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“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”

WEATHER

Snow. changing 1“

llili'i'ies. t‘tlrllll: in

aflci'noon; iiortliw‘estcrly vvinds 3.3. Low. high 27 and 33. Sunday sunny.

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RESIDENTS OF THE south- western portion of Wichita Falls Texas. rummage through the wreckage of their homes which were shattered by a

Authorised u Second Cllu Department. Ottawa. and

tornado about 3 pm. Friday. The twister was on the ground in a Wichita Falls residential district and in nearby Shep- pard Air Force Base for about

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Mall (or

U! “I. payment

Pout at

Office will. In «all.

85 minutes. Damage was esti. mated in millions of dollars. s" were known dead. About were believed injured as sum and salvage operations continued. LAP Wirephoto)

Control Of Seal Hunting : Promised For Next Year i

O’l‘TA'v'l‘ \ if‘f’ ~~Sca| off the East Coast trolled more closely next year. both in Canadian and tiotial waters. Fisheries tei' Robichaud

liuuluig~

.\linis-

a statement that new federal regulations will prepared for the 1005 season to ensure that harp seal herds do not dwindle sharply. same tune. be ex- that an international

said in

agreement it of seals in the Gulf of St. Law-‘ rence and the Atlantic off New,

.. u fie (1 “within a short ‘

will be con- management will iiiteriia- nual harvest." he said.

sealing pointedly that the

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lcrnational and again

the conservation m herds might disappear if large-

d ' tiniicd

“(tur objective is an (‘llCt'lH'P program w h i c h permit a sustainable an- indi-

The statement gave no

allll'mmo‘l “l' cation of the tenor of the regu- "'~‘ lotions except

planned for to say they restrictive " noted scaling sea- was first shortened by in- agrccmcnt in 1961 ast yeai

ye ar hc ' more

said he wished

The minister -. that the seal

allay feats

scale a i r b or n e hunting can

19 at while" by all countries belong- befits had been more scarce in" to the Northwest Atlantic t‘t Sttmi‘ Pt‘l‘mds 1" the D-‘tst Fisheries Commission. than they were now. Secondly. Th? (“mom will“... “pm,” large-scale commercial hunting opened March 3 in the gulf and “l’m'fllllms “"“ld “"50 ll“ “0‘ Alarch 10 off Newfoundland un- ""m” ’m‘“m“ 3“ “w” q" me herds became too scattered.

dcr an informal agreement with other countries interested ' scaling operationswmainly Rus- sia. Denmark and Norway The season will close April in both areas.

The minister said seal hunters in the Atlantic provinces and eastern Quebec landed 100.000 pelts in 100:: with an estimated value of $1,511,000.

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clubbed

and this would ensure survival of the species

He said that young lit

recent seals death

press reports are cruelly were exag- geralcd.

“ft is the opinion of our i-x- pcrt that the method presently used is effective when oroperly

executed mid the animals are

Brazil’s New Head Seeks To Halt Slide To Disaster

RIO DE JANI-IIRO APl -l Provisional President Paschoal Ranieri .\la'/.I.illi flew in from

Brasilia Friday night to begin the great task of halting Bra- zil‘s slide toward economic dis- Rslcl‘.

The whereabouts of ousted ‘ President .loao Goulart. whose leftist pol i c i e 5 brought his

downfall. was an internationali mystery Ali‘s Maria Teresa (loulart. his wife, arrived at an airport near the Uruguayan capital of Alon? tevideo Friday With her two children The pilot of tier plziiie said Goulart was still in Brazi. fit any case. Goulart's organ- ized support had collapsed and the generals in Rio dc .Ianeiro fclt strong enough to hem" 1‘8- 't‘n>m: Communist labor lead- ers and other backerli .iailed in the three days of rev- olution. Before Mazzilli reached Rlo' dc .Ianeiro. US. State Secretary Dean said in Washington United States will work closely with the new regime on Hranl's urgent problems.

\fazzilli. who was president of the (‘hambcr of Deputies. and his ministers will be in other; no more than :10 days unless congress chooses Mauilli. a 54- ycar-old coiiscrvziiivc. to finish

out Goulart's unexpired term. ending next vear

Brazil‘s mounting economic problems were multiplied by the revolution. which rcbel leaders said was intended to prevent Latin America's largest

country from becoming another Cuba. Supplies of food and fiicl are short because of disi'iiptiiti caused by the revolution.

