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egates, particularly Britain’s For- eign Secretary Lloyd, who had defended his country’s armed in: tervention in the Jordanian king- dom while, simultaneously diet- ing the UN a withdrawal pro- posa-l.

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And he went fiu'ther by an- nouncing to the correspondents his resignation as permanent del- egate to the UN on this issue— although his government already had replaced

While interested delegates were cagey in commenting .on the Rifai block, there was specula- tion that his debate intervention of Thursday would be lightly re;- garded should there be hope of agreement on the question if a

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‘ Onedf the most extensive tours of the Province.ever made‘by a Moderator of the United Church is being started by Rt. Rev. James S. Thompson, D.D.,- who arrives en the Island this evening. . -

Thompson will be met‘at Tomientin’e by a committee from Trinity Church, summerside. To- morrow morning he will preach. in Summerside and in the after- noon will travel to O’Leary where he will be the guest preacher at

the

mAJNIN'ON, Ireland (AIP) —- An

opened Friday to _ whether an explosion s DUO]! airliner plummet-

, to its doom in the Atlantic ‘ 99 persons aboard- ' sea search for possible sur-

= ended.

Rescue vessels put into Galway ‘ 35 bodies, all that could be ; ~ in he (lands on the tossing

- more man 100 miles off

. M's western shores.

' tors descended on Gal-

‘ litmus to find in the re- , I debris or from bodies of v Mills a clue to what caused ‘ “PM single plane disaster in . of aviation.

M hem were Dr. Jan Zel- - ’ » I medical officer of the laboratory at The I “ and an official of the

. ‘ STUDY SABOTAGE A Dutch airline official said in “"" the possibility of sabo- _ - “a have to be investigated “to of the apparent sudden- “ he Coaster." He empha- » , there was no e so far to indicate foul

I)‘ficiais told reporters in Gal- ’ “We were many angles that ' -- them. investigation and "' tion of the bodies, they -’ may clear up some of the

fact that wreckage and “re collected over a free—reports said four to Mes — suggested that the “Pk-bound Super-Constella- e“liter hit the water with a ' e“(Ions crash or perhaps ex-

' P- J- Flynn, resident physi- 1 Shannon Airport, said:

“ll't understand why so bOdies have been found '90 the water without life

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*‘ "n Probe, Into. add. or , ' ch Airliner» In Ocean

Only one body, that of in boy, was reported to have been picked up wedring a life jacket.

The Canadian destroyer Cru- sader, control ship during die rescue operation, and at least five other rescue vessels sailed for Galrway.

In addition to the tragic cargo of bodies the ships carried a large quantity of plane wreckage, personal clothing, women’s hand- bags and cases.

Parts of the sleek airliner

included the nose wheels and pieces of the cabin One search ship reported pick- ing up life jackets that had been torn to pieces. Family belongings found bobbing on the water in- cluded a leather Bible, a wooden music box and: two wristwatches which probably stopped at the time their owners died. The hands stood at 4:45; the other at 4:48. The possibility that the big ship was struck by lightning in a rag- ing electrical storm was not ruled out. The plane was equipped with the latest safety equipment, how- ever, against such an accident.

CLIMBING T0 16,000

The airliner had been airborne slightly more than a half and was climbing to its cruismg altitude of 16,000 feet when dis- aster struck.

Shannon Airport officials esti- mated the big plane was at about 14,6“0 feet then.

Some airmen at Shannon spec ulated that a sudden fire could

engine — cutting off communica- tions and putting the aircraft out of control.

Whatever the cause, KLM of- ficials appeared determined to keep on investigating now they found it.

years we shall go on," said a KLM spokesman.

picked up at the disaster scene,

have broken out—perhaps in an

“Even if it takes two or three

British troop withdrawal from

our

P I a On Monday, the Moderator who is 'awompanied by Mrs. Thomp-

son, will come to Charlottetown where, they will be guests at the

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At the regular Rotary Lunch- eon on Monday he will address the International/Youth Assemb- ly sponsored by the Atlantic Pro-i v-inces Rotary 'Clubs. Monday afternoon will’see the Moderator making courtesy calls on the Lieutenant Governor, the Pre- mier and the Mayor of Char— lottetown.-

TO MEETJPRESBYTERY .

