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THOUGHT FOR TODAY =e , The reason you of the people all of the time is that they eagerly co-operate. can fool some ~-- She Oshawa Fimes meen Snow tonight and early Sunday changing to flurries later in the day. Winds westerly 15. to 20. VOL. 93--NO. 9 Price Not Over 10 Cents per Copy OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1964 Auhorond oy Secend lowe Weil Pout Otic Oppertnart EIGHTEEN PAGES WHITE LINES MARK SKLAR FURNITURE PLANT ADDITION SITE Furniture Firm Plans 50,000-Foot Addition WHITBY (Staff) -- Whitby's newest major industry, Sklar Furniture has announced ex- pansion plans. Lou Secretary-Treas- urer of the Company _ said Fri- day that the multimillion-dollar furniture concern would com- plete a 50,000 square-foot addi- tion to the plant in 1964. The project, undertaken by Olympia and York Contractors of Toronto, will begin "as early in spring as possible." Mr. Sklar estimated that the addition would increase the present 300-plus staff by about 20 percent. The original building was in February of 1963. on Victoria street just east, west of the Whitby Township cor- ridor. SALES MUSHROOM value of about 600,000", Mr. Sklar explained', "'but the ac- tual value of our operations would be in the nieghbourhood of 2.5 to $3 million". He explained that the com- pany was forced to expand by the volume of sales they had in- curred. He disclosed that the workers were putting in a 52-hour week in order to keep up with the buying. It was originally estim- ated, he said, that the present It occupies 117,000 square feet of floor space over one storey building would be sufficient for five years. THORNEYCROFT PLEASED Brunei Troops BRUNEI TOWN, Brunei (Reuters) -- British Defence Minister Peter Thorneycroft said Friday night terrorists crossing the border from Indo- nesia into Malaysia were "fully organized and rather well- . but British, Malay- sian and Gurkha troops were "obviously in control of the sit- uation" in the Borneo territor- ies Thorneycroft said whenever the "enemy" crossed the fron- tier they were repelled by the defending troops. The defence minister was Speaking after a helicopter tour of military outposts in the Mal- aysian Federation states of Sar- awak and Sabah (North Bor- neo). The two states plus Singapore and Malaya form the young British - backed federation -- strongly opposed by Indonesia as an extension of imperialism. There have been frequent clashes in recent months be- tween Malaysian forces and Brunei the federation although the two other Borneo territories--Sara- - Visits decided to stay out of wak and Sabah--elected to join. Brig. A. G. Patterson, British commander of security forces in western Sarawak, meanwhile, denied a report that guerrillas were massing on the Indonesian side of the border, "There is no question of guerrillas massing," he told reporters here. In Jakarta, the government- controlled Indonesian news ag- ency Antara said Britain was employing citizens of Formosa to fight the Borneo rebels. They were "very cruel" and tortured captive guerrillas, An- tara said. Indonesian President Sukarno, who today ends a 'working State visit" to The Philippines, Friday flew to Cebu, southern Philippines, to inspect the port's potential as a rival trade cen- tre to Singapore. He told reporters there Indo- nesja supported The Philippines' guerrilla forces allegedly based in Indonesian territory. iterritorial claims on Sabah. pe Indonesian Foreign Minister 60 Dead In Hindu-Moslem Street Riots CALCUTTA, India (Reuters) More 'than 60 persons were killed in two days of Hindu-Mos- lem rioting in the Calcutta area, it was learned today. A government official gave the latest death toll for the dis- turbances which brought gov-| ernment troops into the streets to keep the peace. Unofficial reports also said more than 100 persons have been injured in the disorders in Caleutta and surrounding areas. The clashes between Hindus and. Moslems jfollowed reports of disturbances in the neighbor- ing areas of East Pakistan. Hindus are in the minority in Calcutta. Police in the area opened fire at least six times since mid- night Friday night to disperse persons attempting to loot and set fire t stores. A dusk-to-dawn curfew was| ordered in several towns to dis- petse crowds committing arson and violence. CITY EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS io told a press confer- jence his country's "confronta- tion" policy against Malaysia was "not a search for war, but "The present structure has a . "We had new engineering techniques and we had to try them. Oour antiquated Oshawa quarters would just not allow "The consumer response to our furniture was so great that the addition was necessary." The employment of those "new hni necessitated _ Photo By Hunting Survey Corp East Germans Would Allow 'Urgent' Visits BERLIN (Reuters) -- East Germany is willing to let West Berliners visit East Berlin for "urgent family matters" under a new proposal to West Berlin authorities published today. The proposal, following the Christmas pass plan which ended last weekend, was pub- lished by the East German more space, Mr. Sklar added, for the experimentation requir. ed in modern mass-production. The plant now produces