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coma brought on by the catar- act.
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When the bandage was taken from his eye, Mr. Ellis could see, hot' only with the left eye from which the catarct was re- moved, but with the other eye which still had the cataract.
Mrs. Ellis, whom Mr. Ellis didn’t recognize when he first re- gained his sight, said his sight
because of prayer.
Americans Fire Titan Missile
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) <A Titan ICBM, intended to be s most devastat-
intercontinental - range ballistic ‘weapon was the first off-the- \ground test of the so-called ‘“‘sec- ond * generation” United States missile now under development. Friday's flight was planned for limited distance.
The fiery blast-off appeared to be perfect, climaxing a frustrat ifg month \and a half during Which two previous attempts fizzled out on the launching pad.
On Dec. 20, and again last
Tuesday, fire burst from the
failed to go. Both times a minor cut off engine power. Titan has the potential of be-
than Atlas, the current bulwark of the U.S. missile arsenal.
HOL™AY CEASE-FIRE
TAIPEI, Formosa (AP) — The Chinese Nationalists *‘ and the Communists F rid ay suspended their offshore island war for five days to celebrate the Chinese Lunar was halted during Christmas and
the Western New Year.
About two months ago he began
was restored through God and
base of the giant Titan but it; . malfunction caused the missile’s *l|automatic sequence system to
ing more powerful and flexible
New Year. Shelling also
logged a total of 317 hours flying time covering 32,000 square miles
Long Butts May Benefit Yank Smokers
LONDON (Reuters) — British medical experts have decided ex- travagant American smokers who throw away long cigaret butts may be avoiding lung can- cer.
A group found that the butts ‘Americans toss away are 65 per cent longer than those discarded by British smokers—which may account for the lower lung can- cer mortality rate in the United States.
Writing in the British Medical Journal, the team—two members of the statistical research unit of the medical research council and two members of the social sur- vey division of the central ofice of information — said in mafhy countries there was a close lationship between lung canc rates and cigaret consumption 2 or 2 years ago.
“For the US.A.,” the experts said, “it has however, often been suggested that the habit of throw- ing away a large unsmoked butt may contribute to the relatively low mortality.”
Americans, who have less than half the lung cancer rate of Brit- ons, throw away butts averaging 1% inches in length. Thrifty Britons leave butts. measuring only three-quarters of an inch.
“Such a very great difference in the British and American hab- its at the present time makes it at least possible that the greater butt length in he U.S.A. can ac- count for much of the relative de- ficiency in its lung cancer mor- tality,”’ the team concluded.
The first joint civil defence communications exercise in Prince Edward Island will be held tomorrow afternoon for sev- eral hours starting at 2 o'clock. The Keith Rogers Memorial Ra- dio Relay~-Club will co-operate in the exercise. It is designed to give experience in setting up mobile radio equipment away- from home, practice and proced- ure in sending and _ receiving messages. :
Stations that, will be operating on a frequency of 3,800 kilocycles
are: VEIJE radio filter station
Hint U.S. Defence Firms Can Shop ('Jow In Canada
By ALAN HARVEY Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (CP)—The word is
quietly circulating in Washington that United States companies can go defence-shopping in Canada without offending official U.S. feelings.
A new business mood is in the Making, informants say. Ameri- @an firms that once reg y ded Canada merely as a source of newsprint and ingots now fina— somewhat to their surprise—that the little brother north of the border can provide useful defence
equipment.
RELUCTANT REALIZATION
The changed US. attitude, carefully nurtured by Canadian government officials in a series of informal meetings with Ameri- Cans at thie deputy-minister level, is a small first step toward the military integration that may be
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the final answer for North Ameri- can defence problems.
Conditioning Canadian thinking is the reluctant realization that this country simply cannot shoul- der, in isolation, the enormous cost of defending the free world’s largest land mass, an area of 3,851,000 square miles,
One solution, officials say, is for Canada to trade real estate for military hardware, with the ultimate ideal being something approaching an integration of the U.S.-Canadian defence systems.
The Canadian move last Sept. 23 to defer decision ou production of the home-produed Arrow jet interceptor and to purchase the American Bomarc, a ground-to- air guided missile, gave decided impetus to the trend toward de- fence-sharing.
Since then, the idea of joint procurement has been ferventls pushed, particularly by officials
of the defenceproduction depart- ment. |
There has been no change in the U.S. ‘“‘Buy America’ act, all efforts to spread buying around having been conducted within the framework of existing legislation “There are signs of success, though. Canadian businessmen, once intimidated at. the thought of competing in the US., find that American firms now look more often to Canada for items, ideas and equipment. Lower Canadian wage rates are a help-
‘ful factor.
