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SANTA CLAUS AND BILL MACEACHERN
Held Thursday
The annual Christmas party (or the blind of Charlottetown was held yesterday afternoon at the Clover Club. It was a gay and cheerful gathering with the guests contributing songs, in- strumental selections and read- ins to the afternoon’s program.
The party was arranged and supervised by the Women’s Auxiliary of the Canadian In- stitute for the Blind.
Santa Claus made his appear- ance during the afternoon and each of the guests was present~ ed with a gift from the tradition' al Christmas tree. Councllor Frank O’Nell capably assumed the role of master of ceremon- After the presentation of gifts, ladies of the auxiliary served a Christmas supper. Earlier in the day the ladies served ice cream and candy treats were provided by Sidney T. Green.
Included in those present were Mrs. F. Walter Hyndman, wife of the lieutenant-Governor and three charter members of the auxilim'y, Mrs. W. J. P. Mac—
Bulganin
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Marshal
Nikolai Bulganin, disgraced for— . 'mer Soviet premier, made an ab- ' ject confession of his “crimes”
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group" before a meeting of the Communist party’s central com-
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Bulganin, who was replaced as in March by Nikita Khrushchev, said every- thing Khrushchev had accused
I the “anti-party group” of doing ‘ was correct.
The official Soviet news agency Tass said Bulganin told the cen- tral committee that as prime
linister he virtually became the earler of this group.
Toss said Bulganin admitted file accusations, spearheaded by
, present P r e m i e r Khrushchev,
were true and that the members of the “anti-party” group con-
: ltantly opposed the course laid " down at the 20th congress of the A party in 1956 and “prevented its ‘ decisions from being brought into
force." ‘ Bulganin told the central com-
; mittee of the Soviet Communist
Party Thursday that as premler
. be virtually became the leader of . the antiaparty group.
Yank Navy DrOPS Missile Program
(A?) The
WASHINGTON
“81W cancelled its 070,000,000 . migulus ll guided mlSSlle pro—
B‘mm Thursday night. Navy Secretary Thomas Gates
I “id the project —— which had
barely got under way——was being teI'n'linated “to provide the best balance in over-all navy weapons WSlems within the resources available at present and for the
, foreseeable future.“
The contract for development 0‘ the Regulus II, which has a range of more than 1.000 mlles PM can carry a nuclear war- head. was held by Chance Vought Aircraft, Inc, of Dallas, Tcx.
The cancellation of the RCQU' 1‘15 Progra m represented the third weapons system ordered terminated Within recent weeks.
END MARGINAL PROJECTS
Defence Secrettisy Neil MclEl “W said 59\ oral months ago the... mm“ “marginal” nrmecu would
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At City Club
Millian, Mrs. '1‘. W. L. Prowse and Mrs. Frank MacPhee.
Other auxiliary members pre- sent were Mrs. Allan J. Mac~ Donald, Mrs. F. J. Steele, Mrs. A_. W. Hyndman, Miss Lorna Weeks, Mrs. John Glarnhum, Mrs. W. Teed, Mrs. Arthur Coffin, Mrs. J. J. Morris, Mrs. Rakplh Jenkins, Mrs; Ivan Horne, Mrs. Laura Clapp.
Also Mrs. Sutherland Mac~ Lean, Mrs. P. J. Proud, Mrs. Carrie MacNeill, Mrs. Olive Carr, Mrs. Belle Arbing, Mrs. P. J. Rossiter, Mrs. Harry Bonnell, Mrs. Dan MacDonald, Mrs. Blythe Murray, Mrs. John Gordon, Mrs. J. D. MacGuigan and Mrs. Arthur Affbck.
The program presented in- cluded Christmas carols; a wel- come by Mrs. John B. Murley, president of the auxiliary; solo, Roy Smallman; bag pipe selec. lions, John Evans; reading, Miss Valerie Arsenault; solo, Miss Violet Daley; reading, Edgar Doucette; violin selections, Miss Thelma Teed.
was Mrs. Keith S. Rogers.
Admits
He denounced four former top Communist leaders who were stripped of power in 1.957 for their “anti-party” activities.
Bulganin described ex-premicr Georgi Malenkov as “an intrig- uer, capable of any dirty trick and any abomination.”
He said former foreign mm- ister Vyachestay Molotov was "a man, estranged from life and the people, who knew nothing of In- dustry and agriculture."