com- plete lines of upholstered fur- niture for living room, den and recreation room. The addition, it was learned, would not make way for any new type, such as bedroom sets, but would allow more production of present lines. Mr, Skiar explained that the company produced every line of furnishings from Coun rary to French Provincial. ecutive is compased sf the tout eis } ow brothers: Sam is Presi- nt;}-Joe and Harry are Vice- presidents; and Lou is Secre- tary-Treasuter. Three Children Killed In Quebec Blazes MONTREAL (CP) -- Three children were killed in eastern Quebec fires Friday and a Mont- real fire captain was injured when an explosion ripped through a CPR underpass. Camille Martin, 13, and his three - year - old brother, Jean, died when fire swept through th home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Martin, in Jacques Cartier, across the St. Lawrence River from Montreal. The fire was caused by an oil heater |blast, police said. Aline Cessel, 34 - year - old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Well- ington Cessel, was killed in a similar fire which police said |started with an oil furnace blast in their Drummondville home 60 miles northeast of Montreal. Capt. Marc Trudel of the fire department was overcome by gas in the blast in northeast Montreal which ripped a wooden door off the reinforced concrete room on the wall of the under- ja search for a peaceful solu- jtion to our problems." pass. He was taken to hospital for treatment. news agency A.D.N. and East Berlin newspapers. A West Ber&n city govern- ment spokesman confirmed the bare fact, but said no detailed proposals had been received from East German negotiator May Top WASHINGTON (AP) -- There were indications today that sales of U.S, wheat to Commun. ist countries may exceed the originally estimated 150,000,000 bushels. The Soviet Union and other Communist countries now have made tentstive offers for about 300,000,000 worth of wheat -- about 150,000,000 bushels and a US. commerce department spokesman said there may be additional deals. The commerce department is- sued five licences Friday. for $104,000,000 worth of wheat to Russia. Export licences for prospective sales to the Soviet Union alone cover sales of $271,- 000,000 and satellite countries have bargained for another $29,- 000,000. When the prospective deals were first announced last Sep- tember, Russia and other Com- munist nations were reported to be seeking 150,000,000 bushels of the grain to make up for poor crops in Russia and Eastern Erich Wendt. Europe. Smoking Released WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal government, makes pub- lic today its special advisory committee's findings" on how smoking affects life and health. The rt was expected to link Bins «a to a number of ailments, including lung cancer and heart disease. Already health and anti-smok- ing groups are issuing blasts at smoking and urging educational campaigns against it. The impact of the report on the big tobacco industry and tobacco producing states was also being watched. Because it is Saturday the stock exchanges were closed and thus will show no immedi- ate reaction. However, even with expectation of a bad re- port, tobacco stocks have re- mained on a fairly even keel during the week. And despite the previous rash of medical reports and findings here and abroad condemning smoking as a health hazard, Americans were reported by the agriculture department to have lighted up a record number of cigarettes last year--an esti- mated 523,000,000,000, NO RECOMMENDATIONS At work for 14 months pour- ing over the evidence, the sur- geon - general's advisony com- mittee was under strict orders not to offer any recommenda- tions for federal action in the report. The com mittee's assigned } Disband 2 Voodoo Squadrons By July OTTAWA (CP)--Disbandment of the RCAF's two Voodoo jet interceptor squadrons at Ottawa and North Bay, reducing the number of Canada's home de- fence squadrons to three, was announced Friday. The CF-101 Voodoo squadrons at Chatham, N.B., Bagotville, Que., and Comox, B.C., will be retained, Associate Defence Minister Cardin said in a state- ment. He said the consolidation will "improve operational efficiency and promote economy." It was the second big econ- omy move by the defence de- partment this week. On Wed- nesday, Mr. Cardin announced 14 warships will be taken out of Royal Canadian naval serv- ice by the end of March. Ottawa's No. 410 squadron will be disbanded March 31 and No, 414 squadron at North Bay will be closed out on June 30. POLICE 725-1138 FIRE DEPT. 725-6574 HOSPITAL 723-2211 | | | ce the event of war. That means there will be no nuclear warheads at Ottawa, possibly lessening chances of at- tack on the national capital in |North Bay is losing its inter- jceptor squadron, it still is a nu- \clear defence centre because of \the Bomarc missile base there. |AREN'T EXPECTED SOON | Mr. Cardin said nuclear war- jheads for the Voodoo squadrons at Chatham, Bagotville and Co- mox are not expected to be de- livered until late 1964. Defence Minister Hellyer has stated pre- viously that the storage dumps for the warheads would be com- pleted about Oct. 1, 1964, and that the warheads would arrive soon after that. In addition, a