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™*l * CO. JfANY LWfTED ^•=1 THE DAILY NEWS |f(fri ^ovl M°*or$ Ltd. Vol. 66. No. 228 THE DAILY NEWS, ST. JOHN'S, NFLD., MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1959 {Prices ? Cents) [ubans Protest Foreign "Aggression" ovt. Faced With llloney Problems ■.-fSUW-ANT ■' mtt sud « Evacuation •est Defence for its civil service, estimated to nail Writer cost $242,000,000 in the current .ery govern-: fiscal year ending next March 21. no when it SEEK SUPPORT -. votes, and The civil service is screaming .idministra- from coast to coast, its 130,000 w;;t the big- members trying to drum up sup- • no money, port from the public. ::•_. Finance Minister Fleming is ir-ous palms standing by his guns, his no-raise .urns that ammunition consisting of a fore- - m.000.000. j cast budget deficit of $393,000,000. At the same time, he is undoubt- , :.-nipor of i edly sizing up the ballo box hos- uonld bo a: tility or civil service families .,wamic and against the feelings of voters who Diefenbaker would not benefit from a govern- ,:*, two solid m.nt rase. >: ....ions of However. Ihere's lit le doubt •er" thai a civil service raise will be :<i lv a coining along bctorc election -i. at lea. time, c\pectcd in 1962. so maybe .- a*v..,ne th« government isn't ton worried. *.'_i> hum Deferred until 1962— bal year again— arc miscellaneous de- "t loudest niands from Ihe provinces for a' :ovcrn- • better tax-sharing deal with tlie I »-.alarics! federal governmenl. Firing Squad For Foes By ROBE. T BERRELLEZ claims are bombings and strafing HAVANA i API-—Tbe pro-gov-1 by planes manned by "war crim- ernmcnl press and radio Sunday '■■ inals" based in the United States, summed Cubans to a rally today, U.S. authorities here have said lo protest "foreign aggression"— • they have found no evidence of a cold reference to the United; any bombing or strafing although States. | light planes have been heckling Premier Fidel Castro, beset by, Havana with leaflet-dropping mTs- the gravest crisis in his 10 months' sions. of power, originally called the ANOTHER DROP rally to protest "aerial attacks Two light p'ones flew leaHsl against national territory." missions over Havana again S:-»- But as sound trucks blared urday night. O'e plana even through thc streets and radio dunned leaflets on military head- broadcasts called on the people quarters in the. eastern outskirts to rally, the theme has switched of this capital, to "foreign aggross*on." . Matos precipitated the crisis by The Cuban Labor Confederation resigning as military commander prepared more than 1.000,000 in Camaguey province, saying lie badges reading "against foreign J was not in accord with what he aggression" to be distributed '■ called lhe growing Communist in- when demonstrators began as- tluence in government. His statf sembling at the presidential pal- supported him. ace today. , CALLED TRAITOR WORK SHUTDOWN' Castro denounced Matos as a Joining in the call for at -least traitor. The major and his offi- 1.000.000 Cubans to turn out. thc cers now are in La Caba fortress coniederation lias ordered a gen- here awaiting formal charges, eral work shutdown for noon to Diaz Lanz. who fled to exile in give workers a chance to attend Miami, was qiioled by the l-'ed- The shutdown applies eral Bureau nf Investigate , Hav i and three n ■ghlii-in; \l TP -'. anada . HAYANA-Strcel scene showing purl of llimtsuwls cif persons pm'tiiipiiting in one-lionr symbolic work stoppage- on Oct. 22nd demonstrating support Castro government nnd protesting events in which two were killed and mine than ..II wounded hy stray bullets when a mystery plane allegedly based in U.S. dropped antigov eminent leaflets over Havana.-UPI Photo. il is hopeless because of the great think tht area involved — up to 15 miles . an H-bomb at-! from the centre. ijr. ts many people as! "Dispersal of people is still the i c of our target cities, fsurest way of saving lives," Mr. »&;.