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Barrie Examiner, 23 May 1961, p. 6

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surname 36iKiIled Onflolidav Weaken 31 was chairman saris or Victoria nay weaned come to an end accidents on road river and lake including multiple in Ontario NORTHERN BELLE UNDER MAGNOLIA TREE Sweet magnolia blossom and catch the eye of Yvonne Moir 13 of 23 North Street daugh Bab Kennedys ter of filr and Mrs William Moir The tree planted in 1549 is on tho properly of Mrs Bernice chlor at 59 Grove Street East sistant Beaten In Alabama Riots MONTGOMERY Ala AP Police today announced the or rest of man accused of baat ing an NBC cameraman and soundman in tho outbreakof race rioting that putthis city in the Deep South under mar tin low Roving bands of while youths bomb threats and reports of new attempts at racially integrated Freedom Riders caused an un easy nlght in this Alabama cop ital city ruled by National Guardsmen and firm hand The Congress of Racial Equal ity CORE said It was trying to make husreservations for another Freedom Hide Such trip Saturday touched off the bloody riot and led to Sundays attempted mob assault on Negro church Assistant Police Chief Brown said man identified as Claude Henley 37 of Mont gomery was failed and then rs leased under $200 bond on charges of attacking NBC cam eraman Maurice More Leavey and soundman Riser Brown said Henley admitted being in the crowd but refused to say whether he participated in the violence WERE BEATEN mob jerked cameras from photographers and beat Leavey and Riser before savagely at tacking nearly two dozen white and Negro Freedom Eiders just after they stepped off bus in the Greyhound station Satur Also beaten was John Seigen thnier an assistant to Attorney General Robert Kennedy Saig enlhaler hndl come here as President Kennedys emissary to ask Governor John Patter son to guarantee the safety of the Freedom Riders Monday five pre ously ar rested persons were fined from $25 to $100 for falling to obey officers at thebusetatinn riot Police said the five nottake part in the violence National Guardsmen who took over the city under Gov erndr Pattersons order of niar tial law Monday mghthuad rupled their guard ate the Grey hound bus station to keep away loitering white youths integration leaders including Rev Martin Luther King Jr of Atlanta and national CORE di rector James Former kept in seclusion Monday after lengthy siege in Negro church under protection of the National Guard and state patrolmen National Guardsmen during the night frequently dispersed growing groups of white youths who gathered on street corners half block from the heavily guardedGreyhound station Guardsmen in jeeps or on foot in squads with fixed boyo nets patrolled the streets City police aided but the hundreds of federal marshals ordered here by AttorneyGeneral Ken nedy were no longer on the streets The marshals who kept the Sunday night mob at bay at the Negro First Baptistfihurch un til state patrolmen and guards men arrived were withdrawn by the justice department They still are standing by at Max well Air Force Base on the out skirts of the city however Byron White deputy assistant attorney general who came has to head the federal force said the marshals would stay here as long as necessary to protect civil rights particularly the rights of free speech and assembly and interstate travel in safety Alabamas congressional del egate in Washington protested to President Kennedy aboutthe continued presence hereof the marshals Telephoned bomb threats were made to the bus station radio station WAFX two white junior high schools white col lege and Negro college Na tional Guardsmen city police and firemen found no bombs The Federal Bureau of in GAVE SIX PLANES SAIGONIAPD The United States handed over six fighter bomber planes to the South Viet Nam Air Force today They were the last shipment of 25 re placement planes US Em bassy source said commons tout Ifyourcarrier has not arrived by pm PA please phone 82433 vestigation made its first ar restslnta Monday and more ar rests wcre expected The lustice department indicated it would seek stiff penalties Four men were taken into custody by FBI agents at Annis tonAla and charged with the firebombing of an interstate bus near the city May 14 The offence carries penalties up to 20 years in prison and fine of $10000 pusbed national fatality figures steadily up to predicted tolls crosxcanada survey by The Canadian Press rhnwed that from 6p local time Fri day to Monday midnight at least 50 persons were billedad of them on highwayl The reported traffic toil fell lust short of the Canadian High way Safety Councils predicted 40 Late report could