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VOL. Lxx'v. NO. 292

MAC, JFK MAY DECIDE

Britain, U.S. Talks Bog Over Skybolt Missile

I ‘ ' LONDON IAPt—Britain tiaidif Britain has built its nucleariMacmillan's hColiliseixiiitive gov- . - i orce around the Skybolt. ernment. w ic as backed “Cdnfiday Its talks Utter A British defence ministry!Skybolt against the attacks of WW?“ Slates 0"" p0551 9 tstatement said U.S. efence Labor MPs. scrapplnfl 0‘ the Skyb‘m ml5"Secretary McNamara and Brit-, But political observers seem sile have bogged down. The is- ish Foreign Minister Thorney-iconvinced that the latest Brit- sm. mav be re“ for president croft had “full and frank talks"lish government statement con- Km‘edi‘} and primp Minister but came to no decision. Dis-‘flrms that McNamara came

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er; north winds 15. Low-high 2t) and 30.

NOTTHX‘SRE SEVEN CENTS

Macmillan to resolve at thefcussions would continue. it said. here to give notice of the likely meeting in Nassau just before COMPROMISE :SCI‘BPP'M 0f Skl’bflll-

‘ -' t . On his arrival in

“$21353; U.S. plans to give-.1“It S” bel'cved .lfinm‘tdy 3": Tuesday McNamara said ,it was III) the manufacture of the mis-' am" 8" "9w w’ W 0 zeactin" 56”" that I've flight trials unto have put. a heavy strain on a .°°‘1‘3‘P;“m'se “Semi; iglliave been a failure. He spoke the U.S.-British alliance. Thewgmilr.0 a amas mee "‘3 “c' of soaring development _ costs “'5' says the mlssuel- “5‘5”; The defence chiefs of the two jig: complex tecnmcal dime“! to carry a nuclear .u enmhy mks u" ..

> i . nations had to he launched from a plat '. . a “on. British exports do!” London Tuesday. McNamara

.t . l t left for Paris Wednesday to at- “."9‘ "‘3‘ ‘ ‘3 “ “MFR-mud the NATO ministerial l‘”l_'""" . ceting. .

London

RCAF SANTA HITS DELAY

McNamara is under no'

1 “Mr. . [illusions as to the British re-l EDMONTON (CF) __ The lactlon to any cancellation of; RCAp-s annual Operation 0 Skybo a defence mm‘sm’; Santa Claus has run into spakcsma" to” repm"el'5- . _ ‘ mechanical and weather prob- lnformants reported Britain lems'

>made it plain that any cancel- WASHINGTON MP) '- TW" llation of the Skybolt program Itl\\'-)’IOId nuclear tests were set [could lead to a complete reap.

An RCAF‘ C-l3OB Hercules transport aircraft assigned to carry Christmas supplies to

off underground Wednesday by ipraisal of British policy and de- outposts across the Arctic “lf‘ Ullllied States at lis Nevada t fche commitmcnts. left RCAF station Namao ’t‘SI tr e. ' i , here Sunda as sched l d.

The atomic cnt‘l‘f-ly 00mmIS-1Hm‘Y Loo" .STM‘ED _ but was {OlyCC‘CI bv a {gully sinn announcement gave 00': blame" "l tho-59 mmm'l‘ propeller to turn back after

other details. A low-yield device ' ments is the U.S. use of Holy‘ has the blast force of not more Loch in Scotland as a base than 20,000 tons of TNT. |nuclcar '

completing the western

for of its trip.

