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Wiss F Tires On Nine New Trucks Slashed At Whitby: P. 9 THOUGHT FOR TODAY Among those things that money can't buy is what it used to. She Oshawa Times WEATHER REPORT Snowflurries this evening or tonight, cloudy with snow Sun- day and a little milder. VOL. 90---NO: 287 Price Not "Over 10 Cents Per Copy OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1961 Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottewo and for payment of Postage in 'ash, TWENTY PAGES ¥ COOL An estimated 8,000 workers | with picket lines, The walk-off in the General Motors south plant here Friday walked off their jobs and sur- rounded the plant property morning Premier hand TORONTO (CP) Robarts will reveal his Monday in an effort to regain| any ground lost when Liberal Leeder Wintermeyer flashed his cards inthe legislature dur- ing the last 10 days. Mr. Wintermeyer played to win -- revealing names of per- sons and social clubs he linkedjindicated this might mean the |{ario's with the spread of organized) crime in Ontario in his reply} to the throne speech Nov. 29. He repeated his charges out- side the legislature's immunity Thursday in spite of threats he Khrushchev Back / tirtrerince ee eter ced acege trom i J Rattling Rockets MOSCOW (Reuters) -- Soviet Premier Khrushchev today warned the West that Russia has superbombs bigger than 100 megatons poised to fall "'like the sword of Damocles." And "'you can put that in your pipe and smoke he de- clared The Soviet premier made bomb claim twice during a fiery speech to trade union leaders that touched on the Berlin crisis and »ther major East-West is- sues Referring to President Ken nedy's proposals on Berlin in a recent Izvestia interview, Khrushchev said it was unreal- istic to suggest West Berlin should become part of West Germany linked by a corridor. He said under the proposals Russia's role would be reduced to that of a "traffic controller." On nuclear testing, he said the Robarts To Uncover Crime Plans Monday an expectant House he would state on Monday "the govern- ment's position matters justice." MARATHON Cause Probed HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)--!a billow of flame came down Fire burst out of a ninth floor|from the ceiling 'like a blow- trash chute at Hartford Hospital| .torch."' Friday, flashed down a corridor' Thick smoke and a muffled with blowtorch fury and killed'e x plosion accompanied the 15 persons. blast of flame that spouted from More than 100 other persons | the trash chute at the ninth were trapped in hospital rooms floor screamed for help as the fire transformed once Patients . gleaming corridors into cherredteeth their windows. Rescuers NIGHTS FOR PICKETING debris, _ : fought through smoke and fire LS Six patients, five -wisflors andjas they carried helpless pa- | Local 222 members take four hospital staff .membersitients to safety down stairs or | time out from their picket |were among:the dead. Two of | by a few elevators still work- duties to warm cold hands |the visitors had been to see their|ing. over an open bonfire near jhusbands. There were 793 pa- one of the south plant gates. |tients in the hospital patients to prevent panic --Oshawa Times Photo | jn immediate investigation|spite choking smoke and i Se and hearing put witness after|proaching flames. peseines sscine of them still di- Rescuers evacuated all: pa- sheveled and soot-marked -- be- tients from the eighth floor up fore fire officials in an effort to j, the $10,000,000, 13-sterey hos- find the cause pital that was built 13 years But the cause was still notiasq and was regarded as_al- clear Perhaps a lighted cigar- most fireproof. ette, said one hospital official.