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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1959

Will Build: New Ferry

OTTAWA (CP) — Contract for the construction of a new auto- to

An official said the Halifax

1 contract is for the hull of the ‘ was mo in- forma’ on contracts for the en- gine and other mac ea

Tne vessel. will ply .between Tormentine, N.B., and Borden, P.E.1., supplementing two other ferries running between those ports. It will carry automobiles and indi passengers — no

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2 White Christmas Hope Realized In Many Areas

By THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada’s annual hope for a white Christmas may be fulfilled

than usual lately but the predic tions are‘ for generally normal temperatures Friday except in the Maritimes and northern Que- bee. : Ontario has been quivering with cold lately but the tempera- ture. is expected to climb by ‘Christmas. The picture is\ much the same in Quebec.

Prairie temperatures, ranging

Sside Board Rejects Proposal By St. Mary's

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“money has been spent to pro- vide the temporary accommo- dation required for the next term,”’ and the board is faced with matter of planning in very near future for the construction of a new_school, made neces- sary by taking over St. Mary’s pupils in September. ' “The influx of Airforce per- sonnel at Hillcrest Housing” ,was noted and it “has been in- itimated to us on reasonably good authority that more famil- ies of Airforce personnel will be brought in this year and housed in the town’’, the resolution ob- served before as it said the pro- posals as contained in the brief submitted by St. Mary’s Aca- demy Commission are not ac ceptable at this time.”

‘DiplomacyByDialogue’ ls Seen Slogan Of Allies

~~ By ALAN HARVEY ‘Canadian Press Staff Writer PARIS (¢P)—Allied statesmen Tuesday completed two weeks of intensive talks and headed home warily hopeful that they may have prepared ground for a new pattern of “diplomacy by dialo- gue.” a final act the NATO min-

{sterial council ‘issued a commun-|

ique placing the Atlantic seal on

Men Tracked By Footprints

Gana Cesetae/iiieneh Sour follow ‘oot- prints in foot - deep snow and nabbed escaped prisoners Herb- Jen -e, B.

The two fled Monday from Bur- wash Industrial Farm areal

wood along a hydro

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vrisoners, who spent Mon- t.in the bush in 10-below- eather, were recaptured early Tuesday about 4% miles southwest of McVitties in the

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McNamara, a native of Nova |ings.

arrangements proposed by the four Western heads of govern- ment for summit talks with Rus- sia.

The communique said the coun- cil “undertakes to play o full part” in ensuring success of the summit parley that will start—if Russia agrees—in Paris April 27.

The Western alliance—though lit still may have differences on the approach to the summit—thus leaves it up to Russia to accept or refuse the top-level meeting.

FEARS VOICED

But before the communique was signed, delegates from half a dozen smaller NATO nations launched what a French spokes- |man called ‘‘a very long, very |profound,’ frank and often ani- imated discussion’’ of their fears of Big Four action inside the alliance.

A NATO spokesman said the smaller countries seemed to be satisfied by assurances of U.S., British, French and. West, Ger- man leaders that their allies will

NS. Pastor is Chaplain

OTTAWA (CP) — Group

Montreal who retires later this month.

Group Capt. MacLean, a native of Trenton, N.S., has been Prot- estant director of religious admin- istration for the air force since November, 1953.

Ordained a United Church min- ister in 1937, he served at Flin Fion + Mon., until joining the RCAF in 194% and serving overseas three years during the Second World War. .

After the war, he held air force appointments at Edmonton, Greenwood, N.S., Calgary and Trenton, Ont., before coming to Ottawa. ;

Car Collision Kills 2 Peopte

ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, NS. (CP) — Two persons were killed and three injured, one seriously, in a two-car collision at nearby Granville Ferry Tuesday night.

Dead are: Cpl. Trueman Riley, 22, of Annapolis and Marie Guest, 16, of Young’s Cove.

RCMP said Lois Guest, 18, sis- ter of one of the victims, was ad- mitted to hospital. here in serious condition. Full extent of her in- juries was not known.

