> ss if It's Good For The. id _The Guardian Is For te at ‘nce Edward Island Like “The Dew” WEAT oun cloudiness ER cold. Light Low-high 18 and 43. > — as VOL. LXXVIII. NO. ‘97 gums disc ae te sa 4 wer ‘=f TETOWN, CANADA, ‘MONDAY, APRIL 26; 1965. : nor “ORE SEVEN CENTS 16 PAGES —e —— ST = rower on Erupt ‘YPRES BATTLE RECALLED Defence Minister Hellyer fright) listens_as Col. E. H. Lancaster (left) and Capt. Sidney Dix explain how. the fuses were set for point blank range on these 18-pounder DIKE BREAKS Flood Water Swirls Over oe 54-Block Industrial Areamea ‘ROCK “ISLAND, Til. “a Be Murky, swirling flood water from the swollen Mississippi river surged thi dike in Rock Island Synday, in- undating a 54-block industria! area and threatening a 1,200- person*housing complex. Only ohe major dike, a three- mile earthern levee, remained in the city of 51,000 in the north- western corner of -Illinois near fand-’* But flie river stage, rese the lowa border. The dike, which an official said was seep- ing water, protected a housinz complex of 1,200 residents. A second levee had broken previously. The smaller dike cracked un-. der the pressure of the river Sunday, hurtling flood waters up to six feet over 54 blocks of industry. The waters coveted an area three blocks wide and 18 blocks long. Some 40° persons had. ‘pre- Cialstaaars dele Flood Problem By ALLEN SACKMANN EMERSON, Man. (CP )— Flood waters in this border community rose _ fractionally Sunday as officials attempted to. determine the exact location of - a_crest on the _ swollen « Red River. The peak was expected to have hit this town of 930 early Sunday but officials said ex- tensive flooding of farm land between Drayton, N.D., and Emerson held up the crest and ‘of made it hard to pinpoint. Em- erson, 70 miles south of Winni- peg, is near the North Dakota border. The muddy water rose -.22 of a foot in a 24-houn period end- ifig Sunday morning, spreading the water over a large area of shells during the Baitle of Ypres in the First World War. Some 25 veterans of the 10th Battery, Royal Canadian Artil- esl st Pierre Police aif Are Reinforced | ST. PIERRE, St Puive and | courted: to have made a mid-- : (CP)—One week be- | night broadcast Sunday saying - ‘fore scheduled municipal elec- ‘the guards were brought in be- ° tions in these French - owned cause of ‘threatenings, direct fslands off southern Newfound ' _ indirect,”’ received, lately land, a warship Sunday landed a small ‘‘agitation” party. 65 policemen from France. | Police’ were offered —_ ted ago after an investigator urbe complement of “mobile | French States Minister Jacqui- due to bring their not were sent from Paris fol- Srengh to 130, follow recent{lowing reports that groups of | turmoil over labor wages which | Workers prohibited the comman- | has down the entire gov- der of a French training ship from visiting the mayor of St; Pierre unless the commander heard their protests.” The com- ‘mander was reported ‘to. have | returned to France -and re-* dinner in St. Catharines, Ont., Saturday night. Battery helped body of the islands twice to save the day after the Ger- ‘in the — year. Elections are mans broke through following | set for May 3. the war's first gas attack. (CP | [ _ ‘viously . a broken !the downtown section. The ‘under about two feet of ‘water jmore problems than the flood menace.’ ‘other eight to 10 inches of wa- : | fer—was near. lery, commemorated the 50th Wirephoto from National De- |; anniversary of the action at a pane elected local government fence). President Briand's policy of sal- ary stability to maintain low | committee for a 20- to 30-per- from The major danger, however | cent pay increase for dockwork- | was in the Quad cities area. ‘been pa the industrial area. Workers labored feverishly to reinforce the only remaining levee in Rock Island. Mayor Forrest Muhleman made a radio appeal for residents to evacuate the area. Persons who ‘:adn't left were packed and waiting. Earlier, officials had said that) the situation was “pretty well in: East Moline and Rock Island in| community. e Illinois and Davenport, ‘across ee ee was the river, in Iowa. Workmen waded _ through water almost waist deep in Davenport to we | isms from parking meters ithey would not rust river .crest. hit. from. 20.7 