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Oshawa Times (1958-), 19 Nov 1963, p. 1

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THOUGHT FOR TODAY It's easy to see both sides of a question when either the pocket- book or prejudice isn't involved. Class Mail Post Office Increasing cloudiness and a little cooler Wednesday. Chance of rain Wednesday night. Department | VOL. 92--- NO. 271 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1963 'Authorized os Second Ottowa and for payment of Postage in Cash. Fighting Still On In Iraq COMMUNITY C ae a ge PO ares ---- Ded RESTON ee BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP)---Aljany violation of the Iraqi bor- new wave of firing broke out/der would be automatically con- briefly in Baghdad today as the/ sidered a violation of the United raqi Army moved against last-| Arab Republic. ditch resistance by the Ba'ath} The statement was taken as socialist party's national guard.|a warning to the Syrian Ba'ath- Sources inside Baghdad re-|ists to keep their hands off the PASSES Classes Resumed Despite Tax Hike board had not determined its actions. St. Fereol taxpayers had re- fused to accept an increased tax rate but finally acquiesced Sun- day night and agreed to raise raies to a level suggested by Quebec government authorities. The situation resulted from refusal by the Quebec youth de- partment to approve deficit budgets submitied by schoo] commissions at Chateau-Richer, St. Fereol and St. Tite-des-Caps unless tax rates were raised to cover more of the cost of edu- cation. : The board at the little com- munity of Chateau-Richer, 18 miles northeast of Quebec City, | said increased rates, the con-| dition upon which the Quebec! government would approve the board's 1963-64 budget, were the only solution. The new rates in Chateau-Richer, where 618 chil- Gren attend schools, dre $3.55 for each $100 in property eva- luation, an increase of $1.05. At St. Tite-des-Caps, where. it all started, the situation was still cloudy. About 500 children there have not gone to school since Nov. 4, when the board closed four schools saying it was unable to pay teachers. 5-Week Drive | Nets $262,927 : General Motors em- Syrian Army and. National Guard, pledging full support for| ? the toppled twin Ba'athist ré-| fi2.0 705 a gime in Iraq and denouncing ANDREWS TAKES OVER Aref as a tyrant. The Beirut newspaper Al Ki- fah, is well informed on Ba'ath- Incoming president of the 611 for Pat Nawley. At its ist affairs, reported today the] Screen -- okcage a4 30{h annual membership officers supporting Aref were} Andrews, left, takes over the ; ; themselves believed to be| gavel from outgoing prexy meeting last po - Pi staunch Ba'athists, George Chandler in Beverly authorized a strike of all pe! Aref, who has been Iraq's pro-| Hills, Calif, last night. formers in filmed and taped Andrews, 52, was elected by television commercials. 3,665 mail referendum votes to --AP Wirephoto tially for the first time today. miiged west Frvanihe roy Kn Officials Unravel Arrest Mystery aid pedestrians|tim™ Kassem last February, is end ee aves A the streets|2 Strong supporter of U.A.R. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. but all|PTesident Nasser. In a policy motor traffic was still banned.|Statement Monday, he said he As suddenly as they arrested him, the Russians released the professor Saturday. At a press conference after intended to work 'hand in RELY ON RADIO hand" with the U.A.R. and with Iraqi airports still were closed/Syria. This was interpreted as and Baghdad radio was the/an intention to revive last chief source of news. spring's agreement to merge Early morning broadcasts didjthe three countries, a plan not mention continuing fighting|which died because of Ba'athist between the army and the out-jrefusal to submit to Nasser's lawed National Guard. But the| domination. radio broadcast a steady stream being flown to his home in New Haven, Conn., Barghoorn de- clined to spell out details of his arrest until he had talked with Washington officials. Just why the Russians picked on Barghoorn appears to be a mystery to Washington officials. There are a number of theories. MANY THEORIES One is that the Kremlin : q's new military govern- mt reported Monday its re- bit against the Ba'ath govern- en ad been successful. Sy- Ba'athists, however, rglaimed that the countryside outside Baghdad was still under the party's control. A tight curfew, clamped on the Iraqi capital at dawn Mon- day