weet if It’s. Good For The Island The Guardi ety VOL. LXXIX NO. 187 ian ls For tt : Authorized as Becond Class eorve wet ges) \0 »3*% Prince Edward Island Like: The Dew” ‘ je i 7 Sens eee 508 -«ARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, ALGUST 11, 1966. Maf & Ottawa and {dt pay wook NOT MORE THAN | WEA Variable clourtiness - THER todav with little little change in temperature. Outlook for Friday: cloudy, show TEN CENTS ers. Low-gigh 58-75. 16-PAGES FIRST IN SHOOTING : Canada’s Repres entative Ral Captures Gol By ED SIMON KINGSTON, Jamaica . (CP) — “Canada's Jim_Lee—won a. shoot- tn~ gold medal, Boys of Pickering, Ont, was I%tle- Beverley n | th td place after the first half of the women's tower diving «ad | Canadian fencers reached. the finals of the men's epee event at the British Empire Games, Wednesday : toe, a 30-year-old Vancouver rao-TV technician, won the go’d medal by a single point in|: the- centre fire- pistol match with a total score of 576 points, | Lee shot a magnificent 94 our of a possible- 300 in the” rapid phase af the competition fo win the gold’ At the end -of the—rarher deliberate: shooting” Leo had heen in fifth place hs Anthonys Nobby). Clarke of “Gos port,” Fnzland, : finished with “& J 8 tofal of 575 points for the secs | Se ynd place _ silver- medat-and ‘ Tuliu Machado. of Jamaica won MR. ‘LEE’ Saad onl . v eee bronze. His final team now has produced 2¢- med- Gary MeMahon ef Dartmouth, [als in 52 events—seven golds, 11 WVS.. was fifth with S6¥. - silvers and eight brorfzes. And “It was: Canada's seventh gold Lee's. medal was_the fifth gold nedal of the Games but the one “by “Vancouver entries. +e=-t—in—sheoting—Fuesday,— Dr; For_ Miss Boys, the third- Jules: Sobran of Omemee, Ont., place standing after the com- and- McMahon’ got, second-place pletion of the women's four wiver and. third-place bronze: compulsory diving was a.disap- nedals“in the free pistol event. point The freckle-faced 15 YAVE % MEDALS vear-old hool girl, who -al- The 198 member Canadian ready had ad ss ailver for second ‘force 9 ~ on of Agriculture “ally “fifth year as a Class, B fair, re- | Li CP) Prime Minis- indicated Wednes- OTTAWA: ter Pearson day the government is not un- was a member of the “Common. 7 =“ Huly—starmed=by- the reported wealth and there | PRINCE ALBERT (CP) presence: of Canadian-built Jets in Pakistan: India~ has complained that | Pakistan is building up its air with-F-86 aircraft, which “sald to West Germany ia} and resold to Iran this were 1957 year Mr. Pearson said at. a. press. tonference the. German position | ym the planes is fairly clear: Tf | “hey are in Pakistan it is only ‘or repair and overhaul. But he added thaf he could sot say whether the matter was riosed He did not know whether a reply had -heen. received from Ronn to’a Canadian request for an explanation on. how had“foiind their way to Pakistan, An external affairs depart- ment .spokesman declined to tomment on whether .a_ reply | had been received. NOT SUSPECTED —_Mr Pearson said he * wanted | eral Leader _ Expresses. Views Die the jets | to make -. clear. that not “under suspicion’ Pakistan’ is ,, Pakistan | were no ré- strictions of —_any—kind—an —ex- changes’ of arms. among Com- | {monwealth countries. He sai? Canada had to take into consideration the --situation jin countries “where _arms were going. "T'd hate to give the impres- sion, however, that a. sister | jmember of the Commonwealth lis somehow outside the pale. |: have approved the sale of the jaireraft-, directly to Pakistan, |Mr. Pearson said he could not say—but that there had been | arms sales in the past to both India and Pakistan. Canada-—sold-90_-of the —F-86 d AtGames | real in the gold medal circle. Asked whether Canada would |. {in the springboard, had led the lcompetition last Monday before lit was washed out and ordered ee begin again. Australian and English off | ‘V¢ials had. claimed high winds