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VOL. LXXIX. NO. 41
American Importer berths at
150 miles off the coast Wed- three feet fi pumps on cae en lane. forcing, j
St. John’s, Nfld., with tug as- shift smashed a hole in
Electoral Maps Dispute Shaping In Commons
-By RONALD LEBEL
OTTAWA (CP) — The Com- mons soon will engage in a long debate on the electoral maps of all provinces except Newfound-
land, unless the government can make a last-minute “deal with the opposition.
Redistribution laws passed in 1964 and other factors require the Commons to open within the ~-mext. two or three weeks a de-
bate on all objections filed by
MPs to the proposed maps,
which would reshape nearly
every riding in Canada. .
Three more petitions for de- bates were filed . Thursday ° by worried MPs, bringing the to-
tal to 18. The petitions object to| The sae = - objec-
are not so sure redistribution | has been taken out of the arena Commons’
of party politics.
Some _members in
MEMBERS DISTURBED all five
DAMAGED FREIGHTER IS SAFE
The fire-ravaged freighter sistance Thursday after a fire bulkhead six inches -wide and
into action.
There are disputes over
parties are angry about. the way. their ridings were carved in |up by the 10 redistribution com- missions. Most objections boil } down to one theme: ‘‘My riding is fine the way it is now. Redistribution must ried. out after every
ear- “would
agreement on a propedure consume nnial | Parliament's
census to equalisé-‘thepopula-| But so MPs have ‘signed tion of the constituencies a8 petitions ob; to the redis- much as possible, in line with tribution that a drawn- the principle of ‘‘one man, one out debate will be needed to ote.” perme all of them to: aly thir grievances. The objections submitted
proposed changes in the federal tions expires tod
__-idings of nine provitices and | ~_ force--the—House-to—hear—all_the
complaining MPs. The seven! members from Newfoundland, all Liberals, are
not expected to Object to ‘the province.
new .map ‘for. that
They include Transport Min- ister Pickersgill, who drafted
hailed it as an historic step to remove redistribution from the politicians’ hands and give the ‘job to j and other inde- pendent commissioners.
But some political observers
Japan, U.S. Seen At Odds
WASHINGTON (CP)—Serious differences between Japan and the United States, particularly over Viet Nam, were reported by a House of Representatives study -group—Thursday.
The report said the Japanese’
press is largely opposed to U.S. policy in Viet Nam, even though the Japanese government offi- cially supports it.
“A general feeling of pacifism still exists among the Japanese people and many fear that the
‘ war will escalate into a general conflagration endangering Ja- pan,"’ the group reported.
The study mission found a general lack of awareness
among the Japanese of U:S; ob-+
~ Jectives S. Viet Nam.
ral seat. of edged
bell, who won
provincial. election... : (
48 Reported Killed In Moscow Air Crash
“MOSCOW i Reiitersy” e world’s biggest airliner—a sd ~ viet TU-114—crashed on take-off ftom an icy ‘ Moscow airport ‘unway Thursday and uncon- firmed reports said 48 persons were killed.
, The four - engine turbo - prop crashed as it headed out on a long proving flight to Brazza- ville, capital of the former, French Congo.
'The casualty figure was given
_ privately by Soviet officials, but
could not be checked.
About 70 persons were aboard the plane, which can seat up to 220 in its cavernous, 177-foot fuselage.
The crash was confirmed by the Soviet news agency Tass which called it a catastrophe, but gave no details. It said ‘an investigation ‘was being held.
Western airline sources said ft appeared the crash was due to engine failure or an explo sion.
OFFICIAL INJURED
A high official of the Soviet Aeroflot Airline, Gen, Vyaches- lav’ Rashkirov, was injured in the erash. Bashkiroy was taken to .the Kremlin - hospital, just outside the capital, _with severe — ‘
~- The-- plane... crashed at_Shere- Thnatpevo Airport, one of Mos-
FARMER WINS
Alex Mitchell, a 54-year-old Liberal making his first try at public ar retained the ru- Bengough for the Saskatchewan Liberal govern- ment in a provincial byelee- tion Wednesday. Mr. Mitchell CCF candidate Dahiman 2,413 votes to 2,276 votes. The seat a Pee ..
t by the death s- ean wi it from Mr. Dahiman in the 1964 -general
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cow's big terminals, set am dark green pine forests 18 m
northwest of the city. “The plane's
dispatch was cancelled.
Aeroflot officials refused in-
formation. The airport inquiry office earlier said there were no
departure was reported by Tass and then the
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CHARLOTTETOWN, ‘CANADA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1966.
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General Discounts Viet Provoking Contlict Wi
for ein Johnson mg Ohad doce tee debate encourages. the Viet Cong ‘to continue to resist and Taylor stuck t@ this line before
change with Senator, Wayne Morse (De.m Ofe.).
Morse said the United States eannot-expect help from addi- beyond Australia, th Korea and New Zealand any ‘iapelled led by a
the committee in one sharp ex-.
‘might’ eventually total 60,000.
Nam War th China
such engagements that the Uni- ted States would face in count- ering Communist national wars of liberation.
If the present toll -inflicted on ithe Viet Cong continues for the rest of the year, he predicted, the resources of the Viet
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forces are causing about 17,000. casualties monthly now, with the help of intensive air- attacks on the guerrillas. Chairman J. W. Fullbright (Dem. Ark.) said ‘Taylor's re-| sponses on the future American ‘acai’ = “very unsatisfactory.” had been told me
Taylor said he simply doesn’t | - know . what--will be sent on a month to month basis.
‘By DAVE McINTOSH ‘OTTAWA (CP)—The defenc> department will pay more than usual attention to the weapons
ficials here say.
ae example, more than half
of the department’s -$25,000,000 development fund for the 1966- 67 fiscal year will be spent on naval. projects.
