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“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”

WEATHER

Cloudy with snowflurries: westerly winds

25. Thursday; sunny

CHARLO'I‘TETOWN, CAN/UH WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 16. 1964.

One of the last ships midnight Tuesday. ending a through the Welland Canal navigation season that has this season. the Mohawk Deer seen tonnage increase by more enters Lock 7 near St. Cath- 25 per cent. With the arines. The canal closed at season ending. the pace of-

... . .. . A? WEllAND CANAL SEASON ENDS

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in- projects will be undertaken this win- ter to Increase the capacity of the canal.

construction will several

winter crease

NOT MORE THAN

SEVEN CENTS

By DON HANRIGHT

OTTAWA ICP) — Canadian prices and labor costs could be expected to rise by about one per cent with the launching of the Canada Pension Plan and its Quebec counterpart. says a government economic report.

The report. last major piece of documentation on the pen- sion plan proposal. was out- lined to the parliamentary pen- sions committee Tuesday by R. Bryce. deputy finance min- ister. It goes much deeper than the government white paper published last summer. These are the major conclu- sions of the study: Over-all economic effects 0 the pension plan on the relation- ships between t.he business. con- rsumer and government sectors Lof the economy "are on a scale iwhich is modest in relation to ithe size of the adaptations reg- jularly taking place in the econ- ‘omy for a variety of reasons."

Said Worst For 1

By THE CANADIAN PRESS peratu \ savage blizzard lashed the;be(l)°n‘:- young woman "mm M p'dmes Tuesdfa 5” bnngwglconscious and partly fronen in death. and hardship. An official“an Edmonton parking lot. was of the Edmonton weather officeitaken to hospital. Police picked described the storm as— the‘lul‘dll ma" thfih Elliozentmgfll‘ . an ears on e man on- a - worst in the last 15 years. gary highway. The man said he One storm death was reported}was walking m Leduc' 25 miles

in Alberta. Most Alberta schools‘away. were closed. Frostbite was co mon as winds up to 50 miles an an Edmonton house to warm up. hour whipped up a light snow-ion their way to SCIIQOI. were.l fall and made temperatures ofltaken to hospital for frostbite: 35 degrees below zero more pen-:treatment. etrating. The blizzard covered an area istock losses but cattle generallyi from Grande Prairie to Medi-iwere reported in good shape to] cine flat in Alberta and wasjstand the cold thrust. . moving east into central and: F charts. which gauge: nouthern Saskatchewan toward“‘wind chill" from a combine-i Manitoba. High winds and tem-jtion of wind. temperature and peratures close to 30 below zero’humidity. s h owe d Edmonton. were predicted. .with a wind chill of 90 below Police found Clem Trimming. rat 8 a.m. Tuesday. The temper-1

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80. dead Tuesday in a shack inlature then was 29 below and thei

re in the shack was 30

wood-burning stove had goneitemperature eventually dropped out during the night. The tem-ito 31 below.

lawyer Claims Under

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By DAVE McINTOSH , Mr. Lamontagne. wan and; OTTAWA tCPi—Pierre La-thallow-eyed. testified he had‘ m0“lagne. 29-year-old Montrealtbeen told Rivard was a contrib-

flwb‘er. more Tuesday he was‘utor to the Liberal party and

subjected to two months of pres- his (Rivard‘si help might soon sure. including a $20.000 bribe. be rice in a federal election. hl' federal ministerial aides. at He spent 2% hours on the wit- Ltberal MP and others to agree iness stand before a judicial in- ‘0 the granting of bail in a new iquiry headed by Chief Justice ‘30“05 ("859 'Frederic Dorion of the Que c The case is that of Lucien 1Superior Court. The federal cab- Rivard of Montreal. wanted in inet ordered the inquiry into the United States on a narcotic; allegations of bribery and coer- "fluggling charge which star“ cion against ministerial aides Rtvard is linked with a Mafia. and the handing of these alle- conlrolled international dope “mm by "5"“ Minis“!- nv' rim:- reau.

