If It’s Good For The Island \ : The Guardian Is For It mtn a a ‘Mount Royal EEE Wins Plowing Title In Prince By FRANK WEEKS 1 O'LEARY -— Raynall MacNeill of Mount: Roval won the Prince | County plowing championship | at the ninth annual match yes- | terday in O'Leary on the farm | of John Lewis. President of the | Prince County ‘Plowing Match since. it’ began, Mr, MacNeill also won last year and will now | retain permanent possession session of | 3 Killed, 7 hue ed RAYNALL MACN EILL: SECOND SUCCESSIVE YEAR © the teopliy donated‘by the Prince County Association to the con- jtestant winning the: title for two} years. , as Mr. MacNeill, who also plac- fed second in the three-sod class, had a total of 73.5 points in the ititle match and placed first for best crown In second place was Lawrence Harris of Knutstord with 69-5 and first for straightest furrow while “Andrew Wood-of West Cape was third with 67.5 and first for best finish. In.an entry of 15, Arthur Hud- son, a four. time winner of the title, was fourth. Frankie Sweet was fifth and Osborne “Phillips | placed 6th. | ed by Hon. Daniel J. MacDonald, {minister of agriculture, whe “leomplimented «the contestants onthe quality. of. the- plowing and wished: everyone the best of luck in the various classes. Other speakers were S.C. Wright, CORNER BROOK, Nfld. (CP) Three men were killed © and seven injured Tuesday night’ when two CNR freight trains; collided on the Cliffside tracks of the Crow Gulch yard. All were crew members of the two trains. Three men riding in the en- gine of a switching train were killed when an empty boxcar immediately behind the engine slammed into the locomotive and shared off the cab. Five of the injured ‘were rid- ing in the lead lacomotive pull- ing westbound: freight No. 203 | The other two injured were rid- ing in the caboose of No. 203. The accident happened at a point where the ‘tracks cut along the side of a steep cliff. There is a drop of about 150 feet from the trosks to the water below but none of the engines or cars plunged down the cliff. CNR ‘officials withheld the | deputy ‘and Hon.. Robert minister of agriculture E. Campbell, minister without portfolio. Raynall MacNeill, the: master of. ceremonies, extended a wel- ‘come to the large audience, the | largest to date, and stated he | was especially ‘pleased at the presence of Carl ‘Willis; Cana- dian plowing champion. OTHER CLASSES =. In the other ‘plowing classes Douglas: MacLeod _ of won the beginners the under 16 class. while his mother, Mrs. Erison MacLeod led in the women's 2 or 3-sod ; tractor class with Mrs. Doreen Wood of Springfield West, sec- ond. Ellis Sweet of Knutsford won both: the single and gang plow classes while Wyman Phillips placed second in both events. Arthur Hudson, Cascum placed first in the two-sod trail- ing plow class and Kenneth class and names of those involved. —— Ontario Treasurer James’ Allan (LEFT) and Keith Rey- golds, chief executive assis- ci ned Se Smaliman of - Knutsford was \ “FIRST TO ARRIVE FOR CONFERENCE tant to Premier Robarts, were among the ‘irst government Officials te arrive im Ottawa Ottawa and * - The match was officially open: | Coleman | “Covers Prince Edward Island CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA; WEDNESD ost Office. Department, postage tm cash. Is Offered By eae Like The Dew”’ AY; SEPTEMBER 14, 1966. suit 0T MORE THAN TEN CENTS Two Planes ‘To Continue - + Air Search. “HALIFAX (CP)—The air-sea | reseche centre here said Tues- | =iday a’search will continue to- | “\day for alight aircraft missing since Sunday on a flight from Charlottet6wn to the Codroy *=|River area ot er New- foundland. “|The rescue SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ont. (CP) A two-year-old boy is in hospl- |m tal after falling from a speed- ing passenger train Monday and. spending 15 hours along the | tracks in the dense northwest- ern Ontario- bushland. a = centre said an =|Argus aireraft —from\ Green- wood, N.S., would carryout a night séarch for the singleen- gine Aeronca sedan with two persons: aboard. The occupants > ~~“*twere. identified as Fred Rapant and his father Frank Rapant, both from Schenectady, NY. The aircraft was one of four light float - equipped planes which left Bar Harbor, Me., for Newfoundland ‘carrying moose hunters. The other three air- craft were also reported. miss- ing but turned up Monday. Two had landed. near the northern Up of Cape Breton Island .and third aircraft - reached its ‘oeiaa a of Codroy River. A spokesman for the -air- sea rescue centré here said two air- craft will continue the search -|Soday. Extremist Vorster Selected South African Prime as out his own future and decide