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VOL. LXXVIII. NO. 298

USE OF FORCE NOT PLANNED

Naval Blockage Seen Possible | IpPEACe To Enforce Rhodesian Oil Ban

LONDON (CP)—Prime Minis- i eg had may have ‘to consi possible use of a naval blockade among the alterna- tives if serious effort is made by any country to breach Brit- ain's oil embargo against Rho- desia.

Supplies are piped into Rho- desia mainly from the port of Beira on the east coast of Por- tugal’s Mozambique.

He hastily added, however, that the idea of a naval patrol is at-the moment only hypothet’ {eal and that he certainly

wouldn't consider such_a—step-as—

@ move towards the use of force to crush the rebel white-minor (ty regime of lan Smith.

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(Heath warned in the House of \the actual wording of: the gov Commons Monday tlhe Conserv- jernment order, which is to oe atives would fight any escala- \imtroduced later, before _— tion of economic sanctions ‘inte jing a full offensive.

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the use of force’’ which Heath | Both Wilson and Foreign as believed the whole of Britaim jretary Michael Stewart, who fol |

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\would oppose.

Meanwhile, a powerful inter- national oil embargo appeared to be building up against Rho desia, and Wilson. who had re- turned by plane from Ottawa

after talks with Canadian and |

United tes. officials,-went to ‘the “House to Offer explanation for the embargo.

as newspapers predicted a roar- ing battle over. the oil embargo |But the attack from the Tory side wag relatively mild. Some members were waiting to read

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Huge Heroin Seizure |

Made In Trailer Park

NEW YORK (‘AP)—A seizure | of heroinvalued—at$100,000,000 : a trailer park in Columbus,

a: ; U.S. Attorney Robert M. Morg- enthau.

nounced the arrest of the officer Hermand Conder, in Columbus, | and the arrests of five other

was announced Monday by |sons—four French cuiceale ae

a Brazilign—in New York city. Morgenthau said all six per-

Morgenthau said 209 pounds*-sons were charged with conspir- |

of heroin had been concealed in a refrigerator belonging to a U.S. Army warrant officer when his personal property was trans- | ported from Europe to Colum- bus. He said it was ‘worth $100,- 000,000 on the underworld mar- ket.

In Washington, Commissioner Henry L. Giordano of ‘the U°S. Bureau of Narcotics, also an-

nouncing the seizure, placed the |

value at $18,500,000. A spokes- man for him, as k-e-d- about the

discrepancy in the value placed Oct pn the heroin, said estimates of |

the ‘‘illicit’’ value vary greatly in different places. Nevertheless, Giordano~ said,

acy to import the heroin. Hl

The heroin was seized in a shack behind Conder's trailer. Conder was stationed with the | 577th Army Enginéers at nearby | Fort Benning.

The U.S. attorney said “Conder; was the courier employed fo smuggle the heroin into the Uni- | ted States on his return ‘from | Europe last September. |

Morgenthau said the heroin | did not arrive until 2 gen s be- | | longings were shipped home ober.

Commons~gaileries were” filled

‘Are Killed

llowed him in opening a foreign jaffairs debate, indicated. that ithe oil embargo is not the end of the road. Some ‘‘further > propriate measures’ might necessary, they said.

Besides Canada, six major eee oat fore ae Britain

are ee eloping i | YONKERS, N.Y. Pe

jternational ban on oil sales ts sment-o Jewish

here Monday night, ‘tad | British authorities identified | — and flames trapped a the six as the U.S., France, ichiidren’s music class on the Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands ltop floor. Nine youngsters eight | and Japan. 'to 11 years -Id died and three Assurances from the “six are ‘aquits perished with them. over and above bans There were at least nine per- | |

Scot aenea by such oil-pro- injured states as Iran Libya, | "Firemen ‘rescued

Nine Children, 3

Kowast and Iraq. children from a ledge of thé building.

