VOL. LXXIX NO. 249

: ‘t It's Gand For. The Island_. , The Guardian Is For It

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‘dward! Island Like The Dew”

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1966.

WEATHER

Cloudy with-occasional rain or ‘drizzle: extensive mist or fog. Light winds. Low-

high 47 and 58. Wednesday: cloudy.

nor ORE TEN CENTS

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A BLOODIED demonstrator is aided near the Manile hotel where police, swinging trun-

4 2 iygease a rel : Wegawnas- > : oe wOOU users

é ? leertae ered tania ee Tat tes

cheons and jabbing

butts, broke up a student de- monstration- against U.S. ao cies on Viet Nam today. Pre-

PEACE OVERTURES MADE

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the hotel. (AP Wirephoto via cable from Manila

Johnson Gives Warning:

_ To The. Bullies Of World |

EE aro 9 TORN MANILA ‘(Reuters)—The Ma- nila conference of the United States and its allies in Viet Nam opened in the Philippines capital Monday with peace overtures-to North Viet Nam and. vows to fight on. unyieldingly if. Ayes are ignored:— More Vaile than” had been’ ex- pected emerged in. the seven- country talks and at the end of

was the speeches by the two chief figures of .the Saigon re- gime in South Viet Nam, in which delegates saw a more flexible attitude than had been expected. SAYS HE WANTS PEACE “We. are longing for peace. . We shall-happily stop fight- ing once we are assured that

government without retaliation.

The toughest,. most uncom- promising line in “Monday's speeches: came from South. Ko- rea. Its president, Park Chung Hee, said: ‘'I would — like. te

“| make it-emphatically clear that

we coe ne OS ees table with the representa’ of the destructive and illegal group

‘Most

’ By RALPH CAMERON The jumping increase in the world. population and its result- ing search for protein food has geen the’ fisheries industry en- | Joying a tremendous upsurge in “F1966-ta-make-it-the-best- yearn: history, Guy LeBlanc, Montreal, president of the-Fisheries Feder- ation of Canada; saidtast-night. Mr. LeBlanc was paying his’ first official visit here although

Fisheries Reconnaissance Mis-| the Department of “Trade and sions to leading fish producing | Commerce. He mentioned that and consuming countries and the | Trade Commissioners around the fisheries trade exhibits at inter-| globe report on the production national food fairs sponsored: by-

a

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= Catch Insurance Plea ~~ Is Made By Fishermen

he admits he is no stranger to the province-having —been— here on several other occasions. He | said the 1966 upswing had re-

experiencing a real fisheries and he predicted “a aly bright Jong term picture’

‘lsulied in many areas of Canada- boom in

an the industry: day.

A request that the .provincial government. setup a form of ‘catch’ insurance for the fisheries industry similar to the erop_ in- surance for agriculture, — contained in a resolution passed by the P.E.I. Fisheries Federat- ion at its annual meeting yester-

He was present for the annual meeting of the P.E.I. Fisheries ~p raceretea. held yesterday in Centre..and..spoke |. efly and informally at the an- tual dinner last night. Mr. LeBlanc dealt almost en- tirely with matters relating to activities of the Canadian Feder- ation as he told the P.E.I: mem- bers of problems encountered regarding territorial waters, un- employment insurance for fish- ermen and like subjects of inter-. est to the industry.

Another proposed Bill C-170, dealing with wages and working

conditions of civil servants, be held_in_ abeyance and a_ labor.

OLDSTERS WED» IN TORONTO

TORONTO (CP) The — combined ages of the parti- cipants totalled 169 years when. Herbert Ostler, 91, Sa-

_ turday married Florence ~Allard-who is 78:

The groom, who is deaf, . is in good health otherwise and had 14 children from his previous marriage. All 10 of -

day’s ceremony. (

| —Mrs, Allard: hassone chia. =|

‘Mae Martin, who said: “They're both lonely and

it_will be won for them ‘to keep one. another com-

Pany. The family ts de-

lighted. ”

board be set up to study all as- pects of it with a view to as- ee that essential services would never be disrupted. Discussions regarding the re- solutions took up most of the meeting time yesterday after-

fteon and covered a vast range (Continued on page 5, col. 2)

SCT er a TS TET

Uproar Brea

At Inquest

=In Crash

Noted For

...By_ DENNIS. ORCHARD. _- OTTAWA (CP >)—. Provincial premiers told the federal gov- ernment Monday it is giving them money with one-hand and taking ‘it away with the rin its new program <of su for

:| higher- education.

