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st Am, 20 als in 1993, ) and Maclesn, RCN, Chaplain Generel of the Armed Forces (Roman Catholic), tron f a - Canadian THE OSHAWA TIMES, Mendey, December 29, 1958 oe CMY DA Army Day wes held this year on May 24 and while troops st home and shrosd celebrated with! Handover of the Army's North: parades and displays, the Won west Territories and Yukon Radio George 1, Pearkes, VC, Minister System to the Department of of National Defence, and a £roup| Transport was begun in April and of 45 Senators and Members of \will be completed in the next twe Parliament paid a visit to Begi-lyears, Since its inauguration by ar Army establishments st King-\the Army 35 years ago, the wides ston, Ont, spread network has played 8 mas The Canadian Army (MUA) | joy vole in the development of the came In for some reorganization|\ Canadian Northwest, during 1958, and for the first) Phe Army's communications time was given the opportunity of \iink + "hh the United summer fleld training with Regu (was Wdsted In October with the la, Army units, Civil Defencel opening of a new 30-kilowatt radio training, the Minister of Nationalliransmitter nest Ottawa, equippe Defence announced, would supple-led with an electronie memory" + ment rather than replace mili-ldevice with which sutomasticall contr Canada's Army Stays At 4 Corners Of Globe ¥ y eld dur OTTAWA, Ont, From the was reorganized into four inde: in Ottawa, took to the fi four corners of the where pendent brigade groups, in the summer Monthy Jo help (is s are working to main-| In line with the new tactical|complete the mapping of & ' tain world pesce, the Canadian concept that the brigade group is ARM" ONORED Army looked hack today on an-ithe basic. fighting formation, the ue aueen honored the Cana other year of progress and activation of a new armored reg dian Army on several occasions achievement, {ment, the 1st Fort Garry Horse|q io evear, Royal permission As the year ended Canadian at Camp Petawawa, Ont, Wkly oo granted to French-spenking| soldiers were serving In ¥urope|apnounced in. November, FRch| coi cots"or the Canadian Army the Middle Fast and the Vor|prigade group In the Regulari, "yee "their atte honors em- Eost in support of Canada's in-|Army now has an armoured regl-| eq on their colors - creasing commitments to NATO! ment in support, French, the appointment of HRH | and the United Nations, It was p for the ful 180! Princes { Colonel-in- tary. training for the Militia, andigets the multitude of nd observ: Planning for uture Also princess Margaret as Co) IO ero ofa lala u : SE as Ju duty with. the gave birth fo the Directorate, of Chief of The Princess Louise rw he added d that In the vent of blafier 'a master swileh to turned ) ) opment, which rs ( , NS, § ' Nort) ) Uniteg Nations Observer Group, Smt big and toch proved, Pada Males' wise orien Sentinel the Miia a4 pole J oughon the year many of officers and other ranks / Ld i oh there during the summer, Hides and sawisp Hise Mod ed the appointment of Colonel tle of survival in partnership with leaders complimented the ng Canadian troops Jeving Jet sa shead"' 1s the new directorale's| nance Corps, the, regular forces stationed in dian Army on ls growin contri now total some 6,500, the MIOY-\(unoiion and the battlefield as It| Battie honors for four Canadian|the country, ito world peace, But the ity with Canada's NATO brigade ments in vehicles and other enclosed spaces, Lower left-- solar furnace at the Defence Research Chemical Labora tories near Ottawa, duplicates the heat generated In an atomie explosion and is used to test a Problems involving virtually every field of science were In vestigated by Defence Re search Board persomel during 1958, Upper left - human engi: neering scientists at the De fence Research Medical Labor ment Establishment, Valear- tier, this research rocket nose cone with its instrumentation shown at the right, was launch. ed successfully to an altitude of 90 miles (o obtain upper from Buffield Experimental sta- tion, near Medicine Hat, who launched small smoke rockets to obtain a grid pattern, Lower right this site, on Gilman Glacier in the highlands near might be a decade from now Is its field of study, NEW EQUIPMENT New equipment introduced dur ing the year included prototypes of the ""Boheat", a new armoured tracked carrier featuring epeed and mobility, essential factors for survival on the atomie hattle- field, Amphiblous ns well as ar moured, the vehicle affords com plet. protection against the ther mal effects of atomic explosions and can carry troops across all types of terrain to their objec tive, Also in the field of nuclear warfare, an Army