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VOL. LXXVIII. NO. 277

FEDERATION MEET T IN CARDIGA

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By NEIL MATHESON The abolition of tax on land and on farm buildings, other than the dwelling house, is re- quested in a resolution endorsed last night at the annua! meeting of the Kings County Federation of »griculture. 4 The idea is that the non-farm rura’ people shovid bear a larg- er share of the educational costs than they do at the »resent time. The meeting was held in the ‘al! at Cardigan The _ The resolution preamble Said

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|“‘continued use tax for ‘coming farmers.” Kt ‘of creasing and lieved of financial 1 to a great extent. sibility imposed on m farm- nn ot ca bee

excess le omes bis department. The-Canada jand more burdensome.” \gio. plan payments,

The resolution aaer further fits, were

that the school act be changed Smith and Jack so that “every ejrson ove 3!

MP Supports -

Free Tra

’ CAPITAL BUREAU OF THE GUARDIAN OTTAWA — Support for a stu- dy of the possibility of a free trade area between the Atlantic Provinces and the New England | States was voiced here today by | Heath Macquarrie. MP for Queens. In Montreal this week, P.E_1.

Premier Walter Shaw proposed | ‘oll~="-* | agreement had opened the way (der which farm property amen discussion of the proposal at the! for possible expansion of the ¢mtered.

the idea in a sneer:

Atlantic premiers Charlottetown.

Mr. Macquafrie has been *a/ staunch advocate of a similar

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economic union between the ber ot aay to

lantic area and the smaller: is. lands of the former British West | Indies Federation. A resolution | to this effect has been. eet ace ed by Mr. Macquarrie in the last | idea two sessions of parliament and | has oe during private

The Queens’ MP said he would)

be re-introducing a similar re- ee

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d PI \éwewing tet te een e lan § ‘poll tax be set by provincial au- thority and at a level that “will

jquarrie . ld be weealed Theos teak thee | are obvious economic

alarm the fact that portunities to be developed be-| tween the two adjacent regions. ~ |expropriation laws He pointed out that the idea of economic union or free regional trade is a comparatively new one

in North America although the | Canada —: United States auto (“@ture recommend the terms

and agreements cov principle. ies expropriation and waeaaen Mr, Macquarrie has visited the 0° public purposes. |New England States on a num- occasions and made an a university group in| | Vermont this year. He said that in discussions with officials there | he has found that there is some | interest “expressed in such an)

The resolutions approved saa Progressive Conservative candi-| dates Provinces |

during the recent election cam- cole made reference to the | oy

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| Mystery Man Is Revorted

VANOUVER (CP)—The in- quest -into the de-t.as of 52 per- sons aboard a Canadiz~ Pacific’ Airlines plane that crashed July 8 resumes here today.

The inquest was adjourned Wednesday after hearing con- flicting reports of a “chinless mystery man” aboard the air- craft shortly “tient it left. Van- couver ona fli te Prince George

An explosion ri the tail section from the

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SALISBURY (‘AP)—Nine Ne- gro members and one white member of the Rhodesian Par- liament challenged the legality

ernment seized independence | ftom Britain two weeks ago)

Rhodesia indep ndence on grounds the government made! no provision for eventual Ne- gro-majority rule.

ENFORCE NEW SECTION

The speaker drew the alten-. tion of the dissidents to section 126 of the new constitution. This states that the old assembly ‘“‘shall be deemed o

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govetnment Parliament Thursday

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Dr. Ahern Palley, the inde- pendent white member renre- senting the Negro constituency of Highfield, was ordered out of the chamber for ‘disregarding the authority of the chair’ by Speaker A- R. W. Stumbles. The sergeant-at-arms conducted | him. outside.

The nine Negro members (tion that, under the new consti- tution their position is very shaky. It provides that a mem- ber of Parliament who refuses to accept the new constitution and take the oath of loyalty to

the Parliament. of Rhodesia.”

man of the United Peoples party, who also had questioned the ae of the proceedings, | followed him

after Britain refused to grant

legislaive |

, The white-minority Smith gov- |

have been duly constituted as | |

He also reminded the oppost- |

| It all took” place mid so the Smith government no longer | jmuch stomping, yelling and!|is a member. | general disorderliness; as So far; he Negro members

| difficult to follow. At one eink }after Palley had shouted that | the constitution promulgated by |Smith two weeks

have noi been asked to accept the constitution or take an oath. They are really showpieces any- ago has no|way since Negroes are limited

legal standing, a loud voice!to 15 members while the white | boomed out: “The law is an’! Rhodesian Front of Smith holds lass.” ‘SO seats,

. Said any increase would be unwarranted. The Imperial Oil Co., Home Oli Co,, and Shell Canada

“There is absolutely no need ‘ increase.”

