Fapatesdl Listunsscaplestiicesessciiaukeetaaiiiaiecaseiee ene omameetaiie sorte nee aaa ‘SHE. COMING?” asks little Sherry Michell Bond,” “ege 4, as she waits by fireplace for Claus ‘to come down’ the’ chimney’ to fill’her ¢ nristmas stocking. For Sherry and hun- ¢ ther,.children in Prince Rupert this Christma s-Eve is one of the most exciting days MIAMI, Fla. im — A freedom airlift labored into here ‘this Christmas. Eve bringing cargoes of Cuban prisoners to the United States and wildly joyous reun- ions with families they left for the Bay of Pigs invasion. .20 months ago. . All the pent- -up tension: of a Accidental — deaths reach « eight in B.C. - By THE CANADIAN PRESS’. A daughter met her dying father and a wife her dead hus- band in pcignant endings to two. British Columbia weekend acci- dents. Both women were on-duty Vancouver Island nurses. The incidents happened in ‘Victoria and aNnaimo. Cuban prisoners flown glad reunions long, prayerful campaign to free the 1,113 invasion survivors ex- ploded in a roaring storm. of emotion as Cuban exiles j their first glimpses of wan, tired young men brought in by a spectacular aerial shuttle can World Rirways pounded be- ‘tween Miami and Havana carry- del: Castro’s regime for $53,000,- {900 worth of food and medicines. ‘The crowds had gone through eight hours of tense vigil be- fore a firm announcement was made that the first liberation jaircraft really had taken off from-San Antonio de Los Banos “| military air base, 25 miles south- west of Havana. EMOTION HIGH The men-were processed after Jlanding at Homestead Air Force fed | ‘a roast beef dinner and then ‘Base, 30 miles from Miami, brought by bus to the vast Din- ner Key Auditorium in Miami. got. DC-6s supplied by Pan Ameri- ; ing to freedom planeloads of- {men exchanged by Premier Fi- + MRT Re 1 Sir pate i PLPP POLLO PL LOG PLE L PRP EOLOLORPVOD No Daily News for two days Staff of The Daily News will enjoy the Christmas holiday with their families and friends. There will be no paper Christmas ‘Day and Boxing Day. The Daily News, will how- ever, resume. publishing on Thursday with full coverage of lecal, Canadian and interna- tional news as well as full so- cial and sports coverage. For the enjoyment of its readers The Daily News is to- day carrying an eight page Christmas supplement, com- plete with messages from local business and. industrial estab- lishments and various festive season stories and pictures. CPP PD DPD PD DELP LDP LODO P EPPO LIED OLOE: Freedomite camp called “cesspool. Three families faced a bleak Christmas as a olazes. . First to be gutted by fire was a wartime-built house at 1543 Second Overlook where a baby sitter rescued three young children before the building was gutted by flames. _ The fire broke: out at about ‘7 p.m. Friday in a downstairs ibedrcom where a youngster was ;playing with matches and a ' plastic curtain became ignited, i Left. hemeless by the fire ‘were: Mr and Mrs. Allan Mutch ,and. Donnie; Mrs. result of the! ViCToRTA, BC , Social 3205 ° SOE TEE Pr ESET PROVINCIAL LIERARY 45 DEC 31/62 PRICE TEN CENT: Children rescued py baby sitter Eleven people were left homeless and most of their belongings were destroyed in two house fires in Prince Rupert over the week- end, bringing a stern warning from Fire Chief Earl Becker that residents guard against fire over the Yuletide holiday. said. He reminded residents - that in the event of fire they. should keep doors closed, unless of course they are trying to save lives, The Mutch family and Mrs. , Borchers and her child had only © recently moved into the house, — which is owned by a Port Edward couple. They were still in the process of moving in when the tragedy struck. ASLEEP AT TIME The second fire, which brought and their two children, Robbie| the department out at 8 a.m. Use Borchers | Saturday, gutted another one HOPE ( — At least one case :and her daughter Hildegard;:and|and a half storey house at 1203 of . hepatitis, a disease of the: ‘Mrs. Mutch’s brother, Ray Ma- liver, has been reported here at: ‘honey. -a. camp of 1,300 Sons of Free-: dom Doukhobors. Seventh Avenue Kast, owned by Charles Haan, formerly of Prince Firemen, responding to a ctall| Rupert and now in New West- brought minster, and occupied by his \ placed “by neighbors, And’ from ‘an initial outbreak; the fire under cuntrol in, “half son-in-law and daughter, Mr. of six cases, two. more of the! an hour, with a.pumper ‘truck |and. Mrs. Arthur L. Smith amd ‘| radical, Sons... have | contracted deploying water from a- | mearby, their children. Young ‘tant showered kisses] measles.’ ee Ay drant, ‘The Smiths were rouse ed, from, |For, snours thereafter ‘the build- ‘ing “was Swept. by gales of emo-} _ A. G. Powell, 74, of Colwood, near. Victoria, was hit by a car ‘tion: Friday. night. His. 21-year-old |. daughter’. ‘Gwyneth | Was . by) his! om side: ‘as. he: ‘died. f ce h rry is the’ ; daughger of Mr. and Mrs. William Bond, 409: West Fourth Avenue, ae \— Staff Pheto . a ~. 5 speeeonees SLI COTIOC LAS TOOT LOS See DL at nae 2 ‘Saturday “he™ lenders — dictated ‘the’ “$100, 000,- ~ Village. Ive thoy - tucked into Antofish Vv CT R A @.: “eral: leader . ‘Ray. . believes - money 00 cut-in the cost: of the $880,- 000,00 Peace River power project. - His statement brought a. de- nial ‘today from Premier. w. A. C. Bennett. Slippery bridge blamed for mishap A. slippery ‘bridge was blamed for a minor traffic accident on the weekend, A car driven by Massimo Gi- mondo of Prince Rupert skidded at the Second, Avenue Bridge and struck a car driven by A. G. Kemp, 1320 First Overlook, Sun- day afternoon, ne "Damage to. “both vehicles . was fiore than $100, RCMP said. No charges were contemplated. : Sige” Delay” in licences wy NV VANCOUV oe (D) mae Commer- Gla) fishermen will have to wait until Jan, 2 to collect their H- ences for 1963,.The department of fishertes said there had been Rhavoidable delays, : ' ‘Perrault. said "Friday's. “announcement of “the jcost cut resulting from changes in the project: which will reduce the right of the Portage Moun- tain Dam and the lake. behind it ‘and: avoid relocation of an ‘In- dian village and: public utilities. -Mr.. Perrauit said he. learned earlier this .year. the -provincial government -had.. sought hydro financing .at. First: Boston Cor- poration in New York. ‘Since then representatives of First Boston had visited the site of the Peace River project, eaid Mr. Perrault. SEES LINK | ~ “It seems significant that this reduction in the scope of the proposed, project. follows .. their visit’ Forests: however, Minister Williston, said the changes. had }nothing to do with the financing of the project. “It's: been under study ever since the project was born’ and it just makes good. sense,’ ” he sald, Opposition leader Robert Stra- chan sald he wanted more in- formation before making, detail- ed comment. POP CIC I ORI TOPOTOLLOPE SIO? PPIDPPDPODOPLODDLN ial, YEE, hateyri . s, NG my, t P Geer nnroooes sroncorecrsocossesonooe PPPPPP POPOL PPLA “Kon Rochon: finished his Glirlstmas shopping’ sin grand style today, ‘Ho 'wound up in Sont of -n. local” eafo with a henuliful pnt tive, and: boy was 1 cold ‘changing--the tire that 3 i a) # a 7 Tho - Christmasos © of. thelr ahildhood are fondly recalled by moat ‘adults. Mra, Olaf Skog of Digby” Jalnng, remembers “well the singing, doneing and fonst= dng. of, hor childhood in. alittle dn. Norwiy,. ‘Ohriatmas dinnor: complete’ with: rico ‘pud- ding, find: Rifts, handed’ out by frthor,. Wore oponied on Christ- maa “Daye Mo song carols “DRUG. STORE, Hours, Obvlatmaa’ Day Langtordy ‘Je, open’ 12 Ul 2 onty,: “Clog = Chrisstmag. Nit hed mt He, ‘fa ah fu open. 12 “UM, 2 nnd. Vt 0, Yee Ormon, shone” “hotn! days . os Both ntoren ‘Open vg: usual «Tioga oF (Ath a " en oan ee a. THe. “Vangtorde || round a big Christmas tree il- Juminnated by, wax candles and had family dinnor of roast pork, or wildfow] if- hunting had -been food, Boxing Day evoryone went. to the community lodge house for clrele dances, carol sining and* feasting, all in the tradl- tional Norwoglan costumas — for the. girls, long black embroider- ad. skirts and white ombrotdecd blouses, ‘Mrs; Skog snys: these Ohristmnses «were mar villous events for childyon, She and hor faintly still opon thoiy gifts on Ohristmnas Eye, and enjoy tho traditional fare of lutofish, + em “Double inke” was porformed by. Alex. Macfarinne over tho weekond, Bosides being: third on Ken: Motenn's ‘rink ‘which: won Cook's . Jawollora trophy, in mid- aonson © -bonaple) Mt the curling Ynk,: ho won - ‘the. olub turkey draw, Lo ee, - “You. think it's cold? Thore are roses blooming In’ Mra, BE. Van der Wouden's gardon at 031 Am- hrose Avonuoe dofying the cure ror cold snap a Lita de 0 Oh Mies, oy. the. ‘coldest; pre Christmas sea~ “sons:in'-years . Temperatures: ‘remained