If. it's Good For the Island The Guard: an is For it VOL. Lxxv. N0. 286 Anibal-tad as Second Cla- lall w Ottawa. andfunaymanldpouual ea. ' WHITE CROSS GIFT PROGRAM OPENiE-D The Canadian Mental Health Association's White Cross Gift: day when Mrs W‘R Shaw. wife of the premier. placed the first gift. in box at Moore and McLeod Ltd. Citi- zens are asked to add one name. a patient at Riverside Hospital, to their Christmas shopping list and place their gifts in any of the boxes set up in stores throughout 'the Island. The gifts are meant for those patients who have been hospitalized for a long period and have. in many cases lost contact with family an friends. Soviet Union, U.S. Agree To Co-opera’re In Space IiVlTED NATIONS tCP) The United States and the So- \‘lt’l Union announced Wednes- day agreement to co-opcrate in nsutr: aritficiai earth satellites in communication. weather fot'cr'nstlng and mapping the world's magnetic field. its. Ambassador Adlai Stev- enson and Soviet chief delegate Valerian Zorin gave a joint let- ter in United Nations Secretary- General U Thant informing him of the agreement. Stevenson and Soviet Delegate Platon Morozov later notified the General Assembly's politi- cal committee. Stevenson called the agree- mcnts “a practical demonstra- tion that our two nations can. despite political differences. co- operate in a highly important field of human endeavor " tisls have stated their readi- ness to start carrying out the agreement as soon as possible. GIVES PROVISIONS The. agreement provides that: i. In 1963-64. the Soviet Union and the. United States will ex- periment with weather satellites out communication links for the transfer of infor- mation athered bythcm: in 1945-65.' rb'will be "cc - ordi- nated launchings by the. two na- tions of a system of operation weather satellites:" is joint working group of scientists will arrange the details. 2. From mid-1964 in mid-1965. the period called the. Interna- tional Year of the uiet Sun. each country will launch a sa- tellite to gather data for a map 0 the magnetic field of the earth; another joint working group of scientists will arrange Morozov said the Soviet Scien- these details. Gas explosions on ‘the sun—sunspots—wlll be at a low ebb during the audy pe- riod. 3. In 1962-63. the two coun- ltt‘ies "agree to co-operate. in ex- ;periments on communication by means of the U.S. satellite Echo A-12: They also agree to hold meetings on "the working out with other nations of a proje n P rlmel‘ltal. Ioba sys- 'l _ " 3m ntion was made in the agreement of the project by which the. United States last July launched the. experimental communication satellite known as I'elstar. Nor was any mention made of the US. law that turned over the communication satellite field to a special corporation. The Soviet Union has crlti cized these U.S moves and ha Bsh the. p i 0 re s sought to estab rinciple that only governments may use space. IhaPoatMqurtaI-at. who @umldliom “Covers Prince Edward lslandLike The Dew” Man Dies .In Road Accident MONTAGUE D o u g1 a s Llewellyn. Gaspereaux. 20-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Atwood Llewellyn. was instantly- killed about 8 ram. last evening near the Gaspereaux bridge. Also in the canand a patient in the Kings County Memorial Hos- pital for observation: and treat- ment for shock and minor laccr ations in Donald .Iamieson, 24 also. of Gaspereaux. The RCMP and coroner Dr. G.S.A. Inman were called to the scene of the accident. Llewellyn's body was taken to Montague where a jury will be empanelied today for an inquest and to visit the scene of the accident. Te car left the highway striking a culvert, then rolilng over. ending up on its hood muse of the accident has not been determined - campaign Wednesday was “mitten The Guardian by a Candaian Press Staff Writer. who is providing isl coverage of the politics scene there for the Dec. pmv'incial election.) By DAL WARRINGTON l l CHARLOTTETQWN, CANADA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1962. On Spud Price Floor (Editor's note —— This aim-y iAlex Matheson traded bt'oad-‘ for sides over a Liberal promise to‘ I . Mariner II iNeors Venus i WASHINGTON (AP) A re- ‘ .port on the. progress of Mariner : t in was released today by the. iNational Aeronautics and Space Administration. At 7 am. Mar- iner. launched Aug. 27. was 28.