Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 24 Jul 1961, p. 2

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WI Lake Simcoe in only 23 short feet in the background but those three youngsters have their own private swim ming pool Children of Eu gene Djiedzla of Tomato they are Teddy Helen and Tina Eugene says the family makes the trip from Tomato almost weekly to In nisfil Park during the sum ncr to escape the humid city eat Thousands Flee Heat As Temperatures Soar As Iheramomctcrs soared to the 905 in the area during the weekend thousands of parched citlrens streamed to beaches and ponds for relief Other thousands sensibly decided to sit or recline at home under the cooling shade of tree Sunday was the hottest day with temperatures rising to B7 in Barrie and 90 at Camp Bor den Gray Coach terminal manager Eyrne said this morning that passengers anticipated the heat Ho and dispatcher Ralph Butler expected the typical off weekcnd flow of travellers Weekend bus traffic proved to be as heavy as any this year Some 3000 passengers passed through the terminal over the weekend Police Chief Edward Tschlr hart said today the heat bother edpoiicemen trying to sleep during the day There are al ways mora police calls on hot weekends he said People open their windowsto let in more air and then call the police because of street noises BURDEN SIMMERS Camp Bordon golf courses swimming pools and tennis courts were crowded on the weekend FltLt Gerry Hynes said today many of the per sonnel took off for the beaches and the rest seemed to he tak ing life easy lie noted that there were more bathing suits in evidence this weekend There are no official figures for attendance in Barries parks over the weekend However parks board secretary Ken Johnson said today From the looks of the parks this morning they must have been used quite well gt Public utilities supervising engineer John Murphy said to day there was no excessive demands made on the water supply due to the heat He pointed out that many residents would have spent the weekend out of town All in all we had pretty easy weekend he said Lorne McEvoy Barrie re creation supervisor said there is no recreation program for Barrie children on the weekend Mr ItlcEvoy said he does not rccalLthat there ever was program Tear Gas Used To Keep Order GO DALENE Idaho fAPA bottle throwing fist swinging mob estimated at 3000 rioled for hours in this north ern Idaho city early Sunday be fore national guardsmen and police restored order Tear gas and fire hoses were used to subdue the youthful hrnwicrspart of some 60000 visitors here for two days of hydroplane racing Police Chief Reine Schmidt said the rioters ranged in age from 15 to 26 Fortyone persons were ar rested on charges of disturbing the peace Several also were charged with inciting riot Iwo 16yearold boys were dis armed after the riot One had 12 calibre rifle the other small folding gun Neither weapon had been used Damage was light and only one was seriously injured YOUTH DROWNED BELL ROCK CPD An 18 lyearoid youth drowned in the Napanee River Friday near this town 20 miles northwest of King stonElwood Richard Williams is believed to hate been leam ing to swim when he wont be yond his depth Fear RussiansTo MassTroops Along Border Oi West Germany EONN APihe wast Ger man foreign ministry indicated Sunday it considers it possible that Russia will mass troops along the WestGemlan border if Premier Khrushchev carries out his threat tosign separate peace treaty with East Ger many ministry spokesman said he could not confirmreports that Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko told the West German ambassador in Moscow Hans Kroll that this would be done But the spokesman called such development logicailf Krolltalked with Gromyko in Moscow earlier this month after landing him the West German answer to Soviet demands that the Berlin and German ques tions be solved according to Khrushcheva ideas Mariner good centre of these cars eoonzhtorretaeemalctowaehrohfornoe Details of the conversation were not divulged BERLIN Reuters The flow of East German refugees reaching West Berlin swelled againpnst the 1000 mark Sun day following sudden drop in numbers before the weekend The fall from 1400 1600 daily to just below 300 was ascribed by refugee officials to tighter scrutiny by East Ger 1man police of travellers to her in But the refugee reception centre at Marienfeldereported the arrival of 1094 refugees belt tweennoon Saturdayand Sun day Nearly 9000repnrted atMar ienfeide last week the biggest number for week recorded since thepenkof 1953 the year of the anti Communist upris ing in East Berlin they re low trai parliament without On Sunday afternoon two woozy ladies from Massachus ettes driving north on Highway 400 found themselves unable to drive any further in theex treme heat Thcy pulled over to the side of the road