CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday. March 19, 1964 CASTLEGAR NEWS “Here Tet the press the people's rights maintain, unawed by influence and unbribed by gain” i and Forty-Seven Trail Continues Castlegar Airport Attack; Would Cut Off Own Noses Just for Spite Heavy winter snow conditions have provided fresh opportunities for the Trail newspaper, Trail civic leaders and Cham- ber of Commerce officials in that city to build up the Silver City by tearing down the ts and attr ti of could be made at Creston during the win- ter months than are made at Castlegar (and we doubt very much that such would be the case), it would mean inconvenienc- ing a very great number of airline: pas- from the Trail-Castlegar-Nelson the vigorous ies of Castl Nelson and Kinnaird. ' During the past few months vocal pressure groups at Trail have been try- ing to promote an “all-weather” airport at Creston and to deprecate the one oper- ated by Nelson, Kinnaird and Castlegar at Ralph West Field here. This in spite of the fact that the fed- eral deputy of transport has stated that “for the foreseeable future” there should be airports in both the East and West Kootenays and that a study has ascertain- ed that the soil conditions at the propos- ed Creston site are far from the best while wildlife and agricultural interests there would oppose the development of a Cres- ton airport. As for the claim that an airport at Creston would be one at which planes could Jand all year around, there is just no such animal—as we have pointed’ out before—as an “all-weather” airport. Even if iderably more landi Forty Some say that at forty There are troubles aplenty; But I wish I was forty When I was yet twenty! - _— Margaret Obedkoff I ae ee An Ena to NEeIson Ss ‘Mayor .Bodard’s':flying trip to the United States appears. to. have resulted‘ in positive realistic, thinking on a problem which makes councillors everywhere shud- der. The, mayor's optimism that Nelson may see the blot of sewage pollution elim- inated from its lakefront this year is en- couraging. Where before the city contemplated a treatment plant at a cost of a half mil- lion dollars 10 ‘to 15 years hence, a sew- age disposal plant with an estimated price tag of $150,000 can be considered now. Its cost is lesg than the lakeside intercep- tor sewer system, which was the first link * in the. staged sewer cleanup program, and it was completed ‘only: three years ago. The threat of an earlier ultimatum from the pollution board to Nelson to ac- celerate its cleanup has now lost some, of its fri It is anticipated that other large sew- area during nine months of the year on the off chance that for the three winter months of the year they “might” Le able to fly out of Creston when Castlegar would be socked in. CPA officials, in their visit to this © area last week, pointed out that far more traffic or ites out of Cas- tlegar than out, of Cranbrook. And it is our informed guess that the backbone of passenger traffic out of Castlegar is Co- lumbia Cellulose and Cominco officials either flying into this area or flying out of it to Vancouver. With the building of the . Kinnaird bridge the. Castlegar airport will be only 30 minutes away from Trail. Creston, at the very least, is 134 hours away. If there is any likelihood. at. all that the Creston airport were.to be closed in, then west- bound passengers from this area would be foolish to start’out for Creston but would undoubtedly take an airporter or their own cars to Penticton. Why drive 90 minutes east only to have to retrace all those miles and end up driving to Pen- ticton anyway? And besides, they would save money on the air fere by driving in the right direction. In their anxiety to hold back the vi- gorous growth of the Castlegar District, .Trail spokesmen could well be’ cutting off - ‘their noses to spite their faces. Sewage Poll ge, plant ‘manufé will ity: with offers:.of :personal inspections Jt is possible that an even better. scheme than that outlined by the American firm may be revealed. If so, it can only benefit the taxpayer in greater efficiency of plant at —__—___ less cost and bring: realization of the plant that much closer. This" year moatls the formal e ree of the B gram with ‘all trunk lines centralized ae the proposed treatment plant site on the lakefront. Cam we expect that a plant will be there to complete the system? If the city can accomplish this pro- gram, the new council has put a new shine on the crown of the Queen City’of the Kootenays as it has again set the example in fulfilling its obligations | to its neighbor- ing river communities in'a situation which is costly but vital to the welfare of the area. — Nelson News ‘ : Unscrupulous Money Lenders Beware The nine out of 10 Canadians who use some form of credit should be pleased to learn that the Supreme Court of Can- ada has cleared the way for the provinces to legislate against unscrupulous money lenders. The court has upheld the constitu- tionality