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Oshawa Times (1958-), 30 Nov 1964, p. 1

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The Hometown Newspaper Of Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Bowmanville, Pickering and neigh VOL. 93--NO. 281 boring centres, The Oshawa Ti OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1964 Authorized es Second Class Mail , Ottewo one for arene" Bg when Weather Report Sunny With Occasional Snowflurries To- day And Tomorrow. Very Cold. High-28, Low-18.° ' a Postoge TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES ALI BABA AND ESKIMOS "INVADE" BOWMANVILLE oct 35,000 turned out the aa. captured the attention of those who lined the two- mile parade route through town streets. The float was entitled Northern Fantasy and featured these two boys dressed as Eskimos standing in front of an igloo. The lower photo was part of ,the Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves procession. Shown are Jim Michel, left, of Claremont and Garnet B. Rickard, of Bow- manville, who portrayed Cas- sim. (See Page 3 for story and another picture.) PERHAPS A "NYET' OVER LUNCH UN Showdown Soon Over Russian Debt UNITED NATIONS (CP)-- U.S. State Secretary Dean Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko had a luncheon date today.that might--or might not--be the turning point in the crisis over financing the United} Nations. U.S. diplomats "guessed" that} Gromyko, in his first appear- ance at the UN headquarters in New York. since the new re- gime took over in Moscow would agree to financial discus- sions rather than force a show- down at the opening of the Gen- eral Assembly's 1964 session Tuesday. But suspense remained high for ¢ven with a "yes" from Gromyko, the precarious gen- tleman"s agreement proposed by Secretary-General U Thant could collapse because of objec- tions by other UN members. Immediately at issue is appli- cation of the UN charter's Ar- ticle 19, which says any mem- ber more than two years behind in its dues shall have no vote in the Genera! Assembly. Because the Russians have *\Meanwhile, the United Nations will lose its basic constitutional and finan- cial integrity if the rule is not applied. MAKES PROPOSAL Thant proposed that the as- sembly, until its Christmas re- icess, confine itself to matters on which there is unanimous agreement. There would be no roll-call votes on which the Rus- sian vote could be challenged. negotiations could be held in an effort to resolve the financial deadlock. Diplomatic sources said France might scuttle the deal. France falls more than two years behind in her dues next year because she has refused to pay her share of The Congo peacekeeping operation. There was speculation that she would try to force the issu@ now in order that the first fight would come over Russia's lelinque ycrather than hers. Rusk scheduled separate morning meetings with U Thant and External Affairs Minister Pau] Martin of Canada as weili refusec to pay for UN peace- keeping costs, they fallen more than two years in| arrears. The United States says|Sunday night, jas the foreign ministers of} now have|gypt and Kenya. Martin arrived in New York} jand her husband David, flying directly are from Saint John, from Windsor, Ont. He declined to make any formal statement but in Windsor he told reporters that the coming assembly meet- ing will be one of the most vital CAR STRIKES LAND MINE IN GAZA STRIP Bowmanville Soldi Trooper Adrian Bons, 22, Man- vers road, RR 5, Bowmanville, was one of two Canadians serv- ing with the United Nations Emergency Force in the Middle East who were killed Sunday when their car ran over a land mine in the Gaza Strip. The defence department iden- tified the other soldier as Core poral Paul Reginald Wallace, 33, of Three Mile Plains, Nova Scotia. : Both men were buried at Gaza War Cemetery. Trooper Bons was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs,. Adrian Bons. He 'was born in Holland and-came to Canada five years ato with his parents. Following his arrival in the Bowmanville district he worked for the Bow: manville Golf Club. He joined the Canadian Army 'about three years ago and had been in Israel with the UN Force since February of this year, Besides his parents, he is sur- vived by four sisters, Jean, 21; Arie, 15, Lia, 13 and Willie, 8, and a brother, Dan, 19. The two soldiers were mem- bers of D-Squadron, 8th Cana- dian Hussars. They, had apprehended a Bed- ouin who had strayed into a re- stricted