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— ~ f : * |S Salety Louncils Grim Forecast JS © __ By THE CANADIAN PRESS {has a driver-education program) in first quarter. In 1957, 115 dead, pepremmeecers re | Pep nye are eee SE Toth calle beadegets and pug bose Sadi Sard ra sehge Ve- ok ads Se rr is : spring weekend faced E hicle registra’ totalled 91, *% the knowledge that if they] Quebec's intensive safety cam-|in 1958. . —— til on the highways they may/paign last year is believed re-| Newfoundland: 48 dead, seven rd ; ~ rt become statistics in the fearful sponsible for a decrease in traf-|in the first quarter. In 1957, 30 ; ; - record of traffic fatalities. fie deaths despite vast vehicle|dead, 8 in the first quarter. Ve- e ‘ . ) a — have been or By ween increase. _— registration for 1958 totalled Safety Council apparen- Quebee: Second to Ontario’s _ SCARE ate | 3 ef ; _ tly is- optimistic about the re-/ 1,112 among the 10 Canadian pro-| one in the first quarter. Record sults. Snag ape it predicted Fri-|vinces with 821 deaths in 1958,| year was 1952 with 25 deaths. An oo oe Beano gpeePypod -< tg aeadh ge al- —) ee ee ee killed weekend ac- , 803. Reco: ova Scotia: No details avail- cidents compared to 37 for the/ year /was 1953 with 901 deaths| able for last year. A total of 18 0 tlawa = holiday weekend a eee le ee ee S about ; year, compared with 42 f < Here is a detailed picture of} New Brunswick: 155 dead, 22' the same period last year. . A plan which would for - the Eastern Canadian region 4 the berthing of the - from ; without interference the pre- 3 come A: Ceneins Press survey of \ J — a awn provincial governments are schedule of either ferry now operating et Borden doing to cut the highway death oe anal ile he we vane Band what death picture / "| vinciel government and STEPPED UP EDUCATION || Nil be forwarded to Ottawn ian fe s 8 2 approval eeeera! Justice M app favourable. 0s ge : ie oe oe said he thas been informed _by In New Brunswick although the . ’ oh? 3 , ick EM ar oS engineers a timber trestle speed limit has been raised to ’ Byy KEN KELLY island province collapsed Thurs- BERTH FOE M. V. VA NLAND AT roadway with connecting remp 60 miles an hour from 50 legisla-| Canadian Press Staff Writer | day night in a welter of charges PRESENT ABEGWEIT BERTH AND SUGGESTED ° | oan be be ie Oe tion provides a mandatory four-| OTTAWA (CP) — With a sad|by Premier Smallwood that the ; — - ae kes . oe resent month suspension for a driver’s|shake of his head, Justice Min-| justice minister seemed to be de- : a“ = Ye a oe ee Se ae first conviction under the crim-jister Fulton said that all he can/ciaring war on Newfoundland, Gintch eat the eed ae ce inal code. The driver demerit sys-/ hope is that “common sense will/ Mr. Fulton called a press con- ; as finally prevail” tangled a con-| LITTLE THINGS Scotia 11, could be utilized. Duis teonease iat ie bode. lahons iche ae” meneeek ee rea yY I erm Mr. Matheson said the cost of oo a oF ee ey a of the story. making the alterations at both ince’s highways. land and federal governments. All he did, he said, was ten) BOTHER POLICE sides of the strait has been esti- The RCMP in Newfoundland After his peace mission to the) Newfoundlanders, apparently for ae mated at $100,000 and if the fed- Ks the first time, the full facts about} | DETROIT {AP)—The boys in eral government « e ‘ federal aid to their provincial blue at Connor precinct police , to go ahead with ~ | government. He had tried to em-| station are getting a little more _ | Island government rama resTiVva phasize in a St. John’s speech| than perplexed by the daffy DANGEROUS \ that they would be treated as| s0ings-on in their east side —— However he ; fairly and equitably as all other| bailiwick. By TOM OCHILTREE vided nation. big four foreign ministers cou-jeomplicate the eurrent negotia-| doing the work, the Island - provinces when special financial| Here are some samples of | GENEVA (AP)—Soviet Gromyko rebuffed the Western|ference, Gromyko declared at| tions. be establishing aid of $8,000,000 a year to New-| What's been happening of late: | sfimister Andrei Gromyko called | package plan for solving the Ber-| tempts to handle these problems| Gromyko declared the Western| cedent by essuming Oo pen foundland expires in 1962. ’ One-half, that’s all, of a util- | rriday for prompt signing of e|lin. German end European secur- ‘ogether would bring the taiks| package would make the German Soe ee * PREMIER DISTRUBED Sy 0 wns Makes. A nee gotee Gronty: ih the tre Ger-ifiy oreiioam, which provides tor | “inte Gundiock fovmn the extent putin Need Ra - my a .