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Oshawa Times (1958-), 23 May 1964, p. 2

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2. THE OSHAWA TIMES, Sefurdey, Mey 23, 1964 | Revenue Gains GOOD EVENING -- By JACK GEARIN -- Yield Surplus OTTAWA (CP)--Finance Min- ister Gordon reports a budget surplus of $72,700,000 for April, COUNCIL FIRES OPENING GUN ELECTION CAMPAIGN ; is 60 rare as a public speech by Alderman Norman Down? of nom Unlike some Council col- leagues (such as Alderman John Dyer) who talk fre- » quently when the mike is on, Mr, Down is sparse with words, except in committee, where he will fight like a tiger if he suspects anything is wrong. That's what made last Monday a memorable night at City Council. Mr. Down was scheduled to make a speech; on the surface, he was scheduled to read the Report of the Pub- lic Works committee, but there was far more to it " than that. eames bis oteg To emphasize the impor- tance of the occasion, City Engineer Fred Crome personally distributed copies of the report (prepared by himself with kind and loving care) to members of the press, an almost unprecedented courtesy. Mr. Down was getting right down to the meat of his apeech -- a report to the Lake Vista Ratepayers Association --when somebody made a startling discovery. Mr. Down was talking under the impression that his words were going out to a radio audience; nobody had troubled to tell him that, the radio had closed down 15 min- utes earlier than usual. So there he stood, fidgeting and fuss- ing like a frustrated Shapespearian actor who sudden'y dis- covers he is without an audience. 'Do you want me to read this thing in dribs and drabs, or in great chunks?" he asked Alderman Clifford Pilkey, chairman of Council in committee, "Personally, | don't want you to read it at all," he re- plied. "We all have copies, as have the Press." i thought we were on the air," continued Mr. Down. "IT wanted to read this because we are sometimes accused of neglecting Lake Vista, What I have here are hard facts on that area. Some say that area is without representation at City Hall . . . they use this as an argument in favor of the ward system." ONLY MAYOR GIFFORD SPOKE OUT THE TRUE ®ACTS Mr. Down's aborted speech was important, but for rea- sons far removed from those he gave. ; Actually it signalled the f start of Oshawa's 1964 mu- nicipal election campaign. Try as unbiased observers " did, they couldn't shake off the idea that the speech text was anything more than a blatant piece of pre-elec- tion propaganda designed to fool the unwary. Who ordered City Engineer Fred Crome to prepare such a one-sided statistical report on Lake Vista? Was it Board of Works Chairman R. Cecil Bint and his two colleagues, Aldermen Pilkey and Down, or was it the entire Council? MAYOR GIFFORD The speech text appeared : to have the blessing of all councillors, but Mayor Lyman Gifford spoke, out against it with refreshing candor: 'This is counter-propag in an election year, and not too subtle at that. The \précemeal in- formation inclded wasn't requested certainly by anyone off council; and why did they put it through open Council in this manner? This has never been done before." VISTA CHARGES DISTURB COUNCILLORS Prime purpose' of the Down report was two-fold: (1) To attempt to nullify charges from the Lake Vista Ratepayers Association that their area has been shamefully neglected at City Council level between 1955-1962, if not later. (2) To subtly blast the proposed Ward system due for decision in next December's plebiscite. Any argument can be advanced by such methods as those displayed by Couicil Monday, i.e., presentation of hand-pick- ed statistics which tell only one side of the story. The Down report points out that Lake Vista got 11.21 percent of the City's total construction expenditures (the latter sum was $1,007,783) in 1963 and 11.94 percent in 1962. It also mentions that Vista has only 4.94 percent of the total popula- tion Such figures can sound impressive, but why did Mr. Crome (or Aldermen Bint or Down, or somebody on Council) not give similar totals back to 1955, if they had any sense of fair play. Ali of these gentlemen were at City Hall during this era Why didn't Mr. Bint or Mr, Down stress some of these facts: Lake Vista today still lacks curbs and gutters, has few paved roads, sidewalks, yet their taxes are as high, if not higher, than those in far more preferred residential areas, such as sections of Masson street (not too .far from the general area Where seven of our councillors reside.) If Mr. Down was. a conscientious representative of that populous south area (where he owns a farm), why didn't he stress the inequality in assessments? Does he know that owners of five-room bungalows on Valley Drive, Sharbot and Wecker Drive, pay as much as $341.05; $321.19; $329.42 and $345.00 annually in taxes. What