It It's Good For The lsland The Guardian Is For It
VOL. till “"h'ml'tt is Second (‘laal Mail n I m
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“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”
CHARLO’I‘TETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY. APRIL
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Mayor A Wallhen (iaudet dure In: the sessions of tlle annual Gaudel; Mrs. R. Earle \lne
PROVINCIAL IODrE HOLDS ANNUAL
lllembers of the new exerti- meeting which was held here ,1”. of it”. provincial (ah-(m, Saturday at the. Charlottetown . . Hotel. From the left are: .\lrs. t o t. i h * . . m r hr [GDP P a. “"h .l.l\. Ellis. provincial standard bearer. Suntmersidc; Mayor
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Ilonald. past president. Char- lottetown: and Miss Wanda Wyatt. new provincial pre- stdcnt. Sunimerside. ISec,
story on page S.)
' ‘ ,' ‘ n . . . . . ‘ ngh'mg m we Koyre la “12:; Prem Stngh Gyani. an Indian.
DELEGATES EXPLAIN PROJECTS
3 Provinces Sign Agreements
With Federal Gov’t
By GEOFF ’rliRNBtju, inee will be In the vlclnltv of Other projects commanding Nova Scolia. N’ew Brunswick $27 million. of which Quebec will federal aid include the Youth lil'd. There is Tray e1 program. ihrough which 'red a program about 25.000 younig Canadians said he w radians in north~ will travel in order to get ' ..r§_..zln1.b. ter idea of the rest of Can- h, h
and Newfoundland signed owner 3‘ ‘9‘35‘ 0 fomial agreements with the fed’5;also '0 hf‘ t‘ eral government In ‘ Charlotte-t0? ESklm“ 3“- torwn Saturday through which-01'“ Quebec ' each promnco will receive 2
memorate Centennia Dalhnusie University In
'lhis figure. totalling 5}
zoom. . . . . ‘2‘ 000. along with the mummy) am Scot'a. a (mvernment Buildui
pounced at the same mm. to in New Brunswlck. and ten cover “residual protects." brings I: the total federal estimate of ex- mundland'
For '67
m... .Prcnram: “ff mp “we? mm a a; special sports awards: Nat ' w ' ' . 2‘ ~. ' ' ‘ i not Awards to th Art (to 000 for memorial piolectgs to com. mites that. signed the agreement :l’mplemflm me raweermr SGOW
7- include a Science Building for‘ ' '
d.‘ a. .,
mmmumly comm“ '“ 39““ and the commissioning of work: ~+f'lllptlll‘f’. paintings, etc. — by ‘53 .
petiditure) for the Centennial to Alberta and RF are planning Canadians.
$100,000.“ a
. T c ot or expenses each a rc/vincial museum and
which make up the total aretai'clu‘ves. while Manitoba is cent- h. '
5% '.§ 1‘ L, 3
estimate of 5.6.0000“) to be used icipal parks. In making Ottawa "worthy of a national Capital."
which will be undertaken wtm'aiid construct new on
the aid of the federal grant. l'nder the heading of residual
AMBITIOL‘S PROGRAM , Quebec has what appears to be the . ambitious prcgrain. Hon Bona Arsenault. QC. pro~
will be butlt across the prov--
lottetown late In August tlii
of about $300000. He said that vcnr to take part in P.F2.l. cel-
_ "dollar per ring us e ci-ts on a large-scale gants program and the program of provincial and mum-
itcms. Seven. million dollars has {0 been set aside for the Confcd- tcl‘ip mics. oration Train and Caravans, . . while an undisclosed amount will. gilltlzl‘durl‘felfl’l} for Quebec. angh, “SM [0,. W. conversion of the under consideration IS the al- oun at .10 cultural centres ivaTakm. COS Emmi Lamimp falling of. over $12,000 to librar- to resemble the SS Victoria. It 1““ . . . .
“I” m“ from Quobfl. ,0 char, the Confederation period to turn srons Im the ground; nine < up material useful in '57 cele- iairons — and to preserve the
act a touring
add. and a National Centre. a
menrmin: A,“ m be bum in and hover about 20 feet off the
The entire countrv is being cii- Ottawa.
couraged by the Comiiilsslcn to
, press "mm-(amp in gm. participate In a "beautify the. Basilica Recreation Centre on Nilll'm" 50hme “ tho S-Tnallt‘sl
Saturday evening delegates from hamlet; and the largest cities I
most of the provinces Manipulate being urecd to “paint their
filed on the memorial pref:qu houses. clean up old buildings. "10
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9* emu-n.“ “in be made by Boy,'tltat. neither White. Sands nor Secretary of State and ministet'.talzne made pub]
‘ or responsible for Centennial eels-3 Cabinet-s confirrnatjnn of a pro-
brations. clarified to a certainrposai c
graves Fathers of
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papers for future generations.