zone of the Egyptian side of the border and were returning to their desert outpost when the accident occurred. ier Killed A defence dovatnibé spokess man said 17 Canadian soldiers have nov been killed and 41 in- jured in the line of duty in the Gaza Strip in very similar cir- cumstances since the emer- gency force was set up in 1956. | He said UNEF troops have removed many mines over the years, but thousands more are believed to have remained un- detected because of poor maps and markings and shifting sand. Mariner Sails On To Mars PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Spacecraft Mariner IV finally found its guiiding star today, and scientists said it was using it to speed on toward an ap- pointment with Mars, Officials at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena said that the second radio command sent to the craft today resulted in its finding Canopus -- the bright orb it needs to hold it on course through a. 744-month, 325,000,000-mile voyage. The second command was sent at 2:57 a.m., starting the craft rolling over in space, scanning the heavens for Cano- pus. Three minutes later it locked on a star. Scientists said the data it then radioed back was analysed, | Proving it locked on Canopus and not some other star. , | At the time Mariner lockéd on Canopus it was 359,850 miles from earth and was travelling at 7,400 miles an hour, scien- tists said. Mariner heeds the fix toekeep it flying through space without tumbling into positions where its radio equipment won't func- tion properly. It also needs the fix on Caiio- pus for the crucial midcourse manoeuvre. Jail Law To Be Lifted PRETORIA (AP)--South Af- rica's 90 - day detention law, which empowers police to hold suspects for up to 90 days at a time without charge of trial, is to be suspended Jan. 11, Jus- tice Minister Balthaz Vorster announced today. Vorster warned last week he would not hesitate to reintro- duce it should circumstances require such action. Hundreds have been held un- der the law, some for several in UN history. "Unless the financing prob-| lems can. be solved, the UN will be faced with an impos- sible situation." Unless it is re- solved satisfactorily, all the) other questions before the UN| will go unheeded in the world body. Congo Sibiaiis Land In Brussels BRUSSELS (AP)--About 75 refugees from the Stanleyville area landed in Brussels today) after a delay due to fog. It was the seventh refugees arrival from Stanleyville bring- ing the approximate total of those flown into Brussels to about 675. Among the refugees were a Canadian. couple, Sonia Grant who worked at one of the igelized Mission stations 40 miles from Stanleyville. They NB. Unevan-|} /90-day periods. | The latest unofficial statistics |put the total number of 90-day jdetainees to date at "'close to }1,000."" SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL .». cake, brandy and congratulations But No LONDON (CP)--Sir Winstor Churchill celebrates his 90th birthday today with a 120-pound cake, a glass of his favorite brandy and an avalanche of congratulations. Cables and letters arrived by the vanload from around the world including one from Gov- ernor-General of Canada, Friends' said the birthday would follow Sir Winston's es- tablished pattern--breakfast in bed with the daily papers, a morning receiving officials call- ers and in the evéning a quiet dinner party for close friends and relatives. - NEWS HIGHLIGHTS | Woman's Body Recovered From River NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. (CP) -- The decomposed body body of a woman was recovered Sunday from the Niagara River, underneath the Rainbow Bridge. Niagara parks police said the body had apparently been in the water for sever would be almost impossible. | al months' and identification | Russia Rejects UN Financing Formula UNITED NATIONS (CP) -- The Soviet Union today re- jected a compromise formula put forward by Secretary- yeneral U Thant in the hope of avoiding a U.S.