Oshawa Times (1958-), 4 May 1963, p. 1

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' THOUGHT FOR TODAY \ It's hard to drive a bargain -- especially if you forgot to look under the hood. St AE ICIS A SS EET ere» ee * The Oshawa Time WEATHER REPORT Few scattered showers this evening. Sunday partly cloudy 'and cooler. VOL. 92--NO. 105 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1963 Authorized as Second end for payment 31 Die In Brazilian Air Crash SAO PAULA, Brazil (AP) -- Officials counted 31 dead today in the crash of a Brazilian air- liner which plowed into a heav- ily built up area but hit only an unoccupied apartment build- At least 20,000 persons rushed to the scene seriously hamper- ing rescue efforts. Several were reported killed when a fire truck slammed into part of the surging crowd. Despite the throng, 17 persons were snatched alive from the blazing wreckage and taken to hospitals. One person was miss- ing from the 44 passengers and five crew members aboard the miles to the northeast. 'The ing," said a plode. Then it did.'" He straight down, It split than 600 yards. the time it took off for Rio, 300) right was burn- pore Emilton Batista, and airline employee. "I said, 'God, it's going to ex- said the plane went up with sections spread Over an area of more It was the sixth major Bra- zilian plane crash since Nov. 26, Ex-Clergyman Dies After Shooting Fray 1962. In the previous accidents, 184 persons were killed. GARNET AND BOBBY GILBERT SAVED CASTLETON, Ont. (CP)--A Middle East former clergyman in hospital under anmed police guard fol- lowing the shotgun slaying of ler, 20, a Toronto school teacher, were wounded in the fray as they tried to disarm the A neighbor, whomtalked to Brian--one of the two children in hospital with shock--after the shooting, said the 10-year-old f SUDBURY (CP)--Four chil- dren ranging in age from five years to nine days died early today when fire struck their rame home. Two other children were res- Two Other Children Rescued From Porch William Kusyk, who had heard the women cry for help. r Garnett said he woke up when he heard the baby cry. "I saw amoke and then flames. My brother and I crawled out a window on to the tw is Convair. ; i i 'o-engined sek his wife, two daughters and sis-| Kilins' two other children,|boy's hair had been clipped by cued by passers by wholroof. Theplane plunged to earth shortly after takeoff Friday night. Witnesses said the plane, belonging to Cruzeiro do Sul, caught fire, exploded in the air and plunged to earth. It broke up in the air and part of it rammed an apartment building under construction. It sheared off a large section of the structure and reduced it to rubble. li One of thos¢ who died was James Gois Hughes, a Uru- guayan citizen, who was direc- tor of General Electric in Bra-} zil. TV COMIC DIES BIRMINGHAM, Ala, (AP) integration leaders today hoses. |D-day in Bi |Dr. ian Deputy Miguel Bahury andjin this Deep South ee comic Rena K.Con-'centre, ws those in hospital, 13 were reported to be in critical condi- tion. jat a Negro church, |will be Double D-day." King, president of the South- ern Christian Leadership Con- ference, made the statement The plane was in trouble from|Friday night at a mass meet- ing of more than 1,000 persons New. massive racial demonstra- tions were promised by Negro a vow made in the wake of a day) in. which surging throngs were repulsed by police dogs and streams of water from fire "Yesterday (Thursday ) was said Martin Luther King Jr., Other pasengers were Brazil-|leader of the integration drive industrial "Tomorrow (Saturday) Massive Racial Rallies Planned -+jtion of the massive demonstra- tions. The mimber of demonstrators taken into custody in the month- long drive to desegregate pub- lic facilities now is nearly 1,400. "Don't worry about your chil- dren who are in jail," the Ne- gro leader said at Friday night's gathering. '"'They are be- ing treated right because they are political prisoners .. .The eyes of the world are on Birm- ingham. "We're going on in spite of dogs and fire hoses . . . we've gone too far to turn back now."' U.S. Attorney-General Robert that he had been in contact with Negro and white leaders of Birmingham throughout Fri- Crisis