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A emeny chair short- age yesterday afternoon left Betty Puskas, board of health secretary, sitting on the floor answering a tele- phone at the board's new offices, 179 Simcoe st. s. The health department moved 'to its new "home"' yesterday. A space shortage at city hall resulted in the department moving to the board of education - owned building which the city is renting for $1 per year. Betty and Norma Craggs, clerk, carry a typewriter into the new offices as sec- retary Mrs. L. A. Kent opens the door for them. The city has spent $3,000 in renovating the building. Dr. C. C. Stewart, medical offi- cer of health, opened the new offices for business this morning. --Oshawa Times Photos | She Oshawa Fimes OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1965 August pension cheques for people retired from Gen- eral Motors of Canada will be made available in Osh- awa on Saturday, the com- pany announced today. The pension cheques from the Royal Trust Company for all retired salary and HMSO asvnegh: cavnnntn insti A delegation of Oshawa's striking postal employees met today with representatives of their national executives in To- ronto. The men sought clarifica- tion of the. executive's view of the strike -- and possible gov- ernment action to end it. Letter carriers returned to work in Whitby this morning. Members of the executive con- ducted'a house-to-house canvass of the members Wednesday night and it was agreed the men would return to work. Ajax postal workers have agreed to continue their strike-- following the lead set by To- ronto postal employees. cn GM PENSION PAY SATURDAY hourly rated GM people will be available at the person- nel department in the GM Auditorium Building at Richmond and Mary sts. on Saturday, between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. People collecting cheques will be expected to offer some form of identifi- cation. Some 1,000 GM pen- sion cheques are delivered each month to the Oshawa district. Pension cheques not pick- ed up on Saturday will be placed in the mail for the earliest possible delivery when postal service has been restored. LTC A A Oshawa Postal Delegation. Seek Strike Clarification Ted Williams, president of the Oshawa branch of the Fed- erated Association of Letter, Carriers, said today that four representatives of the striking letter carriers and postal sorter clerks represented more than 100 local postal workers at the meeting. MEET TODAY "We will meet at the Steel- workers' Hall at 6.30.p.m. today to discuss the results of their meeting," said Mr. Williams. "I think that we will take another vote which will decide whether to continue the strike or return to. work."' The presidents of the three Satellite Concept Seen For City, Area Oshawa, or a Whitby-Oshawa combination, will' eventually be- come "an autonomous satellite centre within a huge megopolis of which the heart is. Metro To- tonto," says Norman Millman. "One thing seems certain, short of a major catastrophe, and that is that the megopolis will develop," he said in his apartment study report present- ed last night to the Oshawa planning board. "This likelihood should be given its full share of influence in determining a policy regard- ing housing developments in Oshawa,"' said Mr. Millman. "A different type of develop- ment may be advisable than that which would be employed} ------ if Oshawa were not to become} part of a huge complex." Mr. Millman, former long- time member and chairman of the planning board, is often call- ed "'the father of town planning" in the city. POPULATION INCREASE In a population projection, the Millman Report predicted 90,000 persons would live in the city by 1971, over 100,000 by 1975 and 110,000 plus by 1979. Previous population projec- tions, he said, have been on "'the conservative side". He said apartments built to- day will be in existence 50 years} hence but before that time their environment will be quite dif- ferent. "Thus it would appear that in- dividual developments in Osh- awa should be planned on a large scale to Metro standards, he said, | Mr. Millman said this practice would put everything into the hands of large, well - financed | "/ contributing factor in many mo- plies to major developments but added that there would still be Commander Denis D. Lee has a $27,000,000 floating responsibility. He is skipper of the St, a large demand for the con- struction of smaller buildings. MAINTAIN STANDARDS' He recommended that present standards of density in the zon- ing bylaw be maintained as they seem to meet the needs of this city for at least 10 years. "It is realized that this density is far below that permitted in central areas of large metro- Laurent, a converted anti- submarine destroyer escort, now in Oshawa Harbor for three days as part of a Great Lakes training run. The 41-year-old ship's cap- tain was born in Winnipeg and entered the Royal Cana- dian Naval Volunteer Re- serve as an ordinary sea- man in 1941, 41-YEAR-OLD 'PEG SKIPPER HAS HUGE RESPONSIBILITY | He served at sea on Canadian Navy ships dur- ing the Battle of the Atlan- tic. In 1945, Commander Lee transferred to the RCN; four years later he was made Officer-in-charge of the Communications Train- ing Centre, HMCS Naden, Esquimalt, British Colum- bia. He took command of the St. Laurent in October, 1963. Staff members staged a walk- out in protest against alleged