«Reema hd eee POD tate Sere: VOL. XLYIIL, _ occurred.’ Jast night. had ce papeae om, ; No. 237. sh i PUAN ne MR eh a mr “Telephone 6767, PRINCE RUPERT, “BG, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, A CITY. HOUSEWIFE ing when the huge dump. truck, shown above, crashed. into the - pantry: of- her home at: :221) Fourth Avenue ‘East. Mrs. Harold Stainton: ‘had been in the pantry only seconds before the incident | ‘Truck driver Alfred: Basso .was.-parking. the vehicle. -when™ the =} “brakes failed: and it plunged ‘some . 30: feet down a bank, crashing: into® ‘thé. rear of the Stainton home: Upper portion -of the’ photo: ‘shows. the: remains. of..the pantry. Also damaged - ‘eity”water°main. °.~ Start Photo by, Charles: EB, Giordano. was. a sidewalk’ rand. “a af sings: : road. - . a winter oe | problem . The Chambe Y ‘of'Commer ce last night, voted t to. set up a special committee to ensure that when the Prince Rupert-Alaska: marine. chighway is ready to start, the Haines “cut- off” to the Alaska Highway will be an all- | weather, all-season road, The chamber: took the action lastenight after hearing two let- ters, one from British. Columbia ‘Highways Minister P, A, Gaglar- di and thie other Minister George R. Pearkes, ve. from Defence OT B.C, PROJECT - Mr. Gaglardi told the cham - ber that the portion of, the Halnes highway. which’ passes through British Columbia {fs no% maintained by his- department. _ He sald he believed the road was built by Alaska’. authorities | to provide access to Haines and by special. agreement. with the Herring catch 16,499 tons Herring catch to date totals 16,499 tons, fsherics committee chalrman Norman Christensen told the, Chamber of Commerce He sald that 8,370 tons had been -enught to date In the northern sub distiich on a quota of 30,000 tons, 7,792 tons had bocn caught in the Central area on 2 40,000-ton quotn and 3828 tons In the Queen Charlotte Is- Jands area where there is no quota,» , Mr, Gheristensen said that tlre weralher had been axtremely poor for fishing of Inte and that six beam trawlers had. been out when the weather had been good | enough, A few bonta had bean out at- for shrimps and several mora wore rigging oul, A few vessels had been trawling for herring, witleh was wnusual, oa Btealhead TMshbag tn Kitwan- cool River, was: reported to be oxtramoly good, Hallbut was moving: slowly with prices low and there Is an mpparant shortage ol salmon, ORMES | DRUGS LTD. DIAL 2151 BC. government and the federal government. =. permission. was granted for Alaska equipment to maintain the road. “So far as I know this situa- tion still exists. It exists: at present entirely for the benefit of Haines and ts of no immediate benefit to the province of B.C.” ‘However, the highways, minis- ter said, he will, do everything he can. to co-operate. when the marine highway is established. . Mr. Pearkes told the chamber that the Alaska Highway was taken over from the United States authorities in 1946 by the Department of National Defence and “has, since that time, been (Continued on Page 5) See — OPENING Lights, terminal plans president, candidates night’s meeting of the chamber 5 John Guthrie las ‘president “Unless . there | “are further ‘nominations from..the: floor in January; Columbia : Company P Ltd, mill - Cellulose res president ‘of. the: ‘Prince Rupert| Chamber of Commerce. : : “Guthrie, | “current. vice- “headed” the list. of presented at: ‘last } by. nominating committee chair- ‘man A: Bruce. ‘Brown. Nominated for. ‘vice- president was A. P, Crawley. . Thirteen members; were nom- inated to fill six positions as directors, five for two-year terms and one for a one-year term, left, vacant by the depart- ure of J. S. Burns, They were: A. L. Bell, Thomas B. Black, Hector S. Cobb, James George- son, William Homenuk, Freder- ick Hogan, Arthur Kristmanson, Karl “Lunstrom, J. D.. McRae, Richard A, Morley, W. J. Scott, Walter J. Smith, William FP, Stone, Nominations will be received from the floor at the January. 