Said 'Explosive' LONDON (CP)--Prime Minis- ter died in Cobourg Hospital Friday night. Robert Killins, 56, a diabetic, was admitted to hospital in ser- ious condition with a severe hammer wound to his head after police stopped -his car a ter Pearson said Friday he |doesn't think the NATO meeting in Ottawa starting May 22 will materially affect Canada's strike reconnaissance role with- in the alliance. "I don't think there will be any decision that will affect the role Canada has undertaken for, the air division in Europe," Pearson told reporters. In general terms, it was un- derstood that the Canadian gov- ernment intends to carry on for the time being with the defence few minutes after the shootings in this hamlet 65 miles east ofjand Toronto Thursday night. bs lar pregnant daughter, rs, other daughter Patricia, 6, and his unmarried sister, 40, of Parry Sound, were gun- ned down as the Killer blasted his way through three houses discharging two automatic pis- tols and then a shotgun loaded| with deer pellets. His wife Florence, 50, an Pearl Campbel, 19; an- Gladys, Fred Campbel, 20, husband |doctors amputate his leg two F. Kennedy said in Washington! vious administration. role as inherited from the pre- At the earliest opportunity the government is expected to make an exhaustive re-examination of day. the Canadian defence position. of Pearl, Thomas Major, 50, a Sudbury miner, and Peter Mil- 5 Family Members Margaret, 12, and Brian, 10, were in satisfactory condition in hospital suffering from shock. Police today said an inquest will be held next week. _) Pr were called to the scene when Major, bleeding from bullet wounds in the head neck, stumbled into the general store here. Killins Japsed into a coma soon after police stopped his car and he did not regain conscious- ness. Doctors said he was also suffering from a gangerous leg and described his diabetic con- dition as "out of control." Doctors were not immedi- ately able to determine what caused his death. A diabetic for! 10 years, Kiltins refused to let years ago. Neighbors said Killing, a United Church minister in Brit- ish Columbia until 1944, moved here about 15 years ago, even- peg ding three houses for a shotgun blast. "I was talking to the hysteri- cal child and he ran his hand en his hair," said John Day. "Locks of it fell to the floor. It had been cut by the blast." IN ARMS, CHEST Miller, who boards across the street from. the Killins house, was reported shot in both anms and chest, His job in Castleton was his first position after graduating from Teachers' Col- lege in Toronto last year, The United Church of Canada in Haney, B.C, said in Toronto Friday that Robert Killins was an ordained minister of the church from 1932 to 1946, when he a position at Clanwilliam, Man. resigned from He held posts n White 'River, Cartier and Depot Harbor, all Ontario, and Clanwilliam, Man. Although he moved to in 1944, United Church records for 1945 list him as still living in snatched them from a porch roof of the two-storey house as flames shot through a bedroom The dead, children of Mr. and Mrs. Clement Neville: Claudia, 5, Willy, 3, Brenda, 2, and Sandria, nine days. have been Claudia saved along with Garnett Gil- Bobby, but the girl wouldn't crawl on to the roof her panties. , The Gilbert boys are children to be Mrs, Neville's aunt, out at 4 a.m. bert, 8, and his six-year-old brother because she was wearing only ot Mrs. Helen Gilbert, believed women escaped the flames ae' per Cliff when the blaze broke "Then I saw Claudie and called to her to come out. She told me she wouldn't because she only had her panties on. Then, when she tried to get out, ~~ couldn't, The fire caught rn" Cause of the fire was not known. Fire Chief Bob Scott said it began in the kitchen. Menard said that when he and Kusyk ran to the house Mrs, Neville was screaming "my babies are inside." "I pulled the women to the street, Then 1 pag a ladder and climbed up to the roof and threw the two kids down te Kusyk. "Flames shot out the window seconds later as if they'd conie from a blowtorch." The Gilbert boys' father was j/killed in a highway accident last winter, Their brother was drowned in a nearby lake last summer. Clanwilliam with the notation: "Not in pas- toral work -- without appoint- ment." Last entry of his name ta: A came ey built sean p Boa was in the United Church Year- "\book for 1946. Quebec Bombers The massed marchers Friday| "I believe that eve: e un- jincluded hundreds of praying,|derstands that. their pinay griev- chanting teen-agers. Five Ne-lances must be resolved,'"' the --_ said they either were bit- attorney-general said. ten by the leashed police dogs} "However, the timing of the or were injured by the high-|present demonstrations is open pressure streams of water from|to question. School children par- fire hoses, ticipating in street demonstra-| Officers said two policemenjtions is a dangerous business, 'were admitted to a hospital/An injured, maimed or dead No early or drastic changes are expected. A defence committee of the House of Commons, to be set up at the start of the new session, will go into the whole matter, . Speaking at a press cdnfer- ence 'after. his talks on/ world issties With Prime Minis- ter Macmillan, Pearson de- scribed the Middle East situa- Haiti Teeters | On Brink Of New Explosion , Demini- can > Repoblic (AP)---Neighbor- ing Haiti teetered on the brink "hey said Kiling moved aut 8 ee Se aan Se rown At Oswego D t Os 9 of the home several years ago OSWEGO, N.Y. (AP)--Five members of a family were drowned Friday night when their 10-foot, flatbottomed boat loverturned in Mud Lake, 12 miles. southeast of this com- munity by Lake Ontario. Oswego County Sheriff Ray- KILLS WO) i Major said and Mrs>-Kil- lins were alone in a room in her house when the killer burst in and opened fire with two LONDON (AP)--Sir Winston of a new explosion today as President Francois Duvalier de- clared martial law and imposed an 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew. No reason was given for the measures announced Friday night. Haitians feared swift new reprisals from Duvalier tighten- ing his hold on the impover- ished Negro republic to head off a threatened revolt May 15. Reports reaching Santo Dom- hruled by Negroes. ARREST TEACHERS More than 250 Negroes were arrested Friday. Officers said _ teen-agers were placed in e and more than 100 Negro adults were lodged in the city jail. More than 700 others were ar- rested Thursday in the r after being struck by rocks|chiid is a price that none of us can afford to pay." tion as explosive. juvenile detention home, Six Retarded Children Die" In House Fire WOULD AID JOBLESS Pearson also said he believes increases in trade between Brit- ain and Canada could help the problem of unemployment in both countreis. Pearson said his talks with MacMillan had been of great in- terest and value. "I did not expect there would mond Cotton said the small boat | apparently,was overloaded. The dead were Arthur Hotal- ing, 57, his brother Archie Hot- aling, 51, and Larry Woodruff, 5, his brother Lannie Wooeruff, 10, and Robert Myers, 11. The boys were the grandsons of Arthur Hotaling. 2 were residents of Volney, No lifejackets were found on automatic pistols. He said he disarmed the man and struck him with a hammer before he fled. Police believe the man re- armed himself with the shot- gun, returned -to the house, kill- ing Patricia, He then rushed to the Campbell's house, killing Mrs. Campbell and wounding her husband. He wounded Mil Canadian Legion Hall most two weeks of silence, Que- bec's bombing terrorists, Front de Liberation Quebecois, appears o have renewed campaign of violence. A bomb blast at the Royal in St. Le its Hit Legion Hall MONTREAL (CP)--After al-jing. Office workers were evac- uated from the 13th and 14th but a search showed nothing and the workers were floors, allowed to return. Churchill's warning that Britain must not abandon its nuclear shield touched off a controversy today in Britain's press. Papers with Conservative sympathies hailed the state- Some employees then entered a washroom and noted the let- ters FLQ splashed on the wall. ment as a message that should be heeded, but the Liberal Man- ter Guardian brushed if off s a piece of ammunition for hh be any hard news and that is the case." Main topics discussed were the. meeting of the NATO minis- terial council at Ottawa, the lack of progress at the Geneva disarmanment