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VOL. Lxxv1. m mon “mggmfiog my CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, SATURDAY, MARCH 3m. “argumrs 18 PAEEE‘ .. ° ° I O

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By DON MacLEOD Guardian-Patriot Staff Writer The possibility that Prince of Wales College may soon ed to university status was seen

minister of education. spoke in

. . Vandals rally ' ay shattered the Wolf? monumsnt on the historic Plains of Abraham.

Immediately termed I1 "an act Inf vandalism." .The Zé‘iool pillar marking the

d:ed in battle in 1759 was toppled by rope tied around it and attached to a panel truck. l‘v'iice said it was a well' planned job.

Though at least twn employ. set. at the Quebec provmcial Jail “ltnESSed the scene. RCMP and my police said they have few clues to work on.

A’bert Cote night watchman at the nearby Quebec provmcial ta 1. was making his rounds “hen he saw three men and two women near the statue. CALLS POLICE

lie told poliCe he saw a ma' chamber up the pedestal t attach the rope and he informed Sgt Maurice Belanger. officer in charge at the jail. Sgt. Belanger took a look and called 0 ice.

They arrived to find the mon- umtnt shattered The panel lruck was found abandoned later.

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established on Abraham. has 'n recent years.

the Plains of been numerous The

it . smut: for it . «itcpubiicsn Party of Quebec. said the act was committed by "certain extremists" .

of the movement. get in the French-language press. FEAR REACTION

Other Quebecers wondered what effect. the action would

Leader of sccissionist groups.

pot where Gen. James Wolfe.

\cts of vandalism invoivlngi monuments in Battlefield Park.‘

Wolfe l ‘ with

N e. .“ hail: said two unidentified

the Throne in the Legislature.

bLarge Endowment Offered

Icollege in the province's educa-

This would mean that the col-r tional picture. and added that a

lege would offer four years

‘ Dr. Dewar said the time has1 I thr' debate on the Speech from come to examine the role of the

Vandals Shatter l eMonument

have on the rest of Canada. "it is crazy to do these things." said Acting Mayor Paul Mecteau. "It spoils the reputation of our city has for hospitality. We are very sorry." The base. of the monument.

“Here died

Wolfe victorious Sept. 13 1759."

of rais- university work. Only the first soon present a brief to the gov- and second years are available yesterday as Dr. George Dewar. now. -

still standing. bears the lump-1 tlotn:

‘ group of interested citizens will I ernment outlining what they ‘ feel should be done with the. col-

ege. While he did not say so. it is. believed that the. brief will ask that the college be given univer-1 sity status. 'Persistent reports. heard recently indicate that this will be recommended. , smooo OFFERED T Dewar also announced

in Charlottetown has offered a.

'vancement of education" sti Prince of Wales and he hopedl

lthis endowment would encour-j .

age others to do iikewrse_

Several weeks ago. Dr. Dew-i I educationall '

or suggested that expansion "costs a lot. of men ey" and with sufficient fun dn‘I there are many programs that could be carried out.

The education minister said; tConti'nued on Page .‘1 Col. 3) f

Soviets Demand '

Damage

CP from AP-Reuiters MOSCOW—Scotting at United States disclaimers of Cuban commando strikes. the Soviet government demanded Friday that Washington foot. the dam-

ages for an exile raid that‘

crippled the Russian freighter Baku.

A Soviet protest note handed to the U.S. embassy also sug- gested that. Moscow is consider— ing providing armed escort

A state department spokes-

;man rejected the protest as

."toially unacceptable."

‘I e note. second Moscow pro-

ytest this week against rgids on ' ' «aloft-r

depart- jet planes fired on a U.S. cargo ship Thursday night in interna- |tional waters off Cuba. The [planes appeared to be. Russian- buiit MiG jets. Washington sources said. T . ship was not hit and the Cuban government said later its planes “probably Lfired in error" lthe Floridian. ‘ Cuban ext-1e raiders attacked

By BERNARD DUFRESNE QUEBEC (CPI—With 10 days ti go before the federal election April ‘8. Progressive Conserva- tives in Quebec are planning to much from low gear in their come-from-hebhll com

. A month ago. morale in the organization was down. I don't know if God is helping us but the situation certainly bu changed mon

“Wr‘re. gathering steam all the time. If the situation holds Ilnt‘i‘ the middle ‘of next week. we 'I be all right."

Mr Flynn’s assessment. in I an mlt‘l‘VIeW reflected the kind .. lmtj-key campaign the Con- rvatves have been waiting.

If we win. it will be with an assist fritters: tleeral leader!

