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The Hometown Newspaper _, of Oshawa, Whitb: y, Ajax, Bowmanville, Pickering and neighboring centres, VOL. 94 -- NO. 42 \ Che Oshawa Cimes Le OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1965 Authorized as Second Class Me Ottewa and: for payment Weather Report. Clear and cold today, tonight. Same Satur- day, Low tonight,.5, High tomorrow, 25,: I! Post Office Department of Postage in "Cash. ' EIGHTEEN PAGES ARROW POINTS TO ICE-CRUSHED CAMP Government Intends To Act All-Canada Medical Care OTTAWA (CP)--The federal government intends to discuss a proposed pre-paid medical care program for all Canada with the provinces before deciding whether to sponsor it in Parlia- ment. Prime Minister Pearson told the Commons Thursday after tabling the second and final re- port of the royal commission on health services that it will be given the same close study as the first report, made public last June. But before deciding whether to go ahead with the plan sug- gested by Mr. Justice Emmett Hall of the Supreme Court of Canada and his fellow commis- sioners, the two reports will have to be discussed with the Provinces. So far, no real discussions on the subject have been held with any of the provinces, though a liminary meeting was held jast autumn on the first report. The complication is that while the medical care plan was evolved by a federal royal com- mission appointed by the for- mer Conservative government and now reporting to the pres- ent Liberal government, the subject matter is largely in pro- vincial jurisdiction. WOULD SPLIT COST The plan evolved in the first report was to have the federal split 50-50 the cost of paying all doctors, dentists; and similar medical care bills. How the machinery would work was spelled out in the sec- ond report. It made clear that operations would be centred mainly in provincial awthority. Ten health services' commis- sios, one for each province, wauld operate the plan, includ- ing the negotiation of profes- sional fee rates with the profes- sions. They would also adminis- ter hospital grants and pro- grams to encourage profes- sional training. They would be assisted. by health advisory councils at pro- vincial and perhaps at regional levels. These would be com- posed of representatives of gov- ernment and the professions, and a wide selection to repre- sent the public's interest. The work of the operating commissions would be co-ordi- nated by a federal committee, working with a federal advisory council and reporting to a fed- eral - provincial conference of health ministers meeting at least once a year. The Hall commission made no definite recommendations about the organization of medical care TORONTO (CP) -- Organized medicine in Canada, hostile to a tax-backed medical care pro- gram, renewed its attack Thurs- day in reaction to the. second re- port of the federal royal com- mission on health services. Canadian Medical Association headquarters here issued a 1,200-word "preliminary state- ment" on the. second volume of the Emmett Hall royal .commis- sion report shortly after the vol- government and the provinces ume was issued in Ottawa. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Snow Slide Derails Five Train Cars FIELD, B.C. (CP) -- A snow slide Thursday night de- railed five cars of a Canadian near this Rocky Mountain com middle of the train were slammed over an embankment by the slide, but none reached the Kicking Horse River below. Four of the cars were loaded a man said. There were no reports of injuries. Robarts, Frost May Attend Funeral WHITBY -- Premier John Leslie Frost of Ontario may attend the funeral service of Hon. G. Arthur Welsh, sheriff Tuesday, to be held at All Saints' Anglican Church, Whitby, at 2 p.m. sheriffs from counties all over Supreme Court Justices, Chief Justices, and 25 | Pacific Railway freight train munity. Three cars from the nd one empty, a CPR spokes- CMA Renews War Against Medicare revenue and half by the prov- at the municipal and local level, preferring to leave this to local groups to work out among themselves. They probably would spring from local health units, area hospital planning bodies, and groups of doctors working in joint practice. This plan would leave doctor- patient relations and local hos- pital authority virtually untouched. "The changes that we envis- age," the royal commission said, '"'are based on the main- tenance of a close relationship between those who provide and those who receive health serv- ices, including freedom of choice on the part of the pa- tient and of the physician." All that would change is that a health service commission would pay the doctor's bill, in- stead of the patient. The report said this might even have a the- rapeutic value for the patient. The CMA reiterated its opposi- tion to "the system of health in- surance outlined in Volume I and defended in Volume II" of the Hall commission report. "A -preferable approach is |provided through voluntary jmechanisms, multiple choice of jcarrier and aid from tax funds |for those who need such assist- jance," the CMA said. | The commission calls for a