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By THE CANADIAN PRESS The new year was ushered in with a bang — the world, marked ; throw in , pitched battles and bottles in many cities, and other observances ranging from (pranks to prayers. Hightzhts of the violence were ,. the rigting® 4n Havana which fol- red Presidemnt, Fulgencio Bati-

s flight; antr

ry bomb th | fire’ io Nhe -Bu buildings in B

@ small race brawl and a sepa- te battle hetween American servicemen yand teen-agel boys in™“London{ and at least 100 | persons jh Italian hospitals after ongtv’ of fireworks, pistol-fir- *bottle-hurling by cele-

Millions more spent a rel- quiet New Year's in ‘and with their families. thoughts and fears wete se of Austraian Chancel-

nation in a New Year's

fio talk: “| am convinced that in pres- ent conditions there can hardly be a worsening of the (interna-

tional) tension. “We have experienced for

too plentiful inflammable

_ Five were fined for paddling in Trafalgar Square's fountain. Six ies had their helmets stolen pranksters. West London's Shepherd's sh area, three white men amf Negro were taken to a hospi- tal: with knife .wounds after a ‘faght -that began when a gang of bite. youths threw bottles .the windows of 4 Negro- afe. Four of the alleged ers were. arrested.

, algar Square area. was charged with hit- iceman after having

evented from , Mempied on Negroes. -

teen-agers battled hetiia

A servicemen in London's Not-

» Hill district, Scene of race

_last summer, and then at- policemen and a doctor

to attend casualties. Seve-

hs were detained.

reported one man was Dspital With a .non:- serious wound in the chest in the idington district.-

Brussels, a volley of flam- “Molotov cocktails’’—home- asoline bombs — crashed gh the windows of the Bul- m legation and gutted the| iding’s central staircase.

0 one was reported arrested pert. After the hit-and-run at- | people living near the lega- shed to the stene and

B ty

pnist leaflets on the street

in critical condition.

a president’ s over-|i

only a scattering of anti-|i

of Italy's 100 injured}.

12. Many of those hurt were.in the streets below.

Pope John appeared Thursday at his study window in the. Vati- ean Palace and gave his blessing to 15,000 pilgrims and tourists gathered below in Si. Peter’s Square. :

Hi-jinks among the big-wigs saw Yugoslavia’s* President Tito become the life and soul of an

President Sukarno on the holi- day isle of Bali.

Winding up his 10-day Indone- sian visit, Tito sang, danced, wore a fancy hat and tooted a noisemaker while surrounded giggling dancing girls, sailors from his yacht and diplomats, reports frém Bali said.

all-night. revel with Indonesian,

‘Sena Nikita Khrushchev drank his usual variety of toasts Moscow party which lasted

e small hours. Of 1958, the premier said ft had been

good year that “] hate to

faced the bleak

fice business during the night.

American and Canadian. serv- icemen- flocked from West Ger- many to Copenhagen to igo the Danes in-greeting 1959.

In Beirut, Lebanese citizens ‘Ge: fied a government anti-weapons warning and fired shots to wel- come the new year+ ‘

In New York City’ s Times Square, an estimated 300,000 per- sons cheered 1959 with a biare of thorns and a squeal of noise ; makers. :

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Filing forward to greet Lieu-

| Year’s Day levee at Govern-

LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR GREETS VISITORS

John Evans, and AH. Duvar.

and Lieutenant Commander

tenant Governor F. Walter)ment House yesterday are (left)|Two of His Honor's aides, Major} Douglas Saunders (Navy), assist Hyndman we held his first New Brian Cudmore, Roy Cudmore,'R.D. eee Cz. (Avery). with the introductions.

Gisnidhaeies Makes Berlin

Settlement Bid

GETTYSBURG, Pa. ‘AP)—

President Pisenhower told the, leaders of Russia Thursday it is critically important t@ the United

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States that the Soviet Union work

toward a peaceful solution of the Berlin situation.

