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nontagne, Tremblay | Quit Posts In Cabinet
5 Known Dead — Pearson Promises In Road Collapse New Lineup Today
MONTREAL (CP)—Five ‘men more rescuers with seatehlights | were. known dead and two were |moved in bearing pneumatic ; | OTTAWA (CP)—Secretary of| He quoted from the Dorion re- missing following the collapse \drills to attack the hardening | |State Maurice Lamontagne and port on the Lucien Rivard affair
|Postmaster-General Rene Trém whith said if Mr. Tremblay had
Thursday of 1,600 tons of wet \concrete. . mY
concrete poured for a west-end| The collapsed portion 4 ‘blay, both criticized for their suffered from statements “it i#
interchange on the Trans-Can- \interchange was to h been furniture purchases on erédit, to be hoped that the persons re-
ada Highway. the roof of a tunnel’ designed announced __their- resignations ‘sponsible will now recognize his Five men were working below to take trains underneath the | from the federal cabinet Thurs- |honesty and integrity.”
ASTRONAUTS Tom Stal-
an overpass at the Turcot Inter- | traffic interchange.
day night. Both will continue to| Mr Tremblay said he had ex-
change and @bout 12 were above | Rescuers clawed at the wet |
mini_6 aboard the carrier as ates a miles Wasp, Thursday. Their space (ap wirephete via radie from
The cement,.was six feet deep | on the floor of the tunnel and |
it was in this that the men| MR. ‘TREMBLAY |
\sit in Parliament.
Prime Minister Pearson on cab- inet changes following the Nov. 8 al election.
Ee?
MR. LAMONTAGNE
plained to the Commons he had
r when the concrete, scaffolding, |gement with their bare hands | Their prepared statements paid for his furniture “within and steel reinforcing rods col- ‘before mechanical aids were came on the eve of an an- the earliest possible” time fol- lapsed shortly before 1 p.m. The ;brought up. |nouncement ‘expected from lowing delivery and paid reg-
ular prices “T made # clear that T had’ enjoyed. no benefit nor condi-
ford (LEFT) and Walter Sch- Charles Maltais and Robert |were trapped ae men defended their eon- |tions not otherwise available to frta beam after’ leaving Ge- craft was hoisted aboard the Carrier Wasp) = saannee eee = duct but — a —— = anyone else.”
. tion. Names. sue—Mr. Tremblay a Mr. Tremblay opened his let-
dead were withheld. HEARING 1s ADJOURNED rect reference to it—as reason iter to the prime minister by
: “| Some 125 construction work- for their resignations. Mr. La- |saying that since he has, been
, a at ers. backed by firemen, police- montagne. mentioned a “‘per- a member of the government
. men and volunteers, used a sonat transaction’ -— appar- the strains of office have been
ently an indirect reference to no less than those of many
mobile crane, a bulldozer, and ' torches the issue. ‘his colleagues.
acetylene ~ in rescue
. Of Gemini 7 This Morning Water Department Costs
work. : oon ee give Mr. ns from wc phenymed
@ @ earson p elbow room however, it was natural that my
: bt sree pgm age for the full-scale cabinet shake- state of health should rapidly
By RONALD THOMPSON two tiny warning lights shining (Ocean area Gemini 6 20 ac-|, BY nightfall, with tempera- Ss e omm ission up he is expected to announce. deteriorate,” he said, then fe- HOUSTON ‘AP)—Gemini 6 | on their‘control panel. \curately pinpointed. tures around the freezing mark, at a press conference this after- |ferring to his Easter iliness and
noon. He now has five vacah-
: this consideration of. resigning Recognizing that the cost of | Utilities Commissiin a compari- | ion of the Water Commissioners cies to fill. }
astronauts Walter Schirra and | The lights signal then, :
—pressure | Thomas Stafford splashed safely |trouble in the spacecraft's two ARRIVED ON SCHEDULE
back to earth Thursday from a ‘electricity-producing fuel cells. | After 16 trips around the ‘triumphant space rendezvous |They have been going on and (World, Schirra, a navy captain, with Gemini 7. Controllers then off periodically t the and Stafford, an air force ma-
whether to call a trou- | flight, but the astronauts showed Jor. landed on the suri-flicked | growing concern about the prob- Atlantic just 15 miles from the
Charlotte Ford Weds Magnate
NEW YORK
(AP)—Charlotte
living is spirailing, but main- | son cost statement showing how taining such recognition alone | costs have increased in the would not sefve as evidence, past five years.
