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Home Newspaper A Of Oshawa, ville, neighboring Ajax, > Whitby, Bowman Pickering and centres in On- tario and Durham Counties. VOL. 95 -- NO. 19 10¢ Single 50c Per Sisk Tone Ballversd » > Oshawa Sime OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1966 Authorized as Second Class Mail Ottewa and for payment of Postage in Weather Report Colder weather on way for all of Ontario. Low tonight," 12. High tomorrow, 25. Post Office Departmeng TWENTY PAGES FIRE GUTS KI FLAMES BILLOW HIGH AT KING ST. UNITED CHURCH FIRE THIS. MORNING --Oshawa Times Photo Biggest WASHINGTON (CP) -- Pres- dget | Yet necessary "'some moderate re- ident Joh today pr ted congress a guns-and-butter bud- get of $112,800,000,000, by far the biggest in U.S. history. It covers the fiscal year 1967, beginning next July 1, and is designed to finance.an extended war in South Viet Nam, if nec- essary, further progress to wards a Great Society at home, and the fight against poverty, | disease and illiteracy in under- developed areas abroad. The president told Congress his bulget was grounded on these fundamental premises: . "In international affairs we are determined to seek peace with every means at our command--but we are fully prepared to meet the. costs of opposing aggression. "In domestic affairs we are determined to press confidently forward toward the Great Society--but we shall do so in an orderly and responsible way, and at a pace which reflects the claims of our commitments in Southeast Asia upon the nation's resources." : If the war in Viet Nam gets straint. through tax policy;'"| Johnson said. He asked Congress for quick approval of new income tax withholding schedules--the ba- sic tax rate remains unchanged) --to speed. up eoliection of in- come taxes earlier in the year. Johnson also asked Congress to cancel excise tax cuts that went into effect on automobiles and telephone bills at the begin- ning of the year. He called for an increase, to six per cent from five, in the jtax imposed on sir travel |svithin the United States, a new tax of two per cent on air travel within the United States, a new tax of two per 'cent on air freight, with a further two per cent increase in #968, and a tax of four per cent on petro- leum and jet fuels used in gen- eral aviation. But he asked for the repeal of the two per cent tax on petroleum used in com-' mercial aviation. : | These revenues, plus the tax) collections generated by an un-| precedented sixth straight year of economic growth, Johnson Gale Winds Batter East Seaboard force winds battered the east- ern United States seaboard Sa- turday night and Sunday. With an overnight freeze, Many areas seemed likely to ing skies. The eastern seaboard's first big storm of-the winter caused coastal flooding, power failures and hazardous highways. The storm hampered plane and bus transportation although trains got through. New York City declared a "snow emergency" to help clear its 6,000 miles of streets. The fall was about for inches of slush that quickly froze late Sunday night. The Buffalo, N.Y., suburb of Lancaster reported a two-foot snowfall. In Buffalo, where 17.6 inches of snow fell in 24 hours, the airport was closed and a lying coastal areas. ;Said; will provide $111,000,000,- hotter, the president said he 000 of receipts in fiscal 1967 and) EVACUATE HOMES would ask Congress for more money and new taxes. He also warned that the mili- bring the budpet within $1,800,-| 000,000 of a balance. } That would 'be the smallest) tary build-up, on top of an ex-| deficit in seven years--and it} in national output, will "raise the threat of price instability" as the booming economy nears full employment. This inflationary risk makes! | ucation, ;even with a net | $2,100,000,000. in spe great society programs of ed- health, manpower development. | increase of, Nearly 100 persons were eva- cuated from their homes in New Jersey. Fort of flooding on New York's Staten Island, were without power for a few housing andjhours when high winds knocked| manoeuvre down utility lines. NEW YORK (AP)--Snow and/ \ freezing rain whipped by gale-| PARIS (AP) -- Relations be-|yp Ben Barka in Paris Oct. 29. By HARVEY HUDSON jtween Franee and Morocco de- teriorated further