| | ‘ & i ag a tee ‘ ny 1910 - _. “PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS | : « * An independent newspapér devoted to the upbuiiding - ke of Prince Rupert and Northern-and Central British Columbia. ‘ A member of The Canadian Press—Auditt Bureau of. Circulation—Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association Published by The Prince Rupert Daily News Limited ot Bn JOHN, F.. MAGOR ‘J. R. AYRGS- Editor “. De President . | G. P. WOODSIDE General Manager -_Aiithorsdéd aS second Class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa “THURSDAY, ‘DECEMBER 11, 1958 Try not to become a fire victim THE horror and tragedy of three night fires in the city between November 29 ahd December 9 points - up many things and makes oiie review one’s. own sitiiation. The, glating, all-covisuiiiitig flainés, the terrifying, ckackling sound when buildings burn, the sight of evacuated residents, shocked and huinb, being led from threatened siiites, is a re: minder that while it may | fist have happened to you, fire ban ott at aity Lime. - ‘Fires of the type the city has wit- nessed during the last 10 days cai break out in any weather, dry aiitl cold; xainy and windy or snowy ahd slushy. To firemen the weather is just an- other obstacle to be fought along with fires: Sometiivies it is better than-it is on other” occasions. Prince Rupert's firemen, ‘both regular and auxiliary, have’ ‘been magnificent i in Carrying out their: ordinary duty. There wasn’t one person in 10, Tuesday night who in the first half hour of the Gordon and An- derson fire would have predicted that - the, firemen had a chance of saving half:of the block between Second and Streets. Yet good deploynient vs and persistence won out. -; In the meantime, another segment of the population, this time a business The poor voter The. proudest now is but my peer, The'highest not more hight To-day, of all the weary year, A king of men am I. To-day alike are great and small, The nameless and the known; | My palace is the people’s hall, Thhe ballot-box my throne! Who serves to-day upon this list Reside the served shall stand; Alike the brown and wrinkled fist, The gloved and dainty hand! The rich is level with the poor, The.-weak is strong to-day; And sleekest broadcloth counts no more Than homespun frock of gray. firm has suffered a setback. Prev- iously it Was families who lost their honies, No causes for any of the three ‘recént firés have been found. fires happeited. They broke out on ‘Seventh Avenue West, First Avenue _ West and Third Avenue West. Fire could happen to you, especially i in the Witité® time. Now is a good time to check your hotiié, your office, your plant. Go thotigh thern with a toothcomb. Cheek. the wiring, toss out anything that inight be a fire hazard vi cause spontiiieous combustion. If you have atiy doubts ‘call the five. department atid have your premises” inspected. Check your fire extinguishers, Make sure that you do not overheat your furnace, stove or heater. Do not leave children unprotected if you go out at night. Instruct your baby-sitter what to do in case of fire; how to get child- ren out of danger as quickly and safe- ly a8 possible. Keep the fire depart- ment, ambulance and police telephone numbers handy to save precious time. In other words, do everything necessary to avoid fire. If fire occurs anyway, be ready to act as speedily as possible so that property loss and danger to life can be minimized. . Don’t become a fire victim. on election day To-day let pomp and vain pretence My. stubborn right abide; I set a plain man’s common sense Against the pedant’s pride. To-day shall simple manhood try Thé strength of gold and land; eng WS er The wide world has not wealth ‘to buy The power in my right hand! | While there’s a grief to seek redress, Or balance to adjust, Where weighs our living manhood less Than Mammon’s vilest dust,— While there’s a right to need my vote, A wrong to sweep away, Up! clouted knee and ragged coat! A mah’s a man to-day! JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER But the | INTERPRETING THE NEWS Britain seizes chance for talks with Russia By JOSEPH MacSWEEN Canadian Press Staff Writer Britain has emerged as the most articulate Western advocate of the idea that Premier Khruschev's Berlin proposals should be used as a springboard for broad negotiations with Russli. Foreign Minister Selwyn Lloyd seized the initiative last week when he outlined the British rovernment's thinking to the House of Com- mons, His speech js certain to have an im- portant bearing on NATO discussions begin- ning In Paris next week. What Lloyd snys, in effect, Is that it is use- less Lo consider Berlin as an Jsolated prablem-- that It cannot be separated from the bronder questions of Germany as a whole, European security and armament ontrol, The United States, too, has been pondering this view, as is shown by one spokesman’'s remark that Khruschev'’s action “gets us out of the trenches and into the diplomatic arena. It-opons up big opportunities as well as dan- gers.” But Lloyd's speech foes further, outiining Jn general terms a comprehensive program and tiving clues as to what the West might endorae tid necept In negotiations, While standing fast in rejecting: Khruahev's propoan) for makiby Berlin a dénltbarived “frig city,” Lloyd offers Russia and its Ballalites n formula of security against ayy possible rhe vival bf German miitariany, While stiunding frst oi Germit rounsifiva- Wot thoukh free eleetions-—a cardinal Weate¢n polley-—Voyd stresses that the Germans should then be able to decide thely own Jyternal and forelim pollesbs, In the event that Germany decided to fon NATO, Lloyd's plan pledges the Wert syititst theroby delving military advantane, Tore wold be no paktward movembat. by NAC tropypa, East Germany would be left us a rer of bitffer vore. Tlovd-—-undnuhted by thr podd proapectn of runllel ht Enat-Weat danrmamont tails in Gen- evefirther proposes an Inapection and