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PIUSVILLE GllRl. SELECTED QUEEN

Miss Cheryl Corcoran teen. tort of Piusville. who :2 h o s e n O’Leary centennial queen at a Lions Club ball Friday evening in O’Leary Re-

I giona'l High School. is se e n his! Day Saturday. Princesses f

Alarmed By

here in a convertible which formed part of a mammoth parade on O‘Leary's Centen,

are Beverley Gray and Dottie Dennis both of O’Leary. (See story on page 2).

Labrador Fire Outbreaks Are Described As Serious

WABUSH, Labrador (GP)- More than 20 tires were burn- ing unchecked Sunday through, heavy timber in Western Lab-l rador. . i

Chief Forester Newfoundland sal .- tempting to establish a hasel camp at Esker. 60 miles north! of this western Labrador min-l ing tmvn. to try and determine just where the fines are and their extent.

Electrical storms without rain have been striking the 1,400 - square - mile area since Wednesday. There were

least 24 lightning strikes Satur- day night. said Deputy Re- sources Minister Dr. Stuart

Peters.

About 100 men. including per- sonnel flown in from the island of Newfoundland and Indians from Labrador settlements. are battling the fires. They are be- lng assisted by th Canso water bomblng aircraft.

Twelve other aircraft from several private concerns were in use Sunday to plot the fires.

Forty Indians nearly died Saturday when they were pu down in the wrong place. About

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1.000 feet of. hose was lost. The a large front 80 miles north of l riot Said Sunday-

men had to jump into a river when the tire swept down on them.

The two major fires are the

the cinsfziglrice go to Cairo after

Wabush and the other about 80. Twin

miles south of lnearly son miles apart. The Iarea between the two is dotted

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Ed Ralph of : most remote. One is burning on i with amall‘fires. d be is a - ~ '

Greek Village “'tlicken‘ ln Poison-Sugar Errol

STYL‘l-A. Greece (A‘Pl—The vil- lage chief said Sunday 22 per~ sons died and 128 were. seri- ously stricken when a widow

sugar on a ritual mourning dish at set-Vices for her 'late bus-

n . The incident left this little village of 388 persons in shoe . "We don't know what hit us.’ said Village President (Mayor. Andreas ’I‘homopoulos as no

.described the death agonies oi ’ the victims.

it is customary in Greece lo have a memorial service on the

_ I 40th day after a person's death. l mistakenly sprinkled in sect; And it is traditional at such of poison in s t e ad of powdered service to serve boiled wheat ‘

lgerm sprinkled with raisins and powdered sugar.

loanna Apostoloulos. an. ar»

k iranged such a service Sunday

‘in her home for

I sons attended.

Diefenbaker Says Gov't Seeks * Election. Excuse

By JAMES NEHON OTTAWA (CPl—filere was a subtle shift of position in the Commons last week on the con- tinuing issue of when the next election will be held—and by whom it will be precipitated. During the five working days of the week. the Commons auc ceeded in passing live majot measures. This in itself was a

wrangling that-seemed to prevent any concrete action Opposition L e a d e r Dlefen- mfl'. leo had been blamed ’11 In! observers for quietly matte . r 13 force the ‘lmnment to quick general election. detected m shift in position. . Marathont. Undeclared. H4-

ls itself seeking excuses to call an early election. hoping to blame the opposition for one.

CLAIMS HAS FAILED

As evidence. he pointed to failure of the government to have legislation ready for de- bate and to its apparent neglt genoe in letting the Senate go on an extended recus whlle Commons bills wait for upper house action.

But a me intriguing argu ment suggesting the govern ment itself wants an election was raised by the oppositlon leader in a quick glance at the economic situation.

Canada. Mr. Diefenbskel

o said-is being carried’alona on

a wave of expansion created in 'the United States by major in

8 Persons Die

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In 2-C

one

Crash

aada. 11. All '., across the river from

beh&. was Dr.

“Weldon Ghto‘n Gravel. 40. of Montreal. Five per n red hey were identified as Mrs. Gravel and her two daughters. Lie 7. use

were from Levis.

Ghetto. is, . others were David Slmard. 3. R

oberge. and then released

or a... ton hoopltal. r .

The other (air were still lo hospital and be H " ritual" waditin.

Police and the.“ mi 3; m “an I that one of the cars apparently went into alakid at tho-'W‘M

cuts.

outs in Canadian taxes he said no. the economic 'situation In Canada was quite different. But since the current fiscal year's spending program was first drawn up. major addl. tional spending commitments have been made by the govern- ment, Mr. Diefenbaker noted

MUST COVER

The unanswerable question at this stage is whether the ad ditional revenue the Canadian ny can expect to gather in as a result of the expanding economy will be sufficient to cover the additional expenses

As Mr. Diefenbaker sees it. the government cannot be sure that it will be sufficient. and

ultimately Finance Minister Gordo ‘ ve to increase ‘taxes.

