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eh ES 12 nowine en CP NEWS DIARY OF 1908 By THE CANADIAN PRESS JANUARY TASHKENT TALKS 3--Strike halts New York bus and subway R 6--Roman Catholic Church consecrates Negro ey in New -- first in U.S. by | ge ' transcontinental train stranded in B.C.'s Fraser Valley by snow and mud slides, 179 airlifted out. © Peer aed Minister An of India and Than of Pakisten sign dota ation at Tashkent, USSR, coverages Dag ae clgna ga each other ag i---Shastri. oe dies of heart attack at 'Tashkent. Land- slides in Rio de Janeiro ends. 15 -- Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafewa Balewa kid- napped, slain in Nigerian army, revolt. 17--U.S. B-52 bomber carry- ing four H-bombs collides ith aerial tanker over Spain; three bombs 'recovered, one missing. 1g--Speech from throne at opening of Parliament calls for revamping federal-provin- cial tax-sharing agreements. 19 -- Mrs. Indira Gandhi elected India's first woman prime minister. 20--Most of Ontario truck- ing industry shut down in lockout after wildcat strikes. Harold Holt succeeds Sir Rob- ert Menzies as prime minister ustralia. defeat in in Nigeria. 24 -- Air India Boeing 707 crashes on Mont Blanc on French-Swiss border, killing all 117 aboard. 25--Supreme Court of Can- ada rules Indians on reserves not entitled to unrestricted year-round hunting rights. FEBRUARY NKRUMAH DEPOSED 1--Ronald Ivan MacDonald flees Lakehead University after detection of his use of credentials of American lec- turer. 3--Unmanned Soviet space- ship Luna IX lands on moon, starts ar 4--Boeing Chamber of Depu- jet "airliner carrying 133 Japanese plunges into Tokyo Bay; all aboard kill ied. 7--President Johnson and . Prime Minister Ky of South Viet Nam agree at Honolulu meeting social and economic reform essential to victory. Fire in main concentrator building at Wabush Mines in Labrador causes $25,000,000 damage. 9--Ontario raises sales tax to five per cent from three. National Hockey League awards es to Los An- geles, San Francisco - Oak- land, St. Louis, Minneapolis- St. Paul, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh for 1967-68. 15--Prime Minister Pear- son announces agreement be- tween federal and Manitoba governments for $1,000,000,000 hydro development on Nelson River. 21--President de Gaulle says France will claim con- trol of foreign military bases by April 19, 1969. Lieutenant- Governor Paul Comtois of Quebec dies when fire de- stroys his official residence. 22 -- Gen. Amin Hafez, Gyria's socialist head of state, overthrown in coup d'etat. Britain announces overseas military forces to be reduced one-third in next'four years; Aden base to close by 1968. 2%3--New centre - left co- alition government under Pre- mier Moro formed in Italy. % -- President Kwame Nkrumah ousted by Ghana- fan army revolt during his absence in Peking; his Con- vention People's party out- lawed. 26--Quintuplets--three boys and two girls--born to Nogesi Mtukutese, 37, in South Af- rica. MARCH THE MUNSINGER CASE 4--Justice Minister Lucien Cardin asks John Diefenbaker what part he played as prime ister in the ' case; central figure later identified as Gerda Mun- singer, German woman said to have had affair with Con- servative minister in Mont- real in 1961. Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-8 crashes at Tokyo airport, killing 64 of 72 aboard. Blizzard paralyses Winnipeg. 7--Prime Minister Pearson announces judicial inquiries into gel meth- ods and treatment of alleged spy George Victor Spencer, dismissed postal clerk who was denied his pension. 16--Justice Minister Cardin tells press conference more than one member of Diefen- baker cabinet was involved with Gerda Munsinger; he understood she was once en- gaged in espionage. 1l--Gerda M pre- fpooeeeg Sie ya Hockey eae -- U.S. astronauts Neil ter Martin announces Canada to give up Marville and Metz airbases in France. 2%4--Pope Paul and Arch- bishop of Canterbury an- nounce following Vatican they intend to explore church unity chances. Canada wins Scotch Cup international curling crown at Vancouver. 27--Canadian space re- search instrument launched from Fort Churchill, Man., to study aurora borealis. 