_____CITY_AREA’S. NEW. YEAR'S BABY The ‘first 1966 baby in the Mrs. Charles W. Hansen, Mil- Charlottetown area was Charles W. Mannee, Jr., son of Mr. and one-half ounce boy. was bore at ton: The nine_pound, two and | co one other child a s Seen Rising OTTAWA (CP) — Sing construction, program in ‘1966, will rise 10 cent to a total value. of $11,000,000,000, the Ca-|w nadian Construction Association |c predicts in a yeervond state- hoe ge ‘gain recorded” this: lyear- over 1964 : |, Dhe < e egindustry’s capacity 1s expanding still further current “winter promises to be the busiest om record, saa. further scope for “executing larger progr: ” says Presi- dent Newille. e. Williams of .Win- nipeg. “It is seek with gratification that ‘the government is no longer requesting private owners to defer construction projects.” This was a reference. to the federal’ government's decision ‘last summer to defer some of its capital works to try to ease pressure i. key. supplies . and workers. The government then had asked private Dasinage Eo erally to consider hol ment, That would compare with a> In 1966 |: Williams says MI seas wil be available, it ap- \pears-+ . * the 1966 program | will see am -imcrease.in _., - commercial, industrial, institu. tional and‘ centennial projects— and perhaps @ small decline in Py housing program.” + Regionally, the association | says Atlantic provinces, | is |Quebec an@ Qniario expect! . more business. The four West. | belern provinces ‘expect to equal 1965’s regional total, “with only oe" Saskatchewan more imi Te ot the,possibility of » decline | in housing,’ the association said : would come prim be- ment building. | “at the moment there is a very noticeable reduction in the availability of residential .mort- gage money. Row housing. and apartment bloeks —are— not —in- | cluded in the federal govern | ment’s winter. bonus program. ES “However it is certain that | the population and family for- | mation trends indicate quite | larger housing in the future.” \on some projects as 7:19 a.m. New Year’s Day. at the Prince Edward Island Hos- pital. Mr, and Mrs fers Growing String Of Power Plants Are Transforming Old Lapland — -- By CARL E. BUCHALLA - ~ ROVANIEMI, Finland (AP)— tune strung. along narr roads that cut ac Labland. Through -its vast sree forests |cessitated expansion and tundra roam reindeer herds \Finland’ s road system.and pro- lynx and. elk. And ‘in. winter, vided work ‘for thousands of,.peo- wolf packs hunt down their Prey | ible. - overs its frozen wastes... But the roar of dynamos and country’s largest district. construétion. machinery is trans- forming the romantic Lapland much of it aiioaed. promises own of travel books. ‘The’ increasing demand for | electric power for the. industries ~of.central and southern Finland ; has forced the—government. to tap the energy Teserves _of the north. Bank funds, Seven. of ' these; among the most modern in Eu- | rope, are already in ‘operation. ‘But most of the 2,500 Laps ‘in Six, more are to be built is the |Northern Finland have one Ree 2 \permanent abodes. : 10 | power plants have been erected | bring t6 mind North. “America’s along the Oulu River to the/jold West, stand moders. schools south of Lapland. This system and hospitals, self : next: few._years.... 10 PLANTS BUILT In .the last few years, can_ send _2,400,000,000__ kilowa hours: of electricity dustries in the south. Early Meeting Planned “= By ‘NICK -FILLMORE- HALIFAX Scotia government has an- | The wind whistles~a~< lonely ;Construction of two large power through telegraph lines dams will. be started next year Ww paved jin the swamplands spanning the Finnish | Arctic Circle. A cheis of power plants is be- |\Laps’ traditional way of life. ing constructed along the Kemi | Occasionally, a tourist encount- _River with the, help: of World jers a nomadic Lap family in feradtitional dress’ peddling’ tiandi- | annually |reindeer roam the outskirts, vil- through an overland net to in- lage youth dance to the loud |blaring~of jukeboxes. . But. even: these projects do, not | fill Finland’s power needs. The. péwer. projects have ne- of northern