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- CHARLOTTETOWN, » CANADA, FRIDAY, , DECEMBER 18, 1959 ee

US. Rocket! ¢

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Cancelled

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fila. (AP) —The United States Thursday postponed a rocket launching to- ward Venus and forfeited its lasto 1959 chance to move back. into the space race with Russia. A-three-stage Thor-Able rocket was ‘scheduled to hurl a 90-pound| Canadian Press Staff Writer package deep into space today.| PAPIS (CP) — Canadian Ex- |But the- National Aeronautics and ternal. Affairs Minister Green ‘Space Administration said the spoke buoyantly Thursday night shot has been called off “‘because | about the future of the Atlantic of electronic problems which | alliance. arose in the final checkout of the Drawing a picture somewhat at instrumented payload.” variance with gloomy accounts of | The probe initially had been set the NATO meetings for last Tuesday, but was post- oa quarters, Green told report- poned until today when the trou- cesses |_ “ify impression ts that there ts great co ce in the alliance. ce new as date was = ‘There is a deep unity of However, informed source interest.”” ae or an ool tae ta The minister stuck to his theme

. despite reporters who. drew his aaa be some time in Jan-| ane to comments circulat- |}

in co ce headquarters The Thor-Able payload was fn- that the taro conference has tended to intercept the orbit Of heon @ “do nothing” meeting.

Venus and eventually go into; One cortespondent said some orbit about the sun. persons feel the conference failed because it had confronted big f problems and apparently nothing f=

Nato’s Future ' Is Seen Bright

Bx ALAN HARVEY

One fies ‘ Seg Lu Wild Bush Countn

“MONTREAL (CP) Food,, Darkness and weather. condi , clothing and survival gear were |tions prevented the USAF -heli-

| dropped Thursday night at the | from *‘erash scene in the bush « country the Pagwa eeane on_ ine

of Northwestern Ontario where |

two United States Air Force air- | The RCAF Dakota then carried

‘*"\eraft collided and went down out the drop, then returned. to

more than five hours earlier. pega a _— a, RCAF Ot- Reports to Air Defence Com-| ing by at the civil ai base there. Y

mand headquarters at nearby St.

Hubert said there was at least} Full rescue operations will be-

; one man alive following the crash| 8!" at dawn today, when the

‘of a B-47 bomber and one-man | U°4F helicopter, which carries =

F-102 fighter. The bomber nor-| light surgeon, will try again=

melty carries a crew of three. ee are under direc* ~ On this flight, the bomber car- ion t.-Lt. Tom Baird of the

ried an extra man as observer. RCAF Search and Rescue unit'at

The crew was identified as Capt. oe Roy N. Minor. 34, of Manchester,' ry 47, WOODED COUNTRY

aN eee = - ar * y tt

- Diefenbaker Ss had been done to solve them. 4 ee a Lieut. ae, Ps The a was from Little DENIES FAILURE 3 'S.C.: and Ist Lieut. Loyd. A. |xmetcion “Aur Bane. aioe. Oe

/Kincheloe Air Base, Mich. The jcollision occurred over compar atively flat timber country just

Green said he thinks the posi- tion is exactly opposite.

' Horn, 27, of Boise, Idaho. The! ‘observer was 1st Lieut, Carleton!

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Are Planning

e ee “I think it’s been a pretty good |W. Hunt, 26, of Oklahoma City,' north of the Canadian National Mexico V isit show,”” he’ said. “I think the | % i Okla. | Railways line that © Norti Western world has reason to be > : | The Aight lot not im- Cochrane

| e | e Aighter p was im- western Ontario from

OTTAWA (CP)—Prime Minis- |") Mme aiaccaccuus) Mediately identified. via Hearst to Longlae.

‘It was not a do nothing con- ter and Mrs. Diefenbaker will ference. Why, there would have|

visit Mexico in April as guests Of }.0n more rowing if I had had a President and Mrs. Lopez Ma-| meeting of 15 Conservative mem- : teos, it was announced Thursday. bers of Parliament.” Capt. Joe B. Jordan climbs Mr. and Mrs. Diefenbaker will He said the alliance is facing a| out of the jet plane in which fly to Mexico City to spend April | new international situation. This) he set a new world altitude 20-21 as guests: of the Mexican was caused by Russia’s more re-| president and his wife during the | jaxed policy—' ‘of smiles instead Easter recess of Parliament. |of threats.” President Mateos extended the in-}

It was not known who the sur- |vivor was, but he was believed to be in good shape.

