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Barrie Examiner, 13 Apr 1962, p. 1

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flufiwfl fl 4000mile Canadian auto rally OUR TELEPHONES For Examiner Want Ads Tel phone PA 014 telephonl number to call for the Business or Editorill Dept II PA 6W 9m VarNo 39 NINA HOLDEN of Victoria Miss Canada lfliif displays airline ticket for Vancouver She is flying home to pander mwn whether or not she will abdi eate her title because of dis organization and confusion concerning her duties as Miss Canada Miss Holden last night threatened to resign but was persuaded to think it over CF Virephoto Miss Canada Mified Miss Pageant Proving Problem TORONTO CP It is any ones guess who will run the annual Miss Canada contest Robert Inch lawyer for Miss Canada Pageant Limited in Hamilton said Thursday his clients have always put on the beauty queen show and as sumed things would be the same this year Earlier the Toronto firm of Markeydl Productions Limited announced it would be handling the pageant Walter Pasko President of MarkeyBrooks said his com pany acquired the rights from Radcliffe Weaver who holds Miss Canada Pageant Limited Stock Then an official of PRth Con sultants Limited public rela tions firm also based in Tor onto said Mr Weaver had no authority to hand over the rights to Paskos company with out bringing the matter before meeting of Miss Canada Pag cant Limited directors Mr Inch said he had never heard of Mr Pasko and knew Toronto Drivers nothing of the MarkeyBrooks move DIRECTORS QUIT This weeks controversy one of many surrounding beauty queens over the years got up steam alter the resignation Tuesday of pageant directors Fred Hooper and Syd Matthews of Toronto They quit because the plan to operate on non profit basis had not come off Then Miss Canada herself said she wanted out Nina Holden 19 of Victoria who took over the crown last Year after another row said here she was fed up and threatened to pack her bags She pinner her unhappiness on the lack of organization among the pageants promoters However Miss Holden made an aboutturn Thursday and withdrew the abdication threat when MarkeyBrooks appeared on the scene The fiveiootlivc beauty in herited the crown in September when ConnieGail Feller of Ot Still Leading In Cross Country lluto Rally By FRED CHAFE CALGARY CPlA clinging backroad mud patch and navigation error Thursday belted some strong contenders far back in the standings oi the The lead remained with pair of Toronto drivers who made no mistakesJohn Jones and Lou Lalonde in Stude baker Lark No other cars with clean drives on the Saska toonCalgary leg of the week long event advanced to second and third spots The trio of Swedishbuilt Vol vos was knocked out of conten tion for the manufacturers team prize when one car he came mired in the muck and failed to reach here Thursday night This left the field wide open to the Renaults all of which lost an hour in the gumbo and incurred penalty points but managed to dig out and conti nue on their way Peter Ryan of Mont Trem blant Que and Mike Kerry of Toronto avoided the mess but missed check point in the same area They lost 15 points running their penalty total to 188 and slid to eighth place from second As the 31 cars remaining headed into the mountains to day to Trail 30 on the sec ondlast lap of the Montrealto Vancouver event these were the official standings Jones and Lalonde unchanged at 26 poin Jerry Polivka and Charles Bick of Toronto second in their Volvo with 47 Trant Jarman of Rochester Mich and Don Hanbly of Oshawa gob third at 08 in their Chevy Next came Martin Chenhall and John Wilson of Toronto in an Acodinn with 90 points and Grant McLean of Montreal and Bill Leathnm of Cliomedy Que in the Tirst of the team Ren aulfs at 177 Convention llsks Carpenters Let Loggers ake Own Choice ROBERT RICE urged the 64600m bei Car penters Brntheh to allow Newfoundland loggers to pick th ir own unionthe Carpenters the International Woodwork ers of America This stepin the form of properly conducted vole among loggers in the island province is the way of re pentence for the Carpenters Brotherhood after being found guilty of violating CLC policy but acquitted of raiding the IWA jurisdiction The dual verdict was handed down by special vicepresi dential committee of the CLC accepted by the executive coun cil and overwhelmingly en dorsed by the congress conven tion About 25b the 1200 dele gates voted against the verdict No sentence was pronounced Even the accuser the 34500 member IWA made it clear it was not demanding suspension of the Carpenters union Thus the door was left open for new efforts by CLC officers to resolve an interltunion quar rel that threatens to split labor solidarity wide open The new talks however were not ex pectedto