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SS ee Tit) | ie ee ee ee 2 'THE OSHAWA TIMES, Monday, December 3, 1962 GOOD EVENING By JACK GEARIN | Want War-- - WE NEED AN ARENA, BUT HOW LARGE? Dear Mr. Gearin: I am appealing to you to answer some questions about the proposed $1,400,000 to be raised for a community centre. Many of the candidates in the recently-concluded municip- al election seemed to stress Oshawa's huge debenture debt and the need for careful spending. Only one candidate made any reference to the proposed project. Is it possible that the rest _ of the candidates realized that such a large capital outlay, which is to be administered by the City, can only result in substantial increased costs to the taxpayers for years to come? I agree that we need more facilities in our City for recrea- tion and-do intend to. contribute my fair share to any worth- while endeavor. However, I do believe the proposed scheme is more than is necessary at this time. Recently you must have noticed that a section of Toronto was planning a new ice skating arena and a swimming pool at an estimated cost of $140,000. This to me as a taxpayer and contributor would be a more sane figure to work toward rather than $1,400,000. I appreciate the efforts o f these civic-minded gentlemen who are handling this project; but I personally think that this céntre must have more frills than we need at this time and consequently will be too burdénsome to the taxpayer in years ahead. ; Sincerely yours, An Interested Citizen (This letter was signed). GLITTERING SHOWPLACE NOT NEEDED (EDITOR'S NOTE: To question the size and scope of the proposed Oshawa Civic Auditorium is tantamount to ostraciz- ing oneself almost instantly from certain select social and sports circles locally. Before some well-meaning, hard-working, but ill-advised civie-minded citizens (none of whom seem faintly aware of the fact that Oshawa is faced with a staggering debenture debt) lead us too far down the auditorium path, it seems advisable to study a few facts and figures. Oshawa is in its current financial dilemma primarily be- cause elected representatives can't or won't say 'no'. Such behavior would be unheard of in their personal lives, but elect- ed represented are frequently badgered for special conces- sions by pressure groups. To spend public funds lavishly does not necessarily bring discredit to an office-holder (as Machiavelli once said), indeed ft can enhance his reputation. This does not alter the fact that the day has arrived when our elected representatives and the public must say "no" to needless spending. Oshawa needs a new arena of modest proportions, not a glittering show-place that will quickly impose a new financial burden on the shoulders of the already over-burdened taxpayer. What would be the approximate maintenance cost of an arena centre, of the size contemplated for Oshawa? Mr. E. B, Bishop, manager of the Guelph Memorial Gard- ens, estimates that the minimum cost per day would be $250, with the ice in and $125 per day with the ice out. These figures would vary according to full time staff, hydro rates, insurance, etc. Thus the cost would run approxi- mately $67,500 per year minimum to operate. ' Mr. Bishop continues: 'The City of Oshawa must be pre- pared to meet net losses after the novelty wears off, because all will not be glory. If it turns out to be glory always, then my hat is off to the people of Oshawa. I am vitally interested in the Oshawa project." Says Mr. Bishop: Many Ontario arenas were built in the post-war years, 1947-1952. Since then, only four or five yearly have been. built (with the exception of outdoor rinks). All of these arenas did well financially in the early years (being new and a community novelty) Television was almost nil. People were getting new homes. They had little money for vacation trips. .They used the arena for wholesome fun, recreation and at @ reasonable cost. As TV grew, come summer attractions (such as shows) boomed on the circuit because people saw them on TV. However, the attendance fell of gradually the second time out. Soon everyone had TV and shows faded to practically nil and were @ poor risk for arena operators. MORE PEOPLE BOUGHT CARS More people bought cars and started to travel, leaving less money for local entertainment. Then came the surge towards camping, outboard motors and boats. All these other attrac- tions cut into the entertainment dollar. Revenues continued to fall. Dancing was a big item but cabaret style dancing in halis (with the "jug' on the side) put operators on a strictly teen-age basis. Roller skating boomed but fell off after a couple of years -- only a few today realize any tangible profit from it. Various arenas went to big-time Bingo and made sizeable profits, but, like all good things, the end started to loom upon the horizon. The law cracked down on private operators. The crime probe scared people away. Only the fanatics car- ried on and some arenas were forced to drop their meal tickets. The operation of an arena is a never-ending search for something to fill the coffers. Winter business as a rule will just about carry itself; with a