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Oshawa Times (1958-), 21 Mar 1962, p. 1

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THOUGHT FOR TODAY There's nothing wrong with having nothing to say -- unless you insist on saying it. Ohe Oshawa Cimes WEATHER REPORT Intermittent rain ending after midnight. Thursday cloudy, clearing partly by afternoon, not much change in temperature. Price Not Over 10 Cents Per Copy OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1962 Ottewa and for payment Authorized os Second Class Mail Post Office Department, THIRTY PAGES of Postage in Cash. VOL, 91--NO. 68 Fear Many Dead Oran ORAN, Algeria (Reuters) -- Heavy shooting broke out in central Oran early this after- noon. Unconfirmed reports said the fighting was between French gendarmes and right- wing terrorists. First reports said many were feared dead ALGIERS -- French soldiers warily patrolled the streets of Algiers today in the face of an ultimatum by the right-wing Se- cret Army Organization to get out of Algeria by Friday "or be shot." Leaflets containing the "dec laration of war" were showered on the soldiers Tuesday night after precision - fired mortar shells from the secret army stronghold of Bab - el - Oued wreaked havoc in the Moslem quarte At least four persons were re- ported killed and 68 were Standing Same After Recount In UAW Votes Gordon J. "Tony" Freeman, former chairman of the Local 222, United Automobile Workers, CLC, election committee and winner of the ninth delegate position to attend the Canadian Labor Congress convention in Vancouver, B.C. will still be at- tending the convention A recount of votes cast for the eighth, ninth and 10th place contestants failed to change the original place standings Patrick McCloskey. 10th place contestant requested the re- count Eighth place winner Alfred J. After Fray wounded in the shelling as vio- lence flared up throughout the territory in the wake of the an- he nouncement Monday of a cease-| fire in the 7-year Algerian war. A total of 30 persons--24 of| them Moslems--were killed and 124 hurt in all of Algeria Tues- day. The mortar shells, fired in what a French officer called a "precision job -- done by ex- perts,"" rained down on a Mos- lem market square just outside the Casbah Moslem district The shelling appeared to be a secret army move to. provoke Moslem rioting and thus draw French troops into action as part of the rightists' last-ditch campaign to keep Algeria French A French officer credited in- surgent agents in the Moslem quarter with frustrating the se- cret army hopes of sparking ¢ riot He said it was thanks to the insurgent leaders '"'that thou- sands of Moslems did not in vade the European quarters looking for révenge."' One of the insurgent agents in the Casbah commented "Even if 1,000 were killed by this European terrorism we still would not be provoked--the fu ture of Algeria is too impor tant." At least 70 Moslems have died and nearly 150 have been wounded by the European ex tremists and French troops since the truce went into -effect at Noon Monday Grim French officials ad mitted that more blood had been shed in Algeria since the cease-fire than in any other 36- hour period in the last five months of intense terrorism While terrorism continued to take its toll in the big coastal cities, nervous French troops in Brisebois: picked up two votes, bringing his total to 2,084 as a result of the recount. Freeman, winner of the so delegate's seat picked up three votes to give him a total of The army charged that the 1,974 and McCloskey picked up Moslems tried to attack Euro- nine, giving him a total of pean settlements and fired on 957. jthe troops first. Counting is continuing today; In the west Algerian city of of the ballots cast to elect 13\Oran, Moslems and Europeans delegates to represent Local 222 fought a blazing gun battle: at the UAW's fourth constitu- along the boulevard separating tional convention in Atlantic the Moslem "new city" from the City, NJ. European quarter. 