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as the route for the arriving | ~~ ‘Commonwealth leaders. —

, If It’s Good For The Island | The Guardian Is For It

INDIAN PRIME MINISTER SHASTRI

Who died Monday nignt in Russia

‘Heavy Role For Canada Seen AtLagos Conference

By- GUY RONDEAU

LAGOS (CP) — Canada was expected to play an important tole at the Commonwealth prime ministers’ conference opening today in an attempt to | find a solution to the Rhodesian | crisis.

Prime. Minister Pearson —ar- rived Sunday amid riots: in this

igerian

‘violence during the Common- wealth conference to focus) world attention on their griev-

“

Nigerian capital, and riot police ; were_in ection a Monday as o ade eafers con- ws aN ra

Police patrolied a sector of | Lagos" where rioting, Sunday |

among rival political factions took-at. least-seven- lives: ......... lateral. . arn? Heavy security forces pa- [pendence Nov ' trolied the highways, one of The British government de- which leads from the airport. nounced. the proclamation, de- into the city centre and serves claring it an act of rebellion.

Prime -Minister Wilson...has

Sporadic violence —. killing, |grant independence to Rhodesia looting, and arson—has shaken until its black majority is gains parts of Nigeria's ‘western re-|some constitutional guarantees. gion | since October's disputed | Rhodesia has a population of regional elections. Government 4,000,000 blacks and 220,000 officials claim opposition ele- whites.

ments are trying to stir up. Economic sanctions have beer-

French-Language Teachers Enlarge Strike In Quebec:

MONTREAL. (CP)—A total of; Some 16,000 primary and sec-

> lay teachers and 34 nuns jondary school students are af- sae. brothers went on) jfected in the three areas.

ioday in the Papiggau _re-| A special meeting of —-dele-

bringing the igates from local school boards

gion east of Hull,

foal of striking French - lan-|in the Hull area held Sunday

guage Roman Catholic teachers came up with suggestions which in: Quebec province to 792. jwill be included in a new sal-

The issues involved ate sal-\ary scale to be presented to the ery, = conditions and 3e teachers at a meeting Wednes-

iday.

The other ‘teachers on strike} Conciliation talks between the ‘tare 350 in the Hull region and jschool boards and ‘the Lievre 285 in the Le Gardeur region Valley Catholic Teachers’ Asso- east of Montreal. iciation in the Papineau region

Le Gardeur teachers walked lwhich represerits the 123 strik- out last. Tuesday and were jing teachers have. broken down, joined by the Hull region teacn- and no further meetings were | ers.last Wednesday. jimmediately scheduled.

Summerside Lawyer ‘Named ADB Member

OTTAWA ‘CP)—Neil R.. Me-; Leod. of Summerside, P.E.I. has been appointed to the 1f-mem- be? Atlantic Development Board Transport Minister Pickersgill | announced Monday.

His appointment fills the va |; cCancy created by the resigna- | © _ tion of Melvin J. " McQaaid a EB Seuris, P.E.I-

* Mr. Pickersgill, who sega to the Privy Council for the}

, also announced the re- appointment of three members.

“They are lan M. MacKeigan,| “Malifen: Robert C. Eddy, Bath- | urst, N.B.; and Albert Martin, | Corner Brook, Nfld:

‘Mr. MacKeigan remains

board chairman: All the appoint- ments are for a three-year pe- ried” ;:

&

7.

a NEIL R. McLEOD Prince of Wales College - and ‘ nattve of Dalhousie University’s law : ti school. ; _ Simmerside, is a i 0d ot | i ffl

_ ‘Mr. Mchkeod a

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. pate inthe. conference...

Britain does not intend to; The

jimposed by Britain and ‘eup-

|ported- by other countries, in- ‘eluding Canada, in an effort to ‘topple the rebel regime. Brit- \ain has refused to use force and

“~jthis “has angered several Afri-

‘can countries. Because of this \Tefusal, however, Canada may

be in a position to a cole. oe ‘ey

tions. Pearson held__

Meetings ee with some of the Afri-

can leaders who are to partici-

In circles close to the Cana- dian delegation,- there ave re- jports African resentment of Britain's tactics has eased in the last couple of weeks.

will serve only as a platform from which the can launch an all-out attack on Britain does not appear té be as great now as it was when the meeting was first called. This fear is the reason why |Prime Minister Sir Robert Men- zies of Australia decided not to participate.

