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If It's Good For The Island

The Guardian Is For It

VOL. LXxIX, NO. 5

Authorized as Second Otttawa, and

MEETING PLANNED 1 TODAY

~ Incidence Of Fusarium Rot - Reported High In Potatoes

The diane of Fosaritiny fet ‘in potatoes has never been

‘worse, Gordon Ross, acting dis-| of |

trict. inspector in.. charge seed potato ; certification, “The Guardian last - night, ~The” worst previous . incidence of the Fuserium, or dry rot, in memory of veteran potatn people here occurred. in 1961, -but Mr. Ress sei” thot. the condition is cons ‘Jerably worse this. year. ~ Mr. Ross revealed that Dr. .R> S. Maebachlan chief .of the division of the plant division, Canada department oi agriculture, Ottawa was in town Jast night and Ke will meet Agri- culture Minister Andrew Mac-

told

Rae this forenoon to discuss the’ was)

proplen:, The Guardian - Mr. Ross will be with the arti chief at the meeting.

products |

| Readers “will recall that ‘the/

to acéount for the high incidence | of Fusarium, or dry rot’~The lack of moisture was even more Severe through« the son im1965, ~and’ the t and) lack of moisture has a direct af-' fect._on the tubers so far as. the dry rot is concerned.

One knowledgeable potato pro- ducer and shipper observed last! night that when petato tubers are abnormally _drv— they are, much more -suseeptible to the in-| fection’ from one: tuber. infected with rot, than they would be if: they . contained: the normal | amcunt of moisture.

Mr. Ross explained that. the

! i deyness and the heat have a di-!

year 1961 was abnormally dry)the tubers. . and this was said at the time COMPENSATION

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rect effect ia the ‘itebaaen of,

There was a measure of com-. sation made available to affected ‘potato growers. in 1961. Presum-

wing sea-|ably that will not be the case

this year. It was explained pre- viously by the Minister, for ‘example, that potato ~growers who fajl to take advantage of available crop insurance ‘would not be eligible for compensation \for losses caused by crop f

ure for. example. © »

Apparently wers who .do not |have-crop insurance will -not be) eligible for. compensation ‘pay-| |ments this time, though the com- paratively few growers who do have insurance coverage should” he able to get some. — tory he. ments.

On Special F Pélize Eort |

By RON LEBEL

OTTAWA ‘OP) — Delegates to » the federal - provincial confer- ence on organized crime dis- | agreed sharply Thursday Proposals to set up a central ‘eriminal__intelligence. unit, ‘it was learned. reliably. A--committee of four top lice officials was set up to solve the differences.

An informant said Quebee and Ontario objected in varying de- grees to a federal proposal to expand the RCMP’s criminal in- telligence, operations and to im- preve communications between |

{RCMP that--would be ‘directed | jointly by representatives of the | federal force and the Quebec | and Ontario provincial police. |

o” |SUPPORTED WAGNER

| The Ontario delegation ex- | | Pressed qualified support of Mr.

po- | Wagner's proposal, the inform-|

ant added.

The eight other provinces | were reported to favor the fed- | eral proposal with minor reser- vations: su

The special committee’ will | comprise RCMP Commissioner |

iGeorge McClellan, OPP Com. |

: = ROMP and_ other police-for- missioner Eric Silk, QPP Direc- | din, Solicitor - General

|ter Adrien Robert and the!

eee Justice Minister Claude Wagner was reported to be. pressing instead for a new unit outsidé« the

De Gaulle Threat ‘[s Seen

votes. «

. Trouble for de Gaulle devel- | oped in: preparations for a cab- | inet reshuffle, expected as the ~ president begins his new seven- | year term, the informants one.

The speculation centred

Giscard d’Estaing and the 33

[RCMP"'s chief officer in British | Columbia, who will represent

agreed unanimously” to main- | tain public Silence until meeting ends<today, but details | of the discussions leaked 7 \from various sources.

Delegates to the closed = | ference were shown. the latest | [etme » fighting equipment, in-

luding sophisticated” tape-re- aa and electronic ‘bugs’ ‘or hidden microphones to eaves- idvop on conversations by crime suspects.

RCMP Commissionex;— George B. McClellan and three federal ministers—Justice Minister Car- Pennell

Favreau—reviewed cilities and outlined plans.