'Bobby's Vendetta Rapped By Hoffa WASHINGTON (AP)--Jamesj{ain't bad if you can do it--but R. Hoffa said today the Team-'I didn't." sters union he heads has become -- Hoffa, asked about the net a billion-dollar operation and is worth of the Teamsters and the doing fine despite a barrage of ynion's various pension and wel- indictments against him and his/fare funds, put the figure at fellow officials $1,000,000,000 . Hoffa, back from his latest! sorta has about two months bout with the courts, was inter- respite from the Florida court viewed on the maze of federal charges. Arguments have just court actions brought against been made by his lawyers to key Teamsters leaders in United dismiss the indic y " 4 Se ' ictment. They States cities from coe, ©0aSt' succeeded in obtaining dismissal alleging fraud and violence. ¢ an earlier indictment in the There is no question the gov- same cane ernment is spending millions of : dollars of the taxpayers' money The Teamsters chief said he'd to satisfy Bobby's (Attorney- recently 'read a published re F port that he had money stashed General Robert F. Kennedy's) n a vendetta," Hoffa said. 'It's 4Way in bank accounts in Switz. erland and Mexico. costing us money for defence against these charges that we "If they're no closer than should use for collective bar- that, they're not very close are gaining and other union pur- they?"' Hoffa chortled. "I al- poses ways say 'Show me where it is "And what has the govern: 4nd I'll give you half." ment come up with? Nothing." aR HEE as RETURN INDICTMENTS Government prosecutors at least a half-dozen villages in the interior fired Tuesday on Moslem crowds displaying the green and white rebel flag. jcase K FAVORS JOINT SPACE PROGRAM a ea ct *. Tension Rises we: OSHAWA CREEK ICE JAM Board of Works used dyna- | mite and pushed at the ice to- day in an attempt to free the They were on it at press This quarter-mile long ice jam is in the Oshawa Creek, north of Alexandra street. In places, it is piled 10 feet high from the Oshawa clogged creek Nine still working Frondizi Make men time. There were no spectacu- lar explosions for the photog- |Minister Osten Unden and V. K rapher as the direction of the blasts was down ~-Oshawa Times Photo (ne s Deal With Army's Leaders BUENOS AIRES (AP)--Presi-|ence during the night with Gen.;own. banner again in Sunday's of the Soviet Union Arturo Frondizi clung to! Raul Alejandro Poggi, the army] his job today. by making a deal|commander in chief; Admiral with Argentina's armed forces! Agustin R. Penas, chief of naval chiefs to form a coalition cab- operations, and Brig.-Gen. Cayo jnet--half civilian, half military|Antonio Alsina, the air force --and outlaw all political activ-|commander. ity by resurgent Peronists Afterward the government an- 'The crisis eased, for the mo-jnounced in a brief communique ment at least, as the govern-|that the president would form a ment announced that the eight! "cabinet of national unity" after had'consulting today with "the rep- resigned to make way for the resentatives of the democratic new coalition parties and representative insti- Frondizi made peace with the tutions." military in a 40-minute confer-| wonrp RETREAT . Baie arse --, cocloval he Papalia S Case ae austerity program, Postponed Until March 27 which was widely blamed for his election setback His agreement with the mili- tary brought Frondizi through the worst challenge to his hold on the government reins since he took office in May 1958. But ee ee he still faced the reaction of NEW YORK (CP) -- Judge| millions of voters who chalked John M. Cashin of the United up victories for Peronists in States Federal Court Tuesday |sunday's congressional and pro- postponed until March 27 the vincial elections. So far, how of John Papalia, 37, Of/eyer the capital was surpris- Hamilton, Ont., charged with ingly quiet and no major dem- conspiring to smuggle $150,000,-|onctrations were reported. 000 worth of narcotics into the) The military chiefs had ap- United States peared ready to force Frondizi Papalia, who is being held on|oyt and seize control to nullify $250,000 bail, was to have made|the jandslide election wins of his plea Tuesday. He was for-|Peronist forces in 10 provinces mally charged last Friday after! put the United States was re- being turned over to U.S. au- ported to have sent word it} thorities by the RCMP. would cut down or even elimi-| Part of Papalia's 18-month nate-Argentina's share in its Al- prison term on an_ assault) jjance for Progress aid program charge in Toronto was cancelled by the Canadian government so that he could be tried in New York with three other