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She Oshawa Sime Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher THORSDAY, JUNE 10, 1985 -- PAGE 4 Mayor Is Commended 'For Fine Civic Service A well-deserved tribute was paid to Mayor Lyman Gifford the other day when he was a guest at a lunch- eon tendered by the Oshawa and : District Real Estate Board. Speak- 'ing freely and frankly, the mayor * discussed with the real estate men the problems which face the city - council in assessing the costs which arise from the development of new sub-divisions to house the city's growing population. At the close of his informative ' remarks, Roy Wymark, president of the Ontario Association of Real Estate Boards, congratulated May- « or Gifford for attending the lunch- ' eon, and- placing before the real. es- ' tate men the problems which face ' the city in this connection. Said Mr. Wymark: "T only wish more people in pub- lie services would take time to do this." There was a wealth of truth in that statement, arid at the mh Banning The There is a good deal of merit in the proposals placed before the On- tario government by the Indepen- dent Insurance Conference that dangerous and accident-prone driv- ers of motor vehicles be banished from the highways. This group of insurance companies based the re- quest on financial consideration. They claimed that bad drivers are responsible for the steady rise in automobile insurance rates, and that these are likely to go even higher unless stringent action is 'taken to improve driving standards... There is, however, an even more impelling reason than financial ones for taking steps to drive the persistently dangerous and acci- dent-prone drivers from the high- ways. That is the necessity of safe- guarding human life to the great- est possible extent, and of halting the steady increase in the number of accidents which injure and maim tens of thousands of citizens every year. She Oshawa Fimes T L, WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Manager C, J. MeCONECHY . Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshowa Times {established 1871) and the hitby Gozette ond Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundays ond Stotutory holidays excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau ef Circulation and the Ontario Provircial Dailies Associction. The Canadion Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or te The Associated Press or Reuters, ond gito the local mews published therein. All rights of special des- patches are also reserved. 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It is per- fectly true, as Mr. Wymark sug- gested, that many people in public office do not take the trouble to give their fellow-citizens the infor- mation they sheuld have on public affairs During his long civic eareer, it has been characteristic of Mayor Gif- 'ford that he has kept close to the people, and has, often at great sac- rifice of time and convenience, placed himself at their disposal whenever there were public issues which required to be discussed. This. is probably why, during his term of office as alderman and as mayor of Oshawa, Mayor Gifford has won the respect and goodwill by a large body of citizens, who do appreciate his desire, and his willingness, to dis- cuss the city's problems with them on every possible occasion. Bad Drivers The key to this suggestion can be found in a close study of the British highway traffic laws, and,-in par- ticular, of the strict way in which they are enforced by the officers of the courts. The effect of the Brit- ish lawsis to remove from the roads, for long perieds, and some- tims for life, drivers-who show reck- lessness in the handling of motor vehicles, drivers who persistently drive while under( the influence of liquor, or who are involved in acci- dents which cause death and injury to others. If the same degree of severity in punishments for such offences, and particularly in the imposition and duration of suspension of driving privileges prevailed here, there might be a decided improvement 'in driving habits. And it would have the effect desired by the insurance companies, that of removing dan- gerous and accident-prone drivérs from the highways. Other Editors' Views LUNCH-PAIL LIFE (Montreal Star) . The British Labor Party once described as owing more to Methodism than to Marx. It is a fair charge. Mr. Wilson's latest bud- get provides a near perfect exam- ple. Living it up in the Britain of 1965 is going to be a very costly business. In one easy gesture the new government has put paid to the lovely lush expense account society, Our British colleagues will no long- er be able to claim tax relief for lunches, dinners and, of course, they are fortunate enough to know overseas buyers, 'on the ground that was READERS WRITE... CITY DEVELOPMENT The Editor, The Oshawa Times. Dear Sir, It was interesting to read about the Ontario Munici- pal Board hearing on rezoning lands for commercial use on King street west between Burk street and Park road. The most interesting phase 'was the support offered by our municipal authorities. I recall a hearing held recently