| Perhaps some kind of escaped gas, said another. ... | The formal interrogation ses- would be sued for $1,000,000 if|fall session has been set for Fri-| io, jasted for six hours and he did. day, and, to meet the deadline, was recessed until after today Friday, Premier Robarts told)Mr. Robarts announced there) ick ALONG CEILING would be night sittings of the| One doctor said flames raced) tf 7 } in velnon to na next Tuesday and Thurs. along the ceiling. Another said! administration of @4Y- ; Plans for a three-man police Observers at Queen's Park| commission to supervise On- at Cm : law, enforcement have sue in the United Nations for an- y haa poe sate ths ctat been announced, but no action other year ne : ; s been taken as yet in the i ' pe 'i of organized crime in the $e0r ert dorees . DAR es SALAAM (Reuters) Prise Alf +s Pines 'nce -- just what Mr. Winter-) ~°. ae ? Prince Philip, husband of Queen A airman © ai 'h oer oS meyer has been demanding. oe the fall Sesion began Flizabeth. today handed over rm --. in a ap / ~~ Target for adjournment of the Nov. 22, Attorney-General Rob- constitutional instruments for- declared once more that a solu - _ ------____-- ----jerts has been under constant/mally ending British rule as ion should not be made at the attack from opposition quarters! Taneanyika became the 29th in- -- of the Formosan peo- ple was termea 'a spontaneous reaction" by a union spokes- man. Picketing continuing on a 24-hour basis.. Above, their de- ap- Nurses remained with is (We GINA Lollo- son, he Canada Backs U.S. Position On Red China * UNITED NATIONS (CP)-- Tanganyika Marks Canada has plumped for post- ponement of the Red China is- Independence Day Gina up her Jr., 4, Italian actress brigida holds Milko Skofic as of ELISABETHVILLE Tor- rential rains today slowed the fighting between United Nations and Katanga forces giving Elis- abethville the quietest spell since the. battle began five days ago on the outskirts of this capi- tal of Katanga, secessionist province of The Congo (At Leopoldvill the United Nations said UN Swedish jets had knocked out the powerful government controlled Ka- tanga radio Friday, The UN an- nouncemen' said Swedish {ground troops dispersed a large Peaemageie of Katangan gen- Brooks avoided mention in After the Wintermeyer speech the Queen which he delivered his speech of the Nationalist the premier promised 'to con- when he handed over the instru- Chinese and their chief, Presi- duct a personal investigation ments to Prime Minister Julius dent Chiang Kai-shek, but an- into the Liberal Leader's Nyerere in a ceremony at the nounced support of a United 'charges national stadium here States resolution asking the as- He said the Queen was confi-;sembly to say that the question was darmes around the Elisabeth- |ville transmitter (George Ivan Smith, a senior onslaught AN greeted her-.on her arrival at | a | Fiumicino airport. at Rome, Rain Slowing Katanga Fight Canadian Drug Case Witnesses Grow Shy NEW YORK (CP)--A number arrest of Vito Agueci, 41, of --o Prde Pnay ey had' Rocco Scopellitti, 26, "ogee a gers promised to. testify for the pros- .,. . guilty in a state court when ecution in the trial of 11 paid May 24 in their Toronto homes. they were indicted earlier be- on warcotics smuggling charges _ Scopellitti and Agueci, both fore a grand jury. have changed their minds. |!talian citizens with homes in sources close to the trial indi- Toronto, and nine other men are cated Friday night charged with smuggling $150,- The prospective witnesses) 0,000 worth of heroin into the/ qatonce witnesses Monday. Law- have been discouraged by vio-|U-S. from Italy and Canada.iye, Sidney Krum, defending lence surrounding the multi-mil-|Conviction could result in sen-|4 oueci, said his client likely will lion-dollar international narco-|tences of from five to40 years./ne the first to testify Scopel- tics case and by the publicity) Presecutor Edward Brodsky /litti will take the stand Monday the trial has been given in Can-|wound up the case for the gov-!or Tuesday. ri ada, the sources said ernment Friday when Paul Gold- As a result, only one import-|man, a U.S. treasuty depart- witnesses to appear made it im- ant Canadian witness a; rediment chemist, testified that possible fof the prosecution to before the United States leraljrearl 25 pounds of '"'white introduce some e aa idence court jury in the trial that be-'powd seized during the in- brought in from Canada. The gan Nov. 6. He was RCMP Con-jvestigations was "almost 100-|tria) therefore will be shortened stable Albert G. Anderson of|per-cent pure heroin." Agents', . ~ ie 0. Toronto, who took part in the/estimated the narcotics A week OF so because much of worth about $4,000,000 on the il-! CITY EMERGENCY). ™*" PHONE NUMBERS FIND HEROIN Key witnesses for the govern. Violence has overshadowed POLICE 