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In Cancelling Arrow Jet

By DAVE McINTOSH Press Staff Writer AWA (CP) — When the

American Air Defence Command. This becomes clear from testi- mony by Gen. Earle Partridge, NORAD commander, before the United States House of Repre-

By A. IL. GOLDBERG MOSCTW (AP) Russians wound up with dancing, feasting and drinking a May Day festival to the theme that the So- viet Union is invincible. “Attempts by imperialists to turn back the wheel of history are in vain,"’ Defence Minister ‘Marshal Rodion Malinovsky de- elared at the traditional parade prt Moscow's Red Square Fri- “No forces in the world are Slee of overthrowing the so- -clalist camp.” ‘ Saying U.S.~military leaders had called for the use of force against the Soviet Union, -Mali- novsky warned t his-. armed forces “will deal a crushing blow ‘te anyone who tries to interfere with the peaceful work of the So- viet people.” WORLD LABOR DAY May Day is the labor day holi day in much of the world outside thex‘Upited States and Can-da. But the Soviet Union’s emphasis

is always on international af-| . -

fairs.

Units of the armed forces led a four-hour parade of military and civilian organizations across

the square’ in brilliant sunshine| ~

under the eyes of Premier Khrushchev and other leaders, who stood atop Lenin-Stalin tomb.

While May Day won its widest observance from Communists,

the

Pope John XXIII at the Vatican|— invoked the-protection of" St. Jo-|

MCA Rejects

Outside Union|

MONCTON (CP) — One hun- dred employees of Maritime Cen- tral Airways Friday rejected an international union eas their bar- gaining agent and voted to re- place it by a union centred here.

cies co - pilots, maintenance

atid general staff workers voted ~~9)-per-cent.in-favor of the’ Mari- time Airline- Pilots Association

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May Day

seph, the humble ‘carpenter of Nazareth, for all workers of the world:

The 77-year-old pontiff addres-| sed an overflow crowd of more than 45,000 workmen at St. Pet- er’s Basilica.

Grey skies and rain cut the May Day celebration in Italy, which has the largest Commu- nist party west of the Iron Cur- tain. A- scant 20,000 attended Rome’s major rally in the Piazza del Popolo, where 100,000’ have assembled in past years. a

Rival rallies were staged in Berlin, whose status is at issue in the East- West foreign minis- ters conference opening in Gen- eva May 11. Riot squads of police from both East and West Berlin stood watch at the border to see there was no raiding.

- On either side of route, sce for years, and me ee ce inpervision of pate tack telling was frozen 32 inches thick. Pic- loose understanding ture above was taken in winter, |“me that Canada’s central labor] He asked for some details, add- nm winter. | body picks out the union repre-|ing that he supposes the “cigar es (CP Wirephote) sentative on the commission. store’ form of betting doesn’t RECOMMEND THREE MEN come under the minister's juris- names to the labor minister. Mr.| In an equally - lighthearted MacArthur, 48 - year - old former) frame of mind, Mr. Harkness president of the. Ontario Federa-| said. that _“‘like the racing. par- SS tionof Labor, was not among/gon” he doesn’t consider himself these. involved in sin. In fact the ton The congress complained|trary wes true. ‘ mainly on the ground that it was} The department, using RCMP not properly “consulted’: on the! officers, kept tabs on pari-matuel committee. A transcript of this | @Ppointment, — Unemploy- testimony st ome j-| Ment Insurance provides. a el aie ttgee With the CLC ‘and the labor! ‘ ‘The chief of NORAD, A joint} Minister firing almost - unpre- u Canada-US. command, said at| dented broadsides against each one point in his statement: other, there were these other de- “We have now and we must Friday

continue to have an interceptor force capable of intercepting any- thing which flies in our direction through the air. ... BOMBERS ONLY

“At the present time the So- viets can attack us only with bombers. We do not think they have any operational interconti- nental missiles. . .

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By JOHN LeBLANC Canadian Preqs Staff Writer OTTAWA (CP) — The federal government and the Canadian

the most explosive political fire- crackers in many yeors ef cab- inet-union relations.

President Claude Jodoin of the

1,000,000-member Canadian Labor

Congress accused Labor Min- ister Starr of political favoritism

charge that the congress was try- ing to dictate the $13,000-a-year

appointment.

- It was that of Alastair F. Mac-

Arthur of Toronto as labor mem-

the ‘big United Auto Workers in

Canada, and Andy Andras, chief

of the CLC’s legislative depart- ment.

2. Jean Marchand of Quebec City, secretary - general. of the 100,000-member Canadian and Ca- tholic Confederation of Labor told

MU LTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT

By IAN MACDONALD

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP)—Pre-

million dollar

foundiand the world’s Canadian Press Staff Writer iron ore producer.

mier Smaliwood Friday an-ada and the Wabush Iron Ore ngunced some details of a multi-Company Limited, development firms are working large Labrador scheme that could make New-concessions, will build separate

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Political Firecracker Set Off By Jodoin Observation

a reporter he has _ telegraphed his resignation from the committee.

3. The fourth labor member of the advisory committee, Guy Mc- Lean of the railroad ‘uniofis, said =e

organization's committee at its same) next meeting about a month from now.

4. National Liberal Leader Les- ter B. Pearson, in a statement, termed the government's action “shocking” and “bungling.”

