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the island's two dozen missile sites, with their 500 Sam missiles which have a lib-mile range. These can reach high Pnough into the sky to knock down a L'-2 plane at, close to 80.000 fret. What isn’t known for certain is whether the Soviets in- tend to retain any residual con- trol over those llllnnlles. Washing-

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Fatigue From Lazy Thyroid

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen Several years ago a young in- surance salesman consulted his physician because of undue fa tigue. listiessnesa, and loss of interest in his work. He looked well but said he was depressed and worried about his health.

NOTES BY THE WAT"

Occasionally we hear a story that can be repeated in polite company. One we heard recent- ly concerns actress Eva Gabor. Zsa Zsa's talented sister. '1' h a scene was Miami’s swank Rac- quet Club the night Eva was pushed around by a jewel thief.

Plyohlltrlat: “How long have you thought you are a chicken?" Patient: “Since I was hatched " —Montreal Star. '

molten who are bedevillcd by reports of the perils of amok. ing must take what comfort they can from the new that .u.

to . uiie ' ' - ‘ ' - . Advertising Services Toronto 1.5 Unkpg‘l‘,’ A... n q .Hdemh' “Hum . PM“? A metabolism test was low. Wh m h 1 M d “1"” ‘5 30°“ “’1' NSL- Ol'aus Emplr. 3. 894 Momma: or." Cami!" may lhal lhel' (llil- AS one Offlclal is 1 suggesting a sluggish thyroid. m "t 1’ ct'hm‘fl':° "'3 m2" ‘4- University 65942; Western Office. HUD Wan r9 ‘1”.1ed to have said: “\VB 1 8 He “'5' ‘lven a pnscmuon for e I I H, e 1'! person I 9 Georgia Sow, VanOM/nr .w. m7». 1 I . ‘ t.” E thyroid extract. It worked, and spotted was New York Giant WM" ' m“ “WHO Krab her Member Canadian Daily Newmanm P n i'irrs the Ru-‘Slans mule than “'9 unfit two years later thll man WEI football "at Frmk Ginny-(L L. handbaz' . Bloomingfon. Ill,

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(‘asti-o. We had no worries while Moscow conlrolled the sites."

A correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor queried a top Sov- iet official at \‘l’ashington on this subject rcccnily. His reply in sub- stance was: “"he overflights should stop. One cannot exclude the pos- sibility that the Cubans will try to stop them. Then the situation could

rated one of the company‘s most promising salesmen.

Energy declines when the thy- roid secretes too little of its hormone. Th i s lessens vigor and the ability to concentrate and think. which leads to do pression in some persons with hypothyroidism. The rest of the body may be affected also. Re- ducing the metabolism is like lowering the thermostat on a

The thyroid feels the cold and wear:

individual with a lazy

Gabor yowied. "Do zomezings!" Gifford, startled. stood t h e r e. She grabbed him by the should- ers and yelled. "Do zomezing. you half-vit."... “Ma'am.” shrugged Gifford. “I'm not a half-wit. I'm a halfback. — Hamilton Spectator.

woman swung it at him. The thief. as one might expert. was knocked off his feet. This sug. gests the possibility of furthcr enhancing the handbag as a weapon by carrying an eight-1n. ch length of lead pipe in vi Mostly, this would be a trivnl addition to a handbag's iota] m.

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Commonwealth Dispute

By Joseph

MacSween

pAG‘jg‘] "I‘mNDA~‘._-~§Ih.-L' 19M" become very dangerous." And he i more Clothing ,9 "mam com. Canadian Press sum Writer ww""""“““ _ ’~ added. sorcasiicailv: "You people - {Orlflblc Tl“ 5km ll dry Ind mm are the home - wrecker. “The Gm.“ll gm,"an . - - ' I ' "Nil- W “a” may be 51’3"“ of the Commonwealth” making known its "n m . , . - posmnn confederaflon Tram “mum make Up 3.0“ mmds' 3.0” ind the ‘3“ pg“); c‘mi't'pamn The question is being flung this subject is doing (‘Xicli'fl‘rl Among the announcements mndc wanth the Soviet troops \\'lll‘i- 5 c°mm°n 3" l "e 3 3 '9“ about well in advance of the what each member or the (for...

