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AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
ot
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
VOL.
XLIII
No.
102
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
SATURDAY,
MAY
1,
1954
the
Great
Northwest"
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Staiuiarcl
Timet
,
May
2.
1
0:23
22.7
feet
"'
13:10
20.8
feet
6:55
0.9
feet
"'
19.00
4.8
feet
As
DDSDui)
Jury
Hears
Reports
Of
Helm
Trouble
VANCOUVER
(CP)
A
coroners'
jury
heard
Friday
that
the
shipwrecked
tug
Chelan
was
having
difficulty
with
her
steering
been
inspected
before
sinking
off
the
Alaska
coast
last
April
15.
"
JT.7
Z
TON
(
HI
IM.K
HMCS
Onta
rio,
based
at
h-squmialt,
B.C.,
will
serve
as
training
ship
enuring
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy
under
th-;
'
recently
announced
"Venture
Plan."
.irnvidcs
fur
entry
into
the
RCN,
with
seven-year
commissions,
of
young
men
between
yiaii
of
age
with
junior
matriculation
cr
the
equivalent.
Their
basic
course
will
be
s'
duration
and
will
consist
of
two
seven-month
periods
ashore
and
two
four-month
met.
First
course
starts
next
September
20.
(National
Defence
Photot
rJest
May
First
in
for
the
lost
to
;
.
In
the
Soviet
sector
of
the
city
there
was
a
great
procession
;
through
Marx-Engels
Square,
the
People's
Square.
The
Christian
Workers'
Association
met
in
St.
Peter's
Square.
Yugoslavia's
May
Day
observance
in
Belgrade
was
a
great
military
spectacle.
President
Tito
reviewed
an
eight-mile
pro-
cession
including
tank
units
and
a
number
of
155-millmeter
how-
itaers.
I
orded
in
B.C.
Ourinq
Niaht
CMminii
Pn-vi
cd
in
Vnneouvr
and
Abhntsford,
that
the
rurlh
is
Nunuimn,
Port
Hardy
and
Pair
ri'Tivi
d
a
rude
j
trlcia
Bay
all
established
new
I,
a!
Icust
as
far
f,
minimum
ret
tirds
for
M-ty.
Min-.bia
is
concerned,
as;
Imuin
tenp'
ra'un
.s
at
northern
m
broking
mint-
J.1.C
piin's
lnrlw'rd
Prince
Ru-tum
i
ii
cJs
tint,
pert
;!'!
above.
Prince
Georsp
17.
H
.r
60
years.
Foil,
Ot.
John
J2.
and
at
Whit-
Sqi'IRRF.LS
are
goin
to
little
Mary
McCrcady's
head.
The
Alientown,
Pa.,
youngster
is
playing
mother
to
three
one-week-
old
squirrels
that
her
father
found
while
repairing
a
roof
on
his
farm.
The
six-year-old
miss
says
she
does
not
feed
her
tiny
charges
with
an
eye-dropper.
She
uses
a
"nose-dropper"
instead.
i.-
low
t'f
33
decrees
horse
it
was
25
iifcove.
A
low
It
May
1
was
record-1
of
10
degrees
at
t;nn:brook
was
DRUGS
mechanism
and
had
not
""I
rreo
ialut""
earlier
at
the
inquest
that
the
,:a8"u
"
,"th
sf?
PoslUon"
at
the
time
of
the
"I
would
never
have
been
there,"
he
said.
"I
would
have
let
the
barge
go
and
got
out
of
,
there
.
.
NO
COMPLAINTS
'
Referring
to
earlier
testimony
about
the
seaworthiness
of
the
tug
and
its
scow,
Capt.
Talbot
said
the
barge
had
been
found
to
be,
"unmanageable"
late
last
year.
He
added,
however,
that
there
had
not
been
any
complaints
from
crew
members
since
adjustments
had
been
made.
The
six-man
coroner's
Jury,
consisting
of
mariners,
returned
a
verdict
that
Hykaway
met
death
from
"unnatural
causes
through
drowning."
