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'UNION-CHRYSLER TALKS STALLED

Negotiations between United|remained in dispute. The strike; put workers on pension at 60

Automobile Workers (CLC) and Chrysler Corporation of Canada were stalled Sunday night - although only one main issue

at the Windsor, Ont., plant be- gan last week. The point in dis- pute is a clause which would give the company the right to

years of age. The union wants the clause removed or at least modified.

Halifax's

° ~ . Building By SANDY CAMPBELL Canadian Press Staff Writer

_ HALIFAX (CP)—Sweating fire- ™en succeeded early today in

subduing a fierce three . alarm fire in one of the city’s oldest

Disaster Probe At Springhill To Open Today

SPRINGHILL, N.S., — (CP)— A royal commission hearing into the mine disaster last October that claimed the lives of 75 min- ers opens here today.

Theatre

Arts

Razed By Fire

— There were no casual-

pie flames, sometimes shooting 50 feet im the air, levelled the three-storey, frame Theatre Arts Guild building in the city’s south end in less than two hours.

There was no estimate of dam- age but the loss is expected to be excessive.‘A one-time Roman Catholic — school, the aig was headquart-| ers for con Seatlen Progres- sive Gicenouiies

party, and it contained a CBHT studio. Conservative party office man- ager Mike Forrestal! saad “all our records were lost.’’ Also destroyed were the props. cost-

Donald McInnes, 54-year-old Halifax lawyer who headed an inquiry into the 1956 Springhill | mine explosion that killed 39) men, is commission chairman. |

The other two members, Tom) McLachlan, former president of! the United Mine Workers ( eal district 2 and mining engineer! Harry Wilton-Clark of Calgary. Alta., made a weekend tour of | the shattered No. 2 pit avhere the fateful cave-in occurred Oct. 23.

Two Couples Die In Cars

TORONT \—Four persons —two men and twasxomen—who apparently ‘sat all nighfitn two

cars in a garage, were found dead Sunday in suburban York town- ship.

Police said the four apparently were victims of carbon monoxide

The four dead are: Nick Macri, 3, in whose garage the cars were; Pio Cestra, 23; Mabel An- derson and Mary Davis.

The four dead were identified as Nick Macri, 25, in whose gar- age the cars were: Mabel Johns- ton; 20; Pio Ferranti, 23, andj Mary Davis, 30.

A member of the Macri family was reported to have told police that the four drove into the ga- Fage in separate cars late Satur-| day night or early Sunday morn- ing after double-dating.

When the garage door was opened Sunday, the bodies of. the young men were found sprawled) on the floor. The girls’ bodies’ C were in separaie cars.

Police said the car engines and Fadios had apparently been turned on al! night. They said the — tanks in both cars were

| ity.”’

Members of ; Theatre Arts Guild were rehfarsing a play for regional competition leading to the Dominion Drama Festival when the fire broke out shortly after 11 p.m. AST. it is believed the fire may have started in the furnace. Guild director Leslie H. Pigot sail the “furnace was mak- ing some queer noises all night.”

Fire ,Chief Fred MacGillivray rang in a third alarm to get all available firemen to the scene after the flames raced out~@T) control.

POSTED TO PORTUGAL

' VATICAN CITY (Reuters)— Pope John Saturday appointed Msgr. Gidvanni Panico, apostolic

umes and other equipment of the Malidex Tipetre Arts Guild.

delegate in Canada, to de papal! nunzio in Portugal.

Mikoyan

Urges

East-West Talks

MOSCOW (Reuters) — Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan, just back from his tour of the United States, has called for East-West talks to settle Berlin's future.

He hints that Russia would Postpone its plan to end Berlin's four-power status May 27 if the proposed talks could make pro- gress over a period of “a few days or a few months.”

Mikoyan addressed about 300 reporters on Saturday. 24 hours after returning from his three- week American visit. He was in excellent humor throughout the first press conference he ever has held in the Kremlin.

’ For the first 40 minutes, the 63. year-old deputy premier read a statement calling for an end to the cold war and thanking Ameri- cans from President Eisenhower down for their ‘“‘cordial hospital-

In the following 70 minutes he replied briefly and to the point— often with a wisecrack — to all questions fired at him. The press conference ended, as did many ne had held in the U.S., with a wave of the hand and a sign-off spoken in English: “Thank you, good- bye.” RITICIZES OFFICIALS

In his statement, he directed further barbs. at the U.S. state department for failing to show the ‘“‘sensible’’ approach of American businessmen toward Soviet-Amer- ican relations, but added:

ANASTAS MIKOYAN

“Despite the cold war and the existence of many prejudices in the United States against the So viet Union, the atmosphere gen- erally is now favorable for steps toward strengthening peace.”