On Tuesday Dr. Thompson will honour the Prince EdWard ls- land Prewytery in session at Park Royal Chm-ch. He will visit the Presbytery and address it briefly. At noon the Moderator will be the guest of honour at a special luncheon aver by the P.E.I. Presbytery at the Char- lottetown Hotel. ‘

Wednesday will be given over to a sight seeing trip of the Is- land. On Wednesday evening the Moderator will speak at Bedeque United Church. This will be fol- lowed by a reception in the church hall.

Dr. Thompson will have Thurs- day free. On Friday he will go to Cavendish for a sightseeing

dress Cavendish congregation in the church there.

" Two speaking engagements await the Moderator on Sunday the 24th.

At 11 a.m. he will speak at Trinity Church, Charlottetown and on Sunday evening will preach at Montague. He leaves the Province on Monday the 25th.

Fishermen’s‘ Ass’n Formed

PICTOU, N. S., — (CP) —The Northumberland Fishermen’s As- sociation was organized here Fri- day night by 100 lobstermen re- presenting fishing communities along the Nova Scotia shore of Northumberland Strait.

D. Murray MacPherson. of Pic-

executive.

, NEW AUSSIE MONEY

CANBERRA (Reuters) — The Australian government will set up a special committee to consider the introduction of decimal cur- rency, Prime Minister Menzies announced F rid a y. Australia, New Zealxand and Britain are the only Commonwealth countries that have not changed over to

: Northeast ' possibly 30 p e r so u s aboard,

tour and in the evening will ad- ,

Airliner , Crashes, \ 30 Aboard

NW, Mass; (Am-A Airlines plane, with

emailed just at! the runway of

" _. Nantucket airport while landing Friday night.

A Northeast employee said the

; plane was en. route from New

York to this island resort. ,

A Nantucket policeman bald: "all I know is that it’s bad and everyone is out at the airport."

Hurricane Moves, Ahead Slowly

SAN JUAN, Pimento Rico (AP) Hurricane Cleo bumped into an

" upper level weather trough Fri- _dayandsl|owedilsfomwmdmove~

merit. But it continued as a dam- gerous tropical storm with winds up to 115 miles an hour.

At 6 p.m. EDT the season’s first hurricane was located'a-bout 975 miles east southeast of San Juan and 1,975 miles in the same direc- tion from Mann. -

The storm is moving west north- west at about 12 miles an hour, the weather bureau said.

U. 5., Board Has

Inflation Fears

WASHINGTON (AM—The Fed- eral Reserve Board pointed to inflation as its big concern and signalled an end to its recession- born policy of loosening the money supply.

The board announced Friday that the discount rate at he San Erancisco Reserve Bank will be boosted to two per cent from 1%. The discount.rate lathe which Federal Reserve Banks charge member banks when they borrow from the reserve system. The action was the first in- crease since last August when the” boa-rd was pursuing a tight may poficy- ,

An increase in the discount rate normally leads to general in- creases in interest rates.

Parliament ' At A Glance

By THE CANADIAN PRESS Friday, Aug. 15, 1958

Justice Fulton a‘n-. nounced a Colum- bia cost agreement to return the Sons of Freedom Doulshobors to

Charlottetown Hotel for a week. hRflSSi'a-

Revenue Nowlan gave

notice of government legislation to establish an indwendent board of broadcast governors. Frank Howard (OCT—Sheena) said a small number of Canadian unions don’t tolerate free speech within their ranks. '

The Commons passed by a vote of 97 to 7 a bill authorizing a fiventor-one stock split by Trans Mountain Oil Pipe Line Com-

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llibernl and 'Progiessiye Con- servative senators differed on a Senate cormnilttee's report on housing. . Saturday, Aug. 16, 1958

The Commons meets at 11 am. EDT to consider government leg- islation. The Senate is adjourned until 3 p.m. Monday.

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the decimal currency system.

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“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA ‘ SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1958

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By BERNARD DUFRESNE Canadian Press Staff Writer OITTAIWIA (CIP) -— Parliament Friday received formal notrce' it Will be asked this session to ap- prove legislation setting up a separate regulatory body for broadcasting" called "board of broadcast governors.” _

The proposed legislation also

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ferry Prince Edward Island is due to sail from here this (Saturday) afternoon after a five-day repair job at Halifax Shipyard-s Limited. A shipyard official said crews worked around the clock to re pair a stern propeller shaft which

would provide that the CBC. whose board of governors had held the regulatory powers until now, will continue to operate a national broadcasting service in Canada.

Few other details of the legisla- tion were given in the notice of a resolution placed Friday on the list of prospective Commons busi-

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gbeoame seized. He described the job as “not extensive, but awk~ ward to carry out."

