THE WORLD TODAY A question being asked In Ottawa Is whether the UN Is taking Canadas peacekeeping efforts for granted Earlier this week UN Secretary General U Thant announced a two month extension of the UN observer mission inYemen which Is com composed posed almost entirely of Can Canadians ¬ adians officials In Ottawa say there has been no formal re request ¬ quest from the UN for continued Canadian participation in the UN observer mission Reports from Ottawa say the repeated renewal of the UN mission In Yemen is one of the factors which is giving the Canadian government pause before agree agreeing ¬ ing to Canadian participation In a UN force for Cyprus A University of Toronto pro professor ¬ fessor says Western society is In danger of having too many government and business de decisions ¬ cisions based on advice from what he calls a rising cult of scientific high priests Prof Arthur Porter says this priesthood Is comprised of essentially overgrown school schoolboys ¬ boys fanatically involved In their researches He says the cult exerts influence because senior administrators In gov government ¬ ernment and industry are scientifically and mathematic mathematically ¬ ally illiterate Dritish Overseas Airways Corp has dropped Gand er Nfld from Its Trans -Atlantic flights to Montreal Toronto Detroit and Chicago And a record temperature for March 5 has been set in Mont Montreal ¬ real The thermometer hit 50 degrees today the highest pre previous ¬ vious reading for this date being 472 recorded In 1894 Else Elsewhere ¬ where In Quebec reports from the maple syrup territory say the sap Is running the earliest opening of the season In mem memory ¬ ory The season usually starts about March 20 Canadas Trade Minister Mitchell Sharp said in Wash Washington ¬ ington today that agriculture protection measures in the European Common Market could reduce Canadian and US wheat sales to Europe and create new competition in world Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas Home today described as a curious performance a speech by Opposition Leader Harold Wilson on Britains fu future ¬ ture role in United Nations peace - keeping operations Tuesday Wilson made a speech In the U S proposing that the Royal Navy be made available for such operations which was reported in some press reports to mean that he intended to hand over the Royal Navy to the world or organization ¬ ganization if he should become prime minister in the next gen general ¬ eral election due this year Vol 8 No 45 Contract extended A contract for the supply of 7000 tons of paving materials negotiated last year with North Northwest ¬ west Paving Co Ltd has been extended by the city to cover this years paving program markets from subsidized Euro- pean wheat He said Canada and the United States must work 44 illUlterS lugeuier in ine appruacmng Kennedy round International tariff negotiations to prevent this dangerous trend Lockheed Aircraft Corp of Saucus Calif unveiled a model of a 2000-mlle-an-hour plane It calls the fastest entry In the competition to design a US supersonic transport The needle nosed model was put through wind tunnel tests Wed Wednesday ¬ nesday Designers say the craft which has double Delta wings could carry 218 passengers and fly up to 80000 feet Total cost of the program which will include repaying of some sections of the downtown area and in scattered areas throughout the city amounts to approximately 00000 City council was advised Wednesday that the paving pro program ¬ gram will start as soon as weather permits which will likely mean sometime in May At the same time works superintendent Dill Jones re reported ¬ ported that 49 per cent of the water mains required to service the Seymour Subdivision have been installed within 35 percent of the time allotted under the winter work incentive program paid fines Forty four persons paid pen penalties ¬ alties for violation of fish and game laws In the Prince George area last year Fines totalled 1276 The most frequent offences were loaded firearms in a ve vehicle ¬ hicle no licenses possession of gamo during closed seasons and trespassing on private property The provincial total of fish and game prosecutions during the year was 923 Fines totalled 25253 In BC the most common violations were no licenses transporting animals of the deer family without evidence of sex and falling to properly lock game tags Meanwhile the Fish and Game Branch has announced that the residents ordinary and general firearms license has been abolished and a basic 4 license fee introduced