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The Evening Patriot have a tradition of including

ﬂavor along with their seasonal message. Above is an enlargement of the

woodcut-style picture used this year. At the right

accompanied it. And the greeting of the papers. repeated now to all friend. May the Season’s Utm 0 st Joys

everywhere, is the one shown above: Yours.

Blackout Hits Most N.B.

Authorised as second Clan Hall by Ina Pant Department. Ottawa. and for payment & putago

In sending Christmas cards to many distant places. The Guardian and

‘{'_“"':__h_ CHARLOTTETOWN,

IT'S TAKEN 100 YEARS Like the event which in-

. . - - s ired it, the Fathers of Con- 15 the Information which lfgderation Memorial Building, Eto be completed in l964, is unique. No other Canadian istructure ever has been erect- ied under similar auspices — not even one in all the 100 years since the first Con- federation Conference estab- lished Charlottetown as the

something of an Island

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As Grid System Collapses 9.;;_...

FREDERJCTON ICP) - Bruiiiswick Electric Power

_ "H - - ~ _ ,.w Commission said a m-cclianical fcwdifmbuxgkﬁlwgﬁiiiitgiﬁe: ,faiiure at the Beechwood hydro- i-i - '

l3'D59d like 3 l10l1'S€ 0‘ 931"-lS."]i'cacitiion. The failure occurred blacking out most of the prov-.in a mechanism wliciti feeds -KC ' - ,1‘, M _lthc power of Grand Falls. 1: e im .up iopgs. mm“ m(ci:Jl'fobique and Beechwood dams l"'_~" evemng a "e1 8 me‘ a. .into the provincial system. failure at a St. John Rivet‘. Loss generating plant. ,generating plants threw an

A spokesman for tihe New“‘unbearable load" on the pmv-

ECM Weathers Worst Crisis

By ROBERT MAUTHNER opinion found West Germany

BRUSSELS Belgium (Rout--and France at odds. One of the ersl—The European Common key stumbling blocks to agree- Market weathered the worst -‘ment. was on _ crisis in its six-year history .‘policy on tariff policy should be Monday when ministers came'sctt cl first. to tariff policies. France pressed for farm pol-

Long and complicated discus-Vicy. _ tiions among the six ended with 5 for tariff agreement first on the

agreement on a package deal_-grounds it would affect dcci-.

which inciuded regulations for'sions on farm policy. beef. rice and dairy products as i The last stumbliniz block. well as a policy for interna- lsurmounted Monday. was over tional tariff negotiations in the -the question of margarine—the 5pring_ leconomic life blood of Holland.

The agriculture and foreign! Belgian F‘ reign Minister ministers of the _ . . reached accord under a French lthe ministerial conference and threat that the life of the mar- llsaid ‘fit is an important suc- ket was at stake if agreement Icess. . . was not reached by Dec. 31. , “It would have been unthink-

A rough draft of the package able for European unification to deal was drawn up by the fail on the problem of marga- market's commission in May. .1-ene." H . At that time the ministers setl 'l‘he_ ministers now turn their Dec. 31 as the deadline for final [attention to tariff negotiations .3;-eemeng, within the General Agreement

Ministers of the six natlons— on Tariffs and Trade. France. West Germany. The The talks will be held _a‘ Netherlands. Italy. Belgium and Geneva in the spring and wil. Luxemboui-g—all ware happy at have important ECOll0mlC' con- the outcome. During ne8otia)- sequences ‘Oi’ "'9 U“‘i°d tionii. serious differences of-‘States.

Pope Says Pilgrimage eeks Peace And Unity

"And our heart will reach out also to hhose outside the fold of megugg to Christ, and our good inwntimlﬁ day night his Holy Land pilgrim- will embrace all the peoples age would be a journey of offer- the earth. those far and near. lng. search. and prayer with sentiments of resvectan for peace and Christian unit . of love. wishing them happiness

The 66-year-old Roman Cat.h- peace . olic ruler also c ed on nations JOURNEY or PRAYER to aeek a true peace throulhl “it will thus be a journey of the “abolition. or at least. . . ‘prayer. made with humility and mitigation" of the arms race. with love. in our heart Will be nationalistic pride. ‘and lack of present the whole world: No one confidence in such organizations wlll be forgotten." as the United Nations. He also Pope Paul indicated his will- advocatad negotiation between i-igness to meet Arab and Jew, natlona. Catholic Christian and non-Cath-