feet Sunday morning BRIDGE CLOSED ee Officials closed | A young sniper hiding in hittside NDBAGS }bridge at*Rock Is because | grass above busy ighway War poe piled sandbags the Davenport approath was; 101 fire! at passing cars with | around the leaking levee, while flooded. Two other bridges in the a high - powered rifle Sunday, a cold wind churned the waters rea were open. ie two persons and wound- against the dike.. The apparent levelling of the. ing The flood waters, which have Mississippi at Dubuque, lowa, to’ Then, the California highway forced more tif 60;000 versons | ‘Be, ort, boosted morale. patrol said, the youth killed him- i: ak states from | their homes |; Flood aad ters have besieged self with a bullet between the and left an awesome amount of hansen | made Fulton, damage, ptence to batter Ti, » Mississippi from dikes... 0°" ys Young Sniper ; Officers said the sniper was “ Clintén, TOW, accesttble only by | WSeanold Michael Clarke, of boat, and the threat of a dike | runaway Saturday night by ifailure brought an order for the | nis tate A che eweed by. the 250 residents~ of tiny Gulfport, | “boy's ake wae fi A dain: Ill.. to leave the community. aged near the shooting scene. The American Red Cross said Sunday it was. feeding about; Lieut. John Lowe, commander flood workers and housing 760 persons in Iowa and filliaols. | Red Cross - officials estimated | that 36,000, persons had been | (Continued on page 3 Col. 4) } northern part of the town was India Charges. | Pakistan Threat | and at least three low - ying buildings had water on main floor. About a dozen homes were; NEW DELHI (AP) — India . evacuated last week because charged Sunday that Pakistan | access to, the: property was cut js mobilizing all its armed, forces and may be preparing Frank Muirhead, provincial fresh border attacks. Prime/| co-ordinator, said the largest Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, problem Sunday was the influx appealed to the Indian people of sightseers who were causing to stand together “to fight this | off by water. waters. The statements were made in | CREST NEAR~ the wake of sharp | Muirhead said the fractional fighting in the Ram/ of Katch | rise in the water could indicate area in« western India Satur-~ the crest—expected to bring an- day. Nationalists Foresee S-Red China War (AP)—Na: : TAIPEI. Formosa tionalist Chinese military and political leaders believe the Vietnamese conflict eventually will lead to war between the United States and Communist China. In this case. they say Nation- alist China will provide ground forces for the U.S. The officials, who ask anony- mity, say, they base their .opin- ion on ¢ following assump- tions: —The United States has now realized that a negotiated peace in Viet Nam will only mean fresh Communist ac- gression against Thailand or Malaysia. This leaves the United States no alternative but to expand the war until China steps in. —The United States has com- plete air and naval superior- ity over any other country in the world but air strikes and naval bombardment alone can never occupy a city or area. ~ American public opinion. is, Nfld. Is Hit - Snow Storm | - JOHN'S, Nfld. - (CP) High winds were continuing “to drift heavy snow in the St. | Jobn's area Surday night as cne | ef the worst storms to hit the | scovthern parts of the province ca _gear moved slowly east | | strongly against sending “all roads were reporied open | iauckees aaend troops to but. fraffic moved slowly due, Asia. The only logical thing | ° Poor vis:oility. Abeat — five) for the United States to do is inches of snow had fallen by| to use the manpower of Na- ale evening and winds, were” tionalist. China. which has an S¥Sting to 5° mules an nour. estimated 600,000 men in ac- The storm affected on: the tive service and another 600,., central and southern ce siors of | 000 in reserve. tle province. Low temperatures | : | with only * few sn worries) SEES WAR INEVITABLE were “sported in the nor-hern) A top military leader says: “A .and western areas. ; war between the United States ‘The storm. witich bezan short: | and Red China is inevitable and jy after miiviz:t Saturday, was! we have been waiting for this expected to erd lat Sunday. for years. America’s present in- — volvement’ in the Vietnariese