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TORRENT OF MESSAGES

Sir Winston's 90th Birthday ls Crowned By Dinner Party

By CAROL KENNEDY LONDON (CPt—Sir Winston Churchill. frail but still fond of the good things of life, crowned his 90th birthday Monday night with his favorite champagne and brandy at a family dinner

ar y. p1t was the climax to a day in which the world expressed its affection and gratitude for his wartime leadership in an un- precedented torrent of birthda messa es ~

“There have been more than ever before—tens of thousands." said Sir Winston's private sec-

retary. A n t h o n y Montague Brown. Among the huge pile of cards.

telegrams letters and flow. cramming the Churchills' Hyde Park home were a message and bouquet from the Queen and messages from Prime Min- lster Wilson. Opposition Leader Sir Alec Douglas-Home. Pope

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Paul. P r e s id e nt Johnson. French President de Gaulle and countless other well-winners. fa- mous and unknown. Canadian High Commissioner Lionel Chevrier sent his goml wishes to add to those of the Canadian government and Gov- ernor-General Georges Vanier Former prime minister Dieien- baker also sent a message.

WILSON CALLS Wilson called to deliver per sonavl good wishes to the states- man who led the Conservatives back to power in 1951 after be- ing defeated by a Labor land- slide in 1945. Douglas-Home's in- tended evening visit was foiled by dfog which kept him in Scot n .

First visitor to knock on Sir Winston's front door early Mon day morning was an Australian woman on holiday in Britain. who handed in a bouquet of red

Canadian Commons Notes

Sir Winston

OTTAWA (CP) —— The Cana- dian Commons continued love affair with Sir Winston Churchill Monday.

Four months to the day altei paying tribute to the wartime British prime minister on his retirement from Parliament. Commons passed another mo- tion on his 90th birthday.

‘he motion assured Sir Win- ston "of the undiminished grati tude. affection and admiration in which you are held by all Canadians as you begin ynui 10m decade of ‘days memor- iihle in the history of our race. '

Prime Minister Pearson said Sir Winston is the man of our time" whose “name will live forever in the hearts of all free men.‘

Opposition L e a d e i- Dieteti- baker, Douglas Fisher. deputy leader of the New Democratic Social Credit Leader Thompson and Gilles Gregoire, d e p u l y Creditiste leader. joined in the tribute.

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Man Report-ed Missingl In Fishing Vessel Firel

HALIFAX lCP l—One uniden- ; tified crewmember of the fish-l lng vessel Primo was unac-l counted for following a fireI aboard the ship Monday. 30‘ miles east of Halifax.

Five of the 16 men reported: aboard the Prime were ans- lei'red to one of two navy shile ‘ and puti men and fire fighting equipmentg aboard the Primo. '

A navy spokesman said the. Primo had asked for s tugl after navy personnel from the: iestroyer ~ escorts Terra NovaI and Gatineau helped quell the alaze. I The five crewmembers of the; Prime taken aboard the Terra, Nova were suffering from ex-. posure and fatigue. the spokes- man said.

The blaze broke out among mattresses in the crew‘s quar- ters and was reported to have spread to the engine room where one man was said to have been trapped.

The 312-ton Primo. built about six months ago in Quebec at a

cost of about $600,000. is owned a

by St. Lawrence Sea Products Limited and registered at Que- oec City.

The steel trawler was due to arrive at Lunenburg. on Nova scotia'a south coast. under tow

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Speaker Alan Macnauglitovi said Sir Winston had replied in his own hand to the July 30 mo- tion that. he was "deeply lion ored that this ‘ eloquent tribute been paid to me by Canadians. whose country I hold in such deep affection and high «5-

em."

Text of the message sent to Sir Winston by Speaker Mac- naughton-

It is my privilege to as- sure you. sir. o e - diminished gratitude. affec- on and admiration in which you are held by all Canadians as you begin your 10th decade of “days memorable in the history of

our race." We vently wish for Lady Churchill many more ears

of strength. of good health and of happiness In your retirement. From all our hearts and with one voice we say. “happy birthday!"

believed to have put into Hall-1 fax to pick up a member of theI crew. a spokesman for the own-1 ers said at Lunenburg.

He said damage was believedI confined to the crew's quartersl in the stern section of the ship.l

miles from the centre.

Hill by the payment

Post Office of postage II sub

and white carnations She was followed by a stream of people and delivery vans. all bearing gifts and flowers. A crowd of 300 perso from many parts of the world gathered in the nar- row street to sing "happy birth- day to you."

