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Home. Newspaper Ot---Ochewa,... Whithy,.. Bowe . Manville, Ajax, ricnering neighboring centres in Om tario and Durham Counties, VOL. 94 -- NO. 302 S0e Per OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1965 Weather Report' Cloudy with sunny periods snd_seasonable today, Weds hesday. Low tonight, 25," Higk Wernasiay- RR. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES England. Aircraft, ships and divers searched today for nine men missing from the 5,600-ton oil rig which cap- A SURVIVOR from the oil tig, Sea Gem, which sank into the North Sea Monday, is brought ashore at Hull, 5 Killed, 8 M sized 40 miles east of the Humber Estuary. There were 19 survivors, (AP) issing - In Oil-Rig Disaster CLEETHORPES, England (Reuters)--Divers today probed the sunken wreckage .of the giant oil rig Sea Gem after a report that some of the crew may be trapped inside. There was no indication whether they could still be alive. The latest police figures on the disaster, which occurred when the rig collapsed Monday 40 miles out in the North Sea, put the casualties at five dead, eight missing and 19 survivors. Jock Luand, managing direc- tor of British Petroleum Explor- ation, told a press conference here that 15 divers with oxygen helmets and skin-diving helmets went down to the sea bed 85 feet below the surface to probe } place while jacking operations (to lower the Sea Gem to the surface of the sea) were in progress. It happened in | the space of about five minufes-- possibly less."' Eight ships and a helicopter |GIMBELS LOVES HIM TOO - NOW PITTSBURGH (AP) "You think your wife gives Gimbels nice Christmas pre- sents?" said Joseph F. Mc- aughLlin when he arrived at the of-five Monday. "Look what my wife did." Then McLaughlin dis- played for co-workers at | the wreckage. **At present we cannot be ab- solutely sure that there is not someone trapped inside the Sea Gem," he said, adding that it was not known whether anyone was alive or dead. | "Tt is clearly the worst disas-| Sadat ag " | late to turn it in before the < have suffered, Luand | sachaa elt 7 ; McLaughlin notified Gim- 7,000,- £0 hod PP igh nit "oe sp tagidl Mate bels and a grateful page + sy ale >| ment later gave him a $10 from shock. "We are only now certificate. It also let him U.S. Steel Corp. a gift cer- tificate from Gimbels de- partment store for $400,010. The certificate was a mis- take. Mrs. McLaughlin had bought a $10 certificate and beginning to question one or two) | fits Se " eep the $400,010 certificate men on what happened," he OK warked { vold. said. ; "Clearly the disaster took | Wall-Busters Facing Trial In Angered East Germany, BERLIN (Reuters) --East| The East Germans were) Germany will put on trial per-|equally indignant at what they} sons arrested after a Christmas|term a provocation. They con- shooting incident which has/tend that Schoeneberger and his} heightened Berlin wall tension,|brother, Horst, were trying to it was reported today. smuggle out two East German) Both sides of the divided city | girls hidden in the car. were angry at the incident for) East German newspapers al- different reasons. leged today that the dead man A wave of indignation swept had convictions for theft, assault West Germany because Com- and sex crimes. They reported: munist border guards shot and; 'The people arrested by state killed a West German, . Heinz security organs of the German Schoeneberger, 27, who tried to! Democratic Republic in connec- crash a car through a check-| tion with these provocations will point barrier Sunday. |shortly have to answer before a court." R d T ffi The newspapers did not say U S. Toll a" 720) eeouna of these provocations." is The incident has led toa how many persons would appear CHICAGO (AP)--Traffic ac-lwarning 'from East Berlin of but added:. "World opinion wil® be fully informéd on the back- cidents killed 720 persons in the possible new security measures| 7 U.S. during the three - day|aiong the wall and a call in Christmas weekend, the high-\west Berlin for a stronger est number ever .counted for police guard on the Western) any holiday period. The National Safety Council termed the toll-a- national dis- aster. The figure smashed the rec- ord of 706 for a 102-hour, four- day holiday weekend that had stood for-nine years. The pre- vious record also was for a Christmas