Former first deputy premier Lazar Kaganovich, said Bulganin Thursday, was “a man adept at fine phrases who occupied hl'fll‘ self with hindering work by his long and confused speeches."
“When in 1957 the anti-party activities of Malenkov, Kagano- vich, Molotov and (former foreign minister Dmitri) Shepilov activ- ely developed I joined them, .1 supported them and became their partisan and accomplice.
NOMINAL LEADER
“Being then chairman of the council of ministers, I not only became their accomplice but also nominally their leader. The anti- parrty group met in my Office, and
1 i inated as the budget was Sieglagd for the fiscal year starting next July 1. ‘
The navy announcement Thu-rs- . night said: da‘llln the light of rapidly Chang ing technology in the missile held it is apparent that the ballist1c missile has greater growth poten— tial in over-all military effective- ness than have air-breat‘lung mis» siles. The termination of this pro- gram will permit the navy to move as rapidly as possvble to more advanced systems which 111- clude and go beyond the inherent capabilities of Regulus II.
The navy now is developing‘the Polaris 1.500 — mile intermediate range ballistic missfle, possibly intended for use from nuclear
7 'cd submarines. _ p0The; formal announcement said that "by canceling the? program at this time it is antic1pate that more than $100,000,000 can be 16-
covered"
Freighters Move Slowly Down River
MOlNTlRlElAL (ClPl —- Eleven oceanabound ships moved cau- tiously down the St. Lawrence River in the wake of churning icelbrealkers Thursday night while 19 others waited in Montreal har- bor for a 16-mile ice jam to be smashed. '
The icebreaker d'I-bervillc Thursday freed from their white prison the 1.1 Atlantichound ves— sels that had been trapped since last Saturday off Lanoraie, 30 miles downriver from Montreal.
With the help of the icebreakcrs Ernest Lapointe and the N. B. Maclean, the ships steamed across Lake St. Peter towards 'llrois-lRivieres, 100 miles north- east of Montreal. But they still have at least another 700 miles to go before they reach the com- paratively easily navigable waters of'the North Atlantic.
The ships were to spend the night in Trois-Rivieres and to
Accompanist for the program start the eastward move again at.
daybreak today.
. ‘Crimes' ln Anti-Party Activity
there concerted their ant! - party fractionary wo
Bulganin was speaking to the committee’s plenary session only a few hours after he was him- self denounced by other speakers as being a member of the “anti- party” group.
Bulganin was replaced as pre- mier by Khrushchev last March. Then in September he was re- moved from the praesidium of the party's central committee. At first given the job of chairman of the state bank, he was further demoted in August to chairman- ship of the Stavropol Economic Council, 800 miles from Moscow.
Last month Khrushchev added Bulganin’s name to the disgraced ranks of M a l e n k 0 v, Molotov, Shepilov and Kaganovich.
CHARLOTTETOWN,
CANADA,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1958
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By PRESTON GROVER
PARTS (AlP)~Th1e North Atlan- tic Treaty Organization, men- aced‘ over Berlin, Thursday voted a speedup in defensive might, in- cuding nuclear arms.
The 15<power alliance ended its three-day conference with a com- munique bristling with defiant phrases in the face of the Soviet threat to freeze United States, British and French forces out of West Berlin.
“The member countries made clear their resolution not to yield to threats,” the ministers pro- nounced. And again they af- firmed their “manifest will to use nuclear retaliatory forces to repel aggression."
LEARN 0F VISIT
Then they learned that for the last three days or so the U.S. had been discussing with the Soviet United an early visit to Washing- ton of Anastas I. Mikoyan, Soviet deputy premier and intimate of Nikita Khrushchev.
That will take Mikoyan to Washington well ahead of the June 1 deadline the Russians set
HORSE HEADS FOR OLD HOME
LONDON (lReu-tersl—Oharlie, a homesick horse, figures on spending Christmas with his old family.
He escaped from his new owner at Dunmow, east of Lon- don, a few days ago and ever since has been trotting with un- canny acuracy toward the mountain farm in Wales where he used to live.
So far, Charlie has crossed eight rivers, two main railroad lines, five major highways and nothing has stopped his dead- straight route—not even several police forces, automobile asso- ciation patrolmen or assorted farmers.
