If it's Good For the Island The Guardian is For. it who @ttmdtiom “Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew" WEATHER Sunny. a few cloudy periods and warm; winds increasing to southeast 1.3. Low- high 35 and 68. Sunday: showers Wm. LXXVI. N0. 116 Anthem Ohm m mung: giggly"; 23;;- Dw—t- CHARLO'l'l‘ETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, MAY 18. 1968. ""tul‘WW-CEW 14 PA‘Gis' APPLAUSE TAKEN IN STRIDE Cooper-Welcome Is Set At Hawaii This Afternoon ABOARD USS KEARSARGE (AM—Gordon Cooper. whose 34-hour space flight may have out man years closer to the moon. took the applause of the world in stride as he sailed toward I Hawaii welcome to- day. Due' in Honolulu this aftcr- noon. Cooper underwent a long series of medical tests aboard this United States Navy aircraft carrier to determine what—if anythingehis 560.000-mile ride Wednesday and Thursday did to his health. Preliminary examinations in- dicated that except for losing seven pounds and feeling a little giddy he was in as good she as when he climbed into his capsule Faith 7 Wednesday morning for the blast-off into space. ~ His doctor, Richard L. Pol- lard. said Friday: "I cannot imagine anything scrinus dcvcl- O '5 O ping. Cooper's fcat——22 orbits in 34 hours. 20 minutes. 30 seconds—- of the Mercury space program opcned the door to some- thing far more fantasticwman on the moon within this decade. EQUALS MOON TRIP The 36-year-old Oklahoma as- tronaut made a trip that ap- proximated in length the dis— tance to the moon and back. However. it would take some on hours to reach the moon. in contrast to Cooper's 34-hour flight. The average specd in space flight to the moon would be about half that of earth-or- biting. This is largely because of the pull of earth gravity in a flight to the moon. Gravuy has no effect on flight in orbit. Brainerd Holmes. director of National Aeronautics and Space Administration manned flight. said Friday there was less than a 30 per - cent chance there. \tould be another Mercury tZ’SI. t‘ooper was the last. prepared astronaut. to fly and most of \lcrcury's lessons have been lrarnccl llolmes indicatcd the US was ready to go ahead with the mt step In space exploration Ali‘s two - mn mini pro- gram. The first twin-astronaut shot is at least 18 months away. Flcyond it. and predicted within this decade. is a manned land- ing on the moon-and safc return. SHOWS NO EMOTION Cooper finished his flight Thursday as Ihc had slartcd it. ouwtly and without apparan emotion. He was dcltydratcd Victoria As First By THE CANADIAN PRESS \‘tctoria Day officially honors the birthdays of two Queens, but for most Canadians it provides thc year's first. warm. long weekend-and a trip to the cot- tage or fishing hole. However. the Canadian Higib way Safety Council believes 38 Canadians will be killed and foother 900 injured during the 12 hour period between 6 pm. Friday and midnight Monday. local times. Sunny weather to predicted for most. of the weekend with some rain for the Maritime: Sunday but. clearing Monday. Warm weather is predicted for British Columbia and cooler 50-60 degree temperatures ale forecast for most other areas. > The holiday in still occasion- Juice Up Trade Plan Approved By Canada Ry JOSEPH MncSWEEN GENEVA (CPL-A. program .tutctng up the trade and prospects of the poorer coun- rtes won formal blessing Fri- day from buds and many other developed. half-developed and less-developed nations. Trade Minister Sharp pledged Canada‘s sult- nnrt for the formula drawn :03 by underdeveloped countries Ihemsclves and no congratu- afrd them for "advancing this fonstruclive and imaginative. _""""" Drnlram." Gov’t Watches Sugar Prices OTTAWA m, (CPI—Government "I l-comblnea investigators are n "If!" sugar prices but rc- izngplncreases in Canada seem M III line with higher world the”. Jultlce blan Lionel levt-ter said in a Commonsl t The ceremony dates back toitions Confederacy. llax Split eeting Scheduled OTTAWA (GP) Premier Louis Robichaud of New