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But Sye, the mother cat, looks a little worried. She has five kittens and where can she put the fifth? The kittens in the apron refused to double up with a brother. — TNS Photo iggest Many persons attend | “Bill” Vance funerat More than 200 persons crowded into the’ First Presbyterian Church last: ‘night to pay their last’ re- spects to A. D. “Bill” Vance who died Sunday night in Kitimat General Hospital. Mr. Vance, Progressive Conser- vative candidate in the June 18 federal election, died as a re-' sult of injuries received in a car: In his serman, Rev. Elliott said “he took life tiptoe right to the PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1962 oO States history. Massachusetts State Police broadcast an alarm for five men and one woman. There were vague descriptions of two men known only as “Tony” and Bus- ter,” even less for the other men. Chief Postal Inspector Henry B. Montague, 60, head of an in- vestigating service that- boasts a record of 99 per cent convic- tions for crimes involving the mails, flew to Boston to take command. Investigation head- quarters was switched to Boston. Washington promised that, if need be, the post office depart- ment’s entire force of 1,000 in- spectors would be put to work to crack the case. A post office department spokesman said the truck some- times carried as much as §$3,- 000,000 on Cod to Boston. “The robbers must have had inside information,” said William F. Gullette, 63, who would have been riding guard aboard the truck except that his vacation started less than 24 hours ear- lier. CAR CONTAINS SIGNS William F. White, chief postal inspector for New England, said: “This is a. disaster. It’s been 30 years since the post office de- partment has been hit by a big holdup.” The burned sedan, a_ stolen brown and white Oldsmobile, was found on an unpaved street in the Mattapan section of Bos- ton. Its trunk held seven high- truck haul $1,500 000 taken by gang of six BOSTON (AP) — A burned sedan was the chief known clue today to a slick mob of machine-gunners who looted a mail truck of $1,500,000 — topping the 1950 Brink’s job as the biggest cash haul in United its runs from Cape}. | ‘aged, stocky, with dark hair. The woman-—seen in a sedan following the truck in Randolph, ‘where it was abandoned — was pimply faced and had short hair. The car, a new Chevrolet, bore New York or Pensylvania plates. There were no descriptions for the other three, except that one was stocky and middle-aged. The biggest previous U.S. cash robbery was the $1,219,000 loot- ing of the Brink's Incorporated strong room in Boston 1214 years ago. Drum seiner _ runs aground Dense fog about 4 o’clock this morning caused drum seiner Su- preme to run aground on the outside edge of Henry Island at‘ Eddys Pass about 25 miles from Prince Rupert. Allan Hale co-ordinator of Search and Rescue here said the boat's skipper Stanley Atkins of the Queen Charlotte Islands messaged that the situation was well in hand, and the boat was to: lift with the tide this after- Rupert about 10 a.m tomorrow noon and return to Prince Rup- ext, - ‘ : ’ Three crew members, and a boy were also on board. The boat was on its way to the north west tip of Queen Char- lottes when the incident occur- rea, IMCS ORIOLE, the Royal Canadian Navy’s sailing training _ The 100-foot vessel is expected to be accompanied by two Naval: harbor craft and YMT 10, a Naval diving tender. It will be the first visit to Prince Rupert: for the Oriole which is on a university naval training cruise of cadet officers from all universi- ties ecross Canada.’ Her last port of call was V.ctoria Sunday when she will leave for Ketchikan Jsunean C. A. Prosser, CD, RCN, commanding officer o° the squadron, has a complement of 30 cadets and four officers. She has two.90-foot high masts. News Desk 3206, Sports 3204, Social 3205 ship and Skagway. The ship, deme reesemrine sreeeer ae aes ae 6e is scheduled to arrive in Prince’ and she will be in Prince Rupert until under Lt. Comm.’ —.RON Photg:, Fog, faulty compass-tercesyer—— Armour Salvage tug F. H. Phip- | very last. In never lost for him pin stood by. ma, parents Mr. and Mrs, Ben- jamin Korhonen of Prince Rup- ert, three daughters Leona 12, and twin girls Roxanne and Ro- sanne. Also William surviving are brothers und Alfred of Prince Rupert, and sisters Irja, Mrs. Lester Yaremehuk, Sonja, Mrs, Roland Dallyn, Maric, Mrs. Leon- ard Rolf all three trom Prince Rupert, and Helen, Mrs, Leon- ard Mason of Edmonton, Funeral services will be held fram Ferguson Funeral Home at Spm. Saturday. Dean G. T, Pattison of St. Andrews Cathed- ral will officiate, accident on Highway 25 Satur- day afternoon. The funeral service, conducted jointly by Rev. I. S. Gamble and Rev. Dr. R. W. K.. Bliott, began with the singing of Psalms 121, “Unto the Hills” Scores of wreaths and floral sprays decorated the church. Rev. Gamble read from por- fions of the Old Testament and the New Testament before Rev. Elliott led the assembly in pray- er, Later Rev. Gamble sang “Cod Understands Your Sorrow" and Rev. Elliott then spoke about. Mr. Vance, Colombo Plan requested to rebuild farm road Robert Kisenburg, a farmer in the Smithers dis- trict, heard that the Golombo Plan helped people in underdeveloped, backward, impoverished and under- privileged countries so as a last resort he approached the plan to have a mile of road rebuilt into‘his farm. He received results, Tn fact PL - A. CGaghiurdl, provincial ininister | down of highways paid hime aw per- sonal visit. to discuss his probe lem. 'ro reach his farm Mr, Wisen- burg had to turn off Highway 16 onto a road composed of clay, gumbo and “nbsolube despair” While driving an if ane encoun tered mud holes, allck rises whon rajning, and nimost overylling that goes along with a bad rond, I all sfarted when Boh cone tneted the district: highway en- gineer for help, to ne aval). Cage lied? wrote, saying he regrettod nothing could be done due to Inck of funds, The same. Toes~ ponse came from Premler W. A. GC. Bonnett, ‘ | In desperation Mr, Whaenhorg wrote Vielorin paking the nds dress af the Colanibo Man. Find. ing fh was in Obbrewi ho ant ORMES DRUGS LTD. DIAL 2151 and wrote a pleading let- an, He said he was of the under- standing that the Colambo Plan helped impoverished countries, Ho outHned his rond problem, plus Jack of available funds to correct them. He argued that the Colombo Plan had adequate funds to allevinte suffering in backward nations, and In) view of the fnet that “he Hved ina country that was backward, im- poverlshed and uncerpriveleged” would they halp him? Colombo Plan offilelnls an- sworod hig letter stating that they hand not beon ostablished to axnetly rellove his typo of auf- foring -- but forwarded coples of his request, and tholr answor to Premior W, A. C. Bonnett and My, Cinglinradl. Then things started happen- Ing. Tho district onginesr drop- ped by, the fareman camo, and soon Mr. Wisonhorg had a fine rond built right to his cabin door. VANCOUVER @ — The Paelfte National ixhibition, Crnndiv's second Jargest annuat faty, kleks oft ite 88nd senson hore Satur- day, stl) charaing the samo hn cont adnuasion prica that ut did when the firat one was hele, its lovely look. He kept his in- terest in the thrilling books. To him death come as to no con- queror, in the end. He merely smiled to greet another friend.” Rev. Eliott described Mr. Vance as a “partaker of divine nature” and said that this gave him the ability to “accomplish things in life.” “He was devoted to his com- munity and to his family. “Industry, family, friendship. These qualities are what make up the whole earth, “What fine, what higher, what loftier contribution can one make to life than to have the qualities that make a friend? “That friend of his fellow- men, faithfulness, loyalty, com- pulsivenss, Was this not a part of Bill Vance?” During the final prayer of the service, Rev, Elliott said: “May the quict devotion of this moth- er and her two boys be taken into Your eare.” ~The assembly than sang Psalms 28, “The Lord is My Shepherd.” Mrs, &. J. Smith was organist. ‘While church elders Frederick ;Conrad, George Murray and &. id. Smith acted as ushors, Active palibenrers were J. D. McRae, FH. DD, Forward, Roy Bhupe, 7. &. Gregory, BE. J. Blain and William) Hawn, Honorary palbearars were R. G, Wagner, Judge J. T. Harvey, Cc. V. Livitt, 8 BD. Johnston, Mr. Justice T. W. Brown, David Scho- field, William Foster, William Coloman, Steven Cavornton, Hor- ace