If It’s Good For The Island The Guardian Is For It
VOL; LXXIX NO.
Guthorized as Second Class
Ottawa and fer payment
“Covers Prince: Edward Island Like The Dew”
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1966.
CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA,
WEA Overcast, rain winds becoming
THER
in afternoon: theast 25. Low-high
50‘and 65. Friday: showers.
a” ©6TEN CENTS
*
&
MISS DORIS Hunter, Dun-
@as, is seen here being crown- |
ed by last year's Queen of
Dundas Girl Is Selected.
the Furrow, Miss Carolyn Campbell, Whim Road. yester- day afternoon at the Dundas Plowing Match. Also in the
ee Mali by the P- wtmest, at ‘ah. \ s uy! : » ,?
picture are the two princesses, Ethel MacLean of De Gros Marsh and Jean MacKay of Strathcona.
1966 Queen Of Furrows
A young.
Dundas girl, Doris
Des Gros Marsh
year. They are Ethel MacLean, !Charies McQuaid, all of Char- | bee for the next five years for | representing | |lottetown.
=} ture--committee— meéting.
‘Extension
Interests Campbell
OTTAWA | (CP): Premier Alex Campbell of Prince Ed- ‘ward Island expressed interest Wednésday night in Alberta and -Manitoba. suggestions that. pres- ent federal-provincial tax agre>- ments be nded--for another year to, allow’ the governments to” set priorities: }
However, this would: ceed ishelving for a year a develop- jment program Prince Edward | 'Island had hoped''to get under |way in months, Premier Camp- bell--said--after -the~ first- day of a federal-provincial -tax struc-
Proposals put befere the con- ference by the. federal. govern- ment obviously weren't the ’an- swer, he said. ;
The federal offer. of an addi- tional $200,000 a. year wonldn't ipay the cost of annual in- ("The 1 to P.E.I. teachers.
‘The island needed $7,900,000 a
~
its development plan.
THEIR HOPES SHATTERED
Premier Campbell (LEFT).
tothe federal-provincial fiscal _ conference being held at. . Ot-
tered" by the ‘formula stig- gested by Ottawa for future-
Expressed
By DENNIS ORCHARD OTTAWA (CP)—The prospect appears that the provinces will line up in favor of interim one-
year tax agreements with the federal. government during 1967-68.
Such a_step would “mark the first’ departure from five-year agreements. since they. began shortly after the Second World
(War.
Five provincial delegations
|were reported Wednesday favor-
ing or considering the idea as they met federal Finance Minis-
.|ter Sharp at the opening session
of* a federal-provincial confer-
ence on tax structure. “One important reason was the apparent hopelessness of an
‘early compromise on -tax-shar-
ing between the two levels of government. a
Federal proposals and provin- cial~ counter-proposals delivered to the committee Wednesday were far apart in dollars and = i“ philosophy of tax partner-
-|DELAY SUPPORTED
Alberta_ Premier. E. ©. Mann-
‘ing said a one-year ‘delay in
Keen Disappointment
By PLE.
ence has ever fully settled it, The major
divisions apparent Wednesday quickly produced am agreement among the delega- itions to extend this meeting he-- yond tonight's scheduled ad- |journmenf if necessary.
And they tentatively set an ex- tra meeting of the same group for early Octobér.
A_ full _federal-provincial con- ference is slated for the fall,
ly .in November, and |taxes are the probable top item:
TABLED, STATEMENTS
Mr. Sharp and the vrovineia! jleaders tabled.statements Wed- mesday that had been relezsed earlier, and summarized theif’ positions instead - of ~ formally reading the documents.
