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The Calgary Albertan from Calgary, Alberta, Canada • 1

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The Albertan THE INDEX Sinai City Edition Mmiyi Sym 'M Ohriu PRICE 5 CALGARY ALBERTA TUESDAY FEBRUARY 4 1M4 CALGARY FORECAST: Mild Sa Fag 2 Emergency Operation For Queen Mother CBC Move Set "JSfr'A allies Lodge Meets Klianh LONDON (Reuters) Queen Mother Elizabeth entered a hospital here Monday night (or an emergency appendicitia operation it wai officially announced A apokesman said the Queen Mother waa admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital for officer! It wai announced the operation would likely be performed Tuesday It also was announced that scheduled visits to Canada Australia and New Zealand were cancelled deep regret" It was understood the condition leading to the operation arose during the weekend Top British surgeons to her daughter Queen Elizabeth were attending the Queen Mother The Queen Mother was to have stopped briefly at Montreal Vancouver and Victoria Friday en route by plane to New Zealand THE QUEEN MOTHER Boost in Oil Output Forecast by Sharp CBC radio will replace Its Lacombe station with a station in Calgary and another in Edmonton in October Findlay CBC prairie regional director announced in Winnipeg Monday The Lacombe atalion will become non-existent when the Calgary and Edmonton transmitter! go into operation in October said Mr Kin-lay Work will start this month on new 50000-walt transmitter l'i miles southeast of Calgary It will have two towers each 473 feet high and will operate on the same frequency 1010 as CBX Lacombe is now using To house the Calgary operation CBC television relay facilities on Wcstmount Blvd will be expanded to include studios control rooms and offices The call letters will be CBR Mr Findlay said the Calgary tation will employ about a dozen additional people including technicians announcers and news staff" He said CBC employees at Lacombe will be absorbed into either the Calgary or Edmonton atation or transferred to an-other part of the country At Edmonton elation CBXA will get a new transmitter and a power boost from 2S0 watts to 50000 watts The station will use CBX as its call letters and beilities there will also be panded Itional oil policy he said it would remain unchanged and future prospects for the in 1 dustry in an address widely ada and the Canadian Associa' tion of Oilwell Drilling Con' tractors in the Palliscr Hotel The 850 000-barrcl figure said would mean a 50 per cem considered to be of great impact increase in production over 1900 on future developments Canadian oil production should reach a daily average of 850000 barrels in 1964 Trade Minister Mitchell Sharp said in Calgary Monday night Mr Sharp spoke to a joint meeting of the Canadian Petroleum Association Independent Petroleum Association of Can and would represent a greater increase than recorded last year The minister highlighted the government's view about the na Thompson DND Tangle Over Eviction Case US Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge shakes hands with South Viet new strongman Maj Gen Nguyen Khanh who has vowed he'll personally lead South Viet Nam to victory over the communists UPI Radiotelephoto Launches Counlcr-Atlack At PC Meet OTTAWA (CP) John Diefenbaker joined by hie wife in one of her rare public speeches put new fight into his battle for Progressive Conservative party unity and personal support Monday He said he has but one ambition to return to office as prime minister as he put restore a sense of purpose to government recognizing that political promises are made to be kept Mrs Diefenbaker in a brief speech to the Progressive Conservative Women's Association said the party needs a singleness of purpose strength and unity Hours before the formal opening of a three day annual general meeting of the senior party organization Mr Diefenbaker told the forenoon meeting that time has proved him right in difficult decisions he had to make as prime minister Conservatives now should start fighting Liberals rather than among themselves On the eve of the main challenge to his leadership expected to come from the floor of the convention today there were few open signs of the internal dissension Some delegates started wearing yellow and black lapel buttons declaring for an open ballot and Dief" Meanwhile party sources said the candidacy of Dalton Camp Toronto advertising executive for the party presidency seemed to be gaining ground Egan Chambers of Montreal president for the last year has not announced whether he intends to seek a second term The women's meeting did not deal with policy resolutions or the leadership question directly but gave Mr Diefenbaker the most cordial reception he received from any of the three party meetings leading up to the annual general meeting In return Mr Diefenbaker gave the women the most aggressive of the three speeches he has delivered Previously he addressed the under -35 Young Progressive Conservatives on Saturday and the Progresiive Conservative Student Federation on Sunday "Canada needs he told the women hold no unachieved ambitions except one to restore here in Ottawa a sense of national purpose and the reality that election promises are made to be carried He accused the Liberals of a policy to disrupt assassinate and the Conservative party and himself The government of Prime Minister Pearson was "a big-government with bigger divisions in the nation bigger taxes than ever before bigger costs of living bigger patronage bigger expenditures and the biggest salaries for high officials" Liberal policy he said is a combination of economic idiocy and political snake oil The Pearson government had increased the nation's money supply by $1000000000 in a few months using the printing presses to take the place of productivity could have done that but we kept the cost of living down to a degree unequalled anywhere else in the world They have expanded credit unjustly and unneceMarily and brought about inflation and an increase in the cost of Secret Ballot Urged OTTAWA Heath Mac quarrie Conservative MP for Queens called