‘ If it's Good For the Island VOL LXXVI. N0. 83 One of these party leaders will be ime. minister after to- day‘s general election. Three have predicted they will win enough seats today to form the next government. left to right. Prime Minister Diefenbaker, The Guardian is For it who @uotrotiom “‘CoveM Island Like The Dew" ONE THESE THE NEXT PRIME MINITER Liberal leader Lester B. Pear- son and Social Credit leader Robert Thompson. Only New Democratic party leader T,C. Douglas. (right) has refrained from predicting his party will have the largest group. Mr. Douglas said a minority govv ernment is not necessarily a bad thing. It can be pushed into doing what it ought to do. On the other hand. the country might be stuck for five years with a bad majority adminis- tration. OTTAWA (CP) -—- Regardless of which party Is in power after today's election. Parliament. will have a busy time translat- ing campaign promises and proposal into action. it's up to the governing party to fix the timing of its legisla- tive program. Nevertheless sev- eral important matters will have to be dealt with early by whatever party forms the gov- ernment. ' One. of course. is the 1963-64 budget. outlining how the gov- ernment plans to raise the money for its spending during this fiscal year. Prime Minister Diefenbaker and Liberal Leader Pearson have indicated a mid - ay meeting ‘of Parliament. New Democratic Lead e r Douglas and Social Credit Leader Thompson also say they would call Parliament into session quickly. -__.__._.._ Fire Destroys Damaged Bridge BOIESTOWN. N.B. (OP) - F‘ire of undetermined origin Sat- urday night destroyed the wreck- age of a covered bridge which. had collasped Thursday under; the weight of a truck and trailer. . The bridge is on route 25A across the Taxis River between Boles-E town and Juniper. ‘ The bridge. which government ; officialls estimated would costl about $100.000 to replace. was‘ leveled. There were no witnesses. The New Brunswick public works department had planned to put a crew to Work today to repair the ISO-foot structure. . . LeveHed BURDEN—A large farmhouse] at Seven Mite Bay was destrOY-l ed by fire last night and atl me this fine- men from Bailout and Sumner- side were still fligh‘ the flames in am effort to prevent their spread to other farm; The house was by! Derwin Huestis who was alone In the house at the time of the outbreak. The Borden fire de-I I! KEN SMITH STRUAN MATHESON MONTREAL (CPl -—Two the men were killed but two others Were rescued hours of tGillie waiting Saturday night When I burned-out building col- lapsed without warning.~ Pulled .from 'under tons of Charred rubble were Bob Let left. Jr.. 81. a veteran of 13 item on the Montreal fir. t and the son of the Wat's former assistant director. and Adrien Glngras. lumber veteran of the force. Duh m taken to hospital arm leg and “Willie Internal injuries. Crushed to death when the “I! an nutty-routine firs Were Pam. Memoirs. 37,- and March Mallard. at. About 1|. dunno were on the hand door of lo annnx of , ‘ m deport- filnt Ian at at. Catharina and buildings. 1 s A Progressive Conservative government after the election would handy list of legislative projects left over from the last Parliament which could be re-introduced. These include proposals which were the subject of campaign prom- ises such as a constitutional amendment to allow contribu-- tory old age pensions. Among other unfinished busi- ness from the last Parliament were measures to fix retire- ment age of Senators at 75. 