If It's Good For The lslancl The Guardian Is For It
who (promotion
“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The
Authorised ll Second Clue Department.
VOL. LXXVll. NO. 92
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Elementary School entered in the Shoemaker's Grout) Dance at the Provincial nee
Pondering the situation is pretty Debra Hooper. one of the contestants for Parkrfnlc
‘K'ShoweredWi’rb Honors, . 7 0th BirthdayAnniversary”
MOSCOW iAPt Premier; for the birthday Khrushchev was showered with‘ honors on his 70th birthday Fl‘l-v day and in return promised to i cam . continue to serve the Soviet peo- I the birthday party. ple and world communism al—jthe ceremony was though he is at an age when a man “hasn‘t much time left." With Soviet officials and l‘Iasl. ern bloc leaders gathered about him in the Kremlin. the pre— mier said despite the ideologi-
it was only ration
1 Poison Sheets Being Sought
cal conflict with Red ('hiiia tlte road always will left open “for a rapprochement alld llft-i \.‘\N(.0U\.ER (CPI _ Modi- "f'r'aml'tl M"? “I'll ill“? m cat authorities have launched a a break m mamms “m N" search throughout British Co«
king. be sai(. These were words that many of tits supporters in the Eastern
Iumbia for a shipment of red
with a toxic poison.
bloc wanted in hear. for they t‘car that a Soviet - pi-npo-m‘ Two young boys known '0' showdown m e of i n g on fled haw absorbed the poison into (him would cleaie the world i mm. syslcm “.ch in mmas for iglrsmmml mnvmmn how“ 18 hours. Doctors said the poo; tions 3 rpzl1npv finighf‘d. V ‘ I I. .V ison was identified just in timel Khrushchev walkc up to the RF“ Um)" 5 3‘19"? 1“""9'lg' It to save their lives. microphone. In front of telew- fl‘llusllldpler‘i’ 5 Elliott“. Dr. Lewis Anderson. medicali sinn cameras he delivered his 'm m 1 a'v “100 mg; ha) 5 health officer in North Vancou-i quiet little bounty on hard wort: RV BERNIE BMNE
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their argument was only
. ver. said Friday the flannclette‘
or payment. cl pol
CONresrlinriiil SHOEMAKER’S DANCE
‘ television. Khrushchev‘s voice ‘
sheets from Belgium stained}
MI" by the Post Office I
l [e I. cub
[Is Snarled By Storm
‘ By BERNARD RAINF.
. Forecast as sunny with a few cloudy patches late Thursday night a freak sonw'storm struck Prince Edward Island disrupt- ing rail, air and road traffic and piling dl‘l‘ltS high in many reas
Four inches of wet heavy snow were reported by the Charlottetown Arit‘portt radiio range. driving by winds from the north-northwest at 40-55 mph. with recorded gusts as high as 70 mph yesterday morning.
All main roads with the ex- ccplion of the one from Char- lottetown to Borden were bloc - ed with heavy drifts and wet. slippery snow. The plow dis- patcher said last night that 30
dismantled for the changeover were in the process of being (lisma‘nteld, for the changeover to summer work equipmrni and the work force for the snow cut nearly in half. STUCK IN ML'D
No plows were out la~t night. but the wind was dropping as forecast and plows would out as soon as conditions woul
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expected to be open by this morning. The dispatcher re. ported that there was nothing that could be done \viti
inigllf last. ‘ three machines which were now inoperable because they were . in the mild on a clay I‘llflfl. He also said there were number of abandoned cars on the highways. ’l'ile CNR reported la~t night at the Borden train was two hours late because of slow switching in the storm, and clays loading trucks on the ’ due to slippery (‘ulldlv
Festival The competition runs through tonight.
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. RCMP reported one minor ac- ! was- lmv‘ and a “pig who‘amei‘ (.‘lflt‘I‘l, and noemergencws. ‘ fro so much recent speaking”i ' reported no accrdents or em
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Those around him seemed far more gay than the premier. But he was by no means sad and once e h u e kl e d in remark»
ing how much talking he was=1~itl" _ oiiig I were reported in suburban ‘ areas. A few plows \vere out
The homin on age and con- finuing to serve came after President Leonid Brezhnev pinned to Klirushchev‘s coati front the highest Soviet award of hero of the Soviet Union. award carries two medals. lll ‘ Order of Lenin and Gold Star. 1 Burley. black-browed Brezh-
in the outskirts clearing drifts.
