BOTH THE PAST and the present have their reserves in the Soviet republic city of Buk‘iara. Uzbekistan. The city

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has retained the flavor of an- tiquity with minarets a n d domes visible almost every- where. More modern signs are

in nearby areas where h u go natural gas reserves have been I discovered. (or Photo) ‘

Posters Of Lenin And Cosmonauts Seem Out Of Place In Samarkand

Bv JOHN BEST -with mosques at almost every. re

SAMARKAND tCP) —- Lenin, and the cosmonauts have a tough time competing for atten~i tion in this ancient city with I

turn. although most now a

closed or being used for pur-.

poses other than religion. Economically.

Bukhara has.

shrines are simply falling into ruin.

One centre that isn't being ni-.1 lowed to fall to pieces. how-I ever. is the Gur Amir. built 512"

name that conjures up visions become important as the cen-‘centuries ago as the mausoleum; ot Arabian knights and oriental ire of a large natural gas in-.of Tamerlane. Here he lies with:

bazaars

dustry. R e s e r v e s in nearby

his two sons. a grandson and his!

Statues and portraits of the fields are said to be. astronom-ispirituai adviser. Mir Seid Be-l father of revolutionary Russial ical. A pipeline is being built to; reke‘i. i

are duly spotted here and there as in any Soviet city. and hel-3I meted Gagarins and Titovs con-i template the heavens from a score of public billboards.

But somehow they seem out. of place in Samarkand. second} city of the Soviet republic of Uz- bekistan. For Samarkand still‘ belongs'in spirit to Tamerlane.. who made it the capital of a, mighty Asiatic empire in the 14th and early 15th centuries.

The mayor. Rackmat .lulma- tov. likes to dwell on modern statistics—Samarkand has 250.- 000 people: this year it‘s build- ing 15.000 new apartments: it has 57 industries including one‘ making tractors. another mak- ing cinema equipment and a third turning out phates for agriculture; has in recent years an important scientific research centre.

STRESS THE PAST

But when it comes time for sightseeing. chances are the

English-speaking guide will cong dustry. says Mayor Julmatov. i Canadian 000.000 merce in Great Britain.

centrate on the antiquities. es-

pecially those relating to Ta-f rubles for a new 310-room hotel.l Fifty per cent of the income; away and who lies buried here.‘ from tourism is earmarked for‘policy.

merlane. who was born not far

. h ‘_ “2.3., °§L FEW 'roumsrs

carry gas l.’ miles north to the Ural industrial region.

Samarkand. apart from its antiquities. is best known as the home of the USSR. Cara- cul Breeding Research lnstl—i tute. Caraculs are small lambs.l usually black but sometimes Asiatic drylands principally forj their fur.

Caracul culture is the only ac~j tivity now possible in most of' arid Uzbekistan. There are 200 grey or brown. raised in the co-operative and 50 state farms. in the republic engaged in raisg ing them. The institute itself has under its control farms with a caracul population of 500

.000 out of the total of 13.000.000 in

all of Uzbekistan.

An industry been

i Tia. sadly neglected here. and in? ‘Uzbekistan generally. is tour-

:ism. Last year 830 tourists vis-

ited Samarkand: this year its:

hoped 1.500 will come To help develop the tourist in-

Moscow is providing 1,

A small light casts a glow over the burial chamber. Out- side. in the courtyard. is Tamer-'1 lane's throne. carved in grey3 marble. l

Only the occasional group of visitors passes by.

Anti-Dumping Law Changes Are Urged

By HAROLD MORRISON LONDON lCF'I Edward‘ Heath. Britain's trade chief.E

lcalled on C a n a d a to mod- ‘ify its anti-d u m p i n g laws on

imports from the United King- dom. “I hope that the Canadian government will be able to find a way of helping us on this as soon as possible." Heath said} in a luncheon speech before thei Chamber of Com-g

In urging some modiﬁcations on the part of Canada’s import He ath advocated 3

Another place where the past_restoration of old buildings and ; broad. multilateral concept of eems to overshadow the pres-imonuments. But this programiworld trade for the Common- appears c asu al and perfunc—i wealth. rather than mere con-

ent is Bukhara. 150 miles west} of Samarkand. it has retainedI

tory. at best. Many of the old.centration on

special conces-

the flavor of an Eastern city.1monuments and religiouslsions within the Commonwealth

New Mode

rotor Sees

No Objection lo Union

ST. JOHN'S. Nfld. tCPi—Dr. iis based on an ancient. biblical ideficit may be Heavy. Heath

Ernest Howse had been moder- ator of the United Church of C a n a d a less than an hour when he took issue with past moderator Dr. J. R. Mutch. mot.