11 meeting, providing the ap- plication has been presented In writing 10 days prior to the for airport progressing “Plans for the eleetrieal in- stallations and the new terminal on Prince Rupert's alrport on Dighy Island are elther now completed or well advanced the Chamber of Commerce Iearned last night, Depuly Minister of Transport J. R, Baldwin told the chamber In a jetter that, the. terminal building working drawings have now been sattled, : "Every effort is belng made to have these plang completed so that the tender tall ean go oul as soon as. possllio," My, Baldwin said, He snlel that the drawings for the runway Hehting are com- pletod but the surveys for the high intensity approach Nght. Jng systom. has “just beon ' re- celvod, “Those drawings will be fing, ished. by the end of December nnd a contract will be dofinitoely lot by noxt Mareh,” Mr. Baldwin sald that tho cone trnat for’ tho runway and ap. proagh Uehting will also in- adludo the cables for the inatru. mont landituy system and for the hazard Hehts. Tho original dato for the approach Nght In- Atnllation has boon advaneed so that all tho work may proceed election and has been signed by six members, under one contract, He sald that prior to the letting of the electrical contract “our Vancouver regional office will) be awarding a small one for the clearing as this, of course, must be done first,” The chamber approved a mo- tion that the DOT's regional office tn Vancouver be approach. ed with a-view to having the awnrd. of the contract moved ahead so thit dt will expedite the project, Safety Week toll 50 dead By 'Tho Crndian Pros National Safo-Driving Wook ended Monday night across Can- ada with the fatality toll slightly higher. than in olthor 1058 or 1087, A Canadlan Pross complintion for the week whiah started Inst Tuosday showed traffle aceld- onta took 60 Hyves, compared to 43 {ny 1068 and 47' in 1087, Sifo-Driving Wook was: apon~ sored by the Canadian Highway Snafaty Council, + :‘|tions closed in. 30. cities, ‘three | term, nominations '| earlier. : ver Thursday and in the remaining. ‘Icentres. of: the province. on. Den} . . Carrie Jane Gray seeks. ‘re-elec- | have been returned to. offi noon Thursday. when nomina- towns, 58 villages and 30 districts]: across the province. In Victoria, -where: Mayor} Percy Scurrah faces a three-man race, and in Vancouver: where}. Mayor: Tom Alsbury has another} year to run on. his. two-year|: had | closed: Voting: takes. place i in Variegue| ‘Wednesday, in -Victoria. |. cember. 17. More than 200 posts. were filled | by acclamation in all,.a™ ‘good |: percentage of these being school trustees, Among the cities electing their mayor by acclamation aré Kel={' owna, where R. F. Parkinson was | returned. for; a. second: term;. iNanaimo, where Pete Maffeo -was. Te. elected. fora third ‘term; and}: Trail, where-Mayor L. A. "Read is back in office for his fourth term, : In. Kelowna, Chilliwack and |. Nan&imo,. the entire elective): slates were put into office by ac- clamation, but. ratepayers - still ‘Three. entire slates in by acclamation | “By The ‘Canadian Press — The mayors of: dd Brit They went.back into. office at. "1959" sh Columbia’s 32 cities without opposition. wage. Re -on Teferendums. ? Mayoralty contests were AS- ‘sured in 18 cities—including Vic- tgria—while in New Westminster and: Langley,.as in. Vancouver, the mayors.have a. ‘year to goon ‘their terms, “Among the contests is a- two- way fight.in' Penticton,. where outspoken: ~ incumbent . Charles] -. ; ‘Oliver is opposed. by: ‘former: So-. ‘Cial’ Credit .member of Parlia- ment, Frank C, Christian. |: ‘In Prince. George, where. Mrs. tion. to a second term, prominent ‘contractor Garvin Dezell is pro- |, viding the opposition. ‘women mayors in the province, the. other being Mayor Beth Wood of New Westminster. The cities of Duncan and End- "erby, where Jack T. Dobson and J.: B. Smith, respectively, | “were returned as.-mayors,’saw their. full slate elected by. acclamation -and no voting will: be. necessary December UW : } Thirteen: villages filled ‘their Offices by acclamation; as did four district municipalities. ‘£ Other mayors returned to of- fice. by acclamation: are: Edward ‘| Cook, Greenwood; -Walter. Hard- man, Revelstoke; |W. -C.. Moore, | First rally | lection: set Thursday — _Opening broadside of the cur- rent. civic ‘election: campaign was, fired. today by ‘Parks Commis- sion chairman Arthur Murray, who. said he planned to hold a rally at 8 p.m. Thursday - in the Civic Centre. ‘Mr, Murray, who faces Mayor P. J, Lester and Alderman George E, Hills in. the contest for the chief magistrate’s: post, said that on Thursday night he will outline his platform, criti- cize the mayor’s handling of civic duties and speak of other ‘matters at which he thinks City Council Is at fault. “I take exception to” Mayor Lester’s remarks that my entry into the mayoralty race will pro- vide comedy relief,” he