They agreed they would tackle tax-sharing, shared-cost Programs and equalization pay- ments in that order today. The final item would be general eco- Romic conditions, including in- flafion. -
In. the moments ‘before the meeting began, the srovincial
leaders offered some. scathing oS
— of the federal — ; ae departures in the eanrat,
It couldn't hope to gain any | of Prince. Edward. Island ‘and
Hunter, was chosen Miss Queen ithe district of St. Georges and of the Furrows for 1966 yester- \Jean MacKay, Strathcona re- | day by a panel of three judges | Presenting the local Canadian at the Dundas Plowing Match |Imperial Bank of Commerce. and Agricultural Fair. She re-| To win this competition the. presented Matthew and Mac- | girls had to enter into a tractor | Lean’s General Store in Bridge- | jand a plow contest, and make a town. | brief speech. Beauty and poise The -other two- girls was also. essential. contest <will-act-- as princesses |. The judges were...
signing new long-term agree- ments was supported by ‘‘three or four» provinces’ in addition te Alberta during afternoon
tawa. The brief said the Is-
tax alixation ayments. ~ land's hopes have. been ‘‘shat- iets a
(CP Wirephoe)
Primrose Men
They said it was a privilepe appreciable increase in revenue to have the job of judging ee [tiroush additional taxes, the talented young ladies “but, it ipremier said was not an easy task. He said if the tax structire |
Directors of the. match .'ex- Committee wouldn’t make con- pressed the opinion yesterday | jeessions the problem wold | that the contest was an im- have to be placed on portant asset to the fair and it- (Minister Pearson's doorstep. i Hartwell jis hoped that there will be a | bt STATE POSITIONS
Earle Tiches study their brief
Fortune,
statements by seven premiers and three finance ministers.
in the
with Miss Buoter. for the coming Daley, Bennett Carr “and Mr: Mrs! ‘more _ent
~ COMMONWEALTH MAY WIN
Unity Near On Rhodesia
LONDON (CP)—Britain said Wednesday night unless rebel- lious Rhodesia knuckles under within a secret time limit it will be hit by United Nations selec- tive mandatory sanctions.
The threat was contained In a eommunique issued on the ninth day of the 10-day Common- wealth conference, dominated by the issue of Rhodesia, which seized independence from Brit- ain last Nov. 11
The communique—setting ~ out agreements and disagreements on the - dangerous Rhodesian question—said Prime Minister Wilson of Britain Agreed there would he no independence .be- fore majority rule ‘‘if the people of Rhodesia as a whole were shown to be opposed to it.”
This representéd Wilson's ef- fort to meet the demands of Afro-Asian Commonwealth lead- ers that Rhodesia never be granted legal independence ex- eept on the basis of majority fule, meaning Negro rule.
Whites are outnumbered 20-to-1 in the. south-central African | territory of more than 4,000,000.
REPORTS ACCORD.
“The conference with a significant practical agreement,"’ said Ar- nold Smith, Toronto-born: Com- monwealth secretary - general, told a press conference.
“There was a very important degree of co-operation to get practical results in the field in Rhodesia.”
The Rhodesian affair was a
came up
\“‘struggle between the Common-
wealth and Ian Smith’—pre- mier of the breakaway colony’ s illegal regime... —~
“Tt is still my “feeling that the Commonwealth is going to win,” Smith said.
The communique reflected in several places differences of opinion at the 22-country meet- ing—biggest conference held in the history of the Common-
wealth. Afro - Asian countries,
measure of |
~®
\far ‘in the majority, differed
|from Britain, which was gener-.|
ally supported by Malta, Malay- |
‘ACTED AS MEDIATOR .
Canada’s Lester jplayed a decisive mediation irole, so that Canada did not fit easily into one side or the other.
“They. remain unanimous on
an end speedil, ,”". the communi- que said of the assembled lead- ers.
“Most of the heads of gov- ernment expressed their firm opinion that force was the only sure means of bringing down the illegal regime in Rhodesia.
“Others, however, shared the British government's. objections to the use of force to impose a constitutional settlement, _ while agreeing that it ‘was not ruled | out where necessary to restore
law and order.’