Charlie‘s homing instinct is
puzzling horse experts. They’ve heard of cats and dogs making a ZOO-mile homeward trek, but never a horse. ' Charlie’s new owner, Mrs. Anne Tomkrin, says if Charlie makes it to Wales she’ll reward his efforts, he'll be able to visit the family for (a while.
No me Apostolic Delegate To US
WASHINGTON (AP) —- Arch- bishop Elgidio Vagnozzi, 52, apos- tolic nuncio to the Philippines, has been named the Vatican’s apostolic delegate to the United States—the seventh since 1893.
He succeeds Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani, who served as delegate here for an unpre- cedented 25 years and who, this week, was created a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
OTTAWA (ICP) —- A 17 . (lay, champagne - splashed spending spree resulted Thursday in a four-year prison term for good- looking Boyne Johnston.
The dapper, 25-year-old Ottawa bank teller, who vanished last Oct. 26 with $260000 in bank funds and had a brief taste of high living before being recap- tured in a Denver, Colo, night- club, was sentenced to four years in penitentiary by Magistrate Glenn Strike. Maximum sentence on a theft charge is 10 years.
Johnston, formerly of Renfrew, Ont, had pleaded guilty Dec. 10 to stealing the money from the Sparks Street branch of the Im- perial Bank of Canada. where he was employed as chief teller.
PUZZLING FEATURE
To police and bank officials, a puzzling feature had been the in- explicable contrast .between the theft and Johnston‘s sevenyear record as a trusted. highly-re- garded employee. , ‘
Johnston's own explanation was that he wanted to see what it felt like to have so much money.
He spent $12,500, mostly on a nightclub and champagne spree. His family later made restitution.
In sentencing Johnston. Magis— trate Strike said:
l “l have little sympathy for
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you. You were disloyal to your employer and your family.
“It is necessary that banks and financial houses place some per- sons in position of trust where they have the responsibility of handling large sums of money. You betrayed this trust with com plete disregard for your obliga- tions.”
Commonwealth Day On May 24
LONDON (Reuters) — Empire Day, which falls each year on May 24, will be known from now on as Commonwealth Day throughout the whole Common- wealth, Prime Minister Macmil' Ian told the House of Commons Thursday.
Macmillan said this step was being taken with the concurrence of other Commonwealth govern- ments and of the Empire Day movement.
He was sure the change would the widely welcomed as represent— ing the general feeling in Britain as well as the Commonwealth countries.
At Ottawa, available officials said they had heard nothing of the matter.
for declaring West Berlin 8 free city, surrendering the isolated old capital to harassment by Com- munist East Germany.
The expectation was that this might well be the first chance the East and West would have for the two major world powers to get to the roots of the problem of East-West tensions.
The visit by Mikoyan next month tended to scale down the importance of the notes the West is preparing to send Khrushchev in reply to his virtual ultimatum on Berlin.
Nevertheless, drafting officials went ahead with carrying out the decisions by France, the U.S.. Britain and West Germany to reject outright the Russian p r 0p 0 s a 1. The rejection was backed solidly by the whole Western alliance.
SUGGEST NEW LOOK
Coupled in the notes with the rejection will be an invitation to the Russians to take a new look at the problems of uniting Ger- many and of bringing security to Europe.
lln their communique the West- ern ministers declared:
Proposed Red Visit Welcomed
WASHINGTON (AP) The United S t a t e 5 Thursday wel-
comed Anastas I. Mikoyan, Rus- sia’s No. 2 man, for a two-week visit to Washington that conceiv- ably could ease the cold war. The wily, bustling Mikoyan is
expected to arrive early in Janu-
ary. Ostensibly it will be an offi- cial visit with Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Menshikov.
“The interests of peace require equitable settlements of the out- standing political issues which divide the free world from the Communist world. A solution of the German question, linked with European security arrangements, and an agreement on controlled disarmament remain in their view essential."
They denounced Soviet efforts to weaken the position of the free world in various areas, then com- mitted themselves “to sustain without relaxation the effort of member countries to improve the defence powers of the alliance."
That defensive power is “based on the existence of effective sthield torces and on the manifest will to use nuclear retaliatory force to repel aggression."
SPEED DEFENCE WORK
The ministers then recognized the Western alliance’s shortcom- ings by creating a committee to speed up the slow advance in building a Shield force to stretch in strong but widely separated clusters across Western Europe.