at last wcok's cenicnnzu‘y planning

drawn from Cuba. Now that they

dency to put on weight e vs n

though the diet remains My C°mm°nw°anh “in”

“l‘ ministers' conference and the

monwcalth is expected to do.-. no more. no less "

in Charlottetown was that a mod- are gone. you wish they were back Chgzge‘l' d". i d l leading axe-wiclders mentioned But Ghana had been attacked

. . . . ,_ , , .0 the "158- e k 't 3y e con Ion I feverle ‘ just now are Ghana and South- so strongly as to imply it should erl‘l BXhllll? Ham allfl Wadi.“ HUG“ m 90"“ l _ 1‘ ll ‘1 e -is taken. in many instances. 1 ern Rhodesia. itself get out of the Common. caravan would tour t‘anada in 1967. But the Soviets could have iak~ treatment be continued I Ghana. on the face of it. has wealth. the high commissioncr

for life but this is a small price

bringing displays of various aspects of Canadian history to the people. This is going to be something very impressive indeed, according to a statement made over the weekend by Centennial Commissionr Joh n Fisher.

The Federal Government has earmarked $1000.0th for the proj— ect. which will use every available devica of the modern age to depict Canada's past and present. Among suggestions already advanccd for inclusion in the displays are life- size figures of such early cxplor- ers as .lncqucs Cartier and Samuel de Champlain. and the pre-confed- eration joint premiers of Canada. Lafontninsl and Baldwin and Mac- donald and t'nriicr. Also suggested are rcplicas of hisioric documents and charters. paintings, sculptures and musical scores. Indian and Eskimo relics and art. down to the hamcssing of thtD atom for pcace— ful use. and the Canadian satellite Alouette.

Mr. Fisher has appealed for more suggestions for inclusion in the display train to make it a mean- ingful exhibition of “all the things that have made us what. We are to« day." A big order: and. of course. not to bc interpreth loo liicrally. After all. it's the intangible things. rather thosc than we can see and handle. that really perform that function. But granting this basic premise. we should all be able to enjoy and profit. from this glitter- ing pageantrv on wheels. reminding us that "all our pasl proclaims our future". and incidentally that it was the railways. more than anv other factormas Mr. Fisher notes——

' that brought th:3 provinces of (‘nn- ada together.

: Cuba Again

i‘ A serious situation is again : building up in Cuba. this time over the continuonvc of 1'3. reconnais- sance flights. Castro has been threatening to shoot. the planes down. The l'nited States has start- ed another major build—up of troops and planes on the Florida coastline against such a Contingency.

Soviet Premier Khrushchev has come into the picture by warning the L'nitcd States, in a May Day celebration address in Moscow. that. these US. flights are “provocations and aggressions" against Cuba and could have disastrous consequences. Earlier last weck. the Soviet press used similar terms in denouncing US. policy, reiterating that the Soviet Union would side. with Cas- tro in the event. of Cuba being at- tacked.

The l'nited States has called Premier Khrushchev’s attention to the fact that in October, 1957, Mos- cow agreed to on-siie inspection of Cuba—and that Castro refused to allow this. which is the reason why Washington undertook the aerial reconnaissance now com- . plained of.

In October, 1962, one U-2 plane was downed by a Soviet missile over Cuba. At that time, amid the big-missile crisis, no retaliation was ordered. Since then the flights have been going on regularly—- once a week, it is said—with what appeared to be Moscow’s tacit sc- quiescence."