discrimination against an em- ployee at a Whitby Township de- 'partment store this morning. Timothy Lloyd, representative of Local 414, Retail, Wholesale and Departmerit Store Union, said that-more than half of the some 90 store clerks picketed the K-Mart store on Highway 2 this morning. "They walked' out because politan cities and that it is slightly below that of Metro To- ronto's larger suburban munici- palities," he said. "However, it will be more than 10. years before Oshawa reaches comparable size." | Holiday Wathitiy Issued By Police Local Ontario Provincial Po- lice officers will wage an all- jout campaign to keep death off the roads this coming weekend. Cpl. William Fitzsimmons, of- ficer commanding the OPP Whit- by Detachment, said today that all cruisers and officers will patrol highways in this area over the Civic Holiday weekend. "We will pay special attention to drivers who in any way con- tribute to motor vehicle acci- dents,' said Cpl. Fitzsimmons. "With the co-operation of the motoring public we will endea- vor to keep our highways free oe death and injuries,' he stat- ed. "Remember, speeding is a tor accidents when coupled with inattentive. driving," said the of- ficer. 'We want everyone to enjoy a happy holiday weekend to demand that. all the neces- sary car spaces for tenants be within the building that the strictly limited.to that required The amount of surface park- ing allowed on apartment sites in Oshawa has "shocked" the author of an apartment study report. Norman Millman, in his report presented last night to planning board, recommended that sur- face parking be strictly limited to the smallest portion of the total land area. "This is a motor car town, said Mr. Millman. "However, in- stead of letting the automobile swamp us and lower our sian- dards of living, we should be leading the way toward finding means #f combining a reason- able degree of the ammenities provided by the car with a sen- sible appreciation of home life. Each has its proper place." He asked: "'Is it unreasonable provided either underground or itself and surface parking be developers and builders as it ap - - and get home| safely.' Report's Author 'Shocked' By Surface Parking Here G. A. Wandless, city planning director, said at. present, the planning board insists that at least 50 percent of parking be underground (in areas where rezoning is required and an ap- plication comes before the board). SECOND SHOCK "Another shock consequent to »/this study is the discovery of how little city-owned public space is being made available within the vicinity of apartment buildings,"' said Mr. Millman, He said city authorities should develop a direct relationship be- tween the permits for apart- ment buildings and park devel- opment. "Communities exist which show the good and bad results from sufficient or insufficient open space," said Mr. Millman. He suggested that when an ap- plication for an apartment build- ing is studied that provision for public open space be '"'given ent is putting pressure on one of the men who has ap- plied to join our union," he said. "They follow him around the store, and watch when he talks to any of the girls, then they question them about the con- versation."" Mr. Lloyd said that a majority of the employees have applied to join the union. "The depart- ment of labor has been investi- gating the situation for over six months and now a certification vote is scheduled. 'FED UP' "The people here are just fed up with the delay. I don't see how the department can ignore this." K-Mart Workers Stage Walk-Out Paul Edwards, store assistant manager, told The Oshawa Times this morning: "I don't remember when the workers went out. I don't know why. You'll have to ask them." Some of the pickets at the store carried an eight-foot long banner showing the words 'anti- union', Other pickets carried signs which read: 'Can you save on low wages?' 'On strike for a living wage and a fair con- tract.' Observers said that some NTN postal associations which make up the Canadian Postal Workers Brotherhood: Leslie Hood, Postal Employees Association; Jack Cooper, FALC; and C. J. Tobin, Canadian Railway Mail Clerks Federation, flew from Toronto yesterday to persuade the Toronto workers to end the strike. The local delegation which met with them this morning was made up by Alexander Bowman and Neil Graham, both of the CPE, and I. E. Clark and James Wilson, FALC. 'FIRST HAND INFORMATION' "We sent them to get first hand information," Mr. Wil- liams said. 'We want a definite statement which will tell us just what we have been offered; just what the CPWB executive ac- tions will be; what the govern- ment has offered, or will do; and the stand the national exec- utive will take if we-decide to return to work." He also said that the recom- mendation of Judge J. C. Ander- son, the government appointed commissioner to investigate the dispute, was a "step in the right direction". Judge Ander- son recommended in an interim: report that a $60 increment be jadded to the basic $300 wage hike offered by the ogvern- ment"'. "$60 is nothing," said Mr. Williams. "I like the part of his report which recommends fur- ther wage increases." housewives crossed the picket line into the store while others turned away. "TI have told the pickets to go back to work,'"' said Mr. Lloyd, "but they will not listen to me. They are really fed up with the situation there." He said that the starting wage for the store clerks was $1 per hour for a 33-hour week. 