- IF It’s Good For The Island " The Guardian Is For It “~*~ VOL. LXXIX. NO. 41 American Importer berths at 150 miles off the coast Wed- three feet fi pumps on cae en lane. forcing, j St. John’s, Nfld., with tug as- shift smashed a hole in Electoral Maps Dispute Shaping In Commons -By RONALD LEBEL OTTAWA (CP) — The Com- mons soon will engage in a long debate on the electoral maps of all provinces except Newfound- land, unless the government can make a last-minute “deal with the opposition. Redistribution laws passed in 1964 and other factors require the Commons to open within the ~-mext. two or three weeks a de- bate on all objections filed by MPs to the proposed maps, which would reshape nearly every riding in Canada. . Three more petitions for de- bates were filed . Thursday ° by worried MPs, bringing the to- tal to 18. The petitions object to| The sae = - objec- are not so sure redistribution | has been taken out of the arena Commons’ of party politics. Some _members in MEMBERS DISTURBED all five DAMAGED FREIGHTER IS SAFE The fire-ravaged freighter sistance Thursday after a fire bulkhead six inches -wide and into action. There are disputes over parties are angry about. the way. their ridings were carved in |up by the 10 redistribution com- missions. Most objections boil } down to one theme: ‘‘My riding is fine the way it is now. Redistribution must ried. out after every ear- “would agreement on a propedure consume nnial | Parliament's census to equalisé-‘thepopula-| But so MPs have ‘signed tion of the constituencies a8 petitions ob; to the redis- much as possible, in line with tribution that a drawn- the principle of ‘‘one man, one out debate will be needed to ote.” perme all of them to: aly thir grievances. The objections submitted proposed changes in the federal tions expires tod __-idings of nine provitices and | ~_ force--the—House-to—hear—all_the complaining MPs. The seven! members from Newfoundland, all Liberals, are not expected to Object to ‘the province. new .map ‘for. that They include Transport Min- ister Pickersgill, who drafted hailed it as an historic step to remove redistribution from the politicians’ hands and give the ‘job to j and other inde- pendent commissioners. But some political observers Japan, U.S. Seen At Odds WASHINGTON (CP)—Serious differences between Japan and the United States, particularly over Viet Nam, were reported by a House of Representatives study -group—Thursday. The report said the Japanese’ press is largely opposed to U.S. policy in Viet Nam, even though the Japanese government offi- cially supports it. “A general feeling of pacifism still exists among the Japanese people and many fear that the ‘ war will escalate into a general conflagration endangering Ja- pan,"’ the group reported. The study mission found a general lack of awareness among the Japanese of U:S; ob-+ ~ Jectives S. Viet Nam. ral seat. of edged bell, who won provincial. election... : ( 48 Reported Killed In Moscow Air Crash “MOSCOW i Reiitersy” e world’s biggest airliner—a sd ~ viet TU-114—crashed on take-off ftom an icy ‘ Moscow airport ‘unway Thursday and uncon- firmed reports said 48 persons were killed. , The four - engine turbo - prop crashed as it headed out on a long proving flight to Brazza- ville, capital of the former, French Congo. 'The casualty figure was given _ privately by Soviet officials, but could not be checked. About 70 persons were aboard the plane, which can seat up to 220 in its cavernous, 177-foot fuselage. The crash was confirmed by the Soviet news agency Tass which called it a catastrophe, but gave no details. It said ‘an investigation ‘was being held. Western airline sources said ft appeared the crash was due to engine failure or an explo sion. OFFICIAL INJURED A high official of the Soviet Aeroflot Airline, Gen, Vyaches- lav’ Rashkirov, was injured in the erash. Bashkiroy was taken to .the Kremlin - hospital, just outside the capital, _with severe — ‘ ~- The-- plane... crashed at_Shere- Thnatpevo Airport, one of Mos- FARMER WINS Alex Mitchell, a 54-year-old Liberal making his first try at public ar retained the ru- Bengough for the Saskatchewan Liberal govern- ment in a provincial byelee- tion Wednesday. Mr. Mitchell CCF candidate Dahiman 2,413 votes to 2,276 votes. The seat a Pee .. t by the death s- ean wi it from Mr. Dahiman in the 1964 -general Ray CP. Wirephoto) cow's big terminals, set am dark green pine forests 18 m northwest of the city. “The plane's dispatch was cancelled. Aeroflot officials refused in- formation. The airport inquiry office earlier said