Two others, E. McGarvy of Parker's Cove and Richard Berry of Liquille, were also injured.

RCMP identified the driver of the car as Sgt. Edward McClaf- ferty of Annapolis. McClafferty escaped injury. There were no other details.

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New High School

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To go towards the new con- struction, an amount of $119,000

to amount to $120,000. This would necessitate the borrowing of $20,-

Payment on the sum of $57,000 which was an indebtedness from the previous structure, are likely to be deferred until such time as the school district can meet its new financial obligation, it was suggested

Tentative plans for the new school call for it to be built on the same site as the former school except that it will front on School Street mmning north and south instead of east te west as did the former structure.

The building, consisting of two storeys, will be a permanent structure of brick, concrete and steel and will include 20° clacss- rooms, two laboratories, a lib- rary and study room.

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Towed Ship Reaches Port

HALIFAX (CP) — The. bulk cargo carrier Westriver, which

hind 21 fearful crew members,

from two below to 17 above, are considered normal for this time of year and no major changes are forecast. Vancouver will be cloudy and perhaps. foggy for Christmas.

SURGE OF SHOPPERS Across Canada late shoppers are turning out it’ greater. num- bers than ever before in major centres. The exception is Tor- onto, whece there. are only “just as many late shoppers as ever.”

As usual, Canadians will spend Christmas among their families and friends. More commercial- ized entertainment is lacking in) most centres. Civil servants in! Ottawa have a 3%-day holiday and thousands will be going | home.

AUDITORIUM LATER

The building will be as com- pletely fireproof as possible.. The school wil be planned gp that an auditorium can be joined at a later date.

Opinion was divided among the ratepayers as to whether the ‘Continued on Page 2. Col. 2)

Ike Completes

Tour Of World

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prest- dent Eisenhower landed at nearby Andrews Air Force Base. Md. at 11:23’ p.m. EST Tuesday night 12:25 a.m. AST), completing his 5,000-mile world journey.

‘RAINING FLAMING DEATH’

60 Persons Feared Dead In Brazilian Plane Crash

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CP)|senzers, Including a baby. whenjflight fn an area reserved for! More than 60 persons were feared |it collided with a military trainer.|training when he suddenly saw! dead after an airliner and a mili-| The military pilot parachuted | Viscount.

slipped o a

Wallsend, England, after cross- | ing the North Atlantic under tow. | Shipping officials here said it was the first such crossing during the winter season from here.

The 10,000-ton vessel, of British registry, arrived in England with only 16 of her 37-man crew, Most of the men aboard were officers.

dissegting crew members didn’t make th ing they feared the ship was “unsea- worthy.” They were flown to their jhomes in the United Kingdom after being detained here for two days by immigration officials.

DESCRIBED AS DERELICT The disgrunted seamen \ called the ship a “derelict,” distrusted her boilers and said only one of three lifeboats was seaworthy.

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Large Building Is Seen Housing All Departments Of Government

A new provincial building, de- |

Whet! er the new building will be built especially for the pur- pose, or an existing one redesign-

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For Refugees |

Transport Commission Chairman

By JOHN LeBLANC Prime Minister Diefenbaker an- _ Canadian Press Staff \Writer |nounced.-the selection of the 68- OTTAWA (CP)—M. A. Mat-|year.old,Mr. MacPherson to sue- Pherson, distinguished Reginaj ceed Charlies P. McTague, 6, lawyer and expert on rail mat-| who resigned as head of the com- ters, Tuesday was named chair-|micsiofi last week after suffering man of the royal commission om » heart attack. railway transportation. Mr. MacPherson, former Con- tive attorney - general and treasurer of Saskat- been presiding at commission sessions in ce of Mr. McTague. The present intention of the igovernment is not to appoint a “This government ts very new commissioner to round out sympathetic to European refu- the commission to its original gees suffering from tuberculosis S¢vem - man strength. The last and approves Canada admitting dor royal commission on trans- = and welcoming them to this! country’, Premier Walter Shaw said last night. However, he added this pro- vince would be unable to receive any of them here in response to Immigration Minister Fair- clongh’'s' statement that more

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portation—the Turgeon inquiry of 1948-51—had only three members. BEST QUALIFIED

Mr, Diefenbaker said Mr. Mac- Pherson was best qualified te ~ succeed Mr. McTague, whose resignation had been received

with deep regret.

