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In keeping with the political tempo Nelson Castonguay gets
_Canada’s election machinery roll- ing. Here he is more than knee-
WATER AND SEWAGE PLANT
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deep among some of the 350 tons of material he must send to Can-
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$289,000 For Services Approved By Parkdale-
, The Commissioners of Park- dale were last night given the fuses light to proceed with con- = structlon of a sewage and water system which is estimated to cost the Village $289,000. Chairman of the committee on . sewage and Water, Alex Mac- Lean told the meeting that since the plebiscite in which it was indicated by a two to one vote that the Village did not wish to lqamalgamate with greater Char- the committee has met ’ with W.H. Crandall who is now _; [reparing plans for the project.
{Utilities Commission and it wrs —-that construction would in early Spring. $0 householders would {be involved and the cost is ex- Jscted to increase present tax- _ tt_ion_to the extent of $1.60 per 2 ' Parkdale ratepayers Iowpay a village tax of 45c and I school tax of $2.40. In other ' words the total tax rate will be '-$3.45 per hundred. The total Village Assessment is $l_300,000. While this would appear to be_ a high tax , rate, the Com- ymlssioners point out that the assessment rate is about one
, liberals Plan : Meet In Quebec
7 ~ QUEBEC (CP) -— Georges La- ' Palms, Quebec Liberal leader. Tuesday indicated a provincial lfifidership and policy convention , be held as scheduled next
19°lIbh despite the calling of a ilderal election. . Lapalme spoke in the Leg- dlslaative Assembly after Premier .D“P1essis said there was a rumor the convention — scheduled for ; March 21-22—might be postponed I‘ '§ I result of the federal election for March 31. T -' Lapalme, who has an- Wlmced he will seek to retain the
gdership. said he can see no Mason why the conven" should I , Postponed.
JOLIETTE, Que (CP) —— A $1,- d _fire punctuated by four Yllamite blasts struck this Laur- lintlens town early Tuesday, driv- Emore than 100 persons into the ‘ eets in near-zero temperatures. ‘°l‘e.Were no injuries. 3 8‘ fire which ravaged about “'3 acre of central Joliette be- an about 3:25 a.m. EST in the ml?" - storey hardware store by Louis Dcsrochcrs and ‘M5-‘1t_also destroyed the 40- 1%"! Saint Louis Hotel, a three- bu‘?! frame building, and other ' slllesses. -,h°°‘91‘e it was controlled five 7 “rs laferfiit had drawn an 11- “ brlgade from Montreal. 45
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hgwh cldcr mcn stood out “*5 In the hard night's work.
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cherstte. 67, and Louis Desro- oremf Owner of the big ll21l'(l\\“dI‘(! cc 595. braved the flames and Va 310 burts_of C.\;plodin;.‘ paint, ‘ non 5 . Chemicals and ammuni- N. reduce the dynamite haz-
The two lu , ggcd out l‘_> l~u:..-.- of “Wu sucks-about 210 in all.
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third of the Charlottetown as- sessment. ‘ SURE OF MONEY
In reply to a question from the meeting as to whether the commissioners had looked into the financial possibilities of the deal, Chief Commissioner Ian Webster said, “We have studied this very carefully and do not anticipate any difficulty in rais- ing the money for the project”. He did not elaborate further than this but when questioned by a reporter after the meeting said “the money would be rats- Ed by the sale of bonds.” . ’
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council passed last summer, the
Wants To Join Sick Husband
MONTREAL (CP)—-Mrs. Doris Sandra Boos, 17, said Tuesday she’s moved in with a Montreal family -but she still hasn’t the money to rejoin her sick husband in West Germany.
She said she transferred Mon- day night to the home of “friends I met recently,” leaving the hos- tel where she had stayed several days.
Mrs. Boos is an American citi- zen from Peoria, Ill., who last year there wed a German immi- grant. They returned to his par- ents’ home at Baden-Baden, West Germany, last year when he be- came ill.
She was employed as a laundry clerk at the nearby RCAF fighter base at Baden-Soellingen. After her husband suffered another at- tack, she determined on the ad- vice of friends to seek work in Canada and pay off accumulating debts.
But she arrived with a visitor's permit, barring her from accept- ing work. Her money ran out. The German consulate said it can do nothing for her and the Umted States will pay her Way. to the U.S.
Mrs. Boos said she doesn't think she can get work in the U.S. and wants to scrape together enough money to rejoin her hus- band. Tuesday, she said she has
"Blasts Punctuate
$1 Million Blaze
Remarked the ice - encrusted deputy chief, “I was only afraid of straining my back. we’re not so young, you know, and that dy: namite was heavy on the stairs.
