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VOL. LXXIX NO. 204
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JOIN DIEFENBAKER VIEW
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By THE CANADIAN PRESS (sible. for .union “ila Mba to oy Union men across. Canada asthe strike.” The work stoppage
~well-as- Opposition Leader Dief- began Aug, 26;
enbakery Tuesday called on the’ Rank-and - filers interviewed federal government to scrap itS hy Montreal reporters echoed bill to end the nationwicle work this sentiment, and expressed stoppage. by 118,000 railway em- determination not to return to
~ployees <a : work—on--the-—basis ofthe gov- Mr. Diefenbaker, ‘in present ernment-sponsored” legislation: =
Incoa—kil-the-hill amendinent ir . erga
the: Commons. said the Liberal SEEK HIGHER WAGES ‘ihrer
measure is inadequate but he rhe strikers, seeking higher
added that if it were passed all Wakes and_other.. benefits, have
parties shdnld “join in asking (gq. left the CNR, the CPR and five smaller..-railways....shut.....dowa,
Nadiane to respect and “follow the law and domestic telegraph ‘serv-
ices paralyzed.
hes Pine otk - i au qd ts From. three centres in. On: r ower and prestra z
" tario came. disctosures of plans of Parliament, Mre Diefen-
haker~ added ers if the strike continues
In: Montreal. a_meeting of un. Jn Prince Edward Island, the : focus’ of striketime attention Quebec strikers termed the bill‘egntinued. to be ‘vhether | the
‘lon officials representing 20.000
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“eompletely. unacceptable wWital. CNR ferry service linking The... labor. officials “said. the that. province with. the |New measiire word “make iC impos- Bruns wir mainland “could be
by ccompanies to lay off, work-
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‘ ah the limited basis or- | ‘ oy thesnational executive
‘ot one of the striking unions
The service from Borden, | PEL, to Cape Tormentine, N.B., was due to resume Tues- day for -the first time since the
start. of. the strike
7 =Bur-EN R= workers -and—-groups of passengers arriving at the ferry station in Borden found their’ way blocked by others of the workers who had. estab- lished picket lines at the station
entrances
Then followed provincial gov- ernment moves. to get the serv- ice under way. The efforts con. Se:
tinued through the. day.
Thepdisclosures of layoff plans in Ontario came from. several companies in Peterborough and ‘St. Catharines. In St. Cathar- ines; about 4,700: workers. were’ involved in a planned shutdown of McKinnon ‘Industries Ltd.,-’
Continued on page 5 col- 2
Bar Association Endorses ~ Legal Abortion Proposal
Ry DAVE STOCKAND boards’. to rule-on cases’ where junless it. is- necessary. te save
WINNIPEG (CP) — The idea the “unwafted pregnancy = re=
af safecuarded legal abortion |sulted. from rape or a related |
was endorsed Tuesday hy the sexual offence Canadian Rar Association
‘The abortion resolution~ was medical Under the plan, the medical .passed by a general session- of jeven therapeutic abortions are
{the life. of the mother.
Im light of medical advances, lfie said. there*is dispute in the profession —on whether
profession would make they de- the bar association which, is | Rood médicine.
cision whet pregnaney Involved holding its” annual convention the life or health of a mother here. It had come. up at three when an abortion was carried er -when. there wasesubstantial previous conventions: but in pout in a modern. hospital. There risk a-child might-be born with each case had been shelved |was- pressure 6n psychiatrists to find grounds for abortion— | fects. | The. recommendations - made- ‘particu! arly the threat of sul- would | Tuesday * ‘will’ be “submitted to jcide although the actual suicide rate “among. pregnant ~ women
grave -mental—or physical cde-,/¥ without decision.
Provincial Tegistatures be. _asked to set wp ‘termination | lthe minister of justice. - Expressions of personal relig.
a
ious convictions _ were mingled |, Alb t Man with points of law in the im- |said that minority =views should | it er Ton passiorfed debate leading ~to not be allowed: to, cloud the is- Wasaza_ Beach,
final passage of the resolution.
Gets 3: Years \CARRIES NO COMPULSION
~Stewart McMorran of _ Van-
Halifax. (CP) — Raymond couver, -introducing. the resolu- | Walter Ahern, 21,. of Alberton, tion, said it carried no element PEI. was sentenced Monday |of compulsion. Large hospitals
fo a three years in Dorchester already had therapeutic abor-
Penitentiary for possession of a jtion committees’ ‘which we. sawed-off. shotgun Soe don't. hear very much_ about."