The president, who is spendiig the holidays at -his country home here, made the statement in a led seply to two Soviet lead-

ers who voiced hope in a4 New

Year's message that decisive ac- tion would be taken in 1959 to- ‘the dangers of a.new war.” ‘ee

Northern Areas which. is now be- ing supplied to a great extent. by other parts .of Canada.

Barly in the year a trailer camp park was to the public complete with and an ade- quate water - y. This park is

located adjacent to the Bonshaw

ee

observing a centuries-old tr, tion—the New Year’s Day

He greeted members of Parjia- ment, diplomats, government of-

were hurt as. Italians

ficials, “the judiciary, the mili-

ALAMOS, N.M. (AP)— m-Kelly, 38-year-old labora- pry, technician, died Thursday of fadiaiion burns received in an atomic~mishap. He had received a fatal dose of radiation while handling plutonium Tuesday.

Spokesmen for the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory said the ac- cident occurred during what was normally considered a safe opera- | tion. Kelley received.@bout 1,000; roentgens of radioactivity. ~

There were Do witnesses to the accident.. KeTly, before he died, told felfow technicians of” Seeing a “blue flash” as he started a stirring operation in a 225-gallon ‘stainless steel tank. There was no explosion.

THIRD TO DIE

Kelley was the third employee of the Los Alamos Scientific Lab- oratory killed Dy radiation since

1945. Anothe: m' was. Dre \ %-year-cld employee, Harry Louis Slotin, a Comaan from| Daghlian, died in «September meatees. who Merl May 21, 1946.}1945, 24 days after receiving an

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chnician Killed adiation Accident

‘hdian scientist received a dose ap-

the health division of the labora- tory, said ‘for severe radiation injury of this sert there is no specific treatment.”

However, physicians had plam ned to try. & bone marrow trans fusion to replace the marrow de- stroyed by the radiation which bombarded Kelley's body. An aut- opsy will be performed on the body in an effort to find clues whieh-might aid any new victimes of such accidents,

WAR VETERAN

Kelley. an Idaho native and vet- eran of Far Eastern campaigns in ithe Second World War, left a widow and two children. .

The laboratory -now employs about 3,300 people

In the 1946 accident, the Cana- proximately twice as large as that apparently received by Kel- iey- He survived for nine days\—+

- | autumn, shook hands with his left

‘to the population that they. would

. | official.

River and is in addition to the (Continued on page 2 col. 3)

tary, churchmen and anyoné else anted to come. | r/ Massey 71, favoring a right shoulder bothered by bursitis last

hand, saying “happy New Year” or “how do you do’’ to each per-

Prime Minister Diefenbaker. HIS SIXTH LEVEE

This was the sixth Levee for Mr. Massey, governor -. general since February, 1952. Last New Year’s Levee was’ cantelled due to a grippe that affected Mr. Mas- ,sey a few days before.

It may be his last Levee. His term in office—the longest on rec- ord—now is scheduled, to end about September. : =

The Levee in Canada is a mix- ture of the more official levee, im London and the informal levee of the French governors of New France. \

EVERYONE WELCOME

In the early Quebec days; French governors mae it known

receive their greetings on New Year’s Day. Everybody came, from ditch-digger to government

The same tradition of come-one ceme-all continues.

The Levee is traditionally for men only in Canada, but there were 14 women who showed up at this one.

One was Elizabeth Nash, a sec- ond secretary in the United King- dom high commissioner's’ office, one of the few woman diplomats in Ottawa. —-

‘son individually in a line Jed by,|:

The exchange of messages was with Soviet Premier Khrushchev and U.S.S.R. President Vorshilov,

whe sent Eisenhower an expres-

sion of hope that the East-West

cold \war could be ended and the

arms race slowed “with the. aim

of reducing dangerous tensions.”

$12,000 Fire In N.B, Centre

BATHURST, N.B. (CP) — The. grocery stage and home of! Leandre Hachey at St 12 miles from Bathurst, were de stroyed by. fire. Werinesday. He es- timated damage -at $12,000.

