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Potatoes are at their highest price at this time of year since the year ‘952. a prominen’ Char-
* potato shipper told this »aper a few days ago when the price was reported at $1.75 ber bag bulk The comparative price here last year at the same time was £1.20 he said.
And a report from Western Prince vesterday indicated that e Wet Devon man, Eric Mac- Neill, hed completed the horvest- ing of his potato crop on Friday of ‘ast week Most of the pota- toes were in good condition, the report said. despite the frost that has hit the Island on sever- al occasions When Mr. Mac- Neill found that he was not go-
jinw ‘e he able to complete his harvesting before hard frost strrek. he took the horse hoe and piled up a good covering of clay
" Balcer May Join Grits
QUEBEC (CP)—Leon Balcer, a former leader of Quebec’s
Conservative MPs, turned up at.
the conference of the Quebec provincial Liberal party here Saturday.
“It’s possible,” he answered, wi one reporter asked him
ine’ the Quebec Liberals.
Mr. Balcer. a transport minis- ter in the federal cabinet of for- mer prime minister Diefen- baker, quit the federal Conser- vatives early this vear in pro- test against Mr. Diefenbaker's leadership: of the party.
He left federal politics. alte gether in September and later Was appointed by Liberal Pre- mier Jean Lesage to lead pre- parations for Quebec's: celebra- tions of Confederation’s 100th anniversary in 1967.
|The Ward analysis
jon his drills. In, that way he had that 2,458 carloads had been a
a good deal of extr from the frost. Speaking of prices, buyers wete paying $1.65 per bushel in O'Leary for seed potatoes late jlast week, The Guardian learn- ed. And this works out to ap- pesceately $2.06 per 75-pound .
SHOULD REMAIN 8TRONG
F.W. Ward and Sons, Produce Analysts suggest that ‘‘from all the reports available the potato market should remain strong through this coming season ... export of tablestock could be a deciding factor in the overal) picture.”
P.E.1. and N.B. production shows an estimated drop of slightly less than 5,300 car!oads from 1964 figures, it is sug- gested.
Though estimates reported from the United States continue to indicate an increase, over last lyear. the report from Maine: which is more directly a market
jcompetitor, indicates a drop in
potato volume. says specifi-
protection shipped, both to domestic and
‘foreign markets; and this com- jpares with 2,872 carloads at the corresponding date a year ago. Shipments from New Bruns- wick this year are 2,466 carloads and this compares with 3,485 car- loads a year ago. | A recent Canada department of agriculture report indicates that P.E.1. potatoes are bringing a premium of 35 cents per 50. {pound bag (equivalent of 52 cents ‘a 75-pound container). on the |Montreal and Ottawa markets, jand 25 te 30 cents per, 75-pound er on the Toronto mar- et.
la Drang Valley Battle Continues
| SAIGON (CP)—North Vietna- mese army regulars brought the battle of Ia Drang Valley into” its “Second week Sunday, clashing with 500 U.S. Ist Cave ialry troops in what officials de- scribed as light to moderate fighting.
cally “production estimates of | U.S. B-52s from Guam ham Nov. Ist show the Maine crop as |mered positions near the battle 6.500 cars less than last year ... area in the 12th such attack in Shipoers and growers are re- a week.
garding storage bins,to reduce The renewed fighting there Possible losses from frost dam- added weight to a theory that
whether he is thinking of join. [aged stock”.
Concerning Idaho,
kets, the analysis suggests that
“even with the U.S. department |
of griculture’s -ece-‘ 4>> in production figures in 1965, there
still is a big crop in Idaho”. A. very high percent of top ‘quality |
ithe Communist command is
a strong preparing for a key battle in ‘contender for top potato mar- the sector.
Clay Becomes Boxing's Bard
potatoes are reported from that, LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP)—
state, the analysis reveals.
