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THOUGHT FOR TODAY The reason so many people know so little about money is that they don't keep it long enough to become acquainted with it. dhe Osha Sones WEATHER REPORT Clearing by evening, Wednes- day cloudy with snow, becoming milder, winds east. Price Not Over Vol. 89--No. 32 10 Cents Per Copy OSHAWA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1960 Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottaws SIXTEEN PAGES PICKERING DEATH COLLISION | Father Of 2 Slain, Police Quiz Hostess OAKVILLE (CP)--Ernest Bes- 4 4 i |sette, 37, visiting with his wife Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cussion here, was shot to death today with a .32-calibre revolver. Bassette, a resident of the Tor- "QUESTIONABLE and two children at the home of "SPILLED MUSHROOM LOAD BOOK DISCARDED PORT CREDIT (CP) -- South Peel high school li- brary has discarded a book on the life and wives of Henry VIII because of objec- tions from a parent. Mrs. Janet VanEvery, chairman of the academic committee, said committee members had no objection to the -book's removal. She said the book was approved by the provincial education depart- ment: Trustee Joan Caldwell said the book was probably "his- torically accurate but morally questionable." onto suburb of North York, was shot in the heart. His family and the Cussions had come from Tor- onto earlier Monday evening fol- lowing the Cussions' weekend visit at the Bessette home. Mrs. Cussion, about 30, was |being questioned by police. sitting around talking in the liv- ing room of the expensive ranch- stvle bungalow near this town midway between Toronto and Hamilton when Bessette left the room. A few minutes later a shot was fired. Bessette collapsed in the hall- way near the living room door in front of his family. | Mr. Cussion, an insurance in- |spector, ran next door and called |police. The Cussions have two |sons. Police said the families were | TOLL BRIDGE PROBE UTCOME AWAITED RCMP Swoop On Ex-Collectors OTTAWA (CP)--The Commons, railway committee today post-| poned indefinitely an inquiry into| tolt collections on Montreal's Jacques Cartier and Victoria Bridges because of developments in an RCMP investigation into al- leged irregularities, The Commons last week had directed the committee to investi- |gate the matter as a sequel to |disclosure that toll collection on {the Jacques Cartier Bridge had {jumped sharply: after a manual {operation - was replaced by an |automatic system last year. The committee's action today followed weekend raids in the Under questioning, Mr. Hees said he understands the RCMP investigation concerns toll collec tions only on the Jacques Cartier Bridge, operated by the National Harbors Board on behalf of the federal, Quebec and Montreal governments, SHOW INCREASE Latest Jacques Cartier figures, it was learned today, show Janu- ary revenue of $206,000 compared with $130,000 for January of last year, before the automatic sys- tem was installed. During today's short committee session, Mr, Hees said he had no Montreal area by the RCMP on|idea the RCMP had raids in mind the homes of present and former | When he proposed his inquiry me- bridge toll collectors. tion in the House last week. Police seized documents relat-| "I was surprised as anyone," ing to income tax returns, prop- he said when Grant Campbell erty holdings and other assets. |(PC -- Stormont) expressed sur- Lionel Chevrier (L -- Montreal- prise that the RCMP should Laurier), former transport min- have acted just as the committee ister, today proposed postpone-'was about to begin. 'HERTER WORRIED Russia Secretary Christian Herter ap- I na 4 y mr WASHINGTON (AP) -- Stae parently is less optimistic than May Get Tougher | terpret 'the statements that have been made since that time." Herter declined to discuss the| ) Le HEAD HELD HIGH Aldoon Countess Candy holds ¢ Kennel Club show in Madison her head high to support a blue | Square Garden, New York ribbon after taking best of breed honors for silky terriers in the 84th annual Westminster W. G. Lehnig of Jeffersonville, Ind. § |a possibility that evidence may be City. The countess is owned by |inquiry ~AP Wirephoto 'trial should arrests be made. ment of the committee probe, and Transport Minister Hees agreed with him. MAY BE CHARGES | "In view of the fact that the in- | vestigation by the RCMP has now |reached the stage where there is |produced which would warrant |the laying of riminal charges, I