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Prospects For Seal Hunt — Appear Good InP rovince
ALBERTON BUREAU and the The outlook for an Isl.
OF THE GUARDIAN day. | . and-based| A hunter, who has taken part | Accommodation is expected to airborne seal hunt favorable and an _ influx
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continues ,¢@ch year in the chase by plane, of | Said yesterday that he estimated about 60 planes and helicopters iS eee —_ of — be agr 4 Fi kend ough i .| Will be joining the hunt, about | season. UI formation is difficult to obtain, the same as last spring. Planes Foti cB ange Bor wy indications are that sizable seal |22d men are e: from all |
in 20 minutes fying’ me from | fol |] H {oat Geet Seated be game P.E.I. but huntetrs,- who have | e yer as $i Added to the expanded time and money locat- | |cost of chartering planes, hiring
ing seals -are understandably |
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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2. 1966.
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reluctant ta name their general |
Ibeation or even if a herd has OTTAWA (CP)—Defence Min- supplies in the right . location, been found. : \ister Hellyer, 42, is making it as the cost of lodging could be a An easterly wind yesterday |plain as he can that he intends major item should. bad weather
= onerned & ae ~ a9 jto run for the Liberal party | closer: island an \leadership when Prime Minister filled gulf has lessened chances {Pearson steps down.
that hunters might be able ‘to walk out to the herd as was done
hold’ up flying while ‘the ships ae quota of $50,000 young | seals, :
| This is a sudden change in| Several planes are expected
Plans Fight For Medicare
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| Opposition Leader Alex Camp- ; |bell said in the. Legislature yes- | \terday ‘‘we Liberals will fight |ers’ allow: nce should apply
ances. He said, however, there |‘‘the gove’ id proceed is“another erea where th: mnoth- carefully Ad with a pre-
and | ' as to how school
lmost aggressively for universal
ithat is where the father is un-
lareas will be consolidated. Many
» first said inhumane prac- | North Viet will join the sealers “out there tices had occurred, then cor. | wt the ppeal. at
on. the ice.” ‘rected this statement to “‘im- |Nam, great congressional:
‘ |proper practices.” debate over his Asian policy ex-
Russell Keays (PC—Gaspe), : 'ploded into action on both sides
tongue-in-cheek that he, Mr. Robichaud sald a fish- icf the capitol. $ concerned for the minis- |eries inspector will accompany | “First came an overwhelming ter’s safety, asked whether Mr. |¢very vessel and plane engaged | vote in the House of Represea-
: tactics for Mr. H Until re-|to be out today relocatin mi fn 1960 Ieently, he was prenared te play |herd’ following” strong. winds (medicare in Prince Edward Is- able to be the family breadwin-|people wish to retain the one- Several sealing groups in |it cool and watch the leadership | yesterday. jhand.”’ : jaer because of alcoholism. “‘I}room school. As the consolida- |/ Alberton and Tignish have been | speculation range over Finance Taking part in the draft ad- | would like to see...mothers’ al- tion idea progresses, there will veys on poset a oe eee. Sere, eee seer : . party rl ce oe ‘toe leontics wives. ar ae’ a it et uae ” x i 4 Ree - Wi te ES Extéernz , Affai 7 Mi Tt a - | aaah — _ — - _ — a rte Looe AE. BES 2 Vee ditions fairly good in the vicinity ister Martin nralaeetion Min. Throne forecast a medicare |ney from their husbands.” © against the'will of others. We ¢ = aie ae ‘ister Marchand and others. plan in the province des‘gned| Referring to agriculture, Mr. Kings on the ent = me thing could happen between sow |Darts of the Maritimes, from | a a should x taken- at =. tee. vale semi schools h e ee “ | “ Lis he pereuent "goveren et ee aaa te yer. — a. . present government. rai TEACHERS’ SALAR Fis eries Minister Plans roves not act, refuses to act and is|ple, particularly farmers.” He Mr. Campbell ar wae ToV 0 4 | afreid to act_until it knows jeuggsie the goveroment orn clad to ee thatthe goverames” where the opposition stands. “take steps” see : farm bore? o Venture ut On FF oes _ “We speak for medicare for | machinery deslers are compell- rpg es aadleoeae ; i ‘ : everyone — a universal. plan.’’