. submarines carrying} The Hercules left Wednes- Thc tests were the 58th anleolaris misstles. da for Resoiur Bay 0

50th in a series conducted over; A Skybolt cancellation would; Cornwallis Island‘ 1550 miles the last year in Nevada. ibe acutely embarrassing to: nort here. where it had

Bitter Cold And Snow Hit Wide U.S. Areas

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MONTREAL (CPl —— Msgr. Irenee Lussier. rector of the University of Montreal. in a

statement Wednesday said hei deeply regrets "deplorable inci- dents. especially as regards to the flag." which occuinrcd dur- ing a demonstration by students in downtown Montreal later iTuesday. t i Msgr. Lussier said the lead-l l

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ers of the students' association; rwanted the public demonstra-i tion to be "calm and orderly."|

t o e stage of the demon-- stration the Red Ensign at thel tplaza of Place Ville Marie wasi l pulled down and torn to shreds. ; r The demonstration was aimed; iat Donald Gordon. president of: ‘Canadian National Railwaysi who had told the railway com-‘ lmittce in testimony Nov. 20-23i tin Ottawa that there were no :Frenoh - speaking Canadians .among the CNR's top 28 offi- lcials because of a lack of qual- ified applicants, not because of discrimination.

While the demonstration was going on. Mr. Gordon~m=ef with a delegation of four students in his office in the. CNR building. adjoining the. Queen Elizabeth

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Hotel. r. Gordon said he told them

CNR policy on bilingual- ism is to provide. where the public needs them. officers who speak both French and Eng- lish.

He said It was clear to him that some of his testimony be- fore the. railway committee had been reported “quite inaccurat-I ely" in newspapers and on tele-i

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Dietenbaker Anniversary Is Honored

OTTAWA tCPl - Conserva- tive MPs and senators markcdj six years of leadership of the party by Prime Minister Dicf- enbaker Wednesday with a gift to him of snowshoes and moc-'

working group to consider a special scale of assessments for peace-keeping operations.

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cus meeting. resulted in a lot'

of amused speculation that be way for "more. common sense'as the other side stands (by this

lmight be preparing to hit at .winter election campaign trail.; "There was some suggestion jthat it might be. related to an 1 event not very far distant." Mr. I lDicfenbaker acknowledged with a grin. speaking to reporters

but poor weather forced the Greenland.

Plans now call for the. Her- soon as possible. reload its cargo and pick u CBC per- personnel at the base.

After flying the CBC group

CHICAGO (AP) ~~ Blasts of.U.S. have. been attributed dig resume the eastern part 0 relentlessly from the north into;wcathcr. Some uarters con- gfopArcuc Cthtmas supply nited States southlanditended the death toll probably '

lures far below zero in nor-‘layed communications and pre-

maliy mild regions. i.vented a more accurate ac-

land from uppers New ark - I. 0' f {PM I

State to Tennessee heavy snowimfiygdmezowizxswgenfmf argnd

“ties to hundreds of thousands! - - . A d

tsaid it would bring lower tem- munl‘peratures and a hard freeze to covered with snow for five. ays. ida ,- v . y s and Wednesdays cold tolcanadia _ v In some places in the U-5. ‘tendcr winter vegetables have‘ n concewed resommn _ _ ‘that all United Nations mem- Dllt‘d UP in 8 depth 0" moretare expected to run into the be “t than 20 feet. Scores of populousimillions of dollars. U rs mug Shnmder the com 0‘ . ‘ , _ .was approved overwhelmingly \‘al‘lla and Michigan areas “’l‘l‘e 3 in Wednesday; Smith Miami re- l w ‘i‘ covered with {ma 20 m . ednesday by the world bodys . The overnight forecast for t 75 . mean so omrns northern and central Florida .4 yabitemifins'fim‘e '20,;7m;§;2; More than 80 deaths tn the‘

' sored by Canada along with the United States. Britain and 17: and Britain had warned its de- fcat might affect the attitude of nancial contributors to the UN.