A winking flashlight from the ground directed the drop of sup- plies from an RCAF oe Dakota, known in the U.S. as C-47.

Fit.-Lt. Gordon Brown of the Central Experimental and Provy- ing Establishment, Quebee City, was flying a CF-100 twin-jet inter- ceptor on a flight to Western Can-- ada when he heard radio convers- ations about the collision. ®

ALTITUDE RECORD

DEATH. CAR IS RAISED

United States Army Air Force claims the record for their Edwards Air Base test centre | pilot who is shown here at mark of 103,395.5 feet. The | Los Angeles. (AP Wirephoto)

A mobile crane from RCAF Station .Summerside.is seen onset 5 the 1958 Baik con-

. car plunged through the heavy ; able of pulling the car from ro | its watery grave. Sgt. John

King worked for more than haif

®on Smith of Borden from the icy cold waters of the Dunk River about 1.30 a.m. Thursday morning. - Captain

aaa olaen af oanienaeat teen the RCAF Station was brought to the scene through the kind co-operation of the airforce as

an hour with “hands-and arms

often submerged in the cold |

water to attach the hook to the car which was submerged

his wife in October.

Both the prime minister and

vitation during his visit here with

FRESH LOOK NATO nations had agreed on

the need for reassessing the world |

jcause of: darkness, low clouds

was no chance of rescue being carried out Thursday night be-/

rough terrain.

unbury Bull

“ls Nominated 2 All American

situation. The result .would be to make NATO stronger than under the: old conditions.

Canadian sources agreed it was diffieult to ined many specific achievements oF the three-day, meeting beyend those covered by usual cliches about full. frank dis- cussions. But somé€* forecast pri- vately thaf there will be achieve- ments beféfe the ministers go home next Tuefday.

his wife have been to Mexico previously as private individuals | and this visit is understood to be ithe first by a Canadian prime minister to Mexico.

Smith ray -grovmne when his | there was no other means avail-

Housing InterestR

Is Largest Since Inception

. OTTAWA (CP)—The maximum |in 1954. The rate fell to its lowest} interest rate on government-| point of 5% per cent in 1955. guaranteed housing loans Thurs-| The new rate will add $65.16 a day was boosted to 6% per cent/year to payments on new 25-year in a move to attract mortgage | mortgages of $12,000, which is funds from private lenders. jclose to the average NHA lcan. ~ ~The increase from six per cent; The maximum loan permitted “4s the first “in three years and}under the NHA is $12,800. the largest single rise since the} On an NHA mortgage of $12,000 | National Housing Act was passedirunning: for 25 years, principal

Massed Crowds.

RESCUE MISSION -Reseue planes and two ane", ters headed for*the stene—a’

250 miles north of Sault —

in about 15 feet of water. “They look forward to visiting B. B. Jones of

ate Hike \Mexico again and thereby com

| tributing to the strengthening of

;the friendly relations between | Mexico and Canada,” the an- | nouncement from Mr. Diefenbak- | er's office said.