A small company that proved it is possible to export Canadian know-how to the US. is a radio engineering firm at Granby, Que., sole supplier to U.S. military forces of a communications de vice, Other examples cited are a Long Branch, Ont., ordnance
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OTTAWA (CP)—Award of the George Medal to five armed forces personnel and of the Queen’s commendation for brave conduct to six others was an- nounced Friday night.
Defence Minister Pearkes said the Queen has approved the dec- orations.
George Medal recipients are:
Lt..Cmdr. John H. Beeman, 35, of Fort William and Haiifax and Lt..Cmdr. F. Roger Fink 37, of Ponoka, Alta., and Dartmouth, NS., for the helicopter rescue in November, 1955, of the 21 crew members of the doomed Liberian freighter Kismet II, aground at the base of a 900-foot cliff on the north coast of Cepe Breton Island;
Fit. Lt. William 3. Marsh, 30, of Toronto for the rescue of a pilot from a crashed Sabre jet at Chatham, N.B., Aug. 6, 1957;
LANDS CRIPPLED PLANE Fit. Lt. Robert E. Sabourin, 37, of Vancouver for. successfully landing his crippled T-33 jet trainer, severel damaged by ex- plosion of a wing rocket, near
Rivers, Man., Jan. 9, 1957; ROAF Sgt. Dougias E. Steven- son, 30, of Montreal, for twice entering a dangerous aviation fuel fire at Montmedy, France, July 10, 1956, to bring it under
control. ; Recipients of the Queen’s Co- mendation for brave conduct
are:
Lawrence P. Vipond, 32, of , Ont.. and Paul A. » 3, of Oshawa, naval crew
ACTS OF GREAT BRAVERY
The George Medal is awarded only for acts of great bravery. Both civilians and military per- sonnel are eligible to receive it. The recipient is entitled to place the letters G. M. after his or her name. The medai is worn immediately after the conspicous gallantry medal. *
ccrp7zere and ai steel-products firm in Welland, Ont,
There have been 49 awards of
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located at Red Cross Headquar- — in Charlottetown; VEIADR
at .Queens Arms: VEIACL in Legion Hall, Borden; portable walkie-talkie sets from Borden to surrounding country; VEIHI at Milton; VEIMQ at Tea Hill; sta- tions at Summerside, East Point and Rustico; and two mobile stations in the Charlottetown area, VEIGR and VEIZM.
Parliament At A Glance
By THE CANADIAN PRESS Friday, Feb, 6, 1959 .
Revenue Minister Nowlan de- scribed the CBC Montreal prod- ucers strike as the ‘‘most unfor- tunate and unnecessary episode” in Canadian labor history.
Lionel Chevrier (L — Montreal Laurier) suggested — and Mr. Nowlan denied — that Raymond Dupuis of Montreal is not qual- ified to be a CBC director.
Resources Minister Hamilton tabled. a letter in which the gov- ernment laid main sponsibility for the National Museum contro- versy on the suspended director, Dr. Jacques Rousseau.
External Affairs Minister Smith said Canada has agreed to provide India with $17,000,000 worth of essential commodities
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and equipment under the Col-}
ombo Plan.
Agriculture Minister Harkness said western farmers will get an estimated $20,000,000 in Prairie farm assistance because of the 1958 drought.
Monday, Feb. 9, 1959
The Commons meets at 2:30], p. m. EST to debate a goverm
ment supply mvtiou. The Senate is adjourned until 8 p. m. Tues- day
P.E.l. MAN INCLUDED»
11 Awards Announced At Ottawa For Bravery
the George Medal to membersCanadian east coast
of the armed forces and six awards to Canadian civilians since institution of the decora- tion in 1940.
Cmdr. Beeman, the citation says, “by his determination and skilful airmanship, as pilot of a helicopter, was primarily respon- sible for saving the 21 members of the crew of the Lhberian freighter Kismet I."’ Cmdr. Bee- man now is serving as a staff officer at the Maritime Warfare School, Halifax.
Cmdr. Fink, co-pilot of the helicopter. is cited for “great coolness and devotion to duty throughout the operation and when piloting the helicopter dur- ing the latter stages of the rescue (he) displayed a very high de- gree of airmanship.”” He now is commander of a helicopter anti- submarine squadron currently at sea in the carrier Bonaventure.
