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Capt. J. J. Connolly, Char- Iottewwn Postmaster, Mon- day nftemoon reported that

the mails handled in the local office is fast reaching its Christ- mas season peak. Up until the bezinning of last weekend he said the volume was well behind Dl'e\‘l0uS years. but on Sunday and Monday there was a decid- edly heavy upswing.

Sunday night's street collect. ion uas the heaviest in years. this paper was infonned by Mr. Miller MacDonald. This state of

Charlottetown's City Councu moved last night to In the groundwork for the “S 591103 Park with the Cl l9“°“'iflZ the results II! the late hovember plebiscite in which

of area decided

meeting ‘ called to deal Lil"! the Problem of amalgama- on. The Council decided to ask the government to flas b "On to the present Sewer and Water Commission firing control of these matters directly under the Council. Italsodecldedtocall forap plicstlons for a new City eu- nneer and that the City surve- yor be retained, at will of Coun- ctl. in an advisory capacity. Several of the Councillors em- Dhasized that although they were voting for this motion they wanted to tribute to the many years of faithful and useful service which the present City Slmeyor has given to City and felt that his services will still be valuable in an advisory capacity.

Frost Damage

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Frost damage to fruit and veg- ltablcs in Florida and the Cute “llblrflo on produce are llected

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Ind the Metfopolltan

Guardian

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Peak In City

affairs. he said are expected to continue for the next several days. The collection amounted to well over ten thousand let- {era and cards.

T with the increased volume'..ol mails. fourty-five ex- tra men have been taken on for duty in the sorting rooms. For the street deliveries there are an additional fifteen carriers.

hown above is a section of the parcel sorting department. where a mountain of packages is bagged for distribution every twenty-four hours.

and sewers was as follows:

"That the Legislature be pet- itioned to legislate to place the adml stra on of works and Sewerage Acts under the Ci

Council mowed its ap- Droval oftheideaof amalgama-- tion by adopting the following resolution:

“That the Council is in favgr of amalgamabn with Parkonthebadssetforth in Committee s report on which the amalgama-

the

undertaking o te r 17. IN7 and it is further in favor of immediate preliminary steps‘ being taken to effect ainalgma- tion."

PREMIEIPS SUGGESTION The Premier's letter of Sep-

tember 17th suggested that the

amount of money asked for or

Reflected In Prices Here

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uiggested. in the Metropolitan

In Florida is

orange prices have risen three times in the last week and are flpercentliigharthanaweelt

price Increases.

organes and grape- short i

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man came to her wicket one hand in his pocket as if he had a gun and ordered her to hand over the money in the till. About 40 customers were bank at the time.

CounciIMoves To Take Spring Park Into City

The resolution for the water Committee's report. 8450.000. be paid in ten yearly installments instead of in six installments as the wggep. suggested in the report.

°' ch”l°““ Spring Park has voted to amal- gamation and Parkdale voted to stay

contribute one-half the amount

bell. president Longshoremen's Association. said Monday employment at this port up to Nov. 30 was h

.spokesman gave a 1 tion Monday that increases will

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STAGES OF GIFT PARCELS CONFRONTS POSTAL EMPLOYEES.

Reports Christmas Mails Are

Lone Bandit Gets $1,000

TORONTO (CP)—A lone ban-

dit Monday held up a downtown branch of the Royal Bank of Can- adlahe and escaped with $1,000.

man stuffed the money

Eta his pocket and rushed from e band played Silent Night. Holy Night outside.

blhk as a Salvation Army

Teller Joyce Zorn. 22. said the with

the

The Council felt that since

out. the province should

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Vote To End Strike In N. Y. Subway

NEW YORK (AP) —- Striking lnotormen voted Monday night to end an eightfiay subway strike. the worst in the city's history. and they planned an immediate‘ return to their jobs.

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Diefenbaker Urges NATO To Negotiate With Russia

Normal operations along 228-. miles of New York City subways; was expected within a matter on hours for the first time since the strike began Dec. 9. '

The back-to-work decision camel with a great roar of approval at a mass meeting of more than 1.- 500-motorrnen.