«. Nova Scotia's! Boggs said. However, evacuation,.. . . ... , .. , tor. told a ; would not likely to compulsory, i hl8h-ba»in8 two;(■a'• d|ef • f Saturday! "You can't force people to gel I f:enSef tr»ln and a speeding gaso- txxm »f large cities ; out." ' "ne truclt collided at a level sc ram oil despite thc I Shelters could give up to 99 per i ""»'"B ,?alurday;,. Sx t*™™ nt orotection acainst rarfioE. '.A^ in «h« "suiting moss of 6 Die In Truck-Train Collision \Last Laugh i The Cuban people "will ask fur the firing squad against aggressors.'' declared the pro-government newspaper La Calle. Tliis • raised liie possibility that military , tribunals may bc brought hack in | the campaign against Castro's '. enemies. The aggression charge is an apparent .illusion to what Castro admitting lending one of the leaflet raids on Havana. He has charged Ihe Communists were inn influential in the Castro regime, a charge Castro has denied. The Cuban government has asked the United Slates lo hold Diz Lanz for deportation to Cuba 1 to face charges of homicide and attempted assassination in last Wednesday's "bombing" ot Ha- I in Claresholm, 15 miles south.. 27. and train passenger Sherry • and Calgary. Three were said to. Billon, 15, bolh of Lethbridge. PARKLAND, Alia. <CP> —A i be in serious condition but at- wived. cent protection against radioac-, „ •xi mv - «aid ihal try- live fallout outside the bombed'f,ames- t w.t o-.-t of a big area. But inside that area thev i hw-.n bomb blast' would have 11111 e value. jTussle Over West Arm an Arms Problem Bodies ot the truck driver and five train passengers, all believed to be women, were charred beyond recognition. Sixteen other passengers, all in lhe rear car of the 70-mile-an- Mrs. Margaret Bilton, the girl's mother, was one of the seriously injured. The truck was owned by Chester 99 Bulk Oil Company of Leth- bridge, of which Boyd was part i owner. ; Witnesses who saw the accident ably good night. CPR officials in Leth.ridge I said there were 33 persons on the train, including three, crew members. All-but - five of -the pa-? sengers wcre in the derailed-rear car and only four in that car es- j near this southern Alberta caped death or injury. No one was j lage, R5 miles south of Calgary, injured in the first car. I tirst placed the death loll at 12. IDENTIFY SOME ! but for hours after the crash an the longest and lens . .... Up to Sunday afternoon, only accurate count was Impossible, in lhe annals of British hour Canadian Pacific Railway . lwo of the dead had been iden-i An undertaker said the bodies ol Day-liner, were taken to hospitals tificd: truck driver Arthur Boyd.! the dead had been "cremated." SWANSEA. Wales 'API self-confessed old rascal of '90 I had the last laugh Sunday nt a ; j.idgc who jailed him eight ; years ago, apparently for ihe ! rest ot his natural life. Nobody expected Morgan Morgan to survive a 10-year term. But with remission of sentence for good behavior, he's a tree man again—and he's very much alive. Morgan Moran is a Welsh- hose record ssful •fttmit r.usiioN ' * S-roiM the Ger- ' * »!to**d io make '•Kfc. tun and mis- lied "Yes." i Europe, say! R*.ttt Diplomats, even those in Bonn, say "No-at least not until the outcome of East - West summit talks becomes clear." DELAY DECISION So far the diplomats are getting their way. Action to enable West Germany to become a major weapons - producer for the West has been suspended al least until next spring. Then the pros- pects for ending the East - West including Gen. |arms race should be better - supreme al- known. «aty Anniversary ITI.. ■ X 91174 tjony) rj* F-wce 'Reuters) ■?>» Saiurday cele- 1*" Mniversary of a fa"* •>>• the mar- l£l U«s Xiv to the L?*». Maria Theresa. Ei**"ri-v'n? hands J*-«M5hip was placed |>* si-:*- * Spain met on the tiny international "Islands of pheasants" for the friendship ceremony. The 100- yard-long island is situated In the River la Bidassoa, marking the frontier between France and Spain. The treaty was negotiated In 1639 by Jules Cardinal Mazzarin, !<:»"£. 3-Snil>'ing the ; a French statesman, and Don Lu'i j-..