About 200,000¢ people’ live’ within Finnish Lapland, the’ The district's. mineral wealth, | (rther economic gains. . Chromium deposits ‘have been discovered ‘near Kemi, and Co- balt and gold- have been un-: learthed in the, vicinity of Kit- wr All of this Was” alieted the craft -and furs along a roadside. \OLD AND NEW MIXED = Amid wooden homes; which service stores and diners. ‘And, while! \ jis not of old, Lapland’s vast eesti: .Teserves—about two thirds of the area—and--agricul- ture still make up the region’s economic backbone. Despite a growing season - of only 120 days, the line of arable land -is' being pushed further north. The government is aiding farmers through research to de- velop_heartier plant’ varieties. But crop farming generally ofitable. Farmers .usu- enough to meet their needs and depend largely on livestock and dairy farming for a living. Reindeer herding is ‘still im- ally floor ar is nearing for high- construction — men pa ge Alay ay path- ways in the sky‘ of the new 6 eet & Generally. it’s a visitor who loses his nerve and clings -to the nearest steel beam or ams wire, incapable of .mov- PROBLEM “This will become lem in a few weeks when we a “Now we're humane, "said | Mr. Barlow. -‘‘After rescue men, wearing safety belts, get the freezer roped down, we. hit him with a tranquilizer. That leaves him. happy and ‘welaxed enough for the men to | ‘strap him into a. stretcher lower | The tranquilizer is supplied | by a pellet shot from a pistol or givem by . hypodermic needle; depending how far out _ the . floor. When it gets to | on the beam the man happens the there's expected to be to an intensification of the. night- ‘he’s Sieh -ciabkaiag we mate .of ‘vertigo, ‘the. dizziness |‘ shoot him back up as soon as that sometimes besets men on | he’s got himself . under CON. - “| the" marrow girders, hundreds + trol,” said Mr. Barlow. ~“‘If~ of feet. above street level. he’s a visitor, we suggest he . BK cam make a mei freeze | forget about heights and stay to the framework, with an | on ground.” : iron grip, once loosened by . Siaciiers ths nthe breaking the knuckles with a .| largest percentage of ‘‘freez- rubber —. said Wally | ers” among viisitors. Bartow, _ safety | . ‘Most of them are okay .un- — Now, a tranquilizer | 4 they start shooting,” said the safety engineer. ‘‘Then the tfouble begins. And don’t ask " me why. He just suddenly for- gets all about taking. pictures ‘and- we have to tranquilize 4 him for his own good. _ : IGHTLY HOLDS CAMERA “And down. he goes strap- ped up like an Indian papoose, his expensive camera in. his white-knuckled han the mien on the Toronto pro- | dect. | “The pay scale. in New Le ' fttetown. Mon, gan. 3.1986. n Construction Program | Santa The. famed high-steel, Mo- ° hawk’ Indians are not. among - FIRST BABY” Yi CONTEST diepice 3 ‘These Merchants Offer Gifts To Charlottetown s cause of a: slackening in ‘apart. | e 4 First Baby. | Master Hansen — at the P.E. I. Hospital © BUGBEAR OF 50TH FLOOR / at7 19: a.m, the proud parents are NEARING IN TORONTO JOB. Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hansen, Winsloo| We ‘Welcome _ Charlottetown’ s You will Receive A> Play - Pen From . a: | Archer and MacDonald Lid. : bi - Charlottétown’ ‘s es ais aucie 1966 Baby wit be a boy, 8 Ibs. 5 o2. OUR GIFT TO THE FIRST BABY OF 1966 We will be pleased to nee or First Baby with 20 quarts of “Purity Dairy” ant CHARLOTTETOWN'S d - Dry - PURITY DAIRY Dial 4-735: Our Prediction—A itt, 6 bs.,,9 ozs. Archer &MacDonald Ltd. | oe Every Night" Our Prediction . Welcome ee 1966 “Our Gift. . . . Baby Boots. Woy 7 Hoe 10 om. - LePAGE SHOE CO. C0... scasamacrsse saosin + Charlottetown’ 's Fist Baby | f of 4 oT ‘ te ile the 86-storey Chrysler Build- | York, $6.20 an hour, is too at- portant, and the herds, severely ing in New York. and on Mont- | tr ive" said Grey Doyle, -a decimated by the Second World| real’s Place Ville Marie, | ty steward. Wages here ‘War again - have reached the| should know. : are $3.50 an : 3 pre-war total of 180,000 -head.