at which they vehemently opposed an ap-: plication for \ rezoning' for. a larger shopping plaza in the same general area of the city "further commercial development in the west end of the city was un- desirable'. . As a matter of fact the parcel of land-referred to in this latest hearing was already indicated on plans as-heing commercial, at the previous. hearing. What was the necessity for this hear- ing. One begins to wonder what is happening. An area that -is residential -and fully established is promoted for commercial re- zoning. Vacant land that would provide badly needed tax rev- enue if developed is rejected, A drive-in restaurant proposed for King street west is turned down, while a garden centre ad- jacent to it flourishes, although I do not recall any re-zoning for this latter use. It is quite obvious that King street west ,in Oshawa and through to Whitby is bound to become commercial, and it seems rather foolhardy to block this development. L. W. FERENZ 265 Stevenson road north, Oshawa. MAC'S MUSINGS The coming of the holiday Season is important to Everyone because it gives The opportunity to relax, To forget about- the cares And worries of working days And to enjoy tnat freedom From the regular round Of daily toil which helps To. re-create the worker Physically and mentally. The trouble with too many Of us is that we do not Know how to relax and The constant drive of our Daily routine becomes So much a part of our Thinking that to think Of anything else seams Foreign to our natures. Excessive fatigue is rarely The result of overwork, But is rather the result Of strain and worry, So that to take some time Far away from work in Both body and spirit Is what makes holidays A re-creating factor. This strain can be fought To some degree by keeping Regular hours, but the Annual holiday in which Complete relaxation is Offered through a change Of atmosphere and pursuits Must supplement the regular Sleeping hours and healthy Conditions, so that one Can forget about the job And come back from holidays Recharged with vitality. June 10, 1965. POINTED | PARAGRAPHS "Queen Pledges Support of Britain. Before Roaring Crowd in Berlin' --"newspaper head- line. And what else is new? The cost of the dinner Ontario's taxpayers threw for the Shah of Iran .was+ $8,000. Now we know what's eating a lot of taxpayers. India's Premier Shastri is in Red China's bad. books because he visited Russia. No~ matter what he does, he can't win, You're getting old if you can remember what things were made out of before everything was made out of plastic. vA DO YOU MIND IF WE PLAY THROUGH? When Canadians Went To France In Crisis Of 1940 By M. McINTYRE HOOD Twenty-five years ago today France, its armies badly de- feated in the field, was on the verge of collapse and of elim- ination from the second world war as a fighting force. The Dunkirk evacuation of some 350,000 British and_ French troops was over But the Brit- ish 5ist. division, and sonte ele- ments of the French army were still continuing the fight in a forlorn stand to try to keep the . German army away from Paris. It was ai this stage that the First Canadian Division, then stationed in its training quarters at Aldershot, was ordered to France, to stiffen the allies lines and, if possible, hold the enemy in check until the British army could be reorganized. Even the men of the Canadian army then in England knew that it. was a forlorn hope, but the plans to move the division to France, using the Atlantic coast seaport of Ste. Nazaire, went ahead. FIRST BRIGADE WENT The first formation to embark at a.seaport on the south coast of England for France was the First Canadian Infantry Brig- ade. It was then under the com- mand of Brigadier Armand Smith, a brother of Mrs. Gor- don D. Conant of Oshawa, who was at a later date to receive serious injuries in an accident in the South of England. Brigadier Smith led his. brig- ade out of Aldershot, and it was landed safely at the port of Ster Nazaire. With it went its three infantry battalions and its regi- ment of artillery. Somewhere up in the interior of France was the firing line. The situation, however, was very fluid. There seemed to be little information as to exactly where the French and British troops were in con- tact with the enemy. FRANCE SURRENDERS The brigade was entrained, however, and set off towards the area where it was to take part in the defence of France. Then came an incident which will be remembered by all of the second world war veterans who took part in it. While the trains carrying the as AAS HUMES vite Arab Republic Is Still Far From Unity The AP world spotlight this week looks at the pros- fects for formation of a truly United Arab Republic, truly United Arab Republic, and reports on a campaign to woo defectors from the Viet Cong. CAIRO (AP) Iran has adopted the flag and national anthem of President Abdel Nas- ser's United Arab epublic but thal doesnot mean the two na- tions have become one, gr will any time soon. The step was apparently in- tended -- and it was accepted here--as an expression of es- teem, a sort of flowery Arabian down payment on the unity to which both sides in principle aspire. In practice this unity, may not materialize for years, if it ever does. And if it does it may not work, of last. That is what happened with Syria. Egypt united with Syria to form the United Arab' Repub- lic in 1958. The union lasted less than three years and. ended in bitterness and bloodshed. Egypt and Yemen have been SAIGON (AP) -- The South to open our arms te admit them talking of federation for years, but there is no. early prospect of such a-thing. The United Arab Republic, despite its name, is united with nobody to- day. It is made up of one coun- try: Egypt. HAS AN ANSWER Why then is it called the United Arab Republic? Ask an Arab and he will probably an- ewer: "And why -not?