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_ VOL. LXXIX. NO. 39

The Guardian Is For. It

WEATHER

’ Sunny and colder, light winds. Low-high © 13 and 27. Thursday: cloudy, little temp-

erature change. - “Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” 3 E ee a naas oe re ae CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16.1966. =~ >” 4 es ee

. Marsha Costello, 19, Westwood, Mass., dries her hair after midwinter

SURFBOARDING SPARKS DEBATE

of Mass. Most New Englanders- odds over a proposal to ban

at town meetings argue about school and road funds but Hull voters this year are at

surfboarding mer season.

during the sum- (AP Wirephote)

at Nantasket Beach,

C Leader Raps Pearson

5 On Yank System Remarks

“OTTAWA (CP) —

Prime "alinater Pearson vecated potting.

Both leaders debated the

» aMr. Diefenbaker, holding a [fascrit ot the’ peime. min y ‘r’s remarks, said Mr. Pearson

Special Status Advocated By

OTTAWA (CP) — Quebec thould—-be--accorded__e — special status within Confederation, Hon. J. T. Thorson of Ottewa, president of the Canadian Citi- senship Council, said Tuesday

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says. Prime |

told

diseussion a very important that although the exact words might not be there, the inference was

For Quebec Council Head

He this mean ‘‘some sort of bi-federal

The councils were asked to “a review” of the -na-

~ {tonal holidays to State Secre-

tary Judy LaMarsh by Sept. 30. The réview would “provide a

Problems In Language Plague Denis Trial

. OTTAWA (CP) — Language problems plagued the Raymond Denis trial-Tuesday-as-French- language documents —-about--the extradition of narcotics smug- Gler ‘Lucien Rivard were sub- J} 1 ‘4, Assaly, requested official trans- lations ,of the documents which were the first evidence ‘pre- sented. by the Crown to a jury of 10 men and two women. After only four jurors formed the court that they un- derstood and read _ French, Judge Frank Costello of Kitch-

ener instructed. Mr. Assaly and |

Crown Attorney John Casselis to seek agreement on translation.

-, Earlier, Mr. Cassells said in Opening his case that he intends

to prove that Denis, 33, former aice to the federal immigration minister, offered a bribe to Montreal lawyer Pierre Lamon-

‘ pare in 1964 to help get Rivard

5 on bail.

"He cautioned that the Crown, Sannot pi¢k and choose its wit- hesses. Certain witnesses had fo called to give evidence but Crown ‘‘cannot vouch for

~ ir reliability—that is for you

to decide.” . shes

REIVARD INVOLVED.

Denis, is charged with cor- ““uptly offering a sum of money ‘0 Mr. Lamontagne to get the Montreal lawyer to drop his ‘op-

Mr, Lamontagne was lawyer for the United States - govern- ment which sought~Rivard’s-ex- tradition from Canada to face

the U.S. Rivard was subse- quently extradited, tried and sentenced to 20 years in prison on narcotics charges.

Judge Costello delivered a 10- minute instruction to the jury as the hearing opened, warning them not to rely on news fre

im- |ports in forming their opinions

about the weight to be given various pieces of evidence.

The news reporters, he said, have an interest in selling pa- pers or broadcast time. They might therefore play up sensa- tional or humorous aspects of the trial and ignore important evidence.

He also issued a special cau-

tion to reporters that legal argu- ments heard in the absence of the jury must not be published or they would run the risk of contempt of court charges,

lon bm ely

mie to bail for Rivard be ‘fore Montreal courts. ‘

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SAYS INFERENCE MADE ~ Mr

narcotics smuggling charges in|

advocation .of Amierican legisla- ture practices. i state-.

“He said Mr. Pearson’s “that the American

ment was

_|system is on some ways to be

there were advantages little- more independence’ jin. “‘not being ques

ane country full and complete an- swers. A

The contents of the speech were “a doctrine of those that would,control Parliament, would permit themselves to be con- sidered set’ apart and a denial of the entire parliamentary sys-

m. Mr. Diefenbaker said the new Canadian flag had begun with “young Liberals’ urging its . Now. the same group was advocating abolition of the monarchy.

: Mr. Pearson rose again to suggest that the Commons, offi- cially in committee debating transport. department estimates, allow Mr. Diefenbaker ‘‘to say a little about the national flag

lon this its anniversary.”~ :

Mr. Diefenbaker, who opposed the new flag, did not take the prime minister up on his sug- gestion.

