De wae ve PROVINOEAL Lrepapy Ss tate ea VICTCRia, « C 45 LEC 31/62 i } | { j ' vat Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific’ Port — And Key to the Great Northwest Business, Classified 3203. Advertising 3201 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1962 News Desk 3206, Sports 3204, Social 3205 Russia's spacemen twins return — following rec Astronauts land six minutes apart - , | MOSCOW (AP)—Russia’s “heavenly twins” re- c See : oe |turned to earth today and were reported in good a | : os health after bulls-eye landings ending record-break- ing space flights that apparently gave the Soviet Un- a VOL. 52, No. seeapte rr eee ee 159 PRICE TEN CENTS te A a eel : : j . gg eS - Less fires reported | an district During the past seven days cooler temperatures and higher humidity assisted fire fighters in extinguishing 251 forest fires, leaving 92 still burning at last report. All fires still burning are under control, the British Colum- bia Forest Service said. Only 95 new fires were report- ed last week, an unusually low number compared to the corre- Sponding periods in past sea- sons. ‘ Total number of fires to date was 1,285 and costs of fire fight- ing was $245,000 to date for this Season. This is far below the to- als for the corresponding period tn 1961 when 3,437 fires cost $1,- 072,200 to extinguish. ‘TH the Prince Rupert district there were 110 fires this year to date. "Ten wdre yeported last week, and the .estimated. cast, was $30,900. There were 172 fires in this area during the corre- sponding period last year, and the cost was estimated at $77,- 100. Two areas open longer this week Two fishing areas this week will be open 24 hours longer than usual, R. G. MeIndoe, an- nounced today, Until further notice Area 2A east on the east coast of Gra- ham Island will be open from 6 p.m, Thursday to 6 p.m. Sunday, Area 5 in the, Grenvillo-Prin- cipe vicinity will be open 24 hours longer, from 6 p.m. today to 6 p.m, Sunday. Both extensions are for the conservation of pink salmon, Mr. McIndoe sald. OPERATORS PROTEST MOVE QUEEN’S PERSONAL FLAG — This is the new personal flag adopted by the Queen for use in Canada. It consists of the Queen’s own device — a gold crown and initial E on a dark blue field encircled by a chaplet of gold roses — superimposed on the shield of Canada’s coat-of-arms, spread into a rectangle. The emblems are those of England, Scotland, Ireland and France with a sprig of three red maple leaves on a white background covering one-third of the flag. The arms of England show three gold lions on a red field’ (upper left). Scotland (upper right) has a red lion on a gold field. Ireland’s emblem is a gold harp on a light blue background. Three gold fluers-de-lis on a blue field is the French emblem. — CP Photo ~ Supervisor answers ion a giant stride toward a The Soviet news agency No- vosti said the two Russian spacemen “brilliantly fulfilled”. their task and “‘for the next few days ... will remain under ob- servation of doctors to study the influences of prolonged space A “surge of jubilation” swept ‘over the Soviet Union at the news of their landing, the agency said. Moscow residents flocked into Red Square. “Cosmos! Cos- mos! Cosmos!” shouted younger members of the crowd. Tass said Maj. Andrian Niko- layev landed in his spaceship, Vostok III, at 9:55 a.m. our time) and Lt.-Col. Pavel Popovich in Vostok IV six minutes later at Nishga Tribal Council the required escapement of salmon into the Skeena River by the “best moves possible,” District Super- visor of Fisheries R. G. MeIndoe said today. Mr. McIndoe was replying to} charges by the Nishga Tribal'that “advisor : Council that the department has | resign dvisory members show “disregard for local fishermen.” ; sake of better judgment in the The department of Fisheries attempts to secure) Fisheries J. Angus McLean pro- testing against further closures of the Skeena River Salmon area. ALL ASPECTS CONSIDERED “All aspects are considered be- fore a closure is decided,” Mr. McIndoe said. The triba] council yesterday said that the Nass and Skeena fishermen have been “completely cut off from their economy by the action of District Supervisor of Fisheries R. G. Mcindoe.” Mr. MecIndoe said that regu- the Skeena are decided by the Skeena Management Committee. The committee consists of area director of fisherics W. R. Hours- ton and Dr. A. W. H. Needler. The minister of fisheries ap- points an advisory board to the committee, The board consists of threc fishermen nnd six per- sons associnted with various companies including the Prine Rupert Fishermen's Co-operative Association, The Nishga tribal couneil said that there appears to be “ho basis” for the Skeen River clo- sure. It challenged the qualifica- ions of the advisory board which made decisions ta close the river, and