Two men from Floris. the 'royal cake-makers. delivered a 120-pound fruit cake shimmer- ing with white and gold 1cm: 'and decorated with a golden Irose and double wreath of oak leaves—"a symbol of English- ness. which we feel is his great- est characteristic." said Christo-

her Floris. The family firm Ihas sent a gift cake each year I since .

IHUGE CAKE CUT

The cake. enough to feed 500 persons. was cut and sampled at the end of Monday night's party. attended by 14 relatives . and close friends. 4 Another birthday cake—from .‘an anonymous donor -- arrived lby cab. Covered in chocolate icing and decorated with white doves of peace. it bore the sim- Iple Latin inscription “Maxi- i mus“——the greatest. S' Winston spent a quiet day with visitors cut to a minimum. I saving his energies for the fam- i lContinued on Page 5 Col. 5)

Maritimes Warned Of Storm

HALIFAX iCPi — the Mari- time Provinces braced for heavy snowfall and winds to 65 miles an hour today as an intensifying disturbance off the United States east coast drove toward the area Monday night.

he weather office forecast five to 10 inches of snow for the Annapolis Valley. Northern Nova Scotia. Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick with greater amounts falling on more northerly areas.

As the storm moved in early today. winds [were expected to the g~ nonlieasterly gales of 45 miles an hour with gusts to 60 over most of the Mari- times by early afternoon.

Snow along the Atlantic coast regions of Nova Scotia was fore» cast to change rapidly to rain in the Halifax. South Shore. eastern shore and Cape Breton areas.

Marine interests were warned northeasterly gales of 55 knots

the

CHARLO’I‘TETOWN, CANADA TUESDAY, DECEMBER. 1, 1964.

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Flag Fight Is Renewed Over Plebiscite Motion

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DREW DAY

CharlottetoWn. Members of the Caledonian Club from all ver V the pm ' . attended. Shown here from left to right are: president James Walker- piper Bruce MacLaren and recording secretary. Clarence

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The "Haggis" is prepared with the skirl of pipes and the lighting of the brandy at the St. Andrew‘s Day banquet held last night at the Royal Canadian Legion Home in

Soviet Union Sta

would extend 250 to es n all dir- ectors from the storm's centreI

l The sorm was expected tot reach the Gulf of St. Lawrence I and bring rain to Newfoundland I

later in the day. I

eovietUnion Challenge

By CARMAN CUMMING UNITED NATIONS (CPl—I

:The Soviet Union Monday re-;

jected any move to put off aI showdown in the crisis. over. United Nations peace-keeping 0-,

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On the eve of the General As-I semny opening today. the So-I viets issued what amounted to; challenge to Western counu to go ahead with tlieirI

empt to take away} Russia's assembly vote because of its debt to the UN. I

The statement came as Sovietl Foreign Minister Andrei Gro-I myko was starting a 2% - IIOUI‘I meeting with U.S. State Score-I tary Ru k — a meeting. that; Gromyko described as "incon-I cluelve.’ ‘ I

Western sources said earlieri that Secretary- General U l Thant had put forward a plan‘ designed to avoid any assent; bly votes until February. This} would postpone a showdown andI provide time for more negotia-l.

Red Walkout I Seen Unlikely

By CARMAN-CUMMING

UNITED NATIONS 4GP!— External Affairs Minister Paul Martin said Monday he does not believe that the Soviet Union

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1 Senator Kennedy

Seen Over UN Arrears

Sl .tions on a way out of the con- p,

irontation.

The Soviet rejection said: “In connection with reports published in th American press to the effect that impor- tant matters on the agenda of the UN General Assembly should be postponed for a long

Monday. 1there.

rocket toward Mars ' An official announcement

setting off a race with

Mariner Course-Change

Needed To Correct Error PASADENA. (Talif. lAI'l -

Guided by a giant. once-wor-I shipped star. the Mariner 1V} spacecraft streaked t o w a r d l Mars Monday with cameras do-

the

Mariner IV within 8.600 miles of Mars next .

en lau Cape Kennedy. Fla.

uy. nclied Saturday at cam

gned to send back the best traJectory that .would miss, ' tures yet of that mysterloinI Mars by 200.000 miles. Jet labr planet I scientists. who bUilt Mariner IV

As the windmill-like vehicleI fire csnnlmng‘g cg; {2532557 3" neared the 500.000 mile mark onl 8'3"). :1, to 1" 000000 miles. ‘ y its 325.000.000~mile flight. scream; ' ’ k I 1 tists at the jet propulsion lab-l The-V Mp9 m ma 9 he m'” oratory here hogan ponderingI the best time to order a chanch in course they lmpe will curvolg

week by triggering a small ockct on board the 575-pound

period or indefinitely. the So-' viet delegation deems it neces-: sary to state that it categorl-j cally opposes such views.

