- Canadian Killed In Viet Ambush
» ,. The. wounded. Canadian fisted as Claus Knipping, @1; an
electrical foreman
borough, Ont
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If It's Good For The Island The Guardian Is For It
LXXIX NO. 278
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Killed In Crash
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia AP)—Eighty-four persons’ were in an air crash near the |
Vavise ~ OWIG¥EN Bayeas
“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”
CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1966.
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Czechoslovak town of Brati-
slava Thursday, the news
CTK said the plane was a
Bulgarian Airways (Tabso) Ni-
- | yushin-18 7% passen- gers and crew
The crash. occurred . " shortly béfore 6 p.m. The plane was on the regular Sofia - Budapest- Prague run.
FORTIER
A=commnrission—of-the—ministry of traffic at once went to the site of the crash, CTK added.
Miss Whitton | Plans To Run-
OTTAWA (CP) — Charlotte sense, to tie Miaip seciehe mind Whitton, the capital's termer jel & wen 9 caeias!
, will run for alderman
mayor in the Dec. 5 civie election.
Her comeback, announced |tic
Thursday, brings her back into the thick of the capital’s mumi- |session of the P.E.I. Legislature
six miles south of the provin-
SAIGON (CP) — Viet Cong) cial centre of Dalat, 135 miles guerrillas ambushed a U.S. con-| northeast of Saigon.
_ voy and staged a mass kidnap- | ping at a government New Life RAKED WITH GUNFIRE
hamlet in sectors 200 mileg| The guerrillas blew up the apart m_ South Viet Nam Thurs- | lead_vehicle .with a claymore
day, Com
gunfire
seven
The Page firm re Washington that employees were killed in the ambush, dian, and that three others; one a Canadian, were wounded aad
“doing
Confusing toll in the ambush still were be- ing sorted. U.S. military spokes men at first put out a report
20 had
them U.S. soldiers.
The slain Canadian was listed fm Washington as Armand. For- tier, 40, r and air conditioning multi-national Page crew of ci vilian technicians. His wife is Pierrette Fortier, of Montreal.
The
2a on a main highway
Charges Made
munist explosives and tore up a procession of trucks bearing civilian;
workers of a United States | bY Engineers, Inc., under mil-|he played dead |nade which landed beside him
from
ei of its
including one Cana-
well” in hospital. reports of the total
been killed, three of)
supervisor of plumbing in the
anti-personnel mine and then ; Paked the convoy; with machine- gun fire. _
Knipping, interviewed briefly an Associated Press reporter
after be
as he lay in a ditch.
“I looked up froth the ditch and I was looking directly at two of them (Viet Cong).
“One of them fired at me from four or five feet away. Amazingly he missed.
“One pulled me by. the peal and turned me over. I tried to feign death and must have suc- ceeded. Then they left me.”
‘Knipping and the other wounded
; were flown te a field hospital in Nha. Trang.
FIRST FATALITIES
John Foresman, Page's man- ager in South Viet. Nam, said this was (@e first time anyone
was | had been-killed in the daily con-
from Scar-
ambush occurred early
voyed trips to the site.
_ Foresman said more Ameri- would have been in the convoy if it had not been U.S. Thanksgiving Day.
tenders opened October 19.
cipal politics, which she domi- nated from 1950 to 1964.
Miss Whitton, a fiery 70, said she’s only middle-aged and
decision to_réturn.
CAPITAL BUREAU OF THE GUARDIAN OTTAWA — (Special) —. A
contract for dredging announced
of Montreal was the
bidder and the lowest of three
tender was $201,673.
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Wend lelemds i
a's. Cabinet
Ottawa
By NEIL A. MATHESON
Yo the average observer in the Legislature it was mostly non-
waste of time, but te those who er dee te. oot ame, sorgst yst of poli-
1 debate, the closing .90 qiinutes of Thursday forenoon's
‘was an unexpected bonus.
A minute later Premier Alex
‘Campbell was on his feet de |manding that Mr Farmer re- |
His Honor a Sn ees foe ie W.J. MacDonald when the Lib- erals took office last July.
NINE SWORN IN Only nine had been sworn in, the Premier stated. Mr. Camp-
ert Campbell, L—ist Prince had sat in on council meetings as a guest, he had never voted on a asenes ‘the premier explain-
‘There were charges and cou]
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adie oer mane
Challenged By Safety Council
OTTAWA (CP) — The Cana- dian Highway Safety -Council challenged MP Heward Graff- tey Thursday to back up _state- ments criticizing the council or
withdra
~~ Philip -3:-—Farmer, executive director, told the standing com-
mittee
fairs that Mr. Grafftey, servative MP for Brome-Mis-
sisquoi,
- evidence or withdraw his
statements. referred specifically to Mr: Grafftey's statemen{ at a
w them.
on justice and legal af- Con-
should “either supply
previous committee meet- ing that the council accepted “silencing money” from the auto industry.