0 set up a national economic development board and to es- tablish a commission to revise electoral boundaries. Mr. Pearson erals have. legi gram drawn up for the first few months of office. LIST LIBERAL PROMISES Among the Liberal campaign proposals. to which . ear- son has indicated a Liberal government would give priority. are such economic measures-as an economic advisory council to combat unemployment. a capl- tal fund for the Atlantic Devel- opment Board. a municipal de- velopment fund give 1 interest loans municipal 2 for works programs. an expand Mo-ncton Elects l. C. Jones Mayor MONCTON lCPl - L a wyer Leonard C. Jones was elected mayor of Moncton Saturday with a 2.083-vote margin over 12-year city council veteran L a u r to Williams. Mr. Jones polled 5.490 votes to Mr. Williams 3.407. Large Farmhouse By Fire partment was summoned about 10.30. i'mecauseofthetirewnsnot 30 muncdiately known. The large frame house had been the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Huestli who moved to Summemidc last .immer. leaving the house to their son. Derwin. A large barn and several out- buildings were reported threat- ened by the flames. TWO RESCUED FROM RU'BBLE 'Montreal Firemen Die In Collapsed Building streets when the but only four St. Urbain collapse rame were trapped. A score of ambulances car- ried 25 firemen to hospital with various injuries but most were minor. The most severe was I broken back suffered by Jenn Menard when he fell from the second r. Firemen had to inch their way through a tangled mass of pipes. ms and furni- ture to rescue their comrades. Their pr s was ham by the fear that one false move would cause another collapse and crush the trapped men. No estimate of loss- was available immediately. on l’llC’l'ANM manna mob of spectators. estimated by police at more than soon. also tnterferrod with th 9 rue work. . to The crowd kept pulling close to the building despite police efforts to hold them hock. says the Lib- slative pro-. Promises To Action Effort Will Leave Winners Busy system of farm and export Credits and a national develop- ment The Liberals also have prom- ised to establish a new federal department of industry and a federal agency for area devel- opment. In agriculture. they (Continued on Page 3 Col. 6) l Weather Outlook I Is Good 3! THE CANADIAN PRE day in the ‘fédé lion hm meiv a from the weatherman. Apart from cloud in western and eastern sections of the country. Canada's voters can expect moderate weather when they venture out to cast their ballots. The picture: big on . a few showers or. in the north. snowflurries. but g e n e r ally temperatures from the low s in the south to the high 305 in the north. Saskatchewan . Cloudy skies. with possibilities o a few wet snowflurries in some areas. Temperatures In the 30s. Manitoba—Cloudy but dry at. least until nightfall, when show- ers possible. Temperatures in the ‘ Ontario — Generally clear, mild weather. Temperatures in the low 505 In the south. low 40s in the north. Quebec—Fine with tempera- tures in the mid-405 in the west. Possible light snowflurries and cloudy in the north a east. twith temperatures in the mhi- s. New Brunswick - Princcilld- and WEATHER Clear with cloudy periods; winds light in- creasing to northeast 15. Low-high, 23 "m "0“ SEVEN CENTS IRAN NY. TIMES SETS RECORD LA JOLLA. Calif. tAP' Nearly half the people of thel United States have had boutsi with a virus that can producel I cancers in test animals. ‘ r In humans. all that this virusl lls known to do so far is cause! more than 7 pages and ‘some of the symptoms of the‘. weighed 7”: pounds- more lcommon cold. ! than a pound heavier than i B t .t. . . any previous edition - u l 5 one more hit. of eVI-l A strike by primers and dance for suspecting viruses as‘ photoengravers blacked out poSSlble causes of human can- the city’s newspapers from 081‘. says Dr. John .I. Tretin of NEW YORK (API ~— The size of the New York Times first Sunday edition since last Dec. 2 broke all its rec- ords. The edition ran slightly Dec. 8 until last Monday. l3 a ylnr University. Houston. A times spokesman said Tex. Even garden-variety vl‘ there were more than 1 ,~ rUSPS may "Sleep" inside hu- man cells for years. then be stirred into new activity and bring on cancer. The virus. Adeno type-12. has been found capable of producing cancers in newborn hamsters. tin mice and in rats, Dr. Tren- ltin told an American Cancer 000 lines of advertising in its 11 news. feature and finan- cial sections and two extra sections. The magazine section was 200 pages