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HIJACKERS RELENT

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Truck Drivers Released Following 2-Day Ordeal

THESSALON, Ont ‘CP)— transport, owned by D. S. Scott The lives of ‘two truck drivers Transport Ltd. of Vanco:ver may have been saved early wERE HUNGRY Friday when hijackers who had’ The truckers were sufiering kidnapped them tipped off po from hunger, exhaustion and lice to their whereaboftts. cold. They said they shouted for

The two, Kris Miske, 42, of help practically all the time they Vancouver, and David Lukiv, 39, ;were handcuffed in the hall of Coquitlam, B.C., were found They were given a_ medical

‘shivering and shackled to a checkup. They were expected to bannister in’ a deserted dance return to the Toronto terminal, hall on Highway 17 near hére. from where they set out about Thessalon is .50 miles east of (7 p.m. Tuesday.

Sault Ste. Marie. Provincial police at Sanit Ste They had heen left there Marie said they received 4 tele handcuffed to. the bannister: for phone’ call about mudfight

"two days after three gunmen hi Thursday. The caller-said he jacked their. tractor trailer had read nothing in the papers ‘oaded with $180,000 in cigar- about the two drivers and feared vttes. There was no trace of the for their safety. Police were told

United Kingdom Jour Goes To Freetown Man

William Cairns; cceainial. | Freetowh farmer, has been se-| lected to represent this province | in the tour of the United King- dom, sponsored by the Bank of | Montreal.

The bank provides the sum of $2,000 for the tour, as well as footing the bills for two smaller trips.

Mr. Cairns-spent six months in England in 1953 when he. was awarded the Nuffield scholar- ship: This time he intends to con- tinue a study of British agricul- ture which he began at that | time.

“T'll.be studying all phases “| ‘ ‘agriculture, but I'll naturally be

particularly interested in p toes,’’ Mr. Cairns told The Guar- dian last night. During his pre- vious trip he spent some time | with a man who produces 150 acres of potatoes, and he recalls that the production at that time | “twas heavier than we were able | : to produce here at the time.” |Mr. Cairns, a busy farmer, does The potato farming was also inot intend to make the trip until. more heavily mechanized, he re- ‘this autumn. calls. | Seme. 50 Canadian’

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farmers ll be receiving the travel: sch-

ed next jmobth when details of ‘olarships. Of that niimber 25 are ae expansion. in

the trip will be discussed. But. from Ontario east,

Several Bills Considered By Legislative Assembly

A bill entitled The Unclaimed |bill entitled The Prince Edward Articles Act received second: Island General Welfare Assis- _Yreading yesterday in the Legis- tance Act but time ran out be- | lative Assembly. The bill pro- | vides for the disposal of articles | completed. The bill is preparing | left with businesses for a period the welfare services of the pro- | longer than six months. | vince to fall in line with the Can- | The bill was promoted by At- | jada Assistance Act which is yet torney General Alban Farmer. |to be passed by the House of | oe reading — started to |Commons. “amendments to:the~ Highway Traffic Act, but it was. not com- Luge ee = pleted and the promoter, Pro- Me pho Welfare Minlac Be: Dr. | vincial Secretary George Dewar Hubert MacNeill. oe reported progress to the Speak- The legislature is.

er. | A beginning was made on ajiresume Monday af

heduled to oon.

$12 Million ADB

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Rain beginning this,

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they would find the men hand- cuffed in the dance hall.

The drivers said ‘they were | taken on a 200-mile ride of ter- ror-while handcuffed and blind- folded in the back seat of the,’

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Nor MORE SEVEN CENTS

Swindle Biaws |

Five-Year Term

MONTREAL (CP) — Claude | Bourdeau, 28, former manager | —ef—a—Montreal- finance was sentenced Friday to ae years in penitentiary for operat- | ing a giant swindle which cost | his firm $269,000 last year.

OTTAWA (CP)—Labor short- | lages, high wage costs and jhigher prices are in prospect | for Canada’s 1966 boom eco-| inomy, Finance Minister Sharp advised the Commons Friday in 'a 194-page report. to preface his | g speech Tuesday night.

| He tabled | the white paper in |the Commans without comment.