Duncan said labor costs | small fraction of‘ gallon of gasoline, or three cents. company spokesmen would expected the take effect, but it ow ot

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Army General In Congo DeclaresHimself President

By MICHAEL CODEL aco party issued a statement to replace Nigerian police train- LEOPOLDVILLE (AP) — Lt.~/saying Mobu:s's coup was “an ing the Congolese police force. Gen. Joseph Mobutu has de- | act of heroism.” Mobutu was understood to say if clared himself president of the Mobutu called_a press confer- the Ghanaians tried to cross the Congo for the next five years,'ence to say that “since this Congo River into the country ‘T

saying the. atmy “believes its morning | am the president. "| will blow them out of the wa-|

resvonsibility is to protect the | announced he had named ter.”

peovle from anarchy and ‘Col. Leonard Mulamba, a ca-| The army ‘comander said

chaos.” | Teer officer,to replace premier- | all members of the former gov- arlier “Thursday. the army designate Evariste Kimba: ‘ernment including Kasavuba

commander had ousted Presi-| It generally was _ believed and Kimba, are ‘free to do what

dent Joseph Kasavubu and his, |Mobutu broke with Kasavubu | they want and live in the place

hand-picked premier in a blood-| after the-president told the Afri- of their own choice.” , .

less coup. A friend of the west, can summit conference, last

Mobutu apparently believed month he would expel white GIZENGA FREED

Kasavubu had veered from a mercenaries. Mobutu values the, Mobutu had one surprise. He

pro-Western policy white mercenaries, who are part) | announced that he had freed ex- Followers of ex - Premier (of the Congolese army. | Vice-premier Antoine Gizenga

Moise Tshombe hailed the coup.| Mobutu also was said.to be from house arrest. Gizenga is

There was speculation that | displeased by & révort that | protege of the late leftist pre-

Tshombe, who led the futile se- | Kasavubu plansed tn apart | tee vat ar henna an

anti-Western Ghana cession of Katanga province | troops butu staged a coup in Sept

take place first regionally as |

There was no indication whe- ;

F.T. O'Brecht, (left) of Dur- ham, Ont., Dominion resi-

Sao mag gece = a3 7 ber. 1960. um in- , would cal j ; > the government in. some ! INSIDE TODAY samtammai aoe leaders of ar A z ° Kasafubu fired Tshombe as’ Classified ..........:. 12, 13 pagers yd leary in ae ae a 13. He wal tor | — ivberetunetes ee. . its full five-year role said 3 as a rival for POM: Catenievmees . the pre elections then Comics ............- seo —— = present, his gov- set fpr next year. In se | SEE si vucdc vos cuccthenss ° ia Kasavubu, Mobutu cancelled the} ‘Wesnen’s ....- ¢ |Fe ee on ne be presidential elections. Fimance, markets ...... 10 ae dees stron this is MAY USE TSHOMBE | Béiterials oo... eseeeees $ | the first time Mobutu has taken Mobato might want_ to make | aa mee, ce 5 |eifice himself. In ‘his 1960 coup some use shombe, who, en- | ; : Kasavubu as siden Joys popularity in various parts | Prince County .......... 3 and they got along at that of the country. Tshombe’s Con- | ‘| time.

‘dent of the Royal Canadian Legion, discussed the Legion's

ekdléim Products Price

To Be Increased In B.C.

* By LESLIE MILLIN Vv, (CP) —»Three

ither price increases were con-| In Saskatoon, both the OCAW ol delivered te Ameciosn Oi] Co. anid they éx-

now sells from 17.6 to 19.6 cents basis of the B.C. formula, tub per gallon. Gasoline for cars the union spokesman said no ranges, from as low as 38.9 in end to the strike appeared in the Vancouver area to almost | sight. - 50-cents a gallon in some re-; The settlément came hours mote northern districts. | wefore the midnight Wednesday CREATES BASIS intight deadline for a threatened Mr. Duncan said he expectel province - wide general lard formula |ecalled by would be ‘the basis for an indus-'' numberof other. unions planned try-wide settlement. His union to quit work in sympathy still is on strike on the Prairies the oil workers.

and at Clarkson, Ont. | ‘The OCAW had been on strike

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| DRIVES ROLLER

i ;at- al ~B.C: plants of — British

American O# Co. and at one Two 707 Jets plant of Imperial Oil Ltd.

