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Mrs. Sylvia Stone, (centre) Newfoundland, vice- esident of the Maritime Rebekah As- lem , was guest of honor at a meeting of the Alpha Rebekah Lodge last

“Alnwst respe -ts

everybody c hardly anybody un-

lantic Provinces Economic Coun- cil staff contact and membership officer. told ‘a council workshop at the Charlottetown Hotel yes-

] for Island members of APEC to further good public reilatzoins and increase membership.

Mr. Boutilier, speaking on the cimsolida-tlon and expansion of membership support during a discussion period. Sta ed that APEC had provided a launching pad for the growth of industries in the Mairltimes, and the public should be made aware of th'.. “I aim convinced." he said, "that APEC is the most important or- ganization existing for the far. Iuching growth of the commun-

the most comproliensivc library of economic facts on this region that is found on any one place," he said.

NEED STRESSED Mr. ' r

Boutilie stressed the

at ," e sari ;."Invest:ncnt yields only half an much, and in is twice as common "

He declared that a part. of the try econiomlmally lagging so

. er earlier told members the council should at- tempt to Increase membership to provide more effective sor-

Willlam Hayward and Jack Johnston, secretary. provincial comm-Zttee, discussion groii p loaders, expressed the opinions that APEC has a ddllnvite hear- ing on bushiess to the overall people of an area, and service

The one-day workshop was held ’

'lThe organization possesses food

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night. The meeting was held .in the IOOF Hall on Richmond Street. Other officers of the lodge with Mrs. Stone are, left, Miss Ethel Sutherland,

Better Public Relations - Said APEC's Biggest Need

club-‘. and other media could be used to promote public relations. Speaking at the morning ses- sion; was Mackenzie, Summerslde, chairman of mem- bership and public relation committee, who also stressed the need for council members ‘o become “enthusiastic sales- en‘ for APEC. To achieve his end, ' he explained. they themselves should become bet- ter acquainted with APEC work.

DETAILS HISTORY Nelson Mann, Halifax, execu- tive vice-president of APEC. discussed the history. forma- tion. erd purpose of the coun- ‘ e said it was begin in _’954 modelled on a similar as- sociation in Scotland. Seven directrrs from each pro, formed’ four corm'nittees—4tour- ist. agricultural and out the work of

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the ouncil.

prondent; Mrs. J.G. Dennis, a past president; Miss Hilda Harper district deputy presi- dent, and Mrs. Jean Crockett, a past president.

Mr-.-. Mann described some servlces performed by these committees in the past, and stated that APEC has made available 53 different publica tions, each one brought about throush a great deal of time and effort.

Also on the program was a panel discussion “What is APEC-its, history. purposes. and organization."

ISLAND NEWS PAGE;

Charlottetown“ and Queens Countv O

Testimony and summation by counsel was completed last night

saulting J. spurgeon Jenkins, by striking him on the face with I rubber boot.

The case was heard at a special session of the Queens County magi~.strate's court by

Tenement O . ' '

Attic Gutted

‘ Fli-e gutted an attic in a rloubie tenement. house at 76-78 Spring Park .Road yesterday afternoon. Quick work by city firemen prevented the flames from spreading to other parts

of the house, although smoke and water damage was report- : hea-

The damaged attic was at 76

Spring Park Road. The alarm sounded at 4:15 p.m.

Hunter Has Fatal Seizure Joseph Francis (MacGack)

MacDonald. 50, Rochford Street, Charlottetown, died suddenly

Student Has Leg Broken

-A Charlottetown student, Gor- gon‘ Rl':‘hal‘d Sterling Vail, 18,

9 suffered a compound fracture

of his right leg_ when he was in collision with a motor vehicle on the St. Peter‘: highway last night.

The accident occurred at ap-

Accident Victim’: ‘Funeral Today

The funeral of Neil MacNelll. who was fatally lniui-ed Monday in an accident at Milton, will be held today from the Brook- Hills Memorial

Mr.

MacNelll Milton and was mar- rled to tile former Alice Louise Weeks. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Weeks, 1-‘rederi

c-

on. ' In addition to his wilfie he is survived by one daughter. 19 on the taff of the Nova Scotia in Char-

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ters Katie, Mrs. E.J. VanEvery; Josie, Mrs. V Florence, Mn. F G-racie, Mrs. e Gertrude, Mrs. Sheldon Easter Robert- son: Nettie, Mrs. Alexander Henderson: Freda, Mrs. Leon ard Willis; and Vera. Mrs. Eric

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man and Eaton Bulman. Inter- ment took cry.