a Those voting against included , bloc. which have refused to pay anything toward the $10.000,000-. HAth‘AX tCPt —— A British IJacob Street area on the. north- filing ‘0 banlfl‘upt the UN~ ‘ The committee also approved tion. in recent years the city‘ . plans for a $50,000,000 redevel-l been clearing the st“. of liition instructing a 21 - natio 0' 3 old buildings which formed part downtown Halifax. ‘ slum. The proposal by the Woking- The group said it Is ready to one received when the city’s to complete the project over a deadline for redevelopment six-year period The proposal ll '

craft to divert to Thule. cules to return to Resolute as formers entertaining RCAF to Montreal. the Hercules will bitterly-cold polar air pushed rcctly to the unseaso. f Wednesday. driving tempera- is around 150. but weather-dc- d And over a .narrow band of, counting, i c g 1‘ ’9" analn- adding "10” weamer southern Florida and fort-asters ;Ille area. The losses from Tues; UNITED NATiONs rcpt.-.A . I tacce tin l ‘ ' northeast. drifting snow haS’not been fully calculated. but p g a word court ammo“ . . N - ' ' Ollie. West Virginia. PennSyI-i Pensacola. Fla. had a low of peace keeping operations ’ported 36 and Miami had 45. ‘budgetary committee inches of snow ' was for temperatures in the 205. adopted the resolution spam I l other countries. Both the U.S. ~ J their governments as major fi- France and the entire Soviet a-month Congo operation threat- ; K """p wednes‘lay unveiled lam me. or the downtown sec. another Canadian-inspired reso- rhas ‘ ' opment project for part Group of England was the only ‘ begin work next summer an tenders closed lwl be referred to city counci

INSIDE TODAY

Plans call for six 30- or 40- 'and a newly-appointed rcdevel- Announcemt‘ntsi “our” - '9 “my buildings. a shoppinglopment advisory committee. Births. deaths . . . . .. -. lit "la". a department store and1 Participants in the _Woking Classified . . . . . . . . .. is. 19 a sportsdrome. lgroup were not. disclosed at the Comics . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . ,. 20 The. sportsdrome. 'would con- tender opening but a spokesman Finance. markets . . . . . . .. l6 tairi three swimmin pools. a said it includes one British Editorials . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6 40-lane. bowling alley. a skating bank. City. Queens . 5 rink and offices and restaur- Mayor John Lloyd said the Prince County . . . . 2 "[8; . proposal would require I great Kings County .... 4

Estimated cost of the bulld- deal of negotiation. Summerslde . . . . . . . . . . . .. :l 'ngs is $48,000,000. plus $3,000.- e. group said it. is willing 5pm.; p y _ _ . . _ , _ , , _ _ . __ 14, is 300 for the Ian a Performance Womens' . . . , . . . . . . . . . . .. 8

bond

d. to post The location is known as the within 30 days.

afterwards.

“But i said l would use them in going from igloo to igloo." 9 added. referring to Liberal. criticism of a government pro-; gram to build roads to northern l isourccs.

The prime minister told re- porters ta Wednesday was: chosen to mark the Dec. 14 an~l niversary of his election as' party leader in 1956 because;

Cuba, Stevenson Highlight onierence

JFK's PreSs C

KASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- de tUEennedy said Wednesday the Ited States still is taking steps daily to ace that offensive weapons are not introduced into Cuba again. '

Kennedy bad no direct reac- tion to Soviet Premier Khrush- chevs warning earlier in the day that "we will be compelled

he one actions :a the sit-

press speculation about the po- sition members took during the crucial days of the Cuban crisis. Some positions were changed as time went along. he added. He said a consensus fin- ally was reached and his da- ctlion was made. and all mem-

bers supported It. The Post article had Stevenson had opposed . Cuba. and

naval blockade of U.S. officials later denied the

some time in New York. Ken- nedy said he was hopeful the New York negotiations would be fruitful soon. He referred ques- tloncrs to his remarks on the subject of Cuba at his last press conference.

The next question dealt with the furore over the position re-

, ed l‘l Saturday Evening Post article to have been taken by Stevenson in U.S. National Seciguhy Council deliberations

upon. said he would not The matter of "walking through this minefield the chorus and countercbargea.“

be laid. should be undertake:

with care and should be left

went on, the council to merely historians. ’

' Kennedy was asked whether he thought the author: of the

N M ADVANTAOI. Saturday Evening Post article

said U.S

ti!- utd he does not think with responsibility. It was

m than to much advantage to

written by Charles Bartlett. a- Washington reporter and close. friend of the president. and Stewart Alsop. Washington edi-. for The Post. . The president said he never} attempted to characterize newsi stories. He repeated it would be1 better to leave such matters to‘ the judgment of history. I

“MATTER FOB HISTORY" Asked If he would try to learn

who “breached the secu “ o

the security council.

of these matters are never deter- .

mined with precision. He said be satisfied himself that the de- scription of Stevenson's position did not come from a member of the council. and again said i was a matter for history. .'

