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Fisheries Minister Robichaud . laugh. ‘The minister _ Monday . tubs the belly of a’four-day-old was watching the=opening of seal and joins the pup in a _ the hunt in the Gulf of St. Law-

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rence where 50,000 are expect- ed to be slaughtered in two days

-Whitecoat Pups Slaughter Observed By Robichaud

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~ By HARRY CALNEK __ [expected to reach the quota by Canadian Press Staff Writer (sundown today or at the. latest, Fisheries Minister Robichaud Wednesday noon.

:ddled a baby seal and watch-| Fisheries patrol planes esti- a one eelng slaughtered Mon meted tat 0 eg

ed on. Gulf of St. Lawrence tce. |Magdalen — ‘Sunday. = aE ; 1 Ships were .anchored in : their ecient was amone fisted wating Tor the Monday ciety representatives watching ©2500 opening. as hundreds of men swarmed | A few of the ships put men over the ice clubbing and skin- over the side Sunday at mid- ning the whitecoat i jnight, taking advantage of a

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Tories Charge Britain Made Prisoner Of US.

LONDON (AP)—The.Conserv- ,charges of American military ative party’s defence spokesman |dominance. He concentrated on charged Monday night the La- (defending his own policy of bor goyernment has made Brit- trimming defence to an annual

ain a prisoner of the United budget ceiling of £2,000,000,000 | j

States hy deciding to buy U.S. | ($6,000,000,000) a year by 197, warplanes and scrapping plans | He said previous Conservative for a new airgraft carrier. governments had let military

“The government have bound | budgets get out of control. a themselves hand and foot to the| Powell said the Conservatives

ferrying hunters and skins back and forth.

QUESTIONED KILLERS Mr. “Robdichaud,- ‘bandied parka and bright yellow touque, mingled with a group-of blood-. spattered - swilers, questioning them closely on thei: - killing methods. He hefted a hardwood i\Glrb, about two feet long, used to kill the pups.

One of the swilers demonstrat- ed the killing and skinning. .The minister borrowed a gaff and poked: the-carcass.

doubt that the little thing was dead when it was skinned,’ he said.

He agreed with the swiler that it would be difficult to skin alive a squirming seal. ;

Tom Hughes of Toronto, gen- eral-manager-of the Ontario Hu- mane Society, agreed that the swiler had probably done a good job of killing the pup “he wouldn’t want to do a bad job with the minister there.”

Mr. Hughes went out on the ice with weapons of his own; a pistol used in slaughter houses Continued on Page 3 col. 5

i i iif elected would cancel Labor's Oe cecneient ve pd peat | decision to pull out of the big Enoch Powell told the House of) British~ Middle East base~ at Commons. His Conservative col-| Aden, and he came out for an tonto Seniaen Sane acaber independent and possibly world-

The charge came ina debate Wide role for British forces.

on defence. which looks back to Lahor’s white paper on defence

last montf¥.and forward to the | INSIDE TODAY national election March 31. 3 ' “Conservative leaders have in-| Classified .....--.-.-. 8, 9 dicated they will face-party -pol- Deaths .....6...eseeeees. 3 iey away from the*U.S. and to- Births ....+-+++eeeeeeses 8 r ward the European Common, Comics .. «+++++++seee-: are Market. Last week a leading) Sport ....---------++++++: 16 | Tory accused Labor of tying Finance, markets .....:.. 9 “Brilish policy to Washington) Women’s .....---.s+s+0+. 6

with “chains of gmt a refer-| eanareie Sage ;

e trassive: [dais ih sip. | “Semen ee eee se . i ae hs vapid : re | Kings, Queens, City: . 5 I)>‘encs Minster Denis Hea-, Prince County 2 ley virtually , ignored Powell's

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Justiee Minister Cardin had no comment for reporters con- | cerning rumors that he may

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By JACK McANDREW

It was a magnificent day, an ewhilirating day. ra

Above us in a cloudless blue sky the early spring sun sent down its wafming rays, rays that'-hit the deep blue of the ocean. with _ a_..sparkle _that bounced back to squint your eyes against the shine.