observance--in 1956./points The council -had- estimated a} death toll of between 560 and 660. The record for a three-day holiday was 609 during the 1955 Christmas period. Christmas 1964, also a day observance, brought traffic deaths. three- 578 sd taking along an 18- inot take effect, side More than 540,000 West Ber- | liners have Hners- nave on one-day passes since the wall opened Dec. 18. It closes down lagain Jan, 2. The shooting occurred as thousands of West . Berliners were passing through check- to return home after visiting-relatives in East Ber- lin. ADN said the escape plan in- vi month-old child drugged with sleeping tablets, but the baby was left behind in an apart- ment because the tablets did ed East Berlin | : scouring the area for missing men today found only a few empty lifebelts. Sgt. Lee Smith, a helicopter pilot who flew low over the) scene today, said only two or} three feet of the rig was stilt | visibile above the water. Driller Kevin Topham, 38, said) today the accident happened as the huge platform, normally standing 50 feet above the waves Did Ky Refuse Talks ? GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP)-- The newspaper Newsday says Premier Nguyen Cao Ky of South Viet Nam has flatly ve- toed Président Johnson's pledge to hold unconditional negotia-| tions to end the war in Viet Nam. | In a copyrighted story from |Washington, Clayton Fritchey, la columnist for the Long Island daily, reported Monday that Premier Ky has privately, but officially, informed the United States that. a peace conference is out of the question at pres- ent. Fritchey also said that the} state department "has chosen to suppress Premier Ky's dec- laration, "Moreover," Fritchey wrote, "President Johnson and Secre- tary of State (Dean) Rusk have . continued to insist publicly | munuw that the only obstacle to peace négotiations is the '"'intransig- ence' of North Viet Nam. The evidence, however, is that the South Viet Nam government is just as implacably against) peace talks as Hanoi, if not) more 80." In Washington, Robert J. Mc- Closkey, state department press officer, said that "neither the White House nor the state de-| ROME (AP) -- Amintore Fanfani, president of the UN General Assembly, resigned today as Italy's foreign min- ister after a storm of criti- cism over his role in hand- ling a purported North Viet Nam peace feeler which Hanoi disavowed. The resignation of the fiery little foreign minister came only a week before a special session of the for- eign affairs commission of the chamber of deputies called to question his part as middleman in the pur- ported peace manoeuvre. Fanfani made it clear he still wants to face the com- mission and answer its ques- tions. He asked that his resigna- tion become effective Jan. 6, one day after the extra- ordinary commission hear- ing, so that he can appear before his critics while still foreign minister. SALISBURY (Reuters)--Gas- partment knows of any commu- nication such as Fritchey de- scribes," Rivard Goes Into The Pen on 10 hydraulic legs, was being prior to being moved to a new drilling site. | "It was about 20 feet above) the waves when suddenly it} started to drop much faster than |}, it should have done and I was| flung over on to the floor," he said. Most of the crew ran for the| lifeboats. Those still missing are thought to have run instead for the helicopter landing pad,} highest spot on the platform, | HAVE LITTLE CHANCE An RAF spokesman at the| station organizing the helicopter rescue today said there was! little chance for the mien if they had been in the water all night. | A spokesman for the British} Insurance Association said the | rig, whose crew only a week ago} jubilantly celebrated the first) commercially usable gas strike| in the North Sea, was insured} for between £3,000,000 and £4,- 000,000 ($9,000,000 to $12,000,-| 000). | But a spokesman for the Brit- ish Petroleum Company, owner of the Sea Gem, said later that the rig was insured with the| Tanker Insurance Company for about £1.50,000. | An inquest was due to be held today on the four men who died. Officials of. British Petroleum were also expected to arrive to begin questioning the survivors, who included three Frenchmen. RAF planes Monday night dropped flares over the disaster area, off the north England coast, where the Sea Gem's re-| cent find scooped 20 other oil | groups on a similar search. gs, ng} ATLANTA, Ga. (CP) -- Lu-jand. in lowered to sea level on jacks) oien Rivard, 50, of Montreal,|rationing serving a 20-year prison term after being convicted as a key| figure in an international her- oin - smuggling operation, has een transferred from Texas to |the federal penitentiary here, |it was learned Monday. joline rationing began in Rho- }desia today--the first real blow to the way of life of the coun |try's 220,000 whites since the {November seizure of indepen, idence. 