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Oshawa Times (1958-), 21 Oct 1963, p. 1

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Your Community Chest -- THOUGHT FOR TODAY Marriage-minded young men are cautioned that a thing of beauty is a jaw forever. She Oshawa Time For A Better Community WEATHER REPORT Tuesday: clouding over in the afternoon or evening, winds be- coming light this evening. VOL. 92--246 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21,'1963 TWENTY PAGES UNLOADING AFTER WALK-OFF The unloading of more than 3600 tons of rock salt is pro- ceeding normally in Whitby harbor today following the walkout of the ship's 12 mem- ber crew in connection with the nation-wide Seafarers' Un- ion protest in Ottawa. The men sailled into Whitby early Sun- day morning and were taken to Ottawa to join the union's march on Government Hill. Large scoop cranes remove the salt, a half-ton at a time to be loaded on waiting | trucks. The salt will be used on the highways of the Prov- ince this winter. (See story page three) --Oshawa Times Photo Progressives Reject Jobs In U.K. Cabinet LONDON (CP)--The Ear! of Home, Britain's new prime min- ister, today faced an urgent re- job on the Conservative party's election defections at the top. e's quickly con- cabin tors. But editorial writers of both sides suggested the government must be handicapped by the re- fusal of 'progressives' lain Macleod and Enoch Powell, health minister under Macmil- lan, to serve under Home. Macleod, one of the Tory pro- gressives who backed Richard A. Butler in last week's strug- gle for the premiership, was expected to resign as joint chairman of the Consefvative party. Informed sources said his co- chairman, financier Lord Poole, would resign with him. Poole had backed Science Minister if Home should falter. Most political commentators;chancellor of the exchequer in believe Macleod, by refusing of-|July, 1962, because his wage- fice after winning an ovation at|freeze policy had been unpop- the recent Conservative. party) ular. dis-|in "Biackpool,* staked "an un- spoken claim to the leadership are champion, Heath, a dedicated Common thus was isted to a cabinet post that Home's major innovation was|made him virtual economic ¢zar to create a secretary for indus-jof Britain. He will be boss over try, trade and regional develop-|the nation's industry, regional ment and hand it to his former|and foreign commerce. Heath deputy foreign minister, 47 sf year-old Edward Heath. This apparently was partly intended to counter Home's ad- mitted inexperience in economic affairs. It was a counter, too, to the Labor party's intention to appoint an economic high com- mand if it wins power. The new prime minister suc- ceeded in getting his three ma- jor challengers for the party leadership to stick with him. Butler, his chief rival and for- mer deputy prime minister, 'took Home's old job of foreign secretary. Lord Hailsham con- tinues as science minister. Chancellor of the Exchequer Reginald Maudling stays in his Lord Hailsham to succeed Mac- millan, who had decided to re-| sign as premier after undergo- ing surgery for a prostate- gland condition. Macleod and Poole formed a formidable team in planning platform and finances for the| national elections next year: Their joint chairmanship prob- ably will be turned into a one- man post and given to Hohn Hare, 52-year-old former labor minister who took the sinecure post of chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the new cabi- net. OPINIONS DIFFER Editorial reaction to the 60- year - old Home's cabinet ranged from "'a good start' in the Conservative Daily Sketch Daily Mirror. old post. | To replace Macleod as floor \leader in the House of Com- mons, Home called on Selwyn |Lloyd and made him lord privy |seal,. giving him a seat in the lcabinet, Lloyd, foreign sec- retary for five years under Sir Anthony Eden (now Lord Avon) and Oacmillan, was fired as was the youthful chief spokes- man for Britain at the Brussels Common Market talks. IN THE RUNNING Heath had been an outsider in the running for the prime ministership. The_ influential London Times had backed him as the best man for the job. In his 13 years in Parliament his rise has been swift and un- checked, His . performance at the Brussels talks won him the nation's praise, despite Brit- ain's failure to win membership in the European community. To Butler went the prize job of foreign secretary -- his re- ward for agreeing to serve un- \der Home, who beat him for jthe greatest prize of all, that of| prime minister. Thus Butler was assured of a continuing strong voice in the government, He is one of the most versatile and experienced men in the Commons, a 61-year- old egghead with one of the