725-1133 FIRE DEPT. 725-6574 nt were Salvatore Rinaldo of the case. There were about 26 HOSPITAL 723-2211 and|New York pier to suburban last;/Mount Vernon. Both pleaded The prosecution finally ran out of witnesses Friday paving The failure of the Canadian y up by cross-examination of gov- ernment witnesses by the seven defence lawyers. unt Vernon, N.Y., and Brook-|persons indicted originally but 1 baker Matteo Palmeri who the number of defendants has re arrested Oct. 21, 1960,/been cut to 11 as a result of hauling a trunk contain- gangland slayings, bail skip- 10 bags of heroin from r proposal for a test ban treaty passed an amendment to the|bution' to the future of Africa.ivote for approval clear warning with an appeal adopted by several municipali- pe : ; JN claims and said only' a aimed at convincing the "'tough/ing free nursing care and drugs|least 250 more Canadians won't'Trible of the Ontario Provincial more eveniin hospital longer than neces- 'oll during Safe Driving Week police will use all availablesources said they' expect to stronger."" ada's 6,000,000 motorists Arch Bryce. executive director and warned Air Pollution Contrel Act set- . 'This gives us the right to re-,ting up a seven-man advisory Pp li Pp e j UN civilian aide in Katanga, for negotiations to settle out-| ties. reported to UN headquarters standing international issues.. And in other business, Pro- U 4 power line was cut and the sta- minded" that 'questions should|for 15 days or longer after a be alive to celebrate the new)Police says a get - tough direc-/tign could go back on-the air be settled not by war but by/patient has been discharged year sary, knowing they can't pay that ended at midnight Thurs-/men and equipment during the launch an attack to try and One megaton is equivalent toifor drugs and other treatment ¢2" Christmas season." clear the area 1,000,000 tons of TNT. once they're released. cone ° through newspapers, radio, tel- evision, churches and even the of the Wanadian Highway Safety) 'Councif. sponsors of the week.) KILL 7 A DAY sume testing when necessary injCommittee to aid in curbing air order to serve the cause of} Pollution. For Yule Crashes that the radio had been broad- He was not "threatening any-|eressive Conservative bac k- casting inflammatory declara- body" but "appealing forjbencher John White, member) OTTAWA (CP) -- Traffic ac-|pare for their f tive has gone out to the force's later today after repairs.) competition. from hospital. This was the grim picture|17 districts, ordering them to, wortar fire was heard in the "If you threaten us, this is The 49 died to the sound of ---- -- .__-- screeching tires and shattered schools "It's an unfortunate total for) "It's unfortunate that Cana- dians have to kill seven people! West still exploding nu-/SETS UP COMMITTEE dent Tanganyika would "make of representation is a major clear bombs despite a Soviet) Earlier Friday, the House|a worthy and significant contri-/matter requiring a two-thirds peace." Hiealth Minister Dymond said Khrushchev coupled his nu-@ Similar bylaw had been , : : © tions against the UN. peace for London South, asked the |cidents took 49 lives in the first drinking drivers m (Katangan sources disputed His speech, he said, was|government to consider provid-|seven days of December and at Assistant Commissioner T. H He said "humanitarian doc- Painted today as police and traf-)"enforce the law to the limit." area of the UN headquarters our force. We have got 100 meg-|tors" sometimes keep patients|{i¢ experts counted the highway) 'There will be no warnings. here at dawn. Katangan army aton bombs and fenders despite a week of ham- mering traffic safety at Can- a country presumably made up of intelligent people,"' said W. a day even when they're try- ing not to," said the 60 - year- |the way for the introduction of/ojq native of Toronto who has'Jear spent most of his life promoting safety He predicted at the start of Safe Driving Week that 53 per- sons would be killed in the week. The death toll last year was 57 Friday he predicted that 300 Canadians wil! be dead in traf- fic accidents before the end of} the month. Last year the figure for December was 333 dead The figures are going down, "I'm disappointed." The Safety Week total could have been cut to 