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VOL. LXXIX NO. 75
get to Parliament Tuesday night, makes final - preparat-
FINANCE MINISTER Sharp, who presented his first bud-
Anthorized o2 Second Pass Mal} by ths Post Office Department. Ottewa and ter Payment Of Postage ‘
in Cash
i
ions in his Ottawa office earlier in the day. (CP oe
Position Of Island Potatoes Reported Best On Continent
“year, he said, we were on a par,
Prince Edward Island potatoes! states of US. A. and 10 provinces before mentioned groups. An ex- are in the best position miarket- of Canada. Some years we are+ample is to be found inthe fact to ease up on the accelerator’ | ‘mined
that we are. tunable to supply, conditions _orpotitical disturan- this year, - the demand. for- -our |
“Future profgpects would a,
wise of any on the North Amer- unable‘ to ship to certain foreign fean continent, R:L. Burge, Five countries of economic Houses told The Guardian Tues- | day afternoon. - 7
The chairman. of the Potato)
-
Marketing Board, who has made, Pear to be veryt Bright indeed; a close study of potato market- ‘with the ‘with the co-ope of the three
ie developments, -said . that “two years ago we stood second) ‘to Idaho, ine the U.S.A. Last;
South Afficans Voting Today
tice une
with them, but this aeer we are|
ahead of them.” the |; -timrket, | Verwoerd corsa de wii. also secs tremendous “pos. ‘cisive. vietory’, fy. today’s South ahead. ‘for expanded African general election,
sales. No other seed can rest is centred on whether he compare for quality, and-quality\can rally former supporters to
will be even better when present his vision of. a—‘‘white—father-
plans. for upgrading seed pota-'land.”
toes are completed, it was ex-| The Negro majority will have plained. -no say in—selection ofthe all- The: Island is sinnia to meet. white -government which will
the demand for its seed potatoes rule the country for the next
that it was back in 1916 that the.
_.. MIAMI, who kidnapped. Daniel Goldman as_ time goes on,”*
this year, he said. , Noting that the seed potato in-
dustry here is approaching the
half century mark, he recalled
five years. They have no vote.
Seed Potato Certification . Ser- vice was inaugurated in Canada, with headquarters in Charlotte. town. .
“Rigid tnspection, plus the co- operation of our. growers and dealers, coupled with a liberal!
Shows Old
Burge was riliiiteg di- With Prime Minister Hendrik | We de
gee
Income Tax Table
jseed. It would appear that
we Potato Marketing Board,
ihe explained, operates an Flite! Sees. Farm. forthe production ot | It plans)
‘superior quality seed. | within four years to produce suf-
Ta) ficient seed from the farm and | ‘its progeny to Jae: as
theing to
bute Elite
=a greater effort on’ the part of our
potato growers to produce more | ‘high quality seed is necessary." |
ly the needs
Il seed -inte- ‘to first'line growers who in turn \deed, " Premier W.R. Shaw said
«“Osvere Pibies Edward Island Like The Dew”
CHARLOTTETOWN, .CANADA,
Next:
: Cause
Is Put On Deferred List
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1966,
4
| Low EARNINGS GROUP | HELPED
By JAMES NELSON OTTAWA (CP)—A ‘
taxes on medium and. upper in- comes starting June 1 and en- couraging: industry to stretch
Sharp Tuesday night.
But in his deficit budget he did - cut taxes for people with low incomes. This affects ‘about 40 per cent of all taxpayers, who pay about 12 per cent of all fed- eral revenues from the income ltax. f
| And he promised to lift the
a
OTTAWA (CP) Conserya- Monteith Tuesday’. night de- scribed the budget as ‘‘innocu- ous, dead-end; full of postpon- | ing and~staggering.” It was a “procrastination budget." He -noted in the Commons that Finanee Minister Sharp had
but not slam on the (brakes.
