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Hhe Osha Sunes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1962-----PAGE 6-- Challenge To TV Debate One-Upmanship Exercise Lester Pearson's challenge to Prime Minister Diefenbaker to a face-to-face debate on television -- presumably along the lines of the Nixon-Kennedy debates in the last U.S. presidential election campaign -- is still being talked about, even though there isn't a chance that such a debate will take place. Mr. Diefenbaker turned down the Pearson challenge, but interest was sustained when the two other party leaders, T. C. Douglas and Robert Thompson, got into the act. The NDP's Mr. Douglas pointed out, quite prop- erly, that all the party leaders should have the opportunity to debate, but took the edge off this comment by issuing his own challenge. The Social Credit leader, obviously unconcerned by the parliamentary proprieties, has- tened to reassure Mr. Pearson that he would be happy to take Mr. Diefen- baker's place. Thus the Pearson challenge, which was clearly an election campaign gambit in the first place, has managed to create a rather comic situation. The challenge was an effort in one- upmanship. Mr. Pearson could not have expected Mr. Diefenbaker to accept, so score one for Mr. P. Also, the Liberals are trying to convince the electorate that there are only two parties in this election campaign, and neatly used the challenge to hammer this point a little harder; score two for Mr. P. But Mr. D. made g nasty crack about "not providing other people with an audience," which in- furiated all his opponents -- and got him one point. Then the rapidity with which Messrs. Douglas and Thompson demonstrated their willingness to debate put the Liberal leader on the defensive. It would have to be con- sidered a tied game. Would such a debate be useful? We do not think so. In the first place, it would almost certainly not be a debate at all, but simply a series of statements on set positions. That is what the U.S. meetings of Kennedy and Nixon turned out to be. In such appearances, the edge goes to the "contestant" with the better make-up man and public relations staff. Divorce Change Needed A bitter attack on Frank Howard and Atnold Peters, New Democratic Party members of Parliament, was made on this page Monday by the writer of our Ottawa Report, Patrick Nicholson. Mr. Nicholson objected viol- ently to the parliamentary blockade of divorce bills by Mr. Howard and Mr. Peters. What Mr. Nicholson was ex- pressing--somewhat intemperately-- was his own opinion. We disagree with that opinion. We have on several occasions applauded the Howard- Peters stand on the handling of divorce bills by Parliament, and we do so again. Parliament should not be converted into a divorce mill for the convenience of two provinces, Quebec and New- foundland. It is wrong in principle; Parliament is a place for discussion and action on matters of national im- portance, and not for the convenient dissolution of unhappy marriages -- a dissolution embroidered with all the sordid and often contrived details forced on mis-mated couples by the nation's inadequate divorce laws. And it is wrong in practice; its means the Poor Course One day recently Whitby police set up a radar trap but its effectiveness was seriously reduced by the light- flicking warnings of motorists who had spotted it. The police action was necessary; cars entering the town from east and west along No.2 high- way often travel at an excessive rate of speed. What the light-flickers were doing to help speeders "get away" with their chronic defiance of the law. And yet these same people will complain about the hazards of speed, About the frequency of accidents and about the need "to do something" about highway safety. The Ontario Safety League had some words about this business of flicking lights to warn drivers about police action. The League asked: "Is it good fellowship to band together to outsmart the police, in their work of trying to reduce the kind of driving that adds unnecessary danger to our She Oshavon Cimes T. L. WILSON, Pub'sher C. GY/YN KINSEY, Editor The Jshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times festadlished 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (estoblished 1863), 1s published daily (Sundays ond statutory nolidoys excepted) Members ot Canadian Daily Newspoper Publishers Association The Conacian Press Audit Bureou of Circulation and the Ontariy Vrovincia! Dailies Asso- tiation. 