persons brought back from Spain after skipping bail The three, Frank Caruso, Sal vatore Maneri and _ Vincent if the military took over. Britain was also said to have) warned that without a constitu-| Mauro, are alleged to have been ringleaders in the smuggling op- eration. Their bail was set at tional president, Argentina! would become unattractive for) $350,000 each following their re- turn from Spain British investments OUTLAW ACTIVITY Eleven other defendants now are serving prison terms rang- In their new pact, Frondizi and the chiefs of the army, nav ing from five to 25 years. They were found guilty last Dec. 27 and air force also were reported and sentenced Feb, 13 dent civilian cabinet members to have agreed that' 1. All political activity by fol- Juan Peron will be outlawed once again. After being held in check for six.years, Peronists were allowed to run under their elections 2. The government will elimi- called on the three nuclear pow- 'In Arms Talks a test-ban treaty with provision f inspection to pre- GENEVA (CP) Pressure mounted today at the 17-natior disarmament conference for a moratorium on nuclear weapon tests before the United States resumes tssting next month Foreign Ministers Mahmoud Fawzi of the United Arab Re- public, Ketema Yifru of Ethio- pia and U Thi Han of Burma joined in the demands made Tuesday by Swedish Foreign vent cheating Menon suggested Tuesday that nuclear test detection stations be set up in non-aligned coun- tries. Prime Minister Nehru ex- plained in New Delhi that such an arrangement would make it} "more certain" that nuclear} weapon tests would be discov- ered because the stations would be nearer the test areas. Polish Foreign Minister Adam Rapacki told the conference to- day that the proposal for 'an atom-free zone in Central Eu- rope "continues to gain wider ignificance."' ig Krishna Menon of India for an unpoliced agreement to suspend test plans while the big powers ogotiate Negotiating experts of the |United States, Britain and Rus-| lsia met today in an effort to find a basis for new three-power negotiations on a nuclear test ban There was no immediate word Probes neg from the working session, at "Hampered tended by Charles Stelle of the By Officials' United States, Joseph Godber of Britain and Semyon Tsarapkin TORONTO (CP) -- A provin- The 17-nation conference has nate the closed shop and enactjers to work out arrangements|cial police anti-gambling squad a right-to-work law--an appar-|for test-ban negotiations and re-| sergeant, in a Supreme Court ent move to cut the power of/port to the full conference Fri-| conspiracy trial Tuesday, testi- the mammoth Confederation of|day. There appeared to be lit-|fied there was a feeling in his} Labor. tle if any hope the three big branch that investigations were 3. The executive branch and/powers would be able to give being "hampered by officials." other government deparfments will be purged of *Frigerismo"|U.S. STILL FIRM --the influence of Rogelio Fri- gerio, close adviser long a target leaders to Frondizi millionaire businessman, been firm in its determination to and'go ahead with the April series of the military |of tests in the atmosphere unless an optimistic report. OPP Sgt. John Anderson was being cross-examined by Joseph McDermott, 41, one of three Depending On Solution Of Disarmament Talks MOSCOW (AP) -- Premier Khrushchev agreed today to co- operate with the United States) in space exploration, including a program for sending vehicles to other planets. But he empha- sized that such joint ventures depend "in some degree on the solution of the disarmament problem.' Khrushchev replied to a March 7 letter of President Ken- nedy suggesting that the United States and the Soviet Union pool their efforts in such fields as weather forecasting and inter- national communications and even future exploration of the moon and planets. Khrushchev's. proposed six- point program was largely pa- and telescopic tracking of space vehicles launched toward other planets such as Mars and Venus and the moon. 4. Conclusion of an agreement for rendering aid to space ve- hicles in dificulty in space. This also envisaged joint lifesaving operations for space pilots in distress. 5. Co - operation in mapping the magnetic field surrounding the earth and the exchange of space medical information. 