universal prepaid health insur- jance program financed half by |the federal government from tax jinces from taxes, premiums or even lotteries. Programs would be set up by the individual prov- inces and freedom of choice would be guaranteed for. both patient and doctor. The CMA said it is not con- vinced that the proposed insur- ance system will avoid being a single, uniform, monolithic, gov- ernment-controlled program. The association criticized the proposed program further for failing to permit a citizen who wishes to opt out to get back any taxes or premiums paid for the service he relinquishes. Robarts and former Premier of Ontario County who died | | the province will also attend. jreduce unnecessary demand It said "some rationing" of medical service is essential to and suggests that the patient be required to pay part of the cost directly to the doctor, an idea HEART BELONGS TO LIBERALS WHITBY (Staff) -- Alvin Ward's heart belongs to the Liberal Party. He won one of four vice- presidential posts last night at Ontario Riding (federal) Liberal Association execu- tive elections through a unique use of belated valen- tines and a corps of young girls. Party members. arriving at the meeting in Kathleen Rowe public school were handed large red_ hearts with 'Be My Valentine-- Vote Al Ward" and a list of posts he has held written on them. 2 Prefacing his brief can didate's speech was a rah- rah demonstration by the girls in cheer-leader out- fits, Highlight of this dis- play was a. large, gaily- decorated box from which a girl jumped waving a 'Vote Al Ward' heart. See story on Page 9 for~ Charles' B. Templeton's speech to the Association and compiete results of the rejected by the commission, elections. a RESCUERS RUSH IN TO CRUSHED CAM "We Can Hold Out Tonight' GRANDUC MINE, B.C. (CP)--"We can hold out. for tonight." Innis Kelly, the radioman who flashed the first news of the Granduc slide, summed up the situation that way Thursday night. His words were thin but clear as he broadcast from the only building left standing in the shattered cabin town. Using batteries plundered from bulldozers, he told of a huge signal fire sending sparks up into a terrifying drizzle. "The rain is very trou- bling," said Kelly, "The men are afraid it will cause more slides." Ki He described the injured, some of them in critical con- dition, who lie on the floor of the mine company's building while a doctor and first-aid man 'tend them. He described cold gripping the camp, and the 120 surviv- ors shivering and weary in- side the office building. "You can say goodbye to the Portal Camp and the pow- erhouse. "They are gone with the slide." He told of the survivors being able to see bulldozers from other camps on the sur- rounding glaciers, the ma- chines unable to move in because of further slide dan- ger. "The doctor is in there (the office building). He and a group of men are doing a great job." "May Day, May Day, May Day,'"'--the international dis- tress signal--was Kelly's first report of the day, made from the radio shack at Pacific Western Airlines' glacier air strip near the camp. Scar Marks Worst Slide FRANK, Alta. (CP)--An ugly scar on the west side of Turtle Mountain today is a silent re- minder of Canada's worst mountain slide tragedy .--the collapse 62 years ago of 70,000,- 000 tons of rock upon the orig- inal. Frank townsite and the death of at least 66 persons. The.slide was over in about 160 seconds and occurred early April 29, 1903. Giant limestone rocks buried the coal mining community, located in the Crowsnest Pass, 88 miles west of Lethbridge. A mass of rock 1,300 feet high, 4,000 feet wide and 500 feet thick covered two miles of valiey floor with huge boulders weighing thousands of tons each. Rubble was piled 100 feet deep over smashed houses, a railway siding and the entrance to a coal mine in Turtle Moun- tain. Frank's chief industry. OTTAWA (CP)--Quebec Con- servative Remi Paul bolted the "Diefenbaker party" Thursday and announced that. he would sit as an independent until the party gets a new leader. yer who represents the riding of Berthier - Maskinonge - Dela- naudiere, told the Commons that the "great Conservative party" now is under the control of a singie man--John Diefen- baker--and he has lost all con- fidence in the leader. After making his brief an- nouncement at the opening of the day's session, Mr. Paul crossed the floor and took a new seat at the far end of the Liberal benches. There are sev- eral empty seats in that area, and one of them was occupied for a time in 1963 by Guy Mar- coux, the Quebec-Montmorency member who left the Social Credit party for a time after a dispute with Deputy Leader Real Caouette. He rejoined the Social Credit party after Mr. Caouette formed the Creditiste party. Mr. Paul's defection from the party was unexpected. Although Quebec Leader Leon Balcer had threatened to walk out over the leadership question, he recently said he would remain within the party for the time being. And other Quebec members would ibe urged to do so, he said. Mr. Paul said that although his action differed from Mr. Paul Bolts Party 'It's Diefenbaker' Mr. Paul, a 43-year-old law- j REMI PAUL Balcer's and his "many other Conservative friends," he would continue to work with them to give the party a new leader, a new platform and a new life. There was not a sound in the Commons when Mr. Paul rose to read his brief announcement in French and English. He had sent Mr. Diefenbaker a short note a few minutes earlier in- forming -him, of his intentions. 