y If it’s Good For The Island The Guardian Is For It - Mrs. Marie Thalen gives her two-year-old son Talbot-a hug at their Toronto home Friday, a ‘month after Thalen “died” for six. minutes. sue hey es rushed “to 2 ‘erento. heepital UR ce Last OTTAWA {(CP)—A strike call DEAD’ BOY NOW FULL OF LIFE Aug. 15 unconscious and ip deep shock. Shortly after ar- riving, Talbot’s heart stopped beating for :six minutes but he was revived by & team of heart » specialists. A pediatrician said - ment “within the next few jw effective at 3-p.m.—EDT- today hours.” went out to CBC. technicians Friday but a’ mediator said he is hopeful a contract settlement will be reached before the watk- out starts. Leaders of- the “National Asso- |; ciation of Broadcast Employees and Technicians union the call after last-ditch contract | _ talks with the publicly-owned : ern @ Snited Nations not to meddle in -amniversary of “Communist con But Bernard Wilson, assistant deputy labor minister.called in by both sides to mediate the talks. said after the break-off that he was hopeful of a settle-. He would continue meet- ings with CBC it. in an attempt to revolve the issue. immediate casualty if the 1,850 INABET. technicians with the Lorv oe VAVLI0 CBC Strike Scheduled. Today: ‘Minute Talks Ben Held bi ~— effects an TV and. radio rote, mively trom coast to coast. = |issvED STATEMENT Timothy O'Sullivan, chairman, led his delegates out of the meeting room about 3:30 p-m. EDT. He issued a one-sen- tence statement saying the strike call had been sent out, leading to the assumption the negotiations had foundered. The strike call came after three days of meetings between union delegates and a CBC team under Clive McKee, direc- < CBC walk out. But a strike also tor of industrial and talent re- lations. Communications Blackout May Hide Inez T ragedies MIAMI, Fila. (AP) — Hurti-|the Dominican Republic, at least worst human iraakae of all. eane Inez attacked Cuba with screaming wind: of 138 miles an hour, 88 bodies had been counted on the islands On the Barahona Peninsula: of were reported dead and all country the island of eee with the Dominican Republic, fallen blackout that: may be Sy the Chou Warns United Nations Not To Meddle In Viet Nam, By VERGIN BERGER PEKING (Reuters) — Pre- mier Chou Enlai, addressing a |yi banquet Friday night on the eve of Communist China’s National Day celebrations, warned — the — the Viet Nam question. As, final preparations were made in the streets of the capi- tal for the biggest parade ever staged here, Chou welcomed prominent. Chinese -leaders and, foreign guests at a reception and banquet marking the 17th trol of China. After hailing the country’s achievements as a great vic- tory for Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse - Tung’s jl thought and praising the work of the current cultural revolu- tion in cleaning up ..‘all the’ muck left over by the old so- ciety,” Chou turned’ to Viet Nam. ‘d “In collusion with modern Te- visionism (Chinese terminology for Soviet leaders) United Nam question. The heroic a se people will never [Floods “appeared certain’ to have taken a gréat toll of lives. STORM SWINGS NORTH - A high pressure ridge to the north, which had held the storm ion a westerly course,.was weak- ening and Inez was swinging into a long curve northward that was. expected to keep her clear of the U.S. mainland. But, as hurricane-hunting air- craft waited for Inez to emerge into the Atlantic off Cuba’s north coast, the Bahama: Islands appeared in peril. . Inez had blasted Haiti with top winds of 160 miles ah hour, which probably reached a much higher velocity as they funnelled through the .Valley- of Death, a deep gorge between Haiti's tow- ering mountain ranges. Cuba’ faced an agricultural disaster as well as human suffer- ing.. Rich tobacco crops: om a at a mass rally here Sept. "Thea Mao and Defence Minister , Lin Piao, new No. 2 People. They saw 500 teen-age Red. Guards open the proceed- States imperialism, which is at jings by marching on to the the end of its tether, is- using |stage loudly reading out quota- the - United Nations to hatch |tions from Mao's writings in new peace, talk plots,” Chou junison. The youths sang several songs ‘praising the — » |which Cuba relied ‘heavily’ in ‘the struggle to keep its economy £0- |. ing were ripening in the fields as Inez struck. Premier Fidel Castro; Presi | dent Osvaldo Dorticos and mem- bers of the Cuban cabinet flew to. Oriente