: Still smouldering under a load ‘,of ice were the remnants of a dozen apartments, private ga- rages, two groceries, a dance stu- dio, a second hardware store,
’auto parts firm and a barber shop. _ _ j Scurrying firemen raised the
alarm in the path of the flames, Isending apartment residents to tsafety. The Red Cross began emergency services to assist ithem.
One near t1‘aI-ledy W35 §Ve1"ted 1_\x'hcn fireman Roland Majeau of Mloliette hustled out an elderly ho-
as tel guest who had missed the first Feb.
warning.
The fire spread ;the Desrochers hardwa 'ao(‘ 511005 at the rear.
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quickly from re to stor- then to the The dynamite blasts bom-
hotcl. _ . - ba1‘(l(‘(l the area with debris, ibcrvlkine‘ :1 number of windows in
‘adjacent buildiiigs ollierwise unaf- ifected. One four - storey brick ibundmg in the afflicted block re-
‘-mained undamaged-
received $60 from private donors. 1'
Provincial Government will guarantee the bonds of any Vil- lage up to 15 per cent of the assessed value of the Village In the case of Parkdale this would amount to $195,000. ANNEXATION POSSIBLE
It was decided to pave the way for adjacent areas to Park- dale to come into the Village if they so requested and a mot- ion to this effect was passed.
It was pointed out that a num-
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At- 50 . Steals Purse
DETROIT (AP) '— Mrs. Lovely Flowers, 90, told po- lice Tuesday a purse snatcher stole her purse containing her $92 pension cheque.
The purse snatcher was “young, tall and thin,” she said.
“How. young — 16 or 17?" asked the desk sergeant.
“Oh, no," said Mrs. Flow- ers. “He was about 60."
Wants Measures For Agriculture
TORONTO (C‘P)—E. S. Man- ning, managing director of the Meat Packers Council of Canada, suggested Tuesday that agricul- ture combat the “cost-price”
farm marketing legislation.
He old the council’s 38th an- nual meeting “the trend towards rising production will continue and the farmer will spend more of each dollar he receives for goods and services required to run his business."
Mr. Manning forecast dramatic changes in the future of Canada's meat packing industry.
He said the Gordon economic commission report “suggests that commercial family farms will in- .creasing1y take on the character- istics of a business organization.”
As a result, he added, farming will be a business tending to on- erate on a narrowing margin per unit of output. At the same time. most economists looked for a trend toward wider marketing margins.
A summary of his speech was released to the press in advance of delivery.
Pearson Won't 1 Block Trade
l Conference
OTTAWA (CP) - Liberal Leader Lester B. Pearson said Tuesday he would not interfere with the holding of a Common- wealth trade conference in Can-
,-ada if he beats the Prog1‘eSSiVei
;Conservatives on March 31. _ ‘ “This is a government commit- ment which should be honored and should go forward,” Pearson said of the conference {proposal initiated by Prime Min- ister Diefenbaker. A nice als is to be held at London 11 to lay the groundwork .-for the full-scale meeting likely to be held in Canada next fall. . The Manchester Guardian, «commenting on the selection of ‘March 31 as the election date, ‘said the preliminary meeting would be working in the dark to ‘some extent because of the diver- gent views on Commonwealth trade of Canada’s two main Ca- lnadian parties.
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Tried To Attack A Batista Govt.
‘WASHINGTON (AP) — The jus- tice department T u e s d a y an- nounced the indictment of 30 per- sons at Miami, Fla., on charges of conspiring to launch a mili- tary expedition against the Ba- tista government in Cuba.
The indictment, returned by a
federal grand jury, also accused the group of conspiracy to export U.S. arms, ammunition and “im- plements of war" to Cuba.
Those arrested, principally Cu- bans but including some who cl aim e d American citizenship, were taken into custody at a dock at Big Pine Key, F1a., Last Nov. 19. At the time, they were de- scribed as sympathizers with the revolutionary movement of Fidel Castro. '
Mqnagg’?;c%: . -- Nuclear Power Plant Division
OTTAWA (CP)--I-I. A. Smith, assistant general manager (engi- neering) of the Hydro-Electrir Power Commission of Ontario ha: been appointed manager of the newly-created n u c l e a r power plant division of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.
The Crown-owned company also announced the appointment of John S. Foster of Halifax, N.S. as deputy manager.
Establishment of the division was announced Saturday in the Commons by’ Trade Minister Churchill. It will direct a $140,- 000,000 development program in design and operation of nuclear power plants.