most incisive intellects in Par- liament. SHIP MISSING WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hur- ricane Ginny appeared to be slowly lumbering away from HELP The Chest CLIMB 'shore today as it whipped up high waves and winds off the North Carolina coast. One ship with 10 U.S. Navy men aboard was reported missing in the rag- ling seas. Ginny, which: grew quickly into a full - blown hurricane Sunday night, packed 90-mile-- an-hour winds that extended as 261,800 250,000 225,000 200,000 175,000 150,000 125,000 100,000 75 50,000 far as 60 miles in all directions from where it churned the At- lantic about 100 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C. And it sent gale winds whis- tling as far as 250 miles away. The U.S. Weather Bureau re- ported that Ginny, after having hovered near Cape Hatteras, was finally veering northeast at about six miles an hour, Hurricane Ginny Veers Off Coast to "grotesque" in the pro-Labor) own .and hasn't been heard from since the line parted. The navy said the seas in that area are running 40- to 50-feet high. CHICAGO (AP) -- Scattered weekend rains brought scant re- lief to the fringes of the severe U.S. drought belt extending from Texas to New. England. But most areas had little relief and farms and forestlands re- mained explosively dry. Autumn drought and danger- ous fires have affecte m ynad ous fires have affected many segments of the United States economy. The loss to crops and | property is expected to run into ithe millions of dollars. | Fires have burned across {thousands of acres of forests jand woodlands, Pastures have {turned brown. Well and farm |ponds have gone dry. Water is Rescue planes and a U.S./pheing rationed in some commu- et END WALKOUT' ORD DEFIED BY SEAFARER WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court today or- dered reconsideration of the narcotics law conviction of Vito Genovese, reputed overlord of organized crime in the United States. Genovese, 66-year-old native of Italy, was described in re- cent U.S. Senate crime hear- ings as kingpin of a U.S.-wide crime syndicate known as Cosa Nostra. He is serving a 15-year sentence in the Leavenworth, |Kan., penitentiary, The case of Genovese and nine others convicted with him was sent back to the U.S. cir- cuit Court in New York for re- consideration in light of a Su- preme Court decision last May 27 in another case. Justices Clark, Harlan and White dis- sented from today's action. The Supreme Court acted in the case of Genovese and the others with a brief order which directed that the judgment on the circuit court in New York upholding their conviction Diem's Forces Badly Whipped By Guerrillas SAIGON, South Viet Nam-- Government forces licked their wounds today after suffering a setback nn a major weekend air- borne operation against Com- munist Vieg Cong guerrillas, Government casualties were listed at 40 dead and 80 wounded, including 13 Ameri- can military advisers wounded. The government estimated en- emy casualties at 30 dead. No prisoners were taken and only four "Viet Cong bodies were found. The battle, termed by U.S. advisers "the bloodiest nose" given President Ngo Dinh Di- em's forces since a similar de- feat Jan. 2, took place in a re- mote area of rice paddies and palm groves near Loc Ninh, 140 }miles southeast of Caigon. jtions, Viet Cong heavy machine- |guns cut up two waves of South |Vietnamese troops carried in by U.S. helicopters. | Banks Critic Threat Target TORONTO (CP) Murray Tate, a member of the Toronto and District Labor Council who called Hal Banks "'a cancer in the body of labor,'"' was threat- ened with death Sunday if he did not keep his mouth shut. Mrs. Tate answered the tele- phone and heard a voice say: "If you don't want to be widow you better get your hus- band to shut up." About 15 minutes later the telephone rang again. This time Mr. Tate answered and heard the caller threaten: "You'll get more than cancer if you don't shut up, You'll be in the lake. Review Hearing Of 'Crime Boss' Entrenched in fortified posi-| y reached $24 a 100-pound bag -'ton at £99, should be set aside pending re- consideration. The May decision was in the case of Alvin R. Campbell and two others, who were convicted in a. bank robbery. The Su- preme Court's decision in the Campbell case held that an FBE agent who had interviewed a witness should have turned over to the defence his notes of the interview. ' Law Society's Hearing Makes Legal History TONDON (Reuters) -- Attor- ney-General Sir John Hobson, appeared in secret before Brit- ain's top law society y, on charges of br ager gr con- duct arising from the\ deporta- tion of an African chief. The hearing making legal his- tory, was expected to last until Tuesday when a verdict