a a Pare ee ee Re a No. 116 VOL, XLVII, ET SNS SS RET RA aaa ep pend yd ‘Terrace man missing A Terrace man is miss- ing in what is believed to be the fourth case of drowning within : ‘four days in the district: cover- ed. by RCMP sub-division stationed at Prince Ru- pert. Feared dead is Eugene Joseph Frederic Joly, about 40, whose clothing was found at 7 o'clock last night on the bank of. the Skecena River In Terrace, police reported today. Search is con- tinulng. — Also still missing and presum- ed drowned are William ;Michay- lenko.and Nevilic James Talbot, 24-both of Wistaria, whose boat was found overturned in Oootsa Lake Sunday night, and Howard Brown of Masset, occupant of a boat that capsized near Masset Friday. -Motorist _ fined $7 5 City motorist. Martin. Otto was fined $75 or In default of pay-~ . - ment sentenced to two months! - In jail when’ he-pleaded “guilty in city police court ‘this, morn- Ing to a charge of belng {In con- trol of a car while impaired by alcohol. . Police told Magistrate E. .T. Applewhaite Otto. was found slumped over the wheel of a car parked on Third Avenue at 6:25 place trophies were ‘Presented Valpy. . ‘SAFE DRIVING roadeo winner ‘William Greene ‘shown here: holding Columbia Cellulose Company: Limited “trophies pre- ‘sented to him last night by George Miller. -(left), personnel manager. at the Watson Island mill. Presentation took place at meeting ‘of. the Prince Rupert Junior Chamber of Commerce which sponsored the roadeo., Second. and third assistant to Ronald | Eby and Stanley ~ URGE NORTH ERN HIGHWAY. Junior chamber elects. Staff photo. . Pore y AER Poe ee ae | Mayor-Peter J. Lester has: @ ion catches are up consid- Lt. TE gE rene CeIn mi aL 8 00 In a move to battle d sion of city council to. inst jtained “dry driving” camp 7. ~ Nass river — salmon catches up Nass River spring ‘salm- erably over the past few years while Skeena River fishermen | are “holding their own,” the ed today. Nass River average for about 100 boats of 5.2 spring salmon at: an average weight of 20.6 pounds’ was termed by a Fisheries offic- ial as “quite a bit bigger than | for some years.” _ In the Skeena fishing grounds last week, 20 gillnetters landed 406 red spring, seven white spring and two steelheads. Seven trollers fishing out of Squadaree R R. Whitey resident sueceeds Ir. BE. Dowdie. __ First and second vice -presi- dents for the. ensuing -year. are Donald Kidd and Ronald Mc- Leod respectively. - Those elected to the director- p.m. May 31. Willa Ray appeared for Otto. whose licence was suspendcd | for three m months. Many attend C hester Leask funeral rites ate are Bud’ Hallick, Ron -Train- , OF, Wilbur. Dorash, Pau! Yabion- ski, Stewart Fleming, and Gor- 3 don McCutcheon, - “A highlight of the, the Trans-Canada Highway sys- tem to include a northern route McBride, Prince }. at ©: Prince Rupert. This action stem - 5, through Jasper, George and terminating. med from a ietter written to the A large number of friends andi Jaycees by Frank Howard, MP relatives gathered in Ferguson! uncral Home Sunday afternoon! ganization to’ pay last respects to Chester David Leask, 52, who was killed invan accident ‘last Wednesday. Officlating was The Very Rev. A. E. Hendy, Dean of Caledonia. Hymns sung “Nearer My God To: Thee" and “God Be With You Until we Mect Again.” Pallbenrers were George Rob- jyigon, James Slaferek, Frank Robinson, Harvey Leighton, O1- iver Lelghton and William Leask Jr. Interment followed at Metla- , deseribing an or- in Saskatchewan which had prepared a brief call- ing for the construction of such a highway to connect with the existing highway system at Kamloops. Mr. Howard's letter stated that the brief had been presented to the Federal govern- ment, A request to have the chamber join this prairie organization was rejected on the ground that membership In such a body would possibly add strength to Its presentation already made to for Skeens katla Cemetery. | OtLawa, Eisenhower proposes Geneva test ban talks WASHINGTON (4) President Elsenhower proposed today to Soviet Premier Khrushchev that technical talks begin duly to ta Geneva on methods of policing any possible future ban on nue clear tests, The White House made public a letler from the president state joe the Swiss government has agreed to the Gonova site, which