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Oshawa Times (1958-), 23 Mar 1966, p. 3

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meme' CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DEBATE LOOMS Liberals Survive 2 Tests In House SEEKS POST Elmer Sopha, member of the Ontario legislature for Sudbury, is seeking to be- come a governor, or bench- er, of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Thirty benchers are elected to the society every five years by the more than 6,000 lawyers in Ontario. | OTTAWA (CP)--The go-althad for a three-day debate on capi- tal punishment was given in in ine Commons Tucsday night jwhen the minority Liberal gov- lernment easily survived two|legal would have to follow aP-| SWAP CHARGES remove the death penalty for all| but a few special cases such as murder of prison guards or po- = afficsre | A ill to make any changes| | non-confidence votes on the cost) proval of the resolution. of living and inflation. A New Democrat motion ad- | vocating a prices review board went down by 209 to 20 while a Conservative motion charging the government with inaction in 121 to 108. The capital punishment de- bate is to continue until Monday night--Friday is set aside for an interim supply bill--but with more than 80 MPs ready to |speak there is no certainty the issue will come to a vote, the face of rising prices lost by| In the two-day supply debate,| Conservative Heatn Macquarrie was the only MP to support 19 New Democrats on their motion that proposed establishment of! a prices review board. Other Conservatives and Creditiste Leader Caouette said they opposed it because it would involve price and wage controls --a step they said the public) would not support in peacetime. 'UP TO HOUSEWIVES' Standings in the 265-seat Com-, mons are Liberals 131, Conserv-} atives 97, New Democrats 21, OCrediticstes nine Crodit five and independent two. Serial Throughout the debate -- Lib- erals and Conservatives took} turns arguing that the other| party, pyhen in power, has not coped with the country's eco- nomic problems. Mr. Diefenbaker Monday, fol- lowed by his supporters at other times, accused the government} of doing nothing about soaring! prices and inflation. DIES John Harlin, 30, above, of Los Altos, Calif., plunged 3,000 feet to his. death to- day while attempting to He said because the provinces scale the north face of Mt. share jurisdiction in the field), tiger in the Swiss Alps. the federal government sheuld|(4P Wirephoto. by cable from Max Saltsman (NDP--Water-|meet the provinces to decide|__ Zurich) WINNIPEG (CP) -- Flood- conscious Manitobans, piling up dikes at communities along the swelling Red River from Winni- peg south to the international horéer, got their first taste of flooding Tuesday -- 30 miles away from the big river. Twenty - five families were evacuated at Winkler as swirl- ing floodwaters, built up by spring runo!f from the nearby Pembina Hills, rolled through the rural town on the way to the Red. Within hours after runoff wa- ter poured down into the ice- clogged creek running through Winkler, 75 miles southwest of Winnipeg, it began spilling over into the town. Two-thirds of the community \of 2,700 was covered with water a THE OSHAWA. TIMES, Wednesday, March 23, 1966 3 25 Families Evacuate At Winkler In Manitoba evening, rolling east to the Red Winkler Mayor John Epp said there were no injuries but damage "'is certain to be very high." _ lened area along the Red, crews tare back at full force, building up earthen and sandbag dikes from Emerson, 60 miles south of Winnipeg on the international border, to the Greater Winni- peg area. Agriculture Minister George Hutton said the weather fore- cast--cool with negligible pre- cipitation for the next five days --is good, provided all other factors remain favorable. | No change in the flood peak jis forecast for Manitoba points, crest in Winnipeg some time be- The Red is still expected to|' In suburban St. Vital where some homes are flooded each year by the Seine River, Mayor A. J. Hardy told a meeting of 700 people that all threatened homes will be protected with earthen or sandbag dikes by the