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“‘Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”’

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1966.

Parliament At A Glance

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

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CLC Action Opens Door 'For Seamen's UnionReturn

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| THURSDAY, April 28, 1966

Sead 9 | RCMP Commissioner | will be completed ‘‘quite soon.’ immediately. There were more ~George B. Mcclellan told the

There were 18 speakers on the shouts of protest as the decisive Gorda Munsinger inquiry he

Herbert Steelé7“21, son of Mr. _| and Mes. Bert- Steele, Leopold Street, Parkdale, died shortly

| _- By BEN WARD _—si| WINNIPEG (CP) — Amid a vote followed.

GIRLS ARE RIVALS IN 4,000-MILE RALLY

Quebec City rally which starts Saturday. Miss Carter, a vet- eran Toronto race and rally driver, has copped the women’s title in the rally since 1963. The two are seen at Vancouv-

Rosemary Smith of Dublin, Ireland, (LEFT), one of Eur- ope’s top women ralliests, will ehallenge Diana Carter’s dom- ination of the women’s section of the 4,000-mile Vancouver-

noisy uproar of protest, the Ca- nadian Labor Congress Thurs- day opened the door for the possible return to CLC ranks of

otato Damage By Frost Feared; sland Growers Planning Survey

er, starting point of the event. Driving conditions are expect- ed to be very tough in the wake of winter storms ovet much of

the route. : (CP Wirephoto).

SIU President Leonard

By NEIL A. MATHESON - A Murray Harbor man, Ches- sel Irving, today was expecting to examine some of the potato

“acreage he “planted with a-view,

to planning a re-planting job be- cause of frost damage they have suffered.

Mr. Irving had 86 acres plant- ed before cold weather struck earlier this week..He told.The Guardian last night that-—-he would have had 125 to 130 acres planted by the end of this week

planting between three to five was perhaps the biggest potato acres,’ he estimated. { producer in the province in 1965, . Mr. Irving grew 165 acres of | has not planted any spuds on potatoes last year most suc-| his land to date this year. cessful st Og i “tovhave-ap= |i Willis” was” not available Brome. Same acreage! for comment last night, but-a again this year; if bad weather : : a

‘ z spokesman reported the ‘‘no

doesn’t upset his planning. oe ee eee planting” situation. Mr. Willis

Mr. Irving was not sure that suffered a heavy loss of potatos Pane Ne easeme, he Sr ynees OF |e tick Naahawaek ek aileenee

the land is a helpful factor when ‘ i; |‘house_at Colville burned. frost-strikes;-as it has-these-past Netty is the ‘Kinestoa’ acde

few nights. If it was a bit damp, ; Mr. Irving suggested last night, | has planted spuds this year thus

the outcast Seafarers’ Interna- tion Union of. Canada.

In a show-of-hands vote that appeared to be about 2 to 1, del- egates to the CLC convention

|gave their 21-member executive

council power to readmit the SIU if the council decides it is warranted.

. The Seafarers were expelled on-raiding charges by the 1960 CLC convention which stipulated that the union could not be re- turned except by a future con- vention vote.

Two years ago top CLC lead- ers pledged to a convention that the SIU would never be read- mitted under the leadership of that day. 5 During an emotion - charged debate Thursday, opponents of

ion’s leadership has not been changed and demanded tha CLC officers live up to the pledge. Sar oe

McLAUGHLIN HAPPY

Within minutes of the vote, (Red) McLaughlin went to a press room in the rear of the conven- tion hall and told reporters he was “very, very happy’ with Mr. McLaughlin, who listened to the eonvention debate from the visitors’ gallery, said he hopes final arrangements to get his union back into the congress

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the STUcontended. that the un- |

issue, 12 in favor of the move to readmit the SIU and six an-

grily opposed. The vote was taken with speakers still —wait-

was asked by Prime Minister Pearson in November, 1964, whether the force had any information of impropriety or

The report under debate stated in its pertinent section: | “The committee wishes to ré-!