today. King Hassan Il rejected |French charges that his interior |minister, Gen. Mohammed Ouf- have snowdrifts around- for-a|Mit.. masterminded the abduc-| president-de-Gaulle's. govern- while, but under mosetly clear-|tion in Paris of missing Moroc-| ent issued international arrest can opposition leader Mehdi Ben Barka, and France recalled its ambassador to Morocco. Morocean sources in Rabat, \the Moroccan capital, said that President de. Gaulle might \break relations with France's | former North African protecto-| rate. As French ambassador Rob- ert Gillet prépared to leave Ra-| |bat, sources in the Moroccan |capital said Prince Moulay Ali, the Moroccan envoy to Paris, jalso would be called home. | In a note to the Moroccan gov- jernment, the French govern- |ment said an_ investigation 'makes it appear that the Mor- occan minister of the interior public and parochia! school holi-| organized the kidnapping of Ben} |day was declared today. 'Barka and that the Moroccan High tides, up to six feet! minister of the interior and sev. |ermilp pie of - eeenes above normal, swept into low-|eral of his direct collaborators |@teek freighter Protostatis ap- jparticipated personally in the llast phases of the operation." "In the absence of adequate action by the Moroccan govern- ment, the French government, to its great regret, is led to y - two persons were ball tke ; .|itself as owner of the vessel to pected seven per cent upsurge|can be achieved, Johnson said, | evacuate] because rece Seen te Mor |occo."" nding for his| where several thousand persons| HONOR BESMIRCHED Hassan accused France of a "designed to smirch Morocco's honor." be King Rejects ~ Paris Charge Two French policemen picked |The policemen, now under ar-| jrest, said Ben Barka was taken jto a villa outside Paris. He is | believed to have been killed. warrants against Gen. Oufkir, Ahmed Dlimi, director of the Moroccan internal.security service, and Lardi Chtouki, chief of the Moroccan secret service. De Gaulle, angered by charges jof laxity in his regime, ordered this justice ministry to sift out) the facts. An agent of the |French counter-espionage serv- ice also has been arrested and the head of the service has been fired. Ship Ownership 'To Be Settled KINGSTON (CP) -- The own- peared close to settlement to- | day. | A spokesman for the federal jtransport department said to- jday Ship Repairs and Supply Ltd. of Toronto has established} \the satisfaction of the depart- } ment. The Panamanian - registered freighter is around on Wolfe Is- land cut ing the St. Lawrence |River, 16 miles from here. | SOUTH ONTARIO DIGS OUT FROM BIG BLITZ Worst Snowfall In 21 Years Hits -- By THE CANADIAN PR Most main roads were today and traffic was moving normally as residents of s ern Ontario dug out from a sur- that broke Janu- prise storm ESS swept northeast alon clear : tario. Wind warnings w outh- vere late Sunday for all three mari- time provinces, but Moncton reported only 1.3 inches of snow g Lake On- the up by fa to get or In held able who cars by the issued suburbs, simply abandoned their traffic was ctory workers, un- 1 to company lots, said M side of already was a blamed on Rivers, day when a car POLICE PROBE .. FIRE'S CAUSE Cause of the fire which destroyed King Street United Church this morning was not known at press time. It was learned, however, that over the past few months several small fires have been discovered in the church and put out before any extensive damage was caused. The church's minister, Rev. L. Wesley Herbert, . confirm- ed this foday at the fire scene. It has been learned from other sources that "'three or four" fires have been found in the church in the past few months and that city police are conducting an investiga- tion. . MRS, JACK TANE . « - discovers fire 117 Die In Jet Crash From AP-Reuters CHAMONIX, France (CP)-- An Air India jetliner with 117 persons reported aboard crashed into snow-covered Mont Blanc today and the French po- lice said no survivors could be found. The gendarmerie headquar- ters here at the foot of West- ern Europe's highest mountain and a helicopter landed at the crash scene but no one was found alive. If all aboard are dead, the disaster ranks high among the handful of single - plane crashes around the world