time the crest arrives at Winni- peg. In other parts of Greater Win- nipeg work is proceding on schedule to brace the city's 64 miles of primary dike system which ranges from 26.5 feet on a 24-mile stretch, to 30 feet high. The aim is to raise the sys- em to 30 feet all along its, course to keep flood waters out. | { é Jf you think there is not a TONIGHT IN COLOUR: 12. / ADVENTURE BATMAN 7:30 P.M. CHANNEL VARIETY JULIE ANDREWS 9:00 P.M. CHANNEL 2 and 8 6 WATCH COLOR 9 bd (CP Wirephoto) | 4 resolution sponsored by|!00 South) said the board would! how to cope with the problem. eps ge ncaa Kaden eet tom * arties| Only investigate whether retail) Revenue Minister Benson re- ack-benchers from four parties} ; ' iy canwttorted Hist al tiletenhak : | would substitute mandatory life| Prices are out of line with costs} Mr. Diefenbaker has sentences for all death: sen-| and let housewives take care of! Offered no solutions to the infla- | tences Convicts sentenced to| the rest. tion problem and made con- | life imprisonment could not be Against the NDP motion were tradictory demands for lower é : 117 Liberals, 79 Conservatives,| 8overnment spending and that rose to two Or three feet on some streets, Many base- ments and stores were flooded. The creek's ice jam was blown free Tuesday afternoon land the floodwaters receded by Host feet below good ploce to ect in Osh- awe .... then you heven't tried the dining room et the tween April 7 and April 18 from 26 to 28 feet above winter ice) ~ jlevel. | This would be from four to the disastrous 1950 flood crest which inundated |: rovincial ~ TELEVISION - MPs Request Ramsey Data Choice ----- 8 Models Immediate Delivery HOTEL LANCASTER 27 KING ST, WEST, OSHAWA cereale Legislation Load Heavy TORONTO (CP)--Labor Min- ister Leslie Rowntree intro- duced nose-to-the grindstone legislative proposals Tuesday, but pointed out that the future is far from all work and no play. In_ introducing ment's estimates for the next his depart- |paroled without cabinet ap- | proval At present the death sentence |is prescribed for persons con-| victed of capital murder, piracy and treason. NONE SINCE 1963 But Prime Minister Pearson's cabinet has commuted 20 suc- cessive death sentences since |taking office 'in April, 1963, and the cabinet of Conservative Leader John Diefenbaker had commuted three in a row before leaving office. MPs in the 265-seat Commons are reported about evenly di- seven Creditistes, three Social Credit MPs, Frank Howard (NDP--Skeena), J. A. Mongrain (Ind--Trois-Rivieres) and Mau- rice Allard (Ind - PC -- Sher- brooke). The Conservative motion, which accused the government of inaction in the face of rising costs and inflation, was sup- ported by 81 PCs, 19 New Dem- ocrats, seven Creditistes and Mr. Allard. It was opposed by 116 Lib- erals, three Social Credit MPs, Mr. Howard and Mr. Mongrain Mr. Pearson -- attending a greater welfare payments. Mr. Benson said inflation will be dealt with next Tuesday when Finance Minister Sharp brings down his budget. The revenue minister said the cost of living in Canada has shown the smallest 'increase of any Western nation except the United States. Unemployment was low and the gross national product high. OTTAWA (CP)--The govern- ment was asked Tuesday whether Ronald Ramsey is a se- curity risk and how he man- aged to get into Canada. Speaker Lucien Lamoureux ruled the Commons question by Gerard Laprise (Creditiste-- Chapleau) out of order but Ramsey's name came up again later Ramsey, 27, who 'comes from Los Angeles, has had his U.S. passport revoked. He says this was for recording anti-war speeches for broadcast by Ra- dio Hanoi in North Viet Nam, Young Pigs Seen As Gold Nuggets UP - TO - DATE WORK IS NOW LONDON (AP) -- What were the two British sol- diers doing standing on the Duke of York's steps just off London's busy Pall Mall? i That's what the army wanted to know during an inquiry into manpower wastage. Defence Secretary Denis Healey disclosed Sunday toba. BUILD DIKING SYSTEM A major diking system has jsince been built up around |Greater Winnipeg to give far jmore. protection than was. pro- \vided 16 years ago. The river was just