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By lAN DONALDSON Canadian Press Staff Writer Rain and high winds faced voters in today‘s Prince Edward island general election. ‘

Bad weather was predicted for the island province of 105,- 000 for most of the i) a.m.-5 p.m. voting hours as an Intense storm moved in on the Mari- iimcs,

Sixty candidates will be con- teslill: the 30 legislature seats in a straight fight between the tilting Progressive Conserva-

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in two fires near Moreli dur- ing the weekend. a school was suited and a large barn suffer- ed minor damage.

The school was Head of Hills- born and the barn was at Ben- ger. owned by Rlo ton.

The first call at the Head of Hillsboro School. which was hit three times during the day. was received by the Mt. .Stewart fire department at~ about 10 a.m.' Friday and was put out within a few minutes.

At 3 pm. that same day the fire department was called back to the school to deal with a second blaze and again the flames were. doused after a brief period With this second out- break killed. the firefighters in- sported the building and found no trace of live embers.

WATER EXHAUSTED

it 7:30 that evening the third call was received for another outbreak at the school. The Mt. Steuart equipment responded immediately and were getting the flames under control when they run 0111 of water.

.\ eall was then sent for the ltlorell fire department. which was quickly on the scene with a fresh supply of water. Be- tween the. two sets of equipment tell: blaze was finally extinguish-

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Following an inspection of the gutted building. Morel] Fire ChIL’F Aldius MacKenzie stated that It appeared that the fires Were the result of spontaneous combustion caused by the - 3‘ of fumes from clenldlifg

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By FRANK CAREY WASHINGTON (AP) — EVI- dence that there Will life on earth nearly 3.000.000.000 year! are — almost 2.000.000.000 years than previously esti- grim—V218: reported Satu

e arne Washington. gie Institution of The e ldence suggests the UV- inr thing one- . I plants called all“ I‘fliilrlmltlve ancestors of those

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Premier Walter R. Shaw. who will be 75 in 10 days. called the election a month ago with a plan to abolish hospital insur- ance premiums which now cost P.E.I. families $48 a year. The cost would be paid out of gen- eral revenue.

Alex Matheson. six - font - six lit‘ormer island premier. immedi- lately retorted this was no issue. lI-fis party. if elected. Would abolish the premiums and re- bate payments made since Sept. 30. Mr. Shaw proposes a rebate. as of Dec. 1. '

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Today

OFFER INDUCEMENTS During the campaign potatoes

and promises held the spotlight. ,

Veteran island observers cannot recall a campaign that has seen rival parties offering the voters so many financial inducements —all perfectly legal of course.

Besides the abolition of hos- pital premiums the government promised compensation of grain growers unable to harvest their crops this fall because of wet weather. The Liberals promised free school books for pupils up to grade 10 and pensions for widows no longer qualified for mothers' allowances and for single women over 60.

But the biggest controversy involved the mainstay of this island's big farming industry—— the humble potato.

I Mr. Matheson promised a $1

fluids and furniture polish. which had been used early in the day.

The building was being clean- ed in readiness for use as the St. Andrew's Polling Station in today‘s election.

Contacted last night. Henry Mallard. neturning officer for Kings County. said i are election materials would be at the borne of the deputy return- ing officer. In view of the or- iginal polling station being des— troyed he would be permitted to arrange for a station to be set up in any private home or some other hall situated withi-n rea- sonable distance of the destroy' ed station.

FIRE IN BARN

The secon fire occurred About 1 o'clock Sunday after- noon. n-nd caused minor damage to a large barn on the farm of Robert Compton. at Bangor.

The fire is believed to have started in a pile of about 200 or 300 bushels of grain which was damp. and which was stor- ed in a 60 foot ell adjoining the main 30 by 90 foot barn.

The pile 0 grain was com- pleter destroyed. but the in- terior of the ell suffered onl some scorching as did a portion of the main barn where it con- nected with the ell.

. More than 20 head of cattle were in the main barn at the time of the blaze. which we quickly brought under control by More]! fire department.

This quick action of the fire- men made it unnecessary for the animals to be removed from their stalls.

New Data Pushes... Life Start Back

Hoering told a reporter that recent previous estimates of the length of time primitive life has axis on e eart ranged only from .000.000 to 1.000.- 000.000 years.

