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VOL. LXXVII. N0. 186

DECLARES NATIONAL EMERGENCY

Premier Nguyen K h a n is. right. addresses news confer- ence in Saigon Friday at which

Montague Yacht Has Lead As 11 Sail-From Shediac

(Special to The Guardian)

SHEDIAC NB. - 35- sloop. the Thurumcap. owned by Dr. L. A. Johnston of Mon- tague. P.E.I. took an early lead here Friday night as 11 yachts began a 73-mile race, for Charlottetown.

The Montague entry is the only one in the race which sails without a handicap.

A Charlottetown yacht. San Soucl. Pickard. was seen in fourth position before darkness set in. This boat barn handicap of three minutes and 24 seconds.

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the 27-foot Nanette. owned by

Wendell McLaine was trailing. Placing of the fourth entry from the Charlottetown Club. the 31-foot Shelly. own Hugh Warburton. could not be determined. A large crowd. estimated at

6' '<

race. Eight boats were enter-

By NICHOLAS TURNER SA'IGON (Reutersi—Premier

of a possible invasion Communist North iet and placed South Viet Nam under a state of emergency. “The coming weeks will

he declared a state of national emergency in South Viet Nam

ind him. from left. are Deputy Premiers Ngiwen Ton

ed by the Shediac Yacht Club. three by Charlottetown and one by Montague. One of the 12 original entries was withdrawn

but it was not learned 'unmed- l lag-to southerly 15 to 20

iately which one. WIND LIGHT

Wind was light when the starting gun was fired. and the see calm.

the ‘ owned by Walter ‘

: mese bord Nguyen Khanh warned Fridayl ‘ from gency had been under conside Nam ation for some time. bu

de-

U.S. Solid Fuel Rocket Explodes

ploded in” a spectacular and

disastrous failure for the US. 080

space program Friday.

After burning fiercely nearly two minutes. black and gold flames burst from the nozzle of the huge solid-fuel motor.

The rocket consumed itsalf in

a fire which ignited brush

troops near the North Vietna- er. Plans for a state of emer- r.

t Khanh surprised American officials by announcing it Friday. Some of-

ficials said detailed planning ’ ‘3

ride the destiny of our entire was unfinished and the move people." he told a press con- was premature. ference. "The crucial hour has Khanh informed US. Ambas-

struck."

r Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor

After announcing the deciar- and Deputy Ambassador Alexis ation of emergency which Johnson.

placed South Viet Nam under

An American spokesman said

virtual martial law. Mai-Gen. later US. officials considered ' Khanh prepared to join his the move an internal affair of

Russia Gives Support in North Vietnamese

IDNDON (.Reuiersl - Russia has told North Viet Nom it “fly supports that country I do mand In United States end its Provocative acts in Southeast Asia. the Soviet news agency Tass reported today.

In a telegram to the Norm Vietnamese foreign minister Soviet Forblgn Minister Andrei Gromyko said the American "acts of direct aggression . . . oan entail ~dangerous conse- queml. the scope of which it is not hard to foresee."

Replying to a telegram from the North nmese foreign

I condemned us. "lines-inc actions“ in attack- ing North Vietnam: .sboro iii-

in Washington are attempting

o o. "Now it became obvious to

all what role was pursued by in g

the so-called patrolling of the shores of the Gulf of Tonkin and the continuous build-up oi the military potential of thc United States in this area oi Southeast Asia_

“The intrusion into the an space of the DV-R (North Vict Nami. the bombing and shell-

inore installations 12:

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patrolling cannot be regards:

otherwise than acts of due

aggression. as an international violation. of the DRV'a loves cignty." Gromyko said.

it actions. enerating a statistical and/populated local- “man?” the "cilirity of the "‘0' Al‘- 5- - peoples of other countries. can

"The fact of the pres gum] dangerous consequences "I" of mm! the scope of which it is not hard

States forces in the Gulf of Tonkln Ill spa-i1 hostile aha - to Ml. '.the shores waters “If.

"This amid demonstration.

at coils-Is. cant be M“ n infusion

a 0' the United States in this part I m

.Ilt

to foresee."

the United Nations charter. as well as of the Geneva agree- mta in 1 film."

SAN JOSE. at it. (Art. — A, m m. I, w"

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l by blazes over the United Tech-l Crandall's 22 foot sloop. Snipe. nology Centre‘s mountain testlthe smallest in the race base near here.

Crucial Hour Has Struck, South Vietnamese Told

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1964.