And where it wasn's blue there were grey and snowy white pans of ice floating gently on a smooth sea, returning the sun’s glare in even more intense fash-

ion, 5 At 1,100 feet in. our light air- plane it was indeed a superb day for living. But down below the snow white of the ice was turning to ugly crimson.

Down there it was a day for death, as thousands of white coated. infant seals were: effici- ently despatched, skinned where toppled, and loaded aboard and planes taat would start journey to the most ex-

Rix at the con- 's of his Cessna 182,:we had from a return. business trip to Sydney to have a first look at the progress of initial day of. the annual

The 50.000 pelt limit set on the al harvest by the Fed: eral Department .of Fisheries has incréased the tempo of the hunt and the spirit of competi- tion between the hunters aboard the traditional sealing ships, and the aircraft entrepeneurs who have revolutionized the hunt with their helicopters, and light fixed wing aircraft. -

As we circled the scene about 50 miles off“the northern shore of the province, it was evident that we were seeing the kill at full tempo.

Both ships and. aircraft were very obviously racing against each other to get. their- share | of the quota, but there’s wasn’t much doubt that conditions vast- ly favored the shipboard hunt-

ers. : The mild weather of the past

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Killing Of Seals-On Gulf ke Inspected From Small Aircraft

| few days has made landing con- | ditions on the ice almost im-

| possible, and several pilots re-' |-

At least a half a dozen ships including the Theta, the Theron, and the. North Star VI (all out of Halifax and all veterans of the hunt); the huge Chesley A Crosbie (out of St. John’s and

Veteran Baptist Minister Dies DOAKTO' WN, N.B. (OP) Rev. Adam A. Rutledge, oldest ordained minister in the Atlan-. tic Baptist Convention, died “at oe home here Sunday. He was

Mr. Rutledge, who’ served churches in Albert, . Chalotte, York and Northumberland Coun- ties, retired 16 years ago.

Funeral services will be held here Wednesday

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|investigators Monday that two \whirlwinds appeared to rip the wings from a British airliner before it crashed on the lower slopes of Mount Fuji Saturday killing all 124 persons aboard. ; —Yoshiharu_ Tachibara, 40, a control officer at the Fuji mot- orcycle speedway, said he was watching the famous _ cone- shaped mountain Saturday through binoculars. and saw five columns of whirlwinds. - He said BOAC Boeing 707 seemed to fly between two. of the twisters and he saw its

“NO COMMENT ON RESIGNATION RUMORS

| to 917.76, steepest fall since Nov. tended selloff.

minister Guy Favreau (LEFT

BACKGROUND), who now is .

Privy Council president. In the. Commons later Social! O-rd't Teader Thompson eaid government ministers had put forward @ good case against

hirlwind Rips Wings _ From British Jet Airliner

wings shear off. It plunged; trailing smoke and ‘many frag- ments. He reported he had often seen small whirlwinds around Fuji but never such violent ones.

Japanese and British investi- gators.__have speculated that violent air turbulance over Fuji caused the crash: : "

In London, Aviation Minister Fred Mulley told the House of Commons preliminary informa- tion suggested structural failure caused the accident. This could fit in with the turbulent air theory.

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| Aboard the vessels huge piles of stained mounds that mean a handsome profit for the ship operators. -

On one huge floe a half a dozen planes had landed along with a couple of helicopters. They seemed to be standing hy, Continued on Page 3 col. 3

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A BOAC spokesman said noth- ing has been uncovered to indi- cate sabotage.

BODIES REMOVED

| Bodies of those aboard the ‘Boeing 707, including that of a Toronto engineer, Theodore Vas- kevich, 53,-were removed by truck from the Buddhist tem- ples in Gotemba city, six miles below the crash site, to the U.S. Army mortuary at Tachikawa Air Force Base near Tokyo.