Judge C. St. Clair Trainor told | It was at the conclusion of Chariottetown's Water Commis- | yesterday's hearing by _ the
for higher water...rates, in
city. - chairman | of the Public Utilities Commis- | gion, said proof of the need for an increase should be produced
TWO DEFEATED.
Walter Gordon resigned the fi- nance portfolio shortly after the jelection, and Agriculture Minis-
WAS NOT DISHONEST
In a letter to the prime min- jister attached to his i ition, Mr. Lamontagne’ said that
pondered bled Gemini 7 home today—a : | 1 day early. : and a statement showing the ‘eT Hays and Mines Minister a private transaction he made
llem Thursday afternoon. carrier Wasp, right on 24,
W. Somerset Maugham will be be brought to England
« botesome experience’’ of dying. grounds and expressed a wish
‘4
Twelve. days and 4,500,000 miles’ deep .imto their planned two week voyage, the tired
Bo: mn and Omdr. James A.
Lovell Jr., kept wary eyes on today. in the same Atlantic |
| Should the decision be made
‘to end’ the flight. after 191 -or-
pi- bits, Borman and Lovell would ¢la . lots of Gemini 7, Lt.-Col, Frank head ‘through the atmosphere “We had no problem wiats- |Greek
for a landing at 8:59 am. EST
sioners to present to the Public | Utilities Board on an applicat-
ship
| Pecovery time at 10:29 a.m.
| “It was ideal,” Schirra de i | dared: ‘of te (Ger, saseied 36-year-old, Stay
rising costs in the past years would. indicate a necessity. |
ed to Jan. 19.
The Water Commissioners had presented a new rate schedule | for water and sanitary sewerage rate of $8.30 per household per month. It had also requested
ever. : While’ the epidecraft’ trécking |" ‘ ' before. _
4
by
(MacNaught were defeated in wasn't ‘‘tainted with any dis honesty.""
their ridings Nov. 8.
The resignations of the two - “The subsequent controversy,
The hearing was then adjourn: | 0 hee MPs were not unex- |which has beeen perpetuated for
pected. There was considerable more than a year, and
they would the general election did not in today’s | stop. requires that 1 decide
shuffle. ; whether I can hetter serve my Mr. Lamontagne ‘ts member.
for Outremont - St. Jean, Mr. l outside cabinet. Tremblay for Matapedia - Ma- “T have decided to submit my | ion ”
3 ied Ch 4 Alse, two: manoeuvring thrust- To Be Buried Near Church —_,ss,,0,manocurtiog thrust { i working: However, LONDON ‘AP)—The ashes. of 'Marseille. Then the ashes will /man still’ can control the ‘crete ; ; Borman, a8 command pilot, buried in the grounds of Canter- Very Rev. I. He White-Thom- + was more concerned about the bury Cathedral at a_ private ;son, Dean of Canterbury, _said | power system. ceremony Wednesday. This was Maugham's son - in - law, Lord “If this pressure (in the cell) as he wished it. Glendevon, was making tbe doesn't drop by morning, I’m Long a resident of France, the ‘burial arrangements. Maugham goona hate to see that carrier British author died early Thurs- and his daughter were 8 |g by,"’ he told mission: con- day of a stroke — obs tranged. f itrol | ®1 in his beloved Riviera villa It might seem strange that} f at all possible, flight con- oo. : wt ‘skeen ce bt ren seek trollers want Borman and Lovell an agnostic, Maugham religion, wan 0 rd the Wasp, since it has said last. year he wanted ae the “Anglican cathedral. cbeeré tongs medical ex- “holy .Henry" delivering a eul- But he had attended the King’s perts from gency. egy following the. “hellishly School in the cathedral. CAN WAIT ne Director Chris. Kraft said a decision on whether to
Somerset Maugham’s Ashes (crn? Sem pret | tiecrur pete weigios’ (|
These last wishes are being to be buried there. earrid out. i | A-‘contemporary of such down i morn-
The body lay Thursday in a giants.as Bernard Shaw, Oscar es soa i auavad ot four room in his villa without the Wilde, Arnold Bennett and H. ‘io six hours before re-entry. He flowers be loved. This was an- G. Wells, Maugham never pre-| (Continued on page 3, col. 5) other wish. He said he did -not tended to such eminence but he : want flowers ‘around his bier. [was rated as a top craftsman. |
WILL CREMATE BODY The body willbe cremated Monday, as he. requested, at
Pakistani Count Cost
He turned out 30 plays, 25 novels |
jwife,
mony.
