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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, eee 4, 1959

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Capt. Robert M. White, left, White here is seated in a speci- who may be the first man injally equipped plane used for - space, tries out a MC-2 full pr -| testing the suit under flight con- eure fiying suit which he'll wear|ditions at Edwards Air Force Te ties Gis X18 en tnitacs, Culltersia ‘The men at flight into the black void be-jright is another pilot, Maj. yond the earth’s aers.| Binet B.“Breiey, 2. White

SPACE PILOT TRIES SUIT

a M-year-old Air Force pilot, asked for the job of flying into space — but not the nickname | “Danger Ranger” which has | come along with it.

(AP

Possible Flare Sighting. Reported Off Greenland

é HALIFAX (CP) — What may have been a flare was sighted

Tuesday night on the ice-choked waters south of Greenland, the

US. Coast Guard said. The miss- ing Danish ship Hans Hedtoft re- ‘ported striking an iceberg near there Friday.

- The sighting was reported by the US. Coast Guard Cutter Campbell] and a U.S. Navy search plane. The Campbell was racing te investigate.

The plane also sighted what may have been dim flickering lights on the water, the coast guard said.

The Campbell said search ships encountered a 40-mile long flow of icebergs and broken ice pack.

A forecast of high winds and freezing rain Tuesday night for southern Greenland cancelled a Planned aerial search for the missing ship.

Bodies Found Under The Ice

NEW GLASGOW (CP— Navy divers today discovered two bod- jes in a car that plunged through the ice of nearby Pictou harbor.

’ The bodies are believed those ef Alexander Ross, 54, near- by. Abercrombie,‘ and George Shearer, 31, of Tatamagouche, ‘N. S. The men were last seen Sun- ny driving across the harbor

orm asked for the divers af- ter the car was spotted through a hole in the ice by searchers. The navy team was led by I4.- Cmdr. C.S. Smedley of Rart- mouth, N.S., commander of the diving tender Granby.

Four aircraft continued patrol-

noon she was sinking after striking an iceberg. There were % persons aboard.

Three Rock N

Killed In P

MASON CITY, lowa (AP)— Three rock ‘n’ roll singing idols whose records and appearances stirred millions of teen - agers were killed early Tuesday with their pilot in a plane crash in a snow-swept Iowa field.

The four-place plane crashed within minutes after taking off in light snow from the Mason City

airport.

Dead are Buddy Holly. 22, of Lubbock, Tex., Ritchie Valens, 17, of Los Angeles, J. P. (Big Bopper) Richardson, 28, of Beau- mont, Tex., and Roger Peterson, 21, of Clear Lake, Iowa, the pilot.

The troupe with which the trio had appeared had entertained an estimated 1,100 teen-agers at the Surf Ballroom in nearby Clear Lake Monday night.

The chartered Beechcraft Bo- nanza Was to take the three sing- ers to Fargo, N.D., in advance of the troupe’s engagement . there Tuesday night.

BLAME WEATHER Authorities, tentatively blamed é

RCAF Search and Rescue head- and rode out Tuesday nights _ craft will head back Richard Valenzuela left high months-ago, Donna. sold more The Crickets, who also appeared Peggy Sue and That'll’ be the

Richardson, known professi leave as a disk jockey, singer and

His Chantilly uace was rated was released to 37 gther coun- wife, Adrian, and a daughter.

quarters here said five searching ships moved out of the ice pack storm.

Weather permitting, the ships rea at first light-today. weather conditions for the crash.

Valens, whose real name is school last year to seek a career singing. His first recording six than 1,000,000 copies.

Holly, star of a group called at the Surf, hit the rock 'n’ roll Pinnacle with his recordings of Day. Both sold more than 1,500,- 000 copies.

0 ally as the Big Bopper, was be program director at station KTRM in Beaumont. by Billboard for a time as the third most - played record, and tries,

Richardson is survived by a

Holly recently was married and Valens was single.