Sask. Byelection Scheduled Today

ASSINIBOIA, Sask. (CP)-—Re- turning office ‘officials say farm- ers heading south to escape the Prairie winter have helped re duce the number of eligible vot ers in today’s provincial byelec- tion in Bengough constituency.

The sun - ggekers, combined with an apparent population shift from the rural constitu- ency, have cut the number of eligible voters to 6,740 from the 6,959 listed in the April, 1964, general election. :

Blizzard © Hits Nfld.

CORNERBROOK (CP) Western and northern Newfound- land were in the grip of a win- ter blizzard Tuesday.

Eastern Provincial Airways said high winds and drifting snow: forced cancellation of sch- eduled flights between Bay in Labrador and St. An- thony' on the tip of the pro- vince's great northern peninsula.

EPA flights between St.

‘|John’s.and Halifax were delay-

ed at Deer Lake.

‘ Ais Canada said there were no disruptions’ on its. flight sch- edules in and out of Stephen- ville. Fog and rain Monday, however, had disrupted a num- ber of flights to and from New- foundland points.

Heavy’ snow fell. in the north- western section of the province blocking highways along the northern peninsula.

Strong winds hit the entire province with Torbay outside St.

John's ee gusts up to 75 miles an hour, Gander had winds of 45 miles an . hour with gusts as high as 63 miles an

£

OF THE GUARDIAN OTTAWA — An ARDA project fo convert marginal land in Prince. County to forestry use was announced here Tuesday by Federal Forestry Minister Maur- ice Sauve. The cost of acquiring two tracts of land totalling 630

‘ushion For Automation Impact Is Promised Unions By Pearson

Cushion

OTTAWA (CP)—Prime Min- ister Pearson told a delegation Tuesday

to'dg something to cushion impact’ of automation on workers’

algae» that federal labor law amended in line with a rec- ommendation of the Freedman report that employers be forced to negotiate terms of tech- nological changes in iced during the closed .period of labor contracts.

Mr. Nicholson said w) possible the issue handled through voluntary agreement between labor and management.

J. A. Huneault, vice-president of the Brotherhood of Mainten- ance of Way Workers (CLC), said unions attempted in the past to get voluntary agree- ments. on new working rules “but matlagement turned thumbs down every time.” -_A.-R._Gibbons,__ vice-president. of the. Brotherhood .of Locomo- tive Firemen and Enginemen (CLC), said one railway union now engaged in contract talks tried to get a covering clause that would provide for the ne- gotiation of job changes. It was rejected outright. He ‘apparently was referring to the Brotherhood of Railroad

ver “be

eral and provincia! governments.

The land involved is adjacent tracts and of low agricultural capability. It has been lying

idle for some time. The bush | sibility of the government of.

areas are to bé managed under

agreement while tle cleared

with the CNR. There have suggestions that the

TORONTO (CP) — A flying saucer inventor and his neigh- bor Tuesday battled five sher- iff’s officers in a vain attempt to save their expropriated homes in suburban North York from demolition.

Frank Vukovic, a 33-year-old Yugoslav immigrant, who is building_.a__flying saucer in a backyard shed, wrestled with officers for several minutes. His three-year-old daughter, Julie,: looked on, sobbing quietly, as Vukovic was carried to the street where several po- licemen and detectives waited. Joseph Molino, 28, Vukovik’s neighbor, was taken to a police

Trainmen (CLC), .now negotia-

Lorne Keizer, LEFT, chair- man of the committee for the ‘Pitis MacDonald fire fund, ae- cepts a cheque for $100 from Connie LeClair, Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus

route to the West Indies Feb. 1. |

Saucer Inventor Battles Police

jable species under the’ sam | agreement. 5 Operation and maintenance of the project will be the respon-

|P.E.I. under Agriculture and

the federal-provincial forestry |Conservation Minister Andrew

MacRae. -

bor and .

ing

‘of introduction.

with obstructing a peace officer, , one of county sheriff Philip Am-

Kin.

SUSPENDED

was nded Monday after | a ‘woman he had declared dead breathing when tak

JARDA Forestry Program

'ls Announced For Prince

‘ CAPITAL BUREAU | be shared equally by the fed- sections will be seeded to euit-

| Kettle Rapids.

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OTTAWA (CP)—The federal | government has agreed in prin- ciple to share in ‘the develop- jment of the $300,000,000 first |phase of the Nelson River hydro power project with the Manitoba government, Prime Minister |Pearson announced Tuesday. He told the Commons the fed- jeral government will build, fi- jnance and own) a $120,000,000 |high-voltage transmission line to ~|tarry Nelson-power to Winnipeg.