™"*" iDeharo of Spain. Louis XIVs Mr. K. Increases Pressure For Talks He first went to jail for 14 days in 1884 when he wns IS for stealing two lumps of coal. He went on to five major sentences and a string of minor ones—interrupted only by service in the Boer War and the First World War. His career spanned the reigns of six sovereigns and seemed never end- But his lasl India Will rotect Frontier By PETER JACKSON iv.i think there would be war with NKW DELHI i Reuters '-Prim: China. Minister Nehru Saturday voiced Nehru spoke twice Saturday at India's determination to guard public meetings on the latest and its frontiers against Communist: most serious of a series of clash'.-. China. in two separate regions of Indi. "s B'.it the Indian leader urged mountain frontier with Tibet—tire "restraint and responsibility" in northeast, frontier agency and the reaction to the reported killing or Ladakh area in Kashmir. 17 Indian border police by Chi-' DON'T FEAR THREATS ncsc troops in Kashmir last Weil-: Nehru declared that "our coun- nesday. ; try is not one which will go down He said frontier clashes be- i hefore anyone in the world between India and China caused "a I cause of threats or because of lot of anxiety," but added he did • any fear." and added: By ADRIAN BALL , The statement, similar lo one! ported: LONDON t Reuters) - Soviet issued by Tass 24 hours earlier.! "No doubt preparations for such Premier Nikita Khrushchev has represented undisguised criticism j a meeting are essential, increased pressure for an East- \ of French Presided* de Gaulle's WARNING SOUNDED West summit conference this j call Wednesday for delaying top- j "Bul one must nol forget that year. level talks until spring. A statement issued Saturday by De Gaulle said this would en- the Russian news agency Tass able the meeting to be prepared said people throughout the world without haste during a period can find no justification for post- when East-West tensions would poning the talks. I have a chance ot easing Tass re- Police In Chinese Hands NEW DELHI (Reuters)-Com- munist Chna Sunday informed India that seven of the. 17 Indian border police reported killed in a frontier clash last week are alive and in Chinese hands. This means that one Indian is missing of the 17 reported Friday by India to have been killed in Wednesday's clash. The-casualty list was released •hile Indian army troops were ml appearance, in ln.ii. for breaking inlo I ' a slore appeared to have fin- j ished h:m. i I "You must go lo jail 10 1 years." intoned Ihe judge.* "This I'm afraid is going to be , your last innings." | Morgan Morgan shifted his old bones toward Ihe cells and muttered defianlly: "My lord, I'll beal you yet." : In an old folks institution at .' I this Welsh poft Sunday Welsh wJTm\mZl*7Z?™ 1,171*1 P°rt SundaV' Mor2a" Morgan i want peace and they can find no, ,„.. , .,»• .jJl. ,„ „°_, justification for the postponement I recal,ed hls lordsh,Ps words ! of such an important conference as the summit meeting between East and West." there are powers in the world ' thai are working against the beg- ghnhg. of a thaw in international tensions and are striving ! \ to use any opportunity to prevent ; a reapprochement between East and West. "The wide masses of the people j A note received by the Indian I reported on the move to n external affairs ministry showed I orce northern frontier pi that Chinese forces in the Kash- threatened by Chinese forces. :::,s:«rs Maurice I ma'rri__."i„"rKi_- "»M.t„"n-* 'm,ri Province of Kadak!l hold a ' Wednesday's clash was the (reason bill published in the offi- ^ of France and' daughter set the seal on the •t0tal °f 1D Mim' • — - • ! ™*' S-r'°"S '" ' s,crieA,*l!vecn! c'a'. G.azefte Saturday. The bill! asked him what he thought DEATH PENALTY ACCRA, Ghana l Reuters'—Any attempt to overthrow on ailer the policies of the Ghana government by unlawful means will be punishable by death under a new lordship' with a chuckle. Then he pronounced on Ihc future: "I am going straight. My legs won't let me climb anymore. "And if vou see that old judge, fell him I'm out. alive a:id kicking." The judge in question - Edmund Davies, 53—was s formed but told a reporter Sir --'i'VJ?!!! "fitment. °Kh Korea Ousts [hreign Minister UITES •£ SEtU WE LTD* bring* , onh/ "*»--'w,h Kor«a in ^ «Jtt talks, has 5£" h'» lob as for- Ite^nwnt over _■■*«* committee I**1** PARSON WW? ^til^ave th of the North Korean People's Assembly (parliament) Friday. No reason was given. Nam II. who had a penchant for Russian-style uniforms, was regarded by westerners at the Pan- munjoro talks that ended the Korean War ts a Moscow-oriented Communist. Peking said Pak Sung Chul who served is Nam Il's deputy, has been appointed the new foreign minister. Nam n also held the job of deputy premier in the North Kor- '- ' He Nam n was born 45 years ago in Asiatic Russia and is believed to have spent some time studying in the Soviet Union. RARE BOOK AUCTION LONDON (Reuters) - A rare copy ol the first edition of the New Testament in Eskimo, published in Copenhagen in 1744, is among 117 books and manuscripts of Scandinavian origin to be auctioned off Nov. ». I .W.4.4 V. *V .4.444,.,,-. , 4.4V*. «V. 44.44- 44. .. t<-4.«.j, -4.," ,V4. . t,dl U. £CVIC OflVUlUO^. I.I. 441,1 , 44.144.44 141,14 444.444 IIV 1.44.4 The note informed India that i Indian border guards and Chinese J »n before parliament shortly. A I about Morgan Morgan: Chinese forces arrested three members of an Indian party in Ladakh last Tuesday.. The Chinese are holding another seven Indian border police from s clash Wednesday and have recovered the bodies of nine Indians slain then, the note said. ONE MISSING troops in two separate regions of India's mountainous frontier—thc Northeast Frontier Agency and Ladakh.. . An Indian communique Friday said armed Chinese intruders, using grenades and mortar fire, made a surprise attack in superior force on the Indian patrol. U. S. To Probe Chinese Question By JOHN M. H1GHTOWER WASHINGTON. (AP) - The United States plans to start a probing operation in about 10 days to see whether there Is any easing of Chinese Communist hostility toward the West. It wiU take this action against a .background of what ls seen here as apparent failure by Soviet Premier Khrushchev In his effort to enlist the Chinese to his peace offensive. (. The whole range of Chinese- U.S. problems has been under review here. State department officials have been consulting with Ambassador Jacob D. Beam, the leading U.S. contact man with the Chinese BACK TO WARSAW Beam is scheduled o return late next week to his po t in Warsaw and on Nov. 3 will meet for the first time in about two months with the Chinese ambassador there, Wang Peng-nan. Officials said Beam is not going back to Warsaw with any startling new proposals but that it Is hoped there may be some sign of a Chinese policy development in the new round of talks. Primarily, the United States wants China to renounce the use of force'against Formosa, but has not asked the Chinese Reds to drop their claim to that island/ Another primary object is the quick release of five Americans still held in Chinese ja Is. bill to strengthen sedition laws "You're very persuasive was published lasl Saturday. absolutely no comment.'' WASIIIXCTON-Slcclworkcrs' President, David J. McDonald, left, and R. Conrad Cooper, Ihe steel industry's chief negotiator, as thcy met with newsmen following their (alks here Oct. 17th. McDonald announced that « new offer by the "Big 12" steel companies is "totally unacccptable."-UPI Telephoto. No Progress listed Settlement PITTSBURGH (AP) -Negotia-1 time was set for the session, tors- iji tbe steel strike held an The negotiations came in the annual meeting Sunday. The I wake of a new plea by President session lasted 90 minutes and j Eisenhower lo get the 500,000 ended with no report of progress, strikers back on the job. Some However, another meeting will be ' 275,000 workers in allied indus- hcld today. > tries have been laid off and more There is no indication that any j layoffs are sure to come if thc new contract proposals had been i strike continues. made to end the strike, now in its n Resumpt 1 o n of negotiations 104th day. came under a Tart-Hartley labor Following this afternoon's ses- I n J n n