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Oshawa Times (1958-), 11 Mar 1966, p. 18

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18 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Pridey, Merch 11, 1966 POLICE CURB DEMONSTRATORS A demonstrator against swinging police beat back Gestapo started to deport the wedding Wednesday in the protesters, The incident Amsterdam's Jews. Von Amstesdain of Dutch Crown took place near the statue Amsberg grew up under oe) "De Dokwerker," (The Hitler and served in the Princess Beatrix and Ger- pocker) which commemor- § German army. man-born Claus von Ams- ates the big strike in Febru- (AP. Wirephoto by cable berg holds his head as club- Need Most Urgent For Social Workers TORONTO (CP) -- The On-) study among power systemsjin social welfare and social TORONTO (CP) -- A former world champion tobacco king, Glenn Herman Atkins, says he hoe gonethe.nkru-pt Because: other Ontario farmers won't let him grow toba seat of the Ontario law courts, listed the liabilities of the for- mer resident of Mount Airy, N.C., as $108,402 and assets as nil. He won the world champion- ship at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair here in 1962 and his tobacco later was displayed in a glass case of the Ontario department of agriculture at the legislative buildings. He blames his plight on the powers granted by the legisla- ture to the Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers' Market- ing Board, Composed of men who grow tobacco, the board decides, under Ontario law, who will be allowed to grow it. "You ain't going to break that board--it's too powerful," he said in an interview. Resigned to the fact he can't grow to- bacco, he has become a welder, a trade he learned years ago. Papers filed at Osgoode Hall, Ex-Tobacco King Champ Says He Is Bankrupt Acreage allotments beat him here as they did in the U.S. By law, tobacco can only be grown in Ontario.on land with snerial acreage "rights." These rights are granted by the board. Mr. Atkins came to Canada in 1956 after he found it diffj to grow tobacco in MourtAiry. His 100-acre farm there, he said, was alloted only 4 3-10 acres for tobacco. He bought two farms with to- bacco rights near Cobourg, Ont., 70 miles east, of here but the crop wasn't top grade. So he sold the small farms and baught a single, bigger one. The difference, which killed him as a tobacco farmer, was that the bigger farm where he grew his world championship to- bacco had no acreage allotment. So the board stepped in and ruled Mr. Atkins couldn't sell) his crop. plete and arbitrary power to prohibit the growing of tobacco on land without an allotment. If necessary, in the words of |board's The tobacco board has com- the act setting it up, it can pro- vide for "the seizing, removing, ee eee destroying or otherwise dispos- ing of any growing tobacco plants or tobacco produced or iaraevea in -vivimu0n Of regula tions, and the retention of dis- position by the local board of any of the proceeds of the sale." MEETS SOON In two weeks the 15-man to- bacco board will meet in Till- sonburg, near London, Ont., to decide who will be able to grow how much tobacco in Ontario in 1966. If the board follows the pattern of the past six crop to jeopardize the people now in, we will allow more in." Answering suggestions that the tobacco board has a vested interest in keeping out new farmers, Mr. Demeyere pointed out that the board's decisions can be appealed to the Ontario FIND BOAT IN DESERT Archeologists have found a 4,000-year-old boat, 70 feet long and made of plaited reeds, in a vault beside the Great Pyramid of Gizeh, Egypt. Farm Products Marketing Board. "Yes, but nobody has ever won one," said Mr. Atkins, who sands of dollars fighting the to- bacco board all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada. * The courts upheld the powers of the tobacco board. LOGGERS SET RECORD Canadian production of wood pulp and paper set a record in 1965 for the seventh consecutive ARJAY ALUMINUM PRODUCTS =| SAVE 10% | ON ALL ALUMINUM PRODUCTS | FROM NOW TIL APRIL 1 A doors, 9%, siding, roilings and shower doors, WHITBY 668-6431 904 GREENWOOD AVE i year. years these will be the 4,000 ex- isting tobacco farmers--and_ no- body else. Tobacco acreage may be in- creased this year--but by rais- ing quotas of existing farmers-- says George Demeyere, board chairman. Mr. Demeyere defends the| extraordinary powers| as necessary to control of the! tobacco market. He says the | board is' trying to establish | more markets "so that more) people can be allowed." | "AS soon as we get the export} markets high enough so as not! RENT-A-CAR DAY -- WEEK -- MONTH *5.00 PER DAY 725-65 PLUS LOW MILEAGE CHARGE RUTHERFORD'S CAR AND TRUCK RENTALS 725-6553 14 ALBERT ST. Oshawe { FREE PARKING where Broadwoy meets Times Square NEW YORK CITY FREE PARKING available in the heart of the theatrical ond entertainment district wee SSS Te SHEP pINY, sight-seeing and business appointments, You'll enjoy the convenience and hos- pitality of the Paramount «+. 