Mr. MacPherson has been en-

‘gaged in various aspects of rail

problems for many years. Since

the war, he has been Saskatche-

wan government freight rates

counsel in the long series of rate

increase cases before the board

of transport commissioners. He

also represented that province

before the Turgeon royal conte )* °

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agreed. The Premier said the

tary training plane crashed above|and was the lone survivor. He} | “My safety belt jammed and I

precluded as there was no bed

the city Tuesday, raining flam-|told reporters later that he was|thought I would never break it ing death on houses below. | practicing rolls on a solo training' and jump in time,” he said.

All 32 persons aboard the air- liner were killed and four houses were destroyed by the falling wreckage of the two planes.

Six children in one house alone © were listed as missing. Ten per-| sons were known to be buried un-| § der -the debris. Seven persons * | walking in the street were taken © to hospitals, two in serious con- dition.

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In addition, there were persons j still unaccouned for, including | those struck on the street when: the flaming wreckage started’ falling.

Army helicopters were used to remove some of the bodies, scat- tered over a wide area.

The airliner; a Viscount owned by Viacao Aerea ‘Sao Paulo, was flying from here to Sao Paulo’ with 32 crew members and pas-

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Are ‘Rescued

TORONTO (CP)—The Telegram a has rescued from the New York| City dead. letter office 50,000 | ; Christmas cards addsessed to On-' tario residents and carrying in- | sufficient postage.

“As a seasonal gesture, The, Telegram paid the postage the | cards lacked and they . will be | delivered . . . we hope in time for Christmas,” the newspaper,

says. :

In an effort to get the cards into the Toronto mails in time, the paper arranged to have them flown here from New York. The cards lacked the extra one-cent

This happy group of Prince County Hospital nurses seem to

be waiting patiently around the | to put out the fire. The- nurses Christmas

stamp necessary for mail cross-| fireplace for that jolly old man, | began their party

ing the border from the United| Santa Claus, to make his ap- | with carol singing through the

States. pearance. Bit Santa had better hospital hallways. Gite were : \

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space available in the only

sanitorium in the province,

later passed out and dancing followed. In charge of the party was Barbara A. MacNeill, pre- sident of student council. Others

included im picture are Betty

OTTAWA (CP)—Safe driving ts only one of the ways women can

‘HOSPITAL NURSES HAVE CHRISTMAS PARTY

Gallant, Mary Woodside, Gall Drummond, Barbata J. Mac- Neill, Janet Newsome, Faye

Reeves, Mary Maqiiaught and

keep down the holiday traffie death toll.

They can also.help by the way they dress, entertain, look their families and influence the .Canadian Highway Safety Council said Tuesday.

The council has predicted” 36 highway deaths over the Christ- mas weekend and 28 over New Year’s.

Hostesses should see to it that their guests are served food and coftee before they take to the road.

And it’s no faux pas to suggest a taxi if a guest's driving ability seems impaired by too much en tertainment.

In clothes, women motorists — should be careful of three-quarter _ length sleeves that might catch on gear shifts and spike heels. that can catch on floor pedals.

It’s mother’s job to see that the family gets home safely, the council says.

She should be sure that the driyer—whether herself or father —is sober, that doors are locked — So youngsters won't fall out and that the children don’t talk too | much or too monotonously. :

The council says British tests indicate Women drive ‘as safely as men and, in the younger age brackets, even more safely,

Dormitory Plan Said Approved - Plans for a new girls’ dormi-

tory for Prince of Wales Col- lege were examined in detail

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