--It--sounds nice, much nicer than just Egypt. And it carries the prom- ise of the future." And Arabs are always talk- ing of the "Arab nation," when they are referring not to any single nation but to the Arab world of 13 disunited nations. They know Arab nations are not one united nation, but it sounds so much better that way. One of the biggest holidays -in Egypt still is Union Day, which celebrates the 1958 union of Egypt and Syria. Tne union.col- lapsed but the day is celebrated as the symbol of the Arab unity all Arabs espouse, Viet Nam government is find- ing it cheaper to buy a Viet Cong than to kill one. With the backing of the United States,-a determined ef- fort is under way here to switch Viet Cong defectors to a new life. It is still too early to assess the success of the program-- known as the open arms proj- ect. But feliable sources . say perhaps 18,000 Communists have been welcomed back with "'open arms" by thé government since late 1963. This year about $1,500,000 has been budgeted to carry out the program--almost as much as is spent each day for the war ef- fort. "The aim of our open arms program is not only to. get re- turnees, but to prepate right now a way out for the people under the North Viet Nam Com- munist regime,"' explains Tran Van An, the open'arms minis- ter "They are looking forward to the free world for their rescue and escape, We have the duty and give to the patriotic an op- portunity to join our young rev- olution." LARGE GAP EXISTS U.S. sources acknowledge that a-large gap exists between the ideal and what has been accom- plished. For instance, of 44 open arms centres planned--one for each of the provinces -- more than a third are either inade- quately staffed or 'still under construction, The instability of the govern- ment, the war in the provinces and a less than enthusiastic at- titude toward the project by the military has slowed progress. "The only good Viet Cong is a dead Viet Cong," some military leaders say. At odds with this view, the government is pushing ahead its program in the belief that pa- cification and open arms. are one, that fighting alone is not enough to win the Vietnamese conflict. ' The effectiveness of the pro- gram is hard to gauge because there is no reliable way to check on what becomes of the centres' graduates, ' Canadian troops were still some distance from the firing lines, news came through that the French government had surren- dered and signed an armistice with Germany. The trains were halted. Brigadier Smith gave orders for all the . Canadian troops to return post-haste to the coast, and to re-embark and return to England. The train crews, made up of French rail- waymen, however, left their posts and refused to run the troops trains. '"The war is over" they declared. "We carry no more troops'. And. off they walked. Brigadier Smith and his Ca- nadians,however, were equal to the task. He called for volun- teers who had experience in rail- way operations and _ driving trains. Sure enough, he found them so, manned by Canadians, the trains were turned around, and steamed for the coast. All the trains reached the coast in safety. The troops were loaded back on the transports waiting 'in Ste, Nazaire har- bor, and steamed back to Eng- land: The crowning achieve- ment, and it. meant much in these days of equipment short- age, was that the Canadian ar- tillery regiment brought back all of its guns with it from that fruitless expedition to France. Meanwhile, the second and third brigades, which were on their way to a seaport town, also to embark for France were halted on the way, and turned back. By this time, their for- mer barracks at Aldershot were filled with troops, including the French Foreign Legion, who ben been evacuated from Dun- 1rk, AWAITED ATTACK The Canadians were moved north to Northamptonshire, and were billeted for a period in the towns and villages of that coun- ty, in strategic locations to be used for counter-attack in the event of the Germans attempt- ing an invasion of Britain. There they remained until re-organiz- ation of the Dunkirk evacuees got under way, and then moved down to the South Coast of Eng- BIBLE. "Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God."' Joshua 14:8 The final test of every be- liever is how well we follow. Jesus said, 'follow thou me." land, to stand guard between the sea and London to meet the expected attack from across the channel, an