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The first person connected with today's sod-turning cere- mony for the Fathers of Con- federation Memorial Building. and on whom all eyes will

el to turn the first Premier Robert Stanfield

focus when he wields the shov- sod. was of Nova Scotia. Here he is greet- ed at the Charlottetown airport

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PREMIER ARRIVES FO'R TODAY’S CER‘EMONI‘ES

by Dr. Frank MacKinnon, presi- dent of the Memorial Founda-

tion. centre. while Mrs.

exchange greetings.

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field smilingly watches the two Dr. Mac-

me will om;- W'tmm-CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1963.

WEATHER

Clear and cold. snow by evening:

v‘nrl; Low-high zero and

25. Sunday: snow changing to rain.

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lovalt ANKARA

("P from AP-Reuters , ANKARA —— A passenger air- lliner and a military plane col- ;Iidcd nose to nose in a cloud Shank over the Turkish canital Friday. pl II n g i n g flaming wreckage into bustling crowds .in the citys' main square and

Kinnon Wm preside at m killing at least 71 persons. da 's function, a portion of Police said nearly 200 per- which will be taken up by. a sons were injured. about half

speech by Quebec‘s Premier .lean Lesage. who is expected

of them seriously. in the worst disaster of its kind in Turkish

Rusk Apologizes To Canada;

U.S. Senate Planning

Ry HAROLD MORRISON 5 Senator (icorgc Aiken. Ver-

WASHINGTON (CPI — State 'mont Republican who will head Secretary Rusk publicly apolo- the closed-door subcommittee :‘izcd Friday for the tone of his bearings. said he is deeply department‘s criticism of Cana- concerned by press reports that t'llilll nuclear policy and hinted the Canadian government feels he would like to see resumed “it has been put uilder undue private government - to - gov- pressure to pt nuclear crnmcnt talks aimed at provid- arms from the U.S"

Canadian forces with nucl- "Canada is a grc 1' friend and

in:

ear warheads. neighbor," he said in a sale- .\t the same time. the U.S. ment. “There is no reason why

Srnate. foreign relations com- we should find ourselves at.

nitlii announced it will launch odds on any issue of signifi- a formal investigation Monday ,cance." . . V

into the department's handling Senator J. William Fulbright. of the controversy and called "chairman of the full committee.

(icorge McGllcc. 50 - year - old jand Senator Mike Mansfield. ;

state undersecretary for politi- lSenate majority.lcadcr.rplan to cal affairs, as the first. witness. attend the hearings which. un-

Not U.S. Frontier, Diei Tells Newsmen

OTTAWA tCPl —» Canada has' is not in the new frontirl‘r 'of the . - u - , e have. shown tia " shown it is not in-the new tron" Mr. Didenbakcr said Friday 'W of the muted Slams' he would not comment directly Prime Minister Dicfcnbakcr de- on ,\1;, Rush“; press conference clarcd Friday. .remarks until he had read an of- ‘ made the remark to rc- ‘ficial report on them. porters who asked him for com-l. mom on a statement in Wash-Icurrent controversy were “cor- ingtnn by US. State Secretaryirect and proper“ as he had nut- Dcan Rusk that he regretted the lined them in the Commons last tone of his department's criti-Tweek. rism Wednesday night of Cana-‘ Meanwhile. the Commons re.- riian defence policy but that heiturncd to regular business after believed the facts were correctqgeuing off its chest .1 roulid of M“ Didenbaker ‘ " lcondemnation for US. intrusion Save the facts and the facts that m Canadian internal affairs. 1 gave were correct and proper1 External A “a 1 rs Minister and I have nothing to the impropriety of the state de- pjv in nartment." q. ion as to whether any for- thn a reporter noted that‘mal Canadian protest has been Mr- (I said his depart-sent to the state department. ~ Wednesday statement, Mr. chfcnbakcr said in reply contained the proper facts. the in Opposition Leader Pearson Prime minister said: at "no consideration" has "I answered those facts andrbeen given to calling a meeting we do not need any assistanceof the Canada-US. cabinet dc- from the state department forffence committee which last mf‘l after all. I repeat that Canadaiin July. 1960

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Liberal Paul Martin's

He added that the facts in the .,

add to Green did not give a direct rc—.

Probe

‘dcr the reported ulc. may e co one day qucnt disclosure of some of the conclusions by iken, a close friend of Canada.

CALLS IT SORRY DAY

Mansfield. in an interview. said “it is a sorry day when Canada and the U.S. cannot sit down alld settle their problems amicably and in private." The Montana Democrat has

present sched- ncluded in e

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ported Aiken's contention that.

.i the . state department accom-

pl "am of the Diefenbaker admin- istration.

The controversy. Mansfield noted. has been splashed across .the front pages in both Canada

He believed that

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relations between the two coun- 3 have been badly dam-

tries aged.