~“Danger= was” present, even
hwas generally low.
jaNe
“Surely those in out soeiety |. +-who—hold-these views will not | of Mvysore-~in India, -had perk be “among those who take ad-|
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Lightning
The sentence is to run con- Anybody who did not want an
eurrentiy with a two-vear term: abortion, simply would not ap-
handed down. earlier—for_escap-|Ply for one.
ee | ding from the. Halifax County. -Alex——Sarchuk—of Winnipeg —Wail-three weeks ago: isaid the —“eonsensis of Roman -
Asked by Tiidge Nathan Green Catholics and most other. faiths why. he had the weapon, Ahern js that abortion is unacceptable
replied: ‘I had it o security. If — cits en somebody . came me with a
; things tai inthis I| cdl So Four Kille
Ahern atsn faces. a@. charge of
ear theft — i In Accident Island aa: | COME. - BY « CHANCE, Nfld.
(CP)—Four persons -died Tues-
day following a two-car collision
Is Cheerful on the Trans- Canada Highway In Hospital <
MONTREAL (OP) "~~ Offl- Grean, 28 and his. father, cials at the Montreal General-:qer- Green, 76. Hospital Tuesday reported Ken- | “-neth—Bidershaw— Armdale, PE 1 . im ore camitortable® and ‘cheerful.’
/near this community 100 miles
c | iied of St. John's. Killed were Susan. Green, two
Lean-
from. Sunnvside.
Mr: Eldershaw,-52.—was-flown Cynthia—Green, -44—and-Saima
from. Charlottetown to St. Hu- Green. 4, also received undeter-
bert. Que.. aboard an RCAF mined injuries and were taken
Dakota aircraft before being t0 hospital. Melvin Green was
transferred to the Montreal transferred to St. John’s for
General Monday for tests treatment Hospital. officials said the na- The five persons in the second ture of his illness could not be car were all injured. Two, Rov
determined. at. the moment. as Senior and his wife. Stella, were
he was still undergoing. tests transferred to St. John's hospi-
"His condition is being inves- fal. Others treated here for wiigeted and there may he a def- slight. injuries were Mr. and in > diagnosis soon,."’ the hos- Mrs. Willis Pevie and: Shirley “pital Sag Pevie, all of Port” Anne, Nild.
Phones In Nfld. Remain Crippled
By DON McLEOD laction against the advice of “ST” JOHN'S, Nila (CP)— The “their tmion executive and the in- strikebound Avalon Telephone junction is considered invalid by Co. system remained crippled the officers it named. throuzhout Newfoundland. for | About 250 Jong-distance - oper- the second straight day Tuesday |ators did not cross picket lines as erompany and. striking em- jagain Tuesday but office work: Plovees. appeared to have ers entered company buildings, tesched.a stand-off in a wage |The strike started Monday fol. dispute lowing unanimous approval Long-distance lines were op- given In secret. ballot Saturday, erated mainly for emerzeney ‘The members were warned they calls hy supervisors. Picketing could not legally vote on a bv striking members of. Local strike until ‘the conciliation 1615 the International Brother- ‘board reports. hood of Electrical Workers was Company“ president Gunder maintained. despite an injunction Osberg declined comment Tues- from «the Newfoundland Su- day night > when asked what
prente’ Court) Monday ordering further action Avalon might 5 Incal to refhove pickets ‘fake to disperse. the pickets. He dye injinétion was granted on ‘said Monday. that any workers
the basis that demands of 300-'who did_ not report when or linemen, installers and repair. dered tn’ dd so “would Be. con- men. for wage increases. total-isidered suspended! ‘
line 50 cents an hour are still! The strikers hit as New{gund-
eae her five- year- old sister Debbie, their father, Fierce |
_In hospital in serious condition | (was Melvin Green All” were
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‘Starts Fire
| from here:
| Loss was estimated at $4,000 |in.the fire that.-destroyed the home of Philias- Gallant, an
‘elderly farmer,
Injured was fireman Alderice Richard of Shediae who cut. an
artery in his right hand while assisting in the removal of de- bris from the home. He was
treated. at the scene and taken
to hospital where he was releas- |
ed after treatment.
Mental Test
‘Is Ordered For Accused
MONTREAL (CP) — Roland |
Leblanc, 29, of Halifax, accused of the non-capital murder of two
young Montreal “women, was or-
dered Tuesday to undergo mental examination hy Sep!. 29. Preliminary hearing for -Le
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GIFT ELEPHANT REACHES ZOO .
