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left were mentiofed Frittay~ three. possible appointees by the Organization of American States (OAS) as special com- missioners to. help restore con-
Yormer President Jose- Fi- gueres of Cesta Rica, former Governor Luis Munod Marin eof Puerto Rico and former President Romulo Betancourt
Senate Abolition Motion Defeated By 99-18 Vote
_ OTTAWA ‘CP)—A motion by Robert Prittie (NDP-Burnaby- Richmond) to kill a government bill retiring senators at 75 was ruled out of order in the Com- mons Friday night.
“The motion called for aboli- tion of the upper chamber. De- puty. “Speaker Lucien™ Lamour- eux's ruling was upheld 99-18. Four Social Crediters joined the Conservatives and tibersis” in the vote.
Stanley Knowles ‘NDP—Win- nipeg North Centre) said Mr. Prittie’s motion sought only the opinion of the Commons on the fssue and legislation would have to follow if it were adopted
Mr. Lamoureux agreed with Privy Council President Mcll- raith and Transport Minister Pickersgill that the motiom went
- beyond the of the govern- ment bill aid | Was. out of order. Mr. Prittie won support of his
10 NDP colleagues: and seven Creditist®s present. for ‘fiis™ Ap- peal. There were 61 Liberals and 33 Conservatives along with the four Sesrec; and independ- ent Remi Paul voting against. Two. Liberals were paired with absent members and did not vote
Standings in the 2% - seat Commons: Liberals 129, Con- servatives %, NDP 18. Credi- tistes 13. Social Credit nine and independent two.
FOR NEW SENATORS
The legislation would obligate only future appointees to retire at 75. Current members would
have the option of remaining-
with their $15,000 annual in- s
_ cause it is edad but
to right, ag
of Venezuela,
demnity, or bowing out with an $8,000 pension.
Mr. Prittie said the Canadian Senate represents all the worst features of an upper house be- not elected. j
Lloyd Frascis (L—Carleton) said the Prittie proposal unconstitutional since it did not include consultation with the
-provinces, The Commons could -
not act unilaterally. John B. Stewart, tary secretary to State Secre- tary Lamontagne, argued to
‘reform the Senate either by per-
mMitting the provinces to share im the appointments or making the Senate an elective body would damage the present sys- tem of responsible government.
An inevitable result of either reform would increase the Sen- ate’s power and make it neces-
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Population Of Province:
Up By 1,000-
OTTAWA ‘CP) Canada’s population reached 19,516,000 at
April 1. an increase of 342.000 | a fot cot re evone| menrt_ Trane Danagh, 12 months," the, buteon of sta-| Cease Sete So” tineck by {tistics reported today. | elkten truck im the yard of stitutional government in the | British Columbia had the fast- ) 7° parents. strife-torn ‘Dominican Repub- (¢St growth rate,: its ——- Her father was sharpening lic. One’ aim is to enable *the i™¢reasing by three per cent or - posts and Fred Trainor, United States to withdraw its (52-900 to 1a 782,000. : : also of Donagh. arrived with the troops from the Island. Ontario's population climbed truck to take the s to. the
(AP Wirephote) | Py 2.1 per cent or 140.000 to 6-| ooo where the fences were being 702.000 while Quebec's rose BY oosired. The driver loaded the | 1.7 per cent or 97,000 to 5,645,-— in 4 the truck but ‘did not | 20. the bureau estimated. oo -
notice the little girl move to the
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‘Mary Helen Cynthia, two-year-\
front of his truck. "When he Started, the little girl was in the path of the vehicle and injuries received. caused death almost in- Stanteously. The child's mother
was a witness to the tragedy. | j
The girl was rushed in the truck by the two Trainor men to Charlottetown Hospital but she was pronounced dead on ar- riva
Coroner Dr. HA. MacMillan of Charlottetown after -viewing the remains ruled an inquest un- necessary.
Population ~ figures for the | other provinces ‘with totals at | April 1, 1964, in brackets: New- jfoundiand, 496,000 (488.000): Prince Edward Island. 108,000 1107000); Nova —_— = (759,000.: New Bru 000 (616,000): ieee ‘alae (956,000': Saskatchewan, %49.000 '940.000': and Alberta,. 1,448.00 (1.427.000+.