also suggested The tribal council had sent a' telegram to federal Minister of: lations pertaining to fishing on. future new members be appoint- ed.” Council president Frank Calder’: said he received an answer back from Mr. McLean today. Mr. Calder said that “next week we’ll Enow if the Skeena River boundaries will be returned to their original positions. TEXT OF TELEGRAM Following is the complete text of the telegram received by Mr. Calder: “To Frank Calder, Prince Ru- “Re 13th your council protest present closure Skeena, I would stress this cssential to protect pink salmon escapement which, though slightly better than cycle year, is still not large. Necessary to maintain ‘closure this week in attempt to incvease spawning stock. Since now ending of pink run, matter will be reviewed Fri- day to determine action next week. In spite of fact that some penalty has resulted, Io must agree with action already taken because Skeena runs are re- building. In my opinion, consid- erntion has been given to local fishermen sinee fishing has been allowed in slough and gap for three days cach week. “(Sipned) Hon. J. Angus McLean, 10:01 a.m. “Both cosmonauts feel well,” said the Soviet news agency. Tass said they landed “nor- mally” aboard their spaceships “exactly in the predetermined area” of the Soviet Union. SITE NOT ANNOUNCED The landing site was not an- nounced immediately, but So- down in the central] Volga area Road work contracts _ issued ister of highways today an-! nounced three new contracts is- sued for the up-grading of the Northern Trans-Provincial High- way 16 between Terrace and Hazelton. The first contract, in the amount of $39,012 was awarded to D. J. Manning Construction Ltd. of Vancouver for construc- tion of an overhead crossing at Hazelton. The second contract in the amount of $45,102 was awarded to Brittan Steel Fabricators Ltd. of New Westminster for the fab- rication and erection of struc- tural steelwork for the Hazelton overhead, The third contract was award- ed to Dawson Wade and Com- pany Ltd. of Vancouver for re- construction of the Copper (Zy- moetz) River bride approaches, Total length of the job on both ends of the bridge is 3.16 miles. Mr, Gaglardi said that work Minister of Fisheries, Ottawa.” will begin shortly. Committee to study airport bus motion A motion to consider several hotels as airport calling and dis- charging points wag referred to . spocin! commitles at Monday night's City Counell meoting. Mayor P, J, Loster, Ald. Gor~ don Carlson and Ald. T. Norton Youngs were named as members of the speelal committee which will look into the problem, The orlginal motion, a recom- mendation by the alrport com- mittee, said that “wo conasidor tdint if we are golng to grant a Hus torminal carte blanche to hotel people that a standard of nuntification he set and that any find all botels that qualify will he considered os a bugs calling nd discharging paint and that tdie Princo Rupert Hotel be the first point of call ns they wore ‘he first applienntas.” On duly 28, Clty Conall do aignatod the Prince Rupart Hotel nx the arrival and debrrkation qrree . DIAL. point for the passengers of the [alrport bus line, providing that proposed hotel expansion was ‘completed within one year, Counc) had recelved oa letter from hotol president Frank R. Btrolf together with skotches and Magrams of a proposed expan- sion, said to cost almost $500,000. In his letter, Mr, Strelf sald that space had beon allocated for n central bus torminal to the now portion. “In arder to make thoao facill- tles available,” he sald, “we nood your nasurance that the bua tor- minal on these promises will he designated as the arrival and de- barkation paint for the prasen- gers of the Digby Island airport bis line.” uh After some discussion, Caunell unanimously decided to concur with the proposal, “providing tha new addition ts rondy within one your,” THANICED COUNCTT Lhanking the Counell whieh wis HI, owner of the Bus Depot on Second Street, protesting the de- signation of the Prince Rupert Hote] as the torminal for alrport traffic, Mr, Hill stated that he had operated the Bus Depot for a considerable length of time and folt, it had “served the needs of the local bus passengers ns well ng the Prince George and Port Fdward-Millor Bay traffic.” He snid he was “confident that tt could handle one more bus daily without any difdeulty.” MAY BUILD CANOPY Mr. Hill sald he was “quite prepared to proceed immediately with tho erection of a suitable ennopy on the Sacond Stroct aide of the depot if this ts roe quired.” "If and when conditions of triffie warrant, it would be to Inv advantage to give considern- tion to an expanalon to utilize the lot owned by me next to the depot. It is centrally located, Mr. Murray's lotter stated that “We have been working on surveys and drawings for some