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RNase RECEIVES LIFE MEMBERSHIP .
Phillip E. Palmer, Charlotte- night at the Legion Center in Branch. Mr. Palmer has been ___ town, was presented with a Charlottetown. Presenting the Royal Canadian Legion Life pin is George Reynolds,
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the assassination * Kennedy ‘clashed- Thursday with | Professor Wesley J. Liebeler, a words—and a challenge to file! commission junior lawyer,
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Her vital statistics: 95-24-35. Runner-up was Mikica Mari- | Bovie of Yugoslavia, the first entry from a Communist coun-
year-old student from Brazil, and fifth Gigliola Carbonara, 23-year-old aiease student~ “from
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Ottawa At A Glance By eS PRESS
‘baker. in. Parliament ¢irculated Pledging loyalty. to
After 13 days of* debate, the ~an interim supply bill allowing the govern- ment to spend $372,000,000 dur- ing November.
The government asked Par- another $289,759,- : n~supplementary estimates, bringing the 1966-67 spending so far to a record
External Affairs Minister Martin -reported~ tothe —Cem-
and Poland want a Viet Nam settlement.
year to pick a successor to Mr. | Diefenbaker,
Pamllsdet hs Considered eel re Possible Leader For PCs
By DAVE McINTOSH (CPyY — Idea man Alvin Hamilton, 54-year-old P for the Saskatchewan riding of Qu’Appelie, is considered ‘by. a
sources and agriculture minis- ter, is known by farmers. He has been doing a good deal of constituency organization. ‘work and has. been making a point of addressing city audiences.
FIELD UNLIMITED
Some Conservatives said any number .of candidates may be inthe field by the time the convention comes around next
They ‘said there has been 8
that Mr. Diefenbaker might try | Canada died Thursday when to knock off any avowed rival | the union turned down a comp- before a leadership meeting |any offer to reopen negotia-
- Camp, |$o end the deadlock. next ‘time| he strike, entering its an. oe
| Diefenbaker—loyalists—d-0-n-'t | publicty-owned airline's 86—air-|—Mr.— Aldred__said _Thursday_
general hanging back for fear
Tons of water, rocks and earth rumbled through St. Jos- eph de la Rive, catching its 450 residents by surprise, after a
ST. JOSEPH DE LA RIVE,
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By DAVE MacDONALD
MONTREAL (CP) — .Hopes for resumption of talks between striking machinists and Air
By KEN KELLY It is not generally considered | partier Thursday, G. R. Me-|_.QT7AWA (CP)—Joel Aldred, |no alternative but to resign |
party's a Toronto broadcaster, acting | presidency. :
try for ie ee sak sd oot with Conservative Leader John| we told The Canadian
c view company would approach the |Ditfenbaker’s knowledge, has/that for their part, the
of the. bitterness against him | 5 290 member International As. | Bay meetings with Con-| should be prepared to receive one “
tions.
Camp aimed at a “peace confer-| hearing it -
day .today, has grounded the | MPs.
or | craft since the strike took ef-|might he is acting as an inter, “The possible creation
fect at 4 p.m.EST Monday. | mediary with
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Da —— In Commons Hit Back At Camp's Faction
By RONALD LEBEL OTTAWA (CP)—John Diefen-
eaucus struck back at the Dalton Camp faction Thursday ap ee thelt: letter 0 carry on. indefinitely.
tors loyal to Mr. Diefenbaker were angry following the lop- sided approval of a 1967 leader- ship convention at the party's eee eae
Gordon Churchill, one of Mr. baker’s closest confi- disclosed in an interview
that he is circulating a petition of loyalty to the opposition leader.
“We have been brushed aside and trampled underfoot and now we will assert our positioa and tell Dalton Camp that he- is not the Tamany boss of this party.” he said.
“This ignoring of the elected members of the party is shock. ing,” said Mr. Churchill, MP for Winnipeg South Centre and former defence and veterans minister. =
DESTROYING PARTY
.He accused Mr. Camp, who was re-elected party president Tuesday, and “his hand-picked
ing for a leadership caaventio’ by Jan. 1, 1968.
George Chatterton, pro-Diet- enbaker MP for Esquimalt- Saanich, repeated his allegation of Wednesday that 60 of the &7 British Columbia delegates-at- | Harge to the Ottawa. convention Conservative MPs and sena- “were named illegally.
He said in an interview that the constitution of the British Columbia Progressive Conserv- ative Association such delegates be the provincial executive.
He said that 6. delegates were personally named by Mal- colm Wickson, a member of the executive from Vancouver. He said that ‘Stuart Fleming, B.C.’ president, had nothing to do with the. “pack- "" of the delegation.