believe that the proceedings of this committee should be post- poned until the outcome of the in- vestigations by the RCMP are known." Mr, Hees said. Mr. Chevrier said that the com- mittee should not proceed with an paralleling the RCMP in- vestigation lest it prejudice a fair MONTREAL (CP) -- The Star says information from extremely reliable sources indicates that some bridge toll collectors in the Montreal area were able to pocket from $50 to $700 a day be fore automatie collectors were in- stalled: The newspaper also says there have been reports that bridge tokens now in use have been sold at points near the bridge for as little as one cent each at the rate of 1,000 for $10. The regular price of the tokens is $4.00 for a pack- age of 50. : MONTREAL (CP)--The RCMP night was learned today. The raids were reported from as far away as Treis-Rivieres, 90 miles northeast of Montreal, and were understood to involve homes in the Laurentians and the St, he was a few months ago about|extent of any missile gap, but! avoiding a new showdown with|said "it is possible that the So-| Russia over Berlin. viets feel that their increased! But the American foreigh min- strength from a military point of Crash Kills 2 |20-Member New Royal Name view . . . has given them greater In Pickering PICKERING (Staff)--A head-the wreckage of their car, on collision between a panel{total wreck. ister doubts that Nikita Khrush-| assurance in what they are say- Johns, Que., area. Probe Into chev will confront the Western | s i 3 h : . :.|ing in the international field." powers with an ultimatum in this | He qualified this by saying he in Paris in May. He foresees the need for further |negotiations, and perhaps a sec- ond summit conference to settle the dispute. Uranium OTTAWA (CP)--The bleak fu- ture facing Canadian uranium War) truck and a car took two lives No WITNESSES and critically injured a third] There were no eye-witnesses man at the intersection of Brock|to the tragedy. The collision oc- : |curred just below the brow of a Road, Pickering and the 3rd); irly steep hill. A curve ap- Concession, at 5.45 p.m. Monday.u oaches the hill. Weather condi- producers and controversy over Canada's approach to economic |electric power from atomic en- ergy will be investigated this session by a select committee of the Commons. PRESS CONFERENCE Herter's views of the critical Berlin dispute came out Monday in the press conference at which he also: dispute in the summit conference| talking about a Soviet com cept of defensive capacity--not of |ability to attack the U.S. His carefully guarded language clearly reflected a view held many diplomatic authorities here {lation to that of the U.S., Khrush- | that as Soviet power grows in re- {lation to that of the U.S., Khrush- {chev may be expected to become {more and more insistent on what he wants from others, LONDON (CP) -- Britain plunged into heated controversy today over the Queen's decision to link her husband's name with that of her own for future gener- ations of the Royal Family. Within a few days of expecting her third child, the 33-year-old monarch decreed that her de- scendants not in direct line for Hot Issue In UK. The announcement was "'omri- ous" and its timing "'controver- sial," the newspaper 'asserts. "Is the decision prudent? If it is prudent, is it necessary? If it |is necessary, is it well timed?" Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Ex- press also has said recently that any move toward Mountbatten as a royal name was "unthinkable." They followed 25 raids Monday in the immediate Montreal area. The raiding parties were re The truck driver, Kenneth Ro-|tions were bad, a slight drizzle of A notice of motion on today's man, 51, of 220 Rosedale drive, |rain was falling. 4 _ |House order paper proposes the Whitby, was dead when he was| The two youths were first taken establishment of a 20-member olf £ the cab of his truck [to the Ajax Hospital where they| committee to study the operations pri rom the ... |were given first aid. of the federal government's three A load of mushrooms had shift-| genneth Roman, father of five main research institutions. | ed forward on impact and he|cpilqren, was an employee of The committee will consider was crushed. the Dominion Mushroom Farm, the policy, operations and ex- Dead on arrival at the Scar-!5th concession. penditures of Eldorado Mining borough General Hospital was Glen Carter was the son of and Refining Limited, Atomic Glen Allan Carter, 19, of Brough-|Mrs, Frank Carter. His father Energy of Canada Limited and am, Ontario. His pas:zenger, Rob-|died about three months ago the National Research Council. ert Arthur Barton, 19, of Clare-| Robert Barton is the only child! The Eldorado company is the mont, is in critical condition. The of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barton, |federal agency which mines, buys two. youths were also pried from|Claremont,. land markets Canadiar uranium. Rains And Snow Slam California 1. Discussed the possibility that| Khrushchev may be building a! tougher, more aggressive foreign| policy on Russia's growing power Reformatory Terms in nuclear missiles. 