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The Hometown petits Of 'Oshawa, bitroie Ajax, Bowmanville, % ling at once with arrang ts|t 'ito order supplies of the new s\flag for WARM WELCOME TO 1965 The wonder-of the world at what a new year may hold is mirrored in the saucered eyes of young Karlyn Michelle Farndale. She was Oshawa's New Year's Baby of 1964. And, as the new year draws near the the language may be different but the warmth and optimism of greeting is the same: Buon Capo, d'Anno!: (Italian) Gelukkig Nieuw Jaar (Dutch) Bonne et Heureuse Annee (French) Veselo Novo Leto (Slovene) A Glickluct? Nie Yuor Uewish) Bliadhna Mhath Ur (Gaelic) Sretna Nova Godina (Croatian) Omaka Teca Waste (Sioux) i -- Theyall say the same thing... 'Happy New Year!"' NO NEWSPAPER ON NEW YEAR'S The staff of The Oshawa Times will observe the New Year's Day holiday. An edi- tion will not be published Friday. Regular publication sumes Saturday. New Years Celebration Is That Theyre Alive SAN. FRANCISCO (AP) | Snow continued to fall in; Many families trapped in the} Thousands of victims of the|Eureka where helicopter rescue|vast forest's innumerable yal-| $1,000,000,000 flood that struck|operations have been halted/leys have asked to be evacuated, | five western states have little! since Wednesday by the storm. |he said, but others are choos- to celebrafe this New Year's| "If the weather keeps upling to stick it out. Te Eve, except that they are alive. jwe'll have a serious problem The coastal city of Eureka Adding to their misery, snow,| \said civil defence boss Bill| with its 30,000 inhabitants re- UN Cools Off rain and hail pummelled Wash-|Sowle. "The people in there|mained cut off except by air, ington, Oregon, northern Cali-jhave another week's supplies.|and that was sporadic because} fornia, Idaho and Nevada, andjIt's still an emergency situa-'of bad weather. Until 1965 the weather bureau predicted| tion." Rain and hail pelted the city the storm would last through! A one-lanep road was opened| Wednesday. It cancelled out hel-- UNITED NATIONS (AP)-- Friday. 70 miles through the Finaat to|icopter operations along the Eel|The UN General Assembly} A steady downpour ae mountain -community| River to the south, |started an 18-day New Year re rescue and reconstruction ef-jof Happy Camp, he said, but | |cess today after closing out 1964| eee ESE | Phi | rts of 125,000 workers in thelit is accessible only by four-| en a Soviet-U.S. showdown | four states. wheel drive vehicles. Fire Forces Ma jover the Russians' The most critical spot was in| Food, gasoline, and repair P vote. a northern California's Kalmath\equipment were taken in. De- Into Death Leap | The Security Council ended its i National Forest where 500 per-|spite lack of power and drink- jyear with a resolution calling] sons were cut off from the out-jing water the situation was side by washed out roads and/termed "very good" by Sowle. through a five-storey four days of snow that has left) 'Indications are now we will ment building Wednesday night,| |Tshombe's white three to four feet of pack on come out of this without loss Of Killing f o a and further efforts by the Or- the ground. -- life, " he "said. § four persons including a mother and her two daughters. ganization of African Unity to The mother -- Mrs. Hannah |Perry, 26--saved the life of her government and the rebels. |vear- 'old son, Emmett Jr., by|, LD Tesolution was adopted 10 jleaping from a fifth-floor win- Crisis Without idow with him cradled in her @ter its African sponsors e arms. She died of injuries in omitted condemnation of Parallel: PC ( 'hi f the fall. 'The boy apparently Belgian-U.S paratroop . & |suffered only smoke inhalation,|{!0" in November to rescue white hostages held hv the reb- 'lels, Instead the resolution "de- in The Her daughters, Betty Jane, 3, jand Shelly Marie, 2, died in the fants? jblaze, as did Howard Allen, "Hp ag MIE recemyavente ngo. Fire fighters swarmed up lad- Assembly President Alex jders to rescue residents trapped Quaison-Sackey of Ghana _re- lon upper floors. cessed the 115-nation General At least six other persons, in- Ii san Wednesday night un- OTTAWA (CP).