The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 21

By 1971 a ribbon of steel, concrete and rock is expected to link Prince Edward Island with mainland Canada. Drawing shows the project underway' s.nce early November tn relation to us New Brunswick and PLT terminals and the present ferry strvice. It is described by engineers as a project of complexity because of tide, weather and ice conditions Three sections of causeway will be combined with a three-mile bridge and almost a mile of tunnel to cross the nine miles of Northumberland Strait. The project begins at the New Brunswick shore with a causeway supporting a rail line at 26 feet and a two-lane highway at 59 feet. Next comes the By JACK FILLMORE CHARLOTTETOWN (CP) -The economy of Prince Edward Island is expected to undergo a transformation when a 000.000 combination of bridge.

when it becomes a peninsula. To most it means they no longer will have to sit for hours near the Borden dock, waitin" for ferry to take them to the main land But. says Premier Shaw, tn the economy of Landreville Probe Opens Next Week (By The CP) The inquiry Into Ihe conduct of Mr. Justice Leo Landreville of the Ontario Supreme Court will open in Vancouver March 14. W.

G. Morrow, counsel for the commission under Ivan' Rand, a former Supreme Court nf Canada just.ee. announced 1 Wednesday (hat the inquiry: then will move to Sudbury and is expected to wind up in Toronto "before the middle The commissioner was appointed to look into Justice Lan-dreville's dealings with Northern Ontario Natural Gas Co. Ltd. or its agents.

The justice, a former mayor ol Sudbury, was appointed to the bench by the St. Laurent Liberal government in 195. In 19C4 he was charged with municipal corruption and con piracy in connection with the "sale of his NONG shares. Evidence was given that Ihe justice made a $117,000 profit on sale ol the shares but the charges were dismissed after preliminary hearing. MILAN TIES BUDAPEST (AP) Inter-naznnale of Milan.

Italy, drew 1-1 with Ferencvaros of Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday to move into ihe semi-finals of the European Soccer Cup of national champions on a 5-1 aggregate. The first match was won by Intemazionale 4-0 on boroe grounds last week. Tim The first benefits will come tunnel and causeway joins it to 'tor 1.100 men for six years and three-mile bridge to carry the rail line at 60 feet and the highway at 114 feet. More causeway and a ramp lead to a tunnel 32 feet below water, deep enough for ships to pass over. Another section of ramp and causeway forms the approach at the PEI shore.

The causeway core will be sandstone fill protected by concrete. The steel bridge will rest on piers of precast concrete cones 100 feet across at the base. The precast concrete tunnel will be protected by granite. The cost, is estimated at $148,000,000. about $1,400 for every PEI resident, and will keep 1.100 men busy during construction.

BUXPL CAUSEWAY BIG ECONOMIC BOON rmtr- MOSt but Not All Islanders Invested 1 Bless Ties That Will Bind Prince Edward Island and the crease of more than 130.000 over minister. "And our population Maritime provinces as a whole, a causeway means much more. 1963. And that record was should increase." broken last year. "No one knows how many during its main construction people would come if we had $Ue.

expected to suddIv causeway." says Mr. Shaw. mainland Canada. inject millions of dollars into Work on the huge project be-l'he P.E.I, economy, prov-gan last November and Pnme ince's J1.230 annual per capita Minister Pearson has set 1S71 income second lowest in Can- "But I think it would be many more thousands. PRODUCER TO BENEFIT P.E.I.'s causeway will mean faster access to mainland mar- as the target for completion of aa expected to increase 1 jets for agricultural and fish-t he road and rail link across greatly during this period.

jery products mostly potatoes. Northumberland Strait. BOOST FOR TOURISM dairy goods, turnips, fish. lob- So far most islanders nor-. -ii wjii mart, the" beeinninc i ter and oysters.

mally placid, content to stay at 0f a new era here savs Mr I "For the first time in our home and fish and farm Shaw, a jovial and rugged cam-haven't thought too seriously 1 paigner at 77. -Its implications about what will happen to their ire s0 great jf5 difficult to say iiM square mue province how we will benefit most." The P.E.I, tourist industry', worth a record S12.0O0.00O dur- iing the island's 1964 Centennial Year, is expected to flourish. "The transportation problem I has always had an adverse effect on our tourist industry," Mr. Shaw says. tory we'll be able to get our potatoes to market on time." says R.

L. Burge of Charlotte-town, chairman of the P.E.I. Potato Marketing Board. "Constantly in the past ferry tie-ups because of bad ice conditions have hindered our industry, kept it from expanding." Government officials decline uespiie tne irequeni oeiays induslria diversifies High School, called for an organ grinder, complete with monkey, to make several appearances. For added effect, the school invested in a live monkey.