- 833,358 miles from the earth and 2.792.239 miles from Venus. put a‘ $1 a bag floor under Data-- 0 prices. The election will be held Doc. 0 im. Matheson called it "a hold imaginative. necessary. posi- The humble potato stirred up tive move for the good of this the hottest controversy of the province." He claimed that his Prince Edward Agriculture Minister Andrew James Hoffa . Threatened. I NASHVILLE. Tenn. (AP) A man wearing a trench co and waving what appeared to R at be some ,ty 0 pellet gun dashed into the. federal court- room Weodnesday where James . Hoffa is on trial and fired several times at the Teamsters Union president. Hoffa was not injured "I saw the gun.” he “I knocked him down. :said. ing and I'm all right and I’m not hurt. It was some jerk with a pellet gun." The man was beaten and sub- dued by US. marshals and taken into custody. Parliament At A Glance ' By THE CANADIAN PRESS WEDNESDAY. Dec. 5. 1962 Prime Minister Diefenbaker said he hopes to meet other party leaders today to map out pro-Christmas business for the House ' aul Martin (L —— Essex East) charged Mr. Diefen- baker with an “insolent” ply to a question about cen- tenial plans. then withdrew the. remark. Revenue Minister Flemming "l a u British Doctors Alarmed As Smog's Grip Tightens LONDON lCP)~—Medtcal su- thorities expressed alarm Wed- nesday as a killer smog roiled mound most of Britain tight- encd its grip on the country. Weather forecasters saw no relief in sight. ’ More than 60 deaths were blamed on the smog that rolled over the country early Tuesday 10th anniversary of e begin run: of the ao-called great smog which cau or contributed to lhr death 0 an estimated 4.000 persons in 've days. TIN-w have been three severe attacks since that major disas< tor of 1952 and in each one an {sitmat .000 deaf a were lmlird with the inhalation of poisonous smog. Dr. Patrick stther. a direc- tor of the lcal Research Council's air pollution unit here. said the I "situation is n- llallv serious." . Smog particularly affects filmy young. the very old and people. with weak hearts or chests." he added. The weather bureau said the. sulphurous pail over London was as thick and polluted as the kill r smog of 1952. . otland yard reported more than 40 cases of sudden death Tuesday and Wednesday. most of them chest or heart sufferers. Some had collapsed and died on the shrouded streets. Visibility over most of south- ern England varied from 50 yards on the coasts to zero in some London suburbs. Dense fog stretched over southern Scotland. Trains. buses and subways were running hopelessly behind schedule and in some cases services were cancelled. Ship- ping was at a standstill and all air traffic in and out of London was . Said an attendant at London lCentral Airport: “ oday even Iihe birds are walking." Mignon DIRECTOR EXPLAINS Maritime Cattle Show Possible Here In ‘63 The possibility that the first Maritime Championship Agn- Wltural Show may be held next 5"" In Charldttetown was sug- festetl to the Prlnc Edward is- ‘"d A s Assoc tion by L Quack Director LW. Rover. He told the meeting. he understood am his form "mild Prefer to have the show here in non when this province “Wives its on version of the footed". centennial. but it ' MI that - any h” to be hot here aarl'rr. The show no hold to in Member or early to October. " "I atrium ~ The hot:- u um Fredericton. NB. ‘ gtntrr-wm-"H than will be ready to accommodate it. the meeting was told. The show will attract can head from eight b s of the best cattle in the three provinces it was explained by Major Mac- Rac. Sherwood who is one of the province's dircctorson the Mac- fhlr directorate. ma‘e'ailace Wood. M nrshfteld: Sterling MscRae. Brookftel ; Arthur MacRac. Sherwood; Ear Inga. Mt. Herbe and George Boswell. Frenchfort were nam- ed to select the 30 head of Ayr- shire cattle that will be enter- ed from P l: LAN ASSOCIATION P All e'tort will be made. to or- ganlsa a P.E.I. Pure Bred Live- stock Breeders Association. to c Wing of the bra- . Thousands of Londoners. in- icluding policemen. were wear- ing smog masks. Many others improvised with handkerchiefs or scarves tied across their aces. The deadly element in smog is sulphur dioxide pouring out in the smoke of factory chim- neys and domestic coal fires. Ordinarily it rises and dissi- pales miles overhead. But fog and atmospheric inversion can combine to hold it close. to the r . Heavy fog also hit the conti- nent of Europe. Three persons died in traffic accidents in