Like The Dew”

LOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7j. 1966.3,’

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Hotel Fire ‘Kills Nine, © Injures 17

‘ST. PAUL, Minn. | Three women; one’ of them preg- | mant, ran screaming from the | building, their. clothing afire, as firemen arrived at the old Carle ton Hotel in St© Pavl Thursday ito fight a blaze that took, mine

Some were . badly injured in’

the eight provinces policed un- der contract by the Mounties. The conflicting proposals for the organization’.of a Canadian Interpol took up most of the ones day of the two-day con-

i ‘hee: provincial delegates were understood to have criti-. cized the RCMP for being reluc- tant to open its files on the king- pins of organized crime: to agents of provincial and city po- lice’ forces. -

SUBMITTED BRIEF

Mr. Wagner submitted a 15 page brief arguing that the Que- bec and Ojitarto. provincial po- lice should have a say in’ decid- jing how ‘much intelligence in- formation should be t:ansmitted by ‘the central clearing house.

Causeway

BAYFIELD, N.B. (CP)—Work awas well underw a~Thursday on the 4'2-mile New Brunswick ap- proach to the causeway-bridge- tannel which will link Prince

Job: Resumes +

Edward Island with the main- land.

leaps from windows on the -sec- ond and third floors. ‘One man

legs and feet of “another man) were fractured. ;

| We. heard them “dail a we Lor were “moving ladders to - the building,’ said district . chief Clarence Freiermuth.”

INSIDE TODAY

Quebec wanted to know as much | es as possible about crime leaders: in order_to fight crime more ef- fectively. : Federal jreplied that the law prevents ijthem from’ sharing with the provinces their authority over the RCMP in criminal intelli- ‘gence matters. Sa The delegates -angounced at On | the conference opening they had

votes in the National Assembly that he controls, in theory at least. in the name of his party, the Independent Republicans.

Giscard d’Estaing is the only Cabinet member .who has. his own. party.

PROVIDED THE VOTES

Giscard d'Estaing, say - re- | ports, was disappointed by the) possibilit, of the creation of a

_ guper- -ministry in charge of var-

; ways as early as 5 a.m. to beat

- keep your nerve.”

fous social, economic and com-} mercial affairs, which would in-| clude part of ,his present pow | ers.

By ARTHUR EVERETT

NEW YORK | (AP—Millions of persons were buffeted about in drenching. rain during the long. rough riish hour. The city transit strike was in its sixth day. a

Mayor John V. Lindsay | told New Yorkers:

“We must sweat it out, I ask you that . . . you keep calm,

Talks between. the - striking AFL-CIO Transport Workers. Union and the transit authority “moved almost “as sluggishly~as- traffic in the streets during ‘the worst day of the traffic tieup. The talks were continuing.

Motorists took to the high-

crush that continued until |use

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Rain Adds New Woes In NY. Transit Strike

PROMPT PAYMENT ASSISTS CARRIER

Weekly collections by your Guardian carrier .are timed to provide convenient service and to. meet his school and study schedule.

through Friday and Satur- da

y-

Your thoughtfulness in paying him. the first time. he calls will encourage him in, prompt service.

Your carrier is an. inde- pendent merchant, - and. like all merchants, he must be sure of his. collections before he free: the fill ‘alee

of his

noon,’ to resume again in the afternoon.

The' rain~ stalled many cars and. vehicles

and tunnels,

Traffic Commissioner Henry | 4

Barnes blamed the combination of the city’s weather and its tratisit strike for ‘'the longest rush hour it ever had.” : Commuter rdéil traffic was smoother ‘but very heavy, as

backed up for) miles) at Mantattan's bridges | |

hundreds of thousands waited in | jig

board crowded

“We're moving a lot” more people today than Wednesday, |. or even Tuesday. . . . It looks like World War Ii when gas-

"BISHOP (

Negro Bishop Harold : R. ‘Perry emerges from historic St. Louis Basilica where he was consecrated during cere-

cline rationing forced people to the railroads."

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Bishop Perry, the nation’s oman Catholic N.e gro. was appointed auxiliary of New Orleans last

Pope Paul.

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| | Included in these

! i Teancial-: hmm use of funds—obtained

Thirty-five skaters were page from this roller rink in Burnaby, neighboring Van- - couver, Wednesday night, 2

“the United States it could

Bre ae: wen |

[have to consider extended use | ad cnt Gétporation to pro- |

employment of idle na- tural and human resources, or encourage European invest- ment,” the revenue department wrote the U.S. secretary of commerce. : * Text of the letter was dis- closed Thursday. It was signed

|OUTFLOWS INCLUDED — among such trans- are “capital —oufflows dito t the'U.S. for direct invest- | ment. rr The . Quebec Jétter also said ie US. executive is being lasked “to maximize his com- _pany’s contribution to the “bal- through a lwariety of means." means, | ““export expansion, repatriation

Bed income from abroad, _repat-

jation of short-term=foreign fi- assets and~ the

abroad for investment pur- poses,” said Mr. Kierans.

