If it’s Good for the Island The Guardian is For it
ARMY ‘DOGS’ LOADED FOR NORTHLAND
The 42nd and 43rd of these tracked vehicles, worth $16,- ned each, are loaded aboard a
. C-124 transport at Cal-
~ Plows Reach Bus Stranded
gary’s McCall Field. Manu-
factured in Calgary they will |
be used during Exercise Grank Bear, a combined Can-
adian—U.S. militaty. scheme, in Alaska next month. The Americans already have 40 of the machines in Alaska.
skatchewan Blizzard.
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask (CP)—Two Saskatchewan high- | ways department snow plows Sunday reached @ Saskatch- ‘@wan Transportation Company bus that had provided an over- night haven for its 33 passen- gers and other travellers stranded in a blizzard 30 miles northeast of Saskatoon.
The bus bogged down in show drifts Saturday night near the village of Aberdeen after leav- ing Saskatoon at 5:30 p.m. on |
its regular 117 - mile run to | Prince Albert.
Driver Darrell Henderson of” Prince Albert, 33 passengers and a number of people from an estimated 20 cars stranded in the area spent the night in the bus, receiving food from a nearby farmhouse.
Farmer Pete Neufeld waded . half a mile through drifts to and from the bus Saturday night and again this morning taking. cof- fee and sandwiches to the stranded travellers.
» “range Medical Case: --Finally Ends In Death
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\CLEVELAND (AP) expected end came in strange medical case of Jerome A. Streem.
The 37-year-old dentist, whose | heart and breathing stopped | twice within 24 hours and re | sulted in a trip to a funeral
home the previous Sunday, died Friday at Mount Sinai Hospital.
After a thorough check, hos- pital authorities. reported the
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patient dead at his home in sub- | urban Cleveland Heights.
-Dr. Streem, who gave up his dental practice more than 10 years ago when felled by multi- ple sclerosis, .never regained
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| breathing without aid, - Dr. Streem ‘rallied a bit on | Tuesday, then began sinking.
The bus was kept running through ‘the night to keep it heated and gasoline was sup- plied by district residents.
GO TO BUS Some motorisis stranded in | the area kept their cars running through the night while others | sought refuge in the bus. The snow plows were to open a path for the bus and the stranded cars to Highway 2, | about 22 “miles east of Aber- deen. Highway 2 was open to | traffic. Snow plows tried to reach Ab- erdeen Saturday night, but fall- j ing snow driven to 4- mile-an-hour winds -te- | duced visibility to 2¢ro forced ‘them to abandon the mission un- . a The plows left Sask- toon at 9:30 a.m. and reached
the ae shortly after 1 p.m. ‘ were other reports of stranded travellers as the storm to dump sfow on
— The started his breathing again. ee Sunday. the | Later that day, the patient was |
One farmer in the Saskatoon district reported that W | stranded motorists spent the night in his home: *..—
Island Man Found Dead . _ OnN.S: Road
WINDSOR. N.S. (CP)—The bedy of Walter Irvine Paynter; —— 28, of~ Carleton Siding, P.E.L., was found Saturday in the cab of a truck about 20 miles from _bere—_—_
There was evidence of. fire ‘in the cab, but RCMP said no foul play was indicated. The truck, owned by Island Seafoods of Borden was believed to have been returning to the Island after a trip to Annapolis Valley points. An inquest was opened and adjourned until Feb. 24.
The deceased is survived by his wife, the former Gertrude | Fall of Kinkora and by two children, Barry 3, and haweiay eight months.
He is the sen of Mr. os } | Ray Paynter, Carleton Siding | and, is survived by the following brothers and sisters: James, Charles, Alfred, Arthur, Lowell,
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ing, (Pearl) Mrs. Morley Crez- ier, of Darnley, Mrs. Ruth Carr of Burlington, (Marjorie) Mrs. Leon Somers, Carleton, (Joyce) Mrs. Jack Clark of Carleton.
Mr. Paynter was steadily em- ployed with Island Seafoods, of Borden, and was returning from a trip to Canning, N.S., where he had taken a load of potatoes.
The remains are expected to arrive this evening and funeral arrangements have yet to be completed.
5, 1962.
JFK's “Cuba Trade Blow Believed First Of Series
WEATHER
Snow changing to
southeast winds 25, gusts to 35, shi to northwest 25. Low-high 5 and
rain then clearing;
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OTTAWA (CP) — The time- ‘om guessing game of pick- ing an election date creeps into nearly every conversation on Parliament: Hill these days. | One of the most widespread theories among MPs on both sides of the House is that Prime Minister Diefenbdker will call a | spring election without a budget being presented to the current session of Parliament.
This seems to be based on the idea that if any vote-getting ad- vantage results from increases |in old age, blindness and dis- Lability._pensions it will have worn off within” a few months of the higher pension cheques being distributed.
Supporters of this theory ar- ‘gue that. the government will
Red China
By CLARE McDERMOTT
PEKING (Reuters) — China today heralded the start of the lunar “Year of the Tiger’’ with mammoth celebrations through-
out the country. Crowds bustled along gaily- decorated streets in Peking
amid the din of clashing cym- bals and exploding firecrack- ers,
Many pedestriaits were laden with pareels of clothing, food,
household geods..and liquor for the festivities: marking the Chi- nese New Year.
