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"Electronic Brain" CANADA OUTDOORS CBB Fa nr Sey Re eal, Fm olan Se oP Snowmobile Regarded Water Supply PLAYING COACH Jackie McLeod, playing coach of Canada's national hockey team, has played with three previous na- tional teams. McLeod, who played pro hockey for 10 years, coached Saskatoon Quakers of the Saskatche- wan Senior League and Moose Jaw Canucks of the junior league before accept- ing the job with the national team last August. Car Museum Busy Place Herb Robinson, President of the Canadian Automotive Mu- seum Inc. reported that the Museum had a very successful year during 1965. Despite a small operating deficit the Museum made good progress in the overall picture. Almost all of the development costs in set- ting up the Museum were paid off and it is anticipated this will be taken care of early in 1966. The Museum was visited by ClThis is a question more andjocen ciuiaaacu, _|more asking today and particularly jat G for here the |partment in which the "elec- ~ Itronic brains" are situated con- increase in ataff. ments have peenetineranesenn who perform these have been trained to perform the new and -- mum sahallancine res Mors CHaengng ~ Prececsess large-scale reductions in staffs. Instead, in many cases, it has which are created by the intro- duction of computers. In spite of popular mythology, computers are really not "'elec- tronic brains". They have to be instructed in minute detail on how to do the simplest job. Their input has to be carefully \ How will the '"'electronicjmeant an brain" affect me and my job? |Some manual assi maha Led vue in industry are fal Mors or 'Canauay data processing de- tinues to grow in operation and size. The "electronic brains" in its data processing department were a big factor in GM's abil- ity to take advantage of the rapidly expanding, yet highly- competitive automotive market |prepared and as error-free as in Canada. GM's ability to com-|possible. Computers have no pete successfully in this market initiative of their own and can- has meant higher production,|not correct errors for which greater plant expansion and|they have not been instructed. ever-increasing employment. The output of the computer is) Bolsters GM Sales lay-offs, but it has meant change-around, GM finds it bet-/SPrints, jumping competitions. ter ta train emnlovees in new! jobs created by computers rath- er than try to bring in trained personnel _ from __ outside _GM employees who already know the company's work can ac- quire the skills and knowledge necessary to introduce and run electronic data processing equipment more quickly and efficiently. What are the main advan- tages computers offer to a com- pany? One is that large and complex companies like GM of Canada have to utilize the Modern Transportation They're used in cross-country; through the ice on remote lakes. 'races, slalom events, speed) But the craze really began about five years ago. Now, in |some areas, the snowmobile ha: roplnced the canand ane 2c @ Ppcereneehenese die Sotediben: od Soldiers roar across difficult terrain in ine. at winter carnivals in the snow, Six years ago one manufac- belts of Canada and the United |turer, Bombaraier of Vaicourt, States. Que., maker of the Ski-Doo, Trappers use them to cover | made 250 machines. In 1965 it remote trap liaes. And doctors) turned out 20,000 and sold them have ridden in them to deliver/all. The 1966 production sched- babies in northern cabins. jule calls for 40,000. The snowmobile has caught) Another firm, Outboard Marin on. | Corp. of Peterborough, Ont., un- Once regarded as primarily |derestimated the 1965 sales po- vehicles for those doing busi-jtential and sold its entire ness in the outdoors in winter, output before Christmas. they now are being sold by the| Eight other companies now capacities of computers or risk being buried in paperwork. Using purely manual meth- ods, the handling of the increas- Just what is the "electronic|useful only if there are people brain" and what does it do? If/around to use it. more le knew even a little) The computer needs a team about it, they would most cer-jof skilled humans to tell it what tainly be better able to judge|to do and to make use of its how the "brain" could affect] vast potentialities. In GM's data them. | osama resi rg A gc ple to staff offices if mechaniza- there are 50 keypunc *ri-i tion were ignored, and even if ELECTRONIC BRAIN : fying machine operators as welll|they could found, providing ing flow of paper would de- mand an unmanageable crease in office staff. Studies have indicated that it would virtually impossible to find enough suitably - qualified