-m. I -- THE TIMES TELEPHONE NUMBERS Classified Adve-tising .RA 3-3492 . All other calls ........RA 83-3474 Oshawa Sime and Friday snowflurries. WEATHER REPORT Cloudy, turning colder tonight with scattered Price Not Over 7 Cents Per Copy VOL. 87--NO. 285 OSHAWA-WHITBY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1958 Authorized As Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa THIRTY PAGES Ship Tr In Icy Canal MONTREAL (CP) -- The 1,900-|maybe longer" ton Wheaton was trapped in the ice in the Lachine Canal morning, halting the movement of more than 25 ocean-bound freizhters toward "e Atlantic. The ship was trapped at the Cote St. Paul Bridge, roughly the same place as the freighter F.W, Moore was brought to a halt by ice Wednesday. Lockmasters said it would take "at least two or three hours and| ye "EERE Martial Law ICY GATE OF LACHINE CANAL LOCKS ' In Columbia Two workmen stand on ie the lock machinery operating | 30 ships may be caught in the | BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) of a lock-gate in the nine.mile- | and let a canal freighter [Great Lakes and the inland {President hetto Lictas Cam: long Lachine Canal, near Mon- " 5 argo and the army r "olom- treal, poking slush ice away UiTough. Au early cold snap |bia under a modified form of from the gate-hinges to keep has raised fears that more than {martial law today after arrest- FIGHT COES ON jas Pina on charges of Potting Careless Driving Law Invalid, Court Rules In a broadcast, Ller s Cam- argo said the attempt to over- TORONTO (CP)--The attorney-|appeal. He called it "'a matter of licence suspension. The criminal al's department prepared | utmost significance." | negligence section of the federal canals (CP Wirephoto) throw his government was sched- uled for next Saturday. He pro- claimed a state of siege and warned against public gather- ings that might indicate subver- sion. The nation remained calm. Troops were posted throughout Bogota. Numerous pledges of support were made to the president, who was elected overwhelmingly last this | Living Costs Index Rises OTTAWA (CP) -- Living costs | rose for the fourth consecutive month during October, pushing the consumer price index to a {record 126.3 on Nov. 1, up three- r tenths of a point from 126 on Oct. Wheaton It, the bureau of statistics re- Two government tugs were ported today. steaming to her rescue shortly| Virtually all segments of the in- before noon. |dex, except in the food group, | The tug James Battle was sent showed increases. Some foods| up the river from the Montreal rose but these were offset by de- harbor, while the tug Simac came |clines. in other food items. from the opposite direction in an| All told, the price index, based attempt to free the vessel. 1949 prices equalling 100, Until she is freed and taken | climbed by 1.6 points over the | through the canal, 25 ships--in-|Aug. 1-Nov. 1 four-month period. | cluding eight ocean-going vessels|It was the most protracted rise | --are stopped in: Lake St, Louis. [since last winter, | About 25 other ocean vessels are RENTS HIGHER { reported somewhere west of the| Prices rose during October for| [1ake. |rents, home ownership, new Ten ocean-going freighters wére/ model automobiles, hospital / 4 apped to free the tied up today at Kingston, await-|rates, theatre admissions, drugs, {ing pilots to go down the St. Law-|tobacco, haircuts and costs of |rence. Ice and fog on the river personal care along with 'beef, |and ice jams in the canals make bananas, oranges, tomatoes, pg- it necessary for river pilots to|tatoes, celery, some textile piece guide the vessels. |goods, coal, household utensils "Everything at Cote St. Paul and equipments. is at a standstill," said Paul St.| These offset declines for pork, Germain, 57, superintendent of chicken, grapefruit, apples, can- the Lachine Canal. ned fruits, furniture, floor cover- He said the forecast high tem-|ings. peratures of 35 degrees offers| The peak of 126.3 in the con- some help, but added that falling sumer price index compares with | snow is forming slush in the|123.3 on Nov. 1 last year and| water. 1120.3 two years ago. Space Trip Start Seen Near Poles "If this judgment stands, the/law provides. for penitentiary one of the most widel: tions of the Highway Trafic Act. Chief Justice J. C. McRuer said | in a ruling handed down Wednes-| day that the province's careless| driving law is invalid because it| frespasses on criminal legisla- Sion passed by the federal Par- under the criminal negligence ent, : {section of the Criminal Code of The decision came as a com- Canada '"'even where death en- plete surprise. W. C. Bowman, ged." director of public prosecutions in| «ft js not within the power of the attorney - general's office, the province to provide a means went to Osgoode Hall to read the of escaping punishment provided judgment and announced immedi- by Parliament by constituting a ately that it