‘slow the ‘duction machinery,
boom" budget imposing higher year. to stabilize the boom by encoyr- sales tax from some additional
‘chases until the tax comes off. ment.
jout its investment program was) introduced by Finance Minister jon the cash profits of
tive financial critie J. Waldo the jack
He said this would he ‘aging industry to postpone pur- He imposed a new kind of tax
big cor- | porations in excess o
‘He will freeze five per cent of nig prosperity” 1 in
these profits starting May
‘a separate budget account, to
‘be paid back to the companies though at ‘with interest of five per cent: 1% Tate.
to three years from now.
For individuals, there was no Presenting his first budget since ichange in luxury taxes—except becoming minister of
“Procrastination Budget” . PC Financial Critic Says —
“It. doesn't matter which it is under the back wheels,*’ Mr. Monteith said.
One of the most serious things would be to yield an_ inflation: the fighting surplus of $615,000,008 in “ever-spiralling increase in the all
faced by Canadians is
cost of living.”
Canadians wanted some re. U'Plus said the budget was , designed Jief from this through deter.
ononnene |
coming. —
‘Slow The Boom’ Budget Has Income Tax Boost
)eontroversial sales fax on pto- for tax relief for stained hand- starting next made glass windows.
f $30,000. Mr. Sharp called it a
action by the govern- economie ment. This had not been forth-
\
ong ar disappointment » in?
;would produce seed for second jJast night. line gtowers, and they in turn) He said he thought after_the
would supply third line growers | until eventually we would be pro«
started, there would be no hold-
ducing seed potatoes second to up until it-was completed.
none in. the world. It/is expected |
“It will be a blow at-all our
that first line growers would be |hopes. for a reasonable solution |
selected by the Seed Potato Cer- to all our transportation ‘prob- ,
(Continued on page: 3, col. 2)
And New -
lems."
He noted there is a serious si- tuation at Borden — Tormentine |with old hoats on the run and a
_|new one not in sight for a couple
of years.
Instead of being completed in | 1971- 72, the causeway comple- ition date” will be much later.
{ “This is entirely uncalled for, particularly since’we are in a | designated area with a popula- |
educational program, stressing ‘tion: desperately endeav attention to grading, has been | to enenel iddustry pe car ng responsible’, Mr. Burge said, OTTAWA (CP) — Following ‘includes an abatement of 24 per quate transportation is neces-
“for. placing Prince ..Edward .1s-_ table, shows income. -taxes...for land in the foremost position, as 1966 under the new rates an- a producer of the highest class{nounced by seed potatoes. Evidence of, the Sharp in his budget speech in ‘co-operation of the three named the Commons Tuesday night.
groups leads up to the status of Comparison is with what the seed potato industry of the|would have been paid if there present day. ‘had been no change in current
“Proof of the quality and per- rates.
formance of the seed is shown In} The federal tax payable does the -fact that we enjoy markets not include provincial income
in 22 countries of. the world, 16 \tax or old age security tax but. 2.500
Ransom For Miami Boyz Increases To $50,000.
Fila. (AP). —THle ‘man.: _ ‘It becomes. rhore- Giturbiag | said Sgt. may have been trying to recoup Larry Vardell, spokesman for a money lost in business dealings team of Dade County officers with Daniel’s wealthy father, |working the case.
Aaron Goldman. a detective said County officers and. FBI
Tuesday. °
Sgt: Warren Dalrymple of the fashionable community .of Surf- side, in which the abduction took place, told the elder Goldman:’.
“You don't remember me. buf
you cheated me out of some money,.”’ cs: te Goldman, one of the area's
largest apartment builders and a director of a. bank which failed in January, bad. seid earlier he had a vacue feeling that he knew the kidnapper of his 18-year-old son
Dalrymple, talking to report- ers outside the Goldman home, declined to comment on whether the kidnapper had made a ran- som: contact. ~
As Daniel's frightened parents waited tensely- for the promised contact, the price of. the boy's freedom rose to $50,000.
titans A nitiahniticatmssatsnaisaen
at
pn x eon
said the kidnapper |
agents came and went at the home of Goldman and his wife, Sally, but Vardell said there was no real significance to the flurry of activity.
