Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 22 Mar 1962, p. 1

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OUR TELEPHONES For Ekaminer Want Ads Tele phone PA 82414 The telephone number to call for the Business or Editorial Dept is PA 66531 YearNo 70 as Secretary of State Dean Rusk right shakes hands with Canadas external af fairs minister Howard Seek Mortgage Fund To Protect Buyers TORONTO CP The 011 tario Federation of Labor today asked the provincial guvem ment to establish mortgage fund to protect home buyers it also sought crackdown on highpressure salesmen who evadctheir responsibilities by persuading the buyer to assign the sales contract to finance company The requests were made in the annual submission to the cabinEt of the OFL which rep resents more than 400000 union members in Ontario Tire brief said possibly the worst offenders in the field of high interest rates are thosei who deal in second and thirdi mortgages demanding bonuses as big as $500 to $800 for re newals We realize that control of in terest rates and such matters lies within the jurisdiction of the federal government How ever we would suggest that the province could establish mort gage fund to be made available to home purchasers at reason able interest rates CITES CASE Turning to sharp sales prac tices the federation cited the case of salesman who sold $1000 worth of storm and screen doors and windows and had the purchaser sign prom issory note cnnsigning all the Green after they attended to days scsssion oi the disarma ment conference in the Pal ace of Nations at Geneva Canadian delegation source vendor companys financial in forest over to finance com pany The salesman disap peared after installing one win dow and the finance company disclaimcd any responsibility for his performance The federation urged the gov ernmcnt not to let constitutional complexities involving the fed crai and provincial fields to stand in the way of an effective program of employment While seasonal unemploy ment has always been trou blcsome problem because of our climatic conditions the growing core of chronic uncm NELSON EC CWTwenty Sons of Freedom Doukhobors many of whom had given unimie dramatic and sad tes timony in assize court implicat ing their leaders for years of terrorism received prison sen tences Wednesday The sentences ranged from three to 10 years on charges of conspiracy to commit arson or attempted arson The charges were laid following terrorist at tacks on an orthodox Doukhobor village last year Thirteen of the accused had Eichmann Back In Court Pleading For His Life JERUSALEM AP Adolf Eichmanns lawyer appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court today to set aside the death sentence against the former Gestapo oi ficer on the grounds that Eich mann was brought to Israel ii legally and tried under an in valid law Dr Robert Servatius Eich manns West German defence counsel also asked to be al towed to introduce new evidence and to summon new witnesses including high official of West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauers government Servauus asked the fivejudge Supreme Court to summon Dr Hans Globke 63 government councillor in Hitlers interior ministry as an expert witness on the workings of the Nazi racial laws Eichmann condemned to the gallows as major figure in the Nazi slaughter of 6000000 Eu ropean Jews claimed during his trial he was only carrying out orders and had pointed finger at Glnbke Army Works Feverishly Dam Threatens To Burst Over Valley LACMEGANTIC Que CP Anxious residents of the Chau diere River Valley kept wary eye on the skies today Up stream from them the army kept warier eye on the leaky Grayhurst dam 130th sighed in relief Wednes day night when an expected rainstorm turned out to be light showers that contributed noth ing towards raising the water levels behind the eofeebled dam The dam completed in 1954 at cost of $2000000 keeps the swollen waters of Lake Megan tie from thundering down the Chaudiere Valley and drowning the farming towns of Quebecs Beauce district No one knows how long it will keep holding them back Resources Ministe Rene Le vesque warned the legislative assembly two days ago that the dam was ingbad condition and might burst sending wall of ice and water 30 feet high down the slow meandering Chaudi ere Army nd civilian engi neers are at the dam site watching for cracks and build inga runoff dyke to let out some of the pressure Downstream army units are hurriedly dynamiting the ice jams out of the river hoping to create clear channel to preg vent flooding ed Havana theatre Wedne than last year that they had total of 310 Years ForTerrorism IN NUTSHELL Castro Receives Lenin Prize HAVANA AHCuban Premier Fidel Castro