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“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”

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Cloudy, with rain beginning in afternoon; milder; south Winds 15. Low-high 25 and 2.

VOL. LXXVII. NO. 82 - "stony -

DONALD GORDON. president of the Canadian National Rail- ways. sat down with represan ativcs of the press and radio shortly after his arrival at the Charlottetown Hotel last night

"There IS no choice: when port the service then that he has In be withdrawn." Don- (lid Gordon. president of tlie CNR. said last night regarding the railway service in Prince (“entity He later amplified the staicmeiii to include any other area of the country.

He said he regrettni the With-

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Authorized no mood Clan Department. Ottawa. and

to answer questions fired at him regarding the fut- ure of the CNR in this prov- inte. The affable Mr. Gordon said he never found questions embarrassing. "it is just the answers which i find embar-

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di'awal bitt at present the traffic

t‘i.c traffic is not there to sup-.simply did not warrant a con-

tinuation of the daily service. gllmvcver. there Will be ri- weekly service and if special conditions should arise suclt as an unusually heavy amount of traffic tlte railway is prepaer 'io handle it "even to providing 1 daily service again if neces- wary.”

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fie. I. pun-m of pal-go h cub.

rassing." Pictured during the interview on the left is Ralph Cameron. of the Guardian. with WC. Stewart. director of the CNR. centre. and Mr. Gor- don

Gordon Stresses Traffic Dictates CNR Services

I Mr. Gordon stated there would be no impairment of line fac- tIIiiCS as "the railway line must be maintained equally as well

for a tri-weekly service as for

a daily one."

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The whole question in Prince‘ Edward Island. as elsewhere.“ bmled down to a simple matter of economics. he said. “Give, 'us the traffic and we will give

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CAPITAL BUREAU

OF THE GUARDIAN ‘0'I‘TAWA «Residents of CAP houstng units at. Summer- ‘lfle may get sortie relief from local taxes. it. was revealed in the Commons Monday. In a «er in a written question from TC. Douglas. New Democratic Party leader. Defence Minister Paul Hellyer said that special taxes peculiar to Summerside.

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perty tax and vehicle tax imposed on the individual tet- ants of the houses and these may rim as high as $6 a moiiih.

“It should be added. however. that the present town adminis- tration has indicated that their tax structure is iii the proce~s of being revised. and this may provide some relief in so fr as tenants are concerned. Mr Hellyer's answer stated.

Mr. Douglas asked a number

of questions about the too hous- ing units and was informed tney

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visions of the National Hous-

Ry RALPH CAMERON

Long range projects leading ultimately to greater farm pro- duction in the same acreage were viewed with keen interest in southern United States by You. Andrew MacRae. minis- r of agriculture. on a visit . ere last week.

‘Mr MacRae was especially 'mpressed with the great water conservation program he new In action in Georgia and again yin illinois and believes it could

let s here as a real aid to farm- tr-

alsot spoke glowineg of

onservation In relation to

.i ation of Island boglimds

Mt development of a greater I’cio station program.

. particular the Minister “tiled down Iouth how every

possible use was made of water conservation from providing '90 fishing ponds. boating facili- ‘IPs and picnic areas in a i- ton to the primary purpose of maintaining steady water 'ahle for irrigation nitrioses.

INCREASED YIELDS He stated. for Instance a con- stant and dependable water sup- Z'Iy. freely used, could increase the yield of strawberries from .000 to H.000 boxes tin acre Ind would be of extreme Im-

acls sprouts. and others.

ave on potato crops. the Minis- " Med he thought it w0uld I! Of special benefit to

if”! u Notice Gems. m-

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such as poll tax. personal pl'.i-.

had been built under the pro-3

headin be adapted to condit-l

Doriance in production of ‘coie' 5 "tips such as cauliflower. brus- ‘ town 11

S'side RCAF faxes Discussed In House .

Hillcrest Housin: :Limited. The federal govern- through Central Mot-i- gage and Housing Corporation. advanced 85 per cent of

in: Act by

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tiotal cost. a sum of 5870.015 10‘

;Hillcrest Housing. This Money .was to be amortized over 40 ‘years at 41% percent.

No occupancy guarantees twcre provided. {\ir. Douglik was told and if there are. any vacancies in the bqu lease homes married service p'>r- sonnel may be ordered into this accommodation. Rental ‘ranze from $80 a month up in the rank of Corporal to $105 for

Flying Officers and Flight Incu- tenants.