Small Boy Loses lile In Brook

two-and-a-half-year-old boy drowned yesterday in a brook across the road from his home on St. Patrick's Road. Hope

River. .

Alan Wade Gallant. the son of Mr. and Mia. Alfred J. Gal- lant. was found in the water by his mother and taken to the Hunter river office of Dr. K. G. Ellis about 11 em.

Half an hour of artificial res- piration failed to revive the child

The remains were transferr- ed to the Charlottetown Fu- neral Home. Funeral arrange- ments will be announced later.

There will be no inquest, Coroner Dr. A. Coady said last evening.

The child is survived by sev-

eral brothers and sisters as well as his parents.

mug“ EVEN cam 14 Passe

OPllng-Out Formula Seen?

As Fostering Separatism

POINTS UP P.E.l. NEED

Douglas Makes Plea Far Pool Ol laxes

By FARMER TISSINGTON Capital Bureau. the Guardian OTTAWA —— Some Canadian

their constitutional responsib- iiities by turning over to them a large share of the tax field.

In Income lax Share ‘

OTTAWA (0P) — Conserva- l trend was stopped the minute! tive Gordon Aiken said in the would find himself in a very Commons Friday the govern- narrow operating area. '

ment's opting - out formula for < . - .. COULD BECOME A STATE

d f t Quebec-is creating a e aco his d a“ H l I

Provinces Get Boost _,

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provinces do not have a large "They are losing sight of the enough tax protential to meet fact that there are provinces their basic needs. even if the where there is not the tax po-

Iloan and Nguyen Xuavn Oanh and Foreign Minister Pban tiny Quat. (AP Wirephoto via cable from Saigon).

Weather forecasts indicated the likelihood of fog patches and l poor visibility during the night,

One Killed,

, Two lniured

At Montague

MONTAGUE —- One young man was killed and two others injured early today when a half-ton truck left' the highway near the top of Bell's Hill two miles north of this town.

Royal Canadian Mounted Po- lice did not release the names

with winds increasing by morn- 83 lhey said "EXP “f kind had

of arrival estimates varied. with the first boats Hillsboro Bay su rise.

It was a colorful scene as the yachts sailed. Some 30 to 50 power boats of all kinds roared around Shediae Bay. Entries from the Shediac club include: 'the 30 foot sloop. Aogelux. owned by E Bowman: Dim-fly: '30 foot schooner owned Ivy-Cliff Ellis:

it MacLeod’s 20 foot sloop Falcon; the 24 foot sloop Fire- fly. owned by Don Fowoes. Gene Boudreau's 32 foot Scho- oner. La Donna; F-red Fraser's 25 foot sloop Merry Mac; the Norma C.. a 25 foot sloop owned Murray Wade and Bill

some predicting highway mi ht be in Road

shortly after arross the cor er

not been informed.

The truck left the paved

near the Brudenell intersection. It

ii of a and ended up in the ditch on Brudenell Road.

:The dead man was found in the ditch. The other two were on the road. At first it was thought only the two were in the accident. but at Montague Hospitatoaeof ed about the third man in the truck and it was then search was started for him.

Dr. John Bonnell. Montague was called to the scene and an ambulance from the Murray River Funeral Home rushed the injured Memorial Hospital.

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ie the

federal government turned over to them the entire field of in-, come. corporation and succes- sion duty taxes. T. C. Douglas leader of the New Democratic Party, said in the Commons this week. .

Taking part in the debate on; changes in federal provinciali fiscal arrangements. Mr. Doug-‘ las said that some people in Ontario and Quebec talked of ‘

the-injured'nslr- G

to the Kings County pm”

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the South Vietnamese governg

l ment

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ION wnwomzn .

"If it results in more effec- tive prosecution of the war and increased mobilization then it’s thing." he sat .

The US. is supporting South Viet Nam's Internal fight against the Communists and has flown in more air power to support the South Vietnamese military.

e decree contained provis- ions amounting to martial law although some of these were not expected to be immediately enforced.

Under the decree. all vloia- lions oi-security will be put un- der military courts with a man- datory death sentence for ter- rorists. provocateurs and spec-

[Implementation of the decree was placed in the hands of all ministers except the premier. ' expected 3

me to the military situation. PLACED UNDER CURFEW

Saigon was placed under an 11 p.m.~to-4 a.m. curfew—put- n a damper on the city's lively night life.

P censorship was im- posed but was expected to af- fect only the local press.

Khanh said at his press con- ference if. was "time to tell the whole truth about the situation in the country."