[Missile
Visible it Many
CAPE CANAVERAL (AP)— The head of the advanced re- search p r oj e c t s agency said Chursday night that an Atlas mis— sile now circling the globe in or- bit probably will be scen by most North Americans and it should have a lifetime of about 20 days.
“The success of Thursday night‘s shoot constitutes a very major step in space exploration and opens new avenues in space for large satellites in the future," director Roy W. Johnson said.
For radio tracking purposes the satellite will be broadcasting sig- nals on frequencies of 107.97 an 107.94 megacycles. '
The Atlas weighed 10 tons with its fuel and propulsion compo- nents on the launching pad be- ‘fore it was sent aloft.
The big missile stood 85 feet
(high and was 10 feet in diameter.
Surprise
Attack
Talks Bog Down
GENEVA (Reutersl- — A dead— locked 10 - power conference on ways to prevent surprise attack broke up Thursday without even agreeing to a date to meet again.
Shortly after, Soviet delegate Vasily Kumetsov, s first deputy foreign minister, told a press conference the West had tried to turn the talks “into a means of preparing a surprise attack."
The main difficulty since the conference began on Nov. 10 was
OTTAWA (Speciall— An Alber- ton firm, llutt Brothers Thursday won a $13,100 contract to build a new patrol cutter for the Department of Fisheries.
Fisheries Minister J. Angus MacLean said the craft, a 42-foot
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Cape Island type, would likely go on patrol in Cape Breton waters.
Mr. MacLeaun also announced award of a $9,372 contract for a lobster coaster to be used in Northumberland Strait service.
This craft will be guilt by Con- md Goupil, Shippegan, N. B.
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lso Santa Claus rides a pedicab‘ city of Taipei to bring cheer to
to agree on a program of work. The Western side — the United States, Britain, Canada, France and Italy —— tried to limit the talks to a technical study.
Russia. backed Bur mania, Czechoslovakia and Al- Ibania, wanted to discuss specific disarmament issues and political problems involved in them,
This clash produced sharp arg- uments almost daily, and no agreements.
CONTRASTING SESSION
In contrast. a conference of the three nuclear powers—Rue sia. the U.S. and Britain — has been making progress in writing a treaty on ending nuclear tests. They had no session Thursday.
After Friday morning‘s closed session the nuclear conference will adjourn over Christmas un- til Jan, 5.
The 10 - power conference de- cided at Thursday's four - hour session to report to their home governments about their failure and to recommend starting again
“as soon as possible.”
through the streets of the capital Christmas shoppers
' communications test system. As
WASHINGTON (AP) The United States Thursday night fired an entire Atlas missile weighing more than 8,500 pounds into orbit around the earth. President Eisenhower inter- rupted a diplomatic dinner gath- ering at the White House to an- uounce the news.
The weight of the interconti- nental ballistic missile was given by Eisenhower as from 8,700-8,800 pounds, or nearly 41/: tons. This compares with a reported weight of 2,919 pounds for Rus- sia’s Sputnik III, which was launched last May 15 and still is in orbit.
A’I'I‘AINS ORBIT
The Atlas missile launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla, at 6:02 p.m. EST Thursday night was reported by the defence de~ partment 2% hours later to have attained an orbit at an altitude varying from 1115 miles to 920 miles.
Both Eisenhower and the de- fence department emphasized the peaceful aspects of the satellite project.
Eisenhower's at a t e ment, re. layed by press secretary James C. lingerty, said:
“Under the auspices of the ad- vanced research projects agency of the department of defence. a powerful high-performance Atlas ICBtM vehicle was launched into orbit tram the Atlantic missile range at Cape Canaveral, Flu,
at 6:02 p.m. Thursday. The en- tire vehicle ls in orbit.
“This launching constitutes I distinct step forward in space op- erations. The wees: opens new opportunities to the United States and all nmnkind for activities in outer space."
LARGEST SATELLITE
A defence department state- ment called it “the largest satel- lite that has been put into orbit by the United States," and said: “This sucesstul launching con- stitutes a major step forward in space exploration and opens new avenues for the United States and all mankind in their efforts to ex- plore the peaceful uses of outer space."
The advanced research projects agency, called AARPA. is separate from the civilian agency which is thinking in terms of launching missiles to the moon and far be- yond.