But the main enIi7l1“l-5 l" “'8 lolic Christian. He is expected iipeech. less than two weeks be-lio be greeted by the king of tore his historic pilizrlmaile 10 :Jordan and the president of is- the may Land. was that uniire- -rael. and he may have an hia- cedentad trip. ‘toric encounter with Orthodo

Apparently referring 10 501110 ‘Patriarch Athenagoi-as of Con-

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Paul Vi, in his first Christmas the world. §iiid Mon-

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criticism Imonl A735 “l“°l"-3 stnntinoplc (Istanbul)- tiiat his tnip would be political "we all greet respectfully and 9 Vatican rcrniZﬂl- .and cordlaily all. Wh8l€V€|‘ be

,their origin. whom we shall onge . we deolareimeet on our way. especially clearly that the nature and pur- lthose in authority. the P€°Pl9- poses of our pilgrimage are the pilgrims. and the tourists- uoiety religious." but without siopiiinz in our hm‘- Ha that ii: Journey search

tion of Israel. he said:

.351 ﬂed pilgrim’: journey. and would he an of for all wlhoui allowing ourselves to be

Inae MI: are for us. loll! Md distracted from the sole"relig- T log,‘ pupou of the EU» I

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‘electric plant set off the chainl

of the three big hydro-_‘

whether farm 1

but West Germany held out ,

community lPaul-Henri Spaak came out of-

place ”Where Canada Be- an. V . . has special and double mes thermal ggnelatmlg stake in it. Each province is

‘plants. the official said. i The failure occurred at. 5:32 .m. AST—-as thousands persons tihrouighout the pnov- ,ince were packing into stores ‘for last-mlinule Christmas shop- ‘piiig. Many stores shut down ‘shortly after the failure. Blackouts lasted from 05 minutes before the supply

providing 15 cents per capita toward its cost, ith federal authorities matc ing the sum thus produced on the same basis.

The result of this unique co-operative effort is to be alike an architectural triumph

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, . - _ - . Viscountess Davidson Con-. Les were I.e_muted_a,, wet, (far handsome.» than any‘_ OTTAWA (CPl in his annual to the brave young president . ' . g ﬂan descpmed as usometh-mg .pre“mmary picture can mg,‘ Christmas message. Prime Min- would to m e secure in the -::$l]:it;:(¢)-.m i;;59T'aBi'lia- Hike putting a house m- cards Loam and an important hi‘_;_isterl Plfarson fsﬂis Canadians petigy of ‘nations the feelin wofyum Bowdeﬁ chairman inf Etll“t- . back mgeﬂher alga_m_.. ,can oo to the uture with hope a common humanity which am i 9

torical and cultural landmar ‘"'“‘ “’°"’i llC d It’ t hue

hrougiht into play and surplus °' 3 _ am 3‘ '5 _° °. 5 power 5,0,.“ NW3 seam was splendid theatres, ‘libraries, obtained tihrouigh the initerpro-.an art gallery, archives and vincii ‘ s m ‘impressive accommodations

The “F69 51- for conferences and conven- hydro plants were or ﬁons_ ilafer in the niigh-t—ihurried.l. the spokesman said. because of the higher cost of thermal- ,'.',(‘li("i’al.Od power.

The interruption i(i(.‘(‘ul‘i‘e(‘l. through “pure coin- lcirlcncc." while the system was .cziri-ying its peak load of the (lay and the heaviest of the iycar.

.\'o traffic accidents wene at- tributed to the blackout. but ‘police in Fredericton. Moncton and other centres were unsur: ihow much. if aniy, shoplifting llliad increased.

“No one got caught." was a Mon-cton policeman's comment.

The only region to escape the ‘inconvenience were the north lsliorc area around Oampbellton, .sci~ved by a Quebec system.

Welland Canal

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sion of the new building, based upon a model, is the in Sel‘Vl0€ work of W. L. Taylor, chief

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Counterfeiting Huge lnclustry Now In Ontario

TORONTO (CF) —— An RCMP staff officer has disclosed that coun.teirf‘ieting in Ontario ii nd Quebec has grown into a multi- million-doliar business.

Inspector Roy Huber. in charge of the RCMP in Regina, says couriiterzfieteirs are reaping a harvest asti-mated at from $l0.000.000 ho $30,000,000 a

.Toll Charges year

1, B R t d His disclosure came in an 1 5 0 article in The Canadian Banker. . 0 e e re fficial organ of the Cainadiian i OTTAWA (CPl—To’.l charges Bankers‘ AsS°0ia-ti0n- ,

The accompanying impres-,_lnever be solved at all without maining. suffer from their go- ;iE9"‘”'3l ‘mm 1947 l0 1951 in the .. . 0

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Edward Island Like The Dew”

CANADA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1963.

