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OTTAWA (CP) — J.W. Pickers- gill Wednesday. accused the fed- eral government of “a shocking
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RCMP reinforcements to New-
foundiand at the request of the .- provincial government during the
stormy _woodworkers’ strike. Justice Minister Fulton replied
Exchequer Court of Canada in a Newfoundland action charging breach of contract by the federal
Hunt For Bodies Still. Continuing -ESCUMENAC, N_B. (CP) — Six @raggers continued the scooping of Miramichi Bay Wednesday night while beachcombing ground
scoured the coastline for of 24 bodies still unrecov-
‘Deafening
By ROBERT RICE Canadian Press Staff Writer
P Incident In House
government and Mr. Fulton, min- ister .responsible to Parliament for the- RCMP. Consequently, it cannot be debated elsewhere.
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2 21-GUN Royal Salute greet-| greeted on the pier by the Hon.
continuation of their 45-day Cana- dian tour.
Although they were not due to come ashore until today, a crowd several thousands gathered be- barricade to cheer ud the royal couple. the harbor set up a din, sounding a wel- with their whistles.
Queen and Prince Philip on the Britannia’s sundeck
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docked, and J.M. Savignac, the city’s executive committee, arrived to pay their respects. Chatting with newspaper men, Mayor Fournier said he planned te tell the Queen about Wednes-
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lr. Hn NCEHEG FlOOlaM hs vesrerate ¢ . BUENOS AIRES (AP)— p A | e a free-enterprise cabinet LONDON (Reut s)—A Rubens | a around a new economics | painting, The Adoration of the 8 en, ane Magi, was sold at auction here appease military thrist- Wednesday for the world: record said: ing for his ouster. price of £275,000. The president coaxed Al- The painting was part of a col- varo ey. sate lection from the estate of the late engineer army turn- | Duke of Westminster, ec- that a directive of manage-| ed politician. into taking . | tion, Dida hn at tioned ae. the preview) command of Argentina's fal- |919° 1% was sold to oy . death a (CU by a factural report; tering economic program duties an Alsogaray is chief of the Sotheby’s, leading London auc- Oe nn ona a Civic Independent par- |tioneers, was jammed with 500 3 the CBC. The| Before the “eco ee eee ve : nomics ministry, he demand In 90 tension-packed seconds— 5 Ses. ntent of eae ae a bids jumping £5,00C a time as the eee ee has checkmated economics |2¥dience gasped—the staggering be poet aes: ’ ministry plans. final figure was reached and the ae pe é TO: REMOVE DOUBTS 4 the G60 tee: lober. wainie! Painting went to the London art sae RONR hy IF “Accordingly, and in order to : will have |dealer Leonard Koetzer SSE remove any doubt as to the in-| the Sent i(vnelect the labor |TOPS CEZANNE PAINTING Pee dependence of the corporation; minister later on as well as The price topped the previous preview commentary will be re- to pick six key men for sec- jTecord of £220,000 set inthe and Mrs. Wilfred Hamel. The sumed next Monday. retariés in his own ministry. |same auction roomg last October Queen inspected a guard of hon- | “The board of directors for the One-of Argentina’s leading |for. Cezanne’s Garcon au Gilet ot drawn up on the pier by men | 0 0 management of the CBC wish to| exponents of free enterprise | Rouge. That painting was among of the famous Royal 22nd Regi- : reaffirm the established policy of | thus won an fron hand over | seven impressionist works which ; freedom of expression in CBC; economic and social policies. | sold for £781,000—a world record -By BEN WARD Progrems devoted to the discus- for a collection. Canadian Presa Staff Writer | sion of public issues. io ie Koetzer told reporters he was TORONTO. (CP) -— Toronto Since the resignations bessn/ Dominion acting for a British buyer who photographer Gilbert Milne toidjeartier this week, 37 persons A intends keep the painting in today how he presented a. smaii|from: the talks and public af- Britain, “probably in a private gold photograph case to Queen | fairs: department in Toronto, lls Wednesday a Slated Wier Uttien, the GBC Guster ly Twomiay ant got the Ein. Many of the individusle| OTTAWA (CP)—Dominlon Day “Gh this ie the nicest!” charged that political inter-| Will provide no long holiday Mr. Milne who photographed | ference was behind the canceila-| Weekend this year for Canadians. the Royal Family at Windsor| ton of the Ottawa program, Pre- Officials said Wednesday that, day’s monster parade marking | Castle last month on assignment |View Commentary. It was broad-| by statute, the holiday. is cele- the feast of St. Jean Baptiste, for the Canadian Press, said the | ©®s following the 8 a.m. new brated on July i—next Wednes- patron saint of French-speaking | purséeized case held four head-|#84 featured parliamentary re-|day—and that the only time the Canadians. amishoulder color photographs of |Porters who gave their views) holiday is switched to a Monday Mr. Fournier and Mr. Savignac|the Royel Family enlarged fram | #%d comments. is when July 1 falls on a Sunday. were among 40 guests invited to|a photo taken on the castle ; OTTAWA (CP) — The former an 8 p.m. dinner