be- low. freezing as the cold ‘spell continued. Digby Island re- corded a low of 24 last night. CPI PDL PLDOL DD DEDODE CELIO LP ED PDL DDT Alaska raitbelt trade via Seattle seen unaffected SEATTLE (® — The president of the Alaska — British Colum- bin $=Transportation Com pany said Friday he does not think Canadian ports will cut serious- ly into the amount of cargo now routed through Seattle, John Lee, whose Jine barges carload: shipments to the Alaska railbelt through Prince Rupert, snid: the company has carried 6,926 tons of cargo in the past eight months. Of this, he saict, 5,028 tons originated in. the United States, During the same pertod, Lea estimated, more. than 280,000 tons moved through Seattle for the Alaska railbalt, The company serves as a con- i tract carrier for freight provid- ed by Ganndian: Nationa) Rail- ways, The bulk of the Canadian- onedpated CnYeo. has beon lum- ber, Lee guid, LONDON (f= A homemade bemb blew out, two windows and damaged tho’ reinforced front door at. the headquarters of tho Fascist National Sociniist move- ment Sunday, -Six porsons were In the building: when tha bomb wns thrust through the letter alot, hut no one was hurt, ‘and‘struck him. on the head.: His wife was on duty when. his body | was taken: to hospital. ro The victims were among: “the toll of at least eight who died viclently this weekend. | Besides the freak mishap that killed Mr. Loudon, five died on the highways, and two were. burned to death. Alta., stationed’ at HMCS Naden in Esquimalt died was he and play in a hockey game. Their car went into a ditch, In North Vanceuver, Florence Mahood, 775, of North Vancouver was hit by a car Saturday night. In Vancouver, a partly-blind roominghouse operator and one of her tenants died early Sun- day in a fire that swept through their three-storey house. The victims were Mrs. Mary roe et 73, and Paul Oxen- rider, OHOR PPPOE PLDI DOLD Firing flares between ' there were e “many dead", + " Canadians die almos -. TORONTO « —- Canadian rate of nearly ona an hour extra-long Christmas weekend, — midnight Sund: W, * ‘NEW YORK im -- A strike . shipping operntions all consls, ‘Loudon: 126, was: ‘felling - fa in or of’ Cuba ‘wept. u “}when “it? “collapsed at.- the roots ° : Jack Bowman, 20, of Onaway, | three sailors were on the way to| .kied in road erashas between 6 p.m, eres of. fighting, of Joy. . Ten in a family yo perish in fire. BROUGHTON, N.S. @ — An unemployed miner and nine of his 10 children perished today in a fire that destroyed their bungalow home in this tiny Cape Breton Island community. The mother escaped with hands bleeding .after breaking lthrough a window in the single- storey wooden house. The only other survivor was the oldest daughter who was visiting friends in Halifax. | The fire struck in the pre- dawn hours, The night before the family had trimmed the tree in preparation for Christ- mas, Robert Bateman, 33, died attempt to save his children. in PR PP DEPP PE POPOL PPD PDD OD LD PDP DDO DLPOGPE PLO POP PLPOLE DOO PRO OED DOS POP OCDE’ Today's News Briefs Pome Katangan-UN troops ELISABETHVILLE (Reuters) —- Heavy firing between Ka- tangarn and Ethioplan Wnited Nations troops broke out near the glant Union Miniers plint here today. First reports said fe . tf t hourly on highways died on the highways at the In the. first two. days of the A total of 41 persons were local times Friday to ’ + Strike ties up U.S. east coast ports by Jongshoremen has tied up wong the U.S, Atlantic and Gulf Some 81,000 mon are Involved, WORLD PREPARES: TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS on About, 8,000 (Christian . Arabs from Israol and:2,000 Bothlchom. hound foreign Christian — pil- ering arossed' from: Israel] into Jordan, tadny In “the smoothest |: ever" Yulotido crossing, This doseription of the: first throa hours of the annual flow neross No man's land was mado by _an-Tarnol offlalnl, Othor ‘Israeli. officials at tha mMandelbaum Gate in Jorusniem anid it was a-reeard day for the number of pilarima crossing. 