6. Agreement on a common approach to legal problems in- volved in space exploration. DISARMAMENT FIRST Further, Khrushchev said, there were much greater pros- rallel to the president's sugges-|Pects of co - operation in joint tions. He said he was instruct-|creation of space ships for ing Soviet representatives in the|Teaching other planets but this UN space committee to meet|Would only be possible after an U.S. representatives to discuss 48reement on disarmament. practical plans. But he added: | Commenting on the advant- "At the same time it seems|@8e°s Of co-operation, Khrush- obvious to me that the scope of|Chev said a satellite communi- our co-operation in the peace aie ecie ineananek "an exploration of space, just as the : choice of the very directions|the means of communication along which such co-operation|8"4 television of the globe would be possible, depends in Khrushchev predicted weather some degree on the solution of| forecasting with the aid of ar- the disarmament problem." jtificial earth satellites '"'will Before an agreement on gen-|make it possible to wage a eral and complete disarmament] More successful struggle against is reached, he said, both coun-/"atural disaster and will open tries are limited in the possibil-|ReW Prospects for the increase ity of co-operating in space. of the welfare of mankind His letter emphasized a joint SEES 'ALL SIDES' search and rescue program "is "IT state these considerations|especially necessary in view of men charged with conspiring to|for the simple reason that it|the fact that it might mean the obtain information illegally|would be better if we see allirescue of lives of cosmonauts, from a police officer regarding|the sides of the question in a re-|the courageous explorers of the si tip-offs of raids on clubs sus-jalistic light," he added. space of the universe." __| pected of gambling operations. | The 17-nation disarmament] Actually, the Soviet Union had The United States so far has |the Soviet Union agrees Freedomites Turn Against Sorokin NELSON,' B.C. (CP)--Stefan Sorokin, spiritual leader of the fanatical Sons of Freedom Douk- hobors, was named in court Tuesday as one of the leaders behind 50 years of terrorism in i lowers of exiled former dictator) © STEFA! o». CRIME PROBE UNDER WAY viously think otherwise. A steady return of Teamsiers in- dictments began when Kennedy former chief counsel of the Sen-| ate rackets committee which in vestigated Teamsters affairs fo three years, became attorney- general. Hoffa said he knows more than. two dozen grand TORONTO (CP)--Johnny Pa- juries are delving into Team- palia is going to get a chance sters matters. to sing before Ontario's royai Hoffa minimized one indict. Commission on crime ment after another. and ex Other developments before the pressed confidence he will be commission as it Opened an in- freed from the 16 - count mail! quiry into the underworld in On- fraud indictment pending tario, apart from the Hamilton against him at Orlando, Fla. tough man recently spirited into This alleges that Hoffa and a New York for a multi-million- Detroit bank official misused dollar dope trial $500,000. of Detroit Teamstérs' 1. The commission sat for 55 funds in a Florida land devel- minutes and then recessed to opment deal next Monday because it was get- "Nobdy got defrauded out of ting uncomfortably close to a a quarter," Hoffa said. "So Supreme Court trial here involv- where in the hell is the prob- ing three men charged with con lem? iring to obtain information il- Stories about the Orlandc lily from a police officer case make it lok like Hoffa 2. Present and former officials put $500,000 in his kick. Which of the Ontario government de- nied either taking or knowing CITY EMERGENCY of payola in the attorney-gen- PHONE NUMBERS POLICE 725-1133 FIRE DEPT. 725-6574 HOSPITAL 723-2211 jeral's department for shielding crooks Mr. Justice W. D. Roach man royal commissioner the opening hearing short of what migh ong inquiry into egalions jthat crime is. big-time in On tario and has reached into some, one made in this first } session ve a a s. in New York on a multi-million- dollar narcotics charge. Gambler Max Bluestein had been beaten up in a nightclub here before about 100 people. No one would talk for months. Everitually, police hung an' 18- month term on Papalia Then the big