there were no departure was reported by Tass and then the Thursday covered all Manitoba i 3 ert five asf about 38 in Ontario and “Covers Prince Edward Island : Like The Dew” CHARLOTTETOWN, ‘CANADA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1966. Queens | co General Discounts Viet Provoking Contlict Wi for ein Johnson mg Ohad doce tee debate encourages. the Viet Cong ‘to continue to resist and Taylor stuck t@ this line before change with Senator, Wayne Morse (De.m Ofe.). Morse said the United States eannot-expect help from addi- beyond Australia, th Korea and New Zealand any ‘iapelled led by a the committee in one sharp ex-. ‘might’ eventually total 60,000. Nam War th China such engagements that the Uni- ted States would face in count- ering Communist national wars of liberation. If the present toll -inflicted on ithe Viet Cong continues for the rest of the year, he predicted, the resources of the Viet | | } ' forces are causing about 17,000. casualties monthly now, with the help of intensive air- attacks on the guerrillas. Chairman J. W. Fullbright (Dem. Ark.) said ‘Taylor's re-| sponses on the future American ‘acai’ = “very unsatisfactory.” had been told me Taylor said he simply doesn’t | - know . what--will be sent on a month to month basis. ‘By DAVE McINTOSH ‘OTTAWA (CP)—The defenc> department will pay more than usual attention to the weapons ficials here say. ae example, more than half of the department’s -$25,000,000 development fund for the 1966- 67 fiscal year will be spent on naval. projects. Some $13,000,000 more will be spent on development of the 200-ton prototype anti-submar- iné hydrofoil boat. Total _ cost now is estimated at $36,200,000. y More than $1,000,000 will be spent .on thé continuing pro- gram code-named Nutmeg for oceanographic studies of under- water sound transmission. The Studies of underwater sound. transmission. ‘The studies are related to submarine detection. Some $1,500,000 will go for an- Other development project to improve ship-shore communica- tions. The biggest single weapons program at the moment is the CF-5 fighter - _bomber : for. the RCAF.: But the ensbihliae No. 2 wea- pons program as far as expen- ditures are concerned is the Sea King helicopter for the navy. spent on the program in ‘1966-67. TRACKER MODERNIZED Modernization of the navy’s Tracker. submarine - hunting planes will cost $8,400,000 dur- ing the year. Some $7,300,000 will be spent on the conversion of seven Res- tigouche - class destroyers and Attention Is Due To Navy S Arms needs of the navy this year, of- |i An- estimated--$17,500,000._will_ be | flights out of Moscow “for me- teorological reasons.’ Russian officials there still | said they knew nothing about the crash. The only details came from representatives of foreign airlines operating through Mos- another $8,000,000 will go for the New Satellite Put In Orbit cow. INSIDE TODAY HAMMAGUIR, Algeria (Reut- Place in the space club Thurs- day by- hoisting into orbit a Let satellite 20 inches in neter ecuipped to take scl Classified Titryveeesou me M itie soundings. Deaths sé seedevgneeeeresy iz rhe aaieiite, vanied the Die Rirths seveue b divert ; peta. Wis lauiched atte COMICE ccc ccecasiceetoeses - ‘mage rreash nat GPE oie rey three the Diamant eeusane markets ...... 4 a fa _ Age o ee ‘om: eves Cqsesese se “We've had 1 Saar’ sha, Sere ba ceegae tenes : cons,” aid a ne eee tnd f ae Thursday's was the first suc- ay eng City... $ leesstut” Taunching of an all ers)—France claimed a. firm} A $4,000,000 start will be made on the $142,000,000 program to obtain four new destroyers, on which~ construction will start _in the summer of 1967. Another $2,650,000 will be spent on a $38,900,000 program for two more operational sup- port ships. new naval research ship will amount to $2,000,000. ' Some $9,000,000 will be spent for.. sonobuoys,; devices used to detect submarines: ; In all, the navy will receive some $91,000,000 for weapons, equipment and buildings in 1966-67. This will be nearly $20,- 000,000 more than’ in the current See ee eee Ae P. SLOAN, ar. -/ Former GM President ‘Dies At-90 . Nor MORE SEVEN CENTS THAN wins | | l. Passed By OTTAWA (CP) Thursday night approved transport department’s 1965-66 spending estimates of $345,000,- Detiace ttiatenis Mian a led off debate e. oa ment’s spenditig for ok 7 him. | Today, State Secretary Dean | NEW YORK (AP)—Alfred P, his department must shoulder } and |Some of the blame for loss of ss gash || hree Mentioned ss Seg ners nie ate ted 205,000: Ameridan men to |Corp... heli aang. me wos jmatenmener