a t Ft erat ee Ae cist km teat | | | B.C. CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE, ire | | | % ARCHIVES OF Buc. | yictonta’ be a Tl DES tov 2arsp WEATHER v. , i Cloudy with showers tonight Puesday, détobeF 1, 1aeRL AND ow | and Tuesday. Little cooler, Winds ( Pacific Standard Time).----. . aod reaching south 25 tonight and De ‘ , co ee Tuesday. Low tonight and high “ High, we. / 9:38 | 16.2 feet oo aneih ab Sandsplt and Prince L ' 19:38 fi feet my uper an . ’ Oh . : ‘6.8 feet .. i ‘ Port — And Key to the Great Northwest 13:31 .10.2 feet A VOL. XLVI, No. 229 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1957 | os . 3 | S | : ae “a E Of Mu . ering His bee OE |. Temporary Peace — = Comes To Little Rock LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP)—Nine Negro stu- dents started a second week of integrated classes at Central High School today. They were escorted into the building by only one paratrooper without arous- ing any reaction from white students. i . to PRICE FIVE CENTS. | Not Guilty Wife's Lover . Nite s Love Slaying on May 25. : Said Manslaughter — An all-male jury this afternoon found Kitimat worker Werner Hensel not guilty of murder, in the May 25 slaying of Franz Lechner, at Kitimat. ot However, the jury fourid the 36-year old Alcan. . worker guilty of manslaughter and made a strong +yecommendation for mercy. OS oe h ; o 4d . i . 2 ~ { _* i A week ago today the six Ne- gro girls and three boys entered Central High for the first time. However, rioting white mobs on the streets outside led to their withdrawal three hours after the started classes. Today there were no mobs and only a few curious onlookers were present, There was the us- ual concentration of students on Special legislative session, the governor said, could legally seg- regate the public schools. Pre- sumably the schools would be taken ‘over by private groups on the theory the federal govern- ment would have no control over them (and would therefore re~ move the soldiers. Another proposal is to with- draw ‘state financial aid from the verdict pronounced by fore- man Norman Percy Baker then remanded Hensel for tence until the end of the rent Fall Assizes. ‘115 minutes, reaching their dict at 4:05. Mr. Justice J. V. Clyne heard and 3en- cur- only The jury deliberated for ver- Mr. Justice Clyne completed unhappy: marriage, the isight of his wife lying in’ bed: with their boarder drove him to:a' third so- | this morning azter: they finished producing evidence. Saturday night. ee Saturday, between two ways.of:ending. his. lution. . defendant.” Werner. Hensel told the jury:how,;..torn — his charge to the jury at 5:50 p.m. after telling them that they had three choices of verdict — either acquittal, guilty of mur- der or guilty of manslaugiiter. The main thing to determine, Mr. Justice Clyne said, was the degree of p:ovocaiion. the school’s front steps. In the past they have laughed and even mildly taunted the Negroes but today they displayed indiffer- ence. Paratroopers have been es- corting the Negro teenagers to classes since iast Wednesday a ‘Hensel gave testimony for the better part of eight. hours, in.a. marathon session order. by Mr. | Justice Clyne in an attempt to — end the trial before Sunday. >: Hensel was the last . witriess called by defence counsel,Brown. Hensel told the court how on the schools which integrate. ALCAN, ede mat tere he? ca cane take ard ee et orem, rhe Zh. "GEORGE ROBERTSON, director for , the, 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, F. W. May of this ‘ students with her painting “Shanties - and Papr association, B.C. division. The contest wa “Painting in the Parks” program, sponsored this summer * by the Prince Rupert Parks board is shown’ presenting first prize of a $50 bond to Gloria Hol- ” in a competition sponsored by the Canadian Pulp Ss sponsored for areas city. Gloria topped all other outside Vancouver. (Daily News photo) B.C. NEWS ROUNDUP Nanaimo Jury Acqu few hours after President Eisen- hower sent the 101st Airborne division into Little Rock to force integration upon the city. Inside the high school this morning 