SHIPMENTS THIS YEAR
So far as P.E.I. potato ship- ments are concerned from the 1965 crop, a Canada department of agriculture report indicates
Local Trade Board To Hear Prominent Hamilton Speaker
Kenneth A. Grant, manager
of Industrial Commission, Ham-
. Ont.,
Mr. Grant was born and edu- | cated at Port Arthur. He served overseas with the Cap adian Army and was retired as captain in 1946.
Upon leaving the service, Mr. Grant became active in com- munity affairs and served as a member of the Port Arthur Board of Education, chairman of the Civie Recreation Com- mittee and president of the Royal Canadian Legion (Port Arthur branch).
He entered Chamber of Com- merce work in 1949 as manager of the Hamiiton Chamber of Commerce and ultimately mov- ed to Toronto as assistant On-
tario manager of the Canadian
~Chamber of Commerce. He
ge his ‘present duties in ‘.
A reception will be held!
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K, A. GRANT !
prior to the dinner meeting. The reception is. scheduled for 6 o'clock and the dinner at 7.
President A. Walthen Gaudet will preside.
Britain's Oldest Peer
Marks 100
TOWCESTER, England ‘Reuters)—Britain’s oldest peer the fifth Baron Penrhyn, cele-- brated his- 100th birthday Sun- day after surviving three wars and uncounted steeplechase and | foxhunt jumps.
A former colonel, Lord Pen- thyn fought the Boers in the 1900-02 South African War and the Germans in the First World War. At 74, he was too old to “ight in the Second World War. |
He is the oldest surviving of- | ficer of -the 60th Rifl@s—the King’s Royal Rifle Corps hon. |
Birthday
Perhaps one of Penrhyn’s saddest memories dates back to June, 1949, when he succeeded to the title from a nephew, the 54year-old fourth baron, the former Hugh Napier Douglas- Pennant.
Biggest blow was news that
‘he would not inherit the Pen-
rhyn estate valued at £813,151 ($2,439,453), including the 190- room Norman - Castle near Bangor, Wales.
It went to the fourth baron's | Pps 26 - year - old niece — who.two.|_:
years later handed the castle to
ored in British history as the |the treasury as part payment Greeniackets. \of £528,546 death duties, as well Out of ‘uniform, Penrhyn, |@5 40,000 acres of the estate.
holder of a title first held by | At -the time Lord Penrhyn
his trandfather in 1866. has |Commented:
lived the life of an‘ €Enclish | ‘I think it is a most disgrace-
country squire. 'ful thing. Yes, most disgraceful |to leave the estate away from
He was born into a world still diserssing the assassination of |the siccessor to the title. President Lincoln — seven morths hefore—and_ the death four weeks earlier of Lord |ture, nothing he did would sur- Pe'merston. Encland’s fiery prise me." ard controversial foreign «o-re-
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LIVES OUTETLY
Since his youth, when no’ fie“tine overseas for the kings ar? cueens through whose ro'--- Se has lived. the former Lt-Col. Frank Douglas-Pennant has settled for the pastoral life — grouse - shooting, fox- hunting over the Northampton. shire fields or fishing for trout. |
Penrhyn now spends most of his time indoors at Sholebrooke Ledge, his home
x manor near here. But he is still fit and well.
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Heavyweight champion Cassius Clay, the bard of boxing, pre- jdicted in verse Saturday that he will launch Floyd Patterson
into space in their .title fight here tonight. Appearing on ABC's Wide
World of Sports Clay, or Mu-
hammad. Ali, described in verse jhow the fight will go. The poem reads:
Ali goes out to meet Floyd and Floyd starts to retreat. If Floyd goes back an inch farther, he'll wind up in a tingside seat.
Floyd swings with a left, Floyd swings with a right,
po look at the kid carrying “the”
fight. i Floyd, keeps backing, but there's not enough room.
It’s a matter of time, verily goes the boom. ‘ Now he lands with a right, what a beautiful swing, and the punchless Floyd, clean out of the ring.
Floyd is still rising and the ref wears a frown, for he can’t start counting il] Floyd comes down.