WELCOME IN TUNISIA

Paris Summit Meet Of Tour

Is Top Point

TUNIS (CP) — President Eis-

Hearing Is Adjourned On Grain Freight Rates SSS ces

By ROBERT RICE, »: It was decided that the cost ex-| One of the helicopters — from | nominated for Al American hon-- Canadian Press Staff. 'perts of the Prairie governments}the USAF base at Kincheloe, | ors. OTTAWA (CP)—Siill caught in| aud ellie tcteretia will with |Mich.—landed on the ice-covered | Prairie - railway verbal crossfire, | & strip at Pagwa station om the | Canada's federal transportation | the railway economists Jan. 13-15) pine Tree radar line, about 45 icommission Thursday adjourned either here or in Montreal. | miles from the crash scene. its hearings on western grain| Their job will be to settle in| TWO Planes and a_ helicopter freight; rates until mid-January. | private a dispute between the | Were sent by the RCAF Search Juggling With dates in a bid to|railways and Prairie spokesmen | 27d Rescue headquarters at Tren- please everyone, the royal com- over how much information is | Ont. mission finally decided to post-|needed to find out the cost of The crashed plane had been on pone its next public hearing in|hauling Prairie export grain at|# NORAD training mission, one) Ottawa fog one week — starting freight rates fixed by law at pre-|° the normal exercises fre- Jan. 18 instead of Jan. 11. |1900 levels, quently carried out by American The commission also set its| The cost studies back the rai- | 24 Canadian planes. itinerary for regional hearings in| ways’ claim‘that they are losing! Western Canada. | $70,500,000 a,year in{ handling! Sessions are to be held in Win-| Western Canada’s expert grain nipeg Feb. 8, 9 and 10; Regina crop at the Crowsnest’ Pass rate |Feb. 12, 13 and 15; Edmonton level, which Prairie farmers re-

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The wire e the publisher of {the Holstein Friesian. World in 'New York congratiiated Mr. Jones on the nomination for All American of his junior bull that won first prize at the big Spring- field show last fall. American selections are made and the winner’s announe- ed in January.

Placings are Ali American, re- serve and honorable mentions.

Causeway Is Possible

and interest payments at the six~} per-cent rate total $76.78 a month. Under the 6%4-per-cent rate, they, will total $82.21.

|ENCOURAGES LENDING

Works Minister Walker, respon- sible for administering the fed- eral government's housing poli- cies, said in announcing the new interest rate that it is expected to encourage approved private lenders—such as chartered banks and insurance companies—to re- sume lending ‘“‘at a substantial rate’”’ to home builders.

called for “complete co-operation | Feb. 16, 17 and 18; Victoria Feb.!gard as an untouchable keystone |

MeetBelgianKing

STANLEYVILLE, Belgian fongo (Reuters)—King Baudouin of Belgium arrived in this trou- bled territory Thursday to a stormy reception fgom African demonstrators demanding inde- pendence.

An unruly, turbulent—but not hostile—crowd of natives broke through. police cordons and sur- rounded the 29-year-old monarch, who flew from Brussels on an of- ficial visit to the Congo. Police used tear gas to break up the demonstration.

But many Africans among them broke through police lines waving placards, crying for inde- pendence, shouting greetings and snapping photographs.

Baudouin was accompanied by August de Schryver, minister for the Congo and the adjoining Bel- gian trust territory. of Ruanda- Urundi. He is to visit all of the Congo’s six provinces on what has been described asa mission of “study and information.”

Stanleyville was the scene of rioting six weeks ago in which 70

These sources of funds have tended to dwindle. in recent months as interest rates on other investments have risen beyond | seven per cent.

CCF Commons Leader Hazen Argue described the increase in the interest rate. as ‘‘the latest result of the disastrous Conserva- {Continued on Page 2, Col. 3)

Laborer Faces Murder Charge

NEW GLASGOW (CP) — A 31- year-old unemployed laborer was charged here Thursday with the

enhower steamed Thursday night toward a climactic point of his! jtour—the Western summit meet-| ‘ing Pnaris.

He began work on summit pap- lers aboard the U.S. cruiser Des) Moines a few hours after locking arms in friendship with Tunisian | President Habib Bourguiba.

During a visit of less than four) hours in Tunisia, a hotbed of | the Algerian independence move-| ment, the American leader re ceived a wild welcome from) about 200,000 persons.

A final communique spoke of “broad understanding” Eisenhower and Bourguiba after talks that covered the country’s

betweas | ;

and a durable friendship. re

119, 20 and Vancouver Feb. 22, (B.

to | their economy.

, way

Prince Edward Island’s cause- “is not impossible’, and I look forward to the time when

lit will be no longer a project but 'a reality, Heath Macquarrie, MP

for Queens told an Eldon meet- ing this week.

The project is very dear to the hearts of all Islanders and your representatives ‘‘have given it their fullest support’, said

4Mr. Macquarrie who stressed that ithe project is a difficult one.