Chri Yonkers is a Westchester

stma [gounty suburb just north of New

| ¥oee city. '

Sho | The tragedy struck the Jew- jae Ce ow comm unit y-on-the-third- night of Chanukah, the joyous

‘\religious festival of lights. The centre had been decorated with ithe traditional Menorah in ob-

ALGUEIRAO, Portugal ‘AP) servance of the holidays, which | An express tfain carrying feature gift-giving to children. Christmas shoppers and a| “To my knowledge, this wae |freight train crashed head-on |the worst we have had in our near this Lisbon suburb Monday /history,”” said Police Chief Wil- night and at least 22 persons |liam F. Polson. jwere killed.

‘were injured. jof Yonkers. The building af-

Government authorities said forded social and cultural areas the freight was on the wrong Dut no religious faciljties.

| track. | Polsen said -all~ the bodies

|were badly burned, and had

HEADED FOR LISBON ‘been taken to a nearby nurse’s

Railway switchman Jose Dia8 residence to await - identifica-

said the freight train was sup- ar

posed to. make a turn-around in the Algueirao yards to return to | the city of Sintra, but ‘‘this

A reporter at the scene said ithe fire may have started in an auditorium on which work was time he (the engineer) just con- being d as the last phase of tinued toward Lisbon. "I started running after him |# $270,000 renovation project.

- Lose Lives In Centre Fire

“This case involves the largest | while they. were -here; and all wil the flag. I shouted, but the single seizure of heroin. ever ‘participated in the arrangement |train kept going toward Lisbon. | made in the: United States.” to import and sell the heroin, \They must have ~ known the |

The U.S. jattorney also an- '‘he-said. jother ttain was coming” °°

New Lt.-Gov. Of Alberta las Variety Of Interests

ottawa (CP)—J.- W.. Grant | MacEwan lias been. appointed | Heutenant-governor of Alberta, succeeding J’ Percy Page, Prime anister, Pearson, an- . nounced, today.

Mr. MacEwan, 62, was mayor of Calgary from 1963 until last October, when he did not seek re-election.. The Brandon, Man., native was a Liberal candidate in’ the riding of Brandon-Souris in. 1951.

Mr. Pearson told a press con- férence’ that. Mr: MacEwan | would assume office early in | 1966. -Mr.-Page's-term -had_ear-— | lier been extended to the end | of this year.

Th prime. minister paid trib- ute’. to Mr. MacEwan's ‘‘contri-, bution to the agricultural life of Western, Canada” and his con- tribution to provincial and mu- nicipal ‘policies. Besides being mayor of Calgary, the new lieu- tenant-governor also served for | four yéars as a member of. the Alberta legislature and for five

Officials said a gymnasium j-

class was being held on:the first | , with another up- |st ai megawhen—the four-storey- brick building a * fires...

FIREMEN. ‘HAND down

child from ladder after her ; Tescue Mori night from -fire that <e Jéwisi Com-

Nfld. Recovers” . From: Wind Blast

ST. JOHN'S, “Nad. (CP)— Power and communications | were ored and air and sea services were back on schedule

munity Center “in Yonkers.

Four Canadian Planes d In Airlift

Wil

Adults

3 De Gaulle Due.

jAlain Peyrefitte,

In Paris Today

PARIS (CP) — President de | Gaulle, confirmed in office Sun- |? day for a second seven-year |! term, remained in his country estate in Colombey - les - deux- Eglises Monday.

The 75-year-old general was |

-|due to return to Paris today and

meet with his ministers Wed- nesday to pick up the threads of activity. aad

The top item on the agenda |4 now, said Information Minister will be | France's approach to the stale- mated European Common Mar- | ket negotiations.

Child Dies

“Nine youngesters, eight to’

When Home

here said Mr. Hees was on \dinner, Johnson said

WEATHER

west 25, ‘gusts to Wednesday: milder.

Cloudy with a few sriowflurries; winds 40. Low-high 9 and 20.

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Exploration Role ered To W.Germany

LB) Reveals Plan To Chancellor Erhard

WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- dent Johnson invited West Ger- many Monday might to join the United States in “exploration of space,” and, specifically, to probe the sin and the planet

In a toast to Chancellor Lud- wig Erhard at a White House he wants t# discuss with his guest an “ambitious plan to permit us to

\do together what we cannot do

so. well alone." ; - Example would be, he said, “A probe to the sun, and ano- ther, a probe to Jupiter. = Earlier the West German leader had told Johnson at a conference that his country. wants .to share in the nuclear weaponry of the Atlantic Alll- anee, but does not ask to man is weapons or make final de- cisions on thir - use.