| ‘We took them down, three “There's a cross - section The animals provide both fur| and four. a day, building the | here of Cape Bretoners, New- and meat to the market. - | Chrysler, especially after we foundlanders, Ontario, Quebee “Yet; -Laplandstill.is one of the | decked on 50,” he said. ~ | and: the” Prairies,” he said. pala sales veal ad a HER coy MINISTE 7 <4 can drive for hours through for-| even today. But in years gone = esf“and tundra without seeing a| by it was a crude operation.| MANILA (AP)—Mauro Men- ‘living soul. But in the face of |" The helpless man’ would be |dez, 69; former foreign” secre the relentless northern ‘ech of | tied to beam,.-then his jtary and Philippine ambassador industry, some areas already | clenched hand thumped << to Japan, died Saturday of are being set aside as govern-|.a rubber hammer. until ‘\heart failure: He was one of the ment - protected iluclads pain from. broken knuckles ipre-war editors of the Philip- areas. . | foreed-him to let go. > [pines Herald. ‘fat other -davelapenant ites aver: | (CP)—The Nova | eral more than 30 feet. Several feasibility studies on | nounced that a’board-to co-ordi- tidal power have been imade nate. studies of the ‘provosed during the last 50 years but no° _ harnessing of Bay of Fundy | tidal’ power will hold meetings early this year. \facilities. More. than $1,000,000 The board, sponsored the. |has been s nt on research,’ in. Atlantic “Development Board, . cliding “under “water” “and and wll comprise representative: / studies, ‘from: the federal govern and the provinces of Nova Sco- tia and New Brun jannouncement has--ever.. been | made regarding construction of The ADB announced; last Au- Seon gust that development” of the | |Cumberland. ‘Basin - Shepody | The . announcement follows a.|Bay project was technically pos-. statement by Prime Minister Pearson that the responsibility ‘of the board would be ‘‘to pro- pose, superviise and evaluate further studies in order to as-° sess ih detail, the potential wer, probable costs of devel- ‘épment, as well as ‘the markets for vower.’* The two main Bay of Fundy. power proposals—in the Minas’ Basin and Cumberland . Basin- Shevody Bay areas—have an estimated potential of more ‘than 9,000,000 kilowatts. - Tan MacKeigan, chairman of | the great power’ houses of the Western world.” . POTENTIAL; GREAT ‘ The Bay: of Fundy, located between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, is about 50 miles wide at its mouth and ends 160 miles’ inland in Nova Scotia's Minas Basin and Cobequid Bay. The greatest power. potential lies near the -estuary of the Salmon_ River. -Another is -clésé~ by at Cumberland Basin, lying Brunswick, and New Brunswick. i ‘Tides of Minas Basin reach 2 height ot" weore: thee 09 fect, the Mighoot in the workd. High tides ae said the- ruse, tides el ot! power. facilities can make | the Atlantic vrovinces ‘‘one of |My other powet source between Nova Scotia and New Shepody Bay in” sible but construction costs were estimated at $400,000,000. Cost of the Minas Basin pro}- ect, by far the greater of the two, has n ‘estimated at | $1,000,000,000. “It 1s similar to ‘al ‘development .on the ~ River Rance in France that is ex- pected to’ produce 240,000 kilo- wate annually beginning in 1987, . NEEDS POWER : undy energy wonld be mar: keted to the power-hungry east: | len United States at a rice be- tween three-and four mills. This would make it competitive : with The cheap - power would also tp industrial development in ‘the Maritimes. : Also aiming -for the eastern U.S. market is the British New- foundland Corp. proposed Churchill’ Falls ow project in Laabrador, said to be capable of generating 5,000, voter: i Another producer of more than 100,000: at isa ‘oposed development at ‘assa- a Bay on the. Maine- New. Brunswick. border: sizes ‘RANGE FAR U.S: in ize from six, at Shelbyville, .Tenn.,. to ot. in Minneapolis, Minn 2 Lutheran congrégationss in the jf . Our children's Wear Dept. has @ com- plete selection of infant's clothing for “ the new baby, as well os phish toys and me apenas ae are cence bell nm lg us ser sop terri hn abe Mrinins Aas | . i % ¥ Our Gift. 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