when 'the military under President Abdel Salam Aref seized power, was lifted par- Oshawa citizens today met the $261,800 challenge. of the Great-| et Oshawa. Community Chestjof Cana 1963 campaign. M Contributions have poured into headquarters since Oct. 16, and now, less than five weeks later, the total stands at $262,927.77. Harold E. Pierson, president of the Chest, said that on behalf of the Greater Oshawa Com- munity Chest, the board of di- rectors, the 21 participating agencies and the more than 500 volunteer canvassers, he would like to thank the people of Osh- awa for their generosity and help during the 1963 campaign for 1964 funds, "T would like, at this time, to thank Richard Fairthorne, cam- paign chairman, for the success of this appeal, and his co-chair- men, Walter Branch and Wil- liam Paynter, who did an out- standing job in obtaining our goal," said Mr. Pierson. Mr. Fairthorne added his thanks for the "untiring efforts" of the voluntary workers who gave their time to make the campaign a success. This year's objective repre- sents a 10 per cent increase over last year's $236,000 goal and Robert Branch, executive Secretary of the Greater Osh- QUEBEC (CP)--Classes were resumed today at St. Fereol, 40 miles northeast of Quebec City, where schools closed Nov. 11 because the school board said it was unable to pay teachers' sal- egg for September and Octo- er. ' The return of more than 400 pupils and 20 teachers to the nine Is was without inci- dent. Meanwhile, another Roman Catholic school board decided Monday night to raise its prop- erty tax rates, and a third VD Infection Shows Hike During 1962 OTTAWA (CP)--The rate of new venereal disease infections in Canada jumped to 67.5. cases for every 100,000 of population in 1962 from 27.1 three years previous, the bureau of statis- ties reported today, It said that of the communi- cable diseases which are notifi- able at the national level--ex- employees, $1,375; Canada, ; gether Club, $500; legiate Institute students, and the work of the Oshawa Boy Scouts and Navy League Cadets in distributing the "diligent work" done by the Chest office staff, consisting of Mrs. Ada Goheen Mrs. bel Taylor, and chairmen who ea increase of roughly 10 over last year's from different areas He expressed a more Oshawa high dents will follow the oe mene gran raising ig of various fund- tivities. He noted that dona' from the Oshawa Shopping Cen- tre were down this year. During the next two or. three weeks, a committee . will vass those who are still out- standing in their 1963 donations and it is expected that $10,000 will be added to the total, % : HAROLD PIERSON ip vl WASHINGTON (CP - AP)-- Professor Frederick Barghoorn of Yale University will be ques- tioned by high state department officials to try to unravel the mystery of why Russia jailed him on spy charges. The mother of Barghoorn said Monday that he was hand- cuffed and "threatened like a jailbird" by Soviet police. Barg- hoorn has said the reason for his arrest may never be known. But at least three high offi- cials intend to question him in E A g : a as and give up their arms. A communique from the mili- tary governor of Iraq, Gen, Ras- hid Musleh, said: "Police stations nearest to National Guard units should seize all weapons and transport) previously belonging to the dis-| solved National Guard." A second communique from the military governor appealed to National Guard members to surrender their arms to the nearest police 'post before the curfew went back on again at 4 pam. The newspapers hi coup as the beginning of the end to Ba'athist supremacy in Iraq and Syria. Cairo radio said Mother Of 3 Waits For Jail Release ST. CATHARINES (CP) -- Mrs. Joan Cameron, 26, of St. Catharines, a mother of three children, reported to the city jail today while her lawyer con- tinued efforts to win her at least a reprieve from a 45-day jail sentence. She was convicted Friday of keeping a common gaming house. Mrs. Cameron said today: "They (police) said.1 could wait in 'an office upstairs, They promised I wouldn't be put in the cells." A delegation of 50 of Mrs. Ca- meron's neighbors Monday night went to city council over Mrs. Cameron's sentence which/ also carried a $1,500 fine along! with the six-week jail term or an additional three months. GETS 9 YEARS Margarete Klosa, 42, leaves West Berlin court Monday bh ee rs Moscow t lay on hopes of hitting on a clue. U,S. officials want to deter- mine how to weigh the scholar's case in conducting future rela- tions with Russia--including the proposed renewal of the U.S.