Dudoward
Rites
Set
for
Monday
Funeral
service
will
be
held
Monday
at
2.30
p.m.
in
the
Firs:
tlnlt.pri
..
.
P.hurrh
.
.........
frvr
.
.
Parttnin
R
u
-
fus
Dudoward,
district
oldtlmer,
i
who
died
Wednesday
night
in
69th
year.
The
Rev.
L.
G.
Seiber
will
co
-duct
last
rites
for
the
plone
.
Port
Simpson
fisherman,
wh1
operated
the
first
power-driven
gas
boat
in
this
area.
Born
at
Port
Simpson,
December
27,
1883,
he
started
his
career
as
a
fireman
on
river
boats
on
the
Skeena
and
worked
up
as
deckhand
and
engineer,
eventually
writing
captain's
papers.
He
helped
to
survey
this
area
for
the
Grand
Trunk
railway
and
when
the
city
of
Prince
Rupert
became
established,
he
realized
the
possibilities
of
the
fishing
business
and
started
his
new
life
as
a
fisherman,
supplying
the
city.
His
first
gas
boat,
running
on
a
two-cycle
engine
without
clutch
or
timer,
gave
way
to
the
first
Mary
D,
the
name
he
gave-to
each
of
his
subsequent
boats.
His
latest
was
a
decpsea
trawler.
Besides
his
wife,
Molly
iMary)
of
Port
Simpson,
he
is
survived
by
six
children,
Mrs.
E.
G.
Abbott
at
Mlnto
Mines,
B.C.,
Mrs.
Ole
Berg,
Vancouver,
Mrs.
Beryl
Dodaur,
Vancouver,
and
sons
Wally,
Rex
and
Gerry,
all
tf
Vancouver.
Wally,
Gerry
and
Mrs.
Berg
and
her
young
daughter,
all
are
here
for
the
funeral.
Order
Lists
Liquor
Area
VICTORIA
0
Twelve
more
mainline
and
five
more
Vancouver
Island
municipalities
have
been
designated
as
liquor
licencing
districts.
An
order
in
council
listed
North
Vancouver,
Richmond,
En-derby,
Surrey,
Merritt,
Coquitlam,
Delta,
Fiaser
Mills,
Langley,
Maple
Ridge.
Mission
and
Pitt
Meadows
on
the
mainland.
Island
centres
were
Saanich
and
Central
Saanich
in
the
Greater
Victoria
area,
and
North
Cowichan,
Cumberland
and
Lake
:
Cowichan,
up-lsland.
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Peace
Pleas,
Military
Might
Featured
in
May
Day
Rites
.
WD
BY.
HAIR
DYE
Tremors
Kill
150
In
Greece
Violent'
Shocks
Flatten
Towns
ATHENS
(AP)
Earth
tremors
rocked
central
Greece
Friday
night,
hours
after
violent
shocks
flattened
entire
towns
and
crushed
scores
of
persons
to
death.
The
early
death
toll
was
estimated
officially
at
150.
Interior
Minister
Ioamnis
Nicolitsias
said
at
lease
25,000
persons
were
homeless.'
The
minister
compared
the
disaster
to
that
of
the
widespread
quakes
in
the
Greek
Ion-
Ian
Islands
last
August,
which
killed
up
to
1,000
persons
and
I
destroyed
the
homes
of
120,000.
FROM
COAST
TO
MOUNTAINS
Friday's
stricken
urea
stretches
from
the
east
coast
into
the
Pindus
mountains,
where
shattered
villages
can
be
reached
only
over
donkey
trails.
The
destruction
appeared
to
centre
around
Granitsa,
135
.
miles
northwest
of
Athens,
with
the
towns
6f
BoftMhe.
Wra!a,
Ftari
ditsa
and
Domokos
hardest
hit.
Thousands
of
persons
slept
in
open
fields
Friday
night,
some
because
they
had
no
home
to
lelurn
to
and
others
because
they
were
afraid
to
go
back
to
the
towns
they
had
fled.
