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Barrie Examiner, 30 Nov 1961, p. 1

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OUR TELEPHONES For Examiner Want Ads Tele bone PA 1414 The telephone number to call for the Business or Editorial Dept is PA 66537 97th YearNo 250 ENOS Tilt space chim panzcc rclaxcs in the couch before being taken from the hangar to the launching pad Cape Canaveral for his orbital flight Space Pilot Named After Monkeys Trip CAPE ERAL Fla APlHcartcncd by the world circling space flight of chim panzee the United States pickcd man to lake the next step on the journey to the moon But it was Enos Kiltpound chimpanzee who paved the way with his whirlwind trip twice around the world Wednesday Just three hours and 21 min utes after ho had ridden an At las rocket into the sky Enos was plucked from the sea by navyydcstroycr 35 miles south of Bermuda Less than two later space officials named US as tronaut John Glenn to ride similar spacecraft three times around the world There is no assurance how ever that the United States will Prince Philip To Push Some People Around FREETOWN Sierra Leone AMPrince Philip husband of Queen Elizabeth said Wed nesday night he has noticed growing tendency by authority in many parts of the free world to push around ordinary people supposedly for their own good in his first public declaration since leaving Ghana which President Kwame rules with firm hand Philip told members of Freetown dinner club Justicc tolerance freedom and equality mean nothing at all if it does not apply to the ordinary chap and his wife and children The machinery of govern ment and industry is not an end in itself It is means to the end that people should live better and fuller life it is common decency to treutali people however hum ble with kindness and consid eration it is common sense to be able to put man into orbit around the globe this yenr Officials denied any urgency for the flight suggesting it was not yet decided whether man or animal would ride the next Project Mercury rocket into earth orbit True scientists had to bring Enos and his spacecraft to earth before the intended llirec orbits of the earth had been com plcted But difficulties within the spacecraft itself were the rea son As his spacecraft glided over the tracking station at iiiuchca Au stralia scientists noted disturbing radio reports from the automatic watchdog equipment in the capsule There was trouble in the small gas shooting jets that helped stabilize the craft in its flight With the help of computers Sees Tendency allow them to have their point nirview and freedom to state it nation may not bc quite so efficient this way but it Wiil be much more cheerful and human place to live in sic Qt ONLY 20 Shopping days before Christmas flight officials decided third orbit was too risky Thc trucking station at Point Argucllo Calif sent radio signal aloft The signal trig gered slowdown rockets at the base of the spacecraft and they fired over the US west coast slowing the 17500mileanhour speed The capsule began fall to earth in his two orbits Enos ranged as high as 146 miles and as low as 90 miles Enos performed his tasks well initial data showed identi fying unlike shapes flashed in windows before him pulling levers at certain intervals Sometimes his reward was sip of water from nipple or bananaflavored pellet Some time his penalty for wrong answer was slight shoekon the foot Men Go Home GENEVA APtThe senior British and American delegates at the nuclear testban talks have decided to return home Friday but will lenve their dep uties to continue the deadlocked conference Joseph Godber British minis ter of state and Arthur Dean of the United States came to todays third session of the re sumed talks with their minds made up that nothing could be gained by their continued pres ence The Western sidebelleves the Soviet Union has eliminated any prospect for disarmament agreement at this time by re jecting the location on its terri tory of any international ma chinery to control nuclear weap ons testing The new Soviet position ap peared clearly when the three country nuclear testban talks resumed here Tuesday Hart To Contest Barrie Mayoralty Former Barrie Mayor Jim Hart announced today he will run for mayor against Alder man Les Copke in the Dec 11 election am not runni tion to Les Cooke Mr Hart said am running because am interested in this town and where it is going If elected Mr Hart said he intended to take close look at the method of financing the proposed secondary sewage plant and the whole question of sewage disposal He also espressed concern over the position of downtown merchants in Home There are number of people in the outlying areas who are not shopping in Bar rie Mr Hart said The downtown merchants have something to face and they should get together on it in opposi ran for mayor two years ago Mr Hart said and was defeated But 7000 people did not vote in that election and we dont know what they would have done Mr Hart has extensive ex perience in Barrie municipal politics He first served as alder an in 1945 was later dc puty reeve reevc and mayor of the town and i513 former warden of Simcoe county Alderman Les Cooke the oth er mayoralty candidate said that he was confident that he could win but that he was tak ing nothing for granted am looking forward to good clean contest he said but will leave no stone un turned to seek victory HART third possibility for mayor is Alderman Frank Hersey Mr Hersey had said that he would not run for the mayor nlty because of his responsibu ilities to the Childrens Aid So ciety in the absence through illness of society President Jim Fawcett However Mr Hersey said yesterday that he might recon sider his decision after several hundred people phoned him and urged