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Second Section City and district festures, social and classified sdvertis- ing. Emergency Numbers Hospital 723-2211 Police 725-1138 Fire 725-6574 She Oshawa Time OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1965 Simulated Disaster Kept Oshawa Hospital On Hop 5 Dead, Injured Treated © em By Crack Hospital Team evamp In City? exercise was to take place but Free parking may be a thing not when. MISTAKES ANTICIPATED of the past for some Oshawa motorists if the traffic safety Foul-ups were bound to occur, Major ones were communica- tions and identification of vic- tims. rae iy / In an address to nurses, doc- division of the city's engineer- tors and interested persons, Mr. ing department turns in an ad- Hepburn said the hospital was verse report based on a down- town survey. Traffic Engineer Robert Richardson expects to present city council with a report, and notified at 7.45 p.m. by the Oshawa Fire Department but his recommendations, gathered from questionnaires on private the first casualties did not ar- rive until 8.10 p.m. lot parking submitted by down- town merchants, Spokesmen from the hospital and the EMO said it would take about a month to assess charts provided to observers to The survey, embracing more than 100 merchants and busi- nesses, was spurred by the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce the scheme to analyse. One of the girl victims de- last month. Secretary-treasurer Jack Mann said that the ques- served an academy award for her ferformance--she screamed loud enough to wake up the tion of unauthorized parking had bothered owners of lots for some time, entire hospital, In another instance, police in- Mr. Richardson said today that his department will fully tervened to stop what they thought was a fight between two victims who were feigning investigate the reports and pre- pare a brief for council. 'We expect to have the whole thing shock, Most surprised were the vic- done within a month," he said, Mr. Mann said that the Cham- leat 5 i the long Organizations outside the hos-|'ms when they saw pital that took part in the dis-/@™™ - 3 law clamped on aster included police, Red|heir shoulders, Cross, St. John Ambulance,|pyeRYTHING WENT WELL ber transportation committee Community Nursing Registry,| "There was n) panic and considered the problem Victorian Order of Nurses, thejeverything went very well, land had investigated measures city and Ontario County Health}caiq Lt, Col. Wotton today. taken by civic authorities in Unit, the Oshawa Fire Depart-| "we took safety precautions Kitchener. He added that a parking authority was set up by bylaw which polices private-| ° ily ow lots. It was really unreal, But a 'crash' staged last night by the Ontario County Emergency Measures Organiza- tion at the Oshawa airport had all the trimmings of a real event, The mock disaster sent 60 gruesomely "injured" poeple and a number of "dead" to the Oshawa General Hospital, Object of the exercise was to test rescue and hospital oper- ations to see if they were gear- ed to handle a sudden disaster. The "victims" were students of Kingsway College Seventh Day Adventist school who went to Oshawa Airport to be made up as crash victims. Purpose of the mock disas- ter plan was to ascertain the facilities of the hospital's medi- cal staff and lay personnel so it could be utilized to face a major catastophe, Lt, Col. F. 8. Wotton, EMO co-ordinator, said after the exercise: "Such a need was graphically illustrated by the apartment explosion this week in Montreal that claimed 28 lives," ff a "SURGEONS TACKLE SUDDEN DISASTER A surgical team at Oshawa General Hospital holds a hurried conference over a "victim'" of the plane crash as she is rushed to the Operating Room in last night's mock disaster or- UAW Members Vote This Month March is voting month for 4. ment and the press. against the chance that the peo- Fifteen hospitals from allipje of the area might think parts of the province had rep-|something was really going on. resentatives on hand to observe} "Of course the element of and criticize the hospital's dis-lcurprise was all important, I aster plan, think we learned a lot of les- Lt. Col. Wotton said that ifisons, people of the city were con-| 'The hospital did everything cerned about the mock crash orlexpected of them, There was that a disaster of this magni-jaiso a great dea! of interest tude could occur in this area,/and enthusiasm from the nurses they should support the bloodjand staff at the hospital. donor clinic today at St. Greg-| 'The most important. lesson ory's Auditorium, we learned was in terminology. "I'll be there," he said, Police, doctors and rescue James Hepburn, assistant ad-|workers don't speak in the ministrator of Oshawa General|same language when it comes Hospital, said the hospital was|to a disaster, able to process the 60 simu-| 'For instance when we con- lated casualties in 45 minutes. |tacted the hospital we said 'are The exercise was the prob-lyou ready to handle an emer- ably the worst kept secret injgency?' Well of course the hos- the city's history, but two-score/pital is. doctors and an uncountable] "We have to forge a system number of nurses and aides re-|by which everyone knows exact- sponded to the call as thought it}ly what kind of disaster has was the "real McCoy," struck, When we say disaster Mr. Hepburn admitted most'we mean disaster. . maneuvre designed to test facilities for dealing with a large scale disaster.. The combined efforts of EMO, police, fire, hospital and several volunteer groups were used in the life-saving 30 STEELWORKERS STRIKE AT AREA REFINERY PLANT Steelworkers struck the is bargaining for Fritz W. Glitsch and Sons contract. (Canada) Limited plant at A company spokesman |"* Uxbridge today. 