Now Floyd disappears from view, the crowd is getting frantic, but our radar sta- tions have picked him up— he’s somewhere over the Atlantic. ..
Who would have _ thought when they came to the fight, that they would wit- ness the launching of a
human satellite? : The_ crowd . did. not dream when they laid down their money that Ali would re- * tire Floyd and Sonny.
“But I am not surprised. My nephew was such an. odd ——a |
‘THE EVE ANNIVERSARY
A long line of visitors moves Arlington Cemetery at Wash- the former president's assassi- nation. The eternal tights glows in the ring of military (AP Wirephote)
toward and past the grave
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1965.
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“HON. ROBERT " Stanfield, (left) premier of Nova Scotia, | Hon. Athan Farmer, attorney- general of P.E.1. and Dr. F.W. Rowe, minister of finance for Newfoundland, appeared as if they wanted to get right down to & at the Chariotte- town Ainport Jast—night.Pre-
mier Stanfield and Dr. Rose were arriving by regular Fast- _ ern Provincial Airways flight to attend a one-day Atlantic
premiers’ conference today. Dr. Rose is representing New-
foundland's. Premier Smail- wood. who;ig, ig ‘Europe. Pre- mier- Louis- od, New.
Beunewick arrived somewhat earlier by private aircraft. Sessions, start at 10 a.m., fol- lowed by lunch at Government House with Lieutenant-Gover-
nor W.J. MacDonald. The |
premiers will resume _ their talks at 2.30 and attend dinner at the Hotel,
hosted ny -Premitér Shaw. --
By STEWART MacLEOD OTTAWA (CP)—In the eyes iof some highly-placed Liberals, there are growing indications of wide - ranging cabinet changes iprior to the opening of the next 'seession of Parliament Jan. 18.
They think the shifts will go
.|far beyond those actually neces- the Nov. 8 general |
isitated by election. The aim would be to give the \govermment a new appearance following the election -which did little to change party standings jin the House. | As a ditect result of the elee-
ington late Sunday, the eve
| site of John F. Kennedy in of the second anniversary of
Sweeping Cabinet Shifts Foreseen By Observers
| Princess Forced ___ tte
To Ease On Pace -
| NEW CANAAN, Conn. (AP)— An exhausting schedule finally caught up with Princess Mar- garet Sunday. She was forced ‘to forego a trip te this quiet ‘Cennecticut community in order jto sleep.
| She had attended ctiurch serv- lices during the morning with! her husband, the Earl of Snow- , appeared tired. _ They had been up until early
ference,
By The Canadian Press The thorny problems of trans- portation, education and off- shore mineral rights shaped up the major topics of discus today at the annual Atlan- Premiers Conference. But somewhat gaudier question n Atlantic free trade area also come up for a share of the conversation.
Attending the conference will be Premiers Robert Stanfield of Nova Scotia, Louis Robichaud of New Brunswick and Walter Shaw of Prince Edward Island. Newfoundiand Finance Minister Frederick Rowe will — in
gS FRE
ing ‘will be sort of an open con- where the premiers will be able to introduce pretty well what they wish.” Premier Stanfield was the only provincial leader to give advance notice of a major topic he wanted to introduce. Mr. Stanfield said Nov. 15 he would press the other provinces at the meeting to adopt a system of portable university grants Un- der~ the scheme™ the four ~~ pro- vincial governments would pay university students grants which could be carried into ano- ther Atlantic province. HK is believed Nova Scotia's major interest in this field is in
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7 Transport, Education, ¥ Sea Rights Included
the field of dental and medical 4raining. The province has the only dental and medical schools in the region, and many stu- dents from the other three At- Lantiec provinces take their training there.
Premier Shaw, the only other Atlantic premier to comment on the suggestion lore the con- ference, said his province was “interested in this reciprocal grant question —- especially in the medical and dental areas."
Both Premiers Shaw and Stanfield referred before the conference to the “continuing” que-tions of off-shore mineral rights question will be referred ‘to the Supreme Court of Can- ada.