two inehes labove the winter average level lat the James Avenue pumping station Tuesday and still frozen isolid with no immediate signs of breakup in sight. jlarge areas of Winnipeg and| wide areas of southern Mani-! CHERNEY'S OFFERS the Oshawa working man 50% MORE INTEREST 100% MORE HOURS Central Ontario Trust 50% More Interest fiscal year, Mr. Rowntree re- vided in what will be a> free jected any suggestion to reduce| vote, with retentionists holding the hours a person may work' a slight margin and Social Credit Leader in a week. Abolitionists, however, hope a| Thompson were absent for both His minimum vacation re-|compromise can be worked to! votes. quirement guaranteeing two!) ----------_----------S-- Pe weeks paid annual vacation Firm Bought Debentures that this was the answer: "Troops have been | duty there ever since the | Napoleonic wars a century political} and a half ago, when they | were posted to the spot to hold the Duke of Welling- ton's horse." The men have now been put to more up-to-date work. PRE government House reception for Prince Philip -- Mr. Caouette | DOG KEEPS GUARD | LONDON (CP)--A passer-by and his dog foiled an escape |from Wormwood Scrubs prison. |A convict was climbing down the wall when Frank Prince shouted, "If you don't go back, I'll set my Alsatian on you." The man took one look at the big dog and fled back over the 'wall. TORONTO (CP)--Some farm- ers have described two-month- old pigs as gold nuggets hecause of increases in their market value in the last six years, says Benjamin Steers of Bradford, Ont., 'president of the Ontario Hog Producers Association. Mr. Steers told the organiza- tion's annual meeting Tuesday that 40-pound animals have sold! honorarium of $150 by the CBC for as much as $30 each this'to go to Toronto last Friday for year, up from as low as $5 each This Hour has Seven Days, a! SIX years ago Sunday night TV program. The high price for young pigs; Miss LaMarsh said Ramsey's reflects this year's record price|remarks would be used on a for market hogs, which reached|forthcoming program on_ the $45'a hundredweight in Toronto|Viet Nam war "along with during late January. Price was! other points of view." are selling for atween: $15 and MP POSES $58,000 QUERY Commodore's loan to Premium- $20. OTTAWA (CP) -- Gilles on savings (We ALWAYS heve) 4%4% poid end eompounded querterly from the the account is opened. No walting ba | period. Minimum account, -- 100% More Saving Hours 9 em. te 6 p.m. Monday te Thursday 9 @.m. te 9 p.m. Fridey 9 a.m. te 5 p.m. Seturdey e@ 4% Persone! Chequing Estete Planning Accounte--no service charges Mortgoge Leens TAX CONTINUES patches ie ® Till Mar. 31 at NU-WAY Rug Centre Free Hockey Ticket Drew 54 Church St. 728-4201 The U.S. state department says} it is because he did not repay | a state department loan. He has asked for asylum in Canada. | State Secretary Judy La-} Marsh, answering a question by Marcel Lambert (PC--Edmon- ton West), said Ramsey was paid expenses and the usual on A e@ 6% Guaranteed Investment Certificates--1 te 8 years e@ Investment Funds © Central Ontario Trust & Savings Corporation 19 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa 723-5221 after three years' continuous service fell short of an NDP bill that would guarantee two weeks after one year. I 3} k C 2 In other business: t 6 W t --Mr. Rowntree warned that n an rup 0.: i Ness ee en TORONTO (CP)--Acquisition|by Harrison Verner, president ' : ' > permit court action for dam- of. debentures in a bankrupt}of Phantom and of Leland Pub- ages against unions jcompany by Valley Farm and lishing Ltd., whose two princi- gr ei Enterprises Ltd. of Cornwall}pal operating subsidiaries went --Reg Gisborn (NDP--Went-| was revealed Tuesday to al into receivership two years ago. worth East) said there should |+oyal commission investigating) Albert G. Wolfrey, Commo- be a "continuing, thorough|i;e collapse last June of At-\dore's treasurer, testified that and practical survey of man-|jantic Acceptance Corp. power needs" to determine); p Ww. McLaughlin, a Toronto| wares was secured by Pre-| yr steers also pebtated th industry's requirements for) .jartered