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2 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesdey, December 6, 1961 GOOD EVENING | By JACK GEARIN (This is the first of two articles on Oshawa's 'controversial King street railway tracks.. Although the tracks have been a bone of contention for more than 25 years, no formal application was made by the City to the Board of Tr t Commi to have them removed until early this year.. second article will appear at an early date.) GIFFORD FOUGHT FOR TRACKS' REMOVAL Ex-Mayor Lyman Gifford did a prodigious amount of work behind the scenes to have the tracks removed, especially in the three-year period that concluded in December, 1960 -- together with City Solicitor E. G, rs The McNeely, he held several meetings in Ottawa between September 30 and December 15, 1960, with J. W. G. McDougall, senior solicitor for the CNR. It. was as a result of these conferences that Mr. Gifford moved at the last meeting of City Council in 1960 that the City make application to the Board of Transport Commissioners for a diversion of the King street CNR tracks to another area. This motion was passed and an application was made by the City early this year as requested above. This was the first formal applicatoin made by the City for the removal of the King street tracks, despite lengthy negotiations behind the scene. Mr, Gifford told Council that there was no hope for action without the co-op- eration and support of the railway company. He also said that the CNR ready to go along with the City "100 per cent," if the City took a proach. Mr. Gifford said that as a result of a meeting with the CNR (Alderman Brady and Mr. McNeely, the City solicitor were also pres- ent), the spokesman for the railway company indi- cated that the CNR want- i ed action on the removal of the tracks and that the company would like City Council to make the required application to the Board. Mr. McNeely said that under The Railway Act, the CNR may abandon part of its line or operate with the consent of the Board, but the company would have to prove loss in operation. Under the Act, he added, the City could apply to the Board for diversion of the tracks. He felt it might be difficult to argue that the complete removal of the tracks would be a diversion; however, the railway company would come back with a proposal as to how they might divert the tracks, even away from the pres- ent tracks, and the Board may take the view that this was a diversion. He said that even if the Board thinks that it has no power to grant a diversion, the company may make application to abandon the King street line. One of the great bones of contention in this dispute is the declining use of the King street tracks by the three City firms involved. There is even a difference of opinion on Council about this matter, but it is difficult to ignore some of the official CNR yearly figures, for these tracks which are: 1949 - 1951 1954 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 119 1961 - 92 (to end of Nov.) The City sent a draft of a proposed brief (for the track's removal) to the Transport Board in September, 1960. It was never published, but pretty generally it pointed out that King street was a main traffic artery and business sector where parking was difficult because of the tracks. The tracks were not only a serious nuisance and inconvenience to the public and the municipality gener- ally, it created a bad impression on visitors. Derailments blocked auto traffic, although freight déliveries were usually made at off-peak hours--auto traffic must be stopped in one or two directions while switching is on. The near-accidents on King street because of the tracks have been too numerous to mention was certain ap- LYMAN GIFFORD 710 cars 523 380 317 191 221 139 " LITTLE NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE Rarely does a presiding judge commend a defence counsel from the bench for his presentation of a case. This honor was bestowed on Donald B. Dodds, an Osh- awa lawyer recently, when his client, John Ryan, of Oshawa, was found not guilty of wounding by a jury after a three-hour deliberation period in County Court at Whitby. Judge Wesley Lane, however, felt that the jury had made a mistake, as did Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck, who called the jury's finding, "the most per- verse verdict I ever heard." . . . Thomas McLaughlin, former City industrial commissioner, sends a Christmas card from the Barbados, where he is manager of the Government-operated Barbados Development Board . . . Kenneth Gillard, of Oshawa, who died Sunday from in- juries suffered in a motor accident, was a former presi- dent of the Dry Cleaners and Launderers Institute of On- tario. .He kept pace with the latest developments in the industry (such as self-serve dry cleaning) by frequent attendance at conventions in Canada and the U.S. Five Diplomats Indicted On Spy Charges CAITO (AP) -- Five French jthese subjects "for the interest |of France." | "The assassination of Presi- dent Nasser was among their means toward their intended | goal," said the indictment. The |French government has re- | jected the charges, calling them propaganda. The mission members are | Today, diplomats accused of spying and plotting to overthrow President Nasser's regime were formally indicted Tuesday. Four of the diplomats, mem- bers of the French property mission in Cairo were arrested here Nov. 24. The fifth, Chris- tian Daumale, an official of the French foreign ministry, is liv- ing in Paris. The indictment issued by the state security prosecution and published by the Middle East mews agency charged the five with trying to harm