officer came up with an invention, since adopt ed as standard equipment by the Army, for a safer, more prac tical and moree conomical meth of testing the instruments used to measure radioactive fall-out and group in Furobe and with UNEF in Egypt, Others serving with truce supervisory teams in Pales- tine, Pakistan, Lebapon and In- dochina, The United Nations' announce: ment late in November that all UN observers would be with drawn from Lebanon sparked the rapid repatriation of the Cana- dian group, sll of whom were on their way home before the end of December, At home and abroad the Army embarked on a gradual but gen tral reorganization in 1968 to meet the changing concepts of war and the advent of the 'space age', NEW MISSILES As a result, the most interesting news of the year for Canadian artillerymen was the Govern ment's decision In October to the US Thé Army's plan to train young apprentice soldiers at six corps schools seross the country eon tinued to pay big dividends dur. ing 1056, As the year ended, some #30 boys between the ages of 16-14 were being given academic and military training under (he plan while another 990 apprentices had completed thelr training and begun careers in the WRegular Army, Since the plan was slarted in 1052 a total of 2,484 boys have heen enrolled, Nineteen fifty-eight also saw the first major step in the unifies tion of the armed forces, when| hoth the medical and chaplain services of the Army, Navy and Air Force were reorganized under single heads, COMBINED SERVICES Brig, Kenneth A, Hunter was named to command the new com: hined medical services as Bu { oops liked best the remark pass ed hy 14 Gen, E, L, M, Burns, Commander of the United Na tions Emergency Force, Speaking to a group of Cans dian soldiers who were returning' home after a tour of duty in Kgypt, General Burns said; "You are soldiers not only of Canads hut of the world," Army regiments for service In Korea were announced in March, Units honored were Lord Strath. cona's Horse (Royal Canadians), The Royal Canadian Regiment, Light Infantry and Le Royal 22e Regiment, Several other regi ments were granted battle honors for service in the Becond World War, Canadian troops who had served in the Middle Yast with the United Nations Emergency Force were awarded a United Na- tions service medal, Peaked forage caps were intro: duced throughout the Regular Army replacing the familiar berets, Specially whitened waist belts, rifle slings and bayonet carriers became standard equip ment for troops participating In guards of honor and other mill tary ceremonies, The Army played its part In -------------- HOPEFUL REQUEST GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta, (cp) When county secretary Russ Bowen missed a recent council meeting to go moose hunting, councillors agreed to overlook his lapse on condition he supply, 100 pounds of moose meat to each, 'SUBSCRIBERS THE, TIMES | BOWMANVILLE FOR MISSED PAPERS AND POWMANVILLE'S FINEST TAX! $ERVICE PHONE STEVEN'S TAXI MA 3.5822 1 1t you have not received your Times phone your sorrier boy first, If you are unable te sone tact him by 7100 p.m, TELEPHONE STEVEN'S TAXI Calle Accepted Between 7 «7130 p.m, Only equip the Army with | "Lacrosse surface - to » surface guided missile, The announce: ment sald the Army would re Lake Hazen in Ellesmere Is. land, was used as a sub-hase during Canada's 1GY northern expedition which was led by a DRE glaciologist atmospheric infra - red data Upper right shock wave measurements were obtained during the west coast Rpiple | Rock explosion by scientists several 1068 rescue operations, When disaster struck at Bpring-| hill, N.B., 100 personnel were rushed to the scene with plasma and other needed supplies, re wide variety of fabrics for | their protective characteristics Centre designed and con structed at the Canadian Arm- ament Research and Develop geon Genernl, Brig, John W Forth was named Chaplain Gen contamination, Vor designing the Gilbert calibrator which is] now being studied hy the United ceive a battery of four Inunchers| Mates and Britain wo ATi y re 0 3 J 5 i prt, #8, and associated fie sontrol mulb-lp,, Ont, a member of the|maining on duty until the rescue ing a Tripartite Conference held| assigned to the 4th Canadian In [Royal Canadian Electrical and|work had heen completed, Phe annually by the three countries, fantry Brigade in Germany while|Mechanieal Engineers, wa 8\Army also played a major role re 50 defence scien. the other half will be located in|awarded $1,760, the largest single in saving Whitehorse from de. More than 830 defence selen 1) d {sum ever granted hy the publie|struetion when forest fires ringed Hote and Servi $ " hnleat oll aca. the year 126 officers| service of Canada under helthe Yukon centre in June, On an ° PY PY cers from Canada, the u K, and 0) in of the Royal Canadian | Buggestion Award Plan Initiated other occasion troops went to the the U8, heard 80 scientific and) ' 'y Teo "tr [in 1052 (ald of farmers In the Sheffield [technical papers during the|Artillery received training on 4 3p jek ¥ | oC < \Board's Tenth Annual Sympo [guided missiles at the U.S, Army| The first full-scale field use of Burton area of New Brunswic [sium held in Ottawa early in De. Guided Missile Centres at Fort|a tellurometer, a battery-powered wien Rondwalers " the Rata With the successful November relating to infra-red radiation and the plastie are painted hlaek, The cember, Emphasis was on oper (81, Oklahoma and Fort Bliss, |"echo" timing instrument that) 0 4 River ing ned their m | hing of two rocket nose propagation were relayed to alunits are placed al varying ational research activities, Guest|/Texas, To date, more than 800 accurately and precisely mea-|rooned livesto aunehing 4 developed by|base station by advanced tele. [YANEes from the site of the plan-| coc ue was Bir Owen Wans.| Canadian gunners have received sures the distance between two| Lt.Gen, Howard D, Graham, Sunes Jui a as ; Re.| YE techniques ned or expected blast and heal brough Tones Chief 8 ientist guided missile training In the|points, was made in the far north| CRE, DSO, ED, CD, retired as the Canadian Armamen al [mitering toch iss part of the|from the explosions melts the Ministry of Supply : "United States Just summer by Army Engineers|Chief of the General Btaff August| search and Developmen v utah hh aimed at establishing | painted plastic, Measurements of' ; | The 1st Canadian Infantry Di-| surveying 60,000 square miles of (41 and was succeeded hy Lt. Gen,| lishment _(CARDE). 3 S| A is o ' i Ditles of using infra rod ie angle and size of the scarred| Af of the Board's vision, the only peacetime divi-lunmapped tundra east of the|8, Findlay Clark, CBE, CD, Gen-| Her, ihe Defence Riwenre 1958. tc the possi) for the detection of Area provide the location and staff fotalled 2723, a slight Ine gion in Canadian military history, |Gireat Slave Lake, Several other|eral Graham, 59, had completed | opened he Sook ath mn high Herat and missiles and [Strength of the explosion crease over the total of the pre-|ceased to exist an an active unit military survey parties, all from|38 years of service, General| Can a, . Rad investigations of back:| The device promises usefulness vious year, last January, and the field force'the Army Survey Establishment Clark, 49, began his military The nose cones launched with ground effects due to absorption | both to Service field Lommand-|- US. » loaned rockets at F or t|of infra-red radiation by the vari lore, aa hg as to ivi | olan o\ Churchill were designed to detect|ous layers of the atmosphere, |authorities in assessing contami.| p 3 p | and measure theoretically pre:|coMMUNICATIONS WING nated areas and likely damage | atories, Downsview, Ont, em ploy Canadian Army lest sub: jects to measure the space needed by service personnel in determining seating require Defence Research FOR MISSED PAPERS IN AJAX It you have not received your Times by 7 pom, call AJAX TAXI PHONE AJAX 333 All sells must be placed before 30 p.m, November dicted infra-red radiation in the new Communications - WING night airglow, This data had not |, DRTE was opened Nov, 28 to previously heen confirma i Ye. facilitate increased radio propa | perimental means. The dg gation Investigations relative to| lated to investigations on ation (urgent radar telecommunications | od Telistion Mo Mubog he problems, The wing was estab: | w Board's ballistic missile defence program |posed by Canada's unique geo- The rocket program announced | g.aohical position relative to the in 37 moved Jue ugh seat nls auroral none, nd to the earth's r with the firin ) agnetie field, PARDE + designed rocket motors pT is progressing at in the establishment's static test|y "prince Albert Radar Labora fd win 1 mate, werk ory PAT did BFE "ine ameter roc Ines | which 1s being equippe wil als ve tested statically. The! the largent olidore in the scientists expec 4 western world Jee ® re Year, the wil fre the first Cana | search will he studies of the Au an - developed research rockels y pg horealis and its effect upon as a means of obtaining seientific Rb propagation in the Cana. data about the upper atmosphere| ian north and to test their solid propel: The program Is associated with lants' developments |Canada's contribution to the de With the co-pperation of its sis: velopment of a ballistic missile ter