charge came on A couple of those accused in the narcotics case were murdered in gangland style before they could turn up in New York court. One was Alberto Agueci of Toronto, Several were con- victed and drew long terms. SITS IT OUT Papalia, sometimes called Johnny Pops or The Enforcer, was sitting it out in Millbrook until the federal authorities got together When he was about to be aboard a plane at Toronto In ternational Airport last week, he raised much objection to heading New York that the airline would not handle the in Ontar when tt United party. He and his escorts made States government got him ex- it by train to Buffalo and by tradited last week to face trial,chartered plane from there on.| levels Of the provincial govern- ment NOTHING TO RETRACT Liberal Leader John Winter- meyer, who was the first wit- ness Tuesday, hit the legislature with the charges in December. He said he has nothing to take back from the sensational speech that sparked the com- mission, except for some gram- matical corrections After commission counsel Ro- land Wilson announced that the first procedure would be to look into allegations of government easiness with crookdom, Liberal party lawyer B. J. MacKinnon promptly called for having Pa- palia hauled before the commis- sion Papalia, a shadowy figure al put leged to exercise some muscle the half-world of crime in Hamilton and. Toronto was quieths in term Mill ur risor in so sery ( in for brook maximu ty 0 i Officials Deny Bribery Before the royal commission Tuesday, Mr. MacKinnon said that "one Johnny Pops" is ob- viousiy "involved in all the rack- ets." Whether' or not he could be interviewed would "go to the root of the matter of the effec- tiveness of the royal commis- sion." Commission counsel Roland Wilson said that the extradition was the result of negotiations between the two federal govern- ments. He said he has been in- formed that "Papalia will be available for examination in the U.S., and this can be done under "just as suitable conditions" as in Canada "It wouldn't be suitable to me," Mr. MacKinnon retorted: The commissioner said he had not been consulted about the ex- tradition, though it had been his intention that Papalia be "brought before the commission and examined." He made it clear that Pops will be examined place or anohter but where and when, ently no knowledge." Johnny at one as to j bombings. It is apparent those prosecute,"' Chief Shrubb said. 'lL have pres-|p iMiGs. Also charged are Vincent|conference meeting in Genevalalready told the UN committee on peaceful uses of outer space | Feeley, 38, Toronto, and Robert/since March 14 has made no Wright, 31, a former OPP con-'visible progress because of dis-|it will help set up an interna- stable. |agreement over the issue of in-|tional communication system The jury trial, before Mr.'spection to prevent cheating. using artificial satellites. | Justice J, F. Donnelly, now is} In his March 7 letter, Kennedy ~ jinto its second week. [Proposed Soviet-American co-op- | Hake jeration in launching satellites |ASKS ABOUT GOSSIP |for weather observation, map-| _ Do you agree there was alping the earth's magnetic field| lot of gossip (in the squad)|and experimenting in interconti-| about how the clubs kept run-/nental communications, helping] The accusation was made by Ning, that they (the police) track each other's space shots| Freedomites charged with ter-Were being hampered by offi-'and pooling information on| TORONTO (CP) -- A weary rorist activities, who said Soro-|Ccials?" McDermott asked Sgt./snace medicine. Metropolitan Toronto council kin even ordered punishment to! Anderson. This was Kennedy's responsejended 12 hours' debate early to- disobedient sect members from! "There was a feeling alongito a suggestion for space co-|day by approving a record $94,+ his home in Uruguay. that line,"' said Sgt. Anderson./operation, in generat terms, 407,232 budget for 1962. It was the first time sect) McDermott and Vincent'which Khrushchey made in| Metro Chairman William Al- members had been known to Feeley, Tuesday were identified) voicing congratulations on thellen said the budget will mean a turn against their spiritual by income tax records as part-|three-orbit flight of Lt.-Col. John|tax increase of $3.30 on homes leader and 52-member govern- ners and officially as gamblers.