PROVINCIAL RIGHT
Mr. Stanfield has claimed provincial ownership for such rights, saying Nova Scotia long has mined coal resources stret- ching out under the ocean floor.
The transportation question— chiefly one of rail freight rates —will be discussed following the report of the Maritime Trans portation Commission.
The subject of an Atlantie free trade area, comprising the Atlantic provinces” and the New England states, was revised learly this year by New Eng- land officials. Since then, —all Atlantic premiers have exz- pressed both interest and mis- givings.
_Five Persons Are Killed In Accidents On Highways
By The Canadian Press A man burned beyond recog-
| of Chamcook, N.B. died Saturday night when the car he was driv-
jnition in a two-car crash near ing left the road and struck a Lakeside, N.B., Saturday was culvert. The accident occurred at
Sunday morning at a party and ‘identified following an autopsy St. David in Charlotte County.
both had been keeping to a break - neck schedule during their 20-day tour of the United
tion, Prime Minister Pearson jnever appointed a replacement States.
must find a replacement for Mines Minister J. Watson Mac- Naught, defeated in the Prince Edward Island riding of Prince; and Agriculture Minister Harry Hays, if a forthcoming recount does not upset his defeat in Cal- igary South,
‘A replacement also must be found for Finnance Minis- |found for Finance Minis- \paign chairman, who resigned after the ‘election;—-saying ~ he gave Mr. Pearson bad advice in urging him_to call the fall vote. | In addition, Mr. Pearson has
* elected MP for
for, Yvon Dupuis, who was dis missed as minister without port- folio in January ever influence peddling charges in St. John’s, Que
Although, on the face of it, the prime minister appears to have room to manoeuvre in his appointments, he faces severe restrictions through Liberal failure to win seats in three provinces.
There is no representation from Prince Edward Island, ‘Saskatchewan or Alberta. Mani- |toba returned only one Liberal, Veterans Minister Roger Teillet, ja former public relations officer jrepresenting a city riding. This jlack of prairie members makes \it difficuk to appoint a new ag- riculture minister, which tradi- tionally goes to a prairie MP.
‘Speculation is rampant in the capital ever the changes the prime minister may make. «-Mr.-Pearson- has -not- lent sup- jport to any of the rumors, and sources close to him say he hasn't yet decided on the struc- ture of his remodelled cabinet.
They say the changes t6 be made before Jan. 18 will sur- prise many of the speculators, and will involve members whose names haven't yet cropped up in the post-election stories.
They don't. think all the changes will come in one sweep- ing announcement. This, it* is argued, would appear to be , pushing the panic button.
TWO MAY MOVE
The strongest speculation around Ottawa is that Trade Minister MitcheH Sharp will
take over the finance portfolio, and that Robert -H. Winters. a former minister in the cabinet of Louis St. Laurent, will sue-
: ceed him at trade.
There is also persistent specu-
' Jation that Jean Marchand. for-
mer labor leader and newly- West,
will be given a cabinet post. He
“; cosferred withMr. Pearson in
Cape.
Ottawa during the last week.
Other frequently - heard sug- gestions have included the pos- sible appointment of H. A. Ol- son. Social Credit member for the Alberta riding of Medicine Hat, to the Liberal cabinet as jagriculture minister, with Mr. 'Hays going to the Senaie to lend a helping hand.
;_ There has also been talk- of [Privy Council president Guy Favreau leaving the cabinet along with State Secretary |Maurice Lamontagne and, pos- lsibly, Postmaster-General Rene ‘Tremblay.
Machinists | Refuse Role
In Strike |
| VANCOUVER (CP} — A |spokesman for the B.C. Federa- tion of Labor said Saturday a ; machinists’ union may ‘‘lessen the possibility of settlement’’ in | the oil workers’ dispute by re- fusing to support a general walkout.
