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“Covers Prince Edward, Island Like The Dew”

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9. 1966.

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CASEY STENGEL IN HALL OF FAME

told Tuesday of his being named into baseball's Hall of Fame. He is at the New York

in Cash.

St. Pe-

Mets training camp, tersburg, Fla. | (AP Wirephote) |

After Probing By Opposition

Opposition probing forced two government bills out of the com- mittee stage in the Legislature yesterday and in each case ‘the | promoter of the” bills, Agricul- ture Minister Andrew MacRae moved that progress on the bills be reported to the Speaker while the government considers sug-

Displ

Urged For Run

hur MacDonald, (5th Kings) _ while speaking in the Throne Speech debate suggested that one of the ferries which will be displaced by .the Causeway put into service between George-| town and Cape Breton Island. Mr. MacDonald said that the ferry service which used to exist on the Montague, Cardigan. and Boughton Rivers be rein- stated. He pointed out that there would be a saving of some 12 to 15 miles in travelling between Montague and Georgetown if the ferry was still running: The trip between Georgetown and Launching or’St. George’s River was reinstated, according to Mr. | MacDonald. _ Speaking of the ferry service

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gested changes by the opposition | in the intended legislation.

One bill, an amendment to the | Crop Insunance Act, is designed | to define what is meant by an “insurable crop.’’ According to the bill as presented by Mr. Mac- Rae, insurable’ crop means “wheat, oats, rye, han or any

erry

between Georgetown and Cape Breton Island Mr. MacDonald said the- question came up in the ae three years ago and nothing has been done since.

KINGS OVERLOOKED

On the subject. of tourism, Mr. | MacDonald said “Kings County | has been n look through | the tourist promotion brochure | and you will hardly see Kings County mentioned.”

He told the House that if none of the three sites under consid- eration for the province's second

national park were acceptable, in

he suggested they consider Pan- mure Island. Mr. MacDonald expressed the Continued on page 3 col. 4 —

‘House Debate | Leaves Premier Disgusted

Members of the ...Legislature | . yesterday. argued over. a_ point of procedure for nearly half an

hour with Premier Walter R.|bute the report before a motion | Shaw ending things by saying |was passed that it be tabled. 1) “Pm disgusted with the demon- 'said then he could be distribut- |

stration today.”

The prodecural wrangle, con- tinued from last week, develop- | ed over Welfare and Labor Min- | ister Hubert’ MacNeill's ‘motion that the report of the special committee of the senate on ag- ing be tabled. F

The motion was made last week and Liberals immediately began a debate on the motion. When the item of business came | up again yesterday, Dr. Lorne Bonnell (L-4th Kings) rose to!

|portant people, the middle-aged can pretty well take care of ithemselves. I would be pleased : ito Jet the minister talk on this |

On Procedure

say it’s a good report and 1| didn’t call it trash. Last week the minister attempted to distri-

ing trash for all we knew."’ IMPORTANT PEOPLE

Dr. Bonnell went on say that the senate report deals with ‘‘our important people. Our youth and our aged are the im-

to

ee ‘mixture thereof, potatoes, mance. peas, beans, broccoli, |brussel. ‘Sprouts, .. cauliflower, | spinach or carrots.”

CROPS ADDED

Mr. MacRae said. that while there is now an_ insurance scheme in effect for some grains and potatoes, the other crops /were being added to the act to enable the provincé to enter a scheme of insurance with. the federal government if it is found that-a suitable plan can be form- | ed to insure the additional | crops. -—

Liberal Harold Smith ‘4th | Queens) -said he would like to see strawberries included among the crops that can be insured.

| He said growing strawherries 18

a two-year proposition and there is danger that. strawberry plants Continued on page 3 col. 7

Wilson Wins House Vote

LONDON (AP)-—Britain’s La- bor .government Tuesday night a won its last major vote the Commons. after holding oe for more than 16 months by the narrowest parliamentary margin of modern times.

Eight Queried In Statue Blast

DUBLIN Reicd: — Irish police’ Tuesday held eight. men for questioning in connection | with an explosion Tuesday that blew’a statue of British naval hero Admiral Nelson from its

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\Teport and tell us all the. good things he’s going to do fdr the aged.” | Continied on page 3.col..4 |

134-foot high pillar in the heart of Dublin:

Two men were taker to po- lice headquarters Tuesday night after a. dragnet was, thrown around the city. Six oth- | ers-were detained earlier. |

Limited Medicare Prograr

Is Tabled In Legislature

Dr. Hubert MacNeill, minister | of welfare and labor, Tuesday | tabled a submission from the |

Maritime Hospital , Services As-|would be handled bythe MHSA ‘cilities would be without them.” :

best plan for the citizens of IP. kee The operation of the program |

sociation for the operation of a|for 5 percent which they charge Medicare program for the peo-|as an operational and ‘manage- | ple of the province receiving | ment fee.

government assistance.