Some $13,000,000 more will be spent on development of the 200-ton prototype anti-submar- iné hydrofoil boat. Total _ cost now is estimated at $36,200,000. y More than $1,000,000 will be spent .on thé continuing pro- gram code-named Nutmeg for oceanographic studies of under- water sound transmission. The Studies of underwater sound. transmission. ‘The studies are related to submarine detection. Some $1,500,000 will go for an- Other development project to improve ship-shore communica- tions.
The biggest single weapons program at the moment is the CF-5 fighter - _bomber : for. the RCAF.:
But the ensbihliae No. 2 wea- pons program as far as expen- ditures are concerned is the Sea King helicopter for the navy.
spent on the program in ‘1966-67.
TRACKER MODERNIZED Modernization of the navy’s Tracker. submarine - hunting planes will cost $8,400,000 dur- ing the year.
Some $7,300,000 will be spent on the conversion of seven Res- tigouche - class destroyers and
Attention Is Due To Navy S Arms
needs of the navy this year, of- |i
An- estimated--$17,500,000._will_ be |
flights out of Moscow “for me- teorological reasons.’
Russian officials there still | said they knew nothing about the crash. The only details came from representatives of foreign airlines operating through Mos-
another $8,000,000 will go for the
New Satellite Put In Orbit
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INSIDE TODAY
HAMMAGUIR, Algeria (Reut-
Place in the space club Thurs- day by- hoisting into orbit a Let satellite 20 inches in neter ecuipped to take scl
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A $4,000,000 start will be made on the $142,000,000 program to obtain four new destroyers, on which~ construction will start _in the summer of 1967.
Another $2,650,000 will be spent on a $38,900,000 program for two more operational sup- port ships. new naval research ship will amount to $2,000,000. ' Some $9,000,000 will be spent for.. sonobuoys,; devices used to detect submarines: ; In all, the navy will receive some $91,000,000 for weapons, equipment and buildings in 1966-67. This will be nearly $20,- 000,000 more than’ in the current See ee eee
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OTTAWA (CP) Thursday night approved transport department’s 1965-66 spending estimates of $345,000,-
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him. | Today, State Secretary Dean | NEW YORK (AP)—Alfred P, his department must shoulder } and |Some of the blame for loss of ss gash || hree Mentioned ss Seg ners nie ate ted 205,000: Ameridan men to |Corp... heli aang. me wos jmatenmener He eatiad Sy Sart oie ee "st te. dent: @hse-telfy to |to ost eoistmam crow end Taylor, calling for a progres- F Se tT p t oor of. the \cther eafety standards. ; sive increase langest , There had been - concern oe riiters tote or ena e OS enterprise. ig tend MAMA Oe lebout the lives ef the people” |North Viet Nam, declined to as jSailing ships in Canadian wat- say how many more men he an ee ores ee ere ee neniar coneuae tae tse has See tered teat end “‘uilions upon millions” of —— 600,000 might be dis- a damages were pe ; . Minister Pickers- DEPENDS. ON. VIET CONG Mt ehould thinks of the waders The total. depends on when those lost. their North Viet Nam and. the Viet E Cong insurgents in the south re- alize they @annot win and want \to_ bargain. Taylor said
The resolution was one of sev- eral passed Wednesday on the final day of the conference at- tended by 72 fishermen from the four Atlantic. provinces. An- other requested the government to expand research on the pro- cessing and marketing of such fish as mackerel, herring and alewives, commonly known as gaspereaux. EN
The convention spent consid- erably time discussing a new in- tegrated organizational struc- ture to absorb all branches that are now independent of the fish- ermen’s group. The board of di- rectors of United Maritime Fishermen was instructed to implement-_plans—for_the new structure as soon as possible.
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PORT ARTHUR, Ont. (CP) Ronald MacDonald, Lakehead University’s alleged impostor, | his was remanded Thursday to March 4 on charges of ee forged documents.
Looking tired, MacDonald is tened impassively as the three charges. were. — in police
No plea was tates as his law- Tom Callon, a Hugh Cunningham, he had not had time to discuss the case
with his client.
Magis-
Dr. Philip Smith, a Univer.
sity of Toronto anthropology professor, announced Thurs .
mains of an early neolithic village dating from about 8500 BC under’ ths mound m
Kurdistan. The uni-.
|French satellite on a scientific mission.
day he has discovered the ré- veut said the village is au-
8500 BC VILLAGE FOUND
tedated only by one other neo- lithie site, al Shanidar in taq. Dr. Smith was also associat- ‘ed, with the Shanidar discovery nine. years ace, | The mound is.
Valley. ”
six yards high an? 40 in dia- meter, and has heen known by local tribes as Ganj-i-Dareh— “The Mound of the Treasure {side the Gemini spacecraft.
‘bers might’ be able to tolerate
Montreal would draw off winter | business
OFFAWA (CP) — Transport Minister Pickersgill told the Commons Thursday a federal study of the costs and benefits of maintaining winter naviga- tion on the St. Lawrence will be
He also said during debate on
anyone else may set up ice- ‘|breaking service on the St. Law-
rence as long as navigation laws are " His remarks came as Gilles
Gregoire (Creditiste — La- Pointe) pressed arguments ‘for winter ‘navigation to Montreal and asked what transport policy is on the situation. ~
Thomas _M. Bell (PC — Saint John-Albert) .said some mem-
Mr. Gregoire’s constant speeches about Quebec ‘But he’d better be careful in this field.” | This was hurting the Mari- times, he said. ‘Maritimes MPs say use of fed- eral icebreakers.to-open lanes to
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WASHINGTON (AP)--A US Space agency said Thursday | night astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott will start their Gemini 8 orbital flight no earl- fer than March 15.
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