CNR MARINE ENGINEER RETIRES

William ‘P. McMullen (left) of ) district, David Blair, presents Mr. Moncton has retired as marine | McMullen with a remembrance

* engine er Natiorz vays in the Mari- time Shistades Here the general superintendent for the Maritime

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supervisor for Canadian ton behalf of CNR officers

Mr | McMullen, a native of Por Hawkesbury, N.S.. began work with the CNR in 1938 when he

joined the Canso Strait railway ferry service. IL he was trans- ferred to aan vurmbe oe Strait He was appointed marine engin eer supervisor te the Maritimes in 1943.

“|more than $40,000,000. He also

Federal- Go i Farmers In Rabies Cases

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Prison Terms Given Youths

OTTAWA or) — Red-haired

sentence for manslaughter. Max- imum sentence is life imprison-

“You were false to your parole and as a resilt O'Leary lost his life,” Mr. Justice F. H. Barlow waid in passing sentence.

Flour Price

'Hiked, Bread May Follow

OTTAWA (CP) Canadian farmers may get more for their wheat, but Canadian consumers may have to pay more for their bread.

That was the reaction of a bakeries spokesman Tuesday to the wheat board’s decision to boost the Lakehead price of wheat by 5% cents a bushel, ef- fective last Friday. which applies on domestic as well as export sales, will ensure that savings in shipping costs result- ing from opening of the St. Law- rence Seaway are passed back to Prairie wheat growers.

The price boost, increasing No 1 northern wheat to about $1.69 a bushel, will not change the final | price paid by overseas buyers

N.S. Fishing | Boat Missing

LIVERPOOL, N.S. (CP) — An RCAF Canso has entered the search for the 35-foot fishing boat Prince Albert, unreported since shortly after it left here Satur- day with two persons aboard on a 2-mile trip to Hunt's Point.

The white - hulled fishing ves- sel was skippered by Capt. Al- bert Payzant, 43, of White-Point, a small community about 10 miles south of here. A passen- ger, Violet Morrison, 36, also of White Point, was also’ reported aboard when the vessel left here.

The boat was last seen at dusk Saturday off White Point. The Canso, from, the RCAF’s 108 res- cue unit at Greenwood, NS. was scheduled to arrive in the area Tuesday afternoon.

NEW YORK (AP) — Vincent Astor, 67, one of the world’s rich- est landlords, died Tuesday. He had just recovered from another illness whén a heart attack struck him.

New York alone were valied at

owned other property from coast to coast.

Strangely enough, Astor's last) big real estate venture foundered for lack of financing. In 1956 he announced plans for a $75,000,000 Park Avenue business develop-

ment, but the project had to be shelved. Astor’ fortune came down to

him through “four generations. His great-great-grandfather, John Jacob Astor, a German butcher's son, came to the United States in 1784 with $2.4 in his pocket. On this slender base he accumulated a fortune as a fur trader and in- | vested it in real‘ estate.

RICHEST BOY IN WORLD Vincent Astor inherited $75,000,- 000 at the age of 20 from his father. also named John Jacob Astor. who went down in the sink.

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OTTAWA (Special) —Canadian

‘Outmoded’ Credit System oe Farmers, Claims’

-| agriculture is laboring under a} duction

ed” credit program, a Conserva- tive MP from Prince Edward Is- land has charged in the Com-

John A. Macdonald, who rep- resents Kings riding, spoke in support of a private MP’s re sdiution urging the government t® establish an agriculture and fisheries development bank. Such a bank would make available enough capital so primary pro- ducers could make capital im- ere eens & Sees

both English and French declar- ed it was necessary for the ben- efit of the Canadian economy that “‘we have a much improved credit system.” This, he added, should provitie*tetter intermed- iate, long and short term credit facilities for farmers.

1 SHARPLY CRITICAL

The Cardigan businessman was sharply critical of the move in Canada toward “vertical inte- gration” in agriculture, and said it was something that should be “greatly abhored.”” Most farmers were intering into those arrange-

since the rise will be offset by |

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essary for them to have “better credit facilities.” This applied not only to the fishermen but also to the packer. The packer’s

Dulles te Ske Berlin Parley

WASHINGTON (CP) — State Secretary Dulles flew to Europe Tuesday to try to arrange a big four meeting with Russia on the German crisis.