Lime with our architects, with o view to increasing the Crest by 50-odd rooms, and to provide up- to-date dining facllities, “This would yield approxl- mately 100 modern rooms alto- gothor, all with private bath, and we are certain that the completed project will be a credit to our City.” Mr, Murray snid his company warranted prime consideration os the terminal facility. “Wad the terminal freility fone to some neutral location auch as the existing Bus Ter- minal, we would have no objec- tlon whatsoever. This would have hoon fair to averyone., As thé -situntion oxists it is most unfair, not only to the Crast, bul to other operators in the Clty. as well," Mr. Murray requested that the subject ba re-oponed, Councl] referred the matter committee ja “to consider and flight on the human organism.” |. viet astronauts normally come} P. A:-Geglardi;-pravineig}min- April 12, 1961... manned shot at the moon. of Saratov, 400 miles southeast of Moscow. Both men are be- lieved to have taken off from ‘the usual launch zone near Kar- sakpay, in the yirgin lands of ‘Kazakhstan. The flights lasted just 95 min- -utes short of four days for Nik- olayev, who blasted off at 11:30 aim. Saturday, and just 61 min- -utes short of three days for Pop- ‘ovitch, who went up at 11:02 ‘am, Sunday. ‘The Communist party central ‘committee, the Supreme Soviet Presidium and the Soviet gov- ‘ernment in a joint message said ‘Nikolayev had circled the carth more than 64 times, covering a ‘distance of 2,600,000 kilometres -(1,600,000 miles), ‘The message said Popovich ‘made more than 48 orbits for 2 distance of nearly 2,000,000 kil- ometres (1,240,000 miles). ‘They far outdistanced the time and distance of any pre- ceding space flight. . Soviet astronaut Maj Gherman Titov set the previous record with his 25-hour, 17-orbit flight Atugust 6, 1961. America’s long- est travelling spacemen, Lt.-Col. John Glenn and Lt.-Cmdr. Mal- cglm Scott Carpenter, each made first spaceman, Russian astro- naut Yuri Gagarin, made one orbit -lasting 108 minutcs on LAND NORMALLY The Tass landing announce- ment said: “In conformity with the program of the flight for August 15, 1962, the spaceships Vostok III with cosmonaut Andrian Nik- olayev on board and Vostok IV with cosmonaut Pavel Popovich on board have landed in the pre- determined area. The spaceships Vostok III and Vostok IV have landed normally. “After the space flight and the landing both cosmonauts fee] well. The program of the flight of the spaceships Vostok III and Vostok IV had been car- ried out fully.” Five boats land halibut Five boats landed a total of 260,000 pounds of halibut at the port of Prince Rupert today. Selling on the exchange: West- ern Spirit with 45,000 pounds including 25,000 pounds of me- three orbits this yeat? The world’s? ‘Norton Youngs dissenting, coun. ~ born to the Queen. MARKS BIRTHDAY — This new official portrait of Princes and issued to mark her 12th birthday today. The princess was the second of s Anne was made by Archie Parker three children — CP Photo cil decided Monday night. By a vote of 3-1, with Ald. T. cil approved a motion by the airport committee to defer the opening. The official opening of the $10,000,000 airport on Digby Is- land had been set for August 26 when Transport Minister Leon Baleer and other Department of Transport officials and civic dig- nitaries were sehedied to take part in the ceremonies. A reception had been planned for officials at the Armoury shortly after the opening. Ald. Younes had been appoint- ed chairman of the Airport. Day committee and was studying ldium at 34.3 cents 1 pound and 20,000 pounds of large at 38.5 ‘cents a pound, sold to B.C, Pack- iors; San Juan If with 55,000 pounds including 38,000 pounds: of medium at 34.2 cents a pound, 14,000 pounds of Inrge at 38.2) cents a pound and 3,000 pounds of chix at 20 cents a pound, sold to Atlin, Three bonts Innded at the Prince Rupert. Fishermen's Co- ‘operative Associntion’s Fairview plant: Blue Ocean with 83,000 'younds including 40,000 pounds ‘of, modium and 43,000 pounds largo; Pacific Wave with 70,000 ipounds tneluding 36,000 pounds lof medium and 38,000 pounds of large; Kyraille with 7,000 pounds Hneluding 3,000 pounds of mo- dium, 2,000 pounds of large and 4,000 pounds of chix, Sleek conditions cause accident Sleek rond conditions wore be- Hoved responsible for an aceldant Jast night whon a ear driven by stated $300 damage, The ae ways and means of allowing the public to take part in the cere- monies. City Administrator Scott Mc- Public opening of Rupert airport deferred until ferry slip ready The public opening of the Prince Rupert Airport has been deferred un- til such time as the “Fairview Bay airport ferry landing is completed,” City Coun- two men working cight hours each at time and a half, $48; the rental of