He said "Internally we face

Communist army in our own territory of 150.000 men. of ‘ 34000 are regulars.‘

He said that at the 17th par- allel. dividing North and South Viet Nam. the country was "faced with pressure" from North Viet Nam.

INSIDE TODAY

Birth. deaths Class fled “II”. ’ Cornice

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Turks Deny Jet Attack

ANKARA (APi—The Turkish government denied today re- ports Turkish air force jets strafed Cyprus Friday.

allowing the provinces to meet

Cyprus Has Raid By Turkish Jets

NICOSIA (APi'—The Cyprus‘ government of President Arch-l bishop Makarios said nig‘it four Turkish air force Sa- bre jets attacked the northwest coastal village of Polis and hit an Italian cargo vessel in the harbor. _

There were no immediate re- ports of casualties.

Friday ‘ h

tential and that giving them a larger share of the tax field will not lhelp them because the tax potential is not there." Mr. Douglas pointed out.

He tabled some figures to show the situation in each pro- vince and said that if Prince deard Island had receiv the whole of the taxation re- venues collected within its borders in 1961-62. it would have received $3 million less than it got that year under the equalization payments.

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P.E.l. would have obtained $3.-

700.000 less than it actually did

receive under the equalization ula.

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He. said it was for this rea- son that he was heartily in

support of the system of feder-.

fiscal relations at now existed. He said the basic principles laid down by the Rowell-Sirois Commission must‘no t sight of and if all Canadians were to have certain minimum standards of health. welfare and education then there must be some pool-

til-provincial

The reported attack—the first from outside the embattled is-l

ing and some sharing of tax.

revenues.

INJURED

Christopher Soames, son-ln-law of Sir Churchill,

43,

Winston

was knocked un-

conscious and apparently h

ser- iously injured w en thrown off a horse Friday. Soames. the husband of Marh Chur- chill, Sir Winston’s youngest daughter. was taken to a hos- pital. X-rays disclosed pel- vis injuries. The accident oc- curred on a farm near Tun- brldge Wells, 40 miles from don. Somes is minister

of agriculture. (AP Wirephoto)

* Senate

Passes

land during a new; flareup of fighting between the: reek and- «Tu 's - Cypriot communities that is regarded as grave by the United Nations peace force leadership here. Government sources said thel planes buzzed a Greek-Cypriot! military camp on the outskirts. of Paphos village. in west Cy- a few minutes after ma- chine-gunning Polis.

s is a mainly Greek-Cyp- riot village of about 1700 peo- ple. it is about 20 miles froml the Tillyria district where the

reek and Turkish - Cypriots have engaged in major battle the last two days.

he government. dominated by tile Greek-Cypriots. said it may demand an urgent meet- ing of the UN security councill in New York.

Greek ” Gav’t Orders Alert

ATHENS reek government today or. dared a state of alert in its ground. air and naval forces following reports from Cyprus of an attac on the port of Polis by Turkish military planes.

G , Foreign Minister Stav ros Kostopoulos said in a state- ment:

“I hope that this action is not the beginning of the insane operation of invading Cyprus. Anyhow Greece is fully pre- pared to face any event what- soeve

r"

Hint-eds «1 people turned ll) at W yesterday to see preparation for the village cen- tennial day which wasn‘t

Mind to start "an to“.

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' STEER BARBECUED For clients»: CELEBRATION

lt'sam-pmmdsteer heinz Wins-cver mesoflediontlve o'clock his “The barbecue-

beganat oa.m.Fntday. g: quit was built by Pot-co

Money «Bill

n ’1‘ separation of that province from the rest of the country. Calm”? becoming ‘ “mm”, u. balkanized states. pressed fearsthe g -

drift toward a loose federation m

of two associate states — one French-speaking and one Eng- lish-speaking ~— as advocated by the Creditistes and certain French - Canadian nationalists.

The MP for Parry Sound- Muskoka spoke shortly before the Commons gave second reading ' prin- ciple -— to legislation increasing the provinces’ share of personal income tax

He obiected to sections pro- viding for extra payments to Quebec in compensation for the province's withdrawal from the federal youth allowances and student loan programs. It is the only province so far to opt out of these programs.

“I hope we've seen the last of this type of divisive legisia- tion." he said.

FLEXIBILITY URGED George Nowlan. former Con— servative finance minister, said the time has come to m era- lu the constitution and make it me dlex'ilbile. But he did not believe for one

' minute Canada was in danger

of telling a p a rt. Canadians tended to worry too much about the stability and unity of their Icountry.