in- | terfered with their: divers’ form | and protested . officially. The} |Games’ jury of appeal orderen la new start. | Lee, a Chinese'Canadian wh had never shot... comnetitively | until threé_ years ago, joins | Harry Jerome, Ron Jacks, | \Elaine Tanner and Marion Lay, \all of Vancouver, and weight- | lifter Pierre St. Jean of Mont- | Lee started shooting as a youngster, just for ‘something ae to do.” Three years ago he +decicded-<to—try—nisskill on the” competitive range but his ‘sue- cess was only mediocre. | --But at the Games trials, he | | showed -marked. improvement and won a place onthe Cana-— dian team. ny The . slightly. - built Canadien | wears glasses when he shoots. | He is a businesslike shot with no! other hobbies. \* In the rapid-fire competition lin” which contestants fire 30) ishots at 25 metres, Lee. was re- markably cool as he hit the come] tre for 294° In the deliberate | d competition he had*282. : o % In the deliberate firing, | ae shots are fired in 36. minutes on| "Se a bulls-eye target using a 38 | -" calibre pistol. The target has a . \two-inch bull and 10 rings. In rapid fire, 30. shots are taken in six series of five shots each with SQ. seconds per series. ‘Not Surprised > position Leader ioe oe | jsaid Wednesday he is not. sur- | ‘Workers Talks. iprised by Defence Minister Hell- Are ‘Recessed iyer's— statement that —a bigger | ~ extensive to the “second” floors ‘Cc Pr of the building and to the roofs , however, only water damage was reported on the first: floor The fire was thoight ue have originated some where be-. but A blaze which erupted-~at , 10.25 last night- | between the - Bike Shop. and Capitol Tire was extinzuished- defence budget will be sought | approximately next year. “We expected this and I pré=-—TORONTO Ss ee BLAZE ERUPTS | tween: the-two buildings Meecha | | by the City Fire Department ‘his could not be verified. The of both buildings-“The cause trains but carry out such sup- dicted t t ; of. d k 2 ® : Mr. eDiceibene cae Ey a fea Soegheatecnarr rr ad in SEES 45 minutes. damaged was reported to be of the fire was unknown. |porting work as telegraphy, | terview. ‘Food and Allied Workers repre- - Se ee eee Mme peso ee a eres “This is just another example ‘senting’ 5.300 striking workers~ aa aa Pike ’ g, Hing jof the manner in.which the gov- ‘Have been recessed until next They. belong to 18 _ separate jernment carries on its policies. week, a union spokesman. said n unions which have been bar- The announcement was | | Wednesday. : lgaining with the railways in| made with. great pomp and cer-| F. H. Dowling, national di- lthree groups. lemony a year or so ago that as rector of the Pakinghouse Work- '-Two of the roups, represent- la result of new Policies of the ers, said the talks had recessed jgovernment, there would:be a/Friday. He gave no ;reason for ‘reduction in defence expetidi- | the recess, jtures-without there being any! “| expect they will resume ‘reduction-in-the- effectiveness of early next week,” he said. { On Soria Rumors REGINA. (CP) Premier He said the Liberals -must ‘of United States. investment in jets to West Germany on the Canada’s armed forces.’ The strike. against Canada Ross Thatcher said Wednesday Pursue a middle-of-the-road per \Canada, opposed to narrow eco- condition that there would be no, “‘Since then tinkering has Packers, which.started July 30, ee is some thought among icy. “They must: fot ‘be a party’) jnomic nationalism and to high resale without Canadian ap- |taken’ place. “policies on ‘integras| laffect®™ workers in _ Toronto, betas a Liberals of forming. of either the extreme -right or tariffs.”” proval. Ottawa permitted the r4- tion’ and unification have been |Montreal, Charlottetown, __ St. aut ar ate Me; £8 3. the he cae raat eee = rt Liberals now hold. only eight sale to Iran in’ January, . and | advanced. postponed, and now ‘Boniface, Hull, Edmonton, Cal- boxe cane See SL Meee se” f f 70 f 1 he W most of the aircraft now are re-are to be reviewed by Parlia- ‘gary and Vancouver. » Mr. Thatcher was comment- Mr. Thatcher has been a fre-| of 70 federal seats in the West, ported to be in Pakistan. iment this fall. ‘hie Wandnes.