11 paratroopers stood. in the halis armed only with bil- ly clubs, a major said. Last week they carried rifles. They were not—as in the past -_-ordered to. accompany stu- Workers Agree VANCOUVER (CP)— dents between classes. its Man Of Murd er in Stabbing Near Campbell River | | NANAIMO (CP)—A B:C. Supreme Court jury non Ernest Breckon of murder in the St. Patrick’s Day lace at Quathiaski Cove. The jury took the case at 12:26 p.m. after a two-hour address by Mr. Justice J. G. Ruttan, They returned with the not guilty ver- dict at 2:26 p.m. The 34-year-old accused man told the jury he had carried a butcher knife with him only be- cause of fear of Indians at Qua- thiaski Cove. _ Mr. Justice Ruttan, in his ad- dress to'the jury, said a heavy burden of proof Jay on. .the crown, . “There Is not much doubt that the victim met his death as a result of stab wounds inflicted by the accused person," his lord- ship said. “But the jury should give weight to the possibility that the stabbing may have been an aecident.” Commentng on a tussle be-| tween Breckon and Wallace, he remarked that “there Is nob a great deal of evidence of provo- cation." VANCOUVER «GAIL net fishing In the Strait of Georg- ian und (he Strait of Juan de Kuew bas heen closed tilt 6 pain, Oct, 6 for conservation purposes, the Department of Fisheries snigh Saturday. the department geald this year's ehum run Is far below hormal in volume and the coho run is declinhag. VANCOUVER @ -- Chico Stanley Park's baby Ning Pen- wun, has made penned-penguin Ilatory. Bixty-Lhree days old Bunday, Chico has se. a survived record for King Penguins born and bred jn captivity In North Amorten, he previous record was ket by yn ehlek whieh survived for 60 lava abt the Bt. Louls, Mo,, 2oo In 1026, Chieu was one of two King Ponmuins hatehed at Stanley Park this summer Tho other lived only a fow diya, Lea eR Ne RRR NTRS. EEE ORMES Daily Delivery ® DIAL 215] DRUGS Saturday acquitted Ver- knifing of William Wal- VICTORIA @i--British Colum- bia's 2,800 federal civil servants have decided to press the gov- ernment for bargaining rights. Delegates to the district con- vention of the Amalgamated Civ- i) Servants of Canada passed a resolution Saturday instructing the national executive to fight for bargaining rights. The organization, representing 12,000 federal civil servants in Canada, will merge next year the 15,000 member Civic Service Association of Ottawa to form one group representing federal employces, VANCOUVER (—B.C. govern- ment .employees have agreed to a government plan for a health insurance scheme for all pro- vincial civil servants. At a meeting Saturday, the membership passed amendments to its constitution permitting it to enter into an agreement with the government. . This will enable the plan to cover all 12,000 government em- ployees with prepaid medicine instead of restricting the scheme to members of the B.C. Govern- fment Employees’ Association. Needs Of Local Fishermen Outlined To New Minister — Problems of Prince Rupert fishermen and the local fishing industry were outlined Friday to Minister of Fisheries J, Angus McLean, Mr. MeLean who met with the Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co- Operative association board of airectors headed by president Martin Eriksen was told: Of the need for electrical out- lets for the Co-Op's Falrview flonts; Of the increasing menace as predators of sen ons and dog fish; And the overcrowded condl- tlons of tne Fairview, Cow Bay and government floats by the former drydock. Mr, MeLean had an exeellent opportunity to see the crowded conditions at all elty fonts when taken on nv tour of the wator- front in the Parma, skippered by Capt. Marole Helland, local mom- ber of the International Wallbut conmmisalon,. Warter, Mr, Mebean had brought a fitting cloxe to Nae Wonnl Flay Week, by enjoying a full-fish dinner at the Canadian Logion In company with repre- xontatives of all the elty's fal planta, fe was weleomad on bee half of Whe City of Prince Ruport VANCOUVER @—A dT-yout- old wan ts holne hold by police In connection with the stabbing Bungay of an ona end roont- ing