talks and econo. mic matters, Hay River Flood ler who tried to disarm him as he came out. He then walked 200 feet to another house and shot Mrs. Gladys Killins. ingo through the Duvalier cen- sorship said informed circles in Haiti spoke of more killings and reprisals than was commoply believed. They coincided with reports from U.S. sources in Washing- ton that Duvalier has mounted a reign of terror, including murder, torture, arrests, and purges of military officers. CAN'T CONFIRM Unconfirmed reports from Port au Prince, the Haitian capital, said Duvalier's under- ground opponents hurled a bomb at a water installation Thursday night that failed to ex- plode. But travellers from Port Prince said they had no evi- mce to support rumors of a large-scale clash inside Haiti. Send 'Copter A shoebox containing three}® 4 . sticks of dynamite and a tim-|*h hard-pressed Tories. ing mechanism was found in a| The independent, but Empire- locker. mined Daily Express says the After several tense minutes,|88-year-old statesman's message the Montreal police force's|to the Primrose League was the bomb expert, Sgt. Leo Plouffe,most solemn warning he has dismantled the bomb at 3:28/ever delivered. p.m., two minutes before it was timed to explode. WORDS ON WALL The words "A bas la Solbec" (down with Solbec) were also painted on the washroom wall. Solbec Copper Mines Limited is one of a group of mining companies with offices located near the washroom. Solbee Cop- per has had a strike at its mine in the Eastern Townships for almost 10 weeks, provoking a charge two weeks ago from Quebec's resources minister, Rene Levesque, that it "was in the orbit of the powerful em- on of Noranda Mines Lim- ited." the bodies or in the boat, depu- ties said. A five - horsepower motor was on the rear of the wooden boat. Hellyer Pledges Damage Said Grim ACtion On A- Arms CALGARY (OP)--'It's grim"| LONDON (CP) Defence RCAF auxiliary pilot Bill Pren- Minister Paul Hellyer said Fri- tice said when he returned Fri- day night the problem of provid- ge Tie hee pine ing ouclear warheads for the right away and other beautiful a pei a - pont homes are on their sides." est John rockets as Fit. Lt. Prentice of the|oUtstanding for some time and RCAF's 403 auxiliary squadren needs early attention. spent two days in the flood-| Hellyer was interviewed stricken area making reconnais-|aboard an RCAF Yukon as he sance flights, returned from a two-day visit to Canada's air and army units ROCKVILLE, Ind. (AP)--Six of 11 youngsters in a home for retarded children suffered fatal burns Friday night eS flames| from burning clothes in an elec- tric dryer spread through the 75-year-old building. Five died in the fire, and a sixth died of burns early today. Five others also suffer®d burns as volunteers and firemen car- ried them out of the Home for the Retarded. One escaped un- | harmed. The youngsters were $0 se- verely handicapped, both phy- sically and mentally, that they were unable to act indepen- dently. One dead child had only one arm and one leg. The dead, all from Indiana, were identified as Muriel John- son, 3, Gary; Pamela Taylor, 10, Indianapolis; Bryant Smith, Johns, Que., 25 miles south of Montreal, was followed minutes later Friday by an anonymous phone call in French to The Canadian Press bureau in Mont- real, saying "The FLQ has struck at St. Johns." A second bomb was dis- mantled in an office building in the heart of Montreal's finan- cial district two minutes before it was timed to go off. Thé let- ters FLQ were painted on the to when the missiles will get wall nearby. the warheads and noted that the|_ No one was injured in either . of the incidents. prion Soe *| The FLQ, vowed to gain the . province's independence by vio- frigndaty peas Hoong --_ of lence, apparently ceased its rIgade § Striking power. chain of bombings and "bomb He did not emphasize the role scares April 20, when an el- of the warheads but said there derly watchman 'at an army re- are "certain procedures" that! cruiting centre was killed in a could not be learned by the| violent bomb blast. training crews unless they had! The bomb scare in Montreal the complete weapon to work! Friday was in the Aldred Build- with: ing on Place d'Armes, a his- Soviets