The residents firearms li license ¬ cense will enable the holder to carry firearms and hunt game birds and black bear Now hear this How come somebody was The well monled prefer Africa asking youre slipping the old because they can shoot any num needle into that fine upstanding ber of animals providing the radio station CKPG In Now Hear trophy Is larger than the one This these days Well we shot before In BC the law werent going to admit it but is one animal to every non its psychological warfare in resident hunter preparation for the annual Watch for the announcement press radio hockey game slated very soon of a tour to Mexico for March 13 designed mainly for lumbermen Tom Walker who operates during the break up period 1 he a 100-a-day resort atColdiish Hawaiian tour was such a re Lake in the Spatslzi Country sounding success in January is In Prince George making that travel people In town see arrangements to fly a farm a big Interest growing in the tractor Into his hideaway It will southern warm spots be taken by road to Cassiar Farewelllng his buddies where It will be dismantled and around town is freelance news put aboard a Beaver Incident- man Dory Thacker who leaves ally Tom has just come back Prince George this weekendfor from Chicago Portland and a a position on The Vancouver few other big US cities where Times the new sheet which ex he promoted northern BC as a pects to be publishing this year hunters paradise Dory has been around about four Speaking of hunting travel years and has been active in people are wondering how the many community endeavors In fabulous opportunities in north- eluding the Chamber of Com ern BC can ever compete merce and Simon Fraser Days with Africa for trophy seekers Kinsman Harold Minn was won by Pat Doyle at the recent slave auction He Is paying off INDEX Thursdjy night when he will 1 conduct the ladies keep fit Classified - ----- -1011 class at 730 at the Civic Centre Hickory Wing Ski Club Juniors Comics - - - - - - - - - 8 Coming events 9 will get an extra day of skiing District - - 2 11 this winter thanks to the Editorial -------7 teachers convention being held Entertainment 5 6 here The bunny tow will be in Markets 3 operation tomorrow to take ad Sports -- 4 vantage of the day off and the excellent conditions TV --------- ---6 Th Boys discover 80000 loot near highway Two youngsters hunting bottles in a ditch hnve un uncovered ¬ covered nearly 80000 loot from an unsolved robbery in Quesnel three years ago The buried loot consisting of non - negotiable government cheques licence plates docu documents ¬ ments and 10 change was discovered Tuesday by two nine-year-old boys when they were collecting bottles on the Cariboo Highway neat Alexand Alexandria ¬ ria 20 miles south of Quesnel Missing from the canvas sack was some 750 cash taken in the robbery of Quesnel government offices Feb 20 19G1 Quesnel RCMP and govern government ¬ ment officials are taking inven inventory ¬ tory of the loot to determine if any other stolen Hems are missing The boys Donald White and Bruce Hayward of Alexandria uncovered the Hems after they noticed a scrap of canvas bag protruding above a mound in the ditch An RCMP officer said the bag contained non - negotiable cheques of unknown value worthless documents change worth 10 and some 20 19C2 licence plates At the time of the robbery officials said loot consisted cf 71000 government treasury advance cheques C000 per personal ¬ sonal cheques 750 cash 1022 other cheques and money orders 47 licence plates and documents The treasury cheques were made out to the government agent Payment on all other cheques was stopped Immedi Immediately ¬ ately after the robbery Thieves entered the govern government ¬ ment agents office by smashing a hole through the rear wall They opened the vault with an electric drill They were never caught A clash of opposing Interests occurred at city hall Wednes Wednesday ¬ day when council meeting in committee was had to decide on the final disposition of the St Glles Presbyterian Church building It was a question of which group needs it the most The Prince George Theatre Work Workshop ¬ shop or the Simon Fraser Days and Exhibition Both organizations have peti petitioned ¬ tioned council for its use Involved In a mild debate were Aid Harry Loder who Is ex exhibition ¬ hibition president and Aid Dick Yardley who has never been known to pass up an opportun opportunity ¬ ity to advance the cause for cultural pursuits in the city Aid Loder who made It clear he disclaimed any personal in interest ¬ terest