Evidence of algae was found also in some younger rocks. in- cluding limestone from Glacier Park. Mont. ,with n minimum age of “00.000000 years: and dolomite from Crystal Falls. Mich. with a minimum go of LWMO years. ‘

FIND ACIDS In the same Carnegie labor- atory. researchers Philip H. Ab- elson and P. L. Parker. found in 500.000.000year-old rocks evi- dence ‘ among

forms which developed later. Their findings marked the oldest ,k n o w n occurrence of these substances. Halkins said. Anti! Its re t h a t apes. or. animal closest to man. ved at least 25,000,000 years

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ago. The earliest known human beings ' loss than 2M.- calm

3 been found. that a 16-year -old

India Sees New Ihreat From China

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WEATHER

Overcast with scattered showers; turn- ing colder; southwest winds 20. High-low 50 and 47.

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Brilish-SUpporied Sultan Takes Brunei Oil Town

NEW DELHI (AP) —— India accused Communist China Sun-

king an unveiled threat that India must accept Peking-dictated terms or face a renewal of their undeclared

Pope Preside: As Three Saints Are Proclaimed

CITY fAPl—Pope John. full of vigor and looking is best since becoming seri-

A spokesman for the Indian VATICAN foreign ministry assailed a Pek- ing statement issued Saturday as an ultimatum to India and. to six non-aligned nations which will meet in Colombo, Ceylon.

saints of the Roman Catholic Lad in an effort to bringlChu bout solution of the India-Rodi .1, China border dispute.

rch Sunday. he 81-year-old pontiff was

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floor price for a 75-pound bag 3 of potatoes for three months he- : ginning Dec. The govern- iment argued such a plan could : ruin the potato industry by pro- } voking retaliation by central Ca- tnadian and United States grow- . ers.

;CAUSEWAY NOT AN ISSUE One perennial subject of is- .land campaigns is the long-pro- Iposcd causeway to the main- lland. Except for Liberal refer- .cnces claiming the federal gov- lernment has shelved the pro]- lect and PC denials the cause-

_ lway was rarely mentioned in

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c n a . P.E.l has a unique voting sys-1 tem. No one. ’not even election

officers. knows how many peo- ple will be eligible to vote to- lday. ‘

: Voters elect two types of

lmembers to the legislature —- councillors and assemblymen. :Each of the 15 electoral dis- lltricts send one of each. Every adult Canadian citizen may vote for assemblymen but only own- ers of property worth at least 25. their wives or husbands. .and overseaswar veterans and lciergymen may vote for coun- cillors. ~ » Both Conservatives and Liber- als have promised reform of .this system dating from 1393. i In the Sept. 1. 1959. election when Mr. Shaw's conservatives ended 24 years of Liberal rule. the PCs won 22 of the 30 seats. the Liberals the other eight. At dissolution Nov. 8 house stand- ings were PCs 22. Liberals six and two former Liberal seats were vacant.

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.Sh‘opping lrip Ends ’In Death, For Child

SAINT JOHN. N.B. (CPI —A Christmas shopping trip ended tragically Saturday with the violent death of a 10-year -old girl insn uptown department

store. . Police said only that the body of Dianne Ruth Perry had

youth of nearby Lancaster was being held and that a charge will be laid in city police court this morning. The results of an‘ {autopsy were not released.

It was learned the body was found in a lower floor stock-

I Spouse frdm Prime Minister teeming throngs In St. Peter‘s

China See-ks lMore Wheat

room of the store (Manchester Robertson Allison Ltd.) T e y bore. wounds caused by some 5 h a r p instrument. I we pon was reported taken in-l to police possession. l

The. only child of Mr. a lid

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here was no official re-lsmillnfl and EHEI‘EEIIC amid Nehru's government to - -- low-up Chinese note unday Basal" at which demanded that India give ii “clear and definite" answer} to Chinese proposals for peace along their battle-torn Hima- layan border. t The Peking note gave 'no deadline but suggested Red . China would not wait long for dananfipomsw' “aha”; . India to make a clear-cut deci-l e ("’9' on doc‘ors advme'

. took part in only half the three- ston on whether to accept orl . reject the Chinese package plan Isa?" “mal‘ But those 90 min'

for peaceful negotiations. ' . represented the long?“ India has made plain its ob_ time he has been at any public

jections to pemngvs proposals [function since his 815i birthday. for mutual troop withdrawals. ltwo “flecks 33° suPday- A 5‘0"" but the Indian government has lath a'lmeflts 9°55'bly 3“ "1°"- not yet eplied formally‘afid anemia forced him to bed whether it accepts or rejects .NOV- 27- The “"1955 “Filed his the Chinese plan. :strength and left him pale. » A canonization is a ceremony .