said. “This jis no time for levity. It is my intention to acquaint the public with the serious situa- tion In which the city finds it- self and of the maladministra- tion of our civic affairs.” {ACCEPTS CHALLENGE Fron. the other camp, Mayor | Lester expressed willingness to Neeept Alderman.George E, Hills’ challenge to debate “his stew- ardship,” ‘T am certainly agreeable to discuss publicly any aspect of city offairs,” the mayor said. “However, to debate at this time, the maladministration, lack of stewardship and do- nothing policies of previous mayors scoms to me to be a waste of time,” , He sald there are other mat. tors to discuss that are more timely, such as the water by- law, “lf anyond wishes, we could BO Into the tromendons amount of public works that have been done in the past, two yeurs. "Wo could also discuss why ‘tho city has accomplished more work this year with 26 per cent loss manpower, A discussion of the -prosont js much moro topl- on) than reehashing the past” NII PIPIIDIOIIDODS PROP PCODOODOOTOION Bingo draw SING Bok, N-31 and Nev6 wore drawn today in the Elks "March of Dimes" house bingo {or tho 3.0, Childron's hospl- i ’ " ‘ . _ Other numbers drawn to dato woro Belk; 1-6; Bell; G- KO; GeARs Tok: 0-014 N-d2} 0- M4 and 1-21, sts Three more numbers will be publtahod In tho Dally Nows OMorrow, PPEBPOROPOLIGELOLPL IEEE HOOD One +4 ' ; AR BB dicdl od atat AN iMy?. Mave. to go ‘to the polls to vote | Mrs. Gray has been one | of two |” his murder trial.’ | Courtenay; R. E. _ Sans, ~way: as does 3 Mayor Roger :Forsyth. ‘of Dawson. ‘Creek, “Mayor”. James | Fitzwater . of © Kamloops, ‘Frank Becker. “of. ‘Vernon, Mayor . Jack Luckhurst. - of Alberni, * Mayor |- Jack © Pothecary of Armstrong, Mayor ‘Archie Davis of Grand Forks and Mayor Frank Golds-|- worthy of North Vancouver city. -Mayor W. T. Hodgson ‘of White Rock, ‘Mayor P. J. Lester - of Prince Rupert, Mayor Harold Elmes of Rossland and Mayor Clifford Swan of Kimberley face three-man races, ‘Three cities have four- -way races, with Mayors T. S. Short- house of Nelson and John :W. Oughton of Port Coquitlam seek- ing re-election. In the other four-way race, in Port Moody, Mayor H. C. Woods- worth is not secking re-election. Two women—Anne Kimmberly and Ann Zalubniak—are. oppos- ing two men—Leslie Davies and Donald R. Petrie, ; oe CNR crews train to assist stork VANCOUVER (()—CNR train- men ‘and conductors are being trained to lose races with the stork gracefully. An obstetrician gave crews from the Vancouver depot an. hour-long: lecture on emer- gency childbirth last week, Vrainmen in Port Mann, Kamloops and. Prince. Rupert will receive similar lectures, ~, Phere aro:about three un- -expectod births a yerr on CNR lines In isolated areas of Brit- ish Columbla, PIDPPICIPIPIOOODON Ex-Union vessels offered for sale VANCOUVER () — Two ships that sorved northorn British Co- lumbla. ports. since they were built in Glasgow In 1036 aro wp for salo, Northland Navigation: ‘Com« pany Ltd, said, Saturday tho ships are boing offored for) $60,000 each: " Tho 1,475-ton Catala and the 1,560-ton Oardena wore part of the JO-ship. Union steamship floot takon over In January by Northiand,.. Princes” ‘Rupert has iW gone $26 days without a fatal tattle accident, ° eats rir ays 4 hat gh Kuge ge Mass hgh ; , tg a a | Editorial 8769 HANDCUFFED to: an: RCMP officer, leaves the courtroom in Red Deer; Alberta, after ‘another day of Cook. is charged | with the murder of his “SORT OF. | RULE” “Accused lied to a aes * - murder trial jury told RED DEER, Alta, (CP)- —It’s “sort of a rule,” Robert Raymond Cook told Supr eme Court Monday, “when you're picked up by the police you don’t always tell the truth.”. Cook, 23, is charged with. the murder of his father, whose body was found June 28 in 4 grease pit behind the Cook home in Stettler. Cook’s step-mother and the five Cook children were also found in the pit. The seven had been shot and bludgeoned. Cook testified for the second day Monday. J. W. Anderson of Edmonton, appearing for the at- torney - general’s department, asked why some of the things Cook told RCMP upon his arrest did not agree with some of his testimony given in court. “It's klnd of hard to say... sort of a rule that when you're picked up by the police you don’t always tell the truth,” Cook sald. He added, however, that some of his answers were not “dellber- ate’ untruths. “I was badly mixed up.” . Earlier Monday the calm which Cook had shown through- out