c t i o n directive that sion at a Pittsburgh hotel the two would send the steelworkers back top negotiators — R. Conrad I to their jobs for an 80-day "cool- Cooper for the industry and.pres-; ing off" period, ident David J. McDonald of the The injunction was obtained Aid Proposals Meet No Approval By ALAN DONNELLY such an increase eouli. be tafia- Canadian Press Stafl Writer tionary. Mr. Fleming has made OTTAWA (CP)—A spate of re-1 a number of recent speeches em- cent proposals that the federal ' phasizing that government policy government play an active role . is to fight inflation — Including helping meet the financial ; the so-called "creeping" kind. Not all of the demands that 01- , vawa do something, however, I would involve a rise in the money . supply. United Steelworkers — issued a joint statement. Il was read by Cooper, who said: "We have further discussed our problems. We will meet separate^ tomorrow morniqg." MORE NEGOTIATIONS After the separate meetings thc union arid industry negotiating teams will get together again. No last Wednesday in thc U.S. district court al Pittsburgl. DELAY LAW The U.S. third circuit court of appeals at Philadelphia delayed enlorcehient of the return - to- work clause in the ijunclion after the union appealed. The court is expected to rule this week on the appeal. ' comagement in Ottawa. Furthermore, Finance Minister I Flcmiitg has indicated that thc shortage of loanable capital funds which lies at the root of Ihe problem, can be expected to continue for some time. - The widespread economic expansion going on throughout the world, he said in a Montreal speech last week, "suggests e long period of world capital shortage, from which Canada cannot expect to be immune." A number of lhe proposals for federal aid to provincial and municipal financing would involve an expansion nf the money supply. INFLATIONARY INCREASE But the -concern here is lhat rwmfwwwwmwm$,m'm' Weather jj F Cloudy with sunny periods 2 I in afternoon. High 55. J I TEMPERATURES I k Montreal 2S st i P Moncton 19 45 i f Halifax 26 46 t I Sydney 28 46 ] k St. John's 27 38 . < ^^■-x*.*.*.*.M\m\m*
Object Description
Title | The Daily News (St. John's, N.L.), 1959-10-26 |
Date | 1959-10-26 |
Description | The Daily News was published in St. John's from 15 February 1894 to 4 June 1984, daily except Sunday. |
Subject | Canadian newspapers--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's--20th century |
Location | Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Avalon Peninsula--St. John's |
Time Period | 20th Century |
Language | eng |
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Description | The Daily News (St. John's, N.L.), 1959-10-26 |
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Transcript |
™*l * CO. JfANY LWfTED
^•=1 THE DAILY NEWS
|f(fri ^ovl M°*or$ Ltd.
Vol. 66. No. 228
THE DAILY NEWS, ST. JOHN'S, NFLD., MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1959
{Prices ? Cents)
[ubans Protest Foreign "Aggression"
ovt. Faced With
llloney Problems
■.-fSUW-ANT
■' mtt sud «
Evacuation
•est Defence
for its civil service, estimated to
nail Writer cost $242,000,000 in the current
.ery govern-: fiscal year ending next March 21.
no when it SEEK SUPPORT
-. votes, and The civil service is screaming
.idministra- from coast to coast, its 130,000
w;;t the big- members trying to drum up sup-
• no money, port from the public.
::•_. Finance Minister Fleming is
ir-ous palms standing by his guns, his no-raise
.urns that ammunition consisting of a fore-
- m.000.000. j cast budget deficit of $393,000,000.
At the same time, he is undoubt-
, :.-nipor of i edly sizing up the ballo box hos-
uonld bo a: tility or civil service families
.,wamic and against the feelings of voters who
Diefenbaker would not benefit from a govern-
,:*, two solid m.nt rase.
>: ....ions of However. Ihere's lit le doubt
•er" thai a civil service raise will be
: hum Deferred until 1962— bal year
again— arc miscellaneous de-
"t loudest niands from Ihe provinces for a'
:ovcrn- • better tax-sharing deal with tlie I
»-.alarics! federal governmenl.