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Foreign 24.00, Othe, Provinces and pushing through of bills in mass, and the waste of the sitting time of Par- liament -- time that is expensive and must be paid for by all taxpayers. Drastic action is required to force Parliament to rid itself of this objec- tionable practice, and drastic action is what Messrs. Howard and Peters have been providing. It is proposed to make the passage of the divorce bills the exclusive business of the Senate, whose divorce committee now does most of the examination of the bills. This would be nothing more-than a cynical ex- pedient. The place for divorce bills is in the courts of law. More is needed than the removal of divorce business from Parliament, however. Just as important as a revi- sion of the divorce laws. Every law officer knows there is collusion aud outright perjury in many of the divorce actions, and this flouring of law springs from the restrictions of legislation that is completely out of tune with the orchestration of modern society. To Safety streets and highways? Is it a matter for praise or self-satisfaction to en- courage disrespect for the law and the men who administer it? To help other drivers evade the correction they merit, and knowingly risk? To protect the permits: of men who con- sistently. abuse the privilege -- one of whom next week may use his car to mutilate or kill?" The League points out that we make traffic laws for our own protec- tion. We appoint police officers to enforce those laws, to make the pro- tection effective. Our roads would be safer and pleasanter places to travel if more people believed in co-operating with authority, instead of dodging it. The mature driver realizes that we are fortunate to have police officers, cruisers and radar sets on the road ahead. : The light-flickers may think this a minor point. Injury and death are not minor things. Ontario's death rate -- traffic deaths per 100,000 population -- was 25.6 last year. This compared with 20.5 for the whole U.S.A., and. with much lower rates in such densely populated states as New York (11.2), Massachusetts (10) and Pennsylvania (12.3). Bible Thought In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. -- Isaiah 6:1. When we see the Lord as He really is, then we will see our own sinful condition, KITE-FLYING TIME REPORT FROM U.K. Young Man's Skull BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Work was started on erection j of a new flag pole at Memo- y rial Park, Could Be Rebel's By M. McINTRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- In the course of excavations made in connection with the rebuilding of the prime minister's residence at No. 10 Downing street, many recent, and possibly most interesting of these discoveries is the finding of the skull of a young man killed at least 200 to 300 years ago, probably by beheading. This skull was unearthed during an archaeological excavation made under 10 Downing street by a team under the supervision of the ministry of works. The condition of the skull, the method of its burial, and the place in which it was found are causing much _ speculation among historians. This specula- tion is largely centred around the belief that this skull could have belonged to the Duke of Monmouth, beheaded nearly 300 years ago. The Duke of Monmouth was an illegitimate son of King Charles.II. He was executed at the age of 36 after his rebellion against King James II. Experts from the British Museum who have examined the skull have said that the head appeared to have been hit on the forehead with the blunt end of an axe; and to have a mass of cuts on the back of the neck. Michael Green, the ministry of works archaeologist, in charge of the excavation, said it was found in a- container hewn out of a single piece of stone just large enough to hold the skull. The Duke of Monmouth, it is recorded, resided for some time in the Whitehall Palace on the site of the treasury buildings, and. the place where the skull was found could have been his garden. It is also recorded that, when he was executed, the Duke was struck many blows wit hthe axe before the beheading was completed. HEAD UNMENTIONED The condition of the skull has given rise to the opinion that it may have been exposed for a time. Searches which were made in the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of Lon- don in the reign of Queen Vic- toria, indicated that part of the remains of the Duke had been interred there, but no mention was made of the head. In the course of the archaeo- logical excavations made since the restoration of No. 10 Down- ing street was started, evidence found has ranged from second- century Simian bowls, richly decorated, found under Down- ing street, to pottery and hut floors indicating a mid-Saxon riverside village settlement which existed there from 650 to 850 AD. Other discoveries have included pottery, porcelain, glass and pipes in use from about 1550 to the end of the 18th century. Sixteenth century Tudor finds have included more than 1,000 pottery vessels, mainly drinking mugs, plates, cream bowls and cooking pots, as well as iron tools and weapons. YOUR HEALTH Seat Belts Work Only If Fastened By JOSEPH G. MOLNER Now that the effectiveness of seat belts has been proved be- yond any question, one added fact of vast importance is being proved, too: Seat belts don't help a bit un- less they are fastened. "Don't get caught dead sitting on your seat belt." End of today's sermonette. Dear Dr. Molnef: My five- year-old daughter has had a stye on her eye for a month. The doctor gave her some oint- ment but after two weeks she still has the stye. What should be done and what causes a stye?