' rowan BLACKOUTS Widespread power blackouts
’were reported by
;Fleclric Ltd. as soft groun
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CHARLOTTETOWHfOXHAOA, SK'rURTiA'l.
Dew "
APRIL is. 1961
SET
poi '-tiat n1
budget speech Friday amid
d
lAPPARENTLY ALL
WEATHER
(‘leal'ing this morning winds
cloudy intervals,
. sunny and mild. west 20. LOW-
high, 25 and 55. Sunday; sunny.
NOT ‘l H
wont: SEVEN (TENTS
l2 PAGES
Formula Of Compromise Expected On Pensions
Quebec Is Seen
Winning Point 1
QUEBEC ‘CPt—Pl'emlcr |.e- sage announced the date of his
Quebec has I bush-hush ions with the federal ent.
Ir. Lesage has held
icatlons
=
;\ percent of the plows used by the l budget speech pending
llI-
, , S 'n
fiscal nego-
govern-
the out-
up
3
.‘come of lhe negotiations hastily started after the federal-provin-
permil, and all main roads were ,
C
the beginning of the month.
ial fiscal conference
here at
Stolen Money Still Missing
.\\‘l,l-.'SBUR Y
$fwo defendants ‘ ain‘s great train robhe were jailed Friday.
‘ know motley. 300.000! :nw-fn-Ltmdnn mail
:"PCfS ilt Charlottetown were1 ‘ slush but all “(we pas-‘ lluu'sday for 30 years u some WW “MW (Mi-LS Two others got 25 years each.
island Roads Blocked
Maritime . .' ‘ tContinued on page 3. col. 7) I manfic notions of dare-devilry.
still happened
Detectives what
taken from th
wanted 0f the £2.t300.000
train
HIP \r—Jl‘llt‘ last
in Brlt~ ry trial
to the 1y], (Has- last
to
F‘
.\ugusf only £336.5a4 has been
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t
The Charlottetown'ci'ty policci bars,
' ‘ SFTICV nor 30 YEARS
one 24 years, one 20 years and
ecoveret‘l. Police believe the hill aid is still in Britain
k of the
on Frid ay Walter Albert Smith, 33, of London, was jailed
three years for r money. and Mar 0 i
one year on th larges.
Roth pleaded guilty. Fourteen men connee lie robbery. now. are.
Seven were sent to
’WITH MANY GROWING PAIN’SS'
aso of London.
cccivulg tin Hal- was 9 same
fed into behind
prison
another three years 1 Mr Justice Edmund Dawes Vi said:
“This is- nothing less than a sordid crime of violence in spil'tfl by vast greed. Let us .cleai out of the way ally ro-
’I‘he premier said he will make his speech the morning of Friday. April 24.
\Vlulp he refused to comment
on the outcome of tal's with the federal government. the premier bad a jauuty air de-
spiu- the fact he is fighting off lllP flu.
Ql'l‘IllEf’ SAID WINNER
()ne government source said Quebec had won its point ll‘ the negotiations. But other than l h a t, provincial government sources remained tighhlippcd. as lllt‘_\' have since negotiations beL'lm.
The talks. which took place by phone and in both capitals. are believed to have dealt with pension plans and tax-sharing. .\lr .esaue has called .‘I 'l"f‘SS conference for late \loiiday, perhaps to make an aunt ment about the same time as Prime Minister Pearson.
The talks starter] after Pre- mier Lesnge raised possi- bllify of double taxation in the province since the government's
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demands for more tax powers weren't met at the fiscal con fereilce. He said Ottawa
would be to blame if double tax- ation was enforce .
It is believed ill some Quebec political circles the federal lib- erals feared the effects of dou- ble taxation on any federal elee. timi.
l’JOHN A.’ PLAY
PM Suggests ‘ ‘Happy Result'
TO RUN HERE
HALIFAX '(‘Pt Theatre will open summer season here June :56 with a new ('auail'all comedy written by Canadian :u-for playwright 'I‘oniiny 'l"tc_‘(t.
"be p ay, ".lolin .\ Roots The Devil" - a comedy abolt
\V'pfime
g“.
n 3
Sir John A, Mat-(lonald and the problems of forging con federation ~~ will open a re- pel‘luire of ilftys to be
presented llll> summer by the Neptune players.
“John A. Beats The l)cvll‘ will run at the t'olitcrlci“il.'orl Centennial Theatre in (‘.::u‘- lottetown June 8-22, as part of Prince Edward Island's i-cle» liralions of the first nlec'ing of the Fathers of Confedera- tion in Charlottetown in 1364.