of. Ontario’s _Unconscionable Transactions Relief Act, which allows courts to grant relief in respect of money lent, where the cost of the loan is held to be ive and the fr tion harsh and unconscionable. The Ontario act, which. has been in existence for half a century, has now been confirmed in its power, to‘deal with the kind of lender whose success comes from pulling the wool over. his clients’ eyes. The validity of the act, questioned on the grounds that it invaded the: federal pre- serve of loan interest, has been restored. Natural symphathy for the in- nocent victim of the loan shark may pro-. vide a temptation to swing too far in the . opposite direction. This -is'a time for care- fully ‘considered legislation, " particularly in provinces which do not yet possess anything resembling the Ontario act. The . Supreme Court ruling‘should not be taken as an open invitation for the enactment: of all kinds of laws that would. place legiti- mate finance ies in straitjacket: —. a> ra ae : = ft _. Gea ——————_ ecgh B.C. Already Has a Stake In Montreal World's Fair ‘Vancouver. Province’ ° A visiting Montreal World’s Fair official expects B.C. to spend about $2 million placing an exhibit in the show. "B.C. can’t afford to tay out of the fair,” he says. This representative is hinting that it will be downright un-Cana- dian if British Columbia doesn’t spend a couple of million on a spe- cial exhibit, thus helping reduce the show's: losses, What he fails to take'irito account is the share B.C, has already contributed indirectly through the estimated $120 mililon to be spent on. the fair by the federal government, |. When operating losses are considered, -it is probable that B.C. taxpayers are already committed to pay at least’ between $20 and $30 million through contributions to, the Ottawa treasury. Under the federal “equalizing” system for grants to the pro. ‘vinces, whereby poorer provinces share revenues from the richer ones, B.C.'s per capita contribution would be higher than most other. provinces, Yet British Columbians were given no hand in the planning of the fair and its location makes their chances of benefitting from it unlikely. In yiew of the glaring errors in planning. of the fair — the fed- és e; I mn, $20 .. fo. 120, million ould’ joint the mailions. ‘we have alzeady” Poured into it. VICTORIA REPORT Liberals Don’t Like Bank Of B.C.; Vote Against It By JAMES K, NESBITT hopes. ut The Liberals feel that when the Premier has control of a bank he'll be a ruthless dictator in- deed, telling ‘big business where they must do their banking — and you know where: that: will be, say. the’ Liberals, And so !the five Liberals fought the bank bill every inch of the way, but they stood alone, because the New Democratic Par- : There is a limit to the extent to which’ borrowers can be protected from their own gullibility. This falls far short of any | attempt, say, to give courts power to peg nnn charges. Many. borrowers find ~ in. deep fi ial waters not just by reason | of trickery. Aue because of their own. 1 at th t of acquiring. a new car.or hiss. A‘major, step toward protection of © the uninformed -but otherwise innocent borrower would be taken by requiring that the lender should disclose fully the total sum that. the. borrower, is required to re- pay.-over. a. given period. ‘Insistence that the lender should do his client’s arithmet- ic for him would appear to be one effec- tive method of repelling the sharks... . 7 Toronto Globe and: Mail CASTLEGAR NEWS Published Every Thursday At “THE OF THE Castlegar, 5.0. X. ¥. Campbell, Publisher - Mail subscription rate to the Castlegar News fs $3.00 per year.'The price by delivery boy 1s 40 cents a month. Single coplea are 10 cents. The Castlegar News is authorized as second- class mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa, for pay- ment of postage in cash, and ts a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, It is a member of the Canadian Weekly News- papers Association, the B.C, division of the Canadian Weekly and com- munity Newspapers. Hepresentatives. — Burt Campbell, Edltor All co should be to'The ty lined up. with the government, the NDP’ers feeling such a bank’ controlled by the government is just another step along the march-to full state-so- cialism in B.C., and the NDP’ers would like a ‘bank all set up for the great day when ,and if they form tle goverament. The Premier snorts that the bank isn’t socialism’ at all, nor is it Social Credit, nor will it be politically partisan,“nor will ‘it force anyone :to do anything, nor will he be a director, nor will any eabinet minister be «a director, and not one member of the gislature will be a director, el- ther. So there! (7: ‘This bank, says’ our Premier, rests in the east, the tools of the ' big-time ‘banks in’ Montreal and Toronto, and, what's worse, in the ; Premier's view, those Liberals * would sell out British Columbia to further: their own special in- terests.. Yes, Mr. Speaker, they