Monday for a secret ballot on the issue of John leadership ai the divisive He told the closing dinner of the Progressive Conservative Students' Federation that ha is convinced Mr Diefenbaker will win massive majority when a confidence motion comes before the senior convention today He believed that a secret ballot would be preferable quietly and quickly allowing all to express themselves on the leadership question and then freeing them to work together for a return to office probably a majority in the party have different views but we all share the common aim strength and unity think we all anticipate the same likely outcome Therefore this need not be an issue separating Conservative from Conservative" Mr Macquarrie a former political science professor at various universities did not refer once to Mr Diefenbaker by name Highway Chinese Threaten To Bury Nikita In Latest Blast Because of the complexities of the export and domestic markets the government feels it would be inadvisable to commit the industry to fixed production targets for any considerable period of years he uid reluctance to do so at this time should not be taken to imply any weakening in our policy" he said have every confidence in the future and our objectives remain unchanged "The Canadian government expects the industry to maximize the use of Canadian crude in Canadian markets and to foster exports to US markets in a reasonable and non -disruptive Growth in Canadian oil production since the inception of the policy has been due to exports 56 per cent and domestic use increases By the end of 1964 given maximum effort to complete the Ontario supply transition the proportions should be close to 50-50 he uid "I place the responsibility on the industry to carry out the full impact of the government's policy in this Mr Shap Hid "I know there are difficulties but they must be overcome I have asked the energy board to continue to report to me on the progress and performance of the individual The government's objective is to have Canadian crude supply all of Ontario west of the Ottawa Valley While this cannot be pressed to the point where there is an actual shortage of any product it is ea-aential that transfers and im-Saa OIL Pag 2 communications tower la located Mr Hollenbeck was evicted from the Pcnhold-area farm last Friday night on the direct instructions of Deputy Defence Minister Armstrong Army officers from Western Command handed the farmer a 48-hour eviction notice last 'Wednesday On Friday they returned with three vehicles of provost corps and RCMP officers to enforce the eviction order The soldiers removed a door and chopped a hole in the wall alongside to remove the stove They said their orders were to make the place uninhabitable See EVICTION Page 1 (Compiled from Despatches) RED DEER National Social Credit Leader Robert Thompson and Canadian defence department spokesmen -have exchanged heated words over the weekend eviction of a Penhold farmer by the army Mr Thompson in a telegram to Defence Minister Paul Hel-Iyer accused the department of: action through military intervention" unwarranted show of fores (which) has directly violated civil liberties and the normal process of democratic law" I Ottawa a department apokesman retorted that there was to Mr Thompson's charges In Edmonton Major Keith Johnstone publie relation officer for Western Command said the eviction waa necessary because maintenance crews trying to work on equipment were obstructed In the storm's eye is Fred Hollenbeck who farmed the land on which an civil defence TOKYO (AP) Red China has called Soviet Premier Khrushchev a man with feudal who befriended Chinese Communists opposed to Mao Tse-tung'a leadership and predicted Khrushchev and his Communist party leaders be buried" The blistering attack on Khrushchev Monday broke a lull In the Moscow Peking war of words which flared with great virulence laat year It swept aside Khrushchev's demand for an end to public polemics between the two Communist giants Young Surfers Survive Night in Stormy Sea At this same time the Kremlin's mouthpiece the international theoretical journal Problems of Peace and Socialism assailed Peking's demands for world revolution An article by Greek Communist leader Kostai Koliyannis accused the Chinese of armed violence as almost the only form of revolutionary and predicted defeat for Peking radio broadcast the text of an article in Red two most important publications the official Peking People's Daily and the theoretical journal Red Flag Khrushchev's boast that communism will bury capitalism was turned against him in a peculiar manner The article said Soviet leaders are modern revisionists-those who split off from the Lenin-Marx line France Offers China Planes PARIS (Reuters) Sud Aviation company is prepared to sell Caravelle medium-range jet airliners to Communist China without the US components a company spokesman said Monday He said the American components such as the air conditioning system and the automatic pilot would have to be replaced by British or European equipment because of the US law forbidding the sale of American goods to China Bow Downs Helicopter LEOPOLDVILLE (UPI) -Communist led terrorists on a hashish crazed rampage through Kwilu province shot down a United Nations helicopter with a bow and arrow Monday as it was flying eight Congolese nuns to safety Reports reaching Leopoldville said an arrow struck an oitpipc and that the pilot made an emergency landing with oil splashing all over the cabin The terrorists did not attack as the nuns and crew abandoned the aircraft and flew out on another helicopter Demonstrators Arc Wounded JACKSON Miss (UPI) Screaming Negro students angered by a traffic accident hurled rocks and bottles at police Monday night and officers quelled them with tear gai and shotguns Three youths were wounded by buckshot The campus at all Negro Jackson state college was brought under control after more than fivr hours i rf tension and demonstrations in the news this morning The World Ewald Peters Chancellor Ludwig chief security officer hanged himself in his jail cell Sunday night He was being held on suspicion of war