and the book sec- tion included reviews cover~ ing the period during the en. SS Chances for a record vote to- l1 raf general elec- i ' ho t ‘ British Columbia — Possibbi Sunny with 010"” intervals and {visited the Plain during the day " neutralists. i tire newspaper Strlke- Society seminar for science writers. And a cousin virus. Adeno type-18. has the same a llty . CHECK OTHERS Dr. Trentin and his associ- ates are checking on a host of Fighting Flares In Central Laos VIENTIAN‘E. Laos (AP) Doctors Report Virus } iCauses Animal Cancer l I I I l i i I l ordinary viruses including mumps. measles. and the cold‘ sore virus—to see if those also; can light up cancers in other; species. Perhaps. he says. they hold no cancer danger at all for hu~, mans. but scientists want the: answer to this question. And ifl there are hazards from such vi- ru .. humans could be pro-' tected through vaccines. 1 Swedish scientists. he added. have found changes in the chro- mosomes—the carriers of her-l. edity—in human cells after anl infection with measles. The al- tered cells might be easier: breeding grounds for leukemia virus. SEEK CONTROLS If such viruses are Involved. then effective control of virus} diseases generally might bring a reduction in human cancers. said Dr. Jonas Salk of La Jolla.§ He has hopes that a single vac- cine might one day protect. against 10 to 100 virus diseases. simultaneously. 1 Acting on strong suspicionsl that viruses could be a key to cancers. scientists of four insti— tutions are organizing a "task Fighting has erupted between . neutralist and leftist troops in} central Laos and the govern- ; ment Saturday began an airliftj of women and children from the danger zone. . Clashes continued in the Plainl of Jars and a Western diplomat said "the situation has changed lvery much for the worse in the Eight Plays Selected For Festival OTTAWA (CPl ~- light. dra- " .matic groups‘wlll compete in inst 24 hours. -— . l t e final Dominion Drama Fes- ‘ The outbreak Involves "l‘€SU-'tival next month in Kitchener llar" neutralists and a neutralist Ont“ was announced Sunday: ifaction Increasingly .ldentlfied The final festival will be the ’with the pro-Communist Patheteclimax to a series of regional Lao. NeutrallsLs and Pathet Lao ‘drama {estivals held across were left in joint occupation of‘Canada in March, .the Plain of Jars area after the l The program for the final 51962 Geneva settlement intended lfestival win he; lto take this Southeast Asia king-, May 33. London Lime The- 'dom out of the cold war. at”, One Way pendulum, by M The chairman of the three-.17. Simpson, I May 14. Sudbury Little The- iatre Guild. The Rainmaker. by _ , . ’N. Richard Nash. 'and told reporters "fighting is, May 5. matinee. Coalda] contmums" He sa Gen- K°ng lLittlc Theatre. Coaldale. Alta. Le. commander of the regular lThe we“ of the Saints, by J_ was trying to ar-lM range a cease-fire meeting withl the Paihet Gen. Sinkapo, INSIDE TODAY lpower international control com- ‘ lmission. India's Avtar Singh. e . Synge. ‘May 15. Night. l'Atelier de' La“ commander- j‘Sherbrooke. Que. En Attendant. lGodot. by Samuel Beckett. .‘ .' May 16. The Travelling Play—E lers of Halifax, Invitation to a. 3March. by A. Laurents. May 17. La Jeune Comedie.j Announcement” “"9” ' "5 ‘Montreal. Le Veau Dort. by: mflhs'. d '1‘ M }Claude Jasmin. . Classified ' ' ' ' ‘ ' ‘ ' " 1" 15 . May 18. matinee. The Barn: “mics -- - ’3 fPlayer of the Broadview YMCA. l Eggrgzmy"""""""' 4 IToronto. Our Town. by Ti . q s o a A o-oI-u.. ‘ City Queens 5 . May 18. night. stage R. .Sas_i Prince County .. ’ lkamon. Tartufie‘ by Mane”. summemde ' ‘ Pierre Lefevre. director of an no“ " m‘ 1.