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Weather Report + Thursday mostly sunny and 'milder. Low tonight, 85, High 4 tomorrow, 48. aS THIRTY-TWO. PAGES Home Newspaper Of Oshawa, Whitby, Bowman ville, Ajax, Pickering and neighboring centres in Ons tario and Durham Counties. Authorized as Second Class Mall Post Office i 10¢ Single Ottawa and for payment of Postage in Cash. 50c Per Week Home OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1966 VOL. 95 -- NO. 43 livered GETS OVATION ANE = ae eng i ses gtg tuys ET useage sa MH CONSUMER INDEX HITS NEW HIGH Main Caucus With MP's OTTAWA (CP) --The con- sumer price index rose nine- tenths of a point to 142.1 for February, a record high, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported Tuesday. Prices rose on most commod- ities and services used by con- sumers except in the health and personal care group, pushing up the general index six-tenths of one per cent from 141.2 in Janu- ary. Based on 1919 consumer 137.2 in February last year. It rose steadily last year to reach a peak of 139.5 in July, then eased off slightly before rising again. This February's index is 3.6 per cent higher than last Feb- ruary's. Food prices rose more sharply than other prices between Jan- uary and February indexes, bouncing up 1.9 points to 142.5. The bureau said prices were higher for all foods except eggs, oranges, canned and frozen ery, canned peas, macaroni, cake mix, cookies and a few miscellaneous items. The big price increases, ex- pressed by the bureau in per- centages, were fats, including butter, up 3.1 per cent; meats, fish and poultry, up three per cent; and vegetables, up 2.9 per cent. Food prices account for 27 per cent of the general con- sumer price index. Housing, shelter and house- hold operations, accounting for 32 per cent of the general in- one-fifth of a point to 243.1. Prices and rates were higher for insurance, fuels, some uten- sils and equipment, and house- hold supplies. These outweighed lower prices for floor coverings and some furniture. The clothing index, represent- ing 11 per cent of the general index, was up six-tenths of a point to 123.3, mainly because of the return to regular prices after January sales in many lines of men's and women's wear, footwear, and piece prices equalling 100, the index was '140.8 in December, and Smythe Quits As Director TORONTO (CP) Conn Smythe, 71, has submitted his resignation as a director of Ma- ple Leaf Gardens because the Cassius Clay Ernie Terrell world heavyweight champion- ship fight is to be fought there March 29, Major Smythe, a veteran of | two world wars, said he is re- signing because gardens man- agement has put "cash ahead of class." "A fight that isn't good enough for Chicago or Montreal certainly isn't good enough for Maple Leaf Gardens," Smythe said."He added that he objects to the fight because of Clay's statements about the United |States' involvement in Viet |Nam. and Prime Minister Pear- son were both given long ovations when they arrived for the meeting. (CP Wirephoto) Justice Minister Cardin (extreme right) leads group of Liberal members of Par- liament into party caucus at Ottawa today. Mr. Cardin Tension Seen In Amsterdam AMSTERDAM (Reuters) --| Blue-blooded guests from all| written in the style of the ap- over Europe are converging on |peals for collaboration which this picturesque Dutch city for;the Nazis made to the Dutch : trix's wed-jafter the Germans overran the beneath the|Netherlands in 1940. ce is an undercur-| The civil marriage ceremony --_ of 'tension, __., at the town hall will be followed unrest arises from the; by a@ religious wedding in the fact the groom, 39-year-oldji7th-century Protestant wester- Claus von Amsberg, is a fornier|kerk here. | West German diplomat and) when the marriage contract| John Bassett, chairman of the wartime member of the Ger-|is signed, the groom will gain board of the Gardens, said he man Wehrmacht. la title and exchange a vowel--|has refused to accept the resig- Many Netherlanders remain/he will become Jonkheer van nation. He said it should be sub- anti-German, remembering the|amsberg, the aristocratic Ger-|mitted before the whole board Nazi occupation of their home-|man prefix "von" giving way| Where others with different land during the Second World|to the Dutch form. jviews would have a chance to War and the decimation of the ;--__----_--___-- --__------'|put their case." Dutch Jews, particularly in Am-| But Smythe said he intends to sterdam. | make the resignation stick. 