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Barrie Examiner, 6 Apr 1962, p. 1

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our anemones For Examiner Want Ads Tale phone PA um Tila telephone number to call for the Business or Editorial Dept is PA 96337 YourNo GIRL piper marches in front of Prime Minister Dict enbskcr as he walks into Dieienbaker Hints Election End Liberal Obstruction STRATHHOY Ont CPI Prim Minister Dicfcnnakcr ended daylong bornstorming tour of this key southwestern Ontario district Thursday night with ringing decimation that the government will call an election soon to put an end to Liberal party obstruction in the Commons He steered away however from committing himself to June or October election but left the clear indication with his audience that he has the for mer in mind at the moment He spoke in terms of in fem weeks in the near future and in the weeks to come When reporters asked him afterwards whether this was really the start of the formal election campaign he replied All but The campaign will get under way formally when Parliament is dissolved The government he told an estimated 1400 delegates to the Middlcscx Progressive Conservative nominating con vention has been stalemated Strathroy Arena to attend the Progressive Conservative nom inating convention for West and frustrated in the Commons by persistent opposition debate on supplementary votes for last years appropriations COMPAHES RECORD The opposition had spent 19 days on this rchnshing oi old spending authority this session and Mr Dielenboker compared it to nine days spent on the same kind of supplementary es timates in the last five years of the former Liberal govern ment when the Conservatives were in opposition The machinery of govern ment has been hcld up he said The fact we cannot get ahead with our legislation ma cs decision by the elec Tor to not too long delayed He asked voters to study the governments record of govern ment promises made and car ried out Others were being carried out and would have been cor rled out by new if it were not for the opposition that holds up estimates to the end that the Mrs Diefenbokcr is immediately behind the Prime Minister tCi Vircphoto hliddlcsex legislation cannot be carried through itir Dielenbokcr spoke for over an hour in the hot packed arena auditorium where he kicked off his 1957 election camlt puign live years before to the day Thursdays engagement was made four months ago by William Thomas MP for Mid dlesex West who was renom inated Conservative candidate it was an iiihour day of rushed intensive campaigning From London he drove about 150 miles taking in five district high schools at each of which he made an offtheculf speech on different subjects The Senate reform measure which is to appear on the Com mans order paper today calls for the retirement of senators at age 75 on nonveontributory pensions of savior undisclosed amount This he said is in line with the retirement of judges and should be first step to wards strengthening the Senate as parliamentary institution Criminal Charges Laid In Road Irregularities TORONTO CP Financial irregularities in the highways departments New Liskcard dis trict have resulted in the sus pension of district official and the lodging of criminal charges Highways Minister Good feilow told the legislature Thursday Mr Goodfellow gave few de tails but it was reported at New Liskeard that between $75000 and $125000 is involved for work paid for but not done The minister announced the departments district municipal engineer in the northern area incharge of provincial subsi dies to municipalities for high way work is under suspension as the result of what he de scribed as discrepancies in the records of the district of ficel The engineer is Tracy Swartman of New Liskeard He has been replaced during his suspension by Jack Moffett of Toronto LAY CHARGES Mr Goodfellow told the House that certain criminal charges have been laid but did not say who was charged it was learned at New Lisk card that fraud charge was laid Thursday against Har ris foreman with the OHeara Construction Company of Kirk land Lake which is in the New Liskeard district and has been doing highway work After Mr Goodfellow made his statement in the legislature CCF Loader Donald Mac Donald asked if it were true that the OHeara Construction Com pany was owned by the sus pended engineer The minister who had not mentioned the company re plied Not to my knowledge He also said he does not know of any other such cases in the highways department RECORDS FAULTY Mr Goodfeltnw told the house that the records of the district office at New Liskcard could