Bruns- wick said Friday night a federal provincial conference on tax sharing will be called this year and quickly drank (our glasses trip to Pearl Harbor. of pineapple juice. Then bet ooper's eyes were red 811d went through a two-hour medl- . his voice was hoarse. But that cat examination that disclosed |didn‘t seem to concern anyone. nothing more serious than tem- ’Pollard attributed it to "the. porary weight loss. tconstant breeze of loo-percent The astronaut proved hls oxygen in his face." bmastery over the machine by In the cabin for the astronaut l'lllf-ill'lg Faith 7 back to earth were two ottlet of his favorite . . . by manual guidance 'Scotch whisky. it not aegwfg‘; fisrcal. Idaho": 3:" An electrical system failure known if he drank any th: first federal Hopeful???“ an e required that be fire his retro night but he did down a hearty Mr R . e ‘ rockets by himself and control meal of steak, french-fried po- ‘ his landing process. Co-ordinat- tatoes. green salad. rolls and‘ ing with fellow-astronaut John ice cream. Ha rank six flfcnn {ahboard a tracking ship glasses of milk. o sou ern Japan, Coo :r hit the bullseye 96 miles solithcast SETS PATTERN meetings Friday with Prime Minister Pearson. “We will have a federal-pro- of Midwa island ms” the Getting back to future space VII‘CIEI COMP-ENE this year on prc.plannedy “bauparkv- i: the shots~particularly those aimed "‘31! he §ald regarding the Pacino at the moon—Pollard said the ‘3“ ‘ Sharing discussmns With “The only sugges- astronaut‘s 34 hours of wcight- Mr- Manon I time was with lessness indicated man could ' “on I had 3} (Ills stand long periods in Space. regard ‘0 .llmlng- _ Failure of the spacecraft's ML ROblChBUd outlined in an e o n t r ol concern to Cooper moms: Mr. Pearson had assured Cooper and the scorched blue- grcy capsule plopped into the Pacific only 4.4 miles off the bow of this prime recovery Shift. It was the finest job oIFUlomaI-Ic marksmanship in US manned cause“! "0 flight. and “me I" Pmea Mela?” hiin lhelP will be a “t emcn He was invua 9 cl ,__;officials. Flight Director ris . _ T ' and neededdsup'portsforxgbbdldls lKl‘aft. Said at Cape Cananl‘al. dim“ expanslon I" a.'d. 1° feel“ scconds after he backed out of iFla” that project offictals had .{ltlcal and tHides training facti- the capsule on the Kearsarge ; complete confidence m the cool . l '95 0" the part of the federal hangar deck. Pollard and an.«astronaut's ability. .flovf’rnmcnt. This included both other doctor supported him un- Wife TWdy- . w . cooper capital and Operating was as. dcr the arms until he regained ‘mel and mamed WM" they smance' 2. Important amendments will ~ were students at the University mum of Hawaii in 1947. took air be made by the federal govern- DANCEI) JIG assage with their tw‘, teenage ment to the“ Atlantic ‘Develop. Cooper crawled rear first daughters from Houston, Tex” Act Which Will mate- [amuy "union rially affect the economies of from the capsule, was helped to to Honolulu. A . . . - the Atlantic provmccs. stck bay and went through an 'is scheduled for this afternoon. cxamination. When told it was Tuesday. Cooper will be the 7- MT- P6330“ renewal a over. he jumped up. did a little ‘guest of honor at a reception Pledfie l0 PmVlde 90 P?!‘ cont lit! and Said! iby President Kennedy in he 0‘ the‘COSl 0‘ _00mPlel-ln8 “39 “Okay. I’m all set to go." ‘White House. The reception. Trans-Canada Hlshway and and Then he climbed three flights loriginally planned for Monday. it“ consuucltlon 0‘ trunk roads- of stairs ahead of Pollard to the t was postponed 24 hours to give iTaIkS 0" “"5 WOUId be he” hare admiral's empty cabin whereltbe spaceman "more hrcathinglnEXl W933]? bElWE‘Pn Fetieral he would spend the rest. of [he timp," Works Minister J. P. Dcschate- lets the New Brunswic l Clarity 01‘ Earth View highways minister. . 