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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 8, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba Today s Index Garden column Page 4 Bridge Horoscope crossword Page 9 classified .27 to 39 movies 15 comics 26 14 deaths. 8 sports 20 to 24, 39, 40 finance 24, 25 women 10 to 12 leg free press vol. 70 pages Price Loc Winnipeg thursday August 8, 1963 Sun . Moon rises pm Sun sets . Moon sets . Final edition phone we 3r9331 forecast sunny 60 and 80 in votes to ban arms to s. Africa France Britain abstain in Security Council United nations a the United nations Security Council has voted a world wide arms embargo against South Africa but turned Down an asian african demand for a Boycott of South african goods. The measures adopted we mesday Are aimed at South Africa s policy of apartheid racial separation which has Bee denounced by african Leader As a threat to peace. The economic Boycott a killed by a separate vote before the watered Down Resolution was approved 9 to 0 with Bri Ain and France abstaining. The Resolution was sponsored b Ghana Morocco and the Phi i Pines and was considerably More moderate than some africans had wanted. Some had insisted that South Africa should be expelled or a least suspended from the United nations but the sponsors de tided such proposals had no Chance of approval. 5 affirmative the economic Boycott provi Sion received Only five affirmative Short of the seven required for adoption supporting it were the three sponsors the soviet Union and Venezuela. The United states Britain France nationalist China Brazil and Norway abstained. The vote came after a week Long debate which was boycotted by South Africa. The South african government con tended its racial policies Are purely an internal matter and therefore not subject to Unac Tion. Please see s. Africa Page 7 haitian claims disputed port a Prince Haiti Francois Duvalier s government claims the invasion of Haiti by haitian exiles has been crushed but exile sources in the dominican re Public insist the invaders Are advancing. Information minister George j. Figaro said in a communique that Duvalier s troops had crushed the invasion after Sev eral hours of fighting in North Haiti monday. He claimed the rebels led by Gen. Leon can ave a former chief of staff lad been driven into the neigh Oring dominican Republic. The communique said a state of Good order prevails through it Haiti. Foreign office undersecretary Adrien Rayond told reporters ome rebels were killed or Cap ured but he acknowledged that Cantave was not among them. The government placed the be of the invading Force at bout 100, or one fifth of what the rebels claimed. Please see Haiti Page 5 Juk s son in serious condition Patrick Bouvier Kennedy has difficulty in breathing Boston a Patrick Bouvier Kennedy one Day old son of the president was listed in serious condition today but doctors said the Way he spent his first night gave some encouragement. The president visited his new son this morning at the Boston children s medical Centre and moments later presidential press Secretary Pierre Salinger issued this statement the baby s condition remained about the same through the night. It was a source of some encouragement to doctors who Felt the baby s condition would get the baby s condition would have to be described As still serious a cause of some con Cern but doctors Are still Hope Salinger said. Unknown cause the White House put wraps on release of medical information directly at Boston Hospital where the four Pound 10-ounce baby is fighting breathing difficulties. Salinger said the White House staff would release All information on the baby s condition and refused to discuss details of the Case. He said diagnosis remained the same As it was wed general term Idio Pathic respiratory distress syn difficulty in breath ing from unknown cause. Although Salinger said the condition was still serious it was the first time he had used that word to describe the baby s condition. Please see baby Page 7 from mail train . Robbers get million 30 masked bandits stage railway ambush police flood area Reward set chedd Egton England a Reuters an armed and masked gang of 30 men today robbed a British mail train in the lonely Countryside North of London and escaped with Money that the British Post office announced May Well run into seven figures meaning More than million already dubbed the great he did t if you shout i will kill you up from a Reuters Cheddington England Whitby 26, fireman on the British Post office train robbed by 30 masked men Early today said in an interview one of the robbers threatened to kill him if he . Turns Down rebel plea for Aid by Dan Kurzman Washington special tons the United states wednesday rejected a plea for support from the rebel Force that has invaded Northern Haiti. Ontario plans a Plant Toronto up one of the world s largest nuclear Power paints will be built in Ontario Energy resources minister Robert Macaulay of Ontario said wednesday. No site was announced for the Plant. Or. Mac Aulay said he expects the Plant will be in operation by 1970. The minister who also holds the portfolio of economics and development told a press con Ference the decision to go ahead with the kilowatt sys tem of nuclear powered generators was made after Long study of an Ontario Hydro re port concerning the feasibility of the project. Or. Macaulay said he expects the project will create jobs Between now and 1970. The atomic Energy control Board in Ottawa must approve final plans and site Choice. Or. Macaulay. Said agreement in principle has been reached with Federal government Al though no papers have been signed. He said the Federal govern ment will help finance the Ven tre. In this country s first official Contact with the invading group according to reliable sources a . Official told a rebel representative Here that Washington would maintain a hands off attitude toward the invasion. Forrest Abbuhl a state