His letter tells Commerce Sec- lyetary John T. Connor: ‘

“If your directives should rer sult’ in a slowdown in® in ‘sectors of our econo and | {ey can have no other effect, | m as a responsible govern-

U.S. meas- |

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\Entire. Care Of ions

COLLAPSED BY SNOW

minutes eS its roof col- lapsed under. weight of thawing snow. “Ottichele warn- ed other older roofs gould fall

3 Quebec Fears U.S. ‘Action, Threatens: Counter Moves

- aber hin Hae we Phe measutes—you,,.ste—now.|

sires to pick up the slack.”

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IN FRASER CANYON

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as a thaw dalled a cold snap on the southern British Colum-'

bia coast. - : (OP Wirephote) |

-|taking will have an impact on

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WEATHERS = peal northeast winds 25, then north- © west 25, gusts to-40, Low-high 20 and - $25. Saturday, clear, cold.

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Agreement Signed With Federal Govt

TORONTO (CP)—Responsibil-|die specifie jobs, whether as ity for the welfare of Indians in |garage mechanics, sawm it} Ontario shifted Thursday to the biwremmece or retail salesmen, pa oe. federal gov ‘omemakers’ . services nn 9 aa r 5 ee oe oe

precedent-ma shopping, upkeep of. their

‘ a king agree- cn with Ottawa, Ontario

‘law enforcement, health, recrea-

_lJeabinet ratified an agreement

‘agreed to take charge of Indian education, housing, employment

tion and economic. development. ee. ihe the federal government: has

ity. Yet most of the social serv- ices needed to upgrade Indians ‘standards of living are main-

by the province.

ario set out more than a year ago to assume greater oe isdiction. over Indians. Thursday

o 6, homes for elderly Indians, main tained porno peters “32%

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The letter then mentions pos- ee ee eee d increasing |

200 On Train

Diamond Construction Co. ‘Ltd. 10 |by Eric Kierans acting revenue of Fredericton resumed work | - 3 minister. Tuesday after an 18-day holt-| : : a “The letter referred to “the sap Seer ce. iauarikete: 777. g [ReW guidelines covering the op-| a e Thirty-three men are besees ebiiis ate ‘ ‘erations’ of — | ed on construction of the {wo-| Baiterlata sic, ¢aamoumeed by the commerce a a lane highway and rail approach-| Sammerside .............. : me. Ses cl ent_made “aXONQQUVER (CP)—A, Cane. oe includes 10 trac-' ‘Kings, See etal talerwace 46. 2 ive. man said Thursday a passenger seven scrapers and a) aera, ment asking ‘‘quarterly reports train sooerion 200 persons is grader. ye —— SS i (by_U.S, parent f their subsid- jwapeet. snowstides aa z near Boston ; “ministers reportedly” NG a the _transactions of their subsi on Silos eaat-of here

; The train, the CNR’s Panor-.

expected to remain trapped un- =. atleast 11 p.m. Thursday, the spokesman said. ~ .

The CNR said the passengers were “not short of anything.”

“They're comfortable and warm and they have plenty of fuel and f

The Congdian, Pacific Raail- way. said there was 72 inches of accumulated si oW at North Bend, 129 miles east of here. But the railway was not blocked. The CPR is across the Fraser Canyon from the CNR ‘lines. : | An 18-inch snowfall was re- |ported in. the area overa‘cht | Wednesday.

CNR officials said snowplows

| PRETTY HITCHHIKERS HAVING FIELD DAY

NEW YORK hhikers,. especially the young and pretty ones, are having a field day in New York's congested ‘streets during the city’s transit strike.

Elegantly - dressed young womea who normally would be insulted if someone ‘tried to ve them a lift hurry daintily into the snarled traf- fic and hop into cars with strangers.

They stand on the edge of the sidewalks as they leave ‘their jobs and during the peak of the extended rush hour, : ‘wait ‘for traffic lights to turn red, and accept rides as quickly as, it is possible to make their way among . the _ Cars and trucks.

