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NOAA IOS NSIS AAR Received In Year To Mr. and Mrs, Jean-Marie arand, an 8 pound 7 ounce oy, Robert, born at 12:10 a.m. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Farn- ale, a girl, Karlynne Michelle, eighing 6 pounds 14 ounces nd born at 2:59 a.m. She was ie couple's first child, 165 To Mr. and Mrs. Zenon Zlot- ik, a 6 pound 8 ounce boy, orn one minute past midnight, 166 To Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Brown, baby girl, Sharon Elaine, orn at 1:45 a.m. and weighing pounds 3 ounces. Jo To Mr. and Mrs. Kelman iraly, 286 Cedar Valley, a girl t 12:01 a.m. weighing 8 pounds ounces. nce Doesn't t Of Trouble onference have been registered | two hotels--one for boys, the ther for girls, The boys' hotel out-of-bounds to all girls ex- spt for organized discussions hich they have been assigned ). ULES NECESSARY Peter Bennett, Toc Alpha's uth director, said in an inter- ew strict rules are necessary, herwise many parents would ot allow their teen-agers to at- nd the conference, Robert E. Smith, director of ie Council on Alcoholism in ochester, N.Y., told delegates gislation governing the use of coholic beverages in the U.S. aried from state to state and 'om county to county within in- vidual states. He said beer and liquor can- ot be served in some states fter sundown while in others it an be served until 5 a.m. Mr. Smith said he favors a niform legal drinking age limit r all of the U.S., but did not are whether it was 18 or 21. At a later session, Father enys told the teen-agers not to ait until their parents were pad before they start appre- ating them. "Tell them now," he said. STRATE -Remanded, 55,000 Bail The magistrate then ordered ty police to take McLennan te, e bus terminal immediatdy nd make sure he was put on bus. EVIES FINE "You seem to be prepared to > your utmost to ruin your fe," commented Magistrate odds as he levied a fine of 0 and costs or 10 days on andra Tompkins, 17, of 319 loor St. E., when she plead- i guilty to a repeat charge of inor consumption of alcohol. Crown Attorney Affleck des- ibed the girl, "'she seems to : impervious to discipline, your orship."" LEADS GUILTY A fine of $50 and costs or | days was levied on John arr, 65, no fixed address, when > pleaded guilty to a charge of iblic intoxication. He had @ cord for the offence dat- g back to 1949. WO FINED Pleading guilty to charges of iblic intoxication brought fines $25 and costs or five days r Charles Rupert, 41, of Have- ck, and Gerald C. Wilson, of rangeville. {TOXICATION At the previous sitting of the ty Court, a number of per ns were convicted on charg: | of public intoxication. Ru- ph Fiala, no fixed address, eaded guilty to a charge of iblic intoxication and was fin- 1 $50 and costs or 10 days. Pleading guilty to charges of iblic intoxication and paying ies of $25 and costs were the lowing: Joseph Fournier, 549 bert St., Frank Mullin, 26, of 3 Bloor St. E., Guy Moore, , of 99 Emperor St., Ajax, ayne Wilkins, 21, Walter ipert 15744 Olive Ave., James O'Toole, 59, of Lindsay, Rich- d Cain, 920 Willowdale Ave., id Ronald Trigg, 639 Brassy INOR PURCHASE Robin Forbes, 19, of Bowman- lie, pleaded guilty to & arge of minor purchase of cohol and was fined $50 and sts or 10 days. Quake Rocks italy Coast ROME (AP) -- A strong rthquake shook towns along 0 miles of Italy's upper Adriat- coast south of Venice before wn today, alarming thou- nds of residents but causing ly minor damage. The earth shocks, lasted up to seconds, and registered up.to re degrees on the 10-degree ercalli scale. Residents were awakened by embling buildings in Venice, adua, Ferrara, Bologna and rli in a triangle extending @l- ost 60 miles inland. MARY Third In CHRISTENSEN Family N S. Takes Over | Old Mill SYDNEY, N.S. (CP) The; Tonight | Mr. Smith, who was chosen 1957's Baby | Quite Active In Guides Mary Christensen turns eleven years old on Monday. On Jan. 1, 1957, she claimed the title of New Year's Baby in Oshawa. Today