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Quebec Premier Johnson (RIGHT) ‘and Finance \ Minis- ter Dozois. are engrossed in. whose front page headlines read “equality or indepen-

Nuclear Testing Deplored

Direct Talk Schedule

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NO NARROWING OF DIFFERENCES Federal Stand Unmoved On Financial Proposals

statements that he is preparing ; Neither-Mr, Sharp nor any of a. constitutional bomb to: throw \the provincial delegation jead- atthe rest of Canada. jers—which include

By DENNIS oRcHAKD OTTAWA (CP)—Finance -Min- jister Sharp. -réported - Thursday

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| | CAPITAL BUREAU ‘opment. programs,” the Prerm- | OF .THE GUARDIAN ier said. Z

| OTTAWA — Premier. ee | He said he had dubbed it the

\Campbell has scheduled a meet-|‘‘skunk bounty’ formula be

jing this morning with Federal 'cause it provides little more foe

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Campbell

Increase In Grants Will Be Objective —

dence”, as the two men pre- pare for Thursday's session of the -federal-provincial _ fiscal conference at Ottawa. Prem- ier Johnson said following

inight after two-@ggis of tax dis- cussions_wi Provinces that |

the federal government has not budged -on its proposals.

Delegations at the important federal-provincial meeting had “disputed, arguwed. and de fended” their. positions, he said. “There were Very sharp gif-. ferences of opinions.” ~ : Nore “of. the provinces had agreed to. federal. proposals for

Wednesday's meeting that his government. will . move to | bring about a “twonation” | state unless acceptable fiscal | agreement is reached. |

(CP Wirephoto) |

At Commonwealth Talks

By JOSEPH MacSWEEN “~<LONDON wealth leaders issued a new plea for disarmament Thursday night. and—~d-epTtored nuclear

weapons tests in the atmosphere

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by France and China, “Prime ministers recorded their view that events “were . throwing into ever sharper re- lief the need for firm and-far- teaching agreements on,-disarm- ament;"” said a communique is- sued at the end“ of the 16th ‘Commonwealth prime ministers

conference. ee The reference to France and

(CP)}—-= Common--

\China was the only- surprise in

22 --country conference, domi- inated-until the- final day by the |Rhodesian question on which a jseparate statement, was issued |Thursday night, tougher action. ‘

Despite bitte® clashes “and un-

‘resolved differences on Rhode- a the 10 - iter Pearson, chief mediator, de- |scribed as ‘‘an astonishing’ feel- ling of goodwill. and faith’

| This was based partly on the Succeeding the assassinated Dr.'; The weather¥office here sai

‘accomplishments of the meeting

the- lengthy communique of the

day conference | ended with what Prime Minis:

and partly on relief at what -was avoided -. the breakup of the family of nations with its total population of 750,000,000, : The _prime~ ministers, | prest- dents and ministers- once more

envisaging je@ndemned as ‘‘oppressive and

cies of South Africa, which quit the Commonwealth in 1961.

Jeles of Sout the. ragial _ Roli-

This action came_ within only |two days of the appointment of

|Justice Minister Vorster::. as

South Africa’s prime minister,,

[Hendrik Verwoerd.

Gemini {1 Makes Fine:Landing

By HARRY NASH

After Historic Days In Space

glee ea | Conra

and Gordon kept

} Within half an hour. the. astro-

ABOARD THE RECOVERY ihands off the controls, letting nauts, wearing sunglasses and ‘ SHIP GUAM ‘AP)—Glinting inthe spaceship's guidance system navy: flight .caps, bounded off | the tropical sun, the tiny Gemini |guide them through the blazing the recovery helicopter. ;

11 spaceship: guided its pilots to |

a bull’s-eva landing in the At-

jreentry into earth's atmosphere. ‘It performed well, plunging

Both men made~ brief state- ments, then strolled to sick bay |

‘| provincial tended a.news conference at the -

jin | Saint

7 changes in shared - cost pro-

grams that would put a greater onus on the provinces... —

Neither Mr. Sharp .nor three premiers - who - at-

conclusion of the meeting indi- cated any narrowing of -diffe- rences on the other two main is- sues—the way the two levels of

igovernment will share ‘direct ;

taxes in future and the kind of formula that should apply in fu-

ture for equalization payments”

to low-income. provinces. Premier Daniel Johnson of

Quebee was anxious to tone down interpretations of earlier

‘High Winds, Rain Hit ©

Some

‘Maritimes

HALIFAX (CP)High winds jand heavy rain struck the Mar- |

jitimes Thursday as a storm jmoved across the district.

| the heaviest rain was reported

three inches in a 24-hour period. The winds toppled trees and created hazardous driving con-

ditions. Several persons . were taken to hospital. At sea. the 41-foot Terence

Bay, N.S.. fishing vessel’ De-

borah Ann was'taken in_tow. by the Canadian destroyer Chau-

diere after an engine failure at the height of the storm.