would be appealed. lesser offence with an alternative) Mr, Bowman said a hurry-up butlesser punishment," he said. 8,000 motorists were charged with victed. The chief justice said in his] written judgment that every case coming under the careless driv-| ing section could be prosecuted During the last year shout | ment expects police will continue {to lay careless driving charges in careless driving and 6,000 con-|the usual {trates would adjourn cases now Mr. Common 'said his devart- manner and magis- before them pending the result of the appeal. One Toronto lawyer comment- ing on the judgment said it would work a hardship on ¢rown prose- cutors, He said it would mean laying criminal negligence charges in all cases involving what is now referred to as care- less driving. y 4 to succeed the military junta that overthrew Rojas Pin- illa. : Russia Close To Moon Shot Scientist Says OTTAWA (CP) -- The Western world's first true space traveller may start his journey into the unknown from a site in the Cana- dian Arctic. "It could be, but no one really can say definitely right now," Dr. D. C. Rose, head of the cos- mic rays branch of the National Research Council, said in an in- terview, Dr, Rose was referring to what HUNTSVILLE Ala. (AP)--Rus-| sia is reported close to shooting |for the moon, a scientist writes|pool that are known as two "cones of es- cape" from the intense radiation envelopes the earth. "I don't believe evidence inlin the magazine Space Journal, |Located over the poles, they were every such case would merit a conviction for criminal negli-| gence," he said, suggesting Par-| A US. Army shoot for the moon is expected this weekend. The Soviet attempt could be a {discovered by Dri James A. Van Allen, University of Iowa physi- | cist. Dr. Van Allen told a scientific country to launch a research sat- ellite that would follow a true north-to-south course around the earth. Satellites shot into orbit by the United States and Russia have followed an east-to-west path, except for one Soviet satel- lite with a course 65 degrees off the equator. Dr. Rose said he hopes the U.S. soon will plan a north-south satel- lite. It also would enable a fur- ther study of the northern lights. | TCA Decision Expected Soon session of the Ontario Court eof| Careless driving provides fer liament should take steps to cor- fancy one--to put a 110-t0-220- | Appeal, this week is possible, fines ranging from $10 to $500, rect the situation if the judgment pound probe into orbit around -the would be sought to rule on the'up to three months in jail andiis upheld | moon, taking movies and TV pic- ili . | tures. | | A Soviet scientist in February, | 1957, outlined just such a plan,| says Ronald C. Wakeford, direc-| tor of research of the National| Research and Development Cor-| Further Facts (800 Inco Workers Expected In Crowe Dispute WINNIPEG (CP) Further dred striking Sudbury miners|union halls. Today they were to developments may come soon in|Who came to Toronto seeking retrace their steps, picking up the| the dispute over firing of Prof govekament seiure of the Inter-|donations. Two 15-ton trucks had| . natiohal Nickel Company pre- been obtained to transport the| Chairman Of Harry S. Crowe by United Col- pared to head home today with material to Sudbury. L lege. food and clothing for their fami-| mya premier said in a state!) Board Resigns Rev. Stanley H. Searle of Bran- lies. ment after the meeting with the| don, a member of the senate of| Premier Frost told a delega-|union delegation: IGORONTD re an X, Toit mired Snatiiute tion from the International Union| "I at once ¢ y that the govern- A i the United Church institution, r Mine, Mill and Smelter Work-| ment has no intention whatever" |25 chairman of the board of di- said Wednesday night a letter of erg (Ind.) the government "has|of taking over Inco as the union | rectors of Trans-Canada Pipe resignation he sent as a result of no intention whatever" of taking|demanded. "It has no intention of {Lines Ltd.~ . the college handling of the case over Inco's Sudbury and Port|departing from the plan of the| Charles S. Coates, president Bie boon returnéd Colborne plants as a method of Labor Relatidns Act, namely that since 1957, succeeded Mr, Tanner S Deel Telurnet. ending the walkout, if its 72nd this dispute be settled by the as chairman and James W. Kerr He said he was told "events day, parties themselves by agree of Hamilton was appointed pres- might take place in the next two, The food and clothing were so- or three days" that might make licited in handbills distributed by | It ment." |ident by the"board of directors. appeared likely that Labor| Mr. Tanner, formerly mines him change his mind. However, 200 union members at plants of Minister Daley might once again | minister of Alberta, joined Trans- he said nothing so far has caused '15 major industries here after a offer the government's good of-/Canada as president in March, him to change his mind and if two-hour meeting with Mr. Frost!fices in an attempt to get the|1954, and was elected chairman something does not happen sooniat Queen's Park. disputants around the bargaining |last year. He will remain as a he will resubmit the resignation.