'Unfortunately,' he said, "that (Conservative) party is now controlled and directed by a single man, Favreau OTTAWA (CP)--Justice Min- ister Favreau declined to say in the Commons Thursday whether the RCMP has recom- mended that criminal charges be filed against Yvon Dupuis, ousted minister without port- folio. Replying to Eldon Wooliams (PC--Bow River), he said a preliminary RCMP re- port about Mr. Dupuis has been referred to Quebec Attorney- General Claude Wagner and it would be improper for federal authorities to comment further at this stage, Mr. Woolliams asked whether any charges have been filed against anyone in connection with the "racetrack scandal re- ferred to" by Mr. Dupuis in a long statement to. the House Tuesday. Mr. Favreau said he is not aware of any such charges. Mr. Dupuis, MP for St. Jean- Iberville - Napierville who was asked to resign from the cab- inet by Prime Minister Pear- son Jan. 20, was absent from the Commons Thursday and could not be reached at home. Mr. Dupuis said the RCMP Silent On Dupuis Case investigation centres on a false allegation that he received a $10,000 gift in 1961 to help ob- tain a»provincial racetrack bet- ting franchise for promoters in his riding. The allegation was part of a '"'machination" to wreck his political career, he added. In Quebee, Opposition Leader Daniel Johnson asked in the legislative assembly for com- ment on published reports that the provincial revenue depart- ment has taken steps to collect personal income tax from Mr. Dupuis on an additional amount of $10,000 income in 1961, "It is a normal practice to tax income where such income is seen,"' replied Revenue Min- ister .Kierans. '"'That's all I have to say." Premier Lesage informed the assembly that Attorney - Gen- eral Wagner has received part of an RCMP report dealing with Mr. Dupuis and the appli- cation for a race track charter at St. Luc. Mr. Lesage said he cannot make any statement be- cause the investigation is still under way. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. (CP) Helicopters and a ship loaded 'with emergency supplies headed for an avalanche-smashed, min- ing camp in the mountains of northwest British Columbia to- day in a dramatic bid to rescue more than 140 stranded miners. Between 20 and 40 men were reported missing in the giant slide of snow and ice that hit the camp of Granduc . Mines Limited Thursday morning. Some were sealed off in a mine tunnel that was burrowed into a glacier. Rescue operations got into full swing at the crack of dawn fol- lowing intermittent radio mes- sages from the wrecked camp pleaded for food and medical md "and all help possi- ble.' The copper mine is near Stew- art, a town about 200 miles north of the city of Prince Ru- pert, on the Pacific Coast. Stewart is about 800 miles northwest of Vancouver. The helicopters were both ci- vilian and military. The Alaska ferry Taku was steaming north out of Prince Rupert carrying a mountain rescue team, para- chute rescue teams and a dog specially trained to sniff out humans buried in snow. The freighter, which has 88 berths, also carried doctors, whole blood and blood plasma among its emergency supplies. Vicious weather--high winds, snow and rain--prevented res- 'cuers from flying into the moun- tain-ringed valley. The weather was to improve later-today but deteriorate again Saturday. Weak signals from a make- shift radio transmitter with the miners the message that 17 of them were injured-- seven seriously. The messages said the injured were lying on the floor of the company office -- '"'the only building left standing." They also said that a heavy snowfall had turned to rain and the men feared: more slides would rumble through the nar- row valley. The avalanche struck the cop- per operation when a piece of the twin Leduc Glaciers slipped, burying men and all the camp's power equipment. The campsite reeled under. the blow but survivors muscled their way through a snow - blocked mine entrance and res- cued 40 men. The missing are believed buried with the buildings at a 140 Miners In Missing Range: 20-40 Shaft, treated to the main camp a mile away where only the office stood. Soldiers, a mountain rescue team, a ferry and other vessels and helicopters will be used to- day to ferry the men out. An RCAF Dakota aircraft ar- rived here early today equippéd to handle stretcher cases. The plane carried a two-man para- rescue team and supplies of blood-plasma. The 1,000 - passenger ferry Taku, provided by Alaska, will be used as a hospital ship at Chickamin River north of Ste- wart where survivors will bt brought 60 miles by helicopter. The army personnel will be ferried into the campsite to un- cover the missing. "The two main problems are no food, clothing or shelter and bad