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DRIVER BEING SOUGHT

Man Killed Or. , ugnway In Souris Early Sunday

nard MacDonald, 42, of Little; struck by an unknown vehicle Harbor. while. walking along the high-

He was killed, instantly when way through Souris shortly after, | 3 a.m, Sunday morning. |

SOURIS — A hit and run ac- cident here early Sunday morn- ing took the life of Joseph Ber-!

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1965.

Extra Money For Shoes

The body was found by John LaBrech of Souris. MacDonald was pronounced dead by Dr:! Edward Kassner, Souris.

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topsy and an inquest. Mr. MagDonald is survived by

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v a orm ree OV { | his father and mother, Mr. and. | Mrs, John MacDonald of Souris;| three brothers, Elmer, Francis) Stephanopoulos, the 25-year-old and James, all of Little Har-| king met for 15 minutes with|bour; two sisters, Helen, Mrs. Papandreou. Afterward, neither | Edward McGough of Souris and Fileen, Mrs. Howard Longaphie! |also of Souris. }

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By PHILIP DOPOULOS ATHENS (AP)—King Constan- tine has asked _ Stephanos Stephanopoulos, a veteran of 35|palace spokesmen nor former turbulent years of Greek poli- premier would comment. tics, to try to form—a-new gov- dust two days ago,

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By MALCOLM REID (CP) — Man- treal's postal strike is over, with postmen’s heavy-duty _ walking shoes the apparent key to settle- |ment of the 17-day walkout.

The city’s 4,000-odd letter car-_

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ided End Postal Strike

| Montreal Group Returns To Job:

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‘tough spot,’ said Roger De carie, Montreal president of thé Federated Association of Letter Carriers. ‘He used’ the shoe a lowance to get around it."

Mr. Decarie telii- ie vogue thé’ effect of the adjustment wag

: ernment and resolve Greece's dreou urged the king to reap-|lice asked anyone having any, i" a. %4-day-old political crisis. jpoint him or hold new elec- information pertaining. to this) = riers and postal clerks voted in ty) give all postal workers 2 Stephanopoulos, after a 2%- — turned down cocitees to contact the nearest a packed hall Saturday to ac- raise of ‘about $540." ; minute meeting in the Athens | mands. letachment. cept a settlement ‘recommenda- palace ‘Sunday, said the king \tion which their leaders had an: ee ae a “gave me an exploratory man- brought back from late-night wi45 began going back om date which T accepted.” |talks in Ottawa Friday. The oiif saturday. night, Postmam The 66-year-old Stephanopou- | }recommendation contained no lacckeanaral Tramihlay. sala the los, a former foreign minister, OS A or ers pay figures, but leaders told the government had not budged served as depuy premier under men they had obtained onal from its $510-t0-$550 raise scalp George Papandreou who was ° Renae parity for all postal ;,, postal workers. <a ousted July 15 in a dispute with V t Pubedagaes Th vernment announe the king over ities im the Oo Ee | is on | The parity was approached pe y pol , ws Deaiion iscin fadarat the amount of the raise afteg

“ would. appeal for support at a)

armed forces. .

St hanopoulos, men- deter Set as a “possible OTTAWA ‘CP)—The execu- |Canadian Postal Employees As- |

hoice, : tive .of -the Postal Worker's sociation: said at a press con ee ' Brotherhood is recommending ference that if the membership tre Uni a to- | that postal workers in its three votes to strike the brotherhood or et os eeieetaee ar the | affiliated unions accep/ pay: in- will take immediate strike ac- | king tonight whether he can |creases proposed by Judge J. C. tion. a

fi : : and agreed to by the | sis | orm a — federal government, it’ was an- The ballots were mailed with

meeting with | nounced Sunday. / | ‘Two ballots will be distributed

a report from the brotherhood executive outlining provisions of ;the wage increases and. other

Before

Postal Employees and the Cana-|

: : _|Preguiar pay cheques. dian Railway Mail Clerks Fed | Revenue Minister Beases,

Given 6-Year

crowd of happy. fans who met him at the » Charlottetown

near this community 4 miles east of Toronto.

in the day. They later attend- ed a'reception for casts of

for ‘‘Wayne and Shuster in

Charlottetown'’, opening Aug.