extremist Balthazar Vorster |on his own destiny. the destiny | was- unanimously selected prime! of South Africa will be decided | minister’ of South Africa Tues- | by ourselves day and the prevailing opinion | NEGROES NOT MENTIONED was that the country will swing| Vorster was speaking of South | even farther to the right. Africas 3,000,000 ruling whites. The 50-year-old justice minis- made’ no mean or ‘the ter, interned dtiring the Second untrys World War for his Nazi sym- , Who pathies, met with other cabinet members and assured them thaf/ricas policy of racial separa | he will follow the apartheid line tion. of his predecessor, Hendrik F. Verwoerd, assassinated a arr complete belief in the Na-) Ago.. | tionalist party and its principles Danny Tower, oe from | from Amherst, N.S. to Edmon- | ton with his, mother. was | treated for exposure and a “slight” bruise after the ordeal. Hospital officials said his eondi- tion is ‘‘amazing."’ The child was reported miss- ing five:minutes after the. west- bound Canadian National ° Rail- | ways train left Sioux Lookout. The train was “stopped for 90) boy. - i It was searched again. when | it arrived in Winnipeg late Mog | day night. : Meanwhile, a search”party of civilians,- police, forestry a |RCAF began ka the area first im the three-sod° class for |traiting plows. In-_-other_events Ellis Sweet, |Knutsford won the team pulling |contest hauling a. weight of |5,700 pounds. Wyman _ Phillips placed second. In the tractor roedo, whieh | was supervised by Prince | County agricultural representa- | tive Graeme - Linkletter, Ernest | Wood, West Cape, was first, Wyman Harris, O'Leary, second and Dale Dennis, — Knutsford, third. ; FINE. WEATHER. A fine sunny day contributed Continued on page 3 Col 9 Dief Comments OTTAWA (CP) — Conserva- tive leader Diefenbaker | said | Tuesday the recently announced railway rate jiticreases would contribute further tothe’ infla-, tionary spiral pushing prices CAPE TOWN (AP) — Tough, arte re: | up dhe higher. party parliamentary caucus jthem in every respect whatever “This will, add further im-jelected the Afrikaner, Vorsier| | the consequences. petus to the fires of inflation,’|told a crowd outside -Parlia-| The challenge to internal cri-| ‘he said in a statement. ment: \tics was clear. To anyone over-| oF promise you that as far|seas who might seek, by _ per-| as it is humanly possible, I will; suasion, pressures or aggres- strive for the security of South sion, to make him deviate from Africa. As far as ‘it please God/his purpose, Vorster promised ee - allow man to. work | stern opposition. } “This is what we wanted the government to deal with. They had no plan—so they adjourned Parliament instead of. dealing with the problem. aos Pearson Given Delicate Task — Of Uniting Divided Opinions t | LONDON (CP) — Common- wealth leaders, unable to thrash out the thorny Rhodesian ques- Ition to ‘the satisfaction of all, turned to Canada’s Prime Min-{ Informants said Prime Minls- ister Pearson Tuesday to. pro-|ter Wilson of Britain suggested duce a compromise communi-jthe matter be turned over to jque. ‘ jPearson. , The representatives of 22; The Cana d fan delegation countries took the action after |worked into the. night. in Pear- long hours of negotiations at the json’s hotel suite, attempting to reconcile differences on what to |Commonwealth policy on bring- do about the rebel white-minor- ling majority. which means Ne- ity regime of Ian Smith of Rho- |gro, rule to Rhodesia. y Falls From Train, Found After 15 Hours IMrs. strictions Bi. Pi of _ South Af-| Vorster said his political teret | Stiortly’ after’ the ‘Nationali: t|and * ‘the full implementation of | Commonwealth conference dur-|bring together various demands | ing which they were unable to |and ideas into one statement of | aroune this. community 200 miles northwest of Fort Wil- hiam. Track patrols were also jused throughout the. night as jFain fell and the temperature | dropped to. 50 degrees. : About 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, en- jgineman James A. Pennant of ‘Sioux Falls,’ on a westbound | | CNR fast freight, spotted ‘something’ beside the track | 14.miles ‘west of here. It- was young Danny. They ltook him: aboard_the train and returned to Sioux Lookout iwhere he rejoined. his mother land was taken to hospital. The boy is a son of Mr. andj} James Tower. of Edmon- ton.-He was returning with {his | failed to find any trace’ of the | ents-in- law. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur | Co., repairmen 4 vince. , Tower. of Amherst. _ 0 Poorer OTTAWA (CP)- The poorer {provinces would get. an extra |$140,000,000. this -year. from Ot- :}tawa under a revamped tax- equalization formula proposed by the federal government. . Finance Minister Sharp, in a policy. statement: prepared — for today’s federal - provincial tax. conference and made _ public Tuesday night, said that a “fundamental reform” of: equal- ization payments is needed to redistribute wealth” between have and :have-not provinces. He .proposed a complex, flex!- |ble formula based'on per capita provincial revenues, which would take effectnext April 1 for five years as part of a new tax-sharing- agreement... -— It was the Ottawa's. job. to achieve. equality between the Ps : MEDIATOR ~ _ Gerald B. Malone, foundland's assistant deputy labor minister,. has been nam- ed mediator. in the three-week minutes but a complete search | mother from_a.-visit.to her par- | strike of 300. Avalon. Telephone New- in’ the pro- Projected Space Walk Cut Short When Astronaut’s Suit Overheats By RONALD THOMPSON ‘CAPE KENNEDY, — are | Richard F. Gordon Jr. walk around the world a ‘but got too pooped along Tight —— -we| May Ruin_ Many Firms. HALIFAX (CP) — Many busi- nesses in the Maritime Prov- | inces may fold if tight money persists for another 12 months, |George L. Marks, managing dir- | | ector of the, Major Trust Co. of | Charlottetown, said Tuesday. | Mr. Marks said: in an inter- a ee cut his excursion more 3 fot; way. He did ionuaae | b dangle , Word that the two pilots de- from the Gemini 11 spacecraft jcided te_end.the~walk 71- min- o \for 44 minutes, riding a rocket jutes early came as they flashed ioe a cowboy rides a horse. jover the <Tananarive tracking Hot, sweaty and panting, Continued on=page 3 col. -4———— WEATHER Mostly sunny and a little warmer: winds southwesterly 15. Low-high 45 and 73, Thursday: generally cloudy, =—t6 PAGES ' Split. Bigger Slice Likely Provinces rich | and poor across’ Canada as one of its national responat- bilities. The new -enualization formula would mark-a fundamental re- form in the way this was ac complished, he said. Payments would reflect more closely the jmeed of poorer. provinces, COSTS $496,000,000 Applied to 1966-67 ‘reventes’ the proposed formula would eost-the federal treasury $490,- -}000;000, about $140,000,000 mors ‘ithan the existing’ formula. It -would-increase- payments ta Quebec by oe tn New- foundland . $22,600,000. - te Nova Scotia yr $18,900,000 and to New. Brunswick. by $15, 700.- 000. I Ontario, . Alberta ‘and. British Columbia receive no equaliza- jtion payments now and would jreceive none under | formula. : Prince Edward Island and Manitoba would fare about the same and = Saskatchewan, to cushion the loss “Of its equaliza- tion ‘payment of $33,200,000, would receive. ‘special trans!- ona payments. across: a period f five years. The first payment would. be $27,200,000. Manitoba's share would go up by $1,600,000 to $29,100,000. This. “transitional payment” n an hour short when per- spiration poured down his face into his. right eye, temporarily blindingit. It was -the third raight 3 ce walk to run |sieaig a walk to | -_ OTTAWA Lgovernment ~ proposes ~ current arrangements for three major soch rograms—includ- ing oepitat acesase — in which Ottawa shares ~the—costs with the provinces. : Finance Minister Sharp sug- Bests a two-stage method of do- ingso, unveiling details of the -Gordon_and_his command. pi- Charles Cont Jr.,-then sailed on to perfor other feats of their three-day voyage, due to end Thursday morning. Today they plan to trigger the Agena _ rocket_-linked~ to: their jspacecraft’s nose for a jolting’ & ride to a record 863-mile alti- tude. And Gordon hopes to stage -_ \view the effects of the credit | squeeze’ are already apparent in| ‘the region although ‘for good itake scientific pictures. projects money is always avail- | ; abl | The construction industry and | allied businesses in the lumber and building supply field may be the iirst casualties of pres- ent monetary policy, he said. | Mr. Marks blamed.the cur- | rent situation on the , banking | structufe of Canada. “They virtually operate a car- tel. There -is no competition | among ther. and as soon as | any attempt is made to intro- duce any, rua as clea they pounce,” ee Mr. Marks said proposed changes in the Bank Act will introduce a greater element of competition which should bring, first ‘stage up to April 1, 1970, under ich the provinces. will get just a mich federal money as now. c However, in a policy state- ment prepared far today's fed- eral-provincial tax. conference, he kept mum on the — period thereafter except- to ‘say the provinces will get further. un- specified amounts. of federal a second excursion outside—a 140-minute stand in his’ seat to “I’m pooped!"