aboard the| grounds. . Liberal admiiuigtration may have yacht. The, guest list, containing} He said the Queen appeared ; a ‘a spent sbout $600,000 more than Sregle fren oll walks of Bio, in| pestiantants sfemnad ih sistem was gecessary in ‘building the cluded hockey star. Jean Beliveau|of Prince Charles and " Maritime car ferry Lord Selkirk, of Montreal Cahadiens and foot-|Anne im dhe front of the three —-- : ore Parliament wae informed Wed- ball star Sam Etcheverry of| imchdong case. He said dhe looked! . : : mesday. Montreal Alouettes. at the princess’ photo and re- The Commons publie accounts Six minutes after going aboard| marked: “Oh good, you can’t! committee. in its réport to the Mayor Fournier emerged on a| even see her chicken pox.” House, said the former Liberal lower deck with the Queen and rene. Se, ae ae administration did not invite ten- Prince Philip. They chatted|covered from chicken pox ae - sl ,* : 4 ders on the ship but instead se- briefly, first in French and then|@ay Mr. Milne took the family} OTTAWA (CP) — Charges that/suve will be aired in the Com-|iecteq a shipyard and awarded im English. portraits. the CBC gave in to political pres-| Mons committee. | contract on the basis of cost é On @ motion of J. W. Pickers-| anq a small amount for profit. CONFERENCE ENDS TODAY —_— the committee agreed Wednesday |, Compared with an original 1969 - jestimate of $1,500,000, the ferry’s e to calles witnesses three of the) 504) cost was $3,200,000 aft oon * senior CBC men who quit the! ious changes in design and struc- publicdy - owned corporation's talks and public affairs branch. | {ure was delivered in May, ; mM : * | 1958 for a subsidized service run- ) And committee members made! ning between Wood Island, P.E.I it clear 7 See and Caribou, N.S. o,8 . Ssecctianay wae’ ot tb Sadler Bon Art gpeaglpine sd peli, of the CBC's cancellation of Pre- é plus contracts, the committee's aritime Social WOrKers Head ss es: radio program of comment on | U222imous report =
J. G. LeBlane of Fredericton, N.B., was elected president yes. terday at the business meeting of! the Seventh Biennial Maritime
Conference on Social Work. The conference will conclude
Mar. Veterinary Association Meets
SACKVILLE, N.B. — (CP) —
ernment at an informe! reception, which took the form of a chicken barbecue, at Birch Court, Domin. fon Experimental Farm.
A pleasant feature of the re- ception was the attendance of Pipe Major Bruce MacLaren who played a number of Scottish selections on the bagpipes. After a strenuous day of dis cussions on Tuesday sparked by two thought papers presented by Rev. Swithun Bo- wers, OMI., director of St. Pat-
ing committee, said the board's decision will not affect the com- mittee’s plans for calling the
tick’s School of Social Work, Ot-
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three CBC men who first resigned and directors.
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The Adoration of the Magi de picts the Holy Family outside the manger. The Virgin is rising to her. feet with the Holy Babe in her arms. The whole i a composition of 11 figures two angels inthe sky.
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Half. an: hour bef was due: to start Sotheby’s rooms were packed. Another to 700 watched the sale in parts of the building on circuit television.
Koetzer also. bought another painting in the Duke's collection —El Greco’s The Apostle &t.- James for £72,000.
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ferry: “In this instance no tenders
kirk Construction ls $600,000 Too High
loans is a “great mistake.” He told the Senate finance eom- mittee that a “state of absur-
-|dity” would be reached ¥ the:
rate on government treasury bills goes to six per cent or more.
In this case, there would be ne point in a bank risking a loan at six per cent while it could put
the money into treasury bills an? ear six per cent or more.
| ST. JOHN'S, Nfid. (CP) — Ra- dio station CJON says two sea- nen who deserted from a Rus-
tawa, the delegates heard an. ad-| as well as the CBC management sian fishing boat in port here
‘pave appealed to the Canadian
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Russian Seamen Ask For Assylum ~
government for asylum. The report quotes Ottawa offf
cials of the citizenship and im- migration department as saying the application for asylum has been made by the men — Vilnis Bethold and Adolph Plonis, Let- vian fishermen. The immigration department officials were not identified.
The fishermen disappeared after failing to return to the Rus- sian trawler Nemen as scheduled Saturday night. Capt. A. Gailitz said here Tuesday “I think they will be back on board of their own free will before the ship sails."’ The Nemen is still at her berth and there has been no in- dication when she will leave.
Immigration spokesmen said the men were taken into custody Monday night and are being held incognito until a full investigation is made of their case, CJON says. It could not be Jearned where the men are being held.
Judge Denies
|\Clemency Bid_
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Hugo‘L. Black of the U.S. Si- Preme Court Wednesday night Tefused to grant a. stay of ex ecution for mass killer Charles Starkweather, scheduled te die shortly after Midnight. “