David Bowman of= Winnipeg hae arrived at
the Ontarit zoological: park: at
Indira, a gift from the state
Stra nded on arriv. al i
° : getting to Wasaga. Was a prob- . N Com ine gains Zoo director Cas * under__pressure 1,200 “pounds of animal international servative and-New Democratic government, NDP Leader Doug- jlast Friday, back into operation..| heen reached that’ a limited |Ject was unknown, Persons at
SHEDIAC, N.B (CP)-One firemen was injured Tuesday night ‘as: fire caused bv lighten- ing destroyed the interior of a two-storey” frame. dwelling at | Cormier Village, about 10 miles
picked. her up is a. truck
Indira developed a habit. of ‘to rewrite its:bill.to_halt the na-jenbaker’s. objections and added {Jan.—-1, another four —per aad from. Charlottetown _refuised:|0r. jumped. from the. machine, tional. railway strike on the isome new ones. ~ teakwood crate-every time the grounds the megsure is. unfair | truck went up or down a hill, leaving the driver slightly un-
rocking back ‘and forth. in her
‘was $2.248 The four-foot,
insurance bill because, it ‘‘does not pro- | tion could be introduced later. [said ‘‘this.House declines to pro- 5 ‘vide an adequate Solution of ‘the | The bill, introduced’ Monday |ceed further’ with the bill be- | @8y.
Reported Stolen
SWEDEN, Me —-~————|tween 30 and 40 bushels es an ples covered with a highly an orchard Tuesday, could . be. deadly
on oe ate the: cone may— ve taken them out of the state te
sprayed Monday
A group of picketers huddie areund Premier Alex B. Camphell and _ Minister of
© Labors Elmer Blanchard on
_ the. ferry pier at Borden late _yesterday as discussions wen‘
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DISCUSSION ON BORDEN PIER © (ithe sewn itt | somes} slander -
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Ferry Crossings “ Expected Today :
. _By LORNE YEO lits sailing schedules-as snon ae *..-* .....A..directive,..{£.r.0.m...national. ear. ferries are ready to. com: See ‘union leaders te local. union 20, MencefLOssines | -@anadian Brothérhood of Rail-| Premier Campbell. early last way -Trainmen.- and General | night delayed a government ul- Workers"has been eaenpited with | timatum to the local, ranging ; | aiid picket lines at Borden were from dockside traffic workers to | officially dissolved lastnight as} rest room attendants,until fhe local. 20 members. returned to local union % reacted to a direc. | their jobs at the Borden pier. | tive which-was drawn upyat an However, reports from Bor- | emergency meeting of the Cab- = den later indicated that although inet called in the morning “by i the executive of local’ 20 voted | Premier Campbell ’ | to take down the picket line, a! The ultimatum, the province's | number “of the. local -20 “union | equivalent of the Rio. Act. order: meribers decided-not to comply |¢d local 20. and. the CBRT's local with. the executiye’s decision. 127 to begin limited operations “Hon_J. Elmer Blanchard, min-.;0f the CNR. ferries | ister of labor, was quoted as Superinfendent Peter Harrison | Saying; “‘I have to deal through | W85 to have read the govern... = | official channels, and as far as | ment directive at mne o'clock I_am concerned the picket line ‘yesterday, but withheld it on is down.” - et eel s aries bes $ | cause recent develonments i Meanwhile, reports revealed | Anyone convicted .of violating ama oe picket line was being | the decree would have faced a 4 maintained by ae iMact late fine up to $500 or six months in Dike Mader for eal 1a) cod: | Jail or could have received both. frivied REED gee nalties ee Ieee Tene perWe are dealing with a. situ 'TO MAINTAIN LINE- tation which -has heen described =
| A local 20. union -member | by union officiats as hopeless,” | stated that they intend to main- | Mr. Mr. Campbell said :
tain-the picket line A member | of the strike comittee assured |
4 ~ | wHowever, _ at midnight Cpl. on in an effort to get Local 20 from Charlottetown refused :to- | ¢M_ Clark of the Borden RCMP
of thé CBRT to permit opera- go along with a directive from | getachment untied a rope mark- tien of CNR ferries. Some of national headyuarters. Nego- ing-the picket-line and the men | the idle ships are oe back- tiations to end the crisiS’ con- J gicnersed. ..
ground. Local 127 had: agreed tinued throughout the “day, The way thus arpeices clear- earlier to resume service Tues- finally ending, in a ‘satisfac tory ‘ed for resumption of ferry set- day morning Bec dacal 20: solution by midnight. vice today. -
‘illed
The decision to return to work
Conservatives And NDPs 2720222 {n NB.
| allow pewter traffic on the
oe Cornelius A: Peters, M.