Mikoyan appealed for a return to the wartime Soviet-American co-operation, saying: “May God - us to revert to the kind of

. operation we had at that time.”

‘Super- Highway ‘Break-Up’ Stirs Charges In Britain

By LAWRENCE THAW

LONDON (Reuters) — Engi- meers are stil] swarming over Britain's only super . highway— | the whole 8% miles of it to leadn how cracks, ridges. bubbles | and eruptions suddenly blos-! somed on its surface in the last! week.

The $10,500,000 road, which took} 2% years to build, was closed on Thursday, 48 days after it was} opened in a blaze of publicity by| Prime Minister Macmillan

Its asphalt face had crumbled} on Wednesday after 2!

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weeks of freezing winter weather followed by a thaw British newspapers ’ denounced

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i the ineers tojeents a gallon. The government| and clover- deaves are almost un-

ton in northwestern England.

BAD ROADS COSTLY

Experts ad roads are cost- ing Brita 500,000,000 a year through wasted time and fuel. At the rate new cars are being registered, they warn that the time will be “catastrophic.”

The Great North Road, main route from London to Edinburgh, |has been branded by the Roads Campaign Council as “the twisted, battered, crushed and squeezed backbone of Britain.” |

British motorists pay a heavy, annual registration tax —. about the equivalent of $35—and a 60- per-cent sales tax on regular-| grade gasolinc. which sells. for equivaliont of more than £0 |

"000. a year from these taxes.

When the registration tax started in 1909 the money was supposed to go into a road fund to build new roads and improv- ing existing ones.

KITTY RAIDED ‘

Sir Wifiston Churchill was’ the first of a long line of politicians to “raid the kitty."’ In 1926, as chancellor of the exchequer. he repudiated the basis on which the road fund was established and

began. a series of withdrawals from the fund.

The faults of British roads are many. according to experts.

| They are too narrow—most were

planned for horse - drawn car- riages—and a main road invar- }lably passe ith the. centre of a conzested tewn. Overt 2 SSOS8

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work day and night om the road,|is estimated to take in £400,000,-! known.

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By FRANK BRUTTO VATICAN CITY. (AP) — Pope John Sunday summoned an ecum- enical council of the Roman Cath

olic Church aimed at uniting the Christian forces of the world. His action was historic and un- expected.

The pontiff made the announce- ment on the anniversary of the conversion of St. Paul. The word- ing of the Vatican statement in- dicated that Christian churchs outside the Roman Catholic Church may be invited to partici- pate in the council, at least as observers. Ecumenical means world-wide

(In London, Church of England authorities expressed keen. inte:- est in the Vatican announcement, but a spokesman at Lambeth Palace, home of the Archbishop of Canterbury, said the full text of the announcement has not been received, and for the moment the archbishop cannot comment on it.

(Unification of Christian com munities is a long-view objective of ne Anglican Church lead ers.

LAST IN 1869 There has not been an ecumen- ical council for nearly a century Such a council brings together | one inals, archbishops and bish- of the Roman Catholic Church from all over the world. ’ The last one, called in 1869, pro- claimed the infallibility. of the

Shetland Is. Food Crisis | Is Relieved

LONDON (Reuters)—A govern- ment fishery cruiser Sunday landed food and emergency work- ers on the snowbound Shetland Is- lands off the northern tip of Scot. land where a state of emergency was declared Friday.

Heavy rain Sunday made con- ditions bad for linemea stjll_try-

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The call by Pope John for an ecumenical council underscores the urgency that he feels for the state of Christian unity today.

This is expecially deep over Orthodox Church in So viet R and the Roman Cath-

olic Church in Red China, where effcris to create a separate Com- munist-dominated church threat- ens a schism.

One of the major subjects of the new council] therefore may be a reaffirmation of the church's stand against communism. LONG PREPARATIONS

The pope set no date for the council, a ponderous meeting of the hierarchy. Fully a year may be required to set the stage for its deliberations.

Much preparation is necessary for such a council, dealing with the most important questions of faith and morals.

More than 800 cardinals, arch- bishops, bishops, patriarchs and other prefates attended the last

With modern means of trans- portation, the new council—2ist in the 2,000-year history of the Roman Catholic Church—could easily be the most immense gathering in Christian history. There now are 74 cardinals, and

The brief statement issued by the Vatican press office said the counci! “tin the thought of the Holy Father, aims not only at the edification of| Christian people, but desires further to serve as an invitation to the communities

to seek unity, to which so many souls aspire in all parts of the world.”