Talks Planned On Medicare |

LONDON

(CP)—Prime Minis-

lahtic Thursday, safe and sound them to within two miles of the where doctors gave them quick tét Pearson plans to talk with

from three historic days in apace

A helicopter picked up US. Navy .Cmdr. Charles (Pete)

Conrad Jr. and Lt.-Cmdr. Rich- ard F. Gordon Jr. and deposited them a short time later aboard this recovery ship.

Holders of seven .man-in-space records, the two astronauts let tt be known they were thrilled.

man, Agena

they caught a

target rocket in the

quickest rendezvous and linkup |

ever, then twirled in- formation with it tied to them by a cord.

They circled the globe 44 times since being launched from the Cape Monday. The

trip ended as no other manned flight—with the spacecraft do- ae 8 -thee-gork

iship.

LANDING SEEN ON TV

They came so close, television iviewers got a ringsidé”™ seat of the journey’s end with live pic- tures beamed. via the Early Bird satellite. This was the third consecutive Gemini mission that jended_ within range of TV cam- eras.

pinpoint only 300 yards.

The pilots began their -home- ward jaunt at 9:24 a.m. EDT Thursday.

Dangling from a white and orange parachute, Gemini 11, in sight of the Guam, struck the water with a splash at 10 am. | Three helicopters circled the icapsule as it descended.

Long Term Study Underway ‘Of Charlottetown Airport.

CAPITAL BUREAU OF THE GUARDIAN OTTAWA The federal de- Dartment of transport is engag- ‘din a long term study of the Charlottetown airport, an offt- tial of the department.,said here Thursday. But he emphasized that it will be a long time: before any ‘ecisions are reached on a possible expansion and. develop- ment program.

ment also does special economle Studies to determine if the traf- fic development. in the future ‘would warrant large expendi- ‘tures. .

| It was explained that the de- |partment operates from_ five’ to 10 years into the future on the

‘studies so that it would be quite

\physical examinations. Dr. John [Droescher pronounced them in excellent condition after 71 | jhours in space.

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DUE FOR CAPE TODAY Conrad and Gordon were to iget. a. night’s sleep and leave ithe ship by helicopter today, ar- \riving at Cape Kennedy: at 9:30

a.m.

Not only did they soar higher | Gemini 11 wasn't the closest | =850 miles—and faster than any ‘to its mark, though. Gemini 9 |try, fleeting [holds that record by missing the ‘Manned space records:

Besides the automatic re-en- | the mission scored these — Swiftest. rendezveus and \docking ever staged. Where | other chases lasted three and

lfour orbits, Gemini 11 caught a | ;

fleeting Agena target rocket in less than one.

| — First rendezvous accom- iplished using solely radar, com- puter and guidance equipment on board. Other astronauts have had computerized help from mission control at Houston, Tex.

—A new ‘world altitude mark.) 22 Firing ‘the engine of the Azena| :

locked to its nose, the space- craft whipped to an egg-shaped jorbit strefching upward to 850 miles. Gemini 10 held the old mark of 476 miles. ' —Long extra-vehicular ity by an astronaut, two hours

activ-

utes on his shortened space walk and two hours eight min- utes standing on his seat with the hatch open.

52 minutes by Gordon--44 min- | i

party officials as soon as he re- turns to Ottawa about a possible party caucus over the postpone- ment ‘forone year of the gov- ernment’s medicare plan.

He declined further comment on the postponement. which has been opposed by some Liberal party members, saying he wanted to deal with !he matter

he returned tonight.

He stood. by

meeting of the

cial tax committee, but

not-met. : : . He outlined machinery he will

bec's proposals constitution of Canada.

Projects Planned For NB.

TORONTO. (CP}—The

series. of projects rural life across Cana

New. Brunswick. : The newspaper

northeastern

nomically jthe “province. :

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The story says the projects @ |will mean wholésale rearrange- ment and upgrading of the edu- John, N.B.—more than |¢ation, skills, land. use, occupa- | seven the living Ba |

jtions and jterns of the two regions. | The projects fall

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project cuit educational

ment="areas,

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two areas.

the newspaper adds.

chance and educational will be offered them.

aged in the two regions.

be built.