~\Funday, z \said Friday.

a hatch of an Argus s | | Thursday during camera trials

Bourdeau recently guilty to charges of conspiracy and fraud of $254,000. He was sentenced by sessions » |Edouard Archambault,

Airman’‘s Body

| Sought In Bay

OTTAWA (CP) — An air-sea

, search for the body of RCAF 7 IFit. -Sgt. Robert William Major,

'44, is continuing in the Bay of |

the defence department

He feli through the ‘camera aircraft

over the: Bay. He was flight en- "| gineer in..the aircraft's crew.

pleaded

Judge |

Coal Board Resignations ‘Are Rumored

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‘Parliament. - At A Glance

| By THE CANADIAN PRESS

FRIDAY, ‘March 25, 1968 Finance Minister Sharp. , tabled his. budget ‘white paper in the Commons _ predicting. fhe 200!

~ the Paper forecast a deficit | Of $34,000,000 for the fiscal, | year ending March 31.

New Democrats sought ad- journment of -the Commons’ | regular business to discuss the Ontario truckers’ ‘strike but were ruled out of order.

The Commons passed a bill giving the governthent a two- month money supply of $870,-

\fore the sécond’ Teading could-be ;-000,000--to_meet_bills_and_pay-

rolls.

| Transport and public works items took the spotlight as the House then turned to study of supplementary | spending estimates.

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MONDAY, March 28°"

The Commons meets at 2:30 p.m. to continue the capital | punishment debate. The Sen- | ate stands adjourned _ until

. | March 29,

Grant

Sparks N.S. House Feud

OTTAWA (CP) mons Friday after a Newfound- | had each received $20,000,000 to | Jand Liberal drew from Trans- help finance hydro — projects. port Minister Pickersgill an an- Both are under Liberal admin- nouncement that the Atlantic jistrations provincially.

Development Board: is giving Any announcement of that $12,000,000 to Nova Scotia for | type should have" been handled power development. .in the proper manner~not by |

Richard Cashin (L--St. John's ‘the back door. The Liberals |

West) asked during the oral..were afraid that me” Con- question period whether such a |servative might get % it of the grant had been made. jcredit.

“Yes,” Mr. Pickersgill .re-! Mr. Coates said the health plied, the first public word of minister wasn't giving proper | the decision. lattention to Nova Scotia.

Donald MacInnis (PC—Cape.10 Conservatives. from_ that Breton” South) asked whether |prov ince were prepared to give the minister would have been as him “a devil of a lot of .trou- quick to reply if asked’ to give tble*: over. -this... comparisons of ADB aid to | “You're not worrying me,” Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. \Mr. MacEachen said.

“Just as quick.”’- Mr. Pickers-| Mr. Pickersgill arrived back gill snapped back. He represents | in the chamber at the height | Newfoundland in the cabinet. jiof the exchange and. took

Well, what were the figures” | over. Z

“The figure is $12,009.000 for SEE NO NEW POLICY Nova Scotia,” the minister said.| He said there seemed to be|

“And for Newfoundland?” Mr. te notion among Conservatives MacInnis pressed. There was 00 ‘that Tiberal MPs have no richt reply. ‘to ask questions in the° House.

Later the Conttnons turned te There had not been an earlier @ money supply debate whicn — opens the field for any subject

ACCUSES LIBERALS Robert C. Coates (PC—Cum-

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INSIDE TODAY

berlend) rose in ange~ to*conr | 2. 1 plain about the way the Nova | a Maceeseben. 2, : Scotia project had »been re- Births Serenity es! 13 vealed. He said it was a typical’ C ie Siete alee iH Liberal tr} e* and? atensed: heart aE 5 ne al t n Minister _MacEachea, Finance, markets. 2... 10 ova. Scotia's. representative, m Wattien’s - 6

th hinet, f he art ee mine 0 nme a partly Fditorials 4 - Summerside ae

The. Nova Seotia Cok. ervative , Kings, Queens, City ...... 5

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i a ace Prince County |) ——— i... z

two years for something to he done for it along the lines of rr aR

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A Nova , board adsistainee to New Bruns- statement on the Nova Scotia program would be similar in Scotia feud erupted in the Com- | wick and Newfoundland which grant because it did not im | principle. to that in effect

volve new policy.

Mr. Pickersgill velopment board had made grants to assist important hy- idro projects in New Brunswick and Newfoundland and had 'started looking for another way 'to help Nova Scotia, which did

not have a hydro source it |’

wanted to develop.