| The 200 brought sleeping bags table once more. {director and will maintain his of- RT on 3g ee »fice in the company's Calgary | branch. | poration, Atlanta, Ga. |cent moon rocket e 00 y 0 on | rad:ation intensity over the poles TORONTO (CP) -- Eight hun-|and spent the .night in various Pi 6 Lines Ltd ships to travel through this area can with a decision. T ® |with a minimum amount of heavy| The cabinet must then review OTTAWA (CP) -- A d In Sixth Talks between General Motors and the United Auto Workers CLC resumed this morning, at the Royal York Hotel, amid optimis- tic hopes for an early settlement, The sixth day of the present bargaining session began as a union spokesman said the UAW is "very hopeful of a settlement in the next few days.' There are reports that both) sides have modified their posi-| [tions since the company's last| offer and the union's latest de- |mand. | General Motors' 15,000 workers at Oshawa, Windsor, Toronto, London and St. Catharines are affected. Spokesmen for both sides of the dispute have indicated there are only a few issues left to be settled PREMIER L, FROST Education For GM-UAW NEGOTIATIONS LOSE TO SETTLEMENT Talks Continue Talks have been under way steadily since mid-summer, The union has asked for am eight-cent increase for skilled tradesmen, in an effort to bring auto workers' wages more in line with those being paid in Ameri can factories. General" Motors producers in the United States signed contracts with all their workers about a month ago. General Motors of Canada has offered six cents an hour or 2% per cent, whichever is greater, in each year of a three-year agreement. The company has also offered a revised pension plan, improve. ments in supplementary unems ployment benefits and five cents extra for skilled tradesmen, All "Error" _ Frost Claims WATERLOO (CP)--It would be "a profound error" and a phys- ical and economic impossibilit, to provide university education for everyone, says Premier Frost, He was speaking here Wednes- day night Yo 30 egutators, poli cians and iness leaders from the Twin Cities and district. RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters)-- His speech came several hours| Three shiploads of supplies were after he officially opened the|De $781,000 chemistry and chemical engineering building of Waterloo College associate faculties, It is|C& the first of a string.of 19 build- ings the college hopes to eon- struct on a 200-acre campus in Waterloo's northwest sector. After outlining figures which h d an ever-x ting 1! tion in Ontario's universities, the premier asked his audience: "To whom should this educe- tion be available?" "Should it be available to all? Should it be limited by an in- dividual"s economic circum- stances? Should it be available to only those who can pass ex- tremely high academic stand- ards?" The premier said there are many arguments for and against each of these criteria. He said no one has yet established a satisfactory formula. BRAZIL DROUGHT Ravage two years of drought. tion 50,000--appealed for federal and state troops to reinforce local police as the marauders, known as Flagellantes (The Beaten Ones), sacked stores, homes and markets. HEAD FOR COAST The desperate Flagellantes were trekking toward the coast and the bigger Brazilian cities in hope of finding employment and food there. The supply ships now sailing meeting in San Antonio, Tex., last month that the radiation which surrounds the earth becomes dense at 400 to 600 miles and ex- tends into space for 20,000 miles except at the two poles. He said evidence gathered by American satellites and the re- suggests the likely will be given before the new year on the application of Canadian Pacific Airlines to com- pete with Trans-Canada Air Lines jon cross - country passenger |routes. Hearings on the application concluded before the air trans- port board Wednesday and chair- man Clarence Shepard said the board will make what haste it is low enough to permit space shielding to protect the space|this decision and instruct the travellers against radiation. |board of the course of action to Dr. Rose said no one as yet|/be taken. : knows the exact degree of radia-| CPA contends it should be li- tion which may be over the two censed now to compete with TCA poles. He suggested the best way on a number of routes between to find out would be for somelMontreal and Vancouver. Red Technicians Expected In Iraq WASHINGTON (AP) -- Soviet has agreed to accept an undeter- military technicians are expected mined number of Red experts to to arrive soon in Iraq as a follow-|train the Iraqi armed forces in up to Russian arms shipments to using