8 77 N.Y. Declares Snow Emergency

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A major snowfall stormeal ’ M0 New York City Monday they are prohibited from stop- night. and more than eiirni ""l‘i..°'..?.?.'..".‘i‘.f ‘ii'...l'.l§ séiiiéi inch?-S W85 Expecled in the city; already struggling with heavy

snow tires could move

by this morning and up to a foot snows ice. braced itself l forecast for the suburbs. lMonday night for still colder . 1 Traffic. already bumper-to-' weather

The heaviest. snow of the century c o v c r e d Memphis. A Tenn.. and some other places. 5;

i-DEATHS REPORTED V The bitter weather disrupted

bumper with Christmas a day away, was snarled as 25 mph.’ winds whipped the snow into drifts. The city declared a snowl emergency.

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washmgton South Carolina, Louisiana, Mis- inches of Sm, sissippi. Alabama and Kentucky i one each. Some were from TRAFFIC BOGS DOWN traffic accidents. some from

‘ Baltimore had more than six exposure to the biting cold. inches. The heavy snowfall Freezing temperatures reach blanketed Philadelphia and ail all the way to th ulf of Pennsylvania. Traffic in Mexico. The mercury dipped to Philadelphia was bogged down. 25 at Mobile. Ala.. and 26 atl The snow emergency in New New Orleans. Of eiizht PGFSOHS h0n0I‘ed by the’ ‘York, as in Philadelphia and -Nearly all the Carolinas was government with life peeragesl .oth r it‘ -"th ' 'l - d ‘in ' _ - ' . . " i...‘.’.._.,“ ...f.‘"‘.‘..i§ '.°.‘i.‘i. §l’“.‘3i.‘.-’.i.‘l.'.....l'.‘f.’.“." .‘.I’..‘.i.‘.’;-...‘.°’.‘35 "”‘‘°’‘ °"‘‘‘’‘" ‘“°"‘ '°.-"‘ "‘ "‘°l cles equipped with chains or Christmas. iliiifoltlse of Lmds dun“ th°"l - eime. f

The peerages, designed tol k the upper House more T

LONDON (Reuters) — The widow of former Labor partyl Leader Hugh Gaitskell has: been made a baroiicss, it was‘ announced Monday.

Anna Dora Gaitskell was one

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Hope And Confidence Expressed By Pearson

service. They are not hcredl-I tory. oday's list brings to 54' the number of life peers are.- ated since 1958. They include! nine women. 1

Besides Mrs. Gaiiskell. whose husband died in January. the: new life peers are-

‘an sober confidence. There gulfed every land during those E.l°°“'°“l°5 were problems. but wiii co-op- days of grief." 5 Veration they could be solved. Another tragedy was i “We must strengthen the crash ‘of a TCA plane

unity of our nation while meet» Montreal in November with

solved and prayers go out to those who 19515 Char 195

"these problems w _ They wlll have gone and those who 1-e.lwho was assistant postmaster

i easily or quickly.

lundei-standing them or without ing. - war Labor government; the hard, cooperative work and His message continued: ‘Edward Willis. Playwright: Sir .the united purpose of all Cana- “In the ‘ st of Christmas : Edwin Herbert. ldians: of all origins and in atl happiness. surrounded by those the royal commission on local

.‘ In a talk recorded for pre- in which hatred and bigotrylin 1957.

,isentation on radio anﬁl televi- possess too many hearts and " ‘' '‘''‘‘’ ""‘

lsion Christmas Day. to prime too many others. by their sl-3 °

lminister said this was a time lence, aliow the ugliness to wewed

lfor al to measure their lives spread. We look at a world in: .

lagainst the values of Christian which peace is still insecure. lln New

[morality heralded by the birth “No treaty or alliance or Christ. armed ‘ ht can create or ' POOLE. E I1 2 l a nd

“The Christmas defend successfully that belie;-1Thieves at Southampton stolel

merging as it does peace that all men crave until lthe luggage of an elderly British

all men respect the dignity and lC0u’Dl9-

equality under God of all men."% "50 Pmbably the thief saved

‘—‘—“‘** """“'—"‘lour lives," John

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with the idawn of a new year, is a time ifor resolution and reﬂectlon; a ltime for thanks for past bless- -ings as we face new tasks; a ltime for reaffirming our confl-