The
government
sped
supplies
and
medicine
to
the
earthquaxe
victims
and
dispatched
troops
to
"cf
-
"
v""""""--"
Driver
Fined
$75
On
Two
Counts
Two
traffic
counts
cost
Clyde
Elmer
Lcask,
Prince
Rupert,
$75
and
costs
in
city
police
ccuit
this
morning
when
he
peaded
guilty
to
failing
to
remain
at
the
scene
of
an
accident
and
als
driving
without
a
driver's
licence.
Leask,
police
testimony
showed,
was
picked
up
last
Saturday,
minutes
after
he
sideswiped
a
cab
belonging
to
99
Taxi
on
Fifth
Avenue.
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
fined
Leask
$50
and
costs
on
th?
hit-and-run
charge
and
$25
for
driving
without
a
driver's
licence.
New
police
crack-down
on
.speeders
brought
fines
of
$10
and
$15
against
two
men
picked
up
Tuesday
for
cruising
more
than
15
miles
an
hour
through
the
hospital
zone.
.
r--v
f
LONDON
iPi
Europe
celebrat--
ed
May
Day
today
in
a
holiday
mood,
with
pleas
for
peace
com-
Us
jf-Thr-
"coiortul''
crime
career
of
La
Verne
Roy
-grey-urlson-grey
Friday
as
the
youthful
stickup.
ontoiicid
to
up
to
30
years
in
the
State
penitentiary.
-Uhile
professional
boxer
who
fought
as
a
blond,
rtspd
hotels
as
a
redhead
nd
was
caught
because
hair
black
pleaded
guilty
to
the
April
9
robbery
c
hotel.
!:g
of
black
dye
he
used
to
change
the
color
of
his
a
policeman
suspicious
and
led
to
his
arrest
a
few
ing
from
both
sides
of
the
Iron
j
in
pnris
the
only
public
meet-Curtain.
:ng
was
a
Communist
rally
in
The
biggest
demonstration
was
.
the
Bois
de
Vinchinnes.
in
Moscow's
Red
where
Square,
In
Rome
the
Communlgtdo
the
Soviet
defence
minister
mina(ed
Rome
chamber
of
Marshal
Nikolai
Bulganin,
toldIThrir
cncroH
,
otwi
i
J
the
hotel
stickup.
-
,
Th
inrv
was
lnvestieatinff
the
death
of
Frank
Hykaway,
one
of
tug's
14
crew
members
who
their
lives
off
Point
Deci-
,
sion.
James
Moorcroft,
a
government
steamship
inspector,
testified
that
his
office
had
not
been
advised
of
changes
to
the
Chelan's
steering
apparatus
be-
1
fore
she
put
-out
on
her
last
j
'
cruise.
He
said
that
it
was
the
duty
of
I
company
officials
to
inform
his
j
office
of
any
important
repairs
,
a
ship.
.
I
LETTER
READ
TO
JURY
j
A
letter
from
the
Chelan's
second
officer,
Richard
Child,
'
dated
a
few
days
before
the
tragedy,
and
sent
to
his
wife,
was
read
into
the
record.
It
stated
that
the
vessel
was
still
hav
ing
trouble
with
helm.
Thomas
Wilson
Morgan,
Supt.
Engineer
for
Union
Steamships,
owners
of
the
Chelan,
testified
that
he
had
supervised
the
re
placing
of
the
tug's
electrical
steering
with
an
hydraulic-
assisted
mechanism
Just
prior
to
the
disaster.
David
George
Cox,
former
first!
rfi..n-
Af
tv.
rkUn
,
tovtifiori
.
V
1
wra
,v-
m
,1
ui.ovav,u
that
the
vessel
was
sturdy
and
handled
well,
but
that
it
had
trie
steering
during
a
35-mile
an
hour
wind
At
that
time,
he
said,
it
had
been
necessary
to
revert
to
manual
steering
which
required
the
use
of
two
men.
IJc
added
that
the
Chelan
had
hot
been
heavily
loaded
on
that
occasion
and
that
the
barge
it
was
pulling
"was
light."
BATTLED
GALE
The
Chelan
and
a
barge,
loaded
with
concentrates,
went
down
April
15
as
they
battled
80-mile'
an-hour
winds
and
heavy
seas
off
Cape
Decision.
