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King-Park Proposal | Worth $6M A $6 million apartment com-|potential of this scheme," said plex has been proposed for|Mr. Goldman. "In this complex land near the intersection of|we are able to provide a park- King st., and Park rd. | like setting for apartment dwell- City council last night re- | ers right in downtown Oshawa." ferred a rezoning request, to' wore APARTMENTS permit three high-rise apart-| ajsg referred to planning ment \buildings containing @/poard was William Tonno's re- total of 550 suites, to planning | 7oning application for land on| board. : Fee \the north side of Bond st., west | The rezoning application was} 4¢ wijson rd., tp permit the| made by N. M. Goldman, in @ construction of three apartment | letter to council. buildings, each containing 96) Mr. Goldman said the esti-| suites, | mated $6 million development} The Tonno property is located | would take place on an Il-acre, jmmediately to the west of L-shaped parcel of land west of| Halliday Manor. Rideau st., and Saguenay ave.,, Runnymede Investment Cor- with access to Buena Vista ave.,/poration Ltd., requested re- and Gibbons st. izoning of 27 acres of land on He said each building would|the east side of Stevenson rd., consist of two towers with each immediately south of the Cana- tower 12 to 15 storeys high; 80|/dian Pacific Railway line, to) percent of tenant parking would| permit apartment buildings. be underground; 65 percent of Joseph Tanenbaum of Runny- the area would be landscaped; |mede told council by letter his} and a three-acre parcel of land|firm owns 52 acres of land in in the central core would be de-|the area with rezoning request-| @ yoted strictly to pedestrianjed to permit a higher density | walkways. on slightly more than half the "We as builders and develop-|total acreage, The application ers are most enthused with the! was referred to planning board Press Reporting | Officially Banned The press was officially pro-; Ald. Margaret Shaw voted hibited last night by city coun-| against the motion last night as "OLD ROOSTER" Jaycee President Tobie Couture, speaker Terence Kelly Truscott Book Under Fire WITH FRIENDS She Oshawa Fines OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1966 DEW WORMS ARE ALL OURS "Night crawlers" can be picked up in Oshawa parks by anyone. City council last night rfe- | fused a request for exclusive | rights to pick the crawlers-- | dew worms. The Oshawa Live Bait Com- |ed the proposal to its traffic jcommittee which will meet next |Wednesday with planning |board. | pany had offered to pay a fee | for exclusive: rights to pick | worms in all city parks, ex- | cluding Memorial Park. City Slotters 'Edge Londoners The Don Owen Slot Car Club received its annua!' visit from the London Slot Car Club on mercial-bus terminal redevelop- ment proposal will be explored next week at a city planning board meeting. bounded by King, Prince, Bond }and Church sts., includes a new |terminal for city and through- \city |parking and possibly a motel. | presenting Tedel Ltd. Thomas del Ltd., operates the existing bus terminal Gray Coach Ltd. night his client would like to meet with a committee of coun- Details of a downtown com- The proposal, involving land buses, stores, off-street City council last night referr- The proposal details will be| revealed at the board meeting by lawyer E. G. McNeely, re- Lemon, who is president of Te- in Oshawa for Mr. McNeely told council last cil or planning board to "explore cil from reporting future coun-|she did during the committee Sunday. and discuss the possibilities of Bus Station Development Talks Begin undoubtedly spread and bring new assessment for the city, Mr. Walton said local and Gray Coach buses use the same terminal in Hamilton and "'it has worked out very success- fully." He said the Oshawa propo- sal includes commercial rede- velopment, possibly a motel and also a large increase in off- street parking facilities under- ground and possibly on the first floor. The city has been informally discussing the proposed rede- velopment with Tedal and Gray Coach for about one year. Last night was the first time the proposal has officially come before council. Included by council in its 1966 capital (debenture) budget is $160,000 for property pur- chases in the area. In the 1967 budget forecast $390,000 is in- cluded for property purchases and construction. Engineering consultants Dam- cil-in-committee discussions. Council approved Ald. Nor- man Down's motion that "there be no reporting on matters dis- cussed by council-in-committee until such matters are finally meeting Voting in favor were: Ald. It proved to be a hot day's competition with the Don Owen Down, Ald. Clifford Pilkey, Ald. Gordon Attersley, Ald. John Brady, Ald. Hayward Murdoch, From Kelly Before Jaycees Oshawa Jaycees last night,adult court, he had the oppor-| Special guest of honor was|presidents of the Oshawa Jay- Club holding the edge all the way through. Oshawa club members, in developing the block to the mu- tual advantage of the city, Gray Coach Ltd., and the operator'. Charles Walton, president of Gray Coach Ltd., told council to as and Smith Ltd., in their 1962 traffic planning report recom- mended a terminal for city bus- es in the King, Prince, Bond, Church block. Ald. Alice Reardon, Ald. Cephas|heard criminal lawyer Terence It with by council at regu-|Gay and Ald. Alex Shestowsky.