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VOL. LXXIX NO. 298

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SOUT HEAST FLORIDA SPARED

Inez Aims. Heavy Blow At Grand Bahama Island

MIAMI, Fla. (AP) — Coastal residents fled to ‘higher ground

on. Grand Bahama Island Mon- jf

remain | ’ said a spokesman for the #

day as hurricane Inez Jumbered northward, threatening the northern ‘Bahamas with her top winds.

But..at.. Freeport;--Grand~Ba- hama Island, -it-was business as usual at the resort city’s gam- ing tables.

“The casino will open,” Lucayan Beach Hotel.

All flights into and out

and Nassau airport was closed. Grand Bahama authorities

of |i ‘Grand Bahama were cancelled;

said they were worried about |%- =

flying debris from the island’s Many construction projects. Gale-force-\winds-and-heavy rain battered the island Monday night, winds churning closer. Nearby Abaco Island icucatn tok Inez’ wrath. . The 6,500 residents of Abaco, Including many descendants af lovalists who fled the America colonies’ rather than fight the British Crown in 1776, were due for a direct, hit iby nightfall. Ahead of Abaco in the storm’s path lay Grand Bahama Island and its main city of Freeport, home of 15,000 and site of a vigorous industrial development and posh gambling resort. Inez, killer of perhaps hun- dreds in a week-long rampage through. the Caribbean, knocked out of shape

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- Another

Born In Africa -

By ADAM KELLETT-LONG

Another new. state was_ born in Africa today—Lesotho, a. ki dom created out of the old Brit- {sh colony of Basutoland.

The small, mountain - ridged country gained its freedom at. one minute after midnight Mon-

day: night as the union jack was

hauled down for the last" time | and the red, white, blue and green flag of. Lesotho was proudly raised in its place. The British: flag was lowered cs a big -pitso (gathering) ground just outside Maseru.

Later this morning, the for-

mal independence ceremony will

with hurricane » force

HURRICANE INEZ is head- ing north northeast in the direction.of the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas at seven miles

an’ hour, the Miami weather bureau said Monday night. Inez only rushed: the south- east coast of Florida.

(AP Wirephoteo) {Cuba. but soon wound up again

|to 80-mile-an-hour fury after emerging into the Atlantic.

State

jbeth, hands over the constitu-

tional: instruments to Paramount Chief--Moshoeshoe --XI,-who- be-

king- jcomes king of the new state.

As : the first day of the main independence celebrations ended, - political differences ap- peared to be’ temporarily set aside as the whole population

ined in the festivities sree.

ng away 82 years of B: colonial tutelage. :

The day had opened with a rainstorm, the best omen the poor, drought-stricken country could have. had.

take place at the..pitso ground when Princess Marina, repre- ‘venting her niece, Queen Eliza-

lowing Bechuanaland, which last Friday tecien the Repub- lic of Seer

Movement To Cut Food Prices Skyrockets In Pictou County

NEW GLASGOW (op) — A movement by Pictou’ housewives to lower food prices skyrocketed here Monday as it

attracted. support from more fi

than 1,000 individuals and several organizations.

Mrs. Fred Baines, the New Glasgow housewife who announc- ed the start of the movement during: the weekend, said the campaign was. growing so fast a@ mass meeting will «be within 10 days to plan future action in the drive to ae prices_down.

She said the United Stet workers Union at nearby tor. offered its union meeting place.

County | Sid.

held | che and

are behind us,” Mrs. Baines “This whole thing is moving ‘better

Mrs. Baines said many calls had been received from other areas of the provinces as well Fas pensioners, widows and men.

prices ~toutediatele. if not done, the group plans cott stores entirely:

“A lot of large” organizations ti

— lines and demonstrating . front of stores. ;

Oath Of Office Taken By Cabinet Ministers

* OTTAWA (€P)—A patient at the Ottawa General Hospital was sworn in Monday as regis-

~ frar-general of Canada in the

first ‘such ‘ceremony in official | fecords.