The ferry carries cars and rail freight between Cape Tormentine“ N.B., and Borden, P.E,I. She is gpected to resume her run Sun-

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MONTREAL (CP) — Senator Sarto Four-nier mayor of Mont- real. in a statement Friday de- nied he had exerted pressure upon ‘Deputy Works Minister Young.

The statement by Senator Four- nier, in Florida on vacation, was issued from his office in city hall.

It said “there is not a word of truthin What Gen. Young said berg, the public accounts com- Imme.’l . Gen. Young testified before the committee Friday in Ottawa he was subjected to pressure by Senator Foumier to favor a

. Montreal firm in connect-ion with

a contract for a moving job between the old and new govern- ment printing bureaus.

‘ "lit is a normal procedure for a member of Parliament to

. OTTAWA, —.(SCpecial-) —High

spender among Prince Edward

Island candidates in the last fed-

eral election was Dr. 0. H. Phil-

lips, Alberton dentist, according to a return tabled in the Com- mons. _

It cost the Conservative MP a total of $6,625 in expenses to be reelected in Prince constituency. Dr. Phillips defeated J. Watson MacNaught,- Liberal, who repre- sented the riding from 1949 until 1957, and Cyrus F. Gallant, CCF. Mr. MacNaught was‘ formerly Parliamentary Assistant to Fish- eries Minister James Sinclair. Mr. MacNaught's election ex-

penses were shown as $4,450.

CHANGED PLANS—IS ALIVE

NEW YORK — Mr. and Mrs. for 17 months and were doubly John Pennock bestow kisses on happy for she was to have been daughter, Marljke, 17. center... af- aboard ill-fated KLM Dutch air- ter her arrival from the Nether- liner which crashed in the Atlan- lands at Idlew-ild Airport August tic Thursday. In a last minute she board-

]switch in Amsterdam,

III/Ionireal Mayor Claims No Truth In Ottawa Charges

recommend to governmental au- thorities that consideration be given to a bidder on a govern- ment contract," said Senator Fournier’s statement.

“This I did on behalf of the firm of J. B. Baillargeon Express Ltd. of Montreal when they sub- mitted their bid to the public Works department. . .

“Unhrtunately the bid of the .Wu..,ccnaiderablr his-her than that of the next'"‘bidde’i“ ‘a‘ could certainly not threaten Gen. Young with dismissal if he did not recommend the acceptance of the Bailla-rgeon bid.”

A question at the Ottawa hear- ing as to whether Senator Four- nier tried to have Gen. Young “fired” p r o v ok e d consider- able discussion and there was no direct reply.

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Election Expenses OI P. E. I. Candidates Tabled

None was listed for Mr. Gallant.

The low spender among the Is- land candidates was Thomas J. Kickham, former Liberal MP for Kings. The return listed him as having spent $1,157 in losing for a second time to John A. MacDonald, Conservative, in Kings. Mr. Macdonald spent $3,- 105.

In Queens, a dual riding, Fish- eries Minister J. Angus MacLean Spent $5,652 and Heath MacQuar- rie $5,833. The two Conservatives were reelected on March 31.

Neither of the Liberals who contested the.Queen-s seats 're- ported their expenses. The two were J.O.C. Campbell and Ernest D. Reid.

ed flight which’ brought her to 11.5. safely. She might have been

Baillargeon E x p re ss Company. :

one of the 99 persons aboard the otherplane. Pennocks are from

ness: Today, it will go onto the Commons order paper — a mere tormality requiring no debate.

llt likely will be debated and possibly approved by-next Tues- day, thus pemitting introduction of the itself. Only the bill will give the full details of the gov- ernment’s plans.

However, on the surface, the resolution indicates no basic changes in broadcasting service and appears to follow the recom- mendations of the Fowler Royal

‘ Commission on broadcasting

made 15 months ago. Even the name “board of broadcast governors" is the one suggested in the Fowler report for a regulatory body that would be separate from the CBC. LIKE FCC SET-UP

The Canadian Association of Broadcasters has supponed the idea of a mall. full-lime board, similar to the us. Federal Com- munications Commission. Text of the resolution, Sanding in the name of Revenue Mi'flIS‘, ter Nowlan, who reports to Par- liameut for the CBC: 7 "Resolved, that it is expedient to establish a board of broadcast governors to regulate broadcast- ing in Canada; to provide that the expenditure of the board shall be paid out of money appropri- ated by Parliament therefore and also to provide for the continu- ance of a corporation known as the Canadian Broadcasting Cor- poration for the purpose of op- erating a national broadcasting servuce in Canada; and to pro vude fiunther for the payment, re- mneratlon, of the oilfieeus and thereof.”

which the CBC and privately- owned radio and television gta'. trons cooperate.