29 -- Personal income tax increased on medium and up- per-income brackets, slightly reduced on low incomes. Cas- sius Clay wins 15-round deci- sion over George Chuvalo at Toronto, retaining heavy- weight boxing title. 30--Dow Brewery Ltd. an- nounces it is destroying all beer produced in Quebec City plant following 16 to 18 deaths in area from special type of heart disease, though no link with beer established. Prime Minister Verwoerd's National- ist government re - elected with increased majority in South Africa. 31--Labor party re-elected in Britain with 363 seats to 263 for Conservatives, 14 to other parties. APRIL SPENCER DIES 4 -- Alex Storm and two other skin-divers announce re- covery of $700,000 in bullion from wreck of Le Chameau, sunk in 1725 off Nova Scotia. 5--Commons votes 143 to 112 to retain death penalty. 7--U.S. hydrogen bomb re- trieved from sea off Palo- mares, Spain. John Hunter Campbell, retired director of Ontario Securities Commis- sion, acquitted on breach-of- trust charge. 8--Viking Princess catches tire on Caribbean cruise, 13 die, 484 saved including 25 in- jured. $--George Victor Spencer, 57, discharged mail clerk and alleged Soviet spy, found dead in Vancouver home. 16--Buddhist leaders in Sai- gon declare war on Premier Ky's government. Royal Navy frigate Berwick halts and boards Greek tanker running Rhodesian oil blockade. 14--South Vietnamese chief of state Nguyen Van Thieu signs decree for elections for national assembly to draw up new constitution. 15 -- Patrick Watson and Laurier LaPierre of CBC-TV's This Hour Has Seven Days told they will be dropped from show. 16--Shooyook convicted of manslaughter for shooting Eskimo woman "inhabited by devil" in Arctic, given sus- pended sentence. 18--Government. orders Su- preme Court review of Steven Truscott's 1959 conviction for murder of Lynne Harper. 22--Yvon Dupuis, 39, for- mer minister without port- folio, convicted of influence- peddling, fined $5,000. 26--Worst earthquake in 98 years strikes Tashkent. Olym- pic Games for 1972 awarded to Munich, Germany, and Sapporo, Japan. MAY BOMB IN PARLIAMENT 1--Ontario teamsters' strike ends after 14 weeks. 4--Willie Mays hits 512nd home run to break National League record. 5--Montreal Canadiens win Stanley Cup, beating Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in overtime in sixth game. 6--Ian Brady, 28, and Myra Hindley, 23, get life for "moors murder' in England. 7--Kauai King wins Ken- tucky Derby. &--Last performance at old Metropolitan Opera House in New York. 9--China detonates third nu- clear device. Quebec civil servants strike. 14--Everton beats Sheffield 3-2 to win English Football Association Cup. 15--British seamen's strike begins. Edmonton Oil Kings defeat Oshawa Generals 2-1 in sixth game of junior hockey finals to win Memorial Cup. 16--Drumheller Miners beat Sherbrooke Beavers 5-0 in sixth game of senior hockey ° final for Allan Cup. 18--Paul Joseph Chartier, 45, blown up by bomb he had brought into House of Com- mons and was fusing in wash- room. 136 survivors of Philip- pines steamer Cebu, missing two days, found on island. 21--Cassius Clay knocks out Henry Cooper in sixth round in London to retain world heavyweight title. Kauai King wins Preakness Stakes. 26--Guyana (formerly Brit- ish Guiana) celebrates inde- viously believed dead, 'sneok in Munich by Toronto Star reporter Robert Reguly, says she was frequent companion of Pierre Sevigny, associate defence minister in Diefen- baker government, denies she ever spied; Sevigny says he knew her socially. 12--Bobby Hull of Chicago Black Hawks scores 5ist goal in 4-2 victory over New York, V 27 -- Canada Conference of Evangelical United Brethren approves plan for union with United Church 30--Election in Prince Ed- ward Island gives Liberals and Conservatives 15 seats each, vote postponed in two others. Graham 'Hill wins In- dianapolis 500-mile auto race at 144.317 m.p.h. in Lola Ford. $1--Buddhist girl burns her- anne INQUIRY and Mrs. _ Pierre Seclgny (left) leave a ses- sion of an inquiry by Mr. self to death in South Viet- nam, third immolation in three days. JUNE JOHNSON WINS QUEBEC 1--President de Valera of Ireland re-elected for seven- year term. Dr. G. Deane Johnson, 57, acclaimed mod- erator of Presbyterian Church in Canada. 