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Births. deaths :1. ll (‘lasslfied . . . . . . .. 10. ll (‘omlcs , . . . . . . . . . .. 9 Editorials .. 4 Finance. markets . .. 11 Sport ,. . ll Kings. Queens. City .. .. 5 Summerside . . .. . 3 Women’s . . . . .. 6

i not subicctcd lo undue pain nor indignity"

Alr, Robiciiatid said 30 or more light airplanes and about' 1.3 helicopters have joined ships in the gulf sciil hiinl this year. but air soi‘tics were severe, curtailed by bad weather and ice conditions

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Manning, See’s ‘Quebec Demands Over Stressed

' DAIONTOKt ICP~ -~-T‘reniter

In. (‘_ Manning of Alberta says. eastern press coverage of the recent federal-provincial con-, ferencc at Quebec City wa weighted "out of proportion" on 1‘(‘(ltl(‘.\'1s by Quebec.

1 Manning stiid Thursday

night on his from the conference, "It made us laugh to read some of the reports of what was supposed to be going on :ii the conference

"Premier Lesage inf Quebecl. was not roaring about like a llitlt "

.\1r \lanniiig said the Quebec position at ilic conference was to protect itself from federal in- fringement on provincial rights. "Quebec's position has con completely distorted by the 'prcss. 11 has been (‘Xlll'lf‘t‘i‘lt‘d‘ out of proportion and gives a lack of perspective. All it does is give the extremists an oppor— tunity to he heard."

Premier [.csag "is not an ex- tremist" and Alberta shares Quebec‘s views on strong vincialism. bill is more moder- ui its demands. Mr. Man. iiing said.

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Gen. MacArthur Entering Coma

WASHINGTON tAf“ Ge h o u g l a s Mat-Arthur "shows signs of entering a pcaccful_ -onia." Walter Reed Hospital tnnminccd Friday. .

The statement. without any amplification. was attributed by a hospital spokesman (icn. Leonard lleatoii. goon-general o and the chief Surgeon Arthur's case.

It was not immediately deter- mined whether this latest word.

sur- the US Arm in Mac-

scrics of ordeals. first time that the. word "coma" had used any bulletin, concerning his condition since‘ he entered hospital March 2

CO'NVENTION-CBNCLUDES Teachers Delay Increase In Federation Fees Scale

A zciieral assembly of the Prince Edward Island 'l‘racli t‘t‘S' federation yesterday voled to oefer action until lh.‘ annual "it"‘tlnz next year on .i po— t’-“ftt by the Board of (iovcn “MS to increase fees The vote “as 238 to 243.

Tht' t't‘mltlftion called for pay- ""‘"' "t 51900 for teachers d"attttt: up to $1999.00 and otti I sliding scale an additional mm tho over two thousand. The present fee l5 $17.00. measure

The. contmversial 't'l‘ Introduced near closet

of the ihrccday contention I2;;.hcr the large gathering of 'v‘RthN‘S heard addresses from Malcolm Mat-Kcnzie. deputy minister of education. and J. A. S. Williams, director of tur— riculuni

The program also included the prescntation of the pulsl prt-ideni‘s pin to Frank (os- lel‘o. Charlottetown Regional H:in School. by Federation resident Thomas Hall. prin- cipal of Athena High School. Sunimcrside

NEW SCALE NEEDED proposal to raise fees

on» pi-cseiited bv Fiancis Blanchard of Sht‘t‘WhOd school and chairman of the fee structure committee. In giving reasons for the increase. Mr. Blanchard noted that there was a need for a new scale in that al tcachcrs With the exception in .ll were paying top amount. 'li..t a new st‘t'llt" was to bring in a sum siiiLl'icient to mcct a mounting budget, and that increases in teacher sail-arr- ‘ics from 1958-59 to the preset! ! ttmc merited a revision upward.

.‘lr Blanchard noted that the PEITF‘ budget in 1958 vvao

icontinued on page 2. col. 2)

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CHARLO'I"1‘E'1‘OWN, CANADA,

Tornado Rips City In lexas

W [(leTA FALLS.

'l'cx 'APl A tornado ripped through the northwestern suburbs of \V'ich- ita Falls and nearby Sheppard .Air Force base Friday. killing at least six persons, injuring 53 others and causing enormous property damage

Entire sections of home art- ditions were demolished by the. twister. A u i os were tossed about like toys. Power and phone lines were knocked down.