Eisenhower anid would be pre- ferable to Moscow from the U8. viewpolnt, ‘Khrushehey in agreelg to stutth lalla hiud suggested they te hold in his own capital, Wisenhowor told the Russian Lone ere ne 8 90 088 Sa te ten om mer rmaranomenmeent At Now .. in T tablet daily Vidas (12 Minerals REXALL SUPER PLENAMINS Mu Vitainds with tnewe requivenventa plum vital rileperndst 0, R280; 72H, AID; LAH, 870 ORME’S DRUGS LTD. premjer the U.S, would nob ob- ject to the Inclusion of experts from Czechoslovakia and Foland on Rusali's side. The Western powers particl- pating, he said, would be the United Kingdom, France, the U.S. and possibly other coun- tries, COCOMOPDOO IO ELODODOATOCHIOLEIOOS Petitioners must inform ‘council ahead Personal addresses to olty vounell will in future be por- sible only If a genoral outline of the mattor In question has boon submitied to tho city slork before $ pam. on the diy of the counell meotliy Thin was decided by council lant night on a suggestion by Mayor Peter J. Lonter in order to oxpadite council sosslony, OOP POOP OL ODODE EEL EPEPALIFOODNEDD business : session was the passing of a res- —” olution urging the extension of |. _ The Prines e Rupert J unior’ Sica of Commerce} . 1 Is ‘impaired by alcohol at the Depart- : ment of Fisheries r ort-. : s rep —"W. Todd, NCO in charge of 1, the City RCMP detachment landed 10,000 pounds of spring salmon from, May 31 to June 6.: Skeena. catches are about equal to. those of. last year. a Ex Uni ‘on ship to call here The: well-known former Union ,| Steamships Ltd. passenger boat “*Chilcotin” will call into Prince .:| RBpert this summer under the “31 name’ of | with ROBERT I. WHITELY hae _heads city Jaycees. “Indian school hit by fire MISSION CITY (©) — Fire hit St. Mary's Indian School here over the weekend for the third time In six week and damaged four classrooms, Teachers and students battled the blaze until the Mission vol- unteer flre brigade arrived on the scene. ‘It is believed to have been caused by an overheated stove in the basement Industrial arts room. Both carlier Cres, on May | and June 1, were discovered early in the morning cach dry In the boys’ dormitory and were extinguished before serious dam- ago was Sone. ‘tschedule during “Yukon Star” along -the SS “Glacier Queen" ‘formerly the Union SS com- : pany’s “Coquitlam.” The ships purchased by Alaska Cruise Lines of Canada Ltd., -| Will remain under the manage- - tment of Union Steamships, with ‘+ Canadian crews, 4 president of the Alaska Cruise o! Lines announced. Cc. B. West, Operating on an cight-day the summer months the ships will call at Ketchikan and Juneau cn route to Skagway and after a visit to Glacier Bay will return to Van- couver via Prince Rupert. Alaskn Cruise Lines started .{ operations last year on a char- ter basis, and the new owners plan to cater to passengers only. Howard elected to committees Special to The Duily News Frank Howard, MP Skeena, was this week elecled to serve on four committees of the House of Conimons, His membership js on the standing committees of Marine and Fisheries; Printing; Privil- | oBes and elections; Railways, Canals and Telegraply Lines, the MP reported today. Mr. Howard said he chose to be on the committees on marine and fisheries and — rallways, eunals and telegraph lines be- enuse of the Importance of these committees as thelr activitios re- late to thea development of Skeena, Ye ran en dviving's in: theveity, . d and received. permis- ct- police to stage 2 a SUus- gn, . : " ‘Noting the increasing number of-impaired‘and drunken drivers | charged in police court, Mayor Lester at last night’s-City Coun- cil mecting stressed the neces- sity of taking definite measures. 