'Tbh month, Soviet technicians will have finished instructing the Cuban military in the operation of

en the Sam missiles with them when they left. They didn't-«pre- sumably because they wanted to keep Castro as an ally in their global jousting with Peking. That may explain Mr. Khrushchev‘s ref- erence to (‘uba in his May l)nv speech. too. But it doesn't ease the situation very much. If Castro takes him at his word and starts upholding (‘ubuu by shooting at i'.S. pluucs. the fat will really be in the fire.

The UN Ancl Cyprus

T'N Sccrcinry-Gcrcral [' Thuut has used blunt. language in his re- port to the Security (Touncil undor- lining the :sol'iousncss of the throat, to world pours in Cyprus. Ilo hus warned that “there must be on cud to fighting and it will surcly b9-

sovcrciuni y

come nece<sury to deformian rc- sponsibiliiy if it coniinuns." H0 has statcd also that l'N forms

may have to be withdrawn if the two parties do not and their “utter- ly scnsclcss, acts." The Thani report strongly ui'gcll l‘l't‘si- dent Makurios and Vicc-Prcsidcnt Kiltchuk to renounce force publicly and immedioicly.

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As an inccntivc. Mr. Thnni and tho l'.\' commandor. ticucrnl (lyuui, propose a spccil'ic. grudunl si'licnip 0f disarming and rciutcgraiirtc tho warring factions. To spccd the program. ihc Sccrolnry-(lcnoral will send a top-lcvnl political envoy to Cyprus to ncgoiiain with the gov— ernment lcndcrs.

(‘anndu nud othcr nation”: mon— ning the TIN ("yprus forcp have all expressed strong support for the tough and constructive now turn in I'N policy. London and Washing- ton arc backing it with diplomatic. pressure of ihcir own on the feud- ing groups.

Even so. considerable scepticism remains about lllP future of the scheme. Doubt is cxprcsscd that either Turkish or Crock irregulars will allow themselvcs to be disarm- ed in the forsecable futurc. The 7.500 ['3' troops now on tho island would be inadequate to do the job by forcc. men if this policy was deemed expedient.

The problem has bccn comparcd to that of East-“'ch disarmament in microcosm. Only slispicions harbored by the rival groups are. if anything. much more (loop-seated than between Washington and Mos- cow. What makes it more difficult is that the UN's implied threat of withdrawal lacks credibility. Re- sumed fighting, as both sides are aware. would make it morn neces- sary than ever for the l'.\' in stay.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Liquor sales are indeed big business in Ontario, whom the Liq- uor Control Board has just pub- lished its annual report. showing that the provincial treasury receiv- ed $87,500.000 in profits and lic- ence fees and $5.66«1.05:l in sales tax paid on purchases from liquor stores. Sales tax collcclcd on sales through retail winc stores and brew- ers‘ stores totalled $3,336,837. The Dominion Government received, in customs and excise duties. in sales tax and malt duties about $136,000,000. The grand total paid to municipal. provincial and federal governments in levies on alcoholic beverages sold in Ontario for the year was $234,000,00o '

THE MARX BROTHERS

OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

New National Flag Proposal Prolesred

"Surprisc! Surprisc!” ext-lainis I wriic~in protcst is the most mas l I ‘ : affection for our Ensusn among

a li'g-ciiy ncuspnpcl‘ as. \llili lhc proud flourish of a magician

lll’tlflllt'lil‘l the slalc rabbit out of ‘

his hot. it "rcvcnls" that the Pcnrsou (invcrnment plans Lu gnc t‘nuada ihc handsome prc- scut oi a now national flag.

.\s scvcrnl i'onricrs hurried lO rcmlnd mo. this column had

long ago dcscribcd these P031. 3

son plans In sonic dctail. Among the chatter and the

clutlor of this column. rcadcls

find many advance siorics of

the 22rdch and drnpcs of Lu- ;

mnrrmv's siazc scttings on Pal Iiamcni Hill. Thus on 13 August

last ycar this column disclosed. .