received Lenin Peace Prize from Russian Dimitri Scoheltsin in pack sday night Scobeltsin an official of the award committee said Castro deserved the honor because he is laborious and devoted father in the struggle for peace Antarctic Whale Catch Smaller SANDEFJORD Norway ANTwo British whaling ex peditions in the Antarctic report catches considerably smaller The two British expeditions Southern Ven turer and Southern Harvester said in report dated March 90716 barrels of oil March production was 119165 barrels 16 Killed In Mine Blast BURNLEY England ReutersiSixteen men were killed and 30 injured today when an explosion ripped through coal erning fraternal council as the said they have the impression that every nation represent ed at the llnaiion confer ence except the big three wants nuclear tests toend played is the real issue with which we mustcope Thc brief dealt extensively with the Labor Relations Act and made number of recom mendations to circumvent de lays in certification and concili ation procedures Referring to current litigation concerning the Royal York Ho tel strike in Toronto it urged that the right of striker to hold his job he stated in clear unambiguous language and that consideration be given to legislation outlawing all strike breaking activities during le gal strike Sons Of Freedom lireJailed labelled Stefan Sorokin sect spi ritual leader who lives in Uru guay and members of the gov men behind years of terrorism in the southeast British Columbia Kootenay district it was the first such mass disclosure in the troubled history of the area Fred Jameff already under sentence of 12 years and $3 000 fine for placing explosives was sentenced 10 years for con spiracy and five years for at tempted arson all to run con currently Jameff testified dur ing the assize Just as sure as the judge or ders the recess of this court it is sure that the fraternal coun eil all 52 members are giving orders for the bombings hum ings and lies Novel School Plan In Use For Years TORONTO CP The On tariosaperiatendeot of second ary education said Wednesday the new threestreams sys tern of high Schools being pushed by the government has been in operation for years in some metropolitan schools dontthink its so differ eat Randall of the edu cation department tuld the legis latures standing committee on education Its simply regular izing the various special pro grams someschoois have been following for years Explaining the background of the decision tostream sec Last year their minenear this northern English city Barrie Ontario Canada Thursday March 221962 The idiotic Examiner LOCAL WEATHER Sunny little change in temper ature Cloudy Friday Low to anight 20 high tomorrow to For full summary see page two Not More Than per Copyl4 Page CANADA REVOLTS ATARMS PARLEY Talks Deadlocked Over Ban Treaty WASHINGTON CmPresi dent Kennedy says the United States and Russia have encounlt tered disagreement in negotiat ing nuclear test ban treaty but that it is too early to abandon hope that some disarmament progress may yet be made at Geneva it would be mistake for us to feel that there the prospects are finished Kennedy told press conference Wednesday as he emphasized that the US in sists any treaty must include in ternational onsite inspection of Soviet territory to make sure Ere Russians dont cheat on an More heartening in Kennedys view was the response of Soviet Premier Khrushchev to the presidents proposals for pooling of SovietAmerican scientific ef forts in space exploration Khrushchev agreed to have Russian officials discuss with the US the possibility of joint efforts in launching satellites for intercontinental communica tions weather reporting and Surgeons Quiet On Health Plan OTTAWA CP The Royal College of Physicians and Sur geons of Canada has not taken an official stand the state medicine issue it This was made clear Wednes day when the college which speaks for sets standards and enforces professional discipline among the countrys 8300 medi cal specialistsmade its presv cntotion to the Hall royal com mission on health services The college has not devel oped an opinion on any form of government health plan said Dr Malcolm Brown of Kingston president He refused to discuss whether medical standards would decline under governmentrun health programa contention of the Canadian Medical Association which represents the countrys general practitioners Nor would he comment on whether the college might fre quently have to invoke its dis mplinary powers to curb abuses and overutiiization under such program ondary pupils into academic vocational and commercial courses Mr Rendall said the decision came as result of the disturbing number of drop outs among high school pupils and the increasing demands of industry