him to run Wish To Cross Picket Lines TORONTO CHMembers of Toronto musicians will ask officers of their inter national for permission to cross Royal York Hotel picket lines to play at five Grey Cup Week dances Alan Wood re dent of the Musicians Asso on Local 149 nnAFLCIO uffi to said he will tell his unions lieadlt quarters in the United States that nonunion musician is all ready to move in with five bands for the events Barrie Ontario Canada Thursday November 30 I961 NAMED FOB orbital flight are John Glenn Jr rig and Cementedmu are in front of Mercury Red Ambassador Walks Out 01 UN litter US Warning iNEW YORK APJTho So vlct ambassador to the United Nations walked out of dinner Wednesday night after Vice President Johnson warned Russia against any at tack on Europe The ambassador Valerian Zorin left the dais just after Johnson said Any Soviet at tack on Europe would be most hazardous enterprise Zorin was joined by Luko Kizya the Ukrainian repre sentative and Yordan Tcho Trade Balance Forecast OTTAWA CHPrime liltin ister Diefenbaker said Wednes day night that Cnnnda this year may export as much as she im ports fo rthe first time in nine years We have achieved re markable record in reducing the surplus of imports over ex ports from $7130000n0 in 1956 under the previous government down to $970000v0 last year and this year our trade may be virtually in balance for the first time in nine years he said in national television address on the 030s political series The Nations Business Mr Diefenbaker also re posted that Prime Minister Macmillan had pledged to pro tect Commonwealth inter ests should Britain enter the European Market adding and we know that pledge will be fulfilled Before seeking entry to ECM Britain had asked for Canadas views and the Canadian govern ment took strongstand for maintenance of Commonwealth ties and mutual preferences in each others markets Canada had suggested that Britain try to get terms from the ECM members which would preserve Commonwealth tr prefer ences HERES ONE Two Parliamentary secretaries were discussing the alleged don gers of smoking Said one Ive read so much about giving up smoking Ive decided to give uprending capsule after Glenn was nom ed to make the first flight and Carpenter named his backup pilot hanov Bulgarias ambassador to the United Nations and their wives The ambassadors of Po land and Yugoslavia did not join Zorin in leaving Later at Soviet UN mission headquarters Zorin accused Johnson of embarrassing him and kin political rc marks adding At dinner of humanitar ian function such state ment was out of place Argentina Says To Buy MOre In Canada TORONTO CPt Argentina is willing to buy more from Can ada if Canada will grant long term credit President Arturo Frondizi of Argentina said Wed nesdny He made the statement at HES 87 TODAY Churchill Celebrates LONDON Amsir Winston Churchill 87 years old today walked into the House of Com monsthis afternoon and was greeted by birthday cheers from his fellow members of Parlia mont Entering the Houseafter luncheon of oysters and lamb chops washed down by cham pagnethe former prime mtnislt ter made the customary bow to the Speaker At the sight of Churchill his fellow Conservatives and oppo sition MP5 fillcdthe chamber with cheers the nist wall dividing on metric Ex emitter TORONTO CP interna tional crime threatens the whole province Ontario Liberal Leader Wintcrmeyer told the legislature Wednesday He pressed for royal commission investigation in hour address lifr Wintcrmeyer posed five ques tions and answered each with evidence from massive file of information collected by the Liberal party during the past eight months He charged that organized crime with international conlt ncctions is widespread in the province With the indulgence of Speaker William Murdoch he namtd specific names and re peated evidence heard in court cases some of which have not yet been completed to show that syndicated gambling exists in Ontario Conspiracy Mr Wintermeyer would how said he LOCAL WEATHER Cloudy and turning colder mowflurrics Cold Friday Low tonight 10 High Friday 25 For two summary turn to page Not More Than per Copy16 Page Asks Crime Probe Claims law Careless Wintermever Gives Names Says Province Threatened That syndicated gambling in Ontario is on integrated highly organizcd interlocking conspir MY That professional gamblers have had and may still have police protection That there is connection be tween professional gambling and other illegal activity in On tario And that gambling revenues in Ontario are used to compete with legitimate business The nttorney general ob jccted most vigorously to Mr Wintermeyers mentioning the names of Joseph hichrmott of Port Credit and Vincent Feeley of Toronto The two men were acquitted by jury on charges of conspiracy to bribe and the ocquitals are being appealed by the Crown The Liberal leader quoted ism court evidence which linked Feeley and Mchrmott with police tip offs of im pending raids on gamblers Ho West Splits Vote OnNoBomb Club UNITED NATIONS CF Canada and three other NATO countries split with the Western Big Three today and voted for United Nations inquiry into the formation of nonnuclear club The vote on the Swedish reso lution in the UNs political com ASKS AFORCE EONN Reuters The new West government called Wednesday for NATO atomic force as soon as pos sible and for the elimination of Berlin The call was made in the first policy statement by the new governmenta coalition of the Christian Democrats and the Free Democrats to the West German Parliament Willing press conference during one day visit to Toronto He is on world tour to promote trade It is not up to us Dr Fron dizi said We are ready to buy if Canada sells at good price and with long term credit He urged closer co opera