A burly intruder who called the Goldmans by name skipped into. the home through -an un- locked patio door early Mon- day awakened them and de: manded $20,000 in tas ‘When’ Goldman insisted that he didn’t have. the money. in the house, the invader bound the couple with venetian blind. cords and. forced the muscular, 175 pound Daniel to go with him.
The kidnapper’ promised _to call the Goldmans between 6 and 7° p.m. Monday and said that if $25,000 $5,000 more than his original demand -— was fot paid by dawn Tuesday his price
‘would double.
of
50,000
cent. in-accordance- federal
provincial
-with-eurrent--sary=—It-will-hit- a-blow-to-t-hi-s~ arrange- province as an Finance Minister ments. It assumes: the taxpayer |trial area.”
inviting “indus. |
jdelay in getting the project
Disappointment, Premier Declares
If construction of the next.
gore ol Me NAGRES cohen.
being. eae; We werel
edb
trial lout ys
The causeway was to be @ higher. pipeline as well for electric pow- | er for the province. These_were
two matters prospettive indus-
tries always mentioned, portation and electtigny. not good.”
trans- “It is
-The_.premier..said_he didnot have-—the full-story—hut~ hoped it
was not as serious as she now
views it.
| BLOOD DONOR Is ANNOYED
TORONTO (CP) — George Franklin Coates, who has donated 100 pints of blood in 24 years, is mad bhecause the -Red Cross refuses to take any more from him.
Said Coates: “I went down to. the blood donors clinic Thursday and they turned me away saying. I
was 65. They just wouldn't
But he lifted the 11-per-cent
take me,” : farmers’ and fishermen's equip- Coates says his two sons, s both. doctors, say ‘I'm as healthy as a horse.” ECONOMY BOOMING an Monday night -the Red
Cross presented Coates with a certificate that read: “You will never know how many lives you have saved."
“pace | budget. He said} t -is-not intended to curtail athe | but to keep it running— a more moderate
boom,
The ‘54 - year - old economist,
_ Effective Budget Dates
‘ OTTAWA (CP) — Effective - dates of main changes an- nounced in Tuesday night's budget:
IMMEDIATELY
Sales tax of 11 per cent re- moved m machinery and tools u for ‘shaping .and moulding materials.
Capital cost tax allowances reduced on most building and machinery items for next 18 months.
finance last December, planned. a budg- | etary deficit of $150,000,000, with |" expenditures of $8,450,000,000 and revenues of $8,300,000,000. Last ‘vear's budgetary : deficit forecast was $300,000,000 but this | was cut by buoyant federal rev- enues to $34,000,000.
Mr. Sharp said, however, that ithe impact of the new budget ‘on a national-accounts basis
government revenues over government outlays: This was $494,000,000 “last year and would have been $371,- 000,000 this year had he made
‘all : APRH. 15...
Non - residents withholding tax. of 15 per cent removed
no tax changes. on interest payments pertain- The. finance minister per- ing to new bond_ ines by all formed ‘a. double-shuffle_ with | levels ot _governmen : |income ‘tax rates. He left the'* ‘MAY 1 : ‘actual rate _unchanged from Special refundable tax of
| where it- was~before_former_fi-. jmance minister Gordon's 10-per: leent cut in basic federal tax last ‘July 1. -Mr. Sharp withdrew. lmost of that tax cut and then
five—-per—eent—applied__to_cor-- poration cash profits over $30,000; to continue for 18 months.
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Phase
limetable Changes Announcéd By Sharp
OTTAWA (CP) — Federal con-,mentine, is scheduled struction. projects worth about completed this summer. $35,000,000 will be put off for at. Mr. Sharp listed the followi,
«least a year, Finance Minister projects that will be defe Sharp announced in. his budget until after April 1, 167: \Tuesday night. —Several buildings in Ot- The next phase in the con-.. tawa,’ incliding a new Mas struction of - the $150,000,000 — tional “museum, a headquar- causeway between New Bruns- ters for the income tax dt-
wick and Prince Edward Island will be slowed as part of a pro- gram to ease inflationary pres- sure in the construction indus-
vision, a structures laboratory for the | National, search Council and buildings at the central experimental farm- —A grain elevator at Prince Rupert; B.C., delayed because tenders opened recently were all too high.