-- Opposition Leader Diefenbaker said today that cracks apparent in the Ca- nadian Confederation a year ago now have widened into a crisis without parallel in the na- tion's history. He said in a New Year's mes- cluding a fireman, were ad-|ti) Jan. i8 after persuading Jor- sage that more and more Cana- mitted to hospital for treat- jdan and Mali to split a two-year dians are perplexed that such ment. term on the Security Council. a great peril was allowed to Mr. Perry's husband, Em- This broke a deadlock that develop in a short time. |mett, did not know of the fire threatened to necessitate a for- "Some people seem encour- luntil' he returned home from} }mal vote, which would have aged to seek a destiny for their # |work at 2:30 a.m: after the|brought a Soviet-U.S. showdown. provinces away from the main |blaze had swept through. The split-term agreement en- stream of Canadian develop- | Officials told him of the abled the assembly to finish all ment," the Progressive Con- Dazed and shocked, he;the necessary business of its |deaths. | was taken to city hospital where first 30 days by general consent, \he was given sedation. 'without any voting on the floor THE TIMES today... | | Civie Department Heads Give Year-End Round-Up--Page 13 | CP Diary of Headline News--Page 8 New Year's Baby--Page 16, 17 servative leader said. "A sense of separation has developed." Political doctrines that en- couraged separation were false and needed to be exposed. He called for the prevention of "policies" that he claimed weaken Confederation to the ex- tent that they provoke serious discussion whether Canada can survive in its present form. "In the creation of a greater) tion of the basic races must be| JOHN DIEFENBAKER ++.» We need strong government Canada, the need is for a;maintained." Ann Landers -- 15 Obits --_ 419 strong, effective national gov-| The country is going ahead! City News -- 13 Sports -- 10, 11 ernment with financial ' provi-leconomically, Mr. Diefenbaker| lassified' -- 21, 22 Television -- 18 sions adequate to carry outisaid, but he claimed that the Comics -- 18 Theatre -- 23 i their constitutional responsibili-|high point of economic progress District Reports -- 6 Whitby News -- 5, 6 i ties in recent vears was reached in Editorial -- 4 Women's -- 14, 15 | "At the same time the full 1962--when a Conservative gov- Financial -- 23 Weather -- 2 and equal rights of Confedera-'ermment was in power, } BOSTON (AP) -- Fire raced| for a cease-fire in The Congo,} apart-| withdrawal of Premier Moise| mercenaries think bring peace between Tshombe's|involved in a lcleaning to satisfy those who i lreach wrong conclusions and ae a 10-day holiday in Flor- a. to d--with France abstaining--|make innuendos.' the any opera-| cific OTTAWA (CP)--Prime Min- ister Pearson announced today the Queen approved the flag de- sign recommended by Parlia- ment Dec. 24. It will be pro- claimed early in January. He told a press conference that the Queen herself will sign the formal proclamation bring- ing into effect as Canada's na- : jtional flag design of a single red maple leaf on a white ground with a vertical red pa- |nel at each side. "The government is proceed- Aides Queen, the House. . distributed copies of the design submitted to the differing slightly from that distributed after a Com- mons committee recommended single-leaf design Where the committee's maple leaf had sharp angles in the maple leaf itself, the design ap- proved by the Queen has more F rounded angles. The red of the leaf and the vertical bars at each side 'is the "shade that has been used in he Canadi Queen OK's Flag, Proclamation Soon to the Red Ensign and general government use from the effective date that is established in the Queen's proclamation," Mr. Pearson said in a written statement is- sued during the press confer- Bence. He did not say what that.date will be but noted about six -;iweeks must elapse after tend- "\ers for the flags are called. {|ALMOST FINAL STEP The informal approval given i iby the Queen Dec. 24 to the "new design was almost the finaljof the flag as a major achieve- _|step in establishing a new flag/ment of the parliamentary ses- which Mr. Pearson had pone ae scheduléd to resume Feb. i] ised by Christmas, PM PEARSON: OTTAWA (CP)----Prime Min- ister Pearson met criticism of his cabinet ministers with a firm tribute to them today as "honest and honorable men." With regard to demands that he fire some ministers, Mr. Pearson told a press confer- ence he doesn't propose to gov- ern Canada on the basis of | threats by opposition political | parties to withdraw voting sup- |port for his minority adminis- |tration in Parliament. Referring to his colleagues, he said: "IT consider them all honest jand honorable men and it was la privilege to work with them in the last year." Mr. Pearson said in reply to a reporter's question that lhas been reading "'house-clean- jing-or-else statements" in the |press. This referred to state-| ments by Social Credit Leader| Robert Thompson assembly|the heads of four Pearson min- isters. "I don't propose to conduct jthe government... . thrown out," he said. He said he isn't going to get Mr. Pearson did not rule out; y denied .a_ report United Press International quot-| ing reliable sources as saying seven cabinet changes