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Mrs. Allan Jeffrey hugs her lion. Barry, 2. who lost his bal- ance while playing on a second storey window sill in Toronto Thursday and fell 25 feet to an

asphalt parking lot. Barry was x-rayed in a oronto hospital and was found uninjured. He was playing with his twin bro- ther. Brian, who was eventual- ly pulled from the window sill

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by his father. At right a young boy points to the second- stor- ey apartment window a nd broken line 5 h o w s where Barry fell.

(CP Wirephoto)

High Tenders May Delay Senior Citizens' Housing

By DON MacLEOD lit costs cannot be held down. Guardian-Patriot Staff Writer .we will have to hold off can The government's program of struction until October 15 and providing low-rental housing for then qualify for assistance under senior citizens may be delayed if the winter works program." private contractors continue to

submit high construction tend- LARGE DEPARTMENT

"5‘ warm-e and Labor Minister The minister said. that the dc.- Hemw Wedge said in the Legis. partment of welfare is becom- latm-, “3 ¢_ ing “one of the largest spend- ‘ h, the budget de. ling departmean of government." edge said that the He pointed out that total esti- average cost per unit of hon, mates of his department in four ing has e sug-

, . years have almost tripled. “Es- gestecl that if this figure does timatcs in the 1957-58 year wcre not decrease it will be cheaper '

51.028947. compared to $2. . for the Senior Citizens Housing .

were established in Prince County it would be of great bene- fit as many elderly persons are heihsed in private hpmes." he sai .

NEW WAGE ORDER

It was announced by «Mn Wedge that a minimum wage order for men in the province has been drafted by the provin- cial labor relations board. “The new wage." be said. "will be presented to the government for approval and should’bring the wage level in the province up to a better scale." He also said that an inspector has been ap-

455 for the cunrent fiscal year

Corporation to delay construction of new units until mid-October when the province can take ad- vantage of the federal winter Works program in which the federal government pays 50 per cent of the cost of the labor ex- pended in building.

Mr. Wedge said it is Planned to construct housing throughout the province.

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“This is proof that the pre- sent government during its term of office has done more in the short period of office than has been done for the aged and un- fortunate people of this province in the past '5."

Mr. edge said that a big problem is finding more space

units i for elderly people who require “but I nursing care. “If a nursing home

legislature Turns Attention To Bills

y RALPH CAMERON

Guardian-Patriot Staff Writer

Getting down to serious legis- lative work on bills. the Legisla- ture last night sat beyond the customary 10 o'clock adjourn- ment hour to give third reading to two bills. second reading to six other: and heard nine more read a first time.

A new Act Respecting the Pro- tection of Beaches was given second reading and approval in

vent s e r i 0 ll s and permanent

damage to beaches through the taking from them of sand in

large quantities.

Health Minister MacNeill quired "little fellow“ from gettln enough sand

Would oppose it so long as "Am- ericans are allowed

ing mile

in- if this would stop the

to make a founda- tion for a new building. If so he b

to bu y choice parts of the Island includ-

after mile of our best

pointed to enforce regulations of minimum wage legislation. Suggesting that the opposition had inferred that his department had increased social assistance to persons in Ibis district so that recipients would vote Conserva- tContinued on page 2 col. 2)

Highways Minister Hcls Floor

The department of highways has been g u i i ty of causing a large part of the deficit acquir- ed by the provincial government in the last fiscal year. Highways l Minister Philip Matheson admit- ted in the Legislature last night.

Rising to speak in the budget debate. he said he would explain the "difficulties" encountered by the department.

He will explain them later as he promptly adjourned the de-

fare and Labor Minister Henry Wedge in the budget debate. it was expected that Dr. M.L. Bon-

Drinciple with Hon. Leo Rossit- beaches. neli lL-4th Kings) would follow er. minister of industry and na- BEACHES VALUABLE Mr. Wedge but Mr. Matheson tural resources as promoter. He Hon. J.D. Stewart. minister of took the floor as soon as Mr.

stated it was designed to» pre- (Continued on Page 5 Col. 6)

SHATTERS POPULAR BELIEF

Wedge finished speaking.

a e. Mr. Matheson followed Wel-

Naval Official Says US. Has Narrow N-Sub Lead

WASHINGTON ,' United State‘s bu only a “very l in a ll numerical advantage" over Russia'in otomic-powered lubmai-ines. Munch] George w. Anderlon ‘

munch: by the chief of

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in» mm A m wrote]: Mrs-libel" mag-2a...." w

d deficiency. in my judgment‘.

tion for two atomic-pmered at- tack submarinoa the Pentagon had cut from the navy‘s original request for eight. ~

Said Anderson: -

“I pointed out to the presi-

that the most impel-tail:

the elimination from in- building program were two at- tack nuclear-powered submar- ines. particularly so because of the long leadtime (for. planning and construction) and because at the present time we. the U.S. Navy. have .a very sm numerical advantage in nuclear submarines .of' all types' 0 the Russians. We have to pre- me this lead."