Pearson." said. “The Lib- Italy have doing ve little to increase mum. '

Almost throughout the Con- . lei-votive: have concentrated on “lhlmiz the labor-ls. accusing £111. of to the govern. ment s detect and Impeding the

“ they : "adventurers" and "dream- ,._ .

The Social Credit party with gimme: Raoul Cnouette

blunt 10 cents and an over-n11 The NDP on

PCsStep'UpPace‘ In Quebec Area

LIBERAL! SEE RISE The liberals' poll takers he?! miter] a fall in Social Credit support and a corres- rise in Liberal. backing. 9 Liberals held 35 Quebec

seats in the last House. Gel ion-rd Quebec's ND? leader has forecast "at

chance of 1." its predecessor the CCF has never won a seat in Quebec in a federal election.

During the last week of the campaign all four party lead- ers are planning major rallies in Quebec

mien:

on the vessel, A

d Soviet charges that the exile

On Baku:

the Baku at dawn Tuesday tni 1the north Cuban port of Chiba-Il rien. Moscow said the strike ’came as the vessel was prepar-f [ing to sail With a load of sugar.? The Havana press adds thei charge that the raiders were; directed to their targets by U.S.- reconnaissance planes.

iPLEDGES SUPPORT . i Meanwhile. Premier Khrush‘j lehev, in an interview with. Brazilian newspaper Uitim a'.

that "'a beneficlent gentleman”;

560.000 endowment for “the ad—i

Brings Reco

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O

y. l i y i

Hora reprinted in the Soviet.

newspaper lzvestia. said Russial

.would not. leave its Cuban‘

Ifriends iii the lurch. i u h m ‘agplvlaiill!

les; tite‘"'°modmen

. . “U.S., as they tare called in the U.S.A. itself. are prodding the U.S. govern: ment to start on the criminal Iand treacherous roads of armed iinvasion of Cuba ." said Khrushchev. “We have given an insurance to the Cuban people ithat they can always count on your asSistance and support."

. He added: “Cuba belongs to the Cubans and only the. mas- ters of their own fate. have the right to decide what kind of n '. system to establish in their own house."

Friday's Soviet. protest note. injecting the new element of A erican compensation. said the bill for the damages "will be presonted to the government of the USA when it. has been determined." Moscow has said In blast blew ii big hole in the ship.

BLAME U.S.

The note. delivered to the U.S. Embassy. said the Baku and other attacks on Soviet vessels "are not accidental and isolated actions but planned provocations directed from single centre on U.S. territory." The protest reviewed previous

raiders could not operate with- out U.S. help.

in a protest two days ago. Moscow complained of the shel- ling in Cuba March 17 by anti- Cnstro forces of the Russian freighter Lgov.

BOmcirc Said UP‘IO ’

VICTORIA tCPi L'lbera Leader Pearson said Friday that Canadian acquisition of the

mare ' Diefenbaker’s decision and 1f the missile is no good it is up to him to get rid of it.

Mr_ Pearson was commenting on a statement by U.S. Defence Secretary Robert McNamara who said he. would remove the Bomarcs altogether but for the fact that the annual upkeeping Is no. more than 820.

he had not seen details of Mr. McNamara‘s evidence to a con- gressional appropriations com-

it

However. Mr. Pearson said it appears tht Mr_ McNamara‘s evidence indicates that the Bo- marc is of limited value.

"There is nothing new in that. I said the some things years

0.

A reporter said there haw. been suggestions that this e- velopment pulled the rug out from under the Liberal defence policy.

"The Bomarc is Mr. Diefen- baker's rug—not my rug." Mr. Pearson replied.

He told reporters to remem- ber that it was the Conserva- tive government that. scrapped the Arrow and took the" Bo more. -

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HAPPY BUYERS and seller. pose with 941 pounds of the most expensiVe beef in the Maritime. Provinces. vvfollow'uu the. annnai Easter Beef. Sale at the. Exhibition Grounds Fri-

__ .1..§.L.:&.l day. This steer owned by Geo- rge K e1 1y of Moreli trighli was sold to Dominion Stores and the purchase price toge- ther with side film made Mr. Kelly richer by approxi-

rd High Bid

' l82.67 cents per paimd. lwas 1.48 cents higher than last iyear's avmgie and in also be-

$2.07 AP

ound Paid

By Dominion Stores

By DON MaeLEOD

A record $2.07 per pound was

‘ paid by Dominion Stores Limit-

champion of the P.E.I. Easter Beef Show Sale held in the coliseum at the. provincial. exhibition grounds to Charlotte- 1

own. i The Aberdeen Angus sneer.

owned by George Kelly. Morell. weighed 941 pounds and sold for $1947.81. The per pound price is the highest in the 12-

year history of the annual beef of show and sale.