will be announced, The charges arise out of the deportation last May of Nige- rian chief Anthony Enahoro te face' charges of pictting to Over- throw the Nigerian' government. This is the first time an at- torney-general has faced such charges--charges which Hobson' has already denied. If Hobson is found guilty by his legal "peers" he could face "sentences" ranging from reprimand to a period of sus- pension or disbarment. Between 20 and 30 of the Masters of the Inner Temple-- there are more than 100 form- ing the body dealing with ques- tions on the conduct of lawyers-- were believed.to be hearing the case. One lawyer at the hearing |was Reginald Paget, the Labor member of Parliament who re- ported Hobson to the Inner Temple following Enahoro's de- portation. The chief was subsequently jsentenced to 15 years imprison- =| Buto Factory Members of the Seafarers' International Union entertain themselves with guitar music as they prepare for protest march on Parliament Hill in MARCH TO MUSIC * \demands for justice. Ottawa today. These members arrived by train this morning from Toronto. 'We Want Banks' Marcher OTTAWA. (CP) -- Prime Minister Pearson announced today that the government's legislation imposing trustee- ship on five maritime unions will be proclaimed law with- out delay. The prime minis- ter made his announcement as he emerged from a cabi- met meeting at which the legislation was beitg dis- cussed, , OTTAWA (CP)--Hal C. Banks stood on the steps of Parliament Hill today and told a roaring, cheering crowd of seamen that he wants them to impress on members of Parliament their The burly boss of the Seafar- ers' International Union of Can- ada got an overwhelming recep- tion from thé mass of demon- strating seamen who descended on Ottawa today in response to Banks' call for .a protest march against the government pro- pesal to clamp a trusteeship on the SIU and four other mari- time unions. As he made his way through the throng, a chant of "'we want --(CP Wirephsto) Banks, we want Banks" erupted, Wildcat Ends BRAMPTON, Ont. (CP) -- Wildcat strikers veturned to work at the American Motors Canada Limited plant here to- day as management and union officials met to discuss griev- ances. Production at the plant halted Friday when 50 night-shift em- ployees walked out, protesting speeded-up production and in- sufficient personnel to handle assembly lines geared for peak- production of 1964 models. They were joined by 699 -day-shift workers Saturday. The workers, members of Local 1285 of the United: Auto- mobile Workers of america (CLC) voted Sunday to return to work after the locai presi- dent, James Peters, said the jment on the charges against him. | company declined to negotiaie while the strike continued. MONTREAL (CP) -- Sugar prices today hit their highest level since July, 1920, when three major sugar refineries -- St. Lawrence, Canada and Do- minion and Atlantic--announced an increase of $1.10 in the wholesale price of refinged su- gar, bringing it to $17.85 a 100- pound bag. The price in July, 1920, when the market was hit by a shortage and speculation set it. The reason for today's in- crease, said one refinery spokes-| man, was a sharp increase in world sugar .prices. The London Daily Price was up £8 a long LATE NEWS FLASHES and forests reported today. burning across the province. Fifty Men Fighting Forest Fire TORONTO (CP) -- Fifty men and a water-dropping aircraft were fighting to contain a 300-acre forest fire 35° '| miles northeast of Parry Sound, the department of-lands Macmillan To Keep Parliamentary Seat Sugar Prices On Escalator Again The refinery spokesman said raw sugar market reports show a shortage on the world market. An indication of this was the circulation of reports that Cuba, as a result of extensive crop damage caused by Hurricane Flora, has instituted a monthly ration of two pounds of sugar for each family. There is, however, no danger of a shortage in Canada despite current prices, because under the Commonwealth sugar agree- ment, Commonwealth coun- tries have agreed to reserve enough sugar to supply Can- ada's wants, said the spokes- man, In Europe, Eastern sugar pro- duction is down, but Western is slightly higher, said the refinery spokesman. There is an over- all increase but it is not suffi- cient to keep abreast of the nor- mal increase im consumption, he said. It said another 43 fires were All were under control. Coast Guard cutter sped into\nities' The shortage of water jthe storm area in search of alhas been felt, in some of the pei ng ey ort vie et) major cities in the east. ship, the Fogg, with an officer) mh drought has delayed the el pag other navy men) coding of winter wheat in the | \ |great plains. Livestock produc- The