war provides us with hopes of INSIDE TODAY returning to mainland China.” Most political leaders saythey believe in case of a general war gg a... 7 4 i between Red @hina and Amer- Goi ......s.., 13 ica, the Soviet Union will not ~~ ee ees 9 | wee Women rege § “a hee Gn Instead, they say, the Soviet aaa ee ee 3 | brings Jook of disbelief to face Union will move into North =, Ce 5 of three-year-old Joey Williams China to create a subservient a fe. a. of Merchantville, N.J., as Mc- Closkey goes for a Sunday , afternoon spin. McCloskey, 15. China which Russia has long geste ~~ dreamed of. i ; ers would “paralyze port activi- | Association president The Quad cities are Moline. ties and even the life of the | Leod Rogers of Halifax. follqw- weet Wounds 77, Dies. Himself | SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP)— tof he highway patrol office at ta Maria, tentatively identi- | the dead motorists as) ported. the incident, {without hav- - ‘ing paid his. respects to the mayor. N.S. Liberals Plan Convention c HALIFAX (CP) — A econyen- tion to elect a new ‘teader for the Nova Scotia Liberal party will_be_held.here Saturday. July. x The date was announced Sat- urday by Nova Scotia Liberal R. Mac- | ing a meeting of the party's pro- ‘ vincial executive couacil. Kills Two, fied Charles Christopher Hogan, 21, of San Luis Obispo, and Joel W. |Kocab, 28; of Los Angeles. The hour-long fray backed up. traffic on the busy Pacific- Coast | highway for two miles in each direction while a dozen officers exchanged shots with the youth before finding him dead. He started shooting about 6 a.m. as’ dawn was breaking. A hero, officers said, was a truck driver, Lloyd Ritchie, who crouched down and drove his oil-tool rig into line as a bar- ricade from which they could fire. nae "AW, | DON'T BELIEVE IT of Pennsauk.n, N.J., built ‘his odd looking bicycle from scrap parts and has been riding it several months. The bicycle’s seat is six feet. five inches from the ground (AP Wirephoto) Expected To Improve “BALKING AT RETURN SANTO DOMINGO and one was shot down. }¢ountry. . informants said. ‘and navy oppose Bosch’s return. Donald Reid Cabral, ousted: chief of the civilian junta, de- | plored ,the attack on the palace. |He said it was “a mistake.” People to.come to the palace to: |demonstrate for“a ‘return to constitutionality’’"—he reurn of Bosch to the presidency. “There was no immediate, in- bsaveaies on affy .casua' the attack on‘ fate of the pilot plane. Informants said miliatry lead- ers who. had ae the ouster of Bosch Sept. 3, 1963, | now were balking at his return |from exile. Bosch was the first popularly elected Dominica PARIS ‘Reuters)—Soviet For: | be possible on the question of president in more than a gener- Leign. Minister Andrei Gromyko |arrived here by plane Sunday ‘for a five-day visit expected to “*}ieattto a-further-warmitg of re- | lations between France and the Soviet Union. He was met by French foreign minister,. Maurice Couve de *!Murville. and the new Soviet jambassador to Paris, Valerian Zorin. In airport speeches, Couve de Murville spoke of the common interests of the two countries in preserving peace and Gromyko’ referred to their ‘traditional friendship.’ : ‘Gromyko will confer’ with Couve de Murville today and with President de Gaulle Tues- day. He will meet with Premier Georges Pompidou Wednesday. French government sources in- dicated the talks here might lead to“a common approach toward a@ negotiated peace in Viet Nam. They said agreement might also Gordon Walker Is Hopeful For _ | ' e | Viet Nam Peace | SAIGON (AP) — Patrick |Gordon Walker. Britain's special envoy to .the Far East, said Sunday he is more hopeful now of a negotiated settlement of the ‘Viet Narn war than. when ie left London. In tatks here with U.S. and South Vietnamese officials, “‘the possibility of some ind of (peace) talks has come -:nore and more to the fore."’ the for- mer Labor government-foreign minister said. Gordon Walker said he felt the main stumbling-block is the refusal of the North Vietnamese and Chinese Communists to par- ticipate in talks. He added that if a ‘conference eventually takes place Viet ‘Nam. China would. definitely have to participate. However, he reported he had no favoranle 1n- dications from either