= MP Tells Eldon Meeting -

Fourth Queens See ae Con- servative Association . at Wednesday night. 3

Other speakers included Wel- lington MacNeill of Southport, a candidate in the September“ ist (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2)

‘Canada Bank Interest Falls -

murder of Joseph Wood, a 27- ic situati ay the rene He denied that the federal gov- The king arrived to -find- aj Africans were reported killed.| year-old watchman found dead im | ©C°"0™ < ae a ic a - ernment. is making a political! oTpTaWwA (CP)—The Bank of ‘crowd estimated in the tems ‘of | Patrice Lumumba, leader of the| a sheet metal plant here Noy, ing problem of a seftléxnen

thousands massed at the airport.

Most of them were whites, who welcomed cheering.

the ning with loud: ‘rested and still is detained.

Congolese national movement, who called for a straggle for’ im- mediate independence, was ar-

Thomas Urquhart of New G gow was charged with murder in magistrate’s court. He was re- nianded without plea.

Determined Try Pledged On West's Military Might

PARIS (CP) — The Atlantic pact council Thursday night pledged a determined effort to guarantee the military strength of the West, but apparently tossed the row with France over an in- tegrated air command into the laps of Presidents Eisenhower and de Gaulle.

Three days of wrangling among NATO ministers over the integra- tion issue wound up with a com- munique that did not mention the

—Eisenhower, de Gaulle, Prime Minister Macmillan and West Germany's Konrad Adenauer— which opens, here Saturday. The Western summit was called to map plans for the East - West conference with Russia.

In denying there has been a crisis in NATO over France’s in-

WHERE-TO-FIND-IT

Announcements, notices . 20

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ference of the Westera Big Four!

sistence on keeping national land, sea and air forces outside a uni- fied NATO force, Spaak pointed to a section of the communique de- claring that ‘‘the ministers unani- mously reaffirmed their confi- dence .in. the. North Atlantic al- liance and agreed that it will re- main indispensable during the coming years.”

The council approved..a Cana- dian proposal that NATO’s politi- cal and military brains should be

Algeria.

Eisenhower landed by hel cop- ter from the cruiser Des Moines at the seaside resort of Wa Marsa ‘in the morning and went with Bourguiba to a nearby summer palace for breakfast. The talks) that followed lasted 90 minutes. |

Later, Tunisian Information Minister Mohamed Masmoudi | said Ejisenhower‘s reaction to Tunisia’ s need for ‘aid was “prom- | ising.” |

A further hint that the Tunis- fan president’s requests were well received was contained in the joint communique. It said ef- forts to strengthen peace “de- mand increaséd support for coun- tries ‘in the course of economic development.”

On the question of Algeria, | the two presidents implicitly ap- | proved the self-determination po- licy for Algeria offered by French President de Gaulle.

In a departure speech at El Anouina airport, Eisenhower

football out of the much. talked of Causeway project.

The PC administration has spent $600,000 on survey work, “with the support of your four | Island representatives” as com- pared to $6,000 spent by the former Liberal administration Mr. ' Macquarrie stated.

The Queens ‘MP was speaking |

Medical Yarn Exaggerated |

BONAVISTA, Nfid. (CP)—Dr.

‘John Heath said Thursday night |reports that he performed an

emergency operation last w by candlelight were out of line with what happened.

highway accident victim for se- vere lacerations with light from) a flashlight and an oil lamp, but

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to the annual meeting of the|

Dr. Heath said he treated a!

Canada igterest rate Thursday | dipped to 5.23 per cent from 5.27 last week- with the sale of $100,- ; 000,000 in 91 - day government treasury bills.

The rate, an indicator of con- ditions on the short - term market, turned down after a | week rise from 5.11 to 5.27 per cent.

The bank rate minimum jeharge by the central bank: on iits infrequent loans to chartered | banks — is set at one - quarter | of one per cent above the average | yield on the weekly sale of — treasury. bills.

The bank announced Th das $100,000,000 of the bills were

price of $98.774 for an average yield of 4.98 per cent, The highest jyield was 4.99 per cent and the | lowest 4.94. Last week the aver- j}age price was $98.765 for am average yield of 5.02 per cent,

Thursday's bank rate conden with the record high of 6.41.