_ WEATHER Cloudy. Mixed rain and snow today and Friday. Colder to- night. Winds westerly 30 gusty In exposed areas decreasing to Aght this evening. Low tonight nnd high Friday at Port Hardy, Sandspit and Prince Rupert 30 and 40. NATO Urges East-West Parley Allied Chiefs OK U.S. Arms Offer PARIS (CP)—The 15- power NATO alliance called today for a foreign ministers’ meeting with Russia to resolve the Isast-West deadlock on d i sarmament negoti- ations, At the same time the chiefs of the Allied Western governments, in a cornrnunique issued at the end of their first summit confer- ence, announced their decision to arm Western Europe with American-made miéssiles, and stockpile nuclear warheads there for use in cuse of war, “Soviet leaders have made it clear that the most modern and: destructive weapons of all kinds; are being introduced as a means: communique ' of warfare,” the said. “Wo are therefore resolved to achieve the most effective pat-' tern of NATO military strength, “To this end NATO has decide ‘sestablish stocks of warheads readily available for defence in caserof need. In view of the present Soviet policies in the field of new weapons, the council has also decided that in- termediate-range ballistic imis- siles will have to be put at the disposal of the Supreme Com- mander Allied Forces in Eur- ope.” The section declared the NATO leadership's desire “preferably within the framework of the United Na- tions’? to promote disarmament negotiations, “Should the Soviet Union re- ; fuse to participate in the work of the United Nations subcommit- ’ tee,” the communique continued, “we would welcome a meeting at _the foreion ministers’ level to rhedyo tae ra, oet hyo poet oy raat : an pear ous. 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Mr.’ Bennet disclosed that a meeting was held in his office | Wednesday afternoon between M. J. Foley, chairman of the pulp and ‘paper industrial relations buzfeau, and H. L. Hansen, tnter- national representative of the Pulp,‘ Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers Union. “E am pleased to announce Stewart SMILING HAPPILY as she is pictured receiving a $500 cheque from Elks Lodge Exalted Ruler Work Force . Donald Crowe last night is Mrs. Ivor Johansen, pretty young mother of three who was first to yell “bingo” in tne Elks “House Bingo” game, “I was never so excited in my life”, exclaimed Mrs. Johansen. 50 COMMUNITIES HiT Press survey showed. “A terrible deal,” said J. Find- ! lay. Indian superintendent and’ ience to coast settlements, the board of trade. presidental, Aler! Bay, 180 miles upcoast here. “Union is our liteline,” said H. | 1 ew 41 te shawie es ae be ot : Par toa apaas Post Mio Nan. Tee PGhe qt ‘ Laat eh achat ae ke lore camp at! near Alert Bay. ceabaship com- 80 ports Wrdnesday ane’ tis decision to discon ' poe caaperoservice Jan ¢ 4 oetindeus and m- thet eoebar tyre The aio tha company will: moa Peonplete cargo’ yes Aad nee es aieteraar fae Peywwyeen frp ye thie COtert line 4a ¢ 4 TOSSES | ronowed Trans: mo Cieoige TPbees Pavtiieaduent that! appheation for! 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An bniquillty tote the copmluet of doefors wha Jyatecb oan ddehbaehks from eye laos phe sediptiadis Wars aa aaenl Pel Werlhesday untih oenrly an Pee totuary Phe hewidine by oa cemantitee eft the he Codbepa of Tayaded- abo Suteous Pave been de- Laved beruuse af the death oof comnby count bees Bee Bosal Cretl dd Saayeler aioeststanié ebiir- Hee oof the bneeme Tax Appeal Hhoodeh fot (hat vt dloefors ay Vilodia ind Vieeouver shared “the (Photo by Howard Phillips) Hard Hit Special to The Daily News STEWART Outlook Christmas and Natidnal Employment Service. on the new year} for this community is anything | but encouraging with more than: 50. pér cent of the labor force out of work and only about five per cent ireceiving benefits from the With the population number- ing approximately 100, out of 98 employable adults there’ are 50: In Meeting W Quick Solution (Not Expected ; VANCOUVER (CP)—Premier Bennett Thurs- |. day announced