take place until after the congress convention ends They will probably be put off until later in Ottawa The carpenters were absent from the convention when the verdict was given They had walked out Wednes day protesting unfair treatment in the dispute The big question was whether some of the 13 building trades unions would also stalk out of the convention in support lawn was dethroned for not liv ing up to commitments Mr Pasko Thursday un veiled it list of plans his com pany was working on to make the pageant bigger thing The plans were news to Mr Inch Mr Pasko said everything will be smoothed over for Miss Holden MarkeyBrnoks prom ised to send her home to relax on foo week for two whi the company work program know its going towork outthey have all been so nice Miss Holden said Election Date Next week OTTAWA CF Suspense over the date of the next elec tion will be ended early next week ime Minister Diefen baker indicated in the Com mons today The prime minister promised to make full statement at that time Mr Diefenbakers comment added strength to general ex pectations that Parliament will be dissolved next week for June 10 election Because of the minimum 57 days required before an elec tion Saturday would be the last day for calling June 11 elec tion Mr Diefenbakers statement was in reply to Harold Winch fCCF Vancouver East Mr Dietenbaker said that early next week he will give an answer in the fullest degree to Mr Winchs question Credit Union Savings Rate Is Fastest By DON HANRIGHT TORONTO CP Personal savings in credit unions in Can ada have grown faster inthe last five years than savingsin chartered banks and trust com panics This statement was made to the royal commission on bank ing and finance Thursday by the Ontario Credit Union League Limited comprising un ions with about 500000 mem bers It underlined the commis sions continuing concern over the degree to which the tax free credit unions carrying on what they call doibyourself financing are competing with the taxpaying chartered hanks Asked to background credit union growth league officials cited several factors including population growth interestrate advantages growing awareness of the value of savings and the growth of industry in which oc cupational credit unions are set up Whenever we ask that ques tion no one ever cations in come taxes said Paul Le man commission member and vicepresident of the Aluminum Company of Canada He re ferred to previous hearings in the four wester provinces to Barrio Ontario Canada WASHINGTON AP Big Steel laced two momentous threats today or newly or dered federal grand jury inves ugstion took aim at the 564 ion price increase The possible lines of govern ment attack now officially con firmed by the justice depart ment are Possible criminal penalties against the priceboosting firms ernrnent can find and prove any price collusion move to dismember the industrys giant US Steel Cor poration if the government can convince federal court that it so dominates the industry that it controls prices and should be broken up Administration officials dis puted or shrugged off the 53 minute defence of the price rise mode by US Steels chair man Roger Blough in tr press conference Thursday in New York There was no commentdrnm Presi dent Kennedy Blough stood firm on the po sition that the increases were necessary to the welfare the nation They would he said partially correct profit MONTREAL CF new bid to settle walkout by St Lawrence River pilots was set for today Meanwhile the threat of nationwide work stoppage by pilots reemerged 1n Parliament Transport Minister Leon Bal cer said he planned to call to gether the disputant parties in Ottawa for further negotiations He said the 270 members of the Federation of St Lawrence River Pilots have revised their demands making them much less severe But from Saint John NB came word to the minister that nine pilots employed by the Na tional Harbors Board there will walk off the job in sympathy unless the issue is ironed out by midnight Friday The nine are members of the and their executives if the gov strength and the vitality of tho canadswuasoike Threat Bid Today End Pilot Walkout squeecz that handicaps US Steel in meeting stiffening world competition Elough said he was sur prised at thc angry reaction of Kennedy Wednesday since no assurances were asked by in White Hansel and none were given that prices would not be raised after last weeks steel labor settlement Kennedy who gave his bcss ing to the union contract agree ment and called it noninfla tlonnry blasted the price lnlt crease as an unjustifiable and irresponsible profit grab at the rxpcnse of the national in lerest Thursday night AttorneyGcn eral Kennedy announced he had ordered grand jury investi gallon in New York of the fire crsckrr chain of virtuallv iden