MAY SPARK FIGHTING_ >at which the Roman Catholic It is felt in New Delhi that Church announces its belief, ormai rejection would "sparklaftcr long investigation, that a renewal of the fighting. But it is {deceased person attained hea- also believed that Nehru‘s gov-j

a solemn ceremony of canonization.

His voice was strong as he read the proclamation elevating three 19th -century priests to sainthood: Pierre Julien Ey- mard. a Frenchman, and Anto- nio Maria Puch and Francesco

. . ven beyond any doubt. Canoniz- eminent. invthe light of aroused ation brings official recognition public opinion. cam“)t accepllof sainthood and allows vener- Pekmg's proposals as they now lation of the saint throughout the stand. :Catholic world.

Closed By Pope

LONDON (CPl—-The Sunday VATICAN C'TY ‘APPPW" Times say In a dispatch from 't‘fimhrgtale 11:: (yea? 13:3: T°ky° that Peking is negotia' Catholic ezumenicnl council ting another large wheat deal 5‘ d d Bed h, with Cali-3d,. . . . aur .ay an expres e ong it would consist of 2500000 "We " “‘“d 9"“ l“ “Mk ‘- tons of wheat and shipmentsl‘vear from now‘ I would continue into 1964. The:

Sunday Times says. JChange

The Chinese are asking for easy terms‘ on the £30.000.000 In Steer Prices

brand 5 t e e r s will be down

‘ously ill. proclaimed three new { '_

A Canadian family, perhaps one in Prince Edward Island, can make a Japanese woman‘s: dream come true. t

The ated in childhood and all would take to make it a reality

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liapanese Girl Seeks One-Year Stay Here -

“I got ajob as a Iypist and lhave saved my money for three years. But so far I have been

ream is one that art in- l 8“ fare to Canada."

“240300300, p u re h a s e the s someone to sponsor her on a l RE'READ ANNE

newspaper says. and have sug- . . .‘ Recently she picked up her

gested 10 per cent down and the Prices {01‘ Red Md Brown In!) to Canada- .‘childhood book and read t P

balance in the next two to three . slightly next week while th 9.

Blue brand animals will be up slightly. it is revealed in the in- formation made available by J. Lincoln Dewar, secretary of the Beef Producers Associa- tion‘s committee named to re- port each week on a formula‘t price arrangement ada Packers.

Red brand steers. hot dressedl

Mrs. Frederick E.’ Perry was shopping with her mother and went alone to the store‘s toy section. She' had disappeared when Mrs. Perry reached th e toy department. There was no indication who found the body. The moth e r suffered severe shock when told of D l a nne‘s death: 1 .

The funeral will be held‘ihist afternoon. I

N.Y. Papers S'irikebound

NEW YORK (AP) Little: hope of an early end to thel Va, city's newspaper strike ap-l T‘ peered in sight Sunday as New} ‘M I

cents from last week. I The price offered for BI e, brand animals of $43.50 is up 25

Yorkers tried to adjust to a Sunday without their usual fat newspapers

The walkout that began at. 2 am. Saturday has made idle shalt 18.000 persons on the . nine papers affected. l

No negotiations were con-. ducted Sunday. The next round ~*

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Bradford. head of the publishers' negotiating commit- tee. said all indications pointed to the strike lasting for "quite a w lie."

Baby-Faced Youth Is Held iln Strangula-tion Of Sister

of "fatty scids'—cheml~..- I those BOSTON f'AP) —— Baby-faced Ily home in nearby Winthrop

cale which are characteristic of life in higher 14 _ y",- _ old Thom“ “drum lFriday

who's never been a problem to

,hls family or police. was held her he d

.‘Sunday for the strangulation lkiiling of his 17-year-old sister. State Police Ca Michael Gullinlne laid a statement saying he killed his sister. Margaret adigon. in a "Lot temper

night. The girl‘s neck had been cut with a 12-inch kitchen knife and was immersed In a partly - filled pressure cooher. a but medical examiner Michael , ‘ .- Luongo aid sleuth jwaves caused ‘ py ma pants around her throat. MAJ

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y a tightly rnwn "Miss Csdlgnn's death was the

. I \ eighth m ngul. . fem“. Major General KW. Monce . in are-fer Boston in the last six DSO. 08E. CD.