Holland where the fog was particularly heavy. Fog also was thick in Scandinavia and northern West Germany. bringing airport closedowns And shipping snarls. . or icy weather hit even the traditionally “sunny Mch- terralnellm" ‘countries of Spain ta y. I (I D a. icders here. and make more ef- lficient the decisions on what ‘ recommendatona m to ow directora.lTlle idea was proposed by Wallac , . Breeds that will be entered a- clude Holstein. mantras. Jer- seys. Guernseys. Val Purpose taliorthorns. scotch Shot-thorns. Herefonds and Angus. t t. . Swine and sheep will also be exhibited in the all livestock show. it was explained by ‘rr ' Machine cxpiclned that the light horse binders of the Msritims have I: asked to m 0 carat what . on- havi to offer. a Winter Fair at Amherst which (Continued II. M. it cut. g called for a non-partisan de- hate on a bill to set up the Atlantic Development Board. J. W. Pickersgili IL—Bona- vista-Twillingate) rejected the appeal. declaring the opposi- tion had to carry out its res- ponsibility. Social Credit Leader Thomp- son argued unsuccessfully for a vote on his motion to en- dorse a federal-provincial af- fairs department. Senator J o s e p h Sullivan (PC —— Ontario) lauded the work of the federal food and drug directorate and said it 'shouidn‘t be stifled by regula- s. THURSDAY. Dec. 6 The Commons meets at 2:30 to continue debate on Atlantic Development Board bill. The Senate meets at 3 pm. a — manna 0! HI clubs thrombotic the province met at the Charlottetown Hotel last night for their annual hanqtsat. Included were the “I ducked. I saw it. was com-t Island election promise alone. already has raised prices to ls-‘ made Monday. land growers. MacRae and Liberal leadarl (Continued on page 3. col. 4) Idander Seen Likely ’On Board 3 ST. JOHN‘S Nfid. tCP‘t—Rev- enue Minister Flemming said i PORTLAND. Me. .(APi—P. >Ii‘rederick Francis' six - year search has ended—he has found ) 1 his father‘s rémains. . Se 690"” w- Franc'st 35; 3 and search by wardens and native of Welsford. N.B.. dtsap- sheriff's deputies h a d hem. Feared from a “99 hunting fruitless. Frederick found his party that included his 47-year- “than, skeleton. ' old son in woods near Norway. iMc.. in 1956 , The son said he. spent two ‘days a week for more than two years trying to find the body After that. every year when he went hunting he resumed the tsearch. i l. “I used to huntwith my eyes ’told him his father apparently: I [said the son. 6-Year Search Ends As Brldy Discovered day. "I really never gave up hope. I'm glad I didn't." Last Friday. Frederick found his father's un and hunting or. On Monday. after a week- He said a medical examiner collapsed and died of expos There were no signs of By N‘ u . foul "The. ironic thing about .First Woman Named l g ‘ QUEBEC (CPI—Premier Le- sage brought three relative new- comers‘ to provincial politics into his cabinet Wednesday and reshuffled three second-rank de- partments around among other members in the biggest cabinet change in his 21/: years of gov- I ernment. He also disclosed the changes were the first half of a "double reshu fie." The second would be. carried out either dur- ing or after the session which starts Jan. Among the three newcomers to the cabinet was Mrs. Claire Kirkland-Casgrain. first woman member of the assembly-and now first woman cabinet mem- ber. She became ministeriwlth- out portfolio. The others were Pierre La- porte. 41. a former newspaper man who became minister of m _. p. municipal affairs. and Carrier .‘v‘ “H club weak debuta- to Toronto. Thirteen loaders ne- ceivcd certificates for vs 1 Hale t . it years hree m all: with Irving Io Quebec Cabinet Fortin. 47. law professor at the University'of Sherhrooke. min- ister without, portfolio. CHANGE POSTS The following changes ucte made among existing cabinet members: Lucine Clinche. 46 - year - old Val D'Or lawyer went from municipal affairs to lands and forests. . Bona Arsenault. 59. moved to game and fisheries from lands and forests. Gerard D. LeveSque. 36, was shifted from fisheries to indus- try and commerce. Mr. Levesque took over from Andre Rousseau. the only min-' later defeated in the election. The additions brought cabinci strength to 20, still two shy of the 22 cabinet members under the last cabinet of the former Union Nationale administration. Springfield. right. one a to receive a certifi- . y are. from left. Mervyn MacNally. Scotchfort. last year's 1-H Club delegate Bantam. of the I It.