will their taxes he when they get curb and gu'ter and other services? Why doesn't Mr. Down answer these questions? Why didn't Mr. Bint present a breakdown on the general tax revenue derived from Lake Vista area since 1955, in- cluding that from ministry? The City did spend 11.94 percent of construction expendi- tures in 1962 and 11.21 in 1963 in the controversial Vista area, but only because it was shamed into it after so much neglect. Council was shamed into it by the constant appearance, of s0 many Vista delegations, by persistent people like Citizen John Dehart, the LVRA president. What area has sent as many delegations to Council, and with good reason? Even a casual visit to this southwest district will elabor- ately spell out the reason. THE REAL ISSUES IN THE CAMPAIGN? Here's what disturbs Council: Vista proves beyond shad- ow of a doubt that populous municipal areas can suffer from gross neglect for lengthy periods without effective represen- tation at City Hall Vista is a thorn in the political aspirations of most coun- cillors; most of all, it effectively repudiates the oft-heard theory that the present electoral system automatically as- sures equality of representation at City Hall. If Council is to effectively thwart inroads: already made by the Ward system advocates, it must quickly create an al together different image of Vista. Who said Vis'a was a mu nipical child of neglect? Why it's a myth, isn't it, a great big misunderstanding? ' first month of the 1964-65. fiscal ear. .His March 16 budget forecast a $455,000,000 deficit for the whole year--but that was before the government decided to give the' provinces a larger slice of the income tax field. . April's result compares with a $9,700,000 surplus a year earlier a Friday statement shows. Meanwhile, the month-end ac- counting showed a separate $7,- 800,000 surplus in the old age security fund, A year earlier there was a $400,000 deficit. The government in April had a $227,700,000 shortfall on all its other non - budgetary transac- tions, and debt operations cost another net $68,500,000. DREW ON BALANCES These payouts, - minus the budgetary. surplus, meant the government had to draw down its current-account cash _bal- ances by $223,500,000. But at 'the By RONALD LEBEL OTTAWA (CP) -- The Com- mons discussed foreign affairs for nearly four hours Friday, but an issue closer to home--the question of a national flag--ob- viously was on most minds. There was another flurry of flag questions and barbs at the opening of the sitting and Prime Minister Pearson said he hopes to introduce a resolution for adoption of a distinctive flag next Wednesday or Thursday. He said the design will include a maple leaf, but declined to go} into details. Rumors immedi- ately sprang up that the cab- inet may have approved a 'de- sign with a single big leaf and jumked the three-leaf flags that Mr. Pearson, exhibited at a Win- nipeg press conference Monday. Many other questions went un- answered. Will next week's res- olution propose O Canada as the national anthem, or will that subject be left for a separate end of April the cash balance still was relatively high at $603 100,000. In budgetary operations, govy- ernment revenues at $464,300,-) 000 were $103,600,000 higher than a year earlier. Personal income |tax revenues rose $12,500,000 to |$125,600,000. Corporate income tax was $22,600,000 higher at | $93,000,000 for the month. Sales taxes yielded $76,40,000--$24,- resolution later? Will the Sen- ate be asked to vote on the is- Flag Questions Await Answers The minority government sition support to pass the flag resolution in the Commons, but Red Ensign boosters could pitch in for a long battle: Attendance agged to about 28 at one stage in the 265-seat chamber as External Affairs Minister Martin and four oppo- sition spokesmen opened debate) Friday on the 1964-65 spending estimates of the external affairs department. Mr. Martin indicated ttiere seems asstired of enough oppo-| Canadian Aid For Malaysia Urged By PC OTTAWA (OP) -- Minesweep- ers and destroyers from Can- ada's mothball navy should be made available to Malaysia to drive off "aggressive' attacks by President Sukarno of Indo- nesia, Wallace Nesbitt, Progres-! sive Conservative foreign af- fairs critic, said Friday. The MP for Oxford said dur-| pA a Commons foreign affairs debate that Sukarno is an ego- maniac like Hitler whose ag- gressive ambitions must be will be no recognition of Com- munist China until next year, if) at all. Canada might change its long-| admitted to the United Nations) at the General Assembly session! expected to open in November, but then it might not, depend- ing on other factors, \ The position of Nationalist China in the UN assembly and the Security Council posed a special problem, he said. Stabil-| it, in Southeast Asia was an- other factor. sue? If so, how will the