- wanted to discourage Russians from becoming too friendly with visiting Americans and also to dissuade Americans from hob- nobbing with Soviet citizens. Soviet cultural wihenes Tati AUS, 1ad 'be ewing the exchange agreement still is. in Washington while the policy ex- perts measure the impact of the Barghoorn affair. The mission's planned depar- ture for Moscow was abruptly cancelled after Russia an- nounced the professor's arrest. And the tough American reac- tion, including a strong state- ment by President Kennedy, seemingly surprised the Rus- sians, 'Another is that Soviet secur- 's his arrest would set © Still another is that Soviet elements opposed to Premier Khrushchew's peaceful line to- ward the West sought to em- barrass him by creating an in- nic cident. Barghoorn's mother said of her son's arrest that 'this 'un- pardonable sin' was that he could speak Russian and that he could understand what the people said." after being ts d to nine years at hard labor after a secret trial. She was convict- ed of betraying her brother, Wolfgang, 32, and at least 400 western intelligence agents to the East German Communist Secret Police. Her *rother is said to have been given a life NUCLEAR FORCE LISTED sentence for spying by the Communists. Measure To Block Canada Bread Filed ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The 1964 legislature will consider a bill that would block importa- A tion of Canadian bread into New Mayor Ivan Buch r to take any stand. Mrs. Cameron's lawyer spent) Monday in Toronto and planned to return to St. Catharines to- day, first to arrange for $4,000 bail and then to launch an ap- peal against the conviction. Magistrate Norman R. Young said the sentence was meant |York State. Two Erie County assembly- men filed the measure Monday and said it would "restore equality and fair competition to the bakery industry to New York State." The bill's sponsors, William 'to act as a deterrent to her HELP The Chest CLIMB 261,800 - of art, scien¢ cial organiza FIRE K, RECIFE, Bi Four persons E. Adams of Kenmore, a Re- publican, and Albert J. Haus- beck of Buffalo, a Democrat, said they envision the legisla- tion as a stop-gap. A U.S. tarif' is the best solution, they added. Bakers in western and central New York have complained of competition from Canadian- made bread imported duty-free. Canada imposes a tariff of 7% cents a loaf on U.S. bread. Adams and Hausbeck ob- served that New York bakers are required to list ingredients on bread wrappers, while most bread imported from Canada is in plain, less expensive wrap- pers. NEW YORK (AP) --. The United States has 400,000,000 tons of nuclear force in Europe, ready to be used in whatever quantity needed. U.S. Defence Secretary Rob- ert S. McNamara made this an- nouncement Monday in a major policy speech understood to have been co-ordinated with the White House and state depart- ment. The timing and tenor of the Kennedy cabinet member's pre- pared address to the Zconomic Club of New York indicated it was a response to recent trucu- lent talk by Soviet Premier Khrushchev. It was intended also as reas- surance for allies concerned about speculation on U.S. troop withdrawal from Europe. In the latest showdown on the Berlin autobahn, Khrushchev talked menacingly about nu- clear button-pushing. And there have been warnings from Mos- cow about: Soviet interests in 400 Million Tons Guard W. Europe Europe is. essentially in rela- tively small tactical weapons. It does not include the hun- dreds of. millions of tons of TNT cluding' tuberculosis--the three categories having the highest incidence during 1962 weré: Ve- nereal diseases, 20,133 cases; infectious. and serum hepatitis, 12,538; scarlet fever and strep- ; : 'throat, ,10,241,. ; morrhoea accounting for 87.9 per cent-- Last Friday, the board de- cided to raise tax rates but met an angry reaction from. taxpay- ers and handed its wéesignation|| to Quebec authorities» Monday. But informed re the boatd to put the new rai into effect. 