In toast, Johnson defended | the U.S. position in Viet Nam. “The great effort which my jcountry is making in Vjet Nam

lis in fulfillment of the clear

eae the. of. the American the American Congress, three American. - presi- Seal.” Johnson said the United States must be loyal to its commitment because ‘‘if it is not good in Viet

iNem, who can trust it in the |heart of Europe?"

‘WORD 1S. GOOD’

‘But ‘America’s word is good in Viet Nam, as. it is good in Berlin.”

Snehat tt So Votes, tome

wants peace in Viet Nam, John son added: —

“We will push on every doar for peace. We will go anywhere to talk. We set no conditions and we neglect no hopeful step. “But it takes two to talk and it

hakes two, as well, to stop the fighting.” \ Johnson said “the reunifiea-

tion of Germany in peace and freedom is a major goal.’ Hej asked for ‘tle best efforts’’ of' jall allies. to strengthen the At- jlantic partnership,

On space éxploration, Johnson said his invitation also~ is ade dressed to’ governments in Eu rope. wishing to participate in such a project.

He will send James Ebb. ad ministrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis trations to Europe to consult

with the West German govera- ment and other geveenenee on this issue.

WILL SEND UDALL

The president also announced he will send ‘‘a working group” headed by Interior Secretary: \Stewart Udall to West Germ > *v" in January to study.-the West German 4uti-pollutcon prog .0 which, Johnson noted, is said to be the’ most effective in the world.

Erhard indicated the West Germans would be satisfied with co-ownership of a US.- British submarine fleet without West German control over fir- ‘ing of the fleet’s niissiles.

The president and the chan-'

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eleven years old died, and three eo perished with

them.” " : ‘(AP Wirephete)

‘Is Burned

SAINT JOHN, N.B. | three-year-old child died as fire | swept through a ident tak | frame house here M Fire Chief Millard Onnent anid many moré persons could have | been killed.

More than 45 persons, about 35 of them children, were. in the house when the fire broke out early Monday.

‘We got most of them out by | \ladders,’’ Chief Clifford said.

By STEWART MacLEOD | Mr. Pearson said the Cana-| The fir.e started under a

OTTAWA (CP) — Four Cana- idian planes will join, the airlift

\that will pour supplies into Zam- initial arrangements are being ibia to offset her broken supply made for a one-month participa-

dian planes would: be ready to ‘first-floor stairway, and spread go,in three or four days, and the ling police constables spotted |

the blaze. The cause of the fire

(CP)—A i

| Sent To Jail For Month

| grievously assaulting his wife.

through the house before patrol- |

-| Father Of Runaway Four

MONTREAL (CP)—Vinco Ba- tions in the household ate very lent, 45, whose four children re- | bad. cently set up their own home in Vancouver, was sentenced Mon- | Vancouver because of them. day to one month in jail for, They are very good children, | both fr a scholastic and te- Balent was found guilty of Srctwie tet of view: the charge at a hearing at| ‘‘As far as the parents are which Mrs. Balent testified that |concerned, if they want help I'll the assault took place after a|see that they get it. But if they | quarrel. don't, nothing can ‘be done.” During the quarrel, each Father Vistica said both par iblamed the other for- their chil- ents are at fault for the condi- dren's leaving home, Mrs. Ba- tions in the home

“The four children went to -

years' as a member of the Cal- gary city council, .

He was appointed leader of the lberta Liberal party

Born end bred a westerner, Mr, MacEwan's interests range from horses and cattle to hie- torical research and writing. He is author of at least 10 books, among them a biography of legendary Bob Edwards, pub- lisher of the Calgary Eye Opener, ;

Mr.. MacEwan has a reputation as an authority op western agriculture and western history.

His books on prairie life in- clude Between the Red And The

1938

Rockies. Tive-Opener Bob, and.

The Sodbusters.