'Plant Operation More than seen of Amster- P Harold Ballard, executive dam's city councillors--24 out of | : vice-president, declined to com- 45--have decided to boycott! Seen As Unlikely ment on the resignation. Beatrix's civil wedding at the : ae town hall Thursday, it was dis- AGAINST BOXING closed Tuesday. Smythe said: "We've got no The dissidents include the six right being in: the boxing busi- Commynist members. baker about keeping its Hamil-|ness anyway. It helped to kill Sighs\posted Tuesday on walls ton automaking plant in opera-|Jim Norris (former head of the) ~ of this/hright, bustling city of|tion but this possibility seems |defunct International Boxing| s Club and cé-owner of the Chi- U.K. Union Raps canals called, with evident sar-| unlikely cago Bears, who died last} Incomes Curb Observers said the text was} OTTAWA (CP)--Industry Min- ister Drury said Tuesday discus- sions have been held with Stude-| CONN SMYTHE casm, for the nation to unite; Mr. Drury was answering around the Dutch throne "'even questions in the Commons for month) and I don't want the} though it will be joined by ajthe second straight day on the|Same thing happening to any of former member of the Wehr-| Studebaker shutdown announced my contemporaries." LONDON (Reuters) -- Brit- Basset said Smythe wired him|.;,°. biggest trade union has Friday. Mond Y ain's ring , ; pring ge da pee Pigg pe openly revolted against the gov- id resign. re-lernment's incomes regulation orange juice, apple juice, cel- § |tary of state for information. It [France Set -- To Abandon NATO Role _ |. PARIS (AP)--France said to-| |day that reform of the North/| | Atlantic Treaty Organization is| limpossible and that President} Charles de Gaulle's government} is going ahead with plans to get out. | But the government expressed | a willingness to talk over other) mutual defence arrangements! with NATO allies. | A spokesman said after the weekly cabinet meeting that France intends to take what- ever measures she deems nec- essary concerning foreign mili- tary bases on French soil. He: added that France is willing to/ discuss the consequences of} such a mové. | The statement outlining the; French position was read to re- porters by Yvon Bourges, secre- seemed almost certain that the statement had been dictated by| de Gaulle himself. | The announcement seemed to represent a further stiffening of | the French attitude. For sev-| jeral years, de Gaulle has been | Ee jinsisting that NATO must be re-| vised. But the statement today said: 'Taking into account the fact that no discussion on an effec-| |tive reform of NATO can be} usefully undertaken, France in-| tends to take for itself the meas-| ures that it deems indispensa- ble, taking into account both the} jinternational circumstances and} its will to re-establish full sov- ereignty on its territory.' STICKS TO CLAUSE At the same time, Bourges said that France does not in- tend to take advantage of the dex, its biggest component, rose goods. md Urgent NATO Parley Seen LONDON (AP)--Foreign min-;Canada to place her. French listers of the North Atlantic Al-|bases under French command liance may meet urgently to|or withdraw from de Gaulle ter- consider President Charles de |ritory. Gaulle's decision to pull France} Another source noted, how- out of NATO's collective defence|ever, that Canada is the only set-up, British authorities said|country along with the United today. |States maintaining bases in The foreign office made no) France. Metz is headquarters of Can- ada's No. 1 Air Division in Eu- immediate formal comment on the developments beyond saying Britain is consulting on every|rope while Marville is the base aspect of NATO's future with) for two reconnaissance squad- other members of the 15-coun- | rons as well as for transport try alliance. j}and staging facilities. In private, British ministers deplored de Gaulle's moves. The suggestion for a special meeting of NATO foreign minis- ters was understood to have come from President Johnson's| tioned--at around the same time administration, _ as U.S. nuclear - armed war- The normal spring meeting of planes were moved. Canadian NATO: ministerial council is due| personnel in France now totals to be held at Brussels in early |9, 120. June. But informants here said; The Paris source said today's the present situation is too seri-| NATO council meeting received ous and urgent to wait. The/a report from the U.S. on de British would be ready to par-| Gaulle's demand. ticipate in such a special ses- ; a sion if this is generally favored |t,.re Fornell lS gy 1" by the Allies. | The Daily Telegraph says in a EXPECT REQUEST Paris dispatch it now is ex- One NATO informant said he pected that all 26,000 U.S. troops was unable to confirm a: Lon-|will be withdrawn from 29 don newspaper report that|French bases and depots in a France is expected to request|matter of months. Top Dixieland Jazz Bands Perform For Crown Princess AMSTERDAM (Reuters)--Hol-|ace echoed to jazz classics land's top Dixieland jazz band|belted out by the Dutch Swing played for Crown Princess Bea-|College Band for the younger trix as she danced into the early | generation of European royalty hours today with Claus von |led by Greece's King Constan- years ago by de Gaulle, Cana- da's nuclear armed strike squadrons were moved to Ger- many--where six now are sta- Following demands several)' OTTAWA (CP)--Justice