;mediator J. C. Anderson that an extra $22 be added to the

annual $38 allowance paid post-.

men for their shoes, thus partly | bridging the gap between the minimum and maximum raises | listed by the government in its last salary proposals to the

‘postal workers.

|; “Judge Anderson was in a

| not by strikes. |

Montreal postmen indicated their intention of holding out actual figures.’ Strikers in odd other Canadian municipale ties, including Toronto and Vaj- couver,. had gone hack to work to awajt Judge Anderson's find- ings. : Before the raises, postal work (Continued on page 5 Col. 3”

|to the postal workers. One asks ‘recommendations subm ° ee e : itted te v N.S. Youth [Saothal” meacttcce's hecapt tae |Seemmancetions, sobentied Prime Minister Reviews Killed dn Ont Anderson report and the second py Judge Anderson. ‘6 - ° asks whether members are for ; . | , f ; ay WS sas uel | S ik Q tH = ROWMANVILLE, omt. (CP) Ssainst strike action. atin Con. ational _weretagy Postal Strike Question z

‘Sat Sanit ‘Waae. ~, Ballots will be distributed by Rae See eee aed = ' ;

Gl NS died 18. Pi te the secretaries of the Federated Letter Carriers, said Judge ne 2 T er SHUSTER STOPS oO CHAT WITH FANS OTTAWA (CP)—Prime Min-! Mr. Pearson reviewed the eee Sa eee | Amsociation of Letter Carriers, |derson indicated that his final eenag s ' = 5 lister Pearson says civil serv? postal pay question, noting..that day after he was stabbed during | the Association of Canadian |TePort will recommend a $60-a- Comedian Frank Shuster p.m. plane, and his partner, Kinnon. The famous comedy | anis' grievances can only be the government accepted -¢ip an argument outside a cabin : |year boot allowance included in| stops to havea word with a Johnny Wayne, came earlier team, begins rehearsals today | gettied by collective bargaining, Civil Service Commission ree

ommendation of_ increases ef

$300-360 retroactive to October,

* _. eration. ae See o. : : aay He -said in a—stational radio Police said they are looking They tebe ~ retur by chairman of the cabinet's postal Pp T rms Airport last evening. Shuster --Charlottetown Festival *65 at 17 at Confederation Centre | eee 1964. i are ned . son @ 4 the home Dr atre and t ision. broadcast Satur- for a youth who shared the midnight, Aug. 20, and will be | ike committee, had indicated rl arrived fropedpeoniggon the 7 a Fontan datchsinir ccd sarees es Say” might marking the end of AHe made no. reference to

eabin with Ross but would aot | immediately identify him. } Ross had lived in the Bow-

lsuch a recommendation would | 'be acceptable, Mr. Cox ‘said. | NEW GLASGOW, N. 8! (OP) |

| The present boot allowance {s| — Two New Glasgow teenagers |

tallied and the result Announced immediately.

| the postal strike that legislationy ge Anderson's initial pra on collective bargaining ‘‘now\ posais to. the government of @ is waiting to go before Parlia-'$60-a-year increase plus a fug

ment.” ther substantial raise later.

manville area for more than a} WILL TAKE ACTION $38 paid in two equal instal-| each were sentenced to. six

New Conflict At Ottawa

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fear. Les Hood. president of the ments. al = . = — 5 . Mr. Pearson expressed pleas- | Mr. Pearson said the gover | “= | ery here Saturday efter “Gey J e. ure at the decision of Montreal|ment had accepted the judgee e j a : tee : pleaded guilty to—-charges—of ey Hah oa fb : —— postal workers Saturday.to re-/ recommendation of last Wed- : eis armed robbery and break and en res n S ice turn to work as strikers did in|nesday—increases of betweea

enter. | other centres. earlier on the ap- $510 and $550 a year, . : . |pointment of Judge J. C. Ander- AVE NO MOR Two concurrent terms of three | OTTAWA (CP)-A new con-|decision against prosecutions inj The Star Weekly quoted wn-|son of Belleville, Ont., to ex- a - eee E M years each were handed Ohar- flict - of - interest problem has a case involving ministerial mamed persons in the national amine their grievances. ats Hee ‘. rte eens an ; aN a -8 : : les White and John Hape, after heen raised in. the capital to ‘aides. : |Liberal federation as saying) « : neon, Wino, ested he ene og they pleaded guilty to charges | j . ' + “So that there will be no mis-|eabinet's postal strike commite ce RIN ed ee el \plague the government. ___|_ But. it_centres_ in the prime | Mr. O"Hagan's extra Day | understanding, let-me—add-this.|tee—-said—in—-an—interview~ there ——r