in the building said it would be better located on the fair grounds where it could be used 51 weeks out of the year e by the theatre group Aid Yardley was opposed to the fair grounds and argued the city should accede to the theatres request for a long term lease on land adjacent to the curling rink on the bypass highway The city recently agreed to pay the Presbyterian Church 32500 for the land and the building in order to clear the way for the proposed relocation of Fifth According to estimates pre prepared ¬ pared by works superintendent BUI Jones It will cost the city approximately 2500 to move the church and an additional 600 to prepare foundations at the fair grounds Mr Jones also reported It wUl cost 1400 to move a house from the Fifth Ave re relocation ¬ location project which the exhi exhibition ¬ bition requires for a care- I intended to shoot policeman quotes Ruby DALLAS tP - A police officer has testified that with in minutes after shooting Lee Oswald Jack Ruby said I intended to shoot him three times The testimony was by officer D R Archer He said that three to five minutes after the shooting when he was inside the jail with Ruby he told the defendant 1 think you killed him Archer quoted Ruby as replying I intended to shoot him three times Archer also testified that when Ruby was pinned to the floor after the shooting he said he hoped he had killed Oswald Meanwhile District Attorney Henry M Wade prepared today to show the jury in Jack Rubys murder trial and Ruby himself the film of the wild moment when Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald Nov 24 The film was recorded by television cameras in the base basement ¬ ment of the Dallas city hall seen live by some viewers and In re runs by countless others But Ruby will be look looking ¬ ing at it for the first time said his lawyer Melvin Belli Wade is asking the jury oi eight men and four women to return a verdict of death in the electric chair for Ruby charged with murder with malice Os Oswald ¬ wald had been accused of as assassinating ¬ sassinating president Kennedy when Ruby killed him Rubys lawyers contend he was tempor temporarily ¬ arily insane Wade said he expects to com complete ¬ plete the states case today Then the defence will have its turn Testimony from 14 witnesses Wednesday developed some major points e PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY MARCH 4 1964 Toboggans were dusted off again this week as winter decided it wasnt through yet and laid several inches of snow over city Enthusiastic about its return Vic Schoening pilots a friend down toboggan run near Fif teenth and Victoria -Pete Miller photo Exhibition theatre groups clash over church building takers residence The theatre workshop re requested ¬ quested the use of the building which it would pay to have moved and at the same time requested a lease on land that is reserved for recreational purposes near the Junction of the Vanderhoof Highway and the bypass Aid Yardley said the church building could be adapted to building plans already conceiv conceived ¬ ed for the construction of a theatre the group planned to build on property recently do donated ¬ nated to It by Ben G Inter He contended the fall fair grounds were out of the way for theatre use the access road is poor and that the general area is not lighted Aid Loder suggested that the building would only be used for one week of the year by the exhibition and that the theatre group would be free to use it for the other 51 weeks The exhibition board applied for the building last week and plans to use It for an admin administration ¬ istration building during the week of the annual Simon Fra Fraser ¬ ser Days and Exhibition Further discussion regard regarding ¬ ing the buildings disposi disposition ¬ tion was postponed until next week when council will be given an opportunity to see archi architect ¬ tect sketches of the proposed new theatre building and howthe church could be integrated with It The Eskimo co operative unable to produce the owl In massive quantities agreed to let commercial firms make them under lic licence ¬ ence itizen The only daily newspaper serving Central British Columb la Health Minister Eric Martin said that under the act the operation of existing provincial facilities would be turned over progressively to mental health societies He said that the act which was Introduced but not debated was the product of three years study including active research Into modern mental legislation in England the United States Ontario and Saskatchewan He said