Dr. MacNeill, who finished his | address on the Throne Spe*ch | yesterday, said the plan of ‘the | MHSA would cost $31 per sub- scriber per year whieh com- pares ‘‘ver'y favourably with the other provinces of Canada.”

|

Mr. MaeNeill tabled the sub thission so that the other mem- |

used, thei machinery.

The MHSA facilities would be, statisti- jcal information and data. Dr.

|MacNeillsaid.‘'‘from_the _infor-

mation we can ceive ina small province Mie Prince Ed- | ward Island the cost of setting up the machinery of-such a plan

|would be considerably more than

five per cent.

Dr. MacNeill expressed the

“Without Winter “Works,” said ‘Dr. MacNeill, ‘‘all the outlying areas that now have sewage fa-

Dr, MacNeill asked yesterday~ |that when consideration is given ito filling the vacant Senate seat for Prince. Edward. Island they. not forget the member from Ist | |Prince, Prosper Arsenault.

“T think,”.said Dr. MacNeill,

‘when’ the “Senate _ appointment | is made that Princé County! which has only one senator and | one member should have an axl- ditional member in the Senate as | we have well over 40 per cent. of

bers of the Legislative ‘Assem-|hope the Winter Works program |the people of P.F,1.”

bly have study it. He asked the members |

of the Assembly comment on wonderful assets .have been ap- jister of industry,

the plan’s various aspects ‘'so)

— 1967 season, ‘‘we notice many

| prov ed for Prince: Edward Island | |

that we can work out the very! idue to the program,” he said.

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the opportunity to) | will be continued during the 1966 | Dy. MacNeill finished his ad- |

dréss and Lloyd MacPhail, -min- began his just | as the Assembly recessed for

dinner, (

| of agriculture, speaking

and- based hunters

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Cardin Boyc May Mean Resignation

Opposition Leader Alex Camp-| bell was suggested in the Legis-| lature lest night by Dr: _Hurbert!

Liberal Leader Censure Suggested In Legislature |

‘A motion of censure against | MacNeill, minister of welfare | Campbell had ‘supplied copies of

and labor. On a question of privilege, Dr. MacNeill _charged that Mr.

Minister |

Hon. A.B. MacRae, minister ,

evening on the Throne Sneech debate, told the Legislative As- sembly of a letter from this province to Europe which did

=| not offer any encouragement for

industry to establish in this pro- vince.

In his remarks there was the suggestion that the letter emin- ated from someone in the opposi- tion and Mr. MacRae was asked | if thig was 80. by Alex B. Camp- bell, leader of the opposition. - | Mr. MacRae said, ‘‘the letter

came from a firm. in which a}

member. of the opposition is involved in.”

/Mr. MacRae, speaking on fn- dustry locating in the province, said there are ‘‘a lot of knock- ers and very few boosters in the | province.’

With reference to an. incident in which Robert Campbell (‘L—

Critical

Of Industry Knockers.

ist Prince) brought in some pro-

last ducts of a freezing plant which ~~

| had been discarded Mr. MacRae said," is it any wouder why in- dustry has not located in ist Prince when incidents like this happen.”

| FLAX INDUSTRY

Mr. MacRae said the flax

on the Island has ben

slow. in their marketing slow in returns, I do not know of any farmers who have received any payment | pi yet.”

The minister of agriculture | said that, ‘‘only fourth grade flax ig Being produced."

Speaking of recent grant of $20,000. made to the flax com- pany Mr. MacRae said, “I have expressed my concern to the management that the farmers | would receive ‘some of. this + Continued on page 3 eol. 5

| then he should be a member of

‘five resolutions intended for in- troduction at the current session” to a television broadcaster and the resolutions were discussed in a-telecast earlier in the evening.

“This is am insult*to this As- sembly,"’" said Dr. MacNeill, “that the leader of the opposition makes up resolutions and gives them to the press before the rep- resentatives of the people get a |chance to see them. I he Wants to be a public relations man, let him be, one but if he is to be a member of this assembly

| the assembly.

