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Mrs. Andrew Johnstone. Sr. of Kensington. celebrated her 95th birthday Monday. Dec. 31. and is seen here with the elaborate birthday cake and gift bouquet of flowers. "Aunt. Janie". as -e is Roown to her many friends. lived for 71 years in Long River with her son William and they in ved to a new

CELEBRATES 95th BIRTHDAY

home in Kensington about a year ago. Present for the party. in addition to MII‘. and Mrs. William Johnstone, was . W. and Bumhngm A third son Edwin and his wife are in England, and a

daughter. Mrs. Murdock MacLeod. is in Tononfo the holidays. Several grand-

children and many friends were present for the annual event. Mins. Johnstone is in

work and reading. also a keen interest in gar- nening. Mrs. Johnstono doesn’t remember how close she came to being a cw Year's baby.

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Summerside And Prince County?

The Guardian. Charlottetown, Thurs. Jan. 3. 1963.

WASHINGTON (CF) — The

port-Import Bank It no longer requires standby credit to pro- tect Canadian currency. a bank spokesman said Wednesday.

He said Canada cancelled ar- rangements for $400,000.000 worth of bank credit in two stages. On Sept. Canada asked that the standby credit he reduced to $150,000,000 and on Dec. 24 the bank was in- formed the remaining $150,000.- 000 pledge no longer was re- quired.

The bank offered the $400,000.- 000 for possible use in financing Canadian imports from the US. as part of massive aid to protect the C a n ad i a n currency ex- change rate last June.

Standby Credit Not Needed To Support Canadian Dollar

i Of the total of 51.050.000.000

i a ternational Monetary Fund is outstanding. This can be repaid over a period of three to five years. but US. financial sources suggested the quick recovery of Canada's official currency re- iserves may lead to a partial or complete repayment of this lat- ter loan long before maturity.

In Ottawa Canada's foreign lexchange reserves at the end of 'December are expected to be lannounced later this week.

he and of November they had climbed to $2,607,500.000 from the low point of $1.100.000,- 000 on June 24 when the govern- ment took emergency action to

Holiday Is Quiet In Slummelrside

SUMMERSI‘DE — Two cases only were on the docket of pol- ice court yesterday. Fines of $20 and costs were meted out to two lone drunks who pleaded guilty to the charge. Magistrate R.S. Hinton presided.

Police reported one of the quietest New Year holidays for some time. with no serious ac- cidents. no fir-s and relatively well disciplined celebrating.

halt a run on the dollar.

The Nov. 30 figure showed a build-up in reserves of $68,600.- 000 during the month and then a month-end payment of $75,- 000,000 on some of the interna- tional debts incurred in June to meet the exchange crisis.

Just before Christmas it was announced that Canada had re- paid the last of special currency swaps amounting to $400,000,000 with the central banks of Brit- ain and the United States.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: What Is ahead around the world in the new year? The As- sociated Press sent this question to Its correspon- dents In key areas. Here are their reports.

BRITAIN By TOM OCHILTREE LONDON (AP) Prime Minister Macmillan faces 1963 3 with enough problems to test the patience of Job. He could

easily fall from power if tllcse

:r overwhelm him

.V Britain. shorn of Empire. is

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itrying to find a new role in iglworld affairs. For that reason III)? as full of strain and con- fusion in the political. diplo- matic. defence and economic

“ffieids as any faced by this

island kingdom since the Sec- ond World War.

Britain's special relation-

( ship with the United States

may undergo revisions now that Washington is calling into question the value of Macmil- lan's separate nuclear deter- tent.

The British government still intends to seek membership ; in the European Common v; Market. Failure to reach " agreement thus far with this ‘ continental g r o u p i n g has ilcaussd mounting concern in

jLondon's business and finan-

t cial community.

The British economy re-

mains sluggish with unemploy-

ment rising. particularly in

the north.

The process of granting in- ndencc to former colonial

territories will go on as be-

fore. New constitutional talks are scheduled for Malta and eventually British Guiana.

WESTERN EUROPE

By RICHARD O'REGAN BERLIN (AP) -—- Western Europe's hopes of peace. pros- perity and security look brighter in 1963 than at any time In the last five perilous

hi

years. _ Since the Cuban crisis. Rus- sia has taken a new soft line

. apppcnr more willing to negotiate a Berlin settle-

LATE NOTICES

(Also see announcements in

Andean. -

today. Jan. I from Mam nlcd Ouch with service at 2 o’clock.