By JAMES NELSOV
()'|"l‘.\\\'.\ I('P .\ ilcw coul- promise federal-prim.ucial cun- tributoi'y retiremcni pt'llslImQ plan apparently is at set. bill for the signing. scaling and dc- liveriug.
Prime \linister in the Commons Friday he ‘Hll announce ;\l o n d a) what he hopes is "the happy result" of
I'cal'soi‘. s'liil
intensive top—secret negotiations-
between Ottawa and Qucbec, and wilh the other provinces”- including Ontario.
A highly-placed :oicriiniciil source said ttffawa and Quebec now see eye-to—cye on the de-
GlANDULAR SURGERY
’ De Gaulle' Is Said Satisfactory
PARIS fAPi President de (iaulle underwent surgery l-‘i‘i- ay for prostate gland dis— ease. A bulletin signed by three doctors describe the 73—year— old president’s condition after- ward as "very satisfactory."
A communirule issued at the
;N.B. Highway Flooded,
y THE CANADIAN PRESS Water‘spilling over the banks of the Nashw'ask River near Marysville. .\‘.B., poured over a highway and ice pans Friday threatened to rip out a bridge
‘ nev grabbed the premier by the shoulders. gave him a big Rus-
l
SPEECH DEDIVERED 1 When the flowery congrafulm
as me mm m happim‘ss‘ ll "A country. born by accident
nnrarv. l‘lVOII so. Moscow radio. " . ' - . v ~ ' ‘ o 'l sieech bare! five minutes .‘ _ . V was slow in reporting the tiles l “"09" “N0 bl‘lnfhl bl" Vane “ . (tum 5’ Ham Heated as a {oundhng m time. "H {mm “New y s p‘ ' irfs parents. alld now an awk—
And as Khrushchev spoke. the adolescent Al’lll‘: Chinese Comm nist newspaper .. owning DarlinS. is now if 'l'a Kung Pao of Hon" Kong Mauus bong. professor 0
Big Improvement
philosophy at the University of
r ~.'. , .. - if: 1&2?me 13:11:35 Toronto described Canada and sonal attack on Mao and otner ilti pro ems as a nation and t‘hincse leaders in a speecu repute. tooa’. I 1 V Wednesday n a r a y v-peaklng at tile my: or (an- adian Club reeling at t lt‘ ‘,(Ti-ariottetown Hotel last it :ht
IMPORTANT MEETING
ll was atmosphere ol‘ clash that the gathering of the Communist clan so im- portant. even though ostensibly 4.
By STEPHEN SCOTT l VANCOUVER 'CP‘m—leflda s (Hill-mile test of skill audit;
Magazines Returning
lo Newsstands Here ~
cations in I962 says he will re- new his fight in the courts. Playboy was one of about 80
HALIFAX it'lPl m Playboy and other magazines of its type
will return to the newsstands in
Nm'a Scuba and Prince Edward publications re m o v e d from “land next week after an ab- .‘ova Seotia newsstands In some of almost two years .lilne. 1962. when I'tev. ri‘.V
Charles Marshall. managing R o c k W 0 0 d. Ham“ ""d‘"
preacher. threatened court ac-
dll'cctor of If. H. Marshall Ltd. ' ‘ tioii on obscenity charges. Sonic
the Maritimes largest magazme
II distributor. announced Friday paperback books alld "scandal that his firm will resume dis- weeklies were Inclltdf‘d- tribution of the publications Friday Mr. Rockwood ac- wilhin a few days. They were ' (ust‘rl Vii: \larsball of breakim: “ithdrawn from sale in June. a "gentleman's agreement not 1962 m mgn'ihute leilniii publie'-
tions. He said. "we plan to take definite legal action against the .rcturn f these magazines on the newsstands of the provrnce.
.\Ir Marshall said the shift in policy results from a recent de- cision of the Supreme (“not of
Canada tn a Manitoba m“. in_ "(‘ldVlnR drnannzmosf "‘7 a; M P . m , S o
i"'5h3v". unafraid INSIDE TODAY
moust they were not obscene'
in terms of the Criminal Code. i Births. delith . . . . . .. 3. ll About 80 Cnifed States and: Classifte . M. I; mnadlan publications were rc-‘ ('omtcs . . . . . . - . .. . moved from sale here in mm. Finance. markets 12 after a local radio preacher,l Sport 2 Rev Perry 12 ood. threat-t Edttorlal! ......... ' cited to launch court action. Kings. Queens. C“! FIGHT PLANNED Summersi o . :
The. gospel preacher who in- Women's
‘tilated removal of the publioi
,.
