DISPLAYING TROPHY

Brian Lewis, CENTRE, dis plays the trophy to the four team captains, from the left, Ralph Foy from the Crapaud; Ed. Cameron, RCAF Station,

The Prince Edward Island

, shuffleboard — championships were staged at the Charlotte- town Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion last. night.

Island News Page

| Western and Central Districts

ee Charlottetown, Thur. March 24, 1966. 3)

Pactane Resident Is Assessed $50

ALBERTON — A resident of Portage, Lorne Keith Milligan, | was fined $10 and costs for fail-

Justin Walter Bridges, Conway on! ?

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.Summerside; Sportsman’s--Club; "Ivan Con- |

Harold Pineau,

nors, Charlottetown Legion; who are competing in the tour- nament.

Could Field Five Divisions

By FRED 8S HOFFMAN | that atomic weapons WASHINGTON (AP) — China | only means by which the United and North Viet Nam together States could defeat the Chinese could send four or five divisions army, into South Viet Nam and sus-| But top military authorities tain them in combat. The U.S. | do not go all the way with this | ~ geply might be nuclear war- view, believing that heavy US. |

fave jair- power using ee = The figure of four or five di-| bombs would be fective visions is the current intelli- method—and a cane risky | gence estimate accepted by the one from the poli stand-

U.S. joint chiefs of staff. point. . So far. there is no evidence Troops would be a suitable of any intention by China o¢ | target for nuclear weapons only North-Viet Nam to change the if they appeared in mass, which character of the Viet Nam war) would not be. necessarily the in this fashion. But U.S. mili-| case. Bo tary chiefs take such a pos- | The U.S. Army has estimated sibility -into—account-in__ their | a. force _of about 250,000. men | 5 planning. |eould hold a line from the sea |™

is the ability of the enemy to, supply those forces for extended | periods. ; Unlike U.S. forces, the Chi- |mese divisions are mostly foot infantry, without much motor transport or heavy artillery and tanks.

There is a view that Chinese | ground forces, while -huge, are. so poorly supplied with trans- port and other support that they ene Sy not or outside their

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| Young Trout Are Released

| || SUMMERSIDE — It was re- tended by Prince County Fish and Game members along with fishery officers from areas in the county. that over 99,000 young trout had been released in streams and ponds in the county in 1965.

The meeting, an annual at- fair, was held in the offices of

are the and North Vietnamesé divisions | the 'D Department of Fisheries.

Stocking begins in early fall and continues ‘‘pretty wel!’ until | where from two weeks to year- } lings. These trout eggs are | hatched and reared at the trout station at Cardigan and yester- day’s meeting was chaired by |James Dewar of the Depart- ment of Fisheries resources and | development branch } at Cardi- gan. The number of trout reveased | Varies from year to year depend-

| vealed at a meeting -here—at-_

‘ChinaAnd North VietNam

freeze-up time'’) They age any- |

| was fined $50. and costs by Magistrate W. Chester S. Mac- Donald at Alberton yesterday for

| costs, for having care and con-

trol’ of a motor vehicle while impaired.

For theft of three gallons of

| Gasoline the property of Ralph

* Joseph | Boute, St. Roch, were each fined $50 and costs or 30 days.

Russell ‘William Bell, Ellerslie, was found guilty of causing a dis- | | turbance in Jackies Restaurant, | O'Leary and ordered to stay away from the restaurant, c enter into a $50 recognition and to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for a period of six months.

For having more’ than two adults, exclusive of the driver, in the front seat of a vehicle, | Gerald Joseph McNeill, Alberton was fined $10 and costs.

Operating insufficiently equip- ped vehicles resulted in $10 fines to Joseph Francis Doucette, Nail Pond, Joseph Patrick‘ Ellsworth, St. Edwards and Joseph Wilbert | Bernard, St. Louis. Gabriel Shar- bell, Portage, represented by | Metville Campbell, was fined |

at an intersection.