houke oporator. William Ostushek, oho 40 wan stabbed in the left side of the nbdomon with a kulfe, THe ta iy Clonoral Hospital in “fate” vondlblon, ‘ by BT, Applewaite, special as- sistant to the derk-comptroller, who introduced the fisheries minister as a personal friend, We had known Mr, MeLean In the House of Commons, when Mr, McLean was an opposition MY? from Prince Edward Island and Mr. Applewalite was MP for Skecna, Mr. MeLean also made a tour of Prince Rupert's fishing pinzts, , On the requests made of him he 'snid that he would give them his “earnest consideration”, He lett Saturday for Vaneoue ver. The atmosphere was changed to one of complete calm, almost routine. oo Some 300 soldiers’ took-~.posi- -tions around the school at 7 a.m. but the bayonets had been re-~- moved from their rifles. ~ Signs that Governor Orval Faubus planned an emergency session of the Arkansas legisla- ture mounted. . He said Saturday that closing the school ‘‘would be a very un- pleasant development.” . f ubrey Findlay Dies Aged 72 Aubrey Findlay, 72, 2 resident of Prince Rupert since 1948, died in the Prince Rupert Gen- eral Hospital last night follow- ing a lengthy illness. ‘ Mr, Findlay was born in Hunts- ville, Ontario and was a veteran of the First World War, serving in France. , Surviving i i him are his wife +i Margaret Findlay, 1236 Seventh Avenue Kast; four sons, Robert of Banock, Saskatchewan, James of this city’ and Donald and Edward of Vancouver, two daughters, Mrs, Frederick Faulk- ner sy, of this city and Mrs. G. H, Cornish of Fort St, John. Bc, two brothers Edward Findlay of North Bay, Ontarlo and Jacob Findlay of Rocky ‘Mountain, Alberta; two sisters Mrs, Esther Bower of Teasdale, Sasknichewan and Mrs, Eva Waddington, North Bay and nine grandchildren. Funeral arrangements ino the hands of Ferguson Funeral Home will be announced later. ee teent st epee ong eens SAE Spotemerrioam 9 ersoemeent en ee RAO Crash Kills 55 KARACHI, Pakistan (—-Fifty- five persons wore reported burn- od to death and 170 Injured Sun- day night when a passenger train crashed into a frelght in Wost Paklstan, ere eerie © ems Loepetitre ne mesmemrne rman = Icsteres meme mes yes TN eS eum A penewe mae perrsnen puss nante aarevammrennie aver m8 9euerre Manslaughter Sentence Reduced To Ten Years VANCOUVER ® — Goorpa Alan Thomson, 30, sentenced to i oyenrs for the fatal shooting of Withur Nichol Jaat October 0, las his term reduced to 10 your's, Thomson was nequitted of Niolvol'a nourder but convicted of Manaslueghter by a Kamloops as- alive jury and war sontonced by Mr, Justice J, V. Olyna, 1, G, Bowon-OQolthurat, coun- ap) for Thomson, pluced before veh ee ke the court of appent affidavite toxtifying to Thomson's good roputation ino his home com- munity, he ‘Inwyor alsg palntod out Thomson's contention ‘that Nichol, who was living with Thomson's oxtranged wife, shot firat, Thomeon clvimod he fired {ri solf-clofanaa, Iv reducing the sentones, Mr. JTustlea ©, H, O'Malloran sald the vffiduvits of good charactor were nob bofore Mr, Justiee Olyne. ! Hot Be fur dg Hoe United Steelworkers of America and the Alumin- um Company of Canada havedagreed.on terms. of a collective . agreement ‘to end their Kitimat dispute over wages and working conditions, Vancouver lawyer Reg Moir said Sunday. Mr. Moir, chairman of a con- ciliation board appointed to con- sider the dispute, said Wally Ross. union representative, and Robert Wilson, company repre- sentative, informed him of the agreement. The terms will be submitted to a meeting of the union member- ship at Kitimat later this week, when the union negotiating committee will recommend their acceptance, he said. Details of tne agreement were not disclosed. cy The union was seeking a 30- eent-an-hour Increase for 2,000 workers in Kitimat and nearby Kemona, The company offered a 4@-cent increase over threc years. The company sought retention in the new agreement of a clause, covering lockouts and strikes, The union said the clause was unnecessary since the subject was covered by the Labor Re- Intions Act. ore enero on Review Urged For Unions VANCOUVER () — Bill