attack, which, for- tunately, never came. These were perilous 'days, because all of the Canadians knew the scanty nature of the defence forces and their lack of equipment to deal with a German attack. But there was great heart in these boys, when July 1, they even held sports daystto lighten the monotony of thtir defence role. PLAYED CRICKET I can recall Dominion Day of 1940, when I was stationed with Second Brigade Headquarters near Aylesbury, in Buckingham- shire. Brigadier G. R. Pearkes, VC, DSO, MC, .was in mand of the brigade, and at his request a cricket match was organized between the Brigade Headquarters. Staff and the Seaforth Highlanders from Van- couver. It was played on a rough field at the mansion in which the brigade staff was housed, and resulted in a vic- tory for the Seaforths. But it made quite a feature event for the Dominion Day obsrvance in that fateful year of 1940. YEARS. AGO 15 YEARS AGO June. 10, 1950 Major H. G. Roberts, officer commanding the local Salvation Army Corps, and president of the Oshawa Ministerial Asso- ciation, was -transferred from Oshawa. Tenders were called for con- struction of the new Home for the Aged at Whitby. Rev, F.. J. Maxwell, former minister of St. Andrew's United Church from 1923-32, died in Toronto in his 81st year. 30 YEARS AGO June 10, 1935 Oshawa Ministerial Associa- tion protested to the government against the granting of a fourth beverage room license in Oshawa, The Ontario Regimental Band, directed by Bandmaster Thomas Dempsey, gave its first concert of the season in Alexandra Park. Oshawa's 'municipal offices were moved into the upper floor of the Public Utilities building. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS June 10, 1965... The destruction of the Czechoslovakian village of Lidice was announced by German authorities 23 years ago today--in 1942--in re- prisal for the assassination of Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, a senior SS of- ficer, by British - trained guerrillas, All the male vil- lagers and some women were shot and the re- mainder sent to concentra- tion camps. The village was razed and all references to it in government records were removed. In sympa- thy, towns in Mexico and - the United States took the name Lidice, 1857--The cities of St. Hy- acinthe and Trois-Rivieres, Que., were incorporated. *946--The trial 0° General Draja Mihailovic, leader .of the Yuyoslay "cetnik"' guer- rillas, began. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915--the United States re- peated its demand to Ger- many' following the sinking of the Lusitania, for safe- conduct for American ships; 29 lives were lost when a Submarine sank two British torpedo boats; Garu, in the German Cameroons, surren- dered to Anglo - French troops. Second World War Twenty - five years ago today--in- 1940--the French government abandoned Pa- ris; the loss of the British aircraft carrier Glorious and three other warships was announced; the Nor- wegian army surrendered; Italy entered the war, and a Canadian minesweeper fo'le' attempts by: the can: tain of the Capo Noli to scuttle his vessel in thé-St, Lawrence, com- * _ INTERPRETING THE NEWS United States Policy" Rimed At Peace Talks Z : By ARCH MacKENZIE Canadian Press Staff Writer When President Johnson says the United States would much rather talk than fight, his words are aimed at the Soviet. Union and the Eastern European Com- munist. bloc. His words. reflect - existing Ameriéan foreign policy which includes encouragement of loosér ties among satellites, ob- servers suggest. But Johnson's emphasis is being construed in Washington as recognition: that the Soviet Union is feeling the heat of its Viet Nam dilemma and particularly the propaganda advantage Viet Nam has given China in the Communist ideo- logical war. A harsher Soviet line has de- veloped toward the United States, Public statements have been tougher. Noy old but ade- quate Soviet bombers have been sighted in North Viet Nam. Russia seems to have lost any interest. it 'might have had in helping launch peace talks. In- stead it is working overtime to get a place at the Afro-Asian summit conference to open in - Algeria June 29 and China is working just as hard, ently, to exclude Russia. FORCED FRIENDSHIP There have been statements from both Communist camps that, if the worst comes to the worst in Viet Nam, Russia and China will get together. Johnson'swords show contin- uing awareness of the risk that Viet Nam will force a Sino-So- viet reunion, Such 2 develop- ment would increase the hazard of a major conflict, it is as- sumed. In foreign policy addresses last Thursday at Chicago and Sunday at. Washington's Catho- lic University of America, John- son. took aim at Europe's Com- munist nations. QUEEN'S PARK appar- "Between. the grent 'powers 'at East and West, there*is no his- tory of conflict on battlefields of the past," he said. "Between the people of the Soviet Union and the people of the U.S., there has been friend- ship and there can be understanding." ' ; He suggested the peoples of the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Eu- rope "know aboye all others the cost of 20th-century