—Smaller pohlic buildings,
Mr. Sharp annouhced a 10- |per-cent cut in the govern- 'ment’s $348,000,000 construction jbudget for the fiscal year start-
‘ing April 1. He suggested to the | such as post offices, in Om aavusee that they exercise | tario and British Columbia, similar restraint in their highe where construction was par- | way-building programs. ticularly heavy. ‘
| The causeway bridge -tun- —Improvements at various |nel project to ‘connect P.E.1. airports and harbor and ma- with the mainland, launched ‘ime works In coastal areas
where there is ‘serious pres-
ith fanf; ‘three d before : wi anfare ee days ' gure’ on the construction in-
the Nov. 8 — ot oe | ae | Seay, ‘mines minister acNaught,
the OTHERS TO FOLLOW Ihudget: “ DaTserene ” aa Mr. Sharp said st age" | “A’ readjustment of the time- ments are only examples table sort tae next phaseaof the jothers will be announced later. Northumberland causeway pro- |Similar construction cutbacks ject (is planned) in order to|were disclosed last Aug. 2. _ minimize the pressures on fhe | He added that Crown corpora- 'peak summertime employment tions are being asked to slow |market and to maximize win- itheir construction work, too. Lo- iter employment. possibilities.” |¢al centennial projects would
not have to be completed in 'WILL BE HELD BACK 1967 to ~qualify. for. - federal | A government spokesman said (grants. ‘this means the next contract to| Apart from construction pre- be awarded likely will be held jects; new >w federal programs of | back until next winter. The first assistance requiring substantial contract, for_a road approach spending in. 1966-67 also were
to \he .
‘oe toy the: New “Brunswick end--of ruled -out..-Programs announced... -.
imade--a-new-tax-cut_affecting — persanat—ineome—-tax—tn= {the--cousewag-- ‘near—Cape. Tots ipreviourly--are—not affected.
flower-income groups only. creased on medium and upper The result is that a single tax-| ine, ‘brackets, lowered ‘payer with no dependents will San on low
Br ncomer pt neal i on incomes up to nea ‘Above that the tax wil
be it = pant purposes al-
The switch between lower and’ table organizations filé annual higher~taxes, formarried tax-! reports to government. payers with no _ dependents, | APRIL 1, 1967 comes between $3,000- and. Sales tax reduced to six per $4,000-a-year incomes. For mar-! cent from 11 on all production ried taxpayers with two children) equipment and machinery.——‘
-eligible.. for. family allowances, | _ _APRIL 1, 1968
the switch occurs between Sales tax, ‘removed from all $4,000 and $5,000 a year. | production equipment and | (Continued on page 3, col. 3) | aah a f
Premier Entertains Some Doubts
= On Future Of Memorial Complex’ros:
The Legislative
spent last evening's sitting dis- | [sland
cussing five resolutions moved | by Alex Matheson {L—4th |
Kings).The resolutions asked for | Poration, the Crown Building | ment. agreed to pay E am really frightened with the /a full and complete report of. the
, | eroeeet of the causeway pro-!| operations of the Fisherman's
NO DREAM, NIGHTMARE
FOR THE AVERAGE MAN
takes the standard $100 deduc- The premier said ‘‘we are so tion for charitable donations. | | qe ent on transportation be- | AFTER - BEFORE tweet here and the outside I CHANGE CHANG Single, no dependents $1,300 $13 $15 1,500 26“ 29 2,000 59 65 108 ta bo} 158 414 soe 19 762 10.000 1,313 1.214 ; ns 2,602 2.396 OTTAWA (CP)—The tooth- 25 0a saa less may find solace in Mitch- ell Sharp's federal budget. ane no Co | It also holds nartiedlar in- on a terest for those who raise 5p 65 trout or grow ,carnations. 158 156 It i just isn't an average 27% 266 man's dream or nightmare. 49 606 The major Proposals seem to he aimed in the main at (000. sie UO os 1.019 +: thivtitens-- aria oe son psd a But there are some highly ‘50/000 15.263 14.915 ratie, changes in the tax B Saibpasd twe . 99 For instance, imported trout atc feed will ‘continue - to enter om a iss duty-free until July 1, 1968. ston ons “499 Tariffs of 12'2 per cent on 7 san * 554 « 519 plant cuttings of new carnation " poo ae 916 varieties are abolished. pe Seat 1 973 There were a few tantalizing $5 000 5.334 4.986 | cuts in duties “@Wrtiquorice. 15,012 14,665 EXTENDS TAX
INSIDE TODAY.