she lives with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Christensen, in a rambling farm house four miles east of Osh' awa near Bowmanville. Every morning she picks up her books and heads for the Courtice Pub- lic School, where she is a Grade 5 student. "She gets nearly all 'A's in her subjects,' Mrs. Christensen says. Mary's specialty is math. She is an active member of the Girl Guides in her area. And, she's the youngest in a family of eight children--whose ages range from 30 to 11. Her 30-year-old brother works for General Motors in Montreal. Among her sisters and brothers, one brother is 17, and two sis- ters are in high school. Toronto Hit By Flu Bug By THE CANADIAN PRESS The flu bug rapidly spreading across the United States has not yet struck Canada with any force. While there is no indication so far that it will, a survey by The Canadian Press indicates that Toronto is the only area in Can ada with an above-average! number of flu cases Seventy-five of Metropolitan Toronto's 2,600 policemen were off duty Thursday with flu and colds. Flu cut attendance at some Toronto schools last week by 12 to 15 per cent With the exception of Toronto, all 10 provinces report only nor- end of one era and the begin | by the Cape Breton Post as mal rates of flu cases for this hing of another will be enacted! Nova Scotia's man of the year time of the year at the gates of the big steel mill here at about midnight New Year's Eve Walking out of the mill after the eight-hour night shift will be about 300 men, the last steel-) workers to put in a shift at the! 67-year-old mill for the Domin- ion Steel and Coal Corp. Walking in will be the grave- yard shift of about 300, the first men to work in the mill for the} hew provincial Crown corpora- tion set up to extend the life of for his battle to save the mill, said: 'We had to face up to a se- vere shock . a remarkable concentration of brains, talent and determination is being brought to bear upon the prob- lems of Cape Breton. , ." One worry of the new corpo- ration has been the fear that it will be considered a_ stop-gap measure and that some key per- sonnel will leave the -plant.} However, a union spokesman In New York City, influenza and pneumonia killed 100 per- sons last week, 12 more than normal. The national communicable disease centre in the U.S. re ports outbreaks of flu and simi- lar respiratory infections are causing concern throughout the country. Warning, the plant. said no such trend has yet been "It'll probably seem strange noted. for a while," says Donald) Dosco, which has abandoned) Steele, Secretary-Treasurer of many of its coal mines in Noval Ice Unsafe Local 1064 of the United Steel-|Scotia and its limestone and workers of America. "But let's| iron ore operations in New-| TORONTO (CP) -- Ice fs hope 1968 is a little better than|foundland, told its shareholders|forming on Ontario's 1967." A troubled year, marked by; an announcement Oct. 13 by) the mill. | Dec. 4 that it saw no hope for|lakes, but ice fishermen were|Canadian story of 1967 |warned Friday to be cautious|also rated Gen. de Gaulle the|March 18. Before the ship was Labor Minister Thomas Mc-|until continuing cold weather most newsworthy world figure destroyed by RAF planes, thou- of the year for there hardly was sands of tons of crude oil spread Dosco that it was getting out of) Keough disagreés. He says top|has thickened it | Sydney, will come to an end as} brains in the steel industry in Ice fishing for whitefish, her-,a week when he didn't muddy to English beaches, polluting an the new Sydney Steel Corp.|the United States are convinced|ring and perch is reported fromjinternational waters with con- area 120 miles in extent. Richard) | & bs " CELEBRATES FOURTH BIRTHDAY Karlynne Michelle Farn- dale, 1964's first baby, turns four Jan. 1. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Farndale, Karlynne Michelle is the oldest child in the De Gaulle Visit -- Tops Stories By THE CANADIAN PRESS French President Charles de, Gaulle came to Canada in July for what was to have been a centennial goodwill visit. He promptly stirred a storm with his cry of "Long live free Que bec," was rebuked by Prime Minister Pearson, cancelled a planned trip to Ottawa and went That, in the opinion of Can inland|ada's news editors, was the top|tanker that foundered on a reef They off England's KSYSCO) takes over operation|there is a future for Sydney|the southern part of Lake Sim-|troversial pronouncements. of the biggest single industrial! employer in Nova Scotia and| the backbone of the economy in! this city of 34,000. BOSSES STAY ON Dosco management will stay on for a short time to operate the mill under the eye of the! new corporation, headed by! Robert Burns Cameron, 48- year-old Nova Scotia industri- alis: The new provincial corpora- } tion was established under legis-| tive would be even greater,"' he| warned, steel. Dr. MeKeough, a_ physician from nearby Sydney Mines, was Post for his part in the fight to} keep the mill in operation. COST GREAT Mr. Smith says the financial) cost to the province, coe, although the ice is still wa- tery. Ice conditions in Kempenfelt; Conditions are better in the over the New Year's weekend The de Gaulle story made the/editors of CP member newspa No. 1 spot by a half-dozen yotes|pers and radio and television served by Broadcast over Expo 67, the 185-day |named Cape Bretoner of the/pBay and (ake Couchiching are world's fair in Montreal which) News Ltd., a CP subsidi year by the editorial staff of the reported unsafe. developed into a super-success | that few Canadians had antici-/ |Bancroft area, where some fish- pated before its April 28 open ling for lake trout is expected|ing. Well behind for third place although|on Lake St. Peter and for speck-| was the year-long story of the: ment Dec. 14 of his forthcoming The 'birth rate in Oshawa and surrounding areas drop- ped noticeably in 1967. | Up to Dec. 29, the Oshawa | General Hospital had record- ed 2,170 births. Last year the | figure was 2,429, and the to- tal was 2,516 During this same period, the Ajax-Pickering hospital recorded 482 births, down from 531 in 1966. This is happening all across ") DISTRICT BIRTH RATE DROPS -- _ OSHAWA 300 BELOW 1966 of Oshawa General says. "'It could be social factors, medi- cal factors, or ecohomic fac- tors. I would hesitate to point to any single thing as the cause." Mr. Mitchell went on to say that the dropping birth rate is something he has noticed in many medical journals re- cently, and that it is wide- spread, He feels that many attribu- THE OSHAWA TIMES, Saturday, December 30, 1967 13 COLD APPEARANCE | in 1967 by the Surveyor V space- The moon appears cold and/|craft indicates the earth's satel- lifeless, but evidence collected' lite was warm in the past. people are hasty in North America," I. H. Mit- ting the drop to the birth con- chell, Assistant administrator trol pills. Greetings to Oshawa's . First Baby with our Compliments and Best Wishes we will give a suitable rd hl GIFT Our Prediction . . .A BOY 75:26 ibs, 3 ozs, family--her only brother, Kirk, is one year old. The Farndales live at 147 Rox borough in Oshawa. Mr Farndale is employed by Chapman's Auto Electric ui DRUGS 28 King St. East Phone 723-4621 bie heart ailment in a Cape Town hospital when he got a new heart Dec. 3 from a young woman fatlly injured in an auto mobile accident, He lived for 18 days. Death came from long complications but the new heart did its work to the end Britain's devaluation of 'the pound in November tied for third place with the story of the Torrey Canyon, the 61-263-ton oil southwest coast The selections were made by stations Welcome to Oshawa's First Baby In 1968 CANADIAN STORIES 1.'De Gaulle visit. 