But he was a wild little cuss and couldn't be held and wouldn't wear a harness without a fuss. So on opening night a veterinarian was called and a sedative prescribed. The organ grinder walked on and there sat the school's $28 worth of actor, looking like a $2 staffed toy. Throughout the whole performance be just sat on the grinder's box stunned. He was sold for $15 when the show dosed.

la Dallas, a man decided the only way to protect his car front thieves was to sleep In H. He did. And they stole his wallet and shoe but left the car. IT afia 'Ui m'tl t- m. who would be content to see their quiet little province remain unattached to the mainland.

VI remain to be convinced the causeway will mm (By The CP) -We will go- into the matter from the ground up." sas. A. J. Cameron. a lawyer MP who is organizing the-first federa inquiry into di-i vorce laws in J9 years.

Mr. Cameron (L -Toronto. High Park) is chairman of. th: Commons justice committee which will open public bearings soon on various proposals tc widctn the grounds for divorce-nj make other changes. get going very quickly." he said in an interview Wednesday.

He is opposition representatives on the justice committee this week to make; arrangements for Of Inquiry, expected to start next week. "My own idea is for a wide-open inquiry to get all the ava l-1 able information." He sa interested organiza--f ions and individuals wi 1 be invited to submit briefs to the member committee. WATCHES CLOSELY Justice Minister Card has taid that public opinion on di vorce has changed considerably; in recent years and the goveta- and the eoveftl menl wi.l l.sh coholism Pension Money (By The CP) Nne provinces have been allotted, nearly t3J.000.000 out of the Canada Pension Plan pool of contributions. Finance Minister Sharp announced in the Commons Wednesday. Quebec operates a similar but separate pension plan and does But there are some blander.1?? duct jct for the island as some people think it will." savs A.

W. Gau- from. I mf WJ PI The Ottawa Journal Thursdoy. March. 3.

1966 The Ottozp Joumcl 21 3-Pqnn'ng Strait Tunnel Section i "jjiir New Committee to Open Hearings Soon From Ground Up Inquiry 1.. no Divorce Laws Promised support and incurable menu' Adu tery the main ground for divorce: In Nova Scotia cruelty is a rarelv-invoked add -tona! ground Mr. Cameron. 70. has been an MP for 11 vears and presided over a comnvttee that held intensive hearings on the Canada Pension Plan a vear ago.

A Presbyterian and Mason, he has been married to the former Beatrice Beckett of Toronto for 43 years and they have a married daughter One of his law partners in the firm of Cameron. Weldon. Brew in. McCallum and Skells is Andrew Brewri. MP for Toronto Greenwood and a Ne Democratic representative on -the -justice committee.

MOST ARE LAWYERS The committee, composed almost entirely of lawyers, has 13 Liberals including Mr. Cameron, eight Conservatives, two New Democrats and one Credi-tiste. The Conservative members include former justice minister -Dav Fulton and former immigration minister Richard Beli. these. But the House didn't get not be discouraged" from re-i around to the mines department pealing statements like the one before "six o'clock'' was called he made shortly after becoming at 7:30 l'-i hours after the minister when he put the blame usual rising time for Wednes days.

As it turned out. the trip to Washington by Mines Minister Peoin and his colleagues may on the CPR for slow grain ship ments. "I would say. too. that I believe there was some immediate improvement after these not interfere with progress of statements were maoe.

hit departmental estimates! A1 (NDP-Timisk- through the House anting) said he had been MAKES PLEA pleased, also. Dy Mr. ureene I After an impassioned plea bv 1 mu. iv uim.i.r Dect the minister would do any- Mr Sharp said that after de- lctimJ H)use t(J uYng about the situation but it ng administrative costs, a WMlnKd.v' 'was not necessarily his fault." total of S34.K2.m was left at.7:3 Mr pepin i It was the fault of "his friends the end of February for invest- bmtes had failed, it was the cabinet, who are failing ment in provincial ano teaeraj Ontario was allotted 0.100.- agreed that since onlv two days i 10 tne necessary steps so had been set aside for the five readily seen by the new minis- 11 I Nine committee members, including the vice-chairmriTT've'V Forest. (L Stanstearf), are from Quebec, which has refused since Confederation to set up its own divorce courts.

