ee 7 matically: yeopened.. 2." was closed. last. fermafter«thé: f, VOL. XLVII, No. 216 : “Agreement _ With’ ” the deadline for| negotiated. “settlement of contracts between school trustees and teachers ‘un-| der the new -P u blie Schools Act ‘set for ‘mid- night tonight, a full mem- bership meeting of Prince] Rupert. Teachers associa- tion was scheduled for late this afternoon, © * The membership meeting was slated to vote on .a. complete proposal presented by the Dis- trict 52 school board. | ‘ . Following. the ‘yote, ‘a further meeting between the negotiat- ing committees'of the board and the teachers is likely tonight, ©’ -If the .teachers agree to the proposals then. the agreement will be signed at. the earliest possible moment. - If'no agreement ‘is. reached by] -# midnight then both trustees and teachers have until November 5 & “to appoint tkKeir conciliators.. School board chairman W. J. Scott said today that “negotia- tions this year had been more pleasant than ever before.” PDOPP PLD DPD IP LE DR OP DL OOD OCOOLOP - Port Essington * school slated to be reopened . The school at Port Essington, at the mouth of the. Skeena River is to be reopened; Mrs. M. per, secrctary-treasurer of District’'52° school board said -to- day. . * Mrs, Roper said that Superin- _ tendent of Schools, J, M. Philipp- “son -had ‘checked. on» a “report: that. there “were 10 ‘children | that the -school. would be. i auto- e7e7 ROBUST, 210-POUND Pope XXIII. is in. ‘direct: ntrast: ‘to. his). predecessor Pope: Pius: “XII.- ‘Former Cardinal. Angelo . Giuseppe. Roncalli, 76, who was elected the: -262nd: pontiff. of: the Roman | ‘Catholic: ‘church Tuesday, WAS born in Sotto il Monte, one -of: 12 children of a peasant family.’ ‘Eugenio Pacelli, chis predecessor, was born of a noble Roman family,. Was. slender, frail ascetic. In the narrow streets:.of ‘Sotto: il Monte, which: “Means - “Long: the Mountain, children: danced. and ‘shouted | this. week “Long | fe, to Roneallt. ‘Long. live’ the ¢ Pope.” ”. school . population. dropped. be- fo low ‘the required | 10. Appointed to ‘teach “at “the } schoo] is Roderick Harrison of]... Edmonton, whois expected to ‘ive_in-the--distrc_early week with his wife. Prince to visit disaster site SPRINGHILL, N.S. @—Prince Phiip is on his way to this grief-stricken town. The prince, en route to Lon- don from a meeting of the English-Speaking Union in Ot- tawa, will break his journey to meet and talk to people of the town. He will visit the colliery pithead where carly Thursday 12 men were brought out alive after enduring 613 days trapped deep underground and also the hospital where they are recup- crating. + The known death toll in last week's upheaval tn the Cumber- Jand No. 2 collfery Is 32. The 32nd body was brought to the surface early today. Of the 174 men buried in the upheaval, a total of 93 survived; Another 40 are Missing. A record atendance of approx- jmmntely 250 teachers is expected for the Northern District Teach ers convention to be held in Prince Rupert. November 6, 7, and 8 John JL Staele, convene tion chairman sald today, Schoo! children will get a hol- Iday next Friday so that tenchers will bo able to attend the threa- day conference whieh will see! 40 terehers coming from Ocenn Walls, 13 from the Queen Chore lotto Talands, tenchers from An nuneiation School and Indian sehools attend boaldes those from Prince Ruport and Kit- fint distrleta, “The Queen Charlotte Islands tuachera are chartering h plane < nees 0 0 eermpedeanmanneonenn C220 Paane ame. on ye ee rer wen we SEES ORMES DRUGS LTD. DIAL ‘heent principal’ school sald. atl. VANCOUVE R (CB aX C: hospitals a are in 1 dan- o oN WE TOME TCO SCT POUS TINETCial CONDE OVEF PUTT veovecoersososocoosorercocrorrrs, ments for equipment approved before national hospi- tal insurance was introduced in