'And they have to wait till Doomsday for any raise." Employees of the Dominion Store at the K-Mart Plaza were in a better position. 'They start at $1.61 per hour and are given a raise every month for three months -- this makes our peo- ple here feel pretty bad." of Public Employees, will _ be hashed out Friday at a concilia- tion board hearing. local hotel, will be chaired by by _ Visitors" high priority'. ford. The union nominee is Wil- Education Board -- Janitors In Conciliation Tomorrow Contract differences between|liam Harding of Oshawa and the Oshawa Board of Education|Donald E. Houck of Toronto and Local 218, Canadian Union|for the Board. The board, which will sit at ajpired at the end of May. Nego- Judge R. W. Reville of Brant-jlowing the submission of pro- Contract talks began in Feb- ruary for the renewal of a 27- month long contract which ex- tiations broke off June 12 fol- posals and counter-proposals, MILLMAN REPORT ON APARTMENTS -- City Urged Help Halt Housing Decay The city should make a finan- town compared with a cial "investment"? and help re- price per unit for land habilitate old, decaying residen- velopers are now prepared to tial areas, Norman Millman last night told members of Oshawa's planning board. In a 50-page, wide apartment study report pre ed tg the board, Mr. Millman, former board chairman, gested: --that city - owned and maintained public open areas be created immediately adjace proposed apartment dev ments in old residential areas; --that a developer be allowed to apply the square footage tained in such parks or squares to the square footage of his property when calculating permissible density. "The cost of land per dwelling unit could thus be made com- parable with the cost of the on the fringes of the city," Mr. Millman, in his report At present a developer has to pay up to about $1,900 per apart- ment unit: for land in bui eid residential areas near down- ranging pay. CHALLENGING Millman for his report. sent- sug- K. D. Crome, city- the people involved in of development.' Mayor the port be "pigeonholed" gested a small nt to elop- con- own the plementing Mr, port. The board agreed land said mayor's suggestion and a com- mittee will be appointed at the next meeting after have had a chance to the report. It-up Board members praised Mr. "challenging" "It's a wonderful job," board c "I think it will be of tremen- dous help to the board and to Lyman Gifford board should not let the re- committee be appointed to study .the report, zoning and building regulations and make recommendations to the board with a view to im- Millman's $1,000. top Mr. most de- apartment ment. TREND CONTINUES said In his report, hairman, continue as long profitability. repre occupancy. --"Development this, type said and sug- ity of living in whole." "have been foun re- with the members "digest" and a sub-par c Millman was February to prepare a report because of the sharp increase in building number of land rezoning appli- cations for apartment develop- among other things, --'It seems logical to expect that the (apartment) trend will such that they enhance the qual-_ --Mixed housing developments @reasingly popular." --Ugliness should not be per- mitted. It is unnecessary." . .. the provision of open space is essential and its lack will result in sub-par districts --"Some very attractive row housing developments have asked in taken place Mr. Millman, said: resulting in as there is sented by high s should be He said it Oshawa as a d to be in- spaces, Mr. first ity." ect. "However, original attraction are suitable for apartment building. "A good apartment with ade- quate open space adjacent to it ean transforma whole district will bring in other similar de- velopments," he said. Sult would be that would become a municipal rev- enue producer instead of an economic. drain." vent decay than cure it and sug- gested three procedures as a means of overcoming the high and maintained public open glance it may seem to be a case of subsidizing the proj- in other Canadian cities." Mr. Millman said in many in- veloper and the stances, old residential areas is very which have lost much of their the city." on an upgrading that such a "The re- the area is cheaper to pre- density land cost per unit in old resi- obvious dential areas as compared with cost per the cost on the city's fringes. G. A. In reference to the city-owned director, Millman said at this is not actually true," he said. case of compensating the de- STILT BUILDING . He also suggested high rise apartments may be constructed 'stilts', or open columns, in portion of the ground floor area is not enclosed but forms an open patio-type space. He said as an incentive, 50 percent of this "open" land could be added to the open land upon which the Mr, Millman "strongly recom- mended' not be allowed -- the only other ernment will pay 50 percent of the cost of acquiring land for city redevelopment projects. He said when the city sells the land 50 percent of proceeds must be. paid back to the government, "Rather it is a for doing something that much in the interest of way that the major calculation is based. ' that greater density way to reduce the land dwelling unit. Wandless, city planning said the federal gov- Temporary Aid) For City Yard Twelve "temporary" employ- ees are being added to the city's public works