““T believe it is-an insult. 1 be-| lieve he should be censured and ‘apologize to this assembly." j

NOT .IN HOUSE Mr. Campbell was hot in the’ House at the time the question was raised but arrived later. Dr. MacNeill also referred to, a statement which he said was:

made by Mr. Campbéfil.to the, The Bahamas, Saturday for @ ° discussed

| Press regarding a letter under, discussion in- the Legislature-

| wae the letter was being de- | bated the leader of the opposit-| ‘ion left this chamber and made |a statement to the press. That) ; was out of order and an insult to the assembly.

“Statements regarding debates | should be,made in this Legislat- | ure and not to anyone else.’

Former Opposition Leader

50,000 QUOTA NEAR ©

By HARRY CALNEK Canadian Press Staff Writer Nine ships, their holds carry- ing: close to the legal quota of 50,000 seal-pup pelts, are to leave blood-splattered Gult of St. Lawrence ice today and head north for the next phase of the annual seal hunt.

About 500 men. swarmed through the herds—estimated at 800,000 — in brilliant sunshine Monday and Tuesday, killing and skinning the four-day-old whitecoats. Ship-based tunters, | known as ‘‘swilers,’”’ took the | jbulk of the skins. A score of | jaircraft found the ice generally jtoo treacherous to land hunters iand pick up pelts. :

This same ice, relatively thin, could spell disaster for the pups

Sealing Ships ‘eave Gulf Today

i was placing a $3,000 bea- con in their midst,

“This will transmit the Morse six to

minute in every keep

code ‘,” dash-dot-dot-dash, one ward Island. patrol planes alert on the herds <tranded sealers in the guif

Lend Astor, member of the millionaire Anglo - American Waldorf Astor family and a central figure in the 1963 Pro- | fumo scandal, es in Pi Ser ee td ee

heart attack. a toe the

third viscount, was 59. He had |

flown to Nassau, capital of

month’s- vacation. His ere the former London model

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Minister Reported Pressed To Remain

OTTAWA (CP)—The political |a new crisis in the Commons

future of Justice Minister Car- and criticism in Quebec.

| sign. |

Mr. Cardin, whose advice was

Pa \over-ruled publicly by Prime) oener such an

eek

of the security study had.

“unfortunately | last week. He. said ‘“‘on Friday: Bronwen ~~ was in Nassau ASKED ABOUT RESIGNATION |damage

He was asked whether he had i received Mr. Cardin’s

“No, I have not,”’ the prime minister said. “Do’ you expect it?” a re (porter asked. : “Certainly not,’ Mr. Pearson ireplied emphatically.

| One meeting Mr. Cerdin did

Alex -Matheson suggested a attend ren if copies of the resolutions | morning office been given to the clerk of the HALIFAX (CP) — William 'N.: ‘Favreau, Privy Council presi- Continued on page 3 col. 6 MacLean (L—Inverness) won ident and the ‘Quebee Liberal : isupport. from two . government ee members Tuesday for his ie ed The Justice was re- gestion of a direct "| between Cape Br eG Be wr Ets iano Edward Island . i save the overnmept tran Mr. MaeLéan told ae: iis oe

\location,”” said Warren Farrar, head of the fisheries department protection office in Prince Ed

Meanwhile, the first report of

QUOTA SAID NOT REACHED

The quota of 50,000 seals for the Gulf of St. Lawrence has not been reached as yet, said Chief Fisheries Officer War- ren Farrar last night.,

The possibilities of “the hunt ending today, he said, depends 4Jargely.__on-_ice — and_. conditions.

who escaped the hunters’ clubs. ‘Ifa storm. breaks - up -the- ice,

many of the pups will die. They | ;

cannot swim until about the first week in April.

If the ice anchors of shore, who _ walk lout from shore can take No qucta is placed on the |men, although each must have la licence to hunt.

/EMPLO¥ BEACON |

To keep track of the herd, the | largest in the gulf for years and situated’ about 50° miles north- lwest of Prince Edward Island | Tuesday” the fisheries depart-

Quake Shakes North China

TOKYO (AP) — A_. strong ‘aarthquake shook a wide area of north China, Siberia and Mongolia. Tuesday, the Japan- | ese meteorological agency

ported.

Japanese correspondents i Peking said the quake cracked walls and toppled furniture in the Chinese capital. ©

The agency here reported the quake was of magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale, strong enough to cause extensive damage. The jearthquake that devastated

iparts of Alaska on Good Friday, |.