Min- ister Cardin said after a Liberal caucus meeting today he has no intention of resigning from the federal cabinet. "I am not going to resign," he told a reporter. Mr. Cardin then walked into his office and was joined a few minutes later by Prime Minis- ter Pearson. Mr. Cardin ap- peared drawn and tired as he told a reporter: "There is no resignation. I am not going to resign." The main caucus meeting of Liberal MPs and senators lasted less than one hour. Both the prime minister and the justice minister were given ovations when they arrived for the caucus. Speculation that Mr. Cardin might resign was sparked when the prime minister last Friday reversed his field and promised an inquiry into the dismissal of post office clerk George Victor Spencer for his involvement in a spy case -- a step that min- utes before had been strongly opposed in the Commons by the justice minister. Mr. Cardin was also opposed to the wider inquiry into na- tional security that Mr. Pearson announced Monday. Looking grim, Mr. Cardin brushed past a crowd of report- ters without comment and Quebec Liberals at 10:30 a.m. EST. SING GREETING Reporters heard the Wtherals break into a long ovation and a rendition of "Ii a Gagne Ses Epaulettes" (He Has Won His Spurs), a French-Canadian song equivalent to "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow." Mr. Pearson said after the caucus that he could not say what was decided at the 55-min- ute meeting. "I'm not a caucus leak," he said. ; He was asked by a reporter whether any cabinet changes could be expected soon. "'No,"' he replied, "but that has nothing to do with today's meeting." Mr. Pearson, beaming, ar- rived at 11 a.m. for a meeting Liberals from Quebec and On- tario had opened their custom- The prime minister did not comment to reporters beyond saying, Block." Lasts Less Than Hour walked quickly into a meeting of ' hangs: up: his: se: ) rack before ent today's caucus of Liberal members of Parliament at Ottawa. (CP Wirephoto) "Just like the East This was a reference to im: promptu press conferences that used to take place in the core ridors after cabinet meetings in the East Block of the Parlia- ment Buildings. Mr. Pearson' office stopped the practice last year, but the edict did not ap- ply to the West Block, where of the entire Liberal caucus.|the caucus met today. Attendance at the caucus was A s high and Mr. Pearson's hand- ary separate meetings earlier. |ling of the Spencer case and its political effect on. Mr. were expected to be discussed. Cardin NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Tight Security Kept On Philip clause permitting denunciation|Amsberg, a former Germanjtine and Queen Anne-Marie. | tered into an agreement to stage! sioction challenge to the govern-|of the treaty April 4, 1869. De| diplomat she will marry Thurs-| Older guests at the royal ball ithe fight if it was approved by |Gaulle has always distinguished | day. \danced to music from a string jthe. Ontario Athletic Commis- between alliance,| The flower - decked marble|orchestra and a dance band. sion. and could not break which he favors, and the inte-|halls of Amsterdam's royal pal-| The 28-year-old auburn-haired i p Ga > . . plied that the Gardens had en policy in an embarrassing pre- Able tin AuUantiC ing Labor party. I oh lers-of tie i1;400,000-mem- igh jagreement. ber Transport and General| prated military command struc- | He said Clay's opinions about|Workers' Union decided Tues- hi a "could be no concern qay night to boycott pay claim investigations. by the govern- ment-sponsored national board Girl Bound, Gagged |for prices and incomes which in- |vites evidence of disputes. 'By Night Burglar | The union, whose decision could damage government plans BRANTFORD (CP) -- Brenda |for cost-of-living stability, ear- Hounam, 19, was bound gagged by an intruder she sur-|the Labor party's prised in searching her bedroom |fighting the «March 31 in her home near Paris Tues- election. da.y ' Political She grappled with the man un- til she fainted and came to to : | |find herself gagged with a scarf|Policy's architect, land tied with skate laces and a|Minister George Brown -- him - \leather thong. self a member of the union. funds observers said and |lier voted £50,000 ($150,000) to} for | tures, which he detests. | The measures which France| intends to take unilaterally,! Bourges said, concern French {troops in NATO commands, |French officers in the head- |quarters, and foreign bases on | French soil. 