The conference: is the first of its~ kind to take . — outside London. i

Sportsman Is Killed

InExplosion

MONTREAL (CP)—A promi- nent sportsman-from Suburban Verdun was killed and a_ sec- ond man injured today when an

explosion caused a concrete wall to collapse at (a sports project under construction’. in Verdun. ete

Police said between five and |seven Men. were working on the project, called Chalet LU, when the explosion occurred: All ex- cept the two victims escaped. Cause of the explosion, was unknown. Police could only say that it. did-.not. involve natural gas. . Killed in the blast was Alex- andre Viau, 52, president of Ver- dun Maple Leafs of the Metro- politan, Junior Hockey League. Injured was Jean Leo, 39. Hos- pital officials said he is ex- pected to recover from the sec+ ond.‘ and third-degree burns he pba are

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_ NEW DELHI (Reuters) Fa zarilal Nanda, 67, a prim, be- was , sworn

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n today to succeed Lal Bahadur

cee as prime minister of a

The oath was administered by Radhak- the -an-

US: Talks: To. Hanoi

pressed-support for tions of Africa’s oe ee popula-

_ |with “Hanoi, Moyers”

African leaders:

_|revenue minister,

Jacques,

On Peace

WASHINGTON (AP) — The

_|White House said Monday there

has’ been direct contact with _|Hanoi on. the Vietnamese situa- ‘ition. “There was no f elaboration. ~

This word came from. White House Press Secretary. Bill D: Moyers in response to'a ques. jtion. Moyers declined to say how the contacts were made

who._made_ them. any details or. elaboration, This was the first announce.

“replied: * “That's a safe deduction-”’ - There was no. word whether the communication was personal or by telephone nor was there word—of-results._ : ‘Moyers added he “will, say nothing more on matters such as these.

CHARLOTTETOWN, ane

Nanda Becomes

|Nanda an economist, has

-twas sworn in as acting prime

-lthe top post.

Eleards

India -

nouncement: of Shastri’s. death in Tashkent.

Nanda was’ home. affairs niin. ister in the Shastri, cabinet

It was the second time: that’ veen sworn in as the country’s polit- ical leader ‘in 20 months. “ When Ptime Minister Jawah- arlal Nehru died in 1964, Nanda

minister. Then he was chosen once more.for the home affairs minister after Shastri assumed

Before Nehru’s-death, Nanda disclaimed any ambition to suc- ceed him as India’s prime min- ister. He wrote to Shastri, then minister without portfolio, say- . ing he was not interested in “the succession race.”

Nanda spent much of his life in municipal politics in Bombay. He specialized in labor and city nt problems.

While: home minister, Nanda pledged himself to eliminate corruption from his ministry or lwithdraw from public ‘ife.

Crew Forced» To Abandon -

‘Listing Ship —

i

HOME MINISTER * Gul -zarilal Kanda was. sworn 1m.

I

ment of contact with-the North; NEW YORK_ )—A Soanish | Viet Nam. government. since |freighter caught. the stormy President Johnson began his} North Atlantic. Monday peace: offensive. Christmas Eye. |theerew—has~ ee to

The question that. prompted | abandon ship, Moyers’ remark dealt with. an jlieved ‘to have heen. unauthorized ttip. of three Smer- | persons bees Pi icans: to Hanoi. and their report Pephe t U: sd icone

H reas ‘where the Spanish frei :

“hey 7 re ~ acompaty i or Mane Peoares aa we diate co wed report, | Was “theeling” 3 dewrees in 35-| NEW YORK (AP} ters. Sa foot_seas and 48 to 55_- knot |Joha. ee are

Asked whether this means |imds: The U.S. was expected angry tones, directed {icine there has-been direct. contact to ‘arrive eafly today. ‘mediation panel, to get t

About..240. miles..southwest_of |Monday.._night _ and... end... New: the listing Spanish ship, the 441- York’s transit crisis.” foot Greek Vessel re- | Outlining anew fact-finding ported she had a cracked deck. lapproach to the deadlock, Lind- 4 ‘say spelled out the role he in- _|visions” for the peacemaking ~|panel: and said: | “These procedures may in- iclude either advisory or final |and binding arbitratioa.”

onthe

Gov't Names Chief Whip

OTTAWA (CP)—J. P Bern- ard Pilon, 47 Liberal MP for Chambly-Rouville, has been ap- pointed chief government whip succeed James Walker, now parliamentary secretary to the it was am nounced Monday.

James-.C= McNulty, 47, -MP- for Lincoln, succeeds Maurice Rinfret member for -Saint- as deputy whip. An announcement from Prime Minister Pearson's office also said that at the next caucus meeting: Mr. Pearson will: pro- pose Russell C: Honey, 44, MP for Durham, ‘as caucus . chair- man.

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Ice Repow = Is Given —

HALIFAX (CP) ~— A. report issued Monday by the transport department's ice office here says there is a narrow band of open ice along the western and north- land, Shore of Prince Edward Is- a

i¢e in the Northumberland Strait, along the coast of New Bruns- wick, southern shore of Chaleur Bay and the northern coast of oe Gaspe peninsula is relatively close.’

\foes of thick. winter ice, — Ate

The report said new and. young}. J

In the eastern Northusmter-| Shastri, land Strait and the south side of | Pakistan “President, St. Lawrence there are a fen |

as

, Indian Prime Minister Lat

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im Tashkent, USSR, ee

: Provinces.