ing to be heard. Port that. the executive has had William Mahoney of Steelwork- |garding their readmission to ers, a general vice-president of |the congress, but these discus- the CLC, made a vigorous ap- |sions had not been finalized. peal to the 1,600 delegates to, “In order for an. early pro- place their trust in the execu- cess of the application, we rec- tive council. jommend that the executive The ‘council had expelled the council be given. authority’ to 4f- SIU in 1959 without waiting for /filiate the SIU if they are satis- a convention decision. The same /fied that the SIU meet the re- officers could be trusted to take [quirements of the constitution.” action again if it was war-| Larry Sheffe of the Auto ranted. . : |Workers called it a ‘‘wishy- When meeement. Claude - washy statement.’’. doin called for a show of hands, There was plenty of evidence on whether a vote should be |that the SIU padecehio had not taken without further debate, |reformed but had put on a “fa- there were loud protests from |cade of respectability” to gain some delegates. |readmission, he said.

VOTE PROTESTED “I doubt the incumbent pres-

The show of hands was about jide-t of the SIU is the real 2506-1 favor of taking —a-vote {pre—\:nt,""—he—said,‘The_real one ...!Hal Banks.”’

; Bar “vas kicked out of the 5 sIU ; Vency by a federal trustee \,ppointed by Parlia- lV >. {ment te a Res the union. : BANKS §$ 1 CONTROL : Gus Cz . » of the Cana- ' dian Bro ,of Railway Wal S and Trans orkers said “Red McLat. is a tool of Banks <vbo is directing the CTR see ore OTe eee} ouse-in-New. imi eS ae

Announce

SUMMERSIDE.’ — A Saint Dungtan’s High production enti- tled ‘‘Seven Against One’’ cap-

| On Dominicans SANTO DOMINGO~(AP)—

“had the weather remained mild. | the land would pro y steam | far. = it-waslearned: Varieties are Cobblers and Ken-| out under the sunny skies in the; The earliest grain sewing

nebecs. | day. The Murray Harbor man was| Reports received at this office She ee eae Of his | early this month, said that a damage, but he was almost sure | £eW farmers on the South that a small section of his land Shore’ had planted some potat- ts damaged badly enough to|0es before the end of March. “warrant . planting over again, | There was no indication as ‘to was not-enough clay-cov-| whom_these_people_are, nor how

ering the sptds in that section to | their plantings faired. prevent them from the frost! One report heard here yester- damage< he feared. day suggested one Cherry Valley : farmer has most of. his grain HOPES FEW ACRES sown. The name of the man who Asked how many acres would) was the early man on the seed | be affected that badly, he said | sowing was not available, though. | “I hope to get away with re-' Stanley Willis, Kingston who

Lawyer, Farmer | Are Nominated

D. Frank Sigsworth, young; Mr. Anderson's nomination Charlottetown. lawyer, was no-|was moved by James MacAulay minated for councillor and Don of Morell and Louis Cameron se- Anderson, St. Peters farmer, /conded the nomination. was fiominated for assembly-. Chairman of the convention

known in this province in modern

Paralyzes-

times, at. least, was the wheat wheat sown by the late John A.

MacDonald, Bunbury on March 29, 1939. The land was dust dry at that time, it was said, but bad -weather including snow and frost, followed and the wheat was only a poor crop, though it did grow—some of it at least.

= CPR Takeover

Farmers Urge

Small City

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE (CP) — Twenty .~ one inches of snow clogs this eity of 13,000 in the-wake of a spring storm-and most of it will remain lying around until it melts.

The record snow suddenly fell over southern Manitoba starting Tuesday night as a weather dis- turbance moved northward from the Dakotas. Cold Arctic air is

OTTAWA (CP)—The National: Farmers Union put the CPR on the chopping block ‘Thursday, accusing the privately-owned failway of attempting a public swindle over its passenger serv- ice.