35, but some people "just couldn't care less." The toll will climb even higher as Canadians across the country emerge from liquor- brightened Christmas parties, he said And with this mind police in "alpings and an attempted suicide. alj provinces Mave begun to pre-lin LEMELIN"S LASH Quebec As Fabled Frog | QUEBEC (CP)--Roger Leme- lin, the Quebec author whose) Plouffe Family television series made him known from coast to coast, says Quebec now appears to those who know little about the province like the frog in de La Fontaine's fable. La Fontaine, 17th century French poet, wrote a fable about a frog which wandered away from the pond into a pasture tried to blow itself up to the size of a bull, and blew up Mr. Lemelin, presenting Mont- real playwright Marcel Dube to the Royal Society of Canada said the dikes of freedom have been thrown open in Quebec and a wave of bitterness is leaving were|the court time has been taken he said, but not fast enough--"S "doused and stunned " Much of the noise, he said, is coming. from a "small bour- geois world' highlighted by ri- diculously precious people, pon- tiffs of myriad theories, reform- frs, diction experts, and pre sided over by a distinguished and bloated court which distri- butes good marks "There's something o cur blood, It is high time, Africa > Viewed we reformed the country! Hold on now, we are on our way to the United Nations! SQUEAL, CRY, HATE "There are squeals, shakes of the fists; we con- demn, hate, execute, write, teach lessons and moralize. "You would think we were in a crowd of housewives in re- volt at a bingo party." Mr Lemelin said cause this new social in Quebec makes so noise, Quebec resembles feg in La Fontaine's fable "This is humiliating, and we must appear ridiculous and be quite a deception in the eyes of those who, in the rest of the na- tion, relied on us, admired us and expected a great deal from u cries, that be- stratum much the Of course we are French and we bh the faults of Frenchmen. Wordiness, the f-satisfied approach, all that be put up with when one produced men like Mon- n Pascual; Racine and peleon. But have no duced much yet." e GM TALKS BID FOR SETTLEMENT | ' Oshawa Pickets 'Reply To Offer' Picketing 1s continuing on ajday midnight 24-hour basis at all General;meaningless. . It is un- Motors plants here today. jfortunate that the union has An estimated 8000 south plant|chosen this pressure type of workers walked off their. jobs|bargaining. However, we are at 11 am. Friday and set up/Continuing to negotiate." | picket lines around the General OFFICIALS SUP {Motors south plant property. The pacaay Ea gg SI oe North and west plant workers| being supported by officials of |finished their shifts and set uP|ihe Detroit parent organizations cee sae a te eats Wee ip: -- taking | p s A al ¥ jvacated by workers refusing tol? Th - i % ae '/ return shortly before noon hour.|, [he UAW has brought in its | Jack Meagher, first Wtelrecued an vice - president, |president of the 13,000-member| 7p 0"ard Woodcock, sed Detrolt. Local 222, sought in vain to have! he 7M parent organization is the workers to return to the| "ePresented by Louis Seaton, 4 | plant. ie acid ar Walicoat was| Vice-president of personnel and not authorized by the Local sc ec big director of lexecutive, or by the union's top|#70F relations. bargaining committee. Jerry Hartford, UAW public a. ? relations officer, said talks Fri- ~_ Se totes ar day night resolved local differ- wenty-six "driv jences in most GM plants cars were permitted to leave the|hoth sides remiained spouieeked south plant Friday pig adage the general contract. is estimated that more than The UAW recently rejected : ir employees were dealers, or their employ jas inadequate a company offer in the plant to pick up new) lcars. All\were trapped behind of @ three-year contract pro- the picket lines until afternoon.|Viding annual increases of six him by Gina nts a year. he Ni j york t th na ' --AP Wirephoto Night shift (workers -s . Union officials blamed the _.