Deeisions of past ecumenical councils have been historic. The first, in the year 325, set the date for Easter. The third, in 431, declared Mary the mother of God. The ninth, in 1123, dealt

with the ee of the Holy Land by the rs. The 16th, also known the Counci] of Constance, between 1414-18, re

solved the Great Schism when Other claimants to the papacy challenged the authority of the Pope in Rome.

was the 19th, or Council of Trent. It lasted 18 years, from 1545 to 1563. It was called to examine and condemn the beliefs of Martin Luther and other, Protestants, and to reform the’ discipline of the church itself, then flagging It was the Jongest council in the history 2f the church and issued the larZest number of dogmas and decrees.

Jaycees Meet In Ch‘town

One of the greatest councils a

AERIAL VIEW of

Sharon, Pa., one of the com.

4 munities hard-hit by rampaging

flood waters in five states of

May 22-24

AMHERST (CP) — This year’s regional finals of _ annual Junior Chamber

Commerece sale driving Rend eo will be held in Moncton early in June, it was announced 2 gypnnnd ig

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The meeting also detided that the annual Jaycee Atlantic Pro- vinces convention will be held in Charlottetown May 22-24 and the Nova Scotia conven‘ion in April in Amherst. Dates of the other events will be an- nounced later. National Jaycee president Jack O'Rourke of Chatham. Ont., who is touring chambers

separated (from the Roman Cath-

ing to restore downed commun- ications and power lines. Floods closed some main roads |

~, | in Scotland, the west of England, |

the Midlands and the south.

Hundreds of families remain | marooned by floods in the! Thames Valley.

‘Throughout London and nearby counties icy patches made some roads dangerous. A heavy mist restricted visibility to an average of 200 yards. At Staines Bridge near London the flooded road had. become a sheet of ice 300 yards long and an inch thick. In the Midlands and the north of England a dense blanket of fog blacked out wide areas of )Shrop- = Staffordshire, Cheshire and neashire, where roads were still icy. In parts of Liverpool visibility

was down to zero at times.

“Time-Bomb’ Faces Canada, Opposition Leader Charges

|, MONTREAL

- (OP) oaks Opposi- tion Leager Lester Pearson at- tacked the federal government's fiscal and economic policy Satur. day and said Canada is faced with an “inflationary time-bomb unless the situation is corrected

“When we talk like this we are accused of playing the Commu- nist game of being prophets of doom and gloom,”” Mr. Pearson told a Liberal party luncheon at the Reform Club.

“But we won't be prevented from discussing these serious, dangerous problems by those who don't want the public to know the

facts.””

in the Atlantic area, attended the meeting.

Mr. Pearson said the govern- ment is in a unique position, being faced with a mounting un- employment and recession prob- lem on the one hand and inflation | on the other.

“It is obvious that something 1s going to blow.'The government is sitting on an inflationary time- bomb.”

He was not blaming the govern- ment for the unemployment crisis but “‘we do say if the true facts were not distotted we would have a clearer picture of the situa- tion.”

“Our ‘criticism is that the gov- ernment cannot make up, its mind how to handle the sftua-; tion.”

| the United States. All

and all but one bank were clos- \ as ome al waters completely paralyzed business section

3,500 Homes Ruined

By Floods In 5 States

CHICAGO (AP) — Swollen wa-

iters overflowing the ice-choked

Ohio River and its tributaries Sunday threatened more areas of five states where thousands al- ready have been left homeless.

The Red Cross estimated that 22,000 families have been affected by the waters and at least 3,500 homes destroyed by floods in arts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, In- diana, West Virginia and New York

The known dead reached 23, but Governor Michael V. DiSalle of Ohio, where a state of emergency thas been declared. said the death toll in Ohio alone might reach 30.

Red Cross officials said* the

CBC Defers Vltimatum

OTTAWA ‘CP)—The CBC an nounced Sunday night it has de- ‘erred for the time being a re- turn-to-work ultimatum served on 1,200 employees of the publicly- owned corporation supporting a strike »y 74 Montreal producers.

The statement lowing a five-how meeting between top CBC oificlals and a six-man union delegation headed by Tim O'Sullivan, president of the Council of Broadcast Unions which co - ordinates six unions which bargain wiin the CBC.

Spanish actor Tais us costume on fire

mon and Sheba” in Madrid.

acroes|Gina_ Lollobrigida. the set during filming of “Solo-|tana was supposed to try and While struggling! ing caught fire. He escaped with

NEAR TRAGEDY ON MOVIE SET

Bran seenees Santana,|Looking on in horror is actress| with her he humped against a

whom San-

assassinate.

hanging brazier and his cloth-

minor burns. The mishap was recorded by the movie ‘camtta and will remain in the picture.

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agency was feeding nearly 6,000 homeless in 82 churches, schools and other public buildings in the five states. WORST IN HISTORY

Meadville, in western Pennsyl- vania, was hit by the worst flood in its history as the French Creek backed up behind two big ice gorges. At least 2,000 of the city’s 25,000 persons were forced from their homes.