* Gordon told Conrad minutes after he slipped into the strange, eerie world of space, 185 miles above meinen California. funds, . & " insurance,» INSIDE TODAY at “Besides hospital 2 |which cost Ottawa $549,000,000 this fiscal year, the other pro- asatk fe UE A, : grams affected are national Kin Quei ma CIE svt tee 5 health: grants of $52,800,000 and |" Wenti's ens, y the new Canada Assistance Plan Serer 8 9 tl i a si i ance ence Sport... 2... 0 eee ene ind a isabled allowances Finance, Markets San = and unemployment assistance at (ichiea 12. 13? cost of $175,000,000. As a genéral principle, Mr. interest rates down. desia. | Continued_on~page 3 Col. 6): B.C. Premier Asks Seat For Defeated Minister VICTORTA~ (CP) =~ Premier [Socrat Credit first won office*14-} Ww. A. C. Bennett's Social Credit lyears ago, said he would be government is back for its sixth ‘delighted to serve in any way straight term in British Colum. |I can" if some Social Crediter bia following Monday's election, stepped down and the party felt but the voting may not be over. jhe should run. By Tuesday :Herb Capozzi, A. byelection was in the offing hietitieg general “ehanaeer a Tuesday as the premier called B.C. Lions. football —elub., ., and on one of his followers to step funning:~—mate . Evan “Wolfe, down and make way for Attor- ney - General Robert Bonner, only cabinet casualty in the voting and a man often men- tioned as a successor to Mr. whose go-go campaign in Van- couver Centre gained them vic- tory. indicated they might be willing to step down. Banat ; j ‘But both said that their mar- ; igin. of victory had been: close. “I don’t want to Ipse. Bon-| Mr, Capozzi got 7.910 votes, ner,’ said the ff-year-old pre-imMr. Wolfe 7.665, just ahead of mier Monday night after hear- NDP candidates Paul Phillips ing his government had been:|with 7,000 and. C. Huddleskan returned with 33 seats‘ but that | with 6.679 Mr. Bonner had been defeated! Aside from the defeat of Mr. by a Liberal in. the twin-seat |Bonner and a cut in its over-all riding of Vancouver-Point Grey. |majority, Social Credit went “LT hope one of our supporters lback in much the same ‘shape will hear my voice and clear jit was after the 1963 election. the way for Bonner to take hig |The party won 33 seats, the seat in the legislature.” same number as three years | Tuesday night for the federal- provincial tax conference that gets underway in Ottawa this week. (CP Wirepboto) WAS IN FIRST CABINET strength to 16 from 14 and the Mr. Bonner, 46-year-old law- Liberals won six compared with | lyer-member of the cabinet since ifive in the previous election. ago, but the NDP increased its | iSharp said the federal govern- (CP)—The.. federal tment. wants. gradually to end tts “to--end |influence’-on “provincial” policies in fields such as health and wel- fare, which are primarily a-pro- vincial responsibility under the constitution, r RETURN TO PROVINCES ~~ “This will mean a removal af federal conditions in respect of certain well - established an@. continuing programs, and the assumption by the provinces of full responsibili rithen.”” Possibly with the federal gev- ernment’s medical care insur- ance plan in mind, -he added: ‘Where projects with a lime ited duration are being financed, or where important federal re- sponsibilities must he - dise charged we would propose te continue to use the shared-cost Program. approach though not necessarily always in its present form. The medical care program is not classed by Ottawa as a shared-cost “program although the federal government has of- fered to pay half\the per eapita cost of any province's medical care insurance plan which meets certain conditions. PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION VISITS HERE Hon, Mrs. Ethel Wilson, minister without portfolio in the Alberta government; and Hon. Sherif M. Dibba, from The Gambia, West Africa, seen speaking with Lieutenant- ok Governor W..J. MacDonald at has held various executive positions, Mr. Dibba was first elected to parliament in 1960 and in 1962 labor and lands. He is -min- ister of works and communi- cations. The Commonwealtk Parliamentary Association de- Government House yesterday shortly after arrival on Prince Edward Island. Mrs. Wilson, an employee of industry for 2% years,-and an active mem- ber of the United Packing- house Workers ef America, was minister of . legation, which was conducted on a familiarization tour of P.E.1. yesterday, is leaving for Halifax this morning and later to Edmonten prior. to the 12th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference scheduled to be: held in Ottawa this month. the new ~ Continued on page 3h Gradual End Is Proposed _ To Shared Cost Programs. .