and it over the mark Drowning accounted for 14 deaths Five fire deaths were reported and one person was electroculed Ontario reported 23 accidental deaths 22 on the roads and one drowning The provincial totals with traffic deaths bracketed Manitoba 10 to Quebec Nova Scotia Saskat chewan to Alberta British Columbia Now foundland Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick re ported no fatal accidents The figures do not include natural deaths lrnown suicide or indus trial accidents Wilfred lattice him burg killed Friday when his car hit culvert calligth re miles northeast of Cornwall Mr and Mn Stanley Stargb ton and theiron Michael ill drowned user Am about 53 miles norih of rough Sat urday when their car veered off Highway 109 into Centre Lah Mrs Ms nrct Lillian 7d of Toron struck by car Saturday or she crossed the highway near Ansley Stanley Rotenburg rs who died in hospital following Itrcet accident in Toronto sat urday Wlillnm Brown of Scarbor ough killed Sundsy when his carmcrashed into tree in Tor on TWO DIE lohn Vanoost I1 andAnlhnny Snider both of Toronto ltlllcd Sunday in headon collision near Gravenhurrt Mrs Mary Wellington as of Cape Crokcr drowned Sunday when her parked car rolled off dock on the Cape Crolrer in dian reservation about 20 miles north of Owen Sound Claudette Lavigna 15 when the car she was driving went out of control our Greenfield about 30 miles northeast of Cornwall Sunday on Higth Stewart Mariam in sea Mr and him Dennis McNeil of Hamilton struck by cnrSat urday on Highway in near erborough Michael Shillings 21 Arumauii 19 and Srnuckl9 all of Eruptiord and Harold Brass of the Park arcs in twocar collision Sat Fridaay on Highway near Brant FELL FROM TRUCK Thcopole Fortler 68 who died Saturday after falling from truck near Victoria Harbor 15 miles east of Midland Joseph Hobson 39 involved in twocurvcollision in Windsor late Saturday Evelyn Hornsby 19 killed Saturday in car crash in Ot tawaz Erich Sieuwen 17 of Toronto drowned Sunday while fishing on the French River 45 miles IMPERIAL south of Sudbury William George Whitton 25 of Campbcilford and Kenneth Ben lamin Jnmes Mcllor 29 of Hamilton killed in headon collision Sunday near Campbell ford about 26 mllrs east of Peterborough Douglas Jollie 31 killed when his car collided hcndon with streetcar in downtown Toronto Monday night 30 Hamilton Police Pelted By Mob Hurling Fireworks Dy THE CANADIAN PRESS Victoria Day 1961 was many things to different Canadians For most of them it provided the first snowfree long weekend of the yeara chance to open the summer cottage ortake oft storm windows in the western provinces where the mercury climbed into the 30 many had their first swim of the year But further east cold front from Hudson Bay made golf and fishing the most popular outdoor activities Rain dampened thg celebra tions in the Atlantic provinces Fireworks displays were held in most larger cities and 21 gun salutes boomcd fromPar llament Hill and the provincial capitals At Ottawa where the House of Commons met as usual thou sands took advantage of the sunny brisk weather to see the 2000000 tulips in display gift from The Netherlands Police at Hamilton Monday night tried to disperse mob of Firm Tells MPs Farm Supply Business Has Unique Problems OTTAWA CP major American firm told critical Ca nadian MPs Monday that the farm implements businus iSnnt mass production industry in the generally accepted sense and should be ludged on the ba sis of its own unique problems Officers of Deere and Com pany of Molina 111 which has manufacturing plant in Wel land appeared before the Com mons agriculture committee in quiring into prices paid by Ca nadian farmars for farm imple ments Committee pep pered them with questions through morning and afternoon sessions with Conneli di rector of Deere and Company sales financing leading off the companys replies Alfred HaleslPCweliing ton South said the industry seems to have far bigger mar gin of profit than any other bu siness Arnold Peters CCFTimiska rning referring to the Welland operation said Canada seems to be the victim in some cases of an international operation He wanted to know why the Welland plants advantage in labor costs over the US opera tions of Deere and Company wasnt reflected in the cost of What every should know the companys implements sold in Canada The argument that the farm implement business should be judged in the context of its own unique problems formed the foundation of the companys for mal submission Noting that the total North American farm machinery pro duction is the output of many companies it said In our company alone we of fer for sale more than 8700 dif ferent machines and attach ments Deere and Company