Much of the food Was meat or fish, which had been «provided by the government: as a special treat for the ration - pinched population during the celebra- tions, now officially known as the ‘‘spring festival.”
STOP SHELLING
The government also has an- nounced that the armed forces will stop its shelling of. the na-
‘WEST INDIES VERSION OF CHARLOTTETOWN STORY
BY BURTON LEWIS Perhaps in Charlottetown. as
federation, there understanding than nee of the size and.meaning of the developments that took place
consciousness. He was in coma in the latter stages.
It was at the funeral home | that the strange turn of events | first took shape.
ATTENDANT STARTLED
Seventy-five minutes: after a doctor checked Dr. Streem's respiration, heartbeat and pulse, a funeral attendant. was wheel- ing the stretcher into the prep- Atation room. He was startled to see the man breathing.
Two brothers, Leon and Larry Miller, administered oxygen’ and _Closed heart massage and took “Dr. Streem in an ambulance to the hospital.
The following day, Dr. Streem’s breathing and heart
again—but only “for a
ute or two," doctors said. External heart massage. oxygen
and an incision of the windpipe
WASHINGTON (CP) — Cuba now has 50 to 100 MiG jet
in Port of Spain, Trinidad, dur
| ing the closing weeks of January. Sater
Here are a few of the things that happened: . 1—The fragmentation and march toward dissolution of a nearly-born new nation within the British Common- wealth, the West Indies Federation, became irrevoc- able: 2—The emergence from this rubble of at least one, and
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hood next May, following the decision of first Jamaica and then to “‘go it alone,” the other eight original units
put on a drive in the next couple of weeks to- get the pen-
sion legislation through the | Commons, then call a general election.
They consider that presenta- tion of a full budget is unlikely on the grounds that only a ‘‘sun- Shine” budget, dispensing tax relief widely, will counter a poor public image of Finance Minister Fleming. .
This is the school of thought that considers Mr. Fleming’s public image suffered from ‘he abortive attempt *last year to fire James Coyne as Bank of Canada governor and from the widely-reported speculation in late Decémber that Mr. Flem- ing was to be finance minister.
Welcomes
‘Lunar Year Of Tiger
tionalist-held off-shore Quemoy Islands during the festival to give the Chinese ere a chance to celebrate.
The festival is China's biggest holiday. Family parties and spe- cial entertainment keynote the celebrations as most _ people have at least three days off from work. -
At the Peking railroad station huge crowds were pouring into the city despite below-freezing temperatures.
The nation, which officially uses the modern Gregorian cal- endar, also celebrates Jan. 1 as the New Year.
Liberals Name N.S. Candidate
YARMOUTH, N.S., (CP) —Fred T. Armstrong, Saturday elected Liberal candidate for Yarmouth-Clare in the next federal election.
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Spring Date For Election Picked By Guessers On Hill.
But, they say, the government just can’t afford a ‘sunshine’ budget at present so, in order to reap any benefit from the sunbeams represented by a pen- sion boost, an early election is called for.
To arguments against an early election—and these are perhaps just as_ prevalent among MPs—the improved em- ployment picture is cited. So is the quickening pace of economic activity. .
This tack is taken by MPs who say the prime minister will wait at least until the fall be- cause by then the full impact of recovery from recession will be more widespread
Still others argue for a 1963 election despite statements from the governmient that indi- cate this is an election year— on the basis that another Prai- rie drought is building up. The Conservatives hold every Prai- rie seat except one and a repeti- jtion of last summer's drought lis seen by some as working to j the government's disadvantage ton election day.
Curiously enough, Prair 1 e moisture conditions are also a favorite argument of the early- election school. 1
They said it is clear already that the Prairies will be short of water this summer. Their view is that the best time for an election is now, before the farmers start to suffer crop losses and while the farmers still feel grateful for the $42,- 000,000 in acreage payments voted by Parliament last week.
LOOK TO ’67 One school of thought among
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late-election advocates is that Mr. Diefenbaker will want to be in power when Canada
marks its 100th birthday July 1, 1967.
They suggest there is an ir- resistible appeal for him in the idea of being head of a, Con- servative government as Can- ada marks 100 years of nation- hood.
However, the date - setters nearly all wind up with the same words: Only one man— the prime minister -- knows. Some even consider he hasn’t made up his mind yet.
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IMAYOR IS HERO IN SASK. FIRE
ZENON PARK, Sask. (CP)
bert, died early Sunday while he warned residents of a fire which destroyed most of the community's main business block.
Mayor Armand Laionde, knowing he had a serious heart condition, ran to up- stairs suites to alert. three families and called the fire brigade. Then, realizing he was having a heart attack, sent another man to rouse a fourth family. The mayor died in the street, a hero to the village’s 100 residents. _ The fire destroyed a pool hail, plumbing store, but- cher shop and locker plant, and an empty building. It damaged a pharmacy, doc- tor’s office and co-op store A number of upstairs suites in the buildings were de- stroyed or damaged.
