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VOL. LXXIX. NO. 26,
| FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL TALKS HELD
Que. Demands Provinces: Administer Health Fund |
“pment —for- allocating—as—it sees {tee cenent i was “generally favor-
OTPAWA Or NCP) eee’ a manded Mpnday that the pro-|- The report, basis for discu vincial governments be given {sion at ‘oe two-day. urea. exclusive rights to apply for|was repared by a committee of money from the federal govern- federal ‘and provincial deputy ment's proposed $500,000,000 | ministers reporting to their min- health resources fund. isters.
Erie Kierans, Quebec's health | The fund, proposed last sum- minister, told a federal-provin- |mer by Prime Minister. Pearson, cial conference. that the fund would be spent over a 15-year should be used to help the prov--| period. The committee of devuty - inces train’ medical personnel. Delatstacn was set up to devise not tor direct federal assistance |, way to operate the fund and to teaching institutions, allocate the money.
Informants said the’ Quebec position runs counter to a ree- (OPPOSES DIRECT AID ommendation “in .a__still-secret | Mr. Kierans, whose brief was | report that part of the fund br retained by the federal govern-
*Moon Shot Is Launched
MOSCOW (AP)—An unmanned
idirect aid to institutions, othe | lerwise all planning in this field jwould become impossible and | there would be serious danger | jof thwarting the purposes o! the fund.”
He also said Quebec favors \distributing the money on.a per- |
Soviet ‘spaceship—Luna IX—has leapita basis but is agreeable to |
been launched in an apparent japproving an advance payment ss Russians to make |of $25,000,000 to be shared by e
and for Payment of Pestage
| “Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”
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lable’? although most had eriti- icized ‘specific details.
iTO PROPOSE CHANGES
| He’ said the report is not a federal document and that he
neta] Penarimeat $= CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1966.
US. Asks U To Seek Pea
had some ges to propose. provinces intend to meet federal ment hopes to ftearn which conditions for receiving money Today the federal govern- /for. a national .mdical insurance \program One health minister, J. Donon ivan. Ross of Alberta, said his government will os no indica- tion whether it is opting-in or federal-
|. Alberta’ area Manning has ‘been one of the ~most vocal leritics of the federal pple rio! He said the federal
ithat the plan be caved ee re- moves the individual's freedom of choice.
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moon.
landing on the the four Atlantic provinces.
Informants
say the report
Monday’s amnouncement of the |recommends dividing the coun- ,
launching, by the official Soviet news agency Tass, said. the ship “is streaking toward the moon | along a trajectory close to the calculated one. Ali the equip-
ment on board is functioning
normally.”
Theft Ri
itry into five regions gg al- locating ee ibec, Ontario, Prairies and Columbia. Allan MacEachen, federal! health minister, said reaction of __ jal governments to the .commit-
ng Said |
In Sydney Police
SYDNEY, N.S. (CP)—A con-
“stable was charged with theft |
, Monday in connection with an theft ring © operating |
within the Sydney poliée depart: |charkes arise from. thefts from jin a smother of wi
ment since 1
Constable Bernard Larusic will. appear in court again to- day. A former member of the force, -Arthur Williamson, 33,
was charged with theft Sunday | ily: on were indications a police |of Toronto. _
after he was brought here’ ftonr Torento. eee
Two other members are. un- der suspension, but —_ Chiet
(aeatee MacLeod declined ° say whether any. pether | icharges will be laid. : | Chief MacLeod. said _ the |
Sydney department’ stores. He isaid exhaustive investigation re- \vealed a theft ring had been loperating within the department | |fo more than three years and |
‘vehicle was. used. in the thefts. | ‘Tite charges and suspensions. = several months
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. ‘AP)—One: record in the United States has left havoc almost from coast to st in its wake.
weather bureau Wednes- y warned of a new storm due central plains. York City, theatless-=tenements evacuated because of the | cold. The Red Cross pro- meals for the 128 child- and '65 adults from. run- | neighborhoods.