Rusk indicated at a press conference there were reasons why the artment to make its Wednesday statement [of criticism but "I wish to say to all Canadians that We regret it if any words of ours have been so phrased as to give ' offence."

At another point he said: have already expressed my regrets if our tone was wrong «but I believe the facts as w

out and certainly statements contained any er- lrors. we shall be prompt to ‘corrcct them."

T Rusk added in response to a iqucstion that this expression of l Continued on page 3 col. 2)

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l INSIDE TODAY

Announcements. notices - 9 i Births. deaths . . . . . . .. 3. l Classified ............ .. a. 9 5 Finance. markets . ‘ (VomiCs . ..7 l Editorials .............. .. 4 l Kings. Queens, City . . . . .. 5

1 Prince County . . . . .. .. 2

. Summer-side . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3

; Sport . . . . . , . . . , . . . . . . . . .. 10

‘ Womens' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6

Divided Vieva Expressed

On Park Trucking Strike

()PDOSIte viewo are being , since its start. when the estim- taken regarding an alleged l ates for the .projectuwerz‘gzlitiitg “,3” rate dispute. said last imp?“ mere 0 - “2m to be underway between l "This agreed rate is what our a “0"” 0‘ Wave] ll‘ufk 0pm'- idrivers are getting: now." i “'0” and the firm or island'said. Excavators. who have a con-l Mr. Spence pointed out [film tract to place some 13.000 yard. .tehfyt arisiilecngligill l“it‘llhwsiex-ton

“l fill on Robinson‘s Island in liuads. He claims that accord-1

the National Park. | ' Vlyn Spence of Charlotte- or some '

ing to provincial rates this type of haul should bring the drivers per trip. “but the com- is paying only $360 ' sat

rc mwn, a spokesman f no )35 40 reported ll at night lpany - “‘3' 'they are seeking a higher 1 He d that the job st "‘1’- more In line with that ob- glast week with eight or 'amt‘d ant-r talks with the pro- girucks haulinfl for the offered

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“'"ilfll lowroment last year. 'rate_ but that other trilckcrsi “MN-‘1'! N. Dawson. a partner interested in talked l" the firm. contacted at his them out of hauling lol- that "0"“? in last night in

oney. He claims that subsequently the original group of truckers gagrced to stay away from the job males: the government rate is paid.

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"‘"d the report that am of W 'mckcrs e on Mt are on strike is complete- '3’ unfounded"

AGREED RATE . I“ m that the rates be- , {’8 Mid. were woka between . . m denied that his “’- mmpanlv and the to drtv- original limp ofdrims Md "3- who have been on the job lleft the Job. claiming that the?

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were still continuing to haul ‘and at the same rates. ‘group expressed any

dissatisfaction with the rates they are .now rec'ving, sai .

Mir. nnwmn said that his firm was approached on the job site by another group of about 10 or 12 truckers. with the request that they be given ipart of the haulage . ‘ This second group were told at they could go to work at e same rates as the original truckers. But this group event- ually declined the work because ‘they sought higher rates. Supporting his report of the alleged strike. Mr.

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on and we're not going to take I backward stop now."

"We still have our mistrial 10 truckers“ Mr. Damon "the ruth

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conducting a strike taint firm. but that they .' y de- clined to go to work."

with planned subse-‘

ished nothing by public critiy

[Colclicster Forum here Friday.

to speak on biculturalism. history. ‘ Most of the victims were pe- destrians and occupants of

:Sod-Turning Guests Due Early Today

Dr. Frank MacKinlion. presi- dent of the Memorial F'ounda ‘tion. last night announced that all officials that have been in- v'ed to at end today's sod- ‘turning ceremony at the site of ltne Confederation Memorial ‘Building. have indicated twill arrive before noon. ll Premier Robert Stanfield of Nova Scotia. arrived yesterday afternoon on the regular schcd tiled MCA flight from Halifax. accompanied by Mrs. Stanfield, Also arriving yesterday were Hon. Henry Irwin. acting prem- ier Brunswick_ a d r Mrs.

n 'Dhesc four along with 3’. J iPigott. president of the Pigottl

Construction Company Limited,l l of Toronto and Montreal. andr iDimitri Dimakopoul-is a mem-i‘ c o :licd Lhef B

lbuildings lining Ulus Square in the centre of this Turkish capi-

'tal.

There were 17 persons aboard lthe two planes. None was re- ported to have survived. Five .of the airliner's 11 passengers were listed as Americans.

The passenger plane Middle East Airlines jet p Viscount carrying 11 passen- gers an three crew members and preparing to land at An- kara Airport northeast of the city after a stop at Nicosia, capital of Cyprus. The main part, of its wreckage slammed. into the square itself.

The military craft was a Turkish air force C-47 with a crew of tiree on a routine in- strument training fligllt.