His home province of Nova Scotia, perhaps the most loyal l to C o n f e d oration now, had threatened to secede in the first

OTTAWA (om—Over a brief years of federal union. Scores

Grattan O'Leary, gave speedy approval Friday to the government’s interim sup- ply bill. .

The bill. giving the govern-i ment 31.037.030.109 worth of} spending authority to meet rou-l tine expenses in August. Sep-

ceived royal assent.

The Ontario Conservative charged the dignity of the Sen-l ate was being insulted by the: haste with which it was asked? Jto give first. second and third. reading to the interim supply‘ bill.

Criticizing the government for? not answering opposition dues-l tions in the Commons about the supply bill, Senator O'Leary said

"T'iere are certain people high places who do not seem understand that freedom speech involves more th n

a

in to

freedom to speak—it also wolves a freedom That is the very he Parliament."

fre l APPEARS DORMANT l The Senate appeared to the press and public as being “merely a doormat for thel House of Commons" because there were people in t'-ie Com- mom: who did not understand that the Senate was "an tnteg-l

t art of

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Moms'ide and cost about $100 The animal was

from Canada Packer and has been the drum card for the celebrations. See Amy on vase 5’.

ral part of Parliament." ; “it has its dignitles. its rights. 2 its responsibilities." | first and most importantl

step in reforming the Senate should be to compel the House of Commons to recognize these . dignities. rights and responsibil- ities. he added. “ T'ie Senator warned that he- (Continued on page 3. col. 5)

Five Bandits l Get $75,000 i

CALCUMET. Que. (CPl-- ) Five bandits wearing sunglassen i as a partial disguise robbed .‘ branch of the bank of (Montreal of an estimated 357.000 in 08bit and securities today.

The men entered the bank shortly after the opening and forced the staff to lie on the floor while they cleaned out tellers‘ cages and the safe.

The bank's head office in Montreal said d eta l l s were sketchy but it gave this break- down of the estimated loot

.000 in cash

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iand “

other types of securities. These are very rough fig um." a bank spoheaman said The robbers oped away from the bank in a car that was re- ported stolen earlier. Calumet son I miles

(Reuters) —- The but bitter’proteat from Senator 0f blank flags had been flown senate in Nova Scotia on Dominion

Day for ma y years. One pre- mier had even travelled to Lon- don to unge the British govern- ment to repeal the Britls North America Act.

Mr. Nowlan (-Digby - Annapo-

r Gordon disagreed on

w has sufficient control over the

fiscal and economic policies of Code m permit provincial gov. d .ernment lotteries to help

Cana a‘. . Mr. Nowlan said believes

ceased to be the dominant fac- tor in the control of fiscal and economic policy. Unless this

WASHINGTON (AP) —' Both houses of the US. Congress gave President Johnson a vote of confidence Friday in the Southeast Asian crisis. support- ing his decision to strike back at reported Communisc North Vietnamese attacks on . warships in the Gulf of Tonkin between North Viet Nam and Communist China.

By a vote of 414-0 the House of Representatives adopted a Iii-partisan resolution backing

the president's actions as com- um

mander - in - chief of the US. armed forces. and the Senate

‘followed with an ill-2 endorse- ‘ merit.

The opposition votes were cast by two Democrats, Sen- ators Wayne Morse of regon who has repeatedly denounced US policies in Southeast Asia as a threat to world peace. and Ernest Gruening of Alaska.

Gruening told the Senate “all V‘ i Nam is not worth the life of a single American boy."

Johnson hailed the action as "a demonstration to all the world of the unity of all Amer- loans."

In a statement expressing ap- preciation to members of both the Democratic and Republican parties for “their patriotic. rea-

Jolute and rapid action." John-

son said:

"The votes prove our deter- mination to defend our forces. to prevent aggression and to work firmly and steadily for

and security in tho

REPUBLICANS APPROVE

Senaor Goldwater of Arizona. the Reptflicsa nom- inee for US. Mont in tho

west of Montreal along the 0f- ta'wa River.

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Nov. 3 general election. joined

l (bridgei ‘ era

T - K' ' . tember and October. later re- it; mu) and finance Mm ca

Confidence Vote ., ..Z.:{:lGiven Johnson

ust be in a position to la- fluence fiscal and economic pol-g icy in the broadest sense of that term. But he did not believe for one moment that the federal government had lost its inant influence in this field. .,

The finance minister said he agrees with Mr. Nowlan that this country is not going to fl! apart at the seams. I