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is feared it might crush the “ship with steady pressure.

Early Start Is Planned For Highway Plows Today

JEAN MacISAAC ! Winds from the north at 20 to Staff Writer 30 m.p.h. piled. up the drifts oe Sat woe SS oe ee yesterday A high wi gusts to miles per hour was recorded” 2” pm. Around »

OTTAWA (CP) — Reports on the 1961 census, on which a re- distribution of Commons repre- /sentation would be based, will |be released about March 9, |March 20 and June 5. Trade Minister Hees said in the Com- mons Tuesday.

Prime Minister Diefenbaker hinted that legislation to estab- . lish an independent commission to handle redistribution mav be |introduced into ret be- ‘fore then,

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night *it held to 25 m.p-h. with | gusts to 3. :

Schools were tlosed in Sum- merside and Charlottetown dur- ing the #fternooa.

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‘obility To Increase or U.K. Armed Force

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fia. (AP) — A cramped space capsule offers no toilet fa- cilities, but astronaut John Glenn expected no prob- lems.

For two days he has been eating a low residue diet, easily digested, and produc- ing little bulk.

As many celebrities who must remain in public for hours at a time, so Glenn wore under his flying suit a plastic tube and container for bladder relief.

LONDON (CP)--Britain an-; next five years. It said defence | nounced Tuesday the adoption | expenditures for the fiscal year of a policy of greater air and) beginning April 1 are to be in- sea mobility for its armed) creased by £66,000.000 over the forces to make them capable of current year.

reaching any world trouble spot| The white paper forecast re- faster. | ductions in military personnel The policy is based on a/in Singapore, Cyprus, Kenya, theory—not wholly in line with) Gibraltar and Malta. American thinking—that highly At the same time it outlined mobile reserves concentrated in| plans for a unified command in

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akes 3 Orbits

ite Minor Trouble Entire World Cheers

Safe Landing In Ocean

By BEM PRICE |

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fila. (AP) — Astronaut John Gienn | Jr., rocketed around the world | three times Tuesday and landed | safely while the world cheered the greatest United States space feat.

The 40-year-old marine lieut- | enant-colonel splashed down in | the Atlantic Ocean near Grand Turk Island in The Bahamas, about 700 miles southeast of

Britain have a greater military | the Far East and the buildap, potential than men tied down in| of an amphibious joint -service; distant foreign garrisons. It will task force east of Suez.

on military planning for the) The report said Britain’s|

Dwelling

s Burned At Bonshaw

: | \ | ing contributions to NATO and Queens MP | other alliances. :

| worldwide commitments must

be kept in mind when consider- The home of Mr. and Mrs.

Wendell MacDonald, Bonshaw, was levelled in a fire that broke It said Britain will continue "Neiehocee fn one es

to provide a fair share of forces r for NATO. But it indicated that | breaking ae nee, a a how many troops are stationed! Donald and their three children in Britain and how many in were away at the time. The ‘fire West Germany must depend on! was concentrated upstairs, and what the West Germans do to! a few articles were saved from i Britain’s currency difficul-! ge first floor. Cause of the es iaze was not known. a“ MP for Queens, is : It said the government has No fire leave Ottawa for Prince Ed- taken steps to maintain the, caine Island on Wedrésday to strength of the British army of | attend the annual meeting of | the Rhine and added that this the i one County Conservative | “could, if the Berlin situation

| deteriorated further, be brought

's Expected For Meeting

CAPITAL BUREAU | OF THE GUARDIAN | OTTAWA = Heath Macquar- |

nearest unit, ed to be at Crapaud. The wood- en structure was too far gone

Gov't Building In City

rer of Mr. Game. By iG KNEEBONE | ment officials to build the strue- WHERE-T aT rcohid Staff Writer ture outside the city. He said O-FIND A sum of Charlottetown | this would be “detrimental to’

| Board of Tegte emete will | the city.”

departments were | called to the scene due to the | storm and the distance to the | which was believ- |

here, at 2:43 p.m. EST.

To circle the globe three times and travel more than 81,000 | miles in the process took him only four hours, 56 minutes.

Glenn and his capsule were | plucked from the waters by the ‘destroyer Noa at 3:01 o.m. Glenn reported ‘‘my condition is excellent.”

Glenn’s first comment as his cavsule Friendship 7 descended toward the gentle and tepid waters was contained in a ra- dio message to Project Mer- curv Control here:

“Boy, that was a real fire- ba!’ of a ride!”

The decision to make that third orbit, after some minor technical difficulties had de-

Smiling Mrs.