Mr, Farmer said the council, a non-profit organization, re- ceived 9.4 per cent of its 1966 budget in contributions from car manufacturers. The sugges- tion that the council was “‘re- ceiving bribes’’ was false and irresponsible.
Mr. Farmer added that he® "would be happy to talk with Mr. Grafftey about the council's work. The Conservative MP is
FOREIGN POLICY DEBATED
“Canada Will Consider
a member of the committee bit ‘was not present at Thursday's meeting. :
SAFETY STANDARDS The council presented a brief to the committee favoring man- datory minimum ssafety per- formance, standards for all cars
manufactured in Canada or im- |.
ported.
It suggested ‘‘development of standards should be a co-opera- tive effort between govern- ments, industry and independ- ent research groups,’”
‘Recognition Of China
OTTAWA. {CP) = will consider steps to give dip-
lomatic efforts
nigt country in the United Na-
tions; Prime Minister Pearson
_ apid. “Thursday.
~Atthe end of a major foreign -address in the Commons, iberal leader disclosed the
Canadian intention in reply to a
question by, NDP Leader T Cc.
Douglas. -Mr. Canada
nizing China as an example to
“others
country into closer contact with the West.
Mr.
'. policy tig China into the United Na-
tions. shou
reeognition
_ Megotia “WNOT A
" “Tt may not only be a ques- tion of Canada recognizing
China,
Canada,” he added. “Earlier: Mr.
ered a efforts
‘Nam and
‘there
Canada
recognition te Chima if fail to seat the Commu-
Douglas asked whether would consider recog-
in efforts to bring that
Pearson said “Canadian is to concentrate on get-
But. if that fails. “we 1d consider’ diplomatic through aera tions.
‘ONE-WAY MATTER ~
but of China recognizing
Pearson deliv- pessimistic appraisal of to halt the war in Viet concluded by saying did not seem much like-
It-was depressing to note that} no mhove has developed recently to end the war, It still was be- | MP. ing treated as a military prob- lem.
He was discouraged and dis- appointed at-the intractibility of North Viet Nam, but added- that he understands North Viet Nam's reluctance to link an end
to a settlement.
On Rhodesia, Mr, Pearson said Canada is committed to support the likely British pro- posal for~-mandatory United Nations economic sanctions against the white - supremacist Tan Smith regime. -
HOPES FOR SHIFT
On the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Mr. Pearson said he hoped. it would miove away from the military, défensive side and open political discus-: sions to ease tensions with Com-
in _Eastera Europe ~~
with the Warsaw pact powers, which form a counter-bloc to NATO.
On China again, Mr. Pearson said Canada's proposal to seat her in the UN is unlikely to be adopted. But it may lead to a more positive examination of
of a quick settlement,”
the China entry problem.
to U.S. bombing in the north) | seat but give up its permanent
/
ee Contact must. be established (SHOULD HAVE SEAT
He defended the ‘policy after Conservative ahd Social Credit Conservative
rn fenbaker, icized
it.
The proposal was ‘that Red China should be given seats on the General. Assembly and Se- curity Council while Nationalist China maintain‘ its assembly
council seat. -
Mr. Pearson said the policy was ‘not an attempt to create two Chinas- but to- outline what: might be a reasonable interim solution. " No question of ithe sovereignty was involved.
baker on what changes in Red China had led to the Canadian ‘government's change in policy, Mr. Pearson said his govern- ment wasn’t so naive as to be-
change her ways in the light, of #- UN -seat-offer: *
But Canada believed that both Chinas should be seated in the assembly. A government that represented _ 700,000.000 people should have a Security Council seat.
the concept of universality im UN membership. ©
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~Ttario Liberal. party, ¢
it and NDP members supposes
To questions by Mr. Diefen-|
lieve that Red China would}:
Canada never had abandoned
Brockville
may be drafted to lead the Qn-'_ parlia- mentary secretary to Prime Minister Pearson said Thurs- day. et
John: Matheson told a local || Liberal Meeting that Mr. Cos- sitt “is being considered in cer- tain places as the man who should follow Andrew Thomp- son as leader of the Ontario Liberal pa ¢
Mr. Cossitt, president of the Leeds Liberal Association and a former vice-president of the provincial party, declined com-
—M> Alban Farmer;—-P€=6th}
Queens, it when he rose to ask many members of the government hold|
tract.sstatement. he had made, ago. that 10 of Campbell cabinet | PE
Sparks Lively Debate In House
copy of a minute of the execu-
|bers” of council were present.