crimes Page 3 The population of South Viet Nam is taking the latest military coup in stride and United States political experts feel more coups may follow Page 20 Canada Six Seafarers' International Union members from Ontario have been charged in Montreal with conspiracy arising from the inarch on Ottawa last Oct 21 Page 3 If convicted of witchcraft a Hamilton Ont woman could be fined up to $500 jailed for six months or both under the Criminal Code of Canada Page 3 Alberta Funds raised through proposed provincial government savings and investment certificates may be used for capital loans to new industry Page 18 Women's The great-great granddaughter of the famous Canadian Chief Joseph Brant spoke to the Junior Ixague of Calgary Monday Mrs Ethel Brant Monture is the Indian relations specialist with the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews Page 7 Sport Canada's Olympic Hockey team came to life in the second period and scored six unanswered 8als to win 8-6 over the nited States at Innsbruck Page 10 A Canadian newsman covering Olympic games has been released on bail after spending 24 hours in jail charged with striking a policeman Tage 12 Indoor Mall For Shoppers? VANCOUVER (CP) Store Ltd plans an air-conditioned interior mall for its proposed new shopping centre in northeast Edmonton and is toying with the idea of Installing another at its Chirook Centre in Calgary Charles Woodward chairman of the board said in an interview Monday such a mall adds $500000 to the cost of construction it's cold in Alberta" Construction will start this year on the $6000000 centre which will a Woodward's and IS other stores on 23 acres in Edmonton LOS ANGELES (AP) Two young surf-riders blown to sea at dusk Sunday by 50-miie-an hour winds were rescued at dawn Monday after spending the night lashed wrist to forefinger A fishing boat plucked them from the ocean off Los Angeles harbor Craig Thompson 16 and David Steele 18 were blue from cold their teeth were chattering and their legs and hands were raw and red from gripping their but they appeared in good condition They decided that the worst thing that could happen would be for them to get separated So one took the draw string from hia swimming trunks and they tied Craig's right forefinger to Dave's wrist They and thair rescuers agreed that they were spared death from exposure because they wore skin-diver "wet suit" jackets of rubberized fabric that kept their torsos warm The youths both from suburban West Covina paddled out through heavy turf Sunday afternoon to try to ride waves at a popular surfing spot at Huntington Beach 25 miles southeast of Los Angeles When they got beyond the breaker line a wind storm hit the area Friends on the beach saw them paddling frantically trying in vain to fight the wind They last were seen a mile out Chuckle While money isn't everything it does keep you in touch with your children Withdrawal from North Causes Worry Accidents Kill 3 Mrs Margaret Augusta Hop-per of Priddis and Mr and Mrs Clarence William Hergott 63 of Bentley were killed in traffic accidents Sunday and Monday Mrs Hopper was killed early Monday when her car missed a turn and flipped into a ditch on a municipal road five miles northwest of Priddis She waa alone Priddis is 20 miles southwest of Calgary Mr and Mrs Hergott wero killed lata Sunday in a car-truck collision on Highway 2 17 miles north of Red Deer Police said the Hergott car travelling north went out of control and collided with a half-ton trurk going south Tlie truck driver Takco Fu-kuda of Patricia received minor injuries the north shore of Ellesmere Island some 450 miles from the North Pole The Army's presence at Alert long a weather station has only now been disclosed by defence authorities Number of men there is secret Sutherland special adviser to Defence Minister IIcll-yer said In 19G2 that legal claim to Its Arctic islands la still not beyond question Mr Sutherland a member of the Defence Research operational research group added that if Canada wished to retain the islands it must continue to recognize a responsibility for their defence drawn from sub-Arctic bases such as Coral Harbor Fort Chi mo and Fort Nelson The withdrawal is partly attributable officials Mid to the advent of bigger and longer-range planes Apart from a small communications unit at Whitehorse YT the RCAF's most northern operations now will he based at Cold Lake Alta and Goose Bay Labrador The Navy runs radio stations at Inuvik on the delta of the Mackenzie River and on Padd-loping Island off Baffin The Army has a communications research base at Alert on reductions in its operations at Frobisher on Baffin Island It ia no longer able to provide JP1 and JP4 jet fuel major repair services for or even anti-icing fluid Three airfield taxi strips have been dosed and the control tower no longer is manned around the dock Last year 20 stalioni on the Distant Early Warning radar line in the Canadian Arctic were shut down The western portion of the Mid-Canada Line now is in the process of being dismantled On April 1 the last three Lancaster bombers which have been doing Arctic reconnais By DAVE MclNTOSH OTTAWA Some author Jties here are becoming uneasy about the defence department's economy-imposed retreat from the Arctic and aub-Aretie The withdrawal flies in tha face of expert advice by some departmental officials In the coming weeks the RCAF will dose out its operations at Resolute on Cornwallis Island and at Fort Churchill Man and the Army will quit Churchill and Uie Alaska Highway At the same time the transport department has announced sance will be retired leaving no plane except the even more ancient Dakota for this work Officials Mid Monday it will be 196S at least before the defence department could obtain any long-range American F-lll jet fighter planes for Arctic reconnaissance The defence department's withdrawal from the Arrtic haa been going on for a number of years The Labrador was turned over to the transport department after discovering a nm-thwest passage for surface warships through the Arrtir The RCAF has gradually with sea.

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