|south plant refused to cross the treet abs th report for work. Oshawa walkout on the letters Some arguments started with|Sent out by the company con- the arrival of the night shift,|taining a resume of its offer. but nothing serious resulted. (Said one official, "They (GM) Pickets at the south plant/™USt Have put it in the mail now virtually =itln ND SON | Italy. She flew in from Paris to begin work on a movie. | Milko holds a bow brought to chasis plant gate charged that] before -- ig it on. the bar a Bell Telephone owned vehicle gn - brushed one of the men as it e adde at the union's na- attempted to cross the line. jtional office will not interfere The keys were confiscated With the wildcat strike because from the driver by pickets and aithough they jumped the | A report to the UN command the vehicle pushed back behind) deadline, they did have permis- at Leopoldville said Indian'the lines where it was held up/Sion to strike on Sunday." troops fought off an attack/for more than an hour. | Pensions remain the big issue through the bush around the : = in the strike, according to bot Elisabethville airport Friday, TORONTO CP) -- General|conipany and union ene, supported by Indian Canberra|Motors of Canada and _ the} jet aircraft. Two attacking| Ne) a peg Sh . companies of Katangan gen-|(CLC) moved their big f N h H darmes were veces te Rta from parent. bodies in "the! e ru oping suffered heavy losses United States into town Friday) UN sources said the columni@: 2 Wildeat strike of $m F Go. p of advancing gendarmes was sg oon lock tiati | or a eace led by a huge improvised tank, Round-the-clock negotiations} ,, : constructed by a private indus-/have been arranged for the Fin. intians wad Ome: trial firm in Katanga. Built|weekend to stave off spreading hie: recent atvona 7 se rainy upon the base of a bulldozer,/of an unofficial walkout at GM's). cainst Partuaatis tine ee the tank was covered with dou-/Oshawa plant to plants in Wind-/*#40"S Fridee b ny See xb ble armor plates filled with con-|Sor, London, St. Catharines and hopes the problem Peay aha bo i Sca | , hii Scarborough : : by peaceful negotiations. The Indians claimed they at-|| George Burt, Canadian UAW! '4, was opposing in the low tacked the tank with a recolless|head, said the unsanctioned), ...6 of Paris ty i % . hated rifle and demolished it with the/strike resulted from GM's at-|tion callin on thet di ae first shot. tempt to bargain directly with| oon Y ee nes jernment to issue a '"'withdraw- A UN armored car drove|the rank and file in 15,000 le-|or-else" ultimatum to Portugal through -the section of town|'ers sent to employees lastitne resolution, however, was around UN headquarters here! ¥°°k- |later withdrawn. Friday with a loudspeaker) E H. Walker, president and} Observers said Nehru's re- warning civilians not to shelter|seneral manager of GM of Can-|marks were considerably milder Katangan snipers in theirjada said the walkout "makes|than his statement Thursday homes or 'action would be| the United Auto Workers' self-|that India could no longer toler- taken to destroy the snipers' |Chosen strike deadline of Sun-|ate Portugal's position in Goa. nests." | UN PRESSURE MOUNTS Pressure by the UN troops appeared to be mounting. Ka-| tangan troops were reported re-| grouping for a_ determined stand under orders to fight to the last bullet | The United States continued its airlift of troops and heavy armor to the Elisabethville area from Leopoldville, the cential Congolese capital. Menzies Wins Election But Majority Cut Late election returns showed the government victory assured, | i but political observers said its! majority of 17 in the old House! could be reduced to 10 seats. No figures have yet been an-| nounced for the Senate, where! the government faced a con- serted challenge from the oppo- sition Labor party led by Ar- thur Calwell ' Menzies and Calwell were among many early voters in the polling which opened this morn- ing with a brisk turnout of the nation's 5,700,000 voters In the last Senate the gov- ernment held 32 of the 60 seats, the Labor party 22 and -the! Democratic Labor party two. | In the House of Representa- the Liberals held 57 seats,! their partners, the Country ty, 20 and the Labor party DROPPING IN FOR TEA Bambi, the fawn which was brought up en the bottle by Bambi was set free several months ago but still makes a daily visit to her foster pome, coming right into the chouse for the visit. tives, Mr. and Mrs. John Visser of Craven, pays hg daily visit to the Visser home for tea. |