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Q0A THE OSHAWA TIMES, Fridey, February 26, 1965 NEW NONQUON TOWERS APARTMENT BUILDING The 70-unit section of the } new Nonquon Towers apart- ments takes form on Non- quon road in Oshawa's northeast sector with occu- pancy scheduled for early May. Construction is sched- uled to start on an addi- tional section of 150 suites in early spring. Total cost of the two sections will be approximately $750,000. Such MPP SENDS HIS GREETINGS Gentlemen: ' "I would like to extend congratulations to The Osh- awa Times on their annual Progress Edition which highlights the progress of this great City of Oshawa during the past year. "Most assuredly Oshawa has enjoyed another year of progress. Our population has increased by over 4,000 over 70,000 population. The taxable assessment, has risen to a new high of $280,448,480, is an indication of the heavy building pro- gram both in the industrial and residential areas. It is per cent of the homes in and we are now a city of. interesting to note that 88 Oshawa are owner occupied. Oshawa can also be quite proud of its community spirit, This was clearly in- dicated in the Folk Festival which was held last July and in which several hundred local citizens took an active part and thousands more at- tended the event, The com- pletion of the Civic Auditor- ium was also another event 'which highlighted the com- munity spirit of this city, in that citizens in all walks of life joined hands in a co-operative effort to build this much needed facility, "Oshawa is known as the Motor City of Canada and I am humbly proud to stand in the Ontario ture as the representative of this great city which indirectly provides such a large mea sure of the provincial econ- omy. The impact which the automobile industry has on our provincial economy is well recognized by provin- cial authorities and it may well be said "as goes the economy in Oshawa, so to a degree, goes Ontario'. "I would like to express a word of congratulation and sincete appreciation to the many. citizens of this city who have played a part, whether large or small, in 'the progress which we have enjoyed during the past year. ALBERT V. WALKER, MPP Oshawa Riding, ie scenes as the above are familiar in Oshawa today and the apartment building boom 'goes into higher gear. --Oshawa Times Photo Another Year Of Progress For The Oshawa General The year 1964 marked another year of progress and of in- creased use of hospital facilities. in the Oshawa General Hospital when more than 20,000 in- patients were treated for 195,- 000 days. In addition, there were 25,000 persons treated as out- patients. |wages and fringe benefits, and As an employer of over 1,000 persons and with an annual bud- get of over $5,000,000, the Osh- awa General Hospital exerts an important impact on the econ- omy. As over 70 per cent of the money received from all.sources is used to reimburse the staff in The year 1964 saw the opening|@s salaries have continued to of the Isotope laboratory, used|increase, the cost of providing primarily for diagnostic pur-|@ high quality of service con- poses, but which will eventually|tinues to mount. : be expanded for treatment. The Oshawa General Hospital Also, during the year, the In-|is fully accredited by the Cana- tensive Care Unt was expand-|dian Council on Hospital Ac- ed to include a two-beq|creditation, a yardstick for the Coronary Unit, These and other|Citizens of this area to use to advances in the treatment of ill-|evaluate the quality of medical ness are being studied by your|°4re. hospital to further improve the| The problem of expansion is quality of care being renderedjever before the Board. of Direc- to our patients. -- tors and at present, plans are Much new equipment Was|peing developed by the. archi- added in all departments during the year in an effort to keep tects to enlarge certain areas of RC Superiors Oppose Priest ROME (Reuters)--The reli- gious superiors of a young Ro- man Catholic priest who last week published a newspaper article advocating contraception dissociated themselves from his views Monday. The statement, issued to re-| porters by the headquarters of| the Divine Word Missionary Fathers, tie religious order to which Rev. Arnold McMahon} belongs, said: | "The opinions quoted in. the/ public press as emanating from this priest do not represent the view of this religious society and were issued without the ap- proval of either diocesan au- thorities or his superiors." | ELEVATION | The elevation of the City of| Oshawa is 350.2 feet above sea level. include Chronic and Psychiatric} pace with new medical tech-|patient accommodation and nology. A vii areas. These will likely Beds and a few active beds. NEW OSHAWA OFFICE--219 WENTWORTH ST. EAST Wood's Transport & Cartage (Oshows) Lid. 219 WENTWORTH STREET EAST ALBERT V, WALKER OSHAWA But U.S. Air Force officers consider the South Vietnamese flyers still far from being able to handle the much more com- plex, faster jets. 4 Thus, whatever jet missions WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dis-lare flown in South Viet Nam iclosure that the United Statesjagainst the Communist Viet now is using jet warplanes in- isidé South Viet Nam marks an- other retreat from the position|volvement in South Viet Nam, ° that U.S. armed forces are|Defence Secretary Robert 8. there to 'Vietnamése rather than to fight the war themselves, Cong must be flown by Amer- ican pilots. At the outset of the U.S. in- McNamara and other U.S. au- thorities held rigidly to the pub- lic position that Americans were h in South Viet Nam to help na- The South Vietnamese pilots,|tive forces repel Communist ag- "advise" the Sout! trained by the US. Air Forcejgression -- not to fight them for 10 years, have mastered rel-|selves. atively simple planes like the A-l Skyraider, driven craft they used to raidjseemed to flag, the United NorthViet But as the war has intensified, a propeller -ithe governmeny cause has Nam earlier this)Staies has become more and * |more lirectly involved. BETWEEN OSHAWA & TORONTO And Intermediate Points The Finest In Truck Transportation PHONE 728-1688 IMPROVED SENIORITY GUARANTEED ANNUAL WAGE IMPROVED PENSION -» PLAN IMPROVED SOCIAL SECURITY ® GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE * IMPROVED WORKING CONDITIONS 1937 With Oshawa and District 28 Years of Progress LOCAL 222 UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS GENERAL MOTORS LTD. COULTER MANUFACTURING HOUDAILLE INDUSTRIES LTD. * KERR INDUSTRIES " ALGOMA STEEL FLEX-PAC * ONTARIO STEEL DUPLATE 1965