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VOL, XLVil, No. 104.

 

“STRIKE CREATING HAVOC”

* Wicks, Laing seeking
_ federal intervention .

VANCOUVE R (CP)—Spokesman for both t the
Social Credit government and the Liberal Opposition
in British Columbia’ have called for federal interven-

tion in the weck-old Canadian . Pacific Steamships
str ike, a

“B.C: Labor Minister Lyle Wicks
Thursday sent a telegram to
‘federal Labor Minister Starr urg -
ing him to intervene inthe
strike to “avold disaster on our
coast. "

~ Liberal leader Arthur, Laing
also” sent a tclegram to Ottawa.

urging. Mr. Starr. to,” fy. to ‘Van- :

-couver: for -on- -the spor” action. :

My. 'Btarr was, eported:to have
replied that he has told. “both
arte

. no. power. to: ee the strike;
"On. Vancouver: Islitnd,. which
draws three-quarters ‘of its food
from the mainland, a meeting of

Jury ponders
youths fate
in killing

LINCOLN, Neb. (M--A jury of
cight women and four men de-
liberated the fate of accused
mass killer Charles Stark-
weather for three hours Thurs-
day night, then were locked up
to resume thelr discussions tot
day.

Starkweather, who has admit-

 

ted involvement in 11 killings, is ;

boing tried for the shooting of
Robert. Jensen, 17, high school
junior,

Alternatives confronting jur-
ors are findings of not guilty,
not guilty by reason of insanity,
gullly of first-degree murder,
second-degree murder or man-:
slaughter,

In first-degree convictions the
jury sets the penalty—-elther Ife
Imprisonment or death in’ the
ciectrie chalky,

The «prosecution
death penalty,

The defence pleaded Stark-
weather not wullty by reason of

Insanity.
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$50 fine levied
for speeding
in school zone

George Edward ‘Grant, 22,
of 340 Fourth Aveaie Bast, was
fined $50 or in default of pay-
ment sentenced to 30 days In
jail by Magistrate "B.D Ap-
plewhalte in cily polles court
this morning on-a charge of
speediag in a sahoot zone.
Willh Nay had entered a plea
Of not guilty for Grant,

Grint was otooned hy oa
polles car at spoeds up te 27
miles per hour in the Sixth
Avenue East 18 inph sohool
zone at 0:30 this. - morning,
RCMP said,

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business and -munictpal groups
called fer establishment of a
board to “recommend”
sotution,

Earlier, Victoria Mayor ‘Per-
cy Scurrah called for compul-
sory arbitration.

The Seafarers
‘Union - (CLC)

 

Inter national |
went von strike’

agninst:the CPR a week ago de-: be

manding wage: ancreagses ‘averag= | }
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h| ing. 37 per’ ‘cent ©

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Tmore. oo ee

“CPR vessels ‘service the: island;
Washington State, upcoast. B.C.
and Alaska from: Vancouver.

The: union is holding a strike!
vote against Black Ball Ferries |
Limited which also serves the is-
land from Washington and the)
B.C, mainland.

If Black Ball is
Anatortes, Wash., to Sidney,
B.C. run of Washington State
Ferries will be the only regular
boat link between the Island and
the mainland,

Mr. Wicks in his telegram said
the steamships tie-up ts “creat-
ing havoc to our ports... The
work stoppage also creating se-
vere. distress upon our people
and the entire economy of the
province.”

struck, . the

 

a fair.

Demolished
car pictured ‘above. suspended
from wrecker was towed ‘into
Prince Rupert. Tuesday ‘after
it burned out:completely in
an accident: -on- Highway 16-
near Khyex River bridge Mon- .
day night. Port Edward: RCMP
report fire. started after car
went ‘out: of control and into |
ditch. Driver. A. J: Robertson, .
of Digby Island, was unable
to lift the hood and extinguish
-the blaze, RCMP  said.. Mr.
Robertson was treated in
Prince Rupert General. Hos-
pital for facial lacerations.

Passenger Robert Hannah,
escaped with
~Staff photo

OM ediim _
| halibut

Digby island,
bruises. .

 

but equalled the’ season
high of 19.8. cents set
May . 16° ‘when .the
“Kaare 2”:sold her 40, -
000. pound: catch ‘at
Prince Rupert Halibut
Exchange this. morning.

Successful bidder Pa-
cific Fisheries paid 19.8
cents for both medium
and large fish, and 12
cents for chicks. It was
the only landing of hali-
but this morning.

a cemeteries sine = st: 94 pe contestant ttn in eno

Six Canadian vessels
to study salmon range

OTTAWA P) Canada will
send six vessels into the North
Pacific this year to study salmon
movements, Fisherles Minister
McLean sald Wednesdny,

Replying In the Commons to
Frank Howard, MP Skeenn, Mr.
McLean said Canada will carry
out dis studies i conjunction
with Japan and the United
States.