|V. Kelly, QC, criticize the) oe cations" Desh author of the book "'The Stephen AFTER APPROVAL TWO ABSENT Truscott Case" as being "'way| The no-reporting decision was| Absent were Ald. Richard | off beat." The roos-| Cees. . Cae ata ; During dinner the rooster was ter's presence was symbolic of| teted with morsels of food pass- the evening's highlight -- the] eq on by members of the Jay-| presefice at the meeting of pasticee old guard. tunity of having all the rules of|¢he "Old Rooster." evidence in his favor,' he said, "as opposed to juvenile court where these rules might be more flexible."' |fact, took the first four places in the competition. First overall went to Ron Harnden. Second was club foun- der Don Owen. Third was combine city and Gray Coach "a great advantage" for every- one, adding that "one would generate business for the other". Acting on a Mar. 23 council- buses at one location would belig.committee decision, council last night officially designated a two block area. bounded by King Simcoe, Bond and Church made by council at a committee Donald and Ald. Christine Thom- the woman author He said the book may lead} as. Ald. Cecil Bint was not present when the vote was taken. Mayor Lyman Gifford mally approved at a regular |said during the committee meet- council meeting. jing he favored ihe motion but There was no discussion on|as chairman last night he was , the motion last night. |not required to vote. FLYING SAUCER? meeting March 28. Decisions made in committee are official only after they have been for- This statement brought ap- John Maracle and fourth, Art Von Gunten. After an hour's practice so that the London club members could familiarize themselves with the Oshawa track, the competition got underway. Retirees Not Fittings Men He said redevelopment prould'sts., as a bus terminal area. Stolen Truck In City Harbor A stolen bakery truck finally; "For some strange reason it turned up yesterday -- at the|was about 75 feet out from the bottom of the Oshawa Harbor. |dockside," he told The Oshawa were misspelled by the author, "Saw Flashing Object In Sky": Area Resident vestigate the case as thorough-| | ly as she thought she did. The speaker said he believes the circumstantial evidence in| which proves she did not in-|plause from the Jaycees. 'lem of the human element de- "There is always the prob- ly said Monday in a picture and dissected it "bit by bit' to| case, but said it would be im- | 2 try and prove the innocence of | possible to have an inquiry into W ll D It A |the 14-year-old boy who was/every conviction of this kind e 0 gain members of the jury could be| 'HE'S ALIVE' | a | He said the names of aii tecl qe should abolish the! orium board of directors, told) --an area for physical exer- in two weeks. | --two areas for arts and headline and story that three He said took a transcript of the trial|to an inquiry into the Truscott }eonvicted of murder. |"especially when there has Mr. Kelly said it was not con-/ been no indication the case was ! -- ceivable to believe that 12/not dealt with fairly." For 67 Pool: Kelly s biased against a 14-year-old boy.| 'One advantage we have,"| | said Mr. Kelly, "is that Truscott . , ; 'NOT THOROUGH' i i ange ; | Terence Kelly, finance chair-)pool. is still: alive, and that Is Why | man of the Oshawa Civic 'Audi --a squash court. couple of important witnesses| death penalty. city Jaycees last night the $1|cise. |million-plus debt to build the} --an area for weightlifting linitial' project will be paid off|and body building. ini ' "We did it before and we can|crafts. hee : termining whether a Derson is\4q it" again," he said as he| general purpose rooms for|Tetring city, yard employees urged Jaycees to get behind ajvariety of programs. jembarrassment caused by this The Oshawa Times incorrect-| |the Truscott case "'was like a|hanged, there is no retribution $500,000 campaign starting in| --a hall and stage. A Port Perry father of four| said they kept a close eye on|Jig-saw puzzle that fitted." if further evidence comes to} | light." children said today he and an-|the behavior of the flying object.|_"1 feel that by being tried in other man watched something) , " "oval" in the sky for two hours| pe AFRAID pe eee late Sunday and early Monday; | Then we went indoors a that "'may have been from an|While," said Mr. Larocque. alien world." told my wife but she was afraid P F g,|to take a look ogy Benge Baglin "Later we went back out and George Kilpatrick, said they|!t had descended to about 10,000 first sighted the unidentified|feet and seemed to be gy te 0. 