CIVILIANS NOW
. Former petty officer Vipond and former leading seaman Smith were crew members of the heli- copter. They are cited for initia- tive, skill, bravery and determin- ation. Both have since returned to civilian life.
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squalls cut visibility to less than half a mile. The severe turbulence flung
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the waves and as suddenly threw it up again.
RETURNED TO SYDNEY
Night came and Cmdr. Bee- man flew back to Sydney, NS. He was back on the scene at 7:45 the next morning. Flying along the cliff face, he - found that the wind had veered enough so that the turbulence was not as great.
Hand signals w- e sie to the ship's crew to clear the - after steering platform. This having been done, Cmdr. Beeman landed on the freighter’s deck and took off with four men, awaiting his opportunity between gusts.
On his second trip, Cmdr. Bee- man took off seven men. The final two trips were flown by Cmdr. Fink.
The Kismet 1 soon after was hammered to pieces by the storm.
During the Second World War, Cmdr. Beeman served in anti- submarine patrol craft on the
death under th's'Quc':ec City ¢ partment siore marquee when it
and: in motor torpedo boats in the Eng- lish Channel. He was wounded in April, 1945, and spent several weeks in hospital. He took pilot training after, the war and be- came commander of Helicopter Squadron 21 in 1953.
Omdr. Fink was an RCAF and
P.E.I. Native Dies In Sydney
SYDNEY (CP) — Funeral ser— vices will, be held here Sunday for Henry C. Ballem, prominent city businessman.
Mr. Ballem, who operated e produce business before taking over a car dealership, died Thursday following a heart at- tack. He was a native of Mount Albion, P.E.I.
CRUSHED BY PIPE
SHUBENACADIE, N.S. (CP)— Construction worker. William A. Murray, about 50, Shubena-
cadie was killed Thursday when he was crushed by a water pipe while working with a bridge
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Major Orin Simons, MBE, CD, co-ordinator of civil defence for Prince Edward Island, is expect- ed to leave today for the civil defence college at Arnprior, Ont., where he will meet with officials of the civil defence directing staff.
At this conference plans will be formulated for a nation-wide civil defence exercise scheduled for April 24th-25th and May 8th.
The objects of this exercise are to train control centre staffs at all leyels in civil defence func- tions, including its method of co- operation with the Armed Ser- vices.
The exercisés will also test communication and warning sys- tem procedures and a study of certain ‘specific problems which might arise ia the implementation of the survival plan will be made, including their impact on a small number of government depart- ments other than civil defenee.
Preliminary assessments of the ability to meet the immediate demands arising from some of these attacks will also be tested.
Observers from the the U.S.A.
building crew.
Will Plan Nation Wide Civil Defence Exercise
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MAJOR ORIN SIMONS civil defence organization will be
attending the conference.
Dulles And Agree On
By HARVEY HUDSON
PARIS (AP)—State Secretary Dulles found general agreement in‘talks with France's leaders to- day on future moves concerning Germany.
Dulles © bustled through quick meetings with President de Gaulle d Foreign Minister Mau- rice Couve de Murville to round out the Western Big Three con- sultations he opened in London Wednesday.
Now comes the climax—a con- ference with Chancellor Adenauer and his West German ministers —in this plumbing of Allied opin- jon about the best way to ap- proach a new parley with the Russians on the German ques-
tion. West German parties are
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squabbling openly about Western policy.
Spokesmen for Dulles and the French foreign office released only meagre bits of information about the Franco-American talks. Both confirmed however, that the Berlin situation and German un ification were the main items discussed and that no decision was taken.
KEEP ACCESS OPEN
Both sides emphasized that Dulles and the French leaders stood firmly behind previous de- cisions on the need to keep open Western routes into Berlin and not to accept any unilateral ac- tion by Russia to upset four- power control of the city.
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OTTAWA, (Special)—Plans for the construction of a new trans- port wharf in Charlottetown at an estimated cost of $2,000,000 were unveiled Friday by the Federal Government.
But, officials of the Transport Department pointed ouf,.a start on the wharf will have to await Ottawa’s decision on the propos- ed $50,000,000 causeway between PEI and New Brunswick.
The Government, plans to spend a minimum of $50,000 on the en- gineering and designs this year for the new wharf. An item in the estimates tabled in Parlia- ment Thursday covers this ex- penditure.
An early decision on the cause- way, however, could mean an immediate stapf on the wharf and expenditures of upwards or
? |$200,000 this fiscal year.