Tignish, was fined $10 and costs | for failing to stop at an inter- section.

Roy John Callaghan, St. Louis pleaded not guilty to a oe of failing to stop when led | to do so by a police officer and the case was adjourned to April 6. Peter Ernest Larter, Alberton was finéd $10 and costs for driv-

ion. by magistrate. His case was ad-

| driving while his license was sus- | | pended and an additional $75 and |

$10 and costs for failing to stop | j

ing without due care and attent- |

ing to transfer registration while Ronald Joseph. Arsenault, St. Louis was fined $20 and costs for driving without effective brakes and given a warning on a second charge of the same

offense which occurred fifteen minutes later.

RESOLUTION

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of labor, said, “‘we set up the |purchasing branch so all pur- jchasing would be on a non-poli- tical ‘basis. When we came in we had to clean up the mess left by the former government.”

William Acorn (L-1Ist Kings) said, “it was my understanding the director of purchasing was to save money for the-taxpay- jers. Thé director of purchasing |has become a screening agent lfor the purpose of seeing that |the friends of the government, and only.the friends of the gov- ernment, sell to the province.”

|IMPORTANT MEAT | Alex Matheson —(L-4th—Kings)- | said though he didn't agree with. the wording of the -resolution he ithought it had some, “very im- portant meat in it.”

“The situation is- not as bad

Edward Patrick Fitzgerald, as it was,"’ said Mr. Matheson, |

“we are improving, this — ment ‘deserves credit for it. don't sée why this resolution | can't Pass." | ‘Premier Walter R. hee told jthe House he has never been. ap- \proached by anyone a | government business thas been in office.

He spoke on the fact that the resolution did not have the jwords lowest or any bid not ne- jeessarily accepted, these words

|

President Johnson hands Farris Bryant, former Florida governor, his commission as -

‘Jobless Fund Has Big Surplus

By BEN WARD

the buoyant. economy of 1965,

OTTAWA “(CP)—Beefed up- by , ‘the fund held $150,138,000 at the

BRYANT TAKES OFFICE

ant took his oath of office in a * White House ceremony. (AP Wirephote)

1964 it had to borrow more thar $30,000,000 from the treasury te meet benefit payments.

At that time the fund had been in a steady decline from its all-time peak of more than $900,000,000 in 1956.

The fund, established in 1941, collects wage-related premiums from workers and employers. For every $1 thus raised, the federal] treasury contributes 20 cents and pays all administra- tion costs.

’ director of the Office of Emer- gency Planning last night. Bry-

- Latest ‘figures available show lend of February, an increase of

A Chinese force of four to five | divisions would total about 80.- 000 to 100,000 men, including support elements. =

Intelligence experts believe also China could put some 20) divisions, totalling about - 400,-

ately with a decision on whether |

to use nuclear weapons against them.

WOULD BE HELD BACK

along the border of. North- and" |South Viet Nam across the coun

try to Laos at the Mekong rR?

|ver. That is a distance of only | 50 miles, - |

-SUPPLY--A--FACTOR-. -| A major factor in US: tary thinking on

EARLY

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|now was more reluctant to take the life of another individual. | Abolition’ would be a sign of

ing on the eggs available. The Chinese eiteaey divisions |releases are made’ in co-operat- number about 10,000 men each, | ion with the local fish and game ee Ne Se which strongly en- dorses_the program, —and-— the

oo contrast, a U.S, infantry | local fisheries. officers. ©

division of some 15,000 men tas |

fourned 8 April 12th for sen. afe*needed to protect Island bu- | tencin;

g. sinesses he ‘said. John Gallant of Coleman. was’ “If some of these contracts assessed a fine of $10 and costs ‘went outside the -province then on _a charge of driving without |business people here would be

said-—the

‘almost $90,000,000 from a year earlier. - |

Normally. the fund builds up strength from June to Decem- ber, when premiums from: job- ‘holders exceed benefits — pay-

the unemployment insurance | fund is headed into the peak unemployment season with a hefty surplus that should easily