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gdeiice . in ur country; our year-old wife Mabel were iii zbelief in the brotherhood of all |'S$Ued MOnday lhave sailed on the Lakonia's (Christmas cruise. ‘

linen and our faith in God."

iSADDENED BY TRAGEDY

~ It has been a year saddened

.by tragedies, he said. "Presi-

‘dent Kennedy’: death mobilized

a grief that knew no nationallilty i e

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HALIFAX icpi _ 1-he w9a_ Three of their four suitcasesl

ther office Monday night issued i“'e“" smie" ‘m the d°°l‘ 50 the

heavy snowfall warnings for all °°"l’l“ l““‘ed ‘”"’“"‘l “"d (“"0" Maritime areas. High winds with “Mme to P°l°'

iheavy drifting were forecast to I

will be reimposed April 1, 1964. lon ships and cargo moving lthrough the all-Canadian Wel- iland Canal. Transport Minister {George Mcllraith announced‘

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lsuspended .1 18. 1962 to meet. ;an election promise. i ' Mr Mcllraith said the repeal gunﬁ“ Md “'9 '93“ ’“ l 'é um suspension W” East German attempting to lachieved in an exchange of "99 "° “'9 west b"°k° the lnmes with the United sum. Christmas peace on the Berlin

I wall Monday.

government. _

l Under the St. Lawrence Sea- 55 "‘°“53“‘,l‘ °i B9"l”‘°'_‘5 ‘°' jway partnership. the U.S. gov- prepared excitedly for their

be informed 0; biggest holiday reunion in two wenang years. the Communist regime in gnu,-cg, ‘the East provided a grim re- in Canada and was bum mo" minder what the win’. is for. than 25 yea” before the deep! While smiling East German water seaway. lguarda admitted West Berliners Ships moving an-iwgh the lthrough the wall for brief reun- wemmd Cami between Lap, ‘ions with loved ones. one East ionm-.0 and Lake Erie pay 3 Berliner tried to buck the one- ltoll of two cents a ton on their W85’ "'9m‘~‘ 53' °l3Wl"!i “'5 ‘V33’ ‘gross registered tonnage. plua lllfoullh ""99 lB¥9|‘5 Oi b_3Fl?°d two cents a ton on bulk ca,-.80 wire on the southern city limits. and ﬁve cents ii ton on general i ere is no wail at this point ‘cm.go_ but obataclea are formidable

I and heavily guarded. East Ger- INSIDE TODAY

;ernment must «toll changes on the lcanal. even though it is

man police c loose with 10 ‘bursts from sub-machine-guns. liioomzan SCREAM

Announcements. notices . 2i i west Berlin police heard cries l Births. deaths .... .. 2. so lot "halt. halt." but could not i Classified . . . . . . . . . .. 20. 21 lsee the refugee through the fog. i Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. is 7Then came t shots and a f pmmce‘ mnket, 13 fmaa's agonized scream. it was ‘ Edmmk ‘ the first reported ihoollniz since l SW" ‘ I ’ ‘ 16 iThursday when a young i-last l o-----. c-- g

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Woman I . . . . . . . . . . mvet

This year Want Berliner: with

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Red Gunﬁre Shatiers ‘Peace At Berlin Wall

LI-N (AP) — Communist ‘relatives in the eastern so of

yet possessed them an _ _ , accompany the snow expected to No P 'best memm'_l§l ma‘iL79g‘[Lz-gig. reach southern Nova Scotia l “Per Tomorrow _‘ early l°d3Y- l Since tomorrow is Christ-.

.alii°“ii.:°';i..ii§ .i§.ii'.l'°.ias'§m§§ l'“‘“ Day’ ““’ 9°“ °f““°“f tonight and predicted that lof The Guardla" w'“ he’ Christmas day in most areas lTI“"'sday! 1199- 26- would be cloudy and cold. l

sector are being allowed through hole: ‘in the wall to be together for the first time since they were separated 28 months ago.

Many saved precious passe: today. the great Christmas {celebration for German fami- ‘lies. Traditionally they gather laround the brightiy ighted Christmas tree on Dec. 24. lknown as Heilig Abend-—Holy (Night. They sing carols and .exchange gifts.

SHADOWED ATMOSPHERE

‘ This shooting shadowed tha ichrlstmas atmosphere as thous- lands more happy West Berlin- ers passed through the wall for the fourth successive day.

j Western officials estimated that about 5.000 went over by foot. by auto and on the one jremaining elevated rail line,-' from West to East Berlin.