Canada's malin interest would
be Jn whether salmon from Can-
adkin rivers range as for west as
the VW5th north-south meridian,
about 2,000 miles off the west

const,

He suld that existing know-
ledge hidigutes that only a neg-
Hisible number of Canadian sal-
mou range thay far’

Two fishing veasels, “Key Wost
2" and “Fort Ross", chartered by
the Wisherios Researcly Board of
QCannda, are. already on. thelr
wiry to bealn Crnada's third Pa-
elfle ocoun survey, as-pirt of tho

 

under the International North
Pacific Fisheries convention be-
tween Canada, United States
and Japan,

Both bonts .were fitted oul al
the Board's blaloglenl station at
Nandimo, While at sea the ves-
sels will fish for salmon and
other speeles to bulla up know-
ledge already gained on the ra-
elal characteristies and migra:
tory pattarns of salnion,

On the: "Key West 2” akipper
Randy Thompson will have Re-
search Board selentifie person-
nel: George Tnylor and = Tony
Ploteher,
on the “Fort Ross” wilh have
with hjny research men Rabin
LeBrasseur and David Steven-
sO,

farcenerere st O10 erate ta ntnnetne EScr we Hoorn lar tetinen ey net

PANAMA (d%- —National Card
troops ruled Panama city today
as Prosidant rnesto do la Guar-
din’ grappled with a poneral
strike called by rebellious stu.
dents,

 

{ Laurentian
feared possible Erails* ‘have’ been:

 

Captain Collu Wilson |.

| WILLIAMS LAKE, BA

fire flashed through. a tw

[12 children as they lay i int

Among the dead were three} ;
children. of one family- and two
of another. ‘

First: reports ‘placed, the’ ‘death.
toll at 13. However, it was later.
learned that ‘a nun, -taember ‘of
the Quebec Roman Catholic or-
der which operated the hospital,
struggled through sheets”
flame to rescue the 13th child.

Jhe nun, Sister Mary of. the

Cross, who supervised. the hos- 42:

‘pital, suffered *-severe \ burns.
and was , flown, 60° miles east o.

Tracking dog:
-used in hunt
“for lost boy

MONTREAL "An RCMP|
police dog has entered’ the Hunt;

 

for Andrew. Brown, 11, who dis-|:

appeared. Monday in. a marshy
forest, but police

wiped out by searchers’ ‘foot:
“| [bees and a heavy, steady 1 rain
all

The tracking dog, a

. \ shepherd, was flown into Mont-|
|.
| 6S! ini

face. |;
The dog. ‘was. given. the . scent] ** The
from.a pair .of Andrew’s . shoes Anadham:

| real Thursday, ..from {Moncton,
NB, and. wasitaken to}the ‘clit?
i neamsolieleesaD

hor He

and’ roamed the heavily: “treed
area, near’ L’Assomption. ‘River,
where the boy was last seen.
Andrew was on a fishing trip
with his father, two brothers, a
friend of the father and another.
boy when he disappcared. They | 2S
are from Verdun, a Montreal
suburb.

Hit-run charge
dismissed
against driver
Magistrate E, T. Applewhaite
yesterday afternoon dismissed a

hit-and-run driving charge on)
the grounds that the accused

“i was incapable of forming the

intent to escape the conse-
quences of an automobile colli-
sion,

-The dismissal came several
hours after the accused, Joseph
George Roch Beauchenin, of
817 Ninth Avenue West, was
convicted" on a drunk driving
charge arising from the same
incident, a Lwo-car collision on
Fuiton Street May 6. He was
acquitted of a charge of leaving
the seene of an accident.

Willa Ray conducted Beau-
“hemin’s defence.

PORT ALUERNI ()—

 

 

 

‘hospital, at. “Williams:
*Ehe reserve. is ih‘ the heart ‘of.
“the Cariboo: “eountry about.
#200: ‘miles. north'-of Vancouver. '

Said. the:-children: probably died
e fire,. which bréke out at’ 5:30

far.into the night. °-:
, Thenine nuns-at the ‘hospital,

ried: to’ tear. down... “portions of

‘the: building to -get::to, the. child -
en but were’ ‘driven ‘back by in-
msé heat: . | - "

spread rapidly... ‘through : ‘the dry
‘structure, was not. determined.