Black, president of British Columbian Federation of Jabor, has called for a complete review of sen- tenees Imposed on communtst- led untons In Canada, Ile said In an Interview, some method must be found to bring these unions back Into the labor movenrent, oe ; Mr, Black was referring spo- cifically to Vancouver civic em- ployees union outside workers, which waa expelled from the Inhor moveniont because i was wnder leftist leadership, He suggested this case and the aise of the United Fishermen rnd Mino-MIl) unions be review- ed by the Canndian Labor Con- ens, ; He ald w xecond look should be taken at those suspensions “intorents of tho unity of Inbar’, Mr, Blnok ecriticlvad a BC, chambor of commerce propaxil calling for compulsory arbltra- tio Of Inbor disputes whore u atrike would = threaten howth or aivfoty, Ho,anld tho chamber of com- mores fa trying to find © meine of ahackiing Inbor and the pro- poxnl will ba oppoxed by the one . Chilliwack Jnit, publio) \ MIKE THE PELICAN leaped to the head of Ian Duncan as a welcome when the heli- copter engineer came to ‘call at Stanley Park zoo in Van- couver. Ian found Mike frozen in the’ cockpit of a helicopter at a northern radar station, thawed him out and sent’him to the 200.” (CP Photo) sae LSS Union Vessel First To Use Airport Dock Capt. Daniel Connell, of Van- couver, skipper of the Union Steamship’s freighter Chilliwack, has a new hat coming to him if General - Kiewit Construction conforms to marine tradition. Capt. Connen Friday took the into the new dock being built at Prince Rupert’s airport on Digby Island to dis- charge a miscellanous cargo of ehuipment. The Chilliwack was the first big vessel to use the dock. The Chilkoov, also, a Union Steamship steamer, was over to Digby this morning taking a 28- ton shovel and two large trucks. Skipper of the Chilkoot is Capt. ait 6 wo oN tem lf Fis handS. sesticulating wild Hensel listened to the trans- lation of the verdict in stony- faced silence, while. his wife Erika, sitting in the rear of the evening, of May 24 ‘this year he borrowed a rifle to kill himself, er daughter and leave his wife. court room among the spectators, showed signs of tears. Crown prosecutor W. N. Poole and defence counsel .A. Bruce Brown summed up their cases into the room, pushed aside the blind and without | aiming, I ‘pulled: the’ trigger.” "2" x his voice raised to a shout, Hen- sel relived in court the climax of .years? of -happy marriage, months of doubt, weeks of mis- desperation and .a second of blind fury. He said his wife had become increasingly indifferent towards him after Lechner moved into their home at 71 Finch Street, Kitimat, last November. . When his brother-in-law told him to “put his foot down” and he asked his wife if the accusa- tions were true she turned around and said “go to bed,” Hensel said. ’ He said his wife first told him of her intention to leave him on May 1, and gave as reason his “T wanted to go to Prince Hugh McLean, Man Fined $1 00 On Drink Counts William Northrop was fined a total of $100 on two lquor charges whenhe apseared before Magistrate BE. 'T. Applewhaite in police court this morning, Northrop preaded guilty to consuming beer in a public place on September 22 and was fined $50 or In default of pay- ment sentenced to a month in jail. We also pleaded gullty to supplying a Native Indian with an Intoxicant, on September 28. He was fined $60: with gq month In jail as an alternative In de- fault of payment.>’ Also. dn court this morning was Gordon John Kraft, 618 Sixth’ Avenue Woat who pleaded guilly to a charge of speeding on September 27. He was fined $25, costs or In default of pry- nent sentenced to 16 days in pacers mteeay siren ans tn gts mp aRrammn wane nena enorereattn One Boat Lands 50,000 Pounds Only one vessel sold its Aren n-A catch over tho Prince Ru- port Wallbut Wxchange this moming when the Zaporn sold 0,000 pounds of halibut to B.C. Packers at prices of 84 for medium, 183 for large and 10 conty for chicks, NALTIMORE () — Three Bal- timore heart researchors trans- ‘anted a heart from ane dog nto the chost of another dog nnd kept tho second