Nu. Keith Pichnrd. A

the coming year promises to .

counting on help through a change of political leadership in West Germany. Chancellor Adenaucr. Khrushchev’s un- wavering opponent. has said he will retire in 1963.

may he encouragal too by an increase of Com- munists in the French parlia- mcnt. although President de Gaulic. at 72. is more firmly in power than ever and. like Adenaucl'. is firmly opposed to dealing with the Soviets.

Politically. 1963 appear! likely to be a secure year for Europeans with no major cri- ses. in Italy. however. there are general elections in May.

COMMMUNIST EUROPE

By PRESTON GROVER

MOSCOW (APi—The Soviet Union and all the eastern European socialist states are facing their toughest year since the war.

All are beset by serious economic disorders. There Is a ferment of discontent and uneasiness.

Party control of every phase of life in each of these coun- tries simply isn‘t working well and all have started large- scale rcorganizations.

Moreover. the Soviet Union is‘engagcd in a mud-slinging leadership battle with China that has already put Albania out of the Soviet flock and promises to get worse. not better. in the year ahead. STALINIST OUSTED

In Bulgaria Premier Anton Yugov was thrown out of of- fice because he was an old

Stalinist. In Czechoslovakia. Stalinists r e m a l n In the saddle. East Germany has

gone on rations and Poland is appealing for more Western wheat.

Hungary has pulled a lot of non-party technicians into the government, both to appease those still troubled by the 1950 revolt. an simply to get brighter administrators.

Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union are patching up an old quarrel. highlighted by Tito’s visit to M cow.

The Soviet Union, economic- ally strained. will cut down its foreign aid program still more both to socialist and other states. A massive reorganiza- tion both of the party and the Soviet government is under

MIDDLE EAST By WEBB McKINLEY

BEIRUT. Lebanon (AP) - This next year could be the year of the showdown be- tween Arab republicans and kings.

In $62. the long struggle between old and new it the Middle East came suddenly Into focus in remote Yemen. whose feudal monarchy was overthrown by republican m- olutionaries.

Camel Abdel Nasser of the United Arab. Republic rushed to the rebels“ aid and found himself in a t with Saudi Arabia’s king and Jor- dan's King Hussein.

Nasser has promised port for all "popular" revolu- tions—and hi follmrs would consider one in Jordan. Saudi Arabia or republican Syrin— once Nasser‘s northern prov- incc--extremebr "popular."

Saudi Arabia in particular .eha by the Yemeni ro-

' Observers tenderly have been predicting the downfall of the Kareem government in

volt.

Newsmen In Key Areas

PredICI' Wha’r's Ahead

Iraq and few will be sur- prised if they are proved cor- rect in 1963. Abdel Karim Kas- sem. who has survived by a clever b a l a n c in g act. still vows he will “return” oil-rich Kuwait to Iraq.

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By HENRY S. BRADSHER

NEW DELI-II. India (AP)— Comlnunist China’s invasion of India and then its un- expected partial withdrawal havc left a tense military stalemate for the new year along the Himalayas.

Tedious diplomatic ex- changes betwee N int and Peking will continue for several months. A new erup- tion of fighting then is a strong possibility _as the In- dian army recovers from its defeats with the help of Am- erican and British aid.

The Chinese challenge will also cause a pruning of In- dia's economic development program, delaying the day when India breaks out of its grinding poverty.

India and Pakistan will have d i f f i c n It negotiations over Kashmir state. A final result that leaves both nations satis- fied over the status of Kash- mir seems impossible to find. BITTER WAR

South Viet Nam is fighting a bitter. and so far indecisive war against Communist guer- rillas. The ernment backed by the U.S.. has made progress but strength seems to grow.

Laos. a pawn in the cold war. ls stumbling towards stable government with uncer- tain pr o’spe cts of success. Neutralist Premier Souvanna Phouma has threatened to re- sign if left and right wing factions do not make good their promises to co-operate.

The proposed Federation of Malaysia Is expected to go ahead. with a deadline of Aug. 31. It will include Mal- aya, Singapore. Sn r a w a k. North Borneo and possibly Brunei. Inclusion of the sul- tanatc of Brunei has been thrown Into doubt by the De- cem r rebellion. subdued by British forces.

