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Oshawa Times (1958-), 24 Nov 1967, p. 1

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79.95 cupboard , 2.99 orem eep them ) portable ! Ribbon e stopped 10.79 Sale! Vov. 29 / you've been n who knows Oleg Cassini nd this week special anni- ly of fuxury. 19% to 1114, Bronzine (Brown- beige) x 4 Xx ONE 725-7373 oo Ger eeewam w Home Of Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, ville, Newspaper Bowman. Pickering ond neighboring centres in Ont- ario and Durham Counties. VOL. 26--NO. 273 1 BSe-Per Wess Ve, CORY FAIRVIEW LODGE RECEIVES FIRST VISIT FROM SANTA '67 Santa Claus made an ap- pearance last night, at the Whitby Fairview Lodge pre- Christmas Whifby Salvation Army service and party held for all residents who received 'Sunshine Bags" She Oshawa Gimes -- OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1967 Home Delivered Author ized a8 Second Class Mall Post Office Ottawa and for payment of Postage in - Weather Report Unsettled weather continues with cloudy skies and slightly warmer Saturday. Low to- hight, 30; high tomorrow 40, TWENTY-TWO PAGES Department Cosh prepared by members. Christmas carols were sung and patients in the hospital wing were visited: The jolly old man treats young, old alike and during his visit took time out to pose with left: Mrs. G. I, Bilton, a lodge resident, Mrs. George Willis, Fairview Lodge host- ess, Mrs. Henry Fulford of the Whitby Salvation Army and G. F. Bilton, who with his wife, resides at the lodge. William Bedford, a member of Whitby Salva- Car Hits Tanker, Icy Hill By JAMES COUPER of The Times Staff BLACKSTOCK -- Two men were killed and six injured this morning when a late model car with eight passengers collided with a milk tanker on an icy hilltop on the Fourth Conces- sion Road,. Cartwright Town- ship. The car, driven by a Dupont Nylon salesman, who was driv- ing six Christmas tree harvest- ers from the East coast and one from Toronto, to work, hit the left front side of the truck as the two met about three miles east of Blackstock, which is about 15 miles north of Bow- manville. The driver of the car, Ronald Mold, one of the dead, was thrown from the car on impact. Two tow trucks had to be called to pull the vehicles apart to re- lease the other. dead and in- jured. A passenger in the car, Brose Whelton, 19, Springdale, New- foundland was also killed. Clarence Ginn, who lives 100 yards from the scene of the collision, said, "I didn't hear a thing. I only knew there had been an accident when the driv- er of the milk truck came in to use the phone. I came out and there was a body in the snow -- there wasn't much left of it -- blood everywhere, and a lot of men were trapped in the car. "There was a bad accident here just a few years ago," he added. A spokesman for the investi- gating Ontario Provincial Police tion Army personified Santa. --Oshawa Times Photo Mystery Mafia Courier Identified As German TORONTO (CP) -- As police investigations continue into a man's story that he was a money courier for the Mafia and his claims of knowing top Mafia secrets, Toronto newspa- pers and at least one radio sta- tion have conducted their own investigations. The story first broke Thurs- day when The Telegram, in a world copyright article, said po- lice had begun checking the man's story after he had walked into the newspaper's office in October t tell his story. The Telegram, The Star, The Globe and Mail and radio sta- tion CFRB have reported the| Longshoremen Tie Up Montreal Waterfront MONTREAL (CP) -- There «J was no evidence of activity today along Montreal's 1-mile waterfront, shut down after two weeks of simmering disagree- ment bet ween longshoremen| and the Shipping Federation of Canada. A handful of longshoremen turned up at the hiring hall early today but no loading and unloading gangs were at work on wharves piled high with all kinds of merchandise and lug- gage. More than -2,500 members of men's Association were affected by the stoppage. About 30 ships are in the port, unable to clear cargoes. Passengers from the Cunard liner Carmania had to carry their own luggage ashore Thurs- day. Large cargo items stayed on the ship to be returned to Southampton if they cannot be taken off. A group of 16 passengers re- cruited legal aid in attempts to prevent the liner from sailing back to Southampton today with their automobiles and _ other heavy luggage. Most of the passengers are Canadians _ returning to this following about the man, his} background and his story: --The man, who uses five al- iases, is Jurgen Weinberg, 24, of Callander, Ont. Among his other names. are Sol Weinberg and Jurgen Weingart, and he is a native of Germany. --A man named George Wein- gart is wanted on a charge of theft in North Bay. --Police in New York said a man using the name of Wein-| gart was arrested for theft and bogus cheques, then turned up in Miami in 1964. --He fears for his life after being recognized by a Mafia member in Toronto. --Weinberg tried unsuccessful- ly to sell his Mafia story to the Nev: York Times and the Miami Herald. The Telegram said Herbert Thurston, chief investigator with the Ontario Police Com- mission, has been working with Weinberg for several weeks and has been shown Mafia' opera- THUNDER PEALS END THEFTS LIMOGOES, France (Reuters) -- When sinners try to dip into the alms box at St. Marie Roman Catho- lic Church here thunder roars and lightning flashes. Infuriated by repeated raids on the alms box the priest, Father Freyssinet, installed a foghorn inside it and 25,000 volts of, electric current wired to its padlock. "It was impossible.. Re- placement of locks cost me more than the alms were bringing in," he explained. "But there hasn't been a single theft since." NATO Tries To Ease Crisis ANKARA (AP) -- NATO was adding its weight today to peace efforts in the Cyprus crisis, it was learned here. | Diplomatic sources said} NATO Secretary-General Man- lio Brosio was reported round- ing up a "broad mandate" from other NATO members and planned to visit Turkey and tions in Canada, the United ates and Europea Greece to join the other efforts to prevent a war over Cyprus. said the car must have been ceived so much damage. The entire front end was demolish- ed and metal was pushed back into the front seat. The truck/The Times late this morning|1j.5 was only slightly damaged. Two of the passengers, Joe|tion. He is still "very critical."| Wells, 18, Whytfield Brown, of Springdale and 22, Bong} to Bowmanville Memorial Hos-|an empty rail car on the CNR/from Cyprus, Greece or Turkey,| Since Sunday pital and released, Four more seriously injured} were rushed to Oshawa General} "They are doing everything|citizens. Hospital. They are: Angus Mc-} Kinnon, 40, of Toronto, Leslie} March, 19, Gerald March, 23. | and William Parsons, 26, all of Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. | The name of the truck driver| was not available at press time. Riots Erupt 'In Penang - PENANG (AP( -- The Malay-| sian government sent police reinforcements and army troops tonight to this tropical island \city after day-long demonstra-| tions that began as_ protests} against currency devaluation and turned into racial clashes. Despite almost continuous) demonstrations that smashed! the windows and many build-| ings including the U.S. Informa-} tion Service cultural centre, the| police reported only three police} officers and three civilians in- jured. country. When they offered Thursday to unload the cargo themselves, they were-told by a Cunard official they could nol go into the hold. - 2 A group spokesman said they hope to obtain a legal order res- training the Carmania in Mont; real. 118 Cong Soldiers Killed In Two Separate Battles _ SAIGON (AP) -- U.S. infantry today reported killing 118 Com- munist soldiers in two battles-- against bazooka-firing Viet Cong who attacked near Saigon and entrenched North Viet- namese troops far to the north in the Que Son Valley. In the air war, the*U.S. com- mand claimed another probable MiG kill northwest of Hanoi and announced the loss of four more merican planes. ™ sot eo from the 196th bs. ONDON 'Gigantic. Turnover In London Gold Rush (CP-AP) The 'old rush on the London bullion Cavalry Division made contact with the North Vietnamese in the Que Son Valley 25 miles south of Da Nang on a search- and-destroy mission. The North- market continued today for the third straight day with orders pouring in and dealers reporting a "gigantic turnover," The price remained un- changed as the United States and its partners in the .interna- tional gold pool continued to provide the metal to meet the d d. But the run on gold, erners opened up with heavy machine-gun fire from bunkers and holes in the bamboo-thicket- ed rice valley. In a fierce 11-hour battle that raged until dark Thursday, U.S. infantry claimed killing 61 sol- diers. They reported seven Americans killed and 