If It’s Good For The Island The Guardian Is For It

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-Hahfax yacht race. Her cor- Tected time was 46 hours, 44 minutes and .two seconds in what crew member Walter Flower called ‘‘an easy fast ‘race.’ Another 62 yachts are

fn brifliant sunshine the 50- foot schooner Nina, owned by Decoursey Fales. af New York, crosses thte: finish line of the 360-mile Marblehead-to

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PM Considered Careful Not To Rock Que. Boat

Favreau Retains Key Position”

Yanks Land More Marines, Showdown Battle Possible

» *, |rampage in South VieteNam’s mt | central

ashore in the aext week; boost-

For Montreal Tower

MONTREAL (CP)

Mayor

: | Jean Drapeau of Montreal an-

{nounced Wednesday plans for a

| By Golden Nematode Infestation

By VERN LACEY it was grown has been checked | chiensis, attacks the roots of po-

VICTORIA (CP)—The scien- for nematode and cleared by | tatoes, tomatoes and eggplant. ‘tist-showed the worried farmers government inspectors. It can be carried on roots of color slides of the golden nema-} inspecters..clean...theip..boots.,many.other plants. . tode, then said: after leaving each field. Farm-| It hampers growth but is not

“If any inspector anywhefe in ers have been warned to do the | poisonous. A large pe the world finds it ‘on your same and to wash down thelr of tomatoes and potatoes plants), you are finished . . . 80 machinery after use. |New York come from nema- help me bub, you. won't move abpratory has been set up | tode-infested Long Island. About anything for 50 years.” at Terie Airport, on tarmac 75 per cent of the crops in Eng-

Dr. W. P. Campbell of Ottawa where no nematode could live. land have it. In Canada, only was talking about a worm tinier Top scientists have come from Newfoundland had it before the than a pinhead; one that has | fastern Canada and the United |outbreak here.

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|. Vancouver Island Farmers Upset

proposed 1,066-foot tower which was to have been built here in conjunction with the 1967 Mon- treal World's Fair have been ‘abandoned.

land where the fair is to be held.

The plans called for each of ithe two,cities to have exhibition space in the° tower building on |a permanent basis. Once the ‘initial cost had been repaid to the two cities, the structure

| would then become the property

Paris and Montreal were to of Montreal

slaught. A Communist - force

jhave infiltrated several months jago. :

Guerrillas ambushed and forced back a government unit moving to relieve Dak To. Cas- ualties among the troops were

not determined, but an Ameri-'

can who was with them was wounded.

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portfolio and. go to the senate because of ill health. The an- nouncement was made in Ot- tawa Wednesday by Prime Minister Pearson at a press conference. Mr. Benidickson will be replaced.as mines min= ister by J. Watson McNaught, now solicitor-general.

(CP Wirephoto)

Food Paces Increase

By STEWART MacLEOD

issue involving the so-called

tige of justice, Mr.. Favreau has been given the added re- sponsibility of federal ~- provin- cial relations:

RETAINS KEY POSITION

The effect- of this is that the former justice minister, at this stage in Canada’s development, remains in a key government slot beside the prime minister.

And the new justice minister, Lucien Cardin, is unlikely to use the prestige of his new |portfolio to grab off a bigger bite of influence in the party’s Quebec organization,

undermining of Mr. Favreau’s

: < U.S.| ASUS. spokesman announced jtary Robert S. McNamara to Fy : et

| SAIGON (AP) Fresh : : ; ; a OTTAWA (CP)-—-The immedi- provincial leadership.

marines streamed ashore Wed- a oe put om oon come to South Viet Naam. — 4 ate reaction to Prime Minister This move was considered by

‘nesday in an 8,000-man buildup ships at Da Nang and Qui Nhon .Injand from ‘the _ landing , Pearsons Wednesday ‘cabinet observers to be the most signif-

oe ; showd and the rest of a 3,400-man points, 170 miles apart, another realignment was that he care- icant of the seven appoint- ~ |that may lead to a showdowm party will land Thursday. He highlands district capital fell be- fully .avoided rocking the boat, ments announced by Mfr.

with Commmunigt: forced 26 8 \sel6 1,000, oilers will COMnelfere a Viet Cong guerrilla: oa- particularly on the ticklishSide- Pearson. It had been widely ex-

pected that Mr. Favreau would .