Dr. Howse. of Toronto. said he would have no objection to union with Anglican Church of Canada. Less than an hour ear- lier. Dr. Mutchmor. in his fate walinddresl. said he had “very

‘ Old regard for an episco-

pd'gigovcrned church." - 't- e’vo had very few great

I ‘ . . ibillty of such a union ‘ «great at this time but the ~ '_ In church had been

in many direct moves amalgamation with both 2m Catholic and othe. . v churches. you! n’t see any objection ‘ blah in such a

. married to _ Mop of Newfoundland." ‘ ' onm

,law which is not now recog- ' nized.

J Dr. Howse said the Roman ; Catholic Church is “not likely to |have another Pope John." I momentum to w a r d Christian unity started by Pope John in faltering under Pope Paul.

He said he was horrified at the prospects of the election 0: Arizona Senator Barry Goldwa- ter to the United States pres: dency. "That man is even more dangerous than most people re~

ize." he said.

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mily. Attempts to increase Com- lmonwealth tariff preferences

would be impracticable. he said. “Neither Britain nor over- seas Commonwealth countries would proﬁt from such attempts ’to narrow the flow of trade." FACE EXPORT DROP

. Faced with the prospect that :Britain's export drive may sag ;a bit this year and that the iBritish international payments said the Conservative govern- ment is determined to keep the trade channels 0 .

hile trade within the Com- monwealth was a great source of strength and prosperity. "we are not. and cannot be a self- contained trading group."

n touching on Canada's anti - dumping policies. Heath had in mind the complaints of British industry that they could sell more to Canada if Canada would ease restrictions on im- ports.

The Canadian anti - dumping

S. Rhodesia Plebiscito ls Indicated

By SEAGIIAN MAWNES LONDON (Reuters) — The

thorny problem of independence for the minority white - ruled government

of Southern Rho- desia has been shelved until so form of referendum in the central African British colony. This was indicated in a joint

canmunloun used by British Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas Home and Southern Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith after four days of hard negotiations on the potentially

laws are designed to protect Canadian industry against low- priced competing imports. If the import product comes in it what is considered less than the prevailing price in the home

the Canadian govern- ment can impose an extra duty to increase the price of the

British industry has com- plained that the Canadian gov- ernment doesn't wait until Ca- nadian industry is hurt but an- tomatically slaps on the anti- dumplng duty on low-priced im- ports.

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TYPHOON KILLS EIGHT HONG KONG (APl—A land- slide triggered by T y p h o o n Sally killed six persons and in- jured eight others in Hong Kong Friday. The victims occupied a

explosive tune.

Refinery Cuts Price Of Sugar

MONTREAL (CPi - Canada and Dominion Sugar Refinery has announced it has re- duced the wholesale price of su- gar 10 cents to cm I loo-pound bu .

no other two Montreal re-

wooden hut crushed by two 10- tom: from Typhoon stood at eight dead and I in- ‘ lured.

RCAF began its normal on re supply of Arctic weather nu- tions Friday‘when a cm Her- cules left station Nomno for

solute Bay. N.W.T.. with .four tons of fresh produce. Sqdn. Ldr. Dave Kuhn of Dart- mouth, NS. in chap: of tho airlift. said he expected the operation to be completed in four days.

SUPPLY nasu EDMONTON (C?) — The

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British Army L

eague Looks

At Canadian Forces Plans

LONDON (CP) -— Britain'si Army League. taking a close look at Canada's military inte« gration plan. says integration can a dangerous master.