- are’ dalliciiey = ina in an interview on a CBC Guent critic of federal Liberal jonly one of them on the Prair- cas see eens : § national newscast Tuesday Policies since his governments | ies, and there has been a defi- ‘LARGE ATTENDENCE Ideal Weather Prevails iss" At Western Exhibition _ : ALBERTON BUREAU OF THE GUARDIAN Ideal weather conditions and perhaps the largest attendance nits forty year history marked he opening of the Prince County Exhibition at Alberton yester- day Premier Alex B:* Campbell, who. officially opened the exhi- ‘tion, termed it. — -‘‘a lovely show. case of the agricultural rommunity.”’ This is the first agricultural ‘air to be opened by Premier Sampbell since he assumed of- fice a‘few weeks ago. He ex- sressed hope that ways will be ound in which the government ind farmers can get together on agriculture; and that the: Federa- will be con- sidered the official voice of the armers. He said the govern- nent attitude is that the resour- ‘es of the province. must be available for the development of | sgriculture. Mr. Campbell offie- weleomed to Prince Ed- ward Island, as well as the ex- hibition, .all out-of-the-provinee pisitors . WW. Curriéy president of the exinhition association. in wel- coming all who were present at the 40th annual exhibition, its the called some of difficuities faced by its founders. He com mended their initiative, ambi- . tien and energy : Mr, Currie introduced the speakers Mayor, Roy Leaid; Hon. Robert FE Camphe ‘Hh: Pros- “per” Arsenault. “MLA: Devwd MacDonald, MP; Hon. Daniel wet bani ¥. MacDonald, minister of agei- sulturé; Dr. L.G.) Dewar, MLAG Robert Grindlay, MLA and Les- er E Wallace. a. past president the... Exhibition——Association and ‘one of its founders Crowds of ‘people tivonzed fair grounds, viewing bits, enjoying the the the exht _ midway, | -games and pony rides and con. versing with friends.’ Business a displays of. farm machinery, sewing machines and jewellery and an information booth. con cerning vocational training all attracted much interest At the judging rinz Shorthorn Lassie Queen, 15-year-old Mar- lene Dollar of ‘Winsloe, gave out prizé ribbons in the eaitio class- es: She-was-assisted “by Princess: ‘Alice Rarrett-of Lot 13. The ~ judging of horses was commenced yesterday and will be completed today. Cattle vc- The number of entries w somewhat less than“ast year. Alden Gamble was the otily exhibitor of shorthorns. and the only “entries of Angus. were. by Harry Lewis Jr. and John Milli- gan. In the Hereford class there was more. competition. Principal exhibitors were ‘Fred C. Ram- say, Herman Smallman, Arthur The grand champion male was shown by Herman Smallman, the reserve champion by Bruce | Carruthers. Mr Carruthers showed. the grand champion fe- male and Fred. C. Ramsay the reserve champion. Mr. Small- man showed the best junior and senior herds and the best get of sire. Mr. Ramsay showed the best progeny of dam. FIELD ROOTS This year's potato champton- - ship was won. by Mrs. Beecher? Smallman with an entryiof s hagos,. with the reserve. .¢hamp- ionship going to Arthur, Cornish | for an‘exhibit of irish cobblers. 'There was a‘gooa exhibit of . po- tatoes. The best- dains were shown by. Clem- 0'= Connor, the best kennebecs by Sylvere-oF: “Arsenanlt” and the. best of other varities’ by Mrs. Elvin Boulter’ and Mrs |H. Doucette. Fitst prizes. for table turnips | ‘went to Mrs oO" MacLeod, for mangels to W.A. Moase and cupied the: judging rint all na s Hudson, and Bruce Carruthers. *) -—-{NSIDE-TODAY- green moun-|. Joseph | per cent across-the-board wage increases and social and job se- curity assurances. .The company which said such a group might election two years ago. ~ jnite breakdown of liaison be- run under a Progressive ban- Ottawa reaction te policies \to.