CLEARED PATH In bringing Larry Pennell, ‘Brant-Haldimand, into the. cab-

. inet as‘solicitor-general—a proe

motion that caused no surprise on Parliament Hill—the prime minister made room for him by transferring former _ solicitor- general J.. Watson MacNaught to the mines department.

In the order of accepted prec- edence, both portfolios are rek atively minor.. By coincidencé, Mr. MacNaught, from Prince Edward Island, represents the only province that has no oper- atiig mines.

highlands. Intelligence ing American military strength overran Dak To Tuesday night “‘old- ” new. * move to the presidency of the men said they believe North in South Viet Nam to nearly and the spokesman said the oo ee Privy Connie: and that the Viet Nam's 325th Division is in- 60.000 men ; _. town, 280 miles northeast of in the “new alignment. Goy forier president, George MclIl- ™ | volved. ' The hurried landings, he said, Saigon, was believed still under ' \Favreau, the former justics Taith, would be given a new | The marine reinforcements do not involve any of the six enemy occupation. About 150 Liatatatae’ ane fend ; nder Portfolio. His move to publie seemed to have been brought marine battalions earmarked South Vietnamese government the eaur of eee ee works had been speculated of jin on an emergency basis. jearlier by U.S, Defence Secre- troops have been based there. eae auoants te Mave clans tn aduanen: 2 os It is in the mountains that in- re gave The appointment of former A . : telligence sources said they be- | TO SENATE a tied en eer mines minister Benidickson to lieve the regulars of North Viet While hi Z foli the Senate also was expected Nam's 325th Division are oper” | . Mines Minister — William | privy Council precident does iit View Of his tadifferent — ¢ ating. They said one battalion penidickson will vacate the Cast eent agin ~ health. of that division is known to noeraciionaly carry the pres

|have fianced the $20,000,000-plus | Mayor Drapeau had received . Ae, a i. eka 'project jointly. The announce-| June 3 three tenders. for the” ae Mr. Cardin, quiet-spoken and _ Mone muc advance

: @ Ny a di Speculation were repeated sug-

reeet of ae gr eee | tower, ranging from about $23,- fl une = rice 3 f PY ‘ [seemingly eae . te eS; gestions “that Ferestry Min ae the-concept of symbolizing the ee to_ $24.500,000. ti et a i " heen seen as a neutral within 22uve, often described as an

of the greatest French: ; He explained st the oe a. | the Quebee factions. He is re- impatient reformer waiting im

vty in Ma tr al during the fair [im calling for the: te’ , he | By JAMES NELSON the market. Meat prices rose parded as an able admini. ‘€ Quebec wings, would move

Le coal ta the iu i Eade: was acting on pehalf of a cor-' orrawA (CP)—Food prices,’ 3% per cent, reflecting the fact strator, but not as a political ' 8 More senior post. He is Eaeaeat F : h bo ere poration to be “set up for the refecting higher prices for that higher U.S. prices at- plotter. automatically associated with. Past See *~sdinplementation ef the fresh meats and vegetables in tracted Canadian livestock to’ the “‘new-guard” of Quebec. 4

| Tower and been located on |downstream tip of St. Helen's

| Island, one of the St. Lawrence | River islands off Montreal Is- | thé project before a

166 feet higher-ihan Paris” Wiffet ‘ t;

into

| The tower would have ‘been. ce a final a ment was bh Meeieedt ind

The councils of both eities had es for June, compaerd with for comment.

ven approval in

iple to

ithe .United:}States,. pushed the markets across. the line.

|consumer price index in Can-| Finance Minister Gordon was

'138.0 for May,

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cast a ponderous shadow over States to contain the infestation | But areas that don't have it, |

acNaught Says

|porting Wednesday on prices ‘based on 1949 prices equalling | 100, said a 2.3 per cent increase in food costs was mainly re-

The all-items consumer price

per cent higher than it was in June, 1964. Some economists re- gard any increase greater than 12 per cent a year as inflation-

|MAINTAINS BALANCE With the appointment of Mr.

ada up one ‘full index point to vacationing and not available Cardin, the prime minister ap-

pears” to have successfully maintained the practice he

| The bureau of statistics, re- index for June, 139.0, was 2.7 established of having the influ-

ential justice portfolio filled by a Quebec representative, while at the same time avoiding any

Just how much damage the worm could do if it jumped the 80-mile Gulf of Georgia to the mainland of British Columbia hasn't been calculated.