DENIES ALLEGATION
In Vernon, B.C., ing denied Mr. Chatterton’s al- legation and repeated his inten- tion to step down early next
that inted by
Mr. Fiem-
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Fimance, markets ........ 19 eee er ee ae | per. tive,” he said. ‘ oe recive. , Mader was meet-
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year because of ill health and party i
urges Mr. Diefenbaker, 71, to carry on as leader and does not | mention any time limit. *‘The vast majority” of the 9 Con- servative MPs had signed it and more signatures were ex- pected from MPs who now are away or ill.
Robert McCleave, the Halifax MP who organized Arthur Ma- loney’s unsuccessful campaign against Mr..Camp, said “more than 70” members have signed
Mr. Churchill said he wil make his petition and the sig- matures public Tuesday, on ‘the eve of the next catcus.
Pro-Camp MPs dismissed the petition as irrelevant nonsense. Douglas Harkness, former de ferce minister said Mr. Dief- enbaker’s position has become — untenable.
ehonciy examine the .. resolution galling for a leadership conven- tion to determine whether | it contravenes the party constitu- tion. “There was a jugzling of the regulations,”” he said.
Mr. Diefenbaker kept silent meanwhile. An aide said he likely will not make any com- ment until next week.
tle and lodk ‘at the situation in
is top supporters ath sonal sue oad.
Mr. Churchill said. his petition |
Churchill said he wil]
“MARKING AN ANNIVERSARY Us. President Johnson cuts | esda Naval’ Hospital at Beth- Luei, with her husband, Pat a cake. marking his 32nd ra
slats taPtis onthe’ ie ae De is their youngest daughier,
“We want to let the dust set-|
loca- _ ken dam Thursday, The break tice.” St. Joseph. de . brought down tons of earth a was’ ‘and rock, sweeping away two | prices were paid for beef Churehill, one of and homes, a railway station and carcasses this year at the | febaker’s strongest supporters, child presumed in 2 several autos. al Agricultural Winter Fair. |Bad slso seen Mr. Camp gee Pr ee champion of the open | “08M ved sald it would be j . beef carcass class, a 562-pound dition was described satis-, Lawrence. K burst shortly be-| aberdeen Angus’ exhibited by |corrent to deseribe him as ag . fone 8 OM. as Joe. Hasson ot Ariss, -Ont., sold | ‘™iermediary. ‘a of gt buried about | for $1.10 a pound. t miles | 20° feet of the CNR line in mud The champion carcas of the | 2m doing and he has not of Quebec City, called |2%4 debris, -snapped- off poles} regisiored steer class, shown by |“isaereed.with these stepsie--—__ investigation |210"S the railway and swept/ nougias Kohler of Cayuga, itiated by myself on behalf of @ collapse of the 150-foot:|'° Parked cars and a truck! ont went for $1.20 a pound. |!arge number of delegates and je ‘boilt Jost last into the St. Lawrence. The Aberdeen Angus carcass |#ome. MPs.” : Fs im, year. The rupture of the pole line! wished 582 pounds.’ “Because of the tremendous said temporary repairs to|deprived both St. Joseph and| 4 total of 48 beef carcasses | Ditterness, steps had to be i> im had been made the |Les Eboulements of electricity) soi for an average’ price of 38 | ‘tiated fast by somebody.” so and telephone communication. | cents 2 pound, up. from last | reinforced| 4 ENR spokesman said the| year’s average of 55 cents. Halifax W | had | Quebee-Murray Bay line was| The championlamb carcass, oman | eleared at about noon Thurs-| a Southdown, sold for $4.75 T Y. | two miles from |2¥-. Only the: passenger train| pound. The previous record was Gets wo ears about 1,000 feet |*® Quebec from Murray Bay, | $4.20. The carcass was shown tie” nite was- delayed. ° by J. A. Higginson and Son of | HALAFAX (CP) — Isabelle consiihnity’ f bea Bhaib- The railway. station, unoccu-| Sardis; B.C. White, 26, of Halifax oe ments. The reservoir. filled to|Pi¢d when the avalanche hit, Sixty-one lamb carcasses ‘sold | tenced in city police court . was a total loss—shattered to| for. an ‘average 62% cents a|day to two years in penitentiary eapacity by recent heavy rains, | matchwood and ‘buried under | pound with ‘last |on a charge of uniawiully dis- is about 1,500 feet above the St. | five to six feet of mud, year’s 61% cents, sae oe + © She had pleaded guilty to the ‘|: She was sentenced to Dorches- ter Penitentiary, but will be im-
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By ALEXANDER FARRELL UNITED NATIONS (CP)
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. the First “Nugent, and Vice President Lady at his side, Behind them Hubert Hemphrey. (AP Wirephote)