Quebec residents can apply to the Senate for divorce on the ground adultery. A similar stuation applies for residents of Newfoundland, which also has no divorce court. Eleven committee members list themselves as Roman Catholics, four as Anglicans and four as United Church PRAISE SHOWERED ON RENFREW MINISTER Joe Greene Patted on Back From All Corners of House (By The CP) It's back to with no strings, attached" that There was a of thunder 'justice today for a House of had been promised during the about Praine farm assistance Commons which spent all day election campaign for the ailing and a long-term loan policy for Wednesday down on the farm. Nova Scotia coal industry. agricultural fairs, but Joe It took from 3 p.m.

until 7.30, s-ttire ended without sat- Greene, who drives" through Jne tung enuea wimout 1 1 unv. sat-, ratrh the iust the Commons to isfact on for the Cape Breton 1 farmland almast daily on the estimates of the agri-; Conservatives. Mr. Laing. said trips between Ottawa and committee inquiry i culture department after flail- Mr.

Pickersgill. would be the home Amprior. came through Eight MPs have introduced Tuesday through the spend- acting minister while Mr. Pepin without a bruise. private memoers d.iis io esmo-; programs of three depart- was absent.

But he would make It probably won be so easy new grounds lor divorce. ments finance, trade and in-'knmm tn Mr M-Fiu-h ih far iniir such as desertion, separation, cruelty, criminal behavior, al bis his dustry. request for his presence. when he takes over stage cen- Consideration of justice esti- it tre todav on the fifth day of his drug addiction, non- maJ aside Wednesday 414 hours for Agriculture Minis-1 estimates trial. alter lour days aeoate wnen tne ur Greene.

Before he gets approval to government. in a bid to clear As speaker after speaker rose spend the money his depart-all departmental spending by t0 condemn the stale of agri-! ment has been spending for the the end of the week, asked the culture in the country and to last 11 months on Governor-House to tackle the estimates of ie pight of the fanner General warrants and interim five departments so the minis- (hey aso had nice to say supplv he's almost certain to ters responsible could get Mr. Greene. (get more of the treatment he for a meeting in Washington, i h. A.

Olson (SC Medicine has received since the justice Agriculture was the fmirth of, Hal) honed the minister ekbatebetaiL- Why. MPs have asked, has the government not provided a judicial hearing for George Victor Spencer, the former Vancouver postal worker who has been accused; of accepting thousands of dollars for information he provided the Russians? Why does the government not set up a royal commission into organized crime in Canada, especially since Justice Minister Wagner of Quebec says he knows the names of the overlords even if he hasn't the evidence to prosecute them? And' what is Mr. Cardin going to do about bodies in car trunks and other bodies in lime pits? Not to mention bankruptcy frauds. And the mysterious file of documents Conservative Erik det of Chariottetown. secretary the eight other provinces revert to the thorny question of I Harold Danforth (PC Kent) Nielsen of the Yukon has had of the P.E.I Tourist Assoca-i sm''er amounts based on today toid Mr.

Greene farmers don'tjbefore him on his Commons tion. "Perhaps we're iust sell ing our birthright for a link that writ plague us for the rest of our lives. 'Tourists come to Prince Ed predictions on the prospects of: mean we will lose our distinc-i fh lun victins tmv rmuinM covered coast of the province 1 lion and aitnough labor is avail-! and summer waters-are adver- there is a (ear al main- Used as the warmest north of Li. Jc "and ke over Florida. Mr.

Gaudet say, be is! other Irom Caribou. N.S.. to island market. Iwlnr. fi.i 1.1...

WA ll.nrf 7 io 1 nve industries can be built. oer 01 persons mating tne trip increases eacn yearv cost ol living although we More than 796.000 used the can't say how much." says two services in 1964, an in- Lloyd MacPhail. P.E.I, industry ESS Dial a Date Warnings are going through the Capital about an organization called "The Telephone Club" and the BetJ ter Business Bureau asks thar anyone having dealings with this outfit call the bureau. Apparently membership in Ihe club costs $8 and each member is entitled to a tele phone number thai will get him. or her.

a date in any Canadian city. Male members have to pay an extra SI for each date-number and female members get them free. One Ottawa woman reported she destroyed a letter inviting her to join. A short time later she leceived a telephone call from a 'member" attempting to date her. "This could be the start of a pretty vicious says the BBB, and asks for more Information from anyone who may have had dealings with this "dub.

swn contributions Irom eacn. Government House Leader i wre inat tie is an easterner as aes iur ce now. ward Island because there's will bear interest at 5 93 something here they can't find! cent. anywhere else in North America. Our island has a distinctive beauty, an unusual slowness.

They say our people are the friendliest anywhere. Hut the causeway province. The plan went into force Jan. 1. J.

Waldo Monteith (PC-Perth) said Mr. Sharp had con- veniently neglected to mention .1 .1 1 1 a fall's e'ection campaign. SIZE COMPARED PANAMA CITY Area Canadians will gobble un shore the republic of Panama Write in French Does your income tax form take longer to be processed if filled out in French? An article in this column last week suggested it was. and prompted a reply from H. M.

