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ania' ig gp 'VIET CONG PREPARING TO ESCALATE... | Australia Will Send Battalion Into Viet Nam Conflict CANBERRA (Reuters)-- Prime Minister Sir Robert Men- zies announced today that Aus- tralia would provide an infantry battalion for service in South Viet Nam. The government decided to do so after considering a request by the government of South Viet Nam for more Australian miii- tary aid, Menzies said. Menzies said there was. "'am- ple evidence to show that with the support of the North Vietna- mese regime and other Com- munist powers, the Viet Cong have been preparing on a more substantial scale than before, insurgency action designed to destroy South Vietnamese gov- ernment control." The prime minister said it was Australia's judgment that the decision to commit a bat- talion, about 800 men, was the most useful additional contribu- tion Australia could make to the defence of the region. ANNOUNCES PLAN In a simultaneous statement Defence Minister Senator Shane Paltridge said the Ist Battalion of the Royal Australian Regi- ment would be deployed, with U.S. forces, to secure specific areas in South Viet Nam. Australia already has in South Viet Nam about 100 jun- gle combat advisers and a Australian Air Force. transport unit. The jungle advisers, like their U.S. counterparts, are not classified as combat troops, But they have been in combat areas for months and have suffered casualties in action, including one killed. In Wellington, Prime Minister Keith Holyoake said today New Zealand might send troops to South Viet Nam in a combatant role at any time but at present had no plans to do so. Holyoake said that about a year ago it was decided to send 26 army engineers to South Viet Nam in a non-combatant role. Menzies read to Parliament a letter from President Johnson thanking Australia for its sup- port. The president said the Aus- tralian action proved once again the deep ties between Australia and the U.S. in the defence of freedom in Southeast Asia. Defence Minister Paltridge said the battalion had under- gone rigorous training and preparation for operation in @ Southeast Asian theatre. He said that a number of of- ficers and NCO's in the battal- jon had seen active service dur- ing the Second World War and in Korea and the Malaysian emergency. AID°IN MALAYSIA An Australian battalion was sent to Malaysia to help local and British security forces com- bat Indonesian incursions. The U.S. ambassador to South Viet Nam, Maxwell D. Taylor, told liaiiaz newspaper men ear- lier this month that "aside from the United States, the nationals of supporting nations in South Viet Nam number over 3,000." He said 37 nations have pro- vided support or are about to give stprert to South Viet Nam. The United States at present has about 32,000 troops serving in South Viet Nam, There have been reports that the number may be increased by more than 5,000 in the next two months. At Ottawa, officials recalled that Prime Minister Pearson has said repeatedly that only under the United Nations flag would Canadian troops conceiv- ably be sent to Viet Nam. ... TROOPS MOST USEFUL CONTRIBUTIBUTION By MALCOLM W. BROWNE SAIGON (AP)--A force of more than 1,000 South Vietna- mese troops was trying today to drive a key Viet Cong unit in the Mekong River Delta into the South China Sea. Govern ment 'commanders claimed at least 86 guerrillas were killed and 34 captured in the opening phase of the opera- tion in Kien Hoa province Wed- nesday. U.S. helicopter pilots caught about 60 Viet Cong try- ing to swim an estuary and ma- chine-gunned them in the wa- ters. The Americans estimated they killed about 40 of the swim- mers, The government suspects that arms and munitions from North Viet Nam are landed in the area by junks. U.S. advisers said the opera- tion was preceded a month ago by an intense bombardment by 41 U.S. Air Force jets. Then leaflets and loudspeaker broad- casts advised all civilians to leave the area to avoid being killed. 4,000 refugees, about half the population of the area, left the swamp for government- controlled areas nearby, advis- ers said. STRIKE AGAIN More air strikes, an artillery barrage and _ shelling from three-inch naval guns and 20- millimetre cannon came Wed- nesday, Vietnamese Army and ranger troops went ashore in landing craft and helicopters, accompanied by seven armored personnel carrier. Six American B-57s dropped 13 tons of bombs on North Viet- namese roads Wednesday night leaving large craters in three of the country's main highways. A U.S. spokesman said all the planes returned safely. The spokesman said 58 air- craft from the carriers Midway and Hancock made 10 strikes -- patrol boats and sank Ive, US. Presidential Envoy Henry Cabot Lodge left Viet Nam today, saying it is incon- ceivable that South Viet Nam would be defcated-or abandoned to the Communists. The Hometown Newspaper Of Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Bowmanville, Pickering and neighboring centres, VOL. 94 -- NO. 100 ah e Ife Single Copy SOc Per Week Home Delivered OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1965 Oshawn Time Weather Report Sunny, warm. Temperatures will soar to above normal, Friday, 75. Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department ash, Ottawa end for payment of Postage in Cash, Low tonight, 45. High "TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES 500 Marines Despatched To Dominica Wednesday night a U.S. em- SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) A detachment of 500 U.S. mar-|bassy ines have landed here to aid in|forces had gained strength and the evacuation of American ci-|controlled the centre of the cap- tizens as the tide in the see-saw jtal. SAYS 12 SHOT The spokesman said "a pretty 'battle to topple the Dominican Republic government rose in fa- vor of the rebels. US. officials said the bloody |54Va! the|tice Reid|the city centre, where 12 per- sons had been shot by a crowd six-day-old revolt to topple government of Donald Cabral involved a large number) of trained Communist agents. them in because Dominican au- thorities admitted not guarantee the safety of the) earlier. The rebels seek to restore President Juan Bosch, who was deposed 19 months ago and has bassy, but the Israeli govern- one had asked for asylum. {shouting The 500 marines landed by| Wall"). helicopter Wednesday night! The hospitals were crowded after President Johnson ordered| with wounded, said, and at least 30 persons they could/had been killed, re The rebels had set up barri- 2,000 remaining Americans. leades in several parts of the About 1,200 were evacuated/city and apparently controlled |the vital Duarte Bridge between the city and the San Isidro Air Force Base which is the head- quarters of the armed forces been in exile in Puerto Rico. 'supporting the Reid regime. Deposed Reid In Hiding; Reports Say He Is Safe The U.S. spokesman said Reid! The capital city was without j was "well and in hiding." Ear-jelectricity and radio, a U.S. | lier reports said he had been|spokesman. said. He described | given asylum in the Israeli Em-|the situation as very fluid, and jsaid it was difficult to know ment said in Jerusalem that no|what might happen. The marines from the U.S.S. Jose Rafael Molina Urema,/poxer were camped on a polo, spokesman said rebel age drumhead kind of jus- was being handed out in "Al paredon'" ("to the the spokesman One of the youngest gees arriving from the Dom- inican Republic today is 1%- month-old Georgia Ann Mal- refu- man colm being carried by Navy James Middleton, of Albany, Ga. The baby is one of five children evacuated with their mother from their Santo Domingo home. Their father stayed in the country. (AP Wirephoto) the rebel who declared himself/field near the hotel where| acting president pending} Americans have assembled for Teste 'eayinu ie tho Coomban Liber al Lif e 'On Line' LED BY ARMY MEN Francisco Caama nando Ramirez, both army of-| ficers, the U.S. spokesman said.| Brig.-Gen. Elias Wessin Wessin, the military strong man who toppled Bosch's govern- ment in September, 1963, was) believed to be at the San Isidro base. The Reid government was believed to have the support of virtually all the armed forces despite losing control of central Santo Domingo. A new three-man military junta headed by Col. Pedro Be- by Radio San Isidro The broadcast warned public to stay away from all places where there were rebels, as they would be bombarded. It also said the new junta would promote 'free and democratic elections." Canadians Evacuated OTTAWA (CP)--Seven Cana-| dians have been evacuated s0} far from Santo Domingo, capi-| tal of the Dominican Republic} R d Eff wracked by civil war, officials said today. | e ort WASHINGTON council of the Organization of|two omissions: , American States meets in an|pensions and bigger tax cuts noit was named in a broadcast emergency session today at the|for low - income brackets. the request of the United States to) i deal with the crisis in the Do-|other tests of confidence in the) minican Republic. after nounced Wednesday night that U.S. Marines had landed in the revolt-torn Dominican Republic fo evacuate Americans. | In Caracas, Venezuela's Pres- ident Raul Leoni said the OAS should establish a peace com- jmission to work toward ending \the fighting in the Caribbean re- A spokesman said the Mar-| Embassy, the spokesman said. ines' action would depend on