READY FOR WORK Bear River, P.E.1., was lalled ea rso { gett of local 127, arrived | im a construction accident , in the Borden pier Tuesday |Cullerton, New Brunswick os
| enorning ready to commence | Tuesday. Cause of the accident,
OTTAWA (CP) -— The Con- der over the objections of the 118,000 ycorkers~went—an—strike Ona after an agreement had |0n 4 TransCanada Highway pre a
parties joined Tuesday. in an at- las. followed with a subamend-| It provides for a four-per an |ferry service would go into oper- |the scene said Mr. Peters, an itempt_to force the. government ‘ment that embraced Mr. Dief- |wage increase retroactive ation_at_eight-o'clock._But_local | experienced operator,_¢ither fell
retroactive to “July “1 and com-"|to allow local union 127 in’ Bor-| Which ran ‘over him. He was However, the NDP subamend-jpulsory arbitration i the rail- ; den to get to their jobs. operating’ a DW-21 down a.slizht?
and might invite defiance of |ment was ruled out of order by |ways and unions can’t make | Word of the decision by local jincline on ‘a hard-packed road
Parliament. Opposition Leader Diefen- baker moved an amendment in
iMr. Lamoureux. after some de- |headway by Nov. 15 in collec- | 20 to return to work was re-jat the time. bate. He ruled it out at this |tive bargaining on possible fur- | ceived at the office of Premier| Mr. Peters, the son of Mr and istage because it contained new jther increases.
| Alex Campbell from Mr. Blan-|Mrs.. Lenord Peters of | Char-
the Commons that would kill the matter but said a similar mo-| Mr. Diefenbakerés Se eee who had been on the |jottetown, is survived by _ his
‘current -impasse.’ After Speaker Lucien Lamour-
Poisoned Apples eux ruled the amendment in or- igetting the railways, idle since jreports and its neglect of fringe |
seene at Boose Sroughout the wife, the former Marv Anne : Flynn—of Monticello, and__five jat the opening of emergency 'sit- cause its ‘‘wide departure” from The. message stated: “the ex-|children, Elliot, Linda, Derrel,
jtings of Parliament, is‘aimed at ithe terms of conciliation board | Citive of local 20, together with|Glen, and Myrna.
members. of the strike -commit-}—— Also surviving are—_two—bre- tee confirmed that men are re- thers, Ray in St. Charles and | turning to their job on the docks | John in Toronto, and six si® to place them in readiness for | ters Mrs. Gerard Hanlon, New ferry crossings
benefits made it inadequate to} deal’ with the situation.
NDP WILL VOTE
M, M le ae Hy ings. Zealand, P-E.L., Mrs. Lawrence | P n ril nies Ae ee aie Ouanew unre The decision to abandon the Breau, Parkdale, Mrs. Edward will vote for the Conservative | picket lines and to return to eaves’ Gharloitstown, | Mrs
= New Offer To
tr Pearson angrily denied sug- gestions. by Opposition Leader
wert, Diefenbaker Tuesday night that and the spray the government has made offers
to sicviking railway unions to: in-
The crease the wage-incréase provi-
sion in its bill to end the coun- trywide rail strike.
“No offer has heen made.”” he
blanc, originally scheduled for the orchard of Joni McSherry. said after Mr. Diefenhaker
Tuesday. was postponed until after the tests have been car- ried out at Montreal -Jail.
jthe examination after Dr. Eu- gene Fournier, a psychia‘rist for the Quebec Provincial Police,
itestified that. on. the basis of his ;
observations of Leblanc, thor- ouzh psvchiatrie testing would he. necessary i
' Leblane is acensed of the (Aug. 16. strangling of Ginette Martineau, 19, of Montreal,
“native of Belledune, N.B., resis dent, ‘in. Montreal.
Soviet Ramming.
Attempt Claime
COOS: BAY, Ore (AP)
Coos Bey.
tuna boat Argo; said a Russian
boat tried to ram the: Argo and | |\that he was only able to pre- vent a collision by quick ma-
neuvring | "Tt was a deliberate attempt ifo ram. us," said Wolleson
Wolleson &aid he was fishing | lfor alhacore about 45 miles off | Coos Bay when the incident |
before a conciliation” board. jland was struggling to get dlong**happened Union” business: agent James | without its important telegraph»| Roy Johnson of Eureka, Calif.,
Walsh, who toured company. services, knocked out. by the’ properties across the island nation-wide rail strike since’ skippers of twa other boats: vere
they also witnessed fhe incident, tinea
Tuesday said ‘the’ men took the iFriday. °
and--Howard .Jensen~of~ Seattle,
them to see a doctor
wiedlately if they have eaten the speech by Health Minister Mac- | Judge T. A. Fontaine ordered fruit. .