Premiums are mandatory for persons earning under $5,460 a year or who are paid on a basia of ‘hours, days, mileage, com- mission or piecework. Certain

‘ence this judgment. | “It's -you;—-not--another,— ‘who ‘must decide.”

ef nuclear weapons would be| His experience as a lawyer held back at least until China’s has indicated that a criminal about .the possible sentence be*’ *_ There: is re ‘widely _ held beliet fore he commits his offence. directly at MPs. This was a matter of con- MUTCH—On Wednesday, March-MPs-had-to-decide—after—weigh- 23, 1966, Jean Ann Muich of ing the arguments Neither Lean Funeral, Home this even- ~ §ng. ‘Funeral notice later. ~ Hospital March 22, 1966, Florence |stresses the sacredness of hu- Mae Flynn of 126 King Street. man existence: Perhaps the pro- peral Home from where the fu- \wards erasing the taults in so- neral will take place Friday | ciety that led to murder. these . Dunstan’s Basilica for Requiem |drunkenness. High Mass at 9:15. Interment in SAYS BARBARIC

Indications are that the use’ more advanced civilization.

objectives and intentions were who plots a crime never thinks

Mr. Byrne aimed: his remarks™

DEATHS science, a moral question that Earnscliffe. Resting at the Mac- voters nor party should irflu- FLYNN — At the Charlottetown The Christian approesh Resting at the Hennessey.Fu- |posed.bill was the. first step to- morning at nine o'clock to St. ibeing poverty, sex, insanity and the Catholic cemetery.

McKENNA — In the Summer- | set Manor on March 23, 1966, John M. McKenna, Kinkora.

Resting at the Monaghan Fu-|

-@eral Home until Saturday March 26, then to St.. Malachy’s Church, Kinkora, for Requiem “High Mass at 10 o'clock. Inter- | ment in the -church cemetery. Visiting hours 2 to 5 and 7 to 10. |

CURRAN —. At the Charlotte- | town Hospital on Wednesday, March 23, 1966, John Curran, | Avondale in his 82nd year. Rest- ing at the Jenkins Funeral Home from where the funeral will be held on Friday morning to St. Joachim’s -Church..Vernon.. River for Requiem High Mass at 9.30.

Interment in the church ceme- tery. Visiting hours 2 to 4 and 7 to 10.

CAMPBELL — At the P.E.!. Hospital Wednesday, March 23,. 1966,:Samuel Campbell, 11 Prince Charles Drive in his 87th year. Resting at the MacLean Funeral Home from where the funeral will be held Friday,*March 25'| with service commencing at 2.00 | p.m. Interment_in. Floral. Hills Memorial Gardens. Visiting | hours 2 to 4 and 7 to 10.

HENDERSON — At Toronto on | Tuesday, March 22, 1966, Samuel |

| He described ‘capital punish- jment as..a barbaric hangover. ‘It was nothing less than an act jot vengeance carried out by the state on behalf of the people.

Andrew Brewin (NDP—Tor- jonto Greenwood) aimed his re- |marks at the fallibility of jus- tice in an area where mistakes ‘are fatal. The example set by lstate execution.does more to Hower respect for human ‘life |than to raise it.

He went -into three cases {which he said underline the fallibility of the law. One was ithat of Tomothy Evans, hanged |in England in 1954 for the slay- ing of his daughter. One of the witnesses against him was John Christie, who later confessed to the~ slaying “of-Evans' wife--and five other persons.

In New York last year, George. Whitmore, 19, was ac- cused of murdering two young women. The prosecutor said later Whitmore probably would have been executed if publicity given the case hadn't turned up the real slayer.

MENTIONS TRUSCOTT

In Canada, there was the case of Steven Truscott, 21, now 'serving life for the 1958 slay- ling of a 12-year-old girl. Trus- 'eott was 14 when convicted.