the United Arab Republic's military, eco- nomic and political system and with gathering information on Andre Mattei, 51, head of the mission, Jean Paul Francois Bellevier, 33, Henri Pierre Ed- ouard Mouton, 44, and Andre Miquel. The Middle East news agency quoted officials as saying the prosecution would seek life sen- tences. CLASH WITH POLICE NAPLES, Italy (AP) -- Sub- urban factory workers demand- ing cheaper bus and tram fares clashed with police Monday in Skirmishing that stretched from {morning to night. At least 34 'persons were hurt. \ WILL HOST MEETING Major General Sir Julian Alvery Gascoigne, above, is Governor of Bermuda, Brit- | ish island possession where | President Kennedy and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of Britain plan to confer Dec. | 3 Countries Give --e Air Power To UN Canadian Force By JOSEPH MacSWEEN UNITED NATIONS (CP)--An air arm of 15 or 16 jet planes from three countries provides the aerial sting for the United Nations force in The Congo. This was the total air power that acting Secretary - General U Thant had to draw upon Tues-| day when he ordered jet planes to Katanga province "to sup-| port ground operations and to) destroy any aircraft taking hos- tile action against any United Nations positions." UN information officers at headquarters in New York, pleading security instructions, were reticent in giving details of air strength in The Congo but} from delegation sources a pic- ture emerged | India, Sweden and Ethiopia' |WEATHER FORECAST | Liberal MPs 'Pounce On TORONTO (CP) -- Ontario's liquor laws got another going jover Tuesday in the legislature. | the legislature calls for broad Liberal members pounced on! reorganization of the Ontaric the liquor rules -- which they jtermed "'nonsensical"' and '"'hy- |pocritical"'--during a two-hour | trict courts. County court judges) jstorm that blew up unexpect-| would wield greater powers, :n-| jedly over the unassuming esti-| cluding the authority to hear di- mates of the travel and public-|yorce cases, lity department. The report also calls for a new | The department's estimates,. office, chief judge of the county ja mere $2,235,000 item in what) and district courts, as part of a is expected to be a billion-dollar-|plan to spread the work load plus budget, still hadn't re-|more evenly among the judges.) 'Court Reorganization ' Liquor Laws Called For In Ontario TORONTO (CP) -- A govern-jon the conduct of a case nowjcentres other than the district ment report tabled Tuesday in require the ruling of a regular|seat in certain cases. Mr. Silk Supreme Court judge. 3. Basic revision of the tar- jcourt system, extending the ju- iffs of legal costs. Mr. Silk sug-|in Timmins, with an area pop- |risdiction of the country and dis-|gested a schedule of costs ap-|Ulation of some 41,000 and about, licable to specific types of|?? P p Ae Itrict of Cochrane, with a popu- \lation of 4,400 and one or twe cases could close the gap be- tween costs involved in county court and high court actions. 4. Creation of aseparate bench of judges for the family and juvenile courts. 5. A system of provincially- (Canadian Oil Firm ! Orders New Tanker TORONTO (CP)--Canadian Oil Companies Lid. announces that jit has ordered a new $2,500,000 tanker to be brought into ser- vice next August. The tanker is to be built by Canadian Shipbuilding and En- gineering Co Ltd. of Colling- wood, Ont. and will have a carrying capacity of 51,000 bar- 15 lawyers, as well as in the dis-|rels of gasoline. gives as an example of conven- ience a proposal to hold. courts DANS $8 peyrall yéur bills lawyers. This would cut out a journey of 70 miles to Cochrane court by Timmin< residents. WOULD CUT BACKLOG 9. A review of procedure and |ceived approval when the house| The recommendations on|4Ppointed division court judges. facilities in the Toronto area} | residence adjourned. | Elmer Sopha (L -- Sudbury)| 3 ¢ J , led the assault on the "'silly,|¢Stabilshment of a chief judge|bitrators of high calibre" to stupid, hypocritical liquor | Would require federal govern-|serve in such functions as labor laws," advising Travel Minister Ment action. conciliation, police commissions Cathcart that the regulations) The 144-page report, tabled by 2" government inquiries, jwill either keep tourists away|Attorney - General Kelso Ro- Such a panel would be com- from Ontario or turn them into|berts, was. compiled by Assist-|posed of university professors, criminals. ant Deputy Attorney - General|lawyers, businessmen or civ Eric H. Silk a'ter more than 50| servants. FORCED TO BREAK LAW [public hearings throughout On-| 7. Establishment of periodic] "You're making honest citi-|tario in the last 10 months. Mr.|"'schools" for court officials--| zens break the law and turning|Silk also studied procedure out-|registrars, clerks, sheriffs, ma- them into bootleggers,"" Mr. So-| side Ontario. gistrates, justices of the peace-- are to be held at Government pha said. 'Visitors are not g0-| yop to instruct new appointees and House, Gascoins'e hemor ing to become abstainers sim-| ig Rpts og recom. Conduct "refresher" courses. near the island's 'ply because they're visitors. mendations are designed "'to re- - mn oe ee Ontario would have a tough duce legal costs and render the : Bandit Gets $3,000 --(AP_Wirephoto) /time selling itself as a haven of|ciyil courts. more accessible to The report also recommends From Credit Union | rest, relaxation and recreation|those having occasion to until it "put aside some of our! them." puritanical sentiment in this the following measures to. VANCOUVER (CP)--A ban-| streamline legal procedure in git escaped with an estimated! the province: $3,000 from a credit unio province," An increase in the mone-|Tuesday night after telling the - tary jurisdiction of county|menager his wife and two chil-| jcourts from the present limits|dren were being held hostage| provided the jet aircraft and pi- Given Work Out: $1,000 and $1,200 to $2,500./and would be killed by drug ad-| Oe sr Me Vn. sores ane, in ; ,.