Tlie municipal taxes are t-zc

responsibility of the developer who owns the land and 1h houses. Personnel who occupy the houses are required to pav, directly to the supplier. for electricity. fuel and water. return. they get a utility allow- ‘ ance of $20 a mouth to cover a -‘ portion of this expense.

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TOUR MADE OF SOUTHERN U.S.A.

sidcrcd a top baking potato. He said the same system. now ‘used in Alberta on this potato type. could improve production and raise it from the pr average of 300 bushels per acre I to 500 bushels here.

Mr. MacRnc also said he had i been impressed with the results he had seen in reclama- l tion projects which created al- most ideal farmland from for- mer dustbowls and boglands ~~ lthe ‘bottom lands' of the deep south.

He noted there were approxi- mately 15.000 acres of hog- lands in this province which Icould be reclaimed for pro- duction purposes. in particular he mentioned on area in Prince ' County near Miscouclte which he thought would be ideal for I a starting point. He said a drag- I line was used for drainage pur- lposes and thought the, work 3could be done at an estimated Icost of around $100 per acre. This would prthde some of the finest farm production land on the island. he thought. because the soil would have excellent ‘ growing possibilities. jSYSTEM 1N REVERSE t Water conservation wtth reverse twist produced almost ‘fillilESIIf‘ results in a small VIII- 3:

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had been plat?qu by} was, but there was no de'.

Asked what effect it might pmdablc Water “W” M “m;

menial purposes. The E was a slow but sure desertton. by its people seelong more fen, tile . However. the townl

rates,

fine 1

in lllinois he visited. The1

I the service. He tinted the Walter Gordon teport related to long range

matters and thought implemen tation o! the, more recent Mac- Pitet'son Commission report re.- commendation would put the

railway on a more favorable competitive basts.

‘ If that were done “we can ll't'k the pants off any other

Zform of transportation. because.

‘no other form can beat its handling our own type of bursti- tiess.“

Specifically stating he did not to make statement which would be reported and tater construed as either ap- proving or disapproving oi the Mat-Pherson report. Mr. Gordon safrl "on the assumption the lmajor principles enunciated lihc report are implemented the railways would be placed on a much better competitive basis. or forms of would be out just that the

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t raiisportation out of business, best tools‘

Asked regulating

icgarding the supply o“ rai-

way cars to handle island pro-l

is on LIK‘ way to markets he this depended to a great extent oti market conditions. If the latter were poor there was little movement. but a sudden rise in the market could create tContinucd on page 3 col. 3t

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MacRae Reveals Interest ; InConservationOfWater

.‘vlaior. William Waca. bcca 9 interested in conservation and the attendant building of dams; wilt the resut floods ended. people return-ed and the town‘ now has its first industry as a‘ dependable water supply be. came assured.

One point of particular in- ltercst to Mr. MacRae regard- .ing the many dams he watched iin operation was the method of

ssitring the water level at all 'nws. He compared it to the hy-pass method here which he said frequently failed because the soil soon became washed away the. dams emptied when too great a flow of water rushed out.

‘NO [BY-PASS ‘

By contrast. he said. no by- pass was empoyed. instead a 'pipc came out through the bot- ltom of the dam with another ‘- andpipc' connected at right angles - following the proven ltheory that water will find its own level. 9 water coming out the upright pipe could only.

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House Hears Criticisms

LevellecI At Quebec Talks

Report By Pearson Touches Oil Blasts

TWO CAN PLAY

BRAMPTON, Ont. tCPl— .lack Segriff has found a per~

sonal application ofthe old saying that "while the cat's away. th ' ' plav."

Saturday night Jack. a 32- year-old father of four, kissed his wife and went on [tense-paid dinner date with pretty modcl Jo- anne Gayre. 19. of Toronto, first prize in a bowling con- test he won here recently.

Then. as Jack said. he “al- most fainted" when wife Au- riry walked into the hotel with an esco t_

Jack had had the choice of taking his wife on the date while the model baby sat for tlteni or taking the model and winning his wife a spring out- fit. He decided on the model and outfit.

But the

sponsors of the tournament. deciding I II a t .lack shouldn‘t have. all the fiin. had found his wife in a coin laundry and told her she was going on a date with an escort of her own.

.lack'.‘ When he got over the. shock. he went quietly home with his wife.

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Boy Is Drowned In Wilmot River

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SUMMERSIDE BUREAU OF THE GUARDIAN A seven-year-old North Bede

que boy, Louis David Waite. drowned yesterday afternoon when he fell into the Wilmot Rl~ ver at Bridge. some 21/:

miles from here.

