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Barrie Examiner, 18 Jul 1960, p. 1

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31 OUR TELEPHONES For Examiner not an lelc phone on ozili rue telephone number to to the 8115mm or Editorial Debt on 66531 10an wrnnirll Few scattered Ihowers or lbun dentornu Winds liht Low to night 55 High Tuesday 80 For lull luminary see page three snvs new LINE SHOCKING man tell at life on the DW Lula 96th Yeo rNo 66 133 HIGHER port trade in the first live month adas trade deficit in ball during the JanuaryMay perio pares with $335900000 deficit year earlier $1885000000 Canadas $32900000 from 574500000 May exports were up 127 per cent to $185900000 from $431300 ImporLs ad vanced 25 per cent to $510000 000 in May 1959 000 from $505900000 The trend toward closing Can adas trade deficitthe excess of imports over exports was re UK Starts Drive For Export Trade By DAVE OANCIA Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON tCPBritain today launches bi new export drive against background of indica tions that the bloom is off the nations boom Prime Minister Macmillan him self has taken on the task of tell ing the countrys industrialists and businessmen that they must get out and sell more products overseas This taken as an indication of the eriousness with which the government View the countrys economic performance in recent months The latest indicators sketch out picture of rising imports falling exports slump in the monthly payment buying spree and big drop in Britons spending at home The government is worried about the trading pattern as re vealed by last weeks provisional figures for June During that month the trade gap widened to £99000000 from $160000000 in Maythe highest since the post Suez crisis month of January 1957 This has brought on an official policy aimed at restraining home consumption and boosting to the Export Trdde Chops OTTAWA tCPExpanding ex of this year has helped chop Can trade deficit of $177300000 was reported today by the hu reall of statistics The figure com Exports climbed 138 per cent in the period to 52141300000 from import buying advanced by more mod est 36 per cent to 9322100000 in JanuaryMay from $2240900000 Figures for May alone showed similar picture with the months trade deficit slashed to flccled in all four main areas The JanuaryAhIay trade deficit with the United States was re duced to $316900000 from $379 600000 year earlier The surplus in trade with the United Kingdom rose to $97500000 from $60100000 and with other Commonwealth countries to $24500000 from $20 100000 deficit of $56500000 in trade with all other countries in the first five months of last year was turned into $37500000 sur plus this year lnnuaryltfay trade figures in millions of dollars EXPORTS United Kingdom United States ii 3536 2377 12769 11783 other Commonwealth 1250 1054 All others 3893 1130 TOTAL LIN018850 IMPORTS United States 16138 15585 United Kingdom 2551 2276 Olher Commonwealth 1005 053 All others 3518 3605 TOTAL 2222122409 To reduce the home demand credit squeeze was clamped on last month The amount of money available for loans was sharply reduced by higher interest rates and steppedup reserve fund requirement from the nations banks lnstalment buying was curtailed by new set of controls This was severe slap to the countrys ale of cars vacuum cleaners television sets and other household appliances Used car prices tumbled by as much as $600 This weekend one of the largest auto manufactur ers Vauxhnll slashed new ve hicle prices in desperate effort to get the customers to take them out of the show rooms Some observers say the fact that there are too many cars available for sale in Britain is reflection that British car sales in Canada and the United States are falling in competition both with the new compact North American models and continental European products PICTURE SOMBRE Apart from cars the general export picture is described as sombre While Britains trade gap widened the kel nations limit efforts to sell abroad Indians Assess Costly Strike 33 Leaders Released From Iail BOMBAY Reuters Thirty three leaders of strike of gov ernment workers were released from custody Sunday following Saturday nights unconditional end to the nationwide Indian walkout ported to have been arrested dur ing the fiveday strike which dis rupted railroads posts and tele graphs and other essential serv ices in the worst stoppage since India became independent in 1947 The unions tried to call out 2000000 men to back demands for higher wages An estimated 500000 left their jobs in the course of the week Officials said the government would consider the release of others arrested In resolution in New Delhi announcing withdrawal of the strike the Employees Strike Ac tion Council urged the govern ment to ensure honorable re sumption of duties by strikers The resolution alleged that in addition to the arrests notices of suspension and dismissal were served on tens of thousands of employees to intimidate them into abject submission Strike leaders decided to end