The Minted transcript did not show Mar Anderson had

given a companion of the nu- merical stream: of the two novice.~

l The latest count shown so {U.S. atomic submarines in the gwater. of which 27 are operat- ling and three others launched ;and in the process of dockside Ecompletion and fitting out. An- lother the Thresher. was lost last week. 0f the 27. is are at- tack types. 11 are missile-firing ships. of which 10 are rigged for firing underwater Polarisel and one rigged for surface. launching the air - brea g Regulus missile.

Russia in estimated unoffi- cially to have perhaps slightly more than an atomic-powered submarines in operation. The majority of these are believed to be attack types. but Ander- son said Int missile-bunt: Soviet submarines now an in .operation.

WEATHER

Clearing during morning; little change in temperature; northwest winds 20. dim- inishing to light. Low-high 40 and 45.

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Cuban Rebel Group Head uiis In Break Wi’rh JFK

reliably yesterday. At the last session of the Legislature. an act was passed

ernment—cilvil service

ing to its promoter. Provmeial Secretary J. David Stewart was to "take politics out of the civil service " A

ees. taking it out of government. but will when

in-Council.

. H commission} would control hiring of employ- ‘ ent session of the Legislature. of the bands l Opposition members. while not

The act is not yet in effect Mr. Monkley would be . pmclaimed 1 to head so by the Dileutienant-Govemor- i. service commission

Mr. Monkley represented the : federal 5th Prince District in the Legis- I “he will be well taken care of lature until he resigned to run f by this government. A position as a Conservative candidate in I has Prince County in the last fed-thim.'

Monkley Is Expected To Head Commission

G. Lonne Monkley. Summer- eral election. He was defeated side. will be named to head the i provincial Civil Service Com- ‘ ‘ m'l‘SSI‘m When ii is set “’9 by day. Provincial Treasurer Al- the government. it was learned ; ban Farmer said “we are

by Liberal J, Watson Mac- N’au t.

In his budget speech Tues- pro- lviding in this year's estimates $20,000 for a civil service com- . misswn.”

Recently. the Toronto firm of

providing for a civil servicemayne-Ross Limited completed commISSlon '0 SUPGI‘VISE all EW- , a job evaluation study of pro~ . rela- I \‘lilcial government employees. lions. Intent of the act. accord- i It is believed that soon after a

[report of this study is received ithe government will set up the [civil service commission.

In the early days of the pres-

;saying it directly. inferred that named the province‘s civil

If Mr. Monkley loses in the

election." they said.

already been found for

New Planet Discovered

TUCSON. Ariz. (APl—An as- tro n nmy professor reported Thursday he has discovered a

. Jupiter. ‘ rector of the Sproul Observatory and professor of astronomy at Swarthmore College. said that in mass this new planet all but closes the gap between stars of low mass and Jupiter. the solar system‘s l a r g e st planetary mass.

Man has identified nine plan- ets in the solar system includ- ing earth. He has observed all of them with the naked eye or through telescopes.

of political oppo-

lter Diefen'oaker performed hisjnenlS. he sai .

ilast official act as prime minis-l

planet. outside the solar system ter Thursday by presenting citi-

which is 1.5 times as massive as zenship certificates to nine young the

and -wom

Dr. Peter van dc Kamp. dl- clubs. *

‘1 Mr.

The group is en

conference there next week.

cabinet session. probably the

Referring to the ceremony. 3“ last before he turns over the

"my last official. act as

prime

reins of government to Liberal

minister." Mr. Diefenbaker said Leader pearson on Monday. im_

in a short speech to the group - . , - mediate” after the presenba IThresher. he said the air sys

tems were a continuing prob-IACCEPTED FLAG . High pressure [frequently had to be replaced

that the occasmn serves a reminder that government changes in Canada contrast sharply with such events in some other countries.

The change here was "al- most. imperceptible." while in many countries such a change means forceful overthrow and

'tion.

The prime minister was in good spirits as he chatted with the group of four young women an five young men around his1 office desk, handing each a citi- ‘ zenship certificate with a few words of congratulation. <

Mr. Diefenbaker told the‘

Mus":

‘érr, 1;

THE PAl'llET Lao were re-‘

ported attacking again at' Phong Savan ‘(Al in Laos. Communist guerillas in Viet

lAll-Out Civil War Threat 'S'een DeveIOping In Laos

VIENTIANE (AP) — Premier Souvanna P h o u m a angrily turned on his erstwhile Pathet Lao partners Thursday. accu ing the pro~Communlst Laotians of breaking promises and launching new attacks on his neutralist forces that may again bring all-out civil war in Laos.