In a bluntly worded brief to the Commons transport com- mittee, the big farm organiza- tion said the remedy was its

expected to follow later as the storm abated. and skies cleared up by Thursday afternoon. Mayor Lloyd Henderson said Portage, 50 miles west of Win- nipeg,. was virtually crippled by the wet snow which plugged most streets. Only major thor- oughfares—leading to hospitals, fire stations and police build- ings—were cleared by noon Thursday. pas There’s no snow - clearing

money left in the kitty—the last of it was spent after a March 4 blizzard.

longstanding plea for immediate nationalization.

man at a Liberal nomination convention in the Second Dis- trict of Kings last night.

The meeting, held in Morell community hall, was addressed by guest speaker Liberal Lead- er Alex Campbell. |

Mr. Sigsworth’'s nomination was moved by Shirley Suther- land and by Aquinas Ryan of Morell.

Java's Volcanic E Threatens Major Disaster,

JAKARTA (AP)—Streams of Java from an explosive eruption of Mount Kelut bore down Thursday on a densely popv- lated area of Indonesia's east- ern Java, and a major disaster

threatened. reports from the scene said.

Thirteen deaths were re- ported, but the toll was ex- pected to go higher when com- _munications with. the stricken

area were re-established

was Louis McGuire of Morell, [president of the second King’s Liberal Association, and the see- {lic subsidies for the CPR and \retary was James MacDonald. \ijt should immediately be

Other speakers included W.R.|merged with the publicly owned Jenkins, president of the P.E.T. |CNR. Moreover, subsidies and Liberal Association: John P. Ni- (construction grants paid to the ‘cholson, vice-chairman of the CPR through the years ‘should Liberal policy committee and T.|be deducted from the price paid

There should be a halt to pub-

Below - will not ease up until the week- end.

The Winnipeg weather office says melting conditions will not prevail for a-«couple of days. normal: temperatures

‘J. Kickham, former member for ‘by the government to take over Kings County in the Commons. the railway.

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The Indonesian news agency tor, Col. Sudiono, said he Antara aaid the 5,678-foot-high jthought—it-unlikly.there were volcano erupted Monday night'many casualties since a warn- and a nearby village was de- ing ‘of a possible eruption had molished almost at orice. |been issued a month ago

FEW PLANS FOR RELIEF The eruption was expected,

‘ |he, said, because white goats First word of the eruption did | fan f Mount not reach Jakarta until two S.827im& on ees

days later. Civil defence offi- coer oe ee

cials still had few details and rures.

few plans were made for going OR ee ae w wer 0 ol j |

, 1 instruments, | to the aid of victims... fancy geological rere

he said

Baa

U.S.—troops—opened. day night on demonstrators who attacked them with gunfire and

tured three awards in the annual thigh school-zone-festival-at-Ken-

Calls for a vote rose up after discussions with the SIU re-|

Yanks Open Fire

-battle if the CBC would sus- | pend its decision not to retire | the co-hosts of This Hour Has Seven Days. © | The Commons continued de- “Bate on redistribution of fed- eral electoral ridings, hearing complaints from MPs in New Brunswick and Alberta. Ontario. MPs_also_got their views on the record. — FRIDAY, April 29 :

The Commons meets at 11 a.m. EDT to continue the re- distribution debate. The Sen- ate | stands May 3:

after midnight following an ac- citent involving an automobile | and a CNR train near Cuarlotte- | town last night. A

| The accident mvolves the | second highway ....fatality. in | Prince Edward Island this yeav | The Charlottetown detachment | of the RCMP reported the ac- | cident oecurred about 10:05 when | the youth travelling alone, col- i lided with the Borden passenger itrain at the crossing. on Allen | Street. The car, a 1966 Chev- rolet, came to rest in the ditch parallel to the railway tracks }on the south side of Allen Street

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| with heavy front end damage.

ceeding south toward the CNR station in Charlottetown, police reported.

The victim was taken to the City Hospital by an ambulance from the Charlottetown Funeral

Home. ;

Dr. C.A, Coady, a coroner for Queens County, announced last a night that no decision has been reached with regards to an aut- opsy or an inquest. v

Surviving, besides his father and mother, are four sisters and a___ brother. Sisters include Catherine, 19; Patricia, 17; Jan ice, 12; Christine, 8; and a bro- ther George, 24.