would, but fortunately, in the Premier’s view, the Liberals are ‘ doomed and they're so far out of touch with the thinking of all the little people that they have be- come nothing but a little tag-end. way down at the bottom of the House, and that’s where the Pre- mier intends that they. stay un- . til he can weed them out entirely, as he has weeded out all the Con- : servatives from this legislature. I don’t know much about . these high and mighty financial, matters, but I’d say that, des- pite all the premier says, he'll be ‘the bank’s big wheel. Time alone will tell. a 5 Toronto Somer Refuses to Conform Canadian Press Upsetting the politico-medic- al applecart in Toronto has be- come the calling of a doctor coroner, part-time i Column ®y BURT CAMPBELL , RADIO FREE ‘EUROPE FIGHTS ERROR WITH TRUTH Imagine that you lve behind the Iron Curtain — that you and your family are’ people‘ of one of the Soviet satellites — either Po- land, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, - Rumania or Bulgaria, What sort of life is it? If you lived ‘there, your country has been dominated by’ Communist dictators since a few years after World War II. Under the rule of Soviet Union pup- pets, citizens of those countries have known the terrors of life in a police state: the knock on the door that takes a: loved onc away. Staged trials. Religious persecu- tion, Forced labor camps, The menacing boot-tread of Soviet troops. ‘The. shackles -have loosened a little in recent years but even so, the people of those countries still suffer oppression and depri- vation. Their freedom and family life are sacrificed to the harsh demands of an.all-powerful state. The ‘Iron Curtain isolates these 80 million persons from the rest of Europe and the free world yet there is a link to free. dom that even the Communists cannot break, It is Radio Free Kurope. RFE broadcasts the: truth in the language of those countries behind the Iron Curtain that it reaches, Almost half of the broad- casts are devoted to news, com- mentary and analysis, The re- maining half is made up of var- ied ‘programs'— musical, drama- wealthy stock market tic, _— to all world traveller and connoisseur of fine art. They are all the same man. i t Dr. Morton Shulman, 38-year- old fire-eater who tecame coroner. for Metropoiitan Toronto last year, has left a trail of bruis-. es. among his associates In both medicine and: public affairs ever since. As a result, an. angry su- Perior wants his $9,000-a-year job abolished, . Dr, Shulman’s rampage ‘thro. . ugh the normal placidity of coro- his own Ontario siiaonth chiefs and the medical. of the Radio Free Europe is on the © air with 28 transmitters and relay stations providing a continuous program service of about 18 hours a day to Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary, and about & hours daily to Romania and Bulgaria. It has been’ estimated that the USSR spend over $185, mil- lion’ annualiy ‘through’ 2,500 ‘sta- tions ‘trying to'jam RFE broad- casts, yet 90 ner cent of the time RFE’ gets ' through, (It employs ond medium wave ‘transmitter of noes a fairly recent exam-" é and His zeal in looking Publicly’ into hospital deaths has. earn him mention in. the saahcrnts vand got him slapped down by an Ontario Supreme Court Sunes ple how a countered it: Berlin: Monitored Commun- ist tape says: Fascist hooligans in West Berlin provocatively. de- against the German Deputy A B. Common,-whom. Dr. suai accuses of trying to get' him’ to suppress evidence, says this is not true (“I don’t like to use the ‘wold: liar”). Their blunt opponent retorts: “Their attitude has been that ; incompetent officials and quacks in medicine “deserve protection before the public.” Even «before: Dr. Shulman turned his guns on what he calls the Establishment, he had enough on his hands to keep’ a couple of men busy..He has a good me- dical’ practice ' and“has become independently : wealthy. at. the highly ‘sophisticated “put and - eall” system of playing the mar- ket. : far To Help is Holy “To fly in the air is no mira ele, for the dirtiest flies can do that;:to .cross:.a river. without bridge or boat.is no miracle, for a terrier can do the same; but to help. suffering hearts is a mi- racle performed only by holy men.” — Shiek Abdulla Auser. Democratic Republic’s soldiers - andthe hooligans threw bottles and: stones, When a Soviet. bus carrying Soviet soldiers crossed the border, it was impertinently attacked by the provocators, ble — the murder of an 18-year- old East Berlin escapee who was shot and left to‘die by the Com- munist guards next to the “Wall of Shame.’ Radio Free Europe broadcast eye-witness accounts of the boy's death and made it very clear that. the murder was too “much‘for the long-suffering West Berliners to ‘take without re-act- ee ee Support of Radio Free Eu- rope helps to maintain an jm. portant roadblock in the path of: Communist: expansion and is one of the few ways that we, as pri- vate citizens, can take an active part in the fight against Com- munismn. Contribuions can be sent to: Radio Free Europe, Mount Vernon, New York, BRE “Almost Every Level of B.C.’s Een Oy. Registered Gains During Whole of 1963 Fro: To. "Annual Report income and during the year, The labor force of, the in 1963 o! Development, Trade and Commerce — Victoria The improvement in: econo- mic conditions which. developed during the latter part of 1961, and - din 1962, was ed throughout 1963, Almost every :evel of economic activity regis- tered gains in 1963, The forest- based mineral indust- is going to be a fi bank, with all the. little people able to buy into‘it; and all those rich Americanskept out, thus | permitting the little people to . take their full part‘in the devel- opment of this, wonderful pro- vince that is riled by that bene. volent little movement called So: cial Credit. ‘ ‘You see, though this p by almost 3 per cent over 1962, while the of ‘and the major repair of machi- nery. and. equipment amounted | to $1,400,000,000, a. gain of 8 per cent over 1962. Major areas persons grew slightly more than 3 per cent. The proportion of the labor force in 1963 were ex- pansion of plant and equipment by the pulp and paper industry, 6.3. pér ‘cent ‘in“1963, compared . with 6.8 per cent in 1962, Labor: income is estimated at. $2,300,..: 000,000 for 1963, compared with $2,100,000,000 in ape year” pre- of. the. massive hy- dro-electric “ installation *: ‘on the “Peace. -River, :a°'very -high Ievel ‘of construétion ‘in housing, _ particularly apartment blocks, Agriculture conditions were ‘ries, and made the most outstanding pro- gress, Favorable conditions in such export markets as the United States, the United Kingdom, the Common Market, and Japan ‘led to larger sales ‘for . most xe. ‘source-based industries, which in turn activity grows ‘more socialist each year under Social Credit, ‘the Premier ‘says his is a-free enterprise g0- and-nothing else. This Editor, Castlegar News, Drawer 490, Castlegar, H.C. Letters for publication must be accompanied by the correct names and address of the writer. Pen names will be used by request, but the correct name must be submitted. The Castlegar News reserves the right to shorten letters in the interests of economy of space. may be called talking out of both sides of your mouth at once. Po- liticians are ‘adept in this art, and our Premier the most adept of ‘em all, Those Liberals, in opposing the bank, says the Premier, mere- ly ‘show they’re the enemies of . British Columbia, nothing but the servants of the big money iate- _ “in tertiary industries, such as ‘transportation, finance, and retail and wholesale trade, The large volume of wheat and other.prairie grains shipped ‘to Japan and> mainland’ China during 1963 made significant con- tributions to business activity in Vancouver, New Westminster, and . other British Columbia ports. Prices at:the consumer and wholesale level showed ‘only mo-_ :derate gains in relation to the expansion of business activity and: vious, ers shared in Ge "ning made in, the province, economiy.. Ret 1962 levels in 1963. The 1963 alue of retail sales is in 1963, with the lar- .,gest and best apple. crop since ~1956.' Gains were’ also registered inthe” production ‘and sale’ of. ‘eggs, poultry, and small fruits, © anne value ot Production of David Thompson College? FREE with every $10.00 CASH SALE One pair of $1.00 socks YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO PICK OUT THAT EASTER OUTFIT Leitner’s Dear Sir: On the bank of the Columbla river in Castlegar there Is a mo- nument to one of the greatest’ plo- ners of our country, David Thomp- son, who explored this river from its source to its mouth, In the Star Weekly of Jan, 26, 1963, there is an article about this famous man that mentions only one monument, at Boat Encamp. ment, As this will be under water when the proposed new dam is built, our own David Thompson monument may soon be the only one left to honor this great ex- plorer and map-maker, The name of the new regional college in Burnaby as Sir Simon Fraser would indicate that it is government policy to assign to these colleges the namea of those pioneers who opened up this great province, We, the Lillian Kilough Chapter of the IODE, wish to go on record as recommending the name David Thompson for the pro. : AT vi to: reach’ $1,900,000,000, compar- ed with $1,800,000,000 in 1962, Capital. investment reflect- ing the purchases of new. machi- nery | and: equipment, the ‘con..