EXHMINING THE EXAMINER SHARPSHOOTERS All Alliston adiun first at the Bisley shoot in England See page 12 ANXlOUSLY WAITING Woman in Ontario awaits missionary husband she last saw at airport in Congo page five STORMY WEEK AHEAD Ottawa liamentary divorces Page five our 1531 snrruzs DOWN Page journey WATCHED FRIEND DROWN his friend drowned Sunday chairman of the Praja socialist party met with Nehru and Labor Minister Gul zarilal Nanda the governments response would About 15000 persons were re real reconciliation and that Nehru was anxious to meet the employees more than halfway Friday when the government in rejecting compromise offer by the workers group said it would negotiate pay in when the walkout had ended out was capital fected Charges Pend litter Crackup ter 35 38 Bayfield Street was in collision with Dwight Square at the Clapperton and Worsley Street intersection many tinued to pile up surpluses the stoppage after Ashok Mehta Prime Minister Mehtn said later he believed not be unhelpful in achieving The strike began to crumble only The response to the work call erratic New Delhi the was only slightly af Charges are pending following $9ooiaccident in Barrie today City police say Leo John Rut uckland 27 31 Oakley Park Ralph Buncbe assistant secre tarygeneral of the United Na tions today rejected Congolese ultimatum threatening to call in Soviet forces usually reliable diplt lomatic sources said preme UN commander here earl ier told reportch he diought the United Nations had advised against the ultimatum coding for Says Russians Helping Cubans To Build Bases KINGSTON Jamaica tReulers The pilot of Cuban airliner who switched course to Jamaica Sun day and sought asylum claimed Sovietbloc technicians are build ing military bases in Cuba Capt Perez Mendez 41 was scheduled to fly to Miami Fla Ten minutes out of annn he pulled gun on his friend and copilot Guedo Colli locked the door to the passenger compart ment and changed course to King ston The plane was carrying 56 passengers The pilot said he belonged to the movement for the restoration of the revolution which is dcdi caled to the overthrow of the Cus tro government Mcncdez claimed that Russian Polish Chinese and Czech techni cians posing as tourists were su pervising the construction of mil itary bases in Cuba He said one base was at Cayo Largo an island off Cubas south coast and about 250 miles south of Florida STANLEYVILLE Congo or Gen Carl Van Horn the su To Ca POLICE CHASE NEGBOES IN LEOPOLDVILLE AMER SHOOTING CONGOLESE ULTIMHTUM UN Rejects Threat 11 In th vast new contra African nation UN Secretary Generai Dag Hammarskiold asked five more countriesto send troops Sweden said today that it was one of the nations asked Others were re ported to be Ireland Yugoslav Burma and Haiti The continued presehce of the Belgian troops angered the gov ernment of Premier Patrice Common Mor particularly Ger France and Italycun the withdrawal of by Tuesday We have not got enough United Nations troops to take over yet Van Horn said At the same time the Congo lese Senate unanimously passed resolution rejecting energeti cally any eventual intervention by the Soviet Union in Congolese internal affairs Van Horn arrived in Leopold ville from Palestine where he has headed the UN truce mediation commission Troops for his force were already on hand from Ghana Tunisia Morocco and Ethiopiabut most of the job of trying to restore order still fell on the 6000 Belgian troops fanned By THE CANADIAN PRESS Seventytwo persons died in ac cidents across Canada during the weekend bringing to 236 the number of persons killed accil dentally in the three July week ends so far Last weekend ozipersons died while record 122 deaths were recorded over the Dominion Day holiday long weekend Canadian Press survey from pm local times Friday to mid night Sunday showed 46 persons killed in traffic accidents this weekend Drownings claimed 18 lives one man was burned to death and seven other persons died in variety of mishaps Last weekend 23 personsdied on the highways and 62 persons met death on the road during Hie three day Dominion Day weekend This weekends road death toll Belgian toops mumba and cabinet minister announced that the Soviet Union would he asked to send in troops unless Belgium withdrew her forces within three days The Belgians made no move to comply But Western officials were gravely concerned over the development The Congolese minister charged the UN force was not competent to deal with the situation The UN security council prod ded by the Soviet Union is ex pected to meet Tuesday for report on implementation of its resolution calling on Belgium to withdraw its troops from the council they would not pull back 72 Die Across Canada In Weekend Fatalities Ontario had two drownings while Nova Scotia and Quebec had one apiece Ontario dead Rev Harold Williamson 27 his son Lawrence and daugh ter Laura 19 months of Tor onto Friday night in cartruck collision south of Sudhury Miss Blanche Bibby 70 Brighton Friday night when her car went out of conto1 in Treir ton Peter Messervey 20 