Zamora. eral Turkish townie...
m If ’3 :3-
gli-way late Saturday when chine-gun and we eard what he thought. was » . explosion. He said be firm-
eral's Awtards in llitul'atltl‘el;.'
special commemorative madal-z U y .
lions atid coinage: technical as-; l 53“ “V” “SUITS '" “'th
sistanee for memorial projects:
5 like mechanics wear." Zamora id
The government will also con- "al of Per-
formim. Arts ,0 visit across Cami a “brilliant white metal object
Awards and encouragement rather than direct subsidies will re emphasized in a program for he writing of local histonies in I all the provinces. Recognition of ‘W‘fi'lz‘latfi‘d.
Confed ‘
. - I. . Scout groups and residences ofyHtllloman ptoiec s comes a miscellany of those Fathers will be considered; mission at the time of the re.- l‘ conversion into national hns— ported occurrence. that cwm- extent his role. in a n
One rather Interesting project
lf'l‘O-tllm newspapers of spaced wedge - shaped impres-. to ample of federal aid is the . as four corners $1800.0th grant for use in the. is making available the (‘CGS construction of the Fathers of Ernest Lapointe. whicn ls of
the total contribution of the prov- chraticns.
Canada's Best Known Poet
Dies In Toronto At Age 81 i
TORONTO I(7P'—--l“. .l t‘\edt Pratt. Canada's best known poet. died Sunday at the atZe of
'I‘ Newfoundland - horn writer tried a variety of ca- reers before he turned to DO-
lished a book but fame came last as his powerful poems of‘ the sea struck sparks on men‘s souls throughout the. world. '
He produced Ill volumes of poetry, His last work. Landfall Ahead. was commissioned by the CBC and written in 1959 to honor Queen Elizabeth's trip to Canada to open the St. Law- rence Seaway.
Hardening of the arteries and Glaucoma troubled trim in last days but his mind re- mained clear as he lay in his central Toronto apartment and listened to his wife Viola as she read to him.
His own writing ranged from brief lyrics to long. eloquent sea epics. The shorter poems arel smog and finely cliis: Ecr' ut , . -- .. his reputation and his followm: '"w.ll('(nlatl}: i It "l1: ePt‘nded on the sustained cn« "aw-m “1.0" sac 'c » 4 orgy of the smry‘pmm‘ such tegrrty of craftsmanship or (on. as The Roosevelt and :‘lel \u- mm'em wrlle iii/iii” “(1): . . . sa In 0 . -'- .‘~i ‘ ' tinoe. based on an incident of Nenly dose to it so that read-
Kea-herorsm. which bi‘oug‘i “- " rs. grasp could be widened to
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EJ. (NED) PRATT
. . ., e Inlernatlonal attention in 19nd. NM“ his meaning by me “at
e Witcihes' Rrew The Tl. ‘
' ' of his words themsebes. mm. and Brebou" Out of it youth and young WROTE EASILY manhood filled with hard work
"What will kill the new inter- came a tenacin that could be est in poetry is obswrenoss." satisfied With nothing else than be told a reporter recently He sustained power in the telling of always wrote lot. as hc pu it. a narrative and concise clarity the common man, and not for. in the expressmn of an idea.
well indicated by the sWilch. the. struggle of the 1,400 pas-
iceberr: the ship struck: And out there in the star-
light. with no trace U n it of its dead but
the last wave
From the Titanic fretting
at ills base. Silent. composed. by its lcy broods. ray shape with the l palaeollthic face i as still the master of l the longitudes. I Born Edwin John Pratt Feb.' 4. 111183. he was the son of Joint Pratt. a Methodist clergyman1 of Western Bay. Nfld . ahl‘lI Fanny Pratt. daughter of a sea captain. Third in a family:
ringed
leave school at the age of 15. was apprenticed to a clothing shop at a wage of $80: a year One of the earliest an- ecdotes told of the man. always
noted for his sense of humor.“
concerned an obese woman who ‘ asked him for a set of corsets. ‘The young clerk looked her
over and said: "Large. Ma-‘ ,. ¢
dam?
mots 'rnr. SALE ‘ i
She called for the manager, and demanded an apology. She; got it. Then as she struggled to get into a medium corset. Pratt‘ slyly affixed at "medium" label; :to the largest garment he had.
i tOonlimied on page 8 col. 0 l
inches Confe . ow
[Tougher Malaysian Policy
WEA
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Cloudy. becoming clear by evening. mild;
southwest winds l
3 shifting to north-
west. Low-high 35 and 5.3.