have) been proposed. He said the caucus 5 of Liberal ministerial | he} "show of house-| said. registrar - ate cere the Union Jack," the statement Mr. Pearson said that a com- mittee headed by the deputy Jean Miqtielon, has been set up to recommend "appropri- general of Canada, for the i he added. Mr. Pearson listed approval Ff 'Ministers Are Honest Men jterviews who called t Are on the ba-|proved in recent months. sis that if I don't do what they! This subject--'the closest to should be done we'll be!my heart"--was one of many touched on by the prime min- in a ipress conference before begin- ister Mr. Pearson displayed the de- "ak t changes but he spe sign of the new "aie Sea en By approved by the Queen. He announced that the ques- ition of jurisdiction over off- shore mineral rights will be re- |ferred to the Supreme Court of Cc anada, ration of the flag." "Announcements these and concerning the effec- tive date for the flag will be made early in the new year," MPs hasn't approached him on) the question of a cabinet shuf- fle. This was listed by the re- port as one of a number of pressures on Mr, Pearson. He called the report 'wildly speculative"' grets that ministers were named since the story appeared to originate with him of his of- fice. The house - cleaning state- ments to which Mr, Pearson re- ferred were news reports of in- with Mr. 0. 'clean house' ment resumes Feb. 16. "Relations concerning and said he re- runner-up. Thompson on the government before Parlia- Broadcast Mr. Better" Mr. | OTTAWA (CP)--Prime Min-| tion. calling forjister Pearson said today he be-| This year lieves relations between the campaign |English- and French-speaking founding elements have im- port Thatcher wan last-day-of-the-year} ernment in national flag} bec; mier W. campaign "CORRESPONDENTS GIVE THEIR VIEWS By THE CANADIAN For a second year, Prime Minister Lester B.. Pearson was Canada's Man - in - the- News in 1964 with Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker the his for adoption of a new Canadian. maple leaf flag kept him in the news' fore- front for many months. flag issue was voted top Ca- nadian news story of 1964. Others winning some sup- included Premier Ross LESTER PEARSON | a at 'PM Voted Man In News PRESS Their selection as the coun- try's top news-makers was by news editors of Canadian Press member dailies and ra- dio and TV stations served by News CP subsidiary. Pearson Was Man-in-the-News. in. 1963 after leading the Liberals to a mi- nority victory in. the April 8 federal election, toppling Diefenbaker's Progres- sive Conservative -administra- Limited, a voted successful The OTTAWA'. rig tee te a oie nesday with Seaed goo by the RCMP lawyer to a sec- refer to "this bribe at all" or to Pierre Lamontagne. Mr. Lamontagne, 29-year-old Montreal lawyer, has charged that Raymond Denis, former' Constable. Poissant said he had heard about a bribe before Aug. 1l--the day Mr. Lamon- tagne formally reported the alleged bribe offer to him by Mr. Denis. The constable said he hadn't heard about the offer from Mr. Lamontagne. Mr. Matthews jumped in when Mr. Fortier asked the source of Constable Poissant's|,; information, He said he had serious grounds for Feige to ques- Chief Justice Dorion said this aspect will be taken up at a later stage when the conduct of the RCMP is under- scrutiny. The judge said Constable Poissant could be asked whether he had obtained his in- formation about a bribe offer from someone inside or out- side the RCMP. Mr. Matthews again inter- vened, saying "I don't want to disclose all the facts at this Stage." "The information doesn't re- fer to this bribe at all and it doesn't refer to Lamontagne at all," he added. HEARD ABOUT OFFER Constable Poissant had heard about a bribe offer. ' Chief Justice Dorion then asked whether Constable Pois- sant had heard about a bribe offer to Mr. Lamontagne be- fore Aug. 11. "A few days before," stable Poissant said, Con- "One orja bribe Mr, Fortier had not specified the alleged July 14 bribe offer to Mr, Denis, ond bribe offer. Lucien wanted in the Norman Matthews, RCMP|U.S. on ' of smuggling counsel, said the force's inves-|heroin for the Mafia crime syn- tigation into a possible leak of| dicate. ¥; information in the Mafia - con-| Mr, La has been act- nected Rivard narcotics case|ing for the - justice depart- involves "other matters"|ment which is trying to have --_. if made ae could gd oe extradited to the U.S. produce "very serious conse- ice charges. quences for certain individu+|' Mr. Matihees enadealy inter- als." vened when Yves Fortier, coun- Mr. Matthews said he has|sel for Mr, ge 14 asked seen the RCMP report of this}RCMP Constable. G: Pois- investigation and that it doesn't)sant when he first