The board of directors of the in- dependent Motormen‘s o- Ient Association recommended an end to the strike. It cost the tran- sit system more than 82.000. and cut into downtown Christmas shopping sales by untold millions.

For three days early last week, the strike created the greatest chaos in the history of the city's transportation. Then it levelled off and subway service gradually edged back toward normal.

Mild Weather For Byelection

WHITEHORSE. Y.'l‘. (CP)—A family good turnout was indie cated Monday in federal byelec- tion voting e Yukon. most northwesterly constituency‘ in Canada.

By Yukon standards. the weather was mild for this time of

ear. with temperatures ranging from five above at Whitehorse to below zero at Dawson City. Light snow fell in some regions and cloud covered the entire ter- ritory of 200.000-square miles.

Poling hours were 8 a.m. to 6

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ward Island has been declared a brucellosis certified area. D . F. Wells. general for the Department Agriculture. announced Monday.

regulations

represents the highest standard

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from such an area can qualify for export with a minimum of re-

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PARIS (AP)—Presldent Eisen- hower ma '

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try and sat

pm’ Y“I‘°“ “met ‘1 P'm- “mu lillgnelfalllay hftldepligllllfilid till): actltlencal 11 pm‘ ASTL Monday night.

About 5.200 persons were elig-

lble to vote in the two-way race R was one of the buslesl days

Eisenhower has put in since a

between Liberal Aubrey Simmons who has held the seat since 1949. and Progressive Conservative Erik Nielsen.

Floor Price For Sugar Beets

OTTAWA (CP) — Agriculture Minister Douglas Harkness Mon- day announced provision for de- ficiency payments of up to $13 a ton to sugar beet growers for this year's crop.

He told the Commons the agri- cultural prices support board has been authorized to make the pay- ments lf the average price of au- gar beets goes below $18 a ton.

The subsidy payments would go direct to growers should they be- come necessary Mr. Harkness said growers will continue to make deliveries under their con- tracts with the factories.

But if these bring less than $13 a ion for beets with at least 17- per—cent sugar content. the prices support board will make up the

mild stroke three weeks ago.

But 20 minutes after the after- noon meeting Press Secretary James C. Ilagerty summoned a press conference and announced the president was tired from "a long day" and had decided to skip the dinner. Hagerty sold the cancellation was “not a medical decision" an there had been no deterioration in Eisenhower's health. The pres- ident's physician ea rlie r de- scribed Eisenhower as "feeling tins.-—very fine." Hagerty said it was just that Eisenhower “wants to go to bed early toniigllt" and personally in- rmed the host, NATO Secretary General Paul-Henri Spank of his decision. Eisenhower’: voice was loud and vigorous. his oomplexioii ruddy as he addressed the open- ing NATO summit conference. But there was a wide difference of opinion as to the speech diffi- culty which Eisenhower devel- oped from his siroke.,

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IN THE MARITIMES

in IN ‘Ni-‘i.n.

ST. JOHN'S. Nfld. iCPl - Re-

gional sales manager W.W. Fowl- ! er announced today Trans - Canada Air Lines will es- tablish a sales foundland to meet “a continued increase in demand for air trans- portation of passengers. freight and express."

PORT BUSINESS SLOW

4 Monday)

district in New-

HALII-‘AX'(CPi— Jack Camp- of the Halifax

in 20~years." He said ment dropped 50 per cent.

Pension Boost Seen For Former Civil Servants

UITAWA (CF)-A government strong‘ Ica-

e in pensions of former

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difference. Eisenhower's doctors r e p o r t

detected as many as two dozen instances where Eisenhower had trouble saying certain words. Others said they noticed no diffi- u

ISOLATION ENDS NEWCASTLE (CF) — Almost a week of near isolation has end-

ed for the community of Price the Miramichi

c lty. "I think he slurred only one word — abhorrent." the doctor

Settlement on d it ' d. RI"°"- A '°mp°""y 7°“ "° Hagerty reported Eisenhower "'9 ""339 ‘"5 °p°"°d Monday laughed about stumbling over

by-passing areas flooded by the rain-swollen river.