THAb
NOT “filial SEVEN CENTS
h "mi TREES"
On Indonesia Predicted
anucks Keep Watch On Greek-lurk Fight 1
NICOSIA (API—Greek-Cyp»' down riot fighters lobbe d mortar heights.
shells Sunday at medieval Saint Hilarion castle. held by Tur- kish-Cypriots battling to main- tain control of strategic Ky- ‘ renia Pass. l A United Nations spokesma said he did not know the ac- curacy of the fire directed from about 4.000 yards west of tne old crusader castle. a major tourist attraction.
Four Turks and one Greek have been killed in this latest
uu taintop positions west of tile pass and the defenders dug In
ltrolled the pass and blocked 1traffic on the road between jKyt‘f‘IllH. a northern port city. land Nicosia. Greek - Cypriots I tried to negotiate with the Tur- t kish-Cypriots on reopening the troad. but were not successful. ‘ UN helicopters and ground
1 patrols of Canadian UN troops
. ken. a close watch on me 5"”. After time out for a stint in 'n
ation But the UN forces ap- lpeared to be taking the. same ' attitude they did two weeks ago when tiring broke out on the east side of Kyrenia Pass. As Ion as no civilians were in- volde it was a case. of "let both sides have a go at It."
OUTPOSTS LOST
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morning as mprtaig’
Turkish-Cypriot quarter calling
Beverley Baxter d h t-l. ' argilpkisii-ggiiiirsiot’s have con- Dles In London
Beverley Baxter, politician. au- ‘ thnr and journalist. died in Lon-
He was to work again with
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Lord Second World War as controller of aircraft factory co-operaiion.
slayer Sunday beating his h 'the Side of his cel in Sheriff Brill Decker said was deliberate act."
{short story published “1 Mac- : Iean's Magazine. He went on to The Greeks knocked out sev‘ publish several major novels
‘ may. and also wrote a play ‘_ ma-I ‘ -hoed in London in 19429
Federal Govt to Aid In Re-Creating Voyage
The announced on the weekend was throuin the Centennial Commis- the $100,000 grant to the t" F‘ ground. It th<‘ll ill?“ eff '0 I'll? siori. is playing no small part Centennial Committee to aid in
d e r a I government
in helping P.E.I. make success- ful the summer '
Iy to Confederation. Maurice Lamontagne.
tugs of Centennial bodies over
Holder said there “new four the weekend.
One well-known by now ex-
nearing competion. Also.
the hos d
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Julian West of Oklahoma Ci!
64 commemora- ing this summer Army Capt. R. T. Holder of tioii of the conference. held here White Sands Missile Range, in- l00
. There is more being done than ."ears ago which led eventual- numgm however: At a press conference.
. umber of.voyage of the SS pared with or that could pro- press conferences held in mm mm carrying eight Confedera- reported." junction with the various meet-‘ “on i
1864
Fathers to Charlottetown h
The Department of 'l‘rausport
deration Memorial Centre. about the same 1
In The Titanic his style Isl after description of the shock,‘
.scngcrs. and the sinking. to thel
of eight. voung Ned had to!
Fire of unknown origin gul- ted a large wooden warehouse
a
S’SIDE AREHOUSE GUTTED BY FIRE
Driscoll. contained a body and paint shop and a furniture Storage area This picture was taken not long after fire-
men arrived and shows smoke
were not damaged. 'See. stnr) m. the Mutation
BRIDEGROOM USES ’CHUTE
OXFORD. England ttl’t- .lohn dropped in for his wed- dmg to .lill Saturday from a height of 3.000 feet. He used a parachute. landed safely in a mars and made it to the church in time
But when he stood up who .Iill Wren before the altar, his feet were still soaking.
Said John Murphy. 25, a factory worker and part-time parachute instructor: "Apart from .Iill. paracluiting is my best love and that is why I decided to jump to the wed- ding."
Two other guests came by parachute — best—man Terry O‘Gorman, 26. and Donald Griffiths. 24.
The bridegroom landed a few hundred yards from the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary. He went covered in mud to a waiting truck. There he changed into a suit with the carnation already ui place in the buttonhole. But with only three minutes to :o to the ceremony. there was no time to change his wet socks.
Jack Ruby Beats Head Against Cell
DALLKS 'Af‘l . (‘onrlemncd Jack Ruby was found earl again;
' 'iat
‘ Federal Liberal Chief In Que.