‘ was attended by 35 ratepayers.
HAMILTON (.CP) — External Affairs Minister Sidney Smith’ said Tuesday night there is a “prospect that some kind of a meeting at the summit” will take place this year. “The question, therefore, would not be whether, but when and where and how it should take place," he said in a speech be- fore the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce. “Pick and shovel” diplomacy behind the scenes would be re- quired to prepare for a meeting and thus assure its success in ad- vance. Mr. Smith said: “But more important than when and where such an (East- West summit) conference will’ be held and who will atend is the question of how the preparations are made.
“The essential consideration is that the success of such a meet-
ing must be assured in advance.
What may be the last meeting of ratepayers of the Village of Spring Park re-elected the two retiring commissioners last even- ing. Arthur Grant and Lloyd Mac- Nevin were both re-elected for another term.
The meeting approved esti- mates totalling $6,000; including provision for 500 feet of fire hose, 20 street lights, and $1,000 for park development.
, C ‘- _ J. Edward Ar_en§u1,t :‘;fi nd 6thei'""
sioners present were Howard Douglas, Willard Burke, Arthur Grant and Lloyd McNevin, as was auditor John Roach. The meeting
SURPLUS SHOW The auditor’s report shows an \xcess of revenue over expendi- ure of $1,637.44 for the year and a surplus of $2,484.33 of assets wer liabilities. | Village revenue of $5,840.59 in- cluded tax levies of $3,627.09, Provincial grants of $1,782.50 and Federal grants of $432.00. Expenditure amounted to $4,- 203.15. It finclucled administration $781.72; Fire Department $607.06; Street lights $1,760.35; provision ‘for uncollectible taxes $259.35 and .smaller amounts on general ac- count. On capital account was
fire equipment $358.06 and in- stalment on loan $330.00.
A meeting that affords only sounding boards for propaganda will not only be useless but also dangerous to the degree that it deepens t e n s i o n s and widens fears.
“In preparing the agenda, for instance, it might be wise to re- strict it to questions on which there seems to be some hope of progress.
“This preparatory work, in my opinion, can best be done by pat- ient and painstaking negotiations carried on with the minimum of publicity through ordinary diplo- matic channels. It is a time for the pick and shovel work of dip- lomacy and this is always best done behind the scenes.”
Mr. Smith said that for Western nations it is a time for “closed ranks and open minds."
“Our task in 1958 is to evaluate the nature of the Soviet challenge, to assess it as it applies to dif-
Spring Park Has Surplus; Anticipates Hard Surfacing
A vote of thanks was extended to the Commissioners on motion of H. B. Armstrong, seconded by Fulton Robertson, on their work and management of Village af- fairs since incorporation in 1953. SEWERS LAID.
Chairman Arsenault, in his de- tailedreport, noted that the pro- ject of laying sewers under the Malpeque Road and under streets had been completed before per- manent pa _,_had been The"Vill'a‘ge"§~to pay 10 per cent of the cost of a combination sewers system, plus $800 for engineering services. W a t e r mains were also laid across the highway at street intersections. The mains are connected to the city water supply.
It was decided during the year to go ahead with a comprehen- sive sewer system before paving streets. The estimated cost will be $35,000.00.
. As Spring Park voted last June to join the City of Charlottetown but Parkdale turned down the proposal, the Provincial grant, if amalgamation becomes a reality, will be $22,500.00 per year for six years or one-half the amount the Provi..2e was ready to put up.
350 YEARS AGO Henry Hudson discovered Hud- son Bay in 1610.
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ferent regions of the world, to note its changing forms and to devise n ,é~w and imaginative means of dealing with it.”
The minister, until last Septem- ber president of the University of Toronto, rejected the Polish plan for an atom-free corridor in Cent- ral Europe.
NO GOOD AS IS -
“The Polish plan cannot, of course, be accepted as it stands, but it has given us something to work on.” NATO countries were studying the plan with care.
“A proposal has been made and, whatever the source, we think it should be studied. More- over, we hope that out of our study will come ideas and polic- ies which will require and which will receive equally careful ex- amination by the other side. It is only by such cautious and thought- ful exchanges of views that pro- gress can be made.”
100 Honor Dctme Flora
MONTREAL (CP) — About 100 Montreal members of Clan Mac- Leod turned up at a mid-town hotel Monday night to honor clan chief Dame Flora MacLeod on her 80th birthday.
She was presented with a leather travelli-n-g bag by mem- bers of the Clan ?‘IacLeod Society of Quebec.
