QUEEN IS RE

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Interim

of

_ In the most important develop- ment of Thursday’s session, Lloyd said that after two mont of talks “there is an interi

for...Berlin... sketched

sut in outline for us.” - AN LEVEL e

“T believe that it should be pos- sible here or at some other meet- ing, perhaps at another level, to get. final acceptance of this in- terim agreement.” . His reference to “another level’ was taken to mean a sum-

“git meeting of the U.S. British, | French and wey heads of gov- ernment.

-” Lioyd said the plan for Berlin *"s not agreed, but it is there in éutline, with certain ingredients fm it — force levels, arma ee activities and duration.”

Doctors Use poreery Less

By gdavid oancia Canallian Press Staff Writer

' EDINBURGH, Scotland (CP)—

- Doctors attending a joint meet- ing of the British and Canadian Medica! Associations ‘concen- trated on problems of the mind and heart Thursday.

——_& roundtable conference on the value of surgery in curing mental fliness concluded that doctors are wsing*the knife less than in the past to deal with psychiatric dis- orders.

Professor Allan Walters of Uni- versity of Toronto reported the number of¢brain operations drop-

ped since the advent of tranquil-

izers and er techniques. Psychiatry Professor J. S. Th-

hurst of iversity of British

Columbia suggested neurosur- _ geons should wait ‘‘a longgime”

before undertaking brain surg sry.

CHEER SUGGESTION

During sessions on heart dis-

eases the doctors loudly cheered

a suggestion teat surgeons ¢arry-

ing out open-heart surgery — a

technique used in h»!e-in-heart

and blue baby operations—must

be given proper facilities,

-. SELWYN LLOYD

A Soviet spokesman said Rus-

sia’s Andrei Gromyk6 expressed surprise at the “negative attitude

n Berlin Agreement

Is SketchedAt Conference

of the Western powers of the sub- ject of negotiations between East and West Germany.”

Russia has insisted on the es tablishment of an all - German committee—with equal represent- ation for both sides — to discuss German reunification.

The West has rejected the pro- posal as ‘“‘toally unacceptable” and proposed instead that nego- tiations should be continued on the presenf basis—with the Big Four powers as the main partici-

ts and East and West Ger- ahy as advisers.

A Soviet spokesman indicated Thursday night that~ the next plenary session might not take place until-early next week.

“IT dpn’t think we shall meet again before Tuesday, but per- haps: Monday,” he said.

The first top-level Soviet-West

‘}German meeting since the con

ference resumed was held Thurs-

day right when West German

| Foreign Minister’ Heinrich von

‘Brentano dined with Gromyko.

By ROBERT RICE Canadian Press Staff Writer

MONTREAL. (CP) — One of every five.motorist insured should be able to qualify as a} class 1-A_ select insurance risk and pay lower rates.

But even if you get into this new and top rating catégory—an- nounced Thursday by the Cana- dian Underwriters Association—it doesn’t necessarily mean you're) a perfect driver

By definition, it means you've) had no accidents for five years. But it also means that you and

others.

In the eyes of insurance com yanies, the combination of two—a good driving record and 2° vestricted accident exposure—

‘

your ‘insured vehicle are not ex-| posed to accidents as much as)

the}

WH ERE-TO-FIND-IT Announcements, notices 13 Births, deaths, etc 2, 13 Classified section 12, 13 Finance, ,markets 13 Church ices 3

Charlottetown news 5 11

4

Women’s page ... ° 6,7

Late reports from Guardian news bureaus in Summer- side, Montague, Alberton and Souris, and from special cor respondents now ‘appear er the Island News Page.

- | sured.

Best Car Drivers GetLower Rates

~ qualify motorists for the ane

tlect’”’ class. . There are about 3,500,000 och | vate cars in’Canada, but no fig-

Lane is available showing how

| many are insured.

STARTS SEPT. 2

| .The new category goes into ef- |fect Sept. 1. It will be used by more than 135 automobile insur- ance eSmpanies that belong to the Canadian, Underwriters’ Associa- | tion: Eligible motorists will move into the new group as their car insurance comes up for normal renewal on or after Sept. 1

The “select” class calls’ for @ 20-per-cen! discount off the rates the motorist would no: lily pay. . Here's the qualifications for a class 1-A select driver:

} 1. Drive fe years without an | accident.

2. Don’t drive more than 10,000 |miles in a year.

3. Use your car only for pleas- ure, not for business and,not for 'driving to and from work.

4. Have no boy or man under 25 in your household who drives the car, and’ no more than two drivers—yourself and one other |person—for your vehicle. | Insurance officials estimate that | about one-fifth of the present in- |sured motorists qualify for the new category. But they say that

this is only a calculated guess—,

the only experierice will show how many “select’’ drivers are

Se a ees a

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, Prince Edward Island Like. The Dew”

YTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1959.

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REGINA (CP) — Crowds. Weathér, And 184 hands.