| a a ae ee pore n estern 1 rais e sal has offered - wage incteases_-of | ner. “be formulated by western cee 40 ‘tents an hour over two years | But hé said such a move 3s erals Aug. 12-13 at a special| Tf_the. federal party moves and .benefits amounting to about remote and “I hope jit never Saskatoon conference. may hold moresto the left as a result of b anntan three cents an hour. jhappenss.” the key to future Liberal for-|policies formed -at—the-—national “I'll admit there. Is some |tunes-in the West. jeonvention. Ar. Thatcher would investigating incvenscd comet lnarty thinking here along this) “The Sackation - convention /not deny west Liberals ‘could prices in the Toronto area, line but I'm not sure I agree has only one. objective, to sug- \be forced’ to ae to a_break- Tine ask chaie gacas with it. Any such move would gest policiés that will help Lib- jaway Rroup.\ * taking advantage of the \De @ Teal last-ditch resort and I erals win’ federal seats in the | “But they would stil must emphasize that I and my West.’ lerals, probably under — ro- strike and hiking their prices as much as 15 cents a pound,” son for corn fodder to Mrs. Ivan ‘he said. associates have no such thoughts at this time.” Mr. Thatcher said the think- \gressive Iibe' Liberatbanner.’ jing of western Liberals on tar- | Bowness. Since, the strike ‘started live- AT. THE CROSSROADS \iff policies, equalization grants In sheaf grain awards were \stock prices have remained The premier said the federal and leadership policy will be won for wheat by Charles Lewis, |steady at Toronto. A spokesman ‘Liberal party now ig at the laid down at Saskatoon this for oats by Mrs. Glorice Cormier for a- commission buying house crossroads and must decide to weekend and presented to the and for barley. by Mrs. J. Keir |said .manufacturing grade cat- retreat with the left-wing poli- /national Liberal convention this Ramsay. For seed oats first tle was: the only grade af- cies of Waller Gordon or ad- fall at Ottawa. went to Robert Shaw and for |fected. They have dropped in vance with faith in the Cana-' “We're against left-wing poll- spring wheat to Roger Dunn. price. ‘dian_people. Mrs--William- Mountain” received ——_——_—— nee ee ee = Sees | firsts for both white and color- ‘e SP aT git ee , ed -beans. i is OTTAWA ‘(CP At. least FRUITS AND FLOWERS . 2 seven. construction workers The Cyril Leard and Son FF: tiwere killed and 62 injured when prizes for best collection of fruit Pe e part of a new highway bridge wére won by Mrs. Alvin Webb ~|collapsed Wednesday and - fell and Mrs. ‘Erison MacLeod. Otn er prizes for fruit went to Bar- bara Stetson for best collection /40 feet. into a gorge of the Ri- -|deau River in southwestern Ot- itawa. of apples, to Mrs. Elvin Boulter | Thousands of pounds of half- for plums, to Mrs. John Bar- set cament, which workers be- bour for pears and to Mre. gan Poetfin earlier ‘in the day James Arthur for ‘grapes. The best collection of cut flow- /ers was shown by Mrs. Beecher Smallman. Peter White and’ Mrs. Alvin Webb won the dahlia ion the new Heron Road bridge, carried 70 or so workers into a treed and rocky gully. {* An accurate count of the dead and injured was impossible in awards and Mrs. Loyd Wilkie ‘the early confusion but potice had a first for plant tm bloom. and hospital authorities: listed |The hest ferns were shown by these as dead: \Mrs. Hubert Campbell and Mrs. > Fas ; ; |Heber Profitt, the pest foliage ae bose 49, Corkery, plants by Mrs. James Arthur. Clarence Beattie, about | 50 More than twenty-five varie * Cornwall : : ities were included in the vege- Fi. Gmnat: Cainedeleine: 50. BN: table. collection wien won first Slain bat pe prize “for Mrs. Krison .MacLeod boa aina: oH 50. Ot Other prize winaing collections” } Daminico. Romano, 59. A were shown jhy Mr&.” Robert : ye ; G 1 035, Oulton, Mrs. Réecher Smailman, + reves Gat. uerin, 035, _ Continned on Page 3,-Col, 2 i The séane of twisted steel, plintered. timber, _and__setting _. cement was floodlit late at night TSANG: WOW circus 3 'whilé workmen ,continued Summerside ........