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Comparing opinions follow- __{ing a panel “discussion: on “Emergent Africa’, which featured’ a general meeting of the P.E.I. Branch’ of* the United ‘Nations Association “ast. night, are Raja Gopal, (Left), teacher at Queen Char-

HOUSE STANDINGS ‘UNCHANGED

PC Pluralities Are Cut

@RORONTO (CP) — The Pro- | Conservative 71, Liberal - and, mier Robarts expresed satis-. . gressive -Conservative wand At (formerly CCF) .

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Liberal candiiates, however fut sharply into pluralities at- tained by Conservatives in the 1959 general election.

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seat of Renfrew South, all in .. Qlose. races.

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fmproved showing over 1959. A Liberal - Labor candidate also Tetained- Kenora, in north-west- ern Ontario, with a larger plu- - ality.

New Democretic Party can- didates, making their first tests at the Ontario polls, did not produce a strong —o except in Toronto Beaches but ema drew more votes than

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“Covers Prince Edward. Island Like The Dew” ~€HARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1962.

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PWC Principal Is Named | Islander Of The Year

Dr. Frank MacKinnon, rom ‘cipal of Prince of Wales Col lege, was honored Thursday as} “Islander of the Year’ for ‘96! for his “behind- the scenes” work in the decision to erect the Fathers of Confederation yMem- orial Building in.Charlottetowa Dr. MacKinnon was awarded the honor by a panel of three Island judges consisting of Mr. Fustice George J. Tweedy, Char- Jottetown;. Mayor W.A. . Currie, Summerside and Judge JS DesRoghes, Montague. The award is sponsored, yearly by The Evening Patriot. In announcing the\winner the | judges said in a written cite tion: “Working' chigfly "behisia floor, five major fields~.were | the scenes and witf0ut fanfare . (See stoty on page | (Dr. MacKinnon) was chiefly ~ responsible for the arrangement) whieh led to the decision ‘to er- ect a worthy structure in Chas- lottetown as-a, memorial to the 1864 meeting Here ‘at which | the || preliminary: steps ‘to making Canada a nation were laid.”

‘ALMOST INCREDIBLE’

The judges described this achievement as “almost incred- ible’’ and said it ‘dwarfs any other advancement or accom-

‘At that time he will receive a’ token plaque for his permanent | ‘possession and his name will be | inscribed on’ a larger plaque which. will be put on display.

Capt. Carl F. Burke of Char- iofietown, managing director of

aritime Central Airways was ‘the award winner in 1960 while | Lieutenant-Colonel FE.W. John Stone of Burlington won award in 1959. ,

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Montgomery ‘Hall at Prince of Wales. College. SANTO DOMINGO (AP)

In arriving at their decision) The voice of Dominica radio the judges adhered to. the sug-| station announced Thursday plishment of amy other Islander _gestion that the award showd night that strongman Gen. Pe- during 1961.‘ . | fo “to that person who, during | dro Rodriguez Echavarria has Further the judges noted that! 1961, best ad the ri been takén prisoner and that the

-Jottle High School; Rey. Dr. Francis Bolger, chairman of ‘history department, St.. Dun- stan's University; and Bruce Hodgins, chairman of the his- tory department of Prince of Wales College.- Upwards of | 100 persons attended the meet-

“ig, which was-chaired by sie | Hodgins. During the panel, : which consisted of dicusssion by the panel members alone and of questions fram: the

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Dr.- MacKinnon received na. | able to serve a worthy \Jsland | ousted state’ council is to be re- tional attention for ’ book | Purpose. instated:

“The-Pélitics- of Edue "and | TO RECEIVE yPLAQUE The announcement.came 48 aiso pointed. out his role ih the | - The award to Dr. MacKinnon hours after’ the al dis- planning* and construction of | will be ae at presentation | solved the couneily and set up a

Consumer Price Cut

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“Vote Results :

By THE CANADIAN PRESS | New Conservative members Following are vote figures in of the legislature are Leonard

Thursday's Ontario byelec-| Reilly, 49-year-old businessman, tions: |in Toronto Eglington; John Har- | ris, 43, a sales manager, in Tor-

1.485 onto Beaches, and Conlin Mul~ vihill, , 34-year-old lawyer, who

yo took -Renfrew South by only 65 | votes,

For the Liberals, 33-year-old 943| Robert, Nixon, son of the late Stan Bullock (NDP) . 798 | Harry. Nixon who won 12

TORONTO sacziren” elections and sat a record 42 Leonard Reilly (PC) 11,383 | years in the legislature, neid Jean Newman. (L) 11,200| his father’s riding of Brant. Eamonn mate (NDP) 2,529 | Lawyer Robert Gibson, 30, suc-

RENFREW SOUTH ‘ceeds the late Albert Wren of | Conlin Mulvihill (PC) 6,964 | Kenora.

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Crowds spilling joyfully ‘into the streets at the announcement, shouting: ‘‘Liberty! Liberty!”

Tanks, roared through streets of the capital to ringing

-| cheers resounding from baicon- ies.