The missile hurtled skyward with a brilliant flash of flame and the unofficial word at the time was that the intention was to fire the Atlas more than 5,000 miles across the Atlantic missile mange. After it was announced that the vehicle had achieved an orbit, it was estimated that it was circling the earth about every 100 min- utes. . The satellite carries a spectal
the satellite orbits, ground sta- tions send information to the sat- ellite. Then, about 20 hours later, the ground stations “interrogate” the satellite to see if it will send the information back.
A formal statement issued at the Pentagon after the launching said the purpose was to deter- mine the launching capability of the Atlas missile and test launch- ing technique.
"Our data now confirms that this test has been most success- ful,” the statement said.
“The entire vehicle achieved an orbit. As such, it is the largest satellite that has been put into
“my” FIVE CENTS
Yanks Put 4-Ton Missile Into Orbit Around Earth
Defiant Note On Berlin Marks' NATO Meeting End ‘
importantly, this marks the first time that a high accuracy mi» sile guidance system has been used to steer such a vehicle into its orbital trajectory . . .
17.000 M.P.ll.
“In its flight through space, the missile attained a velocity in ex- cess of 17,000 miles per hour.
“The Atlas missile used for thh purpose is basically on the same type that has been successfully tested over the last several months and as recently as two weeks ago, demonstrated a pre- cise DOBM operational capability over distances exceeding 6,000 miles." _
The reported overall weight of between 8,500 and 8,700 pounds for the object put into orbit comr pares with a reported weight of 2,919 pounds for Russia's Sputnik m
Eisenhower was notified of tfnc accomplishment just as a diplo- matic dinner was starting at the White House.
He stepped to the centre of the room and an'nonnced that the At- las had just been placed 1n orbit. that the entire vehicle was in or- bit.
PM Silent Following
Meeting
OT’I‘AWA (Cpl—aprime Minio- ter Diefenbalker Thursday punc- tured expectations that he would make an immediate announce- ment of new appointments.
Amid speculation he might name new senators and possibly cabinet ministers, er. Diefeu- baker emerged from a two-hour cabinet meeting to tell reporterl there will be “no announcements at this time."
“Appointments are going to bc made,” he said later. But he de clined to state whether they would be made before the next cabinet meeting, scheduled for Saturday.
Prior to Thursday's cabinet ses- sion he had told reporters he would have some appointments to announce and would let them know around 2 pm.
VISITED MR. MASSEY
Speculation about possible major appointments followed I morning visit by the prime min- ister to Governor-General Mas' sey. It was their second meeting in two days. A meeting between them normally precedes a major appointment.
But Mr. Diefenbaker described his calls at Government House as “purely routine" and added that many plans have to be made for the Queen's visit to Canada .ext year.
He said the cabinet, which has met daily since Mr. Diefen‘ baker's return Monday from his world tour, still is working on the government‘s legislative program for the next session of Panlia- ment opening Jan. 15.
Preparation of the general pro- gram would be "pretty well con- cluded” at the Saturday cabinet session. Another meeting of cab-
orbil by the United States. More
In Satellite Test
WASHINGTON (AP) The voice of President Eisenhower may be stored in tape aboard the giant Atlas satellite launched Thursday night, to be broadcast back to earth later.
This possibility was suggested during a press conference with Pentagon scientists,
The four-ton satellite sent up by the air force is being used in a test of a communications system to send messages to the satellite, then have the vehicle repeat them back later.
Rear-Admiral John E. Clark, deputy director of the advanced research projects agency. and Robert Brady. army communica- tions expert, said that the com-
voice and telegraphic coded mes- sages.
May Use Eisenhower Voice
munic-ations system included both
Clark was asked if he would deny that Eisenhower‘s vmce was
inet was scheduled Monday.
Message
included in one of the tests.
“No,” Clark said.
Would he confirm it?
“No,” he replied.
Both Clark and Brady steadl fastly declined to discuss at this time the nature of the test mes- sages being used.
Brady said that a preliminary test was “partially” su-cessful. A message was sent up to the sat- ellite as it passed over one of four ground transmitter stations and then over another.
The test message was sent when the satellite passed above Los Angeles.
About three minutes later, when the satellite was over Ft. H'uachaca, Ariz., a “comman "
ellite to repeat back the message.
Brady said the command signal was received by the satellite and its transmitter went into opera- tion but the answer was ambled.
signal was sent up telling the sat. I
HelPsOpen Path To Outer Space