Mr. MacEwan has written several textbooks on agriculture for tuiversity use,

The towering six -, foot - three Ce'varian was born Aug. 12, 1902. the pioneers who settled | north of Brendon. In 1915. the family moved to Melfort, Sask., réised purebred cattle and pros-

pered. Schooled in Brandon Mr MecEwan took a degree from

the Ontario Agriculturt! C>''-2 and did postgraduate studies on animal science and nutrition at fowa-—State--Coliege —in-—mes, Iowa.

He worked with the Saskatch- | ewan agriculture department in 1926 and°1927. In the years 1928; to 1946, he was a professor and | became dean of agriculture at |

the. University of Saskatchewan. |1957. He resigned in 1958 to be-_ _Churchbridge,

TAUGHT ECONOMICS For the next ‘five years, he was dean of agricuiture and

in

wide

| The exhibition ran up a det icit of $24,400 im 1963 and $25, % [400 in 1964. 1

Tea And Talk,

| Hays Declares

| OTTAWA (CP)—Former ag-, * \riculture minister Harry Hays | jemerged non-committal Monday from an 80-minute meeting with Prime Minister. Pearson at -his | lofficial residence. }

“Just tea and talk,’ replied | {Mr. Hays, when asked by a re-

he had been lecturing. The picture was taken shortly &f- ter he learned of the appoint- ment. With him is his daugh- ter, Mrs. Max Foran, a teach- er at the school.

(CP. Wirephota)

GRANT MacEWAN, ap- pointed Monday by Prime Minister Pearson as Alberta's fext lieufenan:-governor, en- joys an informal luncheon at a restaurant near William Reid School in Calgary, where

porter what the meeting was home economics at the Univer- Her “ nd for the Farm and |about. He was defeated in the sity of Manitoba. Ran: Review He was well Nov. 8 election in Calgary His entry .into politics came jKnc. 1 ‘as’ a livestock indge on South. when ~he- was. defeated in -1953--ithe Prairies. Had his future- been dis- as a Liberal candidate in a cussed? : ‘Brandon byelection. RETURNED TO POLITICS He hesitated for a moment, He en:ered newspaper work | He resigned as Liberal leader smiled and said: as agricultural - editor of the |in dune, 1960, a year after the ‘‘Just talk. We talked about a |Western Producer in ‘952. Thar |Party had won only: one seat in lot of things.” year he was named general |the Alberta legis'aiure in a gen- ¥ manager -of the Western Council |€ral eleciion and later returned LS ee ee}

of Beef Producers. ito cit¥ politics.

HeJmoved to Calgary, where | After Harry Hays resigned in : ONLY r

he ‘became an alderman im June, 1963, Mr.. MacEwan hey 9 SHOPPING. :

1953. Two years later, he wag Came mayor of the southern

elected. .to__the~ Alberta—legisia- | Alberta_metropolis.-He-was—re $ tober, 1963. *

‘ture. In the meantime, he had — mayor - |become manager of the western Winning by 1 votes ove: jseciion of Canadian beéf pro- | former Conservative MP Arthur CHRISTMA

ducers. | Smith. He was re-elected te Cal-| Mr. MacEwan and his. wife, ; lgary’s city council in 1955 and the former Phyllis. Cine of ® Sask., live in come Alberta Liberal leader. ‘southwest Calgary. He has a In 1959 he was turning out a (married daughter, — who weekly column for the Calgary |teaches school. :

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LONDON—(CP)—British— Por eign. Secretary Michael Stewart | called “Monday night” for ‘a Christmas truce in Viet Nam

that might open the way to a |).

settlement of the war.

Stewart put forward the idea as one of two possible methods of halting the conflict in Viet Nam.

The British minister's other | suggestion

“Let both sides on. hostili- ties (simultaneously), let there |

be_a_conference._Let's_get-from— that conference North and South |

and undis- to carry out the (peace) accords and

Viet Nam, neutral turbed. able Geneva +

{determine their own future.”

Stewart was opening a two- day foreign ‘affairs debate in the House of Commons.

| Bandit Holds Ur Up

Small Grocery |

DARTMOUTH: N.S. (CP) An armed man held up a. small tgrocety store inthe city's north yend Monday and -escaped with ‘an estimated $50 in cash.