That's the ‘story of Regina on the 35th day of the Royal Tour of Canada. ; There wasn’t much to dq in Regina Thursday. There were tie official receptions — at the city oa. Ae eee. . . just the

Pace ssid his hiss. An ROMP official estimated that 100,000 people turned out to: wel- come the Queen and Prince|mo Philip t the city. Regina’s popu- lation ts about 100,000. _

And there was the weather] It was a hot summer day al of the Prairies." The temperature was a sizzling 8 and, probably, more than 100 in, the brilliant sun, the weatherman said. Throughott the . five official hours in the city that was named

OTTAWA (OP)—An increase in the flow of direct federal mort- gage loans in June was not suf- ~| ficient to \offset a drop in new ion,

In a preliminary report coter- ing centres of- 53000 “population ‘and over, CMHC said new hous- ing starts in June fell by 12.9 per cent to 11.312 from 12,923 a year earlier. There was a slizht gain, however, from the 11,155 homes started in May.

For the first half of the year, construction starts were made on 45,231 homes compared with 52,- 882 ingYanuary-June last year Housing ,completions, _reflect- ing the heavy activity las: year. totalled 9,027 in June compared with 7,236, and in the first six months totalled %;5440 compared with 43,339.

RISE SHARP

by the Queen’s great-great-grand- mother the Queen wore 8 coated costume of peacock ‘blue.

She didn’t need the cpat,

At the end, after five long hours that saw appear at seven official] functions, ‘she still wore the coat. She had had no chance__to__ change _ during the ¢c day. However, it was a light, garment that ap

parently caused no discomfort.

It seemed as though no one stayed at home or at work — it was a civic half-holiday in the

morning—when the Queen came to Regina.

Under- the brilliant sun the Queen looked fit and recovered from her two - day weekend 1l- ness at Whitehorse, YT. -

The selection of the--name “Regina’’ was made in 1862 by Princess Louise, daughter of

lencting

Direct loans by the corporation

in 1 oe

Marquis of Lorne.

Drop In Building Of Houses Shown

in June were made for 3,166 units, compared with 2,905 a year earlier. The rise was sharper when compared with May, when direct loans were made for 1,632 units.

However, _ National Housiag Act from private lendiny sources declined, Chartered banks issued NHA mortgages for 2,251 units compared wilh 3,534 @ year earlier,- and other ap- proved lenders issued 1,609 mort- gagescompared with 2,606.

in new housing activity was in Ontario, where construction starts fell by 23.1 per cent from last year to 4,046 Starts declined in the British Columbia ‘region by 17.6 per cent to 1,233, in e bec by five per cent to 3.305=ehd in the Prairies by 2.3 per cent to 2,271. However there was a sharp rise in the Atlantic region, where starts jumped by 27.3 »er cent to 457.

\ STURGEON IS HUGE

is long

: ‘ huge Sturgeon nine

nine — inches

This

eghs 395 pounds. At

Queen Victoria and wife of the |

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are predicted for most parts of Canada from mid-July to mid- August. Temperatures are ex- pected to be near normal is northern British Columbia and northern Alberta, most of Sask- atchewan and northwest Mani- toba. This map, based on the 30-

Storm Victim’s

The largest decline during June | Body Recovered

ESCUMINAC, NB. (OP) The 17th body to be recovered since salmon fishing boats were storm- wrecked in Northumberland

Strait June 20 was found Thurs- day in Miramichi Bay and brought to this village. It was that of John Burton Chapman, 16,

25 cents!for and|a pound it came to a tidy sum : . ;im-the Fraser River.

of Bay du Vin. Eighteen bodies have not been found.

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dark shirt salmon ne

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Hithen discarded in a storm. of

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_Nikita S As Anti-

‘By ‘JOHN SCALI MOSCOW (AP)—Richard Nixon came to Moscow Thursday de- claring ‘‘we must learn to live to-

_|gether or we will die together.”

He ran head-on into a blast from

_|Nikita S. Khrushchev, who said

the United States vice-president’s trip ~was deliberately timed to coincide with a campaign against the Soviet Union.

Nixon put his words of friend- ship into action by beaming and shaking hands_at the airport with all the Soviet citizens. he reach. :

At almost the same Premier Khrushchev stood before a Polish friendship rally in Mos-! cow's Sports Palace, 20 miles |

> \away, and announced a represen- |

tative of the “panic stricken American imperialists” had ar-

*\rived. He suggested Nixon come

HOT IN EAST

Above-normal temperatures | day outlook

“lsee a meeting of : a peoples” he said 7 |talking of liberating.

“enslaved the U.S:

“The anti - socialist campaign they have launched in the U.S. in time for Vice-President Nixon's arrival im the-U.S.S.R. will do them no good,” Khrushchev de- clared.

Nixon will meet Khrushchev for the first time in the Kremlin te- day.

time, \ \

was)

fed Blast Greets Nixon sHe Arrives In Moscow — |

Sizzling Weather Greets TheQueen

ees Trip Russian —

What: aroused Kremlin wart was President Eisenhower's proe- lamation of this week as “‘Captive Nations Week” ig, the US.