-.65.. 3 Searching for any more dead or Deaths Kens. Hieeceey 3 | injured. Work.-was halted three Fditorials see 4 4 \times when some thought they Kings, Queens, City laws 5 \heard moans ne Womern's 6 | Authorities were uncertain . evar iwhether all the workers on the ural churches .;........ 7 | abe -SE ihe RUR oe Thee, eonlanes Sport: ae J a e time o' ec p ‘Finance, markets -10 si a ,were-.accounted for, since the Comics Reece a : ee 45% 94% ‘search was: still going on, fran- ivug eRe : : . |tically. Appeals went out for, all proudly displayed the Prince. County Fixhibition [GlaeMned 5 14, 15 yA A FIRST prize winning pure = er, Royden Shaw, O'Leary, at bred Barred’ Rock Rooster is _ off-duty workers -to report to heir employers. yesterday at Alberton, } land y Start By BEN WARD ; OTTAWA _(CP)--Railway un- lion leaders say’ they are wor- Jried about the possibility of an junauthorized nation-wide walk- out ‘non-operating railway workers. Although officers of fons “are working~ on a_ joint strike date during the first week jof September, some feel : there lis: only~"a 50-50 ‘chance their. ‘members will hold out that long. | “They're fed up with wait- \ing."’ a headquarters official at ithe Canadian _ Brotherhood. of (Railway, Transport eral -Workers said Wednesday. | “I’m afraid one little spark a set a striké going like wild- fire right across the country.” Other union spokesmen said ithe same attitude’ is | prevalent jamong their rank-and-file mem- \bers. [| STAGED WALKOUTS week 3,000 freight and workers in. Montreal Toronto staged _wildcat walkouts that threatened: at one point. to. spread-to- other. centres before union officers got the sit-~ uation under control. “We might not be so fortunate the next-time,”” one union of- ficer said after returning here from an emergency ‘trip. ‘to =!Montreal: “The fuse is gecting I shorter- every — time.” | There have been-a half-dozen other wildcat strikes on the rail- ways in the Jast year All have involved. the ‘“‘non-ops’’—thosze who do hot actually operate the | Last express jing all’ unions excent the CBRT ireceived and ejected a con- iciliation board: report last month! which” proposed--wage increases of ‘between 40 and 43 cents an hour spread over two years. A. strike vote is being taken and. will be completed around Atig. 20. : . REPORT : MADE A separate conciliatica’ report ‘on the CBRT’s dispute with the’ CNR was received by the labor department Wednesday and will be: made public ioday. This un ion’s 21,000 members have al- ready authorized their leaders ito’call a strike if tne report is unsatisfactory. .- : ' The unions have demanded wage increases ranging from 55 cents to more than $1 an hour. They. now. average $2.22. an ib- hour the non-ops are in strike action Leaders of hoping to unite The $2,500,000 -brid ge. ns which work began Jast fall, was being built by a \number of} ‘firms, sub-contracted to Gaff- |e ney Construction. of \ Stanford, Ont The bridge-actually a ‘pair of bridges carrying three lanes of | traffic, each_-was to span\ the Rideau River and canal from the vicinity of the central ex- |perimental farm. , One 150-foot span of the south-\ ernmost or\ east-bound — bridge First word of the collapse was given John David McKay, 20. a taxi driver, who was flagged down while on the, way to the airport A’ man with a. foteiayr avernt blurted out ‘fire, police: armbu- lance’ Help was called on the taxi radio “When T arrived. it chaos.’ said ‘police « constable Paul Cecire. 28 “Injured. men were running around — scream- innit! Civie Hospital, two mites from the hridge. sent teams of doe- tors..and.