|This would remove the delay|dict acc ices if anything! some cases at least, the person- OTTAWA (CP) -- Canada's|and additional costs involved iets wee hy Maga nel for servicing them on the United Nations standby force Sitaking such civil actions to) [an Colterjohn, 30, said the ground. All are armed with 20-| getting a workout. higher courts. bandit entered the suburban millimetre cannon and fitted to' Nearly 900 army personnel! 9 Vesting county and district) North Vancouver office, pro- carry rockets. and 20 aircraft of the RCAF S| court judges, as local judges of|duced a gun, ordered him to Indis has supplied six British Air Transport Command are|the Supreme Court, with juris-\call in three other office em- built twin - engined Canberra|taking part in a joint tuning-up/ diction in all interlocutory mat-|ployees and herded all four into jets. An Indian source said he exercise called Qui Vive II. vesting divorce authority in| 6. Establishment by legisla- i ill 21 and 22. Talks, on cold war problems including Berlin, | use county court judges and on the/tion of a panel o° "imperial ar-| Pe ' ; jtions without trial. jtrial. 8. Holding court sittings in|, with the aim o° reducing. the backlog of cases. 10. In addition, the report ree- ommends extension of pre-trial procedure and examinations! efore a Supreme Court judge) in chambers with the aim of reaching settlement in civil ac- LOANS to'eomplete the down payment on a home LOANS for car or home repairs LOANS to buy the things you and your family want and need NOW without LOANS for any 'purpose | 11. Replacement of the sys-| tem of appealing a magistrate's| decision by means of a full- scale repeat trial in a higher! court with a straight appeal| based on the record of the first! 12, Extension of the activities| Crown attornevs beyond) criminal hearings. The report urges a review of the practice of having police act as prose- cutors in magistrate's court, calling attention particularly to} the importance of cases involy- ing traffic offences. 200 Per Cent Rise In Syphillis Cases CHICAGO (AP)--Two physic-| ians reported Tuesday that pri- mary and secondary cases of syphilis increased 200 per cent in the United States the last five years. Dr. Nicho'as J. Fiumara, di- EXAMPLES OF LOANS Monthly Payments j $22.00 You Receive $506.94 $1,526.72 | $60.00 $2,500.00 | $98.25 Larger amounts and many other plans to suit your budget $50 ». $5000 without endorsers or bonkable security SUPERIOR The 'FINANCE ters. Such pre-trial legal issues{a vault. rector of the division of com- didn't know whether at present exercise began Monday |---- the planes are actually armedjand will conclude Dec. 17, the| INTERPRETING T. with rockets since ammunition| defence department says. The ist battalion, Royal 22nd) HE NEWS __.|municable and venereal dis- jeases of the Massachusetts de-! |partment of public health, and |Dr. William J Brown, chief of The Fastest Growing All Canadian Loan Compnay Superior Finance, Ltd. would be determined by the UN command. Regiment, is the unit which Reports from Elisabethville| Canada keeps in readiness for said six Swedish jets were!UN service. based in Kasai province, adja-} The force, based at Camp Val- cent to Katanga, when the fight-| cartier, Que., will be flown from ing began around Elisabethville| Quebec City to Downsview, Ont. Tuesday. Some sources here put|to prepare for dispatch to a hy- the number at five. They are|pothetical UN theatre at Bagot- Swedish-built J-29s. ville, Que. By HAROLD MORRISON Canadian Press Staff Writer | United States authorities | greatly admire the work, sin- jcerity and fortitude of Conor | Cruise O'Brien but they suggest |his charges against Britain and |France may be a bit out of| focus with the facts in_ the {Congo war against rebellious |Katanga province. | That is why, officially, the , |U.S. remains silent on the ac-| the 44-year - old |cusations of |Irishman who charged the Brit- ish and French governments with frustraitng the United Na- tions effort to tame mineral-) rich Katanga and force it to) submit to the rule of the central Congolese administration. American authorities feel that) |perhaps Britain and France jcould have done more to help end the Katanga struggle; that perhaps they may be guilty of "sins of omission."' But in gen- eral the U.S. has no complaint lof the propriety of British- French opera tions in The Congo. While there is a great deal o sympathy for O'Brien in Ameri- can quarters, there also is a jview O'Brien may not have) ha! co * 4 a? CAI <i "HATTERAS a DH « MILDER IN THE EAST t| | London |Toronto .. | Cloudy And Sno Thursday Forecasts issued by the Tor- onto weather office at 4:30 a.m:} Synopsis: A weak disturbance centred southwest of Lake Su- perior is expected to move east- ward today Showers and snow- flurries are forecast for regions neighboring Georgian Bay and northern Lake Huron, Skies will cloud over across the remain- der of the province, Colder air} will move into Southern Ontario | Thursday Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie, southern Lake Huron, Lake On- tario, Niagara regions, Windsor, London, Hamilton, Toronto: Sunny, clouding over this after- 'noon. Cloudy with a 'few snow- flurries tonight and Thursday. A little milder today, turning col- der Thursday. 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