700 newly refurbished rooms, all with private bath, TV, and air condi. tioning. SPECIAL FAMILY PLAN RATES PAR Telephone Circle 6-5500 or Teletype Viti att 212 640-448) (ULEEELAGAAEE | P. Ashton Williams, Mgr, HOTEL AMOUNT Meet your new tario legislature was told Wed-| nesday that a shortage of social | service personnel is one of the gravest crises facing the prov-| ince. | Stephen Lewis (NDP--Scar-| borough West) said Ontario) steinberg store manager in Oshawa. Art Weller. interconnected with Ontario| work. Hydro. | Mr. Lewis said no possibility --John Spence (L--Kent East)| exists for the more than 1,000 called on the province to take|youngsters in Ontario training the initiative in seeing that/schools to receive any kind of problems of smaller towns|adequate treatment because of are solved through a planned/a shortage of rehabilitation offi- needs at least 4,000 or 5,000 so-| ' effort. | Sotie cial service workers and prob-! 5 S FIGURE ably as many as 12,000 if all|SAYS SPENDING SMALL | The department of reform in-} public and private agencies are| Mr. Lewis mostly blamed the | stitutions spends only $75,000 of considered. |provincial government for what) $24,500,000 budget for person- In other business: jhe termed the social service|ne] training, he said. --John Root (PC--Wellington-|crisis, charging that little was} Services performed by the de- Dufferin), vice-chairman of|being spent by health, welfare| partment of public welfare re- the Ontario Water Resources|and reform institutions depart-|quire one worker for every 50 Commission, said the prov-| ments to train personnel. lcases, he said, but the actual ince "over the peak' in| He also blamed professional|ratio is one to 396. Instead of catching up with the backlog | associations, such as the On-|having 400 case workers as at of work needed to bring water |tario Welfare Council, which he|present it should have, 2,700. pollution under control. ;said were more aware of the| The department spends $66,- --J. M. Hambley, general) problem but less vocal in de-|000 on training out of a budget manager of the Ontario Hy-|manding a solution. | Of $102,000,000 dro-Electric Power Commis-| He called on Premier Robarts| He said a survey of five of sion, told the legislature's|to establish a premier's task Ontario's mental hospitals standing committee on gov-|force on the staffing of the so-)showed they were short 44 psy- ernment commissions tha t/cial services, and suggested pro-|chiatrists, 80 psychologists and there is a need for more joint | vision of undergraduate degrees'150 social workers. We are proud to introduce Mr. Arthur Weller as manager of your new Steinberg Store in Oshawa. Many of you may recognize "Art" --for the past three years he has been happ j to serve you as manager of the Steinberg store in Ajax. 'Art is keenly interested in local business activities and he's look- ing forward to participating in the growth of this pro- gressive community. Next Tuesday at 9 a.m. kling new Steinberg Tuhewe and he's inviting all of the excitement. It promises to "Art" will open the doors of your store at 600 King Street East in ou to be on hand to share in be quite an event! There'll be scores of opening food specials for you. You can enter a big prize- packed contest AND you'll have a chance to win a fabulous one minute 'Money Tree" harvest! And of course, you'll find all those wonderful Steinberg "extras"... Pinky Stamps for free gifts, the flavour-saving Green Bag Service, the wonderful goodness of Steinberg's famous "16 Day' Naturally aged Red Brand Beef, and many, many more. You'll discover a Personal Service Delicatessen Department at your new Steinberg store, a special counter where you can buy cheese from around the world, a budget beef department and a fascinating Fresh Fish counter. You can shop for favourite German and Ukrainian foods. Steinberg's have foods for every taste and every diet. : You'll meet PIERRE in the meat department ... he's your personal meat counseller at Steinberg's and his personal service and attention can save you time and money. When you visit Steinberg's you'll wir truly "new experience" in food shopping. So make a date with Art er next Tuesday at 9 a.m. He'll be happy to welcome you to the wonderful, different world of Steinberg's-- and he's looking forward to meeting you personally. Bailing : ee 4 S TEINBER G = Opening Tuesday. March 15th WHEN A MAN PUTS HIS MONEY ON THE BARRELHEAD HE OUGHT TO GET THE BEST RUM FOR IT in oak-- for smoothness you'll want to go with. 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