'm,,|e4 there for some time --- about 10:45) 2 it moved gradually, more slow- jly than an airplane would and) FLASHING LIGHTS disappeared over the north-| "Its pattern of movement|westerly horizon,' said Mr was regular," said Mr. La-| Larocque By Anti- Val nial Parkway and a list signed by 3,000 anti-parkway petition- ers were received last night by city council rocque, adding it "looked like a} "It came straight down QvAE | snatanites tor Crest vellar cae: star with these flashing lights|head and it flew at about the! 4 ation, the questions and list coming off it. I haven't seen/height of an airplane. I figured) (or, referred to council's traf-| anything like it before ; ' : Me going to go ns pees) fic committee | e object appeared to be re-| bu heard on the news it we RE Z ss | volving and had three consis-jover Orillia," he said The citizen s committee al tent. colors, blueish-green and|'NOT GAS' quested information about the r ' cost, location, the estimated ef- jawa building on Gibb st. was de- istroyed by fire last year, the! need became apparent ley Body committee with copies of future |minutes } "We would be pleased to re-|be added to the auditorium will|club, car club, square dance jceive your reply to these items|probably be in the vicinity of! club |Of request by wrote Mr. MacDonald return mail,' |May to construct the centennial iswimming pool and recreation jcomplex at the auditorium. Council "Bombarded" jming pool, but when the Osh- Mr. Kelly said the original plan was just to build a swim- Recreation department to clude replacement facilities in- In Nine questions about Centen-,and agreement to supply the|the scheme. He said the total cost of the pool and recreation complex to $1,000,000. Besides the $500,000 to be lerror is regretted. The Canad- jian Union of Public Employees | |Local 250 (city yard) honored | |the retiring employees at a} party Saturday. Retiring were Mike Paterboy, 25 years ser- vice; William Gach, 17 years; jand Andrew Hruska, 15 years. Mr. Hruska was unable to at- tend. Mayor Lyman Gifford and many members of city council | jattended the party. --billiard room. --lounge and waiting room. | --board rooms. | --canteen. --lobby with reception and in- formation booth. --administrative area for city's recreation department. He said organizations such as jthe camera club, barbershop- pers, chess and checker clubs, |Humoresque club, kennel club, jtops clubs, rock and mineral club, aquarium society, judo choral society, campers and painting antique association, club, club, drawing driven the vehicle into the Osh- S stove, a bubble gum machine 0 - 0 1r /and a host of other strange ar- ticles. The truck, believed to be one stolen from Bowmanville before Christmas, was discovered by |Oshawa diver Bob Stephenson. The discovery was made af- ter a two month search for the vehicle. The truck was stolen by an escapee from the Bowmanville Training School, police said. When caught police said the youth amitted that he had awa Harbor. He didn't say where. In all, Bob Stephenson of Stone st., devoted some 20 to 25 hours looking for the truck. In the course of the search Mr. Stephenson dug up an old) It was not until Sunday that he finally found the vehicle. Council has scheduled an Apriljraised by public subscription,|ballroom dancing club, shuffle- Attacked 20 meeting with Damas and jhe said, a centennial project|board club, gardening club and During Act Smith Ltd., consulting engin-)grant of $188,000 from the fed-/numerous neighborhood park eers, at which time the final /eral-provincial and municipal! associations _are looking for- functional planning report on|/governments and $200,000 from) ward to acquiring better accom- modations at the auditorium. the parkway will be presented. | city council to help replace the te nll) -------| recreation facilities is available.| Mr. Kelly paid tribute to the/ fire-engine red flashes coming) He added that it was too solad| ie dndt on € for.con-| He listed the facilities which| working class of people who he : > }fec! {roti uC white-core an_obiect to have been swamp |fect ot ante the Genosha} was| Tracy Noble, Work began this morning on dragging the vehicle out of the lake. A crane was borrowed from jthe harbor coalyards and moved jalongside the dock to winch the truck up. Bob Stephenson helped in the Mr. Larocque, a GM worker,|gas -- the theory of a U.S, au- -- + Pig c told the cuews Times in an|thority commenting on reported|Sttuction and the completion| interview that as a member injsightings over Michigan and date as well as information 1959 of the volunteer Ground Ontario last week about related traffic work. Observer Corps of the RCAF) To the human eye it was; The committee also "IT am able to determine our about the size of a "coffee lid.