Most premiers _came away

| frorn_ the. éral-provincial. fiscal conference |

‘| objecting strongly to the federal

plan to scrap existing programs of assistance to: and vocational education.

The transfer of taxes that would replace these programs won the general favor of Pre- mier Johnson of Quebec, but he declared that his province wants’ a much bigger transfer.

MEETINGS NEEDED ~—

The first conference session ended in some confusion over the federal position and two spe- cial meetings were set up Mon- fee night for clarification. Finance -Sharp_.was-to.

Five ' people were taken’ to ‘|the Charlottetown Hospital last night after a late model car missed a turn while travelling east on MacKay Drive and plow- ed into a field about midnight. ‘The. vehicle was_ reportedly n- by -Wilfred-- McQuillan,’ , and there were four passengers. Ambulances from

“meet first with provincial edu- cation. ministers. Then other of- ficials of both levels of govern- — would go into greater de- tail.

A‘report from the-closed_meet- ings is to ee laid peters the full conference when day at 10 a.m.

- Federal spokesmen bie ~ vincial estimates of the .in-

Some Improvement

fed- | quipped to

technological |,

emiers Object | To New Federal’ Offer

ANNUAL MEETING HELD HERE

Fisheries Industry Upsurge Reported By Federation Head

- mony ne

PEL

nowhere near-the-extra-$90,000

000. promised: for the next fiscal

year in Prime Minister Pear-

son’s policy statement Sunday. Asked whether the provinces

posals.\Manpower Minister chand,.. who is to-handle the. pro-.. poséd “adult retraining program,

reporters: -“‘ gure whether it’s us or them."

PRESENTS SUMMARY

The prime _minister_opened the conference at mid-afternoon with a brief summary of the fed- eral proposals. When he sat back to hear initial provincial

from the closed conference with words. of approval for the fed-

versities.

But they all Gioiend the phasing out and lapse of exist- eee ae agreements, for capital al of Werstast eat and training insti- tutions. . 3 . Premier Campbell said pre liminary figuring indicated P.E.I. would come out ahead under the new federal plan “but not as far ahead as -we Tt would - fo "| substantially” “tn vocational ‘edu- cation.

He said the P.E.I. delegation

understand the education pro- . Mar-

reaction, the need for clarifiea- — tion quickly became, clear... Several premiers-emerged —

ere promise: of mare ni fo ant §

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freedo : : KENDALL ision based med. | the Cutcliffe Funeral*Home and | creased federal aid they could| has had_iittle time to- — = he Sorte: the kad «dee sue” ae ee banded under the so-called Na-|“OrrS, CHARGES eRe as on ABEREAN Weber (Rekiote) lice) avlasane. to. tola. ta. gnet_| the Charlottetown Funeral home | expect from the scheme totalled | (Continued on page 3, e6l. lightful day.” est chief of state, It. Gen. rene eegsera Front (the Viet | t1. Isiand to make the tradition-| An wie I broke out at a coro- Scbes father he »i ithe able | took are Ege eens Pe s io

z Ay , al visit of a f tion president, | ner’s inquest on victims |'to present his views gov- were being trea’ -New F “F he. by vol oo dy. demonstrations enc ae a This body must be dismem: | put admitted ‘he. swan delighted Friday's _avalanthe Spee yeeomeet tacts: ae. inte. the disas-| early this ‘morning. Nome were | -.- : roc! - against the war that erupted a premier. | pred nd <a comtilien af pence |<. the opportunity ‘of getting: here when -a father “intetrupted to | ter. af | BeliéVed- seriously injured.. Their Ee

ee Ree ieuyen Kyi Ws that ‘North Viet “Netw aoust | once more. He nofed great shout that his ehild’s death cer. | | The Siete of. Gitar recerden | Games ware at avalos: ~~ Chartered By: Ottawa — talked. Ghai told the meet- outlined an open-arms policy un- its support of the Viet Cong, changes and expansion in the |'tificate should ‘read: “Buried | by the coroner were mainly suf-| The Charlottetown detachment ing that the anti-war demon-|@¢t Which Viet Cong. defectors! Park said. fisheries industry here and said alive by the national coal focation, iple_ injuries .and| of the RCMP are investigating ee te to’ the - ——|he foresaw the day when it| board.” fractured skull. é OTTAWA (CP)— The federal | provinces shoul? mabe ‘without wr a The should goto 2% i: would become almost a year| Other parents shouted similar | So far, 145 bodies, more than ‘ government has completed its’ interference. The tax transfers See anecl ISI Ba run baie crs rater, cry. orkr| 18 of them chnares, have eet WAPBT Beacks —[25" svites"sit S'itacted | utaute remoting ie me Two Commonwealth countries, Ss anc ase Also present for the meeting | John Collins, :40, interrupted the brought .out from the black , i

Australia and New Zealand, are among the seven in the confer-

was T. Ray Kinsella, assistant -| director (fisheries,) department

coroner.