-Soviet confrontation on UN financing. | Word of the Soviet decisi | Foreign Minister Andrei A. C on came shortly after Soviet yromyko met State Secretary Dean' Rusk for a luncheon discussion of this and other problems before the UN assembly opening Tuesday. THE TIMES CIVIC ELECTION FORUM Candidates Quizzed On Centennial A Centennial pool for Oshawa? What is your stand on this project? This is the first question put to aldermanic§ candi- dates in the Oshawa 'Times Civic Election Forum. The - Forum presents the views of aldermanic candidates on the key issues of the Dec. 7 elections. Each day for six days, The Times will pre- sent the' answers of the candidates to a question re- lating to city government Tomorrow, the views of aldermanic candidates con- cerning industrial develop- ment in Oshawa will be published. Following, in alphabetical order, are the replies to the question regarding Osh- awa"s Centennial project SEE CANDIDATES (Continued on Page 8) Swimming GORDON ATTERSLEY¥ CECIL BINT s0GN BRADY JOHN DEHART Georges Vanier| He's 90, Today V-Sign Oysters Jed the dinner menu. The table centrepiece was the auge iced cake, two. feet in diameter and decorated with a big golden rose and these words on a scroll: "In war--resolution; In de- feat -- defiance: In victory-- magnanimity: In peace--good- will." Churchill's home near Hyde Park.to sing Happy Birthday, Sir Winston and For He's a Jolly Good Fellow. He could not manage the famous V for victory sign, but, supported by Lady Churchill on one side and'a nurse on the jother, he spread his arms wide lin acknowledgment of the cheers. WEARS SIREN SUIT He: was wearing one of his wartime siren suits--a coverall ideal for the air raid shelter. The old Churchillian grin spread across. his face' as he acknowledged the créwd's greeting. Despite a. freezing drizzle he |had the window opened so that he could see and be seen. The crowd included many jyoung people. who hadn't been jborn when Churchill galganized the British in their fight for freedom. As a' lifelong addict of, news- papers the old man was sure of ja happy morning. The editorial jwriters did him proud. | "Today is not an occasion for jpanegyric but for thanksgiv- ing," said the London Times. "The greatest of living English- men is 90. "Warm, as other nations' re- joicings are, they come second to Britain's. For Sir Winston Churchill is ours." "The nation salutes him," said The Daily Mail. "At a time of confusion he warned us: At a time of peril he led us to the heights of achievement» At a time when all about us were succumbing, he saved freedom.' And from The Daily' Tele- graph: "We see him on_ his birthday as the last of the great romantics--yet perhaps not the last, only the latest. Fgr who shall say that we shall not again have need of the knights errant of politics and war." The post office so far has delivered 'some' 60,000 birthday letters and telegrams to the} red-and-brick town house at 28 Hyde Park Gardens, Kensing- ton. Sunday night Churchill | watched a BBC television birth- jday tribute--90 minutes of star- |studded entertainment "which took Sir Winston musically back through the nine decades. of his life. It was narrated by Noel Coward. In the birthday eve hundreds | of wellwishers crowded outside} 90" LB] PROCLAIMS "WINNIE'S" 90TH WASHINGTON (AP) President Johnson today proclaimed Sir Winston Churchill's 90th birthday e@ day for Americans to honor the British leader. Churchill is 90 today, and Johnson marked the occa- sion with a proclamation de- claring "'in his own lifetime he has come to embody a statesmanship that serves all man's desires for liberty and human dignity... ." Johnson added "by his courage, vision and leader- ship, his place in the his- tory of freedom is perma- nently enshrined, . . ." The president proclaimed today Sir Winston Churchill Day and invited Americans to mark the occasion with appropriate ceremonies. Agreement On Grain Price BONN (Reuters)--West Ger- man cabinet ministers and farm leaders have reached agree- ment on a West German policy on the Common Market grain price question, reliable sources said today. The agreement was reached after three hours of talks among senior ministers of Chancellor Ludwig Erhard's 'economic cabinet," leaders of the coalition parties. and farmers' represen- tatives. The farmers' leaders had de- manded an additional 1,100,000,- 000 marks (about $275,000,000) in subsidies in return for ac- cepting a lower price for their LEOPOLDVILLE (CP)--The Stanleyville airport, where a chartered Beigian DC-4 ex. ploded and crashed on takeoff Sunday with the loss of at least seven lives, was "tem closed" today due to fighting around the field, the leader of the mertenary forces told re- as ig ae e Hoare, leader of thee =F mercenary force fight- ing the rebels, made the dis- closure amid signs that the situ- ation in the former rebel cap- ital was getting desperate for the white mercénary-led central government forces trying: to prevent the rebels from recap- turing it. Air Congo