said it isin constant dilemma be tween trying to reduce costs by standard machines on one hand and responding on the other hand to constant pressure from machines tolncai needs The company said charac terlstio of the industry is that it does not enjoy the advantage of producing to fill orders actuai orders on hand but on ders we and our dealers esti mate we will ra from farmers This is ri ness andis subject to many tb gs over which we have no control such as droughts floods crop failures pests dsieascsect youfigimsh aboht life insurance Most young men will find they need substantially more life insurance than they purchase in their first few years as family provider But what ifpoor health strikes éarly Would it mean young man in these circumstances wouldnever again duality for more life insurance Or if he did qualify could be afford high exfn premium Today there is sure answer to thesequestions Thanks to newquaranieed Insurahility young producing greater volume of farmers to adapt these basic We must produce to fill not 400 firecracker throwers Tire crowd responded by pelting the soadd officers and police dog with fireworks The same group of celebrants set fire to the front of clothing shop and turned the intersection nearest the shop into mass of names by setting fire to gaso linesoaked oar tire and throw ing tins iuiloi burning gasoline into the street Traffic at the busy interests tion was tied up for an hour No arrests were made Elsewhereburns injuries and even death were blamed on the misuse of firecrackers by boll day funseekers in Toronto they sent fire trucks screaming to 42 fires one of which caused $1000 dam age fouryearold boy may lose his right eye injured when bicycle handlebar grip hit it Older children had sat fire cracker in the handle bar BELT CONVEYB FIRE The $3000 fire was at Lime sand Mortarof Canada Lim ited where flames raced up conveyor belt to the plants to floor Other fires damaged rn boxes cars rooftops and trees At Chatham Ont fish nets worth $50000 were threatened in fire at fishery Cottagers who formed bucket brigade limited damage to few hun dred dollars Also in Chatham 18yearold boy wastaken to hospital with leg burns when be see dentaliy dropped lighted firecracker into pocket full of others Fort William boy was burned to death in garage fire set off by exploding firecrack ers For sports fans it was busy day In Halifax itwss the first day for racing and baseball in Toronto there was baseball doubleheader For the schatlons Indians at their reservation near Brant ford the day has become known as Bread and Cheese day Its the day on which since the time of Queen Victoria bread andcbeese is given the Six Nations tribesmen Monday continuing the tradi tion the Six Nations council dis tributed 800 pounds of cheese GOLF DRIVING RANGE GUTERIE FAIRWAYS No 11 Highway North of 5th Lino Guthrie Ont Parking and 700 loaves of bread given by the federal government in the Queens name HURONIA DRIVELN THEATRE PA was romoar ours fess nan monummonfl mBMMWbnhrlflm inrhnumrlillwlflh labiaIm 2nd Color Bit rn uromr minim Margins MP Accuses marooni company UliAWA we Canadian Marmni Company is carrying out practices contrary to the Blli of Rights Frank Howard CCFSlreenn said Monday in the Genuslong Canadian oni operates the Mid Canada Warning line and Mr Howard said if still has clauses in its contracts forbid ding any fraternixation with Es klmos the government should take steps lo remove this discrimin stlon he added Mr Howard made the com ment after Northern Affairs Minister Dinsdsle said his de partment in 1959 had issued in struction that no attempts should be made to curtail fra tcrnlzation between whiteland Eskimos Such fraiernlzntlon had been curtailed during construction of the Distant Early Warning ro dnr line in the Arctic because it occasioned the first contact 0i ViolatingBill Olliights for many Eskimos with whites However it had been specified in 1959 that the DEW lino clauses had no application to the hildcanadn line or Cuna dinn Marconi Although the case was not mentioned specifically Mr Howard was referring to re ports last week of nyenrold Australian born electrician Terry Whitfield who said he was fired by Canadian Marconi for going out with 25yearold Eskimo girL CHANDLER IS BETTER CULVER CITY Calif AP Iictor Jeff Chandler whouzr derwent an emergency Wshour operation last weekis improv ing butis still on the critical list hospital spokesman said today The dzvycapold actor suffering from ruptured artery inst Thursday was given 55 plan of blood by transfusion NOW SHOWING NEVER BEFORE SEEN ON ANY SCREEN ORSON WELLES nsKINCSAULm The Barrie Recreation Committee invites 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