Witness says
accused man
‘feeling high” |,

A. witness testifying this
morning at the: preliminary
hearing of Manuel Batista,
charged with criminal negli- !
gence, said that” Batista “ was
“feeling high” and later added |
“he was driving about 80 miles
per hour”. .

Batista, of Kitimat, represent- |
ed by defence council Gilbert |
Hoge, QC, is charged in connec~ ‘
tion with the March 2 death of
16-year-old  Cecillia Grant of
Kitamaat Village. The hearing
opened inis morning in magis-
trate’s court before Magistrate
Fr. T. Applewhaite.

-Miss Grant was killed when
the car in which she was riding
overturned on the Cemetery
Road.

Russel Wilson, Kitamaat, said
the group wien the exception of
the dead girl, had been drinking
with the accused before they
went for the drive. Wilson sald |
that he had looked at the specu@
ometer approximately three
minutes .before the crash and |
that he and the dead girl bad:
neked Batisthy ta ‘slow down", |

Doctor W. J. 2. Arnold, who |
conducted an autopsy, sald that,
the girl had died from brain ine !
juries. THe also sald that he be-
heved the girl dled Instantly,

The only other witness to ap-
pear this morning was Constable
J. W, Merka of the RCMP Iden-
tiflention Braneh. — Constable
Merka showed nine photographs
of the naceldent and explained |
ihe significance of each to the
court. Te wlso showed a diagram
to othe court showlng the path
the cnr followed just before It
left the road and until th burned
over,

The hearing was scheduled to
continue this afternoon.

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March 30 date
for meeting
on school plan

The meeting to discuss — the
feasibility of establishing a vor
enbional sehool dn Ghe dlstetet
will now be held ab THO: pan.
Mareh 80 In Booth Memorial
Junior Meh sehool, Ceall PIE,
ahalrman of the Royal Canadinuy
hoglov's — voentionn trata tigy
sehool committe sald today,
The meeting was orginally bo
be betel Mareh a

The meeling tH bel sponsor
ed hy Braneh 87 oof the Royal
Cranndinn helon and reprosent-
abives of varlous elby OPmanane
ions have beon invited to 1h

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PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1962

   

One man i
in eritical condition in

is
abortive holdup of the Bank of Mon

Terrace this morning.

Held in custody in connection;
with the holdup is Charles Dil-
ley, 41, of Terrace.

In critical condition with bul-
let wounds in the arm, Jeg and
stomach is RCMP Constable Ge
G. Frazer, 28, who exchanged
shots with the gunman after he
had held the Bank of Montreal
staff at bay while he rifled a
till.

RCMP said that the man was
caught after a three-block chase
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STUCK UNTIL BREAKUP — Two youngsters look across the
frozen fringes of Lake Erle at a freighter patiently awaiting re-
lease from its icy grip. The ship, on its way te Port Colborne,
Ont., last October to be scrapped, broke ils tow-line and ran
aground. . -- CP Photo

 

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B.C. ROUNDUP

~ Armed guards patrol
~ Cominco plants, dams

TRAIL (CP) — The Consulidated. Mining and
Smelting Company has mounted armed guards on its
industrial and hydro installations because no federal
or provincial statute has been invoked to give protec-

‘Citizenship Minister Fairclough

tion.

Vice - president and general | that the firm's bid for timber on
manager Ralph D. Perry said; the Tsimpsean Indian Reserve
Ino oan interview Wednesday's; north of Prince Rupert was 2

“Phe siluation scems to be| “flagrant and obvious exapiple
that a corporation is expected | of barcfaced padding.”
to make its own protective ar- | Ian M. Sherwin, president also
rangements." ‘answered a charge made in the

' commons by Harold Winch (CCF-

As a result, Cominco has plac- (
ed employees armed with rifles | Vancuover Bast) that the dispute
over the timber was a strugele

 

 

and sworn in as. special con- |

stables, on guard duty, patrol- between a company supporting

ling its Lransmiussion Hines, power the Conservative part, and an-

plants and dams, and else- other supporting the Liberals,

where, he said, Mr. Sherwin. said he wes well -
. . kbown here as a Conservative

Captain may quit {supporter
VANCOUVER @--The captain | Employces on strike
of a British freighter says he WHT) VANCOUVER Qo -- wmployecs

quib if any concessions are made} or (he Hudson's Bay Company
to 18 Spanish crew members! are on strike for the first thme
staging a hunger strike lo sup- jin the firm's: 28-year history,
port demands for a Spanish | Members of the Retail Clerks’
cook, Union walked off their fobs