'ichita General Hospital said of the dead were women identified 54‘ \1fred Miller. to. a retire bank vice-president He l|\'t‘(l on a small farm in the Sunset Ter-

five and

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18(‘6 area (iovei'noi .lohu Connally or- dered 100 national guiirdsmcn

to hpr Wichita Falls police pa- trol thc devastated area Although there was no official

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estimate ot the property (lant- age unofficial surveys ptit the loss at nearly $2.0M.t‘t0t‘ Hartlcst hit were the Sunset Terrace and Lincoln Heights residential scciioiis (Inc i'cs‘i- dent said the damage was so.

great he could not rccogiiivo the.

area where he lived l‘lel’tl po lice were rushed to the scene to prevent looting.

The greyish-vvliite funnel cut

Ia swath about half a mile wide

the suburbs. lt mov'cd heavily-pupillated Shep-

.\ir Force Base. hitting nurses‘ quarters. St‘vt‘ldl arracks and the civil eigiiiccr- in: base.

.\lost of the iii j u red vicic taken to hospital Several wert in critical condition.

A heavy hailstorm panicd thc tornado.

The t‘Xf‘t'llll\(‘ director of the Wichita (‘ounty llcd Cross said 300 people were left homeless Shelters were set up to feed and house these victims.

Onc reported who surve'c.’ the Sunset 'l'ci‘i'uce :it'cu esti- mated 150 homes there were de- stroyed or damaged. (1 an equal number of automobiles.

through across pa rd

FH'I‘UHI‘

THE FINAL SESSION of the three-day Prince Edward fsland Teachors' Federation .convention was held yester-

‘ shaken sharply

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No Jobless Pay Monday

As Senator Hold

Hy WAR" '1'. SIMS ANCHORAGE. Alaska tAPl

l Anchorage. heavily damaged by

an earthquake a week ago, was Friday by an other tremor that sent jittery

residents streaming into the streets. Anchorage police said the)

bail no immediate reports of in- juries and said a quick survey showed areas which had su: fercd heavily week ago ap parently escaped further dani-

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\‘aldcx. devastated a week ago. reported the quake was lcil there but it was a very light Ireiiior With no injuries or l’ui- ther damage reported.

The state division of (‘1\.’ll dc- fence said the cities of Seward and Kodiak which were also liil hard a week ago by the Good Friday earthquake and subse quenl tidal wave and fire, had reported the quake. al- though ihey were connected with an emergency "hot line." At Everett, Wash. civil de- fence officials pill out a precair iionary warning. The University of \‘l'asbington

will the shock measured 7.3 on its Richter scale of earthquake intensity. making it the largest of more than 30 aftei'siiocks slllt‘t’ the Good Frday 'I‘iic destructive quakc last

day was at RT on the scale. Dr. \‘orman Rasmussen. ot ihe university. said the slit-cl;

was recorded :it 3.30 pm and showed on the seisniogi'aiih lot abou‘ an hour. bui probably was felt by Anchorage residents only a few seconds

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S H A W

The shock brought :i llli'ss ex» C f odiis‘ of office \Hll'lv'"l‘.\ from downtown buildings about 12 40

On Drama Planned

ii in People siootl iii the centre of s i r c c t s and anxiously vvaiclicrl buildings around them

Winds to 8:3 miles an bout

raked Kodiak during the night and morning. driving aground Ry )IIKF. l)l‘FI"\' lt tishiiig boats that had sur- A conference on drama wt‘ll vived last Friday‘s qilnkc and he held here the three days prior tit'al waves and forcing 'n to the opening of the Dominion ,‘iliriipi and in demolition work Drama Festival on \lav lb. ii’ Firing “(-ht'ifi \\':is whippt-d was announced last night by through the air by the winds. "flo‘ml' \l"‘" Shilw- “halt”

man of the DDF‘ themrc confer- \1caiiwhilc. ilic latest casualty pncp' gui'cs for the entire Alaska quake area show 1'20 dead or numb: and presumed dead!