Kelly, Harry Breen, John Mec- Intosh, John Thompson and Goorge Martin. Tho remains are being for- wirded to Vancouver today by Canndtan Poelfle Airlines for a commital service and cremation ni. the Forest Lawn Cemetery at 2:90 pam, tomorrow. { i Poor runs VANCOUVER «h) — Tho Inter- national Paelfle Balmon Commis. sion anid tadny the Adame River sockoye run to the Fraser has heen extremely poor so far this your, An official sald foreensts shaw ina 1063 run won't be much bot- Or, Sr pe ttane ape era rare OTTAWA (© —- Cabinet moots for the second stralght day to- day and Prnio Mintster Diofen- haker may have nowa to gladdoen the honrts of same of his Com- mons supporters, . way detour signs such as the holdup gang used to block the northbound lane on Route 3 in Plymouth while they ambushed the truck at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Massachusetts State Police said one of the wanted men — the one who in a _ policeman’s uniform flagged the truck down on the highway seconds before the others closed in with sub- machine - guns — was called “Tony.” He was described as about 40, weighing 200 pounds and six feet tall. A second man, “Buster,” was five feet, scven inches, middle- Tanker leaves pulp mill A 10,000-ton ofl tanker, Hawail Standard, left yesterday after- noon after unloading 94,500 bar- rels of bulk oll at the Prince Rupert Pulp Division of Celgar Ltd. at Watson Island. The vessel, which is owned by the Standard Ol Company, ar- rived Tuesday afternoon. Her skipper is Capt. Guy Robertson, Her next port of call is Nikiskl, Alaska, where she will unload mare oll, melee, windows broken. + + Jono Goulart, ¥ ¥ today on Traqt jets village in southonst, BROUL (Routers) --- Former nounced today. ruled for 134 yours, Murra y Boyd captured in Vancouver VANCOUVER (—A man who escaped from Oakalla_ Prison farm after locking two guards in a cell was recaptured in a down- town hotel Wednesday. - Murray Allan Boyd, serving a six-year term bery and was described gBerous. Officers said he had a knife under his pillow when arrested. Boyd escaped with four other inmates in a parbage truck after he foreed the guards into the cell at knifepoint. The others were recaptured carlier. eee 24, was for rob- as dan- Cosmonauts rest MOSCOW (® -~ The Soviet Un- ion's twin cosmonnuts rested up today and underwent medical tests to determine the effects of PHILADELPHIA (i -- Bome 1,000 rival Teamster Union members, many armed with sawed-off baseball bats, brickbats and bottles, battled Wednesday night in the streets In a wild Two pollee officers and 12° Teamsters were injured, windshields of autos were amashod, two cors overturned and ¥ BRASILIA im —- Labor leadera threatened today to para- lyze Brovll with oa strike unless Parliament gives Premier Yranelsco Brochadn de Rocht aweoping: emergency powers and orders'n pleblacite to increase. the power of President INSTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkish Jet Mahters opened fire witch were reportod to have attacked 2 Turkey. The defence mintatry said one of the Iraq! planes made n torced Janding, but it was not im- medintely clear gyhother phe nino Jandod inside Turkey, Indleted on a charge of taking part Ina plot to overthrow South Korea's present millbary government, the army tie + ¥ + UNITED NATIONS (4 -~ A,bitter 18-yoar dispute over West Now Guinion has boon onded by AN agroemeant under which The Notherinnds will bow aut of tho big island territory it hus their historic joint fight as Mos-! cow made ready a giant welcome! in Red Square. Briefs | Ld ¥ + + promior John Chang bas been Jan Falkowski and his three passengers then rationed out 12 planes combed an area 300 miles to the south for their Mooney 20A aircraft. Falkowsski, 50, a Second World ft | her son Tom, 22, and Grant i MacGregor, 20, of Oshawa, Ont.,! crash | Lake, : when he hit) bad weather about! st Red Fern, but of course he ‘escaped injury in the landing near Nahlouza about 300 miles north of Van- couver, Two nights and three days: later, they were spotted by Ca-, rol W. McGuire, 50, of Seattle, while he flew over the area late Tuesday looking for carihoo, The following morning, Mec- Guire led a forest service heli- COOP OEE PAODE POCO TIL OPEL EPLED LGN Net fishing >to Burns