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“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1966.

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LLOSED

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CLOSED FOR THE DURATION

The “closed! sign seen here | sign of a strike as railway the early morning with a -eal- m-hoth French and English, perenne left ie ls ne lection of cabooses, bunk a

ie si a p.m. vesterday.,No pick- engines, ‘passenger cars /an 1p coe nth f ( % ; 3 ine Fae i - ere he: Canadian ets were in. evidence immed- ~ similar equipment, gathered in National Railways station ‘Im ‘jately Among’ the last. trains Charlottetown for’ the dura- ch arlottetown the ly into Charlottetown was one in. tion of- the walkout. ‘

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Next Move In Rail Tieup Expected By Parliament.

Edward - Island,

BY THE- CANADIAN PRESS= be the. special session of Pariia-| In Prince.

Vital rajiways across Carfada ment set for Monday most interest was focused on are paralysed today. shut down The federal government !s ex- how to keep the vital CNR by acstrike of 118,000 employees. pected. to introduce measures ferry service going

The sthike by employees. of the for ending the crippling work sland province -and the

CNR railways John's

time-7ane the country

began . Friday Nfld, then hy. time-zone,

The'next hig milestone in the *->-eneetagtion crisis seemed to

U Thant Says Still Undecided

MEXICO °T'nited Nations Secretar ers) | Thant said Friday

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the CPR and five smaller in -St advanced, across

CITY. (Reuters) .- Gen- nicht

= "petitive positions.

stoppage if a negotiated settle- - Brunswick mainiand ment has not heen reached. Paralvsed. along with railway Expected too is the introduc- operations is much of the ve stion of legislation designed to graphic Service provided by free the railways from tight fed- tems which are part of the CNR eral controls on’ their freight and CPR. rates and so.improve their com- On strike are the Canadian ~~) Brotherhood. of Railway. Trans- But Opposition Leader Diefen- port and Genera! Workers, with lbaker warned Friday that his 22.000. members. Progressive Conservative MPs shop craft unions. with 22,000; will stage an “‘all-out’’ fight the residual non-op union group ‘against--any government at- with 54,000 and the 22,000-mem- tempt to. repeal—freight rate Her Brotherhood ‘of ‘laws which protect Prairies and Trainmen, “the ~ only Maritime shippers. employees. involved in the walk-

Government sponsored me- out.

he aay not: decioed whether to diation efforts failed to bring a The _non-ops have™heen_eara- seex further term -of office. last-minute break Friday in the ing an average of $2:22 an hour ; The Rurmese- diplomat, who ‘negotiation stalemate between They want-increases renaing. he- arrived here Wednesday on” a the railway unions and manage- tween 55. cents. and $1.25 an Latin American. tour, also. said ment. Most of the. workers are hour. !

_he had “not informed the. se-"seeking a 30-per-cent increase Ay] four union groups have re- eurity. Counc il of any decision. lin their wages. : jected conciliation—reports—

Hawker Siddeley Spokesman Silent On Coal Mine Story

TLONTON the companies

(CP) for of

he closed . He

A “spokesman Hawker Siddeley declined Friday nicht to comment on a report notice to the. federal and prov- five Nova Scotia coal mines will

group

said negotiations on cal | mining generally are being con- | jclosure was a government ae ducted hetween the federal gov- ernment and the Dominion Steel

The other railways, besides he CNR and CPR. involved are n lie Algoma Central and Hudson Bay, the. Ontario Northland, the |Toronto. Hamilton and Buffalo. the Midland Railway Co. of \Manitoha and the Syvdnev and Loujsburg Division of the Cum-

Cape Breton mines and one tn herland Railway Co.

‘Pictou County. The Post

Ferry Sails, Reception Uncertain

reported official

fincial governments was made a week after Sir Roy Dobson lt isaid the only alternative

lover. Reporters had no success tn!