COMSRINOE ii es 32, 13 DEGAS ls ies as 3 POPONB soc eve teers stuns 13 COMES casts 27 WEEE ry cv ownveeiees 10, 11 Women’s er ecry ays O79 Finance. markets ...... 9 Editorials ios ec6 ceca 4 SOMMEPSGE ie, 3 Kings, Queens; City -...... 5 Prince COUMY orice 2
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The budget extends the 11- per-cen{t federal sales tax to retread tires effective at once.
But what the average man loses on retreads. he may gain on false teeth. The 11- per-cent tax on them is being
withdrawn. . However, the federal sales tax -falls on manufacturers
; and may not be: passed along ' to the toothless. The. major-sales tax exemp-
_{: tions apply to production ma-
chinery. The tax on building
| Materials remains as a check
+
on the construction .b9om.
But there ‘is a something- for-everyone, even if it is practically nothing,” atmos- phere in a series of minor changes.
The Ga rnigtant may bring! in his old mattress, : if it is fumigated. He may also bring “in-hisauto duty-free. The pre- vious $2,500 ceiling on autos, after which duty ad to be paid. is being lifted.
As for inicdme taxes. all but the relatively poor will pay more beginning June 1. CLAUSE PLUGGED
That ld eséape clause, charitable donations, has been sealed.
After Jan. 1, 1967, donations to charity will be allowed as a deduction for income tax” purposes only. if the church or institution registers and files a return on it to the revenue de- partment.
Mr. Sharp urged moderation and restrint on spending -in general as a way to check in- flation of prices.
He said his budget aims mainly at curbing price in- creases and — “pacing the pros- perity."’
All by less
Canadians could help saving more and spending
o |
‘pene, Lian Board, “the Prince ‘Edward the Memorial Trust had been
aa with Prifne Miister Les- | r Pearson on this subject and | ast year the federal govern- | $100,000, Corporation and the Fathers of | which they later increased to Confederation Memorial. Trust. 150.000, The province .. paid * All of the resolutions carried $80,000 grant to the complex, | except the oné on the Fathers of | which the premier — said was |
Industrial Corporation, the Senior Citizens Housing Cor-
_ lowed only where tax chari- |
we should ‘immediately. make re-
employment in this area is: not as_high as in-Central Canada. We have been regarding the Causeway as a means by which employment in this area would be_increased:”
‘Liberal Leader Alex Camp- bell commented _last-night on the |press report that the New Bruns- wick — Prince Edward Island |eauseway would be one of the fe- jderal government projects de- | ferred bythe Finance. ence 'Sharp's budget...
Mr. Campbell said, ‘‘if by the | statement there is a possibility _| that construction of the cause- ‘|way will be slowed down I feel
|
said’ he, ‘“‘witt-be-seeking an-tm-- ' mediate explariation from Ottawa fon the full aera of ha an- | nouncement.”’
‘Hees Orders | Court Action
presentation to the federal gov- ernment to insure construction | eparti as quickly as possible.”
“Particularly,” said Mr. Campbell, “ “because the level of |
Test Pilot Ts Missing ~ article appearing today. and: printed in the magazine Neue.
MONTREAL. (CP)—A_ search Tllustrierte, 70 Briete St. Co- was under way Tuesday for an logne, Germany. This article RCAF. aircraft reported. missing purports to be written by Olga after it took off from Canadair's or Gerda Munsinger and my Cartierville; Que. airport inanie appears in it.