“I hope,” he said, ‘that some long overdue progress can be made in this respect.” ‘

Dulles’ target date for such-a session appeared to be sometime in late April or early May. This would be after the Atlantic Pact meetings here April 2-4, and be- fore the May 27 date set by Rus- sia for handing East Berlin over to the German Communists.

CONFERS WITH IKE

Dulles said he and President Eisenhower are convinced that “my persona! and intimate talks” with officials at Loncon, Paris and Bonn will unite the

THE LATE MR. “the richest boy in the world.”

ASTOR

Despite three marriages. Vis- cent Astor died childless. Much of his fortune is expected to go to a foundation he set up-for the alleviation of human suffering.

One of the original Astor de- seendants, Waldorf Astor, moved to Exgiand some 60 years ago.

West behind a common policy to- ward the Soviet threat.

Dulles and his advisers left after Dulles had ended a 4-min- ute consultation with Eisenhower at the White House. The secre- tary will be away for about a week. ;

But it seemed clear he had some general ideas to try out on the British, French and West German leaders.

Dulles shrugged off a reporter's

Dulles told reporters he was taking nothing specific in the way of counter-proposals to Soviet de- mands that the Allies pull out of West Berlin and join in a Gérman- peace conference. question about differences among the Allies, especially reported French objections to meeting with Russia before May 27.

One Of Richest Landlords Succumbs To Heart Attack

known known member ‘of the English family is: probably Lady Astor, who was the first woman mem- ber of Parliament.

William Vincent Astor — he

*| dropped the first name early in _| life—was born in the Astor New =| York mansion at 3th Street and

Fifth “Avenue. It was there that the capacity of his grandmother's ballroom in the gay nineties gave rise tothe term that distinguishes the elite of society. The room held 400 guests—and those invited to her functions were tagged ‘‘the

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

The Astor mansion later gave way to the original Waldorf-As- toria Hotel which Vincent Astor owned for a time. It now is the site of the Empire State Building.

As a boy, it had been Astor's ambition to be a sea capitain. He seitied instead for naval service in two world wars and a carcer as an ardent yachtsman. His Nourmialal Was for years one of the best-known yacht afloat.

Astor is survived by his third wife, the former Mrs. Brooke Russell Marshall, a daughter of a former commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. Kt was the third

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Commissioners of the oe of Parkdale were

last night to investigate the — of installing fluoridation equip- ment and, if it is economically feasible, to have such equipment installed.

A resolution dealing with

fluoridation was moved by Dr. J. I. Higgins, seconded by Mrs. Edwin Cook and passed without a dissenting vote at the annual meeting of the ratepayers of .| Parkdale held in the Commun- ity Hall. The Parkdale meeting was one of 15 annual meetings held last night in villages throughout Prince Edward Island.

The resolution read as follows: “That the village on-

Parkdale Ratepayers

ers be empowered to investigate costs of installing fluoridation

HALIFAX (CP)—Léading Mar-: itimes fish and Jumber exporters agree that you usually get what you pay for.

That's their answer fo recent criticism of Maritimes products by West Indies businessmen. The just-completed’ Canadian trade mission to The West Indies was told by local businessmen that the quality of fish and lum- ber shipped from the Maritimes was inferior and — improperly graded.

“DUMPING GROUND”

One West Indian importer, Frank Proverbs of Bridgetown, snapped:

“For years we have been the) dumping ground for the worst f ish available.”

R. F. Johnson of Halifax, sec- ronary-eeenetet of the Atlantic di- vision\ of the Canadian Salt Fish Exporters, said “I certainly won't agree entirely with that."

“Never in my knowledge’ has The West Indies been prepared to pay a competitive price.’’ All ex- ported fish was government-in- spected and ‘‘nothing that comes out of the Maritimes is inedible.” West Indian importers “only get what they pay for.”

Lumberman C. G. McGrathy managing director of MacCul-

Lumber And Fish Exporters Reply To West Indies Beefs

(Halifax) Limited, said that

Supplementary Estimates - Are Debated In Commons

OTTAWA (CP) — Agriculture Minister Harkness indicated Tuesday that the federal govern- ment may be prepared to enter into a plan with the provinces and municipalities to pay com- pensation to farmers who lost cattle through rabies infection.