Tren ton pedestrian killed in the same accident Rose Strong 53 passenger in the Bibby car died later in hospital Mrs Ethel Squire 65 Toronto Saturday when she and her see ingeye dog were struck by truck in Toronto James Barker 29 Paul ll Jeffery 21 and Richard Harlow 15 all of Toronto in twovoar crash atu morning in Congo The Belgians had told theTtinue to hold the Leopoldville air iinul the UN force could protect the thousands of European set tlers in the fennei Belgian terri tory As Van Horn and his staff landed at Leopoldville confusion reigned in the temporary military headquarters set up in the airport control tower No one was sure of the task of the newly arrived UN forces Belgian paratroopers continued to occupy Leopoldvilie airport They manned approaches to the airport located about 12 miles east of the city and several in the capital MORE BELGIANS Hundreds of Belgian soldiers continued to arrive in airliners which were used to evacuate white civilians on the return flights to Belgium Belgian troops still held 20 key centres in the Congo despite Con golese demands for their with drawal senior Belgian staff uuicer said Belgian troops would con port as long as diere is one ref David Lucier 40 Brampton Saturday when the car he was in collided with train in Bramp ton Frank Ferris 63 Staffordville Saturday when his car missed turn on Highway 19 32 miles southeast of London Ont Helen Thompson 13 Forest Saturday when the car she was in turned over William Raymond Willson so Welland Sunday when his light plan crashed near the Welland airport Edward Wiley 17 Georgetown Saturday when hit by train in Georgetown Terence Hodgkinson 16 Owen Sound in Toronto hospital Sat urday of injuries suffered inn car accident near Owen Sound earlier Saturday Eddie Beamashv 32 Chicago ussicms Belgium nomie activity had come to complete halt UN Undersecretary Ralph if on telephoned Secretary General Dug Hammarskjold in New York and informed him of ugee still waiting to be flown to Plans were being made to send Moroccan troops by train south west of Matadi the Congos chief port held by mutinous troops of the Congo army Sketchy reports from Matadi indicated all whites had abandoned the city and eco CLAREMONT CPIResidents teclion Sunday night after gang fight of 30 youths on the main street Saturday night One youth suffered broken nose others cuts and broken teeth from tire wrencbs and bicycle chains in brawl hat was broken up by provincial p0lt licc One of the gangs warned it would return Sunday night Po lice roadblocks were set up on three sides of the community to halt the gang but were taken down about 10 pm EDT Police said about 20 members of the Golden Hawks Motorcycle Club of Oshawa arrived Solut day night fight started with Robert Forsythe 19 of Uxbridge who called for help About 10 Ciarcmont tecnagers came to his aid The local group said all 20 attackers piled upon Forsythe be fore he called for help Two provincial police cars were called to the scene The youths dispersed when the cruisers ar rived sirens blaring Police detained six youths but released them after questioning Claremont youths said the Osh awa group was out to even score with Forsytbe because of of this village 20 miles northwest of Oshawa asked for police pro 30 Youths Fight On Main Street HOLD FOUR GIRLI BUFFALO NY AWFoul teenage girls were being held to day to appear in childrens court in connection with street light Saturday night in which 20 white and Negro girls were involved Police fired four warning shots to break up the light on Buf falus south side All four girls were Negroes lice said All 20 were in the 1416 age group There were no serious injuries as result of the fight police said Queen 11nd Prince To Pay Iran Visit LONDON Reuters Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip will pay state visit to Iran next March it was announced today statement issued by Bucking ham Palace said the exact date of the visit will be announced later The trip to Iran brings to seven the number of countries the Queen and her husband will visit next year They will visit Pakis tan and India in February 0n dates not yet announced they will visit Italy Ghana St highway incident last week erra Leone and Gambia Barrie Residents find Drivers Break In Citys Barrie residents seem to be using the crossWnlks intelligent lit From 1120 amto 1135 am this morning an Examiner re porter watched actions closer and observed no blatant rule breakers But he did notice one or two things Out of about 30 separate famlt ilia and persons who used the crosswalks only two did the pointing deemed necmary by the city Most citizens walked across ew CroSsWalks for pedestrians Otherwise 11 especially motorists were couri eous Motorists from other provincu and States also obeyed the Fed signs Almost everybody used com mon sense and none walked across the road between the Memorial Square crosswalk and the Simcoe and Dunlap Street oneeven when it started to lash down with rain But the Five Points side and per Copy12 Pagfl points in the European section of the critical tum