At Kennedy Airport the stock ¢<jet aircraft fuel was down one - day supply because winds in the harbor. de- sliveries by tankers and . Wind gusts—“up to 45
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Better Atlantic Area Deal — By H. Macquarrie
CAPITAL BUREAU |$ OF THE GUARDIAN je OTTAWA — The Atlantic re- ~~gion should ..not -always have twice the amount of unemploy- have an income consistently low- metit as the rest of Canada or have’ an income consistently low- er than other parts of Canada, Heath Macquatrie, MP for Queens, said in the throne ‘“gpeech-debate in the Commons Monday.
‘Tf anyone wants to know the main reason the Atlantic region did not contribute to the Prime Minister's desire for a majority government he has only to look at the record of the parties when in office,’ Mr. Macquatrie said. “No government has yet seized the initiative in the manner which the government of 1957 did when it recognized that spe- cial needs required special mea-
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He pointed out the Economie Council had reported that per capita income in. Ontario was
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Jthese enferences very well pre-
inew snow was expected. Three storm — vania and Virginia—declared a state of emergency and the en- jtire Pennsylvania Turnpike was iclosed for a time.
‘CITRUS. CROP CHILLE Frigid air chilled __ icitrus and winter. |Monday with the worst snap since the big freeze. of '1962. In Lakeland, Fla., Florida |Citrus; Mutual estimated 15,000, {000 boxes. of oranges and 15,- 000,000 boxes of grapefruit would have to be picked imme- Tdiately for processing because of frost damage. Temperatures
lahassee, 20 in Jacksonville, 24 in Tampa and Orlando and 38 in Miami, Key West had the
and |Sstate’s high reading with 49.
The loss to the vegetable crop lin Broward County, Fla., was lestimated tentatively at $1,000,-
in |000.
The storm closed most gov- ernment offices Monday in Washington, D.C., following the worst blizzard there since 1922.
1.118. The latest report on un- employment showed a four per cent increase to 7.1 in the At- antic ‘(Provinces while it was only 3.1 in the rest of Canada. Turning to constitutional mat- or |ters; Mr. Macquarrie said there were dominion-provincial con- ferences -held almost every day and ‘sometimes it was possible to find out what went on if the provincial. representatives chose
home. ' “It. is obvious from the little |
information we do get that our Dominion people do not go int
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By THE CANADIAN PRESS ‘MONDAY, Jan. 31, 1966 The Commons completed the
eight-day throne apeech de- bate, passing the main govern-
corded vote. Prime Minister ‘ ' promised to consider a cial inquiry into the steep . spy case involving a Vancou- ver postal worker. Justice Minister Cardin had. earlier rejected opposition de- mands for such an inquiry, saying it was not necessary. Mr. Pearson also agreed to consider_@ suggestion that e _ “committee investigate e lation of the CPR’s Deiaien
accused Leader Diefenbaker of mis- interpreting his Jan. 22 speech on constitutional. amendment. . Trade Minister Winters an- nounced suspension of scrap
‘countries.
Federal and provincial health ministers opened a two- day conference that turns to | day to the issue of ‘ medical insurance.
TUESDAY, Feb. 1°
Ttie Commons meets at 2:30 -—p.m. EST to open debate on a supply motion. The Senate | meets ate 8 Pe
VOTING MACHINES
He suggested that it is consideration was given to installation’ of voting machines |,
grants to $5 per capita which ae ee ar at aula servatives in the last
ment motion without a re- |
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QUEBEC-—-+€P)—The Quebec Court of Appeals Monday re-
Gaspe bush. Coffin was hanged in 1956.
The Court of Appeals, voted $-2-to reverse-the earlier judg- ment against Mr.. Hebert. The | book was published in Dec. 1
‘and was followed by an officia
inquiry into the allegations it ‘|made. The work alleged - there had
Coffin’s trial. The inquiry by a one - man Quebec - government commission in 1964 found no evi- ‘Idence to justify Mr. Hebert’s The contempt action against the author charged that parts ¢ the book wére contemptuous of
courts, juries and Crown offi-. cials involved in Coffin’s prose-
* leution. The action was brought
by the Quebec attorney-general’s department, now the justice de- partment.
Mr. Hebert had been free on
cision : on his appeal.