|Glenn. assessed at the average $5,000. ing fraternal council. Police Chief W. J. Shrubb of} Khrushchev's six - point pro-| Warning that the tax burden on Thirteen of 20 Freedomites peterborough said Tuesday that|Stam, read over Moscow radio,|Metro property owners has be- charged with conspiracy to com- Feeley tried several times to| WAS: jcome "'critical,"" he promised to mit arson and attempted arson) get the OPP to close a gambling) 1. Co-operation in settingjseek a new financial deal from named the fraternal council house in Niagara Falls, Ont, (UP international communications |the province for Ontario's and Sorokin as the forces be- networks utilizing earth: satel-|larger municipalities. hind the terrorism. TELLS OF CALLS lites. Several attempts to cut items Crown prosecutor T. G. Bo- Chief Shrubb, a member of, 2. A joint project for studying|/from the record outlay were de- wen-Colthurst, in his charge of the OPP anti- gambling squadjand observing weather by/feated before council voted the jury, termed the tesitmony|from 1954 to 1958, said Feeley|means of orbiting satellites. , L approval of the budget at "unique, dramatic and a sad in telephone calls to his home| 3. Organization of joint radio'4:12 a.m. tale." urged him to take 7 -- action|-- "They've told you of an/iagainst the Ramsay Club. elected body of 52 Freedomites "He made suggestions about masterminding burnings andjhow we could get evidence to| © | | Metro Strikes Record Budget the Kootenay area of southeast ern British Columbia who testified have revolted) Feeley also said he and Jo-| against the fraternal council seph McDermott were the only| tag persons who could clear people| Pete Zaroubin, one of the ac- for admittance, to the Vets' cused, said severe punishment Club in Cooksville, Ont. is meted out if a Freedomite' Chief Shrubb's testimony was speaks against the fraternal interrupted by repeated objec- council or Sorokin. tions from the defence. The ob- Alex Datchkoff said Sorokinjections were that Chief! & used the words 'Pray to God" Shrubb's evidence dealt with) & jin letters to the sect, meaning events prior to those directly | continue the burnings and bomb- involved in the trial. | ings. = Fred Jmaeff said: 'Just as sure as the judge orders the re- cess of this court, it is sure that the fraternal council, all 52- members, are giving orders for the bombings, burnings and lies."' The 13 accused said they had been told to lie in court, to from the province's training] blame violence--and that has in- schools for delinquents may be} cluded bombing of a big power sent to summer camps in fu-| transmission tower near here ture, Reform Institutions Minis-| and many arson and bomb at- ter Haskett said Tuesday night.| tacks--on a former Freedomite Introducing his department's leader and a Doukhobor estimates to the legislature, the prophet minister said discussions are} Testimony against the council under way with the lands and| began Monday when Akar Ba- forests department "regarding| risoff said: 'Our people, aside|the setting up of a camp for) from the committee (fraternal/older boys from our training council), do not wish to leave!schools."' anything unsaid in regard to the. "As an ardent supporter of} burnings." summer camps, I am sure the boys attending these camps will] greatly benefit from their ex-! perience in healthy outdoor life and co-operative community liv- jing." | The minister said plans are} Training School | Camps Planned TORONTO (CP)--Older boys) Egyptian Planes Collide, 26 Dead also under study to transfer} (AP)--Two. Egyptian short-term prisoners from the jets. collided and jails to open institutions. into a housing area This could help relieve over Tuesday night, killing about 26 crowding in the jails and might people, reliable sources re- result in camps similar to camp planes re- Hendrie, opened a year and a CAIRO military plunged ported, The were rted to have been Soviet-built half ago by prisoners and staff} ifrom Guelph Reformatory. SPRING TRAINING est ball ground caught Johnny loping along the tracks 'at Ambherstview, near Kingston, Ont (CP Wirephoto) It looks like a long, long Photographer trail unwinding as four-year- old Johnny Christensen gets } the seent of spring in. his | nose and heads for the near-

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