Capi. Murda Maeleod said hn Tue al department stores nl
an daterview Wednesday “Tan Kimberley in southeastern Brit-
stieking to every letter of Lhe Hish Columbia nnd at Powell River,
lnw and Gf aay concessions are 80 (niles northwest of Vaneau

made by anybody to these men ver,
T shath pack my bags ad quill wee mr
this sbip.” VICTORIA (p..- Abborney-Gen-

said today he is dis-
appotnted with the renetion of
Defence Minister Harkness to his
suggestion tab army fraops be
stationed for practical training

woe eral Bonner
Commission opens
VANCOUVEM -@--- ‘There tl-

ready is enough control of cre-

di, unions to ensure their eper-

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Ritchie rites

Relatives and friends crowded
First Presbyterian Church Tues-
day afternoon to pay final re-
spects to Capt. David Ritche, pi-
oneer of the Nass River and
longtime Prince Rupert fishing
boat skipper.

Capt. Ritchie died Friday aged

 

 

 

Rev. Ivan S. Gamble officiated
at the services and also sang a
.solo “Crossing the Bar.” Also

sung were “The 23rd Psalm
‘and “Jesus, Saviour Pilot Me.”

i Active pallbearers, all. mem-
‘pers of-Tsimpsean Lodge, AF-&
(AM, to which Capt. Ritchie be-
jlonged, were Norman R. Chris-
ifLensen. Stanley Veitch, Rayner
‘Montgomery, Robert Kelsey.
‘Harold Helland, Andrew McDon-

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'Prederick Barber, John Webster.
‘James Hadden, Dr. L. M. Greene.
‘Norman Moorchouse, John Cur-
‘rie and George Murray.

| Interment was at Fairview
| cemetery.

1

Impaired driver
fined $75
| loses licence

| Richard James Schellenberg vf
, Prince Rupert was fined $75 and
, costs or in default one month in
jail and had his Viecnee sus-
;pended for three months this
lmorning when he appeared in
linagistrate's court before Mug-
iistrate I, T. Applewhalte on
‘eharge of impaired driving.
Schellenberg was arrested ful-
lowing an incident o1
Fenue West about 10:15 last night.

NDP club formed
at Sandspit

Special to The Dilly News

SANDSPIT Charles favains
was eleeled pro-tem president
of aw newly-formed New Pemo-
eratie Party elub here after an
organizational meeting alcended
by Frank Howare, MP.

Ceelt White was named pro-
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No school grant

VICTORIA ()-- Rduention Mliii-
lator Peterson Wednesdiry night
sald aw college whieh the Roman
Catholia Chirveh ja building wt
Princes George should not expect
to recolve provincial randy,

He was replying to a question
from Gordon Dowd lng NDP-col!
Burnaby, who asked Mr. Poler-
son what tho governmiont's pol-
ley world be tn regard bo de.
nomlnallonal colleges,

Thal ds their own project,”
aiuld the oduention miintator, “Tb
would have tha samo HUUhtis WA
Notre Dame at Nelaon.”

Sherwin denies charge

ho areive in Leopoldville for
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airliners fly jelween Berlin
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, 0 THANoE ,.| tn tho terrorist - troubled Koat- The meeting, attended by 40
nblons ave. tnfluenesd by MONET voy district of British Colum- persons, decided to lunch @
This statement to the royal bli. membership drive,
commission on bond haeg anid fle
mince Wedneaday by the pritish e
Colunbin Central Credit Unton
wis the opening round In what
proniwes to be a running battle
hy the conmnission's Konrlnes LMOPOLDVILLE Reuters) — Congolese Premier Cyrille
across Canadn this year. Adoula flow to Coquilhatville in Equator province today only
, hours before Katanga lender Molse Tshombe wis seheduled

talks with hin,

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Ing in two byclections Wednesdiy wh at
otatnod one sent

with un Incrensed
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Nations bond Issue,

Gunman. c
in street chase

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taken has all been recovered,

Eric Murray, manager of the i
bank branch, said that when the!
gunman entered the bank about |
10:30 this morning there were
seven staff members in the bank
including himsclf, and one cus-
tomer.