} lacting school at Strasbourg. women” ' ‘ ' ' ‘ ' ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘France. will adjudicate the per- formances. ward I force‘ to try to isolate viruses from human cancers. They will pool information use promising new tech- niques in this virus hunt. said Dr. George Moore of the R0 well Park Memorial institut Buffalo. NY. Participating the new concerted effort are ex- perts from Roswell Park. the National Cancer Institute. Bay- s— c. in lor University and the Califor-1 nia Institute of Technology. I SCOREBOARD t centnal office as the informal- l APPEARS TODAY; The election s c n r e b card which ap 5 today on page 12 as a co-operative effort be- een The Guardian and Radio station CFCY and will enable Islanders to follow today‘s federal election returns in close poll-hydpoll detail. Island election results will be recorded Guardian's 3 By ALAN DONNELLI' ‘ Canadian Press Staff 3 to ion is received from its Sum- merside and Montague bureaus. election headquarters in Prince and Kings Counties. and from City in Charlottetown. election headquarters in Queens C A record turnout of voters to decide the political stripe of the next government is a strong possibility in this federal elec- tion—the fourth in less than six Poll-by-poll results will be years' from the city the quickest possible access to results as they become avail- a . e. ‘ The largest newsgathering l force in Canadian history will 3 e at work tonight, providing quick and detailed reports or the outcome of the election. In all parts of the~country. local news media will be linked with the two chief national agenc- ies. The Canadian Press and the Canadian Broadcasting. to provide comprehensive servi‘cg. Burton Lewis. executive . - itor of The Guardian and The Vfifflhwesm" “mam Patriot is to serve tonight as By ARCH MacKENZIE PRINCE A LB to lead Canada again ed by chartered aircraft at P.E.l. reporter-analyst for the . CBC‘s national television set-1 was. Sunday. he and baker Legislative Ceremony Scheduled His Lieutenant-Gover- inor . dman will receive. lthe address in reply to ‘ p. h rfmotm .v one lthey will watch the {election results tonight Honor. e , is eec at 3'! OTTAWA rap» l Rusk Opens ‘ Policy Talks iIn Paris ; i ~ , i av ARTHUR usvsnon PARIS fAPl—US. State Sec- :rctary Rusk plunged into im-‘ jportant policy talks Sundayj lnight with Asian and European.: ‘Allies of the United States—anal won a flicker of positive French : interest in the projected nuclear ‘ force for the Atlantic alliance. The spotlight of leadership; as on the state secretary of he stepped off his plane from. Washington. He began a swift‘ round of talks with the foreign ministers of Thailand. France} and Britain on the eve of a‘ meeting of the eight - nation Southeast Asia Treaty Organi- zation Objective of each meet- ing was to align Allied nuclear: and conventional power policies“ from Berlin to Bangkok. A. fresh problem was the new mil- itary feud in Laos. Islan - ape r Mostly clear with temperatures be 40s. Nova Scotta Mainland - Cloudy but mild. with tempera- tures in the high 40s. Newfoundland — Cloudy showers. Temperatures in high _ 30s. .— 5 so- with he Several fights broke out when some of the spectators swung on policemen trying to move them. but 0 arrests were repo . Fire officials said the two survivors owe their lives to a number of wnmlng machines that were stored in the on When the floors above them collapsed. the washing ma- chines took the weight of the rubble and left both firemen with a small breathing space. between the machines. The fire started in the annex and also caused extensive dam- age in a lower adjoining section annex. The blaze was bmuult under control in less than an hour and firemen were cleaning up a few smouldering spots when the top way without w - a tag shortly before 6 p.m. t Armand Durcttc said the collapse wan (Continued at pogo 0. col. 3) ftciala befone criteria tin w km W debris d a burnt-out Manual ‘and fhernan‘n slicker. confers building to adminstar to two (withtwofimdepamnent noppcdfimrnen.'lwoddle l | i i l l l l l t l i l ! men died but two were milled to safety. (OP Wiraphoto). (See also picture on page 15.) ation Chamber at the Provincejsunday at home Building. l Thursday. debate on th ‘Thrfme SW99“ “Infillde 1“ the l cliffe Park village which is the 'LeK‘Slamre- ,officiai residence of leaders of It is expected