AFRICA By RICHARD KASISCIIRB

ORANNESBUR G . South

Africa (APl—Stormy political

weather and racial strife seem In store for southern Africa. from Th Congo to the Cape. in 1983.

And for the new and emer- ging states of middle Africa. the new year is likely to bring more groping toward stability. with an increasing tendcy toward one - party

2. The Congo. after as crisis- torn months of independence. enters the new year with re- newed fighting between United Nations forces and troops of secessionist Katangn Province. The Central African Federa- tion. a union of Nynsaland and Northern and Southern Rhod- esia. is headed for almost cer- tain breakup. Britain has al- ready speed in principle to the secession of Nyualnnd. smallest and poorest of the three. under Negro lenders headed by Dr. Hastings Bonds. 0R0 MAJORITY

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(Continued from page It nections with Warner Brothers in 1950 after 11 profitable years with the studio. Later he said:

“I was their handy man. Whenever they need fe'w laughs in a picture they‘d say. ‘lets get good old Jack.‘ It's no secret that in the TWO Guys series I did with Dennis Morgan I wrote three-quarters of the script.

“We'd arrive on the set and everybody would sit down and say. ‘what can we do now that o be funny?’ So I'd come up with something. Now, I only know two gags, so you can see how many variations I had to ream up."

After leaving Warners' Car- son became one of the first film stars to enter television. doing a series of one-hour com-

edy programs for NBC Free-lancing In movies, he played a hard-hearted press

agent in A Star is Born with Judy G a rl a n d and James Mason. and was talked about for a supporting Oscar nomina- tion in Cat on a Hot Tin he had another non-comic role as a blustery, grasping son of Burl Ives.

In 1951 he made a rip-roaring debut in musical comedy, in Texas. Li'l Darlin'. before an enthusiastic audience of some 3.000 in Dallas. The next year

-he appeared on Broadway in

Of Thee I Sing.

Carson was married three times previously. His first wife was a dancer. Betty Alice Linde. with whom he teamed on t Orpheum vaudeville circuit in his pre-Hollywood days. Singer Ka St. ermaine. w om he married in 1940. divorced him in 1950. They had two children,

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John. born in 1941, and Ger- maine Catherine. born in 1945. Actress Lola Albright di-

vorced Carson in 1958 after six years of marriage.

On Highway

DORION. Que. (CPI—Provin- cial police Wednesday night re- ported four young Toronto-area persons were killed in a car- truck crash 25 miles west of Montreal on the Montreal-Tor- onto highway.

They were identified as John Bower. 21. of Islington. 0nt.. Kurt Nitihke. 21, Toronto, Cath- erine McDonald of Rexdale. Ont. and Julianne Marsh, 22. of Islington. Ont.

Police said the car. driven by Bower. crashed head~on into a CNR trailer truck while passing a station wagon. and that the highway six miles off the south- west tip of Montreal Island was slippery at the time of the ac- cident.

l iCo-I. Desrosiers

Dies In Quebec

3 Canadian

lAIvin Howatt

iHeads Borden egion Branch

BORDEN —— was elected president of Borden

log at the annual meeting.

Other officers include Regin-‘j .ald Rodgers. honorary ident; Arthur McCarville. lvice-president. Robert Carmi-

ichael. second vice- president;

Canadian government has in-lin loans and credits which Can- Wallace Muitar'v sergeant- at- formed the United States Ex- rada obtained at that time. only larms: Rev. Reginald MacDon 5300.000900 loan from the In. | aid and Rev. Ronald Cameron. Roman Catholic and Protestant

padres. respectively.

Foch McKenna. David

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l ted Appeal Fund.

Alvin Howatt. t h e . Branch of the R oy al Legion Friday even-

Members of the executive are Arthur Craig. Ivan S o m e r s. M a c- Lcod. James MacC o r m a c k. Wilbert M u t- tart. Harold Palmer and G l e n

The members voted $200 to ,the Prince Edward Island Uni-

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Service Held At Bedeque

in the Bede- que United Church. New Year's ve. Prior to the servnce a so- cial hour was enjoyed.

The watch night service was conducted by Rev. R.M. Camer- on. Rev. K e n n e t h Cameron. Rev. Horace Estabrooks a nd Mr. Waldron. lay minister of North Bedeque United Church. Mr. Estabrooks look a lead- ing part in the musical part of the service and rs. s t a- brooks sang a solo suitable to the occasion.

