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Rain changing to snowflurries about noon wmds northwest 1'). Low-high 30 and 32. Friday: cloudy, colder.

CHARLOTTETOWN, CAN/UM THURSDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1964.

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Council i Appointed

OTTAWA rCPl—Health Minis- ter .ludy LaMarsh announced “Ledncsday the establishment of the National Council of Welfare as an advisory body on matters of social welfare.

l An announcement from the minister's office said the coun- cil's advice will be sought “on those programs through which financial assistance is paid toi the aged, the blind and dis“

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minister of welfare who will act‘ as chairman, and the ID prov- incial deputy welfare ministers. the council also will advise on

welfare services. training of‘ welfare personnel and welfare} research.

Miss Lamaer announced the‘ appointment of 10 other mom-3 bers. They include

Rev. Dr. Leonard Hatfield. rector of Christ Church, Dart-l mouth. N.S.: Fa her Andre

Guillemette of the Institute of’ Gerontology the Universityl of Montreal: Phillip S. Fisher of Montreal. chairman of the com-; mission on education and per- sonnel of the Canadian Welfare Council; Suzanne Desrivieres of‘ Quebec City. Quebec secretary for the Canadian Red Cross. l

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old Kim Koenig. daughter (‘.pl and Mrs. H. E. Koenig of

I Welfare F. '

abled. and the unemployed." i Headed by the federal deputyj

Prime Minister Lester 3. Pearson (left) has been selec- ted Canada's man—in-tbe news in mm. the second year in a

MEN IN THE NEWS

’2. ‘ FLAME BELCHER ls ARRESTED

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l iReulcrsl—Police ‘ detained a fire-cater who belched flame Wednesday instead of swallowing it. Eyewitnesses said fire - eater, here for the. l Christmas fairs. lost his l temper when a woman said ‘ his act was threatening her

the

newsstand.

So he spat flame at the newsstand, setting it on fire. The woman was not hurt.

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Rift Serious, Dief Declares

OTTAWA 'CPl —- Opposition

jLeader Diefenbaker said today ‘that cracks apparent in the Ca- nadian Confederation a year 1ago now have widened into a crisis without parallel in the na- tion's history. . He said in a New Year‘s mes- gsage that more and more Cana- dians are perplexed that such a [great peril was allowed to de- velop lit a short time.

"Some people seem encour- iaged to seek a destiny for their «provinces away from the main

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Snow Prolongls Te nth Day.

Ordeal Of Flood Refugees

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Heavy

FRANCISCO SHOW

and flood ordeal of 500 hardy northern California canyon resi-

Force. Base, Nev.. finally.

' ednesday pro- I reached the Yreka airport Wed- lnceded ood longed into a 10th day the storm l nesday morning. They had been be possible during me day.

weathered in at Kla‘malh Falls, Ore.

dents lSOlH'iPt‘l by the greatestl Hood in U.S. Wcst Coast his- Ul‘"

Federal disaster chiefsl pressed ahead with a gigantic recovery and reconstruci ion program in five states where tbc damage. loss may to lal $1.000.000,000.

U.S. Survey

he Geological

laid record flood sis in many rivers indicated the. flood was the greatest. ever experi- enced in the rcgion.’

in emergency shipping scrv llf‘ was being mobilized to sup- ily California‘s Humboldt and Del Norie Counties. a Redwood lumber region hardest hit by .‘iie disaster.

\ fourth day of swirling snow rlnscd in over Yreka. Calif. re- lief operations centre for the isolated families in the Kla- math andlSalmon River canyon towns of Somes Bar, Sawyers Bar. Forks of Salmon and Co- cilville.

Twenty-four U.S. Air Force ‘lelimptcrs ot a force of 27 dis- :latched Monday from Stead Air

Flag Debate Is Selected Top 1964 Canadian Story

By THE CANADIAN PRESS in Parlia-

editors participating in a Cana- dian Press poll. -

ll was a story that got prom- lnf'ttl display for more than six May 26 when mm e a r I o n un-

a proposed three - leaf w c llnfll after the Commons at

i am. Dec. 15 decided 0n 8 g with one red leaf on a white grr‘rrylnd with a red stripe at each

. papers and radio n stations served

Communists Are Seized

NEW DELHI 'Al" Police

larrestcd hundreds of Commu- “00 Hi T-Bar “'Pl‘e flo

nists Wednesday in pro-dawn raids that caught the. Commu- nist leaders in bed and struck at the heart of the pro-Chinese political apparatus in every sec- tion of India.

At least 350 Communists were seized in what the Communists protested was an undemocratic move by Prime Minister Lal

Bahadur Shastri to destroy the political machine that would' have been his strongest com- petitor in elections Feb. 15 in Kerala state.