George Swaffer, father of own-

er Donald Swaffer of the Pel- lzant Grocery, was alone in the | store when the man entered, brandished what appeared to be

pistol, vaulted the counter and |

Ne, yw helped himself from the cash Te- igister,

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a her broken supply lines from Rhodesia. Prime Minister Pearson announced Monday. Canada will take part in the

FOUR CANADIAN four-en- gine Hercules transport planes will join the airlift that witt | pour supplies into Zambia fo

_ airlift now being organized by Britain and the United States to help release the economic squeeze being felt by Zambia.

in eastern Newfoundland Mon- ld not be i ad 1 lines from Rhodesia. tion. He hoped it wou was not determined. lent said. The Balents’ four children day. night following a storm ("°° . right ix chil- 4 which ‘ahd the ae with wind} Prime Mitister Pearson an- ett Lage tc daiienie sce Oe aaa Getae Balent offered no defence. | have Seater in Vancouver lusts of more than 100 miles nounced Monday that the four- Meanwhile, Canada has\ qt | tt es toe gg Magistrate Roland Langlois, Sine TCI ya cee hour earli the d engine -herculés transport ‘planes |placed an embargo on the ship- — Aad who. presided at’ thé . hearing, The elde seat ac teenge a i ment of Canadian vil to Rhode- escape window while the other | +4 ine ofience “is a very ge. ing a8 a nurses’ aid to support Siecle Muh ieee aa canoes re ecu Gia. ao sia—none_has ‘ever heen shipped children ee rescued and rious:one.”’ herself, her brother, Andre, a , compan #2 jdied in the fire- f Milicia, “14.” an some roads were blocked for a |Umited States to help release Fog sre sahants cau “We got our Christmas tree| He referred to the badly- |Drage,'®. _ : |short time. The .highways de- |the economic squeeze being felt | scan to tighten. yesterday. Now the kids will |bruised face of Mrs. Balent and | partment’ said all roads were iby Zatnbia; * neighbor to Rho- co ‘never see it,” said Mr. Wright; |said,“‘eventhe_—children —left : , opeti by noon but some were desia. Mr. Pearson told a post-cab- | ‘We also had their toys. Now | home because of conditions INSIDE TODAY narrow: | Zambia * ‘got most of her oil inet press conference that the |we haven't got a thing and |there.” ; supplies. fromm Rhodesia, before move will prevent any trans |Kenny’s gone.’ | PRIEST PRESENT Classified .......... 18, 19 Atlantic Fair lan’ Smith's “government cut-off shipments of oil through Canad@ — Most of the other families in | Deccan ta thie deukt weak Maul] GMNNE: cciicessispeneeie- 18 the shipments. Britain has al- fo Rhodesia. the house lost all their poses- |. arin Vistica of the Roman| Dedths .........--+--.+++ 3 Shows Profit ready begun flying in diesel fuel | He said details surrounding | Stons, including clothing and [Cine parish of St. Nicolas| Comics ....:....--.++s- 17 i ito keep the Zambian mines Op- the air lift still are being Christmas supplies. |Tavelic, to which the Balents! Finance, markets ...... 16 lerating. Ket t and. .it. was not). It was-the second fire-in the | d > sport. Bap ereete dd ¢ HALIFAX (CP—The Atlantic — > ge: Severe apace scan geen aenk. be trang |building in 24 hours. On Sun. | Pelone: Woméew's ...2...0.ceseee: 6 ine Fair broke into the. black ° lenown whether, Canadian day, fire started on the oer ae i. a jaune ps Pitherials. .....:..0 00-55: ‘ i is third ..year of operation Christmas iground crews would be trans- |floor and caused some damage. | "©!P Se, people agistral Summerside ......-...- (oss By and showed a _ 1965..profit of iferred overseas. The bases from |But Chief Clifford said there rang is asked the Priest. Kingss-Quecns, City ...5 ° ‘|$7,800, President Don J. Crank I which the planes would operate |waS No connection between the ther” Vistica- replied: Prince County .... i jannounced Monday night. ruce Urg two fires. “y hate to say thig, but condl-|_

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