| There was no reason, he said,| 52” men alight from & | msanys. His demand ran directly|a peace treaty wi rmany; “The iet government sees| Lioyd direct issue tinuous communication Ui prot ap etna arin hacen Frere areal. Also from Mort-|for Mr. Smallwood to accuse him| truck with a power saw, cut the | Counter to Western hopes for a|after unification. no other possibility than the cox-|him on this point. He declared| Malmiand se defined under eonten a kind in the| present Victimes du Devoir by| of declaring war. Apparently the pole in two and haul off one |ghased reunification of the di-' Speaking for 45 minutes at the/ clusion of a peace treaty with | the Soviet government confused) ‘7ps o: Does Send fatten Sosusin: ok tae togetl Sanna Swesnee Liberal premier was “deeply dis-| Part. the two German states,” he said, | the discussion of the items in the} 4 toned by pubiie Alexandra theatre in Toronto. | The major award, for the best|‘urbed” that his people had lear.) A hatnapper was found. . “and, if 2 German confederation | package with the carrying out of| Sar the Idend Eight plays, two of them in| play, is a trophy and eash prize|"°¢ the full facts for the first) Caught stealing a hat, a laidoff (of those states) ig formed at the | solutions, end edded: the ausistance French, will be presented by the-|of $1,000. see <6 088 Sivan ty the. Pent: 0 ee eee ee = : ie heute he bn (in me nce ee eee : oe. > for £tessive Conservative administra-| spertment—where t ~~ Ft peace treaty, one. B a ' a ee ete tat eee eae assofted hats and caps. : man conféderation as well.” are, in fact, ‘all coniiected they | ineer. and French, for the best male} 7%¢ Thursday peace pilgrimage} Someone broke into a Pd f ¥ WEST DISAPPOINTED cannot be settled in isolation. J on page 2, Col. 4 ~~ women, wil be presented, ‘The|and female performers and. the| #9P¢2 rhage onda seat ae a: te : ten ct Go | ’ to relax strained relations e action was disappointment festival- will open Monday with|best director as well as other) oi 1.0 istand ernment which| A thief lifted the radiator rom Own OSpItd Gromyko was standing pat on Seeger et rita, wb pe ares Moma ara ora | ACE AGE NESCaIC duration of special financial aid e sev : Ki es 2 "s;|} Cow in a pi row, a comedy written by Toronto) the final performance, next Sat- under the terms of confederation.| business offices—and the only BE pee AnarenG ary Ae sig Scahaees moe secaiadcinen Jan. 10. That draft was rejected ; Rewspeper woman Mary Jukes. Va we as al ig|. This dispute was complicated) thing they took from each was | town Hospital School of Nursing 5 , ‘ "| at the time by the Western pow a » Patricia Joudry, 2 Canadian) -torproducer Michel St. Denis,|0Y another — now before the) # swivel chair. on Monday. Elizabeth Stecie, Summerside:|°™. gow living in England, is the aut-| . ‘Frenchman now in New York | ©Urts—over federal refusal to re- The graduating exercises will| patricia Mclnnis, Somerville,| , Foreign Secretary Selwyn a | | Sie Gal te isoeed te tee setting up a theatre school for the aoe the RCMP, acting as pro- - |be Sereed Man = ot! Mass; Carlene McEachern, ae Se ee. aon ’ presented cial police in Newfoundland Birchw - Most , . Gallant,| Gromyko's attention e fa Marktonian Players, one of two| ®0ckefeller Foundation. under a contract between the two , | Reverend M.A. McEachern will| Mrrryche. Marie Morgan Chas.| the new Western plan, introduced} KINGSTON, Ont. (CP) — Can-| Mr. Diefenbaker received the Halifax drama groups selected govérnments, during the tur- _ | ptesent the diplomas to the grad-|tittetqwn: Theresa Gallant, Thursday, contains a number of) ada Friday established the basis|college’s first honorary degree, & for the festival. Foster Dulles bulent loggers strike earlier this Sar he A. M.D..| Southport; Joan McCardle, Kin-| concession to the Soviet view! for space age research doctorate of laws. : . chairman. > - Marie ie: nt. ‘anadian permanent graduates The first musical show to reach a ’ Added to that were Newfound: __The address to the graduates Mary Lee MacMillan, Chariot |" He denied Soviet charges that datapities ta ean same ate alee beak the finals, The Boy Friend will Said ‘Worse land prodders to Ottawa-to ap- D ee ee Camilia Walsh town. z the West is tangling up issues to| which government agencies and | only recently given be presented by the Simcoe Little point a - ae for the will give the valedictory address. one eg universities will be rep- | the Ontario governmen seas. sh laa Leger yen (AP)—The con- gave upreme Court. ih THE GRADUATES: — . e aeatenll can tee . —. ai ls contrast, the Halifax Travel-| dition of former state secretary federal government Susan Peters, Rolilo Bay; ‘ ishmen Planning cadets Ying Players have selected Ibsen's sei Soetet, Wiles Dak wernened, = tel uae na tee Daphne MacMillan, _coastatie ar Y a oting ae tes was rota My hd parade in the morning dassie drama, Ghosts. state department said Fri- nothing report town; Shirley i Mary's y Prime Minister en-| Defence Minister Pearkes, pres- The only western theatre group | day. Diefenbaker promising in a na-| the eee aati cade > animeek: Ella aa ide ; baker who said in a convocation | ident of the college, had a at the festival will be from the| Dulles, from cancer, | tional television speech that the press last evening by Premier A.| Elsie Conway, Tignish; - e address to the Royal Military | momentary mam Medicine Hat eivis om ee en eres wee Wes or a a be ae @ W. Matheson following = Let eo ee North Rustico; = 5 inte n — acd ? ~ a ae Their production described as a ess and equity ex- party caucus meeting Char- , Summerville; : - ieve Canada shoul . Pearkes, e rr Anne Frank, a successful play/ pneumonia. sot a as are other provinces after lottetown. McCabe, ae McCarville, , . maintain its status as a scientif-| of major-general during the See- which emerged from the Second| The state department press of- . There been some specu- Kimkora; Lanteigne, MONCTON : ically advanced nation and con-|ond World War, attempted te World War. ficer, Lincoln White, reported) Then Tuesday, the prime min- lation iat dua Sanens sale dae Montague; Mary Meclvor, Kin- Hugh John pias hls 0 at a en a ee other tinue a sound program of re-| shake hands with a cadet officer, The Ottawa Theatre Art Guild| late Friday: ister appointed Robert Stafford) cuss an election date but if it ‘ora; Gloria Gallant, Mont Car- ' a ‘Ti-| outstanding forward contribu-|search into the phenomena of| only to find the cadet was sault- will present William Saroyan’s| “Mr. Dulles’ pneumonia has | Furlong, St. John's lawyer, to the| was discussed, the Island pre- ‘nel; Marina Roberts, Kinkora;/@ay nght that an early election|tiong Louter space.” ing with his sword in his right Cave Dwell not completely resolved. There|vacant chief justiceship of New-| mier wasn’t talking about it Jeanette MacDonald, _ Souris) may be in the offing in New = : hand - Moth French exicies are tromn|tes been sume ferther deciine is| foundland The meeting yesterday came iver: Barbara Shea, Tignish:; Pee tee ee Mr. Diefenbaker said Canada Montreal. Le Militaire Fanfaron|his general condition.”’ Mr. Fulton embarked on his| on the heels on what the pre- a mae Aylward South-| premier with i : — ve would be glad to discuss with the from" Plautus is a 2,000-year-old| The 71-year-old former cabinet | peace mission Thursday. He met a ae described as ‘the : a aicanate te oar a 2 United Kingdom a British pro- Roman farce which =e aoe officer is in Welter Reed Army sa Smallwood privately about —. an cut as a ; . Sapadilie-tdbsemet death - — for a Commences 2 see ae ing was held in Kingston hall on CpOVT.S Win portunity for the people of New Satan wear aaar site: Thursday night and Mr. Mathe- 2 Brunswick 4o express their opin-| | be held by the United Na- ; M f | ER amc K.0.'s Critics [he"conmes ‘ro Sete in || Sc iat ae od unable comment w de i . pw arin e an \ | mission as there were inside, ©" ° dilareiite te the vichers of Beene smali—having equal rights. : S and they were there On) = winNIPEG a — The Pro-| ier Duff Roblin’s Progressive Con-! - The research committee. he the platform with backs to sve Canetavalives wen giservetive government ia Masi-| said, is being established by Dr. : us, he said. t — a te wieotteba] tobe Thursing E. Ww. : Steacie, president of Planned For Charlottetown |—— ea econo alg ine ez Ney Seuss oa Brunswick for an expression of aor . yo | No Paper Monday) srcsio: critics in the process,| pinion from our own people-and ne Seay eee opposition critics process. + Construction of « new $500,000 Great George Street, south of| racks, located on a railway siding After winn block | it may arise very soon—I am con- wrt marine terminal at Charlottetown | Water Street. serving the terminal, will permit} Monday being Victoria |a¢'seats in the House In the Tast| det the verdict here wil be a Ae ming endorsement the : several. siotion on Fase 16, 108 | Site ecitn poucy at om One Pace AIM led mainly by CCF Leader Lloyd | S¢tvative government . . . in con- . Stinson and former members of| &ction with hospital care insur- the Liberal - Progressive cabinet