18 woll na for tho apeah with which 1 sf ae Wi this was hanbled, : ; og ee . oh ge ‘ at eae Od ibe nie ak a ee a Bs vi es ny. Tho Assoeinted Press. “0 ia as Tho foroign pilgrams went lo colobrata Christmas at tho small Judean town of Bethlehem, aAceno of the first Christmas, PLANS EARLY MASS -At Vatican Olty, Pope John planned his Christmas Eve mid- Maht mass two hours early to- night so the aged and inflim could follow it over the Vatican radio, Daily Smile ‘ Living coat no moro than dt weed to, if you live as peo Saal Pilgrims make way to Bethlehem ‘The 8l-yoar-old pontiff, who himself was sorlously t]] a month ago with stomach disorder and anomia, was to celebrate mass in his private chapel, BELOW FREEZING Tompornatures throughout Britain were bolow freezing, At Sandringham, England, Princess Anno rend one of tho nino lossons at n carol service Sunday night attended ‘by her paronts, Quoon Elizabeth and Prince Philip, and other mom- plo used to, PAGAL sth ts reac ve! Poe Weak OS boys of the voyal family. en ah Aidt aa the’ ‘belongings’, Ge lost. ‘On ms neighbor ~ narrowly: “ serious. burns:-when: be. ‘became’: énveloped - by flames: : ackin t hesterfield. - Seventh-Day-. ‘Adventists’ sum.| P2esis out a ec mer camp since Nov. 20 when] a municipal: open camp they using was threatened by the flooding Coquihalla River. . They have. been. on the road since Sept. 2 when they left the Kootenay on.a trek to Agassiz in the Fraser Valley, there to be near brothers of the sect jailed for acts of terror. ing amounted to $2,000, and that probably KEEP DOORS SHUT Had not doors been left open, and had the fire been’ confiend to the bedroom where it origin- while - | pumin gin ‘a fire hall Fire Chief Becker estimated that damage to the $6000 build- almost an equal} amount was lost in furnishings. , . Mr. and’ Mrs. Smith were’ re- ported | to have rescued their children in the nick of time, and to- have had their hair singed in their flight. Damage to the house is esti- ~ mated at.$7,000, and most of the family’s belongings were. lost. The fire chief reiterated pre- vious statements urging people to be especially careful’ in pre- ated, firemen’s task would have ji venting further fires over the been a lot easier, the fire chief holiday season. Goods worth $50 stolen in Sunday break-in A sleeping bak and a pair of binoculars, together valued at $50, were reported stolen this weekend: in a break-in at North Coast Air Services, 750 Third Avenue, RCMP said the theft occurred at about 11:30 Sunday morning. Thieves gained cntry to the building by yervying open a win- dow and foretne the lock, By The Canadian Press Just about wherever in Canada tonight, Santa should fee] right at home. likely will be cold snap. Even on the west coast, where white Christmases are nearly al- frosts. The mereury in’ Vancou- ‘ver slid into the 20s overnight a break-in at Eby Building Sup- plies, ' . ae we we ty ADDING LOADS OF CITRISTMAS spirit to Prince Rupert's main street is the nativity scene on the post office grounds, A com~« bined project of the Knights of Columbus, the Italo Canadian Club and the Juntor Chamber of Commoreo, matorinl was sup- plied by J. H. Mann, manager of Prince Rupert Sawmills Ltd, Local artist. Glordane Quistini porformed the art work asssted by Guido Paolinell with the cutting of figures, baa ore bye ad cm phe ee Police said they are continu- | Ways confined to dreams, resi-, ing their investigations, dents may peb a Last week thieves stole $91 injstulf in the form of heavy Christmas By tonight the whole country everyone, though in some parts in the grip of a of southern Ontario the snow | | Santa should feel right at home in cold spell and the propect was for the cold he goes to stay for Christmas. East of the Rockies a white seems assured” for cover may be thin, On the Prairies temperatures are expected to keep within 10 degrees or so of zero for the little white next couple of days. Fort Fraser man. killed in crash” PRINCE GEORGE «) —- Police havo identified as Robert Wayne Heck, 36, the man killed Friday noon when his car collided with a train at a level crossing 100 miles west of here. Heck's wife suffered two bro- kon legs and was in satisfactory condition late Sunday in a Van- derhoof hospital, Thoy leave five children be- twoen the ages of six and 12, The family was homesteading noar Fort Fraser, WEATHER Sunny with cloudy perfods, ‘today and Tuesday, ‘Little change In temperature, Light winds, Low tonight and high Tuesday 26 and 38, Dally News Readings | Tomperatura at noon... 30 Barometor, rising oo. 9046 TIDES Tuesday, Decembor 26, 1002 (Pacific Standard Time) hae pape! > gate’ High genceree 00:32 18,6 foot 12:34 214 foot LOW saver 00312 8,3 feat boos 18:54 84 feet ’ > ah ee 4 a ' --\ sleep » sleep by, the, fire, which - ee fhe .