accountant, said Val-|miumwares' inventory of edu- hog sepdiitets aenoelaticr ' ait workers. ley Farm bought at face value! cational books. fhe of the Ontarin ccvernmuntl --Leonard Braithwaite (L--/$125,000 in debentures from a} He said the loan had been|fo, yp lacing the directors of Etobicoke) said the province is| company in receivership andjnegotiating by Mr. Morgan and| tp, alae Bean Growers' Mars! Gregoire, impish Creditiste entering a dangerous period then wrote off the cost as an|Mr. Verner at a meeting at|;eting Board with tines saat! MP for Lapointe, asked the fn labor-management relations| operating expense. | which a package of Phantom's| vent' olntees B | $58,000 question in the Com- that could lead to economic dis-| He was referring to deben-|debentures was turned over to! n Whee & paued ip: alected: by mons Tuesday. ruption. tures of Phantom Industries him. a majority of studs 'ot pa He noted that an envelope GOULD BE UNHAPPY ee -- were pur-| Mr. Wolfrey sald the deben-| product, no legislation should be} #4dressed only "'to whom it chas y Valley Farm, in Oc-| tures were not part of any loan| enacted that whald cause that) may. concern" and contain- |board to be dismissed without| ing 58 bills of $1,000. each' The reduction of the eight-| tober, 1962, and paid for through] to Premiumwares, but that he hour day and 48-hour maximum work week would have "'long-| a Toronto stock broker. The commission was told in| bentures were placed could not explain why the de-} in his term unhappy effects upon the) previous testimony that Valley) hands. prosperity of our people," Mr.| Rowntree said. | "In this present period of steady upsurge in our economy . . any legislated reduction in Farm was operatea under the| gan, president of Atlantic. Harry Wagman, whose char- \tered - accountancy hours or work would not only) auditor of a number of Atlantic) be unacceptable to employed persons generally .. . but it would constitute a drastic blow _ to the economy. "The consequence of such ac- tion would simply be an injec- tion of dangerous inflationary pressure into the economy... ." He said he wasn't. suggesting that maximum-work hours may not be economically and _ so- cially justifiable, "'but it is ap- parent that action now would be both unwise and unwork- able." In his amendment to the Hours of Work and Vacations With Pay Act, Mr. Rowntree said the changes constitute "'a major advance in the labor standards of legislation of this province." SETS MINIMUM There is nothing to prevent a union or an individual from making better arrangement with an employer, he said. The subsidiaries, also was involved in the Valley Farm operation previous witnesses testified. Mr. McLaughlin said Valley) registered Farm's investment in the Phan-| name, as "really a show of goo tom debentures was not listed] faith by Mr. Verner . |acted for Mr. Morgan, said the| ")/Phantom debentures were He said it was noi unusual for \instructions of C. Powell Mor-! debentures or mortgages to be registered in the name of an) individual and then assigned to' firm was| Commodore, David Samuel, a lawyer who, placed with and Wolfrey' Commodore, in Mr. . . Phan- as an asset at the next fiscal)tom Industries was in terrible year-end, | record of disposition of the de- bentures. He also gave a.similar ac- count of. Valley, Farm's pur- chase of $30,000 worth of de- bentures of General Spray Serv- jice Inc.:from Annett Partners Ltd., a Toronto investment house, in November, 1962 Evidence was given Tuesday that Valley Farm's unprofitable investments were made about the same time that an Atlantic |subsidiary, Commodore Sales | Acceptance Corp., made a loan |of unspecified amount to Pre- |miumwares Ltd. Premiumwares was headed nor was -there any| straits." s| HEAT WITH OIL DIXON'S OIL 313 ALBERT ST. 24-HOUR SERVICE 723-4663 SERVING OSHAWA OVER 50 YEARS turned up at the Montreal post office last week. Since he had often re- ceived letters addressed that way, he wondered whether the post office first being given a hearing and an explanation made to the pro- ducers who elected the board," he said. . 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