and commerce for trained workers Assistant Superintendent Davies said the department be lieves the number of secondary school pupils will increase to 500000 in Ontario by1970 from about 260000 in 1960 The cur rent federalprovinciai program for construction of vocational schools will provide some 120 000 of the needed pupil places BUILD NEW SCHOOLS He said that so far under the federalprovincial program 24 new vocational schools are be ing built seven of which replace previous buildings Kennedy promised US inter other projects along with explor ing joint efforts in space medi cine and spaceship tracking Kennedy said the United States is committed to moving ahead in spirit of coopera tion and for the benefit of all mankind few hours after the press conference in Washington US and Soviet representatives on the United Nations outer space committee met in New York ests would be protected in these negotiations negotiations he said are necessary as space continues to be more and more under the hazard of being uscd for military purposes This streamlined design by Montreal artist Gilles Robcrt was adopted by the St Law rcnce Seaway Authority as its symbol The circle sym bolizes the authority and its closo relationship with ship ping fa canal lock The ob long line at the core of the design represents ship CP Photo Rusk Concedes To Talk Again GENEVA CP Canada to day led revolt against efforts to shove disarmament discus sions into the background at the Geneva conference External Affairs iilinistcr Green bristlcd when he heard todays discussions on disarma mcnt would probably be shelved If the talks did not go 011 hr day Green said all impetus of the i7 nation conference iwould be lost Green expressed deep disap pointment at the delay already incurred Supporting previous speaker he said this may be the last disarmament conference lNDOCiIINil AFFAIR Harkness Names Names In Opium Smuggling OTTAWA CHDefence MinA istcr Harkness has released the names of three noncommis sioncd Canadian army officers involved in smuggling opium gold in Iiidocliina He told the Commons Wad reprim fined $100 The men may also he 11 their compulsory releases frbm the army The defence department has refused to give the hometowns or any particulars about the three soldiers Mr Harkness statement fol lows March 12 announcement by Prime Minister Diefenbaker that nine Canadians were en gaged in smuggling goid or opium in indochina in 1961 dur ing service with the Interna tional Truce Supervisory Com mission OTHER CHARGES PEN The defence minister told the Commons Wednesday that charges are pending against other servicemen involved in the smuggling If the three soldiers convicted of smuggling remain in the army the sentence of severe jects under way or nearing the construction stage including 102 additions for vocational training to present high schools Under questioning by Ross Whicher LBluce Mr Ron dall said maintenance costs for schools under the new require ments forvocational and com merciai training may increase at most about 20 per cent But Mr Whicher maintained he had been told that capital costswhich the federal and provincial ments are bearingrepraent only about seven per cent of school exlt said make up as much as 70 per cent NDP Leader Donald Mao Donald said he thought munici palities attracted by the appar ent gift of vocational schools could be led into trap the full extent of which they dont There are total of as pro fully realize US Reds Get Down To Talks 0n DoingSpace Work Together UNITED NATIONS AP The United States and the Sov iet Union begin detailed discus sions Tuesday on how they can work together in developinga series of far reaching outer space projects The talks were arranged at an informal meeting of high level experts of the two caun tries following an exchange of friendly letter between Presi dent Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev UN diplomats were elated over the apparent willingness of the two superpowers to take steps toward co operaiioo on space projects Hugh Dryden deputy di rector of the US National Ae ronautics andSpace Adminis tration and Soviet space expert Anatoly Elagonrnvov will pcnses Teachers salaries he open the exploratorytalks in rNevaorlr reprimand imposed on them means in effect that any promov tions they might be in line for will be hid up In other business Mines iiiin islcr Flynn said the government hopes in annoui Vein new WIS MM 47 ccenzrcri in spendiiig ifcin lliiplv moveA moot of coal by Dmr coal board under federalsu ventious POSITIVELY STUPID Harold Winch CCF Van couver East said the present policy of paying subventions is positively stupid While the government was paying out millions of dollars to help the coal industry millions of tons