4. He “very favorably * Is Amazing To Cooper reference proposed by Pearson for a royal commission on biculturalism. n tax-sharing. Mr. Pearson ‘said during the federal election campaign that the provinces could count on Atlantic prov- ince adjustment grants being ‘ Liberal gov- ilmpressed" by the. terms of ABOARD USS KEARSARGE The experiment was designed (AP! Astronaut Gordon '0 lest the spaceman's ability . . - ito spot a light of known inten-t Loopct marveled Friday at, the. . . . ‘ . . , lstty—tn this case 3.000.000 can-l dam” “’"h wmc“ he mum I dlepower~for the future task of‘ Ipinl’mm’ 5W“ "h 9an“ fl‘Omltiuitling men back from moonimaima'm‘i‘ by a more than 100 miles in space. “8a; 10:? fiavtfifgy am He cvcn spotted hts own netgh- goopcr said he awoke‘fromlprmcme 0"..emlizauon.. paw borhood in Houston. Tex. ore of his orbiting' catnaps "It was an ideal day for anistartled to‘ discover his weight- ideal flight." Cooper told Capt. ilcss arms outstretched in front Richard Pollard. the rccoverylof him. lments as well. Lobster decided to settlel phystctan. Tho astronaut said he could back for his thour snooze. he. see smoke curling from houses said. ked is thumbs Tibetan villages and was under his harness straps to amazcd at the grandeur of thc,kcep his hands from acciden- llimalayas. He said he alsojially flipping a switch while he clearly saw a ground lightinggslcpt. RuSsian cosmonauts also cxpcrimcnt in South Africa. .look this precaution. > ious price was Day Welcomed H . Two reasons were elven for Queen Victoria's reign when she ; the increase» 0'19 1‘3 the “mm?” pledged to the Six Nations con- i and the 0.er 15 “he 1" lcatchcs, tn the Soup-its. North lLake and Naufrage districts. At North Lake and Nautlrage. . . < Reports from tthis ‘eastern sea port last night in- dicated that, shore prices ters took a substantial hiloe erday. T prices quoted were 40 cents for campers and 50 cents for the market size. The prev- SOURIS it" tobs yest ially called the 24th of May.. IQuecn Victoria‘s Birthday. but. .since 1952 it has been fixed as lfcdcracy that on her birthday the first Monday preceding May all people would be equal and 25. It also marks Queen .liza- that a quarter of a loaf of bread ibcth‘s birthday. which is acid-.and a half ‘ should be given to each of the tier the past two days have beat) . ‘ confederacy‘s members. ‘averaging from ‘ .HRE SALUTES . In New Westminster_ BIC” :pounds per boat. Witth eadh haul Twenty'one gun saw“ “"u the Ancient and Honorable being lam {Tom apprmmale' be fired at noon local times across Canada Monday in offl- ‘cial celebration and some ‘nicipalities will celebrate in law"- . ow" umque and one“ Many Quebec cities celebrate {tradmonal way' :the day as Dolla dos Or- one "i “‘9 "‘01" “mil” lmeaux Day after Adam Dollardl celebrationfsbis tine :nnltltal dlf- des ormeaux‘ a Frenchcflna. tributiono can an c case 0 . . . lscveral thousand members of d‘a’.‘ he” Who I‘ “‘6de “"m ithe Six Nations Indian reservelSHVlnx French Canada from linvasion by the then Five No- 600 traps. Catches in the Sour-is area are Imported to even lower. IM'ost boats have been returning ‘to shone with catches in the Ivicinity of 350 pounds. These hauls have been taken from be- tween 500 and 550 ttna-ps. While the lobstermtcn have HyacktAnviI Battery will fire a 13’ :salutc on its anvils and there i‘will be May Day parades and ,the crowning of eens. 3 ‘5 near Brantford. Ont. r draggens are getting heavier with each voyage - "We believe that rapid and substantial progress in its im- plementntlon will make a worthwhile contribution not only to the less-developed coun- tries but. to the entire world trade community." I The program. drawn up last year. asks for duty-free entry everywhere for tropical prod-[ not: by 19% at the latest. Sharp addressed more than 70 delegations during a morning meeting of the biggest-ever con- ference of the kind. under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. which has some 50 full - fledged members. countries representing all hues of the political and economic spectrum: are attending as associate members or observ- ers, Meetings, are closed to the pros: but a GATT briefing officer said seven {'l‘ 30 on!