The Communists claimedl 1.000 me were arrested. Byl

official count more. than 1 3

party stalwarts were seized in‘ Kerala. a politically turbulent a n d economically depressed :

state. on the southwest coast.

pick the top six Canadian and top six world events of the year. their selection:

CANAD . l-‘lag d e b a nt

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i te in Parlia- me . 2. Eight-day royal visit to Charlottetown. Quebec and

tawa. .

3. Dorian judicial inquiry at Ottawa into allegations that ministerial aides tried to bribe. a Montreal lawyer into allowing bail for a man facing deportation to the on narcotics charges.

4. Firing of Hal Banks as president of the Seafarers' In- ternational Union of Canada and his flight from Canada to the U.S. while on bail await- ing appeal from a five-year prison term for conspiring to assault a rival union leader.

5. Texas Gulf Sulphur's dis- covery. announced April

in small helicopter Tuesday to

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Adiourns i

e. r a 1 Assembly ‘ cleared the way Wednesday. night for a recess by breaking a deadlock etween Mali and1 Jordan over a' seat on the Se~- curity Council. ' The outlook was that urgently recess “mum “V0”! 3 Show‘ airings would t down over the Soviet Union‘s. voting rights in the General As-l sembly. The assembly \vouldl meet again in mid-January.

Alex Quaison Sackey of Ghana. the assembly president. , . . announced that Jordan and Malll Ham“ Cami" T‘Bar' Fn‘ks 0‘ had agreed to split the two-year!

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.loe Thornton. Klamath na- tional forest supervisor. ridge- ‘hoppcd through storm breaks in

saxmm“ sawyms Bar and 50' trm for the council seat.

l He said that in a third in-l .lmm u‘e‘lformal tally taken Wednesdayl ranger sta- wn out to

Twclve refugees washed-away forcst more votes than Ma-li.

Habit." Cam_- “‘9 reglfln's big- Thc assembly then cleared up gcst town Wlfh about 2.000. TESL another urgent matter by a“. dents. 70 miles west of Vreka. thorizing Secretary . General [1

The refugees. including three children. were among 24 pcrsons crowded into a three- room cabin since the night of

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Thant. to spend UN funds after Jan. 1 at the same level as in. the l964 budget. l

The assembl adopted! by acclamation a resolution set- ting up machinery for a world. trade organization as recom-l mended by the UN conference

Tliorton said the 12 remain- ing want to be evacuated. He ;reportcd 20 need evacuation

from Somes Bar, several from on trade and development inl Forks of Salmon and several Geneva last Summer. 3 from Sawyers Baar. l Quaison - Sackey then an-

The Red Cross eatimated that l journal the assembly uni" Jam' 16.000 families in Oregon andiltl Withouthny mention of the California would be eligible im-IU-S- - 50ml controversy over fina ncial aid in rcbuildingi’l’eacekeel’flg assessment“-

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emergency continue for thousands of home. By PETER ARNETT Bll-lH NGHlA. South Viet

less for)six weeks or longer. 5 l Nam lAPt—Victors at a heavy.

.price. U.S.-supported South V‘ l letnamese troops won back this. Roman Catholic refugee village‘ lWednesday from a massive lCommunist Cong combat lforce. that occupied it Monday.

1 The governmcnt assault units lsuffered more than 260 casual- lties in the. three-day action at IBinh Ngbia, a community of. 0000 in the jungle 40 miles east

of huge base-metals deposits near Timmins.

ti. Liberal victory‘ in the April 22 Saskatchewan provin- cial election. ending 20 years of CCF government there.

i. Khrushchev ouster. Johnson's preside n t l a l ion victory.

The devastating earth-

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quake that struc Alaska ;of Saigon. . March 27. killing 114 persons. ‘ Among the casualties were 4. Explosion of China‘s first leigbt Americans—two captured

an six wounded by the Viet lCong guerrillas. Against a par- mounted by the U.S. and Bel- .tlal count of 32 Viet Cong dead. gium to rescue hundreds of imore than 60 government sol- white hostages from rebels in idlers were killed. More than an

others were wounded or miss-

nnclear bomb Oct. ill. 5. Military operations

The ongo. ll ft. The continuing ciVil rights i .

struggle in the U.S., with Contributing to the govern- deaths of three workers in ment losses was the macabre Mississippi. riots in Ohio. use b the Viet Cong of a

ranger radio captured from 173mm government ranger out- fit decimated Tuesday. A guer-

Florida. New York and New Jersey. and passage by the Senate June it). after an 03-

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The editor! were asked to

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The. Guardian will not Day. The next edition will be Sot- imhy. Jan. 2.

rilla pretending to be it ranger:

day filibuster. of a far-rencb- . fightcr- ‘

in: Civil Rights Bill. (Editors of Associated Press l

. Nam. 6. China's atom bomb.l ‘thls hoax

newspapers and broadcasting lcupied by the disorganized sur-l stations in the U.S. vote vivors. Air force planes row thus: 1. Johnson's election spondcd with st r a fi n g and win: 2. Khrushchev ouster: bombings runs. There is no es- 3. Civil rights; 4. Alaska ltimate of ow many rangers earthquake; 5 ' Viet lwere killed or wounded through.