the) j\development of the confused po- s were led by Cols. litical and military situation. He gl ho gg he wi +s Her-/Said they had not taken sides in the revolt and the U.S. was not intervening in Dominicas y| Republic internal affairs, LBJ Calls OAS Parley (AP) -- Theicriticizing the new budget \to President Johnson an- By RONALD LEBEL y the minority The Liberals jearly days of the 1965 session} The meeting was arranged|When opposition MPs who don't) want an away in droves | The NDP motion was _intro-| duced Wednesday by party's C a mer on chan - The Islands), as the six- day budget debate opened. Mr. Cameron said he wanted to make a debate with a derisive analysis ing" Liberal govern-|it the Higher old age} survived three} Mr. election now stayed financial critic, Colin and purely political. AWA (CP) -- The life of|gave relief to those who needed| more federal aid. n-| 'e| Mr. Cameron said the tax cut jment goes on the line again)most taxpayers a mere $3 this|is too small to stimulate the jtoday in the Commons but the!year. 'element of suspense is lacking.) The government is expected vote down a New Demo- cratic non - confidence motion least "That might be one way (for Conservatives) to win the next election -- to have a dollar bill wth Walter Gordon's for|face on the face of the bill."|s600 on |WILL BUY GUM | Wealthy people had received a $600 reduction for a full year, stock up on chewing gum. Nowlan said tax on production machinery is! rowed "stupid" and has hurt the econ- the| omy badly. Universities faced a and would save} | three- There was }but the majority of the people I would benefit barely enough to/stams aimed at unemployment, the sales} posed not the idea (Nanaimo - Cowi-| Conservative non- GANG-BUSTERS GO AUTOMATED as a tool to with a mixt pe. Dole dat motion more| NEW YORK (AP) -- The . i war on U.S. crime has been . OPENS DEBATE automated, it was disclosed jother comm Rebellion: The Conservative finaficial mocmery wit the federal |vestment trust. . critic, George Nowlan (Digby- "or. men the, Annapolis - Kings), opened the! yan afoul of an electronic |nonce, Om Canadian goods or services. He called for sharply in- creased spending on higher edu- cation, urban renewal and pro- But Suspense Lacking It}financial crisis ahd needed| economy and will annoy many Canadians when they find out how little benefit they receive. no guarantee rich {people would spend their extra consumer eliminating He said the Liberals bor- the name of the pro- }ment on autos and parts. By ARCH MacKENZIE WASHINGTON (CP) -- The United Auto Workers union to- day urged legislation to com- pensate workers who are dis- lodged from their jobs by the Canada - United States agree- The UAW endorsed the agree- ment to end tariffs for produc- ers of most North American motor vehicles and their com- ponent parts. But it said that Canada is dragging its feet in preparing for workers who are laid off as a result the agreement. ; Leonard Woodcock, vice-pres- ident of the UAW, appeared be- fore the House of Representa- tives ways and means commit- tee which is studying the draft legislation to implement the U.S. side of the agreement. Prime Minister Pearson and President Johnson signed the pact Jan. 16, but Congress must pass the enabling legislation. Woodcock also urged Cana- dian car makers to start pass- ing on price cuts to Canadian consumers. : The UAW represents most of the 1,000,000 workers in the U.S. industry and the bulk of Canad's 65,000 automotive work- ers. WILL BENEFIT BOTH Woodcock, in a partial text of his testimony issued in ad- vance, said the agreement with proper safeguards will greatly benefit both countries, It meant in effect that "instead of a U.S. auto industry producing prima- rily for the U.S. market, and a Canadian industry produc- ing for the Canadian market, we will have taken a long step toward an international indus- try producing for the entire North American market." Woodcock said the union hopes the principle can be ex- tended to other North Ameri- UAW Urges Help For Job-Losers for Canadian workers affected by the agreement." WILL HINDER EXPANSION Refusal by Canada to do this would certainly hinder expan- sion of the free-trade principle in other areas, Woodcock added. He said it is true that sav- ings to producers from the tar- iff-abolition scheme will take time to show in the higher-cost Canadian industry, where cars sell at prices 10 to 15 per cent higher than in the U.S. But a saving already in ef- fect was the abolition of the Ca- nadian tariff of $50,000,000 an- nually and the Canadian con- sumer should get his slice in lower auto prices, "The prices of cars to Can- ada have not been cut yet by one cent and the companies have made it clear that