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Home Newspaper Of Oshawa, Whitby, Bow- manville, Ajax, Pickering and neighboring centres in On- tario and Durham Counties, VOL, 94 -- NO, 263 he Oshawa gi 10 Per Weak Home Betivered ' OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1965 REMEMBERING DEAD OF TWO WARS The dead of two world 'wars were remembered this morning at the Oshawa Cenotaph. The annual Re- Day service membrance was attended by well over 400 people who stood in sol- emn silence as the memory of dead comrades was re- membered, Wreaths were laid by well-over 50 city or- ganizations, The service was preceded by a parade of veterans from the Ontario Regiment Armouries. See 'story, P ~Oshawa Times Photo dismissed, LONDON (AP) -- Prime Minister Wilson. today de- nounced Rhodesia's seizure of independence as "an il- legal and self-destroying ac- tion" for which Ian Smith' and his ministers have been Reporting to the House of Commons on the crisis shak- nounced: from the sterling area, goods to the country. --Suspension of Common- wealth preferences as far as Rhodesia is concerned. ing the British Common STILL IN THE DARK still surrounds the cause . of Tuesday night's blackout that plunged millions of people into total darkness in parts of On- tario and eight states. The Hydro - Electric Power Commission of Ontario can't ex- plain it. Neither can the Consolidated Edison and Niagara Mohawk power companies in New York state. Consolidated Edison blamed the failure on a "massive loss ag "In Red-Ship Collision VICTORIA (CP).A Canadian navy ocean escort early today was accompanying the flagship of a Soviet Pacific fishing fleet to the scene of a collision which sank the Canadian trawler Aleu- tian Queen. Drowned after the Wednesday night collision with a Russian vessel was Oud Gronlund of North Surrey, B.C., the Aleutian Queen's cook. A navy spokesman said the Loans-Ban Hit Rey nN: atanh abay =F SITS IIVMaARCL PRINCE ALBERT, Sask,| (CP) -- Conservative Leader Diefenbaker accused the Liber- als Wednesday of concealing until after the election a deal to end Canadian borrowing in the United States until next year. In a prepared statement, Mr. Diefénbaker said that during the election campaign the Con- servatives forecast that deals made in Washington committed Canada to financial policies not in the best interests of the coun- try. ocean escort HMCS Stettler and the mother ship of the 45-ship Soviet fleet were proceeding in company to rendezvous with two other Russian vessels and a Canadian government ship for "preliminary discussions" on the collision. The trawler's skipper, Oisten Hansen of Vancouver, and his son Robert were rescuea by the Western Maid, which had been Queen. | The Canadian trawler was in| collision with a Russian vessel, either a deep-sea tug or the dis- abled trawler it was towing, during bad weather about 5% miies_noriheasi..of Cox Island, one of a string of smaii isiands extending into Queen Charlotte Sound from Vancouver Island. The Canadian fisheries de- partment patrol vessel Laurier! was at the scene Wednesday) night. Both Soviet ships were still afloat, Capt. Charles Loftus of Se- attle, skipper of the Western Maid, said in Port Hardy on Vancouver Island that there/ was "absolutely no reason for the accident." "Visibility was good at the time. I could see Russian boats all over the place." "Now, the election over, they announce what was agreed on) and concealed from the electo-| rate until after the election was|body of Gronlund. The two men/which is considered the only) over. He and his crew rescued the of generating capacity some- No Answers To Blackout TORONTO (CP) -- Mystery) Representatives of the HEPC and U.S. Federal Power Com- mission plan to meet today in Washington to pool their ideas. President Johnson has .ord- ered the federal power commis- sion to investigate and the New York State Public Service Com- companies in the state to ana- lyse causes of interruptions in time to report Wednesday. President Johnson's order to commission director Joseph C. Swidler is certain to involve; --Rhodesia's ex pul sion --A ban on the export of Such preferences are trade advantages enjoyed by mission instructed all power|Q CANUSE--Canada + U.S. East-/the ' where... north of our terri- tory." p's : ee chairman W. Ross i achat A A iste nana a 10-year-old Ontario ike jtiedn with Michigan and New 'York state power systems "may three clung to a self-inflating liferaft in the water. righted itself and Gronlund's cramped grip on the icy lines Capt. Loftus said Capt. Han- sen tried to pull side. be fishing the bottom. The overturned liferaft apparently dragged him under. 