red-hot hockey club it may show profits. Rentals and ice-skating are big factors in carry- ing the show, because the margin from an averagé hockey hockey club is never sufficient to carry the operation -- the hockey club receives the Lion's share of the gate practically in all cases. If the public patronizes events provided, and if there are events for all segments of the community, the buildings can be made to pay. However, the locale has a great deal to do with success or failure. Some events go in one centre, but not in others. In Guelph area, there are nine artificial arenas in a radius of 15 miles competing against each other winter and summer. Somebody has to suffer. Says Mr. Bishop in conclusion: "These are my personal observations and are not neces. sarily the views of all managers, but I would say: they repre- sent the general situation." . WHY CAN'T THE PARKS DEPARTMENT GROW GRASS ? "|"508 the political U Thant BALTIMORE, Md. (AP)-- United Nations Secretary-Gen- eral U Thant believes Soviet! Premier Khrushchev does not! want war but that "the West} does not seem to appreciate the full significance" of this ad- vance from Stalinism. He called for "give » and - take on both sides, Thant dealt with 'East-West relations and the United Na- tions" in a tecture at. Johns Hopkins University Saturday. | He said in his prepared lec-| ture: "In the late '40s and eatly, system--and) theories, such as the inevitabil- ity of war--prevailing in the Soviet Union were increasingly ture Minister 'ing, by high-placed people, of regarded elsewhere as 41 defi-| nite threat to political and eco- jnomic systems in other parts of jthe world. In my view the sys- jtem created 'and maintained by Stalin was manifestly ruth-| less and obsolescent. . . . "Mr. Khrushchev . . . belongs to a different category of lead- ers, with a coherent philosophy of the world based on the thesis, not of the inevitability of| jwar but of the imperative! of competitive coexistence. We | ! may or may not agree with his dian businessmen who make) ernment tension over this issue) philosophy or with his aims, but foreign sales on credit, pay a/since the Cuban crisis began. | we have very good reasons to believe that he does not wani war. | "The West does not seem to} appreciate the full significance! |of this obvious change of politi- cal climate in the Soviet Union.| Throughout the '50s most bine | ern leaders saw the world as a battlefield between two antag | onistic systems, militantly ex-| 'K. Doesn't Wheat Farmers Told Form Selling Co-Op 85 per cent of any loss and the businessman assumes the risk on the balance. He wasn't suggesting that farmers assume the entire risk on their products. "IT think a satisfactory plan could be worked out whereby the farmers could receive the full interest rate on the money which is set aside, that they could take their money out if they quit farming, provided there were no losses. We would still be very careful: about every deal and the farmer would not only get a good return on his CALGARY (CP) -- Agricul- Alvin Hamilton said today that the discussion which followed his recent sug- gestions to the Saskatchewan wheat pool proved there 'is a vast and deep misunderstand- how the Canadian wheat board operates,"' In a speech to the Saskatche- wan Wheat pool Nov. 12 Mr. Hamilton asked farmers to con- sider the possibility of setting aside a portion of their final wheat payments to build. a fund which could be used to money, but 'better prices on all grain. sold, not only on credit. About the proposed selling co- operative, he said it would be risky and difficult to enter into competition with 40 other agents of the Canadian wheat board. 'But after all, this was once he first purpose of the pools and, if the company is successful, farmers will . bene-| : fit from the profits. in sell grain as well as handling an storage." The text. of his speech was re- leased to the préss in advance of delivery, help offset possible losses on credit sales, He also proposed that the three Western wheat pools and the United Grain U.S. HEADS WORRIED Growers form a co - operative grain sales organization, He told the Alberta wheat pool today the discussion that followed his remarks was "most inieresting." He said he 'had been aware of the misunder- standing of the wheat board "long ago." | "TI think I have a right, if not} WASHINGTON (CP)--A well-| a duty, to ask farmers to con- qualified military source say sider these two devices I have| U.S, defence policy-makers are put forward," he said, 'The worried about the lack of nu- ideas are not new... ." clear warheads in Canada but He said that under the Export|that he has seen no evidence Sredits Insurance Act, Cana-/0f increased Canada-U.S, gov- Canada premium to the government! This informant said the U.S. that protects the seller against) defence department would like ------------------! t9 see the Canadian government v | make a decision as quickly as Killed After | Possible to acquire nuclear war-| Gap In NORAD | pressing the principles .of g00d| Saving Man K. Admits Reds wat bettavals Evi col be From Tracks 0" old War |held at bay only by ironclad) PORT COLBORNE, Ont. jalliances, held together by mu-|(CP)--Janos Burhi, 53, of New jtual fear and backed by the)Brunswick, N.J., was killed constant threat of nuclear war.