Sesahen ie the meeting is to | for nei to attempt te ARLINGTON. Va. (AP)—“Tt's | ne Hon. Howard Green, Can- | | aunline al deo Set tee ee save _— ° the’ most wonderful day for my ates mr an for external af-| o7 reservists,” Luckily, the wind was blowing family,” exclaimed Mrs. John = = oon oo : away from tiie barns, and there Gienn Jr., smiling and happy er accompany Mr. Green to the . British forces in Europe num-| were.no houses on the other “PD” <T fs y: Island ér will precede him in some™.55,000.7men, about side in danger of catching. after her husband’s historic order to’ greet Mr. Green on- a erg bas ts The. building purped.,. until trinle orbit of the earth Tyes- his afrival. It is not expected 2 total of arms about one p.m. day. that Hon. Angus MacLean, the but it has conscription; Damage was estimated to be “The children are so proud of! cr Queen’s member, will be @"d plans to ize strength around 95,000, partialy covered their father and the Mercury

to break away ‘from his 4! about 375,000, ‘ by insurance. team and. everyone else who cabinet duties here to attend | ; made this possible,” the petite the meeting. | 41-year-old brunette told repor- Mr. Macquuarrie has been | ‘ . . ters about an hour after her invited by the American Politi- | . husband completed his mission cal Science Review to write al safely. 500-work book review. The | ; For Mrs. Glenn there was book is -Prof. Percy Corbett’s | | more joy to come — ‘Keane | story of the late Sidney Earle | | calls from President Kennedy Smith, former for ex-

| and from her husband. At about | |ing to TV. Lyn polished shoes Elizabeth sent

| 4:30 p.m. Glenn called from | | aboard the destroyer Noa, which |

‘Most Wonderful Day’

JOHN GLENN

veloped during the first was Glenn's. When esked if he wanted to try for three, he replied: “Affirmative, I'm ready

two,

to go Even so. he landed some 45 to

Glenn Says

children — through a radio-TV hookup — had a brief conver- sation with their grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. John Glenn Sr.,

| who were holding a press con- |

ference in New Concord, Ohio.

WERE UP EARLY

The Glenns were up early— at 5:45 a.m. almost ex- actly four hours before the blast - off. With them were Mrs. Glenn’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Castor.

Mrs. Glenn stayed glued in front of three TV sets — one for | each of the major US. net- | works. Dave read a book on color photography while listef-|

as she watched. A moment before the count-

65 miles short of the planned landing area after firing his braking rockets at 2:20 p.m The reverse rockets gave him such a jolt, he cried:

“T feel like I'm heading back towards Hawaii"

Im any case, he came safely through and his main para- chute, which opened at 10,000 feet, settled him down gently.

Saluting the spaceman, Pres- ident Kennedy hailed Glenn as the kind of man of whom the U.S. could be proud.

‘We have a long way (o go in the space race and we started late,’ Kennedy added. “This is the new ocean and we must sail on ft and be in a | position second to none."

As he started the third and

| Jast leg of his trip around the | world at 17,530 miles an hour

Glenn reported

“IT feel real good. No prob lems at all.”

Even while he was in his last

orbit. varying from 100 miles to 160 miles high, congratula- tions were pouring in) foom much of the world, including the Soviet Umion

CLIMBS INTO SUN

Glenn began his climb inte

the blue-black of space at 947 a.m when his 360.000 - pound thrust Atlas missile blossomed with clouds of smoke and br: cht yellow flame and arched cast- ward into a brilliant sun hang- ing over the Atlantic

Except for some minor troubles with his attitude con- trol jets—tittle gas nozzles ‘hat establish his relation to the hor- izon—the ntire operation vas a miracl® of precisiotr Pocketr.

This trouble Glenn corrected by switching to a control sys- tem part manual and part auto- matic. (Continued on page 2, 1)

Queen Sends Congratulations

LONDON (Reuters) Queen a message of | congratulations today to Presi- dent Kennedy on the success of

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| had plucked him from the At-| down reached zero, said one| John Glenn’s “historic achieve

|lantic at 3:01 p.m.

A few minutes later Kennedy | telephoned: and expressed his | congratulations in a two-minute) | chat with Mrs. Glenn.

| friend, Mrs. Glenn remarked with a big smile ‘i know John’s) really smiling now.” |

When the space capsule set- tled successfully into orbit, he said, ‘‘a tremendous note of hey"

ment” in orbiting the earth. “On behalf of my peoples throughout the Commonwealth, I send you my warmest con- gratulations on Colonel Glenn‘s historte achi@vement,” the

|. - After spending the day keep |

“Indications Are Growing Argue Will Join Liberals

\ ar KEN KELLY |

~ OTTAWA (CP)—Hazen Argue bided his time Tuesday amid growing indications that he is

to enter the Commons where his suecessor as parliamentary leader, H W. Herridge (CCF— Kootenay West). continued te occupy his usual trent row desk i beside Mr. Argue’s. -

as a Liberal MP. ‘The lights are always in the window for liberally -

ap~ared to be ane warmer tones.

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By Grous In ¢ Constituency

election. Paul Martin ie aeeen! Bast), a lawyer and

former health ‘minister, has

penn hele eee epee.

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| as I can be . . greatest day) of my life.” |

Was Lyn excited? “I’m al-| ways too excited to sit still,” she replied. | Mrs. Glenn said her worst| moments were the last 15 see- onds before lift-off.