loard about offer. Lamontagne by Mr. RCMP Constable Said Heard About A Bribe Mr. is confidential information ob- tained by the RCMP from sources that closed and for very good rea- son.' He said he would submit the RCMP's secret report on its leak investigation privately to Chief Justice Frederic Do: who heads the Matthews said: "This are never dis- rion, inquiry. The very good reason" then would be apparent to the judge. Paul. Jolin, counsel for the ti a, he source of infor-|New . Democratic , said mation. instructions were to|the way things were , the say that the source was '"'no|RCMP would be ab ¢ to one connected with this. omnes Speen. "4 RCMP To Come Under Scrutiny Later On of the members from the drug, Chiei Justice Dorion cut in to ask whether the constable had heard about it from someone inside or outside the RCMP. "Someone in the RCMP," Constable Poissant said. The inquiry then adjourned to Tuesday, Jan. 12, a real with an exchange of New Year's greetings between the judge and the battery of law- yers. Chief Justice Dorion said there has been an excellent atmosphere of goodwill and co- operation and that he hopes the commission will not have to sit in the evenings or "extend indefinitely." Most of Wednesday's testi- mony concerned an Aug. 20 telephone conversation between Mr. Lamontagne and Mr. Denis in Ottawa which then RCMP sergeant Ronald Crevier and Constable Poissant monitored. Mont- in Montreal of Saskatche- whose Liberal party ended 20 years of CCF. gov- that Premier Jean Lesage of Que- Premier Joey Small- | wood of Newfoundland; Pre- A. C. Bennett of British Columbia; lotte Whitton, defeated in her for | Ottawa may! or. province; and Char- re-election as are good, ment,' "he said. Whats Ahead For What is ahead, around the world, in 1965? The Associ- ated Press asked its corre- spondents in 10 key are to appraise' the Here are their reports, Britain, the Commonweal By TOM OCHILTREE LONDON (AP)--Britain ters 1965 with political, nomic and financial uncert ties pressing in upon her f many sides. Prime Minister Wilson's Labor. government is as outlook, th: en- eco- ain- rom new bringing on a period of deflation to check excess of imports over exports. \ 15-per-cent duty on imports has angered trading partners in the European Free Trade Asso- ciation and tended to increase Britain's isolation from the rival mon six- nation European Com Market Wilson's government has promised to remove this levy as soon as the British economy gets on a more even keel. Year-end payments on debts to' the United States and Canada have been postponed. Some economists argue that the pound will face new strains in the spring. FORGE U.S. TIES Politically, the Wilson admin- istration is forging close ties with Washington, Wilson intends to nationalize Britain's steel industry. This move will produce a clash in the House of Commons, which Wilson controls by only five votes. Some experts think he may call for a general elec- tion in May or early June if:he feels such a step will give his Labor party a firmer. power -base Despite occasional indications of racial strain, the Common- NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Canadian Prospects Good, Says PM OTTAWA (CP) -- Prime Minister Pearson said today the prospects for continuing Canadian prosperity in 1965 However, he told a press conference that the government is 'not taking anything for grant responsibility is to guard against setbacks and make the most of the opportunities we have been given for improve- "Our The World? however, the economic outlook wealth is holding together and is good. even showing signs of drawing West Germany is setting new its member states into a closer records in production, Italy relationship. Gambia will gain independ- ence Feb, 15. Aden and the South Arabia federation will have constitutional talks early in 1965. Western Europe By RICHARD K. * O/MALLEY PARIS (AP) -- Western Eu- rope enters the new year eco- nomically prosperous, with un- employment well down and prospects good for a thriving fu- ture France, riding a boom, may be due for some patchy spots with lagging auto and textile production, and the likelihood of more strikes from workers de- manding more pay. Over-all, shows signs of emerging from a serious economic slump. Bel- gium has its problems with a marked slowdown in industrial activity and a fight against in- flation. She is shoring up, how- ever, Two items to watch are the proposals for an allied nuclear defence force and the Common Market, both of which have strained the Franco-West Ger- man co-operation treaty, President de Gaulle will op- pose any defence proposal as long as nuclear control remains in American hands What's Ahead (Contisued on Page 7) - er