First it was suggested that a grant be made to promote sec- londary industry. But the indus- try department later set up a regional development program and made this unnecessary.

Recently Premier — Stanfield had proposeda “program. to.use. Nova Scotia coal for powcr da velopment. This had been civen cabinet support on Thursday land there would be a meeting lin Nova Scotia Monday to dis- cuss arrangements.

Mr. Pickersgill said the pre- mier’s idea was sound. It would | provide new _ industrial growth | for the province

“If we can transform coal m

Nova Scotia into electricity for | will be a lot}

Nova Scotia it ‘better than vaving bic subven- tions to ship this coal to Om tarin and Quebec,” he said. Then he thanked Mr. Coates for raising the natter and pro- viding an opportunity for a full statement

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Mr.. Coates asked whether “this kind of a thine’ should he reported in reply ‘to a ques | tien Whe not as formal an-|

nouncement” The minister helieve in ‘‘sclf-advorticing an- | nouncements|“; except on policy matters, This Wasn't one.

“that the federal government: has

‘| the basis for the processing in-

said he didn’t}

jmient was asked Fri - members of the, v wheter | ‘Coal Board have resigned or are | -|considering re

The Commons’ Tanedide’ gt Robert Muir (PC—Cape Breton |

“\North and Victoria) was ruled

out of. order. J. Watson MacNaught, former mines ‘and technical r defeated in the oy 8

»was_.appointed «to $20,500-a-year job as chairman. fof the board last-nionth,

| The six members-get no sal-} evening jary though they are paid ex- \penses during hearings by the |board.

| \A board official ‘said in an -‘in- |terview that any resignation | would be submitted to.the prime | minister. He had heard of none.

CANADA’S NEW minister of agriculture, J.J. Greene, RIGHT, was chatting with Prince Edward Island's agri-

No Reason

Seen In Butter Price Increase

Urban consumers should not Be alarmed by the recent in- crease in Agricultural Stabili- zation. 8 price for butter,

J.J. told" the P.EJ.

4 eee man 's’Association here last

more reason. for concern, -the minister suggested, had the gov- ernment left the dairy indus- | try to continue. detericrating. This would have led to shortage which would “raise the prospect |

There would have - been far.

culture minister’, Andrew Mac-

Rae, when The Guardian cameraman caught them last night at the annual dinner meeting of the P.E.I. Dairy--

For Consum

of much larger and uncontroli- able consumer price increases in the long rum.” ,

Ss PRICE. STILE LOWY.

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The board's. better selee I

Still the lowest in any dev country excepting the United

it’s those countries; Mr. Greene ob- | served, -

|: The new policy, he said, is i- | tended to raise producers’ m- | comes, stabilize the industry and ‘prevent uncontrollable consum-

Process Crop © Aid Announced

hy- Agriculture Minister J.J | Greene yesterday announced |

The cash crops, which form

dustry in the _ province; were hit by drought during the 1965 grow- ing season. The high cost of pro- duction of such crops made los- ses correspondingly severe.

Mr. Greene stated that the

for

| Quebec and British Columbia. in that assistance will be aimed at | — ~~ r-o.wer 8. for

recompensing enough of their crop losses to

ipermit them to operate again |during the coming season.

De- tails of the joint program will be | announced by the Prince Ed- ward Island Minister of Agri- culture, who will be in charge wt its administration,

In making the announcement Mr. Greene emphasized that the

only continuing. protection from |

crop losses like these is crop insurance, and he was vleased that he had béen assured by the

provincial Minister of Agricu! fire that it was his intention to seek coverage for these can- ‘Ming and freezing crops in futuré

|cash crops in the provinces of

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Mackinley ‘North.

to the Easter seal campaign | in aid of .crippled children | from, the sale of their grand

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years.

jer price increases caused by Leer Mr. Greene explain.

Butter production in the year ending on March 31, for 2xample, is expected to some 23 million pounds short of the butter con- sumed by Canadians in that per- iod. ‘ Stocks of butter built up in | years of surplus production have thus far held off any sharp rise lin the consumer price: ~ But | stocks on hand are only suffici- ent to carry through to the sea- son of heavy production in spring and early summer.