of events caused by the Congos threat to call in Soviet troops fairly quickly one redhaired beauty dashed across one fam ily sauntered across as if w1nlt dewshopping on Fifth Ave Only one motorist woman driving green 1959 Meteor barged across without waiting OTTAWA lCPA sharp eas ing of restrictions governing di rect mortgage loans by the government aimed at increasing winter employment in the con struction in r11 was an nounce today by Works Minister Walker In an announcement to the Commons be also said that starti ing Sept the government will make direct mortgage loans to merchant builders The easing of restrictions on direct mortgage lending to anSlt pective homebuyers involves the income ceiling for eligible bor rowers For some months govern ment luains through Central Mortl gage and Housing Corporation have gone only to families with incomes between $5000 to $5600 dependingvon family size Effective Sept these income ceilings will be boosted by $2000 to $700057600 range Mr Walker listed several re quirements for direct Mm loans to builders tovbe started Sept The house on which the loan is to be made must be sold in ad vance to bonafide purchaser and the same income ceilings of $7000 to $7600 will apply All wni RUN Wilt Downer Deputy Reeve of Sunnidale Confirmed his in tention to run for the Progrcsv sive Conservative nomination in Sirnooe Centre For the story nee page three Barrie Man IsHurt In TwoGar Smash Barrie man involved in Highway coo crackvup last night is stated to be in fair condition at Royal Victoria Hospital to day the Mulcaster side of the cross walks were as usual reasonably full of jaywalkers lt would seem the Simcoe Street walk would serve much more purpose further eastjudg ing from the volume using it Ottawa Eases Mortgage Loans Hoping To Spark Winter Works made until title is transferred to the homebuyers Further builder applications wont be accepted if the builder already has avstock of unsold houses or insists upon reproduc ing house type of which there is already number completed and unsold in the immediate market area Applications for these loans Willi he received from builder imme diately but CMHC loan commit merits wont be issued until Sept The program of loans to build ers will continue only until Nov 30 After that Mr Walker said we will revert torloans to home owner applicanw only on terms and conditions to be announced at that time He said the two moves are being made to provide greater winter employment in the con struction industry and to meet demand for new housing by homeowner applicants who cant meet the present income ceiling rule He indicated that the stipula tions governing loans to builders are aimed atpreventing an in crease in the number of unsold James Patrick Maloney 52 of 84 Penetang Street was taken to hospital following $2100 vances on the loans wont be homes 22 pnrss TIME FLASHES Cl en In 3110 an placed eighth another 0311 the provinces toll to 16 18532311 Go 133 Bild lie has fractured 1th outs Quebec reported minorHeartAttack Fatal an Ew deaths Alberta eight British Co Hospital officials said more ml of her lumbia and New Brunswick four See lanes wild week over par three stolw tells of 1531s last each Manitoba had two traffic deaths Nova Scotin and New foundland one each PEI HAD NoNE traffic and deaths The survey which includes um me activity For Man lit Wheel Mm boy mond Kelly 45 of Toronto dled Sunday of heart attack at the wheel of his car while he and his family were driving to their sum KESWICK Ont CP Ray Zuricb Ont Sunday in Lake Huron 17 miles south of Goderlch Barrie bow watched helpless as lna letter to his wife Barrie page three ings last weekend and 49 the compared with to drown mer cottage atyEimhurst Beach The carran out of control be Leonérd Mace is Fosnerton ayin Georgian 20 miles northwest of or Frederick Donald Leibold 11 believed drowned An unidentified man Sunday in Xroys would be taken today Barrie OPP said Maloney was headed into Barrie on St Vin cent vhen he started across the highway He was in the right hand lane of the southbound por tion when he was hit by Rem Unwilling To Leave OTTAWA CP weekend before that Five fore stopping behind row of You two Quebec Minimum Alberta and Mitch three each in British persons were drowned in II 00505 lo mandrin roy George Robb 14 London threecnr oollision near Stratb $800 Louis Decarli 51 of Toronto Maloney 1955 Dodge suffered damage Decarlis $1300 appear to be in danger and are posts Prime Minister Dielenbaker snidvtoday Only One Fire Out Of Control TORONTO CP All but one of 29 forest firesburning Ontario were reported under control today Congo Canadian missionaries in the Congo do not still unwilling to leave their Belgians Stand Firm Decarli and two paseogers Mrs Kelly and daughter Mary Ont 01am Sunday in thrown out one mm were treated for cuts and bruises but ter released charges an militias LEOFOLDVILLECP Belgian authorities stood firm to day in the face of Congolese threat to call in Soviet help egalnat Belgian foooca here

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