peo- thousands to city and country|turn out snowmobiles in Can- residents alike. jada, and the prices range up- And as the market grows so| wards from about $750. |does the variety of snowmo-| Some models will .fit awk- biles. | wardly into an automobile trunk Basically they are the simple|but most require a trailer and hitching of a motor to a tobog-|hitch. However, there are areas gan,/Some models come in two| where it's illegal to tow one on tts--a tracked motorized car|a public road. | ipulling a toboggan that seats| Police in the Sudbury, Ont.,| ithree or four. Others are ajarea, where there are hundreds | single unit--two metal skis injof snowmobiles, report 'that lfront and rubber tracks at the/many owners break the law by driving on roads without li- t one mile square and twenty feet deen flowed through Osh- awa's water mains last year to They have become a feature popular dream, ~|supply the homes and _ busi- | nesses of the city. The 3.6 billion gallons pumped was an increase of 13 per cent over the figure for 1964. water occurred in June, when lawn watering was at its height. In that 24-hour period over 15 million gallons of water were pumped to supply the city's requirements. installed at the Commission's main pumping station at foot of Ritson road have now reached a combined rating of 1460 horsepower and have the capacity to pump 19 million gal- lons of 'backup to these pumps in case of a major power failure, four) diesel-driven pumps with a to-) Jumps 13 PC Enough water to form a Jake The maximum day's use of The electrically driven' pumps the water per day. As a and 400 Ibs. of activated carbon were required to put the water into top condition for drinking. During the past year almost 10 miles of new water mains were installed to service new areas or to improve the supply tothe existing system. In the) same period approximately one thousand new or replacement water services were installed and, to provide fire protection for the new residential areas, 7 fire hydrants were put into service. : On October 4, 1965, construc- tion commenced on what will be the final extension of the present Pumping Station and Filtration Plant, which had its beginning in 1904. Two sand {il- ters of three million gallons per day capacity each will be in- stalled. It is anticipated that ASTRONOMER Sir Bernard Lovell is the head of Britain's famed Jodrell Bank Observatory. A specialist in radio astron- omy he first made public the photos of the Russian soft landing on the moon. al rating of approximately 1300 horsepower are kept ready for mmediate use. LAKE WATER these filters will be in operation by next summer in time for the new plant on the Commission's property at the foot of Thornton heavy summertime use of water. The next step in expanding pumping and filtering facilities will be the construction of a road. If the use of water con- jtinues to increase at the, same rate as in the past few years, @ |start on the new plant will prob- 'ably be made about 1971. ; In the first place, the term). another 25 in other depart-| 'électronic brain" is the Popu-| ments. These girls prepare data) lar name for an automatic elec-| cards for the six computer sys- tronic computer; a group of d¢- | tems. To operate the tabulating| vices hooked up in a yong % equipment, 70 people are re- process data -- hence the term) quired. In addition, 45 program- "data processing". Lost you al-| mers and systems analysts pre- ready? Well, processing data) nare in 'machine language" de- gern ee gg bookkeeper |tailed instructions for the ma- is processing h | chines. starts with weekly timecards| jn order to obtain. a portion and proceeds -- card by card -- | o¢ this vast potentiality of GM's to make out an itemized pay-| computers, computer operators] roll. Or when he bills. Or fig-| .ork 'round the clock! ures out inventories. For these and other reasons, Processing data means, iN the installation of newer, more short, taking a succession of] <onnisticated computers has not new facts, applying them to Md been followed by large scale = Pb ARenad mbes procedure and coming up wit some more useful facts in} standard form. It means book-| DIELECTRIC | keeping, it means accounting. | | i describing 240,000 part numbers | 20,062 people from all of the|7: means solviag simple or com- METHOD Cae vile Yon Bence ee and the United States of Amer-/)-ain'* can do all these things. ' : ica. This brings the total since|4s » matter of fact a computer Cont. From Page 32-A opening to well over 52,000 .n take on just about any rec-/13 PRESSES people. jord-keeping or mathematical) There are 18 of these presses Guided tours were conducted, | problem