The fire was. first noticéd at 6} a.m. Mr. and Mrs. Hachey and

clothing. They saved only a few articles of furniture.

: SIXTH TERM

LANSING, Mich. (AP)’— Dem- ocrat G. Mennen Williams, 49, to- | day will become the first in United States histo®} to take office for a sixth consecutive term as state governor.

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kK. The othets—in uniform—were nine members .of the RCAF’? womens division, two from the

: j Navy's women’s services and two |

unevenly distributed dose.

nursing sisiers. ry

ark of World lar RCAI juadron Trainer exchanges

F amon Two, former Leader H.C

ithe compliments of the season

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To Dignitaries

salubrity of the weather and im- bued with the spint of the sea- son, Charlottetown’s” male popu-

lation turned out én masse to pay their respects to the provin- | cial, civic and religious dignitar- ies Officially at home to the gen- era! public.

Rubbing elbews, and EES, ing coem in the cheerful | crushes that deweluped at each

of practically every group in the | community. Members of the ju- diciary, tha,slergy. and. the gov- ernment mingled with profession- al men, financiers, businessmen, clerks and working men the so- jber garb of the ftownsmen eal lieved here and there by the colorful array-of a serviceman in ful] dress.

AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE The first of the several New) Year's Day receptions was held at Government House between jsbe hours of 11:00 a.m. and 12:30

ip.m | Filing across the width of -the istately Georgian mansion’s main

hall, each guest was greeted per- |

-sonally “by Lieutenant Governor | |F. WalteriHyndman in the west wi *g drawimeg room

Fach visitor ¥ | His Honor’s naval aide. Lieuten- jant Commander Douglas. Saun- | ders. assisted by army aide, Ma- jor Roy MacGillivary. C:D.., and |

kine. | In holding his first New Year’s | jlevee at the above hours Lieuten- | jant Governor Hyndman broucht this province in line with ‘the jcustom obtaining for centuries ithroughout the Present British ommonwealth.

late sometime near the. turn f the present century, Island 'vice-rezal representatives had

Pre land, the |

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Emboldened by the unexpected held their New Y afternoon.

Ch‘town Men:Ray Respects |

At Reception

in the weer

| PREMIER'S RESIDENCE ~

At 18 Crestwood + Drive, visit- ors .were received in the living- room by Premier A.W. Matheson ;and Mrs. Matheson, each being announced in turn by-the Pre- mier’s former executive assis- tant, ._Robert_;MacLeod. Coffee

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sandwiches and cakes were serv- '

| ed in the dining room. were Mrs. It Coney:

Pouring reception were representatives |Miss Ann Matheson, Mrs. C.S.|When fire d

Matheson, and Mrs. Claire Sted- man.

Servers included the Misses |

| ‘Continued on page 2 col. 3) Airman Killed And 2 Injured |

CHATHAM. Ont CP)—A Hali- |

fax airman was killed and two others were injured when their car, pursued at high speeds by two police cruisers, crashed into a hydro pole early Thursday on Highway 2, just west of here. Dead is Robert Louis Berry.

of Halifax, driver of the car. he jhospital are James Edward Davis, 17, of Thorold, Ont.. and

| Both juries. Police said the car had been reported stolen in Chatham ear-

suffered undetermined :n-!

their eight children fled in night | air aide, Flying Officer Ian Ran- | lier.

| Seven other airmen, stationed | at the RCAF base at Clinton, Ont. were also in the car. They were: Donald’ John Masson, Ste. Marie, Ont.; Miller, 21° North Burnaby, B.C.;

| Vernon Lorne Poe, 20, Cochrane. Ont., .and Donald Edison Park, 18, of Chatham who was charged wi ith | car r theft, Police sail.

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AIR ACE RECEIVED BY PREMIER

A.W nee Matheson during New Wear’s reception held yes-iturn to.greet the Premier and/ lottetown.