tion between Canada and Ar gentinn in interntional trade He said if the two coun tries close ranks they will be able to fight against the restric tions that are being carried out against them in other markets Dr Frondizi said he made these points in discussion with business and industrial leaders who attended luncheon in his honor He also told the business lead ers that Argentina has great need of capital investment and technical know how and pro vides fa great opportunity for Canada to offer technical assis tnnce Seized Evidence Brings Query OTTAWA CPThe Supreme Court of Canada has been asked to determine whether the Re strictive Trade Practices Com mission has the power to make available to anyone outside tha federal justice department docuv ments or evidence seized or ob tained during investigation into alleged combines The court heard an appeal case Wednesday during which eight British Columbia fishing companies and to executives of fishing companies argued that thecommisslon does not have this power The federal govern ment contended that the com mission has the right to turn over such documents and evid ence to those against whom al lcgations of combininghave been made mittee was 57 to 12 with 32 ab stentions Denmark Iceland and Nor way joined Canada in support ing the draft which requests UN Acting Secretory General Thant to make an inquiry as soon as possible into the condi tions under which countries not possessing clear weapons might be willing to enter into specific undertakings to refrain from manufacturingor other wise acquiring them The inquiry also would in clude the conditions under which countries would refuse to re ceive nuclear weapons on their territories on behalf of any other country WOULD DO 50 LONDON Reuters Prime Minister Macmillan said Tues day he made norecent propos als for an East West summit conference but would do so if the situation required such meeting Macmillan told the House of Commons if thought that the time for preparation was suitable would be very happy to start such aconfer ence revealed notes from an official diary kept by police under cover ogcnt during the investi gation which he said were not heard in court Diary Entry One entry in the diary he said hinted senior official in th eattorney gcncrnls depart ment was on payroll with life Dcrmott Another entry ho said quoted suspended OPP of ficer Carmen Lawrence as say ing the senior official of the attorney generals department was receiving seoo month from the gamblers Ho said the foreman of the petit jury which tricd Feeley and MeDerrnott was an execu tive of Davidson and Company company in which the at cused held vendor shares That is all am going to say about the jury have fur ther informationI particularly in regard to the deliberations of the jury in the jury room which have decided not to give to the House He said there was evidence of negligence and carelessness on the part the attorneygen ernls and provincial secretarys departmean in falling to en force laws governing issuance of social club charters In the post years 31 so cial club charters had beenre voked while 24 under police sus picion were still operating Several social clubs had been granted charters he said de spite the fact they had adverse police records Hementioned the names of four Canadians indicted along with US defendants in 5150 1200000 heroin smuggling opera on FM Scowls Premier Hobart sat scowlin and silent through Mr Winter me ers speech Later he said he would reserve comment un til he had reviewed the conten of the address Attorney General Roberts however dismissed the speech as suggestion from beginning to end and nothing else Speaking at Progressive Conservative nomination meet ing in Toronto Wednesday night he declared He tried from dust and dirt to whip up hurricane of sns picion He was prepared to charge everybody but could not back it up with facts This country has no place for that way of getting evi dence you may find it be bind the Iron Curtain but not here IN NUTSHELL 14Inch Snowfall Clogs Montreal MONTREAL CPlSome 14 inches of snow clogged Mont reals streets today Provincial police said all main highways in the province remained open but visibility fell to almost zero at times and motorists were advised to exercise extreme cou tion Toll Now VFrorhiCalgary Fire CALGARY CmThe death toll stood at six today in fire that broke out in subgzero weather and destroyed the threestorey Cameron Black downtown business and apart ment building Fire Chief BarneyLemieux said one survrvor told police of an allnight drinking partyin the building Workers Take Home More Pay orrnwn optCanadian workeis took home sneeaoooooo in their payenvelopes in September 41 per cent more than iii the corresponding month last year Income in the January September period totalled 314302000900 an increase of three per cent from the some period year ago Contraception Pill Is Success Los ANGELES APOnlysix unplanned pregnancies pc curred among 570 women who took oral contraceptives during fouryear testgthe University of Cniifornlaat Los Angeles reported Wednesday Five of the incorrect usage of thepills pregnancies were bfamed on GoldFind Causes Port Arthur Flurry PORT ARTHUEfCPMining officials reportedWedaesr day that placer gold discovery inthe Beardmora area no miles northeast of here has started flurry of mining activrty They said there has been no similar octiv ty for three years wants Canada Russia To Swap Guests GANANOQUE Ont CPiA mutual exchangeprogram of 1000citizens month between Canada and Russirr was propos ed at the Eastern Ontario DevelopmentAssociation conference Wednesday Harry calian of Ottawa general manager of theassociation offered his plan to promote better understand ing and peace

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