they have no intention of reducing prices now or in the near fu- ture," Woodcock said. GIANT QUAKE ROCKS COAST Destruction Widespread; Walls Crash SEATTLE (AP) -- A severe In Seattle At Aberdeen, on the earthquake rocked the Pacific|the quake was described as a Northwest today, causing wide-|" spread damage. rolling series of three shocks" that caused buildings te sway. Some walls collapsed in down-|Most were evacuated. town Seattle and a man was reported trapped in a car cov-|c ered by the rubble. j In Seattle, the two-storey, oncrete Seattle Times building iggled like an electric Mais Buildings swayed in a s¢bre|Plaster sifted down in the of cities as the occupants|s0ciated Press 'rooms and tele- streamed into the street. type printers stopped briefly, Telephone service also was in- Grand Coulee. Dam, in north- east Washington, reported the|'e'rupted for a few minutes. shock was felt for more than 45 seconds. Some circuits at the]/eau. chief Murlin Spencer, : Seattle bur. who directed cover- big hydro - electric dam were |e oe eg SPs sgt ty knocked out. There were no immediate re-|*2¢ Shock "has the feel -of the ports of casualties, Most damage appeared to be limited to cracked plaster, bro- ken windows and dishes, and snapped wires. 0 second quake which hit anchor- age exactly one week after the first destructive one." The second Alaska quake was rated at an intensity above 7 in the Richter scale. TOO STRONG TO READ ROADS DROPS The University of Washington seismologist said the quake was b so strong it knocked the needle ble to get a reading. o GM '65 Sales Set Records DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors Corp. Wednesday re- ported the biggest first-quarter earnings in U.S, business his- tory: $36,000,000, equal to $2.22 a share. GM's earnings for the first three months of 1965. shattered its previous corporate and U.S, industry high of $536,000,000 and $1.87 a share set in the first quarter last year. General Motors thus became the third of the big three auto makers to report business at a new high in the first quarter this year. Ford earned $200,- 800,000 and Chrysler $56,600,000 in the same three months. | At Olympia, the state capitol buildings shook for nearly a Eastbound lanes of a draw- ridge over the Duwamish wa- off the selsmograph and he was ai in Seattle were closed traffic except transit oaches because of a drop in the road level. Women prisoners in the city minute and state workers ran jail began screaming "Let us into the open, 0 ut of here," "Let us out of The shock appeared to bethere, please," as the building worse than one which did se- vere damage to the legislative buildings in 1949. The tremor was felt from the coast to eastern Washington and from Oregon into British Columbia. FLEE TO STREETS shook. In Tacoma, 30 miles to the south, one of the main down- town streets, Pacific Avenue, _ littered with bricks and ebris. At Everett, 26 miles north, the state patrol radio tower At Ellensburg, 100 miles east|toppled, streets buckled and of Seattle, streets were jammed|some water lines broke. Bould- with people who fled from/e downtown buildings. Some win-|S dows were broken and walls cracked, NEWS HIGHLIGHTS rs came rolling down onto the tevens Pass highway from Mt. Persis east of Everett, causing some damage. Alarm In Vancouver, But No Injury : Canada Development Corporation from the NDP, but WANTS TOOL The NDP saw the corporation ment to stimulate the economy. private investment but the government proposed only an- Mr. Cameron said banks, in- will seize control of the corpor- American Motors, whose auto i Woodcock called for addi-|sales have trailed its 1964 pace, VANCOUVER (CP) -- Reports of alarm but n iiptiea ; tional U.S. provisions in thejis to make its first quarter fi-| gigoqeq in from alge 1 British yi teh oar draft bill to compensate work-|nancial report early next week. a sharp earth tremor centred south of here near Ferra ers who are thrown out of work} Chairman Frederic G, Don- West Coast Quake Near 'Frisco Size by the agreement. ner and president John F. Gor- He said the U.S. governmentidon announced that GM _ set BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- The earthquake which shook the Pacific Northwest today was given a preliminary also should "make known tojquarterly records in_ sales, ure of public andjthe Canadian government thejearnings, world - wide employ- reading of 7, a very strong quake, on the Richter scale, The San Francisco quake of 1906 was 8.25. concern of the U.S. that ade-|ment and payrolls in the first 200 Viet Cong Guerrillas Killed quate safeguards be providedithree months of 1965. SAIGON (AP) -- USS. can industries. behind it. enable the govern- ercial mutual