There they were placed be- jsides the bodies of victims of the Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-8, which crashed on landing at Tokyo Airport Friday night. That accident killed 64 of 72 Eighteen Cana-. dians were among those killed.

Both Canadian and British of- ficials arrived here to investi- gate the crashes.

A disaster investigation head- quarters set up at Gotemba po- lice station began sifting the accounts of some 40 persons. who claimed to be eyewitnesses | to -the BOAC crash 60 miles: from Tokyo.

ple. It had been a spotless sky | and sunny day. Television sta: |

the Fuji area at the time.

were taken up in the diet (par- | liament). Feb. 4, a Boeing -727 | jet of All = Nippon Airways crashed in Tokyo Bay killing all 133 Japanese aboard. This was

ing an international comeronee | to make a new study of air| safety.

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SIDNEY T. GREEN

Directors

OTTAWA (CP)—Five. new di- rectors have been appointed to three-year terms on the Bank of Canada board. of directors, Fi- mance Minister Sharp an-

John’s, Nfld’, lawyer aid direc- tor of several Newfoundland firms including.. Bennett Brew- ing Co.

Sidney T. Green, 41, Char- lottetown, owner of a wholesale business end chairman

grocery of the» Charlottetown Water = |Commission, ~*~ mere

_ Jacques Tascheceat, 4, Que- bec City, notary and professor

. Jat Laval University. real, secretary-general of the

Union Catholique des Cultiva- teurs, the main farm organiza- tion in Quebec, since 1963. .

Sol Kanee, 56, Winnipeg, pres- ident of Soo Line Mills Ltd. of Winnipeg and Milling Products Ltd. of Chatham, Ont., and a lawyer. pascsaiies eats : Mr. Kanee is president of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and a former vice-president of the

‘(Canadian Jewish Congress.

The- board of ‘directors has 12 members, two from Quebec and Ontario and one from. each of the other provinces. They usu- ally meet-eight-times-a-year-to advise Bank Governor Louis Rasminsky. :

They receive fees of $150 for each meeting they attend, plus $50 for every additional day after the first day of a meeting, plus expenses.

The five vacancies were cre- ated by the retirement one year ago of Herve Baribeau of Que- bec___City..and._the _ retirements Feb. 28 of four other directors,’ N. H. DBlois, Charlottetown; W. S. Perlin, St. John’s, Nfid.; J. R. Ouimet, Montreal; and

Perhaps neyer before had a|.. major commercial airline crash; PARIS (Reuters) -—— President been observed by so many pevu-|de Gaulle sent to U.S: Presi-

' bases

Daniel Sprague, Winnipeg.

France Sends NATO Note

dent Johnson. Monday a mes- sage believed’ to deal with

tions showed a film sequence of |France’s demands for a review the crash takenf by a movie jof the North Atlantic Treaty crew which happened to be in | Organization,

sources close to

the French foreign minis re- The series of air disasters | ported, adhd

Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville handed the message... to. U.S...Ambassador Charles E.Nohlen after | dis-

: : L \cussing with him de Gaulle’s the worst civilian air disaster demand that American mili involving a single plane.

A. Socialist deputy suggested mately be French-controlled. that Japan take the lead if call-/ This is part of de Gaylle’s | plan to withdraw France from |

in France should ulti-

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holding an inquiry in the Spencer spy case but the prime minister had chosen to ‘‘cap- itulate completely’’ to the op- | position. He had placed three | cabinet membors in an unten. able position, particularaly Mr, Cardin, (CP Wirephoto),

Stock Market In N.Y. Reels

Under Heavy Selling Wave

NEW YORK (AP)—The stock tained an ‘all-time peak of 995.15

worst loss since the assassina- |

tion of president John F. Ken- | worry

nedy. The Dow Jones average of,/30 industrials plunged 14.58 points

22, 1963, when it dropped 21.16.