Quebec is not threatening to: se- cede from Canada -if they are

start ‘in’ motion to. frame —Que- | for rewriting the Tangements was

Globe and Mail says the ‘tirst two of a to revitalize

unveiled Tuesday in Fredericton by Forestry Minister Sauve and | ‘|premier Louis Robichaud of home. s the pro} | . se : >| : 2 4

ets, aint Fons and} a aes ‘ a McCAIN the other close. to Bathurst in | ; 0 Ing ampions ID New Brunswick, | -

will inject $100,000,000 into eco- ¢ ; : : : lagging sections of

under the | Agricultural Rehabilitation and Development Act and form the first_comprehensive rural rede- velopment undertaken in Can-

the sparsely-secttled redevelop- mainly* inhabited

by marginal farmers and fish-

Planned communities will be

stablis in the project areas, -fugpecug ie Poe ltional competition. The St. Pe- | years. lter’s man plowed in a field at | Macdonald College, St. Anne des+S) mi . opportunities [Bellevue that year. The follow- | field speed. William. MacInnis MacInnis repre- | was second. . oad Leroy MacLeod, Forest Hill ® topped the tractor class for no-

and fishermen -will be given th to train for new jobs |

The story says new industries, notably tourism, will be encour- New | through personal contact when jharbors and tourist centres will

the —fiscal de. |miers=have held out ‘any hope

“he had just made at the for a solution of the fiscal dif- eee ott itera ‘ferences before the full’ federal- said provincial conference scheduled |

for November. ,

Mr. Sharp told ‘the press. con-. one-— |year agreement~-continuing’ | ar- supported by —

ference that an interim,

| iterms of existing tax-sharing

be on the

ae one. province. But some decision must lmade. before Jan. 1,. 1967, new agreements to replace existing arrangenients.

‘gested that some sort of interim (arrangement, © perhaps~ covering ia year, be drawn up to allow ;more time to work out %a_ pro- (sosal that would bind. Ottawa and the provinces for five years.

tario-and Alberta Premier FE. C. Manning: were the only other

premiers at the press confer-

ence. Premiers Alex Camphell 'Prince Edward

(Roblin of Manitoba, Ross

‘ls Won

won the Kings Cotnty

iplace. nod from judges David Peacock and Raynall MacNeill.

This marks the second time

jhind.»second....on....several...occa- |sions.

Mr. MacInnis won the Prince

The newspaper says the low | Edward Island championship ap- jhorse-drawn level of education is considered to be the main handicap of the

esac aid five years |

jing year Mr.

isented the Island again — he | ifinished second here — at the | 'Canadian match held at Belle- | vice plowmen.

ivue, Ontario.

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Several. provinces at the conference sug- jj

|Thatcher of ‘Saskatchewan and da will be |W- A. €. Bennett of British Co- umbia left. immediately” after | tic-experience in a half-dozen ithe meeting to catch -planes ae

championship. at Dundas yester-.;up for the Islaftl! fitle® iday when he earned the first-|

| Runner up yesterday was the | won the veteran plowman, and ‘many

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Bs to a wagon, His pair

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{ ea : ; NEW. ENVOY Premier John Robarts of Opel ceenr musty ten te: ony

| Japanese diplomat. Osamu It- | agaki described his appoint- ment-as Japanese Ambassa- dor to Canada. Interviewed on

of | the eve of his departure for Islawd, Duff | Ottawa, Itagaki ‘calls the Can-

| adian capital a ‘‘desired post.” | Fluent in English,, he takes | with him 33 years of diploma-

countries, - (CP Wirephote)

William MacInnis, St. Peter’s, |times champion, Edwin Mills of |showman, plowing |Rollo Bay. Mr. Mills

was runner 1965.

In third place was Ray Burke, Dundas, fourth was Dan MacIn- jnis,, St. Peter's, brother of “Wil- \liam. George Campbell, Prim-

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It says a major-feature of the jthe St. Peter’s man has won the rose was fifth. is to beam closed-cir- jcounty title, though he was run- | television into ner-up on‘ several occasions, and |r. Burke the best crown and lfinished in strong placings be- pan MacInnis the straightes

Mr. Mills had the best finish,

[pore Truelove

tained his supremacy with the

plows when he

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Ray Burke,

t Paula

placed first in the class the sin- senior, ow. He had won the bull, ‘This |the reserve h |three cases.

won the Perfection pecial in the match plowed at |

Finance Minister Mitchell Sharp ito carry the Island's financial fmessage to Mr. Sharp on a per- |sonal ‘basis.