The couple left immediately on @ Bahamas honeymoon. The announcement said they plan to live im Europe.’ Niarchos has thomes in Switzerland, France, |England, Bermuda and Greece.
‘TORONTO (CP) — The ‘Star |was en route to Nassau from
Fire Was $
aims
|Miami, Fla., when it caught fire and sank. Two Canadians |were among the dead.
@ newspaper says records of the US. ritime commis- sion show the Yarmouth Castle is owned by Chadade Steam-
‘In a world wright report |ship Co. of Panama. Chadade, from New York by staff writer it says, is owned by Commander
quotes the Canadian ‘registered owner” of the Yarmouth Castle as saying an arsonist was re- sponsible for the burning and sinking of the cruise ship off The Bahamas last month with a death toll of 90.
BRITISH PLAN. . BLECTRIC HAND
LONDON (AP) — Britain's first prototype of an electronic hand for amputees will be tried out next year, the health m has announced.
hand, controlled by electric currents, is designed only fora person whose fore-
Jack Cahill, The Star quotes |Investments Ltd. of The Ba-
Jules Sokoloff as saying nae |hamas, which in turn is owned
‘is ‘‘no doubt in the world” the by Sokoloff.
vessel was purposely set on fire | TWO-WEEK CHASE
and sunk Noy. 13. | The Star story says the re A United States Coast Guard |porter spent two weeks in a
board of inquiry now is inquir- “hide and seek" game with
ing into the disaster. Sokoloff before being granted The Panama-registered . vessel | the interviiew.
a In what the newspaper™ says Observer Group
jdelegates to the United Nations
tane
. Tremblay said he had : / considered resigning last Naster protection service, when he was ill in hospital. but present a householder |felt it might be. interpreted as with six taps and toilet pays {an admission of guilt ‘‘of the $4.65. each three-month period.’|many insinuations and. allega- (he tost increases as more |tions made against me.” outlets are added.) “These _ circumstances mo (Continued on page 3,.col. 4) ‘longer apply.” -
As Wilson Begins
is Right,” “Keep
By BORIS MISKEW ‘Ian Smith | and “Ban
| UNITED NATIONS (CP) —/|Rhodesia White,” |Three-quarters of the African | British Goods."
| . From the United Nations Wil- jturned their backs Thursday 0M | son ‘flew to Washington and went
| resignation.
| He told the prime minister | that for more than 2 years |“‘and often under difficult con- \ditions’”. he tried te serve his compatriots and his country in | universities, civil service and in |Parliament to the best of his | knowledge and according to his conscience.
UN Africans Turn Backs —
Speech
Undersecretary of State George Ball. '
| ‘The prime minister predicted his talks with Johnson will be ‘productive and benevidial te
‘ship owner is quoted as saying | Prime Minister Wilson as he ap- | directly to the White House for all of us.” .
country. at this. time insides@t. 4°
“it could have been a firebug, | pealed to the General Assembly | the first of three conferences he There’ had been - speculation
‘and 120 short stories in a span | jof_more than half a century. | |
From Killer Cyclone
DACCA (AP)—Two thousand persons died in a killer cyclone —the eighth in recent...years— which Whirled..through East Pakistan Wednesday, devastat- ing crops-and villages, the As- sociated Press of Pakistan re- ported Thursday. -
(Reuters news agency said nnofficial reports, are that 25,900 persons may have died. The
agency quoted Fazlul Bari. an)
East Pakistan minister, as tell- ing the provincial assembly no authentic information is yet available, since communications have been cut.)