Last year‘s top lprice. a rec- ord then. was $1.13 per pound. Xesberdiay. one of the largest

crowds even‘ to attend the event according David Peacock watched 22 buy- ers bid a total of the 84 steers on s

to sale secretary 522311.18 for ale.

Average price worked out to which

'lieved to be an all time high

i Guardian-Patriot Staff Writer According to agricultural offic-

ials. tilns year's average price was sligthtly higher than the ' ecent sim

Scotja. Scotia avero age is believed in be 32.2 cents per pound. DOMINION STORES

The champion was Ron Blizzard. limes district meat from Saint John. NB. Murphy. provinCial supervisor Dommion Stores said meat from the champion will go on sale in the Queen Street store in Charlottetown late next week.

The resorve grand champion of the show. an -pound Hereford. owned by Gloria Ford. North River. was bought by Canada Packers for 57-5 cents a pound.

Summerside Co-op bought the champion Shorthorn for 44.5 cents a sound. This 989-pound tContlnued on Page 3 Col. "

purchased Dominion manager

Gerald

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“Mac's Car ls Rocked

. ; . T -....J I mater $2.000. Left to right. are. - Ron Blizzard. Dominion Stores _ chief buyer in P.E.T, and NS; ,

Miss Timmy for 1963. K :1 rec Gerald Murphy. store-'3‘ supervisor on 'P.E.I. and Mr. Kelly.

........‘National Press Award

Winners Are Announced

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TORONTO (CPl ~~Winners of

ithe 14th annual National News- second national award‘ ipaper Awards for work done in . £1962 were announced Friday. Arrivmg here. for a nightl election rally. Mr. Pearson saidt

The awards: . Editorial writing ILaurendeau Montreal

Andre Le De-

.voir. This is Mr. Laurendeau'll

Spot. news reporting Tom; Hazlitt. Vancouver Province for ‘a story in September about the Doukhobor Sons of Freedo march towards Agassiz. RC.

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' EIGHT CHILDREN

I Family ls

M- ‘ami their eight children were left. homeless when tire. levelled

~terday afternoon. _ Mrs. Kenny and two or three of the children. the oldest of

. xii.th- fl , '_ it"

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\ let. Archbishop of Mutual. n P

“Reborn ope. Cocaine! use item is MI with

Pop John It I mind! « one. in the vac-animus kw ‘

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November. mot. tCP Wireohoto from AP)

AiterFire In More”

r.- and Mrs. Joseph Kenny lWIllf'h is 11. are reported to have showing the changing {amaj ex. pressions At the time. of the blaze. short- :change-of-command parade In ‘ "their home at Morell Rear yes- ly after 2 p.m.. Mrs. Kenny and Toronto in October.

.mahs of flames preventing him

1

Feature writingr‘Peter Worth-

Staff corresponding—Michan

Barkway for a series written‘ . for Southam News Services last ‘ "“Wd “’hP" he “lewd 1"“ car' |spring about

Canada's dollar

icrisis. Mr. Barkway now is ieditor and publisher of the Pi- nancial Times in Montreal. WINS PHOTO AWARD

‘ Spot news photography-Dan .Scott. Vancouver Sun for a iphotograph taken In January l1962 of a crew membei bei

isutfered a few minor burns.

‘all eight children were upstairs‘ ‘contined to bed with the flu.

j Spremo. 1 Mail for

phcrson Toronto Star.

Boris and g sequence

Feature photography -- Toronto Globe an amusin of colonel at

a 8

Mac for his

Cartooning Duncan

For the past several days Mr. Aug. 29 cartoon on General de Kenny had also been confined.Gaulle's stern attitude toward [and today was the first on which Britain's entry into the Euro

:be was able to be up and around. pean Common Market. This is

' ' ” "BRO

ihis wife after lie defended Ilirit-

ngton. Toronto Telegram for a? series in October about a Cana-fithe 50999 When dian woman doctor in the bin- terlands of Iran.

W England ~~“Sl,o-i’ gut-shouting anti-nuclear dens» onstrators Friday night rocked and buffeted the car containing Prime Minister Macmillan and

ain's nuclear deterrent in a speech here. Macmillan told a Conserva—

tive party rally in this southern England town it would be wrong for Britain or Europe to rely solely on the U.S. nuclear deterrent.

Extra police were rushed to 150 ban-the- bomb supporters gathered out- side the hall. waiting for the prime minister to leave.