That it would be extensive is accepted. Agriculture in B.C. employs some 30,000 persons and has a net value of produc- tion of more than $70,000,000. In

gresricultural statistics, however,

Vancouver _ Island's $5,000,000 and if po ible, eradi: @~and—plant industry. suible,_erad | tifféally called Heterodera rosto-,

Lieut.-Governor

te it.

'Named For Man.

WINNIPEG (CP) — Richard S. Bowles, a Winnipeg lawyer whose interests run to books, isaid Wednesday he will be de-

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—=The “golden nematode, scien ;

“We have to take action that | will convince our markets we're | serious about this or it will hurt the whole * country,” said Dr. | Campbell.

| Nurserymen have been worst hit by the bans. Ninety per cent of their markets are off the jisiand—mainiand B.C.. Eastern |Canada~ and abroad. Potato growers are less affected. They sell. most of their crop in Vic-

jon't_want_it. Hence jhe bans. +4

His’ portfelio was not affected by Wednesday's announce ments.

SIGNIFICANT MOVE

What is. considered signift- cant is that the other Quebee promotion went to Jean-Lue Pepin, the brilliant former unl ‘Continued on page 5, ool. 4)

sponsible for the hike in the ary. Fede L-Cabi Mak Viera an PONE INCOR ye CHECK RISE 4 ra met eup s 7 ae Ben _And a finance department of- “The Economic Council of (a ee ; ficial said most of this increase 444 in setting full-employment || OTTAWA (CP) — Makeup of Trade: Mitchell Sharp, 34, : reflected higher U.S. prices and economic growth goals for the federal cabinet after Toronto Eglinton. cere : sige , Fresh vegetables prices in Can- 197) said Jast December the changes announced today by Northern Affairs: Arthur ’ CAPITAL BUREAU, : ada rose 12 per cent as im- objective should be to. hold | Prime Minister Pearson: Laing, 60, Vancouver South. OF THE GUARDIAN | ported spring produce came OM prices to a rate of climb not NEW MINISTERS Secretary of State:: Maurice 4 OTTAWA — Canada’s new | peester hee ee ate Gia ee eae Lamontagne, £7. Montreal * Ontt- ye } ss : “ r . or ant-Haidi- remont-St. Jean. minister of mines and technical | Israel Founder ea ee eae _ = mand, Ont. Labor: Allan MacEa 44 surveys said Wednesday that he | ee te ee ae 7 vo for services. Without Portfolio: Jean-Luc inverness-Richmond, ‘NS.

was very pleased with the pro- | motion to his new post and was) looking forward to the change | ‘in duties in the Liberal govern- |

Pepin, 40, Drummond - Artha- baska, Que.

SHIFTS IN PORTFOLIOS

The all-items index has been climbing every month since Oc- tober when it ended a modest

[Dies At Age 70

JERUSALEM (AP) -— Moshe

the more generally accepted voting all his time to the job ,toria, inside the quarantine values are based on farm cash of being Manitoba's lieutenant- &rea.

income—and this amounts to governor. Dr. Campbell said a program more than $105,000,000 a year. “arlier in the day at Ottawa, of checking each field and

Pearson am- | greenhouse will be in full gear Mr--within a week. He has 14 scien- tists—two on loan from the U.S. | agriculture department — and dozens of university students working with him.

As each crop is cleared, the grower will be allowed to ex- port.

DAMAGE 18 SLIGHT Prime Minister So far damage is negligible—--nounced-the appointment-of-M

15 acres of drooping potatoes on Bowles, 52, who will take office

a Saanich Peninsula farm. early in September, succeeding But embargoes—Bans on ex- Errick F. Willis.

_ port—have fallen around the, Mr. Bowles is a third cousin fertile peninsula like the heads- to Prime Minister . Pearson— man’s axe. And no root crop /his father and Mr. Pearson's will move until the field where ‘mother were cousins.

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“TOURISTS WARNED ee Gasoline Strike Spreads To New Areas Of Quebec

ment._and_ recognition of _ the fraternity as a bargaining agent for its 1,800 members. There are some 8,000 gasoline retail- ers in the province.