CALLS AT HALIFAX

HALIFAX (C?) — The 11.000 ton liner Sylvanla. newest of the Cunard steamship line's Cana- dian “big four". made her fir trip to this port Monday. The liner made her maiden voyage in July. crossing to Montreal from the United Kingdom. Since then she has been operating with her sister ships Saxonia. Ivernia and Carinthia between Canada. the U. K. and the continent.

RETIRED ENGINEER DIES

“abhorrent.

Hagerty said be counted what he called four "fluffs." The press secretary termed that “perfectly natural." and said he told Eisen- hower that "this was at least two less on the average than when

NAMED TO UN POST

UNITED NATIONS. NY. (AP) —The United Nations announced Monday the appointment of Sir Humphrey Trevclyan. first chief of the British diplomatic mission in Communist China. as an un- ndersecretary. The announcement as Secretary - General Dag

](EN1*v|[,LE_ N_ 5, tCPi — Hammarskuold named Trevclynn. William IBertl Ilartlen. 82. a effective Jan I5. to "deal w‘ h former town councillor. died such special political questions here Monday. A reti re assign If " The 5‘

locomo- ‘ - P0 tlve engineer, he resided here 60 ‘ Pays 315.000 I Yell‘ PIU8 WOW‘ _ ances.

”Creat\Lakes Ship

of November, 21.800000 tons had

gone through. compared to 22.-

w at the same a

year. Mr. Ryan said the differ- ould c

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tota. bulk was a record 2s.oao.ooo tons. A. H. Parker. superintending near ol the Cornwall - wit-

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even this year from is both and of 12.l'71.4o6. . saasoa wu i1,3It.NIt. au. CATEGORIES DOWN Mr. Parker said the reduction grain. oil pro Ioted a con- lasl year.

ports cloned boats had

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Certified Area In Canada

OTTAWA. (Spec-iali Prince Ed- K. tified if the number of infected veterinary director- of

The Island is the first area in Canada to be declared “Certifi- ed" under the brucellosis control

Dr. Wells said a certified area

reedom from brucellosis dis- ease, which attacks cattle. Cattle

two major speeches White House Mond through two crowded NATO sessions. one last- Eisenhower thanked French Pre- vance of making a visit to the

NOTE SPEECH rnounu: . . AS 8 result

that difficulty virtually cleared up . ut. some observers thought they; I

,1 ‘early Monday.

Circles Ponder Decline

I all Toronto officials said

any ' Last year‘: final figure

Iiarnshurg canal system In the freight totals were still climbing wrance River aaid bulk.with probably 210.0(1) tons being

ed lst Brucellosis

and steers.

Cattle slio\~inx.' a positive rc- action to brucellosis blood tcstsf are removed from the herds and slaughtered. Compensation for in- fected cattlc is now paid to the owners by the Federal Agricul-

strictions. An area may be declared cer-

cattle is not greater than one per- cent of the total cattle population and the number of herds with in- fectcd animals does not exceed

WEATHER

Cloudy with a few saowflurriea clearing In the afternoon: evening;

colder by nort.hwostwindal5.Low-hIgh80aId85.

FIVE CENTS

NOT MORE THAN

Canadian Prime Minister Speaks At Paris Meeting

PARIS iCPi — Prime Ministeriof the concerted reply they will Diefenbaker urged the NATO na- make ‘O Blllgaflin

iions Monday to continue to dem~ e Soviet le.ader' wuchlng h proposals in polite terms. did not

onstrate "willingness to negoti-.899...” the son of meeting M ate" with the Soviet Union. lwanted. He spoke mainly of the

This statement, prefaced by a;importauce of personal contacts qualification. was one of the most.and put up some specific ideas striking in the Canadian prime which he said would help reduce minister's l5 - minute address at‘East-West tensions.

ture Department.

ASKED FOR BY PROVINCE

(Dr. George C. Fisher. Provin- ciai Veterinarian. told this paper last night that the Brucellosis test was asked for by the Pro- vincial Dcpartment by Hon. C.

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five percent of all herds in the area. This status is determin by blood testing all susceptible ca .