control nyalom in Kurape to punmrd ngalnat surprise ar ee ve : oe _ 8 he eee eer et © @e oer ae hee eee ae attack and to enforce arms reduction. Such an Inspection system, Lloyd hopes, could Inter be extended to other parts of the world. Lloyd's plan undoubtedly will provoke ar- gument on hoth sides of the Iron Curtain, and Indeed was promptly attacked in some aspects by the Labor opposition in the British Commons. He presents it merely os a basis for discussion, Extreme views against negotintions have been expressed by Russin and West Germany. Mosow radio said Russia won't talk about German reunification despite the Western contention that only such discussion will ense war-breeding tensions, In Bonn, a highly-placed informant salad Chancellor Konrad Adenaur's government. be- Heves only one word Js needod to reply to Khruschev--"No", Cold war? From the Hamilton Spectator The Liberal party In) Ontario js girding itself for another battle with its own particular problem af pernia-Frost, a eremerenney mie ap-earecgemtete nm eptnany grecnnn Time for a trim From the Vancouver Province Viewers and Wateners may be pardoned for hoping that along with the costs of the Cac aQecertain amount of Jong holy and some beards may be short aao, . se rabeacaaatatanam eee fe a een ae ree nrn -Pre-tanked From (he Whinipeg Tritwne The ready-mixed, pro-cooked era has noth to raplach the aaron of now-baked brond with bulter melting Into nv callce cut fioin’ the Mrat. teaming loaf, Or the spice-and-vaniiin ani) of a kitchen where there are cae batter spoons to he Noleed, aS Cr 4 so es A Oe a cH CEN _ re “Gosh! I’ve forgotten. the name of the alderman who kissed nie: last. fight” . i —Cartoon by Jack. Manheim, PERN GN I ye ey ee ee NKRUMAN PLANS TOUR ° ACCRA, ‘Ghana, (— Prime Mintster. Kwame ‘Nkrumah is to visit India and Pakistan, It “Was announced - here Tuesday, ‘He will leave’Dec. 20 for a two- week state visit to India. and later go to Pakistan. Soret TARE RGGI ane ie ieee a See aE ty A ALONE, gt ~ LONDON .®—The- - Commons wealth Parllamentaty Asso~ clation Tuesday held a dinner” tor the speaker of the Cana-- ‘ dlan House’ of Commons, Rol-" and Michener, and his wife.j' - The Micheners: are. in London”. on.'a_ personal. trip. ” Report from United Nations Tits is one ofa seriee of artie des written by Skeena member of pare... Hament Frank foward wtd was recently delegated to attend (he Unltea Nations as a partiaiientary dbserver. lle will report hits Impressions “of ‘ abtivitdes at the UN from New. York. NEW YORK—There is quite a debate raging in one of the committées of-the UN regard- ing the free éxchange of in- formation between couritries. What this debate hopes to ac- complish is difficult to say at the moment. However, the free exchange of information is supposed to be designed to promote a better understand- ° ing among nations, It is felt that the more we know about our world neighbors, the more | will we understand them. With understanding and fam- iliarity comes friendliness. The more we are true neighbours, the less chance there will be of armed conflict. Some very formation has been presented to the committee. For instance, the Soviet bloc of nations ex- .- presses complete support for the idea. They claim that we must get the truth across to all peoples of the world. Too many times in the past, they argue, we in the ‘Western. world have slanted our propa- ganda and have not told the truth. This is deplorable and must be stopped.. The facts and the truth must be told, or so they say. Equally interesting: and up- setting, to the “champions of the truth” in the USSR sphere, | interesting in-, is some information that has been given to the committee regarding the number of radio reception jamming _ stations that have been established.in the USSR: Radio reception jamming stations operate by sending out a Series of static like sig- nals on the same wave length as legitimate signals. What happens, of course, is that one cannot hear anything but i sta- tic, In 1949 the.Soviet Union had about 100 of these ‘stations operating. As of last year they had increased this number to 2,500. The . estimated. cost. of these installations is $2,500,- 000 with an annual operating cost of close to ‘$1, 000,000. -The.net result is that people in. thée~Soviet-dominated na- tions cannot hear radio broad- casts from other countries. ' They. can: only listen to what the. Communist heirarchy Wants . them to listen to:. ee :The USSR rationalizes | ‘this "action ‘by saying that every : radio broadcast which eman- ates from the West-is false propaganda designed to sub- vert the minds of the people ’ living behind the lrorr@urtain = One cannot help’ but. feel ' that the Soviets are being dis- ‘honest, not only with other ” Let Fletcher hearings at 4:00 P.M., 16, 17, 18 and 19, Clerk's Office, The select committee, appointed to enquire into the riot of August 2nd. will be holding public int the Council Chambers, City Hall, on ‘the following days: December 15 1958. All individuals or organizations wishing to make representations to this committeé please contact the City FRESH FLOWERS, PLANTS & XMAS HOLLY WREATHS Order Now FOR XMAS PROMPT, COURTEOUS | SERVICH VANCES } (Mra, Tveno Vanen) Capitol Theatre Building oa nn . ne vee y @¢ Oe hoe “ Re Ee \ a i ec on ee eo By FRANK HOWARD delegations’ to. the -UN, but also to themselves when they say that they are in favour of the freé exchange of informa- tion. In my mind they cannot reconcile support-for free ex- change of information with their obviows denial of it to their own citizens. Letterbox URGES CANNED TV The Editor, The Daily News: : I have read the city council discussion in regard to Tv in Prince Rupert. It is hard to understand from information shown in the paper why the council is hesitating. By all means let's, have can-. ned TV as It is apparent it will be years before the CBC or the government do anything about it. 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