1964,. registered 8.6.

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RANDY, a red-and-white col- He missing since Feb. 19, was found Tuesday at the SPCA in Montreal. Randy's family

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was received Tuesday by the | Air-Sea Rescue Centre in Hali- | fax. Eight men, stranded when a plane developed: mechanical trouble, were picked up from the ice by an RCAF helicopter. and ‘taken to the Magdalen Islands.

The ships, the ee the

ture such a ferry service would be ‘‘of great importance, inter- est and concern to many resi- — dents’’ of the two islands.

He said the provincial govern- | ment should give more assis-|

tourist industry in -Cape

continuous tour from the traffie | lanes of the United States and Eastern Canada.” :

Mr. MacLean said the Nova

| Scotia and Prince Edward Is-

land governments should make

a joint or separate request to the federal government to study a

‘Chesley A. Crosbie out .of St. \John's, Nfld., and aeviee

|swilers, will head for the | | front’ off northern Newfound- || land. The season opens there)

had moved from Valleyfield, . 30 miles southwest of Montreal, to Rexton, N.B. Before leaving they placed Randy in a crate and deposited him at the ex-

93 ferry service between Port Hood in Cape Breton and either Souris or Georgetown in P.E.I.

He won support.for the idea

weather. March 12. No quota on the num- \from Dr. Michael Laffin (PC. — ber of pelts taken is aaa, | Continued' on page 3 col.

Cape Breton Centre) and NJ. ‘MacLean (PC — Inverness).

press depot. When the crate arrived empty, the express of- fice informed the Soys family that Randy was missing. s

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Industry and Natural Resoure-

|es Minister Lloyd MacPhail said) iin the Legislature last night one

of the greatest indicators of the success of the government's pro- gram in industrial development is the growing payroll. of pro- cessing plants in the province.

Taking part in the draft oat dress debate, he said many men for the first time in years are taking home a pay. “We bank the success or failure of our ef- fort on this,” he said. INCREASED BUSINESS

Mr. MacPhail said the boost to the economy is also shown by increases in retail sales and the increased business of service in- dustries.

He said; for example, that in ‘the--Montague area -there- has. been a 2 per cent increase in

: Canada _trip-compliments S| the Canadian National Express-

: the Soy family i ¥alleyfield, about 30 miles

H ton, the dog was

sales reported by, merchants,

CHARLOTTETOWN DOG

dustrial development, Mr. continue to explore the possibil. ities for new industry, particular- ly small industry not based on natural or a ae said “we must begin to other types of industry that can operate happily__and.

here.” Continued on page 3 col. 3

Missing Pooch En Route Home.

MONTREAL ‘CP!—Randy is

= om the way home and the Soy |

family of Rexton, NB., can

sleep once more

The red and white collie, ob- }

rast hy ae ae, and broke one of his hind } ' In 1964 Randy had. his

viously opposed to travelling in a crate, won out with an Air

of

19 when

Missing since Feb. from

moved

southwest of Montreal, to Rex- located by chance Monday by The Star. ‘Randy's family decided not to risk the car trip with the 80-

¢ pound dog and deposited’ him at

the exptess depot to make the

journey by rail-in a

equipped with food and water. The Soys received a call Feb.

: 22 from the express office in ‘Moncton, informing. them. that | nadian_ Society for the Preven-

Randy was missing in” Mont-

+ real. The empty crate arrived

shortly after. From then on the family spent sleepless nights, made

>more than $100 worth of long- distance calls and issued a pub-

lic appeal over a Montreal ra- dio station.

But no one had seen Randy, who had already survived two Mear-disasters since the Soys

cvate |

acquired the pup in Charlotte-

ripped open in a car accident when he dashed across a Char- lattetown street to greet ~ the

Soys, son.

Monday The Star received a letter from daughter Cessely Soy. a registered nurse who taking a one-year public he: course at Dalhousie University

;in Halifax. She enclosed a col- —

ored photograph of Randy-

“T love that dog and will do anything in my power to find him.” she wrote.

A Star reported called the Ca--

tion of Cruelty. to Animals shelter manager who said: ~ “Why that dog is here. We've had him here for some time. We've been trying to locate the owners in Valleyfield. He's perfect shape.” ‘ A phone call to Cessely in Halifax brought tears. “I've gone through two weeks of hell

and lost 14 pounds over that

| dog,’ she said.

profitably

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