2 -- Surveyor I spacecraft makes soft landing on moon and begins transmitting pho- tographs. Siamese twin girls born to Mr. and. Mrs. Leonard McGee of Guelph, Ont. 3--Revised federal constitu- ency boundaries made public. 4--Amberoid wins Belmont Stakes, Kauai King fourth. 5--Daniel Johnson's Union Nationale defeats Jean Le- eage's Liberals in Quebec election: UN 56, Lib. 50, Ind. 2. 6 -- James Meredith, 33, wounded by shotgun fired from ambush on highway mear Hernando, Miss., while leading civil rights march. NATO leaders decide to move headquarters to Brussels. 7--Twenty-six union mem- bers convicted of breaching anti - picketing injunction at Tilco Plastics Ltd., Peterbor- ough, Ont., in February. Presbyterian Church votes 133-72 in favor of ordination of women. $~Tornado causes $100,000,- 000 damage in Kansas. 1l--Dave Bailey of Toronto ybecomes first Canadian to break four-minute mile, plac- ing third at San Diego, Calif., meet in 3:59.1. 13--Ronald Ivan MacDonald fined $500 at Port Arthur, Ont., for impersonating qual- ified psychologist. Western Ontario farmers stage first tractor parade demanding more money for milk. 15--Quebec dock strike ends after 39 days. 16 -- Mediation averts St. Lawrence Seaway strike. Two oil tankers collide in New York harbor, killing 20. 19--Three killed in Presi- dent's Cup speedboat races at Washington. Comedian Ed Wynn, 79, dies: 20--Russia's largest wheat purchase from Canada--$800,- 000,000 over three years--an- nounced. President de Gaulle visits Moscow. Billy Casper wins U.S. open golf title. 21 -- Indonesian Congress confirms Gen. Suharto in power; President Sukarno re- duced to status of figurehead. 22--Senator Keith Davey ac- cepts commissionership of Ca- nadian Football League. 23--Duff Roblin's Conserva- tive government returned in Manitoba with reduced ma- jority: PC 31, Lib. 14, NDP 11, Social Credit 1. 25--Titled Hero ridden by Avelino Gomez wins Queen's Plate. 27 -- Russian parliamen- tarians led by Dmitry Poly- ansky begin 10-day visit to Canada. JULY THE SPENCER REPORT 1--British dock strike ends. France withdraws from NATO military command. 4 -- Two hurl missiles at Queen's car as she tours. Bel- fast, 5 -- Busher Jackson, who died June 25, and Fred (Bun) Cook elected to Hockey Hall of Fame. 8 -- Air mechanics' strike halts five U.S. airlines. Eleven staff members of This Hour Has Seven Days leave or are dismissed by CBC. 9--Namu, the captive killer whale, dies at Seattle. Jack Nicklaus wins British open golf championship. 1ll--Alex Campbell's Liber- als oust Conservatives in P.E.1. wining two delayed voting to break 15-15 deadlock. Gen. A. G. L. Me- Naughton, 79, dies. 12--William Verity lands in Ireland after crossing Atlantic in 68 days in 12-foot sloop. 14 -- Eight student nurses murdered in Chicago apart- ment; Richard Speck is later charged, Steelworkers strike Justice Spence into the Gerda Munsinger scandal, At right is Miss Jacqueline Delorme of Montreal, a at International at Sudbury, Ont. 15 -- Parliament adjourns after 117 sitting days. Seven thousand non-medical workers strike at 21 Quebec hospitals. Rear-Admiral William Landy- more says he has been dis- missed from command of sea operations for oppositig armed forces unification. 16--Lt.-Gen. Jean V. Allard succeeds Air Chief Marshal Frank R. Miller as chief of Canadian defence staff. 17--Jim Ryun, 19, Univer- sity of Kansas student, sets mile record of 3:51.3 at Ber- keley, Calif. 18--International Court dis- misses complaints by Ethiopia and Liberia against South Af- rica's imposition of apartheid in South-West Africa. Quebec hospital strike expands, 32,500 out at 139 hospitals. Astro- nauts aboard Gemini 10 space capsule successfully dock with orbiting rocket. 19--State of emergency pro- claimed in Cleveland during race riots. 20--Prime Minister Wilson announces six - month wage and price freeze in Britain. 23--Golfer Tony Lema, wife and two others die in plane crash. 25--British House of Com- mons votes to nationalize steel industry. Martine van Hamel of Toronto wins junior class of international ballet com- petition in Bulgaria. 26 -- Mr. Justice Dalton Wells's report says Liberal government acted justly in dismissing alleged spy George Victor Spencer. 