A large white birthday cake sporting four candles, was cut with the help of .her grandson- and a student at McGill Univer- sity here.
Dressed in a blue gown and tartan shawl, Dame Flora was piped into the hall by Donald MacLeod of the Black Watch.
Around World In 89 Hours
CLEVELAND (AP)—Tired but lucky, Joe Cavoli flewf home Tues- day with a record for riding around the globe in commercial airliners—-89 hours, 18 minutes, 37 seconds. 1
“I went around the world but I didn't see much of if,” admitted the local restaurant man, base- ball fan and traveller. “Most of the time I was at an altitude of
21,000 feet."
ting of Commonwealth‘
PRESIDENT Thomas A. White of the Public Servants’ Associa- tion of Prince Edward Island is
Public Servants To Seek «
seated, flanked by Miss Marie, Toole left. and Miss Peggy Dal- ziel.
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Rates Equal To N.B. & N.S.
A joint committee consisting of‘ Brunswick.
three public servants and three
last week will study the matter of salary classification with a view to bringing all classifica- tions up to a salary and benefit level with that paid in the Pro- vinces of Nova Scotia and New
members of the Executive Coun-‘ cation was one of the chief items cil, appointed by the Government_ _ , _ ting of the Public Servants‘ As- also seek additional insurance to i sociation held last night at Prince , » of Wales College Hall. The organ-‘
'izat1on which‘ has upwards of 400‘
The subject of salary classifi-
of discussion at the annual meet-I
bers had a large turnout at‘
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mem . . the meeting, comprising mem-
bers from all parts of the Pro- Vince. 3‘rROUP INSURANCE
The Government employees will
that provided under the em- ployees group insurance plan. Under the present setup male employees are granted $2,000 and
Standing left to right, are Ivan “Docherty, V. Maclntyre, Phillip Gilmore.
female employees $1,000. Pay-
By JOHN LeBLANC Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (CP)—-The Canadian chief of the Railway Fi.remen’s
_ Union Tuesday predicted a strike
if the two trans-continental rail- ways insist on removing firemen from freight and yard diesel loco- motives. ,
A strike of firemen would tie up the CPR and the CNR, as it did the CPR in January last year. W. E. Gamble of Montreal, in- ternational vice-president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- men and Enginemen (CLC), is- sued the strike warning after these developments:
1. A royal commission said fire- men are not needed on CPR yard and freight diesels. This was the issue that precipitated the crip- pling strike on the CPR.
2. The publicly - owned CNR served notice on the union that in coming contract negotiations it will seek company discretion on the use of firemen on diesels. This is the issue the union and the CPR fought through a nine- day strike in January, 1957, cul- minating with a temporary settle- ment based on the appointment of the royal commission headed by
‘ Mr. Justice R. L.‘ Kellock of the
Supreme Court of Canada, retired. ST. LAURENT WAS AID The settlement was negotiated largely by former Prime Minister St. Laurent, with the assistance of President Claude Jodoin of the Canadian Labor Congress. Prime Minister Diefenbaker ex- pressed belief Tuesday that the union and the CPR will resume negotiations, never resumed after the strike that ran from Jan. 2 to Jan._ 11, 1957. _ He also asked Transport Minis- ter George Hees " bk into the situation. ' ‘V
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Warning Hurled By Union Of General Railway Strike
PICK AND SHOVEL FIRST
Summit Meet This Year Seen By Foreign
Move Forecast If Ruling Upon Firemen Enforced‘
cials, there were indications that talks would reopen shortly.
Mr. Diefenbaker said he under- stood there had been an agree- ment between the CPR and the union that they would resume talks after the Kellock report was delivered.
Neither he nor the transport minister commented on the new scrap between the publicly-owned CNR and the firemen's union, which under the Kellock commis- sion’s finding would stand to have around 5,000 of its 9,000 Canadian membership displaced in the two companies.
NO NEW CONCILIATOR
The prime minister also told re- porters the government has not appointed a successor to Hon. Charles P. McTague of Toronto, who resigned last week as chair- man of a national conciliation board inquiring into the $125,000,- 000-a-year contract dispute be- tween the railways and non-oper- ating unions.
Mr. Diefenbaker said the ap- pointment was expected within the next few days.
On" the CPR diesel issue, the company said at Montreal it .will abide by the findings of the com- mission. It announced this stand at the time the commission was set up. .
CPR President N. R. Crump said the Kellock commission find- ing “brings to an end this long- standing dispute in a manner con- sisten with the public interest in safe and efficient rail transporta- tion.”