Population of the Northwest and Yukon Territories remained unchanged at 2.000 and 16.000 respectively. ‘
Second Report
sary for the ministry to be re- sponsible to both the Commons and the Senate. No ministry can be answerable to two-bodies, he said.
David Orlikow (NDP-—Winal- peg North) said it is a ‘sham, a fake” to call the government bill: a reform measure. -There was no- need for.a Senate in Canada. \
Mareel-_ Lessard. «SC—Lae-St. Jean) proposed several methods for_improving the upper cham- ber
The constitution should be amended to permit the prov- inces to nominate half the Sen- ate, he said.
Gerard Perron (Creditiste— Beauce) wondered whether the proposed bill {s an attempt by
WASHINGTON (CP)—Presi- dent Johnson, in a message ob- viously aimed at France.. told | Europeans Friday_ “unfinished and urgent” business awaits | the Adanitic. Alliance. | “The peoples of the Atlantic will‘ not returm to that narrow
On Causeway nationalism which has torn and
Expected Soon bloodied the fabric of our so-
CAPITAL BUREAU ciety for generations,” Johnson. t OF THE GUARDIAN said.
OTTAWA — Thé second stage He added in an apparent take report on the Prince Edward Is— it-or-leave-it land causeway should be ready “We will go all together if we very shortly, Public Works Mim- can. But if ome of us cannot ister Lucien Cardin said in the join in a common venture, it Commons Friday. = not stand im the way of the
the government to retire sena--. He was replying to a question rest” tors who are not as useful pe- asked by Queens’ MP P Heath. Jcnmson spokes ia a ielev.sion litically as before. Macquarrie. broadcast beamed to Europe
New Junta
At Dominican Support
SANTO DOMINGO (CP)—The three-man Dominican military junta opposed to the rebel re- gime of Col. Francisco Caa- mano Deno resigned Friday night in what appeared to be a bid for popular support by anti- rebel forces.
The triumvirate gave way to a new civilian-military junta of
27 Head Fat Cattle ‘Are Lost In Barn Fire.
Twenty-seven fat cattle were lost in a fire which destroyed two barns owned by Russell
Wheatley of North River Fri-)
day afternoon. The Joss was re- ported in the vicinity of $15,000. Cause of the fire was attributed to faulty wiring
The blaze which broke out about 3.45 was. noticed"by Mts. Whealey. alone at the time,
who was working in the farm! no insurance on the livestock. a communist.
Potato Prices Anticipated To Remain Strong In 1965
CAPITAL BUREAU _OF THE GUARDIAN OTTAWA — Continued high prices for potatoes throuzhout 1965 is forecast by the conomics division of the Canada. Depart- ment of adriculture in a current review of the situation.
The review points out that in- tentions to plant potatoes in Canada indicates a total of 289.- 3 acres. just 809 acres below the 1960-44 average. Based on an average yeild, this would re- sult in a crop of 453 million hundredweight, the same as the average of 1960-64 productidn
“If these intentions are car- ried out in Canada. and US. growers {plant according to the marketing guides, this would re- sult in a total North American fall potato production of 226 mil- lion hundredweight, a very man- ageable crop that would not dis- rupt the price structure.” the review states. “It is therefore
recommended that these inten-,
vard. She alerted the North River Fire Department who were later assisted by Sher- wood and Charlottetown Fire De- partments.
The barns. measuring x 3 and 3) x 20, used for storing feed for the livestock as well as other animals on the farm, were partially insured.
Mrs. Wheatley said there was
tions be carried out for the bene- fit of growers themselves.”
Planting intentions in the Ma- ritimes are for 102.600 acres, 240 acres more than the fouf average. Maritime growers are expected to harvest a crop of 19 million hundredweight from this acreage
At March 1 this year, Cana- dian potato stocks amounted to 10.1 million hundredweight, eizht per cent below the 12.5 million
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Mr. Macquarrie said that im March he had advised the House, in answer to a question from‘ Hon. J. Angus MacLean, that the report would be completed in |four to six weeks. He asked what
via the Early Bird communica- tions satellite.