8 Gronlund|are being made to pinpoint the up, but the cook's hand was/exact cause of the failure that "frozen" to the raft's under-|started at 5:18 p.m. and ended Capt. Loftus said Capt. Han-|day in New York City. accompanying the Aleutianjsen told him the Russian tug| Service to most Ontario points |was pulling a drag at the time/was restored by 8:30 p.m. after of the collision, and seemed to|two smaller breaks followed the have developed weaknesses as it got bigger." He said the investigation was being hampered by a tight se- curity cloak thrown around the incident by U.S. officials. "Our American counterparts have clammed up tight," Mr. trike said, Meanwhile, top - level efforts in degrees up to early Wednes- first hour-long blackout. st S UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- For the first time, the United States finds itself the only big power opposing Communist China's entry into the United Nations. With France and Britain fa- voring Peking's admission, sup- {porters of the move are putting up their hardest fight since the issue first arose in 1950. The main target of the at- tacks by Peking's supporters two survivors and recovered the) were tréated in Port Hardy and has been the United States, real obstacle to victory. "To have told the truth during) Were expected to return home) {pn the first three days of de- the election campaign would! to Vancouver today. | bate, a parade of speakers has have been hurtful to the Liberal) The cook's life was lost, ac-|denounced the U.S. government cause." cording to Capt. Loftus, as the'before the 117-nation General America Now Stands Solo Keeping Peking From UN SSeS SS a Assembly as the last bastion of imperialism and the arch op- poneht of emerging peoples. Britain, which voted against Communist China's admission during and right after the Kor- ean war, has supported Peking in recent years. FRANCE SWITCHED | France came out Wednesday for the first time in favor of seating Communist China. Both Britain and France recognize the Peking regime. Some delegates were sur- prised, however, that France re- versed its earlier stand and contended that a simple major- ity vote should be sufficient to ted areas of Ontario, removing ince from the New York and Russian with a pair of pliers ern Interconnection--which was set up to prevent just such a colossal power failure; The theory behind CANUSE, a Canada-U.S. power-exchange program, is that. a failure in one region could be rectified quickly by power flow from an- other. Companies in both coun- tries trade power back and forth as demands rise or fall. POWER REVERSED Ontario Hydro officials said that at the time of the failure-- 5:18 pm, Tuesday -- the CANUSE schedule called for 500,000 kilowatts to be entering the province at Niagara Falls, Instead, an unexplained rever- sal sent 200,000 kilowatts high- balling into the U.S. at Niagara Falls while 100,000 charged into Ontario through Cornwall from New York state. The reversal automatically triggered switches in the affec- from service about 3,800,000 kil- owatts. It also cut off the prov- Michigan power systems. Similar triggering de- vices blacked out U.S. centres, - members of the Common- tional reprisal measures: --A control on all fiscal dealings between Britain and Rhodesia. " A crippling ban on fur- ther British purchases of Rhodesia's prized « $112,000,- 000 a year tobacco crop. By ADAM KELLETT-LONG SALISBURY (Reuters)--The white-ruled African colony of Rhodesia today seized independ- ence in defiance of Britain. It was the first rebellion of the kind since the United States broke away as a colony in 1776. The unilateral declaration of independ was broadcast to the nation of 4,000,000 Negroes and 220,000 whites by the prime minister, 46-year-old Ian Smith. The declaration was made de- spite an early morning tele- Phone appeal to Smith by Brit- ish Prime Minister Wilson. Rhodesians--black and white --crowded tensely and silently round radio sets to hear Smith read the proclamation which was couched in formal, stylized language. It ended: "God save the jJueen."" Earlier, the Southern Rho- desian Broadcasting tion, announcing the premier's broadcast, urged employers to make sure their. workers could In proclaiming Salih. sxipcted. dest annie peals both Wilson and Queen Elizabeth, Wilson had velepho Smith at 6 a.m. to- day in a final attempt to dis- suade him. Smith's broadcast was mon- itored in London at 10 Downing Street while the British cabinet was in session considering the crisis. Wilson's government immedi- ately planned three moves, be- ginning with a statement by Wilson in the House of Com- mons this afternoon (at 9:45 a.m. EST) As soon as