depart ment official in haitian affairs is known to have informed Lyonel Paquin a member of the rebelling National democratic Union that the United states would not furnish Aid nor recognize a provisional government at this time should the rebels set one up. Or. Abbuhl explained to or. Paquin the sources said that it is traditional . Policy not to recognize a government unless it has effective control of the coun try. Please see rebels Page 7 living costs hit record shouted a warning to Crew members. We were going Down the line towards Sears crossing when we saw a signal called an . Signal which was at danger. We stopped and i got out to go to the Telephone at the Sig Nal. On examining it i found the wires had been Cut. I went Back to Tell the Driver and saw a Man looking out from Between the second and third coaches. I told my Driver and went Back to this Man and said what s up mate he walked across the line and said come he pushed me Down the Bank and another Man grabbed me about and put his hand Over my Mouth. He said if you shout i will kill you i said i won t shout they took me Back to the engine and i found they had cashed Blac jacked my Driver. Please see witness Page 7 train robbery by the press the crime was the biggest and bold est railway ambush in Britain. The daring robber gang looted the Glasgow London travelling Post office train of More than 100 bags of registered mail believed to include a shipment of diamonds. The haul was known to in clude a Large Quantity of worn but still valid paper currency which was being shipped to lon Don f or. Reprocessing. Postmaster general Reginald Bevins offered a for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of the robbers. Hundreds of police searched the robbery area with blood hounds and sealed off the rail Way station near the quiet Rural spot 50 Miles Northwest of lon Don where the Glasgow London train was stopped by a tampered signal Light in the Early hours of the morning. 15 minutes the whole robbery operation rom the time the train was stopped to the time the raiders drove off took about 15 minutes. Police said the gang members wore coveralls and various types of masks. They were armed with Iron bars and Sticks. The bandits loaded their loot into three army Type trucks and a Jaguar car and then sped away. Please see robbery Page 5 Der alte to Grill Rusk face to face look for Candy Man is fired Page 3 spotlight on red China Page 6 . Circulation City zone. Total Ottawa Sharp Rise in food costs pushed living costs in Canada in june to a record High the Dominion Bureau of statistics said thursday. The Bureau reported an and Vance in the consumer Price in Dex to 133.5 at july 1 from 132.8 at june 1. The increase of seven tenths of a Point in june followed a half Point increase the previous month in the Index prices yardstick based on 1949 Price Levels equalling 100. The Index at july 1 was 1.8 per cent above the july 1962, Index of 131.0. Main Factor in the june in crease was a Rise in the food Index to 132.5 from 129.7, reflecting substantial Price in creases for beef pork veal Chicken and most fresh vege tables. Higher prices were also re ported for bakery products eggs Lamb Turkey canned fruits and Grapefruit soft drinks chocolate bars Jam and evaporated milk. For the first time since last december the Index reflected a moderate decline in sugar prices. Lower prices also were noted for milk oranges bananas strawberries and canned vegetables. Pictures reached Winnipeg today of the sinking of a yugoslav Grain Carrier in the Hudson Strait saturday. Above the last of 34 Crew members of the yugoslav Grain Carrier Kastelaw Row from their sinking ship toward the Canadian breaker n. B. Mclean. At left the Kastelaw up ends and Heads or the Bottom of the Hudson Strait with tons of wheat in her hold. Cause of the sinking is not known. Socialist emphasis in nip protested Regina up despite a few strongly worded objections the new democratic party National convention decided wednesday to include the words democratic socialism in its six Point statement of principles and objectives. The statement pledged the party to bring about in Canada a new society More just and More humane in which the needs of humanity will come before the drive for individual this society would embody the principles of democratic socialism applied to our time and or. H. Bishop Toronto psychologist and former nip candidate in Toronto Rosedale said that giving democratic socialist principles top Billing altered the original intention in founding the party grouping labor Farmers and the liberally minded. Only four of the 800 delegates objected in a hand vote to the wording of the statement. Outlines principles the statement pledged that production be for use not for every individual be assured insofar As it is in the Power of the Community to do so the Means to Lead a full life All citizens enjoy full and equal rights men s creative potential be liberated society cherish and show respect for diversity the spirit of brother Hood be expressed Between a the party s policy statement on economic and social planning called for creation of a number of agencies to further a pro 1 please see nip Page 5 Kierans gets que. Portfolio Quebec Kierans former president of the Mont real and Canadian Stock exchanges was sworn in thursday As Quebec Revenue minister As part of a Cabinet shuffle involving three other ministers. At the same time Premier Jean Lesage announced a Spe Cial session of the Quebec legis lature has been called for aug. 21 to give the government authority to distribute Federal Loans o municipalities. Or. Lesage said that the ses Sion fixed after consultation by Elep Hohe with Union National opposition Leader Daniel John last about two Days. Or. Kierans 49, takes Over a portfolio., that had been held y or. Lesage since the death ast May of former Revenue minister Paul Earl. Attorney general Georges la mime 56, gives up the port Olio to concentrate All his time to his second