Yet a recently published book had aroused grave doubts about

support ‘structure in Asian’ combat of some 35,000 men, masses of supplies.

The Chinese army of nearly 2,250,000 men now on active service is broken down into 120 |infantry divisions, plus cae forces. Current U.S. estimates are that infantry outfits out- number tank units by 20 to one. SHORT OF TANKS

The Chinese Army {fs ade- quately equipped, it is believed, im small arms, mortars, recoil- less rifles and similar light weapons, but # suffer major shortages in artillery, tanks and a North. ‘Vi

ietnamese army numbers about 250,000~—Mieri, with a back-up militia of about 200,000 more. But,_like the Chi- mese, it is short of transport, armored vehicles and supply apparatus.

In the Chinese Army, training concentration has been on small-unit operations, with only occasional manoeuvres at even

regimental, let alone divisional,

levels.

\The Chinese Air Force has deteriorated since the Russians cut supplies and replacement equipment in 1960 and now has about 1,700 fighters.

Its bomber force is a small ooo

The Chinese are known to have at least one large airplane factory and are believed to be producing * limited numbers of Supersonic’ , jet fighters. _pat- | terned after the Soviet MiG-19 | and MiG-21. j

They also are reported to be working on guided missiles and it is expected they will have |ter some _ short-range, _ battlefield- type missiles within a couple of

| years.

FERTILIZER PAYS OFF The Netherlands uses 400

the acre. with less than three pounds in India

WESTERN. FUNERALS

pounds of chemical fertilizer to |

HUGHES FUNERAL — The funeral for Wilfred Hughes took

the Hennessey Funeral Home 1o St. Dunstan's Basilica where Re-

Legion “graveside service was conducted by Harry Mortimer with the Last Post and Reveille

his. guilt, Mr. Brewin said. He |wasn't questioning the admin-| listration of justice in Ontario or

The pallbearers were, Frank | Hughes, Everett’ Toombs, Her- | bert Hughes, Cecil Miller, J.

Allison Henderson, five-month- |snypiace else. “But it is fallible | Elmer Blanchard Thomas Mac- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph |S0? aoe aes can be made,”

Henderson . of Street. Resting at the MacLean | Funeral’: Home from where the | funeral will be held today; March

%, with service commencing at |

2.00 p.m. Interment in the Clif- ton cemetery, Bunbury--*

THOMPSON — At Boston, Tues- |

day, March 22, 1966, Alma ‘Camp-

bell Thompson RN, Donald S. Campbell of 68 Prince Street and daughter of the late

Alex and Susan Campbell of Lac St.

\gan-Revelstoke) urged the Com- ‘mons to adopt the resolution without amendment.

He was opposed to retaining | the death penalty for treason because ‘‘last century’s hason is this century's patriotis:

Mr. Johnston said he also is ‘opposed ; to retaining it for the

sister of |murder of prison guards, or for

abolishing it for a trial period. Alcide Simard (Cre@itiste— Jean) said the death

| Avinn. Thterment took place in

195 Cumberland | Howard Johnston (SC—Okana- | the Catholic cemetery.

|GALLANT FUNERAL —.The funeral for J. Frank Gallant was held Wednesday morning from | the home of Mr. Joseph Caissie, St. Gilbert, to St: James Church, | Egmont Bay, where Solemn Keq- | uiem High Mass was celebrated | by Rev. Charles Gallant. Deacon | was Rev. Pierre Arsenault, sub- | Deacon - Rev. Leonard Mac- Donald. Pallbearers were. Ed- mund F. Gallant, Joseph Caissie, Felix Arsenault, Norman Gallant,

. Brookfield. Remains will rest penalty is superior to any other | John Peter Arsenault and Donald | at the MacLean Funeral Home. deterrent. Outside the Commons | Gallant. Interment. was in the | Time of arrival and funeral |he said he is undecided thow he Church Cemetery with Rév.

motice later.

will vote.

| Charles Gallant officiating

place Wednesday morning from |

quiem High Mass was celebrat-" ed by Rev. Gerald Tingley al also conducted the service atlf the grave. The Royal Canadian |

$75 Fine. ls Levied .