Nixon told the’ small crowd ef Russians at the airport that “if there is Another war there will be no victors, only losers.”

POTATO. PLANT IS POSSIBILITY

The possibility that a polate granule manufacturing plant may be set up in Prince Fd-

“ward Island was revealed last night by~ ier A;W. Mathe- son at ewart.

The premier said that re presentatives of a firm that has active plants in Great Britain and the United States ha in contact with him.

The potato granule plant would turn out a mashed pota-

te product.

i

Is Castro

HAVANA (AP). Fidel Castro’s supporters tied up Cuba Thurs- ) |day with a one - hour general

Caan

subjects to hit the farm scene here for many years. A central or one<esk selling agency was tried here several years ago and

controversy.

This time, ‘the Guardian was told last night, the establishment of a central selling agency for

arketing spuds will he suggest- et on a voluntary basis.

The Caucus is being held in the University Auditorium.

Guest speaker at tonight’s din- ner meeting will be Dr. Waldo Walsh Halifax, deputy minister of agriculture for Nova Scotia.

Mr~Walsh will discuss the far- mer of the-futuré as he endea- picture of things to come on the farm scene.

Vertical integration wil be) discussed by the Nova Scotia | mah as it is a live subject in| farm circles at the present time.

Hon. Eugene Cullen, minister

Considers Spuds

Caucus’

DR. WALDO WALSH

J

The day sessions will include’ a critical look at the potato in dustry” with James MacNeil; di- rector of marketing, Nova Scotia and discussions gn a pool mar- keting plan led. .by such men as Allan Palmer,’ George LaBelle, Dave Ward, E. Avery and Reid

" Houunaa Sia

Booster

strike called to support demands that he come back and be pre mier. The bearded revolutionary said he'd withhold his decision

Sunday, when an even big- ae aon of strength is planned,

Thursday's work stoppage called by the 1,000,000 - member Cuban workers confederation, was part of a great buildup fer Castro. He abandoned the top cabinet post a week ago to atack and expel’ Manuel Urrutia as president.

The campaign comes te a di- max Sunday, when Castro’s 26th of July movement celebrates the sixth anniversary of the start of the revolution against the now- fallen dictatorship of Fulgencie Batista. A huge rally is scheduled in downtown Havana.

“Well let the people decide on the 26th of July,” Castro told a rally early Thursday. There was little doubt the people at Sum day’s rally will urge Castro back to office.

‘DEMONSTRATE SUPPORT

The ostensible purpose of Sus- day’s rally is to demonstrate sup-

ary program, agrarian reform. He has called for 500,000 peas- ants “campesinos” and about 150,000 have already ar- rived for what now is being called a “vote of confidence.”

“If they want to accuse me of anything,” Castro said, “let them accuse me of having the people’s supyort.”

Thousands poured into the streets of Havana to demonstrate for Castro. Starting on schedule at 10 a.m., workers in shops and factories left their counters and

of agriculture, will preside at the dinner meeting. :

By TONY THOMAS Canadian Press Correspondent ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP)—Four large forest fires were burning in Labrador Thursday night and two of. them were creeping . toward the settlements of Charlottetown and Port Hope Simpson.

At last report, winds up to miles an hour had driven flames to_within 15 miles of Charlotte town. Less than half that dis- tance from the flames is Port| Hope Simpson.

The Charlottetown - bound fire ‘was concentrated along the Gil- bert River where flames earlier this week ate through 422 square miles of woodland burned earlier this week

Another fire flickered stub- bornly at St. Augustine River which crosses the Quebec-Labra- dor border in southern Labrador.

The other one was . ‘some way back between the

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Sangster.

Eable and- Kenamu Rivers,” a resources department spokesman said.

Two Gunmen

Grab $27,000

PITTSBURGH (AP) Two |gunmen grabbed $27,000 in a holdup ‘of a suburban bank Thurs- day and wounded two policemen in a fierce gun battle.

One handit was.sbot. The other surrendered. A third was believed to’ have. escaped. Both police of- ficers were reported in serious condition:_The—money was re covered.

Police identified the bandits as Joseph Gaito, 29, and Eddie Kearns,- both of Pittsburgh. Gaito in the hip in the ex- i change of fire with. police,

we ‘sat

their tools for an hour.

Forest Fire In Labrador Threatens Charlottetown

The two fires were impossible to feach with men and equip- ment. AH efforts are geared te saving valuable timber and towns in the other danger areas.

The resources department Wed- nesday believed the fires had been checked. But high winds and 15 rainless days brought them back to life.

Temperatures have been in the 80s. ‘

It’s believed the fires were started by lightning storms that swept over the area.

Resources Minister W. J. Keough said Thursday depart ment men and equipment were based at Port Hope Simpson “and we are flying in. more men and equipment from Gander.”

Group Capt. Swetnam of the RCAF in Goose Bay. dispatcheé@ two Otter planes with men and equipment te Port Hope Simp wd,