Asked whether the union would strike if the two transcontinental railways stuck by the firemen-re- ducing proposals of the royal commission, Mr. Gamble replied:
“Yes, we would, subject of course to the vote of our mem- bership, which I am sure would be a vote for a strike."
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OTTAWA (CP) — Increases in the prices of meat cuts, citrus fruits, newspapers and-in Win- nipeg -— hospital rates sent the consumer price index at the start of January back up to the record high set last October, it was an- nounced Tuesday. The living-costs yardstick had eased slightly dur- ing November. , The bureau of statistics said the index was back at 123.4 points, three-tenths of a point higher than at the start of De- cember. The index is based on 1949 prices equalling 100.
Average wages and salaries, based also on 1949 figures equal-
. ling 100, showed an index of 160.2 , at Nov. 1 and no later figure has
yet been issued. At Jan. 1, 1957 the index was 148. Preceding years showed average indexes in that category of 149.4 in 1956; 141.7 in 1955; 137.1 in 1943; 133.4 in 1953, 126 in 1952; 115.5 in 1951;
Cost Of,” At Record High
Living
104.4 in 1950 and 100 in 1949.
While the subindexes for food. other commodities and services and household operations showed gains, decreases were marked in clothing — thanks to January clearance sales -- furniture and shelter.
BEEF CUTS CLIMB
A four - cent - a - pound gain in some beef cuts. substantially higher prices for citrus fruits and lamb, with smaller gains for fresh vegetables and veal, put the food subindex at 119.4-—up six- tenths of a point from 118.8 at Dec. 1.
There were declines in the cate- gory, however, notably ln eggs, which slipped three cents a dozen and pork.
Newspapers, listed in the other commodities and services index, rose in 12 cities, contributing to a seven - tenths - point increase to 129.1 from 128.4.
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ment of the insurance is on a fifty-fifty basis with the Govern- ment sharing one half the ex- pense with the employee.
Hospitalization and medical in- surance is carried by the em- ployees through a group plan in their won departments. In this case the employee foots the whole
In the election of officers, T A. White, an engineer with the Department of Highways was re- elected president.
One minute’s silence was ob- served in memory of those who had passed away during the year. These were Dr. P. A. Creelman, Dr. Harold Shaw, James A. Mul-
them children, during the last
' Alta.
By THE ‘CANADIAN PRESS Fires killed 22 persons, 14 of
four days. Quebec, with nine deaths, all of them children, had the highest toll. A Canadian Press survey from 6 p.m. local time Friday to noon Tuesday also showed: Six deaths in Saskatchewan, five of them children; five in Alberta, all children; one adu". in British Col- umbia and another adult in On- tario. The latest fire was in Quebec, where six children of a family of nine perished Tuesday in their frame home at St. Louis in the Gaspe ‘Peninsula. The victims, children of Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Berthelot, were Gerard Raymond, 15, Camille, 14. Huguette, 11, Lisette, 9, Jean- Yves, 6, and Vital, 18 months.
Police said the fire started when Francoise, 13, tried to light a fire in a stove with naphtha and it e x pl 0 d e (1. Four persons escaped, all suffering burns. FIVE IN ALBERTA
Five children of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Cardinal were burned to death Monday near Lac la Biche, They were Raymond, 5, Vivian, 3, Gerry and Gary, twins, 15 months, an (1 Terry, four months.
Police say they were in their
n Fire
ln Four Days
A mother and her three chil- dren perished in their home in Moose Jaw, Sask., Saturday. They were Mrs. Joyce Smith, 23, Lyle, 4, Douglas, 3, and Donna, 2. Three children died in a Num fire in Montreal. Michel Proetti, 2, died in hospital Monday night, seven hours after his sister Mar- celle, 8. Their six - year - old brother, Johan, died in the blaze at dawn Monday. Nine others were injured when trapped on top floor of the three-storey house after a stove exploded. Another 22 persons \ ~ made homeless. TWO GIRLS PERISH
Two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Vargo, Beverly, 3, and Patricia, 2, were burned to death Sunday in Whitewood, Sask.
) William Payne, 66, dicd Sunday in a Fraser Valley house in Brit- ish Columbia. ‘ »
Simone Lavoie, 44, perished Monday in a one-storey house in Fort William, Ont. Firemen said the fire started in a Chesterfield.
Ike Has A Slight Cold _
WASHINGTON {AP) The White House said Tuesday Presl-
cabin three miles south of the vil-
dent Eisenhower has a slight cold
lage, while their mother was 75 feet away and their father in
lln and Stuart Henry.
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and a sore throat——his first an- nounced illness since a minor stroke. Nov. 25.