and’ Coal Corp. part of the repeated attempts to reach Sird Hawker Siddeley group Roy or other officials of the | peeing i “Weve taken—-the—view that Hawker -Siddeley._group Thurs--: NORTH sy DNEY. N.S.(CR)., we cannot comment.’ day-or Friday. Late Friday. an fe opr) Pe beatila ue It would. be improper for the official provided the ‘‘no com- Gan th ee wae Heh Ree NEAL London headquarters or “in- ment."’ we Friday | night ai route 18 deed our associates in Canada’’ <A Dosco spokesman in. Mont- ‘Port aux Basques. Nfld to comment on ,a newspaper rea! categorically denied the | The 1,200-ton ferry, only boat article in view of the negotia- Sydney report Thursday. He yop, jy operation on the NAVA tions. the spokesman added. said it had been known for some Scotia - Newfoundland run. be- The Cape Breton Post re-itime Doseo-and the federal and cause of Friday's general strike, port ted Wednesday Dosed de- Nova Scotia governments had was prepared for sailins hv cidsd ta_close three mining sub- heen discussing. the corpora- CNR supervisory personnel sidiaries employing 6,000 An four |tion’s problems. after ticket -sellers and: Jong- z jshoremen refused to cross ‘ picket lines set up by. their striking co-workers. . 00 0 S revent | |The ferry carried about i50 passencers. The, Caron’s reception today in Port aux Basques appeared Friday to he developing — into something iless than warm A top union officer in Port aux

Spat By De Gaulle

arrived |BUDEEVISORY personnel would” Hae} picket

NATROL Tl. Frente land AP Angry enov ~ manding * independence

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Basques, speaking for more than 690 men who voted Friday <not to work the Carson, said the Gaulle” since he _ Thursday on this last outpost of | French empire in Africa. The

be permitted lines. ere out! | WON'T cross EINES’

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New transport,

the’ associated |

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TRANSPORTATION BILL EXPECTED

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Ferries May Be Saile Guard Crews

Cabinet Action

Dief Promises All-Out Fight

To Protect Maritime Rights

ee \Ltd. service making extra trips the Prince Edward Island fer- ‘ Islands, P.F.1.-Carth 400 | boost demanded by the « ¢ armhou. ries, abandoned Friday by

OTTAWA (CP)—Any ment attempt to repeal freight irate laws protecting. Prairie and

|Maritime shippers will be fought | Mice, WANTS BUDGET

Conservative. MPs, Leader Diefenbaker

‘all-out’ |Opposition

by

_j warned Friday

He said press reports indicate

scheduled to be intreduced “in Parliament Monday will remove federal supervision from. all-rail |freight rates, resulting in higher ishipping costs to. consumers and lindustries.

At the same time, Mr. Diefen-- ‘haker told a press conference, the party will co-operate’ with

|the government to introduce the |

ltransportatiom bil] and: an ex- jpected emergency measure jhalt the national rail strike that liewen earlier Friday

“This doesn’t mean we. will give blanket approv al to the ee -lislation," : *s The “Ganservalive leader — said higher freight rates, especially in the Prairies ‘and Maritime provinces where there -is less

would contribute ‘to

Unflation.

govern: |

that’ a. major transportation bill-

to”

was Can rising. at a

The cost of living ada's top. problem, faster rate than, ever before.

Mr. Diefenbaker said the Con- servatives will press the gov- ernment to bring’ in a ~supple- mentary budget to combat. in- flation. during. the ..emergency Commons sittings: starting Mon- day.

He called on the government,

to reduce its ‘‘wasteful expendi- {tures,”’ starting with a plan to purchase seven small jet trans- | port planes for cabinet ministers and senior military officers. He said this would cost be- | tween $75,000,000 and’ $80,000.000

jand would be campletely unjus- | ‘tified. The government says the

eight-passenger:- French Feveen jets would. cost $13,000,000. Mr

to. curb inflation. to say whether | would support -a_ bill | the rail strike. and set-

various steps He declined his party halting

between the competition with other. forms of ting an arbitrary wage increase.

There are reports the govern- | iment: will — to _impose- an 18-7

Diefenbaker said he wilt, “Propose other spending cuts and ™

Viet Cong

From ‘Reuters-AP’

SAIGON (CP)—The Viet-Conz guerrillas marked the official opening of South Viet Nam's election campaign —__Friday—_hy striking hard in Saigon, gunning down nine .Vietnamese in front ofa police. station.

Six of the victims were killed. They were believed to be three policemen and three civilians.

The Viet Cong struck in Cho-

lon, the capital's Chinese dis- trict, where they opened fire on the police station from a car

during rush - hour congestion, ithen sped off.

Meanwhile the commander. ot: | the U.S. Ist Infantry Division ab- isolved U.S. flyers of blame for jdropping a napalm canister Fri- day on- troops engaged in close- {quarter battle.

Unofficial reports said seven Americans were killed and more

In Blow: At Saigon

Railroad operating.

flames

fight

cedures and controls.

Kills Six.