‘the: “reserve, said there -were two
explosions in the building short -
}ly after the blaze’ started. ‘The
‘hospital. was. destroyed’,

‘NO ESCAPE: se
There. were conflicting. reports

from the ‘area. One saidan Ii-
dian ‘school: also. was demolished:

 

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PORT ALBERNI TO MAKE GRANT
DESPITE PROTESTS BY UNION

~The cily council will make ny grant of
$400 to the Chamber of Commerce despite protests of: two
Inbor groups that public funds should not be used, to support
nn organization which they claim is anti-labor, -
In authorizing the payment, council stipulated tho money
“should be used only for advertising and promotion of tourlst
trade and Industrial opportunitios,

“We're not interested in how the Chamber fecls about
organized Inbor, but wo are interested In the dovelopment ‘of
the Albornt Valley,” Mayor Loran Jordan ‘said,

Locals of tho IWA and carpentora unions had protostod
4he grant on the grounds that the Chamber at its annual
‘meeting had expressed {taclf as antl-labor.

(CP) An. unexplained ",
“Sto of frame Hospital at}:

Lake, .|.~

~ Nuns: at’ the. ‘Anahan: ‘hospital |. ~ -
apices minutes’ of ‘ the ‘start: of |

Aoitied. by; men’'on the reserve,}

Cause... of- the - fire, - “which|

“Bob. ‘Les, local, Indian. agent at}. .

p.m."and continued smouldering at

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ONLY’ A ‘SMALL’: ‘SECTION ‘of: “British. Colunibia , can vexpec!
“above normal temperatures ‘from now. until: -mid- -June, accor
ing to.a United States weather: bureau. prediction; “The long

| ‘range forecast ‘shows that Prince Rupert’ will have. below’,

‘normel temperatures and:the rest of..the “province: below: ‘and
near normal temperatures. A big section. of. Canada, stretehi ¢

..from' the Rockie-to the eastern end of Lake: ‘Superior, will enjo:

Another said. the .convent may “much: above Morina} temperature’ readings. <. a

 

 

 

‘mottier superior. “of : the
- community, .
Mother Mary ‘Immaculata, ‘said
the hospital: building was a wall
of tlames from which there could
be no escape: . .

aan rescued child, ‘identified

fendy Char, daughter. of Mr.
and Mrs.. ‘Ubi: ;Char .of the Red-
stone Reserve hear Anaham, was
not burned. Two other children
of the Char ‘family perished in
the flames. They had been.in a
car. accident earlier in the week
and were being treated for min-
or injuries. ~»

The dead included three chil-
dren of the Henry Case family
from Redstone, two unidentified
babics and Aileen Moyers. Susie
Maot and Roy Quilt of Riske
Creek and Ronnie Jim and Su-
sic Billicboy of Anaham.

The reserve, one of the largest
in Canada, is inhabited by mem-
bers of the Anaham band . of
Chileotin Indians,

The hospital, named the Sac-
red Heart Nursing’ Home, was
operated for the Indian affairs
department by the Missionary
Sisters of Christ the King, whose
mother house is in Montreal.

The order was founded in 1928
at Gaspe, Que. and has been
teaching and providing medical
attention to Indlans at the re-
serve since 1944,

 

 

 

prograny of selentifie researeh

WORK ON POOL SPEEDED UP

24 students sign pledges for 1,200 work hours

Latest drive to speed up con-
struction of, the, Civile. Contre
awimniung pool by volunteor In-
bor haw rostuited ti 84 Booth
Mowerlal, High, achool sludents
Algning plodgos for 50 hours of
Inbor oath, 9 0:

The students represont moat
of a group of 80 who worked for
two hourg Tuosday, it wis re-
ported today by W. A. Gordon,
mombor of the awimming pool
publluity committoo.

 

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FA AY dy ng Rade ty ih neh ow.

With tho holp of the students,

At 18 oxpoctad that tha noxt big

phage In construction - placing
and tying of re-enforcing stoul

‘for walkways, sidoa and bottom

of the pool-——will be comploted
by June 16.
This Job will be tacklod ng
Koon as forms for the walkways!
are pul in which will bo alther
tonlunt oy tomorrow, Mr, Gordon
anid,

Turnout of volunteors tp-

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Poth le ty shee A ih t

 

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poared slack after the holiday
woekend, bub pieked up during
tho week. Last night, about 20
mon worked on completion of
tho walkway forma, Mr. Gordon
anid,

Pipofitters will Install an
tight. Inely drain pipe under the
pool tonight, It is expoated that
the paol will. ba conneated with
powar supply somatime next
wook, ‘we

‘Mr, Gordon laudod tho work

NA ite Babe heh ah AN ot

of the high school studonts and
exprogsed his gratitude lo Baoth
Momorlal high school toncher
Aubroy, MoTaggart who sparked
tho student contribution,

Ho was joined in his pralaa by
Donald Galtons, supervising on-
gincor on tho poo) project.