The conference ls intended for c'l who are interestc'l in theatre production and detiii-nstraiioits

Head Of Potato Board

Reviews 3

000 pa,

A meeting at some .

t:i'o growers Monday at the t'lizirlottetovvn Vocational ln- siiiiite. where the idea at one tlc~k handling cf potato sales was indorscd. has resulted in

a statement made to this paper

by It L Burge of Five Houses. cliairtiian of the. Potato Mar- keting Hoard,

llc said in an ctt'ort to bring

little tllltlt‘1‘Slallfling to the p "(110 marketing problem there ~:iculd be some salient points ctatil'icr

(in \‘ii\‘ 1st. 1003. Order in t'riincii tint} til was passed by our Provincial Government sel- llll'.‘ up the Potato Board. and on l)\"t'f‘llli)Cl‘ 5th. 1903 the Gov- crnuicnl of Canada passed 0r- iii Council Pf 1903-1767 ' extension of power. administering the tcmpor» il‘t plan re potatoes for the i'cgtilii'ion and promotion of inc potato industry in Prince Edward Island." \ir. Bui'gc talo Honid ilp mill‘kf‘tltlg agency, but to designate a .‘igtiicy. This was done by the Board under lloai'd order .\-1 ciwcriiig the liccncuig if puliito .~ltippci‘s of the province. The Board order was passed un- animously by our iiine~niembcr board on Dec. 13. 1903.

J!

said: "the Po- is not a has the.

selling

as set

piiwt‘l‘

day. One of the functions was of a past

the presentation president's pin to Frank Cos» tello. right, Pnnctpal of Chat-

and discussions “‘1” be given and ltakcn in by

scmc of ill inw figures in ‘ a n a d i a

major item on the pro gram will be a theatre dcmoit- s‘ ration. staged by Leon \fajor.

‘ riisiic director of the Neptune 'Jt‘lttl‘. who :it 31 rs

I Theatre in Halifax. old has worked as director in ,‘V ,

theatre of significance in

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S Principle Involved,

13 View Expressed

ti’f‘TAWA v(‘.Pi . grant from Parliament needed Monday to hel pay an esti- mated 46000 claims for iineni~ ployment i it s u r a n ce benc- fits was stalled in ilic Senate Friday night when a (‘onsei'v’a- liv'c senator balked at giving rapid approval.

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Senator Graltan t)'l.car_v. ob- jecting to the Commons askingt the Senate to waive its rules to push a money bill through all three stages in a few minutes, insisted the bill be held over for ilic next sitting now sched- uled for 8 pm Monday

Laval Foi'tiei‘. t'il'it"! toiiimis- :ioner of the Unemployment In» Stil‘ltllt'P Commission, :uer told reporters that some. and pos- sibly all. the 46.000 claimants paid in cash at local unemploy— ment offices may not receive their money Monday.

('luims range between til at week or single person and $30 a week for a Dli'll'l'tt‘fl claim- ant Those slated to receive. money Monday would normally receive payment for two weeks

l\1r Foi'tiet' said it iiiav be

possible to meet some or all of the claims for cash payments by dc l a y I ii : the mailing of cheques to paid in that way until after final parliamen- tarv action on the governmrni's money bill.

.\1AY HF. SHORT WAIT Labor \liiiister Alai'l‘laclit‘n told a hastily-summoned press conference with Mr

“The present Potato lliii'kct- Canada including the Ohm“ that it is likely some claimants in; Board has been in operao Lentrc in Toronto and the Strat- “’1” 1’“ ttth‘thie ‘0 Zt‘t thf‘h‘ ion since Dec, 13th and the ford festival. will demonstrate mfthf‘." “("1de Butt it the hill niajut'ilv or the guard "mm. play production. from the choos- received its final approval and hops ha“. “mp-M diliuomiv m in: of a play through casting, royal assent Alouday night. the “1“ ml) me“, a". “mum u; do. "Iitvl'klllfl of scenes to final re- delay would be onlv one day. Money is still a handicap to e‘ln'ial‘ Afr. For-tier said the Unem— tho operation or tlic Board. At The conference will be opened ppmmnt inmmnw Fund . the moment we are greatly “fill 5‘" a‘l‘ll‘p‘i‘ 'llW" 3' T“ maiiitaiiicd by contributions concerned “"1111 the further pro- l'l” (“‘7 i" “"ll kl‘”“" Callad' from employers. employees and won of the taint» Seed Fatal '3” ““W “h” "l ""05""! '5 a the federal :ovci'nmenivneeds which requires storage. cic.. 31:21:21},"gnugqlfiggl'mp “malt” an estimated 31.300000 or aim the proper proiiiolion of nl‘l‘ “ ‘ $2.000.me \loiiday'. Some money tl-tt' potatoes at the consiliiie‘r I’LAYH'RIGH'I"S WORKSHOP Still tllft.‘ ht" ht‘ttl h.\' thf‘ “"0 not we m-p (\n(l(vH\‘(-i-in: m Saturday mum. Mm quna regional treasury offices which bring as close to pcrfocticn as Spriiigf'orcl. producer or Atom. “"tlttt't lt'mtttf‘ 3 l‘t‘f‘t‘t-‘F‘ ttflltt’t‘

it"s Mountain Playhouse for Continued on page 2. col, 5.1

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is posSiblc a

on page 2.