He told the Ottawa Bureau of |The. Guardian that he intends to ‘make a plea for increased sup- iplementary. grants for the pro- vince, based on P.E.I.’s fiscal ‘ineed which is not recognized by the present or proposed tax 4sharing formula. ue

- The two-day © Jfederal-provin- cial conference wound up Thurs- day without any specific agree- ment on a tax sharing formula. The premiers are ‘expected to meet again with Prime Minister Pearson for a high level attempt at>a new formula. in. mid-Octo- ber. t

P.E.I. HOPEFUL /

Premier Campbell said that juntil such an agreement can be ‘reached P.E.I. is hopeful it can 'be guaranteed additional finan- +ciat assistance to meet the needs lof provincial development.

“I want P.E.I. to realize what lis at stake. The proposed tax \sharing formula’ will not provide ithe new income necessary to en- lable the province to proceed ‘with economic and social devel-

Raymond _ Vessey, York ‘had one-grand champion _|with his sample of Irish Cob- blers. The York vegetable far- |mer also topped the class for ;Green Mountains, and that for I siny other variety.”

Reginald MacDonald, Little |Pond topped the Sebago entries. | Elmer A. Myers and Miss Coady, a pair of neigh- bours from Hazelbrook were

‘Taylor, Upton main- | strong whmers in the class for

| Jersey cattle.

Mr. _Myers had the junior, and grand champion with Miss Coady getting champions in all

The winners of the champion- ~(Cotninued on page 3, col. 4)

Mrs. John MacKie, Howe Bay |

three-sod tractor. told The Guardian | MacKie had been

Mrs. the

that under

| | coaching of Edwin Mills for sev-

days. Mrs, MacKie’s win in the ladies

i \elass was a surprise to many

| plowing observers, as she had to | defeat the favored and capable Dori Hunter, of Strathcona on her way to the title. Miss Hunter is this year’s Queen of the Furrows. Preston Bryenton, Rollo Kay repeated his 1965 victory in the class for best draft team_hitched of bay Clydesdales took the nod over John Gillis’s fine team from Forest Hill. Mr. Brenton had four -first placings in the class for horses. His showy team won the red ribbon last year against the same strong opposition. Russel Mills, ped ‘the class for general pur- | poses with a beautifully turned Chestnut . golden mare. This at- tractive animal took the -same class last year, The Taylors can

Annandale _top-

always be

class for Jadies’ two or |

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| MONCTON (CP) — An official of the Canadian Brotherhood of |Railway, Transport and Gener- |al Workers Union said Thurs-

\day the union plans to seek talks | Pearson |

jwith Prime Minister jand Transport Minister J.W. Pickersgill concerning a sugges- tion that control-of Canadian Na- |tional Railways’ ferry service to |Prince Edward Island. be. turn- jed over to the transport depart- iment. :

| L.H. Abbott. general chair- jman of the CBRT’s Atlantic Re- igion, said he has received cor- jTespondence from the union's /451-member local 127. at Borden, |P.E.I., protesting the suggestion |by P.E.1. premier Alex B. Camp- ‘bell. ett

Premier Campbell said Mon- day his government had recom-

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|P:E.1.. than. enough to meet the iprovince’s bounty on skunks. “The formula “is completel unsatisfactory to me as I knov jit is to. every. Prince Edward 19 lander,” the Premier declared. Under. the federal proposal 'P.E.L's share. of taxes would

Fise—by— only $200,000‘ from $10.8 +to $10.8 million including the At djustment

| lantie Provinces a ms ‘grant. The Atlantic grant “as? such is to be discontinued under ithe ‘proposal but the amount iP:E.1~ receives from” it - would istill be included in its revenue

lfrom the federal government {

(REPLIES TO MR. SHAW ~ | Premier Campbell said it had

jbeen reported to him that Ov- - position Leader Walter Shaw had —

jexpressed ‘surprise and dismay at the $200,000 increase propos-. ed for the “Island.

“He is the last man: whe- ishould be surprised. Before leav- ling office his government. ought ito have been aware of the pro-- jposed new formula_which was jmade known to all. provinces jsome time ago,” Mr. Campbell ‘said. “‘During the recent provin- ‘cial election campaign, the lea- der of the Conservative Party ‘maintained that the financial po-

jsition of the province was strong -

jand there would be . “mises ‘plementary allowanees: ~~ How jever, the projections by- the provincial tax officials. and available to_Mr. Shaw. revealed mounting deficits in. the first year of $9 million and increasing to approximately $16 million in five year's time.”

The premier said these facts clearly demonstrated the need. ifor Jong range planning and bud-

government was now undertak- ing. .