of coal were imported from the United States Yet we have the greatest re sources of coal to he found any where in the world he said The nine Caz named by Mr Diefenhaker as involved in the Indochina smuggling com prised one army officer one army noncommissioned officer five army privates and two male clerks of the external affairs da partment Mr Harkness statement con cerning three noncommissioned officers indicate that possibly 11 Canadians may have been implicated in the smuggling racket The two civilians involved have been suspended and will be dismissed They signed state mentsafter questioning by ti RCMP that they smuggled opium and gold for Chinese in Indochina The Criminal Code doesnot sofimfiigiio Caoaai apply to offences committed outA side Canada and therefore the maximum penalty for the two civilians is dismissal from the publ service fennakcr said earlier ihat legislation will be troduc tofcxtend the Crim iaalCple thatitwlll apply government em ployees abroad HERES ONE Some representatives of the Georgian Bay Develop ment Association wondered what happened to the no tice of meeting which nor mally is sent each month There is certain bank staff in Elmlale that can tell them girl mailing the notices use the banks after hours depository as mail chute and confound ed bank staff was wonder ing ifhat the unexpected de luge was all about The bank depository is right alongside mail box Helicopters May Deliver Papers TORONTO CPB Rich ardson editor of The Telegram said Wednesday traffic conges tion may force Torontos daily newspapers to use helicopters in stead of trucks for deliveries into suburbs of all time unless some prog ress is made The Canadian intervention took place at the seventh ple nary session of the l7notion disarmament conference Brit ain Mexico and ltnly all sup ported the call for urgency in dealing with disarmament The concerted action suc ceeded State Secretary Rusk of the United States conceded that there would be meeting 1er afternoon He apparently made the announcement after confer ring with Russias Andrei Gro myko cochairman of the con ference Grccn spoke with what confer ence observers described as controlled indignation ifc said it is beyondmy comprehension why the talks should be stalled The EastWest differences causing the delay were not about substance but about procedure He appealed to the cocbalr men to come back to the 17mm tion committee state their prolt ccdural worries and let them be thrashed out by the committee as whole Talking to reporters later Green said there might be quite brawl in the afternoon meeting He made it plain the smaller powers do not intend to let the Big No smother dis armament under blanket of procedural disagreement Tile argument over rival dis armament plans took place within the conference proper 0n the fringes there were other developments involving Berlin and nuclear tests but little sign of any major shifts in position There appeared to be dan ger that the talks were reach ing stalemate as they ap preached the major points of discord between East and West such as inspection and verifi cation in any nuclearvtest ban agreement American British and Soviet negotiators continued their dis cussion of the deadlocked nu clear tcst ban issue following no progress session Wednes day Another meeting shaped up for Rusk and Gromyko The were expected to discuss Be tin nuclear test ban and dis armament on disarmament strong sup port was expressed by Mexico for Canadas seven point for mula for finding areas of agreement Russo American disarmament plans But despite support from most of the 17 nations for Canadas plan itvappeared that Russia was deliberately holding up any detailed discussions The Soviets are thought to be insisting that the Russian draft treaty should be the only basis for discussion workman dream termini cavem Woricmén repair ddmaged portion of roof of the bomb proof military communica tions centre being built at Edenvaie They were told by foreman to lay down tools and move away when photo grapher started taking pic tures Contractors are Ellis Don Construction of Toronto section of the roubcavcd in on Feb 16 The photographer was not permitted onto the roof for safety reasons and to prevent adverse publicity to the construction company Job superintendent Roy Bur ris confirmed that the ECCI dent had taken place He said two men had fallen through when shores gave way and section of wetoon crete collapsed The men had been taken to hospital in Cal lingwond as precautionary measure and later released after iXrays revealed no in juries Mr Burris said the accident was not much of setback and the $750000 con struction would be finished on the scheduled date of Aug

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