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Mr. Lamontagne. who is act- ing for the US government in trying to have ‘Rivard extra-

MONTREAL tCP) Mrs. Marie Houle. one of the four surviving Dionne quintuplets. was given “the benefit of the doubt" ay a simple assault charge against her was

The charge none from a com- plaint by Mrs. George: Aueltn

t rennin" after Mn. to have the :lhil-

"hit wthou

Route asked

dren the “bend of Oct. The older

never of the house

lwo Months In Narcotics Case

Mrs. Marie HouIe Is Given ' Benefit Of Doubt to Trial

offered the even

eyed. told the court an argu- mo [in said: "I hope you are para- dismlued-by I municipal court lyned " indu-

giving his decision after an hour

If icring her plea of not guilty! Nov. 13.

woman said she The nuint allowed the children out from her h overnight and she Boole.

Prairies Hit By BIiZZard

5 Years

Snag. in the Yukon. which had v recorded 57 below Sunday, was‘lf‘lhllle to the plan. would see an almost balmy 48 below—with the”

almost no wind.

I There was no immediate Ielu tin eight. Weather officials i

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would be cri at least until the wee n

FAIRBANKS (AP) — Alaska of a massive cold wave that

sent temperatures to 60 degrees below zero. endangered two

_ iareas with flooding from ice- H ‘ Farmers expected some INC-[choked rivers and from (he us.ysel by additional spending by

ually moderate Alaska Pan- handle.

Fort Yukon and the Copper River Valley recorded Sit-below temperatures Monday night. as did Dawson in the Yukon Terri- tory.

In Fairbanks.

the big day was 45 and low

Monday

sub-zero temperatures all day with a high of -3 and low of -25.

Pressure

d’cted to the U.S.. said he was offered a 320.000 bribe by his "close friend." Raymond Denis. then executive assistant to 1m- migration Minister Rene Trem-

blay. MADE IN OFFICE He said the bribe offer was made on the evening of July 14 ‘ the Commons office of Mr. mblay but than the minister to testify later»

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wasn't present.

He identified Denis as the person who had told him Riv- ard was "a good liberal.”

Mr. Lamontagne said persons purporting to be Guy Lord and A ire Letendre. former and presem executive assistants to (Continued on page 3. col. '3)

to allow Emilie out for lng.

Mrs. Houle. petite and red-

nt took place and Mrs. Arse.

Judge Poul Champagne. in

said there was

of Montreal the qulnt clapped“‘sufflcien‘ provocation" prior her in the face during a to the slappng for him to have cussion Oct. 81 about the two "reasonable doubt" bout t Houle children. charge On that basis he gave The children—Emilie. 4. and Mrs. oule "benefit of the Monique..2'/a- been in Mrs doubt." , Auelin's full-time care at the Mrs. Asselin made the com~ latter'l home w the incident plaint early in November. The was said to have taken place cue has n poo sev- Mrn. Asnelin 55 said she was cut times since then. with Mrs.

ouie free on bail after en-.

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now In seporni u s b a n d. Flori

per

9 storm

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dicted Tuesday that the prairies .

nging with the cold:a ke d.

h Mon—.

The beginning of the pension system probably would give rise to modest price increases, “ haps of the order of one r . but it "should not distort significantly the structure of costs or prices or seriously im- pair the capability of businesses

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’to generate new funds for re- placement or expansion." COSTS GO UP

Employers. required to cnn~

labor costs go up by something in the order of one cent" but “this should not

Canadian business

twith producers outside of Can- da ..

In the early years of the pen- Vsion plan. the buildup of pen-

Two children, who stopped atiremained in the grip Tuesdayision reserve funds would add

{more government saving ithan it would reduce business 33nd personal saving. But the idifference may be largely off- iprovincial governments with ac- ces to the pension funds.

