded in cus- | Rupert enjo ys tess sunshine in April, May WORLD BRIEFS with. the, official opening ott . a” summer near:at,,land ‘the-mer= |.: -eury. continucs to rise althougn “it.is considerably. lower than. at ‘the same time last | ‘year. During, the months ‘of April and: May Prince Rupert resi- ‘dents enjoyed 126.1 and 1448 hours of sunshine respectively, Digby Island Radio station re- ported Tuesday. ‘ In the same two months of 1958 sunshine hours totalled 156.1 and 167.7, April and May of 1957 were poor sunshine months with 86.8 and 132.2. However the hottest month recorded in Daily News records since 1938 was that of May 1956 "when there was a total of 201.7 hours of sunshine. . The warmest day last month was May 13 when the mercury rose to 77 degrees. The coolest it got was 35 degrees on May 4, Monthly mean was 48.6. Inches of rain during the months of April and May were almost the same as for the same two’ months in previous years. Total rainfall in May was 5.23 inches and in April 7.03 Inches. Not guilty plea entered by taximan >A cuse of driving without due mye and attention against city taxl driver Thorvald Rasmussen of 1133 Ambrose Avenue was re- manded for decision until June 10 by Mngistrate BT, Apple-~ whaite in city police court this morning, ‘The charge arose after Ras- . Mussen was involved in a _col- ‘Walon with Mrs. Irene Edna Tar ity of 1926 Piggott Avenue March on the corner of Third Ave- Wie West and McBride Streot. We noaded not guilty. Mty, Harris told tho court that atie \and another woman wore walking in the crosswalk at the Interstetion when sho wos sud- doply Mruck by a vehicle, Bhe suid she did not remam- bor anything more until she ware Up In Prineo Rupert Gen- oral Tosptiay, Mra. Hartly spont 26 days dn hoxpltal, tho court wn told, yam “ORMES DRUGS LTD, DIAL (2151 oy The three, as registered with names or noms de plume in the Irish Hospital Sweepstakes, are: H. Crystal, Toronto; Nickey, Montreal; Ginger, Ontario. The winning horse Parthia is owned by Sir Humphrey de Traf- ford. G. A, Oldham's Fidalgo was second and Baron Guy de Rothschild’s Shantung was third in a photo finish with Aly Kan’s St. Crespin III. . * - - +t MANAGUA, Nicaragua |? — Three schooners carrying revolu- tionary invaders and arms were reported en route to Nicaragua from Cuba today to join-in Latin America’s latest vest-pockel re- volt. Nicaraguan President Lils So- moza ordered his ambassador In Washington, Guillermo Sevilla- Sacasa, to ask the Organization of American States (OAS) for an investigation of the threat to his regime, one of Latin America's last three dictatorships, An em- ergeney meeling of the OAS counell was expected later tociay. Tob LONDON — (Reuters)—-Britaln has protested to Soviet authori- ties over the buaszing of a Brit- ish alrliner flying Ino the Berlin alr corridor, iL was announced today, . qf MONTREAL (h---A that the West concentrate — its economic couhter-offensive in Lidia will bo made by Canadian delogatos to the Atlantic Con- gross oponing Friday jn London. Harry Jones, Progrossica Con- POOPIE PTPTOCODEEDI OE DO EDTEIOLEGS 15. mph limit on again at playgrounds The “Slow Playground" signs, with the 15 milos-por-hour speod limit wont up today ulongside oily parks, Teken down during the wintor months, with tho speed Hilt Wfted to 25 niles por hour, the signs were bik to- (lay to slow down city motors jite for the summer months, RCMP xitd they would give the driving publica a day's qrice wot all the signs are ap and then the polles would . “champ down" on affendern. Stulf Het We J. Curric, NCO In charge of City ROM? do- tachmont, reminded (ho (rive ing publis that the 1-milex- por-hour speed Hint at play- grounds wis Ino offeot from proposal dawn until dusit, 098 0.0.09 99 694908 OLOLIDEDOOORGOFT: Three C anadians luck y fs Parthia wins” Derby Z By The Canadian Press” servative i MP for Saskatoon and chairman of the 45-member Ca- nadian delegation to the NATO mecting, said today the sugges- tion is embodied in a congress re- port designed to stimulate a flow of private capital to underde- veloped arcas. + bt * BERLIN (m—West Berlin's Ber- liner Zeitung «said today 100 East Germans have died recently from dysentery caused by food imported from Communist China. West Berlin health auth- orities said they have learned that 3,000 to 4,000 cases of dy- sentery have been reported in Easl Germany. They were unable to say how many deaths have resulted. , , bh 8 + SINGAPORE (Reuters) Singapore