that under the pro proposed ¬ posed act operation of existing provincial facilities would be turned over progressively to mental health societies putting mental health treatment on the same basis as physical health Mr Martin said the govern government ¬ ment would extend a very full measure of co operation and assistance to any public society formed tor this purpose which wishes to establish mental health facilities The health minister said the proposed community - level operation similar to that of public hospitals is In line with the modern concept of decentra decentralizing ¬ lizing mental health facilities Mr Martin said most of the pressure for decentralization has come from the Canadian Mental Health Association He Indicated the act will not be proclaimed In full until the fa rt Aral - m A A i Health Services within tlonal health plan He said the provision of a hospital Insurance program similar to that now protecting Meeting set for parking City council will meet with representatives of the citys business comunity intwoweeks for a round table discussion of downtown parking problems City council meeting incom mittee Wednesday scheduled a meeting for March 19 at 8 pm with representatives from the Chamber of Commerce the In Industrial ¬ dustrial Development Commis Commission ¬ sion and the Downtown Busi Business ¬ ness Association The meeting was requested by the DBA which advised council Its members have devised a plan and will submit a number of proposals regarding parking for the downtown area In a letter to council the DBA declared there is a great and imminent urgency for the need of a meeting between the city and the Interested groups Expected to attendthe meeting are chamber president Art Murray and chamber repre representative ¬ sentative Ron Anthony Alec McGregor and W II Patten den on behalf of the DBA and Alex Bowie and Bill Best for the IDC Under the agreement signed here Wednesday Canadian Handicrafts and Fur of Montreal received the right to produce Ookpik in fur while Reliable Toy Once there was only one Ookpik made of real sealskin by Canadian Eskimos Now two others similar to the The original Ookpik is above are being mass produced worth from 10 to 20 -v Phone LOgan 42441 BC residents against the costs of physical illnesses would be fundamental to the acts smooth operation The minister said that at present the province pays half the capital and operating costs of hospitals Ottawa pays be between ¬ tween 12 and 15 per cent and local groups the remainder He said it would be Impossible to predict the eventual division of mental health costs but he said any Increased federal con contribution ¬ tribution would go toward re reducing ¬ ducing local costs The new act would also pro provide ¬ vide for a panel of psychiatrists to review the release of per sons from mental homes The present Mental Hospital Act came under fire recently when Charles Heathman the central figure in a child slaying was released on the approval of two ordinary physicians The act would also ensure against overcrowding of schools for retarded children and would leave the power of admission up to the Institution superintendent taking it away from the courts Under a recent Judgment in Vancouver It was held that the courts had the power to order admission of any child to an institution on the receipt of sat satisfactory ¬ isfactory medical evidence that the child should be in an institu institution ¬ tion At the end of this month Fire Chief August Dornbierer will retire after 22 years of continuous service with the city The chief who during that time has achieved an outstanding record in fire prevention and control as well as a firefighter will retire on pension under the citys municipal superannuation plan He will be succeeded by hi son Deputy Fire Chief Harolc Dornbierer In recognition of Chief Dorn Dornbierer ¬ bierer s service to both the cltj and district city council meet meeting ¬ ing in committee Wednesday instructed city manager Arrar Thomson and comptroller Chester Jeffery to proceed wltr plans for a suitable ceremonj to mark his retirement Technically the chief was to have retired last year but council at that time agreed with the administration that the city would be better served If the deputy chief were to undergo an additional years tutelage under the senior Dornbierer Low 15 High 35 - EP Mental health bill stresses local clinic VICTORIA CP A new Mental Health Act to re replace ¬ place six existing statutes and allow the province to withdraw gradually from active operation of mental