Exempt are cattle up to the age of 36 months that have been officially vaccinated with brucel- losis vaccine, calves under eight months of age. sprayed ll0lf(‘I‘S

Busy Day, Looks . t Skips Dinner

broadcast from the

he makes a Eisenhower plans to confer it

. |w h West Germany‘: chancellor At the outset of his own address Konrad Adenaucr today in ad- mier Felix Gaillard and Prime headquarters he directed in 1951- Minister Joseph Bcch of Lux- 52 when he was supreme com- embourg for "your good wishes mandcr of North Atlantic forces for my good health." In ope.

Dr. C. T. Bissell Is New ‘ Head Of Toronto University

TORONTO iCPl —— Dr. Claude drafted." T. Bissell. president of Carleton‘ Jame-5 5- C°Yn°v Chalrma“ °l University in Ottawa. was named;tSI;?d€::Iet:[‘:?veI:,:::,dh‘; g’g:§';";:$’:“ Monday president of the Univer-;ab1e progress during D,-_ 315. sity of Toronto. Canada's largest sell's two-year tenure.

"'“V°’5"¥- . I-rump CARLETON HEAD Mr. Bissell succeeds Sidney. The “yearmd president’ who

the first plenary session of the‘ But to the Swiss the Soviet NATO summit conferenec. leader hinted Moscow really It came amid indications thatlwould like the neutral. Swiss {several European and Scandina-‘to offer facilities—as they did 13 |VlaIl countries are increasinglylmonths ago at the time of the uneasy about closing the door on Hungarian and Suez incidents- talks with Russia. lfor another East - West summit Diefenbakcr. in an apparently conference. Bulganin also invited unrehearsed aside. also suggesledlthe Swiss to send along any pro- that NATO consider the possibil- posals they might care to think ity of establishing a food bank forlup in the interest of world peace surplus products which would ul-‘and promised to study them with timately be distributed in under- "great care." developed countries. iefenbaker said he feels Rus- The prime minister glanced sian proposals for an East-West across at the United States dele- meeting “must be me tired in gation at this point and undoub- the light of earlier refusal of the tedly the significance was not U.S.S.R. to participate further in lost on the Americans. whose (United Nations) disarma- giveaway programs have dis- rnent commission." turbed the Canadian government. The Canadian leader said he be- ‘MI-JC“ CAN BE DONE" b it But he said he feels “there is

lieves the pos y of holding

negotiations with the Russians much that can be done to fur- might be considered at a later the!‘ understanding between Rus- date if progress could be made sin and the West in the spheres beforehand in fields such as hu- of human. scientific and cultural man. scientific and cultural rela- relations."

' . “I believe that if enough pro-

grsss can be made in this and other ways. then consideration could be given to the possibility Gcrhardscn of urged of holding further negotiations on NATO leaders to seek a cold war matters of substance at a later truce with Russia—even if it date. . . ." means direct negotiations be- H o w e v e r. Diefenbaker said. tween the United States and Rus- "no nation should shut the door sit: on key world issues. to any

Before his keynote speech. Ger- the prospect of a solution to ma- hardsen conferred in turn with jor problems or that might lead Diefenbakcr. D a n l s h Premier to a decrease of international ten- Hans C h ris t i an Hansen and "on " I-‘rench disarmament chief Jules Moch.

The idea of new talks with the Kremlin appeared to win back-

SHOULD SEEK TRUCE He spoke after Premier Einar

Gerhardsen said the allies have nothing to fear from political talks with the Russians and should be ready to meet Moscow halfway

Smith who resigned Sept. 12 to‘ _ become external affairs minister. “'35 ‘I50 V“-'9 ' Ch3"‘3°“°'v “'35 _ _ _ Phillips‘ cllajrmn named Ci-irleton's third president of the University of Toronto J"IY 1- 155- l board of governors, announccdl Dr. Bisscll's wife. Christine. isl the appointment. effective July 1.9a native of Scotland. They were; . . lmarried in 1945 and have a young; Moffat Woodside. dcan of arts,'teen-aged daughter. Deirdre. ‘ ,-will continue as acting president I)r. Bissell was connected with. luntil Dr. Bissell takes over. .the University of Toronto for l In tawa. Dr. Bissell said: .ycars off-and-on prior to is‘ .‘‘‘In considering the invitation I Carlcton job. He sas vice - pres-1 ldiscusscd the matter carcfullyvidcnt of U. of T. when he went ‘and frankly with senior col- to Carleton. . leagues on the board of gov-. .In 1954. l)r. Bissell spent five _ernors and on the faculty. lmonths in Australia as represent-j ‘ I reached thclaiive of the Canadian Humanit-, .‘conclusion that the invitation touies Research Council. i take on one of the key educa-‘l At one time he made a stud tional jobs on the continent. par-‘of university

administration in’ ticularly at this time of rapid ex-gCanada. the United States and pansion and basic cvaluation.‘Great Britain under a Carnegie‘ could not be declined." }C0l“P0rali0n iZ|'8nI-