that most. of this ‘the opposition week‘s sittings will be given over After winding up the federal ACIfOFlheWOVince- Thego"91“"lafternoon at a Liberal tea in m ond reading of the bill Thursday ‘ and Mn. afternoon but the opposition I'd-Iva quested more time to study the m act. The Legislature's next largelsunday mommg item of business is the budget and m , . !earl afternoon a small advis- for the 1963-64 fiscal year IVIthhlory ygmup assembled at Slam “la-Um?" down {ale “"5 wcgk' 1away for what party sources Earner 1“ the sebs‘f’m P‘rem'er said was a discussion of aspects Walter R. Shaw discussed denof the election campaign- ficit financing. saying that some- Sunday was one of the few times it is necessary. For this, . . hi . _ . reason. it is believed that the i :I"m:,?1i31 Msr sgegfg; gaargpgégz government will budget for a de- ' ficit in this fiscal year, Outside the Election Act and; the budget. there does not seem ‘ to be much more for the House to dispose of at its current ses- sion. except legislation amending existing acts. Premier . Shaw said last week that the‘ business of the House may be over in two or three weeks. By JACK BEST RED DEER. Alta. (CPL—So- cial Credit Leader Thompson elling election campaign. He attended lsel‘vices at. ;Churcb. then spenl the rest of lthe chill spring day with his ifamily at their farm home five 1miles south of he ‘ Today. federal PopeJohn Celebrates Palm Sundav VATICAN CITY (APL—Popel John celebrated Palm Sunday. marking the start of Holy Week. . before pilgrims and tourists seckmlz from many lan s Mr Pope .loh distributed them to cardinaisling to recapture the Red Deer} and other high prelates of thelseat for the Conservatives who: church at a service in Si, Pe- held II from 1958 to 1962; Lib-g ter’s Basilica. eral Max dc Hamel, clergyman. up some old friends in the Red Deer constituency where he is re-election. Th. palms symbolize the and New Democratic candidate fronds placed in the path oIlPaul .lcnson. a school teacher. Christ nearly 2.000 years ago: for his triumphal entry into1 Jerusalem before his trial and crucifixion. l Hon Week commemoratesl his suffering and death on the} cross. concluding on Easter. Sunday with Christianity's cele- bration of his resurrection. seizure. ‘ By TOM CLARIDGE BURNABY. RC. (cm Lat" I“ “1" day he appeared ebullient T, C. Douglas at his studio window an blessed nearly 50.000 persons standing in St. Peter's Square In damp chilly weather. an enthusiastic dinner rally in N.Y. Syrup Run this Vancouver suburb that " v i hi. as s i n- CUT gid‘rhc" ‘ .vcar n no I lcs seen “such a ground- AI.BANY. NY. 1M“ The1 swcll of enthusiasm from pco- state a g r i c u l t u r e depart-l pic in all walks of life." ment said Saturday the maple He said that eight weeks ago syrup season in New York State the party decided not to run said cratic party's clcction paign "has Iondcsi expectations." The national NDP loader told .. . hompson is opposed by‘ n blessed palms and ‘ Gordon Towers. a farmer. seckg‘ Writer hours. from 8 am. to 7 p. Six weeks of hard-hitting eleo- .local ‘tion talk have ended and todaylone the voters elect what may beibuff-coiored ballots instead of Canada's c e n t e n nial Parlia- ‘ the greenish-qu the I ERT. Sask. “obstruction.” (CP) —— Prime Minister Diefen- dian economic growth. outlining baker came back to Prince Al- Progressive Conservative party bert early Sunday to await the plans and citing himself as a election verdict on his appeal'man with powerful enemies. In a cold rain—after a iong7cappinlg 13 railslde s day's touring through a sunnylGalt in Kitchener. Stratford. ' he ar- Strathroy and smaller centres. lto consideration of new Election 1 election cam p a 1 g n Saturday 1 ent was prepared to beg"! 590- : Ottawa East constituency. Mr. ‘ earson dined pri- . ter Saturday n i g h t with ‘ ends. The Pearsons rested at home: ‘ ' the 3 far rc. election day.