to take charge of month— |safety measures, including evac- |: uation of thousands of persons <— by tides up to. 10 feet At Guantanamo City, Santiago and other cities and -towns if cations and electrical failed. INSIDE TODAY NABET }. Inez’ path, telephone communi-. power + uve is Prince Edward Island Like The Dew?” CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, aren OCTOBER 1, 1966. encase aps ‘Leaves Two By. HAROLD MORRISON LONDON ‘(CP)—Lord Thom- son, GREATEST DREAM ACHIEVED Influential London Times the, Thomson empire came as a \mighty shock to London's Fleet Canadian-born::; publisher, Street which had been agog ‘sonal é Bought By Lord Thomson basis for the first time and shifted the long-familiar. per-.; advertisements . columns | Friday achieved his greatest | iwith rumors of a take-over all |to inside pages. dream, gaining majority control ,|of The Times, Britain’s most in- fluential newspaper. The London daily, established 181 years ago and often de- scribed as the pillar of the- Brit- | {ish establishment, will come un- |!!!€ der the domain of the Thomson lorganization in an agreement under which the morning Times ‘land Thomson’s Sunday Times will enter into joint control. In effect, Thomson, whose son - {Kenneth will sit on the new board, will have 85 per cent of the shares of the new company. 7, The Astor family, headed Gavin Astor, chairman of The new organization, Sir William Haley, The Times’ veteran edi- tor, will move upstairs to be- come chairman. SON VICE-CHAIRMAN Toronto-born Kenneth Thom- son, 43, oe of Thomson bY Hays _|Lord Astor of Hever, will retain ‘115 per cent. iday. Thomson, ipreviously to gain -control of iThe Times but failed. | Thomson said he considered jhis role.in the new venture as “the. greatest privilege of my ife. “National newspapers today cannot survive in isolation— they need exceptional skills and research of all kinds.” }COST NOT DISCLOSED The cost of the takeover was not disclosed. But it will be a ymulti-million-dollar figure, ad- ding to Thomson's planned out- in the establishment of two new evening newspapers in the London area next spring. The Times, whése circulation had remained stagnant at 250,- 000 daily, took on new life last May when Astor put news on the front _ Page on a permanent lation at about 300,000 daily. But the Astor family was still reported to be in somefinan- reported to be in some finan- cial difficulty. PRAISES ASTOR Thomson said he was a great admirer of “Phe Times as a newspaper and its special post- tion throughout the world which now would be safeguarded ‘‘for all time.” He praised Lord: Astor of Hever for. giving his~© warm blessing \to the new arrange- m pledged that the in- dependence of The Times will be maintained. -- i Following the Thomson-Astor announcemnet, the board of trade — a government depart- ment—said the srongeet. mer- (Continued on page 3, col, 4) TV_ Actor Drowned _ LIMA ‘(AP)—Eric Fleming, an. American ener actor, was drowned in a remote river in Peru’s. back country while |. arta a jungle’ picture, the |U-S embassy announced. Fri- iday. , Fleming, 41,. was-on location in the Tingo Maria area, 340 \miles ‘northeast of Lima. Fleming, star. of the ° televi- 72, had tried| Latest figures indicate circu-|sion series Rawhide, was lost iwhen his canoe capsized in the swift - flowing Huallaga River Wednesday. at Crash At Summer: 1 en Dea Accident Scene In St. Eleanors : WEATHER | Clear and winds becoming southwest 151 Lowi 45 and 58. Sun- day: mostly “sunny and cool, 14 PAGES SUMMERSIDE _ Two: young ‘men .are dead following a two- car head-6n collision just outside ‘the ‘town limits of Summerside in the village of St. Eleanor’s late Friday. night. Clifford Doucette, believed- to be 20 years old, of Miscouche, ly 20 years of age, of Summer- side, were killed instantly. . The crash occurred in front of Riot Force Cut In Half SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—The California national guard with- drew half its riot control forces from San Francisco, Friday with order hopefully restored in two violence-shaken Negro districts. Riots iad flared for two nights after a white policeman. shot and killed a Negro youth. In Friday’s calm, government and business leaders spurred drives to produce jobs as a cure for the “Negro: unrest. O’Brien’s store in St. Eleanor’s ‘at about 11.40 p.m. Doucette was proceeding along Notre Dame Street, while Wright was heading east on South