not be reconciled with the phys ical work that had been carried out He said he wished to assure the House that any monies which have been overpaid to any person or companies will be repaid or the department will take such action as is nec essary to ensure recovery as soon as criminal proceedings have been completed He said Charles Dubin Toronto lawyer has been ap pointed special crown prosecu tor to handle the case There was no official indica tion of how far back the con tinuing investigation stretches but it was learned at New Llsk the Don Jail on $50000 bail bail Wednesday IN NUTSHELL Fire Damages Radio TV Station SAULT STE MARIE Ont CPlFire early today dam aged the building which houses radio station 2116 and Clic TV Damage was estimated at 580000 Gambler Freed 011 $50000 Bail TORONTO CPtiGambler Vincent Feeley walked out of gambler Joseph McDermott who posted the same amount of Goodiellows Grandson Killed EELLEVILLE CPSevenyearold Terrance Eird grand son of Ontario Highways Minister Goodfcliow was fatally injured Thursday when struck by car at Codrington 22 miles west of here The son of Mr and Mrs James Bird was struck by car driven by Samuel Crane 68 Cobourg Grain Elevators Burn Ill Aw AYE Ont CPLFire Thursday night in this village 18 miles northwest of Brantford caused $75000 damage to the grain elevators and adjoining buildings of the Ayr district co operative feed mill The loss included 60 tons of feed and seed Council Told i$30000fls Missing PORT DOVER Ont CPUCouncil of this Norfolk County town learned Thursday night that $30069 is missing in munici pal funds $11000 more than believed earlier card that records of the district office going back to 1935 have been taken to Toronto AntiNoise Bylaw Declared invalid CORNWALL CP Magis trate Howill of Bellevllle Thursday declared Cornwalls antinoise bylaw invalid ruling on test case oi the bylaw Magistrate Hewitt decided in favor of Charles Lawn for mer proprietor of west Corn wall drivein restaurant who op ernted loudspeaker broadcast ing music and news from his establishment Thursday He followed fellow winter cnu Incciup Sign Contract TORONTO CF The bur geoning Canadian Maritime Un ion threw it healthy right cross at the ringwise Seafarers 1n ternationnl Union Thursday in the bottle for Great Lakes shlp ping labor dominance Observers were confident the fight was far from finished The ChlU formed last year by the Canadian Labor Congress to drive the SlU out of Can nda announced it has signed contract with Upper Lakes Stip ping Limited rcprescnting 25 ships and more than 400 men Before the end of the day the CMU transported 22 seamen to Sarnlo from Montreal and the men boarded Upper Lnkes Red Wing which soiled 32 minutes later for Toledo Ohio The lied Wing and the other Upper Lakes Vessels were for merly manned by the SW an independent union expelled from the CLC some years ago for aiding the old National Asso ciation of Marine Engineers GUARD GATES The cavolcadc of station wag ons carrying the CMU members escorted by police passed through the gates of the Sarnla Elevator Company at whose dock the Red Wing spent the at pm Thursday night The gates were immedi ately by company guards Outside the gates picket line formed with SlU members call ing insults at the boarding CMU seamen An SiU official was heard restraining his men from the Imslmogndnruosw lenc Jack Book Mimieo Ont building inspector was arrastlt ed on two charges of perjury Mr Bank was the central fig hrs in an investigation con ducted by Judge Ambrose Shea into the townships busi ness affairs CP Wirephoto Steelworkers Set Sights 0n Agreement VANCOUVER CP The pacesetting Steelworkers Union has laid down its general de mands for collective bargaining for 1962 The 05000member union will set its economic sights on Higher wages shorter hours longer vacations and elimination of phical wage differentials in the Cann than steel industry new general plan to pro tect workers displaced by tech nological change with greater voice for the union in how big business introduces automation The policy objectives wera outlined at the opening session Thursday of the annual confer ence of Canadian Steelworkers Although the union reached agreement withthe Steel Com pany of Canada and Algoma Steel Corporation last year it still faces new contract talk later this year with the Domin ion Steel and Coal Corporation The Stolen and Algoma agree ments called for Zlvcent pay boost spread over threeyear contract ending in 1064 indications are the union will press for pay increases for Dosco workers atSydney NS Toronto and Windsor in hi to close the wage gap separat ing them from Algoma and