'said about 30-40 men left the | Will have to put money in the The men are members of plant about 9 a.m. today. |budget,"' said the mayor. Local 6482, United Steel-. The firm manufactures re- Lesocat sume comnts = worker: ! : , i ; Pounc: ie orkers of America, which finery equipment, lup to review the 1062 Woods, Gordon administration report, | will be held before the 1965 bud- get is approved at the end of |March. The committee, composed of the mayor, acting mayor Ald. |Clifford Pilkey and the four operation, The fifth floor operating rooms _ were among the busiest spots as patient after patient were wheeled in displaying their gory artistny. ganized by the Emergency Measures Organization. Over 60 "victims" --stu- dents of Oshawa's Kings- way College -- were brought through the emergency doors of the hospital in a Directorship -| Decision Soon To fill or not to fill--the |vacant director of operations /position in the city? A. decision will have to be made this month, Mayor Lyman |Gifford said today, | "If council decides to hire a new director of operations it its first was made this year when voters| more than 14,000 members of|found that large trucks were be- ing used as polling stations. Local 222, United Auto Workers. |r ast year we tat at the gates The General Motors unit of the|at card tables,' Mr. Lee stated local goes to the polls during|It sure was cold.' the month to elect committee-|, ,7ne ni ed was opened for men and alternate committee-|-:0007® °° allow workers on all shifts to cast their ballots. Elec- men for all departments of the|tions there were for West Plant GM complex in Oshawa. jcommitteemen and alternates. | James Lee, chairman of the "Papa" Ontario Needs Ns UP SHE GOES Mr. Lee said that elections -o27e eee es PREPTTAORTE PE tee 4 Pet eteeee re Local 222 election committee, said that the first results have been tabulated. Voting went on Wednesday at the Bond street union hall and at the GM South Plant. | A first in voting arrangements' would be eld for each of the 80 zones in GM and that the results would be announced as soon as possible. "Then we start to get into gear for the executive elections which will be held in May this year," he stated, Redistribution Changes Cited By Albert Walker The new Ontario - toral riding will have nearly 55,000 people in it, Albert V. "Ab" Walker, servative Association of Osh-| awa last night.. "This will:change the picture of the area around here since it separates told a_ dinner} meeting of the Progressive Con-| the outside area} South elec-| come a separate riding, he said. "T would like to point out however that re-distribution must wait until the law is pass- ed by the government and at present time it has not been discussed in the House." The proposed bill of - re- distribution of Electoral Rid- ings was put before the House from Oshawa, which will be-'last January. Children usually don't have to spend money to get money from their parents, But municipalities in a sense children of the province under provincial legislation -- often have to spend money to get money from their kindly | parent, Fred Crome, city engineer, says his department is now pre- paring a detailed report of about 165 pages on Oshawa's 1964 road maintenance and building program. The report is required by the government's highways depart- ment before final subsidies on the road program will be paid. At present, the province pays one-third of the road program cost and three-quarters of the connecting-link program cost. Mr. Crome said the total road program expenditure in Oshawa last year amounts to more than one million dollars. CITY TORIES HEAR BELTING REBUTTAL Report From "Junior" The government this year has increased by . $6,300,000 the amount of money available to Ontario municipalities: for road subsidies bringing the total to $104,200,000 -- topping $100,000- 000 for the first time. However, last week at the Ontario Good Roads Association convention, A. T. C, McNab, deputy highways minister, said a change from unlimited to limited subsidization of munici- pal road building is inevitable. Charles McNaughton, High- ways Minister, said later that it is no longer possible to offer municipalities unlimited assist- ance, because "'there is only so much money available', Mr. Crome said the govern- ment probably feels that it may have to be more selective in subsidizing road programs, be- cause municipal needs may in- crease faster than provincial revenues, |standing committee chairmen, | Ald. Gordon Attersley, Ald. Hay- |ward Murdoch, Ald. John Brady land Ald. Cecil Bint, will give "top priority" to the. vacant post and make a recommendation to council, said Mayor Gifford. Blast Inquest Date Not Set an official inquest into Mon- day's shipboard explosion in Whitby which killec two men and seriously injured a third, Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck said today. The explosion took place in the engine room of a _ sand- sucker in drydock at Port Whit- by for winter servicing. Ivan Nichols, 33, of 697 Rhodes av- enue, Toronto, and Joseph Va- vasorri, 59, of 95 Albert street, Oshawa, were killed. No date has heen set yet for Slow but sure. Canada's newest national symbol, the red maple leaf flag, is slow- ly but surely rising above public and private buildings in the city. Eleven separate schools this week unfurled the new flag. At Holy Cross Separate School (photo), Sis- ter Thomas Aquinas, princi- Oshawa Utilities Chief 3 Honored At Convention H. F, Baldwin, chairman ofjand one half day convention in Public Utilities| Toronto. the Oshawa Commission, was elected a di- rector of the Ontario Municipal]of