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HALIFAX (CP) — A $4,000,000| arrive at Tutt's Cove within 10, Prince Edward Island and Labra- eee Mit Behing the electrical) ave to be Santstins Hare by Ghaides Stay: be ohted to He peel #

of Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia Light and Power|and

when it becomes necessary

Saas aencmenel will be in|Company. The company’s 69,-000-/ and feasible. by December this year. volt line will be fed from the} The grid will lessen the need Provinces

operation The Atlantic Romie Council power committee Said today the total spare capac- Ti bee of the power pool The grid New

Sed Power

connects reserv:

Brenawick Pow Power Nova Scotia Licht and Canada

Main link will be 2 138,000 volt

between Moncton and Tuft’s

near Dartmouth, NS., with

——, at Onslow near

Mation of tower foot-

has started -on. the 60-mile Fen ctmay to Dartmouth

% ‘Truro and erection of steel towers

scheduled to begin this month: An estimated 320 men will be eet im construction of the ths tergeat? transformer ever fastalled in the Maritimes will

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000 kilowatt transformer. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES?

Eco-| 8Tid’s 138,000 volt line by the 87,-| for participating companies to in-

tional generating facili- ties. Power confumption in the

Although not under considera-| Maritimes doubles every seven

than 150,000 kilo. | tion _now, the power resources of! years.

=St. John’s Fire Causes |= $500,000 In Damages

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP) — A CNR freight shed and wharf in the city’s westend was still smouldering W: night in the wake of a-fire of unde- [termined origin that caused $0,- jae damage.

Ironically, the firé occurred on

NEW POLITICAL PARTY? =i

‘Stormiest’ Session-~

Expected

Aico BROOK (CP) — New

labor legislation and talk of a

Rew labor political party may

make the annual convention of

the Newfoundland Federation of

Labor opening here July 19 the stormiest in history.

. Provincial locals of the Interna- tional. Woottworkers of America (CLC) were decertified by an act of legislation after a violence- marked strike by the union -ear- lier in the year against the Angio- Newfoundland Development Com- pany of Grand Falls Five Grand Falls locals last week petitioned the government to repeal the la-

"bor laws invoked in March. W. F.

Chafe, CI(’s eastern Newfound-| ,

jand representative, later called ‘the petition ‘‘a dishonorable com- (promise.”

On the agenda is a discussion of reports that a move to form @ third political party in the province — by labor — is under way. The possibility has been

, strengthened by the formation of “political action” committees

By Labor

who spearheaded revised legislation, and Newfoundland bor Minister. Ballam, ghérecené the convention. No government

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this year.

There is no indication ff rep- resentatives of industry, particul- arly the paper companies, will be invited. A labor official: said, it is doubtful.

Key ‘speakers at the convention are IWA District 2 president H. Landon Ladd and CLC secretary- treasurer Donald MacDonald

representative has been invited

the anniversary to the day of the great fire of 1692 which burned

than half of St. John’s. General superintendent FE. J.

Explosion | Hlakes Toll:

fortwo days and destroyed more} .

AA Lives

~ BIRGER FARUP ADERSLEV (Thursday) (AP)—An explosion

yond that total, authorities said

J-|the boat apparently was loaded

beyond ‘ts authorized” capacity.

MAKESHIFT GAS LINE? Some survivors said the ex- Plosion occurred after a make-

The victims were believed to be all Danes or-Germans. This little town in sourthern Denmark is 30 miles north of the German bor- der.

Are Boosted

OTTAWA (CP)—The CBC is stepping up its efforts to obtain more re See from aes.

Charles Jennings, of broadcasting, said Wedneodey He told the Commons brdad- _peasting comm that the ast- ‘Ttermpt to get advertising

money ‘from is ie made mainly by the publiclyowned corpora- tion’s radio stations. They were increasing their efforts to obtais ‘}local advertising.

GAS STATIONS CONTINUE WAR

TORONTO OP — An On- tario Retail Gasoline

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the Algoma Steel Corporation.

A typical waterway welcome greeted the Britannia as she moved slowly. into the harbor area of the twin cities of Sault Ste. Marie Ontario and Michigan. More than two dozen power boats, along with tugs. and otner craft, followed her up the river.

ns 's Balance Ils Upset By itevihdhd Red Carpet

canals and other ereft blared 8

Roisy greeting.

Eriansia anchored at a pier alongside Brady Park on Michigan side just below the busy American locks. The royal barge made a test run before making the half -- mile crossing with the royal party.

INDIAN GREETING

Chief William Pine, elected head of the nearby Garde River Indian e, wore Indian garb for his He is a grandson ra Shingwauk, last he- reditary chief of the Ojibways.

At Bellevue Park beside St. Mary’s River in the east end of the city she was greeted by an

: of school children and Jenn Ann Hargreaves, one of the nine - year - old Hargreaves

Giant lake freighters in the ship

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1 Weediedtoten: Mrs. Norman Mac-

Millan, Alberry Plains; Mrs. Da- vid Mutch, Mermaid. (Story on Page 2). :

Yank Planes Quit France_

PARIS (AP) — The United States Wednesday informed NATO that ite 200 nuclear-carry- ing fighter - bombers based in France are to be moved to Brit- ain.and West Germany: -

The decision was taken because of President de Gaulle's refusal to allow atomic warheads for the

Tracked In

MONTREAL (CP) —

police are on the track of what they said may be a major stolen: car ring that works with slick

Junior Farmers Field Day . Held At Experimental Farm

"Am afternoon spent in acqutr- program of recreation and sports /terday at the Experimental Farm @s some 100 junior farmers and :

was in-

for their annual field day. There are three junior farmer

MacRae , of |

planes’ armament into France} unless they were put under French control.

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Is4Years —*

OTTAWA (CP)—Canada’s ale craft industry is to get a $400,- 000,000 shot in the arm from pro duction over the next four years

| | of the American Lockheed F-104G

be jet-by competitive tender to one of Canada’s three main air- craft manufacturers — A.V. Roe (Canada) Limited, Malton, Ont.;

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Major Stolen Car Ring

Montreal

SorcrersS the Unjted States Three raids within the lest @

hours’ produced six stolen auto- mobiles.

The cars were found in barns at Granby, Que., and near Drum- mundville, Que., and in a garage at Burlington, Vt.

Two men ‘were arrested — one, police said, caught as a car cour- ier driving. a stolen vehicle from Montreal to Granby, # miles south-east of here.

STOLE 100 CARS

Provincial police said the ring had stolen at least 100 cars—and 'perhaps.as many as 200—im the last seven or eight months.

They said thieves picked up autos in Montreal or Ottawa, | drove them to hideouts in the ‘ Eastern Townships where they were either dismantled to be sold

‘as parts and as scrap or re

painted, with new serial num- bers, for resale.

Detectives said some of the | stolen cars are moved across the border for resale in the United States.

They said a- Vermont. state trooper—James Ryan of Burling- ton, Vt. — suggested that- sqme ears had ended up at a hush-hush car auction sale at Albany, N.Y. The stoleh vehicles, without lic-

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ence plates or numbers, were auctioned off at a fraction of

ay | their value and taken “‘to the four ~

corners of the United States,”’ po- | lice said.

Jap Textiles ‘Are Problem

OTTAWA {OP)—The revenue department is investigating the =— | question of textile imports from Japan, Revenue Minister Nowlan said Wednesday.

He was replying to Samud Boulanger (L — Drummond