The official East German

;ncws agency ADN said 37.460 .West' Berliners visited East Berlin in the first four days. it added that only 146 applications were refused and one because I-applicants could not supply suf- ficient proof of having relatives iin the East. l Hundreds of thousands moi! {have obtained permits. Most. d ~tihem plan to go over on in ‘holiday:

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Research Council ‘since 1960; Richard Llewelyn 5, the = Davies, professor of architec- . near ; ture at London University; Ger- the . aid Gardiner. an alderman of 2 ling its many problems. None of loss of 118 lives. "Our thoughts l 1-"“"l°" CW"?-Y Cﬂlmcil Since - ' Rider Hobson, ,

chairman of _

we love. we look out at a world ; government in Greater London ; I

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Snow beginning during morning: north- east winds 30. gusts to 50. Low-high 13 and 30. Christmas Day: cloudy, colder.

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Rescue Vessels Pick Up Ship ir Survivors

24 Known Dead, 134 Are Missing

LONDON (AP J —Rescue ves-

sels steamed for haven today’ ;with 877 exhausted survivors of i was not lthe Greek liner Lakonia which ‘blasts preceded or followed the

burst into flames and exploded

* on a Christmas holiday cruise

believed to have perished. British aircraft carrier

Centaur stayed behind in the

’_§disaster area and scoured the

seas around the battered and

just before Sunday midnight They had set out from England

Thursday for a gay holiday on ‘

sunny seas.

MANY ELDERLY

Many aboard were elderly people who had booked for a holiday cruise far from the fogs and siiow of Britain. Others were children, studying at Brit- ish schools, headed for vaca- tions with parents living in the Canary Islands.

The Argentine liner Saita was du early today at Funchal. Madeira Islands, with 500 sur- vivors. Other vessels headed for Casablanca, Morocco. and Ten. erife. Canary Islands.

Those aboard may provide

‘es what started the fire. The cause was a mystery more than 24 hours after flames broke out and explosions blasted the ship.

Eyewitnesses reported explo.

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CAPT. MATHIOS Zarbis. 53. above_ was in command of the Greek cruise sh ip Lakonia.

which caught fire and was

abandoned Sunday night off

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,sionis hleii‘ out one tlyird of the Lakonia's 608-foot length. but it

iflames. LAST TO LEAVE The Belgian freighter

Charlesville picked up the ship's master, Capt. Mathios Zarbis. ii member said the captain. in true mari- time tradition. was the last to

On the bright side. the snowd - ‘l€='=Wt‘ his Ship fall ensured a white Christmas iraveli snarled traffic ‘md MRS’ GMTSKELL ‘liiiilrrtneldigmiilsisiiin-for 134 persons re. ships °riS5'('r"SS‘id ‘hi’ "CE" for many section,‘ caused deaths in at least seven _ ‘R’ f the northwest coast of The storm was moving north- ‘W95 Mrs Gqlfskell l The" were _34 l\'"0W" dead Africa plucking men. ‘ women east up the Atlantic seaboard A"ka“535 "9P°“9d “"99 . lamfmgdufie 1'0” persims ,~wh° a."d cillldre" imm l’i°b°ai5' from North Carolina. deaths’ Tennessee tw°' and Made Baroness lesiape mm the blazing ‘met me i Jaiikeis and me rafts

wdropped by British and U.S.

lplanes.

Racked by explosions. red hot from the flames. the once-proud 20.314-ton cruise ship fay dead in the water 180 miles north of the Portuguese island of Ma- deira. her first scheduled port of call on a voyage from Eng- land. She was almost hidden in the grey-brown smoke.

SIDE BADLY RIPPED

. most one-third of her 608- foot length on one side was ;ripped away. possibly when her boilers exploded.

Around her. tossed by waves six to 10 feet high. bobbed aban- doned lifeboats. rafts and bright red and yellow life bolts. For ,some. rescue came too late.

Rcsciie ships reported picking up some dead or injured. but the exact number was not known. At one point iii US. air .IContinued on page 17, ocl. ll

Maderia. He was picked up by the Belgian vessel Cliarlcsvilla which is due in Casablanca tr» (AP Wirepliofo hy cable London)

in lantile off the northwest cont from an cxplosimi can be soon "505 0! 8 Bl‘l“l5l1 W00!‘ SM!’ - . . (An Wirephoto via cable from h Ihowll burning in the M- of Africa Moiiday. Danage h the M119 of the ship. unca Lisbon;

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