The settlement formula, pro-

| Have Accidents _|™ * ee Pee

NEW YORK (AP) —-A Ber-|ister Leslie Peterson and ac-

}muda - bound : Boeing 707 jet cepted within an hour by the,

union, as a victory in the area of auto- mation.

|\MADE POINT

It recognizes that autdmation is a subject for collective bar- gaining. This principle, said Mr. Duncan, had been given ‘‘only some recognition in a few weak

plane with 113 persons aboard lost hydraulic pressure in flight ithen blew out six tires and its ‘landing gear caught fire in making a safe emergency land- ing at Kennedy Airport Thurs- | day.

The 104 passengers and nine tes | crew members of the Pan Am-

i lecan | Airways Jet MeN Contracts. and was not recog LISBON. (Reuters)—A_ trans- nized in the industry a5 8 ;

The settlement formula called

atlaptic Boeing 707 jetliner with : : for a two year contract giving

& passengers on board landed ; safely in this Portuguese capiital a total wage increase, of 3 Thursday after fire broke out in cents. The union had asked for one engine on a Madrid-New 50 cents, on the, base rate of

York flight. __ $2.75 an hour. —

brief on pension rates with Prime Minister Pearson in Ot- tawa Thursday. The brief ask- ed for a 61.6 per cent increase |

in pensions tor Canada’s 142,-

is seen ‘in labor. circles |

a homes in the Vancouver area’ ‘pected a settlement there on ‘the PC“

WAR DISABILITY PENSION INCREASE SOUGHT

822 war disability pensioners. to $3,880, with It asked the maximum disa- increases for married pension- hility pension of $2,400 for a ere

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APPOINTED Paul Lacoste; 42, treal lawyer who served as co-

a Mon-

secrétary of the Royal Com- mission on Bilingualism and ,Biculturalism, Thursday was named a member of the com- mission, replacing Jean Mar- chand.

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Missing Hunter Found In N.B.

NEWCASTLE, N.B. (CP)

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Hunter Gilbert Pletcher, 24, who | \failed to return Wednesday from |

\a trip into woods near his home jat West Collette, about 2 miles from here, was located Thurs- iday by a combined ground and ES search party.

An_ ROMP spokesman here.

Said Filetcher- was discovered | at and possibly suffering from exposure but he was not serious-

harmed. :

The man was found in dense jwronds - -and deep snow after an helicopter was called in Chatham, N.B., to aid’ ROMP, forestry personnel and | volunteers. The 25-man ground |

WEATHER

Snow hemeeiye Soar dawn; winds light. Low-high 25 and 33. Saturday: snow

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‘o Launch Peace Talks

Rhodesian Parliament Qusts White Member!

‘Major War [in Asia

| Or Worse Is Feared

LONDON (AP)—Prime Minis-; the Americans, who are biock- |ter Wilson said Thursday night ing peace efforts-

lhe is preparing new Viet Nam _ British authorities said Wilson

| peace soundings in Washington and Stewart are intrigued by a | and Moscow in an effort to stave | number of hopeful statements j oft “a major land war in ‘Asia, | coming from minor Cone ler worse.” countries on the possibility of Wilson told the House of Com-| getting Viet Nam peace talks mons that his foreign secretary, started. Michael Stewart, will fly to Officials also disclosed ‘that Moscow Monday in an effort to | the prime minister feels it might

|persuade the Soviet Union to! be worthwhile exploring China's | join Britain in reviving the 1954 charges that Russia is willing

Geneva conference on Indochina|to help the U.S. n Viet Nam as a forum for peace talks. by trying to persuade Hanoi to Britain and Russia were co-| agree to terms for a peace con- chairman of that conference and ference acceptable to Washing- would be jointly charged with | ton. | Teconvening it. Peking made these charges in The prime minister also said a particularly violent attack on he will explore every possibility the Soviet leadership Nov. 11. for a Viet Nam settlement with’ At any rate, Wilson told the President Johnson in the United House, something must be done | States Dec. 17. because: “As long as the Viet | But he made clear in replying) Nam conflict lasts the danger to hostile questions from left-| of escalation is very great. tt | wing Labor MPs that in his view might mean a major land war lit is the North Vietnamese,} not! in Asia, or worse.’

| Viet Cong Guerrillas Aim At Rice Harvest

SAIGON (AP)--US., Austra- | northeast of Saigon, and fired lian and South Vietnamese bat-| mortars at Hiep Duc and Thach talions campaigned together in | Tru, each a recent battle cen- the Vo Dat Valley Thursday to tre.

ikeep™ the Viet Cong guerrillas” Ghana Cancels

from a 3,400-ton rice harvest {that could sustain several en- | wih} Military Leaves

emy divisions for a year.