--MRS. M. G. A stye is an infection of the eyelid. When a stye ruptures, another one can be started from the infectious material which escapes. Hence the avoidance of rub- bing, and the use of an anti- biotic ointment, and the logical treatments. Usually a stye runs its course in less than a month. If in your case the "'stye'"' hasn't changed, it may not be one, but perhaps a cyst or cha- lazion or small tumor. It is a minor operation to remove these. So I'd say go see your doctor again now. Dear Dr. Molner: A diabetic of some years standing has been changed from insulin to pills-- four a day. He is perfectly well, but his eyes are bothering him and his glasses should be changed. The blood sugar is about 140. How high may it be safely?-- MRS. W. T. In some instances, especially if the insulin does is not too high, say not over 30 units, suit- able cases of diabetes can be controlled by pills instead of in- sulin. However, many diabetics of long duration may find this will not work and will have to return to insulin. : The blood sugar figure of 140 depends, for its significance, on the time at which it was taken. After a meal, that level is considered satisfactory. Taken when fasting, the figure would be regarded as a border- line high. One can't say how high a blood sugar may go "'safely." The figure isn't the whole story. Other factors tending toward acidosis, as fluid loss or exces- sive loss of sugar and minerals in the urine, have considerable significance. By the way, that changing eye situation should be carefully an- alyzed. It may have been time for new glasses anyway -- but with diabetes it's best to be careful and sure rather than careless and sorry. With dia- betes, eye changes can be im- portant. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS May 2, 1962 Charle II granted Prince Rupert a charter for the Hudson's Bay Company 292 years ago today -- in 1670. It gave the company rights to land from Labrador to the Rocky Mountains and from the headwaters of the Red River to Chesterfield Inlet on Hudson Bay. R. B. Faith, secretary of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, was appointed chairman of the local Home Improvement Plan, Two new members, S. A. Bone and Jack Brown, city en- gineer, were initiated and wel- comed to the Kinsmen Club by- the president, Robert Lundy. John Stacey and A. N. Sharp were appointed to the Ontario Property Owners' Association board of directors. W. H. Stainton, Charles street, a resident of Oshawa for 62 years, celebrated his 88th birthday. Clarence Black, 14, dived into the swollen Oshawa Creek and saved seven-year-old Billy Goulding from drowning. The Whitby Music Festival was a fine success when over 600 pupils from 22 schools in Ontario and adjoining counties participated in music and drama, under the direction of Arthur W. Lynde, music super- visor of Whitby. A _ 10-piece boys' orchestra, under the lead- ership of Grant T. Lyne of Whitby was a feature on the program. OTTAWA REPORT Famous Regiment Rats and the Polish armored division. As honorary colonel of the Toronto Scottish Regiment, Mr. Honors Publisher By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--The glamor of one of Canada's most famous reg- iments has been highlighted by the revival of the long defunct rank of Honorary Colonel of the Toronto Scottish, newly filled by the appointment of Mr. Roy 'Thomson, the Toronto - born globally know newspaper pub- lisher. The Toronto Scottish Regi- ment was formed early in 1915 by Lt - Col. S. G. Beckett, formerly of the Mississauga Horse, to become part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. It was named the 75th Battal- jon, and so obviously became known as The Six Bits; but quickly won a million - dollar reputation. Between 1915 and 1918, its 900 or more officers and other ranks fought in all the great infantry battles in Flanders Fields and beyond: the Somme, Arras, Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Ypres, Passchendaele, Dro- court-Queant and the Hinden- burg Line. The gallantry of the 75th won it no less than 194 personal decorations. These included the Victoria Cross Pe awarded to its medical officer, the late Capt. Bruce Hutchison, whose courage also won him the Military Cross during the same week at the battle of Drocourt-Queant. FAMED COMRADES In 1923, the Toronto Scottish regiment of militia became af- filiated with the British terri- torial regiment, the London Scottish (Gordon Highlanders). The Colonel-in-chief of the regiment, Queen Elizabeth, now Queen Mother Elizabeth pres- ented new colors to the Toronto Scottish during her visit to Ca- nada in May, 