Dr. Loni: said that Canada is a place of beauty bsuig torn through a siu- limit by injustice. hillt‘l‘fif'ss and prejudice.
durance of autos and drivers 1; coming of age.
It has passe pid stage when it was a "prom-
enade touristiquc" and in a few He said that in 'Cilllntld. the yars will be comparable with ‘ country '. suffering from a some of the best rallies in that split DOI‘SOI‘I‘alllY \\'.’lftlll‘n a tan-
.CtIIILZG‘. and customs barrier and in its period of adolescence is it a troublesome and dangcr- o i time.
In this country the trouble- :.ome adolescence period can be traced to a troublesome childhood. which is perhaps the
The assessment was made. Friday by Olivier Gendebien of ‘ Belgium. one of the most mous drivers in the world who: is participating for the second. time in the six-day \‘ancouvel-
Montreal rally that starts Lo- " night. i t
Gendeb'en's outspoken assess French monorn-ihy which first ment of last year's stupid rally pins-vessed it paid ittle afmnt- is reported to have been influ- ‘ lift to it and then the British ential in the toughening of roll. itreated in a similar lllnilllt‘I‘ ulations this year and tltt‘ inscl~ I without i'ea'izing it. l)t'.‘ill_' lak- tion of speed tests. cn tip with European v as
He said last year checkpointsl Illslin'ians Mscrret spots along the rouleyimlcpcudcnce past which drivers must. pass at. [ion at as birth as a precisely the correct rid England of much land embarasun-eiu.
i said. ‘We cannot blame them frtr
t‘xlit‘llsl‘ ltl'. frog facturers were pcrmifte change an engine of a car each
day if they deSIrcdr The rally‘lack of intctcst becau' they was a test of neither car nor could or I ha 'e seen in fliti? the driver. ‘niagnitlcent prospects of this
WILL BE TOUGHEST country in the Future." be add» This year rally organizers say t .
that because of weather condl-‘ SET‘ESSION THREAT
tions and new regulations the‘ He said secession has threat-
rally will be the toughest held [ encd Canada since confedera—
‘in its four-year history. ilion was conceived. It is safe
The rally has attracted dl'l'-;l0 say that Canada was not ers from Europe and Norfh;born in last but rather in [776 America. some of whom rcqw'ilcn the American Colonies
‘ cently participated in the famed ‘ successfully revolted. Dr. Long iMonte Carlo Rally. Sixty-one ruled that tears will leave tonight on a
gruelling journey during which worud not have been born. they will be on avement less Plato. he pointed out. said there ‘ , than to per cent of the time. is a need for an enemy with ‘
States it. is likely that Canada 3 l professor of philosophy at the
foul.
key l3) Canada‘s problems. The.
without. the United.
2|
unity
to promote. country.
artist"? canada lS AWdefd gests To to
within ‘
The root of Canada's present problem ltr, fling said is fail-
Canadian
ure to achieve .1 identity and an unwillingness to1 make a measure of ‘
unity
be—
cause of negative attitudes. He said the past was to b
u
o »
built t
Adolescent’
cal Group i
not to be lived on 1 c said there are in Canada three groups; the French. the Eli-,1"ish and the new Cana- dians of many dif‘ferent naitiona titties.
'lilcre are about one third of the population iii Canada who tContinucd on page 3. col. 3tl
on H
after heavy spring raiiis hit the area Thursday.
Meanwhile. Prince Edward Island was digging out from be- neath four inches of snow which blocked all main roads and dis- rupted power and communica- tion servicEs and high winds damaged fishing gear in north- ern Nova Scotia.
The fin ig in central Brunswick resulted from d a y s of precipitation brought two inches of rain softened heavy ice in the \vask i ' in:
New two which . This Nash— R\er. sending ice crash- into a jam at the Marys- ville Bridge.
The jam was pressing danger.
:ously at the base of the struc-
ture and traffic was halted. Steel supports of the bridge were bent and town officials had fears that another jam, \\’lll(l1 broke a few' miles up river. would sweep it away.
' bridge reported
shifted about eight. inches at one C
5 Condition
Elysee Palace was stgnf‘d by Professor Pierre Aboulker. Dr. Roger Parli r and Dr. Jean Lassner.
Aboulker, one leading urologists
of
lier and Lassner
France‘s compromise pending \lr. performed the operation. assisted by.Par-
ll‘rlRln the
trails ’f‘hey are almml to bc eagerly accepted by other provinces.