He eatiad Sy Sart oie ee "st te. dent: @hse-telfy to |to ost eoistmam crow end Taylor, calling for a progres- F Se tT p t oor of. the \cther eafety standards. ; sive increase langest , There had been - concern oe riiters tote or ena e OS enterprise. ig tend MAMA Oe lebout the lives ef the people” |North Viet Nam, declined to as jSailing ships in Canadian wat- say how many more men he an ee ores ee ere ee neniar coneuae tae tse has See tered teat end “‘uilions upon millions” of —— 600,000 might be dis- a damages were pe ; . Minister Pickers- DEPENDS. ON. VIET CONG Mt ehould thinks of the waders The total. depends on when those lost. their North Viet Nam and. the Viet E Cong insurgents in the south re- alize they @annot win and want \to_ bargain. Taylor said The resolution was one of sev- eral passed Wednesday on the final day of the conference at- tended by 72 fishermen from the four Atlantic. provinces. An- other requested the government to expand research on the pro- cessing and marketing of such fish as mackerel, herring and alewives, commonly known as gaspereaux. EN The convention spent consid- erably time discussing a new in- tegrated organizational struc- ture to absorb all branches that are now independent of the fish- ermen’s group. The board of di- rectors of United Maritime Fishermen was instructed to implement-_plans—for_the new structure as soon as possible. court. yer, told PORT ARTHUR, Ont. (CP) Ronald MacDonald, Lakehead University’s alleged impostor, | his was remanded Thursday to March 4 on charges of ee forged documents. Looking tired, MacDonald is tened impassively as the three charges. were. — in police No plea was tates as his law- Tom Callon, a Hugh Cunningham, he had not had time to discuss the case with his client. Magis- Dr. Philip Smith, a Univer. sity of Toronto anthropology professor, announced Thurs . mains of an early neolithic village dating from about 8500 BC under’ ths mound m Kurdistan. The uni-. |French satellite on a scientific mission. day he has discovered the ré- veut said the village is au- 8500 BC VILLAGE FOUND tedated only by one other neo- lithie site, al Shanidar in taq. Dr. Smith was also associat- ‘ed, with the Shanidar discovery nine. years ace, | The mound is. Valley. ” six yards high an? 40 in dia- meter, and has heen known by local tribes as Ganj-i-Dareh— “The Mound of the Treasure {side the Gemini spacecraft. ‘bers might’ be able to tolerate Montreal would draw off winter | business OFFAWA (CP) — Transport Minister Pickersgill told the Commons Thursday a federal study of the costs and benefits of maintaining winter naviga- tion on the St. Lawrence will be He also said during debate on anyone else may set up ice- ‘|breaking service on the St. Law- rence as long as navigation laws are " His remarks came as Gilles Gregoire (Creditiste — La- Pointe) pressed arguments ‘for winter ‘navigation to Montreal and asked what transport policy is on the situation. ~ Thomas _M. Bell (PC — Saint John-Albert) .said some mem- Mr. Gregoire’s constant speeches about Quebec ‘But he’d better be careful in this field.” | This was hurting the Mari- times, he said. ‘Maritimes MPs say use of fed- eral icebreakers.to-open lanes to WEATHER Clear, northwest winds 20, southwest 15 in afternoon. “er at 10. Saturday: snow, milder. P Forecasts Later Transport Probe DepartmentEstimates i iy ts to 40, emperature 12 PAGES a Commons act required posting of « bond pli oma aes rag ee a de “Task i i ef ab ET itp ' fi i : : fs gs 5 ik z ‘ fF if 3 R 3 - i & j 3 fh if é th fig UG F : 2 ; | i ; l ‘Winter shivinallaa Promised By Pickersgill is to Quebec from the ports of Saint John, N.B., and Halifax. ' Planned for ae WASHINGTON (AP)--A US Space agency said Thursday | night astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott will start their Gemini 8 orbital flight no earl- fer than March 15. They .will atempt to rendez- Yous with an Agena.D target vehicle 5% hours after liftoff physically to accomplish his- jtory’s first docking in space, (CP Wirephote) © the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said. Other unprecedented feats on 1% orbits around the world by Scott, who is scheduled to spend | two hours and 15 minutes. out- In the first daylight part of st mace, walk Set wil re jcraft. . land in| the main on a 25-foot |ther, similar to tronaut Edward ygen supplied orbit, Seotf win {paek, sania ae ‘that Scott will ‘%5-(oot umbilical rope. - ‘pteer ok the — : Gemini 8 will {the planned three-day mission different orbit include a space walk for about |Ag * af oF other. The,