|/@arly Sunday when he leapt in fou"? front of a train seconds after he had helped rescue a friend |from a car stalled on fog- shrouded railway tracks near | here. Joseph Bodorkos of Niagara Falls, Ont., who helped Burhi drag Louis Priszwyak, 42, also of New Brunswick, to safety, said Burhi apparently became confused as he heard the train rushing towards them and jumped straight into its path: Windsor Mayor Needles Fog -- Bound Toronto Defensive | MOSCOW (AP) -- Premier |Khrushchev was reported Sun- j\day to have admitted to his |Communist party leaders that jthe Soviet Union has been on jthe defensive in the cold war. | Khrushchev, in a speech Nov. |23 to the central committee of | the Communist party, was said to have admitted that he had conceded the diplomatic initia. tive in recent weeks to the United States--partioulanly dur- ing the Cuban crisis. i |. WINDSOR, Ont. (CP)--The fog-bound Grey Cup game gave! ;an excuse to needle Toronto, | Mayor Patrick urday inviting them to hold the| jnext Eastern Canada game in | Windsor area. bright, sunny day with a tem. Grey Cup East game to ensure! enthusiastic attendance." |Windsor's Mayor Mike Patrick|,ne, Cf at about 70 miles an sent a tele-/Ontario to visit friends in Wel- jsram to game organizers Sat-!isnd and met Bodorkos at Nia- gara Falls. Bodorkos offered to guide them to Welland because jof heavy fog and Burhi entered "The sun parlor of Canada,' |his'car with Priszwyak follow- he said, "is enjoying a typical ing in a second car. perature of 56 and @ promise of/to the lines wh 60 for tomorrow (Sunday) . . .|brakes to avoi may'I respectfully request) Bodorkos's car when it stopped |Windsor as a site for the next|suddenly at a level crossing. | ideal weather conditions and an/train approaching and ran to (his assistance. The report of the still-unpub- |lished closing speech at the r. central committee plenum was Burhi and Priszwyak entered|Citculated here by informed sources. It was the second leak on the Khrushchev staement in a week. Sunday's version coincided on a num'ber of points with that reported last week. Khrushchev was said to have defended his tactic or respond- ing to American initiatives by) |holding up the concession given |by President Kennedy in return for the liquidation of Soviet |missile bases in Cuba, This was Kennedy's pledge __....|that there would be no invasion Police said the train struck Priszwyak's car skidded on he applied his colliding with Burhi and Bodorkos heard the WEATHER FORECAST of Cuba. The account of Khrushchev's Causing heads for the two Canadian Bomarc missile squadrons and the Canadian interceptors form- ing part of the North American air defence system. | Such a decision would be in line with the established North} American air defence plan, he} said. The Canadian government| has stated it would acquire} such warheads only in time of war -- and not during peace while world disarmament nego- tiations are under way. | The informant said the Amer- icans, again pointed to the "gap in North American air defence during the Cuban crisis when U.S. forces were put on the alert for a possible war against Russia following dis- covery of Soviet nuclear mis- siles and medium - range jet bombers in Cuba. | Gen. John Gerhart, North American Air Defence com. mander, called an alert of ail NORAD component forces, in- cluding those in Canada, when! President Kennedy announced] discovery of the offensive weap-| ons on Oct. 22. The Canadian government did not announce an Official Canadian alert until three days later. The NORAD alert entailed dispersal of air defence squad- rons, armed with nuclear weap- ons, to predetermined alterna'e locations. The informant said Canadian air forces were not! authorized by the Canadian gov-| ernment to disperse--part of the defence plan to prevent destruction by any surprise enemy attack. | This and the fact that the! Canadian air defenders did not carry nuclear weapons "im- paired" North American Air Defence and "upset" the Can- ada--U.S. defence posture, the} informant said. | This is a view of the dam- age in the Communist Berlin wall caused by explosions ear- ly Sunday. The blasts occur- red at the corner of Harzer- "~~ along the wall between the American sector and East Berlin, site of many dramatic escapes, House in rear is in East Berlin sector and man BERLIN WALL BLASTE ters from windows blown out by the blasts. Sign on ground in background reads: "Atten- tion! You are leaving West Berlin," strasse and Boucherstrasse can be seen removing splin« Canada Stockpiles Health Supplies sential health supplies valued at/last 21 days after an all-out nu $12,500,000 have been stockpiled|clear attack on Canada. in. strategic locations ACTOS! Grypg SOME DETAILS Canada for use in case of a nu- A; The Journal says considerable clear attack or other major ais-| oreanization has TORONTO (CP) -- The Cana-|tal of $18,500,000 worth of eesen-| dian Medical Journal says es-/tial health supplies, enough to|isfated full-time planning staffs taken place The current edition is the third special issue devoting to emergency health services. Other special editions were pub- lished in 1952 and 1957. The magazine says another $3,000,000 worth of supplies are! on order and that another $3,- 000,000 worth will be ordered at the earliest opportunity. Canada will have a grand to- American authorities algo} were reported concerned be-| cause the Canadian government| did not give authority for US.