Scuffles broke out

in the

The. demonstrators surrounded The anti—nuclear demonstrat- ors prevented the prime minis- ,r.

with Lady Dorothy Mac- millan at the wheel. from driv-

ing an They rocked and buffeted Macmillan's car for several

Some policeman lost their bel- mets in the clash.

l4 toilet, I9 Iniured

TUCSON", Ari? tAPi At least four persons were re' ported killed and 19 injured day when an explosion destroyed a dry cleaning plant near down; town Tucson.

Tucson F‘ire narration Chief

Paul Williams. who gave the casualty count. said the dead and injured Were still being

removed from the rubble hours later.

Authorities said the blast demolished the Supreme Clean- ers plant. and levelled other buildings Within half a block.

Venture Urquidez. a washing machine operator in the plant. said there were normally persons on duty at. that time.

.rescued by hellmpmr {mm 8 minutes until police cleared a He said he and about. half the grounded freighter near Uciue-‘l’m‘ fflrgw‘t‘ let. Bf.

employees got out.

CausethniBeiuii

tourist Min

Commenting on the Tourist

Mr. Kenny said that he had Mr. Macpherson's third award Association brief regarding the

fore the fire. and had first stop- d at the barn to look in on

then gone to visit his parents.

N Mr. and Mrs. John Kenny. whose citations

house is located from the destroyed building.

mass or FLAMES While in his parents home Mr.

found the ground floor was

ft forcing entry. r. Kenny was able to local:

I 'bomcmarlc ladder near the h "S? and hoisted it to a second fl r WlndOW. through which he

anaged to get into one of the

drooms.

IMr. Kenny herded the family. till in sleeping attire. to the yindow and gui afety down the ladder.

The Morcll fire department tesponded to the call. and des-

~ pile the poor condition of the ' “road.

were able to reach the Kenny farm with a fully loaded , tank truck. ' By the time they arrived it ' was Impossible to do anything about saving the house or any of its contents. and their efforts. were confined to preventing the home, of Mr. enny's parents from being ignited. FOOD. CLOTHING ‘ As soon as Wind was received. 1 James Jay. Morel]. chairman of the district Red Cross Disaster Committee. ‘ (Cotith on Pen 3 001.6'

ond. Vancouver the livestock. and that he had three columns on walking.

torial Ke

muncdiately obtain- '

‘ileft the house a short time be-‘in four years.

writing»»-Mike Cram- Pi'ovincc. for

Sports

The judges also awarded two

- writing category and to

W. MacTaggart of The

in Canada.

The awards will be ni'cscntt‘d at a dinner in Toronto Satur-

onto Men's Press Club. Winners receive $400 each and a certifi. cate: citation winners receive a certificate and memento

Max F‘rccdman veteran poli- tical reporter on the staff of the Chicago Daily New: and former Washington correspondent for

'ded‘thcm ntllto "‘9 “finch-"5"" G'mrd'a" 3:: cularly cnyoycd the sail across

Winnipeg Free Press. will the speaker.

INSIDE TODAY

Announcements. notice-

Blrths. deaths . .1. 17 Finance. markets to Classified . . . . . . . .. lit. 17

Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Ii

Editorials . . . . . - . . . . .. 6

Kings County . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4

City Queens . . . . .. 5

Prince County . . . . . . . . . . .. I

SummersIde . . . . . . . . .,

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to .lean Howarth of ‘ bout 50 feet The Globe and Mall. in the edt-‘ Premier Shaw. the causeway" ‘ ' ,was going to be built

proposed causeway on. JD. Stewart. minister of tourist dc» velopmcnt. said the tourist oper- ators were a bit late in present- ing this view against it and on. this point he concurred w t t h

anyway.

he. said. and the Progressive

Teicflt‘am for R Story last MMCI‘ Conservatives have caused many

on the first recorded birth of in surveys to be made covering all

« thalidomide baby

ater rushed to the building. but P INN R I

aspects of its building.

The Minister said while It did not. hold true as much last year because of better ferry service

day Apr” 20. Elven by “1‘? Tm" with the M\‘ Confederation on

the run. in other years as many as 25 per cent of possible visit- ors went to the Tormentinc docks and then turned away when they found lineups waiting for transportation.

of the tourist Association claim that many visitors parti-

tbe strait. he commented that a

great number of them wth

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‘Stiigar Prices Cut 30 Cents

MONTREAL tCPt Three ‘major Montreal sugar refiner- ‘les lowered prices by 30 cents is 100 pounds Friday.

This brought the prices of

ister Says

co m i n g in at Roi'den left the- proyini'e Wood T s I ands and therefore would be able to have the ship crossing anyway.