Soviet tanks, jet planes, Premier Abdel Kerim Kassem's artillery and motorized equip- government, . { ment. Diplomatic officials who re-| A Soviet ship is reported to ported this: today said Kassem have unloaded sizable quantities the last few weeks in a move Finnish PM Resigns LATE NEW edging Iraq closer to the Rus- sian bloc. This Iraq-Soviet deal came in the wake of Iraq's moves to re- S FLASHES | Under USSR Pressure | HELSINKI (AP) -- Finnishbeen brought against Finland] The Reds, who have 50 seats Prime Minister August. Fager-|since Fagerholm left the Commu-|in the 200-member Parliament OTTAWA (CP)--The royal Schedule For Royal Trip Announced will set a precedent in informality, an official announcement indicated today. The tentative program announced today strict Western diplomatic con- tacts in the troubled, oil - rich Middle East nation. The revolutionary regime has closed down the United States consulate in Kirkuk, the north ern visit to Canada next summer holm resigned today. He quit|nists out of his government al- after the five- Agrarian party|though they had become the larg- members of the cabinet resigned, |est parliamentary bloc "in the taking away the coalition govern-|elections last July. ment's majority in Parliament. To pay war reparations, many have been supported in the oppo- sition by 13 dissident embers of Fagerholm's own Social Demo- cratic party. The premier's wing calls for visits to Newfoundland, Quebec and Ontario in June; British Columbia and northern areas until mid- July; Prairie and Maritime provinces until the end of July. Iraqi city 'which is the centre of Kurdish activity and also of the nation's oil . producing territory. The Kurds are non-Arab moun- Fagerholm handed his resigna- tion to President Urho Kekkonen, who asked him to stay on until a new government can be formed. Fagerholm agreed, at least for Finnish industrios" were adapted | the Social Democrats control to Russian. needs and now. lack 37 seats and has 51 allied mem- Western markets. Early last ers of small parties. month the Russians cut off some, This gives the balance of power imports from Finland and since to the 48 Agrarians under party Toronto Death Toll 117 TORONTO (CP)--Three Toronto men have died from in- juries suffered in separate traffie~ accidents, city's traffic death toll for the than on the corresponding dati have refused to receive a Finnish!leader Johannes Wirolainen. trad~ delegation, The Agrarians accused Fager- Unemployment has been in- holm of causing a deterioration creasing recently by about 6,000 ot trade and diplomatic relations a week and now stands at 65,000] with the neighboring Soviet Union out of his Agrarian colleagues. |in a nation of 4,315,000. At this/and contended that only a new RED PRES! ; time last year there were 44,000 government could improve rela- Soviet economic pressure has| jobless. (tions. the remainder of the week. Fagerholm also will take over the post of foreign minister in the inteim. Foreign Minister Jo- hannes Virolainen led the walk- Association announced today. Jan. 1. covering specifie losses. Ontario Fire Insurance Rates Hiked TORONTO (CP)--Fire insurance rates in Ontario are to be raised by 10 to 30 per cent, the Canadian Underwriters' At the same time, broad fire policies that include such perils as water and wind will be replaced by policies |tain people who make up a sixth lof Iraq's population. raising the | year to 117, This is one more e of 1957. | Also closed were the Kirkuk| |consuldtes of Britain, Turkey and |Iran. The Russians have no dip- |lomatic outpost in this area but |Sheik Mustafa Barzani, a Soviet- |trained Kurdish chieftain, re- {turned to Iraq about two months ago with government permission. He had lived in the Soviet Union The increases are effective THOUGHT FOR TODRY [beet nd aur. 222" if and flour. Meanwhile, Congress investi- ; Shakespeare asked, 'What's |gated alleged misappropriation in a name?" There's a great [of special relief funds allocated deal in it if it is advertised [to the national highway depart- often and long enough. ment and national anti-drought A FLAMES DESTROY HOMES IN wind-swept fire that roar- | Malibu Beach, Calif., turned this since he led an abortive revolt in 1946. of over the' Santa Monica | hillside home during the night mountains Wednesday near | into a vast ball of fire. It was The mayor of Cahinde--popula- 4000 Starving Citi works department to provide emergency jobs for the Flagel- lantes. The funds, which have dwin- are barren and cattle have died employed ' on government pro- from thirst and starvation in the jects and plantations. Brush Fire 'Burns Out MALIBU BEACH, Calif. (AP) A huge brush fire that ravaged the hills behind this beach colony appeared to be burning itself out [today after a furious |assault, Firemen were firmly in control of more than half of its 37-mile perimeter. 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