'l'ol‘fitlfm l’l'mi-"r liohat'ls said he has rcceivcrl details of thc plan. which hr described as ‘ progression that i: very The details will b9 Queen's Park met
heartenul: " studied at
tile weekend.
lll Quebec t‘uy. Premier Ile- sage announcer! he will deliver nexl Friday his budget speech widelayerl by the hiatus which occurred iii pension: plan
\‘elopmr'llt earlier this month at the f't‘flt‘l‘ftlrpl‘tn'lllt‘lal premiers conference in Quebec position Leader Daniel Johnson said this means "good news" for Quebec.
MARI-l REPORT MONDAY In the House of Commons here. .\lr. Pearson said be Will definitely make a report on the l d
’1 3. O ‘5’
pensions negotiations ‘\ on ay. the meantime. he would loot reply directly to a nurstion
l by \‘llP loader Douglas on i w hethcr a whole new plan is . hem: worked out. nr merely
amendments to the already amended (‘anada Pension Plan.
The highly-placed source. de- clining to reveal details of the
son's statement Monday. both 0 t t a w a and Quebec. yielded some points in their
The announcement did not dis. original positions.
t'lO-‘e tltt> length 0 t P Opvl'a-l Ottawa‘s Canada Pension ‘tion. but some well - informed. Plan was based on inntrihu. ‘SOUN'E’S Said it lam-Vt 35 lfing tions of two per cent of earn- as an hour and 50 minutes. ings Up in the $4.500.3.ypar The announct‘ment was not‘ mop paying mommy benefits ‘released until fmosi 12 hours‘ or $7", p, ginglp rplirnd rpcini. ‘after the operation had begun.t ems an” m Vim-5' “uh ppm. I'l‘be president went illto the ms {0,- mmvwnrg a. 33,. (,5. .operation room shortly after 8 am. and the medical bulletin BENEFITS FOR \\'II)OWS
was not released until just be- " i.m.
fore . Long before that the news had spread throughout th 9
world. The delay in making the official announcement was said to have been ordered by de Gaullt'.
WENT OFF PERFECTIN One authorized source “everything went off perfectly. source said that medical bulletins will be
said
2 '1‘
daily
Quebecs provincial plan called for contributions of two to four per cent of earnings over the first sumo income a year. paying monthly benefits of $123 after 20 years with SUI" vivor benefits for widows at. any all". and
Reports from Quebec
Toronto indicated the compro-
mise plan involves federal-pro- vinein shared-cost programs a! well as the contributory retire-
issued over the neyt three days. E ment pensions plans.
Policemen Slain In Remote Area
l..\\\'Rl‘I\‘t‘lC\'ll.l.I‘Z. Ca. MP) Three policemen were hand- cuffed together and slio‘ to
death in a remote wooded area
Universuy of Toronto.
DR. MARCUS LONG. left. analyst and mmmenttor,
ne “'8
5
chats with the vice president
of the Canadian Club. H. L.
a“; -
Palmer. QC. and Mrs. Palmer prior to the dinner mcctln! Friday at which Dr. Long was
,I
guest speaker. He spoke. on "Canada. The Awkward Adol— escent“ 4' meetin: was at the Charlottetown Hotel.
' early
= ' mission
Friday attcr they appat’w enily surprised a gang of car 'es. Ironically, the T w l n n e, t! t'ounty officers were 011 a mercy t the time. Go of them was ill and the other two were taking him me All three were married and two of them had children.
“the greatest trag- edy we‘ve ever had."
The bodies of Jerry R, v-
28: Ralph K. Dams. 4.. .I. V, Gravitt. 52. were ifound in a grim lie in an area about 15 miles northeast of At~ lanta.
Investigators said indications were the men died from bullets fired from their own pistols. were bullet wounds in * heads and stomachs.
The FBI said autopsies would have to be performed to deter-
mine whether the ofticers' pis- tols were used. but all three weapons were missing
‘ agents were assisting with ti‘cllliical aspects of the once but police. sheriff's offl-
.cer~ and Georgia Bureau of In- vestigation agentK were han- dling the inicstignlinn
Plane Blown
Off Runway ' Sl'\t.\ll7RSlltFI, rm rep)- An Eastern Airways plane was blown off a runway as it was landing here on a flight from Charlottetown to There were no injuries passengers and members were aboard plane
An EPA official At Mont-Ion said the plane had ouched I down when a strong cross Wind ‘made it veer off the runway. lThe plane's wheels buzzed ldown in soft mud.
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