The Premier denied emphati- cally that this was so, that it was a true copy. He explained that minutes of council meetings list the names of government members
been sworn in by His Honor,
ig | they—stoutly—maintained.————
tive-council--which—indicated—in-}— the first line that “10 mem-
in attendance, _ the actual mimber is tot spelled out: | “say
Previously it had been explain- ed by the Premier,—he was sup- ported by: his own ‘benches— that Robert Campbell, Ist Prince had been at Government House for the swearing in ceremony, so had the other Liberal mem- bers, but Mr. Campbell had not
‘Royal Assent
At AGlance_
Prime Minister Pear- son said Canada will consider steps to give diplomatic rec- ognition to Red China if ef- on to. seat her in the UN ai
of the Economic Council of Canada, said pressures for wage parity with the U.S. have to be resisted or Canada
payments crisis. Reid Scott Danforth) called for, more
iying the NHA has becom a vehicle for houses nobody ean afford:
Final_atgument_in_the Stephen Truscott murder case the Supreme Coyrt was postponed until late Jan-
uary. The BBG recommended de- nial of a bid by Barrie, Ont..
ment reaches a crescendo controversial intensity.
The PCs were insisting that 10 cabinet members had been sworn in by the Lieutenant-Gov- ernor when the Liberals took office last July, and this despite repeated and emphatic denials from the government benches. Newspaper reports were cited in part, and, of course, news- paper reports are not official.
of
CAUSE OF DEBATE -
lature, which started all of this discussion, provided that the ‘Legislative Assembly Act be
portfolio one member without That would allow Retort) -~>-
The legislation before the legis-
changed “to provide for nine cabmet ministers, and portfolio:
(Continued on page 3; col. 2)° |
Lemay: Tia De
Prime Minister Pearses said the government is con- sidering ways to render fam- _ine aid to India.
- FRIDAY, Nov. 25 -
The Commons meets at 11 a.m. to continue study of de- partmental estimates. The Senate - adjourned un- til_ Nov.
iy TE N RESS- THURSDAY, Nov. 24, 1966
Sea 2 Saeed; here
will face another balance of
(NDP—Toronto .
federal _money_ for housing, |, r ie]
By LORNE YEO Lieutenant-Governor wd. MacDonald prorogued the -spe- cial session ae the provincial Legislature last
giving Royal assent to five bills, one of which provides for a min- ister ‘witout portfolio thus in-
creasing the Executive Council to 10 members from nine.
The special session was pro- rogued during its second day, which, at the outset, saw Oppos- ition Leader Walter. R. Shaw
4o—prolong—sittings—un- 1
til Christmas if the government didn’t. provide clarification as to what federal-provincial cost sharing programs would ——_be phased out following the tax sharing agreement at the fiscal conference in Ottawa. -
A heated exchange took place between the government and members of the opposition over
the Legislative Assembly Act. This act, which received third
member in the Cabinet bringing the 1 to 10 cabinet members including the Premier, Hon. Alex B. Campbell.
The new member without port- folio, Robert Campbell, 44, from
First Prince, is from Alberton.
He was first elected to the
Prince Edw Island Legisla- in 1962, *~*
‘Premier Campbell termed it necessary that Robert cee
The t preted the situation incorrectly, = Liberal oe suggest-
¢
cory. oF MINUTE
tion Leader now—jumped to his [ee eee eee
‘ ~~ pas Finally Mr. Shaw—he’s Oppost: |"
as (cP)—A forced a
| ¢ Canadian Plan”
inner
=TOKYO- (AP) = China rejected. today Canada's two-Chinas 1 to seat. Pe-
king in the United Nations. Un- der the Canadian plan National- ist China would remain in the UN.
“This is nothing but a revival of the U.S. imperialist plot to create two Chinas and suck’ a plot will never succeed,” said Pekingy the official party. news- paper, People’s Daily, in an ed- itorial,
The gist of the editorial ‘was carried in a New China news
ment.
le
Dale Ann Young, 18-year-old Miss Toronto Argonauts, shows delight om winning
agency report monitored here.
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FIRST TIME SHE WON ANYTHING
the Miss Grey Cup contest at Vancouver. She said it was the
ay
conspiracy to commit ally carrying out a‘ burglary at a downtown ba
Jacques. Lajoie, apparently had disappeared.
Mr. Bruneau said he had been in touch with Claude Wagner, former justice minister, in re- lation to the missing testimony. Copies of various testimonies given in the case were found
first time in her life she had won anything.’ (CP Wirephote)
ts
ot Thursday of the fos ora
' | football
evening after |'ed~
reading provides for an extra |.
With no reflection on Campltfellis abili Mr. a Ag ‘sy where its ae are oe cee. 80_closely_together, do we need ‘nator Cabinet minister.
diculous.”