- terday at-the Premier's home

1a Crestwood Drive. Awaiting sia | Beth men are residents of Char- }

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Three NB

-tragen, ‘Die In Fire :

N.B. (CP)—Three

ives Thursday yed a small | wooden house they had broken into. - The unoccupied dwelling ; Was near their own home in ‘this | village. on- Grand’ Manan Island. The victims, children of Mr. iand Mrs. Bernard Deveau, were David,’ 10, Gregory, 9, and Elaine, 5. Another brother, Walter, 3, was lfound on the smoke-filled porch iby his mother and a neighbor, |Mrs. Delphi Wilson, who carried lhim to safety. He suffered only | minor burns. | The one - and - a - ha - storey

SEA -COVE, , children lost the

house, vacant since before Christ-|

mas, was owned by Mrs. Arling- ton Joy, Grove, near Saint John. Residents believe the children, |finding . all the doors locked,

broke a rear window to enter the

as announced by | Henry Skymore Snow of Halifax. | dwelling. It is thought they found

matches and lit a fire. The fatali- |ties were the first from fire on Grand Mapan Island in more j

than 20 years.

Dr. R. G. Ritchie, coroner at ;Grand- Harbor, ruled an inquest ; unnecessary.

The children’s father; a) 32-

19, Sault} year-old native if Salmon River, Norman James |} N:S..

is head keeper of the Gan- 'né@t Rock lighthouse, nine miles from Seal Cove. He was rushed home ‘when the tragedy be known. Walter and Daniel, 7, are the only other survivors,

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1} wife '« Dr. James Fighins Ofttario’s rain and freezing rain played havoc with early morning a drivers and generally -jeft the ae ie ‘ - Ft

who is visiting at Golden |

e | Tates”’

‘Nearer

By WILLIAM L. RYAN “HAVANA, Cuba ‘AP)—The. Ba- oe gave way

President Fulgen- ing into exile, and ‘s rebel forces mov-

over.

Castro followers, ina wiki orgy of celebration, looted apd burned pro-Batista homes in na. Dozens of army officers fied wi Batista.

Castro's radio in eastern Cuba announced his forces had entered |. Santiago de Cuba, the ‘nation’s second city. Earlier he had issued an ultimatum to Batista-loyal for- ces there to lay down their arms. The city, birthplace of Castro's revolt 25 months ago, later be- came an army stronghold block- ing the rebels’ path to power.

WITHOUT GOVERNMENT

' For the time being, Cuba was without an established govern- ment. Justices of the Supreme Court refused fo accépt the oath of provisional president, Just- ice Piedra, unless Castro approved—and Castro refused. He ne a out for reéSgnition

Manuel Urrutia, longtime aa judge and Castro sup- porter, as head of the govern- ment.

Castro forces proclaimed a na- tional revolutionary strike, and it was in part effective. Mobs smashed gambling casifios and shops in downtown Havana and warmed into fashionable suburbs a the homes of —

and supporters of Batista

BIG, WELCOME

The rebel fore in the last | month, had. Woven en encircle

ment of Santiago, cutting it off by

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GU ATEMALA CITY, (AP)— Guatemala ‘opened war Wednes- day on foreign shrimp. boats it ac- cuses of fishing in Guatemalan | waters.

Air force pianes machine-gun- ; ned three vessels of unannounced | nationality, damaging all so they were sent limping toward shore.

A dispatch from Mexico City said two Mexican boats were in- | volved and the owner of oné was | killed. A sailor and cook were ot ‘ported injureg._

The presidential press office an- nounced the attack. It disclaimed knowledge of casualties. .

DECLARATION MONDAY

The air raids followed up “a declaration Monday by President ‘Miguel Ydigoras that Mexican and U.S. fishermen were working illegally. in Guatemala’s Pacific waters and that, effective Wed-| nesday, these “‘bandits and ‘pi- would be fired on,- day or

night.

said two of the-boats, heeding sig- nals from the planes, grounded on a beach at Tilapa, deep in Guatemala near the port of San Jose.

The other, be navigating under difficulties, perico, about 30 miles from the Guatemalan-Mexican frontier.