The wharf will be built on what is known as the Pickard site
where the former quay was lo-
By ALAN HARVEY Canadian Press Staff Writer
OTTAWA (CP) — Bustling Mayor Willy Brandt said Friday West Bertin refuses to be “‘brow-
with quiet emphasis:
“Not the slightest symptoms of panic have manifested them- selves in Berlin the past weeks. “We refuse to be browbeaten . « . We are full of confidence. We will never be brought to our knees.”
The 44-year-old Social Demo- cratic mayor, who is to have
spoke at a luncheon of the NATO parliamentary association. He ar- rived here Thursday night. CROWDED DAY
a half-hour interview with. Prime Minister Diefenbaker, called on Governor - General Massey at Government House, conferred with External Affairs Minister Smith and still spared time for press and television.
As Ottawa newspapers blos- somed forth with full-page re- ports on free. Berlin’s post-war recovery, Mr. Brandt gave re- porters a clear picture of how his mind works on the German prob- lem. Always, he stressed the impor- tance for balancing flexibility with firmness.
On “certain basic principles,” there could be no flexibility, only firmness. But in a “changing world” practical steps might be taken in a gradual approach to solution of a difficult and compli- cated probler.
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Shipping And
LONDON (Reuters) Ships were reported in trouble from the Mediterranean to the North Sea Friday as fog and bad weather
plagued most of Western Europe. In Britain, perennial home of winter fogs, London doctors and hospitals were reported under “tremendous pressure’ because of chest illnesses caused by smog and a parallel influenza outbreak. Air traffic was snaried across the. continent and shipping was y disrupted. B.usseis Airport was closed by the densest fog in memory and flights from Lon- don, Copenhagen, Paris and Rome were upset.
An air and sea search was called off over part of the Med- iterranean Friday night after the missing British transport Empire Roach was found sheltering on the island of Gozo, near Malta.
FERRIES COLLIDE
In Denmark, two railroad fer- ries collided in dense fog and one of them was holed below the waterline. Both -eached the port of Nyborg safely wih their pas-
sengers
talks with President Eisenhower |i in Washington next Wednesday,
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Mi cated. The government has ak ready expropriated the property and holds title to it.
The expection is the plans and design for the new wharf will
be completed sometime this sum- mer,
It is understood a firm of com . sulting engineers will be engag- _ summer to survey the si
K is expected the wharf will be something over 600 feet long by 300 feet wide. Three buildings are planned for it—an office and stores building, warehouse and workshop.
All the buildings and offices of the marine branch of. the transport department will be grouped on this site.
When the construction is com- pleted the present Marine Wharf will be abandoned. The old lo cation is too small for present- day activities, it was reported.
W. Berlin Mayor Says Wont Be Browbeaten
and Britain's Prime Minister
government is a little more flex- ible than the West Germans, Mr, Brandt said there is “no mis. understanding.”
Mavor Brandt leaves for Wash.
chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee. Monday and Tuesday he will be in New York for ings with UN Secretary- Dag Hammarskjold and Mayor Robert Wagner | of New York.
He will fly back to Washington in time for a meeting Wednesday with President Eisenhower, de- liver the Abraham Lincoln me morial lecture at Springfield, Ti., Thursday and go on to Los An geles Feb. 13-14.
Barring unexpected develop- ments in the Berlin situation, he will then fly to Japan, proceed. ing from there to India, Pakis- tan, Burma, Ceylon, Hong Kong and Singapore.
FREE SS GENERAL
MUNICH, Germany (AP)—For- mer SS Gen. Sepp Dietrich, con victed of taking part in the bloody purge of Nazis storm troopers 24 years ago, was released from
prison Friday because of bad health. Dietrich, 67, had served
He said he thinks big-power ‘half of an 18-month sentence.
European Weather Snarls
Air Traffic
The Danish air rescue servic® started looking fop a tug with a crew of three, two days overdue.
In another ferryboat accident, the West German ferry Wischha- fer sank after coliiding with Israeli motor vessel Negbar Hamburg. The 15 passengers on the ferry and the crew got off the ship in time.
The East German tishing cut- ter Wilhelm Florin sank in the Baltic Thursday night after col- liding with the Swedish tanker Mercia. The cuttes six man crew was rescued by the tanker.
RAN AGROUND
The Panamanian freigher Irmi ran aground in dease fog im the Western Scheldt in Holland.
Off_the English south coast;the Spanish freighter Juan L[iueca went aground near Beachy Head in thick fog.
In London a medical associa- tion spokesman said respiratory diseases “‘are particularly preva- lent in the London ¢istrict, unm-> doubtedly connected with the nu- merous fogs this winter, many of them carrying atmospheric polix tion”