,Vacaiion Came Just In Time

KITCHENEIR. Ont. (OP) -.A KLM Royal Dutch- Ainlrines pilot, whose regular might run is from Amsterdam to New York, left here Thursday night thankful he took his vacation when he did.

Harold Musselmann, as, for- merly of Kitchener, might have been the pilot of the airliner that crashed Thursday inxfiffe North Atlantic with the loss of 99 lives. He has crossed the Atlantic on the same run 320 times and he 313:1];an pilots Super-Constella-

5.

Four Boys . Trapped One Dies

high bridge river in suburban York Township. Three kept calm and lived; the fourth fled in panic and was killed.

The decapitated body of Udo Vardja, 10, was hurled 300 feet along the railway tracks while his companions ran to safety and then sought help following the ac- cident.

.The four boys were looking for pigeon eggs in the trestle of the railway bridge when they heard t2;e train bearing down on them.

Jerry Hewlett, 12, jumped into a safety box built in the centre of the trestle; Jackie Cooke, 11, lay down in the second set of tracks as flat as he could as the train roared by; Michael Murphy, 10, and Udo tried to reach the other end of the bridge. '

Michael made the embankment but Udo ran along ‘the track in blind pénic and was trapped.

PEARKES BACKS RIFLE

OTTAWA (CE—Defence Min- ister Pearkes has given some reasons why he thinks rifle train- ing is important in the atomic age. In an address to a Domin- ion of Canada Rifle Association dinner. he said ri‘le training is beneficial to a man “be he fly- ing a jet plane or pulling a lever.” llt taught concentration

salaries and fees emrloyees

posed legislation would seem to indicate no major changes in the national system, in

TORONTO (CP) — Four young boys were trapped Friday by a speeding passenger train on a over the hnmber

WEATHER 7

Clear with a few cloudy intervals; "warm- or near the coast; west winds 15. qu- high at Charlottean 57 and 75.

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Khrushchev'Sa/ys Russia Is Ready To Ban A-Weap‘ons .

Gov'l Plans New Board To Control Broadcasting

LONDON (AP) — Soviet Pre- mier Nikita Khrushchev said Fri- day the Soviet Union is ready “jointly with the governments of the United States and Britain” to make a solemn pledge not to use atomic weapons in any circum- stances. I thrushchev’s offer, broadcast by Moscow Radio, was made in a letter to a branch of Britain's Movement for Nuclear Disarma- meat.

“The USSR. is ready,” the Soviet leader said in the letter, “jointly with the governments of the United States and Britain solemnly to pledge not to use nu. clear weapons in any circum- stances, be it by means of air-

FIVE CENTS

Would Make Joint Solemn Pledge With Britain, U. S.

“I should like to sssure you,‘ Khrushchev said in his letter to Kenneth Wilder, chairman of the Bren-twood, England, branch of the British organization, “that the Soviet Union will continue to work for the banning of the nu- clear weapons and to do every- thing in its power to relieve man- kind of the danger of nuclear war."

The Soviet offer has been made the over-all Soviet disarmament

‘ plan which has been rejected by

the Western powers.

The Russian pro- posals were turned down on the grounds that they would, i! accepted put Western nations in a disadvantageous position due to Russian overwhelming simi-

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OTDAWIA (CP) - Resources Hamilton’s case against the United States- appeared Fri- day to have collapsed.

Mr. Hamilton himself in effect conceded this.

Thursday in the Commons, the minister said it was a matter of “national chagrin" first Canadian officials, including cabinet minis- ters, had to obtain U.S. permis- sion to visit the Canadian Arctic. The U.S. built and controls the WW (Distant Early Warning.) radar line in the Camdian north. Mr. Hamilton added that he was “ashamed” of a situation in winch, he said, some Canadian officials had to - wait “several months” for U.S. clearance.

He also said

favorable" response. /

Along came the U.S. State De. partment Friday to my in a statement that Canadians “obvi- ously” are free to travel any- where, in the Canadian Arctic, including DEtW line stations, “without clearance from. any U.S. authority."