The child, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomas Waite. is reported to have been playing with two other children on the ice at. approximately 5.30 when he apparently went too close to the open channel and the cc broke from under him.

Despite dragging operations by the RCMP during the day- light hours the body was not re-

‘ covered and the operation w it C

‘ spokesman said last . during the dragging operations

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of t transportation would be used." . oft l

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oday. P night that

continue

here was a strong ebb current

flowing towards the harbor. With the help of area rcst

dents. the RCMP piil a net

across the open water in the

Senate Abolition Bill Introduced

OTTAWA fCPt ——The Corn

imons voted 104 to 54 Monday

to permit. Stanley Knowles

‘ tNliP—Winnipeg North Central

to introduce' a bill which would abolish the Senate.

After heated Words helweeu Prime Minister Pearson and Opposition Leader Dietenbaker, the House decided unanimously

.t.o start, debating it Tuesday.

lABOR ‘AID FOR CRAPAUD‘RINK

[Iv Farmer Tissington

Capital‘ Bureau, The Guardian It is intend to

twaier with steel sheath piling.

replace a sec-

Harbor repairs 9 tion of the existing plank deck

and improvements to

harbor were announced Monday reinforced concrete

by Solicitor General .1. Watson Mat-Ntiiigtit. .\IP for Prince. Mr. Mat-Naught said tenders will be called for the work at Tignisli run and will close Apiil 29. Work should start about two

retaining wall and slip at the west water will also be built.

The. contract will provide the necessary repairs to the existing structures and mean additional landing and work space for the

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Tignish l of the South breakwater With at de A

hope that the body might be

trapped.

I It is also believed that some ot the harbor ice near the drown- ing area may be. cut, away today in the c h a n c e that the body might be trapped under it.

The child is survived by sev- eral brothers and sisters but their names could not be obtain ed last night.

Coroner Dr. MR. . of Kensington was notified of the fatality but it was not known

whether there would be an in- quest. 0

Test Pilots

0 Die In Crash

COLD LAKE. Alia, CPI ~ Two test pilots were killed

Monday when their T-33 Silver Star let trainer crashed through the ice of Primrose. Lake. 4 miles north of RCAI“ Station

Cold Lake and 190 miles north- H

east of Edmonton.

The men were identified as ‘ l.t. Michael Grant and Capt. Harvey ohnson from the. Uplands Air orce Base near Ottawa. RCAF‘ officials said the two men were attached to the. Central Experimental Proving

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Establishment and had arrived SUN‘CWI-eft‘d

at Cold Lake during the week- nd.

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It was believed they were do- ing low-altitude tests with the jet. They apparently btit because of the low altitude. their parachutes did not open.

I MacNaught Announces Harbor Repairs AtTignish

picturesque town which entran— ces tourists travelling the Trans Canada Highway to Charlotte- town has moved ahead steadily

in recent years. Mr. Mat-Naught-

of me south break-i observes. rue (.l‘apflllt’l l‘.Xl'l'I)l-

tion has progressed to a pom: where it is one of the outstand- ing agricultural fairs of the pro— vince. With a new high school and now a new curling rink.

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jspill over to the same. extent they '

water contained by dam

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hlr. MacRac also visited the vast plants of the Rome Plow‘ Company. Codex-town. Georgia.i

,and later was a house guest of]

the owner. Carl Mullen: and} the enormous installation of tht. Caterpillar Company in Peoria.’ Illinois. where 23.000 employees‘ make a weekly pasmil of over 32.000000 necessary

There he was entertained byI (Continued on page 2. col. it l

weeks after the close 0 tend-I . Crapaud is moving toward moi- ._ . fishermen of the area. 1 . ‘ erst. lastimaégai cost of the. prc- Mr. MacNaugm also annoum ropolitan status. J“ '5 m‘ ' ' 1 ced that the federal governmentI The federal contribution It will consist of the recon- . will pay for the labor on a new the curling rink will total $7.200. ‘ struction of the north break-i curling rink at Crapaud. The ‘ Mr. MacNaught states.

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END or AN ERA IN PRINCE COUNTY

Daily passenger train service to the western part of the. province came an end Sat- urday night with the arrival in ’l‘ignisli of train No. 251 from Charlottetown. The int i n is pictured above passing through

£Alberton station Monday morn-

in': en route to Summerside as a mixed extra. Daily train

service is expected to . coo- ttinued possibly until weight restrictions on higbw

are removed of which time - ed trains will operate tri-week- ly with extras on demand.