the Association of Municipal its|Electrical Utilities of Ontario, Electrical Association at convention this week. Mr, Baldwin and ¥, F. Arm-jistrative staff members of the the|province's 357. municipal elec- Oshawa PUC, attended the twoltrical utilities, strong, vice-chairman of pal, raised the maple leaf flag and students sang "O Canada". But a Board of Edicational official said to- day flags for the city's 28 public and high schools are not expected to arrive in less than two weeks, --Oshawa Times Photo The OMEA convention was combined with the convention a group of technical and admin- including Auditorium. Mr. Baldwin said there are now 316 all-electrically heated homes in the city and 35 new all-electric ently under construction. said some 35 homes have. been converted from other forms of heating to all-electric heat. Electric Installations In City, District Jump Oshawa now has a total of more than 800 all-electric apart- in existence or ment suites under construction. H, F. Baldwin, chairman of Utilities Commission, says 22 apartment buildings with 413. suites are in the Oshawa Public service, He said 10 more all-electric apartment buildings with 396 suites are under construction and 63 commercial buildings are heated electrically in Oshawa, Oshawa _ Civic the homes are ores- He In addition, the PUC chair. man said there are about 60 all- electrically heated homes in the surrounding distriet, just be- yond the boundaries of Oshawa, DISTRICT In Bowmanville there are about 70 all-electrically heated homes, 29 apartment suites, three schools and seven com- mercial buildings. In Whitby there are 50 apart- ment suites and 25 homes elec- trically heated. In Ajax, 47 dwellings and four factory office buildings are elec- trically heated, At the beginning of January this year, Ontario Hydro re- ports more than 14,000 dwellings in the province were all-elec- trically heated. Reforms Minister Grossman Swings Back At Mercer Critics Reforms Minister Allan Gross- man came out swinging last night in defence of his depart- ment's actions-on Mercer Re- formatory and the province's penal system as a whole. "T have been portrayed as the merciless guardian of Mercer, wandering around with a cat 0' nine tails in my hand,"' he told a dinner meeting of the Pro- gressive Conservative Associa- tion of Oshawa "Mercer was in the process of being replaced when that so- called Grand Jury report was issued. I said over a year ago this building was io be replaced and the puolic knew this." A Grand Jury report last. fall was extremely critical of condi- tions at the Toronto Reforma- tory. Mr. Grossman set up an investigating committee which recently recommended only that the attending doctor be re- placed. The Opvosition yelled white- wash And Liberal James Trot ter (Toronto-Parkvale) charged last month that Mercer officials lied to Toronto Insurance man ' (Pm Richard Lyall, the foreman of the critical Grand Jury. "You cannot replace buildings like this over nigh.' Mr. Gross- man said last night. 'It takes planning and foresight, It also . takes knowledge of the circum- stances and research on the needs of the future." Mr. Grossman charged "inde- cision' at the Federal govern- ment level with nolding back penal reform progress at the | provincial ievel, "I have been portrayed... 'Eight to 10 years ago a com- mission was set up to investi- gate penal reform in Canada, A recommendation was made that provincial governments should be responsible for sen- tences: up to six months, the federal government for sen- tences of a year and more," (There were to be no sentences between six months and a year.) "Nothing has ever been done about this report,"' accused Mr. Grossman. '"'When one of the factors in replacing buildings is completely clouded by indecision at the federal level, then the situation must be carefully eval- ayetorenen ", ..as the merciless guardian .. ." uated. And this is what we are doing' (The province is now charged with the responsibility of per- sons with sentences up to two years.) Mr. Grossman said it would be unwise to spend taxpayers' money on new buidings "and then have the federal govern- ment make them obsolete by changing the system". He said 'wild charges" of the Opposition are taken from the Dark Ages and are intended only to distract public attention from the "tremendous job being jone by this depaitment". Mr. Grossman called Ontario correctional systems the finest in Canada, and probably the world "because { have seen them all'. "We have instituted progress in many areas. In training schools for instance we have in- troduced a completely re-written . Training Schools Act which is one of the most forward-think- ing pieces of, legislation of its kind in the world. "Did you know that under the «+. of Mercer" criminal code of Canada today a boy is judged to know he has committed a criminal act when he is sevenyyears old? "We have changed that to 12 years old. Children under that age need help. "We have announced the es- tablishment of a new training school in Northern Ontario, and today in the house I was pleased to inform them ot the acquisi- tion of the Air Force Station at Hagersville near Hamilton which we shall adapt as two training school uaits, One will have cottage-type homes for the boys, the other will offer a pro- gram of intensive trade training for older boys," he said. ' "We have built a new Forestry Camp to add to the three for adults and one for boys; we are building a new training centre at Fort William to teach school and trade train- ing to young adults; we. are building chapels at many of our institutions. and have built one of the finest Chapiaincy Serv- ices of any correctional author- ity on this continent.