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Cloudburst — “Hits Dallas

DALLAS, Tex. (AP)—A_ vio- xpressways forc-

ing hundreds from their homes. Atleast. seven— persons...were.

David MacDonald — Presses For Action

adjourned until |

wned and two more were | missing and presumed drowned. Four died when their automo-

sington last night. The play captured awards for best “play; best director; Ian

rocks at an observation post, a|biles either plunged off washed- U.S. military spokesman said. |out bridges or were swept from Six Dominicans were wounded. |roadways by swift, high water.

MacDonald, and, best actor in

supporting role — Jim Hornby

as Samaris in Seven Against

One:Adjudicator—for—this—zone

was Murray Porter of Kentville, ‘ :

NS. . T Di Of The winners of three zones| 0 ivorce

will meet in the provincial finals

at the Confederation Centre in} OTTAWA (CP) — Three New

Charlottetown, Saturday, May) Brunswick MPs objected Thurs-

14 beginning at 8 o'clock. \day to “the divorce of the po-

GOES TONIGHT foasdwehsthe petaices. are Siac aa tg en ae bond of electoral union.

com: S £0

goes tonight and Saturday night The disagreement came dur

at Souris. The best actor in lead-|ing the second day of a six-day

ing role went to Ronnie Blac-|Commons debate on redistribu-

ition of federal constituencies.

Voted best actress in.a leading |(Ontario) complained -that only role was Patricia Reardon of |four Liberal MPs were present Notre Dame Academy, Charlot-|in the 265-seat House. jtetown in the role of Miss Cole | There were about 20 Conserv- in “Florence Unlimited’’. atives, mostly from Alberta,

Capturing top honors as best actress in a supporting role was Maureen Flynn of Notre Dame

two Creditistes and one repre- sentative of the Social Credit

and New Democratic parties. Academy as the puppet in ‘12 |

Old Maids”. [DIVISION IN DEBATE

Best visual production award New Brunswick's three-man went to Stella Maris Regional-|clectoral__commission split _on High School for its casket scenes |how the St. John River Valley in ‘‘Merchant of Venice’. should be reapportioned and the

se a:

New Brunswick MPs Object

Potato Belt.

\division was reflected in the de- |bate. :

Hugh John Flemming (PC— Victoria - Carleton), a former New Brunswick premier, said the major portion of the potato belt is within his riding.

He read letters from county councils, municipalities and “various gentlemen of the po-

quare as Arash in “The Long SIi- : - Itato business’ who urged that lence’, acted by students of Stel-| At one point, Conservative | victoria - Carleton remain in- la Maris Regienal High. ‘House leader Michael Starr |ta

ct.

He noted that Mry- Justice W. A. 1. Anglin of Saint John, the commission chairman, had rec- ommended the same thing in a minority report.

The majority report would split the riding, creating the ridings of Carleton - Charlotte and Madawaska-Victoria.

Mr. Flemming said Charlotte County is coastal, mainly con- cerned with fishing, while Mad- awaska County to the north is a lumbering sarea.

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placed on the commons’ order

paper.

into the general life of P.E.

Outside the house, Mr. Mac- Donald said he had been in touch with Mr. Laing who said the department of public works had carried out a study of the project. Estimates of the cost ranged from $250,000 to $500,000 not counting the connecting Toads.

MUCH HIGHER

This estimate was much high- er than the government had an- ticipated and there was also a question of the effect of the causeway on the oyster beds in the area. In view of this, a deci- sion had been taken not to pro- ceed at present.

However, Mr. Laing said he would check into the suggestion that the government had made a commitment to proceed. Mr. MacDonald said the Lennox Is-

8 Children Die In Fire

HULL, Que. (CP) — Eight children died Thursday night when fire swept through half of a two-story frame duplex hous- ing 12 children.

First reports said only four died in the fire, but at an 11 P.m., press conference police said the toll had risen te eight.