He added that he doesn't

(Calhqu on page 5. col. 2)

gal appeared in southwest of Winnipeg. Progressive Cnn- ‘thc northern ridings of Rupcrts~

The DEL Curling Associa- tion elected a new slate of of- ficers during the annual meet- ing held at the Charlottetown

RlING ASS’N ELECTS OFFICERS the Trophy competition. The tro—

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OTTAWA tCPt ~ The Com- mons gave its final approval Wednesday to a bill establishing a five-member Atlantic Devel- opment Board.

In its last hurdle before going to the Senate. there. was one more attempt in the lower” chamber to make an amend- ment to the measure which all: parties said from the start they . approve in principle.

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. MacEaclien tL—In- verness - Richmond) wanted a clause inserted to have the.

board produce an annual report on capital projects designed to. enlarge the basic economy of‘ the Atlantic region. When Speaker Marcel Lam- . MacEachen ap- pealed the decision. A roll-call lvote upheld Speaker Lambert . 113 to 90 and the bill was given . lunanimous approval. The Speaker's decision was

supported by . . Progressive Conservathes and 18 members :of the Social Credit party

‘New Democratic Party MPs ‘against it. Five Liberals did not ‘vote. explaining they were “paired” with absent Conserva- "““ ; tives.

The bill was introduced In the Senate a short time later.

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junction with Gaboury outgoing association president Doug McGowan (leftl of Mon- tague chats with his succes- sor. Frank Bryan of Alber-

ton. ISee. story on page ‘14.)

_ In proposing his amcndmentl iMr. MacEachcn said that the, llarea needs capital projects. not.

merely another board of in-.

phy was won by Montague rinks skipped by George Nit-.- holson and Pete Sinclair. Here.

Curling Club last night in con-

Khrushchev Warns U.S., Blasts China Criticism

MOSCOW tAP') Premier; Khrushchev warned the United

States Wednesday to live up tOtUnited States as a “paper ti o invasmn“ deal on Cuba tger.” Khrushchev declared: and blasted the Chinese Com-inow it is a paper tiger.

munists for claiming he beat a;

retreat in the Caribbean crisis. irhat it has atomic teeth." lBROADCAST TO NATION Th

The. Soviet leader. at times tough and at times mollifying. covered the. whole range of Kremlin foreign policy in a‘ two-hotu‘. 40-minute speech be- fore the. Supreme Soviet. Iparw liament) broken by outbursts ofl applause. !

Loudest cheers came from the.

H.443 deputies when he. claimedl Khrushchev pledged himself‘ The gift. presented at a cau-‘gto have saved the world fromrto fulfil Soviet commitments In ANSWERS CHARGES

nuclear war and opened that . . . morc striving to remove the logjams which produce fric- tions and create tensions in re-. lotions among states." i

“Vole Hunt Nears End In Manitoba Cam

WtNNlPl-JG rCPi — Elec-L Ironic campaigning gave way

03 this would be the last caucus lto old - fashioned vote - hunting :of Radisson. on the northeast- meeting before Parliament ad.‘chncsday night as caiididatcsiern edge of greater Winnipeg.

journs Dec. 20 for a holiday re. ‘got in their last licks before t-ess. v jFriday's Manitoba general elec- ‘ tion. 1 Premier Duff Rolilin was‘ speaking for the Progressive Conservatives in the western.

Manitoba centre of Necpawa.) while Liberal Leader Gil Mol-‘ ' St. Claude.

.ike most

servative cabinet ministers and land and Churchill has bccn de- leading Liberals.