Stefan workers FINNMQW TORONTO CP The On tarlo government has passed legislation forbidding Hydro strike The clock above the legisla ture chamber had 87 minutes to tick before the midnight deod line when LieutenantGovernor Keillor hlnckoy Thursday night signed the bill prohibiting the strike by the provinces 0300 Hydro employees The historic legislation was whipped through its three rcod ings and clausebyclnuse re view in five hours The lights stayed on in the province but opposition members claimed it was black Thursday in On tarlos history The Liberal and New Demo cratic parties persuaded the government to adopt two amendments to the bill which forces compulsory arbitration on Local 1000 of the National Union of Public Service Em ployees tCLCl and the Ontario HydroElectric Power Commis ston One amendment makes the government meet the cost of the arbitrator Carl Goldenberg described by Premier Roberts as Canadas No trouble shooter The bill had called on both parties to meet their own costs and share the arbitrators expenses The second amendment limits the issues under arbitration to those not agreed on after the 3anth ofaconeiliator last Aug unless both parties OTTAWA CF Cheaper beef and lower new car prices helped generate fractional de cline in canadian living costs during February the Dominion today The consumer price index for March dipped to 1297 down onetenth of point from1298 month earlier The yardstick of urban living costs based on 1949 prices equalling 100 stood at 1291 on March last year Price cuts on beef ranging up to seven cents pound were the main cause of decline of threefifths of point in the in Bureau of Statistics reported Uhc Karrie Examiner Bmlc Ontario cm Hydro Legislation Rules Arbitration GOLDENBERG agree to the submission of new ISSUES Both Liberals and Gonserva tivos voted in favor of the bill when division was called dur ing second readingapproval in principle Four New Democratic Party members who opposed the bill in principle were overwhelmed in the vote by 17 government members and 20 Liberals it was this matter of principle which dominated the debate Throughout the day members reverted to quote by former prime minister Mackenzie King that private rights must cease when they co public wrongs Living Costs Take Slight Dip Cheaper Beef Cars Seen Reason dex of food costs to 1244 from 1250 larger drop of fourfifths of point occurred in transporta tion costs wherethe index fell to 1399 from 1407 with lower prices for new cars tires lub rication muffler replacement and brake relining iobs TOBACCO HIGHER In other sectors of the con sumer budget clothing tobacco and alcohol prices were higher but there were no changes in the price indexes for housing health and personal care recre ation and reading LOCAL WEATHER Cloudy today and Saturday Showers and cooler Low to night 30 High tomorrow 40 For may turn to page two MONTREAL CHAbout 278 St Lawrence River pilots walked off their jobs shortly after midnight today to discuss methods of accelerating action on their demands for improved working conditions The pilots who plan to hold series of general meetings in several shipping centres during the work stoppage have charged that the federal depart ment of transport and the Ca nadian Shipping Federation are usingdelaying tactics in nego tiations Pilnts Federation President Andre Bedard said Thursday in reply to statement in the port Minister Leon Balcer that the pilots have been negotiating since February without re ceivingananswer to their de mands The walkout which affects shipping iromLcs Escoumains Que 140 miles northeastof Quebec harbor including the passenger liner Empress of Britain WILL M001 SHIPS However federation Spokes man said four ships anchored ontho river at the time of the walknubfwould be taken to safe mooring before being deserted by their pilots The mnior grievance behind the walkout concerns the meth ods used to calculate pilots pay in his Commons speech Mr Bnlcer said pilots between Que hec City and Montrealsscene gross income of $16300 with an average working day of 47 hours Mr Bedard immediately do River Pilots Out Want Fast Action House ofCommoris by Trans nicd the figures which called grossly distorted The department of transport allots certain amount of active pilots The federation also opposes transport department proposal that the pilots contribute part of their earnings toward upkeep of the boatsandp maintenance of service We are lling tonegotiate at any timeL any place Mr Bedard said fBut we havent been approached by the Ship ping Federa yet 0n Wire Leak TORONTO GP Premier Robarts promised Thursday to investigate ihe circumstances behind