29 -- Civil servants' strike ends in Quebec after 12 weeks. 30--England beats Germany 4-2 in overtime to win soccer World Cup. AUGUST GOLD IN JAMAICA 1--Charles Joseph Whitman, 24, kills 15 and wounds 31 be- fore being shot by police in University of Texas tower, Austin. 4 -- Quebec hospital strike ends after 20 days. 5 -- Canadian swim team sets world 44-yard freestyle relay record of 4:10.8 at Brit- ish Empire Games in Ja- maica. Nickel Co. seats in 4 UNIQUE REVIEW -- A best-selling book by. Isabel LeBourdais™ (left) on the murder conviction of Ste- ven Truscott, whose par- POOL wemeng ee = ert friend of the Sevignys and the German playgirl. (CP Photo) 6--Luci Baines Johnson, 18, marries Patrick Nugent, 22. Harry Jerome wins B.E. Games 100-yard dash in 9.4. Inco workers vote to end strike. 9 -- Elaine Tanner, 15, of Vancouver, sets world 220- yard butterfly record of 2:29.9 at B.E. Games. 10--Ottawa's bridge collapses, construction workers; die, 57 injured. 12--Three British detectives shot to death while question- ing occupants of car near Wormwood Scrubs prison. 13 -- Joseph Papp, 33, of Montreal is found off French coast, claiming to have crossed Atlantic in nuclear submarine he built. 15--New York Herald Trib- une closes down after 114-day strike. 19--U.S. airline strike ends after 43 days. Earthquake in eastern Turkey kills 2,000. Georges Lemay, 41, Montreal bank burglary suspect, ar- rested in Las Vegas, Nev. 21 -- Gilles Gregoire, Cred- itiste MP, elected president of separatist Ralliement na- tional of Quebec. 24 -- Retired judge Ivan Rand gives federal cabinet report criticizing Ontario Su- preme Court Justice Leo Lan- dreville's dealings in North- ern Ontario Natural Gas shares. 26--CPR and CNR opera- tions halted by strike of 110,- 000. Heron Road burying nine SEPTEMBER VERWOERD SLAIN 1 -- Parliament in emer- gency session orders railway workers back to work. Thant announces he won't run for second term as UN secretary-general. 3 Kenneth Leishman, Winnipeg gold thief, recap- tured at Gary, Ind., with three others after escaping Sept. 1. Capt. John Ridgeway, 27, and Sgt. Shaw Blythe, 26, complete rowboat crossing of Atlantic in 92 days. 4 -- Gary Cowan of Kit- chener, Ont., wins U.S. ama- teur golf crown. 6--Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd of South Africa as- sassinated in House of As- sembly by Dmitri Tsafendas, later confined 'as insane. 8--Joey Smallwood returned ibe: ents are shown with Mrs. LeBourdais, resulted in the federal cabinet asking the Supreme Court of Canada te determine whether there "ment arbitration bill in 'ada don PC 3. Finance Minister s My arp announces postpone- of national M patical insurance until July 1, 1968. Saska legisla- ture passes compulsory labor emergency session. 9 -- Rhodesian High Court says Premier Ian Smith's pc agen is illegal but -- be obeyed because it is effective instrument of Church of Can- principles of un- ith Anglican Church. 12--Premier W. A. C. Ben- nett's Social Credit govern- ment re-elected in B.C. with 33 seats to 16 NDP and six Liberals. CNR and CPR an- nounce 10 - per - cent freight- rate increase. 13--John Vorster becomes -- minister of South Af- . bay) 104; te -- Commonwealth prime ministers' conference issues -- to Rhodesian re- 16. -- Mounties. discontinue equestrian training for re- cruits. 17--McGee siamese twins surgically separated; Sherri Lee dies, Crystal Ann sur- vives. 19--Liberals win three fed- eral byelections. Peterborough Petes win Mann Cup senior lacrosse title four games to one over Vancouver Carlings. 26--Dalton Camp, Progres- sive Conservative national président, calls for reapprai- sal of John Diefenbaker's leadership. 1 -- Schwere Green Gaels defeat New Westminster Salmonbellies four games to two to win Minto Cup and junior lacrosse championship. 22--Bazooka shell explodes outside Cuban Embassy in Ot- tawa. 23--Mr. Justice Spence's re- port says John Diefenbaker, as prime minister, mishan- died Munsinger sex - and - se- curity case; should have fired Pierre Sevigny. 