A guard restrained Ruby. who . ' was taken under heavy guard
fto a Dallas hospital for examl-. ‘ nation. Decker said.
a knot in his he
ial assass
Alaskans Expect . . .sla ,m n BIg Tour'st Year linct nrganizations_
JUNFAU MP: 7- Snapping hark 0|”?le "m" “Ht‘t'l‘ 0' ill? eration. at present the all-inclu- Good Friday earthquake. Alas— ka‘s tourist industry is prepar- ing for one of its biggest years
Checks of leading tour-book- tng agencies in Seattle. San Francisco and fins \ngeies~ if.- dicale the optimism is ‘l-
d
Tour facilities outside the south-central Alaska earthquake area were not damage .
’l‘_vpical of the \Iaskaus‘ con- fidence in their tourist future was this statement by the slate Chamber of Commerce:
"Alaska hasn't test any of her scenic attractions. so m e of have merer been i'car~ ranged. . . ."
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Rahman's Views
KUALA LIIMPIfR lReutei'w Malaysian Prime M I n i s te r Tunku Abdul Raliman was re- turned to power Sunday III a sweeping victory at the polls. He campaigned almost ex elusiver on a platform of de- fiance of Indonesia and won H9 of the m4 Malayan seats in the 159-membcr Malaysian Federal Parliament. smashing the oppo- sition in Malaya—most power- ftil state in the union. ()nly Malayan seats were at stake. : Observers said Raliman's vie ' tory might mean an even har- ,dcr line on Indonesia‘s "con- ‘ frontatioii" policy against the
Malaysia Federation linking the . former British territories 0|
Malaya. Singapore. Sarawak
and Sabah (formerly North ‘ Boi'nenl.
Indonesian President Sukarno has vowed to "crush" the fed-
eration for being a “pen-colon .
Ialist tool" of Britain. l possession in the Bornen states .of Sabah and Sarawak. Rah.
man now has IS seats in the. ' federal house. His personal nia- tjoriiy increased rom 7,490 to ‘ 11.647 in his oven constituency
IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS Rahman. who said in a Vie.
‘lory statement “to hell with Indonesia.“ told reporters the
With 36 seats already in his
,t\\n 11l'4thlfllll’. in be dealt n )th
immediateh are terrorist: fl!‘ Malaysian :ml and the menace of Sllh\‘PI“-'lt’|l'l.
Before the election, he said the new government's first task would be drawing up legislation to deal with Indonesian and Indonesian - supported guerril- las tlri'.\ fighting \Ialays'an and Britiin troops in Malaysian Borneo.
Apart from the capture of new seats for the government. one feature of the election was the vastly-increased majorities for sitting members of Rah- niaii's alliance coalition group- ing his L'nited Malays' National ()i‘ganiyation. the Conservative Malayan Chinese Association and the Malayan Indian Con- gre
'I‘he left-urn: socialist front took the worst beating. its fed- eral representation dropping M lien from eight. Roth its chair- man. Ahmad Boestamam. a political prisoner for the, last year. and its secretary-general. \'. David. were voted out.
The socialist front and the (‘onseiwativc \Insleni Pan-Ma layan Islamic party. whose. repa
from 13 "noose the Idea of Malaysia and Rahman's \ve:t. ern - inclined defence. foreign and economic pnlicies
.AV...
Justice Minister ls Selected
By ALEXANDER FARR!) .l.
ineial organizations for the
amage. v Decker said that after Ruby, party. under the death sentence for the Nov. 24 slaying of accused pres- ident” in L 9 Ha" e Oswald. was returned to his cell in the county jail he wa visited bv a psychiatrist. Di. y. A hearing is scheduled for. this morning in the. district N" court of Judge Joe B. Brown. on a defence motion asking that he 33-year-old former Dallas night club operator be :ra. ferred to a hospital for further mental tests.
The caucus later sent three delegates. including chairman Guy Rouleau. member of Pair- liameut for Montreal Bollard. to Sunday's meeting of the Que- bec Liberal Federation in Que- , ‘bec (‘ih Favreau told a press (“Oll- -ferenee after the caucus it has become necessary for the fed- eral Liberals to have their own veiiele of policy and action in Quebec.
The caucus Itself look no for- 3mal step in this direct-ion It was learned. however. that loud applause greeted Mr. Favreau's in favor of two dis-
He said the proper procedure is for the Quebec Liberal Fed-
sive party organization in the province. to sanction a separa- tion at a general convention. I MUST (‘ONSl'le‘ ALI.
“Th federation is llril the
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INSIDE TODAY ‘
Births. deaths . . . . .. fl. I? Classified . . , . . . . . .. l2. In Comics . . . . . . . . . . .. ll Sp . . . . . . . . . . . . .. t. N Editorials . . ..