The companies have declined fo negotiate with what they call -a-minority group and because, they consider such negotiations would be a breach of the fed- eral Combines Act.

MONTREAL (CP) There been made since the strike be- seemed little hope Wednesday gan in Montreal Tuesday.

» | of any quick settlement of a re- Robert Saucier, a 24-year-old tailers’ strike that has left most garage-manager from suburban gasoline stations in Quebec shut Jacques Cartier was charged down and auto fuel an increas- Wednesday with carrying offen- ingly hard-to-get commodity. | sive weapens when arrested at

The strike against 11 supply. another gasoline station Tues ing companies by the Gasoline “ay night. se Retailers Fraternity now has Saucier pleaded not guilty to spread officially into Quebec the charge, which also said he city and areas to the north. = oy a number of stations

Meantime, in the general area SUring the evening. of Montreal, about 90-per cent , Th¢__ fraternity’s a of service stations were closed. | pave fp yee a = Some tourists were seeking fuel “1% 0! non-members.

; They have criticized the com- enough to complete their return panies for not a ing to nego-

months ago by its present leader, Auguste Vial.

calling city and provincial of-

enough gasoline to get beyond

The_fraternity. was formed—18+

The tourists short of fuel were |

fices in their efforts to ensure,

trips to Quebec's borders. =, i tiste the main issues of the dis- Quebec's borders.

Trains and bus stations were pyte—more profits for the fe.’ A spokesman for the Montreal being flooded with calls from {ailers, a better rental arrange- tourist bureau said city authori- motorists about alternate means ties have been warned’ of” the of transportation. But there was) _ plight of the visitors. acuae tw thi walbar a Goes | INSIDE TODAY TOURISTS WARNED arid bus travellers. ¢ The provincial tourist bureau

> | Classified ............ 48, 19 Was reported to have asked of- HOPES IN VAIN [ii OM wbiaciy ee cgecnssins 19 ficials at Quebec's borders—

Some observers had pinned Deaths .......2......3... 3 especially those on the border hopes for a settlement of the, Comics .............. +++. 17 with the United “States—to ad- strike on possible meetings Wed-| Women’s ................ 7 i vise incoming cars of the strike nesday between fraternity rep- Finance, markets ...... 16 | situation in the province. resentatives and officials of cer-| Sport... .-» 13 JAN Quebec was not fuel-less, tain oil companies. j Rural churches wivesess © however. Brome County near

One such meeting was re- Editorials =... ss+sere 4 the eastern townships area had ported to have occurred but the Summerside... .... +++ 3 |plenty of gasoline stations do- results, if any, were not dis-| enn Gucens, City ..... 8 ‘ing business, while’ the area of closed. ounty . -....+-- 8 | Bull had its 125 gasoline retail-

A number of arrests have = “ lers still. open.

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ment.

|Sharett, 2 Holy Land shepherd

three-month slide.

To Justice: Lucien.Cardin, 4,

Fisheries: H. J. 53, Gloucester, N.B

Veterans Affairs: Roger Teil- Jet, 52, St. Boniface, Man ~

Robichaud,

s boy who became a senior states- a amas bene , Health: Judy LaMarsh, 40, ee wae waaay ant > oT! man-and one of the founders of his ae Que., from’ Niagara Falls. { icitor al a .E.I.’s | Israel, died Wednesday of can- R d : ee ad ‘ Industry: Charl M. Drury, representative in the federal nity ; enagezvous Te Public Werks: George Mc-/54 srontreal St. sRitbine.West.

‘cabinet, was named to the new |

portfolio by

Pearson on Wednesday. He suc-

Prime Minister

cer. He was 70. | From Israel's

1948 unti!

minister. and during 1953-55 also

nationhood in

1956 he was foreign:

Plans Made

Tiraith, 56, Ottawa West, from ipresident, Privy Council.