George Johnston, chairman of the federation’s strike commit- tee was commenting on a deci- sion by the 6,000-member Inter- national Association of Machin- ists not to join any general iwork stoppage.
The decision by the machin- ists’ union was the first setback in —the- federation's plan for -a 48-hour general strike to back the oil, Chemical and Atomic workers union in their contract dispute.
‘The’ labor federation has asked member unions to walk off any job which has to do, with handling or using petroleum products.
‘Sometimes | Hav
jearly
2s, \the driver of the other car and
Sunday as 42-year-old Harold Ed- win Roberts of West Saint John, N.B. we
He was the driver and lone oc-
|cupant of one of the vehicles in-
volved. Leonard Elmer Martin, in his of Bloomfield, N.B.,
his papeeneer Margaret Ken- nedy, 21, of Passakeag, N.B. were killed.
The triple fatality brought to
five the number of persons who)
died on highways in the Mari- time Provinces during the week- end.
Melvin Horace Merchant, 2%,
Give PM Chance, Douglas Says
OTTAWA (CP)—New Demo- cratic Leader Douglas said Sat- urday night the minority Liberal government should de given a chance to present its program before being defeated on any non-confidence motion.
Mr. Douglas returned '~ Ot- tawa after being in his British Columbia riding of Burnaby- Coquitlam since the Nov. 8 gen- eral election, and he made it clear that his party will not sup- port non - confidence motions proposed in the throne speech debate.
e Nightmares,
In Nova Scotia, Albert Muir, 43. of Mount William was killed Saturday morning when struck ‘by a car as he walked on the |highway near New Glasgow.
Separatist Convicted In Robbery
MONTREAL (CP) — Gaston Plante, 38. who described him- self as an official of a Quebec separatist organization, has been found guilty of armed rob- bery in a $29,000 holdup of a coin - collector's shop in east- end Montreal.
The reference to a separatist group was treated with dishe- lief by the Crown prosecutor.
Four men held up the Mont- real Coin and Stamp Exchange Jan. 21, for the owner to open the safa and escaped with $25,000 in rare cons and $4.000 in cash.
Plante and two other men — Raymond Morency, 33. and Claude Dubeau, 22—had been held in custody since their ar- rest four days after the rob bery.
Widow Of JFK's Assassin Says
By MIKE COCHRAN
DALLAS, Tex. ‘AP’ — Ma- rina- Oswald Porter snubbed out
her ninth cigarette of the morn- ing and lighted another.
“Have you ever tried to an- alyse yourself?” she. asked. “It's very hard to do. I think about it a lot. I try to forget Sometimes I have night- mares.”
The former Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald was speaking of the as-
s?2 ! f rr Kennedy two years ago. Seated at the dining table in-her mod- ern brick home here, she fussed with her blonde hair and drank coffee.
At first reluctant to admit a feporter, she later relaxed and talked easily, with a definite Russian accent. :
She now is the wife of an elec- tronics technician. Kenneth Porter. She is one of. several ,
‘Texans whose lkves were
wrenched apart when Oswald killed the oresident in Dallas Nov. 22, 1963.
About five miles away. Jack Ruby. the man condemned to death for killinc O-wald. waits in his jail cell in downtown Dal- las for cxoneration
In Fort Worth. 3 miles away by ‘urnpike. Waercuerite Os- wald. grey - haired mother of
the assassin. continues trying to clear Oswald's name.
Ir the Dallas district of Oak Cliff. Marie Tippit, widow of the policeman shot by Oswaid, strives to give her children a forme! life without u-ing the wealth showered upon her by a sympethetic nation
In Austin, the state capttal, Governor John Connally. is 10 longer in pain from wounds he
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suffered from the zssassir but cannot use his right wrist prop- erly and is weak in the right side of his body. He is prepar- ing to run for a third term.
COMFORTABLE HOME Marina Oswald Porter's house is in the $20,000 range, clean and comfortable. Her daughter rachel now is twe years old. Marina spoke with disarming candor. ; She displayed a recent mag-
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