|ed to service supply perts cated e Liberal’ Party “ OTTAWA (CP) — The Com-|Robichaud said reports that . : ; for the machinery they. sell. we’ ae see it ee mons rocked with laughter |seals are skinned alive have | eee COMMENDS GOVERNMENT On the government's plan to ed.” . Tuesday when Fisheries Minis-|have been grossly exaggerated | Mr. ‘Campbell commenced the | cnsctidete echool districts in|" The opposition leader seid ter .-Robichaud announced hejin some rewspapers. A dceu- | government for its announced Campbell said’ (Continued page 3, col. 4) will personally venture out on {mentary film on the sealing in-| WASHINGTON (AP) — The plan to increase mothers’ allow- ithe province, Mr. = __— East-Coast ice floes next Mon-|dustry showed “absolutely false United States’ Congress voted | day to watch the opening of the | scenes.” one - sided approval : seal hunting season. . | “He7“had no. doubt some. im: preci to a. $4,800,000,000 war v ye. , After listing several measures |Proper practices. had occurred en ee siaforee -the : Being taken by his department |im Past seasons but these were pie] an im Soufh Viet to_rule out-inhumane-—slaughter..due to inexperienced _ sealers. As Préeldsat-Jobnasn’ ekined at se 5 FF iy
of seals, the minister said he |He first
Robichaud plans to land om an ie een. oreven cruel iethous |tatives for the spending author-| Premier Walter who ment is carrying on an exhaust-;ceived salaries about one’ third
lee floe by. aircraft and how |season to prevent cruel methods |ity Johnson sought to buy mil- an: Morag Ma of the financial |of some of the civil servants. ee eee eet Rog May. Tegulations tary. supplies -end-weapons._ - Speech’ debate when the House needs. ofthis. province. The pro-}._ Mr, Shaw spoke—for-about-.an There was mbre laughter and |“. OPP Y. at Within two s—and efter | .5t last commented on |Vincial treasurer and his ‘staff nour last evening and during his the minister didnot reply. | societies would be free to visit two sasbe of argument shout ia criticiem by Alex Camp- have re eS speech ‘made many references In an earlier reply to’ Opposi- sealing operations on the spot, wisdom mn laa oe bell, the leader of the qreaeat to tts federal govera- to muc Daye od tot eee ee OA last yore, |e te es ee — |Diefenbaker_ administration “in| i , ae ASSIST In the Senate, forum for the the federal said, “2 - Questioned by George Ferg. Ottawa. This caused the Liberals’ with [Yonder ew tmmeh diplomacy |uson (L-4th Kings) whether the |! make many references from congres- | Premier Lesage used in the last | provincial government was now |their side to the policies of the
Senators |three or four years when he, has |receiving more money from the |Pearson Government.
.), amd |gone to Ottawa demanding funds !federal government than it did| After a number of such verbal (Dem. |from Mr. Pearson.” under the Diefenbaker adminis-|exchanges Mr. Shaw said, ‘‘per-
Are Defended By Pre
(MacRae announced in the Leg- islature yesterday that an ARDA research program, involving a
pay~two-thirds-of--the-—-cost:-- The study: is to. embrace sections of the economy, inciud- ing agriculture, . , estry, recreation and tourism, manpower training, land use, community services, public in- formation and education. Research consultants engaged by the province will be under the ! direction of a joint board com-
NEW CREW OF GEMINI NINE
Astronauts Eugene A. Cer- A. Bassett II in crash of thelr (LEFT) Pp, 138 jet plane Monday. Staff-
ior oe ord, an Air Force Lt. Col., and ° Stafford. have been named the
: Cernan, a navy Lt. Omdr., had prime crew for the Gemini 9 been the backup crew of the ‘mission after the deaths of flight scheduled for May. Elfiott- See. Jr., and Ss
(AP_ Wirephoto) QUERIED BY OPPOSITION
Minister Promises Statement
Is Approved For Province
prised of provincial deputy min- isters and officials” of federal agencies concerned with rural development.
The whole program is to be eral planning work undertaken in the Atlantic region by the Atlantic Development Board.
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Election Act Amendments
Scheduled
. An amendment, providing for | changes in clectoral boundaries | in Kings County districts, will
A bill, carrying the amend- ments and iritroduced by Dr. George Dewar, provincial secre- tary, was given first reading yesterday. | The Election Act, -passed at the 1963 session, dissolved two seats in the Georgetown area and added two seats to the Char- lottetown area.
About a dozen othef'bills, car- rying amendments to existing acts;-were given - first ..reading.