tical price increases set off by US Steel That was all the attorneys genrral told and he told it be cause lJlough under pross con ference questioning hail dis closed that price records of US Steel had been subpoenaed Thursday morning Later the Bethlehem Jones and Laughlin and Armco Steel corporations confirmed theJ National Pilots Association an affiliate of the Canadian Mer chant Servicc Guild CLC Quinn member of the Saint John Association commits lee said Pilot Association affil lates across the country are ex pected to take similar action The Pilots Federation itself also announced 73 pilots In Vancouver harbor are ready to walk out at midnight Vancou ver time similarly In Montreal meanwhile spokesman for the citys 2600 ongshoremen indicated the ole vedores were prepared to back up the pilots with strike if necessary The spokesman said no re quest Ior Support had been made by the pilots but if they ask us to help them we will TRACY Que CPlAn un easy calm settled over this tiny community 40 miles northeast of Montreal today following short but violent civil war be tween members of two rival construction unions The brawl was brief but bloody as the menabout 500 on each side battered each other with pipes rubber hoses bricks stones and anything Howevertnere were no seri ous injuries and the major vic tims seemed to be local car owners Seventeen vehicles were overturned and at least two were set on fire resulting $50000 where the Pigott Constmction Company is building $40000 000 plant for Atlas Steels Lim ited to produce alloy steels and stainless steel products Trouble has been brewing at the site since Monday when the new International Union of Con struction Workers 1nd con testing bargaining rights now held by the Building Workers Federation CNTU set up picket line fullscale brawl erupted at the picket line during the noon lunchhour Thursday and grew to riot proportions with the ar rival of as truckloads of work ers from the heavily industrial area Unable to cope with the situ ation the laman Tracy police force appealed to the Quebec Provincial Police which dis $50000 Toll In Brief Riot in damageestimated at about patched reinforcements from gt Montreal Sorel and St Hya cinthe Roads to the battle were so efficiently blocked that it look the 50 OFF men 20 minutes to break through after the first report of trouble It took an other hour to end the melee No arrests were made flltel the riot but the affair is still under investigation Cllhr Darrin Examiner zBig Steel To Court May Dismember Giant had received subpoenas and that the president of still on other company not ldcntlfied has been subpoenaed to appear week from today Next reporters lenmcd that the attorneygeneral had dis cussedwith group of visit ing foreign college professors lhc possibility of forcing US Steel to divest some segmcnts of its vast empire of ore fields blast furnaces mills and fabri cating plants US Detection Now Complete By HAROLD MORRISON WASHINGTON CPD Qual ified US authorities indicate the United States has the avail able means of detecting all Soviet nuclear tests in the at mosphere without the need of imposing control posts or other detection devices on Soviet territory However the US would not be prepared at this stage to sign test ban treaty because of the possibility Russia might again unleash massive new series of aerial dctonalions these authorities added They left open the possibility the tJS might be wllling to consider such partial ban in the futurehut not before the 115 launches its own series of atmospheric tests later this month Cause Cancer With Virus By FRANK CAREY ATLANTIC CITY NJ tAP Production of cancer in labora tory animals with virus that commonly causes severe type of respiratory cold in hu mans was reported today The achievement was an nounced by group of Texas researchers who said tumors were produced in hamsters with one type of adenovirusa mi crobe first isolated from dis eased human adenoids nine years agoand now known to have various strains Effective vaccines against some strains have been developed The American Cancer So ciety which helped support the research said the work pro videsa new stimulus to the theory that some human can cers could be caused by viruses and thus are possibly open to treatment or prevention by we cines NAVAL REUNION KINGSTON Ont CPlIIMCS Cataraqui Kingston branch of the Canadian Naval Associa tion is expecting some 2500 naval veterans and their wives at the May 1820 eighth annual Canadian naval reunion lt LOCAL WEATHER Rein mixed with snow Mainly cloudy tomorrow to For complain summary Low tonight 20 High turn to page two Not More Than par Ccpy26 Pages SWEEPING CHANGE IN uouon lAWS 0K Liquor Room Service Extend Cocktail Bar Hours TORONTO CP Premier Roberts today announced that hotels in Ontario