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FIREMEN SEARCH FOR TRAPPED MEN 15 Injured In Collapse Of Subway MONTREAL (CP) The wooden and steel roof - frame for a part of Montreal's sub- way project collapsed with a roar Wednesday, leaving 15 men injured. é Most of the men were pour- ing cement into the frame at the midtown site when the ac- cident occurred. One said the roof supports suddenly gave way. Some 35 other men were at lunch at the time of the col- lapse. Authorities said everyone on the site was accounted for. A 12-man work gang was on the roof and rode down with it to the floor of the tunnel 30 feet below. Three were severely in- jured. Eight men have been killed ¢ the project since it began in OTTAWA (CP)--Three mem- bers of Parliament, including now External' Affairs Minister Martin, made representations to the immigration department a few years ago on behalf of a man who was later alleged to have associations with the Mafia, the Commons learned Wednesday. The information was in a written report tabled by Im- migration Minister Tremblay answering a series of questions by Andrew Brewin (NDP--Tor- onto Greenwood) about the case of Onofrio Minaudo, who lived in Windsor, Ont., before being deported. Mr, Tremblay said represen-| tations were made by the late Don Brown, then Liberal. MP for Essex West, in 1957; by Richard Trasher, then Conserv- ative MP for Essex South in 1958, and by Mr. Martin, Lib- Special Care In Reports Of Inquiry OTTAWA (CP)--Chief Justice Frederic Dorion said Wednes- day he hopes the press will take special care not to report matters that aren't related by witnesses at his inquiry into allegations of bribery ®". coer- cion against aides to federal cabinet ministers. He made the comment after Jules Deschenes, federal gov- ernment counsel, complained that a Canadian Press story about Tuesday's hearing caused additional harm to persons holding high office by reporting Cigaret Ads Need Changes NEW YORK (AP)--Robert B. Meyner, administrator of the U.S. cigaret industry's new ad- vertising code, said Wednesday most cigaret ads need changes to conform to the code. He said he expects the ads will conform after the code goes into effect Jan. 1. In his first press conference as administrator, Meyner de- clined to spell out what changes he suggested. Meyner, former governor of New Jersey, was named to the post last June. The, major cig- aret makers announced the code last April, three months after Is Urged information not given to the inquiry. The story was about a state- ment by Norman Matthews, RCMP counsel, that RCMP Commissioner George McClel- lan handed the full report on the case to Justice Minister |Favreau in the presence of Immigration Minister Trem- lay. Mr. Deschenes noted that Mr. Matthews gave no date. The CP story said that in the| Commons Mr. Favreau said he had spoken to Mr. Tremblay about the report but '"'gave the House no indication that the immigration minister was pres- ent when he received it from the RCMP. commissioner on Aug. 14." | Mr. Favreau did not receive the report Aug. 14. What he told the Commons Nov. 23 was that the matter was referred to him confidentially by the RCMP commissioner on Aug. MPs Interest Revealed fa In Alleged Mafia Man eral MP for Essex East, in 1960 and 1961. : In September of 1963, "after being advised of information not previously known to him about Minaudo," Mr. Martin told the immigration depart- ment he wanted to dissociate himself from the case. Representations were made. in 1961 by Police Chief Bryce Monaghan of Riverside, Ont., who also later withdrew his support for Minaudo. Minaudo was deported from Canada last March on a. depor- tation order issued Feb. 9, 1961. |ASKS FOR NAMES Mr. Brewin had asked the names of all persons who made representations on behalf of Minaudo 'in connection with his deportation or status in Canada." The reply listed the three MPs, the police chief and Min- audo's lawyer. It did not give details of their representations. "Was the department of im-| migration made aware of his (Minaudo's) association with the Detroit Mafia?" Mr. Brewin asked, : The reply said the depart-| ment "was aware of allega-| tions to this affect." It also confirmed Mr. Brew- in's references to Minaudo's earlier deportation from the .S. and a conviction in Italy, in absentia, for murders and armed robbery. in 1955 and the immigration department became aware of his residence here in 1956. Duke Is Making Rapid Progress HOUSTON, Tex. (AP) -- The Duke of Windsor, operated on for. the removal of an arterial blister the size of a _ large grapefruit, is making rapid pro- gress toward recovery. Dr. Michael DeBakey, who 14 and that he received the full report on Sept. 18. | _ The Canadian Press regrets its error and apologizes for any embarrassment or incon- venience caused to anyone con- nected with the inquiry. Agents' Lives In Jeopardy | | |performed the abdominal surg- ery, said the former king of England should be on his feet today and out of Methodist Hos- pital within two weeks. Within eight