He gave this indication after Eric Winkler (PC—Grey-Bruce) proposed in the Commons that a flat sum be paid as compensation

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equipment for our community water supply, and if it be eco- nomically feasible, such equip- ment to be installed.”

Ian Webster was re-elected to another term of office and Frank MacDonald was elected, replacing retiring commissioner Dr. J. 1. Higgins.

COMMITTEE NAMED

A community planning com- mittee was elected as follows: Edwin Cook, chairman, Henry Douglas, Mrs. Lester Johnston, William MacLeod and Arthur Myers. George Newman was ap- pointed serviceman for the vil-

e. ae resolutions passed in- cluded one empowering the com- missioners to enter into a 10

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if importers are specific about what they want “we can nor- mally get it.”

MacCulloch’s exports pine to a

Barbados buyer. “It’s a good market,”” Mr. McGrath said, and importers could be sure of good quality if they dealt with larger mills. “D. R: Arklie, a large Halifax tumber dealer who lost his West Indies market seven years ago because of “‘the problem of hard currency,” said “I would imagine they get what they bought.”

He said during the war years when his firm shipped as much as 2,000,000 board feet, mostly white pine, to West Indies buy- ers annually, there were no dif- | ficulties.

His firm maintains its contacts with The West Indies and ‘‘we're still interested in getting back the market.”

Colin McKay, who operates the McKay Lumber Company of Saint John, N.~. said “We haven't done business with the West Indies in 50 years—we're not interested.”

BBC HEARINGS

OTTAWA (CP)—The Board of Broadcast Governors will hold its next public hearings on broad- casting applications here starting March 16, it was announced

Tuesday.

with the federal, provincial and munic.pal governments each ab- sorbing one-third of the cost.

Mr. Harkness also said during debate on supplementary spend- ing estimates that the number of animals ‘ alleged to have died from rabies has been “very much exaggerated.

The supplementary estimates | of $27,954,667, announced Friday by Finance Minister Fleming, boosted the governments budget- ary spending for the fiscal year ending March 31 to an all-time high of $6,324,070,310. They im cluded an of $400,- 000 for compensation for animals slaughtered because of disease, which the Commons approved.

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS

Earliér, cabinet ministers made two major announcements:

1. Finance Minister Fleming said the government has as- sumed Ontarios one-third share of financing the Crown - built Northern Ontario section of the Trans-Canada natural gas pipe- line.

2. Justice Minister Fulton, re- porting on his Jan. 29 Washington meeting with U.S. Attorney-Gen- eral Rogers, said Canada and the United States still are at odds ia

trust companies. oo hep ed aa to prior consultation on such is- sues in future.

In the estimates debate, Mr. Winklers bid for some form of , for animals lost

lers suggestion ‘ ‘seems a reason able one. If the provinces and the municipalities wished to pre- pose it the federal government would be prepared “‘to look at & very seriously.

However, oe Bee wet 2? ceived any proposals along this line from provincial or municipal authorities.

FIGURES SUPPQRT CLAIM

In support of his contention that rabies figures are exaggerated, the minister said that from April 1 to Dec. 31 last year 2,024 ani- mals died of the infection in Can- ada. Of these, 978 were domestic animals.

Mr. Harkness said thousands of head of cattle die in Canada every year. If the government was required to pay compensa- tion for one form of death it would be called upon to pay sim- ilar compensation for other causes.

The Animal Contagious Dis eases Act provided compensation to eradicate contagious diseases among cattle. Rabies did not fall into that category.

He said his department has stepped up greatly its program for the elimination of tuberculosis and brucellosis among cattle. This became necessary last No- vember as a result of strict U.S. regulations barring imports of cattle with the disease.

The Commons aiso approved an extra $2,500,000 for freight subsidies on praine feed | grain

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miles south of Owen Sound. The trains backed into each other, causing derailment ef diesel

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a railway worker jumped clear of the caboose just in time. ( Phoetel