OTTAWA (CP) — Sin diverted

Bets’ Supervision Is‘Sin’ Diversion

gets a fair return for his bet and there is “no hanky-panky at

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Coroner Dr. C. G. Harries said

chaic attitude’ towards paying fees. ‘ ; A coroner's jury Wednesday

st | plants to turn out a total of 80.- 000,000 tons of iron ore concen- trates a year, he said.

Mr. Smalkwood told the legis- lature total capital outlay for the projects, including the cost of building two towns, would be more than $400,000,000—twice the amount the Iron e Company of Canada -spe in the Knob Lake area of Labrador to open the richest mine in Canada. and build a railway, a town; docking and other facilities.

Wabush Iron plans a: concen- trating plant in the Wabush area to handle 12,000,000 tons a year, and a town to accommodate 4,- 000-5,000 people. The whole proj- ect will cost “a quarter of a bil- lion dolMars,"’ the premier said.

Iron Ore plans to build a plant with a 6,000,000-ton capacity in

same area as well as houses facilities fos 3,000-4,000 peo- ple. Total. costs would he $150,-

Canadian Javelin, a devclop- ment company, has discovered reserves of 1,000,000,000 tons of low grade “but: yery valuable iron ore” in the area to be de- ‘velaped by the companies,” the premier said.

. The ore works out to an aver- age of about 36 per cent, he said. “By a cheap and efficient pro- cess % could be brought up to 6 per cent.”

- Javelin pent $4,000,000-$5,000,- 000to develop 3,000 square miles, an area once owned by the New- foundiand and Labrador Corpora- tion, The provincial: government; which owned 90 per cent of the Nalco shares, sold out for $1,200,-

Tron Ore Company, which has the controlling interest, Iron Ore Company of Canada is operating

nearby lower Barney's River.

Pathologist Dr. James Park re- fused to perform it unt reimbur- sed for a dozen others.

Dr. Harries said Dr. Park had “flatly refused” to perform the autopsy, and “I don’t blame him.”

“All the other doctors im town including myself, also refused. The authorities are asking for professional services at a ridicu- lous rate of pay. Their attitude is archaic.”

He said a fee ot $% was pro- vided in the Coroner’s Act for an autopsy, and another $5 if the

‘doctor testifies at the inquest.

Jurors are paid 2% cents for the whole inquest. Dr. Park, resident pathologist at Aberdeen Hospital aere, said he had submitted bills to the municipality of Pictou County for 12 autopsies. He said he had dis- regarded the fee set down by law and asked for the going rate paid by other municipalities. AVERAGE FEE $4

Dr. Harries said the average minimum fee for a complete autopsy with microscopic exam-

The coroner said he was sat- isfied of the cause of Mr. Dug-

findings to the jury when the i.- quest resumes May 20.

Dr. Park said he would not per- form any more autopSies until he was paid for the others and a satisfactory schedule of fees was worked out.

Duggan’s body was found in\ a ditch at nearby Kenzieville Wed- nesday morning. The funeral will be held today.

TELLS OF ACCIDENT

Ralph Stewart, 20, also.’ of Lower Barney's River, told po- lice he had. been riding with Dug- gan Tuesday night when the ve- hicle went out of contro:. out in the crash into the ditch.

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betting to ensure that the bettor| 3

sure there was no doping of s

horses and his men operated the

photofinish cameras—‘the eye ! Hast in the sky”—to make absolutely sure of the winner of each race.

Mr. Harkness said the $501,315

spent on this supervision is re-

couped from collecting half of

one per cent of every dollar

wagered at the track.

“the dePartment, said Mr. How-| VANCOUVER (CP) ‘—

e “rakeoff” just like aes alias 4 oS dod dicen Gok wee ot ee ‘a gambling house, adding that} engine-room explosion rocked the ences ot from personal know-| Norwegian freighter’ Ferngulf edge fut trom heving ‘Heard ) just outside Vancovver harbor

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Clay is due to retire this fall ‘after 37. years of service. (Story on page 3).

late Friday. An early report which said two

reported unfounded. $ The freighter was steaming off Point Atkinson, the north head of} Vancouver Harbor, when the blast rocked the 5,300-ton vessel and started a fire amidships. Dozens of small boats con- verged on the scene to evacuate the crew. Another explosion was feared.

FLY IN DOCTOR

An RCAF helicopter flew a doctor to the burning ship to treat the injured men, who were taken to a wharf~at West Van- couver.

A tug hitched a line to the Fernguif and began to tow her towards the harbor, but port of- ficials said they might abandon the ship becayse it might en- danger other vessels.

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OTTAWA (CP) — Premier Matheson of Prince Edward Is- land Friday asked the federal government to provide a new ferry vessel for the run between

He conferred with Prime Min- ister Diefenbaker after a meéet- ing on the subject Thursday with

Mrs. | ue Quits Post

WASHINGTON (AP) — Clare Boothe Lace Friday gave up her appointments as ambassador to Brazil with a wave of a’ white-

“As ‘diaries of the Latin American subcommittee of the considered it my duty to oppose this nomination.

Morsé had lost overwhelmingly

|.) Tuesday when he tried to keep

the Senate from confirming Mrs.

Satellite Plans Are Cancelled

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