The patient was Guy Favreau, privy council president and fed- era! Liberal leader in Quebec Looking -thinner after a bout with voneumonia and complica- tions. he smiled broadly and joked with Prime Minister Pear son and Chief Justice; eee Taschereau.

Standing beside his bed wear tnz > robe and ascot, Mr. Fav- reau formally took over:a new federal -department that will Tegulate business activity.

He is expceted to remain. in hospital for several weeks and John Turner, minister without portfolio, has been named act

‘Ing registrar-general.

Earlier, six other ministers were sworn in under new titles and powers in a_ traditional ceremony at Government House presided over by Governor-Gen- eral. Vanier.

Chief Justice Taschereau ad- | ministered the oath to Mr. Fav-

\reau as deputy to the Governor- |-

‘General. The Privy Council of- fice said it was the first hospital Swearing-in on 4

| The unusual ceremony was de- |.

lei ded on last week in an appar- ent move to dampen widespread speculation in Liberal ranks that. Mr. Favreau might resign from the cabinet for health: reasons. The cabinet shuffle that be- came official Monday originally was announced: Dec. 17, 1965, Mr. Pearson and largely effect earlier this year under in- terim arrangements. Besides Mr. Favreau, minis ters with new portfolios are: Arthur Laing, Indian affairs and northern development; Maurice Sauve, forestry and ru- ral development; E. J. Benson, treasury board president: “Larry Pennell, solicitor-general; Jean- Lue: Pepin, energy, mines and resources, and Jean Marchand, manpower and immigration. Mr. Favreau retains the hon- jorary post of Privy Council |president, with special responsi- bilities for federal-provincial re- lations, and Mr. Benson remains |revenue

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a tornado roaring into the Ba- aman, capital of Nassau where it killed a 16-month-old child.

As winds rose to nearly 70 miles an hour in Nassau, a de- luge of rain sent 12-inch deep wa- ter coursing through flimsy jwooden homes of the poor sec- tion. Power and utility service

_jwent out in. some areas,

EXCUSE FOR PARTIES Although the wind was not ex- pected to reach dangerous ve- locities at Nassau, some resi- dents hoarded up their homes rand went -to re otels, where they joined tourists‘in a favorite pastime of the tropics — hurri- cane parties.

A slight turn eastward spared the southeast --Florida~ coast: home of 2,500,000 people, after an uneasy weekend. Winds gust- ing up to 50 miles an hour were laughed off in- Miami, where buildings are constructed to eae up to a 125-mile-an-hour

low.

Bogus $10 Bills

Found In Truro

TRURO (CP) — Police are in- vestigating. the appearance of counterfeit $10 bills at three Jo- cal steres during the weekend. Cashiers at a chain store and

|two restaurants reported receiv- jing the: bills during business

was | She jabbed southeast Florida ‘hours Friday. They told -police frossing | with’ eae winds and_ sent ,they—discoveredthe— phony — bills

jthrough the unnatural feel of the paper minutes after-the man who passed them left the pre- mises.

Detective Wyman Mingo of the

|

uine, bill. The overall color of

“|the worthless money is much

lighter than its genuine counter- part, he said.

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TORONTO (CP)—The slashed and battered body of Dr. Row- Hume, 90, one of Canada’s

Lesotho is the second country oldest women doctors, was |tefugees began arriving in Port

on the African continent to gain |found in her mid-town home its freedom within a week, fol- |M

londay.

The body was found by Edna Hampton, a Toronto Star re- porter who was to have inter- Viewed the doctor,, who had lived alone for more than 50 years.

An electric cord. fro “a heater was wrapped abouf Dr. Hume’s

neck,

Police said her face was :s0 bothered it was hardly recogniz- Jal Coroner Dr: Kenneth R. Bax- ter ordered an autopsy.