Report Kozlov 'Sick' MOSCOW (Reuters) --The }Russian Communist party to- day took the rare step of report- ing the illness of a top Soviet leader Central Committee Secretary Frol Kozlov, 55, Pre- mier Khrushchev's likely suc- cessor. An announce ment by the| party's central committee pub- lished in the party newspaper Pravda said Kozlov 'could not take part in the May 1 cele- brations because of illness." Reports that Kozlov was ill) have been circulated in Moscow by East European diplomats jever since Kozlov did not ap-|8, South Bend; George Spur- jpear on the reviewing stand geon, 6, Columbus; Linda Lan- rs|drigan, 5, Greenwood, and Tam- "In the 30s his warning against weakness went un- heeded," The Express says. "The consequence was an un- necessary war." "By the gift of providence the, wisdom of Sir Winston Churchill, is still at the nation's service. This time that gift must not be disregarded." The Conservative Daily Tele- graph comments that "a flash of the old force and fire illu. mines the jatest utterance of the greatest living English man." Churchill's statement Friday to the Primrose League, an ore 2 10 Laos Site After 2 Gunned VIENTIANE, Laos (Reuters) An International Control Com- mission helicopter prepared to- day to fly to Khang Khay on the Plaine des Jarres where two other commission helicopters were shot up by pro-Communist Pathet Lao forces Friday. The helicopter, only commis- sion craft left in Vientiane after the shooting, was to pick up Neutralist Premier Souvanna Phouma and British Ambassa- dor Donald Hopson and bring them back to Vientiane. Authoritative diplomatic sources said the Canadian, In- dian and Polish commission members aboard the helicopt- ers, a French embassy official and the crafts' crew, who were captured by the Pathet Lao, had been set free in Khang Khay. Three of the crew mem- bers were reported to have suf- fered minor wounds. Their two helicopters were machine-gunned on the ground after they landed to pick up the body of a French sergeant killed by a landmine explosion Thursday. CITY EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS POLICE 725-1133 FIRE DEPT. 725-6574 HOSPETAL 723-2211 Ww : \/ |with other top Russian lea during the May Day par; ' Kozlov was reported to have |suffered a heart attack in 1961. era Wallace, 5, Indianapolis. The Wallace girl died early today in hospital at Clinton. The mood of the flood vic- tion, he said, although he heard of some cases of hysteria. l tims he met is one of resolu-|in West Genmany. The 39-year-old defence chief leclined to > give | an ¢ estimate as HAY RIVER EVACUATION IN DOUBT Flood Causes Health Risk government camp on the Mac- kenzie Highway, 28 miles south of Hay River. YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T. (CP) -- Seven RCAF planes were ordered to Hay River, for another series of evacuations today but conflict- jing reports left doubt whether residents would leave the flood- N.W.T., battered community. Grant Wagner, couraged to leave. However, at Hay River, 500 Edmonton, Mayor W. R. McBryan said the remaining 850 residents do not intend to vacate the settlement. Hay River, a town of 1,800, was one of two centres flooded this week | when ice jams backed up water from spring thaws. The level of the Hay River climbed 20 feet miles north of by water and ice above normal at its peak, Friday the level dropped three feet, but pollution of water sup- plies and floating debris cre- ated a major health hazard. Fort Simpson, 625 miles north of Edmonton and situated on an island at the confluence of the Mackenzie and Liard Rivers, was inundated Thursday, assistant northern affairs administrator for the Mackenzie District, said Friday night all residents still in the island town would be en- More than 700 persons were evacuated from the town by helicopter and carried to a mainland airport a short dis- tance away. About 80 per cent of the town was under water and ice was piled 20 feet above the main street. Mr. Wagner said Arthur Laing, northern affairs minis- ter, decided to ask residents to leave /Hay River; 117 miles southeast of here, after an eight hour tour of the community. He added the minister made the decision after talking to three medical officers