The speech was ‘announced only a short time before deliv- ery and @as pinned on the th
Bote for France:
‘kept
Johnson's Message Aimed At De Gaulle—
anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. It ‘contained Johnson's. first
major policy declaration about”
the troubled Atlantic Alliance since late last vear when John- son called off American efforts to sell NATO the concept of an internationallymanned fleet of surtace ships bearing nuctear- tipped missiles.
France was particularly op- posed.
Since then, as relations with French President de Gaulle worsened, -the U.S. president silent about his Atlantic problems.
In the broadcast, Johnson
xX OTTAWA (CP)—The ceiling on National Housing Act loans for *home ownership or other resi- dential construction other than _. apartments is being increased ~ + immediately to $18,000, it was announced Friday. _ Previously, the maximats that could be borrowed under NHA ' was $14,900 for a three-bedroom house and $15,600 for a house with four or more bedrooms!
calculating loan amounts, 2 * four-bedroom house with a $21,- 000 lending value against which _ maximum $15,600 loan was pplied, required a down pay- of Panos of $5,400. The higher loan limit now will reduce the down payment for this same house to $3.00.
‘GETS NEW JOB .
The P. é. I. department agriculture has announced the appointment of Douglas Kil-
Under the previous system of aca
Ceiling Limit Is Boosted -
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On Housing Act Loans New Maximum
Made $18,000
apartment dwethngs for low-rental housing, student qur- ters’ and apartments—there is an additional maximum of $7.00 a person housed in ‘dor- S mitory or hostel.type accomme- dation.
Requests for inan increases resulting from the new lean ceiling ‘will be available on any current NHA lean provided the for the increase is re-
writing’ before the loan is fully advanced.
Included are loans to home- owners. home purchasers whe have assumed the mortgage, and teulders selling houses to
home purchasers whether or
net the buyers have been ap-
proved @
patrick as extension horticul-' tural specialist. Mr. Kilpat- rick graduated in 196 from Macdonald College with a B. Se ‘Agr.) in the horticulture option. His home is Dorval, Quebec. He has attended La- chine and Montreal West High Schools and has _had_:summer employment —. with——-Canadian Canners Lid, and Kraft Foods Limited. His | appoint-
ment was-effective-May—6th.
Jury Splits
EXPLAINS POLICY
The announcement of the new maximum loan for NHA-financed houses was made by Citizenship Minister Nicholson, minister re- sponsible to Parliament on hous- ing matters, who said:
“It is going into effect at this “time to bring it" more” into = with today’s needs and costs. ‘meet new circumstances in = (changing housing market.
“Increasing the maximum | amounts of loan available, with ithe resultant reduction in the re- quired down payment, should ‘broaden the field of potential purchasers. It should also re- ,duce the incidence of secondary
mortgage financing.”
Under the new lending policy,
In Trial Of
KKK Member ue mimber of pedro ns
(AP) ~~ termining factor in establishing
HAYNEVILLE, Ala.
catieé for ame efforts to*’*has- “A young Ku Klux-Klansman’s ‘the maximum NHA toan.
ten the slow erosion of the iron curtain” via trade and said the U.S..Congress will be asked to approve broader trade with Communist sultation with Atlantic Allies.
ls Aiming
new expected date now was.
“There is little I can add to | what I said previously.” Mr. |\Cardin replied. “To my mind there has been no delay on the part of the consultants and I would imagine that the report should be ready very shortly.”
The two Queens’ MPs went to P_E.I. Friday to attend a town planning symposium.
Last March 16 Mr. Cardin an- nounced that a study had been completed for a causeway with | a two-lane hizhway. extendable to four lanes, based on plans for either a swing or lift bridge or
five men calling itself a ernment of national ites. tion.” It is headed by Gen. An- tonio Imbert, one of the mili- tary officers opposing Caa- mano's rebels.