- “He had a silk sLocking over his
face and a newsboy’s bag hang-
ing down from his neck,” Mr.
Murray said.

The gunman, who was carry-
ing a .303-calibre rifle, ordered
the staff to “get over in a cor-
ner” and said:

“This gun is loaded!”

‘when the staff was where he
wanted them, the gunman went
in back of the counter and be-
gan filling his delivery
bills.

ewhile he was doing
Const. Frazer came in th
door,” Mr. Murray said.
was an exchange
as the constable s
floor, the gunman f
the front avor.”

Ih his exit the holdup
dropped his rifle and dodg
down an alley. He was caught

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G. A. Phillips, NCO in charge of
the RCMP detachment and two
unidentified civilians.
@onst. Frazer;. who 1s mar-
ried and has one child, was
rushed to the Terrace hospital
and the $3,800 in bills was recov-
cred intact from the gunman.
Mr. Murray said that in the
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tured.

Today's foiled holdup is the
second to occur in Terrace in less
than four years.

On June 26.
held up the huya
ada braneh there
with $12,000 which
been found to this day. Arthur
Weiss of Kitimat was sentenced
Lo seven years in the B.C. peni-
Lentiary for his part in the hold-
up and Gomes Jimmy Fejer, 21.
drowned in the Skeena river
when the two men tried to ¢s-

'eape by water.

to nine months
for break-in

Steven Derrick, 16. of Prinee
Rupert, wits sentenced ta nine
months definite nad nine months
Indefinite in dail thts morning
when he pleaded guilty before
Magistrate BT. Applewhiite in
magistrate’s court, to nm charge
of breaking, entering and theft.
1 Derrlek wis raised fromy Ju
Hventie court to adult court i
| connection with the break-in
and theft from the New Roynl
Voto] sometime sunday, Magis-
trate Applewhaite made a strong
recommendation that he be plac!
ed ino Raney Correetional In-
stitute,

Another juvenile will appenr
in juvenile court tomorrow ona
similar ehuree.

ORO ODETTE REORTITEEEERUGITOTET

“Lady C’ ruled
not obscene

by Supreme Court
OTTAWA (CP)—The
Supreme Court of Can-
ada ruled today ina 5-4
decision that. the contro:

-versial novel Lady Chat-
tevley's Lover ix not ob-
CLINE.

GOCE ETERS PL OIFTIEOUOINGETILTT:
Physicist dics
BERKELEY, Callt, 49 — Vhyal-

elst Arthur TE. Compton, 60) 0

clorgyman's Kon Whoxo work led

to the ntomle bomb and world.

wide fame, died today from i
corobrnl homoerrhiage.

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1958, two
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cific Port — And Key to the Grea

bag with| yf the Associated

| The Kitimat chamber lias
“There {a strong supporter of the asso-
of shots and. ci
lumped to the | to have tl
an out ofito standard to meet

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ni with the ope
ed | Rupert-Alaske fe

after a three-block chase by Sgt. | Cc

Lrepresenting Central B.C . have
all the facts.”

Former-prospector

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STUDENTS TO TAG SATURDAY
TO ASSIST BASKETBALL

Prince Rupert Senior High school students
full foree Saturday staging a tag day to raise fund
the PRSHS Rainmakers basketball team make their trip sout
to the British Columbia High Scheel Basketball champion
ships. .

The students will tag from 9

The funds are needed as the

am, until 5 p.m.
Student Council's treasur

has been depleted by the Rainmakers’ recent trip to Kitimat
ball finals in which they de-

for the Northwest Zonc Basket,
feated Kitimat High school 61-31.

The Rainmakers will leave next Tuesday,
Donald Hartwig, to match their basketba
other B.C. high schools in the University ¢
Memorial gymnasium from March 21 to March 24.

with

ooerrtet cre ener erent te DODDLTOL DED DLDAEEE ISG APE ELE LAS ALLS

Kitimat C of C irate
over Bennett refusal

KITIMAT (CP) — Chamber of Commerce |
Wednesday night expressed indignation over refu
by Premicr Bennett to meet a Highway 16 commit
Chambers of Commerce of Cent

B.C.
been | legislature
;are concerned with the

. ‘asking once more for a mee
ated chambers in their e o B .

re highway brought up| Minister Gaglardi, “as
increased | poss
affic expected Tater this year:
ning of the Prince
rry system.
In a wire to the associa
hambers, the premicr sald:
“Jt is impossible to mect dele-
gation associated chambers of
commerce re Highway 16. MLAS

Elforts to arrange
imecting have been in prog
ted | since early February.

| “Weeks have gone by with
| thing concrete resulting from
letters, ,wires and
calls,” said Ivor Donald,

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four members of the

t . . e
‘bers wired want action. The MLAs are
voice in government. We w

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to do about the highway.”