department. The 12 will boost the strength of the works department to 177 men, Fred Crome, city works commissioner, said today only about two persons have been hired for the works department in the past five years. Many who have retired have not been replaced, he said. Mr. Crome said it will de- pend on the "'work volume" how long the temporary men are employed by the city. Jack Johnstone, acting works superintendent, was given au- thority to hire the 12 "tempo- rary'" men by council's public works committee. He said today |downtown area had-'no business' AROUSE SPECULATION necessity of a high speed, limit- ed accress expressway through the creek valley. We don't need designated as park-land in both you play on an expressway? Dr. Brian G. Doherty last night called for a re-evaluation of the Damas-Smith traffic study "in the light of changing conditions since the study was made", He also suggested a new re- gional traffic study with the as- i|sistance of the recently-formed Central Ontario Joint Planning Board, : Dr. Doherty, spokesman for a citizens committee fighting the routing of a north-south city traffic artery up the Oshawa Creek valley, emphasized that the group "'is not trying to tell council what to do". "We just think the valley is the wrong place for it and we hope that council will take an- other look," he said. "We feel the base of the study was not broad enough." Mr. Doherty spoke to about 200 persons at an open meeting at the Oshawa Golf Club last night. , He said the great/"paradox" inherent in the traffic study is that while the valley express- way is designed to move traffic out of congested city areas, the route will also serve to bring traffic in to the city. 'CARS UNWANTED' "The traffic study showed that 40 percent of the cars in the there. So why bring them in? If the expressway is there, they will use it." Dr. Doherty quoted population predictions for city growth (con- tained in the study) and said they indicated the city's west side will triple its population by 1981 while the east side will fall short of doubling. (This despite the fact that the population figures show a higher! total (75,000) in the east end than in the west (53,000), in 1981). Dr. Doherty said that in the traffic-load studies of the city's north + south arteries, "no spe- cific reference'. was made to Expressway Opponent Says Review Needed Doherty Suggests New Regional Traffic Study DR. DOHERTY This was a reference to the creek valley commercial de- velopment south of King st. "They say the speed limit on this expressway will be ,50 miles an hour. It might turn into the Nick Damas Drag- strip, too. And how do you landscape noise? Dr. Doherty complained of a "liaison breakdown." He quoted a letter written in January of this year and signed by G. A. -- city planning direc- or. , The letter said, in part: indications were that. the Golf Club and other interested own- the development of this study.' "To my knowledge no one has ever been contacted," . Dr. Doherty said. "And now it ap pears the route. has been dee termined, although not yet ace cepted by council." Dr. Doherty said during the in| development of the report, and its. subsequent . adoption, "the city Planning Board was not asked to express any ret- ommendations "despite (the fact that) 'land utilization will result in a major change." Thornton road and Garrard road was left out altogether. In a pamphlet called *'Creek Valley Considerations'. which Dr. Doherty used as a guide in his talk last night, he de- scribes the "significant omis- sion of Garrard road... it apparently forms the western boundary of the study area but being just outside the city lim- its for study definition it is not considered for increased capa- city in the future." Dr. Doherty said the traffic study showed future load at Adelaide on the expressway at 1500 cars per hour and 700 per hour at Rossland road, "Surely this must arouse speculation as to the absolute an expressway to carry that." Dr. Doherty said the traffic report shows the creek valley 1961 and 1981. "But how many games can six have started work and the balance will start Aug. 10. And how do you landscape a tained chest injuries, Five Injured In Car Smash BOWMANVILLE , (Staff) -- Five people were treated at the Bowmanville Memorial Hospital following an accident on Side- road No. 12 at midnight. No de- tails regarding the accident were available. Constable George Evans, of the Bowmanville OPP detach- ment, said the vehicles involved were driven by Harold Law- rence Ervine, 232 Beatty ave., Oshawa and Gordon Beech, a grocer at Maple Grove. Mr. Beech was the only pers son admitted to hospital. He sus- a frac- tured collar bone, fractured ribs and cuts and bruises. Mrs. Beech, who suffered cuts and bruises, was examined and Tg home. Her daughter, Bon- e, and was also sent home. Mr, Ervine was x-rayed for head in- was examined for bruises supermarket or a beer store?" juries. The visit of a group of French - Canadian teen- agers to Oshawa hotted up last night when a wigner roast was held at Geneva C ~~. Park. The youngsters are shown above as they gather. ed round the bonfire which roasted the teenagers' favor- ite food. Local high school a STUDENTS' VISIT WARMED UP students hosted for the eve- ning's entertainment. Meme bers of the Oshawa Jaycees, the club sponsoring the visit, also attended the party. --Oshawa Times Phote ers would be contacted during -