North Viet Nam or China of co-operation. Gordon Walker said he had been surprised during his pre- vious stops in Malaysia. Thai- land and Lans at the dearee of support of Asians have shown for U.S. bombing of North Viet Nam. . " ee Rehabilitation Germanys future borders’. Some diplomats in Moscow were reported to believe that) Groniyke —might~fiteter te. tse Paris as a venue to announce a joint call with France for some form of negotiations . mn ; Viet Nam. ye ‘REDS PRAISE ARPROACH. . The Soviet. Communist party newspaper Pravda Sunday praised the ,‘‘realistic’ French position on Viet Nam—de Gaulle wants neutralization as a means of ending the war. ‘ Giving Gromyko’s trip consid- erable publicity, Pravda’ said there now are “real possibilities for further development of Franco-Soviet relations.” These relations have been im- proving for several years and two’ French miinisters close to de Gaulle — Gaston Palewski, minister for atomic questions, and Alain Peyrefitte, information minister, have visited the Soviet Union in recent months. Gromyko, who was .accom- panied by his wife and Soviet diplomatic officials, planned ta 4 spend, the rest of Sunday with Zorin, a top-ranking Soviet. dip- lomat whose appointment here was considered significant Gromyko. will return to Mos- cow Friday. Record Lows Are Reported In Maritimes HALIFAX (CP)—Thiree Marl- time Provinces’ communities set low temperature records Sunday and another was tied Yarmouth, N.S., reported a low of 27. one degree colder than the previous April 25 low At Truro the temperature drep ped to 17. two degrees below the old record of 19 set in 1935 Summerside, PF... .with a 22 degree reading. «a; two de- grees helow the tormer low record set in 1949 and equalied im 1957. At Greenwood; in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley, the early morning temperature (dropped to 21, equalling the low for the date set in 1957. Is Discussed In Multiple Scleroris Cases TORONTO ‘CP) — Rehabili- tation of a person suffering fren multiple sclerosis should be -a constructive process and not thought of as a salvage service, an offictel of the Muiti- ple Sclerosis Society of Canada said here Saturday i Mitzi Misick of Halifax, na- jtiona!l director of patient serv- lices. was speaking to the coa- cluding. session of the Ontario ,Conference on Multiple Scler- sa | osis | Mrs. Misick has suffered |from the disease for 34 years. “The idea is to help people jearly to adapt, so that they can, V continue to work and keep a family or care for a home and bring up children.” Patients and doctors too often resist the idea of a wheelchair when it could be used to pro- long working life, <he ‘said Mrs. Misick said such «ds shouldbe introduced ea <ly while the patient can make the fullest use of them. Family attitudes are ost important ir a patient's life. she id. They can encourage a patient to overcome feelings of “social anpputation™” and loss of human dignity and to remain in the mainstream = family ac- tivity ' ation. Cuban Premier Fidel Castro to infiltrate his government. They’ The planes strafed the palace From exile in fo reinforce air force and navy Puerto Rico, demands for the establishment Reid's ouster as Of a military junta to rule the the struggle of the Dominican Army rebels who sparked the»: revolt want to reinstall exiled of the struggle over his return former president Juan Bosch in Rosch said he plans to leave the presidency. The air force for Santo Domingo soon to as- Radio broadcasts asked the pid eta ie ee “downed He said he plans to’ take back - : with him three members of his papi -cas- te ——— ak: Gliese » Republic Civi lian-Junta | Is Overthrown ‘AP)—A ‘civilian: triumvirate to lead the power struggle for control of the country. Dominican Republic erupted Sunday ‘among the armed forces, mentioned as opposed to Bosch’s \following overthrow: of the civil- return were Briz.