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BEDEQUE A watch night‘ *service was held

.‘ LAC K.W. Dewar. right. formerly of Brudencll. and now stationed at Goose Bay.

Labrador, was recently pre-

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sented with the C a n a d i a n Forces decoration by Group Capt.

Kenney, commanding

officer of Goose Bay. He is a son of Mrs. W.W. Dewar, Montague.

RCAI“ Station.

lFiremen Hurt [In

‘ SAN FRANCISCO iAPl—Six ito eight firemen were critically ‘injured. two .one died of a heart attack as al

l‘gas main explosion created.

havoc in foggy southeast San;k

|Francisco late Wednesday. I L An undetermined number ofi other persons suffered lesser in- . juries.

Busy Alemany Boulevard and

up

lblocks. The fire department reported

Explosion l

were missing and.

isouth-hound lanes of the Bay‘l

-shore Freeway were blocked for l

to an hour as the explosion l

The Ontario Hydro - Electric I knocked down power lines and. .

Commission has assets of aboutlblew out windows for several VATICAN CITY (Reutersl—g Po

,that while firemen were check- ling a two - storey house. the

new year Wednesday. The audi.

‘ence was attended by about

lhnusc hlcw apart. Six to eight i2.000 persons. including a grout”

firemen were outside the house: at the time. All were reported

of journalists who packed into the ornate Clementine Hall in

critically burned. n was not'ithe Vatican palace.

clear whether an explosion of!

the main caused the ouse to .hlnw apart or if accumulated‘ gas under the house blew up.

ran Lamey. a fire depart. ment 'battalion chief. was ‘ nocked down and . pro-; nounced dead of a heart attack. ; A -inch gas main. at whic ‘ the. firsfl- leak was reported.‘ meanwhile blazed high in thel street outside. Before it caught fire the roar of escaping gas .could he clearly heard.

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QUEBEC (CPi — Col. Henri Desrosiers, 81. deputy defence minister during the Second World War, in Veterans

M Hospital here Wednesday after

a lengthy illness.

Col. Desrosiers commanded the Royal 22nd Regiment when it occupied Bonn at the end of the First World War.

Funeral service with military honors will be held Saturday. He leaves his widow and a daughter. Mrs. R. Goyer of Town of Mount Royal. Que.

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N.Y. Publishers Threaten To Go Without Printers

NEW YORK (AP) —— Publish- ers of the city's nine strike- bound newspapers indi- cated Wednesday night they were ready to end negotiations with striking printers. And they hinted they might try to resume

velopments. Southern Rhod- esia‘s white voters rejected proposals for multiracial rule and elected a right-wing white government to try to hold on to their privileges. White Southern Rhodesians 109k to- ward friends on their flanks— where Portugal still holds An- gola on the. west and Mozam- bique on the east coast. But most of all. Southern Rhodes- ians look southward to rich, white-ruled South Africa. In South Africa the ruling whites. outnumbered almost 5 to 1. have been arming to defend what its government increasingly considers the last. redoubt of "Christianity and white civilization" in Africa. South Africa has an expanded police on constant alert to com- a egro underground ter- rorists and “white inciters" blamed for a series of racial clashes and persistent labo- tage. LATIN AMERICA By FRANK BRUTTO

RIO DE JANEIRO tAPl — Latin America faces the new year with Fidel Castro vastly diminished in prestige but with national problems still towering in size and threaten-

ing grow .

Financial difficulties. politi- cal uncerta and the need for stepped-up social reform continue as the general lot of Central and South American

countries.

Brazil. deficit of and its

record low.

faces the need of new finan-

ci

with n

. A Jan. 0 nefrudum likely will restore presiden- tial powers and give Presi- dent Jono Goulnrt a chance to institute social and other teforms.

Argentina. which survived I shooting crisis in 1982. also faces mounting financial and political difficulties. It will hold Important elections June 16. Peronists, Communists and other: considered to be total- itarian will be barred from

running

publication without them

The dailies have been closed for 26 days by the strike. Ne- gotiations Wednesday recessed without any report of a brea in the stalemate.

n a statement Wednesday night. the publishers said they “must acknowledge their in- ability at this time to see any promise of success in a continu- ation of the normal processes of conciliation, mediation and collective bargaining unle s 5 there is a quick change in the position of the typographical union."

The statement said the pub- lishers “will continue to seek by every possible method a means of resuming at the earliest date the service of their newspapers to the people of New

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