To Mines and Technical Sur- veys: J. Watson MacNaught, 61,

mount. >

Immigration: Jack Nicholson, 63, Vancouver Centre

‘ceeds William Benedickson. The . served as premier. A break with y nt, r : : e MP for Kenora — Rainy River) a | Premier David Ben-Gurion in BALTIMORE, Md. (AP) — Prince, P.E.I., -from_ solicitor- Cuinaey «Sac Harry Hays, 55, who is to be appointed to the, ¢ 1956 forced him from govern- U-S. astronauts Gordon Cooper seneral. — ; . : aie SG senate. Mr. Benedickson has) | ment and Charles Conrad will launch’ To President, Privy Council: Postmaster - General: Rene been in ill health for several | 4 Since then he had travelled their own private satellite dur- Guy Favreau, 47, Montreal Pap- Tremblay, 42, Matapedia - Ma- months and underwent an oper- abroad. occasionally speaking ing their .eight-day Gemini 5 ineau, formerly justice. tane, Que : lation recently. ‘zionist and other issues. flight ‘in August and for six a , _ Without Portfolio: Senator ; a " ss too Hours will practice manoeuvr- UNCHANGED John J. Connolly, 58 Succeeding Mr.. MacNaught | Then came cancer. He was too ! 5 i Pp ‘t Prime Minister: Lester’ B. Forestry: Maurice Sauve. 41 as solicitor general is one of the il in January to ‘attend the ing: near + SE NMBL TORCOROT | osarson, 66, Algoma East, Ont. teépitiidibie. Ga Liberal party's promising young HON. MR. MACNAUGHT Zionist Congress, which re-elec- trie manned lunar and planetary Wsternal Alteiré: Pasi National Revenes: E. 5 ‘sans backbenchers, Lawrence Pen- ie , ted him chairman of its execu- ‘TIPS. Martin, 62, Essex East. Ont. con. 42. Kingston nell. who has been parliamen- the Maritimes, such as hydro- tive agency. Details of the rendezvous mis- ee ; ro ee = Pp : ; ” , setts ‘ ; 7 Transport: J. W. Pickersgill, Associate Defence: Leo Ca- tary secretary to Finance Min-|8taphic surveys," Mr. Mac- 4 will. opened in the presence |sion were described here Wed- 60, -Bonavista-Twillingate, Nfld. dieux, 36, Terrebonne. Que ister Walter Gordon. Naught— explained. “Another or his family at his deathbed. /nesday by officials of the West- — iperence: Paul “Hellver, 41, ao

IMPORTANT TO MARITIMES

In an interview with the Ot- tawa Bureau of The. Guardian, “Mr. MacNaught said he was pleased that the prime minister had Seen to promote him to the more Sherous portfolio of mines minister.

“While mines have little rela- tion to Prince Edward Island, there are aspects of the techni- cal surveys portion of the port-

folio which are of importance in |

Labor Government Will Stay

matter which has been receiving increasing attention in recent months is the question of off-

_shore .mineral rights.”

As mines minister, Mr. Mac- Naught. will be directly involv- ed in the problems of the coal mines in the Atlantic area and other mineral developments in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland as well. as throughout. Canada.

He said he is well acquainted

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Despite 3 Stinging Defeats

LONDON (Reuters)—An_ au- thoritative government source said Wednesday the Labor gov- ernment has no intention of jresigning despite three stinging 'pre-dawn defeats in the House of Commons

The~staterment was made as | Prime Minister Wilson met with this top ministers to discuss the 1 a.m. defeats, which caught the Labor party by surprise during _an overnight debate on sections of the government's complex fi- nance bill

Exchequer James on the government’s position. In- stead both sides of the House began 4 routine consideratign of the finance bill. ms sf

During the debate the Con-

'Servative succeeded in defeating

the government by two majori- ties of 13 and’one of 14.

CHARGE TRICKERY

Labor immediately charged trickery, saying members of the Opposition lulled Labor mem-

“!bers into thinking they had gone

There was an air of anti-clj- so that Labor members would

requested no eulogies and asked that he be buried in Tel Aviv’s

old cemetery,

inghouse Defence and Space

Centre, which built the special | satellite.

s*Toronto - Davenport. -

Toronto Trinity. Finance: Walter Gordon, 59,

LEAVING CABINET William Benidickson, 54, MP for Kenora-Rainy -River,—Ont.

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max when the Commons re- follow suit. According to the

|sumed_ de on the bill later government, however, the Con-

| Wednesday. : | servatives -then ‘back to '

ltive party's finance epert dan [rene say tate aad forced sy sree Pearman be samied to the‘cshinst’. slnister_ttheut:. peritdllo--cch aiiciingimual

tive party’s finance expert, did

a vote while they had the edge

\not challenge Chancellor of the jon members present,

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