The inquest was for 90 of the

sludge.

Continuous

scheme for education spending.

Last month’s start at levelling

| sibility of federal control.

Whether the other provinces.

ence. of trade and commerce, Ottawa. | Victims. Nearly 200, most of Pa, ey ers estimated : Pistercté with the eer of frien Of direct federal shares

The wenterence might os al ° em a i n He spoke = world markets for — coe eo Ghd aig wa there. still’ were 49 children to Ferry Plea further tax transfers equivalent | in the social programs and vat ace, 0) an fi . > * ‘

hae pe ino of P ison _— a eee ee deen. tetiin “the Vinee he y | be found. 4 to’ half the operating costs of | ious, technical, vocational and

bullies of the world know that

when they attack their neigh- ___.hors,_the friends of their _neigh- | “hors. will, be there to help.” _

out that some time ago the gov- ernment indicated it was its policy to maintain at least one major military establishment -in‘each province and the Sum- —merside~ base -was~ the~ only- one in .P.E.I.

“In ‘addition, P.EI. has’ a much lower standard of. living than other provinces and the

He ‘said he could hardly con-

ceive that the Summerside base would be pl.ased out in view of the fact the government -has spent a’ large sum of. money. in the past couple of years’ oh..an extension to a runway aid im- provements tgthe barracks and oth: facilities there. “He said Summerside wa 9 engag7d. in arti -submarine patiol work and this was’ becom- ing the major. military role for the navy because many nations wer® concentrating much of their nuclear fire power in hard- to-letect nuclear powered sub- marines.

_ Unofficial stories from Ottawa Monday suggested the de- fence department is recommend-

“Ving the closuré of “four” military

Saari cats:

Comment

i one aunt here's decker Had

been taken about Summerside and Greenwood. He said that if

EARLIER SHUT-DOWNS

He noted that the naval train- ing centre at Charlottetown had been closed and the Enamel and Heating _ plant..was__forced__to fold up for lack of contracts. These two incidents alone had. hurt the economy and added. to the_Island’s unemployment.

other Conservative members caused second thoughts in Mr. Hellyer’s department,” Mr. Mac- quarrie noted

He said he-was not suggesting that ‘the military expenditures be made merely to give assis- tance- to the economy any region. But since mili ex- penditures would. likely con- tinue to be a part of our way of life, the government. should see that the Maritime area should be thé last, not the first, to ‘suf- fer from ehanges.

“One hates to seem critical, but I cannot avoid. the conclu-

SES

establishments in the Maritime Provinces. A television station at

‘of a base consolidation 3¢ Seon. Ottawa sources...

tion said its sources indicate the study, not expected to be made public for some time, reeom- ‘mends- the ue out“of bases

ior th. Guna

and Cornwallis, NS on and hata,

“The broadcast said’ the. ‘Base

Saying the present RCAF fight- er base at Chatham is ae

closed and its squadrons moved

ment for Cumberland, said here during the wéekend he: had in- formation that various military bases in the Maritimes would be amalgamated, but did not spec- ify where the amalgamated: op-

No Decision

elsewhere — but no, decisions have yet been taken’ .a - depart-

He was. commenting on a statement_by Robert Coates, Conservative-.MP for Cumber. land, that’ the naval training

moved to St. Hubert; Que., that ‘the: air”bases at Greenwood and Dartmouth in Nova Scotia and Summerside, P.E.1.; wilk _be amalgamated and‘ that the air and army bases at and Gagetown in New Bruns- wick ‘will also be amalgamated.

| said it had learned of th sal gove

In a news broadcast, the si a |

erations would be centered.” Tea

some 58 countries for the infor- mation of. Island members as well av “federal and provincial S officials. ~

‘Mr. Kinsella ‘teferred® to the

fee ea ape ae wetted

. Bank

Queb

QUEBEC (CP—Three) armed men escaped with. more than $10,000 Monday after they held up a branch of the Bank of Mon-

lsRobbed- |

and 16 houses.

sons in the disaster.