There'll be a butter ‘shortage next year, he warned, if pro- duction is not ‘increased and Sat ivels maintained at pre-

sent levels. : Farmers have been moving out of dairying at a disturbing rate, said Mr. Greene as he echoed the words of farm lead- jers in this province in the last few weeks. Some have switched ito other types of farming. But | “far more disturbing are - the ‘numbers moving out of farming

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Kingdom and New Zealand-and- not much higher than in.

DONATION MADE CRIPPLED CHILDREN

; Brothers, River donated $150 yesterday

champion steer at the Easter youngster with a smile’ The

jever,

men’s Association. Mr. Greene discussed the recent increase in the guaranteed price level for-certain dairy products.

er Alarm

Its review of the economy for the last year and prospects for the future are based on tax and spending intentions as they now stand.

What changes he will propose to ‘counteract the inflationary pressures are a closely-guarded government secret. until budget speech_is delivered. But the white paper said frankly thatthe expansion mood of the economy, which has been | growing since the spring of 1961, has turned into a boom, MUST. PREVENT BUST .

Boom is not a term used lightly by economists. To pre- vent it from turning into a bust is the key problem in this year's budget.

Mr. Sharp's report said bouy- ant government revenues in the

{fiscal year ending March 31, up

4% per cent from last year’s

WEATHER

morning, ending by

midnight; winds southeast 20. Low-high 30-42. Sunday: cloudy, colder.

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Budget Provisions May. Control Boom

Though final figures will not be available for.another month, the white paper said Canada’s

gross national product — total

value of all goods and services produced in a year—rose in 1965 “by more than nine percent.” It was $47,007,000,000 in 1964

rate of $52,056,000,000 in the third quarter of last year. UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN With production pressing hard Against the country’s capacity to produce, unemployment has been cut to less than four “per cent of the labor force and shortages of skilled labor have

the |developed.. Productivity — out-

put per person employed—did not ‘keep up with the rise in wage costs and unless changes are made the ornate may grow worse.

“The productive facilities of the Canadian economy,” the white. paper said, ‘now are close to their. maximum rate of utilization, and the present and anticipated rate of expansion in demand appears likely to strain the resources currently able to meet it.

upward price

Current trends. could well persist, un —

. because they no

[ hex make a living on ae dairy farms” -

For these reaso

H thatlfor the new dairy year be-

ginning April 1, thé suppor: Level”

should ide an average net

of manufacturing. milk

IMPORTANT POLICY

‘The importance of the new dairy policy to the farmers of Prince Edward Island,” he said, “is obvious from the importance of dairy income to total income in this province.

“Agriculture accounts for about 25 per cent of all Prince Edward Island income and dairy

per cent of all farm cash income

to about 10 per cent as farm production’s share in total pro- duction for all of Canada. By far the major portion of dairy production.-in..this.province. will benefit from the new federal dairy policy because about 90 per cent of all Prince Edward Island dairy output ie in the manufacturing sector.

“The trends in the Prince Ed- ward Island dairy industry have been generally the same as in other parts of Canada, Mr. Greene continued. ‘‘With char- acteristic foresight and aware- ness of the direction of econo- mic winds, the farmers of Prince Edward Island have been diver sifying their operations. - The share the dairy farmer contri- butes to total cast farm income in this province has declined from 18.5 per cent in 1957 to the estimated 13.2 per’ cent in 1965. Continued on page 3 col. 2

DETROIT (AP)— A special ‘U.S. Air. Force’ investigator said Friday that numerous sightings of unidentified flying objects in the southern’ Michigan~ skies

+were probably the result of.

Swamp gasses ahd not visitors space. “I.emphasize . . . that I can- not prove in a court of law that this is the full explanation of these sightings,” said Dr. J. Allen Hynek, a scientific con- sultant for the air force aa was brought to Michigan vestt- gate a week-long series of re- ports of mysterious celestial ob-

Hynek added at a press con- ference:

“It appears very likely. how- ‘that the combination of the conditions of this particular winter — an unusually mild one in this area — and the particular weather conditions were

jsuch as to have produced this

unusual and puzzling display.”