'Canada Rejects general) | 'French Rule | the boycott decision challenged the Economics | | Over Two Bases OTTAWA (CP)--Canada has} already rejected French na- BELLY - DANCING BARONESS NEARS SWAN SONG -- HUBBY Amina, "the world's most ex- citing woman Her late father-in-law, for- mer chairman of the Liberal parfy, maintained she should prove his son'had not mar- ried a '"'cheap, back - street dancer" but a star capable of LONDON(AP) A. belly- dancing British baroness is making her first London ap- pearance, but her husband says the public is seeing her undulating midriff for the last time. After dancing for the public in 47 other countries, Lady Shirin Moynihan is perform- ing for four weeks at the Pigalle, a top West End night spot. Her husband, Antony Pat- trick Andrew Cairnes Berk- eley Moynihan, the third Baron Moynihan, says she'll » when her $1,400-a-week ract expires Lady Moynihan is professionally as Princess Lady Moynihan was born 27 years ago. In 1958 she who said lay married Moynihan, at the time: "So-called friends who are supposed to represent the es- tablishment in this country have gone out of their to be utterly offensive known think I let the aristocracy down." BRITAIN'S BELLY-DANC- ING BARONES Lady Moynihan, rehearses in a night spot for her first and last engagement in Lon- don. Lady Shirin Moynihan, known professionally ' as Princess Amina, opened her four-week engagement in the west end club on Monday night after having appeared in 47 other: countries. (AP Wirephoto by cable from , London) They have British appearing in top night clubs. | way | tional command over its two |bases in France. | | Prime Minister Pearson said} in the Commons Feb. 22: | | "It (NATO) is a_ coalition) |which involves questions of col- jlective security, and Canadian troops are in Eunope as our con- |tribution to this collective agreement. "That is the only reason they jare in Europe. They are not under national command nor would they be under national command in the future."' | Mr. pearson also indicated that Canada would not bargain} ing future of the Canadian bases in France. He said: "We could discuss within NATO any precise pro- |posals (by France) which might |be made," Canada has two jet reconnais- |sance squadrons at Marville, France, and the headquarters} for the RCAF European Air Di-| i vision is at Metz, France. | princess, dressed in a white sa- \tin. gown embroidered in green, A-S 29 jled the dancing with von Ams- py: jberg, 11 years her senior. Her mother and father, Queen Ju- liana and Prince Bernhard, and Is Released s From Prison the other 500 guests followed. LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) George John Gesner drew his first free breath after five years in custody and said, "justice de- layed is justice denied." The 29-year-old former soldier showed no elation at his sudden and unexpected release from the § U.S. penitentiary where he has been since his conviction June 4, 1964, of giving nuclear weap ons secrets to Russia. He was the first person convicted under the Atomic Energy Act. An appeals court last year nul- & lified Gessner's conviction and life sentence because it found his confession--basis of the gov- jernment's case--was made in- | voluntarily. | Gessner, a private Ist class, | was a nuclear weapons special- ist at Fort Bliss, Tex., when he |deserted Dec. 6, 1960, and went to Mexico City. The confession, introduced at his trial, said he ® Shirin Roshan Berry in Ma- bilaterally with France concern-| met with officers of the Russian embassy on several occasions and "gave them all" he knew labout mechanisms of atomic cannon. He was arrested in !Panama City, Panama, March & 23, 1961, and has been in cus tody since then--one year of it 5 for desertion. P The confession, Gessner said, was obtained through coercion and fraud. ovis GEORGE J, GESSNER MIAMI, Fla. (AP) -- Prince Philip starts a 10,000. mile North American charity curity as thick as a London plane here from Nassau, The world. MOSCOW (AP) -- Mayor While for Helsinki, Finland. forestall any new attacks by t who blew up the Nelson Monu of Waterloo. tour here today amid se- fog. The prince pilots his Bahamas, after a five-week Caribbean tour with the queen. She flew back to England Sunday night from Jamaica. The prince hoped to raise as much as $1,000,000 for children's charities throughout the Drapeau Meets Soviet Officials Jean Drapeau of Montreal met with Soviet officials today, apparently seeking their support for holding the 1972 Olympic Games in his city. Drapeau arrived here Tuesday night and leaves Thursday here he was scheduled to meet with Vladimir Promyslov, mayor of Moscow, tour the Kremlin and ride the Moscow metro subway. ~ Dublin Maintains Strong Guards = DUBLIN (AP) -- Strong police guards were posted at the British Embassy and other potential targets today to he anti-British demonstrators" ment in the heart of Dublin.- . Police guarded homes of embassy staff members and the Phoenix Park monument commemorating the Duke of Wellington, Britain's victor over the French at the Battle Committee To Review Full-Tim: St. Catharines Defeat Generals, Ann Landers--17 City News--13 Classified--26, 27, 28 Comics--24 Editorial--4 Financial--29 ...In THE TIMES today .. - e Mayor Question--P, 13 3 High Schools Expect Record Enroliment--P. 5 3-1, Playoff Opener--P. 8 Obits--2 Sports--8, 9, 10,°11 Theatre--9 Whitby News--5 Women's--14, 15, 16 Weather--2