cancelled one flight to. Stanleyville today and an- other plane already on its way there was called back to Leo- poldville, Hoare, in Leopoldville 'to get more reinforcements," told re- porters "not to over-dramatize the situation." NUMBERS DWINDLE « Other mercenaries said their number in Stanleyville was dwindling steadily. One white mercenary gave a ries left in: Stanleyville out of the approximate 250 who came in there six days ago, Earlier, other sources said there were 200 mercenaries and some 600 Congolese government soldiers. Another mercenary, brought to Leopoldville to get a minor wound treated, declared: 'As soon as you shoot one rebel, there are six more there to take low figure of only 60 mercena-|&s ANOTHER BLOODBATH IN CONGO? "Shoot One And 6 More Jump In' Two United Nations a nications experts flew in f Stanleyville +e word that 44 mercenary - led forces were in control of the northern city's porarily| European section. Sources, here gave the figure of at least seven dead aboard the Belgian airliner, but th: were other reports the to might be at least eight. Belgian International Transport officials said they were not sure whether the plane was hit by rebel gunfire or crashed accidentally. (In Brussels the Belgi mews agency Inbel said plane was shot down by rebels. People returning from Stan- leyville on an earlier flight said they saw hundreds of rebels massed in the dense tlt at the far end of the Stanleyville run- way and that Congolese Air Force planes were firing on the rebels with rockets and ma- chine-guns. REPORT COMES IN A message reaching Leopold- ville said the plane "got fire 'on taking off." It was not clear whether this meant that the lane had been hit by the reb- There were conflicting reports on the number of passengers on board the plane, which crashed at the end of the runway. A U.S, Air Force source said only 15 persons were on the plane. and eight had survived, All were reported injured. Earlier reports said the plane carried about 40 Congolese sengers being evacuated to his place." poldville, grain. It was hoped the agreement will enable the Common Mar- ket Six to work out a common agricultural policy, for which the cereals question was one of the main stumbling blocks, Until a common policy was thrashed out the Six could not complete their economic inte- gration or negotiate in the Ken- nedy Round of tariff talks in Geneva next year. THE TIME Bow: Genefals Ann Landers--16 City News--13 Classified--24, 25, 26 Comics--22 District Reports--6 Editorial--4 Financial--27 S today... Aldermanic Candidates Heard--Page 13 ville Santa Parade--Page 23 Lose To Kitchener--Page 10 Obits--27 Sports--10, 11, 12 Television--22 Theatre--8 Whitby News--5 Women's--14, 15, 16 Weather--2 SAIGON (AP) Premier Tran Van Huong of South Viet Nam -appeated Sunday night for public suppert after paratroop- ers crushed another Buddhist demonstration against his }month-old government. In a broadcast, Huong calied on the people to help put down street demonstrations which he said were inspired by the Com- munists. Saigon's. military, governor, charged that the Viet Cong def- initely had been involved Sun- day in the funeral procession for a Buddhist boy that turned} into an anti-government demon- stration. Police arrested 89 per- sons, |demonstrators The Buddhist hierarchy, who have vowed to bring down Hu- ong's government, charged that the government's show of force amounted to "direct pro- vocation against unified Budd- hism." About 1,500 patatroopers clashed with some 2,000 demon- strators who had gathered for the funeral procession. The Buddhists. claimed 15-year-old Le Van Ngoc was shot by troops who broke up an earlier janti > government demonstra- | tion. Fighting broke out after the protested the seizure of a truck in the pro- cession, The army said it car- Premier Asks For Support After Crushing Buddhists ried knives, clubs ard grenades, The vehicle's' occupants were arrested. The government had given permission for the funeral but stipulated that only 200 marche ers could take part and that the procession follow a route avoids ing downtown Saigon. The pro- cession, however, started out with 2,000 marchers and at one point: veered toward downtown Saigon. Officials blamed Viet Cong agents for sending an empty lo- comotive rolling into Saigon's main station early today. It crashed into a railway car, killed five persons waiting in the station and injured 11 others,

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