TO OUTLINE COSTS

Mr. Campbell said that in his discussions with Mr. Sharp he would point out that the pro-

ent programs in the fields of

social welfare plus the cost of debt. charges totaled $7.9 mil- lion annually in addition to pres- ent expenditures. He is hope- ful that some avenues can- be | found to obtain this additiona! amount through supplementary grants until a more realistic tas (Continued on page 3, col. 7?

Union Will Talk is! TO PM On Ferry

|mended to the federal govern iment that the Northumberland Strait ferry service be transfer. jred to-the-transport department. The Borden local expressed jconcern over the Premier's ae tions and one._.official suggested it was a reprisal against union members for refusing to man the ferries during the early stages of the national rail strike. The servicé was tied up for about

five days during the atrike be- ,

fore parliament issued its back to-work order

Meanwhile, Barry Honid, CBRT field representative for the New Brunswick —. Prince’

Edward Island area. was sched- uled to leave here today for talks’ with William Smith, the union's national president

ding the old age sup-

kings = By St. Peters Resident

lgeting which. the present Liheral

jected costs of the Island’s pres -agriculture;-fisheries;-education, ~~

some time before the Charlotte- jtown situation had been fully as-

Navy Cmdr.

Eugene Cernan | i held the old record with a two- |

depended on to have good horses

Feared Lost In North Sea .

Two separate studies are “f38ed to a point where any de- hour 10-minute excursion out- | : being conducted. One involves cision would be taken on either \side Gemini 10. i the runways and the possible !the runways or the terminal —The first time two satellites | ©

need fo lengthen and strengthen them... The..other...is :dealing...with.. the airport terminal complex and the possibility that some en- largement and ‘improvement is required.

“These plans are only under study, it.would not be correct -to say that any specific.. project was in the works,” the official said. “we are constantly doing studies on all the major dot air- Ports in Canada as new aircraft are introduced.”’

The spokesman said that the economics branch of the depart-

have heen tied together with a |

_ INSIDE TODAY

Finance, Markets ......."18

mation flight. : \ The fact Gordon's . walk in |

tether, then. set. spinning..in. for: |

Island news secccueve @ [SPace Tuesday had | Summerside ..... eveks . 3 |trimmed to 44 minutes, less | TMM oe icin pes dete cee 3 than half the time planned, has | Mitra oa orraiai some—coneern—to-NASA- ity .... 5 (officials. on aad raat | Dr. Robert Gilruth, director of | Apert 0... 056. eetbigeces g |the Manned Spacecraft Centre CN ek vente: _ g jin Houston, said: ‘From this | Classified ............ 10, 11 flight all we can conclude is we |

|still have a lot to learn and that | we aren't quite sure what it is

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we're missing.”

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WILLIAM MacINNIS of St.

Peters yesterday won the Kings County plowing champ-

| ionship. Island champion some

five years ago, he: has twice competed in Canadian champ- fonship contests.: He won the crown yesterday by defeating

best plow team over 2,600 pounds.

and Bert Taylor, Upton had the |

Edwin Mills of Bay Fortune, |

who took the runner-up spot. The St. Peters man has been plowing competitively for up- wards of 10 years.

shown by Garfield MacLeod, Forest Hill.

The provincial

will be decided at the same loca-

are September 21 and 22. An added feature this

plows to be contested on a pro- vincial’ basis. A large . farm |machinery company is sponsor- ing this match, . ;

In potato classes the veteran

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The best light plow team was)

| THE HAGUE (Reuters) — A Danish helicopter reported

Twenty of the 2l-mafi crew of that the bodies of two West Ger-

championship ‘match will “be contested” next Thursday afternoon, at the Jim

tion—on—Wednesday;—The~-dates

year ._}will be the match for mounted

the West German training sub- jmarine Hai (Shark) are feared _to. haye...been.Jost..when. .the. ves-

: north Sea _ gale Robertson farm in Alexandra, night. The Queens County champion ‘he sole known survivor, 23-

{year-old seaman Pieter Silber- ‘Nagel, was picked un by the British trawler St. Martin early | Thursday after being in the wa- ter for 13 hours.

| A huge sea and air search ‘was launched for possible sur- vivors sin the area of the sink- ing. about 200 miles from the northeast coast of England.

sel sank suddenly in a fierca covered by

man seamen were found in the disaster area and put aboard a \West..German.ship. The sea owas an extensive cil

‘Wednesday slick and there was a patch of

\rising air bubbles. | Interviewed by

; radio while jaboard the St.

Martin, Silber-

ifagel told a dramatic story of .

how he escaped from the 7%0- ton Hai, which 21 years ago, at the end of, the Second Wovid War, was scuttled by its Ger. man crew but later brought up and reconstructed as West Ger many's first post-war subma rine "> ; ‘

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