in which more than 100 persons have died, Among them was the. crash of |{Tee a TCA dirliner. near Montreal, Nove 29, 1963, in which 118 died. The worst occurred June 3, 1962, when an Air France jet- liner went down near Paris, killing 130 persons. Ranked second was the crash of a. U.S. military transport near Tokyo June 18, 1953, killing 129 U.S. servicemen. PREPARING TO LAND The plane, on a flight from India to New York, crashed at a point called La Tournette, about 1,500 feet below the peak on the Chamonix side. It was preparing to land at Geneva. The French police said it would be impossible to send a land party up the 15,781-foot mountain at this time of the year. The bodies were to be brought down by helicopter. 13 U.K. Seamen Saved At Sea NEW YORK (AP)--The U.S, Coast Guard, working under cleared skies and calmed seas, removed the remaining 13 crew members today from the 21,350- ton British tanker Chelwood Beacon damaged and aground in the Atlantic south of Manhat- \tan. The men were taken aboard |the 125-foot rescue ship Yeaton. A pilot -boat tender rescued 39 men in a dangerous manoeuvre as fierce winds and waves threatened Sunday to break up the tanker. | However, weather improved |through the night and the 13 men remained aboard the 665- beg vessel loaded with crude | oil, The coast guard said an ef- fort would be made to "take off some of the oil" to lighten the ship in attempts to float. it Cause Of Blaze Unknown 80 Firemen At Scene Fire this morning completely gutted King Street United Church and severely damaged the adjoining Centennial Hall. Close to 80 firefighters battled the blaze at King and Charles sts, for almost two hours before bringing it under control. Thick, black, oily smoke boil- ed out through windows and the roof, forcing firefighters to don air-packs and smoke masks. Then the fire broke through the roof and flames shot 150 feet into the air, fanned by a brisk, west wind. At times, the firefighters ing to get the money," Mrs. Tane said. There was some money locked in her desk drawer. "The hallway was a mass of flame by this time. I was never So scared in my life." Ivan Shephard, church care- taker, and his wife arrived min- utes later. Mrs. Shephard said the build- ing was checked at 11 p.m. last night and everything was all right. When firefighters got to the scene, smoke was tufting out were completely hidden from view as they hung onto the lad- ders and directed hoses into the inferno through broken windows and doorways. Water was still being poured into the 54-year-old building at press time. The brick walls may have to be pulled down to protect the public., A section of one wall fell onto King st. during the fire, narrowly missing two fire- fighters. RECORDS DESTROYED Invaluable church records stored in a file cabinet on the first floor were destroyed. Books from minister Wesley L. Herbert's study in the Centen- nial Hall section were saved, as well as chairs, a piano and fur- niture from the Hall basement. No damage estimate was available and Fire Chief Ray Hobbs said it is not known how around the edges of the roof- line, There was no indication at this time of the extent of the fire, Within minutes, the entire top half of the church was en- veloped by thick, black smoke. It rolled down King st., driven by the wind, and hid the nearby buildings from view. At about 9;20 the fire broke through the roof with a whoosh, Then pieces of the roof started falling through to the floor of the auditorium. In 15 minutes most of the roof had disappeared, eaten up by the flames, SEVERE DAMAGE At 9:45 a team of firefighters was on the roof of Centennial Hall directing water on the church roof. They were fighting the west wind as well as the fire, Hydrants on King, Bond, Di- the fire started. One church board member estimated it would cost $900,000 to replace the church. Another said plans for a $100,000 renova- tion were being prepared. The fire was discovered about vision and Charles st. were opened. The ladder-truck crew 'was pouring water into the fire on the Charles st. side while four other units directed water through windows and doors. With the roof The ship was in no immedi- ate danger, the coast guard said, after the winds had suh- sided to 30 knots and 'the seas to five