With the curtailment of A daily train. mail the western area arrived yesterday for the first time by a new highway trucking service The new mail truck is scheduled at Tignish at 9 AM.

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Parliament At A Glance

By THE CANADIAN PRESS MONDAY. April 6. 1964

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Prime Minister Pearson re-

the Conimons on s fedoral-provincial Quebec

ported to last week fiscal conference at City.

Opposition spokesmen de- scribed the talks as a failure an expressed fears of a Balkanized Canada emerging.

Stanley Knowles .INDP— Winnipeg North Centret iii- troduced a bill to abolish the Senate over Conservative op- position.

(‘otiservaiive Leader Dit‘fen-

baker attacked possible ap- pointment of L. .l. McLaugh- lin as Hal Banks' successor in the SIU.

Royal assent was given to an appropriation bill enabling unemployment insurance fund to be replenished.

Senator M. Grattaii O'Leary PC~Onlario) defended his stand which prevented pas- sage of the bill Friday. TUESDAY. April 7

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other big provinces follow Due-

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By ALAN DONNELI.Y WA CPl—Prime

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bee in setting up provincial pension plans. this would not make ta anada Pension Plan im

possible in any way. shape form

st week's federal- provincial

conference at Quebec City. was an obvious reference to the pos- sibility raised by Premier Ro.' bari its own pension plan as Quebec. intends to do, thus shutting out‘ the federal pension plan ‘ both big central

s that Ontario may adopt

from provinces. Mr. Pearson's speech was fol-

criticism Quebec conference an

tof the federal government's po-

The Commons meets at 3:30 pm, .\ST to resume study of

supplementary mates. pm.

Kidnapper Gets lb-Year Term LOS .lNGI‘lIlES

Irwin. the house. painter voluntarily

sition.

Opposition L c a de r Diefen-

spending estl- . baker termed the conference an The Senate sits at 3 '

failure and said the

'prime minister s p r o po 5 a I 5

here. will mean in time the de-

lconlederation of the nation.

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l at i ch lof whether or not we are going \ppfilnhn to have. one Canada.

who after

the. kidnapping of singer Fran Sinatra Jr.. was sentenced Mon- '.

d} to 1 years and months in prison.

Two others convicted

with

him in the kidnapping had been

sentenced earlier to terms life plus ’75 years, Irwin. 42. did not participa

Sinatra from a lodge at

Tahoe. Calif. last Oct: ii

of:

He said that what happened

allenge to the. whole concept

WEAKENING SEEN .ew em ocratlc Party

prov- federal- Dijo'

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mces

provincial

grams—especially

stirance——"might

weakening and Balkanization of nada."

The government was at

. Gregoire.

His statement to the Com-V mons. in a 40—minute report on Is

lowed by 50 minutes of almostl unrelieved opposition ‘of the

the conference constitutes a‘

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Ci‘f‘diflslP H ou no leader. He said a complete and total secession of Q ' take place speaking Canadians accept two-nation constitution soon_ The only soft note of com- ment came from Social Credit Leader Thompson. who urged a cautious approach by the. gov: ernment to its proposed Canada Pension Plan to avoid defeating its purpose of achieving a na- tional system of portable pen- sions. Even with a series of provin. cial plans. .Vlr. Pearson said the purpose of our initiative in the federal government would be achieved if there. was basil pension coverage of a portable nature available to all Cana‘ dians.

POINTS MADE

Mr. Pearson made these other points. on issues which arose. a9 the conference:

He rejected Quebec's claim that the proposed federal plan to extend family allowances for students aged 1 17 is an incursion into Quebec's consti-

tutional rights in the education field. He dismissed Premier [e

sage‘s claim of unconstitution- ality over the federal proposal for interest-free loans to univer- sity students.

On the extension of family 1!: lowances. the federal govern- ment would seek to avoid dupli- cation with similar existing pay« ments made. by the. Quebec gov-

and it would try o work out its student loan plan in a way satisfactory to several

lackedl provinces with existing loan :31 from another direction by Gilles. schemes. e

maimed on a mammal; PC Senator Defends Move

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Actor Suffers

Heart Attack

ATM—British actor Peter Sellers was taken

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said Sellers' illness Ivvas a crate coronary condition pected to be in ho weeks.

morning five persons. including a mother‘

Sellers. 38. was stricken