buses, $260; operation of the barlow elevator, $125; two men to operate elevator, $50; boat charter from A. P. Crawley, $60; extra ferry crew, $247) revenue loss estimated as 40 passengers at $2.50 each, $100; estimated! direct cost per trip, 10 at $10 each, $100; and 10 per cent for contingencies, $116.50. The deferment means that if there is an official opening Aug- ust 26, the public will not be allowed to attend but will be able ment He said it was “very unfair to people that council should with- draw the privilege of sharing with them the opening day of the airport, aince they were the people whose taxes paid for the airport and are still paying for the deficit that is being incurred by the city In getting passengers to and from the airport. to attend a second “special” op- ening when the new ferry slip is completed, sometime in the fall, Ald. Gordon Carlson told The Daily News today he felt. that if the opening August 26 was pub- lic {t would involve a lot of un- ‘Laren was instrueted to conduct in survey to determine the ap- proximate cost of such an un- idertaking and came up with a figure of $1,281.50, This ineluded: preparations at the Canadian National Ratlways barge Innding for transportation buses, $175; operators for ramp, he sald, necessary expense. “These costs will be mitigated onee the ferry slip is completed. We haven't had a summer. to speak of yet and I rather feel it will be a dry fall. “Tt's bad enough trying to gat the people to the airport now," News + + + + OTTAWA (@ — Tho lower monthly value on record, the + ¥ UNITED NATIONS (1 — Indonesia and The Nethorlands were scheduled to sign an agreement here todiy dactaring an immediate cease-fire in West New Guinea and transferring the disputed territory ta Indonesia next spring, + OTTAWA (hy —- Unemployment inereased by 7,000 to 308,- AO between mid-June and mid-duly, the Dominton Bureau of Statisties and the federal labor department reported todiy, + dollar helped carry domestic exports In May to the highest Briefs + + exchange rate on the Canadian Dominion Bureau of Statisties + eoauld Younes’ enthusiasm “for his pel project, the free excursion trip to Digby Istand, but I think the majority of council feels that it would such time as Installation is per- manent Ald. Youngs said the defer- was “very unfortunate.” “THe cast of opening day as presented to council was much too high the opening to some time in the future would not in any way re- duce the cest.” and the changing of r. J. well he Ald. ester said understand Mayor be better to wait until rather than utiliaing temporary facilities which in- valve considerable cost and much ineonventeree," Prince Rupert has now vone Li8 days without a fatal traffic accident andd79 days without a fire fatality. WEATHER Cloudy with showers Thire- day, Fithle change ino tem- perature, Winds southerly 1 occasionally reaching 26 in esposed areas, The low to- Night and high Thursday 6a and 60, Daily News endings (Paettle Standud Time) 10:50 © ne eee Ye werk ewme - Mr. Atralf was advised offend in my opinion provides an|{to tha special committee and Klner Armatrong awerved on Me- | reported today, + Nancanolen tailing “ ont moe O S Connell'a dectaion an dhe sont afexcoliont alte for this frailty, | thon desided to advise the Prince |Bride Stroct near Pun's nerviaa * ¥ hor ¥ . On, corde OH, a tottor thanking the Council) “T therefore miate formal ap-| Rupert Hotel (1987) Ltd, that atation and collided with the WASHINGTON (Mm .- Taimbormen in the Amorienn north which was rend ont Monday|plcntion to have the nirpart bus} “there may be a change in ronr of a parked tow truck, west rin inte w sold wall of opposition from southern states TIDE S “ BRUGS LTD. night . traffic uiilize.the frallition of the |Wouncl's declaton in this matter.” There was no damage to ¢he} Tuesday to thelr proposed changes dn intercoastal water - ~ Comnell nls received Joltora | present bus dopot.” The apocified purpoxe of the truck but the 10bh madel ear shipping lawe to help meet Canadian competition, Mhursday, August 16, 1062 + rend oul Monday night. eCommell may not have boon inquiro inte the matter of the oldont wis reported to ROMP at WASHING'TON U1) —- Prosident Kennedy ordered Into mo- Wah ow... O1:1G = B36 feat, Counell alao, received Jettors [mwaro that Crest Motel Lid. la} bus terminal and report thelr 2:10 mam. today, Thoy anid they tion Tuosdiay machinery that will halt for ab least 60 days t 14:03 21.0 fect oo 21 51 from W. Th. Mitrray, manager of [undertaking a major oxpinsion | findings and opinions to the atrooty wore wel when the acel-| strike of Pan Amortenn World Alrways by a unton which repre- LOW case 07:47 0.4 foot \ \ the Orest. Motel Ltd, and Mark | program this yea." Counall." dent. occurred, sents mostly 10,000 ground personnel, 4.0 fect an meetin gag Ea a