Kings. Queens, (Tin s Summerside . . I Women's 6
T Russians PlanBombings ~ To Avert Flood Disaster
MOSCOW '.\f“ r Warplancs and combat engineers stood ready Sunday to use ‘ierial bombs and other evplosivcs In an attempt to keep a fast-ris ng lake from cascading into Sani-
.arkand. ancient capital of the
'Mongol empire. deep in :hc Soviet south
V Engineers and bomber pilots ;‘\\0l‘t‘ reported gathered at
edge of the Pamir \loutitavns for preparations to blast out huge, landslide that has blocked the Zeravaslian ' threatens to send a deluge onto
‘ the fabled city.
A Tass news agencv dispatch
said an attempt would be made
to divert the river along a new course.
"This catastrophe ls fraught
‘ with the danger of an unprece-
‘ dented flood in the whole of the Zeravashan Valley. if the waters suddenly break through the
" and "That is why of villages alert!
the river is being Jigsaw)
evacuated."
Wmikc'ied by ilz'l I‘.\ 7"‘II a mountain (‘f‘llapsu’l :rtn 'I'e river after 1 month rains and formed a na' it'll dam. m'corli‘ig 1 .‘m:\ .‘ -' u tilie area Saiii'rkund '4 1 7M
miles southeast m ‘1”. ~ the inneture of the sol- r‘ t'n with Red (‘htiia and \i;:..~i~»
i'lfl NF.“ IAIN“. I"0It\ll\t.
.\ lake is rapid"; fv'm‘i: Itn'l miles upstream from 'Iic ‘3‘. fed by continuing rains But ' natural dam ‘hz‘citeu at 'i-~ allowing flood waters to weep everything in :heir pail n we valley below.
Tass and Moscow radio s’llfi the landslide oeeiti'lcd I-‘indav and that the [ileum 7 Hur- tain had "cracked as a result ‘ of earth tremors" .'.*id :ucn wrs “cut in two by water"
Samai'kand. a i'! 1' m met-in; blue-tiled
t. it.
t \ old moztiur I
I'MON'ITRIE‘AL (GP) — Justice Minister Favrea-it officially be- "Apparently he .uffered onlyMame leader of Quebec's fem
aft-U l'ieral Liberal caucus Saturday I said. The sheriff said x-rays at .and pronounced himself in fa_ W31 did "0‘ "weal any Vor of separate federal and pro-
‘pl'opci‘ty of just a certain group
of elected people. ir‘f.‘ . - strument of all active Liberals in Quebec and they must consulted."
Saturday's federal e a u e u s was attended by some 400 n- ple. including not only most of the province's Liberal members bit also unsuccessful candi- dates from the tilt?» federal election and three other dele— gates front each of the prov- ince's TS riditigs. .
Prime Minister Pearson. ‘.'l'.~ iting them briefly at noon. said
Liberals in the province must stay together in spirit, if not. in body
Negro Charged In Battling N.Y. Slayings
INPIW NORK (AP) -_ A teen. aged drifter was charged Satur day with the baffling Slaylngl of .‘llaunatlan career girls Jan ice Wylie and Emily Hofferl.
Police arrested him after he allegedly had struck twice again. but was chased from the last. living \‘lf‘llm.
George Whitmore .lr.. 19. I. Negro who dropped out of school after the eighth grade. admitted all the charges in at! oral statement. detectives said In court. however. his court-ap- pnmtcd lawyer asserted
"These statements and con fessions were made under rtu toss and stress and he now reeanrs all the confessions be made "
Wlittiiiui‘e. displaying tin entr- tion was ordered held “'lthflltE bail for rera'iznment in the (lnlllllf‘~n1lll'(lf‘r.
and new industries, ha: a p rilriliriil of 25.000. Smaller Cities a'v .W‘f‘" 3'» lilf‘ Sliiif‘
The 'l‘urkislan miluarv rczmn l.t~ ~("ll combat euziii‘r‘i's and tin-planes. according to .i dis— pu:li '2'ini Dushanbe. cup-.tal of 'l‘arlyliikislan.
RESIDENTS I-I\'\(‘l'.\TI-‘.ll
Residents of the \‘allev pip lie-u; unturned berau:e u: the rmu: Iakc and the flood dang-r drilln>ll'f‘:\nl. repct'ts aatd
Food and supplies are bent token to mountain villages cut. out by lakc waters. but the ris- q; waters are 'Iireatennig the Verkhne-Aini bridge on the sup. p|\ r'oiilt‘.
The reports said the landslide was as high as an Mslorey building and 2,000 feet wide.
First reports said water was mm: between 26 and an feet a day One report said the tab level had gone up us feel by Saturday.