Conrad FcriIs In Long Flight

ALEXANDER BAY. South Al»

the Red Deer area. His smalllwind was 42 miles an hour. Thelnight -53. Anchorage also had‘rica, iReutersi_Ameri(-an Max

Conrad failed Tuesday in an ef- lfort to break his own long-dis- tance nonstop record for light aircraft ' hen he made a forced landing at this diamond miningli centre. He had planned a non-t 8.316-mile flight to the

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usly impair the ability of to compete

Pension Plan Is Forecast lpai'k'menl To Boost Prices Slightly

in later years the pension four-per-cent inc-rcasc in aver- pian may bring a modest. reduc- age earnings and PTll'i‘ ln‘ tion in national saving com- creases of 1‘2 per cent a year pared with what it might be until 1975 and two per cent an- .wiihout such a plan. “but this nually thereafter. scents likely to be small in re- M‘ liation to the total volume of na- rtional saving at that time and to be overshadowed by the changes in that volume likely to be taking place as a result of economic growth and change."

Mr. Bryce explained to the committee that the economic report used the same set of cm- nomic assumptions prepared for the acturial report on the fed- eral plan.

However.

Duke Undergoes Surgery Today

HOUSTON. Tcx. (APig-The Duke of Windsor is to undergo ‘delicare surgery this morning lfor a ballooning of an artery in his abdomen.

The operation that normally ‘rcquircs 60 to 90 minutes will remove an aortic aneurysm—~a blister on an artery wall.

The arailrvsm is the size of an orange but physicians said . .the 70-year-old former King Ed- . 95llr‘ward \'111 is in excellent condi- malesz “’thh 3"? bRSEd 0" 35- tion for the operation. which sumplions of low immigration will be performed by Dr, Mich. and low birth rates. These esti- ael DeBakcy. internationally mates also assume an annuallknown cardiovascular surgeon

Spectre Oi Disunity looming Before NAIO

Ry HAROLD MORRISON -and how opportunities may be PARIS tCPt—The spectre of grasped to improve cordiality disunity lo o m e d before the with the Soviet Union. there was NATO ministerial conferencejnner tension over the nuclear Tuesday as the major powers issue. clashed over the ISSUE 0‘ Whe' SEEKS PARTICIPATION .ther a_ NATO nuclear force is es; Germany pointed out :possible without disscmination‘china had exploded one nuclear of nuclear weapons. 0 And While Canada Pleaded to other. Yet West Germany. with cep the nurlear bargaining ln- all its industrial strength and .side the NATO framework. five responsibilities. had no rights of the NATO members inlel'es- on the Western nuclear arsenal. led in developing a nuclear All it wanted was the right to .force held a brief meal": OUt- participate in the direction of a side the conference to consideriporrmh 9f the western nuclear :machinery and methods for ad- deterrent. vancing t‘llSCHSSlOH 0f the V?"- Britain outlined some of its ious nuclear ideas. own Atlantic. nuclear force ideas Both Canada and France Sfild which. Foreign Minister Patrick they were not invited and would Gordon walker sg‘ld' would give not attend if the invitation was each country which participated tie. equally in nuclear planning of External A (fa i r s Minister the force. ‘Paul Martin said later he feels confident his point has met suc- Maurice Couve de Min-ville ar- 'cess: that member will think gued both the 17.5. and British ;more of full NATO discussioniapproaches were illusory. Ei-

j‘rather than development of a-ther non-nuclear countries par-

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he said that in or-

nomic effects. partment

the finance de- was based on high cost

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day could become a dangerous ceived rival to NATO itse . weapons themselves. thereby But while the. NATO foreign leading to the spread of nuclear

American city of New Orleans ‘minislers talked all day of how weapons. or the operation was arcials turned out to meet him. from Cape Town.

East-West tensions are. easingsham.

mb and soon may explode and

At A Glance !

By THE CANAD

Gov't P

IAN PRESS 15. 19M

TUESDAY. Dec.