| nuclear bombers to use Cana-| dian airfields while carrying! Nuclear bomb loads during! their alert patrols. remarks did not clarify at what onto weather office at 5 a.m.: Synopsis: Fog will dissipate in the inland areas during the Lake St. |Lake Ontario, |Huron, Niagara regions, onto, Windsor, London, Hamil. ton: Clair, {sunny inland towards noon today jbut persisting near the lake. |shore. Fog tonight becoming) |sunny Tuesday morning. Contin- uing warth, winds light. ton, southern Georgian Bay re- | gions: Partly cloudy today with |morning fog. Tuesday, mainly| sunny and continuing warm, | Winds light today and southerly 15 Tuesday. Northern Georgian Bay, Al- goma, Timagami regions, North} Bay, Sudbury and 'Sault Ste.| Marie: Variable cloudiness to- \day and Tuesday, Continuing mild winds light today and southerly 15 Tuesday. White River, Cochrane re- gions: Sunny and cooler today) with increasing -cloudiness to-| hight, Tuesday, cloudy with aj |few shower's and a little milder. | Do we need a Commissioner of Parks (as proposed in today's plebiscite vote via repeal of bylaw 4122 to allow dis- solution of the Board of Parks management)? The Parks Department itself could stand a good re-shuffle to restore economy to its rightful place and check the need- less waste caused by poor management. For instance, how much money has this department wasted in its repeated efforts to grow grass on the five-acre Brookside Park, north of Rossland road? The park has already been seeded twice and will be re-seeded next Spring. Still the grass doesn't grow. Work crews (from four to 12 men each) were employed for more than one week earlier this yoar to level, grade and remove stones. This started off as a Winter Works project (the Federal government pays 75 percent,.the City 25 percent), but the bulk of the work will be done at regular rates. What would it cost to seed such a project three times ? What was the labor cost ? : Did the Parks Board Department actually send 12 men recently to Memorial Park on Simcoe street south to remove the bandstand piano to headquarters for winter-time keeping? Wete nine Parks Board Department employees pruning trees #** week in Alexandra Park without sypervision ? NOW IS THE TIME i To have that carpet or chest- erfield cleaned professionally in \f Oshawa's Original Carpet fi Cleaning Centre . . . where fully guaranteed satisfaction is assured, Phone 728-4681 NU-WAY RUG CO. LTD. 174 MARY S&T. Foggy Tonight, Sunny Tuesday Forecast issued by the Tor-; Winds light today and southerly 15 to 20 Tuesday. morning but will persist through|Low tonight, High Tuesday the day near the lakeshore. The| Windsor .. rest of Ontariq will have vari-|/St. Thomas........ able amounts of sunshine today. | London On Tuesday there will be clouds! Kitchener and a few showers in the north! Wingham: .....s..s country but the rest of Ontario Hamilton jwill have mainly sunny skies. (St, Catharin Lake Erie,|Toronto ..........5 southern Lake| Peterborough Tor-|Trénton ' Fog warning continued.|Muskoka . |Fog dissipating and becoming|North Bay.. Sudbury . Earlton ... Kapuskasing ... White River.. |Moosonee . | Northern Lake Huron, Halibur|Timmins ......... od Forest..... point the Soviet leader figured) the Soviet Union had gone over} to the defensive, It also was not} clear from the report whether| he had outlined any plans for regaining the initiative. | Plane Missing | In Congo Found STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -- A Forecast Temperatures 30 SHORGAS HEATING & APPLIANCES Industrial and Commercial The established, reliable Ges Dealer in your area, 31 CELINA ST. 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Dr. A, C, Hardman, chief of --(AP Wirephoto via cable from London) | etnergency health services itt jthe department of national health and welfare says that eight provinces have orgahized /full-time emergency health sers jvice planning staffs and the | other two have designated parts |time officers. At least two cities have des- jand many communities have as- jsigned responsibilities to their |medical officers of health, | Dr. Hardman said emergency programs are now being carried out by all essential government departments, Alternate govern. ment sites have been ébtab- lished and are being prepared, $40,000 Damage In Store Blaze CONSECON, Ont. (CP) --A fire in Bradshaw's General Store, believed to have started in the basement of the building which also houses living quar- ters, Sunday caused an esti+ mated $40,000 dathage in this community, 1§ miles south: of Belleville. Some furniture was saved by neighbors but the store's entire stock was destroyed by the blaze. 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