Furmss of the Revenue Department's taxation division that this was "entirely fallacious." "If (here is any difference in handling speed, our computer hasn't beard about it," Mr. Fumxss said. "And no matter what imaginary havens lie ahead. April 3 rolls Mcllraith would then set down delivers the goods. Mr Sharp said the non-mar- the order in which remaining ketabie.

20- ear securities pur- estimates would be presented, chased by the pension plan fund said Mr. Pickersgill. perf Should the mines department "estimates come up while Mr. Sim.lar investments will be'Pepui is absent at a Canada -k month fmm rum nn U.S. joint economic cabinet committee, his place would be taken by Northern Affairs Minister Laing.

Mr. Pickersgill said. This wasn't to the liking of industries following the tne characteristics." ilT .1 Conservative Donald Maclnnis causeway to P.E.I. The prov-j Land is cheap along the sand- A 1 the miner from Cape Breton 1 South who said be wanted Health M-nister MacEachen to be on the "hot seat." 1 Robert Muir (PC Cape of Breton North and Victoria) is went along w.th him. The cab "We expect a decrease in our land for summer homes mak-1 slightly smaller than the state met minister from Nova Scotia ing it impossible for most is-jof Maine.

It is 42S miles long Mr. MacEachen. was the mar landers to enjoy their own and varies in width from 31 toithev wanted to deal with, espe- beaches. IIS miles. cially about "that S2a.000.000 around oa the same day in every language." to the Hull Richelieu Club tins week.

Gilles Gregoire gave this advice: "If you owe the government something on your income tax, write to them in French. It wiK take at least two months for an answer. If. on the other hand, they owe you a refund, write in English and" they will answer right away." A thief bit a wwasea's data's stare North Wabhaia, Eagbud, this week aad asade ell with aVrwsar aad data-htg- paBee she's shapely. Sim of dMh-kag saslea kadlcaU sac is M-Xf-H.

Too Many Poles A tittle guy in Almonte drew a lot of attention from pass-ersby recently when be hitched up his dog team and went for a run. It looked strange to see one very large mongrel aad one Mr. Danforth was referring to the fact that Mr. Greene, an Ottawa Valley lawyer, is the 'irst agriculture minister from Eastern Canada in SO vears. PATS GREENE'S BACK Mr.

Danforth also congratulated the minister for making a non-partisan opening statement. This was a change from the days of former minister Harry Havs. now a senator and de scribed later by Mr. Peters as! The Monkey Was Bounced Out of the Show One of the members of the" cast of a high school production of "Inherit the Wind" recently was a small squirrel monkey who did inherit the JoSEPri'S W6tt-. wind.

He was bounced right out of show business after a few performances. The pUy. at St Joseph 1 very small French poodle pulling a sleigh. But between the two of them they putled hard and kept things moving, the boy said. His only complaint was that if i mm be wasn't getting very good mileage.

There were too many poles to the mile. Planning Policy Lack Hit Canada has no national policy 1 million-dollar tanner wno aid -r not understand the problems of nor is it likeK to in the the ordinary farmers he repre- Carleton Univer-ntc1j professor said Wednesday. Mr Greene was promised the! Direction for municipalities, co-operation of almost all who therefore, must come from the ipoke in his announced intention provinces. Professor Thomas X. to improve the living standard Brewis told a meeting of the if the farmer.

That, said Mr. Olson, was the "nub of the problem." Eastern Ontario Association here. uvvciup.mcnt He said that one job the universities can do. as they do in England, is to draw the attention of the public tn the implications of what governments are failing to do in regional planning. The EODA an association of municipalities within the Golden Triangle, designed- to promote economic development was considering a proposed economic survey of Eastern Ontario, expected to cost about S7S0.000.

W. P. McGill. president of the survey firm which has suggest ed the study Spartan Air Sur veys Limited said the' company is Ihe only resources group with a planning team that has and can be of assistance to th" area. "Cohesion and p'anning for the Golden Triangle will do a great deal toward building op this area." he said.

"People really don't know much about this area. We need also to create a desire for de-. velopment," be said. SENTENCED TO DEATH NEW WESTMINSTER. B.C.

(CP) Michael Kuxyk, 38, was sentenced Wednesday to be hanged June 7 when an assize court jury found him guilty of capital murder. Kuiyk was on trial for the death last November of Mrs. Lenora Hazel Wilson, killed by a shot from a rifle as she alighted from a truck driven by her son bt nearby Buroaby..