Two N.S. Youths Killed In Crash
TRURO — (CP) Two Hali- fax area youths died Sunday following a highway accident at nearby Brookfield:
Keith M. Williams, of Halifax, died in the crash Woodrow L. Adams of Bedford died while en route to a Hali- fax hospital.
ROMP said the car went out of control and struck a tele- phone pole. Three other oc- cupants were released follow- ing examination in hospital here.
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Finnish Voting Completed Today
‘HELSINKI (Reuters) Fin- nish voters, who turned out in record numbers for présidential elections in mid-January, re- turned to the polls Sgnday and today to complete the process of choosing a new government.
The voters will elect 201 mem- bers to the new Finnish Parlia- ment and the Agrarian party is hoping to replace the Commu- nists as the largest group in the legislature.
New Nations Loom As Federation Crumbles
the status of nationhood, through talks now proceeding in London.
SEEDS OF DEATH
By now Jamaica scarcely
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| he other territories with which i it was so recently associated, | in the federation which failed to
The swiftness with which the
: Jamaican relationship is being
indeed, suggests that proposed for federation always carried within it the seeds of its own destruction — that it sought to set up what always came close to being an “unnatural union” always | deserved to die, to make way for the birth of something dif- ferent, as is now taking place.
Upon these matters, of course, there are wide differences of opinion. In particular, there are highly qualified British, Ameri- can and Canadian observers who were so dedicated to the belief that federation could work. and the effort to help make it work, that they see the turn events have taken as Sestructive and shocking.
And they will be” supported in this view by the way in which the taking apart of the federa- tion, an enormously complicat- ed task which remains to be tackled, is going to make waste of many of their large and sin- cere contributions which had the purpose of binding it together | as an entity. .
| UNSCRAMBLING EGGS
After all, no known method cx ists for unscrambling anything, eggs or a nearly-born nation. All that can be done is portion out whatever has become scrambled, but it never can be returned to its ofiginal form, and handed back in that form | to its original owners As one illustration of this sort difficulty, the Canadian gov- made a truly splendid
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Appeal To Canada Planned
By HAROLD MORRISON
WASHINGTON ‘CP) — Presi dent Kennedy has ordered a halt on remaining remnants of U.S. trade with Cuba—with the exception of some food and medicine—and his aides plan te follow this move with further appeals te Canada and other {countries to help strangle Fidel Castro through economic isola- tion
Canada already has indicates | her refusal to go along? “And after Kennedy announced his new embargo Saturday, Cana- dian Ambassador Arnold Hee“ ney circulated a_ statemen! which in effect sums up and re- iterates the Canadian decision to continue non-strategic trade with Cuba
Included in the Heeney -state- ment was a reference to a speech by Prime Minister Dief- enbaker last July suggesting the only ways Communism can be thwarted in Latin America is by raising living standards among the Latin countries
But the Cuban issue has be
come highly charged with emo- tionalism in the U.S. and it is unlikely that Kennedy will stop
with the mere embargo. Several legislators have already urged him to take stronger action Congressman William Cramer, Florida Republican, said there must be tougher measures ‘‘to get rid of Castro.” Senator George Smathers, Florida Dem- ocrat, said the embargo is an essential first step ‘‘towards Castro's eventual downfall.”
INTERVENTION UNLIKELY
Still smarting from the Cuban invasion fiasco of last April, Kennedy is reluctant to embark on any further U.S. military venture in €ttba alone. The U.S, is seeking concerted inter-Amer- ican action and is drawing little enthusiasm from such big Latin overators as Brazil and Mexico. State Secretary Dean Rusk has been attempting to fan a diplo- matic offensive against Cuba in the 2l-country Organization of American States. His main sup- port comes from the smaller Latin countries
The OAS, which is the central body of inter-American affairs, is to meet Wednesday—the day the embargo goes into effect— to decide how Cuba is to be ex- cluded from various organiza- tion bodies as agreed by the ma jority of Latin foreign mini at the Punta del Fste conference last week
Kennedy said his embargo is designed mainly to reduce Cas- tro’s capacity to engage in acts of aggression. subversion or ,other activities endangering the The US. maintains Castro has been us- ing dollar earnings to promote (Continued on Page 2 Col. 2)
Murder Hearing Set For Feb. 9
MONCTON CP Herbert George Harris. charg- ed with capital murder in the fatal staSbing of 23-year-old Arthur Casey of Port Felix, N.S., was remanded Saturday to Feb. 9
The 36-year-old Harris. a Hal- ifax native absent without leave from Camp Gagetown, N.B., heard the charge _ before Moncton deputy magistrate P. C. Brian. He was escorted from Saint John. N.B.. where he was picked up last Monday on an- other matter. Police declined te
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say what it was Casey's stabbed and frozen body was found Jan. 28 in a
ditch near Pctitcodiac, about 35 miles from here. He was {denti-
fied Wednesday hy fingerprints in Ottawa Casey was en route from his
Port Felix home to Saint John where he was employed in con- struction work when he was at- tacked.
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