"They worked like _benvers,
Mr. Galtons anid,

It Is hoped that tho pool will

 

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_ Rev. |: :

government, ‘spurred’ by the challenge to its
in Algeria, today prepared , to call on parlia ent: for r
swift action. ‘to- strengthen’ the government, by. consti

tutional reform,

‘lt wil ask -the National, As-
sembly .to vote for the’ adoption

of a resolution: agreeing in prin-.

ciple to modify the constitution
—the first’ step needed: before a
bill. amending the constitution
can be debated. +

If parliament ‘agrees, | tiie gov-
ernment) will. then be in a posi-

tion to rush: through the reform} ,

bill in the: course of néxt .week.,
The bill would give the. president
more power and cut ‘down the
strength of the assembly:.

The aim is: to give the govern-
ment enough’ strength’ to cope
with the Algerjlan problem with-
oul recourse to Gen, Charles de-
Gaulle and a: “committee of pub-
lic safety.” 3

Meanwhile : in Algiers an ‘allel

committee of

City motorist
fined $175

after mishap

‘A clly motorist lost his trans-
portation | Plus $125. in police

Algeria public

 

teourt fines ds result ‘of an ac-

eldant carly; this morning at
which his cay went over a 25-
foot embankment off Elghth
Street near Third Avenue and
was completajy demolished.

Lyle Nulte,’ of Prince Rupert,
was fined In Police court $100 on
Vv wyarg of driving while his
Ability was impaired by ‘alcohol
and $25 for ‘driving. without a
licence. He., “pleaded guilty to
both counta.::

Police - told: Magistrate of ",
Applowhalte “the car sworved
from ono:side of the rond to the
other before. it dropped over
the embankment, landing upside
down, A recommendation will
also be sont to the Suporinten- |’
dont of Motor Vohicles prohibit-
Ing Nulto from deriving for three
months, “3

Cargo. of grain
leaves for U.K.

Thao! Montpvian » reglatared
frolghtor MV Dona Katorina
aniied at noon today after tak-
Ing on a vargo of 13,883 tons of
No, | and No, 2 food barloy at
the Opanadlan government olo-
vator, Tho ship arrived hero

 

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safety”
ary: goverhment-—was: ‘formal
set up in Algiers today. — .~*

The new. military-civilian jun-

 

 

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territory’ is pledged to stay in-of-|
fice until:Gen: Charles.de Gaulle}: ‘p°:

as head of the government. *
The committee named two:co-|:
chairmen. — ‘paratrooper Bfig.
Jacques Massu. who took control.
in Algiers after the: first riots!
again Pflimlin May 13, and
Cherif Sidcara, a Moslem .who!}-
held a high position in the pre-|

-replace..Premier.. Pierre. Pflimin, iB: ms oa
Sales agency of. the. ‘processing met

company, ‘Tefused ‘to disclose: the
price at. which fhe. cide “
to, the government. .°

When advised ’ that the.

 

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micr Felix: Gaillard,

 

* VANCOUVER —Charles Ww.
ant, may be asked. today to. tell

Evorsfield, chief Crown ‘wit-|—
| hess in, the case involving form-
er lands .and forests niinistor
Robert Sommers ' and others,
appeared in the: “witness | box
Thursday. |

‘Beygnd identifying the accus-
ed individuals Thursday " and
recognizing documents ° submit
ted by the Crown, Eversfield was
not asked for details of his part:
in the case, But he ald testify
to taking the documents to Los
Angeles Ino trunk and of bring-
Ing them -back to Canada whore
they finally foll; Into ROMP
hands. °

Ho Identified more than 50
documents !n his first day in the
hox and may complete idontifl-
cation of his file today. Then

 

will come Crown examination as}.

{o his part-in the case, followed
OOOOPOIOODODRDDODLS

Donald Pt. light |

‘ reported out —

The Donald Point Nght (No,
2356.9 on the Ist of lights)
and situated in Return Chan-
nel has beon' reported not
burning, N. A. Boketov,. dine
trict marine agent of the De
partinont of ‘Transport sald
this morning,

Tho Ught will bo atlondod to
at the flrat opportunity, ‘Mr.
Boketov said, ,

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bribery-conspiracy trial before an assizo court’ jury. Z .

 

by defence cross-examination.
One of the documents. wha:n

note. regarding | Church. Sawmills,

Limited,
Evorsfleld, test. titled ‘that ‘about’

6 Lord commis’.

slo’ on ‘forest management Nee

ences early in 10988 officials or

‘the’Pacific and Schultz” firms

became’ concerned about Positble
Investigation: : :.-

+ Ho suid they held ‘a ‘mioatdhge ;
which he: attended —bith: nothing,’
was decided. The next day, he
said, Gray. gava him’ the: hand:
writton document regarding tifa
Church. firm and told him. to
keop. it in his: Mlos-and. should. .
he bo cilled he could say It had
been thore all the Mme. re

WEATHER-—. -

‘A fow clouds today. and: ‘gute pee a Ws
urday not: much change: in” \
temperature. Winds north:
wost 20 ovor open water toa
duy —-othorwise |‘ Ught,. (Low -
tonight.and high 8 turday.

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