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1910.5. PRINCE. RUPERT DAILY NEWS

~ 1956

An independent newspaper devoted to the upbuilding
° of Prince Rupert and Northern and Central British Columbia.
t! _ A&A member of The Canadien Press—Audit Bureau of
os Circulation,-Canadian Daily Newspaper Publshers Association

web J . Published by The Prince Rupert Daily News Limited
oO _JOHN F, MAGOR

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wo J. R. AYRES
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G. P, WOODSIDE»
General Manager

authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department; Ottawa

 

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| + was avtr: ‘agic and saddening thing

Hh that Prinee Rupert’s big centennial

day, organized so well and-carried out

_ with'so much enjoyment for all, had to
end in violence and disgrace.

“The contrast between the earlier
eiahts of the day—the parade with its
original floats, the exciting races
down at the harbor, the proud opening
of our new museum, the climax of the

fireworks’ display—and the mob up- |

oar that exploded that night is almost
t sickening to contemplate.

“Yet it happened and Prince Rupert
ih its shame, must face it. .
> Why did it happen?- Some will try

fo accuse the police of provoking
, trouble. Whenever a scapegoat. has to
be, found, it Ts often easiest to point.to

those charged with maintaining, Jaw
and order. *

a . In this ease, however, it will be hava
to:back up the accusation. There *
Heason to believe that the police antici.
pated trouble on such a.crowded day
for Prince Rupert and. resolved” to
Randle trouble with all the diplomacy
tha their firm duty allowed.

oi U til matters got out of hand, this
‘ s well . executed. Anyone
“through - the trouble-centre
arlier in. the day could have observed
at. east one or: two potentially danger-
ous gatherings that were dispersed
without incident.
that the police used tact until it was no

fonger heeded. and. rougher measures 7

had to be applied. .

? Another answer ‘might be that: the -

| tebtive spirit of the day simply kindled’
a mass urge to start | something, “no
matter what. Undoubtedly it did. It
was obvious that: many of those on the

 

scene were there for what. they con-
sitlered a good time. There . was no
doniinant evidence of anger or hostil-
ity. Some of those observed throwing
rocks. were openly enjoying them-
selves with an idiotic enthusiasm—and
sorhe of them, incidentally, were norm-
ally well-behaved youngsters who were
imagcountably transformed that night
frotnyd ekyll to Hyde.

Th this respect the Centennial Riot, |

as it may be called, was markedly. dif-
ferent from the outbreak five years
ago. Then there was a distinct air of
menace in the crowd. Something bit-
ter and ugly was apparent, which a
few trouble - makers managed to
foment into violence, :
If the fracas was due. mainly to a
moronic sense of fun—though assur-
edly ‘there’ must have been something
else"to help spark the outbreak—the
\uestion that arises is why cannot
Prihee Rupert enjoy jiself without also
making a spectacle of itself?
' "The answer to that has many parts,

All signs indicate

_ about two city blocks.

vs “Downtown layout partly to blame tor riot

but lets not overlook the most obvious
one just because it stares us in the face.

When a hig crowd comes into. Prince _

Rupert for a lively. weekend;: ‘it looks
for most of its: amusement’ within

gin of that crowd makes no difference.
White or Native, it would be the same
—and it is pertinent to point out here
that. the complexion of those who.
seemed to be getting the most kick out

of things Saturday night was predom- |

inantly white.

Moreover those two blocks _ or so

are directly adjacent to that. part of

town where local residents are apt to
spend their time during an
out. | - y
For trouble, the set-up is perfect.
When excitement breaks out in the.

-songested area, those farther along the.

street: with nothing better to do are
right ‘on the spot to see what is going

~ on. Soon there is a double-headed mass

a

. ters should be separate.

| gathering, with the funny boys dash-
ing between camps to | keep things

perking, .

Aggravating the trouble further i is
the lack of accommodation for outsid-
ers... Many. of those in Saturday’s af-.
fair looked as if they were prepared to
stay on the streets all night because.
there was nowhere elseto go. That be-
ing the case, they. may have thought,
why. not have. some fun out of it?

Unfortunately this analysis of
Prince Rupert’s dilemma does not sug-

gest any quick: remedy.. The layout of

the downtown: area will remain as is, at
least ‘for.a considerable time, and the
crowds will continue to come.

However, certain measures are:
POSSI" POE headquarters should
not be right at the spot where these
disturbances are at their worst. It is
inviting trouble to have to drag pris-
oners through the middle of the crowd.
With a less conspisuous base of opera-

tions, the police could work far more

effectively. |

The city hall and police headquar-
Both repre-
sent discipline and administration and
together form an obvious target for
mischief-makers,

But the complete preventive meas-
ure lies somewhere deep in public edu-
cation and determination, Right now
there must be hundreds throughout the

province who, having heard the news

of our trouble, are saying, “What a
place Prince Rupert must be!” If we
could resolve that through the years
we were going to get them to insert the
adjective “preat” or “progressive” or
something of the sort in there, we
would be on the way to correcting our-
selves as well as our critics.

The racial oYi- |

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FAMED SHRINE: of. ‘ste. Anne de Beaupre, Quebec, which this year “is celebrating | its 300th

 

anniversary, is’ shown sparkling in sunshine.