- Police said the-bédy, found on the second floor of her home,

indication the ‘house had been

Truro town police said the tex-”|.- ture and feel of the bills:are-con-- siderably different from ‘a<: ok

northern ~Tday in- Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s ‘major of centre, and one re-

+ “hiegees

was fully clothed..There was no |:

Pal

ew

Tribesmen Hit Back

“LAGOS ( Reuters)—Ibo tribes-

men in eastern Nigeria, target of attacks by rival Hausas in} Nigeria, hit. back Mon-

port spoke of at least 25 persons Port Harcourt is in the heart of ‘Tho: territory. A report: from reliable wit- said the: “homes of Hausas were attacked and looted and 25 bodies were seen. Police now have the situation

under control, the report said. The attacks started after Ibo.

Harcourt from northern Ni- geria, where at least 1,000 per- sons were estimated to have died in tribal rioting oe the last few days.

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demonstration. leaders Grand Hotel—promising nothing |livered at the factory and in —the rebel Labor leader, Frank {chiding federal tax are as fol- Cousins, won a point in the con- |lows: ference hall 100. yards away jhardtop $5,546, Mustang two- along the rain-soaked Brighton |door hardtop $3,074, Galaxie 500

-left) of Moncton Monday was elected president of the Atlan- tie Provinces Economie Coun-

By-CARL MOLLINS— BRIGHTON

ment’s austerity program scored points at the opening of the annual Labor party confer- ence Monday but Harold Wilson, prime minister and party chief, demonstrated who is boss.

About 600 -automobile - and transport workers, whose jobs are threatened by the economic squeeze, shifted attention to the streets from the conference hall with a_ noisy protest against government labor policies.

But chilling rain; scores of po-

licemen and an invitation to protest leaders to join Wilson at tea took the steam out of the |protest:

While Wilson ehatioa with in the

Bawa is

ransacked.

Anttiony Eden, and his wife arrived in ‘Montreal Monday from London aboard the Emp-

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ress of Canada and imme- “diately left for Ottawa. Wed- nesday, they will go to Brock- ville, Ont., where Lord Avon

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seafront.

GILBERT FINN (third from

rs Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”

: dace aide eA CANADA, TUESDAY OCTOBER 4, 1966.

cil. Shown with Mr. Fina, FROM LEFT, are DFC. Burton of Halifax, a Nova Scotia officer of APEC; J.M.

, England cer firenpor -and ~ General’ Work- Enemies of the British govern- ers, got an emergency resoli-

tion on the agenda, demanding

sulting from government poli- cies.

«Conference authorities ‘give the Cousins , resolution little chance of forcing any funda-

Ford Prices : Announced

‘OAKVILLE, Ont. (CP)—Ford

Monday announced an aver-ye $41 increase in the price of its 1967 models.

Retail prices of Ford cars de-

Thunderbird two - door

four-door sedan $3,323, Falcon four-door sedan $2,716, Fairlane

He {500 four-door sedan $2,963, Me-

LORD, LADY AVON VISIT CANADA

Lord Avon, the former Sir

will take part in ceremonies

marking the J00th anniversary of the B es. CP Wirephote) mt Won! \

: |teor Montcalm four-door sedan

$3,424, Mercury Caliente four- door sedan $3,115.

HALIFAX (CP) — Finance Minister ‘Sharp delivered a dou- ble appeal Monday night to big business and labor to hold the line on prices and keep wage demands within reason. Speaking to the annual meet- ing of the Atlantic Provinces Economie Council, Mr. Sharp updated the ch on inflation he delivered t. 8 in the Com mons.

He was’ more specific on this occasion about recent big wage settlements ‘greatly in excess of_the actual increase in produc- tivity.”

“In that way lies danger. Ef- forts to achieve such increases cannot really improve the stan- dard of living in the long run. “They can only lead to con- stant price inflation, and to the economic disruption that accom- panies inflation.”

DISMISSES WAGE FREEZE

Mr. Sharp fepeated. that the. federal government has neither

Athe. power nor the desire to im-

pose controls over. prices and wages.