But even among these hitch- hikers, desperately in need of transportation home, there -are Ky gre ones. _ Some the fading svenine light, rush into the middle of the ‘street and, after a quick at the driver, hurry more quickly back to

(CP)—Hitch-

i

tt ‘may take a few minutes ‘or longer before ~they accept another invitation to enter a car, or they may wait for a- half-full taxi-cab to come by, and squeeze in if the parties are going in the same. gen- *eral ‘direction. ;

‘The’ taxi business has en- joyed a boom during the strike, as it normally does during New York's rush hour, but now taxis are permitted to pick up. more than one fare—and arouse indignation among the passengers who feel. they are being over: . charged. ; And those New York work ers who don't wish to take a ‘ chanee on hitchhiking, on. the overcrowded and almost un- available taxis, use bicycles, motor scooters, car pools and even roller skatés:

In Snow

have attacked the slides trap-

‘both ends. ° The CNR's No. 1, the two-sec- , due in

Deadlock Continues

“TASHKENT,--U-S:5:R-—-(AP)— Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosy-. gin was. the sole communica- tions link Thursday between the leaders of India and Pakistan on the third day of their dead- locked ‘summit conference. - Prime Minister Lal Bahadur / Shastri of India and~Pvesident Mohammed Ayub Khar, of. Pak- istan stayed in their separate country villas outside Tashkent and. their large’ delegations of

ministers also stayed home.

Kosygin obviously was having difficulty with the explosive India-Pakistan quarrel that has ‘befuddled Washington for years.

"RESIGNS.

* the Nova Scotia Liberal As-

son's resignation is just six weeks his 75th birth- . (CP Wirephoto)

ping train No. 9, working from |,

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OTTAWA (CP)—John §, son, 48, has been “principal seeretary to the

: assistant deputy od defence for

the last 30 months, concentrat- ing on financial administration.

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‘Population Of

OTTAWA (CP population: will likely pass 20,- 000,000 sometime in 1966 but |

predicting when.

‘}is-thefigure™ wilt ~be~ reached: around Aug. 1. .

occur, there won't be -any- lefi-|- nite way of knowing it has hap- pened.

The Dominion Bureau of Sta- tistics will conduct a census this year, taking a count of the | population as of June 1. But ‘it | will =: a couple of months be- the figures are collected, collated, tabulated, and added.

Canada’ 8 (

20 Million

By that time, the population jmay have passed_20,000,000. The population estimates that

made by the bureau census officials are hesitant |times a per are ‘based oa ,

census figures the bureau gs

The best guess at the siheasiek't jers every five years. | b Last_ October's estimate *

ithe - population at imate lcomtpared with 19,440,000 at the

But even when the event. does | beginning of 1965.

The -1965---breakdown..

Newfoundland 501,000: Nova

160,000; Prince-- Edward--- Island 108,000; New Brunswick 1625,000; Quebec 5,692,000; On- itario 7,794,000;. Manitoba 980.- 060; ‘Saskatchewan 953,000; Al-

Therta 1,454,000; British ae

bia 1,818,000; Yukon 15,000; Northwest ,Tertitories a

Viet Con

SAIGON (AP) — Viet ‘Oeag guerri"'as jolted Saigon with two bomb blasts Thursday night, killing one. Vietnamese and in-

_\juring 16 persons, including -four

Americans, Police picked up five Vietnamese for questioning ‘ttoday and said they fear the ‘South Vietnamese capital is in |for atiother onslaught of terror: | “lism.

Thursday's bomb ngs. were! the heaviest here. since the Viet Cong struck the Metropole Ho- tel, a U.S. enlisted men’s billet, | Dec. * Police said more attacks can be expected during this ho- Widay' season, which culminates

observance Jan, 21. — . Blasts ‘an hour apait cat the gate of the Tan Son Nhut mili- tary base and at a police sub- station across town broke a lull

of the bombing, of North Viet Nam, weeks \ Afield, Ceplenions at enelane

in the Vietnamese New Year's.

= rounds gut two. de

g ‘Bombs

Blast In Saigon

sort wiped out the Viet Cong guerrilla-dominated: village of Vinh Boch,..18 miles southeast of Da Mang. A grenade tossed by a U.S. marine to destroy a two-ton stock of: rice set off ammunition secreted’ below the tice and a chain reaction of blasts and - fire that demolished eight or 10 huts . HIT Y.C. RESOURCES .. | Troops and planes were eute {t z into Viet Cong resources where, A U.S.. ‘spokesman. . said they have destroyed under: . ground — installations of the : enemy in three

areas of South Viet Nam since : Tuesday pes, ot

in the terrorism roughly rable with American quccase through

he

Is Expected During Year _ a

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