and ask ed for help at the Lnkeland recreation centre ire they were given refresh merit and allowed to rest in the bedroom In short time they were feeling considerably bet ter and proceeded on their iouroey Ian Boll reception centre supervisor said some 1500 tourists came to the centre for information over the past week end He said surprising num ber of these were looking for one weeks accommodation at lodges and resorts Many of them had driven up from the United States without first mak ing reservations pay for the modelling course she by Zachs and carrying the three At the can made after all Ontario police CAPSULE NEWS Miss Toronto TORONTO Ct Marilyn Herahidge In an optomohista assistant from Gait is ML Tomato for 1961 The beautiful brunette best 46 other girls at the 79th annual police games at Varsity Stadium Saturday Five feet seven inches tell she measuresMZ+M in the vital statistics department Miss Toronto had her choice of $1000 or university educa tlon She took the money She suggested it might help is taking Four Die In Crash DETROIT AP Four pore sons were killed Sunday night and five injured when three dale and the occupants were collided in suburban rem rayed with flaming gasoline item ruptured fuel tank Dead were Detroit Policeman William Earl Stewart as his wifeSharon 22 their sixyear old son and Ronald McKee zle 25 of Hotel Park lliicb Injured were McKenziea father Arthur 45 Edward Zocks 26 Mrs Dolores Miller 73 her son Dale Miller and her nephew Ron Miller 12 All are from Detroit Witnesses told police the Mc Kenzie car made on abrupt turn and the Stewart car col lide with it rupturing the gas an They said third car driven Milicls also collided with the hicKenIie car Eaundfies Open TORONTO CF Most of Torontos 163 coin operated foundries remained open Sun day es police considered action to prosecute their operators Police officials said reports from the citys divisions will be sent to the attorney generals office where decision will be departments are heard from Harvey Wolfe president of the Canadian Coin Laundries Association said operation on Sundays is work of necessity and the Ontario government will be petitioned for legislation per mitting it JERUSALEM Adolf Eich mann today completed his mar athon testimony here to the court trying him on charges oi murdering millions of European Jews during the Second World War The defendant answered ques tions from his defence lawyer the prosecution and the three trial judges for more than month llis testimony totalled 117 hours The searching examination of Eichmann ended this morning with questions from the judges He told the judges be was sorry he hadto reject special requests from clergyman on the Nazi antiJewish measures Completion of Eichmanns testimony brought the defence case nearits close with only affidavits from defence wit nesses obtained in West Ger many to be presented The court then was expected to adioum far week before the lawya ms aket hr efl ailnda lawyers make their final ad dresses VERDICT MING WAY OFF The judges then will adioum to consider their verdict Their deliberations are expected to take three or four months Tothe end of his testimony Eichmann stuck to his argu ment that he was only minor cog in the Nazi extermination machine and that his function wason1y to draw up railroad timetables for deportation of Jews to the Nazi death camps Israeli AttorneyGeneral Gid eon Hausner hammered away at this claim and pictured Eich mann as one of the key men in the brutal persecution of European Jewry Elchmanns final remarks from the stand were in answer to questions put tohim by the presiding judge of the tribunal which will decide whether or not he is banged You have told the court that Kasavubu Appeals For Congo Unity LEOPOLDVILLE Reuters President Joseph Kasavuhu an pealad Sunday to members of Parliament for secessionist Ka tanga province to come to Leo poldville to take part in the for mation of national govem menL Kasavubu in radlobroad cast said that during visit to nearby Lovanium site of the forthcoming reconvening of Pars llament he had found thema jority of the members present He said all the heads of the various Congolese factans there wanted to form national gov ernment IIe addressed sol emn to Katengas members of Parliament tb come and take their places President Moise Tshombe of Katango has refused to send his representatives to the cen rior meetingot Congolese lea ers Eichmann Completes Testimony Expect Adjoummenl For Week only an you took an oath as soldier and could not break it presid ing Justice Moshe Landau said Were you soldier in the SS gt Yes at least had duty and felt that duty in my heart Eichmann replied When Hausner completed his questioning Dr Robert Serva tius Eichmanns lawyer sub mitted affidavits incorporating the testimony of defence wit ness obtained in West Germany Franz Six formerSS col onel said the