weather preventing us get- ting in to survivors," said Col. Mathews. First report of the glacial de- struction came from Innis Kelly, transmitting from a Pa- cific Western Airlines radio shack at an airstrip near the camp. His brief, "May Day, May, May Day" -- the international distress call -- touched off the rescue operation but his broad- cast was stopped when the ice and snow rumbled over the camp powerhouse. Kelly plundered batteries from bulldozers left untouched and set up a station in the com- pany office--the survivors' only communication with the outside world. Unhis is Portal Camp: trans- mitting blind," was the mes- sag "Portal Camp-has been wiped out by a snowslide. There are several slides. in the area. "They (the miners) req food and medical supplies, breathing equipment and all help possible. "Send in snow moving equip- ment." His messages were monitored here but attempts to answer him were fruitless. Later the monitor crackled: "Another slide starting." "The temperature is now 31 degrees. If it gets any warmer and starts to rain then there will be more slides." Kelly faded beyond reception in the mountainous area and was silent four hours. Then he asked for "morphine and hot water bottles."" His last terse message Thurs- small camp near the mine en- trance. The bulk of the crew re- day said: "We can hold out tonight." Raise New Flag At Whitby Ann Landers -- 11 City News -- 9 Classified -- 14, 15 Comics -- 13 District Reports -- 8 Editorial -- 4 Financial -- 16 THE TIMES today...: 'Grits Need New Blood', Templeton Says in Whithy -- P. 9 Little Leads Generals to 7-5 Victory -- P. 8 Saturday Morning -- P, 5 Obits -- 16 Sports -- 6, 7 Television -- 13 Theatre -- 17 Whitby News -- 5 Women's -- 10, 11, 12 Weather -- 2 END DICTATORSHIP, LEADER SAYS Military Coup In Sai Onl SAIGON (AP)--Another coup hit South Viet Nam today, but an attempt to nullify it appeared to be in the' making. Warplanes were circling the rebel-held Saigon: radio station, and tanks were drawn up out- side the station. Loudspeakers repeatedly warned the civilians to clear the area. There was no shooting as 'yet, but the situation was extremely tense. ' Col. Pham Ngoc Thao said the coup's purpose was to end the dictatorship of Lt.-Gen. Nguyen Khanh, the strongman. coms mander of the South Vietna- mese armed forces. Thao claimed that Khanh was under house arrest and that Brig. - Gen. Nguyen Cao Ky, commander of the air force, was also under arrest Ky was reported safe at the Binh Hoa air base near Saigon and still in control of many of his fighter planes. It was thought he might attempt a counter-attack. Thao in a broadcast accused Khanh of swindling the military and the people. He said his ac- tion was directed against one man--Khanh--and no one else. It was the eighth government upheaval in South Viet Nam since President Ngo Dinh Diem' was overthrown and slain Nov. 1, 1963. Khanh; commander of the armed forces, has been the country's strongman since Jan. 30. 1964 Khanh had been expecting trouble.. Nearly the entire armed forces. strategic re- serves, normally held in Saigon to reinforce any field units in trouble, had been deployed to the provinces where forces loyal to Khanh presumably still were in charge These include two battalions of marines in central Bin Dinh province and the large force Khanh led to Nha Trang for an attack on a suspected Viet Cong supply port Thao claimed he had the sup- port of the 25th, 9th, 7th and "wire 5th army divisions, which are stationed in areas adjoining Sai- gon, plus part of the marine corps and part of the air force. The first signs of the coup came at the waterfront near Khanh's-. armed forces head- quarters, Several M-24 tanks smashed through the barbed barricades outside the navy headquarters and Khanh's house, which are on the same street. Riding in one of the tanks was Col. Thao. This happned about 1 p.m. At the.,same time, t anks smashed their way onto the Sai- gon airport, blocking South Viet- namese air force planes whose pilots were not on the 'side of the rebels. About 10 Skyraider fighter - bombers, whose pilots apparently had been won over, took off and circled Saigon for the remainder of the afternoon. With 30 minutes all key mili- tary installations in Saigon had been taken by the rebels. It was believed that troops from the 5th Division, based 15 miles north of Saigon, had oc- cupied the installations with as- sistance of at least two marine battalions. At 2 p.m., when Thao had re- ceived confirmation by radio that all objectives had been taken, a convoy of tanks and military trucks drove through the streets.fo Saigon radio sta- tion. There, Thao said in a broad- cast: "This is not a coup d'etat but it is a military operation. "All the units of the army, navy and air force and marines are contributing. "Gen. Khanh is a dictator. All units throughout the country must maintain order and secur: ity. "This is the voice of the mili- tary-civilian force." Interviewed at 'the radio sta- lion, Thao said: "We want to get rid of Khanh and restore or- der. We will see later if any of the present government will stay." ° LEADER SURROUNDS GENERAL