humanly it'ontinucd

lesage’s S Move For National Pa

QL'EBI‘X‘ '(‘l‘i -— come this

results of the showed

‘l‘iie outv week's fedora“- provincial f i s c a 1 conference could strengthen the hand of a group within the Quebec Liberal w a it t x to the natronal

immediate

conference Premier .lcan Lesage intends in maintain the prin- ciplos of provincial autonomy in the face of a Liberal govern- ment in Ottawa

The lllt‘t‘(‘~(lt'l) Liberal

of

which from

Federation

break away 'l‘hi‘ is in line with tho \‘lf".\s

P3”)? of a group within the Quebec 7' v “7“ '77 _ S Liberal Federation which or- giies that if Quebec Liberals are to maintain D"O\‘lllt‘l.’ll au- tonomy. the party must be free of attachments to national part The position was summed up recently by one Levesque. Quebec natilial 1'(‘>ttl11't(‘\ util-

istci'. in a speech to a Liberal organization.

"Let this be clear," he said "There are two levels of gov- ernment, Ghana and Quebec. are not the same (then oppose one another We iannoi be black and white at the same time.”

TAX SI’H'THH RUSH)

1n n st‘ltftliilt‘ communique allerlhc conference Thui'slii}. Alt Lesage ~lltiwiu.‘ pi'olcit proviiitinl ."liitoiioiiiy. ' eiiiivlizisi/ctl the 'Itixs‘hjtlll of court ilt‘llltn to test the t‘oiuti. llitioniilitv oi two tmlcral :v‘;iii< to aid edinatuvn. if lhcv lake elfeit in Quobct He iiiw‘d ll: spettre of double in\.'ition in Qiicbci ‘his vcny \‘llt’ the 'it einment‘s demands for taxation resources have unanswered

And has illfi‘."t(l\ lll.tt’lf‘ it obvious he will blame D'tawn if double t:i\:it:on ‘s nniicuoi-ct‘ in his budget speech later this monili

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l.t'\.i:i\s slitiii; sl.iii(l the two questions iii his answer to

fill

i l'nion \atiruialc opposition lottetown Ru-ral Regional High l Charm“. “‘3' I‘lhoml mwrn' 5mm]. by {Mormon New ments in Ottawa and Quebec dint Thomas Hall piincipal m" harm ll" 'pr'l‘im‘lc' ot \thcna High School. Sum» The break away movement mftl'slflc 1 within the powerful Quebec Lib-

at 9 a in Monday,

The iiioiiev bill on which the.

and May Strengthen ;

rly Break

eral

Federation developed fol~ lowing the federal election a year ago .At that tlnlf‘. influential Liberals support the federal though \lr rcccoi iradiiion premiers publicly from federal campaigns came out to" the Pearson team The ledci‘atioii provides most of the Quebei ' for the federal Liberals in electioii<. lls withdrawal from the l.'b- oral pariv of (‘nnarta could leave the ‘ciici'al group “‘llltiltl tll‘lltllllililttlltli iiutleus in Quebec. wht'n has seals in the (‘omnioiis

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iincinplovnicnt p a v lllf‘lll‘» de- pczidcrl 2v son in ’llf‘ senate af:ei' i‘ece'v‘iil: passage within

:i it it fit viii .o the ('oiiiiiions it cmeied spending items un~ tie flt‘ltlilP "i neck in the Commons,

to 11'. cove‘cd about half tiic Siltlliliottttii in extra spvnd in: tor the :tscal year which ended last Tummy he gov- ei‘nmcui tutti author») to lend

money to the lfncmployiiieni in- stii'aiice l"llllll li1i' expired at n‘irlliiflii‘ Tuesday

\li' \li'tt‘l‘ittt'llt‘ll said it wac llillpl)|‘tr[)l"{llt" to borrow money ':i lll" twill—bl rascal yerid tor use i the 1004-03 fiscal year which \l'erliiesdav