Only
two
bodies
of
members
of
the
14-man
crew
have
been
recovered,
A
veteran
tugboat
skipper,
1
in
official
formalities
ashore
since
their
arrival
from
the
East
African
protectorate
of
Uganda
,
early
today.
j
Prince
Charles,
five-year-old
heir
to
the
throne
and
his
three-
'
year-old
sister
came
to
this
newly-created
independent
I
North
African
kingdom
by
sea
from
Malta
Friday.
But
they
had
to
wait
until
almost
noon
today
before
they
could
be
reunited
with
their
parents.
A
British
Overseas
Airways
airliner
brought
the
royal
parents
in
to
El
Adem,
RAF
station
18
miles
from
Tobruk.
Charles
and
Anne
reached
this
war-ravaged
city
famed
in
the
desert
battles
of
the
Second
World
War
aboard
the
royal
yacht
Britannia,
which
will
carry
the
reunited
Royal
Family
home
via
Malta
and
Gibraltar.
"
The
children
have
not
been
allowed
ashore
from
the
yacht.
During
the
daylight
hours
of
waiting
they
played
on
deck,
and
were
entertained
for
some
of
the
time
by
two
kilted
bagpipers.
r
l
I
!
60
Years
the
pokiest
May
1
since
weather
i
records
began,
including
that.
J
point
45
years
ago.
Komloopx'
j
low
of
22
toppled
minimum
rec-orrts
that
have
stood
for
60
years.
Temperature
records
back
tc
j
tumbled
on
the
prairies.
The
mercury
reached
a
high
ot
35.8
i
f'cmcei
at
Edmonton,
coldest
j
April
30
since
the
36
mark
set
j
fi
veil
s
ago.
It
was
2
at
Leth-1
bridge,
coldest
since
28
wa
re-i
corded
In
1913.
Calvary
was
the
coldest
spot
i
on
the
prairies
overnight,
re-
t.'nf.1tie!?in.8,-
1
1
:.
n
I'M
Mllll
Uill
ICLUIU
U4
ic-
porti-d
April
30,
1909.
Saskatoon
reported
a
high
of
30,
three
degrees
below
the
previous
lo
maximum
reported
in
1921.
At
Mi'
licine
Hai
it
was
28,
compared
with
44
reported
last
year.
Prfirie
weathermen
gave
little
li'ipe
of
much
wanner
weather
in
the
immediate
future.
Clouds
are
expected
to
cut
sh'Mt
the
sunny
spell
along
the
noi
inein
B
U
coasi.
anu
minr-
mil
tent
rain
is
forecast
for
this
evening.
The
Dominion
Public
Weather
Office
Issued
a
gale
warning
for
the
North
coast
region
with
intermittent
rain
tomorrow.
Southerly
15-mllc-an-hour
winds
will
i
increase
over
exposed
waters
this
evening
to
southeast
gales
35.
Low
tonight
and
high
Sunday
for
Port
Hardy
36
and
50.
Sand-I
spit
and
Prince
Rupert
40
and
50,
..degrees.
W.
H.
Lemmon
Leaving
Here
W.
H.
Lemmon,
incumbent
at
St.
Peter's
Anglican
Church,
Seal
Cove
for
the
past
seven
months
i
will
leave
early
in
June
for
a
new
post
in
the
north
and
will
be
replaced
here
by
Tom
Sharpe
S
who
served
the
Seal
Cove
Parish
i
last
summer.
Mr.
Lemmon
will
serve
at
sunset
Prairie,
about
17
miles
f,om
Dawson
City,
in
the
diocese
'
-'.,ul,-,ln
Wo
nmn
hpr
lat
;
October
from
London,
Ontario,
Mr.
Sharpe,
who
has
just
'graduated
from
the
Anglican
Theological
College
at
the
University
of
British
Columbia,
is
a
Vancouver
num.
He
will
be
ordulncd
here
on
Whitsunday,
June
6,
at
St.
Andrew's
Cathedral.
Mr.
Sharpe
Is
expected
to
arrive
here
in
about
two
week's
time.