In a newly - pam phlet outlining what it considers to be Britain‘s army needs. t organization of veterans headed by Gen. Sir Richard Gale sug.

when it can

common end but there 13 tion for integration‘s sake." Sir Richard. former deputy supreme allied commander in Europe. concludes the time is ripe for a single organization to handle the administrative re-

quirements and other non-com-,and the Middle East to Hong bat segments of Britain's threeiKong.

armed service . l

s The But despite the official Cans-.States and Russia have become dian argument in favor of total super-nuclear powers is of no integration, the league's chair- help. he man maintains there is a strong these superpowers are preoccu- case. including "the powerful pied with ways of avoiding a

one of esprit-de-corps." of keep- |ing the army. air force and 'navy separate within the areas

—gests “integration is valuable membership steadily increasing made to serve through the inﬂux

nothing to recommend integra- for Britain‘s military help. often

though Sir Richard notes tho; authorities have difficulty get-‘ ting enough rolls to meetI this target. He suggests select-

ood servant and “n ive compulsory service be used " to boo

st the ceiling by H.000

blished - and thus help eliminate "on

margin of l

unacceptably small e y" defence ‘

in Britain's 1

needs. With the Commonwealth

of new an untried countries. the demand

short notice. is increasing, Sir Richard says.

These demands "are liable to arise with a minimum of notice and in an area stretching from the Caribbean. through Africa

fact both the United

more

nuclear war the more por- tunity there is for "the smaller fly to revive old rivalries and‘

of their specialization. including antagonisms."

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NEUROTICS TRY SPECIAL GROUP

TORONTO (CPL-Neurotic? Lonely? Fearful? Can't com- municate or have moonnful relationships with members of your family? Then it’s Neurotiu Anonymous for you.

Itisnnewgroupthnthopel to do for neuroses what Alco- holics Anonymous has done for alcoholism and Gnmblers’ Anonymous has done for the dice crow NA held a private dinner here —vichysolue. trout and coc nu Vin—for its second formal

first private gamer-log since formation. Hoot was M.J. Youle-W-hite. and Eng- linh author who wouldn't say how many are he . The host says problems are the basic ones, of loneliness. fear, inability to communicate and to have successful reln~ tionships wih'a wives. children and other members of their families."

He launched the organiza- tion with an ad in a newspa- per’s personal column, and in six weeks has had about 2,000 phone calls and 500 letters.

"We In an organization of outsiders and we’ll run on similar lines to Alcoholics’ Anonymous and Gamblers' Anonymous. P e r h a .p s.we’ll even develop our own rituals. as they have."

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MURRAY BAY, Que. (CPI-~- Mrs. A. I. W. Piumptre. na- tional president of the Con» sumcrs' Association of Canada. told the National Dairy Council conventi here the indusi try should stress more effectiVe bacteriological control.

“It is not reassuring for con- sumcrs to read reports large seizures of cheese as unfit for human consumption." she told delegates representing mils product manufacturers.

Mrs. Plumptre said technol- ogical and scientific changes in the food industry could bring about health hazards such as “foreign matter in cheese and rancidity in butter."

The conssmer‘l association wanted to know what research on dairy products was carried

cheese was put on the market. . “For example. what cause- ‘the slimy condition of some cheese in these packages? Are the white spots often seen in cheese in these packages due to the vacuum?" SERVINGS SKIMPY

Mrs. Plumptre suggested but

Industry Gets ,ilfigvis Consumers.

out before vacuum . packaged‘

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tcr makers get together w the restaurnm industry to crease the size of serving; an the packaging of butter in re taurants. She said butter arm ings were 1% to 2% times a large in Europe as in Canada,

G. M. Strudwick. president of the Dairy Farmers of Canada. representing 300.000 milk pro, ducers. said present govern: ment price support levels an inadequate. .

Industry spokesman Philipp.

needed to maintain marke stability and he questioned lo prices of dairy products. .' Mr. Strudwick also called [or national milk marketing to rel place provincial legislation.

r. Pariseault laid faderat assistance to the industry )3 n d because a steady ie. mand for dairy products all year around still leaves pro: ducers with a surplus at peak production periods

HUNTERS‘ TEST f r In Norway. hunters seeking a l licence to shoot reindeer. moosd l or deer must first pass a target practice test. 1

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