July. . | Elliott, assistant provincial health officer, told the B.C. Hospitals Association Thursday equipment for in- patient care must be delivered and paid for by December 15. This equipment 1s being paid for on the basis of 40 per cent by federal grant, 20 per cent by the B.C. Hospital Insurance Service and 40 per cent by the community. Dr. Elliott said the federal grant has been superseded by national hospital insurance and unless accounts for the equip- ment were received from the hospitals by December it. was rolug to be impossible to have them processed by December 31, when the grants end. “If the accounts are not sub- mittecd In time, someone is fo- ing to have to find the 40 per share under the federal Dr. George make the trip, Mr. Steele, of Roosevelt Pack to “A panel discussion, an address hy Dr. Broek Chisholm and the largest and moat varied diapiny of childran'a books ever shown in the northern district wilh be hightights featured during the conferences, The convention will be offle- ally and publlely opened nt 6 pa, Thuraday, November 6, with Wrnest Mekeown, prinelpal of Port Edward achool and pres- Ident of the Prince Ruyert Tonehers assochation giving the opening ncidyoss, Tenchors from Prince Ruport, Tarrace, Withnat, the Queon Oharlotoes, Amithors and Ocenn Falls aso will be weleamad by Mayor Pp, J. Leator on behalf of the elly and W. a. Seote choaty- man of District 62 sehool board on behalf of tha Gruateos. Mr. Btooloe sited. that RR, a. Moore will be moderator for tho minel discussion on “law to ine prove Our Behools" Thryaday Maht. Mombers of the panel DELEGATES WARNED o there in. need of. schooling and| oS “Associated 1 Press: Photo. . : hydro. ‘development: com- : pany “Was: ; ineorporated "PRINCE RUPERT, BC, FRI ‘alae RIDRY, ‘OCTOBER 31 Tg | | central Br son nore : Develop- ‘| ment Company Limited, with an. } | authorized: maximum: ‘capital’ of | | $20,000,000 was. régistered: at: the}. ‘| government ©: | through the:- 4 the.» said! ‘William’ Murphy;. a diréctor}’ of the: Wenner:Gren.: Develop-: ment Company. B.C.) Ltd: < ‘industrial. ‘firm.)'. He: is/in: Eng-" a ‘November.’ oe. Peace ‘River ° “Power - “companies. Vancouver firm: of: Campney, ° Murphy. area ° “This is in: connection ‘ with: “Wenher-Gren “Company,” NO. OTHER ‘COMMENT. “That ‘is the: only, statement 1}: can ‘make: : : Dla. . “Any” “other have’: ‘to: ‘come | from... Gore, (executive. of -the: Swedish: Jarid- and=won't . be: office f - egal, Me “statement will : ‘Bernard: : he ‘dog who baby-sits: with’ two ‘young: ; kittens. ‘at Lecompton Kan. The. . five-year-old. pooch, part. shepherd,: “plays f : - household: ‘of. Mrs: Eva M. ‘Holt, as: well ‘as ; anda: hherd.of ‘10 goats.” = aN a Se TE TON RY wy “| VANCOUVER (CP) The first climax in a long} Me courtroom. drama e: have trouble eople“b ause they are shareholders: of| t this. province.” . He challenged | pi his’ financial ‘critics “to. dare -to| trea say” he was transferring direct] ati ty court jury’s verdict’on "Conspiracy. raat TEES ALA former provincial ‘government minister and a. number of prominent timber executives and companies. _ grant,” he said. you will be in trouble financial- ly if you do not get these pur- chases completed prior “to Dec. 15." Dr. Elliott said later the fed- eral grant share of equipment now being purchased amounts to approximately $120,000. Dr, Elliott told the delegates federal grants to 66 B.C., acute hospitals, exeluding hospital construction, have amounted to Just under $3,000,800 in the last 10 years, For agencies outside the prov- inee including health ‘services such as cancer, arthritis, reha- bilitation, federal grants have been glose to $5,000,000. “It's evident these grants have been well spread nround,” he commented. Approximately 250 teachers expected to attend northern district parley are