The Commons debated the

all - party committee rer-om- OTTAWA iCPL—Dlsplaf‘t’d by mendation that the Union the Commons as Canada's na-

tional flag only hours earlier. the Can..‘lan Red Ensign was ushered in again by the Pro. igressive ConservativesTucsday

Jack be flown as the symbol of Canada‘s Commonwealth links

Hugh .Iohn Flemming inc..-

Victoria , Carleton». proposed 'as a candidate for the posttion an amendment that the Red for Fommonweallh “3g-

Ensign be used instead of the “‘9 mOV“ “’35 PWW’SP‘I h.“ Jack Hugh John Flemming tP(‘—i

Victoria-Carleton! as an amend- ment to the special committee recommendation to make the

P r i m c Minister Pearson said there is a need in re re-

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Red Ensign Suggested

As Commonwealth Tie i PCs Amend

roposal

las the} put lorth the ithat there should be flag

Libcral W hip James E. .Walkcr said voting on the mo, Ition. so as the Liberal party is concerned. will be “‘frcc." That is. each member can vote as he wishes.

1 'i‘leOSIng his am:...lmcni. Mr Flem-- ‘1 said the ideal is .onc flag only. but if another is inecossary it should be the Eu- st

position. 0 i it

sent the levels of association , _ . .

in Canada and the Union ‘Lenphrefim E.::1adzsi- fin

Jack would fill it. Wah' 9 ’ "' “' Opposition Leader Dicfen- '

The debate picked up where

baker Object“ “7 Mr' Pear" Ithe frazzled Commons left off i

son's position that the Union

_ la 2:15 EST with Prime

JaCk ‘5 "‘9 Quemjs “31 .Minister Pearson and Op osi-

Re'd 500“. 'NDpf'lm‘Onl” .tion Leader Diefenbaker glow—

Danfot‘thl said he thinks the ering across the floor at one an- amendment will get unani- .other and hurling taunts,

mous support from his party. =

David Pugh IPC —— Okana- illogical for

i nan-Boundaryr said one flag is enough for all purposes. iRe nsrgn as ' A. Olson 'SC—Mcdicine wealth flag at the same time

rime minister said it is the Conservatives to be proposing the, Canadian! The fact that. the Ens

‘ ‘ the Common«lbecn the national flag was the

UPI")LDS SYMBOLS { r, Peanut. upheld the need ifor symbols representing the

:vat'ious levels of association for Canada The hes. flag for that. purpose was the Union Jack be; lcausc it had no official Cana- ‘dian status since 1945 when an order-in-councii made the En lhsign the provisional flag. ign had 6!

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Hati said the Ensign would

‘ he. more appropriate than the Jack to show the Common- wealth connection.

Raymond Langlois (Credit isle——Meg.=.iniic| . ' the ma- ple leaf flag approved by the Commons is enough to repre- sent Canada.

Thc Senate began study of the. red-and—white maple leaf

Flag Squabble

Moves To Senate

banner approved in the Com. OTTAWA 'CPI—vHarrl on lhe ‘ introduced a resolution that the mans as Canada's national heels of its stormy passage Senate concur in the decision 0! flag, through the Commons. the re- the Commons that a flag with a senator Gl-auan O'Leary commendation for a red—and- 1 single red maple leaf on a white tPC _ 0mm... mot-ed 3.. white maple leaf flag for Can- ground flanked by red panels amendment that the govern. ada sparked a lively debate in be ‘lhe natlonal flag

ment suspend all action on .the Senate Tuesday. the. flag. - ‘j The flag design rec-omnicnde Senator John Connolly. gov- . ernment leader. said the flag mittee moved into the Senat ‘recommendation will remain and immediately ‘ before the Senate until it is _ resolved, servative senator that WEDNESDAY. Dec. to ‘scrap the design approved The Commons meets at 2:30 the Commons after 33 days 0 to continue debate on flag debate

the Union Jack recommenda- insure

tion. The Senate meets at 3 government to get

Senator

by an all-party Commons com-

was applied by the the design pm. for debate on the maple through the Commons early leaf fl

The maple leaf “has an im- portant element of official ac- ceptance" in Canada. _ ' .

“Even the word itself—maple n ‘ “has a connotation. even a fla- _ vor. which means Canada. . . .

“it is a beautiful flag It is a symbol around w it: we can build our hopes and in which we can centre our pride."