the 6-day trial broke when |. defence counsel Giffard Main asked him how he felt when told the bodies had been found. "J just can’t deserlboa it,” Cook said in alow, halting voice, His eyes were downeast; he mun- bled to the six-man jury and the packed courtroom, ; "T's hurd to explain. If you found out your family was all killed and you'd been charged with murdor... it’s hard to un- dorstand. “THe only thing 1 knew about the wholo thing was that ft diedn't do it, "TJ Just don't know how ta do- seribe it...it was Just horrible.” WID MONEY — | . Cook was relensed from Prince Albert Penitentiary June 23 after sorving 24 months for breaking into a treasury branch in Bow- don. Ho snld in court Saturday ho buried the loot, $4,300, in a can about three miles from Bow- den, Two days after his release ho stole a car in Edmonton, drove to Bowdon and picked up the monoy, ho testified. He’ yoturn- od the enr to Edmonton, wont back to Stottler and gnve his} parents $4,100 of the money, Ho loft Stottlor with the: fam. ‘ ily station wagon and drove to Edmonton to trade it in on a new car, he said. - Cook said his parents were happy and alive and planning to go to British Columbia and buy a garage when he left June 26. He was to join them in B.C. On June 27, the day after he said he left for Edmonton, he was picked up by RCMP in Stet- tler for questioning. He was driving a new white convertible. The bodies were discovered the next day. During police questioning af- ter the bodies were found, Cook sald, he was “muddled up.” "It was hard to think, but I’m telling the truth now, I’ve been telling the truth since I've been under oath in this courtroom, That's ull I can say,” He sald when he gave his par- ents the money there was “no discussion.” “Would they accopt $4,100 of stolen money?” asked Mr. An-« derson, “rnere was no discussion about it, We were going to buy a garage and I had the money. There’ was no discussion on where It came from,” Prince Rupert CCF candidate to he chosen Prince Rupert COM club trens- wor EH, A, Byans was named co- ordinator of nominations for a CCF candidate to contest the noxt provinelal election In the Price Rupert riding, at a meeting of the group on Friday. Nominations must be in Mr, Ivans' hands no later than Jan- vary: 8, 1060, If more than ono vandidate is nominated a ballot of membors will bo arranged, with ballotting to. be ‘completed hy February 4, 1000, ’ The name of the ocnndidate solected will bo announced at that thne Wide y a Mae t phn ye pb je a: oe uy frida tres 6k wat N fe * Y, one 4 Robert Raymond ‘Cook, 23, | Mr: Susties. AL ‘EY Lord: of ‘the umibia has handed down a. judg- ment in favor of Ella Schmidt, of 125 Ninth Avenue East against the City of Prince. Rupert. ° In the case Which. began. dur- ing the Fall Assizes here late,in — September Ms. Schmidt. sued: the city for special and general . ‘damages of $322.80 and $2,000.: respectively. as the result of in-°. juries recelved when she fell‘on’” 1a board sidewalk in the’ 100 block Third Avenue West. Mrs. Schmidt slipped on a_ board catching a heel'on one of. her shoes in a hole rotted iw the planks, The jury found the City ‘of Prince Rupert negligent: win faulty. construction of the: side- walk and also found contribu- tory negligence on the Part 108 Mrs, Schinidt. The jury allowed Mrs, Schinidt 40 per cent of her claim or $129:12 and $800 respectively for a. total of $929.12, - Mr. Justice Lord reserved de- cision on point of law. and later handed down his judgment . in favor of the plaintiff, J. T.- Harvey of Brown, and Harvey appeared on behalf of the Clty of Prince Rupert and P, A. Gigg, of Poole and Gibb acted for Mrs, Schmidt. e fe we Driver fined - Ludwig Wittkowski of the Parkside Mote! was fined $15 or in default of payment sentenced Jto eight days In jail when he pleaded guilty before Magistrate E, 'T. Applewhaite in clty police court this morning to a charge of falling to stop at a stop sign. WEATHER— Cinle warning issued, Rain. tonight, Cloudy with showers Wednesday, Little change — ly tomporature, Winds sontihenst 40 In exposed areas lato this afternoon and dim~ Inishing Wednesday morn- Ing. Low tonight and high Wedesday 40 and 45, nee TIDES- Wedneaclay, Dec, 0, 1050 (Pacific standard The) PPS. Peay fired ria aa % pean Ss nes 4 peaks nes NA igh v0 0017» 10.2: faot 21:64 16.8 feat Low sretverne O45. 7,0 foat; 15:51 7.3 Loot Supreme. Court of British Col- ofr ibiabetushahdadabteae Mt nis Da Sha Sas