"This is another reason why the government ls looking for an excuse for an election." Mr Diefenbaker said. "Being a dip- lomatic group. they do not want to do anything that might cause

ill feeling in this nation.

“. . . If they can gallop. with out appearing to do so. to hold an election they will do just

the opposition.

INSIDE TODAY '

Births. death. I. it Classified 14. 15 Comics ....la IO. 11 Women's ....... .

lWallace, N.S. Boyl iFound Drowned

. her 1’" hus’ body of Kevin Smith, six-year- ! band. Gregor)“ About an Der oidson of Mr. and Mrs. Wyman

When Finance Minister 3. Gordon was asked last spring,l whether he would make similat l

that. and endeavor to blame -

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, JULY 13, 1964 16 PAGES

Goldwater Stranglehold

Is Seen On Republicans?

london "lsl Ballot i Meeting . Victory [0 Resunle lPredicted -

SAN FRANCISCO (C?) a

ONDON lCPl — ' ' monwealth prime ministers re- gilicged byblidlssens‘w. it"? turn to their conference table if h e‘lllw‘ kcan (in. today to continue wrestling with 1mg]: piesfiznem nope:

mung“ SEVEN cams

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the touchy Southern Rhodesia . . . . racial issue. Weekend reports today amid Increasma signs suggest a satisfactory eonclu-, the Barry GOIdwater forces

have secured a stranglehold on party and delegates.

Despite Pennsylvania Gover- nor William Scranton‘s claims he will stop the Arizona sen- ator. the 55-year-old Goldwater likely will swamp the 47-year6 old late-starting Pennsylvanian with a first-ballot victory Wed- nesday. marking the ascend- ency of right-wing militancy in U.S. politics.

The Scranton forces. working desperately through the week- end trying to line up su rt- ers, charged in a special Scram ton convention! newspaper rad, ical Goldwater backers are Ln- timidating the 1.308 voting dei- egates.

sion is not going to be easily‘ reached. .

Some African leaders have lbeen quoted as saying they will 'settle for nothing less than a firm undertaking from Britain she will steer Southern Rhode- sia inward majority rule before the colony is gran-ted independq once. It has been under whitei minority rule since 1922.

Th African leaders at

1 the Commonweal conference

NICOSIA (APl—The Cypriotl. ’0‘ a meeting. 0.‘ “rim. 5m" cabinet is asking the United. and ane M'q‘swr H“11“5.Ny‘ Nation . ri council and . ere 0‘ Tanganyika and Zawba’ the Commonwealth prime mm. . says the seven should be able to

rry with them a clear Com-

' ter ' i. ‘ - .c .

assassin: 09 me I q M = “W “W ing of Turkish troops on Cy- em Rhodesiafluewon‘ Jami“ Brophy' as saying he a..." .. .. moo. Prime Pearson wl" BEARD CONTEST WINNERS new“ rem Ms W'-

:speak on the Southern Rhodesia sing him of being a “Nigger

'question today. He arranged to;

he challenged the senator's po- sition on Negro rights before the platform committee last Friday. Goldwater opposed the new civil rights law which in- creases federal protection tor Negroes, on nds part of the law is unconstitutional. Negroes paraded through the streets of San Francisco Sun- day to show opposition to Gold- water and announced demor» strations also would be held in front of the convention hall.

‘ ‘ ‘ t t _ lover" and Communist after

ldal; [3:1 5931:3133: 5&1; 53:1"; speak late in the debate so he Vincent Mah a r 'lcftl ol Centennial he 3 Hi growth: 02:02:21 'llfheihceomogfifig‘nanwfl he announced his support for

€ 500 Turkish militia? mutant; t Eggigthflrsto.:?n51;lel; many 0f .Charlottelow-n, is the Prince competition Judged ln Kenslng- :ne‘o! jme events 2f the three: Sclrantlon. d

landed secretly in the last five l er p l s o v ew' E d w a r d 1513"“ Champion (0“ Saturday "1‘ h t' Russ?” day Centennial celebrations Gear::n;:$:fd §g$asgnegélg

~ , eeks in the Mansoura area of; . ‘ beard grower. HP was declar- Wart?“ ‘rlflhtl. SummPFSidev over the weekend in Kensin-g- as saying was threatened

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B.C. Cowboy l Murray River

Smith of Wallace. N.S.. we a found in water near a wharf in the centre of this l‘i’orthumber-I land Strait village early Satur-