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;her the firm of Montreal architects who dcsi oria e c . ‘. alid Mrs. evening. ‘MR. MacLEAN EXPECTED ‘ y ‘ Dr. MacKinlion said that the jmcn will be ready to start next personage to arrive williconslruction of the Fathers of be Hon‘ Angus. M‘aCLCant mm‘ l Confederation Memorial Build- mm‘ 0‘ “Shenffi' Who ‘5 9’“ ring on Monday, Feb. 18." J. .l.l [Tamed 0" the “TSP hMCA. “'Fl“ lPigott, president of the Pigott‘ {50m Monolon' “hm “Twas 1” iConstruction Company Limited. Charlottetown shortly after;said last mghL “ML 1 Mr. Pigott said that from the. The latest word received from “a” his cmnpany has realized ‘ Premier "9"" “We 9‘ 99" g to erect a building of this size, bl?“ '5 that he al‘d h“ “ .costing more than $5,000,000. Wm arrive somet‘me ,bmwccn :tllc work will have to be done 10 “(1.10130 “115 ("WWW- lon a very tight schedule. in. PM”qu Lesa“ ‘5 bcm‘g 3‘" lorder to complete it by the companlcd by Mrs. Lesage and: . Se a

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guests of MiacKinnon last

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. . . But with a background of I be: .C'ty' Who '5 a 15 0 V”? l having erected a number ofl erGSident of the Memorial ‘ mm“ buddingS “mm Hm e i

Foundation. Also in the party will be six or seven press rep rcscntatives from Qlcbec

Dr. MacKinllon will preside rwilhin [he deadlm .at this afternoon‘s CCVDCmOlllcS.i Both Pigou lwn‘iCh get underway "meiauyiarchitectural representativefl '“‘ 253° 3“ 3““ “WW tolnimnm‘ Dimakcipoulis of Mont-l lwlml. pointed out that with thel

‘ _ . , exception of some t y p e 5 Skating Rink fAt Truro Burns

TRURO ‘Cp’ " Only .m'is'm ‘ L Right now the masonry. which r

:steel girderslla‘ml 9‘”me 0‘ i is of Nova Scotia sandstone“

the {mnfbwatr 1.031911" .3502“! 9 similar to that used in that lie at (5 mm le, Building is

lillong in the process of cutting

limits. he stated that he and;

iliis colleagues have no qualmsi

lalzout having this project done1 c.

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:tccllnical equipment. particular-3 lly for the theatre. all materials 3 lfor this national shrine will be} manufactured in Canada from alladian materials.

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Air Collision Takes 71 Lives

l “Sufficient machinery ancl‘I

rapproximatcly 250 men employ-

and title1 _

,of the buildings overlooking

Flaming fragments rained down on pedestrians. stores and a five-storey bank building at one corner of the square. The. bank caught fire. Some of the dead were found there.

Four homes also caught fire, and seven victims were found in their ruins,

A gas main was ruptured in the square and the leaking gas fed a score of spontaneous fires. 1 '1‘ narrow streets quickly filled with thousands of Ankara 'rcsidcnts, blocking traffic and hindering ambulances that sped ltoward the square.

Eyewitnesses said ttic scene in the city centre was an inferno of flames and smoke with people running in panic from blazing buildings.

The 047 crashcrl clscwlicrr ‘in the city. smashing into a ‘house and killing a family

of four _ ‘U.S. Plans 0 Test Series WASHINGTON «’AP) ~~ State Secretary Rusk disclosed Fri-

day the Unitcd States will re- ‘sume underground nuclear tests in the wake of Russia's break- -off of atomic test-ban talks.

MemorialBIdg. Start For Fell

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alid shaping, arge portion

of the steel either has been or

5 I'll the process of being pre- fabricated. .

Both men anticipate that de- livcl‘y of these materials will start shortly. So they foresee no delays in moving along from .

[loos STOP EROYAL CAR .

VA NLOU VE R ICP|~ “Those kids have stopped lls cold.“ said Prince Philip as indeed they

V . OTTAWA 'CPt—P‘i‘esh from “It” “hm” “1"ldl'en' a 40-minute call on Governor- knowmg the respect drivers Genera] Vania. that sparked 2511:; hi": dfofirasfililgo‘ new speculation about dissolu- . t . .. t' ‘ ‘ ' . press“! a “walk” button ion of Parliament. Prime Min

ister Diefenbaker late Friday went into conference with Ex- ternal Affairs Minister Green and the Canadian ambassador to Washington.

Ambassador Charles Ritchie was called home from Wash- ington in the wake of a mush- rooming controversy with the

and took off across the road s the car carrying Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip went ollt to the airport Fri- day mornini:

Reg Phillips. the Queen's driver. stopped as the chil- dren. grinning widely. saun-

‘ tcred and waved in front United States over nuclear arms of the royal car. taking policy. their own sweet time for a The conference lasted about long look at the departing 45 minutes Mr. Die en- couple. baker. when questioned by re-

porters. called it “just a review of the situation."