The surprise move came as Caamano asserted his forces spoke. for the Dominican Repub- lic as its legitimate govern-
CAPITAL BUREAU OF THE GUARDIAN
OTTAWA—The CNR is meet-
ing the problem of shortaze of refrigerator cars on PEI,
ment. Caamano told a press a tunnel to allow for ship pas- conference he had not been con- sage. Transport Minister JW Pick- jsulted about bringing an.inter- The second study deals with ©T52ill said im the Commons Fri-
day
He was replying te questions asked by Queens’ MPs. Heath Macquarrie and J. Angus Mac-
American police force, to Santo Demingo to supervise the un- easy ceasefire arranged by the Organization of Americas
possibility of the causeway car- rying a two-lane highway and a single rail line.
| States. est tone Lean about reports that there Caamano said order would R rictions Off. Was an acute shortage of reefer
: aad “ : . cars on the Island. have beenTestored “a long Highways In N.S. Mr panei aod same er knee wees td nt SUG | HALIFAX (CP) — Spring] tnlistice te how thst over the rly two weeks old, if it had road restrictions will be lifted weekend of May 1. 61 empty re-
from all Nova Scotia roads ef- fective today, Highways Minis- ter Stephen-T. Pyke announced Friday.
not been for U.S. intervention.
The provisional president told his press conference he ex- pected diplomatic recognition of his government from France within 24 hours and from other friendly nations soon. With him at the conference was his aide and translator Hector Artisty, who has been called by the U.S.
frigerator cars were taken onio the Island and 9% loads were taken off. On May 3. 61 empties were taken on and 9 loads off.
on hand at March 1, 1964. In the United States, stocks totalled 56.8 million, also eight per cent ic es a year earlier.
short crop in the United Matin last year exerted a strong demand for Canadian potatoes and by February 19t-6-mittion> hundredweight had moved to the U.S. compared with 440 thousand hundredweight a year earlier. Canada's total seed and table exports to all countries reached 3.4 million, a jump of 53 per cent
The smaller potato crop couw® pled with a strong demand has pushed “prices up sharply. P.E_T. potatoes at Toronto . wholesale markets brought $3.36 per 75 pound bag in ruary coOmnpar- ed to $1.82 a year before. In Jan- uary, the figures were $3.59 compared to $1.
In February, prices in eastern Canada were tempered by consumers’ reactions and by the Florida and California winter
Citizenship and Immigration Minister John R. Nicholson ‘second from left! last nicht reviewed the record of the present parhament im an ad-
dress to Island Laberais a a dinner given in his honer at the Charlotietown Hote! by the PET. Liberal Association “ir Nicholsom is here for todays
Reefer Car Needs Met, Minister Tells House
On May 4, 4% empties and 12
oads were involved and on the early morning of May 5 ‘there were 110 empties at Cape Tor- meniine awaiting ferrying to P EL. In addition, 99 cars were en route to the east coast of which 75. sere new, 3-foot in- sulated box cars equipped with vents
| sure the honorable member wii! realize what an improvement that is. As of 5 pm. on May 4, there were 199 cars located on the Island. Therefore. does look as theuch the CNR. either as the result the prompting of the
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honorable zentiemen or on their own, and I hope it was the lat- ter. are meetng the problems,
Mr Pickersgill replied.
Europe after con-_for)conviction.
tof five children.
murder trial in the night-rider slaying of a white woman civil rights demonstrator ended Fri- day with a jury deadlocked 102
As of Friday, NHA loans for home ownership will be calca- lated solely on the basis of the lending value of the house.
RATIO UNCHANGED
The ratio of loans to lending value is unchanged at 3 per. cent of the first $13,000 of lend- ing value plus 70 per cent of the remainder, subject to the $1%,- 000 maximum on loans.
The new maximum covers loans made by ecient lend- ers under the National H
The jury of white men was discharged when it reported its |inability to reach a verdict at the end of a five-day trial.