that can be reduced to in the dielectric department and for school children, youth). roytine procedure or formula. each can be operated from both groups and adult groups. |Computers accept a succession | sides, so that while one operator The Grade 4 students from/of new facts (or more specific- is preparing his material, an- the Oshawa Schools toured the! a11y, bundles of new facts, each other man on the other side can Museum as part of their study | of which contains related in-|put a panel in the press. them with a work area would Snowmobiles come in a vari- be a big problem. __lety of motor sizes, the smaller An example of computers in|ynits capable of speeds up to action is the service extended|%9 m.p.h., larger ones up to 45 by data processing to GM deal-| in yh ers across the country in parts| 'The snowmobile is not new sales from the warehouse in|yersions have been used by Oshawa. GM employs its/trappers, hunters and bush doc- RAMAC Random Access/tors for years, Method Accounting Control Sys-| tem to perform this function, USED BY MILITARY This device contains some 28,-| The modern, speedy version 000,000 characters capable of|dates from 1932 when it was in- vented in northern Wisconsin by in its disc storage memory.|Carl J. Eliason. Within a matter of seconds this; Larger models were devel system can tell the price, quan-|oped for use by the military in tity on hand, or area in the}moving men and_ supplies warehouse of ordered parts and) deep-snow country. 3 almost simultaneously convert) The snowmobile became pop the ordering dealer's code num-jular with Canadian trappers ber to a name and address on|and land surveyors, then was an invoice and a shipping in-|taken up by moose hunters, struction. 'loggers and anglers who fish Goods - producthg Workers Here Increase By Only 12 P.C. Ratio OTTAW A(CP)--Between 1941;ing industries to 1,404,624 from and 1961 when the experienced 995,516. collar workers cences of the same type as needed for motorcycles. Although the Ontario age for a licence is 16, almost anyone can learn how to drive one. The steering handlebars oper- The quality of Lake Ontario jwater was relatively good 'throughout the year. Neverthe less, 15 tons of liquid chlorine, 33 tons of aluminum sulphate in|} of transportation. Several new displays were added including a license plate | display, 11 additional cars and many other small items. The total number of cars now on display is 45, dating from 1898) to 1950. | Participants in the Annual) London to Brighton Tour and| the Tour of Yesteryear also in- cluded a visit to the Canadian Automotive Museum in their! trip. | Many fine comments were made regarding the improve-| ments and changes which had) taken place in the Museum formation, such as invaies num-| With the use of a number of|labor force in Canada increased) Male white - ber and item ordered and quan- different materials, the designs |}, is tity ordered) ... relate each|that can be created with this | hs : i aud rg we bundle to standard facts in their|process are almost limitless. |8000S-Procucing industries rose memories, such as item cost,|For the various designs now by only 12 per cent while those where stored or quantity 0Nn|heing created for door panels,|in service industries more than hand ... perform the neces-|seat coverings and arm rests|doubled, the Dominion Bureau! sary string of calculations and|there are 70 dies available at/of Statistics reported today. record - keeping decisions .. .|this time and the number will! 'These and other facts on oc- turn out the answers on tape OF probably increase. cupation and industry trends in cards or even as final docu-| pig scopE the 20-year period are contained ments like invoices ... then! 'phe gcope for GM's dielectricjin a special report on the 1961| go on to the next bundle in line. |, o.ces is almost limitless too.|census released by the bureau. | The number of agriculture in| The presses now in GM's Trim i 1941 dropped 40 per cent to 640,- | Plant are capable of greatly ae paged wranaee increased production demands!729 from 1,074,064, in 1961 and| , with little modification. At the|by 32 per cent in fishing and ing field way back in 1926 when|- ot time the dielectric de-|trapping to 34,576 from 50,601. more than doubled over the 20- year period and female white- collar workers rose by 2% times Professional, technical and managerial portions of workers showed greater increases for males and clerical portions for |women, The number of males in serv- ice and recreation occupations rose about 2% times while fe- males increased only 39 per cent. Males in transportation and communications increased by 77 