Smith made his declaration, the British gover- nor of Rhodesia, Sir Humphrey Gibbs, announced that on in- structions from the Queen he had suspended Smith and all his ministers from office. It was not immediately clear how the governor would imple- ment the Queen's instructions, however. Wilson previously had ruled out the use of British troops" to "nullify = t of: independ Wilson in his statement to the British House of Commons was to.outline the steps his govern- including New York and B as far south as Florida. No deaths in Ontario were at- tributed to the blackout, but in New York city John J. Lynch, 62, an insurance company in- vestigator, was killed when he fell into a radiator at the bottom of a darkened office building stairway. C. Spencer Clark, chairman of Northern Ontario Natural Gas told a shareholders meeting in Toronto that the blackout was a "shocki-ng indictment of the electric power industry all over North America," Just think, he said, "what one A NICE SLEEP FREE OF LINT LONDON, Ont. (CP) -- When Mrs. Frank Foster opened the speed wash laundromat on Colborne Street for business as usual Wednesday morning, she found two dryers already in use. Two young tansients had preferred their metallic comfort to the chilly night air, and were still sleeping. Police sent them on their way without charges. {Wilson arranged to. make a ap-|ight ~--An embargo on the ex- port of arms, and spares . for existing weapons, to Rhodesia. dealings with the Salisbury regime, Britain's high commission- WILSON FIRES SMITH AND CA wealth, Wilson also an- Rhodesia Seizes Its Independence SALISBURY (AP) -- Prime Minister Ian Smith echoed the U.S. declaration of inde- pendence in declaring Rhode- sia a free nation today. The proclamation began: "Whereas in the course of human affairs history has shown that it may become necessary for a people to re- solve the political affiliations which have connected 'them with another people and to assume amongst other na- tions the separate and equal SPIRIT OF '76... status to which they are en- titled. " a ee The U.S. declaration in 1776 began: "When in the course of hu- man events, it becomes nec- essary for one people to dis- solve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's god en- title them. . . ." ment would take. Although force has been ruled out, a se- ries of political, financial and Corpora-|&conomic actions has been pre- pared to isolate and quarantine Smith's minority government. As his third move of the day, tionwide television and demonstrated their loyalty to the Crown and to others in the United Kingdom and elsewhere throughout two world wars. Rhodesians, he said, had been prepared to shed their blood and give of their substance to defend their beliefs. The Rhodesian people, he con- tinued, had given their support in what they believed to be the mutual. interests of a freedom- loving people, He said the prin- ciples of Western democracy and responsible government and of moral standards had crumbled elsewhere. had promised Rhodesians that he would negotiate with the British government to the bitter end. "It now falls on me to tell you that negotiations have come PRIME MINISTER SMITH The Fateful Words World Clamp Sought UNITED NATIONS Britain today called for a m ing of the UN Council to request worldwide support red economic sanctions --s e self - governing colony Rhodesia which today seized in- today NO REVENGE nformed ire Smith said his government/council session would would never take revenge on d the be. .de- ferred until Stewart's arrival. neighboring African states for sanctions imposed against Rho- desia, But he warned that, if the Rhodesian economy contracted as a result of sanctions, Rho- desian Negroes would be given priority in jobs and that Ne- groes from other countries would suffer first. Thousands of Négroes from neighbo states work in Rhodesia, par- ticularly in the mines. Smith said: "I do not believe that any of the extreme conse- suggested both here He tended that the peopl of Rhodesia fully supported the request of their government for sovereign independence. COULDN'T AGREE Smith said in, his broadcast that the British government had consistently refused to accede to Rhodesia's request for sov- ereign -independence;--The~-Brit- ish government had thus dem- onstrated that it was not pre- pared to grant sovereign inde- pendence to Rhodesia on terms acceptable to the Rhodesian people, he declared. Smith said that Rhodesians would still maintain unswerving loyalty to the British Crown and that today's move did not mean that the principles enshrined in the present constitution would be torn up. He said provision had been made for members