Lake, WT BAD WEATHER War flying ace, Alma Tanski, 45, . to crash-land 25 miles from airstrip | BURNS LAKE (CP) — Fog and a faulty compass forced a former Pol- ish combat flyer to deviate from his course and crash-land 25 miles short of an airstrip-in the British Columbia northland. ' ,copter to the crash scene and toffee candies while they waited: the four were flown one at a. were three days for rescue as search ‘time to nearby Red Fern hunt- been living on three candies a ‘ing lodge. Later they were taken Falkowski, a Goodwood, Ont., advertising executive and flying | instructor, was headed from: Calgary to Vancouver Monday | 150 rniles from the coast. “We were following the Fra- ser River and when we got to Boston Bar we could see the en- tire area ahead was solid fog," he said, “Then we found the compass wis acting up. I turned | north and followed the edge of | the coastal range looking for a break in the weather so that I could get through to the sea, “When we were flyme high the radio was fine. Bul, af the closes tonight, | Effective fimediately the | weekly close time for all sale — mon net fishing in the waters of salman purse seine Area 2A Kust will be from 6 o'clock to- night to @ pm the following Sunday until further notice, fisheries offlelals said here to- diy. The area lies between Rose Spit and the Southerly point of Copper Ray, including Skide- gate oTnlet, and Shkidegate Channel, WEP PPP PPIPP DIP PPL DOPOD EPDLOCI TE Threat onded VANCOUVER (p -- Threat of a carpenters’ srike dn B.C.’s con- struction industry ended Tues- day. , The province's 6,000 carpen- ters voted 78 per cent in favor of accepting a2 conts more hour- ly over two yerrs, sald secretary Al Staley of the carpentors’ coun- cll, Prince Rupert has now gone 1h) days without at fatal tratfie accident and 480 days without a fire fatality. lower allitudes we were unable to reach anyone, “T found a place to pet through to the west, It was all rugged hills below and we were rotting very short of fas, To saw the field and if was the only place for miles that I knew we could Innd safely.” WAVED RED COAT We snid they first saw Me- Gulre’s plane kite Tuesday, “Alma waved her red, knitted cont nnd we all shouted, Hae Minister postponed airport opening The offielal oponing of Prince Rupert adrport by Transport Minister Leon Balear has been postponed until next apring or summer, it was learned today, In a telegram to Mayor PL. Lester, Dr, T. H. How, reglonal director of atr services for the Department of Transport, sited that the “minister has dectdad toa postpone the afflelal opening of Prince Rupert alrport and tor- mink) building until sometime next apne or early sumimor whon the city ferry dock will bo completed,” “The ministor oxprossos hin ree rots ta you und your counell for any Inconventence that may circled, then came very low. We all very excited. We had day each and we were poorly dressed for the cold.” Phillip Smith, engincer on the helicopter which picked up the survivors at the crash scene, said: “If Mr. Falkowski had kept flying for another 10 minutes he would have reached the airstrip couldn't have known that.” Falkowski kept calling may- day signals on his plana’s ra- dio every hour for two days. One wing was tourn off the plane, the propellor was badly damaged and the undercarriage had sunk into the muskeg. Fewer births during July There were fewer births, deaths and marriages for fie month of July than there were in the same month last year, ac- cording to the vital statistics re- Irased by government ageut Howard Harding this week, Th July there wore 260 birth, eleht deaths and seven marriac~ es, Whorens Inst year there were 338 births, 1 deaths and lf miar- ringes during the month, This brings the total of births in 1962 to 233, deaths, 67, and marriages, 49. Wor the first seven mianths last year, thera were 8th births, 58 marringes and 61 deaths, WEATHER Cloudy with a few showers Yriday. Sunny periods. Little change in temperature, Winds Heht. Low tontiht aud high tomorrow 62 and 60. Daily News reveling: Tempenubiire at noon he be caused by this postponenont, Barameter, steady . 200 Wriaiay, Augush ey, (oed: (Pacttle Standard Tinie) VWigh oo... 02:02 23.8 feet Lhd: 21.5 Cuet Low v.00. 08:27 0.8 feeb QO ebL 3.58 foot