He departed from a prepared speech to declare that he had just received word the Palltet Lao bad launched a new attack on Pbong Sevan. the last ma— jor neutralist position outside t i Plaine den J

an I

arm.

Phong Seven is about 10 miles northeast of the plain. where thobuikofaen.l(ouu‘|neu-

group the names of the nine}

,"g were reminders of the variedl ’l

racial origins of Canadians. and! it had always been one of his: objectives in life to contribute‘

Diefenbaker attended II

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PORTSMOUTH. NH.

An officer who nuclear

final rendezvous with disaster phere nations avy court Thursday the would not comply with their ob- agued by mechani- ligations (under hemisphere

told a craft was pl

cal faults but said all that had treaties) , been discovered were corrected “Wild {Ulm her fatal 599 by

before Called as a navy court of

_ route tot hearings Thursday was Lieut. Washington as Canadian repre-l Raymond McCoole sentatnvea to the national 4-H‘ er's electrical officer.

The .33-yearvold father of five

I

l explained be m

rine's last voyage becaus eye injury suffered by h. wife

in the kitchen Listing troub lém

because they

valve and let high-pressure air ass.

Some 20 per hydraulic valves opened when a "closed"

submarine‘s

MR. MONKLEY

Thresher Plagued

A , w Faults 4-H Club Presentation: y

last Official Dief Act g

OTTAWA (CPL—Prime Minis- «liquidation

submarine Thresher's nedy advased western I hemis-

Promise Broken I Cardona Claims

' ‘ MIAMI. Fla. (APl—Dr. Jose Miro Cardona resigned Thurs- day as president of the Cuban Revolutionary C o u n c i l and claimed President Kennedy re- neged on a promise for a sec" ond Cuban invasion.

He made the claim in a 10.- 000-word document. saying Ken- nedy promised after the Bay of‘ Pigs invasion in April. 1961, failed that another invasion ‘would be mounted to end the ‘regime of Premier Fidel CassI fro

The White House said Thurs- day there would be no further comment on the Cuban exile. leader‘s claims. The state deg partment said Monday Miro's statements on conv-srsa-. . tions with Kennedy and otherl = government officials - “highly inaccurate torted."

Miro's document was released

DR. CARDONA

after his resignation as presi- declared in Miami that “soon.

dent of the council. Three other very

members also quit. a . CALLS POLICY VACUF “The molnths passed with de- '. ' s airin sowness." ' 0 con- The document describes Ken- \tifiuefiudumg this time. I re. “9513’ S Fuban PONY 35 V'ague- lceived the same assurances of- Mir'o'sald Kennedy announced a | feted previously" (AP,_igeb§l:a%‘:1 ADJ; 1961' not M Then. hhe said. the United . g . ’ . . ’States c an ed its position an missed the U.S.I At the time. Miro said Keginaction was forced upon the ;revolutionary organizations. Regarding U.S. policy- .changes. Miro said he referred the U h I led stateslfor one thing to U.S. orders for a.“ agreements 1m.3Russian troops to leave Cuba- inwr_Amel-icon “ea. and then to the decision to les. leave them there. V TWo weeks later. Miro stated. h‘T‘llzie kpahegl gallfdmsmfi' “P 'detK ed lanned‘s 0“ '“OW Y 1‘ - “1 v m' “ e” y p l“that Khrushchev will change _ his strategy continually and 'his- Iation were definite and “lighting, trap,” c 5 a “1m port absolute and Mai} :times. If. necessary. in the pur- upresidem Kennedy assumed ‘sult of his objectives. For com- be e wand total responmmunism. the word of honor is . sibility for the (1961) invasion ‘"0 more lllan 3 Wm“; . "f the” home' fiasco and announced his deci- “or h’s r95'gnauon- Mm’ “’5 aboard the sion not to abandon Cuba.” Stalked 011‘ 0' the meeting With ’ three companions. He declared: "i cannot believe in rd: Miro recalled that last 09- (by the U.S. government) that cember. before Cuban refugees set forth. without defining in Miami's Orange Bowl. Ken‘ them. prospects for an impre-

soon. Cuba Will be liber

that “if they

dive April witness as the inquiry resumedl

‘ ,h _ the immediate future of Cu 9 Thresn with me. His offers of CM

his cup-

issed the subma- of an

reducers I

would open a

cent. of

the I system

Ibrigade 2506 and told the men it. would be returned to them “in a free '

l “He confirmed in this way."

.nedy accepted the flag of exilelcise and distant liberation of

Cuba."

Miro submitted his resigna- tions at the start of the council meeting. Then he told reporters

switch was thrown and vice‘Miro said. “words spoken pre-ilhey Could have copies of his

versa. The raising mechanism of

viously by President Villeda‘documenl. ii nd lowering Morales of Honduras." He said He shook hands with his 3550. the. periscope Monies, after having inter- mates and left the council Iviewed Kennedy in Washington. chamber. .