of Parlia- ment, judges and civil servants and members of the armed forces to carry on their work. Smith, his voice sometimes tremulous, said the Union Jack would. continue to fly in Rho- desia and the national anthem God Save the Queen would con- tinue to be played. put Peking in. could do." The premier added that he Freights Crash, Derail Cars Spill Onto Road TORONTO (CP) -- Two rail-/balanced precariously over the/sim of Port Credit said an in- waymen were killed at nearby! Port Credit early today when a CPR freight train crashed side of the bridge ' It was not known if there| were any injuries. The CPR! quest will be held into the deaths. Highway traffic was being re- into the rear of a CNR freight'train carried a crew of five andjrouted via the Mississauga train derailing about 20 cars. Killed when the CPR freight train sped through an open switch and rammed the ca- boose of the other train were the CNR train four. | MISS CARS | Lumber and steel from the de-} railed cars was scattered in the Road and Cawthra Road. Po- lice said it might be 15 hours before highway 10 would be open to traffic Railway traffic between Tor- CPR engineer Joseph Cassidy |atea. Debris from a freight car onto and Hamilton was being and conductor Jack O'Donnell,|$mashed the windshield of a@/rerouted through Brampton, who was in the caboose of the/Woman's car just as she Was'Georgetown and Burlington. CNR train. Both men were from Toronto entering a tunel under the tracks, Another car swerved) Commuter service along the lakeshore was disrupted and the A spokesman at the CNR-CPR|aside, barely missing the flying | railways provided ,bus service to Station at Port Credit, 10 miles! west of here, said about 20 cars were derailed in the crash. The|sel fuel craated a fire hazardjhours late debtis. Spilling propane gas and die- bring passengers into Toronto. Many weré as much as 1% A CNR spokesman cars were toppled end-over-end/and police used a public ad-|/in Toronto said it was expected and one boxcar was tossed over/dress system to warn against|that the line would be clear ir the railing of an overpass onto smoking in the area: time for afternoon commuter highway 10 below. Another car| Coroner Dr, Raymond Nes-|service-out of Toronto. " TRAGIC, DEADLY MESS AS FREIGHT TRAINS CRASH, DERAIL today's act meant have rejected the doctrinaire philosophy of anneasement and surrender." : justice, civilization and sover- eignty. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS 'Revolutionary In Every Sense' KINGSTON (CP) -- Prof. E. H. Brookes, a lecturer: at Queen's University here, said today the latest move by Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith, 'is revolutionary in every sense. In a deeper sense Mr. Smith will be re- sponsible for all the misfortunes which now will befall Southern Rhodesia," said Prof. Brookes. A Call For 'Black Mercenaries' LONDON (Reuters) -- The militant anti-apartheld Ra- cial Adjustment Action Society is opening recruitment mercenaries" and abroad will come to pass but I have that utmost confi- lence in our people to stand united in the face of any ad- versity." In his broadcast, Smith said that "we * it was a biow, he said, for This meant the mee! ably would begin at 10:30 a.m. Friday. The council today is sched- uled to debate the situation in the Portuguese territories, in- cluding Rhodesia's neigh- bor, Mozambique, The British delegation also was expected to seek the sup- ring|port of all member states of the United Nations, including South Africa and Portugal, in a mas- sive effort to isolate the rebel- lious colony. It was understood that the threat to the peace of the area through the Rhodesian seizure would be the basis of Brijain's submission of the question to the council. The UN charter provides for the imposition of "complete or partial interruption of economic relations and of rail, sea, air, postal, "telegraphic, -radis; ent other means and the severence of diploma- aft of communication tic relations." centres for 'black seizure of independence, the announced today. "With the to meet Rhodesia's society's leader Michael X unilateral declaration of in- dependence and what we interpret it to mean we are forced to open our recruitment centres for black mer- cenaries for the preservation of our race." Backing For Route--P. 17 Leafs, Habs Tie--P. 9 Ann Landers--21 City News--17 Clossified--28, 29, 30 Comics--32 = Editorial--4 Financiel--31 Obits--31 Sports--8, 9, 10 Theatre--27 Whitby News--5, 6, 7 Women's--18,:19, 20, 21 Weather--2 q mutans reached the $280,995-mark of its $306,300-target. In THE TIMES Greater Oshawa Community Now in its 24th 'day, the hest's drive for funds has