2 —— ae cal” eee eT a ~thefedera~-rhe=recommendations -made—by--were—~absoltitety —no-—turthet = ae iw UU ee UU so cinininiiinsihinitinenitnialaa al ere LIS ewe Heke ea than... that. involved...in -the.| tion-has. been_drawn~totheLact-) ti ote. nmrrng gs “TJidge “Anderson” “were “not” af-|concessions made” at meetings

é ; Teweners . store \Lucien Rivard affair and for- that his press secretary, Rich-| perhaps nobody would have /rived at to settle the trike in last Friday with representatives es

: . | month |mer justice minister Favreau's ard O'Hagan, is paid from both | paid any attention to the ques-| Montreal or_to—meet—strikers’;of the Montreal strikers

By THE CANADIAN PRESS 000 acres at one time in July,/ House. All were reported _eon- sak ova 4 i apne = {paid any ntion to the s 4 rs } ikers. Warm. sunny weather in the had two serious outbreaks con-) trolled. ~~~ Ser government non --"gove™™"tion of who pays whom except demands in Montreal.

past week has created an —ex-tained and 10 burning altogeth- .No relief for fire-fighters was |

He said he was not aware of | any statement by Judge Ander-

d ment sources. {for the heightened awareness

Prime Minister Pearson told \these days in the capital that |/MADE NO DIFFERENCE

-ter-being-held-in check for more bombing aircraft were involved (dense forest. Described as” “be- | the postal strike.

plosive situation in forests in the er. lexpected in the Atlantic region Atlantic Provinces and Maine. Sore Canadians wire atnong today as the forecast was for | pees ear ; \clear and hot weather. Weekend |

All available _ fire-fighting |a 600-man force fighting a fire | temperatures ranged in the high equipment was used to battle |ranging over 30 square miles in 7. and 90s with scattered show-

C / ° major outbreaks in Nova Scotia, Washington County, Me. It was/... and thunderstorms — the h Pa | | en g es D i ef of |

New Brunswick and Maine Sun-|the county's worst fire in 18 jsitey bringing the danger more fires started by lightning. |

day as mo re than six plazes | years. raged out of control. Two fires were ‘burning Two fires in Nova Scotia.were; OTTAWA (CP) — Revenue |true—and any action he would in | reaching serious proportions Minister Benson challenged Op- like to take against me- I am

In Nova Scotia, fire erupted in \through new timber growth ; parched woodlands near Bridge- Newfoundland Sunday. Both [Sunday night. At ‘Lake Roosig- | Position Leader: Diefenbaker making this statement outside Saturday to take him to court of Parliament and he can, of

town and Lake Rossignol Sun-| were under control. The largest nol, about-20 miles north of Li-

day and a peat moss blaze near was near Bishop's ‘Falls, jverpool on the south shore, aifor saying Mr. Diefenbaker |course, take action against me Berwick raged out of control af-|where 70 men and a water-/fire-was-moving-swiftly-throtigh |made untrue statements during in the courts if he wants to, 1 for that statement.”

in an around-the-clock battle. | ing ‘badly out of control’, the| Mr.. Benson who headed a Mr. Benson said Mr. Dief-

Revenue Minister

than 24 hours. A home and barn

were destroyed by fire whith broke out in western Nova Sco- tia, Sunday.

New Brunswick, ravaged by about 50 fires burning over 10,- |

Maine Forest Fire Checked At Highway

NORTHFIELD, Me. (AP) —! Flames from Maine’s worst for-| est fire since 1947 were checked Sunday on Maine route 192, a line of defence in the middle of | vast timberland in Washington | County. ‘ i

The blaze that charred more} than 13,000 acres in five days cohtinued to flare and crews scurried to douse spot fires blown by winds--ahead of the! main, blaze.