- On Review Of Winter Works
Dr. Hubert MacNeill, minister |amount to this province was ‘‘a |tion of regional high schools of welfare and labor, said in the |bone of contention here.’ He |the province.” Legislature yesterday a_ state- |said it was claimed that the $2,-| Mr. Wedge wanted to know ment will be made shortly im re- |800,000 for the memorial building | what district Mr. Campbell was gard. to the federal govern-'“gave us the necessary cultural \referring to. . ment’s decision to review win-|atmosphere and was all the de-| Mr. Campbell denied he had ter works programs to see whe- | velopment that was’ necessary.” | said that the government “had ther or not any funds had been| The premier added one pro- built too many regional high misused. vince put its $2,500,000 t o w ard |schools but did say that he had
He was replying to a question }the construction of a new pro- |heard a rumor that, one school from Opposition Leader Alex | vincial building and “we have |was going to be closed and used Campbell who asked whether or | put one up without assistance.” |as a vocational training school. not‘a check has been made on : | During: the question period, the program in this province. _ [MINISTER OBJECTS | dprlontltine Minister Andrew
“Will all records in connec-| Health Minister Henry Wedge |wacpae said he had issued per- mits for the growing of table
tion with the program be tab. teok. objection to a statement by Jao Mr. Campbell asked. Mr. Campbell Monday - which | : “I don’t know,” said Dr. Mac- |Mr. Wedge claimed wa: a__re-
stock-potatoes to a number of farmers but found out later that | ©
Some of these deal with the Crop Insurance Act, the Potato
_ jury Act, the Mechanics’
young in. agriculture.
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Crop Mortgage Act, the Treas- |:
Lien |:
Act, the Milk Protection Act, the |:
Fire Protection Act, the Deposit |:
Receipt Act and the act which |
provides assistance to establish |- farmers
to a bill that will enable the pro- |
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They were due to land Thurs- day for a four-day stay.
MOSCOW (AP) — The Soviet Union added to its list of spec- | tacular space firsts Tuesday by landing a one-ton satellite on Venus after a 3%-month flight, the mews agency Tass an- nounced. j 4
Never before has a man-made object been put down on the sur- face of any of the earth’s sister
| planets. ia |- A previous Venus shot, Venus
H;-passed._ by the cloudeshrouded* planet at a distance of only 24,- 000 miles Sunday, sending back scientific data, Tass reported. It is headed for orbit around the sun. “
The Ameri¢an Mariner I passed 21,648 miles from. Venus Dec. 14, 1962. Mariner found the surface temperature was 800 de- grees, enough to melt lead and too hot to let anything such as human life exist. ;
LAUNCHED NOV. 16
The satellite that hit Venus was Venus III, a 2,116-pound package of instruments that was launched Nov. 16. Tass said it
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with federal authorities of the Canada Pension Plan.
E. Germany Seeks UN Membership
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(CP)—The Labor |government has seized the elec- tion campaign initiative with a baby budget announcing a 000,000 - a - year ($150,000,000)
{gamblingtax to_tinance-lower
|mortgage rates for more than |1,000,000 lower-paid Britons.
tous decision to switch British currency to the decimal system by February, 1971. Neat ‘
Stunning the opposition ‘which accused him ‘of stealing Tory ideas and of misjudgment and mismanaging the economy, James’ Callaghan, chancellor of \the exchequer, also told the \Commons Tuesday Britain had paid off a huge short-term debt while its gold and currency re- |serves were rising steadily.
' Since last autumn, the govern- ment had repaid to the ‘United States reserve bank a total
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Britain-stjll-has-to-repay- to- International Monetary total of $2,700,000,000 in the 1967- 70 period.
But Callaghan said this re- payment no longer is impossible since the reserves currently to- tal about eae ($3,909,-
required a single course change Dec. 26 to target on Venus. _
The offic announcement said Venus III ‘‘delivered to the surface of Venus a pennant with the coat of arms (hammer and sickle) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.”
The Soviet space program, after months of comparatively routine -projects --following the first-walk in ce-by-a-cosmo- nautMarch~ 18-Jast, has been yield spectacular results.
The Russians made history’s first soft-landing on the moon Feb. 3.The small Luna EX spaceship sent back . pictures taken from the lunar surface, another first.
DOGS IN SPACE
A week ago a Soviet space- ship was sent into the radiation belt surrounding the earth with two dogs on board. The dogs still are circling overhead with their biological reactions provid- ing other data needed for fur- ther space adventures for man. The Russians launched another
RMS!