 

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U.S. wants UN guarantee on Mideast

INTERPRETING THE NEWS

'

An outline of. what. the United States hopes
to nehieve at a Middle, Maat Summit conference
Jx beginning to emerge from the pre-conference
minnoenveringand bargalning going on between
Washington and Moscow,

What the U.8, will he Jogi ing for ls same
aranten, er

kort of United Nations
through nentralluntion of the ataten concemed
or a far more extensive observor ocovpas,. that
would countor the thrent of Indirect aggression,

+ MWhis, of course will ve! the. American
counter-move to the Soviet charg@ that the
United tates, through tho Janding of its
warines in Lebanon, has bean multy of direct
‘nurvossion,

MAILING IT STIOK

» From the outset, Washington: han arauned
‘Its foot. on the quoation of whother or no
‘attend a summit conference becawae of @ fey

‘that Rursia would uso it os a propaganda
vellole to brand the United States tyfore the
noutea) world as an nggrossor,

Nhat four all oxlata but Prasident: ‘Wsene.

dower and State Booratary Dulles now eppar-
ently fool they have a sufficiently desumented
conve to hurl back at KRhruachov the countor-
‘ohurge that Ruaala haa been guilty of indireot

_ Wy GEORGE KITCHEN
Canadian Pross Staff Writer

aggreasion—and perhaps make It stick,
Eisenhower put his finger on the nub of.
the American ease Friday when, In his Intest,

' communication to Khruschev, he wrote:

“The problem of the Middle Wast Js not:
one of a thront of agmreasion by the United
Atatos but rathoy the thraat, by others, of
furthor . indireot agiyroasion against Indepon-
dont etntes,"

WULLER PLAN

Weonhower did not spell out what nation

or nations he monnt in using the words “by
others” but the polit will not he mianeed §)
Moneow,

Dulles developed the American enso. In more
detail at his press conference Thursday. He
indicated the U.A, feeln the question of pra-
venting Indirest ‘tygroasion must he settled

poforo the Jxsue of a qenorad settlement of
 MiddJe Waat

probhlms can he taken up, .

Among possible solutions to the probe.
ho montdoned formation of a atnandl
gro up vat could go to “any plece tia fell
itnolf ondangarnd by indirect aggroasion" anid
tho ostabliahment of on UN agency to monitor
Middio Wast rectio broadconts and report: on
those fomonting civil atrife from ontaldea the
country Involved.

Recently I saw ‘in a two-
year-old copy of the magazine.
Paris Match an advertisement
for a.brand of beer that is said-
to contain “mineral elements:
like phosphorus, calcium, po-:
tassium, etc., which “build up;
the flesh and. bone’
. (growing) children wee

What a hideous ec} amor “would”

arise if any such advertisement

were. printed in a British Co-.

lumbia newspaper or magazine.

The liquor ‘control board
would take a sour view of any’
brewer who touted his product
as a tonic for children. Our
narrow Canadian puritanism
deprive ‘s children of a drink
which is seething with vita-
mins, proteins and minerals.

For years we have been told
that because Frenchmen are
raised on alcohol, and learn at
the age of three to hold their
cognac like gentlemen, they
form temperate habits.

They regard booze as a he-
loved. but quick-tempered old
nanny whose only foible is a
tendency to belt people in the
kidneys with her dear old fists;
if they don’t behave, Anyway,

of your: a

that is. the: idea ‘that has been |
spread around.

‘But the: cherished image of
moderate-drinking Frenchmen
went ‘out the window with the
announcement: a .couple.. of -
years ago that France has-‘one.

 
  

     

i min‘ the world. °

and the practise of supplying
‘wine to'chiidren. It is possible
that. the rate of . alcoholism

would be even-higher-H=Srernekr

infants were teetotal.

‘Interdiction might even drive
the kiddies into the’ arms of

bootlegrers.

“On.the other hand, there
may he a link between juvenile

- wine-bibhing and the percen-

- tage of goof-hounds in the
adult population. -
‘Maybe drinking beer. docs

build up the flesh and bones
of children--but turns. them
into lushes at the same time.
' "Drink all your: nice ale,

Johnny, so that you will grow

up to be a big, strong, healthy,
skidroad bum,”

A task for man

To. be honest,

to be kind—to carn a little and. to spend

alittle less, to make upon the Whole.a family happier for his
presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary and not be
embittered, to keep a few friends but these without capitulation
—nabove all, on the same grim condition to keep. friends with

himself~
dellene y,

-here Js a task for all that a man has of fortitude and
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VLONATL MADDONA _-Molklng i Inst-minute aheok of \la hand.
iworkt, an artist examines a portion af the mammoth floral

carpet that's laid tn the streets of Gonvano, Tiny, In fv trad
{ional coromony each yenr, More than elmht tong of flowers
wre waed In fashioning the Jevely mornala that winds for half

Ao mile through the city's streata This portion of the “petal
pavement” depleta the Madonna and Child,

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“The ‘appeal of the Japanese

. ‘Government to: the industrial-
ists of the nation to cease the cs
- Splraey of foreign:

designs 1s
truly a revoluntjonary stop,
For many. years the Japan-

‘and.  cleverest—

: : imitators of forelgn products;
280 clever, in fact, that many

ese have been the world's most. -
~persistent— -

have wondered why, tho ‘Japs *

“anese did not, do thelr own. Ine.
venting and designing.

In many nes, cameras ‘for

example, the Japanese haves

prodiced .almost. exact dup)}iz>- 7

cates of other. nations pro~
ducts and'sold them far cheap
er. Now .the Japanese have

- started to. do their own cams

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pleasure which men. can. have |
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