The hung jury left undecided pea — of 21-year-old Collie Le- Ikins, a member of. the
es seaponeaciat Klan, in the |March 2% shooting of Mrs. VIi- ola Liuzzo. 39, a Detroit mother
MINISTER REVIEWS RECORD OF PARLIAMENT »
Confederation Centre on urban renewal and housing. Chatting prior to the
conmierence at
dinner ate. from left. Mrs. John R Nicholson, Mr. Nichol- son, W.R. Jenkins, president of
Act, such as banks, life ta ance and trust and lean com- panies, together with loans A state prosecutor said no de- made by the federal govern- cision will be made on whether ment’s housing agency, Central to re-try the defendant untit the Mortgage and Housing Corpora- next court term in September. tion. at maximum lean on non- ° apartment dwellings for low- Four-Day Holiday rental housing sponsored by lim- ited - dividend companies, non- Urged eo. bats — corporations and publie housing agencies, together with OTTAWA (CP)—Liberal back housing for university students, bencher Gerald Regan asked also is being increased to $18.- the gavernment Friday to 0. amend the Bank Act to allow |The maximum amount of loan bank employees to enjoy four- for apartment dwellings remains day holiday weekends. ‘oc a a unit. The member for Halifax said a in the Commons that present di provisions, prohibiting chart- Boa Gets ered banks from being closed Lone n it for more than three consecutive $ days, are outdated and discrim- 198 In Halifax vera HALIFAX (CP) — A lone gunman held up a jewelry store here Friday and escaped with $198. Police sald the man. walked into’ Leon Neima_ Limited's downtown shop about 2:% p.m and demanded money from the til, Mrs. Neima, wife of the owner, and two clerks were the only persons in the store at the time. They were not harmed.
QUINAN. NS. CP) — A lent moving forest fire which erupt- ed near noon Friday and quickir cow 15M aectes of barren ane | bog land 10 miles from this Yar-_ mouth County villace was ex | pected to remain out of control | throughout the night
Chief Forester Robert W. Bur- _Bess said in Halifax the fire was burning in the general area where “we have spent a lot of money” towards making the woodiand industrially useful for the future. but no planted trees ‘had been burned as ret.
the provincial Liberal assacia- © “We won't get this one out tion, and Bruce S. Beer. MP w:thout a good rain.” he ad- for Peel County. Ontario, and | Ged. “It could. be a very bad
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fire A water-hbombing plane em | ployed at the scene was bemg
parliamentary secretary to the minister of agriculture. (See story on page 3.)
Sentence. Commuted
OTTAWA ‘CP)—Cabinet com
mutation..of the death sestesce given John Charles Byrnes; 24, of Toronte was announced Fri- day by Soliciter-General) Mac-
Naught. Byrnes had heen scheduled to .
be hanged im Toronto's Dea
jail Wednesday morninz. .
He was convicted of slaying Mrs. Avis Slack, 43, last Sept. 3.
Mrs. Slack. a part-time wait- ress, was-on her way te work when a man grabbed at her purse. She resisted and was Stabbed with an ice pick.
A trial merey and . trial judge joined in the recommendation,
Iwo Dead, 8 Missing In Sinking
MACKINAW CITY, Mich AP)—The 333 - foot imestons earrier Cedarville collided with another ship. turned over and sank in the foz-covered Straits of Mackinac Friday. The US. Coast Guard said two men died and eizht were missing.
The coast zuard ice-breaker Mackinac put 5 survivers/ ashore, two serieusly injured.
The collision between the Ce- datville and the Norwegian freighter Topdiaisfjord took place im a thick fag Cedarville sank in deep water withm 21 minutes despite a desperate at- tempt to beach her.
Survivers were taker aboard
Mackinar, which ‘anded them at this community at the straits, which link Lakes Super- er and WMichcan and separate
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the <uryivers “ere rushed te community memoral hecprtal at Chehmcan. 16 “mije< away
The Cedarwitle and the «4% foet Tooda’sfjord colisded about two miles e2ct of the Mackmac Bridze. whch spans the je stravts.
Yarmouth County Fire Called Serious Threat
hampers acfess 86 fei ctr ine kes = heavy. rm x ots ad ft}. «(the
size af che ~e pnw rade
ed that he “conlde't do a theme” with the fire sere ach ae hemes n the rome © area
Ferestry: nersoonel and vo'un- teers. forced * equipment ever a limlc -ca! fram here, said beleomers were needed te ze equipment beck iste thé bust The lates and forests de partment dees aet own amy bedi- cocters
An aroraft oeked ap equp- ment and sapphes fram’ Shel- burne ‘o maintain the fire-figh-
ts mm the area oermuitt. The fire was othe area of mca dadic near the Yarmouth- Sheth coe Coorty ine and burn ‘ng toward Shelburme County.
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