2. Conceded achievements in space have made] BELLEVILLE (CP) -- Royal a greater impact on world opi- Rene Lacroix, 32, and Barbara nion than those of the United Parsons. 20, both of Ottawa were States, increasing Soviet prestige each sentenced Monday to two as a scientific and military years in reformatory after plead- power. |ing guilty last week to charges Herter was reminded at the Of cheque forgery. conference that last November he| The two were arrested along had said that the Russians had With four others Jan. 15 when po- come a long way on the Berlin|lice raided a motel at Brighton issue since November, 1958, At/and a hotel at Oshawa. that time they threatened to try] Mariana Thivierage, 21, Mar- to squeeze the Western powers/¢€l Bethiaume, Arthur Thomas out of the city unless West Ber-|Hill, 25. and Patrick O'Hearn, 21, lin was made a "free city" in/Dave pleaded not guilty to six months. {charges of conspiracy. mat soviet F OF Cheque Forgery | the throne will be known as| Mountbatten-Windsors. | In this way she coupled Prince Philip's surname to that of Bri- tain's royal house of Windsor. But because of her decision Today the Conservative paper |Daily Mail takes a defending view: "If this is a sentimental de- cision it arises from the best kind of sentiment--that of a united and loving family life. "It is in this knowledge that the Queen's people will receive her decision and join with it the affectionate hope that all will be well with her when she becomes a mother for the third tinfe." At the palace, a spokesman Monday said the Queen's decision was "'very close to her heart." "The Queen gets her wish," says a huge headline in today's Daily Telegraph, another Con- servative paper. ported to have seized documents relating to the financial situation of the men concerned. Among the material taken, it was under. stood, were bank books, bank statements and property docu- ments. The raids involved the homes of both present and former employ- ees of the National Harbors Board who worked on Jacques Cartier Bridge as toll collectors. The bridge is operated by the board on behalf of the Ottawa, Quebee and Montreal govern ments. that only those of her direct de- scendants who are not princes or princesses will bear the new name, it is unlikely to be used for some 40 to 50 years--by her great-grandchildren, PRESS CRITICIZES The Buckingham Palace an-| nouncement prompted an imme-| TOUGHER POSITION He was asked whether he felt that recent statements by the So- | Huntsvill SAN FRANCISCO (AP)--Howl-, Although there was no major|were visible above the torrent ing winds slammed sheets of damage in San Francisco, brief|that flooded one town. rain or snow across northern Cal- power failures occurred in vari-| Although rivers were near flood | fornia Monday, killing at least ous sections.® !stage, there were no imminent! three persons and forcing 1000) The Eel River canyon, 350 threats to levees. | Another storm was reported on|was hardest hit by the storms. viet premier on the Berlin issue meant that his position had be- come '"'tougher" since his Sep- tember talks with President Eisenhower at Camp David, "Yes," Herter replied, "I think that is the only way ome can in- PARRY SOUND (CP)--The ex- ecution of Marvin McKee, 20, the way today. More than 750 residents left sev- In the Sierra Nevada, a storm eral tiny lumber and resort com- disrupted preparations for the munities and fled to higher Winter Olympics at Squaw Val-|ground. others from their homes. miles north of San Francisco, tearly today was "quiet, efficient and quick," Sheriff Stephen EI- liott of Bracebridge reported afterwards. S FLASHES ley, Calif,, 200 miles east of here., The Red Cross declared an The storm flooded highways, emergency disaster area in one knocked over power lines, ripped 30.mile sector. Only