final solution discussed at the Wannsee con ference on eliminating Jews had been based on decision by Hitler and those attending the conference were faced by ir revocable decisions Six said Eichmann never went be yond the authority given to him SOARING CONTEST Only Gliders Reach Airport Near Barrie Only two out of II glider which left Brantford for Barrio Airport Sunday in the national soanng contest readied their destination David Webb 31 of Montreal was the first to touch down on the Barrie runway in his Eng fishvmnde Sblnrk glider He took little over three hours for the trip in the Nomad glider flying at heights from 1500 to 4500 feet and averag ing about so mph Webb is member of the Montreal SoarlogOouncil and Canadair design engineer who is working on the CL 41 new let trainer Webbs blue and cream glider valued at $3700 was imported from England and is owned by the pilot and several other club members Bernard Palfreemon 30 an aeronautical engineer of Men treal arrived few minutes after Webb and was the only other pilot to complete the trip The other to gliders in the can test came down at points be tween Brantford and Barrie SKYLARK GLIDES T0 RUNWAY NOON DOLLAR MONTREAL cm1m vs dollar was at premium of No official results have been announced for thacontest over the Emile course Al Powell of Innisfll Township was re sponsiblefor having the Barrie Airport chosen or finish point for the race RadarEquipped Russian Trawler Seen BY Capsule CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP equipped with radar is reported tohnva cruised within miles of the spot where astronaut Virgil Grlssoms space capsule landed in the Atlantic Ocean That was the gist of reports from US National Acronou tichmd Space Administration official and another source Sun day LtCol John Powers re ported recovery forces saw the trawler in the general area of the impact was Friday He said only one trawler was spotted James Webb NASA ad ministrator was asked about reports that Russian trawlers had been sighted He replied during Tilradio interview in Washington Well of course do not know exactly what ships were there or what they were there for But would guess they were there to learn as much as they could of the whole process The 35yearoid air farcegcang tain has been undergoing exam ination by scientists doctors and psychologists about his ride into space Friday CLOSE TO TRAGEDY At the end of the 15minute voyage there was near tragedy The sidehatch of the space capsule Liberty Bell secured by explosive bolts blew off pre maturely The capsule sank In recounting his experiences Grlssom told the story chrono lo cally After liftoff Grissom said was looking out the win dow and there was nothing but blue sky above me We just passed through one thin layer of clouds and all of the sudden Volume Declines Oils Banks Lose TORONTO CPlLLight trad ing and lower prices character ized morning stock market ac tion today Only handful of key issues were traded and many of these declined In steelsAtlas AI goma and PageHersey fell from if to Among utilities RC Power Shawinigan and Union Gas dipped Refining oils banks and finan cial institutions Ishowed losses 0n index industrials fell 44 to 57981 and western oils 13 to 9073 Base metals rose 30 to 193685 and golds 92 to 8645 The 11 am volume was 247 000 shares compared with 374 000 at the some time Friday In base metals Noranda Con solidated Mining and Smelling and Queroont advancedfraction ally Denison and SteepRook lost little ground Golds werequiet with both Dome andHoilingerahend TODAYS STOCK PRlCES Compiled by Flynn 93 Dunlop so 171 Barrie movawsux Asbestos Ablflbl Algoml Steel Aluminium Alberta Gas Atlas Steel an of Montreal Bank of N5 Bell TIL Brazilian SA on pic Power Cdn air of Com Cdn fireworks CPR Canada Cement Can Chemical Can on can Minksnt Con Paper Consumers Gan Dom Tar Gt Laxa Gat Pow Home Pit Imp Oil Inland Labatt Nonima Dom FEM Dom stom ii Harden Farm Home on crease 55 Ind Accegt $2353in Jockey Club Mac Powell luv Massey rare Nor Ont ml Moore corp nonw Pacific Pete rem Pins Qua Nat Can Roe Rothmnna Royal Bank st Law Co Salads Simpson Stafford steel of can Stelnhcrz Tor nnm air Tran CnnPi Trans ML pr Tredera sin Texaco Union Gas Walker saw 17 18 19 35V 13 36 no 16 11 We MINING Gunner aoulncer Can Husky Camp Chib Can Del nio Con Dcnllon Con Hall Sullivan Falcnnmdga Geco Mine ans so 940 Lamaque Nomctal nvl aloe Acuvs srocns Bellfslenbone Cops ans IltudloN Staci of CanadnWllltrl nrvrnan neanaarrona Western Canada Breweries Ltd KerrvAddilon Long Lac Mmtlmu at as Opemfska aoc payable Sept ex is 370 190 Quemont Sher Gordon strap Rock United Venture wtlxoy no o7o July 27 Slmplonl Ltd 10c plylblc Soot 15 ex dividend August ll Kelly Douglas owc playable August 31 ex dividendAugust DOWJONEE NEW YORK AVERAGES Industrials up 33 Rnllsap ll Utilitiel up 25 canonso srocrr sxcaAnca innex Industrials