hours after his 7:32 a.m. CST operation Wed- nesday, the 70-year-old Duke liad chatted with the duchess, |teased his nurse and discussed UTP his surgery with DeBakey "The duke tolerated the op- eration extremely well," DeBa- key said. "He should be per-| - the U.S. surgeon general's re-|. TOKYO (AP)--The lives of|fectly well." port linking heavy cigaret smoking and cancer. The code generally bars ads directed primarily at those un- der 21, ads with wunproved health claims and ads that rep- resent cigaret smoking as '"'es- sential to social prominence, distinction, success or sexual attraction," The administrator has final authority over all ads and may fine violators up to $100,000. The code applies: to all advertising media. The industry spent nearly $170,000,000 last year on cigaret ads. |\Nationalist Chinese agents in| {Communist south China are feared jeopardized by the re- ported defection of a high- ranking Nationalist intelligence | officer. | | A> Peking broadcast today| jidentified the defector as for- {mer Maj.-Gen. Cheng Yi-ming, |chief of intelligence in Portu- guese Macao for Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's defence min- istry. In Taipei, a spokesman for the Nationalist defence minis- try, Rear-Admiral Pei Yu-feng, Minaudo first entered Canada| SASKATOON. (CP)--The Sas- katchewan Liberal government Wednesday !ost its first test at the polls since ousting the CCF in a general election April 22. Industry Minister Herb Pin- der, 41, was defeated in a by- election in Hanley constituency by Robert A. Walker, 48, CCF attorney - general. Pro- gressive Conservative Hugh Arscott, 40, was far behind. Final unofficial results gave Mr. Walker 4,525 votes, Mr. Pinder 3,711 and Mr. Arscott 1,693. No percentage vote was available, Former CCF premier Wood- row Lloyd termed the outcome a "severe censure" of the Lib- eral government's policies but Premier Ross Thatcher said he did not consider the outcome a repudiation of his government's actions. Mr. Walker, who held the seat for 16 years before the April election, when ballot counting started in the rounding Saskatoon. Mr. Pinder conceded defeat at 9:06 p.m. CST, two hours after polls closed. took the lead urban - rural riding sur- Standing in the 59-seat House is: Liberal 32, CCF 26, Progres- By THE CANADIAN PRESS The worst blizzard in most memories left at least six dead, many cases of frostbite, blocked roads aad deep drifts in its wake across Alberta and Sask- atchewan. It's blowing itself out in Manitoba today. Temperatures at Winnipeg dropped seven degrees in five hours Wednesday night and winds picked up to gusts of 30 miles an hour as the storm gathered force. Weather offi- cials said winds should subside by noon today. Winds began abating Wednes- day in Saskatchewan although Swift Current was still buf- feted by gusts up to 40 miles an hour. The siorm's death toll, since it began in Alberta Monday, rose to six Wednesday. In Al berta, one man died of expo- sure, three died of heart at- tacks 'and one died in a fire. Storm Batters | US. Northwest! HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Un- precedented pre-winter cold ac- companied by lashing winds of Swift Current, in hospital for severe frostbite to his face, legs and stomach. His companion was Allan Un- sure after electrical Blizzard Leaves Six Persons Dead One man was found frozen on river ice in Manitoba, Six men, missing overnight in the storm, were found safe Wednesday. Four had been missing. on a 22-mile trip in east-central Alberta and two had been missing near Herbert, Sask. All had found shelter. One of the men, Don Miller was treated rau of Swift Current. At Coronach, Sask., 90 miles south of Moose Jaw, two elderly persons were treated for expo- power failed for seven hours and temperatures hovered near 20 below zero. Other elderly per- sons were housed in the hospi- tal as a safety precaution. Another storm played havoc with British Columbia Tuesday and Wednesday. Reginald Messinger, about 65, died of a heart attack while pushing a stalled car. Late crops were wiped out by frost on southern Vancouver Island and four hunters were stranded by the storm 450 miles north- west of Vancouver. Temperatures dropped to near record lows and some schools closed when they coukin't be heated in time for classes. Van- paralysed the northwest- lern United States. today, drop- ping temperatures far below} zero and turning parts of storm - battered Montana into disaster areas. _ | Temperatures plunged to 40 below zero in some areas, and| the U.S. weather bureau said the cold would last at least five more days. One reading Wed- nesday was 5@ below atop a mountain 24 miles northeast of Lewistown, Mont. The severe weather had strange and sometimes tragic effects. Eleven cattle stranded in deep snow at 10,000 feet above sea level west of Creede, Colo., were given tranquillizer shots, lashed to a helicopter and car- ried to lower levels. | In Bloomington, Ill, a 71- year-old woman died Wednes- day of carbon monoxide poi- soning when furnace fumes were