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than 20 injured by the napalm |

-in_the accident. which. in the—second dav of a against. 500 Viet the Phu _Loi-battalion_in-the Lat. Khe sector. 20° miles north of > Saigon. ©

Maj.-Gen: William E. de Pry, ‘commander of the Ist Division, said “the “troops had called the strike very close to themselves.

“This is a rough business,”’ he told reporters after here from the battle zone, ‘and there was an error of only about 50 feet.”

The napalm ~ attack ,on_ the ‘American troops followed up a ‘series of mistaken and: acciden- tal strikes against civilians that led Gen. William C. Westmore-. Jand, the U.S.. commander, to appoint a military review board, | this week to draft revised pro-

came

Cong of |

flying |

per-cent striking. ASKED Asked that the freight

rail workers QUESTION : about the — possibility historic Crowsnest Pass rates for wheat. farmers might be abolished, the Fraivie lawyer replied

“There “would be. an all-out Fight if the-charter of the Westenn econ-

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omy--the Crowsnest Pass agree- ment."’ He indicated the. Conserva-.

itives want Parliament to sit un- |

ltil Christmas except for a recess iof five or. six days in late Sep- {tember to -permit the Commou- | wealth Parliamentary Associa- tion to. meet in the Commons Chamber.

On another’ subject, he said” the Commonwealth prime min- listers’ conference scheduled jopen in London Sept. & should be |postponed, -

He said prime ministers of scountries. with 80 per cent of | jfhe ~ Commonwealth population {may hoycott the conference he- jeause they oppose British: pol: Hcy in dealing with Tan Smith's regime in’ Rhodesia | ‘No possible good will |fronm an early meeting ; would _ be an act of wisdom ce conference were postponed.”

Prime Minister Pearson sald Thurstay: tke London meeting will decide the fate of the Com- monwealth and that he planned to attend: unless’ a protracted | rail strik® kept him: in Ottawa.

come | it if

Kidnapped” Girl Found

BERLIN (Reuters) {Berlin radio - and | broadcast Friday night the ap- |Parently: youthful voice -of a ;man demanding ransom as po- ‘lice intensified efforts to find the kidnapper of a four-year-old Canadian girl found ‘safe Fri-

West.) television”

day. | The girl, brown-haired Audrey |Klewer, was found bound lightly |

by her hands and feet and rest- ing on a camping mattress in |a garden shed in the outskirts of Berlin.

Audrey was taken Monday hy a masked gunman from. the house of her wealthy grand- |father, only hours after she—ar- with Regina Klewer, 28, _Vacation.

Tived here from Montreal her mother, for a

the government removed |

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Ferry, Scene At A Glance

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

Prince Edward = Island--New Brunswick: CNR .service Bor- ‘ den, P.F.1. - Cape Tormentine,| OTTAWA (CP) — The Cana- N.B... suspended. t-G is being or- | Prince Edward _ Island-Nova Gian Cons Guard : te t Scotia: Northumberland Ferries | dered to take over operation o|

reservations , required. Re ported fully. booked through Monday.

striking crew members, a reli- southbound | able informant said Jate Friday. ;Space avail- Announcement of the decision, able northbound. jreached in a-cabinet. méeting, | Nova .Scotia - Newfoundland: was expected shortly.

service ‘uncertain..North Sydney, | iN.S. - Port Aux _Basques;. Nfld, A spokesman in Transport “+ Minister=Pickersgill’s office said one ferry may operate for Past aes d aeugerk and: vehicles” only e minister had no announce- * = ments of any kind: planned.

| Nova Scotia -- New. <Bruns- ‘\wick: CPR Service Digby, N.S.-!- However, Mr. Pickersgill had- Saint John, N.B. suspended talked to Premier Alex Camp-

«Nova Seotia-Maine: CNR ferry |bell of P.E.I.

Ricaanas in normal — service about the problem, which appar- | Yarmouth, N-S.-Bar Harbor Me. =

sander

HALIFAX (CP) — Parviament will likely be asked Monday to

drawn frpm: ships in port or in| coastal waters in this area, an | inforfned\source said’ These.

At (NE

| A Belmont Lot | Keith: Barrett,—will—judge \Dua} Purpose Shorthorn entries | jext week. at the: Canadian Na- | tional Exhibition in Toronto. ~Mr. Barrett is one of the more ceeonerere breeders of the dual pupose “eattle in this province, | |He has been a national director for several years. L So far as could be learned | here yesterday the class Mr. | |Barrett will be judging will be_ | Shown on-Monday.