the roofieps trees from the ground, closed - | rural schools, and left six to seven feet of water in canyon lumber towns which had been badly damaged during the 1955 California-Oregon flood that killed palities have been received this Minister Warrender said toda: Lindsay Boy Found sor, Kitchener, Kingston and No Applications For Metro System TORONTO (CP) -- No formal applicatt the metropolitan system of government, menting on reports that Hamilton, Oshawa, Sudbury, McKee, convicted of the mur- der of Huntsville taxi ~ driver Bruce Spiers, 22, dropped through the trapdoor of the gallows at 12:07 a.m. He was pronounced dead 11 minutes later by jail surgeon Dr- A. J. L. Wright, Reports from the jail said Mc- Kee went to his death quietly and fom munici- year for legislation to blish Municipal Affairs Warrender was /com- ind- possibly Cornwall would ask y. Mr, Hanged ° 61 persons. GUARD THREE TOWNS National guard militiamen were ordered to three towns in the northwest corner of the states to prevent looting CITY EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS 'Dead In Icy River LINDSAY (CP)--The body of a three-year-old boy was found in {the Scugog River Monday and po- lice began dragging for the body of a four-year-old companion also feared drowned, | A neighbor spotted Peter Wil- |son, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Wil- |son, caught by his scarf on a piece of jagged ice at the edge |of the swift stream. He was dead POL'CE RA 5-1133 FIRE DEPT. RA 5-6574 HOSPITAL RA 38-2211 \when police and firemen pulled him free. Missing is Derrick Hinton, son| of Mr. and Mrs. Doug Hinton, who had heen playing with the Wilson boy. this session for legislation to form either a federation or amalgamation system of government. All the municipalities have experienced problems of growth the last few years, Some have already annexed land. Railway Clerks Beat Teamsters OTTAWA (CP) -- Frank H. Hall's railway clerks have beaten the big Teamster's union in their first jurisdictional clash before the Canada Labor Relations Board, it was learned today. | Ottawa Ex-Mayor Satisfactory | OTTAWA (CP) -- Charlotte Whitton was reported in sat- isfactory condition today in hospital after undergoing an em- ergency abdominal operation Monday night. The 63-year-old former Ottawa mayor took ill suddenly Monday. Nature of her allment has not been revealed. confessed to his crime shortly be- fore he died. EYES GO TO BANK | When told Monday that the fed- |eral cabinet would not commute his sentence, McKee willed his eyes to the Eye Bank of Canada and asked to be buried in the jail yard as a reminder and de- terrent to other boys who choose to live carelessly. Jail officials said both Me- Kee's wishes would be carried out Rev. Gordon McElhose of the Pentecostae Church, who stayed with the youth during his last] diate editorial blast from one of Britain's most widely read na- tional newspapers. "The Queen's decision," says the tabloid Daily Mirror, "willl not be applauded by the British public." Quietly' Yours, said McKee took the news calmly when told the cabmet would not interfere with the ex- ecution. The minister Said the youth had made the request to be buried in the prison yard '"'with frankness and sincerity." He said McKee had told him he had no unkind thoughts or feelings against anybody. RECEIVED COMMUNION Mr. McElhose said 'he gave communion to the youth Monday morning and McKee had em- braced the Christian faith. McKee was the first" person under 21 to be executed in Can- ada since 1947 and the eighth| person to be hanged since the Progressive , Conservative gov- ernment came to power in June, 1957. Since then the government) has SOE. 0 be imprison- ment 32 other death sentences. McKee was convicted of the RUSSIAN murder Nov. 7 at Bracebridge. Spiers' body and that of his part-| The effect of Anastas Miko- | ner, 29-year-old Francis Grosso,| yan's charm shows clearly in | {were found in a gravel pit near| the faces of Cuba's top revolu- {Huntsville 11 days after the men tionary leaders at a reception |had disappeared. Both men had in Havana. At top, Mikoyan ex- been shot through the head. lehanges pleasantries with | pr fo ENVOY DISPLAYS Prime Minister Fidel Castro and Education Minister Arman- | do Hart (centre). Below, Soviet Deputy Premier receives a hearty handshake from Major Ernesto Guevara, leftwing boss CHARM of the Cuban National Bank. Locking on is Mrs. Osvaldo Dorticos, wife of the Cuban president. ~AP Wirephote