establishment, the Defence|defence and will divecied by Research Telecommundeations DRTE scientists, They will eo Establishment (DRITE), at Otta:|laborate closely with Mgsela Lah wa, CARDE stepped up research oratory staff of the Massachu activities aimed at contributing setts Institute of Technology to ballistie missile defence which is representing USAF in. |terests in the joint Canada-U.8.A MISSILE PROGRAM | studies In support of the Board's antl A unique and powerful intercontinental ballistle missile analysis facility centred about a program, simulated ICBM: nose [computing device, the fivst to be cones 'of varying sizes were installed in the Atlantie prov launched through near-vacua at|inces, was established at the accelerations approaching 15,000 Naval Research Establishment miles an hour in the CARDE gas| (NRE), at Dartmouth, N.8,, last gun, The experiments were com {April. The installation of numer ducted in a laboratory gas gun|ous naval research problems so-called because the simulated These involve the collection and nose cones receive their propul-|analysis of vast amounts of scien sion from exploding mixtures of [tific information obtained from oxygen and hydrogen gases laboratory and at-sea investiga. tudies were aimed at|tions de portions of the tra.| Defence Research Chemical jectories of incoming ICBM's and| Laboratories' scientists at Shirley complex measurements were Bay near Ottawa have perfected made possible through engineer: |an inexpensive, reliable instru. Ing instrumentation techniques ment called a thermal detector developed by DRTE micro-wave|to determine the size and loca. specialists, tion of Blone and Mucieat, explo sions. The device is effective ut. 4s being farimiated t0) rary ranges of one to ahout 100 laboratory to per | Miles, depending on the size of gun outside the la Silly [the blast, and its usefulness was il RL Measurements of demonstrated during UK, nu their behavior "will prov ide Te clear trials, sults much closer to realism | THERMAL DETECTOR The first of a series of 126 foot | The Instrument comprises diameter balloons, designed to removable column of polystyrene carry large instrument loads to|foam plastic in a foot-high metal heights of 100,000 feet, w a s|canister which is perforated with launched at CARDE in mid. holes about the size of a ten.cenl Mareh Valuable informaion piece at each compass point, Be about unper atmospheric charac-|neath the openings, carefully teristics, and particularly those! measured concave depressions In MERRY MENAGERIE | probing of special - difficulties) ©1088 Walt Disney Productions World Rights Reserved 12.29 "Poor Sam's sure got the shakes this morning!" data following nuclear explosions The same establishment initiat ed detailed laboratory studies of the radiation effects of atomic explosions following the installa tion in October of a Van de Graaf accelerator, This large research lished to extend and intensify the facility accelerates charged par ticles which produce neutrons on striking a target In the lab atory, In the explosion of tactical atomic weapons, neutrons would have effects equally as serious as those of deadly gamma rays which can also be produced by the accelerator for research pur poses, Long - range objective of the studies, which faellitate invest gations of the blological effects the search for an antidote to counteract the chemical effects of radiation on the hody and to afford some protection to the Canadian soldier on the battle (field and to civil defence work ers OPERATION "HAZEN" Operation Hazen, an Inter national Geohpysical Year exped ition to the Lake Hazen area of northern Ellesmere Island begun in 1067 and led hy a DRE scien tist, was completed last August This scientific "assault" on one of Canada's northernmost areas will provide new information from a previously unknown area of Canada Led by Dr, Geoffrey Hatters ley « Smith, internationally known DRB glaclologist, parties varying In alge from one to 18 carried out geological, geophysical, meteoro logical and glaciologieal surveys in the Lake Hazen area during three phases of the operation dur ing the 1067-68 period Selsmie soundings were carried out to determine the depth of the lcecap north of Lake Hazen, A mass of meteorological, g'acio logical and other observations made In the same locality and at the lakeside base camp already have provided valuable climatol oglcal information, Glacier move ment and thickness were studied and lce thicknesses on the lake were recorded for a complete 12 month period, Detailed biological and archaeological investigations were undertaken in the vicinity of the lake for the first time All the data obtained from