The or seven are cer comandirrg. Eastern

M s cc - states in a letter to The Guard- ily Impressed and wanted “more ian —— The Evening Patriot. that :man ever to see ever since she read the Anne of Green Gables. in her childhoood. she has wanted to go to Canada, especially to Prince .and customs Edward Island “to see Canad-t, . ian women‘s life with my own With Can-:cyes." Prices expected this week for ; MADE UP MIND At that time she. weight on a rail grade basis. is in my mind to go there some $44.75 per 100 pounds. down 751day when I grew up."

She says she realized. first of. all money would be necessary. . After graduating from high . thing i could to help. 1 would he cents from ‘last week. and the school she took a secretarial

.-oEN. AMONCEL SPEAKS AT Mess DINNER Col. JD. Stewart. DSO. ED. general of- \ honorary colonel of the rui-

ment is at right. Lt. Col. D..l. McCormIck. officer command-

iss Sets u k 0 Sat". TOKYO. lagain. This time she wa d

b e. a utiful b00k Prince Edward Island and stay there for a year to study cook- ling. housekeeping. manners

Miss Sato points out she could come to know Canada on her own savings but she needs some Canadian, family to spon- tsor her. She would be happy to become as a member of the family and learn cooking arid housekeeping.

“Of course. [would do anv-

“made it

'happy to teach Japanese cook-

Brown brand price of $40.25 is course at the Tokyo YWCA. and I log and manners and customs. down 25 cents from last week's s figures. _ Ii

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tudied typing. filing and Eng-‘and try my best to understaznd sIJ.

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in the Canadian Army at 27 years. He is a graduate of Bishop's College and McGill University. Col McCormack.

mlyed, Command. HOW”. speaks It 'Yo-g cediun'n admission the annual man dinner of the in; the re is at lift. speaking at the dinner. noted can, at out: be . Prince Edward Island Regl- General Moncel. holder of a the present strength its after he flunhod a vqu- ment. held Saturday night at distingtished war record. was PEI. Regiment is at its high. m It! Motor test. - the Char-imam Hold. LS.- in 10“ the pungent brigader cot level in several years.

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, isn- Omar All Saifuddern Sunday frecaptured Brunei’s

Troops Rushed . From Singapore

“ By RALPH SHAW ' BRUNEI TOWN. B run cl f Reutersl—The forces of Sultan

me in Brunet was a Silo-strong contingent including 280 Gurkha soldiers. They were being join- ‘ . ed by Royal Navy and RAF . . major ml units and about 150 Malayan itown of Serla in a decrswe bat- police. Hie With rebel “secret army" The sultan's ’forces that Saturday seized key partment said points throughout Dhis British- formed a Non protected sultanate. . tional , official spokesman for the ‘ Brunei . ‘ u on said many rebels were yaatt. the chief olitical or ani- lniled and about 500 captured ‘zation in the sulitanate. g in the battle for Sel'l'a. about‘ Rayaat leader Sheik A. M‘. 65 miles southeast of Brunei Azahari Is in Manila and has T_0Wfl. capital 01' this DOCKBI-sct himself up as head of a size protectorate between Satra~ revolutionary government of wak and Nonth Borneo tmunei, Sarawak and North Reliable sources said the. reh- Borneo. els shot two European hostages Azallari said the rebels have and several other Europeans planted bombs in llhe Brunei were seriously injured. .oilfields and would never sur- t TheSultans IOI‘CES- supported ‘ render them to the British. by British troops. also were pe- l ported to have recaptured the ATTACK SHELL PLANT town of Weston. about 70 miles} The P913015 Scored a series of north of Brunei Town. and the (“1161‘ 5110095595 Sal-"may When police station at Tutong a town- I “my attaCde key POLICE Posts ship about 30 miles south of ' HIGH: With the hit! 5179“ 011 Plant the capital‘ lat Scl'ia. British troops were both g hurried to the protectorate by! sea and air from the self-gov-. erning Bitish colony of Singa- Meanwhile. 24-hour cur- llas been clamped on unei.

information do the rebels had h Borneo Na-

Party

t h e y apparently made no serious bid to capture Brunei Town. where most of the British troops are based.

A defence ministry spokes- man ln London said a British destroyer and two minesweep-

I OPPOSE FEDERATION ‘ers have docked at Labuan, a

The aims of the rebels we're: British army base North not clear but they apparently j Borne are opposed to the merger of : informed sources in London