Delve, St. Eleanor’s. Involved in: the eens. were a 1963 Ford, operated by: Doucet- te, “and a‘ 1955 or 1956 Ford; operated by Wright. — The accident: occutred near @ three-way intersection, where Water Street, Summerside, runs® and Blois Wright, also reported-| in a curve into South Drive, St. Eleanor’s, and Notre Dame Street meets the curved road at a junction. The accident is being inves- tigated by the Sumffierside de- < tachment of the RCMP. There was no immediate decision on an inquest. Committee By CARMING CUMMING OTTAWA (CP)—A Common- wealth committee on trade and GordonRetires From CNR lewspaper: Ltd., controlling the Canadian end of the Thom: | son empite, will be vice-chair- | man "pera Thomson said his- gon. nae eae ee, ee | Seite to look after eases gig ge Times Newspapers Ltd. — to the new by the Tuppeed ‘anit Re, ceartin ich ak Canadian Aid For Search LONDON (Reuters) — Brit- ain’s ministry of: defence asked the Canadian air - sea rescue service Friday night to search for two British rowers missing in the Atlantic. David Johnstone, 34, and John Hoare, 29, set out Norfolk, Va., May 26 to row the Atlantic in their 15-foot boat Puffin. They were last seen Aug. 11, when halfway across. Since then the master of a British ship has reported sighting an up- turned boat which resembled Ce in design and color, . ministry spokesman said Friday night the area was ‘‘well tside the range Effective At End Of Year OTTAWA (CP)—Donald Gor. don, Canada’s highest-paid — and best-kn retive ype. gy of the CNR, Mr.. Gordon will be replaced in both posts by his executive vice - president, Norman J. MacMillan, 57, a lawyer and CNR executive since 1937.. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Pearson’s of- fice Friday. The cabinet set Mr. MacMil- lan’s salary at $75,000, the same as Mr. Gordon’s -and $30,000 higher than the prime minis- ter’s indemnity. ‘Mr. Gordon, a_ blunt-spoken, bold administrator who reorgan- ized the publicly-owned railway from top to bottom, will reach the retirement age of 65 Dec. 11. His latest three-year term ex- pired Friday, but the cabinet extended his term to the end of. this year. This is in line with a CNR rule requiring employees to retire at the end of the month in which they turn 65. WANTED TO RETIRE Mr. Pearson, in Toronto Fri- ay, said in a statement issued . st after 17 yea of our aircraft |by his office that Mr. Gordon _ jand comes within the ambit of |had expressed a desire to retire Canadian air - sea rescue jin accordance~ with the com- area. “We have accordingly alerted alerted, all shipping, the ‘weather ship Delta, in the North Atlantic.” ipany’s pension - rule. The prime minister praised try with tireless devotion. Mr. Gordon had reorganized — _ the public servant, will ‘and board chairman | DONALD GORDON results” and had won an envi- able reputation around the world. “His wartime accomplish- ments as chairman of the prices and trade board are legend,” Mr. Pearson said. The‘ prime minister said Mr. MacMillan has an outstanding knowledge of the transportation lindustry and has been deeply linvolved in the reorganization them in Halifax. We have also |Mr. Gordon as ‘‘a great Cana-\and modernization of the CNR. inesie dian,” who had served his coun- | | Mr. ‘MacMillan was born at \Bracebridge, Ont.; and educated Mayors and. Municipalities a. + yesterday and: continues to: day, are (FROM LEFT) H.A. Lawless, a director of the Can- ‘in Winnipeg, \ where he gradu- MAYORS DISCUSS PROBLEMS AT SUMMERSIDE - Chatting at the units meet- which began. in Summerside ing of the Federation of P.E.I. . adian: Federation of Mayors and . Municipalities; . Mayor” George A. Key of. Summer. side; Mayor Walter Cox of aid .heard warnings Friday that. too - many students who’ poorer countries for training never come home again. But delegates to the Common- wealth Parliamentary Associa- tion conference from India and Uganda, suggested the richer countries are discriminating “menial servants” if they want to learn. He suggested that the Com- monwealth set up standards to Elrecognize the level of progress ee ot a from other coun- Tne Stephen McAdden, a blunt- spoken Conservative. member of Parliament from Britain, Sa|said too many. students from NORMAN MacMILLAN School in, 1934. JOINED As COUNSEL After three years in private practice, he joined the CNR le- gal department in Winnipeg, moving to Montreal in, 1943 as assistant general solicitor. He ‘became general counsel