today was declared an (Independent state within the Commonwealth at the end of 140 years. of colonial adminis- tration, British officials will leave the government one by one. Only the defence and for- eign polley of tho forblress island In the South China Sea will re- main in British hwnds, Je qe oh OTTAWA «@ -—- The govern. ment's new -$200,000,000 Issue of one-year treasury bills, on which lenders closed late Tuesday, was ‘heavily over-subseribed," F- nance Minister Ploming an» nounced ‘Tuesday night. -Prinee Rupert. has now yvone 139 days without a fatal traffic accident, Three Canadians today won $140, 000. each when, Par thia finished first in the 180th and richest running of the Epsom Derby in England. , ECSTATICALLY, 17-year-old Marilyn Chapman of Vancou- ver tears up her note pad as the last symbol of a wall of -| Transport Minister. George Hees silence that isolated her when she was struck deaf and dumb. | .Frightened by a prowler, she. went deaf last fall and: lost “her sense of speech three speech returned unexpectedly . at a dancing school, where she practices ballet steadily. She hopes for a ballet career. -—-CP photo. Three fined for traffic counts here ' Fines totalling $70 were im- posed on three Prince Rupert residents when they appeared in Port Edward police court yes- terday on traffic charges and a liquor count. Pasquale Chirumbolo, 24, was fined $35 and costs or in default of payment sentenced to 10 days in jail when he pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention, Frederick Norman Bellis, 19, of 1144. Ambrose Avenue pleaded puilty to a charge of being a minor in possession of an Intoxi- cant and was assessed $25 and costs or in default of payment sentenced to 10 days in jail. Fined $10 and costs was Jpmes Elmer Perkins, 36, after he was found guilty of erossing over a solid line ona highway, West poo- poos ‘Ruble block’ rumor WASHINGTON (4) ~~ Officials laughed off today rumors that Russia might jolt Western trad- Ing countries by suddenly an- nouneing a “cold ruble.” Such runiors have been flying through Buropean markets, caus: Ing many Western financiers to sit up and take notice. Tho Sovict move would be part of carefully caleulated drive, these rumors say, Lo create a rublo bloc as a val to the dol- lar ane sterling blocs, COURT ACTION THREATENED School board gets tough on absentees Trustoes af School District 82 Inst night deelded to take a tough Hno with hogkoy pliayers —and tholr parents, Tho now action stoms froma raport by dlatrict superinton. dant J, M. Phillipson of con- (nual absontoolam by certain Port Edward atudants. He called the situation “nhksolutely — tar | tite.” ‘otters will be sent ta the families of continuol offendars warning that further’ absentoo- lam Will not bo tolorntocd, the honred decided. The lotlers will polnt oub that health certitlentos WI bo required tp oxplaln ab- soneo, COURT ACTION EXPECTED If tho offenders porsist in bo- Ing absent then court action will ba conaldored, Attontion of the trusteos was dinwn to a seation of the edu- ention net that stipulates that parents or guardians of abxon- tee childron are Ilable to a fine of $10—for onch day away from achool, Mr. Phillipson reported that “months. ago? Hér-nearingrand caused by the death of Sidney Smith March 17. ‘“-Informants said. the move may be accompanied “by a shift of Trade Minister Gordon Church- ill to the works portfolio with becoming trade. , minister. TROUBLE-SHOOTER * Mr. Green, a. tall, angular- grandfather with nearly a quar- ter century of continuous ‘Com- mons service, has. been a trouble- shooting right-hand man ‘for Mar. Diefenbaker. Once, as acting prime minis- ter during Mr.. Diefenbaker’s world tour last fall, he smilingly described himself as “just an acting lance- corporal without pay. ” * But he-is -also government House leader in the Commons— a delicate, diplomatic job (of ‘through “the’"“Hétse™ arousing opposition antagonism. He also is chairman of the Con- servative’ MPs caucus.” . He was the Conservative spokesman on external affairs in opposition after Mr. Diefen- baker was chosen party leader. NEAR COLUMBIA PROJECT As external affairs minister he would be in direct contact with Canada-United States ne- gotiation on Columbia River power development—a subject he has been close to while works minister. Since Mr. Smith's death the prime minister has’ taken. act- tng control of the external af- fairs portfolio. Mr. Green has been a Com- mons member since 