Firing Squad For Foes
By ROBE. T BERRELLEZ claims are bombings and strafing
HAVANA i API-—Tbe pro-gov-1 by planes manned by "war crim-
ernmcnl press and radio Sunday '■■ inals" based in the United States,
summed Cubans to a rally today, U.S. authorities here have said
lo protest "foreign aggression"— • they have found no evidence of
a cold reference to the United; any bombing or strafing although
States. | light planes have been heckling
Premier Fidel Castro, beset by, Havana with leaflet-dropping mTs-
the gravest crisis in his 10 months' sions.
of power, originally called the ANOTHER DROP
rally to protest "aerial attacks Two light p'ones flew leaHsl
against national territory." missions over Havana again S:-»-
But as sound trucks blared urday night. O'e plana even
through thc streets and radio dunned leaflets on military head-
broadcasts called on the people quarters in the. eastern outskirts
to rally, the theme has switched of this capital,
to "foreign aggross*on." . Matos precipitated the crisis by
The Cuban Labor Confederation resigning as military commander
prepared more than 1.000,000 in Camaguey province, saying lie
badges reading "against foreign J was not in accord with what he
aggression" to be distributed '■ called lhe growing Communist in-
when demonstrators began as- tluence in government. His statf
sembling at the presidential pal- supported him.
ace today. , CALLED TRAITOR
WORK SHUTDOWN' Castro denounced Matos as a
Joining in the call for at -least traitor. The major and his offi-
1.000.000 Cubans to turn out. thc cers now are in La Caba fortress
coniederation lias ordered a gen- here awaiting formal charges,
eral work shutdown for noon to Diaz Lanz. who fled to exile in
give workers a chance to attend Miami, was qiioled by the l-'ed-
The shutdown applies eral Bureau nf Investigate
, Hav
i and three n
■ghlii-in;
\l TP -'. anada .
HAYANA-Strcel scene showing purl of llimtsuwls cif persons pm'tiiipiiting in one-lionr symbolic work stoppage- on
Oct. 22nd demonstrating support Castro government nnd protesting events in which two were killed and mine than
..II wounded hy stray bullets when a mystery plane allegedly based in U.S. dropped antigov eminent leaflets over
Havana.-UPI Photo.
il is hopeless because of the great
think tht area involved — up to 15 miles
. an H-bomb at-! from the centre.
ijr. ts many people as! "Dispersal of people is still the
i c of our target cities, fsurest way of saving lives," Mr.
»&;.«. Nova Scotia's! Boggs said. However, evacuation,.. . . ... , .. ,
tor. told a ; would not likely to compulsory, i hl8h-ba»in8 two;(■a'• d|ef •
f Saturday! "You can't force people to gel I f:enSef tr»ln and a speeding gaso-
txxm »f large cities ; out." ' "ne truclt collided at a level
sc ram oil despite thc I Shelters could give up to 99 per i ""»'"B ,?alurday;,. Sx t*™™
nt orotection acainst rarfioE. '.A^ in «h« "suiting moss of
6 Die In Truck-Train Collision \Last Laugh
i The Cuban people "will ask fur
the firing squad against aggressors.'' declared the pro-government newspaper La Calle. Tliis
• raised liie possibility that military
, tribunals may bc brought hack in
| the campaign against Castro's
'. enemies.
The aggression charge is an apparent .illusion to what Castro
admitting lending one of the leaflet raids on Havana. He has
charged Ihe Communists were
inn influential in the Castro regime, a charge Castro has denied.
The Cuban government has
asked the United Slates lo hold
Diz Lanz for deportation to Cuba
1 to face charges of homicide and
attempted assassination in last
Wednesday's "bombing" ot Ha-
I in Claresholm, 15 miles south.. 27. and train passenger Sherry
• and Calgary. Three were said to. Billon, 15, bolh of Lethbridge.
PARKLAND, Alia. |
CONTENTdm file name | 26805.jp2 |