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‘proximately 7:30 about four

es east of Oharlottetoii

e driver of the vehicle was

Gordon William Wellner. Char- lotteiown.

It is understood Mr. Vail had

stopped his motor

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vehicle_ and the hig -

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way when the accident occur- red. . He is a patient in the Prince Edward Island Hospital.

The accident was investigat- ed by the Charlottetown detach- ment of the RCMP. ’

Court House Under Repair

Under the of, caretaker George Howard. a crew of cleaners is working until late at nights giving the Co ouse in Charlottetovi-n its annual fall cleanup in pre- paration for the fall sitting of the Queens County Asslzes of the Supreme Court, which open here next Tu '

rday tore away the old broken brick and stone from the IN?‘

concrete steps.

In reference to the coming sessions, Deputy Al:taorney-Gcn-

al J. Arthur McGu:igan last night that the grand jury wlh have only one criminal case to consider. involving a charge of rape.

It was not known how many

at

E :2.

yesterday morning while hunt- ing at Oyster Bed Brlwe. Death was believed due to a heart at-

ack.

He is _survived by his wife, the former Mary Gauthier of Chatlottetown and one chi‘.d, Katherine. .

The funeral be held Fri- day morning at 8.45. Interment will be in the Roman Callhoiic

Magistrate James B. Johnston, OC, who adjourned the case Imtll Oct. 15 for consideration.

The prosecution is being con- ducted by Alan K. Scales and the defence by Allison M. Gillis

Following the final presenta- tion by Mr. ‘Gillis. ‘Scale: made a request to amend the information from its original framing. _

Mr. Scales asked that the charge be made to read, "did assault J. Spurgeon Jenkins, by striking and grabbing him ‘in the’ chest and shoulder and striking him in the face with a rubber boot." '

Mr. Gillis raised strong ob- jection to this attembted pro- cedure, stating that the defence had completed its case includ- ing the argument by ' -.

He contended-that any amend- ment the Crown wished to make should have been done diatcly after the Crown had presented its side of the cane.

amendment. and said that “I think there is power to amend an information to conform to

e evidence. But the Crown was aware of the situation at the conclusion of its case_ and it should have been done then."

The accused taking the stand told of having an argument with Mr. Jenkins regarding work he wished to have done at the site ofthe dam located on

. Warren said that after words were exchangedhe had. phoned P. A. Murnaghan and afterward had told Mr. Jenkins that Mr. Murnaghan wished to speak to ‘m

cemetery.

Ho aid that he then S_tal'te(I

Testimony, Argument End In Assault Case

The magistrate disallowed the‘

his property. . m Mr

By GERRY McNEIL

QUEBEC (CP)—Are women in the driver's seat timid, emo- tional. mechanically ignorant and generally. incapable?

“Women." s n'a p p e d Mrs. Ethel McLellan, a safety expert from Toronto. “drive like men but get blamed for It."

Mrs. McLellan, director of women's activities in the safety division of the Ontario transport department, thus summed up her answer to leading questions by two male panelists on the capability of women at the wheel.

Panelist J. B. Humphrey, vice-president of the All-Canada Insurance Federation, and S. E. Swallow. a Ford Motor Com- pany of C a n a d an executive, tossed the questions at Mrs. McLellan, senator Josie Quart

Women Drlvers'Said . Not" limid,

Emotional

Ont., police department, and Nell Siemens, director of wom- en's activities on the Canadian Highway Safety Council. _ The panel discussion before the Canadian Good Roads Asso- ciation heard Mr. Shallow lead off by suggesting that women are "tempermentally Incapa- ble" and ‘don't understand the mechanical operation of cars. “A woman." said Senator Quart airily, “can do a lot with a hairpin while a man is talk- lng about what he'd do with his tools if he had them with him." “I think there are very few men in the audience who know more about the mechanics of :1 car than women." said Miss Siemens. “I own a European car and a few days ago. a ga- rageman Iywent to didn't even know where“ the motor was. "And when I have a flat tire,

of Quebec City, Constable Jes- sie Melklejohn of the Hamilton,

I just get out and stand there. It always gets fixed." ’

LaborCongressHas Report Remedy For Jobless

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By ROBERT RICE OTTAWA (CP) — The Cana- dian Labor Congress has bol-

toward the mill and when he was behind the car, Mr. Jen- kins backed it into him wtiicnl resulted in his leg being grazed ‘n two places, requiring medical treatment.