downy Golds up 3211 Metals up an on down cser dividend the sky changed from blue to Russian trawler pitch black There was star right in the middle of my window was still looking up in the black sky and started the tunoround could see the sun shining through the window BAND AROUND EARTlI The eath was very bright Then there is bandi around the earth starting with sort of light blue at the bottom and fading info darker blue After landing rubber collar to keep out water so that if anything occurred would at least float That was the best thing did all day Grissom said he called res cue helicopter over his radio and told the pilot he vasreody toexit as soon as the recovery cable had been attached to the capsule He was wait blow the hatch exploded prematurely WATER COMES IN looked up and saw noth ing but blue sky and water starting to come over the silli went into the water The astronailtsaid he saw that the helicopter had not hooked on to the capsule and he swam over to help attach the recovery Zinc The rotor wash blew him away second helicopter put down sling to pick him up the capsule Grissom re ported unstrappcd myself and disconnected everything ex cept my one suit inlet hose which provided me with cooling disconnected the helmet and rolled up the neck dam in for word to hell the bolts 532 per cent in terms of Cana dian funds the Bank of Meat real reported near noon today Friday the noon rate was Loon Mlon sterling $237 545 down NEW YORK CPtCanadian dollar ll higber at 97 in tanns of US funds Pound sterling S434 higher at $2M 8564 WEATHER Forecasts is ue by the weather office at 11 am EDT Synopsis weak disturbance is moving eastward across 0n tario today causing cloudy skies and scattered showers over most of the region few thunder storms will occur over Southern Ontario Less humid air is ex pected to move into Southern Ontario Tuesdayi Partial clears ing will take place in north western regions Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake Ontario Niagara Haliburton Georgian Bay regions Windsor London It Tomato vMainiy cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunder storms today Cloudy with few sunny intervals and few scat tered showers hlesday Continu ing warm but less humid nles day Winds southerly ls Timagarni Cochrane North Bay Sudbury Mainly cloudy with few scattered showers to day and Tuesday Not much change in temperature th5 southerly 15 today light tonight and Tuesday Algoma White River regions Cloudy with today Sunny with cloudy intervals Tuesday Not much change in temperature Winds light today northwest 15 Tuesday Marine forecast valid until 11 am Tuesday Lake Huron Georgian Bay Winds southwest 10 to 20 knots becoming variable west lit to 20 on Tuesday Mostly fair today and Tuesday except for scat tered thundershowars late to night Ask Negotiation Oi Berlin Crisis BUCKINGHAM AP lord Home Britains foreign secretary urged Soviet Premier Khrushchev Saturday to drop the weapon of ultima tum and negotiate for settle meat of the Berlin crixrs The foreign secretary went before Conservative party rally in this country town to IP penl for peaceful solution of the Berlin dispute Coupled with his plea for mod eration Home issued stern warning to Britons to beware of Communist leaders who openly plot to bring us down DEATHS By THE CANADIAN PRESS Lou AngelaEsther Dale 71 character actress who played in more than l00 movies TokyoJim Shlgeko Iiisashl lrunl 35 Emperor Hirohitoa eldest daughter after niner month abdominal illness Montreal Lucien Rlopel who promoted wrestling in Meat real and Sherhmoke Quei dur ing the mos TorontoWilliam Cook Dun can 69 founder of William Duncan Incorporated Hollywood Valentine Dev ies 55 president of the Acad emy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of heart attack Buffalo NYBen Black wood 63 one of the organizers of the United Auto Workers AFLClol and former assistant of UAW President Walter Reuthcr FORECAST Format Temperature Low tonight high Tuesday Windsor St Thomas London Kitchener Wingham Hamilton St Catharincs Toronto Peterhom Trenton Kiilaloe Muskoka North Bay Earltnn Kapuskasing White River PRODUCE TORONTO CF churning cream and butter print prices were reported unchanged today The egg market was weak with offerings excessive for poor demand Country dealers are quoted by the federal department of agriculture on Canada grads eggs delivered Toronto in fibre cases large 48 medium 4243 small 7329 and grades no market Butter prices Canada first grade Ontario tenderable 63 nontenderable 6162 in light trading western 62 nominal ROCK STEAM BATHS OPEN DAILY am to pan PA 871 snaggeeaoccessaa asaehoaaeeeasaas fours wall Sprouts no1msr canon 10 apnea Ramsay ms GRANULATED WHITE isquRu Lean 1vraarr Lanes ONTARIO GREEN CABBAGE LGE nasos 16 DUNLOP sr ABS 63° 7962 orlllrks rFOOD MARKET BARRE

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