Senator O'Leary said he Is not in favor of the Red Ensign as Canada's national flag. wanted a flag to reflect the achievements that both English

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m'——‘-‘” (m C Gl'allap. ovld‘ali". 3: and French had made in the . awa .onservatve. propose development of Canada. Tshombe seeklng the amendment. suggesting the government suspend further ac— w. German tion on the flag and allow a per- Senate To PUSh iod for the public and Parlia-

Boxy tAP1_Pr9mier Marsh ment to reach agreement on a

But French Foreign Ministeri'l‘shombc of The Congo came. to “a; INCOI‘DOI'allnE lhf‘ Sl'mhnlS

tnday to 599k economic of Canada‘s two founding races. help for his country from the

est German government. ‘ Large numbers of police were on hand In? the debate. The two

Bonn

.‘separate nuclear body that one ticipating in a nuclear force re- stationed at nearby Wahn Air- "0‘ in the chamber were Sena-J ‘ some power over the.port for Tshombe‘s arrival from Mr M- M. Hallo” ‘-\f‘\"l0""‘l-

Munich. but mm, reporters phh. land» and Senalor Rliral Belisie lographers and government offi- (onlarlnh 0th?" parll' glam‘l' ings in the 102‘seal upper house

lOCAL NAVAL RESERVE DIVISION CLOSES

At a brief ceremony at sun- set yesterday. the White En- sign of the Royal Canadian Navy which has flown over the local naval reserve divis- ion In Charlottetown HMCS Queen Charlotte. for som

e 40 :years was lowered for the last

Crump. CD. RCN. staff of- ficer; Cmdr. W.J. Floyd.

RCN. of the staff of the Com- manding Officer Naval Divis- ions. Hamilton. Ont; and Sur-

time. Here taking part in the proceedings. which signal the end of the Island's naval unit. are left to right: Leading Sea- ma sounding

the "Still" on the bos'ns call; geon Capt Prowse. VRD. CPO D Howell. regulating commanding officer of the chief; Lieut. Cmdr. D. A. division. The ensign is being

.There were no disturbances. 8"“ Liberals 61' Independpnl two. independent Liberal one ‘and vacant five. RESOLI TION BROl‘GHT IN ‘ Sena-or John Connolly. gov— lernment leader in the Senate.

A total of 31 of the 33 Progres. sive Conservative senators were

Debate On Flog

OTTAWA it‘Pi The Senate will sit afternoons and evening! today and Thursday in an fort in complete its debate on the rod maple leaf flag design.

Senator John Connolly. gov- ernment leader in the Upper

ou<e. said he hopes. however. the dcbam can be completed by 10 pm. est tonight.

He said the Senate. will con» trnuc the fta: debate "until its conclusion " c \v a s aware Imany senators wanted to sneak. l'l‘horr was Ito inlcn {on to re- strict debatc in any way.

KINGS MP REPORTS

('AI‘ITAI. Bl'RFIAU OF THF. Gl‘ARDIAN O'I‘TAVI'A Agriculture Min- ister Harry Hays has assurrcrl .iohn Mullally. MP for Kings. that the government has no in- tcnlion of discontinuing its as- sistance program on ground limestone Mr. Mullallv told the Oriana Bureau of The Guardian that his enquiries arose from reports of the country meetings of the Federal of Agriculture at which resolutions \vcrc passed asking that the [)l‘f‘Sf‘II. limestone sub-

ed. bit! the government has no intention of making any chan- ges at the prcscni time." Mullally said.

ndcr the program the fedor- ‘31 government ays .cent of any direct assistance

INSIDE TODAY

Births. deaths 3. 19

' ...... I. 9 lowered by Leading Seaman 2:32?" ‘ l :7 J. Bond. RCN. Today the m- H flag is to be presented as ‘ ‘ ‘ ' ' ' ‘ ‘ ' ‘ ' ' " m menento to Cmdr. Kenny. a CD. who was the command- Ednorhk ‘ ‘ I I . _ t u