Best Wishes Are Extended By Premier Walter R. Show l

"As time heralds in a new year, the hearts of our people are filled with sentimean of

and g00dwill,"

ce [Walter R. Shaw said yesterday in a message the people of the .

province. “it is in that spirit

that I extend to our citizens one ‘ I and all best wishes for happiness

and prosperity in the ahead.

"This is a time when we look back over the year and assess its blessings and accomplish- ments and, also forward with our plans for the year opening

night Jordan had emerged “'i‘h before us. It is true that tragedy.

sorrow and disappointment. have visited some homes, and my deepest sympathy goes out the afflicted. Generally speak- ing. however. the citizens of our Province have many reasons for thanksgiving. A Divine Provid- ence has blessed us with a sea-

son of pleasant days and rare Island attractiveness. bounti. ful harvests on land an sea

and peace among men.

"We have passed through a year of great historic signifi- cance. Widespread Observances have been conducted splendid organization to com- memorate the Centennial Year.

“The meeting of the Premiers of Canada at an historic ses- sion on .. . .t marked the 100th year of the meeting of Canadian leaders at Charlotte town in 1864 and added a drama. tic incident to the year's pro- gram.

"The visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and P r i n c. e Philip during which Her Majesty officially opened be M morial Centre was the highlight of the year and brought in thousands of people from this Province and from across Canada who enthusiastically greeted our be- loved Queen and Her Consort.

“These gatherings will go

Prcsident Lyndon B. Johnson of the United States has been chosen the world‘s newsiest man in 1064 Republican Sen- avtot Barry Goldwater. who was

Premier ;

days

to .

under.

WORLD’S ,NEWSIEST MEN

_ strea of Canadian develop- "Wlf it“ has he?" Witt-{it‘d H“ ment. said the Conservative political rival. Opposition Lead- leader or John Diefenhaker. was the I U ‘ . . nmnprmp. A sense of sepaiation has (CP Wircphotn) developed- ‘ “"“ Political doctrines that en-

couraged separation were false and need to be exposed He called for the prevention

eration to the lprovoke r i o u s ‘.:"W its present form.

"in the creation of a greater ..Canada. the need is for ‘ f‘strong, effective national gov- *flernment with financial provi- sions adequate to carr out their constitutional responsibili-

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_ “At the same time the full ‘- and equal rights of Confedera- ‘tion of the basic races must be ;maintained."

‘ Egg Support To Continue

OTTAWA lCl" i -—The support price for eggs will be continued another year at the present 34- PREMIER SHAW cent level, the agriculture de- .d0“.n as an historic ending of a partment announced Wednes-

century of progress and tch be- d3)“

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{ginning of another century of Under the program. the gov- equal significance. ernment will continue to guar-

“In making the“. brief re. antee 34 cents a dozen on Grade .ferences. I wish to express my A large and medlllm GEES UM”

;Sept. 30. 1905

l in the 1963-64 support year. lthe average price across Can- ada was 32 cents a dozen. re- sulting in deficiency payments ‘to producers of two cents a ldozen. in the previous year the ‘ atcs the great potential power national average was 36.4 cents. lot such a combination. I trust ; The department said pay- lthat this fine spirit may lments for 1963-64 egg nroduétion tinuc in the years ahead in the ‘so far amount to about $700000.

" great happiness and pride in the

task accomplished with . distinction. The. many programs initiated by people working closely with the government and the Centennial Committee indic-

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of policies that weaken Confed- extent that they ‘ discussion hether Canada can survive in

Dorion Probe Is RocRecl By RCMP Revelations

Hearing Adjourns . lo Resume Jan. 12

By RONALD LEBEI.

O'l‘TAWA ICPl—The Doric-n inquiry was told Wednesday that at least two Mounties were tipped off last summer about a bribe offer to lawyer Pierre l..i- 'l‘he jlldgc announced the com. montagne to induce him to help mission will sit at tln> Montreal free narcotics suspect Lucicr court house Jan 12-15 to hear Rivard on bail. witnesses from the Montreal

The inquiry also was told that M Lamontagnc feared that the counsel Norman Mal, l"Rivard gang“ believed he had ‘tliews 'l‘ornnm rocked the ‘aCceptcd a $10,000 bribe and hearin: with two disclosures of planncd to kill him for not "de- his own ircrin" " First.

abruply by a prn('t"l'i!‘.ll arzut mcnt between various lawyers. ’l‘licn Chief .lusllce Dni'ioq ad- journed the inquiry f-H 3:38 p.m.