animal Wire Inbor movement, , , : Lo ‘ ee ore she tl tel peek aaah be , 4 aoe George and start a néw life with Regina,” Hensel said. Hensel's following movements until 9 p.m. are confirmed by witnesses. He borrowed a rifle from a friend and bought ammunition at the Kitimat Sporting Goods store. | “Then I wandered through the city, wondering whether to shoot myself or go to Prince George.” At 11 pam. he arrived back at his friend's house, was shown how to use the rifle, and Ieft at around 11:15 p.m. The 30-minute walk to his home took him more than two hours, “l was barely dragging myself along, I had neither eaten nor slept for two days, On my way back I sat down In some bushes and smoked ft cigarette, Then I made up my mind not to. kill my- self but go to Prince George with the children.” Hensel said when he approach- Leaving Scene alive for more than an hour, EL. saa Dat: ay PL CLM at aver | , bert ta ty ed Aye FS a tae 4 , Costs Driver $25 James Chirk Bridden of Muse sob wis fined $25, costs or in de- fault of paymont sentenced to 16 days in jal whon he pleaded guilty to a charge of falling to remain ab the sceno of an acel- dont, Bridden appeared before Mag- Istrate i. 'T, Applewhalte, In police court this morning follow- Ang an accident at 10:48 Satur day night in which a car drivon by Bridden was in collision with one belonging to Catherine Lahtl near the Interseation of Second and Third Avenuor, Police told the court that Bridden drove into tho rear of the Lahti vo- hiclo and then drove around it and continued away from the scone of the mishap. wean Ae OR em Pg YN IG A oH . my Pe . ‘ay, tem te eH! wg akan! rn '* ‘ug’ ; ‘ ‘ ACAI Doh Sy bitin Du tir tA SNL ST SN WA Sg ete ala oa fe eta a a Mi “] J wa OW at i “Pulled Trigger Without Aim” “T thrust the mosquito screen gambling. ery, a day of certainty, hours of ‘ soe Be ee 8 we He came home shortly. after midnight, and looking through a bedroom window: saw her and boarder Franz Lechner together . . ‘in bed. On the morning of May 23, repeafed-this, évet more firmly, ‘When- he . confronted: : Lechner, how it-is here in Kitimat.” Hensel had a violent argument with his wife, after which she called Lechner. That night, Lechner, Mrs. Hensel and her 12-year-old daughter Irene left the house. Lechner's last words were: | — “Thank Heavens, we. don’t have to come back to this place any more.’ After they left, Hensel asked his upstairs tenant Siegfried Hackel. would take care of his little daughter Regina for four or eight days. — Wanted To Start New Life his house after midnight, he saw a light in one. of the bedroom windows. . door and found it locked for the first time since he and his wife moved there. Walking around the house he heard voices ina bedroom, he said. “That excited mo even more. I ran to the front door again and took the rifle out of the case. I wanted to shoot the lock out.” The empty rifle case was later found near the front door. “Then I suddenly remembered seeing a stool at the back of the house. I ran back to the stool, picked {{ up, put if down under the window, stepped on it and looked into the room.” After he f\red the shot, he threw the rifle into the room and “fell through" behind tt, Hensel said. “T cannot rémember anything from that time untll the mom- ent I saw Constable Langnor" the RCMP officer who arrived on the seeno In answer to a nolghbor's phone call, CO 35 Killed On Weekend . By The Canadian Press Arash of traftle deatha in Que- bee this weekend pushod Onin. ada's necident toll to 38, " Quobes, with a total of 17 dead, uimost matched the grin records of all othor provinces together, A Canadinn Prosa survey from 6 pam, local time to midnight Sunday showed Ontarlo had nino dead: Manitoba, Nova scotii and Nowfoundinnd two onch; British Columbia, Saskachewan and Prince Edward Island one each, ‘ os then decided to take his young- ~ their wedding’ anniversary, she: about, it, -he:'was told, according... to his testimony, “we've kissed - . one another—oh, well, you know © .. On the morning of May 24. Hackel whether he and Mrs. pets He said he went to the front . ‘ La ee ee A eke Ree t-