“ (‘nnvocation exercises were Mchinnon. college principal: "developed" countries besidel held yeste y at . Premier Walter R. Show; Canada supported the action Prince of Wales College. Here Miss Ruth LeLacheur of program. left to film on Dr. 1' u in Georgetown. graduating clan i. system inlcrvicw these other developw pound of cheese lfishet'men reported that catches. I l l l l l i i i , .. r j THIS CANADIAN Army man i lies seriously injured seconds fter a bomb which he was dismantling cxplodcd Friday. g V. av The bomb had' been found in a public mail box in Westmount. a quict residential area of \t‘cshccntral Montreal. Five . m. a" v others exploded. ripping mail boxes to pieces. and others were dismantled suc- cessfully. (CF WIrcphoto) re S O Gov't Weathers Questioning; Political Barbs Are Exchanged OTTAWA (CPt- Some of the in the Commons with a willing last session when the apposition helncw ministers were nervous. ‘ lotherwise the Liberal-govern- exchange of political barbs. Stretching to a length hen finance minister Donal iment weathered its first big test ‘ and 15 minutPS. the initial (1063' l Fleming to table the legal opin- Prices ‘Show Increase Usen Fisheries. t‘Ppol‘llH‘l that :two of their dtraggers. the lFan and Joanne. Captain Fran- :cis Macintyre. and the North ar. Captain Egbert Bertein. lbet'ween them yesterday landed some 105.000 (I a. The MV Iceland so far has brought. in the largest. catch for ’ ‘Eastern Fisheries. Skippcred by Captain she has just completed the landing of over 70.000 pounds. iln all cases the largest per- centage has been cod. I As a result of the continued ‘heavy catches. both fish pro- cessing plants last night went ation is not ex- .retporls this silu . up for several weeks. Jonas BrornSson. i into overtime. and according to. 'tion period was heavily laden iwith queries—and answers— framcd as much for political scores as information. Speaker Alan Macnaughton's calls to or- der wcre infrequent but firm. At one point. the gleeful Con- scrvative opposition benches burst into a paroxysm of 10ers :and laughter when. having chal- lenged Finance Minister Gordon jto "unpeg" the dollar. they got this reply: “. . . n my view It is the responsibility of all honorable members of this House . . . no .to cast any doubts upon the strength or permanence of the dollar." When In opposition, the Lib. terals were severely critical of lthe former Conservative gov- ;ernment‘s decision in May. 1962. -to peg the dollar to 92% cents .in exchange for the American dollar. ‘ Mr. Gordon said Friday the ‘government will do everything possible to hold the dollar to fits present exchange rate In his dignified manner. Jus- tice Minister Chevricr scored one for the Liberals by tclling ‘Stanley Knowles lNDP—Winni- No Paper Monday Since Monday is Vic- toria Day and a statu- tory holiday. the next edition of The Guardian will be Tuesday. May ‘21. peg North Centre) that depart- tmental files reveal no trace of {any lcgal opinion on which the f . port surcharges by order-in- ‘ lcouncil last June. ‘ This was as the Liberals. when in opposition. "suspected .at the timr.” Mr. Chevricr said. The Conservatives wcre silent. l”— valedictorian; and Education Minister George Drwar. . . nl'. Mac 1(1an in a revvew of the year called it a mod suc It recalled the bitter scrap of ..I PWC CONVOCATION EXERCISES HELD ccssful one The cnnvtwation was the 129th for thc institu- Mon (Sep elm-in on past“ 2 and 3 i t ormer government imposed im- ‘ I. Sport .. Women's iion. Several suits now have lbeen filed in the Exchequer lCourt of Canada to recover t surcharges. since dismantled. i MONTREAL fOf’t---Terrorlsts istruck with time-bombs placed iln mail boxes Friday. Explosion: caused critical in- ljury to an army explosives (expert, shattered slx mail boxes land damaged property. Five more bombs were found :In mail boxes and dismantled. lFive suspected bombs were lhauled to safety—mall boxes and all—«to await dismantling. Sgt. - Maj. Walter Rolland Lela. 55-year-old bomb demoli- dian Engineer! suffered serious injuries when a time~bomb he was removing from a mail box exploded. The army at first reported Leja had died on the way to hospital. saying its information had been received from West- mount police. t . Mary's hospital, doc- tors amputated his left arm at .tbe elbow. then worked on his ichest and face injuries. He was on the operating table r about. five hottrs. the army said. Earlier Friday. Sgt.