“ "is that he. was! walking parallel to a pipelinei' path 200 yards away that would i to the ground." he'sald Wednes- have. led him to stately." ! Wednesday it is proposed that the membership of the new At- lantic Development Board will consist of a chairman and a representative from each of the four Atlantic provinces. Flemming made the comment. in a telephone inter- view from Ottawa after ew foundland officials stressed the importance of the membership keup. Legislation setting up the board states that it would have five members but does not give any other details. . l t l g said it is planned to have lone representative each from I Newfoundland. Scotia. tPrince. Edward Island and New iBrunswick. plus a chairman. . Mr. Flemming said the chair- ‘man would not necessarily be Ia federal government represen- itative. 3 a: i I Eat—ha Said—- Headed For New Funeral OTTAWA iCP) it looks as though the. Chignecto Canal is headed for "another high-class .and expensive funeral." .I. W. IPickersgill (L — Bonavista - Twillingate) said Wednesday in the Commons. Mr. Pickersgill noted that Prime Minister Diefenhaker has said the project to cut a canal across the neck of land separa- lting Northumberland Strait and ithe Bay of Fundy is to be re- ferred to the Atlantic Develop- i t t i Imcnt Board now being estab- f Ilished by Parliament. “After five years of Tory gov- ernment. after three elections when they promised to do it. it is going to be referred to still another board as among ' the most pressing things." INSIDE TODAY t i l Announcements, notices in . Births. deaths , . . . . . .. . In Classified . . . . . . . . . . .. 18, 19 . Finance. markets . . . . . .. 9 ‘ Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 17 Editorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4 City. Queens s i Prince County a ‘ Summersida .. Spo .............. .. 1, ts ' Womens' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I to Washington. DC. Yvonne Gallant. Souris West. and Elizabeth Matheson. Corn- wall. delelata to Toronto. at "Tait?" SEVEN CENTS " stock judging WEATHER Rain and drizzle; vet. mild: east winds 25 with gusts to 40. Low-high 29 and 41. Pickersgill 20 PAGES A’rla'n’ric Board Described No Half-Loaf, .Ius’r Crust Broadsides Traded Sparks Opposition Criticism OTTAWA lCP.|---l. W. Pickv. ersgiil (L—Bonavista - Twillin-i gate) charged Wednesday in the Atlantic Development. B o a r legislation isn’t even half a loaf.‘ “It's just a crust." He said the measure isn't. Iwhat the throne speech or the; {government‘s election promises .led Atlantic area residents to ex c In effect. it was a product of “a m 1 back - scratching match" between Brig. Michael Wardeii. publisher of the Atlan- tic Advocate. and Prime Minis- ter Diefenbaker. People had been led to expect an executive. agency and the government was setting up an - advisory board. He feared. as did other Atlantic residents. it would be used to give defeated Conservative candidates ' and as a sort of "waste basket" for Atlantic area problems. A “terrible disappointment. in big hole" was the fact that the board would be provided with no capital fund from which to assist A tl a n tic development projects. Mr. Pickersgill led off oppo- sition criticism as the house be- gan debating second reading of a bill setting up the Atlantic Development board. WANTS COMMITTEE STUDY Newfoundland Liberal urged that its sponsor. Revenue Minister Hugh John Flemming. send the bill to a commons lcommittee. especially since it. had been suggested there Would ;be a go es] of overlapping iin the. board’s functions and those of such other new federal agencies as the National Econ- nomic Development board. He also suggested that in making apppointments to the board Mr. Flemming consult all Atlantic province governments to ensure that the. best person- nel obtainable became mem- rs. u o 2’ t-] :- The board's first task should be to make a study aimed at "modernization" of Atlantic isheries « Canada's oldest in- dustry. It should go into the matter of falling coal production and investigate better economic relations with British Caribbbean countries. To ensure that it didn't he come a blind alley for Atlantic area problems. its chairman lshould be a cabinet minister who would act as liaison be- tween ihe board and a cabinet .committee. charged with imple- imenting b o a r d recommenda- ‘tions. irormows