1935, rep- resenting Vancouver South con- stituency until 1949 and since then Vancouver Quadra. Among other cabinet ministers only Veterans Affairs Minister A, J. Brooks has served in the Com- mons as long. He adapted himself, in the 1957 switch from opposition to government ranks, with a mark- ed change in his manner of Impaired driving draws $75 fine Erwin Willham Bittman of Prince Rupert was fined $75, costs or In default of payment sentenced to one month jin fall when he pleaded guilty In clty police court this morning to a charge of Impaired driving. Magistrate EB, 'T. Applewhnite susponded Bitlman’s drivers’ li- cence for vw period of three months, Also tn police court this morn- Ing, Arthur Olson, 26, of Stove. ston was finod $50, costs or in dofault of paymont sontenced to 31 days In Jail when he pleaded .a ready wit and an easy way eering ., government _ business nm “without fF. * prognosticator of gloom who stalked the halls of Parliament. with a Bible in oné hand and a-stiletto in the other. — But once in government Mr. Green blossomed out with smiles, of turning aside opposition criti- cism wth a joke. When he took over the public works portfolio he stirred con- siderabe interest—and was re- ported to have caused.some com- plaints’ among Conservative MPs—by announcing he would allow no patronage in the de- partment. . A native of Kaslo, B.C., he served overseas in the First World War with the 6th Can- adian Infantry Brigade. Lat NA mouse” reality © VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (P—A Discoverer satellite rocket shot aloft today carrying four black super-mice space pioneers. The U.S. Air Force hopes to eject them over the Pacific Thursday by parachute. They would be the first living things to return alive from an earth satellite. The rodents, perfect speci- ments of mousedom, crouched in tiny individual cages, in a cap- sule in the nose cone of the Dis- coverer III. The 160-pound plastic capsule shaped like an tce-cream cone with the tlp rounded off, con- tains everything the mice need to survive in space for several days, The 78-foot rocket, a Thor ICBM first stage rocket and a Bell-Hustler second stage—rose vertically from its pad at the ocean's edge and nosed over gradually toward the south. Like earlier Discoverers {t was alimed for orbit. around the poles, It goal: an orbit every 94 minutes with a high point of 480 miles and a low of 140 at a speed of 18,000 miles per hour. Soviet diplomat to court Aussies SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) —Ivan Skripoy, new Soviet charge d'affaires Ino Australia, satd today he Intends to em- bark on a “getting to know you" cunpalgn now that diplomatic relations are belng reopenod af- muilty to consuming liquor Ina public place, bean absont a total of 70 days in the current school your; 36 in the past your and 43 the yorr bofore thit. RETARDED TWO VATS Heo commonted that such con- tinual rbsonteolsm has retarded the child by two yanra, In the samo faily, he sald, another child has been away 40 daya this year; and ‘still an- other child jn tha family 38 ya, * Mr, Phillipson sald that familly allowances could bo withdrawn one Tort Bdware student had from mothors with hookoy- tor five yonrs, playing children, He added that he did not con- aidor withdrawal of ntowances ag a sultablo solution aa this Might cause social problems bo- yond thoso of retardation, About a dozen students at Port Wdward take two or throe days off oach month, he asnld, Ho anid that in some cnses whon offondors had baen ques- tioned about absontoolsm, girls had complained of allmonts that would havo required sorvices of a nurao to check, upper +o- 4 White’s'duties willbe co-ordinat- ing the activities of the regular| gree.of bachelor of music.’ music teachers already | in local ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIAN =: An accomplished musician, he plays every band instrument, al- though he doesnot play the piano. He has formed several bands in his 10 years of teaching. He taught nine years in Texas and California before coming to Terrace a year ago. As musical co-ordinator here, Mr. White will be attached to the staff of the junior high school but. will work towards formation ‘of- bands: and orchestral. and|- choral groups in both junior and senior high schools, and towards developing a reservoir of talent in elementary schools. District school superintendent J. M. Phillipson said it is hoped that formation of a junior band anda small