a resumption of negotiations aimed at). ending B.C.’s costly pulp and paper strike, now in its that the discussions on the ques- tions under dispute are continu- ing,” the premier said today. the strikers could be back on th job before Christmas. i Wage negotiations between union and management repre- sentatives to end the five-week- old walkout broke down Wednes- day after 2% days of. talks. A union statement issued late Wednesday said the breakdown twas a “complete rejection of the principles of collective bargain- ing” by company representa- tives. . After more than zour weeks of stalemate, the two sides met last Friday with Premier Bennett in Victoria. The meeting was sug- gested by John Sherman, inter- national vice-president of the Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers. Also participating were the United Workers. over wage demands. - There was no indication that Papermakers and Paper Miil Both sides agreed to explora-~ tory talks, only to break down The union statement, said its representatives “offered to mod- 7 y pinks rte! SS TTT CRED LTT RARE re oe : (PROVINCIAL LIBRARY, , ee GCTORIA, B.C. TIDES, or [Seamer . High oo. . 0:42 19.7 feet \ 12:30 22.8 feet LOW vecscseeeeeee » 6:25 7.3 feet 19:10 18 feet PRICE FIVE CENTS 4 Nn men |Britannia sake Layotfs © Begun» BRITANNIA BEACH (CP)—The first batch of - 50 men was laid off at the Britannia copper min‘e Wednesday... 9 The layoffs at.the mine, 40. miles. north of Vancouver, will total more than 300 during next three weeks.’+ They follow an agreement to keep the mine partially, open for of a $20,000 federai and provin- cial government subsidy. me G. A. Bennett, president of the International Mine,. Mill and ‘Smelter workers’ local, said ‘an- other two groups of 50. men will be released this week. Output of the mine will be re- duced 40 per cent-when all 306 men have been. discharged. Mr. . Bennett said the layoffs were agreed on.‘to.save the jobs. of another 500° employees. os. In Toronto the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter - Workers. (Ind.) said Wednesday. its members ,will have: to:agree to afederal government propes- al to keep the Britannia: ‘copper. ‘the . a Canadian: 1 Apologizing for the inconven-! company said it had. shipping company is prepared to earry on the service. . In Prines Rupert Mayor George E, Hills said this morn- ing that the move was regret- table “because we are going to jose our position as the ‘hub’ of the north.” . He said there was 21 “tremen- dous ainount of commuting” be- tween Prince Rupert and isolat- ed communities such as Stewart, Ahee Arm and communities on Queen Charlotte Islands. i secant a pag act se oa ™ 2 been in-| - ie from formed that’ “another ” coastal "In 1955" _HiGHER SUBSIDY Cutting off of these people will: { capacity of 125 passengers, has « been carrying as few .as six | recently. : : nessmen—Senator S. S. McKeen, | Fred Brown and F. Ronald Gra-| MOVE nepapis —_____ ham~-purchased controlling in-, terest in the company from the, CPR. I Union Steamships at that time | owned 12 passenger and cargo! ships. One cargo ship has since: been sold. ; It is not Known if the company now will sell its passenger fleet, which consists of four converted | naval corvettes and other older vessels, of: “Continually rising costs fuel, labor, ship) repairs and: - services have completely out- | “be our bigest loss,” the mayor | said. However, he ‘said, “it seems that people have taken to travel by air-and that has dealt a death blow to coastal passenger serv- ee Reeve Wilbur Hallman of BKili- tnat sald the decision is repret- able. The company “played a major part in the development of Kitimat.’ Kitimat and Prince Rupert are the largest of the ports served by Union Stewmshtps' 11 passen- ger und cargo vessels, SUB PASSENGERS A company spokesman said the freight vessels Capilano wnd Cassiar carry about 34 per cent of the freight shipped from Kithmat, but (he passen- revo ship Chileotin, with oa distanced the available returns: on passenger ship operations af-- ter taking subsiay: into account,” a company statement said. “Subsidy payments proving in-! t sufficient, Union Steamships has, ncreasingly at its own expense, contributed to the cost of the! -services, “We are informed that another coastal shipping company ts pre- pared to carry on the passenger services to the B.C, coast and we sincerely hope there wlll nat be too long a service dislocation.” Union Steamships have been subsidized for nearly 60° vears by the federal government, to provide essential passenger and freight services to isolated constal communities, orce Halt in Oil Slick Search #90,000 from the eyeplass klek-{tles who said charges ate dealth baeks. Te rated this Income was with by court tn Wepal, where the alleged offences are tisuble although ruled under the Lol Medleal Aet. TO OBE TRIED KELOWNA (Qo Mrs, Marton Pearee was compitited for trial Wednesday following pretimin- ary hearing on oan attempted murder charge. The 4 year old wont ts alleged to have shot her son oat thele east Kelowna home Oet, 28. Maygdateate Don White set ball at $10,000, HUSY 'CEME VANCOUVER + —-Pollea Chief Ceorge Areher sald Wodnesday hia foree pay up 16,000 hows of overtime during November tn its tenalve campalgn wanhst. erie di the edly, Heonid arrests are being mide atom Dinher rate: than ever be- fore In hits expertonee and tt seem the battle ds badng won, NO SWITCH VICTORIA dh -Thare ds one chanee that trial af the sem- mer bribery consplyaey easo will he moved from Vaneouver ta Vietorta. ‘This was inade elene Wednes- day by provingdd legal author. the foentty suld to have occurred, In the Sommers case, Vane couver ts etted as the location of the offences, Request for the switch to Vic- toria was niide Tuesday by Van- conver Aldermu Bill Orr, who snid Vancouver should not be put fo the oxpense, “STUMBO" BEERS VICTORIA (--A Liquor Cons trol Board official said Wednes- diy B.C, hotelmen can start any: Line with the serving of “Jumbo” lnsses af beer, “Wo have given them the au. thority to serve a double wsarv- Ing pliss," the offletal sole Vit must be the equivalent of two Ty ounee glasses.” TOLL DOWN VICTORIA (Pe Tratfie acel- clenta have killed 283 porsons on LC, ronda so far this yeu. This represents a deerease of 48 deaths from the same pertod Iwat year, bub the provinelal motor velicles braneh sald the tall rade has been nisi ti the three Wancouvérpusi-7 appeer (end provide employment for a ify their requests” if the em~ ployers would give then consid- eration. , Company representatives re- jected the proposal ig it consti- tuted an attempt to bargain, ot s@nbasis sok: morethany.742, DEE: cent in, wage increases. That figure was recommended by the majority report of a concilla- tion board and accepted by the! seven companies involved. The union proposal was not: detailed but was assumed to ia-| volve more than a 7%-per cent increase. A further report on a company | offer was confirmed here this_ morning by a Columbia Cellu- lose Company Ltd., spokesman who said an amendment had been offered in the vacations with pay clause. Whereas the majority award of the conciliation board had recommended that an extra day be awarded employees after 10 years, the companies had now offered an extra week's holiday with pay “after 10 years em- ployment. Last night at a meeting of Local 708 of the pulpworkers in Prince Rupert, James Terry in- ternational representative deni- ed that further offers had been registered as unemployed, 23 of ther married men. Only five are receiving benefits, while 15 others have made applications. Twehty-five are not eligible and the firemaining. five have’ not int PD aot a ee hin ata 7 Ree The. situation has been dis- cussed frequently in the past weeks by the local Board of Trade, and representations for relief are being made to the provincial government. Only hope for relief is an as- surance by Highways Minister P. A, Gaglardi that the port of Stewart was favored as southern termination of the Stewart- Cassiar road. ! : When this is made official. work will start from this end considerable number