Had she been worried? ‘‘Well,| yes.’ she replied, “I think 1% probably was some of the! time.”

Standing the

Red eee Praises Flight

. OTTAWA (CP) — Soviet Am- bassador Amasasp Aroutunian | heaped congratulations Tuesday , on American astronaut John Glenn, the American people. their scientists. technicians and | workers who made possible “that wonderful flight.”

The ambassador was called away from his television set,

in the yard,

; “coverage ail. -day,te- Yive’ his reaction to » repbrter | ever the telephone. | “Tf am delighted to congrate- | fate John Glenn on his success fal. orbital flight.” said Mr Aroutupian.

“TI congratulate the American | people with ther fine achieve- | ment. 1 congratulate all scien tists. technicians

where he had been watching |

;and stenographers, bureau chiefs and cabinet members kept one eye on the television screen while shuffling the pa- pers on their desk.

After it was all over Presi- dent Kennedy came out into the | White House rose garden and | slated astronaut John Glenn Jr.

“the kind of American of whom we are most proud.”

The president congratulated Glenn and told him he would | see him at Cape Canaveral Fri- | day. It was also announced that Kennedy will receive the astro- naut at the White House next Mendey or Tuesday.

the House of Representa- this debate on a national debt limit bill was halted twice while members applauded news of Gienn’s safe return from space and his recovery by the de- stroyer Noa.

Throughout the United States. Americans waited

Stores were empty in spots

To

OTTAWA ‘CP’ noon sitting of the was suspended for a half hour at its start Tuesday to allow MPs to watch on television the descent of American astronaut! John H. Glenn from his orbital flight.

Deputy Speaker Pau! Martin eau suspended the sitting at the request of Harold Winch ‘CCF Vancouver “ast!

Mer. Winch asked that rules

~ The after Commons

‘of the House be suspended and

» “ yal ?. Dresi-~ ThCL i ie oy S ‘Births, deaths, sles TS "| dent, Brig: 6.GXK. Peake, this} ‘Board's attention by Coun. | a mF ; { ty brosdéasters, Mrs. Glenn Classified ............ ‘10-11 | morning at 11.30 to explore | Cox was the extension of Victor- | _ Finanee, Markets ........ 11 | ways in whieh they can impress ia Park Roadway! to come out | eae Mt emerged U. S. Gov't At Sta ndstill Comies, features ......... 7 | upon the Brovincial Govern- near the city limits on North) DA their b ree tar ce wih es - 9 | ment the importance of erect-| River Road. This wifi be taken) io” red of ters, cam. T W. “h Pre pedi Editorials ..... esseseses @ | ing the proposed provincial up at the Board's next council | IME crow O} neporhers, sie o Watc ings Prince Co., ........ wepee dl | building in the City. meeting, within the next 10) )Ns oP Summerside .............. 3 | This decision was prompted| days. . WASHINGTON (AP) — The) Telephone activity came te @ Women’s ..... sereeereeee 8 | by Coun. Cox at last] In other business the organ- was PROUDEST DAY U.S. government came to a vir-| virtual halt im some places. City, Queens .:... seevsess 5 | aighht's meeting of the/ ization endorsed a suggestion’ Was this the proudest day of| tua] standstill Tuesday during | Housewives deserted the dish- WG os isrinnssenkes 4 [a i Cox pointed! by Dr. Eric Found, of the Pro-| her life? the take-off and landing of the pan. School elasswork was cur- | vincial Sanatorium that a mass; ‘yes the proudest,” Mrs.|first American to orbit the tailed. In Reno, gamblers quit 4 on Govern-| (Continued on page 5, col. 1) | Gienn said smiling, her voice| earth. the gaming tables. | quivering slightly. In between it may have Around the country, the scene | Dave echoed her with “happy slipped a few cogs as clerks was one of tremendous excife-

ment.

Some 5,000 commuters halted their morning dash to work upon arrival in New York's Grand Central Station to watch the rocket firing on 4 huge tele vision screen. At the climactie moment, women wept, men’@ eyes moistened. Then a mighty roar erupted from the crowd.

Elsewhere in the great me tropolis, people on the streets and in cars were seen with tiny radios glued to their ears.

In Charlotte, N C., a cab com pany couldn’t contact its driv- ers. They were listening to Cape Canaveral broadcasts

A streetsweeper in front of the Virginia capitol held a ra- dio to Wis ear with one hand, pushed a broom with the other and shouted to passersby ‘‘He’s just passing over Africa!"

At Louisville, Ky.. police court was interrupted while a defend- ant brought in TV xet and everybody watched

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Commons Suspend Sitting Watch Glenn Descend

‘the sitting be delaved a half- - hour is-view of the ‘terrific in- ° terest’ in the astronaut's flight.

The bells summoning mem- bers to the Cammons chamber

ran? longer than usual as “Ps drifted in slowly, most of them obviously more interested om

watching the epic flight

It appeared at first ‘hat there would not be a quorum - 2 members. including the ipeaker but by the time Mr. Winch rose there were more than the ap cessary 2.