Later. he entered the. govern- ernment lobby behind the Com- mons chamber. chatted with supporters briefly and as the Commons adjourned at 6 pm. ntil 2:30 pm. Monday looked from behind the curtains into

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Paton-Cox Appeal Case ls Continued

OTTAWA (CPI—The Supreme Court of Canada was told Fri- .day that there was no evidence ithat there was any agreement by Toronto promoters Hugh Palm and D. Hubert Cox to ‘dcfdraud Brandon Packers Lim- ite .

Earlier. he had sat silent at the invitation of Stanley Knowles iNDP Winnipeg North Centrci to tell the House of his visit to the Governor-General.

Mr. Dicfcnbaker left the cen- tre. block 30 minutes after the 'House rose.

Asked If he planned any an- iv ' 'mcnts today. Mr. Dicfen- baker thought a moment and then said there would 9 morning cabinet session.

"All the ministers are in town for tomorrow night's parliamen- tary press gallery annual dln- ner. so we. might as well have a meeting." he said.

Mr. Diefenbaker made an un- seeeessful attempt to reach Government House unobserved. slipping out of the building after la hour—long cabinet meeting ‘and then ducking throuin a tunnel to where his car was waiting out of sight of the eni- rances of the Parliament build- ings.

FOUND BY REPORTERS

Winnipeg lawyer Henry B. Monk made the statement at the second day of an appeal by the two men against convictions on which they were sentenced o four-year prison terms. case is not expected to conclude ,until next Tuesday.

1 Paton and Cox ware con-

.vrcted by a jury in Brandon,‘

lMan.. in November. 1961. on?

Zfive counts of stealing and ‘of

ldefrauding Brandon Packers 0 $448,000, of conspiring to steal and of conspiring to defraud the company of $460,000 and of is- suing a false prospectus for a bond issue.

The accused were sentenced to concurrent seven-year prison terms. The Manitoba Appeal Court in a majority decision The prime minister took a upheld the convictions for con-‘round-about route to Govern- spiracy to defraud and issulnglment House only to have the a false prospectus. but quashed .secrecy of the visit frustrated the other three convictions andlby reporters. He emerged from sentences to four years. is conference with Governor-

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PM Calls On Gov-General To Fan Snap Election Talk

l Cabinet Meets * This Morning

General Vanicr “regular” visi

Later. he replied to persis- tent. questions about a dissolu— tion of Parliament by saying "I have no announcements." But at no time did he state that Par- liament would not be dissolved.

Mr. Diefenbakcr also told re- porters later there was no see- recy intended in his trip to Gov- ernment House. e said his car had left Parliament Hill from its norma spot.

His activities. in the wake of

ress conference statements in Washington by US. State Secre- tary Rusk regarding the nuclear controversy. renewed the air of crisis under which Parliament labored Thursday.

A state department press re- Vlease criticizing Canadian pol— gicr on acquisition of nuclear ' arms came ilnder fire in a Com- mons debate Thursday marked by violently - worded reaction from all political parties.

The four party leaders~Mr. Diefenbaker. Liberal Leader Pearson. Social Credit Leader

hompson and New Democratic Leader Douglas ~~ all attacked the US. government for inter- ference in a domestic political ‘ issue.

to tell them it i.

he prime minister stayed about 10 minutes at 24 Sussex . Drive. Then. picking up

reporters who had trailed him lfrom Government House. e

a drove. back to the centre block

of the Parliament buildings.

He was clearly in high spirits hilt declined to discuss the question of dissolution Wllll his two travelling companions en route. to Parliament Hill.

Another cluster of reporters

awaited his arrival on Parlla~ Iment Hill and he was met with the question: ' 0 you always carry the great seal fused to seal official documents such as a dissolution order) to regular visits to the Governor-General?

"I don‘t. know anything about

that," he rcpied

the commons. when: a labor debate was in progress. Stanley Knowles tNDP—Winni- peg North Centre-l said “ril- mors and reports are dribbling into the chamber."

one phase of construction to. the next. Once the preliminary work

has been completed. Mr. Pigotti forecast that “including those“ that will be employed by the sub-contractors. tilure will be

ed on the project. All these A. With the exception of a few senior experienced super- visors. will be drawn from the local labor force including tradesmen."

Speaking of the sub—contract for work. Mr. Pigott said that practically all these se‘ctions of

no project have been let to1 Island firl 5. He further poi-litcd ollt that

the company plans to bring in, their own heavy machinery. and will rent only the lighter pieces lly.

During the next few days. a temporary field office is being set up in rent cc in one the construction site. ut soon af- ter the actual work begins of- fice quarters will be erected