'said the "RICHARD FAIRTHORNE compared with 18,774 cases in 1961 and 16,978 in 1959. The bu- reau noted that under-reporti of such cases tends to be chro- Increases in venereal dis- eases were recorded last year in the northern territories and in all provinces except New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba. The rate of viral hepatitis in- fections increased from 27.1 cases for 100,000 population in 1959 to 67.9 in 1961 and 1962. Despite its relatively - high level, the case frequency of scarlet fever and streptococcal sore throat was 56.3 per cent below the peak reached in 1959. The 1962 rate of infection, 55.1 cases for 100,000 population, compared with the 1959 rate of 134.2, Only 89 new cases of para- lytic poliomyelitis, equivalent to a rate of 0.5 for 100,000 popula- tion, were reported last year-- the smallest number for any Cl a c. Pp semitism and lingering German propaganda. A_ high Vatican official said it' was drafted at the request of the late Pope John XXIII, VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Roman Catholic ecumenical ouncil was urged today to dopt a declaration on Jews to leanse Christian minds of tee At the same time the world- wide assembly received an ap- eal that it also adopt a dec- laration proclaiming man's right to religious freedom as a defence against atheistic ma- terialism. The plea on the Jews came equivalent in missiles and bombs of the strategic forces, based in the United States. or year since annual statistics 'on the disease were first compiled nationally in 1949. from Augustin Cardinal Bea, German-born president of the Vatican's secretariat for pro- in Polariss ubmarines deployed within range of Soviet targets. McNamara's speech also cov- ered defence preparedness on a world-wide basis and weap systems for massive a well as little wars, McNamara said--as he had said before--that the U.S. has in stockpile or planned for stock "tens of thousands of nuclear explosives" for tactical use on the battle'ield, in anti-submar- ine warfare and against air- craft. Many of the allies would share with the U.S. in manning weapons systems using tactical nuclear warheads "in the hour of need," McNamara said. He added that 'strength has been increased, on the ground in Eu- Cuba. The U.S. nuclear potential in rope, by more than 60 per cent" in the last two years. most Bi fielder for 13 York Yankees and Kansas City Athletics, Bauer also managed the Athletics before coming to the Orioles at the end of the 1962 season, Bauer Named As Field Manager BALTIMORE (AP) -- Baiti- more Orioles ended seven weeks of suspense today by officially naming Hank Bauer field manager, ment that surprised no one. The 41-year-old Bauer had 'been first choice in the minds of iceal experts as soon as Hitchcock was fired at the end of the 1963 ily ir new an announce- moting Christian unity. The declaration says that all man- kind, not Jews alone, is respon- sible for the crucifixion of Christ. Cardinal Bea disclosed to the 2,300 council prelates -- car- dinals patriarchs, archbishops and bishops--that his secretar- iat formed Arab nagions that the declaration on Jews did not constitute Vatican recognition of the state of Israel. "Since this is a religious question," Cardinal Bea - said, "there is no danger that the The Orioles said Bauer had signed a one-year pact, An out- il might b mixed up in the difficult questions con- i ihe Arab nations and with New Prince Wants End To American Aid SAIGON, South Viet Nam (Reuters)--Head of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk today pro- posed the immediate with- drawal ef United States mil- itary, economic and) cultural aid to Cambodia. He said in a. speech over Phnom Penh radio heard here that "our honor demands the government inform the United States forthwith that as of today they should withdraw their eco- nomic cultural, military and all injured Mondaj through four s' some 80 par ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) The grim chore of sifting through the charred debris of the Surfside Hotel, levelled »y a fire that may have claimed 25 lives, resumed today. Firemen recovered eight un- identified bodies Monday. A ninth victim died >of biirns 'n hospital. and 16 guests of the hotel are missing. Authorities had. planned to search the. ruins through the' night, but floodlights couldn't piece the smoke that hovered over the area. Firemen re- mained overnight, wetting down 16 Hotel Guests Still Missing In N.J. Blaze from sparks by an ocean breeze. Monday's fire razed five small hotels and a rooming house and damaged four other buildings just off this resort's famous boardwalk. Cause of the early morning blaze has not been rmined, but apparently it flared out of control in a second-storey ball- room over the Surfside's boiler room. ESTIMATES DAMAGE Michael Bloomberg, acting fire prevention chief, estimated the rubble and other missions." several