The huge heap of coal“ waste- standing above: the village came from a staté-run coal mine, as

near other Welsh villages.

WOMEN CRIED

As_ the. coroner. readout the medical cause of death :of = of Collins’ sons Monday — phyxia and multiple, inhries the father’s voice’ Pose above the sobbing of women: “No sir —buried alive by. the national

by _a fourth man.

Collins lost his wife and two

“do 500° similar mountains™ ‘piled

The coroner said he must.

ae iaip

impending disaster in Aberfan.

State _ Hughes, ~told a sonibre- mons the disaster toma,

The* angry scenes at the —in- quest underlined rising bitter- ness in the Welsh mining val- ee Seen

ei pritons “demanded ‘to “know why: the--coal.. ‘board--apparently.| W295 ignored repeated warnings of

In London, the secretary of for Wales, gees

headed by Lord Justice Ed- mund Davies, will have sweep- ing powers to compel witnesses to produce evidence. It will be-.

MONCTON (CP) — The Mari-. time tng Soe Board of Trade decided Monday to ask the fed- eral and provincial governments | Lona Bb geness 4 ee aes Rail-

Tanariine” continuous “Northumber-" land Strait ferry service — be- tween . New . Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

"Tye board of-trade-passed-a~ resolution at its quartely meet- ing here asking for an agree- ment providing ‘‘all time ferry service between N.B. and P,E.I. for vehicle and passanger traf-

by a national rail strike in Aug- ust... veioncnrembiaies aaa

bases in the’ Maritimes—and’

ment» spokesman said Monday. |

base at. Cornwallis, N.5.,; will be.

Chatham |

FISHERIES FEDERATION OFFICERS ELECTED

just. another of: the | Defence Minister Hellyer has. estant and keep French-speak-|-he hadn’t been from. - HEARD GENERAL RUMORS. government's lack of in- |Said that Cornwallis would not| New officers for the Prince. ing at Confederation Centre retary treasurer; Cyril Gal-. ies Federation; Sid Burhoe, |ing Canadians out of it. the public gallery, his word Hon, J, Angus Maclean, al|terest in, and for, the |be closed before 1966 at the} Edward Island Fisheries Fe-! yesterday. The newly elected lant, vice-president; Wesley ,/, the idential ad- | ACCEPTS MOTION would. be accepted and - member. of the Commons’. de- ” Mr. Mac- learliest even if a decision were | deration were chosen at the officers are: (FROM Fraser, president and the past ee tee deere ete tt The motion accepted by the | would end the matter. Mr. Nw fence committee, said he has quarrie concluded. ‘ " |taken to shut it dowa. Federation’s 2ist annual meet- LEFT) Gordon P. Rodd, i president of the P.E.I. Fisher- dress yesterday morning. Speaker was debatable. gent already had denied tis, -* . : f ste he ‘ i eee 4

throughout the country. . %

nt provinces to .within..a_few_.per-.

| Only the Conservative Oppost-

institutions of higher education.

From the federal view, the total package offers much the same... ities_.and_ obliga-.1.¢ tions to_each province. It raises.|. the -fiscal status of all other

centage points of the status of Quebec.

Statements last month* by Fi- -nance- Minister. Sharp:-and. Sun-.|-fede day night by Prime Minister Pearson’ appear. to chart a line between federal and provincial responsibilities that cannot be blurred or broken without~ en-

subtle influence on decisions the

university grants, Mr. Sharp has argued that the federal eoverninent must ve them the

The. goal. is. “uniform intergov- ernmental -atrangements and the .uniform_application. of fed-. eral laws in all provinces.” = -

Special status in a fiscal sense — ee - denied Quebec and the

ral.__proposals. are Si sleariy._ not intended to ‘pacify Pre: Johnson. The Quebec pe oe has demanded almost all direct taxes and is unlikely to accept the new federal initiatives im: manpower training.

their only,, effective reply.