The accused said that he had gone to the drivers side of the car and asked the complainant what he had backed into him for and at the same time had made an attempt to grab Mr Jenkins. - '

He said that after being told that the Mounties .would bei called, Mr. Jenkins had driven off and on the way had driven up on the lawn in‘ front of the_ house, and the brother of the: accused who was standing on- the «awn was forced to run out of the path of the car.

Mr. Warren then told of he and his brother going after MI‘- Jenkins in his brother's car and catching up to the Jenkins cai; when it had stopped behind a bulldozer.

TOOK KEY The accused said that he had

Seeks Solidity To Black Reds

U.S. President

WASHINGTON f AP )--Presi- dent Kennedy was reported to have made an eloquent appeal to the foreign ministers of 19 Latin American 'countries Tues- day for hemispheric solidarity to quench the fire of commu- nism in Cuba.

The president was described by Senator John Sparkman «Dem. Ala.). one of those who attended a White House lunch-

stered its demand for a "big. new massive push" for Canada's economy with a brlght_ breezy research report on labor's rem- cdy for unemployment.

The report. prepared by Dr. Eugene Forsey andthe CLC’s research department, reiterates the CLC argument that a mas- sive expansion in government spending is needed to solve un- employment and the country's economic ills.

Organized labor has made this view known to the govern- ment in recent months in re- peated pleas for planned, long- term. sustained expansion of ; “our social capital, of our pub-’ lir services, of investment the development of our human capital."

The CLC-and its political ally, the New Democratic Par

eon. as speaking at length and vigorously on the theme that, the Soviet threat posed in Cuba:

is the responsibility of all—not V 9 Uni

only the ted States. '

While protocol ruled out anyl formal response by the minis- ters. some of th mem- bers of Congress that surprising ’ units was developing in confer-,- ences by State Secretary Ruskl to develop broader and more concentrated political and eco-i nomic pressures against the‘ Russian-backed government of F’ el Castro.

Rusk was reported to have assured the ministers that there will be no deal with Russia to end Soviet support of Castro in exchange for concessions in Berlin or other trouble spots.

key from the igni- tion, which was broken when the l driver had hit the witness’ wrist. His brother, he said. went to the driver's side and grabbed Mr. Jenkins by the left arm. - iv While he was taking the key. the witness said that the com- plainant had picked the rubber boot from the floor of the car and hit him on the shoulder with it. He denied having hit Mr. Jenkins with the boot, but said that he had merely brushed the boot away with his arm. Cross-e - ' , the accused stated that he did not hear the car backing up before it struck '.m, and denied‘ that he had been the first to pick up the bber boo

Liner’: Docking Delayed 2 Hours

NEW YORK (AP)—A long- shoremen's strike stranded 1,352 passengers on the liner Queen Mary for two hours Tuesday in the Hudson Rver.

Tugboat crews sympathetic to the striking longshoremen re- fused to~help doc 'tish liner and her captain ordered

a anchor dropped to await favorable conditions before pro- ceeding into port unassisted.

In another development, State Supreme Court Justice Norris

The second witness Gordon Em S01::;ti?' t":f‘l')s8‘:_d'theatw:°t’:_l: Warren. son of the accused, p 5" . front Commission of New York

said that he could see that his father and Mr. Jenkins were arguing. but could not hear what was being said.

After the argument he said

Harbor from authorizing the use of white-collar personnel to un- load passenger's baggage from strike-bound ships.

ty -have advocated deficit bud-

in created by the

with a grossly under-employed

workers, the only way to achieve and sustain full employ- degree of deliberate deficit nancing, that is, of planned bud- get deficits." ‘

The report, which suggests the last five deficits of the fed- eral government were more ac- cidental than coherently planned, says deficits need not cause inflation.

". . . If we can put idle plant: and idle men to work, it (the economy) can produce the ex- tr oods and services to meet

in o n e y demand deficits."

The research paper also spells out labo1"s general case r re- ciprocal free international trade and rationalization of small- time industry into larger masl

the

geting to finance this public in-

production units. ‘

m e n t in social pro- jects and services.