telegram which ad vised supervisory personnel in Ontario ltydro of the govern ments plan to end threatened Hydro strike two hours before the government introduced its legislation The telegram went out Wed nesday to Hydro plant manag ers throughout the province Energy Resources Minister Macaulay said it was appar ently based on assumption fol lowingispeculation onradio and inthe newspapers buthe did not lndicate ivhosent lt NDP Leader Donald CMMae Donald saidtho telegram was filed in Tomato at 344 prn about twohours before Premier Hobarts announced his plans to the legislature Not More Then it Copy14 Pages 20 DIE VIOLENTIY INTERROR ATTACK Secret Army Organization Blamed For New Outbreak ALGlEltS new wave of terrorism struck Oran and Al giers today Twenty persons died in attacks that police blamed on the Secret Army 0r gonizotlon of European settlers campaigning to block independ ence for Algeria Fourteen persons 11 Mos lems and three Europeans were slain in Algiers the capi tal Five others four of them Moslems were wounded Six hfoslems died in two at tacks in Oran Five were shot to death in car by machine gunners who then set the car ofire Predict UK In ShakeUp LONDON AP Britains lending newspapers agreed to day that tha biggestever shake up of the countrys anti spy precautions willresult from government commissions re port that Communists have heavily infiltrated the British civil service The entire national press are cept for the Communist Daily Worker accepted with varying degrees of regret the need for tightening up The Manchester Guardian struck the keynote of the edit orial reactions It said Because the cold war is more than an oldfashioned con flict of power blocs ideological commitment can lead honora ble men to betray their coun tries for the sake of what they believe to be higher good Thnt is why we have had to accept the paradox of demo cratic society defending itself in part by undemocratic meth ods ampsan man and two women were stoned by Moslenu in suburb of Oran All three including in seven months pregnant were taken to hospital by security forces who rescued them At Ain Temoucbcnt southwest of Oran four men believed to be Secret Army agents hold up branch of the Bank of Algeria and took 00000 In three other holdup in Oran gunmen escaped with $3 000 in cash tniekload of mili tary stores including 2000 land mines and new car Algiers police announced persons were arrested and quantity of arms was found in two down raids The arms includedre recoillt less cannon with four cases of shells three rocket launchers 11 machineguns 39 grenadesnnd about 120 pounds of explosives RCliI Pilot Dies In Crash LONDON Ont CP An RCAF pilot was killed and passenger injured when Chip munk aircraft crashed at RCAF Station Centralia today Flt Lt Harry Mattias inioh motion officer at the base said uninjured airman was taken to the field hospital and would likely be transferred to hospital in London Flt Lt Mattias said details of the crash of the singleangina trainer aircraft were not imme dinter available He did not know if the plane crashed on takeoff or after it was in the air He said the piano crashed into field on the base property Names of the pilot and passen ger were not released immedi ntely Ontario Introduces Draft Bill Setting Pension Standards TORONTO CPlA draft bill setting minimum standards for pensions plans in Ontario and tackling the thorny problem of portable pensions was given first reading today in the leg islature Premier Roberts made it clear he has no intention of let ting thc bill become law at the current session Introducing the bill the legislature he said it is intended at this time only for study and discussion pur poses It is on second draft bill cir culated by the Ontario commie pOSrs wrrn 4TH Mrs Roland Merciér poses proudly in hospital at Halley bury 0nt with her fourth set ofptwinsboih girls horn Wednesday TheMerelers who live in small frame house ons 1601acré farminisolated fee on portable pensions since the six man committee was formed two years ago The first last August drew torrent of comment and criti cism The second was designed to incorporate some of the sug gested changes Mr Roberts said the new pension bill has the same in tent as its predecessorto pro tect older workers unable to find new jobs because of com pany pension plans and younger workers who moves frequently among employers that they never obtain pension rights SET OF TWINS bush country near Haileybury now have 11 children Ml Mercier an unemployed min or makes meagre living cutting mine tlmbers and working his small farm tCP Wirepholol

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