—interns—and—-set—up emergency. wards’ in. lecture roomns and part of Its maternity ward. * Sydney G. -Anderson, assist- ‘ant hospital: director, said three men were dead in the hospital and he had heard of one more at the stene. Fifty Wen were examined at the Civie. At least three. others iwere taken to General HosjAtal downtown. The bridge contrsetor was) \Gaffney Construction of Stan- later this month by 98,000 and Gen-: _ ‘Our members aren't likely tered “Tenolgh tagmeet-ne with the Reatkorised of .Raft road Trainment which is. bar ‘gaining for 20,000 conductors -and.brakemen.. But conciliation teport is not. yet filed and strike action is illegal until seven days after a report the un-vis filed. All of the non-ops will be- t a legal position: to strike after. midnight next Wednesday nigh when the _CBRT's seven-day cooling-off period expires. - Several of- the unions havg called regional meetings in re ‘cent. weeks, ostensibly cuss conciliation _proceedings with their locals but actually -aimed -at- discouraging the idea of an unauthorized strike: “It's a tense sitdation,”” ar official of the International As sociation of Machinists reported. “These men have been work- ing without-a contract since last December and they don't want vy more delays. If it hadn't gen for the summer vaction ind we'd be out on the ied s | right now.’ WON'T. WORK TR RAINS. A BRT executive “added: te bolt..alone, but if the non-ops go out they’ re not going to work the trains.’ -Outwardly there cern: in’ the government about ithe pending rail crisis. Labor © Minister Nicholson—:1s on a European holiday: trip and won't be -back ‘until next Mon- day night. Transport Minister Pickersgill is holidaying in his Newfoundland riding. However, . the cabinet is of ‘ported to have worked out ‘a- plan to’ call a of Parliament strike starts. ‘The government bas assumed it will get up te a week's notice of any strike deadline, ample time to send notice to members of Partis ‘ment and put the finishing itouches on a compulsory -arbl- tration bill. +. : : There is no‘thorizht of seek ing a settlement through a mediator. Ne = This timetahbte -w Se he spat if railway workers de te ignore their -leaders and stage an_ unauthorized strike. It probab!v would meas a long strike with the same: end result—an ordet from Parlta- special session if a_ railway cided ;ment to get back to werk There is some talk that® the non-ops might defy such an cr- der unless the terms of com pulsory arbitration come close their ce mands . Barring that, the workers could protest hy a ‘work-te rule’ campaign that would slow train movements tf a craw! and he almost effective as an all-out strike. AtLe dest Saven Men Killed When Bridge Collapses _ “ford. Ont. and consulting if engineer and Peciice was M. MK Dillon of Ottawa A city engineer said about 179 met lwere working on the project. Ne immediate catise of the collapse! was reported. ° Within minutes the rwer bank was swarming with men> some injured and dying. others -run- ning te help. Police sent. out calls for all available doctors, ambulances and_ off-duty work- érs..and appeals for the general public to stay away. The RCAP ‘flew in-a rescue helicopter te help\move men out of the 29rd and ok hospital Credit squeeze’ Beginning Bite was real, LONDON. (Reniers The British gévernment's credit squeeze is herring fo Arte hard at home in ‘the. drive. to bolster the pound hanting sources said ghere Wetlnesda: +~Fhe--Rank—of-Fratand ss directive to the country's\ oor banks, requesting them tr Cut back ‘on overdrafts to alk bor rowers. except - those « directly concerned in export production, represents. a further sharp tightening of: the deflatinnary screw Most of the \main hank: have already hit the Joan ceifing. im posed. by the gavernment, re- stricting “them to not more than ifive per cent abore their: Aevet jot March, 19}, 4 ‘ 4 the BRT’s- to. dis. is little con- — Be a ~~ ~- ut Soon Union Officers” Are Concerned.