C- .‘bfimm’W’; l ._ —with the lan‘d’iilg i): thNsmN‘SALEM' N‘C' (Ag; l' i 3.000 personnel from Greece -~ T “y ‘ .me" and chm s p P l - dren watched in horror Satur- .‘ and melwa artillery' day night as a full grown male CALGARy (Cpl A th r - . l ' . ' ‘ — no e. Wltthouttouchlng 0" the move- lion attacked and killed its 70 .stampede ended Saturday night a n a'Cnenr- tram . metdth; Gfgefil year-old trainer at a children's jin 3 traditional blaze of fire, Aryfhlbqshtfourltfakg‘ios' reoSI en-l amusement park near here' lworks and draw for ‘ $50900 TVl'enty-nine-ycar-old L e wla .the Murray River Funeral ' p g V“: ,‘ Capt. Ernest Engerer. a na-l gold brick. . . - h l l mentlexpects both the securityi five of Munich; west German”: Kenny McLean of Okanagan; Raulston Porter of Murrai RW~ Home wlt funera arrange-l comm“ m New York aim. “he '. h just started the evening ‘ Falls_ B.C.. a top performer in er drowned yesterday at Little . ments to be completed later. 3;??ggfigletgngrinmio'gégfteg1 performance when the lion at- , several events. was named all Sands while fishing from a doc: , - . tackd. H eh a dlpecade ehinoit .mund champion and all round ,h- h I set ‘ ‘1 . fim ,t" "5 aid in We face “if tacked. He had placed the lion l Canadian champion cowboy. “ 'c ‘p I l Tubs" aggressmn' [on a pedestal and had snappedl Marty Wood of Calgary. A companion. Harvey W0. ; ‘ ‘his whip as a signal for two ie- leader through the week won also M Murray River mad, n ‘- o F H Aol male lions to enter the cage. the North American saddle safe“, m short The accidentl I As be. snapped 'the whip, En- lbronc. crown in the Stampede's‘ ‘ "red at around 1 15 p m m I gerer stepped back. tripped audlpremler event. I _‘ m” " ‘ ‘ , VARNA. Bulgaria (AP) . lflown to Paris where die am. ‘9" "0 “‘9 “90" “‘9 f’agc- A wide-five" chuckwam “Ml “hm” 1° '9“ M “’3‘” : Maurice Thorez. for 34 years| eral will be held. WALLACE N‘s- {Cpl _ The Isaid Charl“ Jaflson' “Sm”. diSianEralPd into an 9355' vic- The body was recovered about ' militant chief of the French Thorez was formally years ‘manager 0‘ the amusement tory for the leading Pratt and 4 pm, by Cansl‘ David pnwe” ‘Communist party, died Saturn the toughest Stalin backer I. park" . . . {1. Stem" Dd h t .; night aboard the Smart Western Communist Circles and The male hon lumped from .Md‘a’ .“W m" 0‘ ‘h" “mm” a“ We“ °‘ 1 cruise ship Litva lLithuanla). waited more than five. yearsz the pedestal and grabbed the Alta. driven by veteran Hally me RCMp' using the fish and 3 He was 64. in”? approving Khrushchev) "Bin" around the “90k. Plen‘ Halgenhat‘h- lgarne patrol boat. A post mortem at a hospital 1956 condemnation of the old ing his jugla'r vein. An assistan: The $50,000 gold brick. annual ' . in this reson on the Bulgarian leader. da. ’ to force the lion aw'w prize in a conte§l sponsored by N“ ‘n‘ms‘ “5 mm“! W Riviera showed Sunday that Although he suffered his am A searCh Party had been 0"- fi'om Engel‘er's bOdY With a“ the calgary Jumor Chamber °f Coroner Dr. John Gillis. Eldon. Thorez succumbed to a heart heart attack in 1953 -— shortly ganized when he was reported electric prod but was unsuccesa- Commerce, was won by A. F. Th _ resting at attack. . after the death of Stamp.” missing from his home Friday. - Appleton 0‘ Calgary- l e “mm 3” Accompanied by his witc, spent periods of as much u ' u - * l Jeanette Vermeersch. also { two years at a time .in the So-

viet Union hr treatment - Thorez continued to boss French Communists_

Last May 17. however. a new honorary post of president or the party was created for tm and he turned over active di- rection to a new secretary-gen- era]. W-aldeck Rochet.

Communist leader. he was en‘

. route to Yalta in the Soviet

3.: ICrimea for treatment of a

' ; chronic heart condition. He died

5 while the ship was crossing the

:« ‘ Black Sea. He is also survived

. . by four sons. ’

. Thorez' body was placed’

' aboard a Soviet jet plane andl i

l

éPuerto Rican Heads For lions Presidency 1

TORONTO tCPinhe 34.000. delegates here for the 47th an- nual Lions international (‘Or- vention wound up four days Oi fun and business Saturday by electing 54-year-old Puertu Rican millionaire as third vice- j president. position will automatically lead him to me international p r e s I d e n c y in three years.