On Sonadia, one of the many emalil islands dotting the Bay of Bengal, 200 deep-sea fisier- men were reported missing.
~Naval nits searched for sur- vivors. Details ate sketchy because
communications with Chittagong on the mainiand have been qui.
But persons who reached the port city from Cox's Bazar 9
;
miles down the coast, said they had seen scattered dead bodies. The Associated Press of Pak:
istan reported the British ves-_,
sel Star- Pink picked up five’ survivors in the Bay of Bengal | Wednesday. | The ‘cyclone started in .the| Bay of Bengal and raged through Chittagong before teart- | jing on to the northeast. %
Dazed Pakistanis hardly _ ime to recover from the twist- jing, tearing 100 - mile - an- | hour winds before a 12-foot wave | swept over them in the cyclone’s | wake. Heavy rains followed. |
Reports from Sonadia said 76 | per cent of that island’s crops and houses were destroyed. ~
In Cox's Bazar, which has @ population of about. 6,000, hun- dreds were homeless and. 60 per cent of the houses wrecked. The town's airfield was reported um der a foot of water.
ISAY ‘THOUSANDS’ KILLED On Maheshkhali, unofficial re-
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ports said ‘‘thousands’ of per- sons had been killed. On éther islands, it was feared the loss of livestock would be great.
When the storm eased, gov- ernment relief teams were on their way to the shattered re-
lis Sokoloff’s first public ' state- jment since the | disaster, the Asked To Remain By BORIS MISKEW
UNITED NATIONS (OP) |no doubt in the world it was; Malawi was the only Common- The new..United-—Nations one accident the ship went server g supervising ‘the In- | down.’ ‘ muscles in the forearm of the aeePakisdeel concctire of Sept. | It.adds that Sokoloff said he | 117-nation assembly to hear the amputee by surfe oe elec. |22 will remain on duty for at:}and so m-e--associales-—have prime minister promise “that trodes: The muscles are stim- {least another three months, See- Started a private. investigation | Britain will resolve “the _ crisis
Bicultural
OTTAWA (CP) — The royal commission on bilingualism and biculturalism “completed two years of public forums and -hear-
arm has been amputated. It was develépéed by the Atomic Weapons Research Establish-
Operating signals for the hand are taken from remnant |
lor a disgruntied seaman or a ie support Britain's efforts in | professional arsonist but there’s |the Rhodesian erisis.
African bloc to remain in the
ey od | i the ship |created by the colony's unilat- ings Thursday after receiving} ylated by the elect . |retary-General U Thant said to determine who set os : rien cs heels on ae ry ectric cur Thursday, lon fire. eral declaration of independence |
Thant..said-in—a-report..to. the... The Star-says-47---yeat---old ie Ditty : ‘ iSecurity Council that both India |Sokoloff . started his _ business | “But I beseech this assembly land Pakistan have asked the|career with an appliance store es he us vo to oe tse vi
UN to continue its observer |in midtown Toronto after the | situation, ilson said wi e
ec won ternathing taieite jfunction after the expiration of | Second World War. It says the [serensnation. I have made it
are flexible dummies. hits three-month mandate Dec. |store burned in 1951 and the (clear that in this task to which
cenanaisiieapbaiaiiainen » : 22. t lcompany went bankrupt in 1954. we have set our hands,. there
ee ed | will be no turning back.”
WK %| The prime minister sat in the
# assembly. with the. British dele gation when introduced. ;
groups_and_ individuals.
Commission. co-chairman: Da- vidson Dunton said ‘he had no idea wher the inquiry, set’ up July ' 22, 1963, would report to the government but it would be as. soon as possible.
The -hand contains a~ small direct-current electric motor that can move the first two
rostrum, delegations from 27 Af- rican countries rose and walked lout, leaving nine African dele gations in the hall. Enthusiastic applause was given Wilson.