WINS AGAIN WITH MOTHER, DAUGHTER TEAM
Trulove Taylor of Upton is geen here proudly displaying kis other and daughter team
that caplered jb yesterday in zvang Plow Class at the Dundas Plowing TT. and Agricultural Fawr
a
As far as could be_Jearned last night the above team has won
, New Zealand and Australia. |
Pearson |
the objective that the rebellion lin Rhodesia must be brought to |
tward Island will begin Oct.
jtoday for a single-engine civil- lian aircraft missing since Sun-
|Lawrence area with two persons
‘and Dakota based at Green-
jtheir search over northern Cape the Single and Ganz Plow ‘Breton and_ southwestern New- classes for the last 20 years. jfoundiand.
ee aot ———— Fence Miners =o 6 ad
\Brisay of New Brunswick and G. I. Smith of Nova Scotia said the first day was taken up by a round of brief statements of po- | sition.
“There has been no reaction | to anything yet,” Mr. DesBrisay
said.
Mr. Smith said_ the federal
jper. If it was a fixed proposal | lit wouldn't. be conducive to} harmonious. relations.
Even as a fixed proposal, | however. it had some advan- | itages, Mp. Smith said.
Premier Campbell said Prince Edward ‘Island doubts “any formula tailored for all provinces will meet Prince Ed- ward Island needs.”
Black Duck Open Season Is Delayed
OTTAWA (CP) — Opening of the black duck hunting seasons lim Prince Edward Island and lNova Seotia has been delayed. the resources department an- jnounced Wednesday.
The open season in Prince Ed- 15. last two
itwo weeks later than lyear, but it also will close | weeks later.
The black duck season Nova Scotia is different in three areas. They are: -
—Cumberland. Colchester, | Pictou, Antigonish, Hants, Kings: and Annapolis. coun-
ties, Oct. 25 to Dec. 9.
—Guysborough,
Lunenburg, Queens, Digby,
Shelburne and Yarmouth
counties, ..Nov...23..to Jan 15.
—Inverness, Victoria,
Cape Breton and Richmond
counties, Oct. 25 to Oct. 31
and Dec. 1 to Jan. 1.
i The department said the sea-
sons were delayed until the ar-
‘rival of northern migrants, re- | \ducing the hunting pressure on | jlocal birds and permitting re- jturn of a larger breeding popu- | ‘lation next spring. Analyses of returns from) a birds indicated
cally raised black ducks are be- ing overharvested.
“US. Aircraft | Still Missing
HALIFAX (CP)--Two RCAF plane will continue the search
«day. in the eastern Gulf of St.
aboard. An air - sea rescue centre spokesman said the Albatross
wood, N.S. would concentrate
proposal would be very useful | if submitted, as a working pa- |
the |
Halifax,
that Io- |
| Edwin Mills, Bay Fortune, perennial winner. of the Kings | County plowing Championship, won the 2-sod tractor class yest- erday at the “‘Dundas Plowing Match” as the annual event is | familiarly known, and will be a strong threat to take the title again today. Mr. Mills is also a veteran of many years in Can- | adian plowing matches, and is | always a strong: competitor. The P.E.I. Plowing Match and i Agricultural Fair Association, as
Dief Plans Quebec Visit
MONTREAL (CP) — Oppost- tion Leader John Diefenbaker is scheduled to make a brief sweep into Quebec today.
Mr. Diefenbaker is due to at- tend a convention tonight in Jo- liette, 40 miles northeast of Montreal, at which a candidate for the next fédéral election will be nominated for the local con- stituency by the. opposition lead- er’s Progressive Conservative party. A speech by the party leader is on the convention
agenda.
promise to make next yeer's Centennial match at Dundas the best ever. There was some in- dication the genial Scot had a plan in mind which he was to discuss with the fair officials, though that was ss specula- tion.
OPENED BY GOVERNOR
The match was officially open- ed by Lieutenant-Governor W. J. MacDonald, himself a-form-- er Kings Cotinty boy, who comp- |. limented the association on the fine record it has established through the quarter century of operation...