28--Premier Bennett bans overtime for government de- partments and Crown agen- cies in B.C. Argentine nation- alists force airliner to land in Falkland Islands in support of their claim to British posses- sion. 29--Pay increases of 13.8 per cent announced for armed forces. Eight arrested as $3,- 600,000 worth of heroin seized at Montreal. 30 -- Botswana (formerly Bechuanaland) attains inde- pendence from Britain. Lord Thomson bids for control of The Times of London. OCTOBER TRUSCOTT TESTIFIES 1--Albert Speer, Nazi arma- ments minister, and Baldur von Schirach, head of Hitler Youth movement, released from prison after 20 years. 2--Don Massengale, 29, of Dallas, wins Canadian open golf championship at Vancou- ver. 4 -- Lesotho (formerly Ba- sutoland) gains independence from Britain. $--Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reverses conviction of Jack Ruby for 1964 murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. 6--Steven Truscott, 21, tells Supreme Court hearing he did ii @ - year + old Lynne Harper in 1959. Quebec and Newfoundland announce agreement clearing way for development of Churchill Falls hydro power in Labra- or. 7--Collision between school bus and CNR train at Dorion, Que., kills bus driver and 19 children, Prime Minister Pearson announces J. Al- phonse Ouimet, 58, will retire had been a miscarriage of justice. The court's verdict is expected later this winter, ame 1-0. 13--Nobel Prize for medi- che goes to Dr. Peyton Rous, 85, of New York, and Dr. Charles Huggins, 65, formerly of Halifax, now of 14--Bishops announce that Canadian Roman Catholics may if they wish eat meat on Fridays. Rowboat Puffin found empty in Atlantic, no sign of David Johnstone and John Hoare who started cross- ing May 21. 17--C. Powell Morgan, cen- tral figure in investigation of collapse of Atlantic Accept- ance Corp., dies at 57 in Tor- onto. 18--Britain agrees to buy 8,000 to 11,500 tons of Cana- dian uranium, Elizabeth Ar- den, Canadian-born cosmetics queen, dies at 85. 21 -- Coal mine slagheap slides over school and 17 houses in Aberfan, Wales, kill- ing 198 children and 28 adults. 22 -- Double agent George Blake, 44, sentenced to 42 years, reported to have es- caped from prison in London. Dr. Hewlett Johnson, "Red" pale of Canterbury, dies at 2 23--Marlene Streit of Tor- onto wins individual honors. in women's amateur world golf championships at Mexico City with 289. 25--Ontario Appeals Court upholds convictions of 26 un- ionists for contempt in picket- ing Tilco Plastics plant in Peterborough. 27 -- Communist China an- nounces fourth nuclear explo- sion, bomb delivered by mis- sile accurately over 600 miles. UN General Assembly votes to end South Africa's mandate over South-West Africa. ern Italy, submerging Flor- ence and Venice; damage es- timated at $2,500,000,000 as 100 drown. Montreal-Moscow air service begins. 7--Eight Hindus die in. dian riots over slaughter of sacred cows. 8--Republicans make gains in off-year U.S. congressional elections; Ronald Reagan elected California governor. 1i--Canada elected to two- year term on UN Security Council. 13--Israeli forces raid three Jordanian villages. George Knudson wins individual hon- ylo3 wee dng epeueDg ul s10 tournament in Japan. 14 -- Air Canada planes grounded by machinists' strike. 15--Harry Roberts nabbed in manhunt and charged in murder of three British po- licemen. 16 -- Progressive Conserva- tives at national convention in Ottawa vote for leadership convention in 1967. 17--UN General Assembly calls on Britain to end Rho- desia's rebellion, using force if necessary. 23--External Affairs Minis- ter Martin speaks at UN in favor of China's admission. 25--Riots break out in Van- couver on eve of Grey Cup game. 26 -- Saskatchewan Rough- riders win first Grey Cup, de- one Ottawa Rough Riders +14 23 Air Canada resumes service after machinists' strike. 28--Coroner's jury blames ©. J. Gaffney Lid. and M. M. Dillon Ltd. for Aug. 10 col- lapse of Heron Road bridge in Ottawa. Thirty - two die when freighter Daniel J. Mor- rell sinks in Lake Huron. "Joseph B. Brien, insolvent Pruden' Corp., arrested on theft, for- gery and uttering charges. UN reappoints U Thant as secretary - general for five- $--Smith regime in Rhode- sia rejects Britain's final of-. fer of reconciliation before seeking UN sanctions. Portu- guese authorities order visi- tors out of Macao after Chi- nese riot. 7 -- Saskatchewan sets royal commission to in gate rising prices on Prairies. 