Beef Show. Leroy ae 1,051-pound MacKinley _ steer. is holding “Timmy” who fs : detirey Hopkinson, as brother sold for $1.10 esl pound? (See John looks. at the. happy story on page 5.’ ‘ ; : % 4

leaked Thursday to the press’ showing two lights in the’ sky over a. series of street lights

‘he explain;

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farming accounts for-about—13.2+- in this province. This compares |Port

forecast; had reduced the an-

~ ticipated deficit for 1965-66 to

$34,000,000 from, the $300,000,000 forecast last spring by former finance minister Gordon. There | increase was a deficit of $38,000,000 in 1964-65.

less significant productivity im- provements- emerge to add to

and was running at—an annua)—____

avail- _.

the su — of the Scare ey ess the of in-demand: turn an i notably lower “thame: y currently expected.” 2,

LONDON (CP)—Prince Philip said Friday it was a ‘‘reason- able guess” that he and the queen would visit Canada next year in connection with the cen- tennial celebrations and Mont- real’s Expo 67.

In jovial mood as he held a press conference at London Air= on his return from North America, Philip said:

“Well, we've been invited. And taking into ‘consideration the fact it is Canada’s centen- ary as well as the opening of the® world’ fair;~-I- would--say—it. was a reasonable guess we would bly go there.

“But I’m not making an an- nouncement."

The prince looked sun-tanned and relaxed as he strode smil- ing into the midst of some 50 re- porters. ~

RECALL INCIDENT

He was asked for comments on an incident, seen and heard on British television, when Philip used some salty language to a microphone - waving re- porter in Houston, Tex.

“I object to eavesdropping in private conversations,” ‘said Philip. “I was just passing the time of day with someone and this chap poked his damn stick

aa COMMENTS ON SIGHTINGS

‘Space Visitors Seen Unlikely

were ‘‘without any question’* trails made as’ a result of a} time exposure of the. rising moon and.the planet. Venus” Hynek said“ the-<photos~ were} taken March 17 near Milan, Mich., about 25 miles sodthwest of, Detroit and have no refer- ence to the sightings at Hills- dale, to the north, March 21.

SWAMP UNLIKELY PLACE

sightings were near a swamp. | “A dismal swamp is a most |

junlikely place for a visit from

/outer space,”’ Hynek said.

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Hynek noted that most of the |

Philip ‘Expects Visit Next Year .

in—I told him what he could de.

with it.’’

Then he said with a chuckle: “It ‘was a good thing they cut that.”

“They — ** chorused sev- eral reporte: Not the ‘east perturbed, Philip shot-back: ‘‘Then in that case I hope he did what I told him. I’m not taking it back.”

Philip described the - general aim of the U.S. portion of his trip as ‘“tocreate an atmos- phere of goodwill” for British businessmen following ‘in his footsteps, rather than ~ actively- boosting _ British Americans were rather about this, he said.

Asked what reactions he found among Canada’s business- men to British trade efforts,

Philip said: “Well, Canada 1s rather dif- ferent. My position there is

roughly the same as here. I did meet some businessmen at a Toronto club luncheon, but. we merely discussed trade in gen- eral.

“There 1s a very severe bal- ance against us and I don’t know quite how™~that can be overcome. Canada’s trade is sé intimately connected with America, for one thing.”

[understand the dismay of the |witnesses who saw it and whe |sincerely’ and accurately de ;scribed what they saw.”

SUGGESTS” GASES

Hynek said it seems likely that present spring thaws re- leased trapped gases resulting from decomposition of organic materials.

“It would seem to me that the association of the sightings with ‘swamps‘in these particular jeases is more than :coinci- idence, ”* Hynek said.

“No. group of witnesses ob-

Hyriek added that photos re-"|

“It is not. a-place where a served any craft coming to or helicopter would hover for sev-.| going away from the swamps. eral hours or where a sound- |The glow was localized there." less secret device would likely | Hynek said that he wants’ it be tested.” understood he is not makifig a | Most witnesses to. the flying ;blanket statement to cover the jobjects described them as hav- |entire phenomenon during the inc glowing. lights, some red, last 20 fears in the U.S and green and yellow and appear- | jother- countries. ing to move sideways and move’ He said he has recommended a short distance. that competent scientists quietly,

Hynek said that such a sight study such ‘cases as occurred lis not to he seen. frequently lin New Hampshire lact vear and> | “IL have never seen it my- | puzzling foreign cases such a9 self,’ he said, ‘and I can easily.|one ir Mexico Jast fall.

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