Tornadoes
Hit
Southwest
U.S.
LITTLE
ROCK,
Ark.
UR
Tor
nadoes
and
vicious
winds
lashing
six
states
in
the
southwest
and
....
J
I
t.
Bromwich
Captures
Cup
3-2
Win
Over
Preston
Rcuter.sl
West;
his
fine
.shot,
the
game
appcur-
jioii
today
won
the'
cd
certain
lo
bo
into
a
30-minute
Prince
Charles,
Sister
Anne
Reunited
With
Royal
Parents
6vertime
period.
',
Preston
was
a
slight
favorite
i
to
take
the
73rd
Cup
Final,
I
glamorous
wlndup
Rama
of
the
Ennlish
siHccr
t&.isvtf'-
s
'
'.
other
West
Broinwfch'
glials
today
were
both
scored
by
Ron-pie
Allen.
One
was
on
a
penalty
shot
that
tied
the
count
at
2-2.
Allen's
first
goal
came
22
minutes
after
the
starting
whistle
when
he
took
a
fast,
pass
from
George
Lee
and
scored
with
a
low.
hard
kick.
Ani'us
Morrison
scored
first
for
Preston,
less
than
one
min-
'
ute
after
Allen's
opener.
Preston
went
ahead
2-1
when
Charlie
I
Wayman
scored
in
the
51st
minute.
I
The
game
was
dubbed
"not
soccer
at
its
best,"
but
offered
plenty
of
thrills
fn
closing
half
a
crowd:
"In
foreign
policy
it
is
the
glorious
task
of
our
government
not
to
permit
a
new
war,
and
to
keep
up
normal
relations
between
all
countries."
In
Western
Europe,
Communists
and
Socialists
held
separate
rallies
to
observe
the
traditional
international
workers'
holiday.
In
the
Far
East,
Communist
China
followed
the
pattern
of
her
Soviet
neighbor
with
a
mili-
tary
review.
Mao
Tze-tung,
the
country's
ailing
dictator,
made
one
of
his
rare
public
appearances
in
Peiping.
In
Tokyo,
about
400,000
Japanese
May
Day
demonstrators
streamed
through
the
streets
under
a
sea
of
red
banners,
shouting
their
opposition
to
rearmament
and
clashing
briefly
with
steel-helmeted
police.
Divided
Berlin
had
two
May
Day
observances.
West
Berliners
i
gathered
to
hear
addresses
by
j
the
lord
mayor,
Dr.
Walter
',
Stineibor.
and
Jacob
Kaisvr,
1
minister
for
all-German
affairs.
!
.
.
..
.
-
mm
m
i
J
iL
3
n
for
more
than
100.000
spectators
and
some
10,000.000
radio
and
television
fnim
In
olher
Old
Country
soccer,
TOBRUK,
Libya
(Pi
Queen
Elizabeth
and
the
Duke
of
Ed-
fnburgh
hugged
and
kissed
Prince.
Charles,
and
Princess
Anne
today
for
the
first
time
in
five
months.
Then
the
Royal
Family
sailed
out
of
bomb-wrecked
Tobruk
harbor
for
home
on
the
final
stretches
of
their
world
tour.
The
reunion
came
after
the
Queen
and
duke
had
spent
hours
f
ii
i
HTiii
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i
n
J
r
I'iciatlon
Cup
by
de.
prc-gauie
favorite
f
'h
End
3-2
before
at
Wembley
Sta-
goal
was
banned
"s
Frank
Orlffm
f
We
and
a
half
of
filiation
time.
Until
Known
!
'man
Die
fPcrt
lost
one
of
it
land
respected
resi-f-ht
w-itli
the
death
fi
at
the
Prince
Ru-
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Mo
pice
Rupert
for
38
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Norwav.
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to
America
in
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a
number
of
years
1
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wattle
and
Alaska
Priiw.i
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,
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unpen
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Firmed
In
the
fish-'V
throughout
his
r"t
eventually
pur-?
halibut
vessel
""Pert
he
was
an
f
anl
the
Valhalla
ju;ors
are
a
cousin
in
I
"natives
in
Norwav
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which
foi-
1
"liiess.