C. J. MacKenzie. chancellor of- Dr. Bissell has been connected lcarleton University. said he was with the National Conference 0': "naturally disappointed thaticanadian Universities for years, ‘President Bissell will be leaving, and is now chairman of its fl-‘ lb t we can find some solace in na cc committee. The confer-i’ ‘the fact that when the largest enc is responsible for distribut-l 'univcrsity in the Conimoiiwcalth ing the government's annual $l6.-l [needed a president. it was Carlo-.000.000 grant among Canadian‘ ton's president who was‘coll(-gcs and universities.

IDetermined Effort To Fire 1Atlas Missile Called Off :

CAPI-I L‘ A N A V I-I R A l.. Fla ‘ccasvti and a report Sl)l‘l‘a(l1 IAPi- The US. Air I-‘orcc fnilcd among "bird vsaichers" alilllL.' Monday in a dcicrmincd effort toithis island's vihite sand beaches‘ fire the Atlas ll’lI(‘r(‘0l‘il.lIl9I‘lial|IIlai. the big shoot had been put‘ ballistic missile :0“ = A “countdown" on the Atlas. ii Tm; would have hem 3 per

100-ton missile designed in h9u1’fect day to fire the Atlas. for It 8 h)"l"0t19" b“mb “"955 "'9 -““3‘lwoul(l have given Prcsidcnt Ei- ‘ai fantastic spccd. was slartczllscnhoivcr the opportunity to opcn For hours. the: the NATO meetings in Paris with “Big A" could be soon tmxcrinzj new: that the United Stalcs had UP 0" NS launching illallilrl" imltclicd Riissia in perfecting an ‘ Then. about 1 mm. lt‘\’PFISI1occan-spanning H-bomb missile.

lactivity around the niissilc; “as Obvious when daymm

broke ovcr the missile IITIIIE e

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range that a supreme effort was ' to ma 9 to get At- las into the air. Through I)lIl0(‘lI-A lars. walchcrs from afar could’ s the Atlas crcw working busily.

Suggests More

in the quest for a cold war set- -tlement.

Adenauer said he recognized the “moderate" tone of Bulgari- though there were few explicit ex- in's letter and, without comment- pressions of how such talks should ing on its terms directly. sug- he conducted. gested inquiring “through diplo-

The Norwegian Socialist prem-.matic channels" what precisely ier‘s suggestion came as a sur-} emlin is getting at. But prise to the assembly of states-{the German leader made it clear men. Seldom has the chief of anihe rejects Bulganin's thesis that allicd government proposed di-inuclear weapons must pt rect exchanges between Washing-‘out of Europe.

I: and Moscow. '

The Russians themselves longlwlu‘ lNQUmE FURTHER have favored such direct talks.I Eehlfld the 8091195 Of this Coll- time and again have suggested ference other statemsn planned the idea. and. in fact. are doing,” Press the idea of investigating so a ' now. But the United.what Bulganin maybe getting at. States has refused consistently toIEVld9DUY they h3V¢ in mind "I0 enter alone any conference that idea of using the Interval he- might affect the interests of ouieritewen the present and the time natio s. lwhen American medium - range

Gcrhardsen and Adennuer spolseirockets may become available to of new approaches to the Rus-;Elli'0P€*—8l I685! 8 .V98l" heflct-— sinus in the context of Soviet Pre-{lo investigate the Kremlin mood. mier Nikolai Bulganin's recentlpossibly at a new conference. notes to all members of the; ut w Knitcd Nations and to Switzer-‘States and Britain are understood land. ulllcll is outside the worldlo be against any new hiizh-level body. meeting with Russia for the time