amalgama ; recom- fic that will not be disrupted by | dangering the entire concept of carttht SOMALI tease “peime genonat supped IS Dhaie Out oe a ae |treal_ in tHe CPR’s Chateau | coal_bos ia heating die: dtwmt toe lticee gaetgice se mat notte ot lanteetlign, a5 donk ty tenes ere: OF THE GUARDIAN {bout the matter for some time ions at Shearwater and. Green- |Frontenac Hotel. . » A woman cried out in a bro- | weeks. that such a pact be made public Sarre ro OTTAWA — Any attempt ‘to|because of the policy of ’ con- wood with the combining of ail| No shots were fired and. none| ken voice: ‘He is right: They| Hughes also announced that{ without delay.” REMOVES CONTROL — But for now at least, Ottawa sonsolidate the Summierside solidating the ‘defence bases.| the ‘military air functions at |°f the elght employees or three | killed our children.” precautionary. action has been| (CNR ferry service between| Both men spoke of distortions has shifted to the offensive tt Greénwood.-eir force bases at|But he feéis:it is. premature to} Summerside, P.E.I: customers in the bank at the} Others among the 60 persons|taken at three more of the|Cape Tormentine, N.B. and| im the federal-provincial shared- its dealings with the Lich ap ¢ expense of the P.E.I. facili- | attack ‘the now because] The broadcast quoted the |time of the holdup was injured. | present stood and shouted be-| Welsh coal-waste heaps and in-| Borden, P.E.I., was disrupted | Cost programs under which fe-| and a broadly-based counter-a' would be the plans of defence depart- | station’s Ottawa informants as| The men fled in a car t driven fore order was restored. spectién intensified at others deral money may exercise a|tack by the provinces may be

| proposals offer further abate

was commenti on a to the Gagetown, N. se ments to give all provinces ex weekend statement ., Robert | either. base was phased out it} where a new air ‘aint Wil be INSIDE TODAY cept Quebec a potential 45 per Coates, Conservative MP -for|wauld have a very detrimental | built. Isléued news 25 cess wae zg | cent of personal income taxes Cumberland, who suggested that |effect either to Prince County; It said the Cornwallis naval Gammettle 8 and 10 per cent of corporation Defence. Minister Paul Hellyer|or to the Annapolis Valley of training - station near Digby Denthy = 255 tks “7> g | income taxes. was contemplating such a move | Nova Scotia.” woul abandoned by 1968 and. Editorials 4 On top of the. existing abate-. whder his base consolidation| Heath Macquarrie, , MP for|Maval recuits trained at a Que- Kings Queens, City oct 5 | ment-of 24 per cent in the. per program. ; Queens, said that since the Lib- |-bec base, probably at-St. Jean's Woman's : *"*** g -|sonal income field, 17 points are Mr MacDonald’ aiid: he. heeleral goverement'-tdok office.-in outside of Montreal or at Val- Finance, marketa | offered: in exchange for’ § t sonally heard of 1963 there has been a line | carti , ake withdrawal from such {impor dizusetion te close» out ‘the in the operations of the Coie Robert. Coates, Progressive +++ 8 ltant shared-eost programs at Summerside base. He pointed |department in the Maritimes, | Conservative member of parlia- . 9

hospital insurance and .allow. ances to the blind and disabled

leges committee investigate an Oct. 14 report by Marcel Pepjn of Le Droit of Ottawa.

tion supported the _ motion. Eighty Liberals combined with 13 New Democrats, five. Credi- tistes, four Social Credit mem- bers and Gilles Gregoire (Ind- Lapointe _)to- vote against it. The report said Mr. Nugent had been directed. in an attack on Defence Minister Hellyer by retired Rear - Admiral Jeffry Brock from the public gallery. ‘It also said the Conservatives were plotting with admirals to keep the navy British and Prot-

and the elderly. |

Western Member Loses-Bid To Place Revorter On Mat

é , OTTAWA (CP )— The Com-| Mr. Nugent's original moti eee a pare is crucial not Gis tae Ottawa Says mons defeated Monday by a| was that "Mr. Pepin be eallee only to the Surfimer: rside noe side station on the list of vote of 103 to 47 a motion by} before the bar of the Commons, eieciy” ag “A zeDonald kins 4 ne "a © tut henry dwar a The defence Terry Nugent (PC—Edmonton-| At the suggestion of the pointed out. resistance by Mr. MacLean and | amalgamation of a ane focal Strathcona to have its privi-|Speaker, he substituted a mo,

tion that the matter be sent té the privileges committee.

Works Minister Mcllraith, government House leader, said the motion was acceptable to the government if Mr. Nugent would single out a paragraph or two of the article for specific refer-. ence to the committee.

Mr. Nugent declined, saying the whole tenor of the article. accused him of a ‘‘sinister mo- tive’ of stirring up religious strife and of trying to French-speaking Canadians < of the navy.

Mr. Mcliraith then ester that if Mr. Nugent eer directed

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