per cent to 353,641 from) 200,141, females by 2 7-10 times to 37,928 since these groups had last/it obtained its first tabulating|P fe-| toured it. imachines. In the last --_oe oa pet The Museum was open every| years, however, GM of Canada| Paes ae at of Oe day during 1965 with the ex-lhas expanded its data process: /CUSiOnS, or " a 3 ception of Christmas Day. Dur- ing equipment to a point where Cana ALE age sere d ais ine ing the winter months Sundays|now it has the largest centre| Desertving © A ameber are the best days as many|for such operations in the coun-|makes it seem muc Y } ople include a visit to the , than it actually is. Years o ro try. Computers in GM's data i Peg have Museum in their weekend processing centre have enabled renoagering Agee bie . agit weve. d continuing to. enable |80"* ' Local residents are also ou aaa to wiles their tention to detail a bringing their weekend visitors productivity in many areas. jsuccessful opera =, : "4 x to the Museum and it is truly)" what about the human aspect trated in the fact t ee _-- > coming Oshawa's biggest vis-|4¢ computer operation at GM? 'Ure Prager -- ay on tors' attraction. een carefully con-| Panels § : ie Plans for additional displays balling By ever since 1957 trolled to ensure a@ ~~, bond are constantly being worked on when the company _ started on ne em ~~ and several mo ill be added ' olstery material. Also, ' in 1966. re peg computers on a. large trical short may -- in - With the expanded program| 4 ,, ber of large (Press. causing a breakdown 0 which is now being planned it\anstements which are making the die if both the press and the is anticipated that 1966 will be|ith of 'computers extensively |dies are not kept perfectly) the Museum's best year. Ishows that their introduction |clean. | has not resulted in sudden CM VISITORS jaunts Tous few JUDGE POSTPONES|GM PLANS FAR LEMAY SETENCE | ol gene rg en MONTREAL (CP)--Willie Le-| GM's test engineers don't more complex with the comple- may, named in court as a close |take it easy on test cars. Each|tion of the South Plant, visitors friend of narcotics smuggler Lu-|one is subjected to punishment | began to gather in reception cien Rivard, has his sentence for|many times more severe than|areas where guides trained for narcotics trafficking postponed |it would receive at the hands of the purpose of conducting tours Friday because he is seriously jan average driver. Geographi-|escorted small groups along pre- ill "leally, test cars will be found | determined routes throughout} : ¢ tested in 46 degree below-zero the South Plant. Pag, gle re nee | weather at Kapuskasing one} sions Judge Edouard Archam-| Week and at the Desert Prov-| GM's twice-daily tours start bault told special federal prose- |iN8 Grounds in Arizona the|ing from the South Main Office cutor Pierre Lamontagne that |next, with temperatures 100 de-|Cystomer Delivery area allows Lemay had to undergo a major |Brees in the shade. Durability | visitors to watch a car take liver operation. of GM cars is put to the testiform from the bare framé The judge said Lemay's doc-|8t the Milford Proving Grounds|eyen the process of engine as tor and a doctor at Montreal jail|in Michigan, where after 36,000) combly--to the finished produc, told him Lemay might have |gtuelling miles, each car is| Few sights in the manufactur "three months to three years to|Completely disassembled and ing world can compare to this live," and would need a major | Closely inspected precision process, a symphony operation. | Paint and trim samples 20\o¢ cound and: motion which Lemay, 44, pleaded guilty last|t® the Florida Test center for reaches a climax as body and December to two counts of traf-|lenathy exposure to -extremes chassis become one--the hum ficking in codeine' with two{f sun and rain, while tires and|.4q ciank of machinery in the RCMP undercover agents. peur cleaners go to the Arizona background providing the ruffles Desert Proving Grounds and flourishes as geleaming new The Experimental Engineers Tiadels. are fueled and driven jare constantly testing car COM-j 09 th. assembly, line [ews ltr tov In GM's South Plant visitors take the form of punishing eg ---- pon To nage tests on fanries,, Brake: troses,|0. "Pecia!. train watening *% jparts are added to the chassis fan belts," engine mountings, Bet workiien who ab they per radiator hoses, clutch plates, ia vids ea "s : seve ' paints, fuses, turn signals, worn Rint tba bonenichi a tires and many others. ACTUAL TOURS SKILLED CRAFTSMEN Deftly sliding in and out of the What kind of men does GMjCa bodies, stepping up to mov employ to carry out these ex-|!"