who. said the entire island was unsafe due to health hazards created by the flood. About 400: persons are in the town, Mr. Wagner said. Mayor McBryan said 850 per- sons are in Hay River and added that Mr. Laing at no time discussed complete evacuation of the town, He said: "A meeting was held to enlist the support of the minister to assist us in getting our town moved on to the mainland south of Vale Island, a distance of three miles from the present site. "A strong representation was made that this move should be made as soon as possible and not to spend large. sums of money restoring the damaged buildings on Vale Island as they are subject to flood conditions that could happen at the next breakup season or any season thereafter." MOVE DEBATED Movement of the town from the island has been the subject of debate among town residents} for some time. Mr. McBryan agreed that re- cent investigations revealed wa- ter in ditches in Hay River "oarried live virus from our sewage system." He added: "We do not intend to vacate the island. We have requested the support of the government in moving the town for protection of people who in- vest their money in it.' Mr. Wagner said all those re- maining on the island who have no direct business interest there will be evacuated to Edmonton. Those with' business interests who wish to remain in the area will be quartered in a trailer ) C h c b h a h camp at Enterprise, a federalic view here after his return from Hay River: is for tions made as comfortable as pos- land towns a disaster area. | Si Si Ottawa Monday. when from their foundations. 500,000 federal school and hos@P tel Friday was reported safe zero and skies were clear. No Mr. Laing said in an inter- "Our chief concern ty and health condi- nd that the citizens be ible," He said he had made no de- ision about declaring the {is- "IT would not recommend any ction until I have seen Fort impson,"' Mr. Laing was to fly to Fort impson today. He returns to his Vancouver ome Sunday and reports to the abinet. He plans to lcave for Fort Simpson was flooded ice -on the Mackenzie locked the flood-swollen Liard. As in Hay River, numerous jomes and buildings were swept A $2,- nd above water. Temperatures at both centres eld at about 20 degrees..above toric square just ie St. James Other mining companies with asualties have been reported. STRESSES AIR ROLE Hellyer said the issue of war- heads did not bear so import- antly on the army brigade as Street. Police received an anonymous call that a bomb was planted offices near the washroom are Limited and Quebec Lithium on the 14th storey of the build- Corporation. Sullivan Consolidated Mines|Britain ganization dedicated to Conser. vative parfy ideas' and a strong ,came one day after he had announced he planned to re- tire from active politics, it did on Canada's NATO Air Division, whose No. 3 wing in Zweibruecken he visited on ar-' rival in Germany Thursday. The division, converting from air defence to a role of strike reconnaissance, is being equipped with Starfighter super- sonic aircraft designed to carry nuclear weapons. Hellyer in- spected a bomb dump being prepared to store them. "Without the big bang it would be just as well to put those aircraft into the hangars' and shut the doors," one officer said. The six-foot-three minister came to London with Prime Minister Pearson Thursday, DID THEY MUTTER? It was his first experience at, reviewing honor guards and the army gave him a 17-gun salute. Jocular rumors swept one sta-| 5 tion that the members of the honor guard were going to mutter "when-comes-the- raise, when-comes-the-raise" as he passed, Both air force and army personnel {¢@ethey. need an increase, particularly in view of the devaluation of the Cana- dian dollar, which cuts their ay. One service wife approached Hellyer--apparently on a dare by other wives--on this subject when he entered a station store. He said then--and elsewhere-- that an increase is in the works. y FIRE HOSES IN ACTION AGAINST NEGROES Firemen ignore seated dem- sidewalk and turn their water onstrators on a Birmingham hoses across the street to dis- Negroes Friday. perse a jeering crowd of --AP Wirephote -

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