} plans to cast his ballot and look i Anl Saturday night the New Demo-L cam-t far exceeded our‘ would be short. unproductive; any more than 20 candidates in last season'Sj Quebec. But following the Lib- level. The department blamed a ‘ eral party‘s decision to favor combination of prolonged win-Inuclcar weapons for Canad ter. sudden warm weather auditherc had been a "spontaneous and far below warm nights for the sharp cut-‘ outburst" In French Canada for: would suppor back. By the end of March. that the NDP. department reported. ma plel Mr. Douglas 1 l6 PAGES Record Turnout Expected In Today's Federal Vote 3 Party Leaders ' Forecast Win Polls are. open today for 1‘! m. There's tors in. standard time. Innovation for e ones used for 1‘8. osin ast 60 yea Canadians are. g among 1.023 candidates -— the most ever—to fill the 265 seats ‘in the House of Commons of the 26th Parliament. 1 (Continued on page 5. col. 3) Diefenbaker Pou rs Scorn On Gallup Poll Figures Liberal party for parliamentary landing Callas . at Sarni a. Ont. tops from Everywhere. he said major itbis northern Saskatchewan city newspapers now are hedging on iwhere he used to practise law. {their earlier predictions of a Mrs. Diefen-iLiberal ‘ rested quietly aboardiand he was confident of man- their special railway car whereislve support across the country. general majorrty government He poured scorn on the latest Gallup poll prediction. saying The prime minister ended his that the poll had been wrong in lcampaign night as he began it the 1957 election and again in Hive weeks ago -« flailing the 1962. Pearson Has Quiet Sunday > At Home In Ottawa Suburb Liberal 3 minus the train of reporters and p.m, tomorrow to the Confedet-jbeader Pearson spent a quietl photographers which have fol- with Mrs. ’low'ed his lPearson in Stomoway. the oldlfor pictures were turned down. 6;‘stone house in suburban Rock-‘ campaign. Requests avid hockey fan. Mr, lPearson planned to watch the National Hockey League play- off game betwoen Detroit and jChicago on television Sunday night. party sources said. Mr. Pearson. two weeks away from his 66th birthday. was scheduled to cast his vote today in Ottawa East. He has no vote ' ' own constituency—Al: goma East in northwestern On' 10. After voting a few blocks :from his home at the Queen Juliana public school. Mr. Pear— son was schcdul. to pay a visit to national Liberal heada quarters in downtown Ottawa ‘and then spend the afternoon at home SC Party Leader Relaxes I After Gruelling Campaign It's been a Stiff fight and at one stage the Red Deer Social Credit organization. fearing that Mr. Thompson might be in from I relaxed Sunday following a gru-‘ble' sharply increased its cum paign advertising budget. He palm Sunday} won the seat in 1962 with a mar- Bcthany Baptist: gin of about. 3.400 over the Pro- gressive F o n s e r vative cans didate. In a non-stop campaign. the 48-year-old former chiropractor drove himself unsparingly for the last month or so. seeking to bolster Social Credit strength in the House of Commons. Concen- trating on the western prov- inces, which elected only four Social Credit members last barnstormed early morning to late night. He averaged 4'9 ours of sleep. often using the night. hours for travel instead of slumber. Douglas Savs Campaign Exceeded Expectations day's gcncral election. "and un- less something unusual happens I don't think we'll see a ma- jority government," Another minority government wouldn't by any means neces- sarily be a hart thing. "If you got a poor gavel‘nment with a fig majority." he said. "youra stuck with it for five years. "But ' a poor government hasn't a majority it an be pushcd into doing What It mth to do." RESTATES POSITION The NDP leader restated his position against, forming a co- alition with any other party-e “our philosophy ls fundamen- al tally different from that of tho old-line parties." But the ND? :1 governm-t pledged to undertake certain predicted his measures. among them an im- II. production was less than 30 pert party would receive 18 lo 20 per mediate increase in old . cent of last year's total. loom of the popular vote in to- pcnsions to 875 a month. .