SUMMERSIDE —A Charlot tetown man, Denis Jay, was fin- led $75 and costs by Magistrate W. Chester S. MacDonald yes- terday in Prince County court when. he appeared on a charge of impaired driving.

A similar charge against a Miscouche resident, George Rus- sell Squarebriggs, was dismiss- jed-— following the testimony. _of- two crown. witnesses, Alfred Gaudet, Miscouche, and RCMP Constable Eric Bishop.

The charge was laid following an accident at the intersection of Central Street and the Sher- | fore brooke Road where the accused rolled -his-car.-

In dismissing the case Magis- trate MacDonald ‘stated that al- though evidence’ showed that the accused had been drinking and had been abusive when ar- rested his behaviour could have been caused by shock.

Mr. Squarebriggs suffe: juries in the accident. He wee represented by ‘Bernard Me- Cabe.

Ralph Edward McCully of the local RCAF station was fined

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itionary school bus. A town youth, Lorne Russell

Gallant, 16, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of break, en- ter and theft and elected trial

|

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190 Fitzroy Street

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‘|due care and attention.

For driving without a license Robert Joseph MacCorniack <of | Miscouche was fined $10 and costs.

- A ‘similar ‘fine was assessed

Ernest Cecil Banks, Poplar’ .+Grove..on a..charge of. falling. to. have his vehicle registration: transferred. John Claude Albert, Miscouche | ‘lwas fined $10 and costs on a charge of increasing the speed | of his vehicle when another ve- hicle attempted to pass. |

For failing to stop at a stop) sign, Gerald Cutcliffe. Cape) Traverse, was fined $10 and

off eee | Premier. i

“Attorney-General Aiba Yam er questioned how |legistation could be drafted to covey the re- solution.

AGREES IN PRINCIPLE.. J. David Stewart (PC-Char- own), told the House he | agreed with the ~resolution in| principle, but if it went through as it was we would be flooded with contracts from outside- the)

see it through to the summer ~fjob upswing.

AP, Life, Time

|Resume Coverage | From Indonesia |

JAKARTA (AP)—The Assoct-

coverage province which would result im} day “from Indonésia, from which

costs. Harold Lloyd Couchlin, |tracting firm left in business af- Conway, was given a warning ter six months,” said Mr. Stew- ee ot oe ee of allowing more than three! Throughout the whole of the adults in the front seat of his ve- \debate, which took about 45 min- | hicle. jutes there were references to) the way things had been done | ThesTAnire junder-the--previous_-government HISTORIC land examples of at wrong | Continued jdoings or wrong isions. in| f from page one) | purchasing by the present gov-| | — and prayed with him be- ernment. | three different altars. | One was the alter of Pope

VI, the-Pope_who sent |

St. Augustine to bring Cath- | olicism to England in ‘ane oa!

Newfoundland |

Group Leaves first Accibshon of Ca Camesony. | |To Join Whalers

York City, assistant general manager and director of world services for the AP; Don Huth, |the AP's chief of Southeast | Asian se vices,

ok son ae

Dr. Ramsey is the 100th.

Dr. Ramsey descended to the | GRAND BANK, Nfld. (CP)— Stes below St: Peter's. There, |Fourteen Newfoundlanders from on thé cold bare stone before the Burin Peninsula on the | the tomb of Pope John XXIII, |province’s south coast left here Pope Paul’s predecessor who ‘Wednesday to join the Pacifie proclaimed Christian unity as a/whaling fleet in British Colum-

|$25, and costs for passing a sta-

major goal of .the Catholic church in the modern world, he | knelt to pray.

He left on the tomb a bouquet of geraniums with the -inscrip- tion: ‘In grateful memory from Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of

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