minor fires Telanned! Fire the state of Israel, or the so- called Zionist movement." Cardinal Bea said Pope John expressed in writing his appro- val of the. declaration on Jews "I think his words will be re- spected by all the fathers of the council." Plea For Jews Adoption Urged Bishop Emile Josef Marie de Smedt of Belgium, said the dec- laration on religious lib- erty must be made by the council in the name of Chris- tian unity because '"'the world is waiting." "Religious freedom is the right to free exercise of religion according to the dictates of con- science," he said. "It is free- dom from outside coercion. All men who follow their conscience have a natural right to truly religious liberty." Vatican press spokesmen said the Belgian biskop received the most fervent applause since the session of the council opened Sept. 29. The declaration on Jews, part of the schema on Christian unity, began Monday and has aroused one of the council's Sharpest controversies, Cardi- nal Bea took the council floor a day after three Roman Cath- olic patriarchs from the Middle East assailed the declaration as representing a potential danger vnc tian living in Arab na-' ons, awa Community Chest, said the citizens of Oshawa should be comettmented on their splendid ' a a) paign breeds another." Highlights of the campaign in- cluded oul kmore 4,000 elementary; school contest which involved close to tthe General Motors-sponsored kick-off dinner and the raising of funds by Donevan Collegiate Institute students. Special mention was made of! the following outstanding con- 250,000 Eligible If Vote Age Alters TORONTO (CP) -- Premier John Robarts said today some 250,000 Ontario residents be- tween the ages of 18 and 21 may vote in the next provincial election. , "I intend to make changes in the election act (before the next election), and I certainly intend to consider the question of re- ducing the voting age," Mr. Robarts said in an interview, Under the Ontario Election Act the minimum voting age|t! now is 21. Five days ago the House of Commons election committee approved a series of amend- ments to the Canada Election |Act that would lower the voting! age to 18 from 21 in federal elections. : "perhaps one successful cam- pupils, the illustration|® 1200 secondary school students, |! U.K. Spurns Five Year . Red Feather public iy speaking contest which involved followed, Martin said Canada favors increased trade with thé Communists "because isolation of the Communist world is not in the interest of the detente as. it is now developing." ' He pointed out that only @ small fraction -- $3,000,000 out of $750,000,000 last year--of the contrast, the U.S. last year rade with Russia totalling 000,000 Canada's interest in the U.S. British long-term is academic. the Canadian NA' said Canada asked for credit of : five years, driven back by the smoke and flames stood helplessly as per- sons trapped in the five-storey Surfside cried for help. There were 42 persons in the frame, 60-room hotel--seven members of the Milton Rauer family, owners of the hotel, three em- ployees and 32 guests. Raver said he was called shortly after 4 a:m. by night clerk Philip Johnson, who tad noticed the smoke and turned in the first alarm. "It was a quick, sudden thing--a blast of' fire," Rauer said; Twenty-two persons, includ- at $1,000,000, man and ny be ing eight policemen and fire- men, were treated at. hospital. Tok No Kickbacks In CBC, Report Says TORONTO (CP)--A 50-page report on an investigation by the attorney-géneral's depart- ment into the Toronto opera- tions of the Canadian. Broad- casting Corporation indicates no evidence of any "kickbacks." Submitted to Metropol- itan Toronto Deputy Police Chief George Elliot, the report! said Crown Attorney Arthur Klein could find no evidence to support any criminal proceed- ings, The report was submitted by Detective John Weir of the general assignment squad. five months before he died and| Vandals are blamed for a $10,000 fire at Dundas Street Public School in Whitby, says Fire Chief Bruce Corner, shown in school doorway after Monday night's fire. Origin of VANDALS CAUSE $10,000 WHITBY the fire was a lost-and-found closet in a hall. Flames spread to two classrooms which were heavily damaged. Bottles of ink had been smashed against the walls of the principal's office. Several members 'of the 'Whitby Fire Depattment were overcome: by smoke 'during the blaze, Oshawa Times. Photo, es

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