4 | It came into force at one min- ute past midnight and follows an oil embargo imposed by Britain Dec. 17. A statement by George Rud- ijland, minister for commerce and. industry, said the gasoline was a_ temporary imove and a first step toward full rationing. No coupons are involved and wholesalers and retailers will, in effect, ration their custom- ers. In a country where a car is regarded as an absolute essen- i kesman . cg Aap gabe Na 2 csi gp \tial, and where virtually every said Rivard was transferred to! ramily and most young people the prison Dec. 8 after having/gown at least one, gasoline been found guilty in Laredo,|rationing strikes hard at the Tex., Nov. 12. He also was|very basis of the white Rho- fined $20,000. desians main mode- of business Rivard, who has filed a no- 'and leisure" transport. tice of appeal, was among the| SEVERITY SURPRISES 2,284 prisoners who feasted on| Although observers here had chicken Christmas Day. The/regarded the introduction of spokesman' said turkey nor-| gasoline rationing as inevitable mally is served on Christmas| pefore the end of the year, the | but that the prisoners had) severity of the initial rationing | voted overwhelmingly in favor/ quotas surprised many. | of chicken. The ration varies according | Christmas Eve church sery-|to the vehicle. | ices were held for Protestant) put in effect it means that| prisoners and a midnight mass/each private car owner will get for the Roman Catholics./enough gas for approximately feet inane i NI RESIGNS SATE UTHORITY FANFANI -- AMMO TO MEET ASSEMBLY Some here expressed the Opinion that Premier Also Moro would refuse to accept the resignation as a sign of solidarity with Fanfani, who is of his same Christian Democrat party but who often has been his political opponent, The Smith regime countered the oil embargo against Rho- desia by blocking normal oil channels to neighboring Zam- bia. Britain then launched an airlift of oi] to help the Zam- bians. Monday, an RCAF Yukon plane teached the 'Zambian capital of Lusaka with a token load of oil to begin Canada's participation in the oil airlift. The Yukon aircraft also brought Canadian, United States, British and Congolese officials from Weopoldville for talks on the airlift. They included Gordon Brown, In his letter of resignation Fanfani indicated that he still was convinced of the .good faith of former Flor- ence Mayor Giorgio La Pira who passed on to him the purported Hanoi peace feel- er which Fanfani passed to President Johnson. AT Rhodesians Feel First Of Penalties For UDI Canadian ambassador to The Congo. Brown told a press confer- ence it was hoped a second RCAF plane would. arrive in Zambia from ,Leopgqlidville to- day with "& ¢tonsignment of oil and the full-scale airlift would begin in two or three days. Four RCAF Hercules trans- port planes, each able to carry 4,000 gallons, would take the fuel either to Lusaka or the copper mining town of Ndola. The number of trips to be made |was among the points to be | settled in the current talks, he said. 'RCAF Will Fly 15,000 Gals. US. Continues Refraining From Bombing North Viet By THOMAS A. REEDY 'SAIGON (AP) -- The Viet Cong tonight announced a four- day ceasefire in its war against South Vietnamese forces during the lunar New Year celebration next month. Meanwhile, the United States extended the mo-| ratorium on its air war against) North Viet Nam for a fourth} day. : A broadcast of the Commu- nist Liberation Front radio said) the Viet Cong would "stop at-! tacking the puppet armed| forces and government" from) 12:01 a.m. Jan. 20 to midnight Jan, 23. The four-day festival, known as Tet, is celebrated as a national holiday in Viet Nam. The broadcast added an un- tion U.S. and other foreign) forces fighting alongside the South Vietnamese. But conceiy- ably it could apply to them since their military actions are co-ordinated