Food equates militarily ‘munitions and the allied drive, | ACCRA (Reuters) — jeentred 55” milés northeast of stopped all military leave Thurs- _ Saigon. _was called Operation | | day and announced plans for Rice Bowl. Australians killed | —o of its armed forces jeight Viet Cong Wednesday in’ ‘because of the Rhodesian sit- clearing a road on the fringe of (uation.

Ghana

party was hampered by heavy | the valley, but there was no ma-| enow .in the woods and a snow- jor contact with the enemy. | There was turkey in the mess halls and. religious services “1

| the ehapels Thursday, as most American ground troops in |South Viet Nam observed U.S.

President Kwame Nrkumah, announcing the measures to a jcheering Parliament, _ suggested that Rhodesia’s —s could easily be toppled by local uprising organized fo | other African states.

WHILE DRUNK

KINGSCLERE, England (AP)—Richard Holmes, 62, was—fined—£10—($30)Thurs- day on a charge of. being drunk while driving a nine- ton steamrollér. He pleaded guilty.

His lawyer told the mag-

| Thanksgiving Day without com- | | bat-

Viet Cong losses if any, were | istrate that Homes has been

ne |mot determined. driving steamrollers for 44 years without a blemish on oo FOUND

Commission Plans Blitz

OTTAWA (CP) — The royal commission on and hiculturatism, out of the. publie | eye since June, launches a three | week blitz Monday to hear 208 | briefs in six cities.

The commission will eplit up hold simultaneous public

his driving record. A U.S. spokesman said, how-| to hi |ever, the bodies of 210 enemy hearings in Montreal and Tor- While operating the | killed in previous actions were onto next week and in Regina steamroller in last week's found in various parts of South and Ed t the following freezing weather, Holmes week.

Viet Nam. became chilled and stopped i a pad to Warnt up The. Viet Cong kept up pres- Hearings will follow in Win-

gure against South Vietnamese |

After downing four double {troops along the central coast. | brandies, he climbed back _ Guerrillas overran a small post | on his steamroller end

330 miles.! quiry

nipeg Dec. 910 and in Ottawa Dec. 13-16, Mag up the pab- lie ree the massive in-

|mear Quang Ngai, started off down the road, the lawyer said. Police In- spector Bernard Mason said Holmes was so drunk he al-

most fell off, the steamroller.

OAK ISLAND, N.S. (CP)—A | 39-year-old fortune seeker from California whose mechanized approach to the 170-year mys- tery of this tiny island has

{wealth than any other searcher, | sharpened the teeth on the buckets of his digging machine Thursday for an intensified at- tack on layers of old wood slow- ing the operation.

Robert Dunfield, Jr.. is main- taining an ,exhausting supervi- sion at the Money Pit. whére legend says a treasure zuessed by some to be worth about $50.- 000.000 was buried bv >irates two centuries ago .

Two crews of four or five men work the di§ging machine that has now burrowed to at least 10 feet in th- cle ee island off Nova Scotia's south shore. Dunfield himself toils more than 16 hours 2 day with few breaks TEETP SHARPENED

His father, Robert Dunfield, ‘said Thursday the bucket teeth were welded to sharp a in | an effort to claw away me | layers of old spruce and ‘eats oe | oak, probably put there by some i unknown engineer to guard) | whatever lies below or to shore

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~ Layers Ot Old Wood Slow Treasure Hunt

should shift.” He estimated the 70-ton ma- chine. called a Digging Clam, had reached a depth of 152 feet earlier this week, but had been held to “a foot or two’’ of head- way in the last two davs he- cause of the wood. His son's first objective is 155 feet and a 180-foot depth is the deepest the young petroleum geologist is prepared to zo

Mr. Dunfield § Sr.. said current operation has gone ,deeper in the money pit than ,any other treasure-seekinzg ex- pedition. although a Texas oil- man drilled to 190 feet before quitting. However, “it has been proved he was not in the money pit.” he said.

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