nuclear storage dump will be built at a deploy- ment base at Val d@'Or in north- ern Quebec. In 1961, the year the RCAF switched to the American-built, supersonic Voodoo from the sub- sonic CF-100, built by Avro Air- craft Limited, Toronto, the num- ber of home defence squadrons was reduced to five from nine. There had been two CF-100 squadrons each at Ottawa, North Bay, Bagotville and St. Hubert, Que., and one at Co- The RCAF received 66 Voo- doos in 1961. Mr. Hellyer, after becoming defence minister last April, turned down the air force's request for more Voo- doos, which have gone out of production in the United States. When he announced this re- jection, he indicated then um- ber of Voodoo squadrons would jhave to be reduced. However, action on this was not expected 'so soon. NOW HAS FALCON The Voodoo now is armed with Falcon missile, a conven- tional air-to-air. missile. Once the Voodoo bases have their nu- clear storage dumps, the air- craft is to be armed with the Genie nuclear rocket. The consolidation of home air defence in three squadrons in- stead of five will involve in- creasing the number of aircraft and crews in the squadrons at} Bagotville and Chatham. The fifth Voodoo squadron at Comox "will remain as is," Mr. Cardin said. 'Additionally, a small number of aircraft will be used Report Today aS = was to weigh the ; scientific and statistical fevidence. and take 'the best measure of the risks smoking presents ot the individual. A second, later report--per- haps by a different panel--will survey those risks and offer suggestions as to what can be done. Smoking Now $8 Billion Industry NEW YORK (AP) -- The United States tobacco industry is an $8,000,000,000-a-year busi- ness, In 1963, about 70,000,000 Am- ericans--more than half the adult population including over- seas military forces--bought: +----More than 7,100,000,000 cig- ars, up 115,000,000 from 1962 about 69,500,000 pounds of smoking ivbacco --Nearly 64,800,000 pounds of chewing tobacco. --More than 32,500,000 pounds of snuff ; Of the $8,000,000,000 spent on tobacco products last year, $3,- 300,000,009 went to federal, state and local governments in ex- cise taxes. Tobacco is grown in 21 states by 750,000 farm families. Total tobacco acreage exceeds 1,200,- 000 acres with a total yield of 2,200,000,000 pounds. Tobacco is the fifth largest cash crop in the United States, following cotton, wheat, corn and soybeans, and ranks third in agricultural exports. Farmers received $1,300,000,. 000 for sales of tobacco crops last year, representing eight per cent of the total for all crops in the United States. Tobacco manufacturers di- rectly employ more than 96,000 persons whose wages total $379,- 000,000. They alsa spend some $150,- 000,000 a year on advertising, another 3100,000,000 on paper and transportation, plus large amounts for other materials. Manufacturers' profits total about $65,000,000 a year. Unionists Ratify Hospital Contracts WINDSOR (CP) -- Members of the Canadian Union of Op- erating Engineers (CLC) Friday' ratified terms of a two-year agreement with four Windsor hospitals. The agreement was reached in Toronto. Thursday after 10 hours of negotiation. It covers 31 operating engi- neers at the Metropolit U.S. Wheat Sales Estimate In addition to the wheat, Hun- gary, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and East Germany have con- tracted for sizable purchases of corn, and soybeans and more of these transactions may be forth- coming. The deal has been criticized in some quarters as offering sustenance to a potential enemy. Critics also call attention to the subsidy the United States pays the exporting grain dealer to off- set lower world prices. Tass Announces Wheat Purchases LONDON (AP) -- The Soviet Union signed a contract to buy 1,000,000 tons of wheat in the United States, the news agency Tass reported in a' broadcast monitored here. Tass said the contract was signed in Moscow by Leonid Natveyec, chairman of the Ex- portkhieb foreign trade organi- zation of the U.S.S.R. and Roy Folk, vice-president of the Con- tinental Grain Corporation of the United States. Hint Nehru's Condition CP trom AP-Reuters BHUBANESWAR, India -- In- dications mounted today that Prime Minister Nehru is sicker than official statements have led the Indian public to believe. A government publicity of- ficer warned that photographs of the 74-year-old Indian states- man will not be permitted when he returns to New Delhi. He has not been photographed since taken il on Tuesday in Bhu- barieswar where his ruling con- jgress party held its annual }meeting. The Times of India reported from Bhubaneswar that there are indications Nehru will have to rest completely for four to six weeks and "reduce the tempo of work considerably, CARDINAL DIES Andre Cardinal Jullien, 81, above, French member of the Vatican Curia and Dean of the Sacred Roman Rota, died to- day in a Rome hospital. He Was admitted in December suffering from leukemia, --AP Wirephoto 4 Eskimos Die From Home Brew CAMBRIDGE BAY, N.W.T. \(CP) --~ Four Eskimos are dead and one js in hospital. in. Winni- home brew te which isopropyl alcohol--de - icing fluid--was added. Dead are Mary Poyotuk, 138, Marty Anavek, 42, David Otok- keak, 33, and his wife, Emily Talek, 