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Election Initiative Seized By Wilson
still held about £180,000,000 ($540,000,000) in American stocks. : :
Callaghan’s major point was . that the pound no longer is as vulnerable as it was after the October, 1964,
would have to be devalued. With an obvious eye on the
March $1 election, Callaghan
announced legislation plans to
lower-paid Britons to 4% . per cent from the current 6%. The government .would pay the dif-
racing, bingo, ‘slot machines and casinos.
WOULD MEET COSTS - Gambling runs ‘deep in British
blood with total spending
2£1,000,000,000 ($3,000,000,000)
ectacu
Mr. Camnbell asked Premier We'ter R. Shaw whethef or not | this province had “earmarked a |
special project’ for its vartici- |
_ INSIDE TODAY
ity for him to issue permits.
| Mr. MacRae also took oppor- jtunity fo clarify a ‘statement he imade in a broadcast about a
pation in 1967 Centennial obser- | Clasaified’.. 32, 13 [Month ago which Mr. Campbell | vations Dea‘hs : " "3. |Suggested eould mean that farm-
Premier Shaw said a commit. | Rirths 3 ers will pay additional taxes to tee was working on the matier| Comics oe 1 cover the government's promis- | but added that after this pro-| Findwee, tharkéds ‘| 49 04 raises to school teachers. | Vince got, $2,800,000 in federal | Snort . Pca 9 Mr. MacRae said his -state- funds toward the Confederatic | Wotsen's uct ser iste ese Wage g | ment raised the question of whe--) Dr. Jean Vanier talks to fe- Memorial Rir ding, the federal | he te a a ‘ther or not the leader of the op- porters at a presst conference ro tne ry ig eh aye. CIENCe Summerside ; ie position realized: the extra cost in ‘Toronto Tuesday to howst Kaward Island. mere, altho hy kin Cit 5 to the farmers and fishermen ; ? ‘ other srovinces got $2,500,900 aooeet ‘aun vo sees ‘that would accrue from the Can-| the National Crusade for Can- He said the refusal of the feder- Prince rene 2 ada Pension Plan and other pro- | ada’s Mentally Retarded. Dr. al, government to give a like ‘mised social welfare plans. } Vanier, son of Governor-Gen
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East Germany applied Tuesday for membership in the United Nations. West Germany called it a propaganda: move and most |UN diplomats said the Commu-
_ |nist-regime’s chances*for gain-
| as admission are virtually non- existent.
The surprise application set
eral Georges’ Vanier, has es- off speculation as to why the.
tablished a home im France for retarded children. He is “taking _care of 15 boye Hels in Canada on a_ three-week lecture tour and family visit.
(CP Wirephote)
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|Communists wanted to put the German question into the world spotlight now. One obvious
duction was that they regard ble.
a
de- |
German unification as impossi- ,
| DIAGRAM SHOWS the or- bit of the Venus 3, -one-ton So- viet Satellite, which landed on | Venus after’a three and one- half month flight, according to ' Tass, Soviet news agency. The
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satellite, launched on Nov: 16,
1965, hit Venus at 9.56 a.m., Moscow time, Tuesday, Tass said. It required only one di- rectional change on Dee. 26 to target on Vents. )
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planetary flight and to obtain new scientific data,” Tass said. But: there were no
could have sent back .valuable data before crashing.
Venus ranges in distance 25,- 000,000. to 161,000,000 miles from the earth and the Soviet shots were timed for the nearest ap-
GAVE EXACT TIME. : Tass-said. Venus~ III. hit. the iplanet at 9:56 a.m. Moscow time |(1:56 a.m. EST) but did not ex- plain how this could be deter- mined so exactly with the -satel- lite’s radio silent. bs ‘ As for Venus Il, the agency said: ‘The station's flight at a planned distance from the planet without trajectory corree-
: |tion was insured only by its cor- rect launching on an interplane-
tary trajectory.”
This meant that Venus II was not bound for Venus Sut on @ course that would take it close
iy. ; Nikolai Barabashov, a Soviet
f astrophysicist, intimated he did . < |not accept mariner’s findings on
Venus’ temperature as final. He said if the temperature is
below-about-200-degrees fahren- i |heit it is possible to find vegeta- ; |tion developing. ; i | “If the Venus temperatures .
are still lower and there are wa- ter reservoirs on it, there could well be the cradle of life there.”
There was no immediate re- action to a charge by Sir Ber- nard Lovell, director of the Jod-
‘lrell Bank Observatory in Eng-
land, that the Soviet Union had “endangered the future biologi- cal- assessment of Venus’’ by
possible contamination from its satellite. i
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