1939. Later that same year, it was the first complete unit to land in Brit- ain, ready to fight in the Second World War. It moved to Brest a few months later, but was evacuated at the fall of France. It first encountered the enemy during the Dieppe raid-in 1942; and in 1944 it landed in Nor- mandy shortly after D-day. It then fought its way with the 2nd Canadian division through France and the Low Countries into Germany, beside such famous formations as the 5ist Highland division, the Desert QUEEN'S PARK Conservative Hull Requires Repairs By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--Will Premier Ro- barts be able to fix up the bot- tom of his party? It is recognizeable now that the PC ship in Ontario has a good skipper in Mr. Robarts and a good sail in Mr. Mac aulay. But it is equally recognizeable that the ship itself is creaky... that it's bottom is not sound. And to anyone looking for- ward to the next provincial election a key question is whether the premier will be able to do a reconstruction job in time. NOT CABINET? He can reorganize his cabinet easily enough--and is expected to do so any time now. But this is only the super- structure. And the hull is quite another question. It now is where the weakness in the party is--Mr. Robarts has already demonstrated his ability to lead. And putting it in shape re- quires materials and time. And are these available? PUBLIC BOREDOM? The falling-off in strength of the P.C.'s provincially in Onta- rio is probably due to what might be classed as public bore- dom more than anything else. A public that is tired of the same old people and the same old ways and other "'same old' things. H bagpipes And this is a deep situation that can't easily be changed. There are the members. A number of these have been here now for many years. They reflect other days. And so long as they are around there will always be a strong touch of the past. Even more important prob- ably are the key people out in the province. There is nothing harder to get rid of than a riding official that doesn't want to quit. And yet these people not only reflect the party most closely of all in the community, they also do the bulk of ground level political work. And their: methods are their methods. You can't change a party until you change them. GIVE ALL: The bright young people in the government recognize this. ~~ So does Mr. Robarts. And their attitude is they will do their best. They will give it all they have. And if they fail they fail. Watching how they make out will be one of the absorbing pastimes here in the next 12 or 13 months. BIG RESERVOIR. The Hume reservoir covers 70 square miles in Australia's Murray River system, on the border between Victoria and New South Wales, Thomson now fills a post which ; has been vacant for 25 years. The first holder of this appoint- ment was Major-Gene Sir James MacBrien, who was also Commissioner of the RCMP. Later Major - General Garnet Hughes, son of the famous Min- ister of militia Sir Sam Hi 8, filled the appointment until his death in 1937. WILL TAKE REVIEW Mr. Thomson will review the regiment May 22 and he will be presented with a claymore and silver scabbard. On that day the Toronto Scottish will hold its annual "open house', dem- onstrating its training and rec reational activities before the families and friends of thi members of the regiment fon | the regimental association. Three weeks later Mr, Thom- son will take part in ceremonies when the Queen Mother, ig greeted in Toronto by the regi- ment. The "Queen-Mum", as she is affectionately called, is still the colonel-in-chief of the regiment, so it will form a royal guard of honor for her, led by its pipe and drum band, Since the Toronto Scottish is affiliated with the Gordon High- landers, its new honorary colo- nel might well have acquired the right to wear. the tartan of Scotland's Gordon clan as part of his uniform. By coincidence, the chieftain of the Gordons was formerly associated with the newspaper interests in Brit- ain which Mr. Thomson now controls. But the regiment, like the London Scottish, wears the kilt. of hodden grey; and the only sign of Gordon tartan is on the bags and ribbons of the in the regimental band, Distributed from: BOSTON LOS ANGELES LONDON CHICAGO THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR AN INTERNATIONAL DAILY NEWSPAPER Interesting Accurate Complete tional News C s' The Christian Science Monitor One Norway St., Boston 15, Moss, Send your newspoper for the time checked. Enclosed find my check or money order. [] 1 year $22. (0 6 months $11 + [] 3 months $5.50 Name Address STOCKROOM & SHOWROOM All-steel heavy-gauge, with sound insulated elevator form. Vinyl edges, aluminum Burnproof top. No. 702--1 letter 9 ONLY | y "EXECUTIVE" REG, 174.50 OUR PRICE 129° Dr.--4 Bx Draw Dr--2 Bx Draw . . + lock on all drawers . . Mist Green, Desert Sond. or Size 60 x 30". 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