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,, he said the force ra—

'l‘he testimony took several hl-Vccntly intcl‘vtr‘wcd cvcry office! thai‘re turns minutes before Chief l conncrtcd with the Rivard case. ‘.lusticc Frederic Dm‘i.m oi the ‘to dclct‘mine whcthei' any con-

Quebec 5 u p e r i o r Court ad- ‘ fidt‘nlial p o l l c 0 information journcd his inquiry uniil Jan. leaked out‘ to outsiders. l'l‘iic 12 in Montreal bribery allczaiions were first

Const. Gilles Poissanl, '10. of aircd in public by Conservative the RCMP narcotics squad in MP Erik \‘lclson in a Commons 'Montreal. testified that he “as speech .\'n\' 0") .told by another Vlounlie about a Second.

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Mr Matthews said

bribe offer in the Ricard case lhf‘ RCMP got a lip last sum- a few days before Aug. 11. lie mci‘ from a confidential source ldid not specify the date. not connected with the Rivard ‘ it was on Aug. 11 that yin casc illr'il a sccond bribe bad Lamontagne. acting for the hero ot'l’ei‘cd.

3Uniied States govcrnment '.n The tip had been "completely long extraditim-i prOCt’t‘fllilES‘hCQr-SFD'H and he objected to lagainst Rivard. went to thelqucstions to Const. Poissant RCM to allege he had bec—niahn at '1‘“ Slag? 0f the lit-

ut it, offered a $20,000 bribe a mnnlh l quirit earlier by Raymond Denis. then‘ Til" RCMP law-‘9" added “‘3’ executive assistant to lmmigra-llh“ inlnrmalln" 5"?“ m" "WC-9 “on Minister Trembiay l“does not refer to this bribe at ‘ all and does nor refer to Mr. TESTIMONY CUT OFF ‘Lamontagnef' He did not elab- Const. Poissant's testimony‘orate. concerning the bribe offer bo‘ Paul olin. said he heard about was cut off” (Continued "n nag?

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; Illustrious Year Is Recalled ‘ By The Lieutenant-Governor

"The commencement of a llf’.\V'

year causes us to reflect on the achievements of the past year and to look forward with hope and courage to the new year of‘ challenge." Lieutenant~Governoe W..l. MacDonalld said in a mes-i sage to the people of the pro-“ Vince. “The world has managedj to remain at peace and our na- tion though passing through tur- bulent times remains stablc, lprosperons and uni e . I “We can look back on one of ‘the mom illustrious years of our'. province‘s history. The cclebra- tions were outstanding and our citizens are to congratulatedI ion the tremendous part they. ‘played in commemorating the event

“To our province came the great and the small. We were privileged to welcome Her Maj‘l thc L'niled Stalcs .esty the Queen and the Duke oflcounlries Edlnurgh to our province and‘ “In Mlde m”- mmim., wk. they W0“ 0‘" hearts 35 “'9” 3* visited by thousands of citizens 0'" '05'3 ‘51 of our country and others who

"We. welcomed also our (iov- accepted our invitation to help ernor-General. the Prime hlinis- us celebrate. Our people were ter. the Premiers of the Prov- most generous in extending chi-it inces. Cabinet Ministers. Sen~ hospitality in our Visiting friends. aims, Members of the House of ".\s wc look forward to 1965. Commons and Provincial Legis. wc cxtend our very sincere wish- latures. Mayors of Cities and‘cs to each and crcryone for a Muncipalities. and other distin-‘ prosperous and happy it e w guishcd persons from Canada. year."

TIE-GOV. MacDONAI.D

a nd other

promotion of our best interests in all spheres of activity. “From every angle. 1964 was a very happy .interesting prosperous year. As we look for- ward to the year opening out 1 before us, it is my sincere hope 1 that with the coming season on ‘ people will benefit and bar a

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ven greater prosperity.

Building Material Sales lax

.. ..ESet To Reach Full ll Per Cent

Government good wishes or thappiness in the days ahead.":‘ OTTAWA ici’liwubout fan- fare. the federal sales tax on building materials and produc- tion equipment will slide up to .its fiill rate of 11 per cent on

an. .

it will be the last instalment on Finance Minister Walter Gor- _don‘s ill-fated budgct of June 13. the most perishable pro- the Pearson govern- Tbe sales tax “'85 only of the retreats from that budget. lOriginally imposed at the full ll-pencent rate, the tax subse- quently was scaled down to take progressively starting at rising in eight ‘last April 1 and to II per cent on Friday.

Though imposed at the manu- facturers" level and on imports, the cost of the tax in most cases has been passed along to con- sumers.

The effects have been wide- spread. These are some of .them:

1. Prices have. risen for the ._ products tax . For example. .md lihc wholesale price of building

materials went up about five ((‘f‘ Wirephotol lpcr cent in the last year. How-