The area of the fire is about, 50 miles southwest of the New

* Brunswick border. :

Winds of 20 to 25 miles an} hour fanned flames but also} carried moisture from a heavy! fog that settled in early Sun-| day morning.

Crews of 600 to 800 men, in-

cluding some Canadians, worked with hand tools and

heavy equipment to cut _ fire

breaks on the northern -and) northeastern” fronts. Four Wa-) ter bombers, including two | loaned by Quebec, made ce-

peated: runs over hot spots and, officials said, were largely un-! successful. |

FLARE IN SPOTS The ‘one area where flames jumped north of the road con-

\‘and two new ones. broke out at) Nova Scotia, a fire that broke /couraging the

Three-smalt outbreaks we're fire—was—unaffected—by— water federal cabinet postal strike enbaker acted irresponsibly “in reported Sunday in Prince Ed-)dropped from planes because|committee, also accused the |encouraging postal. workers to ward Island. An old fire flared foliage was too heavy. | Progressive Conservative leader |stay out on strike, when the up in the Tryon-Shamrock area; Near Bridgetown, in western jef irresponsibility and of é@n-| government had. already taken Z striking postal action to resolve the ‘matter.” Savage Harbor and Ten Mile out Sunday morning was burn-| workers to stay off the job dur-He said_that_two assistants jing on a two-mile front Sunday ing the dispute which ended will be appointed to help the night. The flames destroyed a' Saturday outside consultant to be hired house and barn in the village of | He said Mr. Diefenbaker had by the government to examine West Dalhousie. No-other homes stated that the Civil Service postal workers’ grievances. were in danger. Commission's pay research bu- One would be nominated by la oa rg ak a tin- réau had recommended a $660- the employees and one by the : er-dry peat. moss ge mear a-year pay boost for the postal government. The _ consultant “Tf the fire succeeded in get- Berwick, N.S., . Sunday. Under | workers fs 1eoule ‘i dae “as soon as ting a toe-hold north of Maine control for about 24 hours, - the | _ — bn Sa gs ae blaze had threatened’ homes at or about miles, un aine wick , | is t " ih cals acids te Weeds. se Vato toll tetmeas Wek oe and I repeat it was not ithe postal workers.

Maine forest service officials mouth, N.S., and Halifax was feared another day of high tem: blocked off by police Sunday and peratures and strong winds cars were being detoured would push flames beyond fire around the fire, raging within breaks. lyards of the highway.

In the path of the fire's north-| In New Brunswick, weekend ern flank lies the tiny commmu-| blazes burned over 6,000 acres in nity of Northfield. |two fires at Salmon River and |

Most -of the town's 53 _resi-' Bronson, 23 miles apart in the |

a statement that was just not satisfactory and acceptable to

in cars and trucks, remained | their homes Sat rday_becaw: : and watched flames south SHIPPEGAN, N.B. (CP) —/manager, on holiday along their homes. The 4,500-acre Salmon River |More than 200 men and women Gaspe coast.

Larger towns to the south— fire jumped the road link be- | were left without work and. the The meal plant was an infer- Machias, East Machias. and'tween Chipman and Moncton, | crews of 10 draggers also made no by the time fire-fighters. ar Whitneyville—wefe out of the forcing closure of the road. idle by a Sunday fire at Eagle rived. Within minutes, the blaze fire’s northeastern path, . |Fisheries Division of National had spread to the nearby fileting

, 8 dents have been evacuated.'center of the province. Some of ' Others, with furnishings packed the 100 residents of Bronson left | se of i 4 the

advancing flames.

More than 50 men escaped be-, Fish Products Lid., in this com- plant and warehouse. ing trapped by the flames. a} ‘munity on the northeastern tip The Shippegan fire: depart- 20-member unit from Dow Air | of the province. ment put out an emergency call

Force base in Bangor had to be| s ‘for assistance. to neighboring Classified . —...... 12, 13 | Destroyed by: the blaze, about) ; .

carton > amas peewee: | ME. cc ccaccses sees 13. |3 p.m. were a fish meal plant, S| soteen ten and a S aon

The fire started Wednesday in| DC8BO --------rereeeness 3 fileting plant and the company’s Gi0'c0G neo aaa, ho Hew

FT OMEN sinc ccvcies lies 11 |storage . warehouse. Firemen /|“'@ 294 nearby posts of the New

Centerville, _ where _ backfiring : Brunswick forest service. They

were «till pouring water on the |smouldering ruins late at night.