The Associated Press 60-stock average sank 5.0 to 344.3, sharpest: loss since the assassi-, nation.

Tt was 9 continuation of a slump that began alter the Dow Jones industrial average

| market reeled Monday under its|on Feb. 9.

Brokers have cited investors’ over Viet Nam, tight money and the possibilities“of

| higher taxes and price controls

as underlying factors for the ex-

There were no new develop-

ments Monday to explain * the: its extent of the decline.

Blue chips and glamor stocks

| which had been in the vanguard ‘of the climb to a new high early last month were badly battered | was quoted in the telegram as|RCMP about approaches by the

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_, |Prime Minister Pearson | an- = |mounced Mi : |mons.

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lations have been carried out.

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mounced Monday. at The appointments were effec- tive March 1, The new-directors:. . — Francis’ J. -Ryan, 9%, -St.

“opportunity to amend this -sec-

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(CP)—The govern- ment plans to set up a judicial inquiry into security procédures,

in the Com-

He said it would have ‘two be to determine whether secur- ity provisions are -adequate—in the light of present-day condi- tions and the second to see whether they sufficiently protect the rights of individuals.

An announcement of details of

Announcement Seen , Surprise To House

when the act was amended in 1962. He did not mention that . the amendment was handled by the former Conservative gov- ernment but said it had been approved by a unanimous vote — of the Commons at that time.

Mr. Pearson suggested repre-

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the inquiry would be made with- out delay.

Mr. Pearson said he feels sure the investigation will establish that the RCMP’s security oper-

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But the public had to be re-

TRANSFER RCMP

He said legislation is to be in- troduced shortly transferring re- sponsibility for the RCMP, which handles security matters, from the justice minister to the

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tle farmer and potato grower, is reported to have stated he had no idea how the fire originated.

Mr. Johnson’s farm is located only % mile west of the Clair

solicitor - general, now Larry Pennell. 1 This. meant. that-one- minister. would .be able to devote close attention to all matters involv- fing espionage or subversive ac- tivity. ,

There was also the question of section 50 in the Civil Service Act under which a civil servant may be fired without the right of appeal. There would be an

tion when the, Civil Service Act is under study at this session to adc collective: bargaining rights to it. ‘

Mr. Pearson said the section

Mayhew farm where two barns and 28 cattle as well as three race-horses were lost nine days_. previous.

It was reported that there was some insurance on the building but it was not determined how much.

Nelson Column Is Blown Up

DUBLIN (AP)—One of Dub- lin’s most famous monuments, the Nelson Column, in the heart

OTTAWA (CP)—Mr. Justice Dalton Wells, of the .Ontario Court of Appeals has been ap- pointed a one-man commission to inquire into the George Vic- tor Spencer spy case, Prime Minister Pe arson announced

The prime minister told the Commons that the federal cab- inet passed an ‘order-in-council earlier in the day authorizing the commissioner to investigate matters outlined in a telegram to the government signed by Spencer and his lawyer.

» The ‘telegram was quoted- in- the order-in-council. It referred to...Spencer’s. complaints about the way he was dismissed from his postal clerk job, losing pen- sion and insurance benefits.

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about the RCMP’s handling o} his. case. :

It would be up to Mr. Justice Wells to investigate “as he deems necessary’’ into the as+ pects of Spencer’s dismissal-

The judge also would have power to hold hearings in cam- lera and adopt such provisions |as deemed necessary to protect the security service of Canada. TWO WERE EXPELLED

This apparently ruled out any direct investigation of the secur- ity aspects-of--the Spencer_case, which first broke last May in a government announcement that two members of the Soviet Embassy had been expelled from Canada for spying and two Canadians had been involved.

Spencer later identified - him- self as the Canadian involved

Mr. Pearson noted Spencer.

saying he had no complaints

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