-Ger. ian junta. Four air force planes Wessin Y: Wessin, who had been strafed the presidential palace running Among the generals especially Elias Reid's military arm, and Gen. Atila Luna. San, Juan, Bosch welcomed “an episode in people to rid themselves of an oligarchic minority.” ‘Speaking before the outbreak sume the presidency and fil! out his ended February, 1967. WAS NO. SURPRISE Bosch said the uprising did not surprise him, but he denied :. any .part in the planning. He said the revolt ‘demonstrated the Dominican people want te iserve under a democratic re- i ». guarantees them s0- and an honest gov- “g@dministration.”” | Hermanido Gonzales Health “Minister - Samuel Gatamayo, Men- jdoza Moya and Finance Minister | Jacob Majluta. The president of the chamber of deputies, Rafael Molina/Urena, would head the. government in the interim. ° Bosch said he did not expect any trouble from the army, +the “constitution.” “small touches,” he would continpe the reform program he embarked on when he became ipstalied Reid as the head of a.president two years azo. Liberal “Blundering Is Charged CAMBRIDGE, N.S. (CP)—Op-| position Leader Diefenbaker Sat- urday accused the Liberal gov- ernment of blundering, attempt- ing to divide Canada, and sad- dling Canadians with unneces- Sary taxes. Mr. Pearson had a. “case of selective amnesia” when he toid Parliament he had not known of the investigation that led to the Dorion inquiry until Nov. 23, then in a letter to the inquiry said he had {first been informed in September. The prime minister finally got his flag through closure, begin- ning disintegration of relations with the Commonwealth. fhe next step of the Liberal party, he said, would be to take Can- ada out of the Commonweaith and make it a _ republic. Mr. Diefenbaker predicted a tax cut when Finance Minister By Dief Gordon brings down/ his budzet tonight. But the Liberals in- creased taxes by more .han $300.000.000 ~since coming irto power. To encourage young Ca- nadians to build homes, tlie gov- ernment should allow municipal taxes to be deducted ‘from_iax- able income. Education is the most pressing problem facing the country, he said-calling for a federal system of aid. Although he did not name him, Mr. Diefenbaker referred to Que- bec Conservative leader Leor Balcer’s departure from the party to sit in the Commons as an independent. “As long as I am leader I will do all I can to heal the wounds of division in’ the coun- try.” he said. “But I will not stand for one man from one province holding veto power over our decisions.” U.S. Republican Supports Raids WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen- ate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois said Sun- day that if it becomes neces- sary the United States should jbemb military installations in |North Viet Nam's capital of ;Hanoi Dirksen said he ‘supports the intensified, air strikes against Communist territory ordered by President Johnson. But he called Johnson's offer a $1.900.000,000 U.S. contribu- tion to a proposed interna tional Southeast Asia develop- ment fund “a kind of polite, courteous bribe” for peace negotiations In a situation charged by heavy mail to US. senators urging that the road he opened to negotiations te bring hostili- ties to a halt, senatoral col- leagues gave a mixed reception to a proposal by Senator Thomas H. Dodd (Dem. Conn.) for an on-the-ground inspection of the Viet Nam situation by a bipartisan group of senators. Dodd. who has supported Johnson's military course in Viet Nam, said in a statement the foreign relations committee needs to know more about the ; Situation “than can be gleaned from a reading of the press and from occasional briefings in | Washington.” Speaking on Radio Press In- ternationals radio program |From the People, Dirksen said it would be ‘like a temporary surrender’ from the U5. to or- der a pause in bombings to en- courage possible Chairman J (Dem. Ark.) of the Senate for- eign relatiens committee has suggested such a course. “In my Judgement. a tem- porary lull is like a temporary surrender,” Dirksen said. “When you resume, if you have to resume, its not coing to be an easy matter and you are putting some heavy decisions on our military men.” The Republican leader was asked whether, after other mil- itary targets in North Viet Nam were destroved. air strikes micht be directed against Hanoi 4 and Haiphong, which thus f have escaped attack. “If there are industrial inst lations there.’ he replied, ‘2 -if there aré@ stacing points sending troops and weap South Viet Nam to continu fight. ves. because that is. itary operation.” term, which would have | yc on W: “Fulbright