Other speakers included s. C,
| Wright,-deputy minister of agri-
culture; Melvin McQuaid, MP for Kings,.. Heath. Macquarrie, MP for Queens and Preston Mc- Lure, MLA of Montague.
Leslie Hunter, Strathcona presided in his capacity of presi- dent for the 26th consecutive year.
As usual the plowing match and agricultural fair attracted thousands of visitors. Veteran observers and fair goers sug- gested the crowd was up to the usual opening day in size, and that means a really good _at- tendance.
Gemini Pilots
m)
Have Busy Day
Br- RONALD THOMPSON
CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (AP) Gemini 11's two. astronauts raced towards a fiery ride home lteday after they spent their final day aloft scouting record- high horizons, napping with the hatch open, and twisling wierdly jalong Jassoed to a rocket. | U.S. astronauts Charles Con- lrad and Richard Gordon blazed
_Molson’s Death Said Accidental
IVRY, Que. (CP'—A_ coroner has ruled the death of Percival T. Molson. accidental, it was disclosed Wednesday.
Mr. Molson. 45-year-old prest- dent of Molson Breweries Ltd., was found dead, Monday, the vietim of -a-shotann. blast.
His body was discovered by a caretaker af the Molson sum- mer cottage near this commu- nity 45 miles north of. Montreal.
Dr. Jean Louis Taillon; the coroner, said he had conducted an official inquest _— a jury.
The coroner quoted a pepeet: from provincial police as say- ing Mr. Molson’ was in bush clothes and apparently had been testing the gun, which was a
xecent purchase. -
to an altitude record of 850 miles, getting man’s first view of earth horizon - to - horizon, i set a record for time spent by any Yan outside an orbiting spaceship.
Gordon poked all but his legs from Gemini 11 for two hours and eight minutes,-snapping pic- tures, He and Conrad cat-napped during slack periods, whipping along at 17,500 miles an hour, with the hatch open. :
Mission control revealed that the U.S. Air Force identified an object spotted by the astronauts Tuesday as Proton IIT, a large /€ Russian satellite weighing more than 12 tons. The Soviet vehicle came within 279 miles of them. JOURNEY NEARS END Their journey, daring, exotie and virtually without a_ hitch, nears an end. A meteoric plunge back to earth in the Atlantic is scheduled for 9:42 a.m. EDT to- day, after 44 trips around the world.
“Man, -this is ‘wild!’ Gordon said as Gemini 11 and an Agena sped through space,» a 100-foot nylon lanyard tied between them. “This is really weird."
The three - hour experiment came after Gemini 11 unlatched from the Agena for the first
‘ractor Events ©
it is known officially, has the ~ George Campbell, Primrose
took the 3-sod tractor plow event and the tractor hydraulic plow class, Arthur Taylor, Strathcona took top place in class for boys or girls under 16 years.
This event supplied an oddity
Merrill had the best crown, best finish (Continued on _page 3, col. 8)
ment worth considering and Premio Aes Ceti tidy Tay Prince Edward Island said he eq pay-.
also is interested. . Finance Minister Sharp told a press conference after the ses-
in that the third place finisher, |sion that in the end tax agree-jular with some pre MacLeod, Forest Hill|ments are always decided by |mier W. A. C.
Be: ‘British Columbia said outed in ae
federal governments. No_ federal-provincial eonfer-
ments te low-income provinces.
CHANGES: UNPOPULAR All three changes were unpop- miers. Pre-
(Continued on page 3, col. 1
‘fT have not yet received the full text of the statement of Fi- nance Minister, Hon. Mitchell Sharp regarding the policy made public Tuesday night on fiscal arrangements with the provin- ces,’’ opposition leader W.R. Shaw said yesterday.