inde- pendent-minded senators vote? | criticized the minister for shy-|the United Nations, referred to of|ing away from a clear state-| reports that' Russia might walk Mr. Pearson said most Wallace Nesbitt (PC--Oxford) halted. | If Sukarno was not stopped! now, he would continue his ex-| toward Australia and New Zea- land. | Mr. Nesbitt said Canada, as a Pacific pwer, should consult with Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and other South Pa- cifie countries to prepare a) common plan against Sukarno} and his commando-like attacks) on Malaysia. Mr. Nesbitt, ber of Canada's delegation to a former mem- these questions will be answer-|ment of policy on China. An-/out of the UN if its voting ed when the resolution is intro-;@rew Brewin (NDP -- Toronto rights were withdrawn for non- duced next week Greenwood) called for an end to On Monday and Tuesday, the 'dilly-dallying" with immediate Commons goes into a supply de-| recognition. bate. This opens the way for the) Conservative opposition to move Social Credit Leader Robert Thompson did not comment di- 100,000 more than in April last a non-con'idence motion on any rectly on the issue, but warned year. Expenditures. were up $40,- 600,000 to $391,600,000 compared with $351,000,000 a year earlier. The biggest increase was in de- fence spending, which from one | April to the next rose by $21,- | 300,000 to $93,000,000. Public Housing Thinking TORONTO (CP)--A_ deserted topic it chooses. Mr. Pearson has challenged Opposition Leader Diefenbaker to censure the government on its handling of the flag issue, but there have been no indica- tions Mr. Diefenbaker will fol- low that course. Scored that China and Russia have not changed their basic goal--a Communisttakeover of the world Both Mr. Brewin and Mr. Thompson called for a large in- in Canadian foreign aid, the latter suggesting appoint- ment of an associate external affairs minister to direct foreign aid. But Gerard Laprise (Credi- tiste--Chapleau) disagreed, say- ing depressed areas in Canada should be helped first. Mr. Nesbitt suggested that Canada seek ,admission to the Organization of American States }as a non-voting observer and solutions and suffers as a re- wife and mother of five children/ sult. was thrown out of a Brantford public housing development last/as executive director after 11 year when she became preg-\years, said most Canadians) nant, the Ontario Welfare Coun-|can't believe that one-sixth of| cil heard Friday. the country's population lives in| Retiring President Anthony/ poverty. Adamson told the council's an-; "Yet this poverty is destroy- nual meeting that officials of the|ing people, increasing social and Bessie Touzel, who is retiring development. said the woman health problems and building a would have lowered the "'tone'" reckoning in ill health, social jof the project. breakdown and crime that is | Mr. Adamson used the inci- frightening to contemplate." -- dent to illustrate the attitude of Gower H. Markle, education) some welfare officials. and welfare director for Canada} "There is a deep strain of of the United Steelworkers of eGnGyite ' roe sh America (CIL), was elected jpuritanism in our culture," he| cident of the council |said. "Things that might have| Pres si es ell. ikept that family in some pride Mr. Martin interjected that the government is thinking along the same lines. JUMP THREAT | NOT SERIOUS || TORONTO (CP) -- Police | said Friday a Toronto woman threatened to end an argument with her husband Thursday by jumping off their. apartment balcony. Police rushed to the scene, then relaxed. The distance to the ground was two feet. payment of its share of UN peacekeeping costs. This might not be as bad as it sounds, he said. It might per- mit an overhaul of the UN char- ter, a revision needed desper- ately, Mr. Nesbitt said the UN} principle of one vote for each} country is "clearly nonsense."'| This idea bore no relationship} to the relative populations, re-| sources and power of big and/ small nations. It was com- pletely outside the realities of the world Friday Sees Record Highs TORONTO (CP) wave hit Ontario Friday, driv- ing temperatures into the 90s in Toronto and setting a number of records for the May 22 date. Toronto ecorded the highest temperature in the povince,) 91.4 degrees at 5 p.m. The pe- vious high of 82 in 1944, London, with 87 at 4 p.m. and | Windsor with 88 at 4 p.m., both) had records. Previous high for| |the date in London was 82 in| }1944 and for Windsor 84 in 1956.