35. Sam Anoyoak, 23, is in fair condition. Mary Poyotuk was his wife and Mary Anavek his mother. Police from Cambridge Bay were called to a DEW line site about 200 miles east of here to investigate. Cambridge Bay is about 1,200 miles north of Ed- monton. Otokkeak and his wife were visiting Anoyoak, who lives in a house provided at the site where he is employed by Federal! Elec- even after he recovers." tric Corporation. MONTREAL (CP) -- The pol- icy drafting commitee of the Progressive Conservative party today tackles the hard core of its problem of writing a vote- attracting program for the next Party Ponders Diefs Future floor of the open meeting in February. The committee will meet again in Ottawa Feb. 2, on the ae . the general meeting Feb. to 5, generaf election, whenever it may come. The 2l-member group, pre- paring for next month's annual general meeting of the party which is expected to draw more than 3,000 delegates and guests to Ottawa, worked all day Fri- day without finding any ready- made solutions, So far, committee spokesmen said, it has not tackled the key question of the party leadership. While chairman A, W. Cox, Halifax lawyer, is avoiding men- tin of any cular proposals before the closed meeting of the committee, it is known that sev- eral groups have suggested a secret ballot vote on any reso- lution affirming continued sup port of John Diefenbaker. MORE MEANINGFUL Party officials here say sug- gestions that there should be a secret vote do net Negitiate: criticism of Mr.' Di but rather a feeling party's ginger group that if the Conservative leader wins a vote of confidence without the influ- ences which probably would ac- company an open vote, it would be a more meaningful victory for the former prime minister. Other committee sources said that when it does come to deal with the leadership question, the committee is likely to produce a strong motion in favor of Mr. Grace, Hotel Dieu and IODE hospitals here and provides for a 20-cents-an-hour increase over Although mox. to form a reserve." the two years. Diefenbaker's continued leader- ship, leaving it then to the mal- contents to proose amendments or to try to defeat it on the WOUNDED IN PANAMA RIOTS -- A Panamanian is 60-Year PANAMA CITY (AP)--Strong diplomatic efforts were launched on all sides today to resolve the crisis surrounding Panama's decision to break re- lations with the United States and scrap the 61-year-old Pan- ama Canal Treaty. In the wake of violence that claimed 23 lives--20 Panaman- the emphasis shifted to main- bora hg state of relative calm. Jails the capital city were jammed with Panamanians ar- rested for looting and causing disturbances. A peace mission from. the Organization of American States arrived from Washington and arranged for immediate conferences with President Rob- erto Chiari and Foreign Minis- ter Galileo Solis, Assistant State Secretary Thomas C. Mann and Army Secretary Cyrus R. Vance met for an hour and a half Friday night with President Chiari. NEW SHOOTING Even as they conferred at the Presidential Palace new shoot- ing was reported. at the Canal Zone border, Panama officials said U.S. troops opened fire. The only casualties 'reported were six Panamanians injured by flying glass. Quiet prevailed in the capital this morning with flags remain- fans and three U.S. soldiers--|!# 'WE WANT CANAL' PANAMANIANS CRY Diplomats Scrap Treaty nesses closed as Panamanians > gga mourning for the One unofficial estimate said arrested for vio- the major target of demonstra- tors who caused damage esti. mated at thousands of dollars. In the disorders that started with U.S, soldiers, U.S, casual. ties were listed as three dead and 49 wounded, The rioting erupted after a fight between U.S. and Panam- anian students over of their national banners, but be- hind the immediate cause is the broader question of sovereignty over the Canal Zone. SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS Panama demanded at an Securit day night ity Council day night that the United States Lcontrol of the canal, Boyd, the Panamanian dele- gate, asserted the canal should be either nationalized or under international ion, Headin, the fiveman OAS delegation is Venezuelan Am- Tejera UNITED NATIONS (CP) -- The United Nations Council early today an immediate cease-fire in the clash between Pan- amanians and U.S. forces in the Panama Canal Zone. The move came after Pan- ama, charging U.S. forces with aggression, demanded that the U.S. hands and either national tional control, The ll-member council di- rected President Renan Cas- trilio Justiniano of Bolivia to urge both countries to end the most restraint" on mill- tary forces and civilians under their control. ecole tiepeel by Beni the action, y Brazil, although the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia had called eatt- ier. for stronger measures by the council Other members said the coun- since the peace-kee inery of the Onganization of Am- erican States already was in motion carried away by police after being wounded yesterday in rioting alongside the Canal UN Appeals For Cease-fire Now Panama Canal be taken out of U ized or placed under interna-| fighting and impose the "ut-|o Zone as student groups tested U.S. actions, wn AP Wirephote