vessel, formerly a de-jers in many areas have mark- stroyer-escort, was being towed|eted their cattle early because by the tug Salish when the tow of shoftage of feed and water. LONDON (Reuters) -- Former prime minister Harold Macmillan said today he intends to remain a member: of the House of Commons during the present Parliament and would make a decision about his futuré in the new year. Seven New Cases of Gastro-Enteritis SYDNEY (CP) (CP) -- Seven new cases of gastro- enteritis have been reported in Cane Breton but health line parted Saturday night 45) Officials in several eastern miles southeast of Cape Look-\and midwest states have or- out. dered the closing of many for- | The Fogg has no power of itslests and woodlands. «" if officials say there is every indication that the disease is on the wane. The epidemic has claimed the lives of seven infants in Cape Breton this year. In Newfoundland 77 babies have died from gastro-enteritis, Peace Effort By Selassie MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethi- Canada, s Chant - Labor Minister Ma has called illegal the SIU tion of walking off ships March on Ottawa. STANDS ON STEPS Banks walked halfway up the steps leading from the Parlia- ment Hill lawn, turned and held up his hands to quiet the deffi- onstrators. ne "You look real. good," he called. "Real good." " When asked by reporters whether he was going to see Prime Minister Pearson, the SIU chief replied: ~ "I'm not here to see ahyone except my people."" : Minister MacEachen asking SIU to end "'illegal strike tion," he said he had recei: no telegram, He told the crowd: "Now, go to the signs which Sign Power Pact. | OTTAWA (CP)--Canada and Britain today signed a new nu- clear agreement which reflects growing international accept- ance of the Canadian concept for construction of atomic power plants able to produce electricity e 'ically. jcluding the United States and Japan, are expressing growing interest in the Canadian con- cept. Under the agreement, the British nuclear agency will pay the Canadian agency $750,000 in consideration of the intensive Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and the United King- dom Atomic Energy Authority announced the agreement. in joint statements here and in London. It is designed to ex- tend and regulate collaboration between the two countries on the development of power reac- tors which employ the use of heavy water and natural or slightly enriched uranium fuel. Officials of crown - owned Atomic Energy of Canada said the agreement is clear recog- nition by the British of the merits of the Canadian - pio- neered system. A number of other countries, including India and - Pak'stan, now are negotiating to buy Ca- program already carried out by Canada in the development of heavy-water reactors. This rep- resents payment by the British for information to be made available immediately. The British agency also will pay a royalty of three per cent in the event that it supplies fuel of the Canadian type to any re- actor operator whose plant has been designed or licensed by Canadian industry. Atomic Energy of Canada or Under the agreement the two agencies will exchange informa- tion which has already been ob- tained or may be obtained over the next five years to aid each other in development of their ers who presséd around that the union intends its dem- onstration to be peaceful in every way. 'When will the demonstra- tors go back to their ships?" He was asked. "I haven't the slightest idea," them, They'll decide." Mr. MacEachen demanded that the Seafarers' International Union (Ind.) end its "illegal" walkoff from ships. The demand had no apparent effect. Union Leader Hal C, Banks was reported en route to Ottawa from Montreal in his white Cadillac to lead the pro- test march and to try to see Mr. MacEachen. Union members arrived in capital by train, bus and car but not in the numbers--7,000 to 9,000--predicted by the union. Some were tired and broke heavy-water moderated reactor} nadian power plants. Others, in- programs. after long trips from Vancouv and The Lakehead, opia delayed his departure from Morocco today to continue ef- forts to mediate the Moroccan- Algerian border conflict, The emperor was expected to hold further talks with Moroc- can officials and possibly to ar- range a meeting between Alge- rian Foreign Minister Abdela- ziz Bouteflika and Moroccan Foreign Minister Ahmed Bala- of this newspaper delivery frej. r } hicle hit a horse (in truck) TRUCK AND HORSE COLLIDE Vora W. Turley, 50, driver light Sunday when the ve- The horse also was killed, and a 16-year-old passenger in truck, was killed before day- mear Winlield, West Virginia, the truck was hurt, ,

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