will be per mitted to sell liquor in rooms The premiers announcement covered about dozen changes in the provinces liquor policy The new regulations will per mit cocktail bars to remain open for the some hours as dln ing lounges Privan clubs in dry areas may be licensed Tourist establishments in un4 organized areas motcls and summer resortswlll be eligible for licensing and arrangements will be made for the package sale of alcoholic beverages in summer resort areas At present dining lounges may remain open from noon to cm on weekdays and from noon to 1130 pm Saturdays Cocktail lounges have been permitted to operate from noon to midnight on weekdays and noon to 1130 pm Saturdays Mr Roberts stated the gov ernmen ts firn conviction that it has no intention of ram ming public liquor outlets into communities that simply do not want themthnt local option will conti despite Liberal party crit sm Other changes announced by the premier Liecncccs will be given the right to appeal to the courts against cancellation orer by the Liquor Licence Board The procedure for applying for licences to operate estab lishments will be clarified The board will be given au thority to cancel the licence of bankrupt or foreclosed es tablishmcnt Requirements that there be no internal means of communi cation between two different tYpes of outlet in the same building will be removed Licensed outlets will be able to set their own opening hours provided they are not open more than 12 continuous hours and closing regulations are observed Adjustments will be made in the fees for banquet permits Reduction to five years in the period person must wait after conviction for certain llq uor offences before he may ap ply for licence there now in perpetual penalty which Mr Robarts described as con trary to the principles of Brit ish justice Public houses and lounges will be required to make food snacks available for purchase by customers N0 SUNDAY SALE llIr Roberts said there will be no change in the governv ments policy of forbidding sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunj day Changcs in the Liquor Lf cence Act go into effect when given royal assent probably next week when the leglslatuu sdlouros Changes in the regu lotions can be made at any time Explaining some of the major changes Mr Robnrts linked the revision on sale in hotel rooms with an alteration in gep ernl government policy It will be permissible now for hotels which operate full and complete Toad room serw ices and which are licensed un der thesct to dispense liquor through these room services during the hours when their ll eensed premlses are open he sold 0f the proposal to license clubs in dry areas he said he believes the people of 0a tnrio do not consider it fair that it should be illegal for pri vate organizations to consume liquor in their own premises The changes in regidatlonr for tourist businesses which would also be closely scruti nized were designed to meet the needs of tourists and of our rapidly developing tourist indus try RCAF Man Dies After car Crash 22yearold RCAF technic lan died in Royal Victoria Hos pital early this morning as result of injuries he suffered in car crash south of Camp Borden yesterday LAC Connors from hell Island Newfoundland pas senger in small foreign sports car owned and driven by his companion AC Pierce 19 of Almonte Ontario was rushed to RVH yesterday afternoon after the car apparently went out of control and crashed into tree on the Camp Borden Alliston road two miles south of the camp AC Pierce in Camp Borden Station Hospital at last report was not in serious condition Alliston detachment Ontario Provincial Police Constable else they could lay their hands The riot occurred at site This was part of the dain age done Thursday when battle erupted between two unions at steelplnnt eon strucnon site at Tracy Que 40 miles northeast of Mont real Feelings have been run nlng highat the site aliweek since the ew international ers which is contesting bar gaining rightl now held by the Budding Worlrern Federation Will not up plckotiljinef Grainger investigated the accident The two men had completed technical training course yes terday and were due to by Posted Connors to Uplands Station Ottawa and Pierce tb Trenton It is not known if there were any witnesses but no other vehicle was involved police said An autopsy was performed on the airmans body this morning the results of which have not been made public Connors was not married and Pierce is also single An RCAF spokesman said the the skid marks on the highway showedthat the car apparently swertfed across the road and partially flipped over hitting the tree volved in the riot the firs major trouble at the site but there were no serious injuries to Wirephoto

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