But he was pleased that the Steel Co. of Canada had re- scinded announced _- price « in- creases for its products after a government request for recon- sideration.

“We hope their (Stelco’s) ex- ample will be followed in other key industries.”

He said tax increases still are

flationary effect from new weél- fare and ventiom Sroxrama that

Motor Company of Canada Ltd |

town, the PEI. vice-preal- dent. (CP Wirephote)

British Austerity Opponents Score Points At. Conference |

conference’s economics debate

action to halt unemployment re- |Wednesday on the fact that up |tract more

to 12,000 automotive workers are scheduled to’ lose their jobs Nev. 4. :

Public débate of the case of

the redundant British Motor Corp. workers could be. as em- barrassing to the Labor govern- ment as was Monday’s seafront demonstration. But Wilson han- died that test smoothly. Twelve ‘leaders invited inte the ‘hotel described their trou- bles for an hour, during which Wilson sent out for tea. He promised to let the auto work- ers. have his ‘‘observations’ on their case’ in due time. The leaders admitted Wilson had made no commitmefit on their “demand that’ the: -govern- ment reverse its policy and ac- cept work sharing through short time.

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HALIFAX (CP) — Maritimers and their attitudes-towards bus- iness received a blast Monday | from two -university professors and... _management__ consultant during the first day of the two- day annual meeting, of the At- Lawtie Provinces Economic Council.

R.E. George, professor of commerce at. Dalhousie Univer- sity in Halifax, led off the attack at a panel discussion on expan-

of the manufacturing sec- tor by ‘suggesting Maritimers are not prepared to exploit the

He said a study he had made

“showed clearly that there is no |.

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aritime Businessmen Criticized -or Caution

Panel- Members

Blast

liquidity than in income and ce pital appreciation. His money ig stashed away in his mattress. This, of course, is.a defensive H- quidity preference that is char acteristic of societies locked in a vicious circle of poverty.

“Nothing can be done direetly - te change such attitudes. ever, government— guarantees and other formé of insurance against risk can help, ‘and haye already done so in a number of

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industries is really a popular desire to - the things necessary

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The government is insisting that the economic squeeze must “shake out” the British labor force so that overmanned indus- tries release employees for

Sharp Delivers Double hopes:

ductive. work elsewhere.

ec din inetarielt ieee | mitted: to introduce. ,

He would not know the date of the increases until the size et the: spending: Sel: eed (heme established.

The text of the speech was issued to the - press “before de livery.

Chrysler Plant Faces Shutdown

ee ~ Ont. (CP) — Pro- duction of all passenger cars by

Chrysler Canada Ltd. will be halted Wednesday as a result of a stri Corp. metal stamping plant at Twinsburg, Ohio, a spokesman for the company here said Mon- day night.

The spokesman said the com- pany’s main production plant will close down after the second shift Wednesday—at midnight. He said about 8,000 workers will be affected.

The strike against the Twins- burg operation, the main pro- duction centre for sheet metal stampings for Chrysler prod- ucts in the United States and Canada, began last Thursday. A number of Chrysler Corp. plants in the U.S. announced Monday they would be closing down in the next two days when

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their supplies of sheet metal

in prospect to prevent any in- jstampings—for doors, sides andy

oe of cars—were exhausted

@ enault of the Okie civike |

against a’ Chrysler |1

Training and

“there are a lot of jobs on the market and we don’t have com trained people to fill

Pes sala thee Wea’ bees i oie tinuous export of Brian power from the region’ and ‘we must get those people back and train those we have.”

The increasing emphasis il and vocational schools, th. creation of new jobs and the attraction of new industries would all help to overcome this

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New President Of APEC Is Prominent Moncton Man

Training Of Brain Power Is Considered Top Need -

AX (CP)

fact that he is the first Means ici to hold top post French Canadian, Mr. Finn French Canadians generally -in the Atlantic Provinces are tak- ing an increasing role in the busin. 4s field.

“I think our people through