backed into her home by a bird's nest blocking the chim- ney. |BARELY BEGUN The weather bureau said the cold spell, "which has barely begun in the northwest," will spread ints parts of Tennessee and Mississippi by the end of jthis week. A spokesman ad- |vied motorists not to travel {northwest of Minneapolis. Sheer cold disrupted utility services. A temperature of 27 {below snapped a natural gas jcompany line which burst into flames south of Cody, Wyo., killing ome man and severely burning another, Numerous homes were without heat as jlong as five hours, Winds measured at 92 miles an hour and raked _ north- western Washington State, driv- ling a 50 - foot shrimp boat jaground and tearing a large |sawdust barge loose from a |tug. |. Three deaihs were attributed to the Washington State cold siege, including a 10-year-old| boy who was killed when his| sled hit a tree in a Seattle sub-| North Dakota Governor Wil- liam Guy set up emergency precautions to assist travelers caught in the blizzard, The doctor explained the op-, eration involved making a seven to eight-inch incision in Mortgage Money? couver recorded a low of 1.9 de- grees Wednesday morning, sec- ot lowest temperature on rec- ord. Fire Damages Bulk Carrier DETROIT (CP) -- The dis- abled Canada Steamship Lines bulk carrier Donnacona was scheduled to arrive here today under tow by two Detroit tugs after fire damaged her wheel- house and forward superstruc- | Saskatchewan Grits Lose Test At Polls sive Conservative one. The first session opens Feb. 4. HAD 30-VOTE EDGE In the April general election, official returns gave Mr. Pin- der the seat by 30 votes. He be- came a minister in the new Liberal government. A: judicial recount showed Mr. Walker won by two votes. Mr. Pinder then sought to have the result set aside under the Controverted Elections Act, claiming a number of irregular- ities in procedure. Mr. Waiker agreed there were. enough ir- regularities and the seat was declared vacant. Mr. Pinder said results indi- cated many who voted Con- servative in April had swung to the CCF in Wednesday's voting. In conceding the election, he said he would resign from the cabinet today and discounted the possibility of another seat being opened for him. Premier Thatcher said he had given no thought. to a replacement. A native of Regina Mr. Walker first ran as a CCF can- didate in Leeds, Ont., in 1945 and was defeated. He re- turned to Saskatchewan and was elected as the CCF mem- ber for Hanley in 1948 by 51 votes. He was appointed attorney- general in the CCF government in 1956 and added the provin- cial secretary portfolio in 1957. Mr. Pinder, a Saskatoon bus- inessman, was provincial pres- ident of the Liberal party be- fore the April general election and was considered a chief architect of the party victory. Mr. Thatcher termed him an "able minister." Mr. Arscott was an unsuc- cessful candidate in Saskatoon the insurance business in Sas- in the April election. He is in|a AT MURDER HEARING THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursday, December 17, 1964 3 Believed In COBOURG, Ont. (CP)--John Ryan Freeman, 16, was com- mitted for trail Wednesday on a charge of capital murder in the shooting of a 56-year-old mentally retarded maid. Magistrate R. B. Baxter com- mitted the youth for trial after a one-day preliminary hearing into the Oct. 18 death of Mildred Crocker, a ward of the Ontario hospital here. Miss Crocker had been em- Mother Says Her Son Vampires tering closets, always asking ther to go first because "They don't want you, they just want me." As a child, he slept with a toy gun and as he grew, he had a machete, an air rifle and a club beside him in bed at vari- ous times, Mrs. Freeman said. His «school 'marks - dropped |plea' during the last year and in June he became quiet and moody, she testified. Men Plead Guilty Robbery Charges - TORONTO (CP) -- Three youths pleaded guilty to rob- bery charges Wednesday and were remanded in custody to Dec. 22 for sentence. Michael John Mears, 20, and Wayne Charles Glassman, 17, both of Toronto, and Terrance Bruce Houston, 20, of Niagara Falls, Ont., pleaded . guilty to robbing a man of $110 May 10 of this. year> Houston and Mears also ded ity to robbing a prostitute the same night of $30 the three had paid her for sex- ual _ intercourse. ployed at the Fr home for only five days when she was found dead on her bed with two bullet wounds in her fore- head and a third in the mouth. Mrs. Dorothy Freeman, the youth's mother, told the hearing that her son believed people re- turn from the dead, worshipped his guinea pig and believed in vampires. The mother said her son be-| lieved that some persons were in a coma when they were buried and regained conscious- ness, becoming vampires. She said he claimed to have known such people. AFRAID OF DARK Her son was afraid of the dark, she said, and feared en- Gas Tank Blast | | VEHL .FRESH 1 OVEN READY Turkeys | | 5 to 8 Ib. avg. ay 12 King E. 723-3633 a KILLED 39: Destroys Garage TORONTO (CP)--A propane gas tank exploded in a garage in suburban East York early to- day destroying both the garage and a car parked inside. An adjacent house on Donlands Avenue was damaged and de- bris scattered across a wide rea. Police said there were no in- katoon. juries. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP)-- Less than nine months ago this booming northland city was stricken by one of the mightiest earthquakes ever recorded. With its first post - quake Christmas approaching, the city's merchants have taken a close look at Yuletide spending and find the current business picture bright. The consensus is that busi- ness this Christmas season the big shake of March 27. Vance Phillips, co-proprietor promises to be excellent despite Alaska Merchants Find Business Picture Bright of two large locally owned de- 'partment stores, said: "This will be our biggest year by quite a bit... . There are just more people around this year and they are not holding back in shopping. "Everyone appears optimis- tic about the future. You talk to people and you find that a lot of them have been here just a short time, but they're per- manent people; they've brought their families and they've bought homes. They have come to stay." 1 by-law for changing the following namely: Nemes of Highways | and THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF OSHAWA Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Cor- poration of the City of Oshawa proposes to pass 4 or streets in the City of Oshawa named and describ- ed in the first and second columns following to the respective names appearing in the third ¢olumn Description of Highweys Floyd Avenue between Stevenson Rood North and Gibbons Street Richmond St. E. between Roxborough Ave ond the east limit of Richmond Street East Falaise Avenue between Ritson Road South Richmond St. E. between Ritson Road North and Roxborough Avenue Colborne St. E. between Harmony Creek and the east limit of Colborne St. names of those highways Nemes te which te be chenged Bond Street W. Bond Street Dean Avenue Street. Ridley Avenue Regent Drive * ry Drive Inverness Street os shown on R Plon 796. Mrs, Yvonne Krotke, manager of the state employment serv- SHIN KICKING ice office in Anchorage, said quake reconstruction work has The Judge of the County Court of the County of Ontario hes * approved of the foregoing notice, ond has appointed the 14th day of January, 1965 at the hour of 10:30 o'clock In the forenoon et the Court House in the Town of Whitby, Ontario, ture Wednesday. A United States Coast Guard spokesman said the two tugs reached the 604-foot Donnacona late Wednesday night at the Lake Huron lightship, 28 miles north of the Bluewater Bridge at Sarnia and a mile and a half off the east coast of upper SHORTS SANTAS DALLAS, Tex. (AP) There aren't enough Santa Clauses to go around this year and Henry J. McClus- key of the Texas employ- ment commission says dis- resulted in lower unemployment and a higher than normal level of winter employment. Among projects continuing through the winter are the re- construction of two schools and the J, C. Penney Company store as well as new construction on a hotel and office building. gruntled youngsters are to . blame. "There is a high inci- dence of children kicking Santas in the shins for not complying with requests registered in prior years," he said. "Some of the potential Michigan in Lake Huron. The 13,800-ton vessel, under Capt. Harold Millar, caught fire Wednesday while en route to Walkerville Ont., from the Lakehead with a cargo of grain. There were no injuries and its cargo was not damaged. Glasses made to e Speciclist's "uetn 4. D. Jait OPTICIAN 936 Simcoe St. 723-3110 N. es the day, hour and place for considering the proposed by-law and for hearing those edvocating and opposing the change. A copy of the proposed by-law, stating the reasons for the changes, may be seen at the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Oshawa, Ontario. DATED AT OSHAWA, ONTARIO THIS 29th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1964 L. R. Barrand, City Clerk, 50 Centre Street Oshawa, Ontario. Capt. Clemens Morreau of the freighter Wyandotte out of Wy- andotte, Mich., said Wednesday a 25-mile - an-hour wind and applicants have said they'd just rather not do this sort of work this year." heavy seas made it impossible for his vessel to go alongside the Donnacona. The fire by then' had "pretty well eaten the forward section, the forward cabins and \the pilot house,"' he said. : The Wyandotte stood by to provide radio contact with the shore. Two U.S. air force planes and a helicopter flew over the burning ship for several hours. The Donnacona's crew extin- guished the fire and the vessel was able to reach the Lake Huron lightship under emer- gency steering to wait for the tugs. | PAUL RISTOW LTD. REALTOR 187 King Eest 728-9474 A LITTIE SHORT --_A a the abdomen and substituting aj synthetic tube for a ballooning| blister, or aneurysm, that be-! gan developing four years ago on the aorta. Real Estote McGILL "i. 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