7SPAGE JUDGMENT : The Appeal Court decision came in ag form of a judgment 5 1g oe g their. appeal last March, Mr. ‘Hebert’s lawyers anid | the e right to criticize @ mur-
Lotteries Change Sparks Guessing
OTTAWA. (CP)—Justice Min- ‘ister Cardin. said in the Com- mons. Monday he hopes an amendment to the Criminal Code affecting lotteries will be
far greater out-of-area population most other in- stitutions
__He_sai : the _gov- not only its powers but its re{
at Parliament. But the minister did not indi-
ment—whether it would ‘relax
the law against. lotteries or plug a loophole in it.
Quebec: Appeals Court Reverses. Contempt Conviction Of Author
found |sations-made in the book were
ithat nowhere did the book sug- ter |gest that Judge Gerard Lacroix, (Case
der ‘trial after the execution of | Mr. Marquis said the allega-
lthe accused should be recog- ltions made against the judge
a in a democracy. iwere “nothing but honey when The lawyers said Mr, Hebert lcompared to those directed
could not be found guilty of con- jagainst others.”
tempt of court. ? | Mr. Marquis said Hebert
wrote that the judge ‘“demon- | They admitted that the accu- | sidhed oh
severe and in other circum- | stances might merit a contempt | JUDGE EFFECT OF BOOK charge. "The Crown argued that al- But they argued ‘that they though Mr. Hebert did not in- knew of no ruling that convicted ‘tend to be in contempt he should . man of contempt for criticism pe judged on the effect of | of legal officials after a trial. book.. Lawyer Maurice Marquis = Deciding in favor of the ap- peal. Paes ea Mr. Justices Paul George R. Owen, ane _and_ who presided at the Coffin trial, ‘the head “Of the Appeals Court was one of ‘‘the assassins of Mr. Justice Lucien Tremblay. Coffin.” _ | (Continued on page 5 Col. 3)
been a. miscarriage of justice in |
$1,000 cash bail pending a de- |
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this session _ot come final until‘ next. July.
eate the nature of the amend: ‘fection.
‘Mrs. Mickey Rooney 5th Dies In Murder-Suicide Incident
HOLLYWOOD (AP) — Actor Mickey Rooney's estranged fifth wife and-an actor, Milos Miloce- vic, were found dead Monday, police reported. Officers said it ;appeared to be a murder-suicide. bi ,Police ,said Milocevie appar- ently shot Mrs, Rooney, then himself.
The scene was Rooney's home in West Los Angeles. i
Only ‘last Friday Rooney filed ta document in superior court al-: lleging that his wife, Barbara, wee aoe in the home with Mil- |;
Oe He ‘pales the court to order the actor from the premises.
|. Police said the ‘bodies were \found_in the bathroom, but _no ‘further details were “immed: | liately available.
The Rooneys who have four | on were married Dec. 1,
MRS. BARBARA ROONEY
Rooney “anounced. in 1959, that he had married former Barbara Thomason Mexico the previous December. She was 22 then.
He said he was especially
iblacevie was a young Yugo- | slavian actor who had been in ithe U.S. about a year. | Under~the name Minos Milos food had a role in the film The Russians Are Coming. Before | lthat he was reported to have had a part in an art picture, In- cubus, filmed in Esperanto.
Milocevic: was. reported to have had an interlocutory ‘de- cree of divorce from his wife, Cynthia, but it was not to be-
June, the in
happy because, for the first time, he had a wife shorter than he. She was five - foot - two. Rooriey is five-foot-three. “She suits me,” he said. “Some strike it rich the first
to the Crows prosecutors.” }
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|tion about slow down on ‘con-
WEATHER
Cloudy, scattered snowflurries; Low-high 20 and 27. Wédnes-
winds -25. day: mostly cloudy.
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Session
Planned Today
UNITED NATIONS AP) — The. “United._States asked — the United Nations. Security Council
jinterested goveritments on set-|
lence to end the war in Viet Nam.
The 15 - nation council will | meet in urgent session at 10:30 | a.m. ES# today on a resolution | submitted by U.S. Ambassador |
|Arthur J. Goldberg upon instruc- |
- tion of President Johnson.