42 wound- Light Infantry Brigade and an armored unit from the Ist Air ed and two armored personnel carriers destroyed, which developed after Britain devalued the pound by 4.3 per cent, raised threats to the U.S. dollar. Dealers said the turnover in the first hour of selling today in- dicated that a record would be set, topping Thursday's record when between 100 and 120 tons, valued at $112,000,000 to $134,- Gold stocks also were strong on the London Stock Exchange, but industrial shares continued the big decline that set in with wide profit-taking Thursday. Within half.an hour of the opening, The Financial Times index of 30 industrials had plunged below the 400 level for the first time in weeks. At 399.3 it was down 3.8 on Thursday's| closing, itself down 17.5 points on Wednesday's close, the big- gest slump in five years. British government bonds were steady however. Record gold sales were report- ed Thursday in the London, Paris and Zurich markets. The French government let the word out it would resume cashing dollars for gold, which cause it was running short of dollars. The United States is commit- ted to buying or selling gold at $35 an ounce in dealing with for- eign national banks. If a scarcity in the U.S. gold supply forces the metal's price up, the value of the dollar, backed by gold, has declined. One important bullion dealer commented: "Even the Ameri- can gold hoard cannot hold out indefinitely against this sort of demand." But British experts said the U.S. has several ways to defend the dollar, The United States so far has had the help of seven other na- tions in a gold pool now digging FRONT END OF LATE MODEL CAR co TWO KILLED, SIX HURT IN BLACKSTOCK CRASH PLETELY DEMOLISHED --- Auto Struck Left Front Side Of Milk Tanker Fighting For His Life McDonald George is stil fighting for his life -- with all] going "pretty fast' to have re-|the artificial help man can give him. But a spokesman at Toronto Hospital for Sick Children told there is no change in his condi- Survival chances are slim for George, who spur line near his home at 215! Celina St. they can," spokesman. The .4-year-old boy lies in an Oshawa Boy|Greece, Turkey Place Armed Forces On Alert ATHENS (CP) -- U.S. presi-|their go-between role in trying, long-term political solution iW] preparations and placed their armed forces on the alert. The tense situation caused the embassy in Nicosia to|the crisis since its forces form order the evacuation to Beirut,/@bout 20 per cent of the 4,400- Lebanon, of 400 American wives|™an UN peacekeeping group in ad and children from Cyprus. The Crem, and the _ eae j was found un-|state department advised Amer-/Peacexeeping was a Canadian} M Vista, Newfoundland were taken|conscious Tuesday afternoon inlican re to stay away|one in the first place. have been sent to Cyprus in re- \dential envoy Cyrus R. Vance}to clarify the position of Greece|er than one that would depend sought in Athens today to head|and Turkey to one another sojon the UN force keeping the joff a Greek-Turkish war over|that there would be no misun- |Cyprus while the two NATO/derstanding that could lead to| Canadian force totals almost 900 members continued military|war. CANADA HAS STAKE units, Primarily, the Canadians are said to feel that before any real settlement can be reached, |there must be some kind of re- the thousands Canada has a major stake in duction in Greek and Turkish troops that ight. Caneel jcent years--far above the mini- night Canada'mal amount allowed under the and the Canadian ------ a been engaged in a series Of/Zurish agreements of 1959 that issued the same warning to its contacts in Athens, Ankara, Ni-| grant Cy; cosia, London and Washingtog.|ence ie rithin its said a hospital) Canadian diplomats continued Canada is reported seeking aj " independ- Vance arrived in the Greek jcapital after talks with Turkish leaders in Ankara Thursday oxygen tent, breathes with arti- Ad t St d B N it i ficial help, is fed intravenously aman an y GSSEL |thst, rouse, resentment ts the and receives blood transfusions. He is being attended by Dr. Bruce Hendricks of the hospital staff. Meanwhile, police in Oshawa say they believe his serious! head injuries were caused by| fists. They think no instrument was used, Detective - Sergeant John lowell praised the efforts of two Oshawa force men, Det. Sgt. John McDermaid and Det.' Cleo Thompson, for their handling of the case. A 15-year-old boy will appear before Oshawa juvenile