Freighter Suerte Said Total Loss

HALIFAX (CP) Salvage | company . officials said Thurs-

BRANT Robert Nixon (L) Garnet Brown (PC) Robert Good (NDP) BEACHES — John Harris (PC) 5199 Donald MacGregor (L)"

MONTREAL (CP) — Dairy) blished on fluid mild production, Farmers of Canada. faced with| based on each farmer's produc a mountainous stockpile of sur- | tion in 1961.

plus butter. estimated at some | The group urged that fluid | day -night the freighter Suerte, 200,000,000 pounds, recom-| producers’ surplus milk be sold) aground on a reef 15 miles east mended Thursday: that the ‘ed-|at the prevailing price in the of here, will never .be freed.

Leonard Quilty (L) 6,899; In the five seats involved, the Fal government cut the’ retail! open market. The freighter ran aground off

Len Laventure (NDP) 1,339 | rvatives won 49.85 per Price by 14 cents a pount with-| The _ dairy farmers recom-| Three Fatham Harbor Jan. 8 in

KENORA of popular vote’in the | out reducing the farmer's sup- | | mended that the federal govern- a dense fog. The 28-man crew |

(88 of 141 polls) 198 elec while the Liberals port price of 64. cents. ment continue: its present ex-| was taken off the. next day by

| Robert Gibson (L) 5,193| got 37.61, the CCF 1254. The The resolution was passed port assistance ‘payment of four helicopters. She is in such shal-

Kennedy Sends Congress Record Peacetime Budget

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WASHINGTON dent Kennedy Thursday pre- sented what he terméd a pru-

* templates a drop in the rate to four per cent

nuclear war as less Smallpox Cases - Jumo In Britain |

(Reuters)

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lems at the 350,000 -_ member | group’s annual rifeeting here. (a support price on skim milk | A dairy farmers’ official es | powder of 12 cents a pound, ot | | timated the 14-cent consumer | | alternatively to providé an ex- | subsidy would cost the govern-| port payment on all exports saf- | | ment some $49,000,000 a year, | | ficient to maintain the domes- | | based on current production. tic price at 12 cents a pound. | A report noted that New Zea-. The group petitioned the gov-| THE HAGUE — land butter sold in London last | ernment -to establish ‘a federal lands accepted United Nations May for ~-31.25 cents a pound | standard for milk, defining its| ; Acting Secretary - General U. | wholesale in United States cur-| content of fat and non - fat! Thant’s offer of good offices in likely than lesser scale Commu- | If the treasury winds up ‘with | | rency, while Canadian butter! solids. It urged that no milk be) its disput with Indonesia nist aggression. , It promises to | the anticipated surplus, the na-| was selling in Montreal at 64.40 allowed te be offered for sale| proposed that he se: teach out more vigorously to- | tional debt will go down by | cents in U.S. funds. * | below this standard unless! to New Guinea, where oppos opposing ward the moon and Venus. nearly $50,000,000 to $294,920,-| The dairy farmers recom-| clearly labelled as skim milk or | naval forces already have fought | 000,000 on June 30, 1963. mended that _be esta-'a skim milk product. one engagement. ;

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MONTREAL (CP) - The

| Dairy Farmers of Canada have | down to dollars and cents.

By DON HANRIGHT age pensions, possible Senate

grants were unveiled Thursday |

in a throne speech whose lack |

of surp: in no way lessened | its potential appeal to the| voters.

Also announced were acreage |

4 payments for droughi-stricken

farmers, steps leading to

| power grid,

a floodway for Manitoba, and a new car ferry between New-|

; foundland and Nova Scotia.

elected six new members to, The old age pension now is/|

their 27-man board of ‘directors. payable tmeveryone at age 70

L.. Bailey of | Max Hofford, Gen Cole,

Elected. were: J. Clover Bar, Alta. ; Bowsman, Man.;

Bewdley, Ont.; Wilton Honey, Waterford, Ont.; Marcel Dubuc, Nicolet, Que.; and Roland Me-

| Donald, Southport, P.E.I.

They replace J. K. Thom of Lethbridge, Alta.; house, Winnipeg; W. B. Réttie, Fergus, Ont.; Hyde Park, Ont.; Montreal;

Ontario and Quebec, the lead- ing dairy producers, hold sit,

posts each on the board of sae pel recent speculation that | | Prime Minister Diefenbaker wilt

350,000-member organization:

The four Western provinces have two directors each and the three Maritime provinces one each. Newfoundland is not rep- resented.

The board of directors is to meet today to elect a. president and a five-man executive com- mittee.

Feuding Princes

_Are Deadlocked

GENEVA (AP) — The three feuding princes of Laos again were deadlocked Thursday over efforts to form a united govern- ment. New outbreaks of fighting were reported from Laos itself,

Western diplomats were dis- mayed by the princes’ failure | to make any progress toward agreement. Some feared the im- passe could lead to a new civil war-in the Southeast Asia jungle kingdom. —

| put before you.’

is $55 a month. There has been widespread speculation that the government intends to raise it to $65—a $10 increase estimated to cost the treasury around $120,000,000 a year.