‘The resolution would have the council fix the time and place for discussions without pre-con- iditions on a conference “looking toward the application of the |Geneva’ accords of 1954 and 1962
‘order of business of the confer-
a cessation of hostilities under effective supervision. The resolution would have the
|Monday to arrange talks with |council offer aid in achileving
ipeace by all appropriate means,
iting up an international ‘confer-'jincluding the provision of arbi-
\trators or mediators.
' SEEKS CO-OPERATION The resolution called. on all concerned to co-operate fully \im its implementation ‘and re- quested the aid of UN Secretary- General U Thant in seeing its proviisions are carried out. Mention of. appropriate govern- ments in the U.S. resolution ap- peared to rule out any indiviidual voice for the National Liberation Front, the political arm of South Viet Nams Viet Cong guerriias, in- the preliminary - talks. There was speculation the So- viet Union would ask that North Viet Nam be invited to take part
lence should be arrangements for in the council debate.
Truck Convoy Is Hit. As Bombing Resumes
SAIGON (AP)—United States
Radio Hanoi claimed |
CAPITAL BUREAU OF THE GUARDIAN OTTAWA — A reply to a ques-
be answered in the Hotse of Commons today. Several days ago’ Hon. J. An-
is question with a view to supplying an answer in the house, possibly o on Tuesday.
Alberta Plans Reflector Plate’
EDMONTON. (CP) — Alberat avill have reflector - type auto- mobile licence plates in 1967, Highways ‘Minister Taylor said Monday.
He said the licence plates will be an aid to safer driving and
eliminate
help time, rear- end collisions.
ooney tas heen reported if
time. Others aren't that lucky.” hospital for treatment of an ‘n-
Rooney’s previous wives were ~|aetress Ava Gardner; beauty At St. John’s Hospital in near-
Betty Jane Rase; actress | agout
The plates will have green
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OTTAWA (CP)—The govern- United
i Minh, president of North Nam, saying there could fo negotiated settlement as s United States forces Viet Nam and the Viet was not recognized as the sole government of South Viet Nam.
Snowstorm
By THE CANADIAN PRESS A weekend storm that swept Eastern Canada continued its pounding of parts .of Quebec Ontario Monday. The At- lantic provinces got
earlier blizzard. The snow let up in Montreal
tabout- noon after 12- inches had
fallen since Sunday. Most Que- bec roads were impassible and most transportation was slowed to a crawl.
“Quebec City recetved about 25 inches of snow and rain. High winds piled up huge snow drifts and motorists abandoned their cars to ate ~commuter trains during the morning rush hour. 4
queen Martha Vickers, and Elaine Mahnken. :
by Santa Monica, Calif,, Rooney declined to take calls.
costing five cems extra a plate, oe 2
' snowflur-° ries to add to the misery of the
_ | eoe, about 50 miles: north
oo Covenant _ Regrets Bombing Move
son said. ‘‘But there, have been indications that the dialogue has
a a eee settlement, concerned will ne that possibil- a can’t go further than | New “Democratic Lea
Douglas asked Mr: Pearson to make a direct appeal to Presi dent Johnson to discontinue the bombings. . Mr. Pearson = said Washington already ‘knew Can- ada’s views; but he would con- sider Mr. Dougias’ proposal in \the light of any further informa- ition the government receives,
Continues
To Pound Ont., Que.
Ottawa was the hardest hit Ontario community with more than 16 inches of snow, three inches more than the record fall of Dec. 31, 1942, The storm closed schools and stopped traf- fic in many residential dis- tricts.
Severe drifting was reported fromthe 35-mile-an-hour winds with gusts to 45. Main thorough- ifares were kept open but side stgeets were clogged. Many peo- ple, forced to leave their care at home, walked through chest- high drifts along wnplowed streets. é
URGED TO LEAVE CARS
In Toronto, police urged mo- ltorists to leave their cars at home as drifts blocked roads in northern suburbs.
Operations continued througts.” out. Monday ‘to rescue __fisher- men stranded im huts on the
a Toronto. There were reports as many”
j|as 300° anglers were trappec
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