-Maj. Leia had safely dismantled two other in mi in m' boxes—-- two of half-a-dozen which either exploded in the boxes or were discovered and removed by no- lice or army experts. MOST IN WESTMOUNT Most of the bombs wane planted in Westmount, a pne- dominately English - speaking ‘district of the city. Police placed no blame offl- v hour tried unsuccessfully to get maiden,“ but am bombings {01. dian Hussarg in ‘lowed opponent established by jthe terrorist group of Quebec iseparatists known as Front de :Liberation Quebecois. bomb exploded Thursday .night at an oil refinery in sub- tlon expert with the Royal Cana- ' Soldier Critically Injured In Montreal Bomb Blast Mail Boxes Are Hit By We-stmountSeries ‘Lunny. a navy veteran. sald‘tho explosion sounded "like a His ‘pOlll'l or cannon being fired." Earlier. the army engineer. in full view of dozens of people. grabbed three pounds of dyna~ mite. with ticking mechanism attached. from another mail box and ran with it to a field acrosa the street. where he put It be- hind a big tree. Another army man joined the engineer in dismantling another mail . box package containing four sticks of dynamite and a cheap watch wired as a timing clock. One of the bombs that ex- ploded before dawn damaged I .door at St. Matthias Anglican 'Church and blew in windows in ‘an apartment building. other area windows of a rep- ‘taurant Were broken and a tele- phone booth was shattered. At the apartment building, venetian blinds protected 3 six- year-oid boy from Flying glass. His bed is directly beneath the ‘ window. KNOCKED 0171‘ OF RED Mrs. Sigrid Day and her 13- year-old daughter Sandra said they were literally jolted out o! bed by the explosion. Lela is the second man lLft in bombing: here. Last. April 20. W. V. O'Neill. 65, a night watch- man at Canadian army recruit- ing station near McGill Univer‘ shy in midtown Montreal was killed by a bomb set off at the .butlding. Sgt - Maj. Lola served, to France, and Germany with the l't'lh Duke of York's Royal Cana- the Second World War. A bomb explosion at an oil refinery Thursday night. alarmed amilics in suburban Pointe-aux- Tremblcs. The blast. at the Golden Eagle Refinery Com: 9 new "0'9 may have been urban Pointe - aux - Tremblco. Pally. ripde an eifillmch halo .struc lbate 'Moving the address in reply ito the spcech from the throne, {Pauline Jewctt (l. — North- umberland) spoke less than 15 ‘minules instead a 40 min utes to which she was entitled. The seconder. Auguste Cho- .quette (L— ltotbinierel. took less than to minutes. The throne speech resumes Monday when the House meets at 2:. pm. It will be the so- called "leader's day" — with speeches from O p p o s l t ion 'Leader Dicfcnbaker. Prime lMinister Pearson. Social Credit 1' Leader and Democratic Leader Douglas that order. The major announcement Frl- day was Mr. earson's state- .ment that the government so .far has reached no decision on whether to support a NATO multilateral or inter-allied nu- clear force. INSIDE TODAY W .in Announcements. notices . 2 Births. deaths . . . . .. .. . Classified . . . . . . .. 12, L1. 