Th@ African demonstration
jwas in protest against Britain’s ‘ \faiture to bring to an end the jseizure of independence by |Prime Minist@ér Ian Smith. Al- \bania joined in the walkout. | Tewfik,Bouattoura, the Alger- F ian ambassador, said the walk- 4 |out was in protest_against Brit- = lish policy in Rhodesia “that has }led a handful of African nations ito break diplomatic relations = with Britain. + | “4 walkout is not dignified 4jand serves no useful purpose.” said Nathan Barnes, chief. dele- igate of Liberia, one of the. Afri- jean countries remaining in the * hall- % : The others were Malawi, Ma- , |dagascar, Togo, Upper Volta, the Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Ga- bonand the central AAfrican re- | public.
[SUPPORT SMITH | Outside the UN headquarters,
“PEARSON BACK.IN'THE HUDDLE
; " t.ime_Minister_Pearson——_port._He-ie-surrounded-by-five--LEFT, Industry Minister Revenue Minister Benson, and |
three uniformed members of the
with reporters at the~air- ~ ~ a <A
wealth member in the 36-nation |
jhad ‘scheduled with President | Johnson Thursday night .and.to- iday,
| He will visit Ottawa Saturday \to “meet. with Prime Minister | Pearson. . ¥
| Wilson was met_by Vice-Presi- dent Hubert H. Humphrey and
that Britain would announce an \oil embargo against Rhodesia, but the prime minister made no ‘reference tot his in his UN ad- dress.
He asked the African nations to be patient—and-ruled-out~the Luse of military force to bring down Smith’s regime.
‘Breaking With Britain
By Reulers Egypt broke diplomatic rela- tions. with Britain Thursday “night because of its failure so far_to topple Ian Smith's break-
The Congo (Brazzaville) also
severed relations with Britain, |
a Radio Brazzaville’ broadcast said.
The two states joined five | other African nations—Ghana, Guinea, * Mauritania, Tanzania and Mali—in implementing the
36-nation Organization of Afri- |
can Unity resolution of Dec. 3 ‘calling on African states to cut diplomatic ties with Britain if it did not crush the 'Smith re- gime by. Dec- 15,
Two of them, Ghana and Tan- zania, are members of the Com- monwealth, although Ghana said it was considering withdrawing from it. The Congo (Brazza- ville), Guinea, Mauritania and Mali are former French terri- tories. Ce
ALTERED PLANS
Since’ the 36-member. OA Uis sued its Dec. 3 call ot its mem- beers, several African countries. including Ethiopia an whose ter- jritory the severance ‘decision |was made, have indicated un-
'willingnéss to break with Brit- |-
jain at this time. President Davis Dacko of the
1 Morocco will not. break niles jall African states do s0 unan- jimously, its government-control- ‘led newspaper reports.
Britain received strong NATO
away Rhodesian regime, the backing for its economic sanc- NINE REMAINED Middle East’ news agency fe- tions against the breakaway col- As Wilson approached the | ported. ony at a ministerial’ council
|meeting in Paris this week | Paul Martin, Canada's’ ex- ternal _affairs- minister. told iNATO Canada had cut exports from Rhodesia bv 98 per cent and would consider further ac- ition in support of Britain WIDENS SANCTIONS
Japan ordered further import irestrietions against Rhodesia ‘Thursday after a request was received from- the British..am- bassador in Tokyo, Sir Francis Rundall
The_ Commonwealth ‘relations ‘office in London said the break- ing of relations by African states. would not help Britain salve the Rhodesian crisis.
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Egypt Joins OAU Group oS ]
seal ‘American Nazi patty staged aj|central African’ republic Wed- who retutned to Ottawa from cabinet minislers (Who were Drury, Acting Finance Minis- Privy Council President Fa- (demonstration in support of nesday night ridiculed the OAU a Caribbean Thursday, : ter. Sharp, Veterans Affairs vreau. "Smith's regime in Salisbury. decision and said his country | ; talks there to greet him, {rom Minister Teillet, Mr. “Pearson, “(CP Wirephote) (They carried signs which said: , would not-follow #. #