of men. Prince Rupert Has Small Share Of Accidents Prince Rupert’s share of 291 accidents in British Columbia during the week ending Decem- ber 15 consisted of two minor| made by the companies. road mishaps, none of which However, when a member of the local showed him a letter that had been circulated by the company to its supervisors de- scribing the offer to give an cx- tra week's holiday after 10 yenrs Mr. Terry disclaimed any knowl- edge of it and was wnable to ex- plain it or why he didn’t know about It. . was followed up by prosecution. Staff Sergeant J. W. Todd, NCO in charge of RCMP elty detach- ment, reported today. Seven persons were killed in six sepnrate B.C. accidents, St. Set, Todd said, . aed City Stores Extend Hours City stores will extend closing hours during the Christmas sea- son to accommodate the expect- ed onrush of Christmas shopp- Crs, All clothing stores and the eity's two supormarkets will re- malin open until O pan. Monday while Woolworths Store extends hours to 9 pan. tonight, Suture day and Monday in addition to the usual Inte Friday closing, No definite arrangements have been made so far for Post Office hours, but federal em- ployoes ara slanted to receive a half-day hollduy the day before Christinas, pes ereemeweines ow rey teen Sitaein gra ipinartnanes mate mers Hits Wife, Fined $10 Patrick Kolly, about $0, ving near Soul Cove, was fined $10 und costs (hn ally police court this morning when ho pleaded guilty ton charge of assaulting his wito Desomber 17%. Mrs. Kolly who Inld the complaint told Magis- trate ET. Applowhalte hor hus poses for pleture after beh A VB awarded a prize for being one of the oldest membors of “Over WW Ohib" whieh hold ita ANNA Christmas banquot at the Onnndinn Legion auditorl- wm dash night. (Story on pore Ca gee 2, . yee “Easy Pete, it’s pretty sharp” Pearson Honored In Toronto | TORONTO 0: Today is Lester B. Pearson Day in To- ronto. Canada's first Nobel peace prize winner and architect of the United .Nations Emergency Force is being honored hy his adopted city. It is the first time in the memory of city officials that such an honor has been bestowed by public declaration. Newspapers carried notice of the special day over the signa- ture of Mayor Phillips. Mr. Pearson will be honored by a dinner tonight, sponsored by the Canadian Institute of In- ternational Affairs and the United Nations Association in Canada. The sponsoring groups wil] give the guest of honor sur- prise presentations, The Cily of Toronto will give him an. engraved silver water jue. More than 2,000 guests are ex- pected at the $6-a-plate dinner, among them Mrs, Edwin A, Pearson, Mr, Pearson’s 89-year. old mother, and Vaughan, a younger brother, both of Port Vope, Ont. MARTIN TO ATTEND Anyong House of Commons vol- leagues seheduled to be present Is Paul Martin, former Ltboral health minister and opponent of Mi, Penrson for the Liberal party Ieadership, . , Mr. Pearson ainister for ex- ternal aftalrs from 1048 until tho Liberal government's dofeat iy June 10 election, flew to Oulo Nec. 7 and recelved the $10,000 award In person, nee en oa ea Boat Overdue VANCOUVER @--Bonts along the B.C, coust have been asked to watch for a 42 foot f{ishbont five days overdue in gilo-whilp- pod waters at the north ond of Vancouver Tshuid, ROA offichus here tdentitlod the boat as the Sea Gypsy, whose registered owner ts Clyde Aildor- sleeve of Parksville. It was not known how muany wore aboard Lhe bout. Tho Bon Gypsy was flshing ho- tween Port Tardy, 220 miles northwest of here, and Smith Tnlet, 40 niles further north on Inst two montis, u (Stuff Photo) Uband had hit her, ‘tho malnand Jating before ‘the into effect... 02 Pe ee | The plan calls: for,the. federal i, bia, -governm mine in British Columbia ,oper- “move can -€0. 6,000 a to keep the c ating on a reduced 's the winter... The mine was ‘to day. Injured’ Man Dies | In Hospital Here © Police are investigating the death in Prince Rupert General Hospital Tuesday night of a Port Simpson man who- was brought here in a Pacific West= ern