‘shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday.{ The story as it has been re-
The pilot of the new Cana- ‘ported to me is absolutely un-
MP for Northumberland and former Conservative trade min- ister, Tuesday issued the follow- ing statement:
I_have been _ informed of. an
| Confederation Memorial Trust | thought to be a “very generous’ idair Tutor jet training aircraft |true. | and it was adjourned as the time contribution by officials in Ot- (Was identified as Fit. Lt. L: S. I have therefore instructed | of the sitting had elapsed. tawa. ‘Lumsdaine of Hudson, Que., the my solicitors to institute libel Premier Shaw said he, ‘‘en-| Mr. Matheson — questioned | senior test pilot at Canadair. i proceedings: at once. i | tertained some doubts about the Where the Memorial Building
future of the complex, we were WaS, ‘going to cost the province | led-to-believe the ° maintenance , More money than we can really | (of the Memorial Buildings) | afford.” |would never be a responsibility Both Mr. Shaw and Mr. Ma:) | of the Province. ; theson agreed that the contri-
oh bution of the Building and the WERE DUMBFOUNDED
¥ Aunistivndiad <vls activities it promotes are ‘valu- “We were dumbfounded when | we food Wie cont of the mata: | able assets to’ the cultural life
|tenance, and by the: attitude of | % the province.
Xe
the Federal. Government, vee ~said The Premier intimated that , RNC. PRONNGL . 2 ny ae “further negottations regarding |
“(Continued on page 3, col. 6)
a i
_ He explained the province and
Liberal Blocks Deba
te:
On Capital Punishment
OTTAWA (CP) —- Renegade | ‘Liberal MP Ralph B. Cowan-— with an assist from the Com- inions’« rules — Tuesday choked off debate on the abolition of capital punishment.
After repeated” efforts ~ by George Mellraith, government House leader, to resume debate on the topic, Speaker Lucien La- moureux ruled unanimous con- sent of the. House would be re- quired:
Mr. ,Cowan (York. Hunter ,sent the Commons into debate
on supplementary esti- mates with his statement: ‘“T do not grant unanimous consent.” . There was. no immediate de- cision when the debate will re- sume.
As the procedural wrangle de- veloped Tuesday, Prime Minis- ter Pearson said at one point that he did not féel an impasse
‘had been reached. He’ had no
intention of putting a limit on the debate and time would be found so that the debate ‘will come to a conclusion.”
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Budget Highlights
soa
Personal income tax in- , Six of 10 taxpayers to oak creased by: varied amounts on | more--up to 14 per cent on medium and upper income | full-year basis.
brackets, reduced. slightly on low incomes. effective June 1.
Changes add $140,000.00 to ersonal_income tax revenues _|
in 1966-67 fiscal year ——° just over six _per cent.
| moved immediately on pro«
duction’ machinery and tools |_used for shaping “and mould. T ing” materials,
Federal departments te Taxes on liquor, beer, wine | postpone 10 per cent of: con. and tobacco unchanged. striction program . intended
for. 1966-67 fiscal vear.
Non resident withholding tax of 15 per cent withdrawn on interest payments by all
Charitable donations deduct- able from taxable income only where charitable organ- ization files annual returns
Sales tax of 11 per cent ré@>>
Before commenting further he ~
«
OTTAWA (CP)-—George Hees, -
with government... effective levels of government on bonds — Jan. 1, 1967. | issued after April 15.
“Don't do it now’ meas- Capital cost tax allowances ures encourage business to | reduced for next 18 months postpone’ capita! outlays, | on most building. and ma-
stretch ouf economic boom. chinery items.
Special “refundable tax of | five per cent on corporation | cash profits above $30,¢
payable for 18 months begin-
Budgetary deficit of $150. 000,000 forecast for 1968 - 67 fiscal year on expenditures of $8,450,000,000 and revenues of
ning May 1. _ $8,300,000,000.
Sales tax on production | Clampdown on tax “abuse” equipment and _ machinery | by deferred profit. - sharing drops to six. per cent from ii | plans. F at April 1 next year and is : eliminated April 1, 1968 Gross national product ta
: ie Increase 8'2 per cent this
No changes in Il-peg-cent year, slowed ‘from nine per--
| sales tax on building materials.; cent by budget chanxes.
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