orchestra in the sen- the coming. school year. “MUSICAL DESERT’ schools. School board chairman W. J. Scott jestingly envisioned a time when Prince Rupert will be “an oasis in the desert.” He was re- ferring to a description of B.C. as a “musuical desert’”—a descrip- tion made by Professor Welton Marquis, head of the music de- partment at the University of British Columbia. , Superintendent Phillipson stressed that the appointment of a musical co-ordinator “doesit’t mean we're going hog-wild on music.” NO DISPLACEMENT Musical instruction will not displace any of the traditional school disciplines, he indicated. . Mr. Phillipson said that Ideally Mr. White should remain at the helm of the musical program for ed in connection with the.musi- cal co-ordination program;-~-: aa UBC OFFERS CO-OPERATION - _ He said that. the UBC depart- ment has offered full co-opera-. tion in development ‘of the pro- oe gram - -here, Prof. Marquis ina letter to ‘the school board commented: “I take my hat off to Prince Rupert for. literally leading the way Gn’ Set- : ting up its program). “This .is what all schools” in British Columbia must do if we are going to pretend to. develop... the talent we really. have—and - build towards musical communi- ties—in ' the schools, homes, churches and concert halls.” Enclosed with the letter. was: a suggested development program. ior. school can be achieved. within | which Mr. Phillipson said “would be invaluable. ol bo 4. Mr. ‘Phillipson: pointed’ out that An important part of Mr. UBC: is. to institute: this. fah- + ee nem. progrant: -Jeading-to: the! BOs cin 2 Quoting Prof: Marquis; he said that the new -course at UBC will provide a pool of directors for orchestras, bands and choruses in B.C.’s public schools. ? @ : , Holibut chicks- fetch high price A Canadian vessel, the Deep Sea, received a season high price for chicken size halibut on the Prince Rupert Halibut exchange this morning, She sold 21,000 pounds to Brit- ish Columbia Packers for prices of 20.1 for medium, 20.3 for large and 16 cents for chicken ‘size halibut. Ma tain Another vessel, the B.C, Lady sold 75,000 pounds also to BCP for prices of 20.1 for medium, a minintum of five years in order to create a firm foundation, Mr. 20.2 for large and 14.5 for chick- ens. NORTH BAY, Ont. @) -— The Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalitics, on a close voto today turned down a pro- posal ta support hospital sweep- stakes, A resolution submitted by the community of Langley, B.C., was defeated 63 to 54 after heated discussion on the floor of Mem- onal Arenn here where the fed- eration is In the third day of {ts four-day annual convention. The resolution said that “whoreas tho royal commisaion on Canada’s ecconomle prospects has forecast a needed oxpendl- ture of $300,000,000 for new hos- pital construction in) the next 20 yerrs and Canadians now pur chase swoopstrake = tickets for hospital purposes in other countrias! “Therofore be It resolved that tho federation requost the fed- oral government to legalize the use of sWweopstikos for approvod hospita) purposes." SPEAKS IN FAVOR Aldermin W, H. Boreskle of Brandon, Man,, spoke in favor of tho stiggosiion, saying that al- though sweopstakos aro not lo- gal, Canadian winnors of swoop. alikes sponsored in obhor coun. tries are not prosecuted and “it ix n good way of ubting hospltats on a sound footing.” Mnuyor Percy B, Sourrah of Vie torln didagreed. Tosplials wero much too Important to have to depond on the varlablo Income Mayors reject plan to support sweeps they would get from sweepstakes. Mayor Ernest E. Sendall of Langley sald delagates should be realistic, He Usted these advant- - ages: @ Sweepstakes would provide funds for hospitals. @ Prevent monny from golng oul of the country to foreign hospitals, @ Legallae what belng done, “Horse racing Js legal,” he sald, “Why not sweepstakes ” Mayor H, Lieyd Henderson of Portage la Prairio, Man., ob- Jocted to the resolution on the Ground It should not be the re- sponsibility of munielpalities to geb money for hospitals by awoopstakes. "We shouldn't be putting Ideas, In peoples minds of gotting something for nothing,” WEATHER— Incroasing clouds overnight, Rain Thursday. Winds | in- cronsing to southerly 26 overnight and = reaching xouthoast 38 Thursday, Low tonight and high tomorrow 46 and 56, TIDES— Thursday, June 4, J060— (Paolfic Standard Timo) already is tWigh soenbeee 12:88 17,6 feol LOW csverrvee 06522 4.2 foot 18:16 7.6 feel , +