scram. i Mr. Pickersgill spoke in the I wake. of an appeal by Mr. Flem- ming for a non-partisan debate on the principle of the legisla. ‘Commons that the government'sition on grounds that a political d lhassie over the bill might limit the board's achievements. Mr. Flemming asked both government suppporters and op: position MPs to forget tire-1902 political differences—and even Tuesday's akirm es in debating the resolution to set up the board. Then they could get to the substance of the ‘ l. ‘ He went even further. saying“ sthat if the debate is constructive “there may be some sectio .fof the bill) we might be preé pared to consider some amend- ment to." Without supplying any detail. he said he has one .amendment in mind himself. Mr. Pickel'sgill described tha- “1 t tminister as “a. is most seduc- debate because political differ- Mr. Pickersgill added that. he, the Conservative m e m b e r s‘ debate. Mr. Flemming opposed the development board to carry ~of the principle of Iresponsibil~ powers of that nature. tion" that may help directly or provinces. the minister said. night showed that the five-mem- lnet. it would consist. of a $3.000- It could hire a staff and consul- Mr. Flemming said that. in lawn they often were caught up in tremendous difficulties. inew board~added to others;- Hut Mr Flemming denied table to deal quickly with any live." but. said he deprecates' ences are "the very essence" o wasn't surprised that Mr. Flem- opening speeches Tuesday. the idea that: a specific amount out various projects. ity." he said. "I don i think any . The board will be prepared to indirectly to promote economic REPORT ro MINISTER. bcr‘hoard would report to one a-vear chairman and four un- nts. hilt the government will the past when prayinctal gov- e "maze." of departmental .lohn R. Nicholson tlr—Van- .may make the maze even <. The board with its own .promising situation. lClub Ieade Provincial department of agri- culture staff members thanked the. 4-H Club leaders of the pro vinlce last night. when they. were hosts at a dinner in the Charlottetown Hotel 0 moi than 200 leaders and theirl wives. in some cases the as- sistant leaders. Agnicuiturc Minister Andrcw MacRac praised the boys and girls who made. the trip to the.E national 4-H week in Toronto this year. "We heard nothing but mmendation for them all the time they were away." he observed with pride and ap- preciation. The club member's reaction came. from Percy Affleck whol painted. an interesting word picture of rhc trip and conclud- other trip like it for us. SS. Carson. Island manager for the T. Eaton Company pre- individual team of Alden Sherry and Percy Afflcck for topping that phase of club work. Certificates indicating f've. years or are of leadership in club work were proscntcdi by David Peacock. P.F‘..l. member on the national coun- lcit for 0-H Clubs. Leaders who received them included Mrs. C, H. McGuigan. Hunter River: Moore. Wed. Royalty; the suggestion for non-partisan, the parliamentary system. ming wanted to forget some of In leading off Wednesday’s of money should be. suppplied to 1 “That. to me. is an abrogation Parliament s h 0 III d" delegate examine any “promising situa- grnwih in the four Atlantic The bill introduced Tuesday minister designated by the cab« salaried government appointees. ta name its executive director. ernments brought. ideas to 0t- functions and were faced with couver Centre) suggested the worse. I Eiff and consultants would be rs Honored . At Dinner last Night ’Reagh Bagnali. Hunter RIVOI‘: Mrs. Allister Currie New iPerth; Sister Helen Joseph. Fort Augustus and Mrs. Helen Gray. Coleman for garment clubs. The following received iificatos as leaders of algrictd- turai clubs: Mrs. Milton Weeks. Pleasant Valley: Grover 'MacKay. B ridgct own ; lrving Haslam. Springfield: .lumes MacWil- hams. Cape Wolfe: H e c t o r Matheson. Heathetxiale: and Sterling Wood. Mt. Herbert. Delegates who made the Tor- onto the trip prire plum of all trips, ll was observed Also introduced was Ann. .Mac/tulay of (‘amnbcll's Cove. vl'inncr of the international said potato citampionmip at the Royal Winter Farr. Halifax Recall I917 Explosion HALIFAX (CPI r Fifty-five years ago today the munitions- lnden vessel Mont Bianc. . lided in the harbor here with the outbound lmo. touching d! an cxpiosion that killed Lflo M)rs. Charlesiresidcnts and flattened a wtda Mmisech’on of the city. t .1