USSR PROPOSES. IMMEDIATE HALT TO H-TESTS :

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PLAN PUTS

By BERT WHYTE
Fisheries Minister James Sinclair's announcement this week that the federal gov-
ernment is willing to provide ‘‘hundreds of millions of dollars’’ to harness power re-
sources of the Columbia River provided the B.C. Power Commission — and not pri-

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‘Soviet Union takes

H-test plea to UN

| A Soviet proposal for the immediate and temporary halting
Uuclear tests was this week rejected by U.S. President Dwight

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i oe and British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan. The
2 Res -Sovernment directed its proposal to the two, Western

; €rs as they were in conference at Bermuda.

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ply, the two leaders
pebosed to invite Soviet rep-
a ntatives to observe their

‘eles Provided the Soviet Un-
- a oe reciprocate.
FP et spokesman, Leonid
Peete foreign ministry
4 let chief, dismissed the
ee er offer in these words:
: vile Saag hopes for a radical
Ret to the problem. What
hibit i simpler than to pro-
a €se tests and not to
ichiey i meas about methods of
Ples AL agreement? The peo-
} Smee the world will judge
ho €lves whether there will
tests» a cessation of these

in Britain, the Liberal party,
> om m. prepatly launched a
‘bo against hydrogen-
j, mb tests, has appealed direct-

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i a Prime Minister Louis St.
; ent, “in the name of hu-
a Continued on page 4
16 ©» +See H-TESTS

Mounties to play
11 Sunday games

Vancouver Mounties in the
Pacfic Coast League will play
11 Sunday afternoon double-
headers this season, ignoring
the rejection of.a bill to legal-
ize Sunday sports by the priv-
ate bills committee of the B.C.
legislature Monday this week.

General manager Cedric Tal-
lis of the Mounties said tic-
kets would be sold before mid-
night Saturdays ‘just like the
symphony society does for
Sunday concerts.”

Rev. R. A. Redman, secre-
tary of the Lord’s Day Alliance
in Vancouver indicated court
acfion would be sought if the
law is not followed.

vate interests — do the job, has put Premier W. A‘ C. Bénnett on the spot.

The premier, who has steadfastly refused to state in the legislature whether he
favors public or private development of the mighty Columbia, now must take a stand.

Despite the tight-lipped attitude maintained by Premier Bennett in the House
it is known that he and Attorney General Robert Bonner favor building of the Mica
Creek Dam by the B.C. Electric, which is already doing survey work in the area of

the proposed damsite.

British Liberals have joined the growing protest against British

Continued on page 12 — See COLUMBIA

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H-bomb tests in the Pacific

with a direct appeal to Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent to intercede with the British gov-

ernment. The tests are scheduled to begin after April 1,