‘Hasty _and—premature action during—the inifial hours of the | It is an unusual honor for a |strike might very well give rise IPE. man=t6-get an invitation | to undesirable if not dangerous ‘to judge ‘at a fair like the CNE., [REET CHS OTS, therefore, we’ are “iMajor MacRae, Sherwood judge jeune to watch the situa- yrshire caltle at the — same j tion closely_and_are prepared at fair several years ago, but this | j all times to..meet with the local | Was the only other name recalled ; unions ’. Premier eer last night by a veteran agricul- | bel said Friday. evening. :

qifalcobeeroer: We are not only concerned : | about continuing adequate ferry | service but also with. the safety

INSIDE TODAY | the people who would be

using the facilities during the

Is Antici

approve the assignments of offi- |

Alex Camp-.

ipated

zen had heen on agenda:

The CNR- “operated ferries the island province's main link iwith the mainiand, -handling passengers; cars, ‘trucks and |railway boxcars. between. Ror iden, P.E.I., and° Tormentine on ithe New Brunswiek shore

A smaller. car. ferrs jto Nova Scotia, not affected av 'the strike, can handle only a

the , cabinet

are |

tercice

| small portion of. the normal.

traffic. The government's plan is: to rush crews from its coast guard

vessels on the East Coast to the

ferry terminals and to resume

on the telephone |normal schedules as quickly as

possible.

- CCGS Tupper Is Scheduled To Arrive Here On Monday

;umberland. Strait —and officers nor men of the ferries would he used to place tHe ships

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i : BY _ jeers and men of the Canadian | hack in-service. + —Ht {()- | Coast-Guard—in-the-Atlantie area}-phe- emergency” trews want : to take over ‘some of the strike-| he drawn from ships like the : bound ‘railway ferries that serve |Tyupper, scheduled to arrive im Prince Faward Island. it wa $ | Charlottetown Monday from the learned flere Friday night. — |Magdaleni Islands, the Alexand Coast fuardsmen would be er, at sea off Halifax: the Corn-

jwallis, in Halifax: and preparing to sail for St. Paul's Monday: and one or -twn of the

i® cattleman, Officers and men ate experienc-.Coast—Guard-—fieet stationed at the ed in navigation in the North-'St: John’s, Nfld. *

Premier. Urges” No Hasty Action

mier, who- stated, sently developing plans for ternate ferry service but in the overall context of the stnke situation,-we must remain calm and act. reasonably. :

’ ‘Present indications—3re—that the Wood Islands ferty system is coping with traffic: demands and the ferry control center is able to assure reservations for ferry crossings without a great deal of inconvenience.

The Premier sid,

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Islatd MEWS. ....5.00055 2 | strike period.” : 's Summerside ............ 3 “There is a great deal of pres-junable to cope with the « de DORN eli cei ica 3 [ere at the present time to press |mands, we still have no alter: Editorials co ccceese,. &° | the CNR ferries into operation |mative but to put a ferry ints Kings, Queens, City _ § immediately,’ said the Pre- |service at Borden.’ Women's Pe . . Sport Rea AS 8 . : ; Finance, markets ...... 10 Ferry Pier Picket Lines ee Cam aay u re 2 ee os Established By Union | ‘The final boat, the Confeder- |. Tew members ot. tocat iz¢ of ‘ation..arrived in port at 1218 ithe Canadian Brotherhood of | Contented con page 3. cq! 5)

Railway Transport_and—General+

Workers set up picket. lines at | the head of the pier at the upper) power house ih Borden as the. nationwide’ railway strike went. into effect at 1 p.m. joes

The pickets have heen iblished according to a coe. |man for the protection of com- pany prg@perty as well as being a_ strike” picket.

The four CNR ferries docked jat Borden near one o'clock with |two,. the Abegweit and Scotia, jtying up at the Abegweit wharf. and Prince Edward Island and {Confederation docking at the |Confederation Wharf.

(THE UP AT BORDEN | No boats were tied up at the Cape Tormentine side of the = |Strait. ped Although the union is on strike fauee shifts totalling 80 men will jstay with the four vessels for | oo security reasons;--No~one~is ale} lowed on.the pier other than the security men A union official said yesterday |

Local Union ‘Says ‘Strike Was Ordered

BORDEN — Everett Mas Leod stated in here Friday night that since he had erove jup on the dIsland he: would do ‘nothing to hurt the [sland but ‘he added, the union 2 case"’ in the present nat vide

rail strike and “we lead tr sae Hit through.” | He told the that those striking were gond citizens and that many were | Veterans “We do

‘Premier Camphel!’