two years later, vice-president in 1949 and executive vice-presi- dent in 1956. During. the- Second World War, he was on loan to the fed- eral government helping to ad- (Continued on page 3, col. 5) the poorer. countries are end- ing. up, permanently in the rich ones. SAIGON (aP)—A senting of 2,500 U.S. troops dropped South Viet Nam’s regular armed forces to second place numeri- cally Friday behind committed American units. The United States, which once limited its Viet, Nam military activity to advice and support for the- Saigon war effort, now has -317,500 uniformed men di- rectly involved. The buildup continues. Though Premier Nguyen. Cao Ky’s government : lists 705,000. South Vietnamese under arms, Charlottetown; and Mayor Bruce H. Yeo, Montague, pre- the bulk are militiamen, na- tional police and irregulars. The American roll. topped by 500 the 317,000 South Vietnamese regu- E llars in the fight against the Viet Cong guerrillas and their North Vietnamese supporters. Dominating action of the day were U.S. air raids against en- emy targets in and near the 80- Considers Student Aid Problem not playing musical chairs and giving the -prizes to the wrong people.” BRITAIN DEPENDENT Sir Stephen said the British hospital system would collapse if it were not for doctors from India, Pakistan and. other Com- monwealth countries. On the other hand, British doctors were being attracted to Canada ar, ‘‘for all I know,” perhaps .C .nadian di were going on to the Uni States. Peter Howson, Australia’s ‘minister of aii: said he agreed fully with. Sir- Stephen that. the “on”-technical- training and education should be in the nee iy where the person is to Countries such as- to |should put stress on oe teachers overseas rather bringing in students, he oo One problem was that teach- in cake they might lose pension rights or other advantages of this sort. -Mr. Howson said he thought the: “biggest bang for a buck” in aid spending came from the “T wonder if perhaps we're peace corps. type of service. Americans In South Viet Nam |Exceed Vietnamese Force railway with “highly effective ated from the Manitoba Law called demilitarized “zone be- tween North and South Viet Nam. B-52 and. lighter, bombers struck in- support of 5,000- odd U.S. marines in Operation Prairie, a two-month-long drive in which 983 North Vietnamese regulars -have been reported killed. ? Informed - sources said North Vietnamese are still pouring south directly across the one- time buffer territory, delineated in the Geneva accord of 1954, and the biggest conflict of the in monsoon winds starts sea- sonal rains in that area next month. With three or four fresh en- emy -battalions recently ‘identi- fied in the-field, some sources said the..marines and South Vietnamese battalions regularly based near the zone will have to be reinforced. Red Youth iIn Mini-Skirt Deal By JOHN WEYLAND MOSCOW (AP) — The modi- ‘fied mini-skirt was introduced here Friday. The All-Union House of Fash- ion, arbiter of style. in the So, viet Union, featured skirts up to three inches above the knee in its fall collection. Hemlines here had been kept discreetly. low, reaching the knee. Foreign girls who turned up here in mini-skirts drew in- credulous stares. Old people could be heard muttering in dis- approval. “That’s sure to change now. The house of fashion models swished by at the showing in one short skirt after another. Some hems went down to the top of the knee, but the trend “Iwas definitely up, up, up It looked as if once again the Soviet authorities had given in sident of the Island federation. jt youth. acpi odin pacha 4 ‘\, Official morality ‘in the coun- . ; \ Wins Out conservative, . resisting Nein fads as decadent. But iteen-agers, students and young working people are avid to get such. things, and ‘have a way of--winning out.in the end. Jazz once was banned. Now it’s everywhere. Then there was the twist. Now it’s apparently the turn for mini-skirts. GETS OFFICIAL STAMP A deputy minister of light in- dustry, I. G. Barabanov, was on hand for Friday’s showing, giving an official stamp to the occasion. Women in the audi- ence chatted excitedly among themselves, Men stared. . The highest high heels worn by’ the models were about 2% inches, ‘and they were not stiletto-thin. The géneral em phasis. was on looseness, none of a curves pend lined. The models slim girls. Australia . war. may. shape up when. a shift . ers were reluctant to go abroad . 1 vot am