“Canada will have a now he lionnl flag. . . The loucr half of the (‘auadian coat of arms cou- imus ihrnc rod maple lcovcs i-onioinod on a field of

might make moncy by backing

this as lhc ultimate choice of'

the Libcral Governman B ut thou ll<li"ll for theI howls of dis- appe'm‘nl "

l~‘..\;u>tly as this column prcciic- icd lilllf‘ months ago. lhiS ricsigl is now lllP Pcnrson Govcrn- meni’s first chow-o {or a new (‘onadiun flag . the first such fin: lll thc world. Incidentally. of a do»Il-yoiirscli advcriislng

naiurt“. Why [Ll-Y“! Take a n v .

nuiworn and linlori hcdshect: soak the lahci off any \‘crmont maplP s) rup: slit-k the

lobcl ovcr the hole in tho bod- »

short liol You have a Pcarson Flnc. advertising of course no (‘annda nor Canada's history

nor (‘anadians‘ objectives ——v un- . loss ihcy bc sircning and guzz- *

hp: 7 but advertising the pro

duct in which the tiny Stale of :

leads counltw milc quolilywisc.

\'crmoni (‘anada by s

l OTTAWA'S GREATEST LOBBY .

The howls. as this column pre-

dictcd. are now pouring w l t 1 i

abuse onto the bonds of the gov crnmoni. T h i s spontaneous

silver . l\\‘llllf:“. if you want to bet. you ‘

Jar oi ‘

sivc l hrvp evcr seen on Pal liamcni Hill.

Bob (Tonics. the young Nova Scotian l\l.P.. helped to accel- erate this lobby, and to cncoul- age Canadians to exprcss to Prime Minisicr Pearson ihcu‘ wish to rciain the Canadian En sum as our flag.

Hc casually asde the Score tary of State, Hon. Maurice La- montagne, “What. is the total

i number of signatures affixed In l lettch ' since Scpicmber 5. INS by the 1

and petitions rcrmvcd

Secretary of State‘s office uru ing the retention of the Red En

sign as Canada‘s National Flag?" Mr Lamontagnc broke down

his reply. saying that betwciul September 5. 1945 and April ll. l9th 738 signatures were re ccived.

This precipitated an avalanco of lettcrs to Bob (‘oatcs from the country. "The clcrks in the Secretary 0. Slate's o ffi c e are suecping those signatures undcr ihc cal pct." protesth one writer. and many voiced similar thoughts. One correspondent pointed out that in the first three monius

»of 1963 alone she had sent in

fourtccn pctitions each bearing 1.000 signatures: how come that in the Ill years including this three month period. the civil scrvanis could then only count 733 signatures?

LETTERS INUNDATE PM.

n the three weeks since Mr Coates asked this question. let tors and pctitions have poured into his office: many of these arc copies of letters addressed in State SecretaryMaruice La~ montagne or Prime Minister Pearson: many of these come from organizations with large memberships. I have read through Bob Coates‘ files and i found only one signature oppos- in: the Red Ensign.

Safely Measures At Sea

London Economist

For the lst four wars, the draft 1960 international C".n~ ventinn for the Sate-iv of Life at Sea has been gatherin" rlus' in gnvcrnmcnt files waiting Bri-

tain‘s ratification; only: now has

Our Yesterdays

(From the Guardian Files) TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO

At the annual meeting of the Summersidc Yacht Club hold in

the Town Hall. the following of- .

ficcrs were elected for the ensu~ ing year: honorary commodore.

dnre. Mayor John E. Campbell: rcar commodore. Eric M a c- Kav. sccrctary ~ Gcorge t‘ l a r Capt. Joseph Stright.

Mr, Montague Annear. coun-

cillor. Montague and Hon. John 1

. (‘ampbclL assemblyman. Heathordalc, worr- rcnominated at a Liberal convention at Mur- ray River to represent the Four-

th District of Kings County Ill .

the coming elcrtions.

'l'l-ZN YEARS AGO (May 4. Ills“

At a mcetinr of the advisory board of the Salvation Army. Mr Norman Lovvthcr was sclec ed to head the annual Sunset Lodge drive as provincial chair- man. with Mr. R Roy Cudmore as honorary provincial chair- man.