2. “With a man whose ability wheel, a car turns into a po- “ential weapon of death and. ‘destruction,” the. mayor said. '. “J request authority to instruct the Chief of Police to. start. a sustained, “dry driving” cam- paign: He is to take all. steps he considers necessary in wiping out this ever-present danger to our citizens.” -. - Asked tu comment on _ the mayor's request, Staff Sgt. J. -said this afternoon that he and his staff would “co- -oper- _ate to the fullest extent.” — Airport camp og rere Pad ued ey VERO EET eter ales RECEIVING the ‘first charter - ner ceremony in the La Gond ee EH ee presented’ i. ‘Canada ° to’ “ai Women’s auxilary of the International Brotherhood ‘of: ‘Pulp: a £ Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers is Mrs. Arvid’. ‘Maki, pres-«: ident of the Women’s auxiliary to Loca] 708 from ‘president ‘ EB. P. O'Neal. The presentation was: made last. night. ata re ola: Cafe. (Story. on--Page’ ‘3. fl, "HISTORICAL. EVENT” to 0 get power last night complied with.a-re- quest. by the ~Department. of Transport. The DOT stated in ‘a letter to council that the power supply would expedite work to the ex- tent that the project might be completed six months earlier. The equipment is to be in op- eration before September 1, Three missing in hig blast . By Sg RPI TORONTO ()—Two men and one woman were listed missing today in an explosion which clawed a great, ragged gash in the face of a four-storcy apart- ment building. Firemen, steel-helmeted civil defence workers and construc- tlon crews still burrowed in the massive rubble. Authorities said they have no Idca what caused the blast which shattered the 30-year-old brick building at 1600 Bathurst street, midway be- tween north-end St. Clair Aven- ue and Eglinton Avenue, accounted for . building . superin- tendent John’ Armstrong, Més. M. McGee or student Len Bartlett. EISENHOWER INVITED Chronicle says President Eisen- hower hns been invited to Lon- don to attend the opening next Novembor of an American war memorial In St. Paul’s Cathed- ral, The president hopes to come, the newspaper says, but may not because of the midterm eloctions. Trattic problem on narrow stretch of Sixth Avenue East under study 'Trattie problem on the narrow atrip of Sixth Avenue Bast bo- twoon Melride Stroct and Hiys Covo Cirelo ja under considera- tion by the city’s traffic com- Miltoe, with parking rostrictlons or one-wny traffic as suggested solulions, City Counell taal night refor. red the problem to the ‘traftle conupittoe after Aldorman Norman Ritehle had sparked a Jongthy discussion with a revom- mondation that one-way traffic bo Instituted to alleviate the danzgor on tho 1%7-Coot wide road, | Aldorman T. Norton Youngs took the opposite stand, con. tending that one-way traffic would play into the hands of ha- bitual speedors, “Drivers will go faster If they don't oxpect traffic from ahead, Hasard for children would be grently nereasad,” he anid, Ald. Youngs suggested as al- tornative that police be asked to pay particular attention to law Infractions on Sixth Avenue. Aldormun Kay Smith sid the problem was rather one of vy ing than of speeding, 8ho ca- Peolally mentioned difficulty in passing while one side of the street was Med solidly with parked cars during softball giunes al Gyro Park, Aldoyman Darrow Comes, apreelpg in pelnelplo with Ald, Smith, wont oven further and suppestad that all parking be prohlbited ag all tines, In handing the matter over to tho traffle committee, elty coun- oll nsked for a recommendation at the noxt regular moeting. Bg: In deciding to ‘order and install pul ed freight trai equipment fit “to ‘supply. the) ing welcom camp witha power of :approxi- mately 150 KVA, ° City Council Police sald they have not yet] °.. LONDON (Reuters-—The News| {e PERC EE RSET NCTE EGE AG APART EEO LES a sports: day. eum’s - $50, 000; 000 © pacitie Fe sands of balloons and banners.’ The event was .tied -in “with year-long celebrations being held throughout | British. Columbia marking the province's centen- nial year. Many dignataries of railway businessmen and muni- cipal officials were in town, HISTORICAL EVENT The B.C, government delega- tion. was. headed... -by Highways |. Minister Gaglardi, who termed the celebration an outstanding historical event for the province. He said the B.C. government is fully recognizant of the great value of the North Country and would do everything possible for Its development, Mr. Gaglardi termed the rail- way to Taylor and eventually to Fort St. John as a great’ indus~ trial link between the province's north and its mainland of south- western B.C. While the government and in- dustry recognize the huge wealth of we Horth, the minister sald, eter i tone "MES. EDWIN ENWRIGHT ts Zonu 2 captain for Oporation Doorstep canvassers tomorrow whon the Christmas Socal anti- TB X-ray van continues its block-by-block tour of the city. To bo covered tomorrow aro all of Hleventh