in- wr sid wens. Pakistan Claims Victory 7 id ee ay jof the budget submitted Mon-| Ty's" Attorney Joseph P ation and get a $100,000,000 gift I 4 D F . . ere are Canadian citi- lday night by Finance Minister! Seay fe I : |from the taxpayers. Liberal t F ht South Vietnamese ground forces have killed an estimated zens registered with the Cana-| MIAMI, Fla, (AP)--Evacu- Gordon. Hoey ba -- said the | covernments had always served n ' ay ron ler 1g 200 Viet Cong guerrillas in three operations ranging from the dian embassy in the republic,|ees from the civil strife in His omnibus motion, which| is T the can "4 vital & ithe interests of the business Mekong Delta in the south to the sandy coastal plains of 47 of them in the capital. Santo Domingo said today some|comes to a vote Monday, crit-| 'afar cati e ag os if he community ahead of national By DAN COGGIN said almost all fighting takes) central Viet Nam, spokesmen said today. Two Americans Resides the seven, 'some wives|Dominicans regard the rebel-jicized the government for fail- aa dicho 4 b andied i ad | interests. | BIAR BET, Kutch (AP)--|Place at night, when the heat) were killed and five others wounded in the actions | and children of embassy staffjlion as an attempt to installling to repeal the li-per-cent|ine throsveed ¥ 7g wone.! The. only other speaker dur-/Paistani forces claim they|Subsides. The darkness also al- : i have been evacuated to Puerto!|another Communist regime in/sales tax on production machin-|.. sot gy: statute of iimi- ing Wednesday's abbreviated|scored an easy victory over In-|!ows more freedom Of MOVE) «wes AERTS Sane ' Rico the Caribbean ery and to provide tax reli lations would Have expired. tt , "{ | di ' ment across the empty flats ian iia ener The Canadians have not been "Everybody says the Commu- lower - acne le sar ae An Aeon, to pouting ae Coditel. whe will conti ares ay segeh ath fexsten po where during the day one can ' / 1 - wivnite a ss »w y a) s : f . J ordered to leave the republicinists are behind this," said|sion increases in the face of the ec -- ee |remarks today. se jpation of this oasis gg see for miles. ees In THE TIMES today.. * but may do so on a voluntary|George L. Rankin, 64, who said|rising cost of living basset th - = yg re | He said it was a disappoint-\baked, barren Rann of Kutch, | "We would have pushed them * | basis, using facilities provided/he has made 19 trips to the Do-| Mr. Cameron's amendment) petriny nad ax e300 00 don't, {ment that the budget did not| It is one of the most unlikely|'e&" to Bombay," a Pakistani) Politicians Are Berated, Criticized: Walker--P- 13 a by, the a cies ee Derek Me, said his me - - rate pensions should $400,000 pees ae pai '0 Jincrease the value of goodsland desolate patearobnds oe captain said with a mae He btn taal Gain 0.M.B. Hearing From Council | Some Canadians 1c riends there, both Americans|have been increased to $100 a ae as a Waa, Canadians can bring b ' "Scor' said his troops suffered no fa-): ig eR . give akon bY US, halcomerland Dominant ad een/month rom $5 and ta baa | yt Saceat Gaede? [ne Unie Staten ted veree|ettes "oil teceme. "eee alies in aking Bir Bt Sr Sey Maioes Clem ret Cant. 8 irec - A ss 4 0) j _ . : Pg Ry a Piiogl oho mgara Cotes = ais eae To ae a -- federal laws requiring gamb- ogre g -- was clam-|tideland, covered by water from/CLAIM LOSSES INFLICTED [; Ann Landers--17 Obits--26 i sgl [A Wall desta dthame wee Aewlicn Sabet tor eneuss " lers to register with the in- mee. or is step. ce the Arabian Sea whipped up by The Pakistanis said they cap-|> City News--13 Sports---8, 9, 10, 11 ¥ i his agh ic sadiers sally tolhy Gade Ractmasee wae tc O Hcg a Pipe ternal revenue service and |- oo soy am --_ ors monsoon rains. tured the oasis Monday night, Clossified--22, 23, 24, 28 Television--27 EY Mrs. S. G. Burkett of Toronto|Juan, Puerto Rico, after being!for single person ' purchase $50 wagering - tax |°0n oo oe : . aig ¥ el The temperature reaches 120/inflicting heavy Indian losses.| Can S---27 j : : Theatre----26 S and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ram-jevacuated from Santo Domingo) Mr Nowlan said the 10-per stamps. Conviction carries a ng poees On ie regional/degrees during the day. The|Biar Bet is five miles south of! mcr * Whitby News--5 ; say of Nassau are among Cana-|/by U.S, warships agreed with|cent income tax ut announced| joo an penalty of 8. Year popes, 'GQuimeo pry bongs es ag An eustes | osihabe a : dian citizens evacuated so far. Rankin. in the budget is "penny » pinch-| 1" Jail and $10,000 fine. ring peace to the island saga ia : jentere border in the disputed|)) Finencial--26 Weather--2 y*pP lic. Pakistani field commanders/Rann of Kutch area. baie eT ees