At Pittston, Pa., rescue teams appeared to be winning in their attempt to plug a large hole through which flood waters of the Susquehanna River poured into a coal mine where 12 men were trapped last week. There was little hope that the men would be found alive.

The flow of water had been re-

_|duced about 90 per cent after a

night of intensified efforts. Work crews dumped tons upon tons of dirt fill and baled -straw into the void and expressed hope that the plugging might be completed some time Sunday night.

TEMPERATURES RISE

Above - freezing temperatures added some runoff to the flood areas Sunday but temperatures

ayed below freezing in New | York state, where there were heavy snow accumulations.

The sub freezing temperatures extended westward across the Great Lakes states and into the northern Rockies. Grand Forks, N.D., had a low of -24 early Sun-

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A ‘new band of spow accompan-’ ied the cold temperatures over the northern states. Sleet and freezing drizzle preceded the snow from Nebraska across Iowa, northerh [linois and northern Pennsylvania and New York, cr ating hazardous driving con ee

public

Revolt Rumors

Heard

buying 12 jet Canada to bolster its air force defences.

_The.state department here is understood to have given an ub identified Canadian firm permis sion to trans-ship the planes across the United States en route to Ciudad Trujillo, the Dominican capital.

The fighters, British-built Vam- pires, can fly about 500 miles an hour but are eonsidered obsolete when compared, to late-model supersonic succ rs.

The initial shipment of 12 is reported to be the forerunner of 31 Vampires Generalissimo Ra fael Trujillo has started buying in Canada following the Cuban

revolt.

Fidel Castro, Cuban rebel leader, in a visit to Venezuela. Saturday described Trujillo as a dictator who threatens the peacs

in nearby Caribbean countries.

BATISTA JOINS PERON

Castro arged that Trojifie had given military aid to Cuba's ousted president Fulgencio Ba- tista, who now is in the Dom

ported to have 30 to #0 ers now, some of them bought Sweden. Trujillo’s armed are understood to number about 10,000 men.

Rumors of possible new in the Caribbean area have bees heard since Castro’s rebels suc- ceeded in toppling Batista Jan. 4 after a long, uphill campaign.

POSSIBLE TARGETS

Nicaragua and Haiti have been mentioned as Possible targets as well as the Dominican Republic,

But U.S. state department au thorities say they see no convine- ing evidence that Castro would embark on military adventures outside his own territory at this time.

Gastro realizes, they beleive, that his most urgent task is te consolidate his own rule in Cuba and build an orderly, democratic government out of the turmoil following Batista’s downfall.

Despite some fears that Com- munists may play important roles in his regime, authorities here say there is no evidente that Castro will allow this. Ne known Reds are holding down cabinet posts or filling key posi- tions in Cuba.

On the contrary, Castro's im- tial moves have been to block left-wingers, American officials say. Five important Cuban left ists have been ousted by Castre from key posts in the Cuban Labor Council.

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“MINER’S HOME BURNS SPRINGHILL, N. S., (CP) — A fire of undetermined origin in 10 - degree weather Saturday night destroyed the home of um employed miner John Maine,

i-| There were no injuries,

and no estimate of damage.

Rink Collapse

HUNTSVILLE, Ont. (CP)—The dome-shaped aluminum roof of a curling rink at nearby Britannia Lodge collapsed under heavy snow Saturday, killing three per- sons and injuring eight others.

Only 11 persons were in the building when the roof caved ib about noon. They were trapped in the wreckage of the one- metal-clad rink.

Volunteers had to shovel away deep snow and ice for almost two hours to rescue the injured and reach the bodies. ;

Dead are Mr. and Mrs. Eric Chudleigh of Dixie, near Toronto, and John: Canfield, 13, of Wood- stock, Ont. Mrs. Chudleigh, the formeh Marion Kennedy, was the dauchier of Col. Thomas L. Ken- nedy, former progressive Conser- vative premier of Ontarie and

orey,

Kills 3 Persons

long-time agricultura! minister,

Injured were the dead boy's parents; Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Brophy of Willowdale, a Toronte suburb; Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bel- ton, Toronto; Jamie Carr, Wood- stock, and Peter White, Jr., 26, son of the lodge owner. Mrs. Bel- ton and Mrs. Canfield were re- ported in serious condition.

The two-sheet curling rink was built about three. years ago at the year-round resort 16 miles souht- east of here in the Lake of Bays district, about 120 miles north of Toronto.

The lodge, with a 125 - guest capacity during the winter sea- son, has just had $750,000 worth of renovations. It is owned. by Paul HWhite of Willowdale.

Pclice, fire brigade and hos- pital personnel from Huntsville

were sent te the scene.