WORK AS USUAL I

"The Soviet delegation be<l ileves that the General Assem-I bly should start and continue its: work in accordance with nor-‘ mal procedure and that all im- portant matters on its agenda should be deliberated in the us- ual manner."

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To Visit Parents

BOSTON (APl—Senator Ed- ward Kennedy-(Dem. Mass). who has been in hospi- tal since last June with a bra- ken back. plans to spend Christ- mas at Palm Beach. Fla. A spokesman for the senator said Kennedy. youngest brother of the late president John 1". Ken- nedy. will spend the holiday with his parents. Mr. a Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy.

will walk out of the United Na- tion over the crlsla on peace- keeping nuances.

However. he added at a press

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Martin repeated the Canadian ,

view that the cinema Articlte “'3'- M-f. City 3. 19 should be can automa- - - - - - i - - -- - a

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two full years' armaments.

INSIDE TODAY

H m. [up anopu' .fl” "1-.

I to Mars Still to be decided are Ithe precise time and duration the direction - changing ckets burn. t noon Monday Mariner IV . 5 miles from earth

83 Ocean Ships Still In Seaway

. . . , was 4 MON'IRLAL WP) Th?” travelling 7.315 miles an hour. a were. "0 reports "f Wm” freeu" . speed that will slowly lessen as “95 'n the 5': “Wren” Seaway it coasts through space toward Monday' omela] 0105‘“ dam I a rendezvous that could help ex- !" m“ waterw‘fi‘f-Y'. ‘ plain such ancient mysteries u A “away 0 ma] Mars "canals and solve the

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said the I

locks will continue working "as long as the water is not frozen.

'ist on the desert-dry planet.

MARINE]! W. the U.S. Iicr taking guidance from an- acientlflc explorer headed other star. Course la. main- for at y planet tained on Mariner's 7%- Mars shoud look like this man on-mile voy-

lture. it is now lock on ago through its Canopus Dc nor. (AP Winnie“).

OBSERVED

Iera-toting spacecraft went into. a . course correction sometime this

raft which will drive it closer,

question of whether life can ex-I

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I Parliament At A Glance

Walker. Chairman of the din. uer honoring Scotland's Pa- tron saint was Phil Barlow. The dinner was attended by Lieutenant-G n v e r n o r W,.l.

- ln rue: CANADIAN PR 5 ‘ MacDonald and Premier I -V E 5 icome m an early vote-

walter R. Shaw. I 0NDAY. Nov. 30. I95!

I r’rs Race

The Commons considered the report of the flag com- m i t e. recommending a

single maple leaf on a white ground with a red panel at l each side. i

Speaker Alan Marnaughton i look under advisement a Con-

o Wll'l'l U S I owards Mars a O O plebiscite. . " l Moved by .l. Waldo Mon- ‘ moscow 'APl—-The SovietIUnited States which already'fro the Soviet Tass agency trlth ‘PC—Perthi it wouldl Union launched a multi-stageIhas a space craft on the way said: ‘ Put the matter back before I

re committee for a recom- mcudation for a plebiscite. Liberals argued that the flag committee's life ended with its recommendation. .

"In accordance with the prom gram of exploration of cosmic space. the launching of a cos-I mic mulii-slage carrier rocket‘

and expressed

The when it tabled its final repiiii.,U"9VfinF101lZf’d Fields MISSION in the Commons Oct. 29 and the .bEforf' report back

jf'llll‘al wrangle took over.

Speake Schedu

OTTAWA tCPl—The renewed flag fight started off that way— ln a fight—Monday as the Cor.- servatives met the flag commit-

amendment that would send the matter back to the committee with instructions to recommend a national plebiscite.

After a series of heated pro- cedural arguments. S pea

lan Macnaughton said an ma e ruling later.

The committee. which held 45 closed meetings in six weeks. has recommended that a new distinctive Canadian flag cou- sist of a re maplellea-f on a white background with a red panel at each side. The recom- mendation had a lfl-ro-4 major- ity. with four of the five Con- servatives voting against it.

After committee chairman Herman M. Batten lL—Humher- St. George's) moved for Com- mons concurrence in the report J, Waldo Monteiih (PC—Perth). a member of the committee. moved an amendment that the matter go back to the commit- tee and steps be taken to hold a plebiscite.

PRAISE DESIGN Spokesman for the New Dem- ocratic and Social Credit nar-

ties praised the design recom- t9

mended by the flag committee the hope that Parliament soon will give the design official status.