David Stewart, PC Charlotte. town, suggested that the gover ment should be made more streamlined. es
He said that this with its population of a
ate effectively under five active
members of Cabinet. : “Perhaps _ the ste
shouldbe done
stated: Premier Campbell ei
said he disagreed with Mr. =
wart and wasn’t impressed with Mr. Shaw's statements on the matter. *
attending Cabinet: sessions and meetings of government, travel- led from Alberton to Charlotte- town on’ his own expense.
A bill which received. third
ah patie Wikio of tae’ ing made by it and vary of re perience -and because of Cabin-| voke any such decision. the province. (Ciatinond ee poe 3 ck BS
ek “Given 5 Bills
To be quite frank, I think it's re
ntown_bank branch over | _ Inet two—days— of —the.
ie Do mT aToe Day holiday’ pavement rene me taken
weekend of 1961. up. by defence counsel's in- NATIONS (CP) —
As the hearing was seheduled | tensive cross - examination of comear Affairs Minister to , begin ‘Thursday “ morning | Taicie, major crown witness | Martin was a luncheon guest of Jean Bruneau, chief Crown against Lemay. U Thant, United Nations secre- prosecutor, informed Judge tary-general, Thursday. ~ Emile Trottier bro cane T : It qas understood that the given at anot trial Brown o Mee » |primary topic ‘in their conver- the Crown's major witness, sation, lasting 1% hours, was
Kosygin Today
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Rus- sia’s position on Viet Nam w as reported still tough and un- yielding Thursday as the Brit- ish and Soviet foreign ministers ended two days of intensive talks.
But a current British search
Martin’s recent visit to Poland and, the Soviet Union. But they also discussed the thorny UN problems of Chinese member- ship and peacekeeping finances, and the future plans of the sec- retary-general, who is expected to say before the end of: this month whether he will recon- sider his decision to retire.
A Canadian source said Martin found the conversation “extremely stimulating and challenging.”
today, where he has been vited to lunch by Dean Rusk, United States state secretary.
Martin will spend the week- end. at his Windsor, Ont., home and then return to UN head- quarters in New York for the windup of the China debate.
Voting is expected- to take place Monday or Tuesday on three motjons: A U.S. bid -te have the seating of Communist China declared an important question, requiring a two-third . majority for passage; an Ital ian proposal that a committee — be formed to study the subject and report to the assembly/next fall; and 4n Albanian-Cambod- ian effort to seat Communist China and expel the Nationalist °
JOHNSON IS AT
Martin will go to Washington
RANCH
NEW YORK (CP) —.
.| central U.S. plains and smog-
Under | tan to see the parade, while an- ather 60,000,000 watched onene work television.
| filtered ‘sunlight on Broadway, Americans celebrated their Thanksgiving holiday Thursday. They had a big assist. from Canadians in New York, where Canadian soldiers, Mounties, Miss Canada and a Montreal world’s fair float formed a big part of the holiday parade or-
ageeremnh ree
Thi
-| begun 40 years ago to promote Christmas shopping, also
moted the Montreal’ fi ie Canada’s confederation ten-
‘|mial next year.
Miss Canada, 19-year-old, Bar- bara Kelly of Vancouver, barely had time to catch her breath after the parade before leaving by plane for home. Having adorned the 1967 World’s ¥air- . here, she will-ride again
the Grey Cup parade to- Throughout the United, States,
cathedrals and small :churches, parades along broad avenues and sun-splashed streets. and
games. MILLIONS WATCH ON TV Macy’s spokesmen estimated that 1,000,000 persons thronged the streets ef central Manhat-
ganized by Meare. depertment
there were prayers in massive:
_The_ Mounties, riding directly ahead of the world’s fair float. drew especially loud cheers along the 43-block parade route. In Herald Square, terminal point of the parade, they per- formed a modified version of the Musical Ride.
Soldiers from ‘Canada’s Black Watch regiment got en- bands of the Black” Watch and the Royal Dra goons-played “Scotland the Brave’’ to wind up the festivities.
President Johnson and his family enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner on their ranch in Texas. The president, -his voice still
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Chinese at the same time.
‘Canadians Aid Americans Celebrate Thanksgiving
husky from hig recent throat
operation, presided over a din.
ner table on which two turkeys,
one wild and. one domestic,
‘were served to Mrs. Johnson; their daughters, Lynda and
Luci; Luci’s busband, Patriek
J. Nugent, and several rela-
tives. ’
HIGHWAY TOLL MOUNTS
.The- family’ scene’ was en acted at happy tables across the country. There were
of highway accidents claiming
human, lives-as~ millions of carg jammed the roads. :
The United States has 360,000 servicemen atid women in Viet Nam. but efforts were made to serve turkey and the dressings to all of them, Helicopters car- ried hot meals to troops in the field Warships at sea were filled with the aroma of roast- ing turkey.
Most Americans paid n
“per cent more, a food price spiral
Meet At Lunch —
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