HW. ON, Parrotl, president of the BC Teachers Federation; Cc. 1B. Conway, direetor of the Department of Edueation's Tests and Measures division; t. S$, McGill, manager of adminis- rerne ey siya Lene TRMT re mene ERteR eR EIR ory rare emuy mim vegr < Tm A mERgY mg f ae r i we : “nated Moe SP ed twa YOUN W. STEELE oes Convention convener, “TI feel pasitive with transport KITIMAT (CP) — Two CCF representatives came close to ‘riding the rods” to get to a party rally here. Robert Strachan, B.C. oppos- ition leader, and Frank How- ard, MP Skeena, were en route here Jate Wednesday when they discovered at Terrace that the Kitimat-Terrace roads was washed out, The only available trans- portation was a Canadian Na- tional freight train, which it- self was delayed by ao mud slide, The 40-mile trip took seven hours. In addition, Mr. Strachan and Mr, Howard were charge- edo as first-class fare for the {rip—for riding the enhaose, tration at Columbian Cellulose Company Ltid.,. Watson JTsland and J. RR. Ayres, editor of The Prince Rupert Daily News, The publte is also invited to hear Dr, Chisholm speak on “Wd- venation for Survival’ at aan. Mriday, November 7 in Booth Memorlal High school, The book display, which will Include text books, workbooks and brary books from the Grade 1 to the Grade 12 level, will be shown in the Rooth Memorial Wigh school activity room on Meiday and Suturday November Toand 8. Work sosslons will be held by the teachers on all three days with the conforence expected to Wind up about noon siturdiy. Also to be featured will be a (splay oof paintings supplted through othe courtesy oof the Prince Rupert Art aub, The panties will be dn Booth ae- thylty room whore coffes Wil be keorvod 'Thivsday nleht after the panel diveussion, Robin Pearce, of the department of extenslon wh UBC will be on hand to dis- Jury Foreman Eric Miller told Mr. Justice J. O.-Wilson Thurs+ day night there was no hope of reaching a verdict then. At that point the jury of nine men and three women had had the case for six hours—-counting two hours they were at supper, Courtroom sittings lasted 74 days. In fact, the foreman said, the jury might “take the best part of tomorrow” to reach a verdict on the alleged conspiracy re- volving around. former forests minister Robert Sommers. Sommers resigned from the cabinet in 1956 but still repre- sents Rossiand-Trail in the leg- islature, Charged with him are timber company executives H. W. Gray and John Gray, timber engineer C. D. Schultz and his company of the same name, Pa- cific Coast Services Ltd., Ever- green Lumber Sales and ‘the multi-million dollar firm of B.C. Forest Products Ltd., establish- ed here by the E. P, Taylor in- terests of Toronto, The Crown charges they con- splred to bribe the former min- Ister for favor in the {issuance of forest management Heenees and that thousands of dollars changed hands. All have pload- ed not guilty. The defence has heen that monies golng to Son- mers whilo a cabinet mombor wero honest lJonns from his friend HW, W. Gray, that thay wero coverad by notes and re- pald. Mr. Justice Wilson told tho Off_ee grounds, Guss the palnathoga. of Public Works, Mr, Jury he folt a strong feature of PRI GHP PIPPI PGPL DPD POHIDIOPDODOOEOPO PIPEFITTERS, ELECTRICIANS NEEDED FOR POOL NEXT WEEK Work on the Civic Contro swimming pool project Ja progrossing stoadiiy at steel work for the pool walkways 8 boing ald, W. P, O'Noal.chalrman of the swimming pool publielty: committee reported today, Mr. O'Nenl sntel that plpofitting and somo olectrical work will be carried out during. the coming wack, Approximately six plpofitters and at Toast two ofece trloians In addition to three ay four lwhorers are required for each night, Mr O'Nowd nal, A largo sign has boon made up indlenting tho progress on the pool and will bo crested on Monday $n tho Post the