health facilities was introduced in the BC legislature Wednesday Good news for city A double dose of good news for C R Moss came up with the Sun this morning The president of the Prince George Canadian Mental Health Association learned as he was starting breakfast that city Manager Arran Thomson is re recommending ¬ commending a gift of land to the CMHA for its planned White Cross Centre Minutes later he was in informed ¬ formed that the government plans to withdraw gradually from active operation of mental health facilities and let volun volunteer ¬ teer groups take over Mr Moss heartily welcomed both revelations The land proposal came up at a committee meeting of City Council Wednesday The city manager recommended giving the CMHA two lots of city land on the northeast corner of Ed Edmonton ¬ monton Street and 13th Avenue The land Is reserved for hospital use at present The recommendation will go be before ¬ fore city council Monday The CMHA has requested city land as site for construction of a White Cross social rehabili rehabilitation ¬ tation centre for victims of mental illness during and after treatment The centre would be an auxil auxiliary ¬ iary to the governments pro proposed ¬ posed mental health clinic here Fire Chief Dornbierer fi SSSr guJSjrsr SS retires after 22 years RMRs live ammunition is taken into hiding The Rocky Mountain Rangers have had all live ammunition taken from their station in Prince George Militia and cadet units in B C have been ordered to turn in their stocks of ammunition to centrally - located storage areas which wlllbe placed under 24 hour guard NOW ITS FLOCKS OF OOKPIKS OTTAWA Cf The Ookplk Is coming thousands of them Born In the land of the Es Eskimo ¬ kimo the little fuzzy Arctic owl will be made on a mass production basis In Toronto and Montreal under a deal signed Wednesday between two Canadian manufacturers and the Fort Chimo Eskimo Co Ope rative To get the rights to make Ookplk the two manufact manufacturers ¬ urers agreed to pay 10 per cent of their selling price on each Ookplk to the co cooperative ¬ operative Government officials say the agreement could mean more than 25000 in royal royalties ¬ ties this year for the Eskimos in the co operative The original Ookpik was a sealskin creation fuzzy and goggle eyed with flat feet It caught the fancy of busi businessmen ¬ nessmen at a Canadian trade fair at Philadelphia last year and orders began to mount Company of Toronto will make it as a plush toy Price of the Ookplks will range from 2 to 12 The two manufacturers hope to sell at least 100 000 Ookpiks from plush white Ookplks with yellow bills and yellow flappers to dainty little possum Ook Ookpiks ¬ piks smaller than a mans thumb Northern Affairs Minister Laing said businessmen and Industrialists have many more ideas for using the Ookpik Idea as as a TV cartoon series comicbooks games Jewelry party fa favors ¬ vors books childrens clothing ornaments and other knick knacks Noting that the federal gov government ¬ ernment has copyrighted the Ookplk design he warned that unauthorized manufac manufacturers ¬ turers will be openly dis discouraged ¬ couraged T Deputy Chief Harold who will follow In his fathers footsteps is also highly regarded as a firefighter Jlgp i Fire Chief Dornbierer An army spokesman In Van Vancouver ¬ couver said today the Increased security measures follow recent thefts of arms and ammuni ammunition ¬ tion in Quebec Joseph Lavole commanding officer of the Rocky Mountain Rangers said today all ammu ammunition ¬ nition is now in the charge of the Ordnance Corps of the Army and Is believed stored somewhere in Alberta To obtain ammunition the RMR must send a requisition to headquarters In Vancouver stating how much Is needed and the reason it is wanted Meanwhile in Ottawa the of official ¬ ficial list of weapons and am munlton stolen from defence department property since last Sept 1 was tabled In the Com Commons ¬ mons Wednesday by Defence Minister Hellyer The items Include From the Shawlnlgan Que armory of the 62nd Shawinl gan Field Artllleiy Regiment 33 rifles three pistols Montreal armory of Les Fus Fusiliers ¬ iliers Mon Royal 30 submachine-guns six light machine guns five pistols 60 rifles three rocket launchers two 30 calibre browning machine guns four 60 mllllmetre mortars 57 bayonets 13000 rounds of 22 callbre ammunition 2344 rounds of 303 ammuniton and 1922 rounds of 7 62 nillllmetre ammunition Noranda Que armory of 8th Field Squadron four submachine-guns pne light machine-gun four rifles five bay bayonets ¬ onets