2. Expo 67 3. Centennial. We, ot BURNS will join in welcoming the FIRST NEW 4. Mr. Pearson's announce- YEAR'S ARRIVAL by giving Baby the first pair of BABY SHOES not yet worked out, will be/led and rainbow trout on Raglan/Centennial itself--the celebra-'retirement. as prime minister greal Lake. tion of 100 years of Confedera- and [Liberal party leader, and aa "But the cost of any alterna-| Lands and forests officials tion in which the entire country the election Sept. 9 of Robert ; s ; : however, that fisher- participated. Stantiald ae lender ch the Our Prediction -- A GIRL 6-Ibs., 5-oz. lation passed by an emergency /told the legislature. "Indeed, it}men should stay near shore and SIX-DAY WAR NO. 1 session of the legislature earlier) seemed to the government that/avoid driving vehicles on the this month, summoned to ap-| closing the plant suddenly would ice prove government take over of the mill, The price tag has not/nomic cost that it could not be jtor of a rental business on Lake/qay< Jast June, Israeli result in such a social and eco- Don Keffer of Keswick, opera- On the world scene, the No. 1 story to Canadian editors was the Middle East war. In six forces yet been determined but unoffi-| accepted if there was any way|Simcoe, said ice-fishing shacks| destroyed the air forces of four cial estimates have placed at} about $23,000,000 the cost of the} to avoid it." Rt. Rev. M. A. MacLellan, will not be installed until about) Jan. 7, when most agencies ca- Arab countries, trounced the ar mies of three of them and occu mill, its equipment and invento-| president of St. Francis Xavier/teying to fishermen expect con- pied territory more than four ry--such items as scrap metal and iron ore. The agreement was ham-; mered out by a committee: head-| ed by Premier G. I. Smith, who was told of the Dosco decision less than a month after he suc- ceeded Robert Stanfield. The| committee worked with little sleep for 40 days before ending the hard bargaining with Dosco| and its parent Hawker Siddeley) (Canada) Ltd. Although the agreement gives new life to the mill, Mr. Smith and his committee have stressed that the arrangement to operate the mill for 12) months past the original closing date of next April 30 is not a long-term solution. In a year-end statement Fri- day night, Mr. Smith said "the respite must not lessen our sense of urgency" as efforts to find new, independent operators continue. University at Antigonish, N.S., said in a letter to Prime Minis- | - ter Pearson that closing of the} steel mill 'would sound the death knell for industrial Cape Breton..." When the graveyard shift re- ports to work at midnight Sun- day night, a major step toward government operation of the ditions to be bette SYMBOLIZES COURAGE The eagle, national bird of the United States, has long been used as an emblem of courage jand power--it symbolized the kansky--who times the size of Israel itself The war was a 3-to-1 choice over the story of the world's first heart transplant operation, a medical success even though the patient died. Louis Wash also got some ivotes as a newsworthy world Sumerian city of Lagash in the third millenium before Christ. figure--was dying of an incura- area's two major industries will have begun. The coal mines, | which employ 6,000, are to come under a federal-provincial cor- poration, Forced government involve- ment in coal and steel, both of which have had serious eco- nomic problems in recent years, gives an ironic ring to confident words in the past, For instance, a 1902 book, in reference to the vast Coal; re- serves and the big steel mill, says: "Herein is Cape Breton's su- premacy." FIRST BABY 1968 Congratulations To Oshawa's With our compliments and Best Wishes we will give the mother A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS 1188 SIMCOE SOUTH Flowers by Penrose 576-1760 j : EP oar wiction 2 ASGIRL . 8 ozs. OSHAWA ONT. Our Prediction: A BOY--7 Ibs. 10 ozs. its New World... Wishes for a Happy and Prosp OUR GIFT A HALLMARK To the proud parents we extend Best A Silver Feeding Spoon JEWELLERS 1 Simcoe South (Downtown) Oshawa Best Wishes To | Oshawa's SECOND BABY [968 erous New Yeor, TO BABY OR? QUALI Thy, Progressive Conservative party. 5. 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