the expeditions three phases are now being analyred, RCAF transport played an im. portant and exacting role in transporting scientists and their supplies to the base camp and to the sub.camp on Gilman Gla cler in the highlands north of Lake Hazen TWO NEW MEMBERS Two new Members of the De fence Research Board were ap pointed in 1958 and a third was re-appointed for a further term Dr, Pierre R the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, University of Ottawa, and Dr. G. 8S. Field? the Board's Chief Scientist, were named Roard Members, Dr H *G Thode, Principal of Hamilton College, McMaster University was re-appointed to serve for second term Members of the staff were ac tive in a variety of setentifie con ferences, some of which were held + Canada. Dr, J. EE. Key ston, Vice Chalrman, headed a group of Board scientists who at tended the Commonwealth Ad visory Committee on Defence Science sessions held in Australia in October Chemical, blological and radio logical defence programs discussed at Suffield Experiment al Station hy scientists from the were Board, the U.S and the U.K. dur | ¢ 4 | | hereby certify that the manufacturers, Ts ) h. ) Ld FLY it | = HE! | Gendron, Dean of | Gor Based on the application of sound and accepted actuarial methods to the actual experience as measured by registrations of 12,035,826 trucks In the United States, we Trucks Is greater than that of trucks made by North America's four other leading truck WOLFE, CORCORAN AND LINDER Life Insurance Actuaries Ford Trucks last longer: 12,035,826 TRUCKS PROVE IT! Por the 1 3th straight yeer life insurance experts have found that Ford T' outlast those made by North America's four other leading truck manufact Since greater durability means a truck investment per year , , , ph maintenance and outstanding de ability , , , life expectancy of Ford Here's how these studies were Wolfe, Corcoran and Linder, a firm of life insurance actuaries, st registrations of all trucks made bh five leading truck manufacturers and registered in the United States expectancy tables in exactly the way that they prepare human expectancy tables, Fvery time, Trucks showed a longer life expect And the latest results are based o experience of 12,035,826 trucks, New York, N.Y, Ford doesn't rest on Its record In 1969 you'll find Ford Trucks that Aral \ Wr wr "59 Styleside Pickup huskier than ever! PD WARD FOR SHUNES! sixorvé FORD TRUCKS COST LESS LESS TO OWN SEE LESS TO RUN... LAST LONGER, YOUR FORD TRUCK DEALER Too! these independent studies are important to every truck buyer, 1020, Then they prepared truck life. are tougher than ever, There's an bven huskier build on the medium and heavy duty models, Fifty-percent stronger parking brakes, too, New transmissions for many models, Longer lasting up- holstery, Engine refinements, In fact, greater durability and economy is built into every model, What about Ford's Extra Heavies? Although these models have only beén on the market since early 10468, théy have already demonstrated un. usual toughness and economy, Compo- nents and trucks were tested for thousands of hours in laboratories and on test tracks, Before any Extra Heavies went on sale, prototypes even served for months in selected fleets proving their dependability and cost cutting ways on all kinds of joba, This kind of thorough testing didn't stop with their public introduction, either, For example, every single engine for a Ford Extra Heavy ia run, partially disassembled, then run again--and tested all the while~hefore it is ok'd rucks for sale, What about total costs? With trucks that last longer you ean expect lower ownership costa per year, Less maintenance and downtime, High trade-in value, But what about other cost factors? Price, Ford's increased selection of engines, axles, transmissions and other components lets you have a truck tailored precisaly te your job---at a low Ford price. And the selection includes conventional and tilt cab modela==up to 86,000 Iba, GVW, 66,000 Iba, GOW, And tandems up to 61,000 We, GVW, 76,000 lbs, GCW, Fuel consumption, Ford makes a truck Six, as well as V.8's, with a stroke that's shorter than the bore diameter, Result: leas piston travel per mile , , , leas gan-wasting friction! The trucks that last longer are ine deed the ones with the lowest total coats, And they are Ford Trucks! urers! lower 15 lens pend. done noted udied y the since same life- Ford any, n the Sa r= a 4 39 F-1100. hyskier than over, ,, like every '89 Ford Truck model! 200 DUNDAS ST, PHONE MO 8.3331 FOR OSHAWA & WHITBY, DISTRICTS SEAWAY MOTORS W., WHITBY OSHAWA PHONE RA 3.4683 FOR BOWMANVILLE & NEWCASTLE DISTRICTS CARVETH MOTORS NEWCASTLE, ONT. PHONE 3261