Mr.
wm
I'neiKis
,
f1
Cancer
Fund
In-
J"'ng
(lowers
f
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are
in
charge
f
lraE''inenUs,
which
F'nuter.
f
Molotov
ference
State
tlnil.
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u
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met
J-'n
today
with
Rus-
l
""or
Molotov
to
jfc
E''nhower
S
i
""Miosais
the
Rangers
defeated
the
Celtics
.
1!r)(j
nus
purtlcipated
in
several
by
a
1-0
score
In
the
first
round
,
community
activities
-during
his
of
the
Glasgow
Charity
Cup.
In
i
brj(,f
stay
the
same
series
Kilmarnock
Besides
organizing
anew
the
downed
Ayr
United
3-0.
In
the
Sritl
Uove
Anglican
Young
Irish
Gold
Cup.
Derry
City
and
j
Ppopir-s
Association,
he
was
ac-Llnfleld
played
to
a
1-1
draw.
,
Uyp
,n
tlle
Prtllce
Rupert
Boy
'
!
scout,
Association
and
the
Music
f
tt.
A.mr
'and
Drama
Festival
Association.
2
erv
i
.tia
-
m.
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TOflt,,
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4
tmmam
rw-l-
v
TV
Joins
Daily
News
John
Ma
:ot',
editor
and
publisher
of
The
Daily
News
announced
today
the
addition
lo
i
the
.staff
of
Geoffrey
Ayrcs,
formerly
news
and
continuity
writer
with
radio
station
CJNB,
North
Batteford,
Susk.
.
Mr.
Ayrcs
takes
over
the
position
ot
reporter
and
sports
editor
previously
held
by
his
brother
Dick,
now
news
editor.
Thirty-five
years
old,
Geo.'f
Ayres
served
overseas
with
the
4t,h
LAA
Regiment
RCA
during
the
Second
,
World
,...v.
War.
He
p.
gain-
SUCCESSFUL
"POT
P0URRI"
OPEN
LAST
TIME
TONIGHT
Prince
Rupert
citizens
have
their
lust
chance
tonight
to
view
the
handiwork
of
local
hobbyists
as
the
Civic
Centre
Association's
"pot
pourri"
arts
and
crafts
show
concludes
Its
three
day
display.
Following
a
large
turnout
of
visitors
to
the
Civic
Centre
last
night,
Crafts
Supervisor
Roly
Miles
dubbed
the
show
"a
success"
and
said
that
an
even
larger
attendance
is
expected
today.
.
.
"The
finest
display
in
the
show
so
far,
is
the
fine'
cooperation
displayed
by
the
various
contributing
groups,"
Mr.
Miles
said.
.
,
ITTrAji
"
INniri.
iiffi'JbK
wn
I
iiili
iifiiiiWiiliiii
THIS
riCTl'RE
of
a
proposed
new
city
hall
at
Edmonton
was
made
by
superimposing
a
photograph
of
a
model
of
the
building
on
a
picture
of
the
area
where
the
building
will
be'
located.
The
picture
was
made
by
Max
Dewar,
a
n
architect
who
helped
design
the
building.
The
model
shows
10
storeys,
but
the
city
hall,
w
hen
completed,
will
have
only
nine
storeys.
Proposed
location!
the
building
is
on
100th
street,
midway
between
the
CNR
station
and
Jasper
Avenue
ln
the
heart
of
downtown
Edmonton.
Plans
for
the
$2,500,000
project
are
approved.
Construction
is
expected
to
start,
this
year.
Corner
building
in
foreground
is
eity-owned
office.
ed
l,i
repiwting
experience
wit:i
;
miawest
iert
one
ir...,
rnu,
B
the
Saanich
Star,
V.I..
as
a
news
least
58
injured
and
caused
writer
for
radio
station
CJVI,
damages
estimated
in
the
hund-Vlctoria
and
as
a
sports
writer
i
reds
of
thousands
of
dollars
on
for
the
Dallv
Colonist.
;
Friday