' towards a Canadian citizenship! work“ bBCkWHVd-

V‘ = which conferred equality on all: 1 . regardless of racial origin or re- ‘ ligion.

Nam raided Quang Ngai (B) in a fight which took two days to put down.

(AP Wirephoto Map)

tralist troops now are bottled up. The premier said the Pathet Lao also was trying to force the neutralist garrison from Ban Ban. about 24 miles northeast of the plain.

Souvanna asserted that the Pathet Lao ls trying to destroy his loyal neutralist forces and to dominate neutralist con- trolled zones in the divided country.

SEES CIVIL WAR

He said the campaign. if it succeeds. will plunge Laos back into the civil war that plagued it before the Geneva agreementl last July guaranteeing Laos' mil-all

l aerial

Members of the groups in-1

'cluded: Gail Robison. Harvey ' Station, N.B.; Keith Baker. Up- " per Falmouth,

4 Joyce Dewar, New Perth. P.E.I.: and Donald Pclley. Harcourt. Nfld.

Orbital Flight Delayed Day 5

C A P E CANAVERAL. Fla. (APl-The planned 22 - ' flight of astronaut Leroy Gordon“ Cooper Jr. has been delayed. several days. possibly a week.l

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from the scheduled May ‘ launching date. it was learned. reliably Thursday.

Best estimate was launching will he moved May 1

Officials reported a number of minor problems. primarily withl the Atlas booster Rocket. made‘ it necessary to allow additional; time to prepare for the flight. longest yet planned in the U.S '

; Circus Performer

Income Tax Weaknesses

OTTAWA

fCPl

— The Ca- equities

and loopholes were

Revealed To Commission

The royal commission. headed

nadian Institute of Charteredlspelled out in detail at. Thurs- by Toronto chartered accountant

ccountants served not-icelday's hearing which. like earlier‘IKenneth Carter. was told that Thursday it will attack the sessions in the week. was aflcareful consideration" should "Anomalies. inequities a nd general discussion on the com-‘be given to the double taxation loopholes" of the Income Tax mission's forthcoming investiga- of company profits—taxed at Act even though some of its tion into the entire federal tax-‘the corporate rate when they own members. and some of their ation field. But the institute are earned. and e personal cli mentioned several areas that rates when they are distributed

[‘08

“The problem ser- ' A. J. Little. chair-

man of the instituk's speciall ma, the taxation committee which ap-f . mlpeared before the Garter royal

ions." said

\

questions. "We want to

the most objective and unbiased l mendations we ca

rccom Mr. L

stitute 5 proposed to be prescnted later this year“ lThe attack on the problem wil : Killed In fbe in the -'orm of recommenda-

tions to the commission made.

ents, won‘t like all of the end ul . ’

is very

-should come under scrutiny.

to shareholders.

ittle. givmg the 'lmi‘ssioners a preview of

1commission on taxation to out- line its views on Canada's tax

come up withl

n

h... lo Open Office Here.

n formal brief in: office in Charlottetown and

CAPITAL BUREAUI OF THE GUARDIAN

that this would be a matter for

OTTAWA __ Th9 departmem’l Northumhcrland Consultants to i . Y . Y . arrange privately. ‘ M "um" “Mk5 m 0mm}. smd it is expected. however. that

OMAHA (Al‘l ~ Yetta Will-jointly with the Canadian Bar‘ Thursday that it had Riven an- the office will open around the

famed circus‘ was fatally night

lenda. one of the act family. injured Thursday

Association. The

recommendations whenicontain a list "of a great. manymmce in Charlottetown.

would

she fell about 65 feet from agannmalies. inequities and loop-

tbority to Northumherland Con-l sultants Limited to establish an

tLocation of the office will he

beginning of May. Heath Mac- quarrie. MP-clcct for Queens. said in Ottawa Thursday that he understands a project engineer

swaying pole at the openingholes." the commission Wlfl‘ln the new office building on plus a staff will be local in performm‘f‘f’ “I thf‘ Tangierlmld- “1959 had hCIPEd "Elle Kent.Slrcct. above the prcscnl‘ the Charlottetown office to dl~ Shrine Cirrus Al Omaha CllylunCCI‘IEIMICS in the ml 0 .quarters of lhe Bank of Mon- rect the engineering studies In- Auditorium. taxpayers and had drawn fire‘ trealJ its the causeway. Miss Wallenda was dead on against the tax system itself. ‘ The firm was formed in st Mr. Macquarrie said that Is- arrival at a hOSDllal. No DFTMLS year and is an amalgamation of. land ocoplc will have to judge A crowd of about 5.000 saw ‘None of the anomalies. m three engineering companiesl the Liberal gmcrnmcnl on its