feet. aground Sunday a half mile east of the Sandy Hook, N.J., light- house. The coast guard reported 40 to 45 knot winds and waves up to 25 feet and said the tanker was in imminent danger of breaking up. During the storm, as 20-foot waves broke over the tanker, a 44-foot pilot boat tender went alongside and removed the 39 men in two loads over a three- hour period. At the peak of each wave, crew member was plucked from a Jacob's ladder hanging over the side. No U.K. Fanfare Marks Churchill An LONDON (AP)--No fanfare marked the first anniversary to- day of Sir Winston Churchill's death--"just the way the old man would have wanted it," said one Englishman, here were no elaborate memorial services, no editorials or tributes on radio and tele- vision extolling the wartime prime minister's achievements. Churchill's grave in the Ox- fordshire village of Bladon was shrouded in fog. No one ap- peared in the churchyard, but three simple wreaths had been placed on the grave. One was from Lady Churchill --hyacinths and daffodils from the greenhouses of nearby Blen- heim Palace where her hus- band was born. Another from daughter Mary jand her family bore the inscrip- niversary tion: "Darling papa, in most loving remembrance." The Duke of Marlborough, the lord of Blenheim Palace, also placed a wreath. Bladon, 60 miles from Lon- don, is off the beaten track with no rail station and only a coun- try bus service. No great influx of visitors was expected today. About 1,000,000 persons have visited the Churchill grave dur- ing the last year, however. No monument has yet been raised for Churchill in London where a quarter-century ago the statesman broadcast his con- tempt for Adolph Hitler and de- ified Nazi bombers to do their worst, However, a commemora- tive stone unveiled in Westmin- ster Abbey by the Queen has chiselled on it the.words: "Re- member. Winston Churchill." The Chelwood Beacon ran|°* the storm. Police ajor Gerald Kelly, 42, of Man.; -was--kille--Suns in which: he passenger collided with ary's spring-like weather with the worst snowfall in 21 years. The storm swept up from' the United States Saturday and dumped nearly 17 inches of snow in Toronto before moving northeast Sunday night. King- ston received 13.75 inches and Otlawa 7.9. The weatherman said the storm moved into the Atlantic early this morning and most East Coast cities received only light amounts of snow. Toronto and the Niagara Pe- ninsula were hardest hit and snowfalls of 10 to 13 inches were recorded in most areas. Hamil- ton received 12 inches and Nia- gara. Falls 13 as the storm and light winds this morning. 1l INCHES IN MONTREAL Quebec, on the northern sec- tion of the 100-mile wide storm, received varying amounts of snow. Montreal recorded 11 inches and Quebee City seven. Southern Ontario was com- pletely surprised by the storm as forecasters predicted it would only brush Ontario and Quebec before moving into th neortheastern U.S. Downtown Toronto had a seri- ous rush-hour traffic problem to- day with man yparking lots. un- plowed and motorists roaming the streets looking for places to put their cars, hy 4 snow-hampered streets, Snow - clogged residential streets in Toronto were still not plowed Sunday night as crews worked to prepare main arter- ies for today's traffic rush. Tor- onto International Airport was closed most of the day but late Sunday night flights were grad- ually catching up on normal schedules. As the storm moved east- ward Dorval Airport in Mont- real curtailed operations. It re- opened later Sunday with flights to the West. leaving be- hind schedule seas flights were New York. At least one traffic death was ' Ps Incoming diverted over- to another on a highway north of Toronto during the storm. No serious accidents were re- ported elsewhere in Ontario or Quebec, although road condi- tions were hazardous. Other parts of Ontario re- ported varying snowfalls Sun- day, none as great as Toronto. More than five inches -fell in Ottawa. Roads in Northern Ontario were blocked in. many places. Sault Ste. Marie had 10 inches of snow with heavy,.drifting In Western Canada weather was seasonally normal -- cold and clear on the Prairies; sunny, dull, windy, cold and snowy in B,C, BIG SNOW - MELT MACHINE FAILS IN TORONTO TEST TORONTO (CP)--The