AS INDIA AND PAKISTAN REACH

Is Topic _ ge ana

HALIFAX (CP) — Education” branded’ the” city bus~ and ‘sub- @rovided one of the main topics way tieup, which began New for governors of the Atlantic Year’s Day, as an illegal strike Provinees. Economic Council iby the AFL - CIO Transport: meeting here Monday. Workers Union. He said in @

Executive Vice President proadcast speech:-

Nelson Mann told the board that; “] know New Yorkers want only by obtaining an. adequate — level of education can migration | from the region be reduced and | the income gap narrowed. |

Primary and secondary | al Prices Increase cation is to form the subject one of-a number of Gaeekioss | OTTAWA (CP) — A 12: per. the - council plans to_issue this |cent increase in farm imple- year. Other subjects to be ex- | iment and equipment sales was amined in publication form will | recorded in- the first 10 months include. energy in the develop- | lof 1965 over the same period in, ment of the provinces. |1964 the Dominion Bureau -pf

The governors were also told |Statistics reported Monday. the council’ plans a new quar-| Ten -: month sales last year terly publication which will deal |a mounted to $396,181,000 at with current anawyses. of eco- |wholesale prices, compared with nomic conditions in the Atlantic /$353,595000 in the same period \ jof 1964.

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GRE

after reaching Agreement. They peaceful” relations. once more. _agreed to withdraw troops from At RIGHT is Soviet Premier along their inflamed frontier: Alexei Kosygin, their host at.

and work for “normal and manhacenntdoanics sce nc

za: New © Mayor bred

an imamediaio call to tla sche

Farm Implement

early Tuesday *as the sew ee eee

Manan ar enna

18 d 30. Wednesday:

By SIDNEY WEILAND TASHKENT, U-‘S.S.R. (Reut- \ers)—Prime Minister Lal Baha- dur Shastri: of India died

iwar.on each other ee | prime

exei Kosygin In keeping with his habits of frugality, .the shy, tiny, man

who led a country’ of 485,000,000 people,‘ drank only mineral wa- ter and raspberry juice at the reception. .

He to be in the best

of health and ‘un

Li Snow changing oe flurries; winds east ly 15. then northwest 25. Low-high

clearing, colder.

The strike

city were willing to pay any iprice... The. city is. not,..but it. fs willing to pay a fair price—fair tothe employees, fair to the and fair to the pub-

union “spokesman, = 2 said:

Head Dies At 53.

SUSSEX, N.B. (CP) -— Cal. Clifford A- McEwan, 53. com-

missionaires of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Islaad, died at his home here _— of a jheart attack... -

Col: McEwan was awarded the African Star while serving with the British~army in Africa dur- ing the-Secgnd World War and later was in action with the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise Regiment) in Italy and | North West Europe. During this time, he won the Distinguished |Service Order for outstanding ef- ficiency in commanding a squa- dron and for destroying enemy strongholds

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‘|two-day blizzard

“labandoned a

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NEW. DELHI (Reuters) — The body of Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri of India

First “reaction came from 2 will be burned on a funeral lie in state, 8»

Shastri's bod will arriv s body e here in a Soviet airliner about

fundiede ot Wopsanda of

(Continued on page 5, col.

fs driven directly along eight-mile route. to his

pillard home, where, Se

ish ence. The

’ §T. JOHN'S, nnd, (CP)-— Eastern and central Newfound- | land remained virtually para- lysed under wind-swept snow early today and another three inches were expected beforz the | leaves. the | province to ‘the plows and. shovels.

Sixteen inches of snow. whipped into drifts as high as 16 feet, clogged city streets and) highways Monday faster than |

struck foundiand early Sun- | day.

A .300-mile stretch of Trans- Canada Highway hetween here | and Grand Falls was_ blocked

“await the blizzard’s abayement. ‘All roads onthe Avaion, Burin |

impassable.

land.

plows could push it away dur- | ~ ting Peele of the.storm that |

fat : Central Nid. Paralyzed By Storm

Coast. and eos areas escaped the brunt of the storm- In those regions, only four te six ported and winds were light.

The rest of Newfound!and saf- ifered under 40-60-mile-an-hour ‘winds and gusts to 85. Traffic jin this port city came to a halt | Sunday and early Monday he- fore plows managed te oper | most thoroughfares to traffie.

j\CARS ABANDONED Many cars were nhiguidened. in ‘the streets of downtown St.

inches of snow. were re-

‘John's Sunday. Buses and asia ;

‘halted operations. and city ad- |thorities, decided to clear, lidential and. through. street cook Wee fore tackling the downtown pi

“land “road crews ~ eventually Monday night inorder to dip losing ‘atile to. jcourage motorists... from. taking -

‘cars into the business and shnp- ping districts.

land Bonavista ‘peninsulas.were! power had been restored im Similar conditions |_,

prevailed. in central Newfound- | lee after’ winds mapped: lines

ost sections of this city Mon-

Sunday -and left. homes

INSIDE TODAY

without electricity. | Some sections — of

jweene without — for more than 10° hours t no incidents: the electrical reported. Hos-

resulting from

the city

a

os

SHASTRI FUNERAL PYRE WILL HAVE HINDU RITES _