| | Sudbury had a record with a reading of 86 at both 4 and 5 p.m., compared with the pre- vious hi ghof 82 in 1944. The city ambulance dis-) patcher in Toronto reported Fri- A heat} | well | many men, jority, begin gaining weight, YOUR HEART HAS NINE LIVES: PART 5 By ALTON BLAKESLEE and JEREMIAH STAMLER, MD Many a young bride sets | out to kill her husband. She does it unwittingly with the food she sets before him-- too much, too good, too rich, too highly processed. The slim young bridegroom begins to expand, another vic- tim of creeping obesity. At middie age the over- standing position if China was|pansionist policies and move) weight man -- depending on the mount of his blubber -- is likely to be two to three times more susceptible to coronary heart disease than his neigh- bor of normal weight. Overweight has become a national disease. Each year we spend millions of dollars, and work up an- xiety, and go in for frenzies of determination, seizing upon crash diets, special reducing diets and highlytouted drug nostrums -- and still keep yearning for some simple presto formula to slim down and trim .off the extra pounds. But you really can lose weight and keep 'it down, by acting upon a few fundamen- tal physiological laws gov- erning the reasons why most of us gain weight. The first immutable law is that calories absolutely DO count, off pounds are based upon a deficit of calories, no matter how they are advertised. Our new young husband -- let's call illustrates the way possibly a ma- and thus. veering. closer to- ward a premature heart at- tack. George began consuming tastier and more food -- and | more calories, and it makes no difference if the calories come from proteins, sugars, starches or fats. Any excess over expenditure is banked by the body. He likely also gave up the sports or exercise habits of his bachelor days, or with promotions or changes in his job began working less hard physically, Spending fewer calories, he needed fewer to hold his former weight. EAT LESS EACH YEAR '~The same thing happens to the housewife who later spends less time running after her children, or doing her own him George Live- | need 100 fewer per day than at age 30; the excess is de- posited in the calorie fat bank. A George Livewell taking in 100 more calories a day than he needs -- including costs of his physical activity or exercise -- in 35 days can gain a pound, or 10 pounds in a year! If he decides to lose 10 or 20 pounds 'n a few weeks time, he starts out in trou- ble. He expects too much, too soon, 3 Let's assume he's a. big- framed fellow, eating 3,000 calories a day, and liking it all, but it's too much, by cutting down to 2,800, he would stop gaining MORE weight. But cutting to 2,600 400 fewer calories dail y-- he could lose 20 pounds over a year's time (the way he gained it) at no great sacri- fice or self-pity, no over, drastic change of habits. To maintain each present pound of weight -- if you are moderately active -- requires about 15 calories per day. So to maintain a desirable weight of, say, 150 pounds, your maintenance goal is 150 times 15, or 2,250 calories a day. | On Writ OTTAWA (CP) -- The Com- mons Friday furbished the an- cient remedy of persons who consider thems e! ves illegally imprisoned and with rare unani- mity passed through all its |stages a private bill sponsored \by John R. Matheson (L--' Calories Do Add Up So Begin Counting To LOSE weight calls for re. ducing that amount, or creasing activity to more calories, or a tion. But cutting calories by 700 to 800 a day and eating about © 1,400 to 1,500 -- not a starva. tion level -- you can lose 1%. pounds a week, In 10 weeks, you can drop 15 pounds, Then . you can go back to the 2,250 a day -- remembering to make it 2,240 after your next birthday. . Fashion your diet in the manner described in the ceding chapter. And 4 Bs think in terms of "going on a diet", That implies you | quit when you are "cured'* just as you can stop taking medicine when an illness passes. The secret is to condition yourself to new and still plea- surable ways. TRY EXERCISE TOO And you can give yourself an assist in losing weight, without going hungry, by spending more calories. A brisk 15-minute daily walk, over and above your present | activity, will spend an extra 75 calories, Provide Appeal All diets that shrink | Denial ber) that one judge in Ontario courts finds persons in contempt of coirt more frequently than all others. He urged Mr. Fave reau to provide appeals in such eases, He did not name the judge. Mr, Favreau said he had al- Leeds). |ways personally taken the stand Justice Minister Favreau|that this appeal procedure was threw the government's weight behind the measure and it took less than the one hour provided by the rules for private bills to adopt it. The bill provides that where a writ of habeas corpus alleging necessary. He had advocated it as a law professor and he felt it his duty to give Mr. Matheson's bill full government support. Eldon Woolliams. (PC--Bow River) said the step is needed because one judge can make a illegal detention is refused by a/mistake and in such circum- isuperior court judge, the deci-/stances this decision would be lsion may be appealed to the|reviewed on appeal. court of appeal of a province.) 