big- gest showstorm in 21 years hit Metropolitan Toronto dur- . ing the weekend and a big, shiny and impressive mobile snow-melting machine, which costs $140 a day to rent, was sent into operation for the first time, It failed to work, The metro roads depart- ment rents the machine for four months from a United States company at a cost of $17,000, It was thought the snow melter could convert 75 tons of snow hourly into water. However, road crews soon found out.. differently. The crews first discovered that a. front-end loader coull not feed snow into the ma- chine fast. enough for it to work properly. When two front-end loaders Were not enough, the crews borrowed a Snow-blowing ma- chine from a paving company. Meanwhile, an. air hose on the snow-melting machine had frozen. When it was repaired, a belt on the machine broke. When it was repaired, the crews found the snow-blowing machine would not handle wet snow mixed with salt--which was exactly the kind of snow around Yonge Street and Shepherd Avenue in northern Toronto. : The machine back to the yards. was driven department's A spokesman sail the ma- ls chine will be tried again to- | day when the snow is expected |= to become crisp. Metro's lease on the. ma- chine runs until March 31. 8:40 a.m. by Mrs. Jack Tane, . Opening an inner door she found the hall- way aflame. "T tried to call the' fire de- partment but the line was-dead, ber ie burned through," she aid, "* phe sat into the the br easels: the most mm area to ex tinguish. ; Centennial Hall suffered se- vere damage as the fire spread across the roof. King st. was blocked off at Mary st. and Public Utilities crews cut off power to the church from a nearby trans« former. The Salvation Army was "Then I ran outside and yell- ed to the Clinic (Oshawa Clinic across the road) caretaker that the church. was on fire."' CALLED FIREMEN The caretaker, Norman Lam- bert, phoned in the alarm. fighters who had to work in 1§ "T ran back inside the build- degree temperatures. Red China Jets Reported To Be In North Viet Nam NEW YORK (AP)--The New|made a move to fight, the re- York Times reports that Com-/Port said. , The story says the Chinese munist Chinese jets. have been| jones are Soviet-designed MiG- spotted in North Viet Nam. ~ |91s, They are the fighters used In a dispatch from Hong Kong|by the Soviet Air Force and "a by Seymour Topping, The Times|match for most U.S. aircraft," says U.S. planes had observed|The Times says, adding: the jets on airfields north and| It says there appears to be west of Hanoi. Some also havejone squadron of about 25 MiG- been seen in the air but have!2is on duty in North Viet Nam. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS No Military Aid For Viet Nam OTTAWA CP Prime Minister ' Pearson reiterated today that there is no possibility of Canadian military aid being sent to Viet Nam. He also said in the Commons that the -United States has informed Canada and other countries it hopes to be able to continue the bombing pause in Viet Nam so long as there is any likelihood of the pause assisting in bringing about negotiations. 'James Hoffa "Doing Fine" WASHINGTON AP -- Teamsters' President James R. Hoffa was reported "doing fine'? today in Georgetown Uni- versity Hospital where his doctor said he is undergoing medical treatment. The doctor refused to release the nature of the medical treatment for the 52-year-old union leader, but a hospital spokesman said Hoffa "'is not seriously ill." Expanded CPA Service Studied OTTAWA CP -- Transport Minister Pickersgill told the Commons today that consideration is being given to an expanded domestic air service by Canadian Pacific Airlines, During a question-and-answer period on_ transportation, Eldon Wooliams PC--Bow River said it is nearly impos- sible to get trans-Canada reservations from the railways or on Air Canada. ...In THE TIMES today .. History and Pictures of King Street United Church -- P. @ Ajax Municipal Complex Cost High -- P. 5 Oshawa Generals Defeat Peterborough -- P. 6 Ann Londers -- 10 City News -- 9 Classified -- 16, 17, 18 Comics -- 14 Editorial --= 4 Financial -- 19 Obits -- 19 Sports -- 6, 7, 8 Theatre -- 15 Whitby News -- 5 Women's -- 10, 11 Weather --:2 1 ELL there with coffee for the fire- ° v ST. UNITED CHURCH