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LIEUTENANT - GOVERNOR Paul Comtois who died early Monday in a fire that destroy-

Quebec Lt.-Gov's

see eis (CP)—Quebec went

” into mourning Monday for. the

province's lieutenant - governor,

Paul Comtois, who fost his: life

in an early morning fire .which

destroyed his official residence,

Bois de Coulonges, in suburban

Sillery.

Tributes to Mr. Comtois, who served as mines and technical surveys minister in the former Conservative government and was appointed. lieutenant-gover- nor by Mr. Diefenbaker - follow- ing the death in 1961 of One sime Gagnon, were paid by po ‘a; across Canada.

Jean Lesage an nounced that except for a brief meeting today to enter officially into mourning,. the provincial

: Jegislature will not meet again unti!-the—appointment—of- a-—sue- cessor to Mr. Comtois. --

He said the two. houses could not sit eae a ey when teen £

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eee Following the {ding of Mr. omtois’ remains

out house, Premier Lesage or-

dered a death certificate signed

as soon as possible so as to speed up the machinery leading

The funeral of Mr. Comtois wili take place in Quebec City ‘Thursday morning.

“Mr. Lesage said the funeral mass in the basilica ~ Quebec will be sung by. Maurice Cardi- nal ‘Roy and that burial will be at Pierreville, Que.,90 miles southwest of Quebec City. Mr. Comtois was born in Pierreville. -The body will be ee there bY train.

REDUCED TO ASHES

The fire in which the 70-year- old Mr. Comtois died ‘broke out shortly after midnight and swept through the —48-room——wooden Bois de Coulonges residence in minutes, reducing it to ashes in

two hours.

Mrs. Comtois, her daughter Mireille, and two guests, Mr. and Mrs. Max Sterns of Sher- brooke, Queg., managed to es-

inte--the--20-~--below "zero

ae Comtois was carried to

se”ety by two servants and was

later reported suffering from light shock.

Mireille, 35, was taken to hos- pits! suffering from burns to

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PAY TRIBUTES

Governor-General Vanier said Monday he and his wife are “distressed beyond words" by the tragedy.

In a statement, the Governor- General said he had ‘‘a high re- gard and deep affection’ for Mr. Comtois. He was. a great gentleman and a worthy: repre- sentative of the crown.”

Tributes to Mr. Comtois Were paid in the House of Commons by Prime Minister Pearson and the leaders of other political parties.

Mr. Pearson said Mr, Com- tois was ‘‘a good.man and an unselfish and devoted civil serv- ant.”’

Mr. Diefenbaker said he was a man-of deep humanity, .sym- pathy and understanding.

New Democratic Leader Tommy Douglas said the trag- edy might bring home how many such deaths there are and fead to more stringent regula- tions.

pointe) and Social Credit Leader Robert Thompson also offered tribute.

Daniel Johnson, leader ‘of the Union Nationale opposition in the legislative: assembly, said it

Gilles -Gregoire_(Creditiste-La- |_.

Mall by the Post Office De or im Cash.

Hanoi

Talks

Useful

OTTAWA ( CP)—External Af

{fairs Minister Martin told the | ~ | Commons

Monday that Can- ada’s ‘senior delegate on the International Truce Commission jn Viet Nam has had a “very useful. and fruitful’’ dlanedan with the premier and foreign | minister of North Viet. Nam.

He said the delegate, Victor Moore, also talked to the North Viet Nam vice-president for de-

| jfence affairs.

He said the discussions con- cerned matters which would in- terest all who wanted to see a ceasefire and an end to the war

. fin Viet Nam.

Mr. Martin said Mr. Moore’s discussions did not directly = cern Canada’s proposal to dia and Poland that the a jnational commission be used as a vehicle for starting peace ne- gotiations.

Canada, India and Poland are the members of the commission. AWAITS REACTION - Mr. Martin also said he ts still awaiting official reaction from India and Poland on the

Seat | unless Poland” interest in advance. ' However,.. Mr.- Martin added

to be

that there would have

unanimous agreement within the

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"Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” ..

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA TURADAY, FEBRUARY 22. 1966,

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Trawler

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Missing

HALIFAX (CP)>-The trawler Blue Mist, with 13 men aboard, has been reported missing off the southwestern coast of New- foundjand. It was .last heard from Sunday night during a storm. :

- The air - sea rescue centre

Treasure Hunt At Standstill

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countries which buying around $280,000,000 -worth of Soviet goods yearly against Russian purchases of less than half that

Youth Controls

Runaway Truck

SAINT JOHN, N.B. (CP)—A runaway Irving Oil tanker was brought under control in this city’s east end Monday by a youth who jumped out of a city transit bus and into the cab of the runaway veliicle. John «Johnston, --20,—-of Saint John brought the tanker to a halt after it, had sideswiped a parked car, struck a home and

100-yard “down-hill” journey on Waterloo Street. There were no

Was an ‘unthinkable tragedy. v

injuries.