The victims were not identi- * fied, but all were believed to— be the children of Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Larcher. 5

The Larchers have 11 chil- dren and a 12th child was stay- ing with the family when the

land indian band was of the op-

fire broke out.

Canadian Woman Dies

LIMA, Peru (AP)—A search

a Peruvian airlines plane that} crashed high in the Andes) Mountains~ and’ reported: -Thurs- | day that all 49 persons aboard | Among the 43 .passengers was a Canadian woman.

of Lineas Aereas Nacionales, | carrying 43 passengers and a| crew of six;—smashed mountain between the hamlets of Huampara and Omas, about, 60 miles south of Lima, police) said. } Helicopters of the Peruvian air force began shuttling into the remote area to remove the bodies. : The plane disappeared Wed- nesday on a 375-mile flight from Lima to Cuzco. The Lima alr-'| port reported an emergency call | from the craft about 10 minutes

party“reached the wreckage of|

were killed. |?

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MRS. RAYA PEARLMAN

The streams of lava were re anit chief civil defence direc: | Regarded as a serious hazard after it took off. The nature of ,, . ported approaching the _out- | arene was the large tlake-in the -vol-| be : -i-\the-emergency was not dis- University and did graduate skirts of _Blitar, a — heavily INS'DE TODAY eano crater. Antara said that! ee atte cs +» +4 |elosed, work at the University of -Cali- populated trading centre 70) lminutes after the eruption wa-| @~ z | l. {fornia at Berkeley. miles southwest of Surabaya. | Classified 12-13 \ter flowing from the lake was’ : |\CANADIAN IWENTIFIED : ts Five Americans were aboard, Communication to Blitar were Births Seer eae 13 Inear boiling point. \ ee 4 The Canadian aboard was | including the pilot, William out 6 fei ook 3 On the neighboring island of! ©. , # ; |identified in Ottawa as Mrs.|Jones of Miami, Fla.; three At least seven other villages, Cahiles Pj eeahanee cri eeTan ah HW ‘Bali, 10,308 - foot - high Mount | % ; ; |Raya Pearlman, 27, of Ottawa, Peace Corps volunteers, Gerald each with, a poptlation of sev-; go strstr’ 8-9 ‘Agung erupted in early 1963 ERE ee ee +. i ' \a Canadian University Service Francis Flynn, 26, of Seattle, eral thousand persons, were a Fees ea 6 “78nd -mere than” 1,500 persons Z i + & a |Overseas officer. She was 1 Teed ak i. Bond. 24, of said to be in. the path of the © ¢. * ' were killed i ; Lhe “ leharge of the service’s program Jonesboro, Ark., and Troy M. - lava. In all, about 500,000 per- eettociat mares i; In 1883, Krakatoa Volcano on | CITY WILL WAIT FOR SNOW TO MELT in South America and was enjRoss, 25, of Boise, Idaho, and sons live in the threatened Vsaininensia ae. 3 an island between!. Java —and| route to. Cuzco to investigate |George A. Hoffman, 42, a geolo- area. ; Kine: Hnenhe city)’ g © Sumatra exnloded and created |. Twenty-one inches of snow dav in the wake of a epring— tine to-elear it away.’ said spent after a blizzard March requests for volunteers in that gist Several major ceffee and te Prince Coonte ° a 1,90%fant-deep hole in the. clogged most sltects ‘in Port storm ard most of if will re Mayor Llo:d Henderson $ Mayor Henderson 13 a area The plane also carried three plantations were blanketed with * ocean, Tidal -waves killed 35,-| age-La- Prairie, a southern main lying around until it - There’s no snow - clearing. native-of Prince Edward Is- | Mrs. Pearlman” studied at,Gernrans, two Swiss and one volcanic ash. ‘000 persons. | Manitoba city of 13,000, Thurs- melts. ‘It: would cost a for- money left—the last of it was land. ~ (CP. Wirephoto) ‘Boston University and. Columbia |Spaniard, the airline said.