° struction and repair of buildings, . ; No Lenin: Here Financial Post =. If the Africans ever do put on a 20th-century revolution, the Chinese pattern, not the Russian, is the one they. are likely to fol- low. ‘Africa could not produco,2' Mao. but it“ might prods a 0. : Meats in 1963: ‘was $2,200,000,000, again of 4 per cent over 1962, The {forest industries provided the majorimpetus, with lumber shipments up 7 per cent, plywood. production up 6 per cent, and a general gain ;in: pulp Production f. about 8 per cent, The mining industry made oustanding gains in 1963, with ‘erude-petroleum production ine, creasing 44 percent over 1062 :and copper production up 14 per cent, and most other sectors re. cording increases to bring the total value of mineral production - 9 pet cent higher | than in 1962, Easter Flowers For Mother FRESH FROM THE GREENHOUSES POTTED PLANTS IN BLOOM all kinds — all prices Why not call aud. see the lovely show of Easter Lillies an? Spring Blooms at NIELSEN’S FLOWERS LT LADIES posed regional college for this area, Lilllan Kitlough Chapter, IODE, Castlegar, B.Q Children Leam . From Watching . Parents Action ' A “heavy responsibility" rests on parents to find ways in which their children can get to know other children of back- Dear_ Sir: We, the executive of the Gras- sy Mountain Ski Club, would like to take this opportunity to clear up several misconceptions that have arisen because of articles that have appeared in the Trail Times, . 1, The. Grassy Mountain Ski Club has not at any time agreed to a joint development of Granite grounds, the Castlegar Rotary Club was told last week, Felix Mueller, development di. |’ rector of Notre Dame University at Nelson, told Rotarians that “It does little good to teach about the brotherhood of man if the brother who is Negro is refused the op- portunity ts worship with his co. religionist who is white.” Children, noted the speaker, ‘are quick to detect our insincer- ities.” He said “we would all do our children a real service if we could rid our own lives of those biasea toward other groups which result from our misinformation, faulty logic and limited experience.” * Mr, Mueller commented that the -“first and most : important thing” that parents can do about the problems of child adoption to Ufe and surroundings “‘is’to make their’ children loved, wanted and happy members of their own ‘fa- mily.” Dominion Corset - Exquisite Form - Formfit These include the new stretch strap bra, contour and long line. ‘Pantie girdles are available in short, leg and extra long, small ‘extra large sizes, ee scenes ae SARONG & DAISY FRESH * See our window display KARNIE’S in with the Red Mountain club, -2, The Trail Times mentioned ‘a figure of $160,000 coming from the Castlegar area to support the Red Mountain: development. We do not know where this figure came from and are not the source of same. : 3. The Trail Times er clubs of the West Kootenays, to atudy and pick the best possible location. There are numerous mou been properly surveyed for ski- ing, and until they are we do not feel Granite Mountain should be chosen for the regional develop. |E ment. The Grassy Mtn, Ski Club L. Dolter, President Bob Lightle / Dr. D. F. Ternent Dick Wade Ted. Cowlin Carl Koutson Stan Dickinson Keith Byers a $50 fee to be split with $40 going to Red: Mountain and $10 to a Castlegar branch of the Red Moun- tain club, We could not possibly support such a move as it, runs contrary to our avowed purpose of providing good local skiing at rea- sonable rates. 4. We now have a local hill 25 minutes up’ the new highway that is an Pat Haleys Attend PHONE 365-5336 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, March 19, 1964 Grassy Mountain Ski Club Executive Clears Up Red Min. 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The. ‘Times articles claim their area is “centrally located.” We this point Apple J uice Clear 3 48-oz tins $1 = played by women's crgenteetians in : e through Friday of last week, Local executives Mr, and Mrs, Pat Haley attended for the Kin- Orange Drink nic, 2 tins . 79 Brooms 5 string each .. since Grassy Mountain will be more accessible to skiers from Fruitvale, Salmo, Castlegar, Kinnaird and Nelson than Red Mountain. ‘We are. not, and ave no in- tention of naird-Ci and District Safety Council. Highlight of a women’s lun- cheon held Friday, was the presen- tation of the Carol Lane awards with the first prize of $100 and a Bananas 5 tt. of Red Mountain Sil Club. And although we will not actively par- ticipate as a. club in the develop. ment of Granite Mountain, we do feel that all potential ski areas should be. developed for the en- Joyment and use of local skiers, ‘Owing to the fact that a re- gional development is going to cost we feel that more time should be taken, in co-operation with the oth. a considerable amount of moncy,|. Special Skating Session: ‘Friday . A special general skating ‘ses. sion. will be available. at the Cas- tlegar arena tomorow ‘evening bet- ween 7 and 9 p.m., arena officials Snuounced this week. “there will be no Saturday: evening: be- Grapefruit Pink, étor ........ going toa Women’s In- situte group from Sooke on Van- couver Island, This group had pro- READY TO EAT moted an overall ‘safety program with emphasis on traffic. Ham whole or shank end, fb. ...... z coe eee wi = aru wirses srt | Whole Fowl « safety program, Third prize of the ance aad ieners No 1, tb. .... 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