Fire officials said the cause of

saved the nearby plant of Robi- chaud and Company. More than 3,000 bags of flour

tractors ignited a peat bog nine miles south of here. i

It was the same area in which a 1947 fire started. That time |

the blaze has not been determin | and feed were heavily damaged :

‘said that it has been done for | jon

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fan’s supplementary pay comes

“He (Mr. Diefenbaker) made we can find someone who_ is’

|not 'Maclaren.”

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questioners it is perhaps not the best way of paying his staff but

yeas. It was done by his pre-

as prime minister,

John Diefenbaker, he - said. However, former Diefenbaker

‘staff members say the double |

source of their pay was con- fined to "the government and their political party, None came from private companies, groups or individuals. _._In_Mr._*O’Hagan's.. case,_it isn’t clear just. how much more he__receives than the $10,000

{ministers and their. top assist-! 'ants mustn't be under -obliga- | _ to anyone, especially if, their benefactors have or may have business with the govern- tment.

| This was a key point of the letter Mr. Pearson circulated to} his ministers after the embar- | rassing controversy’ in Parlia- | ment after no - down - payment | -furniture—purchases-by~two-m

lend

“The recommendations would

thave been exactly the same—| action | ‘report.

the government would. have been exactly the same—if the Montreal postal workers had followed the lead

of postal workers in other_parts:

of the country who returned to work more than a week ago, pending Judge Anderson's - re- port.

“And, of course, the pay {n- ereases apply to all workers in

mothing to do with who went on

jthe__present $38.

paid-from public funds. Nor is the source of the additional ; funds clear. . Perhaps because Mr. O'Hagan | formerly worked for Maclaren | Advertising Company Limited, ! which holds a’ number of gov- | ernment contracts, it has been.| generally assumed NUR. O’hag-

from’ this source. LINKS NOT SEVERED

Mr. O'Hagan has been quoted | by the Toronto Star Weekly as saying he isn’t paid directly or 5 indirectly by Maclaren’s al- though he concedes that he has. severed “all my links with

he had been paid by Maclaren while working for Mr. Pearson when he was Opposition leader but the arrangement ceased when Mr. Pearson took office and Mn- O'Hagan sold his stock in the company.

AL CAPONE’S SON ARRESTED

MIAMI BEACH, Fila. (AP)-The 45-year-cd son | of the late Al Capone, who headed ‘a> bootleg and vice empire, is charged with stealing two. bottles of as- pirin and a transistor radio battery—all worth $3.50. Al- RR bert (Sonny) Capone was ne , arrested Friday while push- P28 ing a cart loaded with groc- ree eries down a supermarket aisle. “Everyone has a lit- tle larceny in them," police quoted him. as saying.

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_| A SMILING Louis Laberge, exuitant strikers after Sat- president of the Quebec. Fed- urday’s meeting in Montreal.

| eration of Labor, is carried by® At the. session, 4,000 striking

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tinued to flare in the woods, but|winds blew flames ‘south where | os Sau Cty ..,.-- ed. An estimate of the loss was|at the warehouse of W.S. Loggie| -no significant advance’ was re-'they finally stopped at the At-. ee PF eee not available. Efforts were -be-|Company from water poured on = lantic. | —\ing made to locate the company ithe buildins — i % i Be ~ 8 “ acetate eaeemneninaaataass Wn PRC - cette stamens nr mee <. ; - (Me Mi aA nt yateat ae pie osgo ce TF ae eae CRE

son to the strikers regarding @ boot allowance. This would pre- sumably be in the judge's final

A spokesman in the prime minister's office said Judge Anderson had agreed tn com sider higher shoe allowances

for letter carriers.

Strike leaders__in Montreal Saturday told a meeting which voted to return to work that Judge Anderson promised te

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