Warmer Trend Expected To Arrive In Day Or Two

By THE CANADIAN PRESS ~Relief is just a day or two

away. f

‘That's the outlook for most of

Canada as the extreme cold

Which tiad most Canadians shiv-

fing through the weekend is scted to give way to milder

a more

seasonal témpera-

tires within the .next_48 hours. | the,

@ was improvement in ‘the Prairie weather Monday as cold air over Alberta and West- ern Saskatchewan moved slowly northeastward, while mild Pa- cific air in British Columbia spread into western Alberta. The ‘Prairies had mostly sunny skies Monday with only sen cloudiness and tempera- tures ranging from the 40s in far western Alberta to five above in western Saskatchewan. i The forecast for today is for temperatures between 30 and 40 ‘degrees over most of Alberta and 10: to 15: phove in. Saskat-. chewan. More seasonal temper- atures are also called for in Manitoba with temne-stures about...20 devrees—_shove— highs of the last few wc

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Strong winds along the coast | with temperatures in the 40s are forecast for B.C. Rain is ex- pected on the coast but inland will remain sunny,

COLD TO, RETURN

While most of Saskatchewan will get a few days relief from frigid weather, cold temzer- atures are expected to return to the area by Thursday night or early Friday; Snow is expected late in the week.

‘Milder air which moved across the northern portion of Labrador and Quebec during the weekend, was caught in the strong sadn flow which ig

OTTAWA ACP) —Halitax was given 2,150,000 bushels of feed

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Nominations. TAnnounced = For'65 Academy Wi

HOLLYWOOD: (AP) .— | p girl in A Patch of Bive, her first laeand of Music a oe vago’ tied for top hi day in academy earl \tions. '

The two films scored 10 : natiofS apiece and were fol- lowed by Ship of Fools with

persisting over Ontario’ and

Temperatures in the forecast regions are expected to show gradual moderation today, but:. considerable cloud and snowflurries will remain -over the_area.

Temperatures are expected to Tange from 5 in the northern Section of Ontario to 25. in the south,

Warmer temperatures were predicted for Quebec’ with a forecast of .10 to 15 degrees above,

Coldest of the winter is still prevailing in the Atlantic provinces and little change: is

ted. for at. teast. another

DO IT NOW

day. Most Maritimes centres were reporting record low haa peratures,

The coldest spot..was Camp- bellton, N.B., where the» mer- cury dropped to 30 below, 22 degrees Jower than the record

eo 21 set in 1959.

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Hartman, who played a blind

1965 by Motion Picture Aca- rar Hartman for A’ among five nomunaicd Monday demy. LEFT- is amon Sig- ‘atch Blue. f Ge Oscars as best” actress ia a for Ship ot “and oa aan Wirephote)~ ; " ~

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eight. The eco which lastyear hs awarded all the acting Oscars |W to foreigners, this year chose 12 foreigners out of the 20 act- ing nominations. ‘Julie Andrews, 1964 winner for ‘Mary Poppins, was once moré nom‘nated, this time for sleying 4 picture of another melodic nanny im The |1956: Darlin, D¥. Zhivago, Ship jw. Dr. Sound of Music. Two other Eng- |of..Fools, The “Sotnd of Music |three-time winner William Wylie | lish actresses were ee oe and A Thousand Clowns. for The. Collector. Another for- Julie Christie ia Oe * Nominated : for» best scours: —_ og em a eee = Samantha Beggar for Collec- actor were ee Britons: |selected for ; tor. «a, Bonnen eae cena oa dha achaddnger Another previous winner, Phoenix, ‘ourtenay aig nee mone Signoret (Room at . The |for Dr. Zhivagd’@nd Frank Fin-| The Oscars will be presented Top, 1959), was picked for Stilp lay for Othello. <competing with | April, 18 with. the customary ‘of Fools. them are Martin BAlsam of A|hoopla at Santa Monica, Calif. The sole American. among the): : owns es art : Hope: top actresses was Elizabeth. ivities

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PARIS (CP) — General de Gaulle gave. another shake Mon- day to the foundations of the

The te yearcid French. presi- dent told a press conference that

France intends to bring for- be in France ‘un fl and to a f

sri leats and sov

The move is aimed particu- larly at the United States £ and bases still in France, } would ‘certainly affect oe units still stationed here. ©

not at all a rupture but @ nec essary adaptation” of France's

defence position to take . ac- count. the improvement the

me He promised that thé. 4

would be made gradually ‘so, France’s allies - were Rot sud- denly inconvenienced. 5

He had warned

current treaty expires, unless the NATO structure was drastic- ally altered. Monday's | state-. ment was, if anything, more ex-

= ares Treaty Organiza- plicit

TALK WANDERED

De Gaulle also unburdened himself of some kind words for the Common Market and its fu ture, some strong words on the subject of the kidnapping of Mo- roccan Opposition Leader Mehdi ben Barka, and a rambling dis

ee De Gaulle said the move “is

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