The government, in the throne speech last week, pledged itself to a balanced budget as an ob- ‘ ' ' out saying when this would be achieved.

SEE GROWING NEED

The research paper, made public Tuesday by the CLC, ar- gues that there is a great and growing edfor such public projects as housing, slum clearance, hospitals, schools, recreation facilities, s tr e e t s, public tr a n s i t, sewage and water facilities, and so on

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his father had gone to the house and then came back and told Mr. Jenkins something. He said

Recess Called ,

that Mr. Jenkins jumped into his car and his father started towards the mil . SAW TRUCK BACKED He said his father was about 10 feet behind the car when It was backed up at about normal speed, and struck Mr. Warren. He said that he did not see his

. father lay a hand on Mr. Jen-

kins, but he had seen the latter poke his head out of the window and yell to a man in a truck, “You are a witness for me, that I didn't back into him."

He also said that he saw his uncle standing on the lawn the house, and saw Mr. Jenkins drive his car up on the lawn about six feet passing so close to his uncle that he was able to grab the door handle. but could not hang on.

Merrill Howard. North River, who ‘was visiting the Warren farm on the morning of July 26. said he was about 10 feet behind Mr. Warren when the car was backed into him.

He testified that when Mr. Jenkins got into the car he first looked to the rear and then started backing up. He also said that he witnessed the car drive up on the lawn in the direction

On Yank Holdup Of Livestock

CORNING, Iowa (AP)-—The National Farmers Organization Tuesday night c d a recess in its holding action on live- stock but threatened to renew "in a short time" its drive to keep animals off the market un- til processors agree term contracts.

The recess was called by Oren Lee aley, NFO presi- dent. 32 days after NFO mem-

of hers voted to hold livestock in

an attempt to stabilize farm in- come at higher levels.

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The chairman ‘of The Kings County organization. Milton Fits- pstrick. ‘gold the objective has

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er otlcsrs ‘Inhale John

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' dlth from enrolling. However,

civil cases are on the dock.

(Continued from page 1) The same argument was ad- vanced on behalf of Lieutenant- Governor Paul B. Johnson. who stood in for rnett on one oc- casion last week to bar Mere-

Johnson was made liable only to a’ fine, rather than Imprison- ment in the contempt citation the court levelled against him.

The Justice t asked out to hold any punish- inont'in abeyance to allow Bar- nett and Johnson more time to show compliance with the inte- gration order.

Neither Barnett nor Johnson came to New Orleans for the hearing. Tuesday was to have- been the deadline‘ for the pair to nurse themselves of con-

OTTAWA (CPI — The federal government has relieved Nova Scotia its share-—about $700,- 000 a year—of the cost of sub- vootions on the movement of Cape Breton coal to Ontario, C. L. O'Brien. chairman of the .Ii)OnIIl1ldn Coal Board said ‘to-

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He said that as of July :1 the‘ provincial government had been relieved of its obligation to con- tribute to the cost of the sub- vention on shipping of Nova scotia coal.

L ear the total cost of the federal subventlon, including the piovinclal share, wairestimated a

between Sll.0(lI,OIIl and 812,- wt

llloil a special increase in

In Inhvcntion assistance was so

worked 0 u t to enable Nova scotia coal to move farther into Ontario. .

In future the federal meat will bear the entire coat I the. Iubventlons. , BASIC FLAT RATE .

The ‘basic federal lid to mov- ing Nova Scotlakcdpl to market consists ‘sat a flat-rate ‘aubvaao

tempt.

In Jackson. Miss.,

mansion there,

any disorders at

should federal authorities try to coins him.‘ Hundreds of persons inllled outshte '

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P3: to donned junly ham assembla- alflu-J hum.

dd! NIYICVO Barnett declined H

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senate Tuesday paged Presl-

N.S. Government Relieved Of Coal Subventions Shcire

tior. providing direct payments to producers or distributors of 30 cents a ton. Coal mine operators are permitted to use the money as they themselves see fit, though the federal government hopes it will used to ‘

Mr. 0'8 since the\closIng of,three coal m es of the Dominion Steel and Coal_ Company, which had also been receiving special sub-

sidies to osure, Nov scene has been relieved of an- other 8300,000 a year outlay.

This subsidy. begun in April, 1960. provided 31 a ton of coal to help move it into markets _ thin the Marltlmes not cov- ered by regular coal assistance. The federal government put up centnof each dollar and the a 81:0 , e

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