“The meger details provided
in the press are extremely
‘alarming as far as our province
is concerned. The proposed treatment of New: Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Quebec indicate what would ap- pear to be reasonably generous treatment. No mention was
Shaw Views Ottawa Proposal For Island Finances Alarming
in view of is disabilities and li- mited resources, should receive treatment of-a very generous na- ture and that treatment should be in the vicinity of $5,000,000 ex-
the amounts indicated for the other eastern provinces.” 4
Mr. Shaw added “I can only trust that the disatch which [ have read does not provide a true picture of Ottawa's intent. Hf ‘my . suspicions are correct it will. mean the withdrawl of poll-
tra revenue annually, based on |see
have been waiting for us from Ottawa, but that the Conserva-
tive government {made wrong approaches and antagonized fe- deral, authorities. We shall now
what two governments pull tically in line, will do toward solving this fiseal problem 1 trust it will not be another repe tition of the treatmen given he province under similar circum- stances during the 1950's j “The time is right te take a two-fisted stand in our defense.
cies and programs planned for
the future of this province: “With a strong and detailed |
statement in the hands of the fe- |
We are a small province but ‘nonetheless a partner .,in Confe- jderation and entitled to stan- ldards of service and treatment
derail authorities, much will de- ithat doesn't mark our people as
made of any amount indicated for P.E.I. but the province is linked in the report with Mani- toba, which, under the_ plan, would receive an increase of less than $2,000,000. In the light jof this, the allocation to our pro- |
pend on the presentation to be made to the government during | the meetings.
from Premier Campbell, large amounts of money are and |
| secondary. citizens.
“Something more drastic thas la servile attitude based on poll-
-“T have been led to believe \tieal loyalty is mecessary to se- that jeure our rights in the. Canadian.
family circle.”
vince would be very small. It is! also stated that the specifie grants to the Atlantic Provinces; would be abandoned. What is to take their place? And why is no mention made of the amount of a substitute and an increase sti- pulated in our case?
He continued “the late provin- | cial government had been pres- |~ sing Ottawa for six years fo TS | cognize the difficult conditions | under which we have laboured. | For the past two years that gov- ernment prepared an exhaustive | statement regarding our needs) and a number of meetings were held with Ottawa authorities in this connection. It was our
strong contention that the Island,
INSIDE TODAY
Formula Ini
“The Dominion Government's new taxation formula as releas-
iniquitous and inexplicable,"’ de- clared Heath Macquarrie, for Queens yesterday.
“The concept of flexibility and ithe recégnition of differing tax ces is a worthy one and an es-
2 |Strueture’ such as ours.
WE Wisaivetse quciusiegiie Vadebecevves 8 “But how a formula pitirpdrt- DOMME i. iscsi cueces 3. |ing to recognize these factors
hiesdeeges veuys 4 j|should leave Prince Edward Is- Kings, Queens, City .... 5 |land with such a minuscle in- Women’s ...:......+++ sees 7 Jerease is baffling beyond de- Rural Churches ...... ++. 10 | seription.
Sport ........ : 4 “Our province has obvious and Finance, Markets ....... 18 | meritorious claims to far better Comics oveeee Webevecevssss 19 treatment. . Classified ...........: , 7
“Mr. Sharp's announcement ts
time since the astronauts caught &t Monday. ;
complex and involved but 1 am
io
Ving
Queens MP
MP |
iquitous
leona if any formula ean be found to justify our receiving a
led by Finance Minister Sharp is |maieure of assistance so far be-
low; that of other provinces. “Possibly our tiny portion is a result of another of those errors or miscalculations for which the Pearson Government ts becom-
potential as among the provin- lo noted. One hopes it ig not a | sential ingredient of a federal of ¢
ate slighting of the needs prople of this province. ‘Such a performance is scarcely
jin accord with the concept of co-
operative federalism which Mr. Pearson used to speak about se often.
“The allocation to our province is palpably unfair and painfully inadequate.
“T trust this will be the attt- tude of our representatives at the Dominion Provincial Tak Structure Conference now in pre gress.”