PULL UP OTHERS Pulled up at the same time

Costs of these are shared with

provinces. The speech appeared to dis-

call an immediate federal gen- eral election. The guessing had wavered between a spring, sum- mer or fall election. On the basis of Thursday's speech, carly” summer or fall became the favorite with many.

The speech's only reference to the Senate was “a measure relating to the | Senate will be * There was no linkling of what the measure may be.

Mr. Diefenbaker has at Senate reform in recent weeks. Speculation has been that the Senate’s handling of money bills may be changed, or that an age limit may be put on the $10,000-a-year post now held for life.

TOUCHY PROBLEM

As forecast, the government also said it will ask Parliameat to set up an independent tom- mission for a decennial redis- tribution of Commons ridings,

hinted

American Moon Shot Is Scheduled Monday

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla literally and figuratively

“shoot for the moon’ next week

, to boost the 727-pound payload (‘AP)—The United States plans aloft on the 66-hour trip to the

in what could be its most 1fM- |

portant...period of the young space age. Undergoing final checks on!

launching pads here are a trio of powerful rockets designed to boost the first American into orbit about the earth, to land a package of instruments on the moon and to hurl five satellites aloft simultaneously.

The “‘big one” is Wednesday's scheduled attempt to rocket as- tronaut John H. Glenn into an orbit which will whip him three times around the world at alti- tudes up to 150 miles in 4% hours.

But no less important to space scientists scheduled Monday, quintuplet satellite firing, set for Thursday.

‘An Atlas Agena-B rocket is

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committee to handle the touchy problem as in the “past, Without elaboration, speech said at one point: “My government plans to te |commend to you a number: af measures that will constituie | further steps in working out the. purposes of Confederation and identifying more. clearly the

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renewed aid tor | Canadian nationality in various | business municipal winter works, a rail-| aspects of public and bu

way for Quebec’s Gaspt region, |

affairs.”

In thit context, the speech | said Parliament will be asked

, to implement recommendations

| of the royal commission on pub- lications — with modifications.” Mr. Diefenbaker said as much a~few weeks ago; left unan- swered Thursday was which what modifi- cations

You will be asked te increase the federal grants to universi- ‘ties and make suitable provis- ion in those cases where alter- native arrangements are made for supplementary provincial grants in lieu of federal grants. Other measures will be intro- duced to amend the Broadcast- ing Act, the Canada Shipping Act, the Canadian National Rail- ways Capital Revision Act, the Bankruptcy Act and a number of other statutes. You will be asked to approve the ratification of the universal copyright con- vention.

PROPOSE CEILING

Also proposed was a higher ceiling—now at $200,000,000—on loans which the government casa ‘make to finance exports of capital goods and equipment through the Exports Credits In- surance Corporation

The scope of the Small Busi- ness Loans Act -- under which the government guarantees bank loans for renovation and modernization of business pre- mises—also will be broadened, the speech said

Only specific measure of im mediate benefit to the Atlantie Provinces was the proposal te set up an auto ferry service pe tween Newfoundland and Caps Bréten—-more particularly, be tween Argentia and North Syd- ney It will mean building a ferry and docks

Submitted to Parliament wii) be a bill to require business and Jabor organizations to report the “nature of their operations. and whether. and to what extent, they may be owned or con- trolled outside Canada.”

Authority will be sought fot Canada to help reinforce the In- ternational Monetary Fund ## extra’ money is needed ‘‘to maintain stability in exchange markets in the face of sub stantial capital movements."

Finance Minister Fleming al- | ready has announced that Can- ada's contribution, if needed, would be $200.000.000 taken from the exchange fund. Nine other countries are involved in this svstem of standby credits which totals $6,000.090 000

Speech Highlights

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

Increase in old age pensions |

and related social welfare

payments forecast. Senate reform indicated.

Constitution amendment to be sought to permit contribu tory system of old age pen- sions and disability benefits

Increase in,, federal “to universities. «

grants

Acreage payments to Prairie farmers affected by drough'!

Independent commission (o recommend redistribution of

federal constituencies

Elimination of closure rule on Commons debates [to 0¢ studied by special House com- mittee.

Federal - provincial talks planned on interprovincial power grid.

Recommendations of royai

Interim grant to bolster un-

| employment insurance fund

Extension of war service al lowances of merchant seamen firefighters. foresters ance other civilians with overseas ° service

| Increase in educational aid to children of war dead.

larger program of -aid to municipal winter works pro- jects

of Small Business Act to be broadened.

Incentives to screntifte re search by industry to be ‘mn creased

Scope Loans

CNR railway extension ip Gaspe Peninsula proposed from Matane to Ste. Anne des Monts :

Term of Farm Improve ments and Fisheries Lmprove- ments Loans Acts to be ex-

tended

commission on publications to |

be implemented, with modifi- cations.

Financial statements to of required from companies and unions.

New auto ferry planned be- |

tween North Sydney, N.S., and

Argentia, Nfid.

National Council of Welfare to be established.

Increase in ceiling on fed- eral loans to finance exports.

Removal of tolls on Mont real's Victotia and Jacques Cartier bridges under discus- sion.