Guardian-Patrmot at - Rorden at Cana world w

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offer.’

said. ‘‘and we are just as cfn wer oe i

Mr. MacLeod strike ‘leadee for locals at Rorden

that he hod

He said tast nicht

neither

Island

France foucht police and troops independence-minded wi

if Moody riots in the Place La- in force in the 108-degree heat | Told ah the CNR planned to) jthat six sbifts of 10 men each received a telegram on the 2, ap ae lek es a Sapoerdtce Feiday. land handle the ahi - sidan iwill form the picket lines around | jternoon of Auc. 94. from the 9 Sista a ne ee an ere] RNEE Oe ae Perey Figary of the Port ee the clock, maintaining four hour tional office advising tha! ‘h« President oe Gaulle Oe eee ae stati and ‘Basques ‘vailway clerks’ local | shifts. fe - lieals were to carry out sitive fone were reportoask ee a nae ere ih ay gaid Thales: what thay think | beara 7 cores ofdemonstrator olce the square u e wads . : a ’ NK. | ers. : ane diers were nena grew, and they rushed hack: | has? es won't cross “any picket | Halifax Man | “We are not SembencH. be With Bn tear gas, and con- “the square shouting abuse at the Bit Fire told reporiers | gain on _maintenance nt fe Ste es eae police ay elects. Rocke 40d “you cangay in vour news bul- | | Mi i ‘| Sers ice. You are-required to ayers “ whe clean ba square bottles” area hurled. letin that. I advise the people in| Ss ISSINg Hlow instructions and goon st ° shord) before the visiting presi- De. Gaulle> ~who maintained an Worth Sydney n 6 sana ie le Frooties i dent Trdved Instead of ™ eak- icy reserve in the face of* the Carson over here.’ ~ Laaier JOHN: We Wee strike eal | in« in thessquare, he ta TE clashes between. demon-'| CNR Area Manager G.t~ a= | City police’ were conducting al « Signed, William J. Smith briefly tothe tarritorial assem- 5t tors and security “ferces, i\Millan,. asked’ to comment a seacch Friday for James Eddie | We. are not shirting ur ye bly in its hall-on Me gquare. He ta'ketWonly briefly. He fold Misr. Figary's remarks, said the | $3, of (1983 Holly Street) Hali- [por yim this: matter, ’h ee disdainfully of t “‘Tiecgemon- listeners an oblique way that ‘Carson “is coming anyhow.” | jfax, missing: and presumed said, aGGine iat. a. eminers trate ~~ ee es nieotkat ee | The mae followed ore | inoated ne Be eae a ne Sth boa sed Ae pf thing. we haven ioe possi e ay lent break an of a union-CNR rere to go on strike Th Wale s Ph: alte said scorn: max_come when, B-cemular jagreement to keep. the Carson ' NEW TRAWLER JOINS FLEET AT SOURIS ia iatiever es Rive hour toe Eerie ate orderty at {hs fully ciitfices-ta esiab- democratic methods, the “Yerr!- in service during the- “Fail strike. e swim- |Borden. wharf and only anthor

lish the mnatic Will of the ‘torial assernb]

Seagal who self in a new

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may express it e@ agreement, irection, -and if | lie his week. 80. France will tak@~account of | transpo seg and, ve-

|ming alone, His car and clothes

liz Si . Sse the? announcetear- This picture shows. the ; eens m_ the builders’ yard for lieved to he the firstcof it’s | safety anu aurahility. The Cap- were discovered on a nearby aa hag — ee a a provided. jor. Jee “Amy. Usen' shortly after provisidns to being her first kind installed in Canada “Huis tain of the ship is Egbert beach Wednesday. ¥ t cot Mia ech ‘dint: cath’ taint hicl i a trip tothe Grand Banks. A. built up of ssphalt blocks to~Roertien of Souris. (See story Police said: foul play was-not Itheir boats prot td it's thelt icles only. | its arrival is Souris yesterday, unique featires the deck, be- achieve the highest degree of on~Page 8.) : tsuspectas ; livelihood te ee . : ne a : ‘ SG : a eae “ ~~ a ~~. a : < * : > ‘ee, gy ee f f , pe Dix : oe a) ee r ae pons, Pa

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