they had ousted.

In Thursday's election, they de- feated Mr. Stinson and veteran CCFer Donovan Swailes.

HOLD #4 SEATS

The victories gave them % seats in the 57 - member House. The Liberal-Progressive won 11

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March Deaths Are Lower

OTTAWA (CP) — Traffic fa- talities in March on. Canadian highways increased to 177 from 172 a year earlier, the bureau of statistics reported Friday

Fatalities for the first quarter of 1959 dropped to 469 from 536 last year.

Death toll for the eastern orov- inces for March with last year's figures in brackets: :

Newfoundiand 1 (4); Nova Sco- tia 4 (9); New Brunswick 7 (12); Quebec 54 (33). No fatalities were reported in -Prince Pdward Island in either year.

Quarterly death toll with last year’s figures in brackets: Newfoundland 7 (8); Prince Ed-

j ward Island 1 (1): Nova Scotia

18 (42); New Brunswick 22 (29);

Quevee 117 (105)

Rt. Rev. Tom Greenwood, An-

ican bishop of the Yukon at

. it of 35 per invited as guests of ona | Elizabeth to a dinner at Ott-

@wa’s Government House July;

Is ‘Valid’

MONTREAL ‘CP) — The fact

\jthat “‘no foot of NATO soil has

fallen to aggression” {s. proof that its aim of peace through strength is valid. Gen. Lauris Norstad, USAF, Supreme Allied Comman- der in Europe, said Friday night. At a banquet for delegates te the Royal Canadian Air Foree tion annual convention, 1 Norstad recalled that the Soviet road blockade of Berlin occurred 10. years ago—the same year the North Atlastie Treaty Organization was formed. The Allied airlift that supplied the cut-off ‘city for 10 months showed “the clear and unmistak-

1 .The guests represent’ many walks of Canadian life. The zeen and Prince Philip will be the dinner during their Can- adian tour this summer.

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able intent of the Western powers to meet their obligations to the heroic people of Berlin,” Gen. Norstad said, and “that caused the Soviets to break off this cym ical and brutal pressare play.”