8 -- B.C. lon g shoremen's stribs ends after three weeks. Greek fe' Heraklion sinks in Aegean; 213 drown, 49 sur- vive. COMMONS approves medical insurance plan. 10--Ken Weis reaches New Zealand in 20 - foot sailboat after six-month voyage from Vancouver. : 12--U.S. Supreme Court up- holds Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa's jury - tampering con- viction and eight-year sen tence. 14 -- U.S. admits boi military targets in ming Spain approves new constitu- tion by referendum. 15--Walt Disney dies at 65. 19--UN General Assembly approves treaty banning 'weapons in space. Federal maint eadeet raises Canadian sales tax, old - age security tax. 20--House of Commons at Ottawa passes pensions sup- plement bill. 21--Eight children die in -sand truck collision near indsor, Ont. By DAVE McINTOSH OTTAWA (CP)--The Battle of Unification began in ear- nest in 1966 and the heavy engagements are expected to last well into 1967. It appeared certain that De- fence Minister Paul Hellyer would win the day--after all, he had the full panoply of government behind him--but not until well into next sum- mer, The Conservatives have given every indication that they will battle the bill to unify the armed forces every step of the way and the legis- lation may have a long and rocky passage through the Commons defence committee. Mr. Hellyer was riding the crest with the greatest of ease until mid-1966 with his policy, begun in 1964, to integrate the Ottawa headquarters of the three services and the various commands in the field. In July, military advisers that he in- tended to proceed with the hext step, unification. Essen- tially, unification means plac- ing all servicemen in one uni- form with a common rank structure. What happened then is not clear because none of the principals at headquar- ters here has spoken publicly about it. TOP BRASS OUT But the upshot was a whole- sale cleaning out of the armed forces' top command, unpre- cedented in Canadian history. The chief of defense staff, the vice-chief, the chief of tech- nical services, the chief of personnel and the comptroller- general all departed. One man refused to go quietly. Rear-Admiral William Landymore, 50, chief of Mari- time Command, which in- cludes sea and air units on both coasts, was dismissed for his opposition to unification and three days later stated why. Up to that point, the opposi- tion to unification had been underground in the armed forces and scattered. After Admiral Landymore criticized unification as a waste of money and bad for morale and efficiency, oppo- sition began to form in Parl- jiament and in civvy street where a non-political group known as the Tri - Serv- ice Identities Organiza- tion (TRIO) was formed. Mr. Hellyer introduced his unification bill in the Com- mons Nov. 4. It gives the name Canadian Armed Forces to the combined services. BRIEF ALTERED The Conservatives fought. a spirited but unsuccessful cam- paign to have the bill sent to the defence committee for study before it is given second reading -- approval in prin- ciple. By year's end, second reading still appeared far in the future. What made the Conserv- atives and other opposition MPs particularly angry was that Mr. Hellyer had caused changes to be made in Ad- miral Landymore's brief pre- pared for presentation to the committee in June. Mr. Hellyer argued that a minister has the constitutional (CP Photo) he told his top . vants to conform with govern- ment policy. The Conservatives agreed with this but said Mr. Hellyer had also had facts changed in Admiral Landymore's pre- pared brief. Prime Minister Pearson said other officers as well as Admiral Landymore could be recalled before the committee. This raises the prospect of a long investigation of other officers to find out whether their briefs to the committee were changed, too. Mr. Hellyer made some con- cessions in his unification bill. For instance, servicemen may retain their old rank insignia and titles if they wish even after the bill is proclaimed law. NUMBERS DECLINE It will be nearly five years before all servicemen are out- fitted with the new uniform. Trials are scheduled to begin next