Freak Storm Hits Moncton.
and storm caueht this. city by
‘Charlotte Shirley Doucet, 20, a Prise Tuesday night as Eesti eee _ fener of erain=fell ine Tseminire— The “bit ordering a halt to per
The. Moncton
Near 7ern and bringing some sections of the cits Asa result of the starm, A George tuna hoat captain from Astoria town Road was |reported an attempted ramming jolt when a thunder clapp a ind Tuesday by a Russian vessel off lightning strike rear window of a car she was Fred Wolleson,’ owner of the driving. She was not injured
INSIDE TODAY
aNewn
Finance, Markets
Anno
sheuted a series of taunts across the Commons’ chamber during a
Eachen in defence of the bill. The Conservative: leader had just interjected: “Is a_ raised lante being offered even while Parliament sits?” j Obviously, awgty, Mr. Pearson jum>7d to his feet 'and snapped:
“Tl answer that question. The | freak Tight honorable gentleman is be- - ing deceived by his own head-
lines. No offer -has been made.”
the strike. which began last Fri-
Wide Central Alaska Area. . Jolted By Two ea.
ANC HOE AGE (AP) Two earthquakes jolted: avwide area of central! Alaska Tuesday but
apparentiv. did little damage and cased no injuries Buildities shook ‘and fixtures
swayed here as the first shock hit about 36:20. aim. and was followed two minutes ‘later by anether that seemed even heav-
jer. . Telephone swilchboards were flonded with calls, many from alarmed housewives who lived through the Great Alaska quake of March 27, 1964, strongest ever Sh in North Amer-
leas Tt took —~di3--tives.jand -did--
darnvage of. more. ‘than, , $300,500, - (000,
OTTAWA (CP1—Prime Minis- day, includes provisions for an
amendment. im | work was made voluntarily bY | onnath Diamond: also of: Char His party's’ subamendment | members. of local 20."* President
lottetown, Joyce +4t.home and terms the legislation inadequate | local 127, Willard Pickering. 4
s s - MacGregor, . Char- ‘because. it. imposes “compulsory | flier confirmed that his men ie atlas ae arbitration!~and~because—no--ad- ia standing ready for work. Other-survivors“ate his grat ministrator has been appointed | ASKS” SCHEDULES : parents, Mr. and Mrs Adotphua ~to=supervise the railways._dur-—-Premier Campbell stated—that | Peters of=St—Charies-— ing the collective: bargaining. he has requested CNR officials} Funeral arrangements had not
interim, wage increase and re- Continued on page s ol. 3 . | to;issue. public confirmation of | been completed last night. newed bargaining talks directed ——— pais oe Se
by a federal mediator. |
MAY REFUSE
There have been reports that strikers wil! refuse to obey the back-to-work order unless higher wage increases are written into the bill
But Mr. Pearson's remarks Tuc: day. night indicsted that the government has dug in on’ the issue and will not yield to the demands
Shortly after the exchange be- tween the two’ leaders. a gov- ernment proposal to have the Commons sit .qvertime on the emergency legislation. was re-} jected by the New Democrats. | The debate on second reading} of the bill continues todav with a vote expected on a Conserva-. tive amendment that would. in effect: “kill “the measire “ae in adequate to meet the crisis
The eptcentre of todavia quakes coincided almost ex- actly with the centre of the devastating quake two years before.
Magnitude of. Tuesday's quakes was 58 on the Rich scale, compared with 85 for the | 1964: Alaskan quake. said James | Lander, of the: information cen- es:
Lander said that would make | Tuesday's first. quake ahout 4 one thousandth as strong as the |
FESTIVAL WINNERS
jbig quake. Roberta Maxwell. holds her one Guthrie fund established are William Hutt, a 1934 award A ‘seismograph at me Univer- $1000 ft award she Teceived in 1954 and presented to mem- ‘winner, and theother three yond Sity-—--06-—-Washinstane-it--Seat a be PSB TN, ESRI AT PHBA Te EP SS CORTE SB RE Men “Wonday “at “Stfatford: “Gniarie® wees PSS 7 : pot the “quakes at at six on : Company for special achieve-.. and Neil Dainar: ithe scale. ; The award was trom the Tyr- ment annually. From the left
ACP WIRERHUND
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