court next Tuesday charged with as- sault causing bodily harm. Columnist Stricken TORONTO (CP) Frank Tumpane, 54,a columnist with The Telegram for 12 years, col- lapsed and died of an apparent heart attack while taking a walk Thursday, Mr: Tumpane, dead on arrival at Sunnybrook Hospital, was not identified until this morning. He was carrying no identification at the time of his death. Mr. Tumpane had suffered two previous heart attacks and had been on sick leave for sever- al weeks. He joined The Telegram as a columnist in 1955. Previously, he worked for The Globe and Mail and The Star. A native of Toronto, Mr. Tum- pane started in the newspaper business as a 19-year-old copy boy soon after leaving. high school in the 1930s. He was a reporter for 23 years before becoming a colum- nist, and became widely known the CBC-TV program Fighting Words. into its reserves to satisfy the 400,000 changed hands. it stopped in October, 1966, be- new demand, He is survived by his wife and on television as a panelist on} Torpedoes Peace Hopes JERUSALEM (AP) -- Ajambassador to the Soviet Union, ing anti-American demonstra- tion by 2,000 students eager for war. He was met with reserve by Turkish officials and made no comment on the negotiations. Another Turkish threat in 1964 tough speech by President Nas-|/has been named special UN me-|;, go to the aid of the Turkish ser warning that Egypt only through direct negotiations) with the Arabs. One Israeli diplomat said Nas- ser's speech Thursday "torpe- doed" hopes raised by Egypt's acceptance of the UN Security) Council resolution on the Middle | East. | Nasser ruled out direct nego- tiations or an armistice with Is- rael in an address to his Nation- al Assembly and said the Is- raélis must evacuate all areas of Egypt, Jordan and Syria seized in the June war. Optimists at UN headquarters in New York suggested that Nasser might be talking tough to keep his people quiet, a standard tactic of his. But Israe- li Foreign Minister Abba Eban said in New York: "We take it as an authentic expression of Egyptian policy." Nasser, in his first public statement in four months, said he is not satisfied with the UN peace formula adopted on Wednesday, Israel has said it is willing to co-operate with the) * proposal. |z The plan, sponsored by Brit-| + ain, calls for appointment of a} neutral peacemaker to promote) = a permanent settlement, Israeli} * withdrawal "from territories oc- cupied in the recent conflict," an end to the Arab state of belli-| gerency with Israel and the rec- ognition of all nations in the Middle East "'to live in peace} within secure and recognized boundaries." Rather than endorse _ this, jNasser said "time is on our) = side" and that Egyptian forces) = should wait until ready. two children, lll di 5 7 will|diator for the Middle East. He), jp ority in Cyprus was fight if necessary to get its ter-\said he probably would fly from| thwarted after President John- ritories back, today strength-|Moscow to New York Sunday|son ened Israel's determination that/for talks ' a settlement can be reached|General U Thant. : NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Man Missing Off Barge i | issued a sharp, private UN Secretary-|warning to the Ankara govern- ment. with PORT WELLER, Ont. (CP) -- A U.S. Coast Guatd helicopter searched today for a barge crew member re- ported missing from his vessel Thursday on the American side of Lake Ontario, He was last seen Wednesday night. Coast Guard officials at Youngstown, N.Y., hold little hope of finding Roald Aune, 40, of Pine Beach, N.J., alive. He was not aboard the barge Atlantic when it was towed in here by a tug Thursday, Woman's Body Found At Cornwall CORNWALL, Ont. (CP) -- Provincial police are ih- vestigating the death of an unidentified woman whose body was found Thursday afternoon in a deserted cheese factory 38 miles northeast of here. The body of the woman, who is believed to be between 25 and 30 years of age, was found by a resident of the small village of Lag- gan where the factory is located. ..In THE TIMES Today .. Two In Race--P. 11 County Court--P. 5 Mel-Rons Win--P. 8 Sports-- 8, 9 Television--21 Theatres--6 Weather--2 Whitby News--5 Wothen's-19, 13). 14 Ann Landers--12 Ajax News--5 City News--1!1 Classified--16, 17, 18 Comics--21 Editorial-----4 Financial--20 Gunnar Jarring, Sweden's| aww |peace for years to come. The men in infantry and support

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