summer. Officers and other ranks will wear the same type of uniform. Though unification was the main issue in the defence department as far as the pub- lic was concerned, Mr. Hell- yer faced even tougher prob- lems than this. Big savings had been achieved in the department, but mainly through a drop in the manpower strength of the armed forces. In March, 1962, the strength of the armed forces stood at 126,474 and when Mr. Hellyer took over the defence portfolio in April, 1963, it. was 123,694, One of the objects of inte- gration was to reduce strength by some 10,000 men. But by September, 1966, the strength was down to 104,449 or some 9,000 fewer than the depart- ment wanted. Late in the year, there was some indication that the downward trend had been reversed, partly because of a two-year, 13.8 - per - cent pay es announced in Octo- er. WEAPON COSTS RISE The loss of some 19,000 Hellyer Tipped As Victor In Long Unification Fight servicemen in three years meant savings of nearly $100,- 000,000. On top of this, there were administrative savings of perhaps $50,000,000. But: this has not meant a cut in the defence budget, which will go up in 1967-68 for the third year in a row. The reason for this is that costs of weapons and equip- ment have risen more quickly and higher than originally estimated. It also costs more to pay and house servicemen. In 1964-65, defence expendj- tures amounted to $1,536,000,- 000.They rose to $1,548,000,000 in 1965-66 and to an estimated $1,573,000,000 in 1966-67. The defence department is allowed an annual increase of two to 3% per cent to cover higher costs. Thus the defence budget in 1967-68 is likely to be' in the neighborhood of $1,628,000,000. Mr. Hellyer's plans to re- duce housekeeping costs have been upset two years in @ row. BONUSES OFFERED In 1965-66, he had to allocate $27,500,000 for re-engagement bonuses to try to stop the exo- dus from the armed forces. In the current fiscal year, he had planned to reduce costs of housekeeping -- per- sonnel, operations and main- tenance--by. some $53,000,000. The pay increase sent this saving out the window, even though men living in barracks now are charged for board and room. In 196748, the pay increase bg require an extra $85,300,- All of this has meant a missed objective of spending a higher proportion of the defence budget on new weap- ons and equipment. In 1965-66,\ the proportion spent on weapons was 13 per cent, the lowest in recent history, The intended propor- tion in the current fiscal year ending March 31, 1967, is 17 per. cent. The long-term ob- jective had been 20 or 25 per cent, Miefenbaker, Truscott Named Top Canadian By THE CANADIAN PRESS John Diefenbaker's. political battles and Steven Truscott's fight to clear his name of a murder conviction made them the top Canadian news figures of 1966 in the judgment of news editors voting in a Canadian news figures of 1966 in the judg- ment of news editors voting in a Canadian Press poll. The 71-year-old Mr. Diefen- baker, whose Conservative lead- ership tribulations and_en- tanglement in the Gerda Mun- singer scandal made a long string of front-page stories, was the No. 1 personality. He out- polled everybody by a wide margin in leading the category of those in public life. Young Truscott, tenced to News Figures Bourdais cast a widely-publi- cized cloud over the conviction. The issue is still before the court. SMITH RANKS FIRST Embattled Prime Minister Ian Smith of Rhodesia, who de- fied the United Kingdom gov- ernment and the United Nations over his country's independ- ence, was voted the most news- worthy world personality. He nosed out 'President Lyndon Johnson of the United States, The selections were made by editors representing CP mem- ber newspaper and radio and television stations served by Broadcast News Ltd., a CP sub- sidiary. life in 1959 at the age of 14 for the rape-killing of 12-year-old Lynne Harper near Clinton, Ont., gained the top rating among those not in political life by the unprecedented Supreme Court of Canada rehearing of right to require public ser- his case. A book by Isabel Le- WHITE IS RIGHT The only horse regularly ap- pearing on TV's Pistols 'N' Pet- ticoats is the white mount Comet of good - guy Harold Sikes,