14 Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 J Finance. markets . . . . . . .. ll 5 Editorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. City. Queens .. Ions of fuel 01 Westmount police. ordered lschool children to be kept in Ischool buildings In the area dur- ting the lunch hour while search of mail boxes continued. The explosion that hit the ser- tgeant occurred at Lansdowne and Westmount avcnues in mid- morning. SOUNDED LIKE CANNON 'an Lunny. a Montreal lStar staff photographer. was linking pictures as the army ‘man approached the mail box. If {0" Parliamentary de‘ causing leakage of 100.000 1131- in the base of the fa nk. Refinery officials said If the device had gone off in any of five nearby gasoline tanks "gm, body would be around now to tell about it." The fuel - oil tank has at ca: pacity of 2,000,000 gallons but only 100.000 gallons were in it at the time. The leaking oil was flushed away by firemen. hearing the explosion. neighbors ran from their homes to see what had happened A resident of Boucherville. across the St. Lawrence River, said the blast was heard there. Special Ettorts Promised To Break Bomb Terrorist QUEBEC fCPt—Prcmicr l.e—' sage. who attended a cabinet meeting Friday against his doc- tor‘s orders. said he has asked 3 provincial police to make “spca cial efforts“ to break a ring of 1bomb-planting terrorists in the province. police to make special efforts ‘and to report to me." he said .following a 2'2-hour cabinet ‘ sitting. . Mr. .agc. who was ordcrcd to rest Friday to clear up a heav cold contracted during his recent. trip in Europe. ar- rived unexpectedly for the cab- . inet meeting although he did not‘ I l OTTAWA MAN ts WINNER altcnd Friday's sitting of fit! legislalttrc. Mr. itesage made no other commcnt. on Friday's wave. of bomb plantings in the Montreal suburb of Westmount which re- sultcd In serious injury to an army sergeant-major when one ‘ cxplodcd as he was dismantling "I have askcd the provincial 1 Earlier. Opposition l. e a d e r Danicl Johnson said he would dcmand thc immediate replace- mcnt of Attorney General Gcorgcs l.apalme and of .‘losa- phat. Brunct. director of provin- cial police. Mr. Johnson told reporters bl will make the demand when the House mccts Tttcs a.\’» Honorable Mention Given Souris’ Woman For Play OTTAWA W!“ A 46-year- old Ottawa civil servant who writes plays in the dead of .night has won the S250 first ‘prizc in thc 25th annual (‘ana- dian playwriting competition. it. was annouccd today. George Blackburn. a public .rclations officer with the labor idepartmcnl and former news- tpaper reporter. topped a record lfield of 105 competitors WIII‘I A :Walk Through the Valley. about lthc horror of a nuclear war. ' Mr. Blackburn. who thought .up the labor department's job~ ‘crentlng "Why Spring?" slogan. says he works best between midnight and 6 am. ee wom :- n. respectively ifrom the bia and Ontario. were runners- IUD Wait for ton Yukon. British Colum-. Honorable mentions w p r a awarded to \dclt‘ ‘l‘oirnshcnd. Souris. I" I‘ll .lohn Drcucrv. Ottawa; Ray l.aakso. Toronto. and .i. Gounod (‘ampbcll‘ I‘ctcr- boroug HELD BY WORKSHOP Sponsored h_\' the Oltmia Lu. tle Tbcalre Workshop. the com- petition is open to one-act plavs writtcn hv (‘anodians This year's adjudicator “as lmota Diesel of New York. playiwtgltl. director and associatc cditor of Theatre Arts magazine Mrs. Mimi Edgell of Saanir-h‘ . B.(3.. won the $150 sccond iprin for Beyond Our Time, a drama about the trials of a mixed whitc‘lndian couple in icontemporary Canada. Third prize. worth Stun. urni :to June Franklin of Whitehorfwe. -Yukon. for Take Au a), My Sha dmt. a i-nmcdr ahnllt a faded mnllr‘ tar fared with rPaIll'V \ norm mrnttnn went to to within“ .van of Sarnia for The \Ill'lnl‘f‘tl t'nunlcnattce. a play about prwi l-‘rancts Thompson. \Itss Dtcst‘l said in hf‘l‘ writ» ton adjudication that She found a sIIl‘DI‘IanCIy high percentage of promising plays among the to: .uhmntrd She found the ranzc of stthiccl mattt‘r "amaz- tnc". Fantasy. comcdy. trag- (‘f‘I\. mclodrama and farce. stir rrittcizcd scveral compev hints for attempting to imitate thc "thcatre of the absurd" :tvlc dcvclopcd by Tennessean Williams. liugcne loncsco. Har- old Pinlcr and other contem- porary playwrights. The Imltt tor: forgot that even a s . lnzlv absuvd play must have message. she at ‘l