NAVY INVESTIGATING Spokesmen for a packing_house | at Salinas Cruz reported the cas-

s iualties. Officials of the Mexican

Castro Edges

-The presidential. press office}

which appeared to}

was. reported heading for Cham- |

Control

the city ' 250,000 persons in the city and its ; Suburbs turned out in welcome.

* The rebel radio said negotia- tions are under way for a mass surrender. of the - garrisoned troops in Santiago—estimated te number 5,000.

“Santiago will be free because we have won,” Castro broadcast at one point. In another state. ment he said the war was not over “beeause there are _ still armed assassins about.” ;

The crowds sacked gambling - casinos, looted shops and burned the plant of the newspape: Tiempo de Cuba, owned by @ close friend of Batista, Senator Roland Masferrer.

“At the Hotel Plaza, two blocks from the National Capital, police fired as a mob attacked. its cas ino. Most of the shots were fierd into the air, apparently, in an ef- fort to disperse the crowd. \

SMASH.-WINDOWS

Mobs .#mashed” windows and used sledge hammers against parking meters and telephone booths to get their coins.

Orders went out to government troops for an immediate cease- fire on all fronts in the long rebel-_ . lion led by Castto’s forces. But” the apparently were ignor- ing the teasefire and marching on the capital. ~ .

Crowds converged on Havana's | big prison, called the Principe, where hundreds of politicaf pris- foners are held, and demanded their release. A committee of , lawyers met with the judges of special courts who ordered the prisoners’ liberation.

|

Guatemala Fires On Shrimp Boats

naval district there left for an in- vestigation.

Mexico's government told Guat- emala Tuesday that it would take

' the gravest view of firing on the |shrimp boats as contrary to in- ternational law.

Mexican navy officials, still awaiting an official report, said Mexican waters. are so rich in 'marine life there is no reason for | Mexican fishermen to enter Guat- |emalan territory.

| Icebreakers {Continue _. | Tough Battle.

MONTREAL (CP)—Four fea }egal ice-breakers plodded inte thick, -rafted ice in Lake St.- Peter, 6 miles northeast of here, as the battle to free 13 trapped freighters in Montreal harbor continued Into the New Year.

The ice-breakers were trying te

hammer a? narrow channel, through vast floes of ice in the St. Lawrence River te provide an escape route for the imprisoned | ships. With bell-clanging and shouts, |erewmen aboard thé foreign ves- sels marked the inauguration of a New Year locked in,icy,,berths, |It was the first time in ‘tie port's - history that salt - waier ships bound for foreign deStinations jhad been caught pastt ‘December in this inland port, almost 1,000 miles from the Atlantic.

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Stormy Weath

By THE CANADIAN PRESS A varying weather. menu launched 1959 with a roar that left Canadians buried under a heavy snowfall in Newfoundland and drerched by rains in the West. ;

One forecaster for the Domin- jon public weather office ‘at To- ronto described the arrival of the New Year as “a stinker.’

An Atlantic storm slipped _in- shore long enough tg cover New- foundland with snow. St. John’s reported 17 inétes of snow and freezing rain that disrupted pub- lic transportation and snarled traffic. 4

New ‘Brunswick, Nova Scotia ant\Prince Edward Island ‘had seasonal weather .with tempera- tures between 15 and 25 degrees.

Quebec was cloudy and cold.

RAIN IN ONTARFO

er Generally

Greeted New Year ln Canada

province with a damp moderately. warm New Day ae

In Logdon, Ont., ay icy rain was described as the most para: lyzing .n memory. Most party-

though Year's

lgoers stayed off the roads as cel-

ebrations continued until light. Cold gale-force winds accom- panied by rain swept in from Alaska causing power.and com- munication blackouts in many areas of British Columbia as trees toppled and rock slides cut power poles

Alberta and Saskatchewan were jbattered by the storm early Thursday and Manitoba was hit later in the day. Surprisingly little -snow fell but winds were estimated at up to 70-miles-an-

day-

hour, providing a real push te what snow there was This cold front now is heading

for Eastern .Canada, Ube ‘weather

office: says.

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