DUFF ROBLIN Conservative

NDP Leader'ferrcd until Jan.

lquiry. The lack of a fund to;

CAPITAL BUREAU:

OF THE GUARDIAN! OTTAWA ~ The two mem- bers of parliament for Queensl lost little time. in entering de-' hate on the Atlantic Provinces Board. followingl taking part

in one obvious reference inipclled to take such action as

Red China's description of thermay be required by the situa-

- tion.‘ 1D I ' “lfl While conceding that criticism .ueYe ODmen' then {had come. from many quarters “‘0‘? return

those who say so must know about the. Cuban settlement. i’" LhEP'E'I' prowndal 919mm“ even f r o m the Communist . campa‘g“' camp' the soviet premier‘ Hon. J. Angus Mac-Lean and

victor... Heath Macquarrie both took Oiicy 5f peace has part in thre clause-by-clause dis~ . H _ . I scored a Nat moral and 01m. cussion o the government bill‘ :‘cectofigt‘Z§?5\vglfilrhggsiz::gegs"g:‘cal victor?" he said. Thepn he ito establish the Atlantic board.‘ Cuba and Soviet removal of bal- ‘ added his familiar dlcmm that lT-hu‘d madmg was Ewen to mp} “we miqsil“ and ht)mbwsithere is only this choice for thelblll by the Commons On Wed- “jom the Carigbcan island world: Peaceful cocxtstence or 1nc‘Sflay- . ' ‘thel‘monudcal‘ war. Mr. MacLean hailed the bill .as being of very great value to . To Chinese chargcs that he. the future of the Atlantic Prov-t l“capitulatcd to imperialism" by ‘inces and said he thinks it has . .. I twitlidrawing the rockets from ;the possibility of being of more unflgrit‘i'f‘dmg' 0H6 *i‘tddgni‘ 3‘. Cuba. Khrushchev said: lbcnefit than even the special. sumelclt eire neotcolgle‘i'vzd by the. “I” V have W“. “infants passed h-" "1" “WM” other side we shall be. ‘com-i'maled- 9"" ma." 35k- 50§lallsttment a few years‘ago. ' ‘ Cuba exrsts. Cuha remains at He said the difficulties or .heacon 0‘ Mal‘XlSl - LEHlnlSt.t.lic area have been brought |ideas I" lit"- WCSlPFn He"HS-labour because Atlantic indus-v lplicre- The impact of her revo- tries have found it difficult to. iIUIlonarY “ample W1" mm". compete with the larger cro- I'Tlle government 0f “‘9 has nomic- concentration in central imve" a 919d” “0' I" ‘"V3deiCanada One after the other.

e speech was broadcast to

claimed a . "Th p the nation—and gave. many So-

the Cuba settlement “so long

,mittee stage.

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Development Bd. Gets Final # Commons’ Okay

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such projects was a fundamental Sefictency" iii the ' Amendments calling for such a fund were previously ruled out grounds they expenditure. The measure. which would haVe put the bill back to com- "would at least tell the people of the Atlantic provinces the. board would seri- ously study capital needs."

A long procedural wrangle followed. I Gerald W. Baldwin. parlia- mentary secretary to the prime minister said it would add something new in lh step not permissible reading.

SAYS EVIDENCE AGREES Supporting his amendment. Mr. MacEachen said that. every authority investigating the At- lantic provinceshas established that the area needs large capl- tal expenditures in both private and public sectors of the econ-

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The idea of a capital projects fund had been advocated by the Gordon royal commission on Canada's e c o n o mic pros- pects and had been supported by such organizations as the Atlantic ‘

Provrnces Economic

. Council.

He said he wanted to bring fundamental weaknesses of the legislation to the attention of the government. to members of the House and to Canada. “If we don't go that far. we are not doing anything. . . ."

Queens MPs HaiI Board As Atlantic Area Boon

many of the industries of the Maritimcs passed away or were purchased and closed down by competitors in other parts of Canada because they were a nuisance.

He said all of Canada faces the same. sort of situation be« cause of its proximity to the United States. But as a nation