portfolio cultural Hamel 53, becomes attorney general. Carrier minister without portfolio becomes la or minister. By Sterling Slappey Bonn special tons Secretary of stale Dean Rusk will Fly to Bonn from Moscow Satur Day to answer West German questions on what concessions the West could wrest from the communists in return for a non aggression declaration. Another Factor to be raised it was Learned wednesday from a y wheat acreage High Ottawa acreage sown to wheat in Canada this year is the second highest in history the Dominion Bureau of statistics reported wednesday. Estimated total wheat seed ing was acres up three per cent from last year and 14 per cent above the 10 year average far 1951-60. This s second Only to the record acres of 1940 and bears out earlier predictions of a i Antic wheat Harvest i the 3rairies this year. For the Prairies where most of Canada s Grain is grown wheat acreage is estimated at compared with last year. Durum Down durum the soft wheat which Jas enjoyed brisk Export sales n recent years is Down sharply at acres against 00 in 1962 when planting soared y 73 per cent. Oats acreage of is 2 per cent below last year but Arley plantings of cres Are 17 per cent higher " lax seed at is up 17 or cent and Rye at up our. Per cent. Rapeseed went p a whopping 30 per cent at acres., the Bureau cautioned that estimates Are purely preliminary and subject to later Revi lon. Planted acreage in the 16 Pring crops covered by the port was estimated at k acres compared with 00 acres last year. Manitoba s wheat acreage of is up four per cent Saskatchewan s wheat acreage jumped. Three per cent to and Alberta s expanded y two per cent to please see wheat Page 5 l High German authority is the j possibility that observers of both East and West May be stationed in the two parts of divided Ger Many to warn of any buildup by the Warsaw pact nations or Mem Bers of the North Atlantic treaty organization. West Germany s position which will be stressed during or. Rusk s talks with retiring Chan cellar Konrad Adenauer and foreign minister Gerhard Schroe Der is that such observers Are Fine. But the germans feel that additional observers should be stationed in other parts of the world especially in the United states and soviet Union. Or. Rusk will come Here at the request of the German govern ment. The invitation was extended last saturday by or. Schroe Der through . Ambassador George Mcghee. Please see Rusk Page 7 Julto Bend on Borneo London Tain was expected wednesday to agree to letting a United nations team visit North Borneo arid Sar Awak and Check on whether then people want to join the coming malaysian federation. The prime minister of Malaya Turku Abdul Rahmann has sent a formal request to London ask ing that the Survey be allowed in the British territories on the huge Island of Borneo. It was a condition of the agree ment reached by Malaya the Philippines and Indonesia at the Manila Summit last weekend. Please see Malaysia Page 16 looking for a trailer this want and under trailers 56 it it. House trailer in Good condition 5745. Vernon 2-6141. Is among the hundreds of bar gains in today s classified Sec Tion. No matter what you need shop and save in free press want ads. Others sign a ban Canada among 26 to join treaty Washington special tons at least 26 nations among them Canada queued up at the state department thursday morn ing to sign the limited nuclear test ban treaty As the United states launched its own ratification process. Signing for Canada was Charles s. A. Ritchie ambassador to the . The nations were also signing the treaty in London and mos cow. Signing for Canada in lon Don where Champagne marked the occasion was High commissioner George Drew. Canadian. Ambassador Arnold c. Smith signed in Moscow s Spiridonova Palace along with 23 other diplomats. Please see nuclear Page 16 business As usual by Marvin Myles Washington special tons ratification of the partial nuclear test ban treaty should cause no major changes in the widespread operations of the Ato Mic Energy commission. A spokesman at dec head quarters in Germantown Mary land told this reporter wednes Day that a Strong weapons development program will be maintained with necessary re direction of Effort to make maximum Progress through underground the spokesman added that he could not say whether under ground tests will be stepped up As a result of Banning atmospheric space and underwater tests. The nature and rate of testing will depend upon needs for both defence and he said. Please see dec Page 16 nato change urged Regina up George Brown Deputy Leader of the British labor party wednesday night proposed that the Commonwealth governments take the Lead in a new Western Effort to close the Gap Between the have and have not nations. He told the new democratic party National convention Here that despite such programs As the Colombo plan All the Aid that has been Given to the underdeveloped countries has not succeeded in even narrowing the Gap Between the Rich and the poor nations. I believe that a really major concentration of Effort and resources is going to be required to solve this problem and the Commonwealth is particularly Well fitted to show the Way. I should like to see a meet ing of these governments to thrash out ways by which the industrialized nations of the West could really make an impression on the he said the Commonwealth prime ministers in adopting a statement on disarmament a few years put themselves in a particularly Good position to give a Lead again on the disarmament question. Turning to nato or. Brown said both the labor party and the new democratic party Are aware of the urgent need for a rigorous overhaul both of the organization and of its strategy and policy making machinery. We need a much greater sharing of responsibility and of Power within nato than now exists. I am very Clear from my recent talks in America How great a part in bringing this about we in the labor parties of the common wealth can v ;