Reid Scott (NDP — Toronto Danforth) and Marcel Lessard (SC—Lac-St. Jean) said the vast majority Canadians want Parliament to settle the issue

qux once’and for all. They. appealed t Conservatives to let the committee report

No Creditiste MP took part in the early stages of the debate.

but the Iii-man group has often i

gone on record in favor-

speedy adoption of a distinctive flag and against a plebiscite.

George Mcllbraith.

ment House Leader. said Mr.i Monteith's amendment was ad-, missible He said the committee was set up with a six-week time limit on its deliberations. committee‘s life ended

could not be referred: to a non-existent commit.

ee. IFFER OVER PROCEDURE i

m here. a lengthy proce- Stan—

govern- I

r Ruling led Later

ley Knowles il\'hP -— Winnipeg North Centre) said there was also the technical question of an amendment already being on

Itee's recommendation with aulthe order paper—dealing win

the earlier government flag I'I-Isu

‘ which called for a

Inlution i piehisoite.

I Opposition Le a d e r Dieteti- .baker defended the amendment ' a blistering attack on the accused it of

twould take the amendmenl: un- l trying to "throttle" Parliament. a

e said Prime Minister Pearson earlier in the day “did his nest to stifle questions" when he ‘would not agree to the normal question period being moved ahead of the flag debate.

He said the prime minister should have been in the House in answer questions last week instead of being out west on a speaking tour.

By opposing the amendment.

he said. the Liberals were try- ing to "place handcuffs“ on MPs and prevent. them from

carrying out their responsibili-

GAVE MOST SPEECHES

Mr. Pearson said that when the question of a plebiscite was before the House a few weeks I ago. thert were 105 speeches on i it and between 115 and 120 came from Conservatives. "These are the people who are now throt- and muzzled,"

tContinued on page 3 Col. 7!

' 3 Canadians

IFrom Congo Reach N. Y.

By A LEXANDER FARRELL ‘ i

v

I NEW ’ORK 'CPi ~— Three ICanadian refugees. taken from ithe jaws of death by a dra-

matic rescue in The Congo last week. flew into New York Mon- dav night on a non-stop flight Ifrom Brussels,

The three. Mr. and Mrs. Dan vid Grant of Saint John. N.B.. and Viola May Walker of Tore went on to Philadelphia they will spend a few clays at the headquarters of the visiting their Canadian homes.

Returning with them was one United States mission worker. Pearl Hilcs of Reynoldville. Pa.. also a member of the Uri: evangelized Missions.

with an automatic station . . . Opposition Leader Dm- I in the dimminn of the plan?“ cnbaker said this was an at- ‘ Mars has been carried out in “mp, to “throttle” Parna‘ the Soviet Union yesterday." mom

i (Reuters news agency said‘ Wimp Minisfor pparsnn ‘the mum‘s'ag“ Russia" AIN'th sairl more than [00 t‘oiisrva~ is called Zond II. It said the “was spoke on mp plebiscite .

.automatic station is for l‘f‘t'nl‘t‘l- ing and transmitting informa- [iion back to earth.‘

A United States space probc.

mattcr when it was before the House previously. ‘ TUESDAY. Dec. 1 ' The Commons mccls at 2:30 1

.Mariner IV. already is lica - pm. EST to continue consid- ing for a rendezvous with Mars. oration of the flag committee It is intends to pass within report The Senate meets at 8.000 miles of the planet in 8pm.

IJuly. take pictures for 25 min- ' ’“”"" ""” “H”

Iutes and radio them to earth. I Mariner IV was launched Sat- iurday.

Egg Production "—i

OTTAWA ICPI ’(‘anadian czg production reached 36.218.0th dozen in October. an incrcase of 8.8 per cent over 33.291000, dozen in thc same month last. year. the bureau of statistics reported today. Output January - October pcr'iod ad- vanced by 4.3 per cent to ESL-I 300000 dozen from 346,130,000 in. 1963.

I Queen’s Message .To Be Worldwide

LONDON chutersl The Queen's traditional Christmas message in the. Commonwealth will be given worldwide (-0\"‘1‘- age in 40 languages. the British Broadcasting Corporation an- nounced Monday.

I Regina Lawyer Sentenced

SASKATOON (L‘Pi---l)r. ,\lm'-I (‘alvm F. Tallis. dcfcnce com]. ris Cyril Sliumiatclicr. 47-year. sci, appealed sen once old lawyer from Regina. w . \"Ilif'll \Hilll'l Shum'at- sentenced Mond ay to three clicr to maintain the hope that years for conspiracy to defraud l "he may live to rcdcem his the

the public which has been so finely and Application for Name to 'ip- tragically shattered."

peel the conviction was made in The ll2-scat courtroom vns