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10 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Pridey, August 7, 1959 935 FEET EXCAVATED New Tunnel Planned Under St. Bernard Pass | By RODERICK McKELVIE MARTIGNY, Switzerland , (Renters)--A 3%-mile tunnel un- der the at St. Bernard Pass in the Alps, to provide a year- round road link between Switzer- land and Italy, is expected to be opened to traffic in the summer of 1961. This estimate was made at a recent ceremony here to mark + the beginning of tunnelling on the Swiss side of the mountain, Work on the Italian side started last year and so far about, 985 feet have been excavated. However, because the workers have met unexpectedly hard rock, progress has been slowed down from 26 and 30 feet a day to little more than six feet a day. When completed, the tunnel will provide an all-weather road route between Aosta, Italy, and Lausanne, Switzerland, and will benefit travellers coming through _ Switzerland from the north and . northwest into Italy. AT HIGH ALTITUDE To shorten the length of the tunnel and thus hasten its com- pletion, it was decided to build it comparatively high up the mountain, starting at an altitude of about 6,200 feet ard making use up to that point of an exist- The road will be improved and given a concrete foundation from the village of Bourg St. Pierre, Switzerland through the tunnel to the village of St. Rhemy, Haly. If necessary, part of it may be covered to ensure that it remains negotiable in winter. The pass normally is blocked by snow from November to May. f The tunnel will be about 32 feet wide, including three - foot sidewalks on either side. There will be emergency areas, each 157 feet long, to allow cars and even trucks with trailers to park or turn around. The entire ventilation system will be automatic and will vary according to the amount of traf- fic and of carbon dioxide from the exhausts. RIVAL ROUTE The total cost of the Swiss side | of the tunnel is estimated at %,-| 500,000 Swiss francs (about $6,-| 360,000). | The tunnel will become a seri-| ous rival to a neighboring one being built under Mont Blanc. This will link France with Italy; through the Chamonix Valley, emergng at Entreves in Italy and, like the great St. Bernard tunnel, converging on Aosta for ing road ever the pass. Turin and Genoa. | | Law Changes In Portugal | By LUIS TEIVES LISBON (Reuters) -- Amend- ments to the constitution recently approved by the Portuguese Na- tional Assembly implement a promise made 10 years ago by Premier Antonio Salazar a' the time of the 1949 presidential elec- tion. He then promised, after the opposition had put up a candi- date for the presidency with the avowed purpose of overthrowing the present regime, that it should . "never again be possible to bring about a constitutional coup d'etat." Under a bill which now has been approved by the National Assembly, the method of election of the president of Portugal, who alone has power to dismiss the government, is changed. In future, instead of being elected by popular vote he will be chosen by an electoral col- lege composed of the members of the National Assembly and of Market Weak For Cheese KINGSTON (CP)--The Kings the corporative chamber--a sort' of upper house -- together with | municipal representatives from each district or overseas prov- ince and representatives of the | legislative councils of overseas provinces. I OTHER PROVISIONS The bill lays down that the | electoral college will meet in its| own right under the president of the National Assembly on the 15th day before the end of each presidential term. { The president continues to serve for seven years. I The 1949 presidential election was the first election in which | there was an opposition candi-| date, the late Gen. Norton de| Matos, since the present regime| was set up in 1926 by a military | revolution led by Marshal Gomes | de Costa. De Matos, claiming the | election would not be free, with-| drew from the contest just before | election day. i Political observers here believe | that "constitutional perpetuity" f of the regime now has been| achieved with the latest changes | to the constitution. With the pres- ident elected by an electoral col- lege, the opposition has far less opportunity, if any at all, to in-| tervene than it had under the old system of direct suffrage. | ton cheese exchange Thursday reported the market weaker and| production decreasing. Offered for sale were 14,692 boxes of cheese. { Independent buyers purchased | 6,490 boxes of first grade white| cheese at 37 13-16 cents-36 11-16 cents a pound and 2,420 boxes of _ first grade colored cheese at 37 5-16-36% cents a pound. Bought by the independent traders were 5,782 boxes of spe- cials. No purchases were made] by the Ontario Cheese Products Co-op 14d. Maj.-Gen. Vanier - Flies To Paris 1080 Vessels Pass Canal PORT COLBORNE (CP) -- Al total of 1,080 cargo ships and| naval vessels navigated the Well- | and Ship Canal in July--an in-| crease of 73 vessels over the June | total. In June, traffic on the| canal was delayed for several| days due to a broken sil! at lock five, Thorold. l Of the July total, 548 vessels] were upbound passages, 357 of | them Great Lakes vessels, 166| ocean - going freighter and 25 naval vessels. The downbound total was 532, with 354 Great LONDON (Reuters) -- Maj. Lakes vessels, 143 ocean ships Gen, George Vanier, Canada's'| _ governor-general designate, left| by air Thursday night with his wife for Paris to visit his ill 85-| year-old mother-in -law. He told| reporters the illness was not ser-| and 35 naval vesels. About 35 vessel navigated the | canal each day, ome ship every] 41 minutes. : ious. 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