The final issue of the (‘ollege

Mr. Norman Inwther was selecf- l

ycar completes 30 years of high- l_v successful! publication by the Prince of Wales College news- paper The years are briefly re— viewed in an editorial which page also contains an annual re- port of the student council.

: from nations wi~h at ‘ million gross tons of

trcasurer. . k: fleet captain.1

‘ it come before the House of

Commons. and then in the form of a private member‘s Merchant Shipping Bill which received its second reading ‘he other week) with all the hazards that invol-

\'(‘S.

Fifteen ratifications. s e v e n least one shipping. are needed before the convention can take effect.

. 0 far ihcrc are 16. but only six from nations with the neces- sary minimum tonnage.

These six had all signed by early 1963: so Britain. which rai‘ iiied the earlier 1MB convention

l Hon, LR. Allcn. MLA: commo- l '" my '3 monum‘ V‘s m

h e shaming position of holding up the key signature needed to bring the convention into effect.

And after the Lakonia tragedy and earlier Andrea Dorea col~ lision. no one can pretend that l regulations about safety at sea do not need an werhaul. ‘ One of the most important I changes in the new convention . concerns lifeboats. how many ‘ must be carried and how much E of their capacity must be made up of inflatable liferafts. winch , could so easily have saved lives on both ships when their life- boats could not be launched. The official explanation for . Britain's delay is the consulta- i tion between shipowners a n I shipbuiiders that was needed on for example. structural changes needed to meet the convention'c new fire regulations. Yet the parliamentary secre- . iary to the ministry of transport 3 has admitted that the bill could i have been introduced during the l tom-ac session or at any time since. if it had not been squea- ed off the parliamentary time - table.

‘ ARIZONA HA! M08!

. More Indians live in Arizona ‘ than in any other state ,in the l U.5.—about ssmo at last count.

There is obviously a very deep

Canadians. an affection w h i c h has hitherto not been expressed very loudly. But now many aroused Canadians are taking advantage of the free mailing fa- cilities and writing thcir letters -— unsiamped —— to Bob Coalcs or Prime Minister Pearson at the House of Commons. Ottawa. to express their objection to the

proposed substitution of what: one calls "a coloured rag and new—fangch dcsign” in place of .

our Canadian Ensign.

well elng

The basal metabolic rate has been used for several decades as a way to detect thyroid ac- tivity. Determinations below ml nus 30 usually indicate hypo-thy roidism. Radioactive i 0 din a ll. 13li also is used in diagnosis. A small amount of this matcrial is swallowed with water; then 6 to 48 hours later. the thyroid area is checked with a special geigcr counter. A sluggish gland absorbs little of this radioactive substance.

The most popular test is the s e r u m protein bound iodine Persons with a deficient amount of throid hormone usually have a reduced concentration of lo dine in the blood and the diag nosis is suggested when the reading is low. This test is not valid when iodine has been tak en. for example. in cough medi- cine or nose drops.

FERTILITY AT 28

M. I). writes: Is it harder to get pregnant at age 28 than in the teens?

to pay for regaining a sense of b .

REPLY Not noticeably so. Perhaps fertility is greater in younger girls.

come out ahead on the state- ment of Britain's Sir Alec Doug. las Home. The Southern Rho- desia prime minister has no right to come to the conference table unless he is asked.

Douglas ~ Home's statement makes nonsense of the minor tempest stirred by Prime Min- ister Ian Smith of Rhodesia when he said that as a matter of right he would be present. OPPOSITION ANNOUNCED

Ghana was the first country to announce opposition to the idea. leading to questions as to why Ghana itself. with Presx- dent Nkrumal adopting a dic— tatorial line at home. should have entry. But Ghana. of course. is a full - fledged mom- bcr of the Commonwcalth now while Southern Rhodesia has yet to get independence.