Crown's case was that al- leged loans to. Sommers were not paid by cheque in the normal way, but by -cash, ‘telegraphic transfers or bonds... As for John Gray, he felt “if he was an actor in this drama he vas a minor one.” . In his closing remarks, he’ told the jurors Intelligent society does not work on the school-boy mentality that one doesn’t tell on one's friends. And there was no reflection on chief crown witness Charles Eversfield’ lay- ing the case before the attor- ney-general jn December, 1955 on the strength of documents he had taken from Pacific files, providing. he was telling the truth, -_ But he warned that Eversfield, former Pacific bookkeeper, was probably an accomplice and it would be dangerous to convict on the uncorroborated evidence of an accomplice. The jury should look for corroborating evidence, : Two RON frigates, the HMCS New Waterford and the HMCS Jonquicre will be open to the publle from 1530 pan, ta 4 pm. Saturday, Lt. Ronald Or- ton CD, RON, staff officor of HMCS Chatham reported today. Tho Jonquicro arrived in Prince Ruport yesterday afternoon and the New Waterford ts, expected to arrive nt 30 am, tomorrow, Both ships will borth at the Cannadlan National Railways clock. POLIPOVOPOD Tho alyn was palnted by Goorge 1, WiNI9 and pornlasion for the alan to be oreetod was grantod by tho Department O'Nenl anid, . POOPIDS DIED II GI LI GLEE DIDG POD OILI ODDS 94D OAOPDNDDATIDV IE ELOEDOEIE ‘| debt to indirect debt in order:to give the. appearances of. paying off the provincial debt. DEBT-FREE IN 1959. He repeated his promise that B.C.. will be debt-free by next year, The 1960s would ~ “be B.C.’s| “greatest decade” and the pro- jected roads expenditure would] only be. a start, “The time is ripe for great do- |. velopment in this proviiice./ We're going to put this province in high gear and then you are Boing to really see action,” He said the $1,000,000,00 would not include federal contribu- tions for highways. The Peace River hydro-elec- tric project planned by Swedish financier Axel) Wenner - Gren would be one of the greatest: of its kind in the world. Other power projects, on the Columbia River, would go ahead a8 soon as the question of down- stream bonofils was settled. SOLVE SPAWNING PROBLEM Promicr Bennett said there will be no power projects on the WANTED ~ An International sonrch jas boen launched for Boyno Johnston, We-yonr-old ehiof tellor of the Importal Bank of Canada in Ottawa, wanted In connection with tho daipponrinea of nlinost §280,« 000 on cash from the bark, Johnston, ' flvo-foot sovette Inches and 138 pounds, had worked at the bank for sovon. yours, —OP Photd, Fmoraing’ Magistrate E, Ty es ew. elty police cuore hig™: section, _ of Welch's car:Avag: fn collision with a. car dtiven: by. ‘Donald Scherk of. 74¥, Seventh ‘Ave id West at the ‘nterscdtion of Bride Streatiand | Sixth. ‘Ayenuio, Soptember 81, He pleaded. ng guilty October 18° and has “bee remanded ” ‘on since, | cae " Damag O° tol timated al 00, Also’ in er . court: ‘en S.. Roderick . Malcolm: Bruce of 875 Borden Strect ‘was fined $10, costg of .payment sentenced to five’. days in jail whon" ho. ‘pleaded g produce 0 requost of an ROM ree Cer: Bruco . waa ‘choked by: polic n'Hope and had his chyelw ‘alvi qo ia city Police sown here aie Se 7“ Te ros Cloudy today and, Saturday day morning, A Httle cooley, Winds southonst. 90 Batute ,day morning. Low tonight nnd high Botuday a. jane TIDES a peal Wovombor., nt ; 1088 § (Paot tandard Et ina ot “TTIGT cesses 08780 "Low, ay Wee a oe, Wa, oa. wee or in default’ ullty to a charge of falling tats. drivers iiderde. nt the ” Galo warming sin. 1 thea with raln- beginning: Bature ‘ 6 eg ’ ‘ Pe Be te be a hen at your hot Nye, Bitte ey , oa , , ; NM EN EE ote we ae sae a ee rr SE EAT inuasenagzniininnon CW My ree yh Gm hg 4 Deh Ne, eo. eave