Later, when markets are de-

veloped, the federal government would extend: lines: to interna- tional and provincial bounda- Ties. The prime minister said the jinitial phase includes construc- {tion of a power site at Kettle |Rapids and installations of -gen- jerating capacity totalling 855,000 |kilowatts.

(ill River would be diverted into lthe Nelson near

brose’s men.

The sheriff said Tuesday night no charge had been laid against Vukovik.

The houses were expropriated by York Township to make way for a $2,000,000 civic stadium and recreation centre. tion- was. to-start-Tuesday.. ..-

The township offered $8,000 for the house Vukovic bought for $7,000 five years: ago. Vuko- vic refused the offer and ‘de- manded. $16,000.

Vukovic,a former Yugoslav Air Force mechanic and now an auto mechanic here, says his flying saucer will revolutionize

station where he was charged

DONATION MADE.TO FIRE FUND

last night at the second annual Knights of Colunibus variety show at the Basilica Recreat- jon Center. The MacDonalds’ were the victims of a fire early Monday morning which, claim-

the helicopter industry.

ed the lives of two of their young children and gutted their two-storey home. Dona- tions to the fund will be re- ceived by both branches of the Royal Bank of Canada in Charlottetown, . i

he

pede

ja native of Scotchford, P.

will be held off until next year’s

3 | session. ~

Murder Case

Is Adjourned

PRESQUE ISLE, Me. (AP)— against

A murder charge F. Goodwin, 44, of Fort Fair-

| field, in--the--death_. of _ is. Ca-

madian-born wife was continued

: — ~ plea~ Tuesday’ until Feb:

31, whose nude body was found on the floor of a Sedroom in their cabin outside Fort Fa’

field Feb. 11. A broken, blood- acs ae

* Police charged Mrs.

E.1., had. been beaten to death. An autopsy attributed death to brain hemorrhages and a rup- tured liver. Mrs, Goodwin also

coming - here Goodwin.

lived in Antigonish, N.S., before after marrying

speak Conservative party ‘and. .Pro-jefn U.S, and the “possible sale” fessor Mark R. McGaigan of |of low-cost power to Saskatche- the University of~Toronto will |wan and Ontario through hydro discuss Liberal philosophies. inter-connections. Recently Mr. Macquarrie took| Full development of the Nel- part in a discussion at the an-|son can only be achieved in suc- nual meeting of the Progressive jcessive steps, he said. - : Conservative Student Federat-| Mr. Pearson said federal par- ion on the implications of Que-|ticipation ensfres that the Nel- bec’s quiet revolution. son will not remain undevel- : : mand power in Manitoba . |which prevents the province N.S. House — [ret prevents the ro ; The two governments are td Opens Today, |é= 1/3 steemest ‘as som

velopment. The federal govern- ment split the $4,000,000 study bill’ with the Manitoba govern- ment. | The long-distance transmis- sion line from Kettle Rapids to Winnipeg would be leased to Manitoba hydro, the provincial public power agency, which would repay the federal invest- ment with interest over a 50- ar period. Geen Churchill: (PC—Winnt- peg South Centre) said he wel- comes the announcement and is glad that the federal government is beginning to show some in- terest in northern development.

Vancouver Causeway Proposed —

OTTAWA (CP) — A British Columbia MP wants the federal government to start a feasibility study on..Jinking Vancouver Is- land to the mainland by a cause- way. : _e

Tom Barnett (NDP—Comox- Alberni) made the suggestion to

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prenspens Minister Pickersgill the Commons Tuesday dur- ing debate on the minister’s de- partmental estimates. There are 289,000 people on island, many more than on Edward ‘Island where avd he eid, Tee toni causeway, he. said. ter might also consider linking Newfoundland. by a causeway, but Vancouver Island, Mr. Pickersgill did not com- ment,

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MAP SHOWS ‘location of Kettle Rapids on Nelson Ri- ver in Manitoba where a $300,000,000 hydro power pro- ject is planned. ~

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| Joins In Extension

Proposal | OTTAWA (CP) — The.

jinces Tuesday asked | Minister Sharp to extend the 25

scheduled expiry date of Mare

31, 1966. The

four

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liament 4 year ago

a 25-per-cent refund’ of’ any

nicipal loan obtained from for projects .

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