with those of the Vietnamese troops even when they are not joint operations. There gvas no immediate reac- tion from American or Vietna- mese officials to the Viet Cong broadcast. There also was no indication how long the American air pause would last or whether the Viet Cong announcement signi- fied a peace reaction to the American moratorium. The guerrillas have suspended hos- tilities in the past during the Tet celebration. The Saigon government in the past has dismissed Communist offers of a truce for Tet as prop- aganda. Nevertheless, a lull has usually developed for both sides during the holiday. RETURN HOME The Viet Cong broadcast said the offer would allow their "compatriots" to enjoy the Tet festival, and allow 'military men and personnel of the pup- naissance of the Communist north. North Viet Nam charged Monday that U.S. reconnais- sance planes and warships in- truded into its air space and territorial waters on Christmas Day despite the allied truce. The spokesman said early to- night that Washington had not yet given the order to resume strikes against the north. He're- fused to comment further on the longest interruption in the air attacks since a five-day suspen- sion in May. Although American planes stayed out of the northern skies, U.S. and South Vietnamese pi- lots flew 286 combat sorties against the Viet Cong in the south in the last 24 hours, spokesmen said, The Vatican Cong Truce VATICAN CITY (AP)--Vatt- can circles took a wait-and-see attitude today toward the first reports that the Viet Cong Planned a four-day truce next month to mark the lunar new year. Sources here said that since the' announcement came in a clandestine radio broadcast, Vatican would wait for a m official ameerreatie before comme! 4 : It was pointed that Pope Paul would welcome/" any development leading to ther lulls in the fighting follow- ing the Christmas truce. ~~ The pontiff was reported Mon- day to be directing new Vatican pet government to return to diplomatic efforts to achieve a their villages, worship their an-|New Year's ceasefire as the cestors and visit their family|next step in his peace cam» tombs." The broadcast added an ex-| paign. Tne clandestine radio broad. Reserved On | out, however, zs explained qualification of the|cast said the Viet Cong would offer, It said that "'soldiers, of-|stop fighting South Vietnamese ficers and personnel of the pup-|forces during the Jan. 20-23 pet government who return to celebration of the lunar new Of Fuel, Congo-To-Zambia LEOPOLDVILLE (AP)--The RCAF' plans. to fly..15,000 gal- lons of fuel a uay from this Conge capital to Zambia when its oil airlift gets fully under way at the end of this peek. The first of four RCAF C-130 Hercules transport planes was due in Leopold ville tonight. Three others are scheduled to arrive from Canada on succes- sive days. Church services were held also} 100 miles of motoring a week-- Christmas Day, followed by the! virtually a starvation allowance Christmas dinner and a movie./for people who hesitate to walk Rivard was brought to trial|100 yards. after his recapture following an} Some people will be exempt escape from Montreal's Bor-|from the rationing, among them deaux Jail last spring. He had| doctors, diplomats and disabled been held by Canadian author-| ex-servicemen. ities at the time pending extra-| Government corporations dition proceedings. jsuch as the railways, Central The U.S. Federal 'Court at| African Airways and the Cen- Laredo convicted him specific-|tral, African Power Corp. and ally on charges of conspiring| the country's broadcasting cor- to smuggle 75 pounds of heroin, | Poration will also be exempt. worth possibly as much as $76,-| Prime Minister Ian Smith 000,000 on the illegal market,|said in an American television into the United States from/interview a few days ago that Mexico. Three of Rivard's asso-|Rhodesia had enough gas and THANK-YOU SIR, BUT NO THANKS KUALA LUMPUR (Reut- ers)--Dato Temenggong Ju- gah, Malaysian minister for Sarawak affairs, has pro- tested at the sale here of photographs of bare- breasted Dayak girls and suggested a replacement--a picture of him in his minis- terial uniform. ciates received lesser terms. ' oik-stocks to last for six months. A NOT-SO-WELCOME WELCOME FOR THE VICE-PRESIDENT A huge "Go Home Hum- phrey" banner is display- ed by student demonstrators at Tokyo international] Air- port as U.S. Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey arrived today. There was no . distwibance a8 demousira- tors were dispersed short- ly after Humphrey left th Wing Cmdr, Gordon Webb of Hamilton, Ont., leading the Ca-| nadian advance logistical party, said today the first C-130 prob- ably would fly out of here Wed- nesday with 5,000 gallons of fuel in drums. He said three planes are to fly one trip each to Zambia each day, with the fourth plane held in reserve. United States planes are ex- pected to join in the airlift from here next week. Zambia's usual oil supplier, Rhodesia, has cut off all deliv- eries in the wake of a British embargo on oil deliveries to re- bellious Rhodesia, now run by a white-minority regime which has declared the colony inde- pendent. Construction of two large storage tanks at Leopoldville's Ndjili airport began today. They will be built in "three or four days," Webb said. When the tanks are finished, the planes will start carrying fuel in five 1,000-gallon fuel compartments, which can be pumped 'dry in 10 minutes. The RCAF hopes to obtain from England 90 collapsable fuel pouches, each carrying 500 gallons. Ten of these can be loaded and unloaded without drainage in a piggy-back oper- ation. Webb said 106 RCAF men will be based in Leopoldville. Hous- ing remains the primary prob- lem. Barracks used by the now- departed American joint task force are unusually dilapidated and hotels have little room. 4 Persons Die 1 Safe In Fire BOSTON BAR, B.C Four persons died Sunday night} when fire destroyed a_two- storey home across: from this village in the Fraser Canyon about--100---miles--_northeast.of Vancouver. The mother of two of the vic- downtown Tokyo. Japan was | Humphrey's first stop on | Aston tour. AP) tims was the only survivor. She jumped from the second floor and landed in the snow in her) -- bare feet with her hair in flames, (CP) --lz their villages must comply) with the practical regulations| set forth by the Liberation Front) military command." These "practical regulations"| were not detailed. iV When they offered a 12-hour! Christmas truce, the Viet Cong) said "'enemy" troops must not carry weapons and must refrain from any spying. In what appeared to be an es- calation of the U.S. peace offen-| sive, a U.S. spokesman said the} United States also had sus-| pended B-52 raids on suspected) Viet Cong strongholds in South! Viet Nam and cut off air recon- year. LONDON (Reuters) -- Brit- ish officials today took a cauti- ous view of a Viet Cong call for a four-day truce during the ietnames e@ new year next month. They recalled that the Viet Cong. made a similar appeal last year, which they sfid seemed to be generally ob- served. They said if any ceasefire led to real negotiations for a peace- ful and honorable settlement of the Viet Nam conflict it would be sure of a warm welcome from the British government. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS gee Cuban Seamen Bolt Ship For U.S. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Four Cuban' merchant marine officers walked off a freighter in- Osaka, Japan, Monday, attained U.S. asylum and were swiftly flown to the United States. After a bi rief press conference at San Francisco International Airport, they were whisked out of sight by U.S. government officials, 'The Cuban govern- ment supports Communist aggression in Viet Nam," the ship's captain said. "'We do not wish to get involved." Minimum Wage Law Put In Effect TORONTO (CP) -- Standard minimum wage rates of $1.25 an hour for construction workers and $1 an hour for men and women in general industry, hotels and restau rants became effective in all parts of Ontario Monday, The minimum rates were established in the Toronto- Hamilton-Oshawa area in June, 1963 and since then had been applied gradually by regions throughout the prov- ince. The final area covered was the Northern Ontario region. DUA SAGAN EASA A Whet They're Doing At Council Extensive Sewer Work Underwa Ann Landers-----14 .. City News--13 Classified--20, 21 Comics--18 Editorial--4 Financiol--22 gaan tO ...In THE TIMES today ... Hill Rink Tokes Boxing Day Bonspiel--P. 10 (GN EARRT TED TOOTARD TOTES GRETA Boords--P. 13 y In Whitby --P. 5 Obits--22 Sports--10, 11 Theatre--8 Whitby News--5 Women's--14, 15, 16 Weather--2 i iin a ens V-C Calls A Ceasefire | For 4-Day New Year -FANFA