& chassis: at the precise mo perimental and testing opera- ent to rivet or bolt or weld tions? Needless to say. they're|some item, then. leaving it at the some of the best in their re-|tight instant are workers' ac- spective fields. Each operation|tions seldom. fajling to capture performed by the machinists,/the attention of ohlookers test operators, electronics ex In addition to actual car as perts,; mechanics and pattern|sembly tours at the South Plant, makers is a guarantee of GM"s|GM also offers tours of its sub utmost quality and highestjassembly and manufacturing standard of dependability. "Wejfacilities in the North and West have something to really sink}lants. Here special groups may our teeth into!"' says Experi-|see battery and trim fabrica- mental Engineer Robert Wool- tion, dielectric embossing and cott. jtruck final assembly. through relatively From Page 34-A Who's Footing Bill? Commons Asked OTTAWA (CP) -- Are Cana dian taxpayers footing the bill for an American Viet Cong sympathizer visiting Toronto? Marcel Lambert (PC ~-- Ed- monton West) posed the ques- tion in the Commons Friday. Prime Minister Pearson said he isn't familiar with the matter! but would look inta it F Mr. Lambert was referring to Ronald B. Ramsey, a bearded, self-styled 'freedom fighter" who said his visit to Canada is being paid for by the CBC so he can appear on the program This Hour Has Seven Days Sun- day night. Ramsey produced anti-war re- cordings for the Communist Viet Cong in View Nam, These drops were compen-| Male blue-collar workers rose sated by the rise in construction|57 per cent to 1,645,510 from of 'to 430,366 from 220,159 and the/1,049,897, mainly in the crafts 55-per-cent rise in the manufac-|men portion, while the female turing portion of goods-produc-'portion rose 48 per cent. 5 an tLe S. ohiomm WE TG TWIG of OSHAWA We at T. G. Gale Lumber take pride in having contributed to the growth and development of a bigger we have devoted our energies toward a better standard of living. ...a better life for all con- better Oshawa.... cerned. And so it is with great pleasure that we salute the people who have participated.jn the growth and promise our time and know- ledge toward a better tomorrow for all. T. G. GALE LUMBER LIMITED 284 RITSON RD. OSHAWA ate like those on a motorcycle., They have one thumb or finger | control. Press it, the motor speeds up, the clutch auto-| matically engages and you're | off in a cloud of snow. | Steering is more difficult. It's mostly body control Drivers lean and bank with the body much as does the cyclist. And \if the snowmobile hits a bump it takés off. These manoeuvres are put to use in racing and jumping competitions. The good drivers don't sit, they crouch on bent knees, rest- ing buttocks lightly against the seat, ready to swing and sway as the terrain demands or to take the shock of a jump on the legs. |HOME FOUND 'FOR ZOO GOAT VANCOUVER (CP) -- Rus- sell, the Vancouver Zoo's young mountain goat, has found a home away from home | This week, Russell leaped over a wire fence several times his height and dis- HEADS COUNCIL Dr. John J. Deutsch, for- mer vice .- principal of Queen's University, was ap- pointed chairman of the Economic Council of Can- ada in 1963, Lofthouse Brass Forges Ahead! Now Supplying 10%. of Canada's Hot Brass Pressing Market | LOFTHOUSE BRASS MANUFACTURING LTD. Steadily Progressing With Canada 310 Hopkins St. BOX 35, WHITBY appeared from the zoo in Stanley Park. Zoo Curator Alan Best said no one was worried because missing enimals usually turn | up within a day as they have nowhere to go. Thursday, Russell's tracks were spotted -- but no Rus- sell. Friday he was sighted cavorting around Siwash Rock on the western side of the park "T think we'll just leave him for a while," said curator Best. "He's happy there." THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BUILDING 1966 . and N. REALTOR Is Your Office Shabby? Is It Air Conditioned ? Does It Attract New Business? Do You Have Adequate Parking? Oshawa's newest prestige office complex to be completed in the fall of offers the superior accommodation expected of progressive business. All inclusive competitive rental rates and proximity to the Retail and Financial Community. Soon to be erected, a twin to the existing building . . . will offer desirable office suites in Oshawa's expanding institutional area. Early tenant com- mitments will receive preference in location and decor. FOR ASSISTANCE IN PLANNING YOUR MOVE O Paul Ristow wal "THE MOST RESPECTED NAME IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE" THE FINANCIAL TRADE BUILDING CONTACT FINANCIAL TRADE BUILDING 187 KING STREET EAST, OSHAWA TELEPHONE 728-9474