Samuel Allen dies

 

A lJongtime prospector and
miner in the north and clse- |
‘where in British Columbia. Butler cleared
Saniuel Allen, died in Prince LOS ANGELES i -- A jaty

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Rupert General Hospital Mon- cleared Mury Pickford’s for

 

day. Ele was 86. butler of 2 charge that he i]- | posal presented to the confer-
Born in Toronto, Mr. Alien | legally took Miss Pickford’s 25-; ence by Foreign Minister Andrei
lived on Digby Island until alearat sapphire ring to Switzer- Gromyko.

few years ago and bas been ailand, William Francis Paul ad-

resident of he Pioneer Home for}imitted he took the ring to

the last few years.

Funeral arrangements in the
hands of Ferguson Funeral
Tome have not been completed
vel.

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tion.’ He

transporting
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ton off the const of Moxie,
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coach
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{ British Columbia

1eveC | aelivery

whose constituencies | transfer 55 tons of weapons ——
highway grade ur

{forts | with the premier and Highways wiear
alle
soon as;

ible, the sooner the better.” | on specific world-wide measures
such a,to reduce the risk of war ‘by .ac-

telephone

pr

dent of thc thitimat chan:ber -
“We want information and we

month and we want them to

what the government proposes

Zurich but testified he did
ablish a true evalua-
with |
stolen property in

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PRICE TEN CENTS
ting |

iled
oiled
Russia, U.S.

‘submit
rival plans |

GENEVA (Reuters) —
Russia and the United
States put forward rival
plans for general and com-
plete disarmament today
as the 17-nation disarma-
ment conference complet-
ed its first working ses-
sion

U.S. State Secrelary Rusk pro-
posed a four - point plan calling
for a 30-per-cent cut in nuclear
vehicles and major con-
sal| ventional arms in the first stage
tee of a disurmament program.

The other three po
S. plan were:
1. The United States and Rus-
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anium to peaceful ‘pur-
poses to “cut at the heart of nu-
weapons production.”

2, Warly action would be taken

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ess icident, miscalculation, failure of
communications or surprise at-
tack.

3. Nations taking parb-in “tie
conference would undertake an
urgent search for “mutually ac- .
ceptahle.letkers.guarantesing fae
fulfilment of obligations: for aris —
reduction.” ; : mo

Rusk, in a 2,500-word state-
ment to the conference as it got
down to work behind closed
doors, described the four pro-
posals as “new and realistic ex-
amples of the specific measures”
contemplated in the disarma-
ment proposals made by Presi-
dent Kennedy in a speech before
the United Nations last Septem-
ber 25. coe

Rusk's proposals came hard on
the heels of a rival Russian pro-

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‘ Defrauding UIC
nets Kitwanga man
$100 fine, costs

Special to The Daily News

HAYELTON—A Kitwanga mas)
who had defrauded the Unem-
ployment Tnsurance Fund of
“99 was fined a total of $100 plus
costs by Magistrate C. H. Drake
in Magistrate's court here Wed-
nesday morning. In default of
payment he will serve 60 days
in fail,

Harold Daniels of Kitwanga,
wus convieted of making false
declarations concerning his em-
ployment and drawing three
weeks’ unemployment benefit to
whieh he was not entitled. Dan-
iels had clalmed to be unem-~
ployed during this time, while
in fact he was working regular-
ly during the three weeks,

The overpayment will be re-
covered by the Unemployment
Insurance commission.

 

 

Prince Rupert has now
pone 7 days without a
futal traffic accident
and B48 days without a
fire fatality.

WEATHER

Cloudy today, parthel cleur-
Ing Wridny. Little change in
hemperature, Winds cast to
norbheast 15 Friday, Low to-
night und high Friday 40
wid 48.

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