6 said Parliament too often | Mr. Matheson explained thatinasses laws which take awa he was impelled to propose the|the individual's right fo sud measure by a judgment of Chief) protections as habeas corpus, Justice J. C. McRuer of Ontario|ingling out the Income Tax Act urging that Parliament take this | particularly. step. Andrew Brewin (NDP--Tor- and in decent shelter and out of our pocketbooks are, by law, |'solid only for the prevention of disease." | The family was forced into sub-standard housing, he said, and one or two of the children will eventually need assistance or correction because of sanc- timonious official morality. | He later told reporters there are similar cases in every city. Public housing, he said, is a onto weather office at 5:30 a.m.|urday, valid until 11 a.m. E jmyth, Mr. Adamson also told the lcouncil that priests, politicians |tinues today in southern andjeast land scientists advise sticking to! central sections of the province) southwest 25 tonight \pure, rigid thinking, while the and will persist at least through|ing to northwest 15 b Sunday through the lower lakes./scattered thunderstorms. Central sections will be cooler late Sunday. Although skies will|Erie, Ontario: jbe mostly sunny both days aj/southwest 20 to 30 knots. Fair! city hall'--suggested the ar- thunder-| weather except chance brief iso|rangement was based on a tacit storms may develop during the/lated thunderstorms late today.| agreement within the depart- afternoon and evening hours: : social worker is seeking right New Projects For Festival CHARLOTTETOWN = (OP)-- The Dominion Drama Festival elected John Brook of Simcoe as president Friday and chose St. John's, Nfld., as the site of in 1967 when a program of all Canadian plays will be pre- | sented. | Mr. Brook, a textile company Lexecutive associated with the festival for many years, suc- | ceeded Vida Peene of Toronto. Accepting office at the DDF's | annual meeting he spoke of "ex- citing new projects': and of a ifeeling of enthusiasm and new |pride he had sensed during this | festival week in Charlottetown. "T feel that our work will be- come even more significant in the next 2% years in the light of the coming centenary of Con- federation," he said One future project approved \few Timagami, Sudbury, North Bay: | "WEATHER FORECAST {day there had been 36 ambu- jlance calls, mostly for elderly Hot And Sunny On Sunday, Too /pilis'Policy' Forecasts issued by the Tor- Synopsis: The first sustained heat wave of the season con- well separated Unsettled showery but warm weather around the upper lakes # will turn decidedly cooler on Windsor Sunday. Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie, Mostly sunny and hot today and Sunday. Chance of a brief thun- derstorm during the afternoon|Toronto | or evening of either day. South- west winds 15 to 25. Northern Georgian bay, Al- goma, Southern White River,} Scattered showers and thunder-} storms, mostly this _afternoon.} Variable cloudiness and turning cooler Sunday with showers arid scattered thunderstorms. Winds near 20 becoming northwest Sunday afternoon TORONTO (CP) Marine forecasts issued by the Toronto |by the meeting was Canadian 'participation in an international amateur theatre festival held every three years in Monaco English and.French groups will atiend in alternate years. De- tails of selection will be worked GEORGE C. MARTIN Insurance 67 King St. E., Oshawa BUS: 728-4511 RES: 725-2802 All Lines of Insurance jout before the 1965 festival. SERVICE STATIONS OPEN THIS SUNDAY 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. MEADES SUNOCO STATION 588 KING STREET EAST LITTLE CHIEF TEXACO STATION 83 RITSON R CLEMENTS SUPE OAD SOUTH RTEST STATION 102 SIMCOE STREET NORTH LAWLESS SHELL. STATION 227 SIMCOE $ TREET SOUTH weather office at 8:30 a.m. Sat- DT; Sunday. Lake Superior: Wind south- near 15 knots becoming and shift- y Sunday; Georgian Bay, Lakes Huron, Winds west to Forecast temperatures: Low tonight, high Sunday 65 90 St. Thomas .. . 65 90 | London 8 Lake Huron, Niagara, Southern| Kitchener .... : } ® Of Georgian bay, Haliburton, Wind-| Mount Forest its Canadian centennial festival)., London, Toronto, Hamilton:|Wingham .. Hamilton St. Catharines | Peterborough Trenton . Killaloe .... Muskoka .. North Bay Sudbury ..... Earlton ..... Sault Ste. Marie ., Kapuskasing ... White River Moosonee ..... people suffeing from _ this) week's erratic weather. Birth Control if TORONTO alderman said Friday the city's (CP)--A Toronto} houseowrk, if she keeps con- suming the same amount of food, A single pound of fat repre- sents 3,500 "banked"' calories. The dismaying thing is. we fatten our bank account little by little. There's another. immutable fact about calories: With each year after age 25, our bodies need about 10 fewer calories per day. 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