warfare," 'LET US REASON' ? At Catholic University the president said: "To the people-- and to the leaders--of the Com- munist countries, to the Soviet Union, to the nations of Kastern Europe and Southeast Asia, we extend our invitation -- come, now, let us reason together." Johnson bolstered his case for American peaceful intentions by recalling words spoken by Franklin. Delano Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, John_ Fitz- gerald Kennedy, Thomas Jeffer- son, George Washington, and two non-Americans, Dag Ham- merskjold and Pope John XXIII. "As peace knocks," said Johnson, "our door is unlatched, our table is set. We are ready-- and we believe mankind is ready with us,"* Implicit in each 'was the theme that the U.S. desire for peace is frustrated by the fe- fusal of North Viet Nam or China to agree to peace talks. The president's speech was supplemented by a rash of other weekend speeches by senior government spokesmen involved in the seasonal tide of college graduating ceremonies. The president and others, aware of some foreign policy opposition on U.S. college camp uses, stressed the need for "'in- formed" opinion. Stronger Controls On Closing Hours By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Local munict- palities will soon have author- ity to enforce retail store clos- ing hours. The members of the munici- . pal bills. committee unani- mously approved strengthening of the local authorities on clos- ing. They therefore endorsed the amendments to the Municipal Act which will give municipal- ities the authority they need, In fact, they even strength- ened the amendments origin- ally proposed. om A number of municipalities in various areas in the evi ince have attempted for year to get this authority. It doesn't mean, however, we will automatically see wide- spread controlled closing hours. NEED CO-OPERATION Before we will have this there will have to be a co-operation between municipalities, co-op- eration which one can't foresee with any great optimism. Hamilton appears to be the one area in the province where there is genuine promise of a store closing program which will be effective. The problem in making clos- ing effective is that municipali- ties aré interdependent. It won't, work if one munici- pality puts in certain hours and its. neighbor has_ stores open during the 'restricted times. Business. will just move across the border. Hamilton has managed to overcome this problem by get- ting agreement on uniform The Problems Of The Old (GUELPH MERCURY) In Ontario there are 10,000 aged in institutions. Over 10 per cent of the country*s population is over 70, one out of every 20 of these is in institutions, Of the latter one-third are normal for their age, one-third are bed- ridden and one-third senile, Peo- ple are living longer so the prob- lem of caring for the aged is in- creasing every year. Approaching old age of an in- dividual brings. perplexities both to the authorities and relatives. The government is making a study of the problem and the re- sults of the 'investigation will | greatly determine the future ap- proach. The regression of loved ones through stages which may take them in fancy back to infancy produces a difficult situation for relatives and often must be handled in an_ institution by properly trained and: dedicated personnel. The home s looking after. those in advanced stages must be staffed by persons of understanding and sympathy, af- fection and perception. The value of pe¥sons with this dis- cernment 'is almost beyond price, Many of the general public do not grasp the great part these institutions play. It is those who have relatives or friends in these institutions ynreciat the qualities of the aitehidants and the part they play in the life of this and every other city, ' : ¢ ahr hours with seven adjacent: mu- nicipalities. This means the' same hours will apply through- out the whole shopping area. This is'the only practical way in which closing can be tackled. PRACTICAL SOLUTION? ; But how practical is it for the same agreement to be reached in other centres? With the ever-present jealous- ies between the big centres and their suburbs, and the hunger of municipalities for new .as- sessments (which open. shop- ping can bring), harmony and co - operation are not easily- reached goals. The principles of local con- trol of closing hours were not debated on this occasion. There was opposition to the amendments by a number of chain outlets; with the main argument that the public didnt' want closing. Members of the committee, however, were not impressed with this. (They knew, of course, there are at least two open nights in most areas where closing has béen at- tempted.) LISTEN HERE: _ Bob Hesketh ed "KEEP INFORMED..." A SORT OF NEWS SHISKABOBI! You'll find most of the news" and some of the offbeat in Hesketh's twice daily news- casts on CFRB, Monday through Friday at 1:00 and 5:00 p.m.; on Saturdays 11:50 and 5:50 p.m. His philosop! phy about news is that it shouldn't always give people.peptic ulcers and,. like a 'shiskevob, should have meat of many different kinds. CTW eer CFERB 21010 10'~ FAMILY STATION CNTIR