|for copies of all council meeting planes from enemy planes. "It certainly didr't look like space, didn't appear to have! any ordinary plane." most qualifications of an air-| For three-quarters of an hour|plane and flew very slowly,"'| MCVI Band Mr. Larocque and his landlord' said Mr. Larocque. | . a Wins Third In Festival | will be included in-the-centen-|said can take credit for build-jhotel's young "go-go girl" ustomor.as_she Anti-Toot M n 1- oot a nial project and recreation com-ling the civic auditorium. He| attacked by-a-cust asked | It was much too low to be in| minutes from 1961 to the hibbaiad I Th W ] | plex: jsaid payroll deductions from} performed last night. --a Canadian standard swim-|hourly-rated employees of Gen-| The incident took place in | ; A map of the city with all| | railway crossings marked on it} |and the type of protection noted | will be prepared and submitted | {to the Board of Transport Com-} | missioners. | | The map is the first step sug. | | gested by the board for the city| to preeess an anti-whistling by-| law for trains ming and diving pool. --a beginners' and training Auditorium 'Right On Time' jeral Motors resulted in $470,000|Harry's Hideaway, the hotel's| ifor the initial project. cocktail lounge. Fund |witr Ron McLeod and _his| |man leaped on to the stage and) jgrabbed her. | | "It was all over very quick- ily," said a witness to the in- jcident this morning. 'The man} was dragged off the stage and} the girl only got a few bruises.' Oshawa Police confirmed this} | vehicle find in the Oshawa Har- | Miss 'Noble was performing] bor. jLincoln County Boys when ajthe most difficult of all for the jrecovery of the vehicle by at- |taching cabies iv the sunken j truck. It was Mr. Stephenson's sixth | This, the latest find, proved Times this morning. "I had been looking close to the dock. This is where we usu- ally find them. There must have been ice out on the lake when it was driven in. "The truck would have skid- ded out into the lake before dropping through the ice, This is why it took so long to find. We never thought it would be so far out." City Family Safe, Sound An Oshawa family. holidaying at Clearwater, Fla., hit yester- day by tornadoes that ripped across the state and left at least nine dead and 300 injured, were reported safe and sound - today. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Libby, 279 Woodlea ave., and their four children arrived at Clear- water hours before the torna- does struck. They planned to spend the Easter holiday there and continue vacationing until ihe middie of April. Mr. and Mrs. James Lang, 280 Division st., parents of Mrs, Libby, said they received a tele- phone call from their daughter today who confirmed an earlier 4l-year-old diver. | cable report that the family was safe. Legion Hall Price The 65-piece McLaughlin Col-|. When the map is completed, The three-year "'build it our-|bylaw authorizing the borrowing jlegiate band placed third Mon-|board inspectors will meet with) selves; for ourselves" Civic Au-|of $605,139 (through debentures) |day at the Kiwanis Music Festi- en and railway officials at! qgitorium campaign is right on|to pay part of the cost of con- |val in Peterborough | each crossing to see if they are) schedule. structing and equipping the au- Scott Painter placed first in|Protected in accordance with) lq. Gordon Attersley, . city,ditorium. The debenture will be the under 16 clarinet section|CUrrent traffic requirements) coyncil finance. committee |repaid March 1,1967 with cam- and Robert Fitches placed sec-|2%4 board standards chairman, said last night the|paign funds to be received by 'ond in the open tuba section. If the board approves the campaign share of the auditor-|the city by the end of April Both are McLaughlin students, | Protection at each crossing it\jum, approximately $1,049,000,|this year. The money will be The school band placed first| Will give consideration to ap-|will be paid dff in full by the re-invested to mature on the jin February in a music festival|Proving an anti-whistling bylaw.|end of April or shortly after: |debenture due date in Toronto | "There is no committal for} The campaign officially ends) Ald. Attersley said the deben-| | A Lakewood, Ohio 96-piece|any money at this stage,' Ald./June 30. ture bylaw has to be passed in \band, including baton twirlers,| Hayward Murdoch, chairman of! Total cost of the auditorium order for the city to receive |will perform Thursday night at|council's parks, property and|was $1,289,000 including: land,| funds under the . Municipal {McLaughlin Collegiate. Thej|recreation committee, said last)$34,000; design and supervision, Works program Ohio band is on the last day of|/night. Council approved a com- $60,000; construction, $1,052,000; He said the city will receive a five-day goodwill tour of On-| mittee recommendation that the|site development, $60,000; and $806,853 and only has to repay} morning that they pvere called to! the hotel. "We are expecting a charge will be laid,"' said a spokesman. Wishing Well Winners Named Two winners have been an- nounced by downtown business men in their Wishing Well com- petition They are R. Martin, 175 Mill st. and Mrs. C. Brooks, 1337 Rit- son rd. n. Two more winners are to be chosen next week. OK'd For $110,000 | The city will buy the Legion's) "If all goes well we hope con- |hall and property on Centre st.,\struction will start this month {for $110,000. jand that we will occupy the | City council last night agreed|new building before Christmas," to accept the Legion's asking/Said Mr. Brisebois. | price of $110,000 -- down $15,000} Council also decided to try \from the original asking price.;and acquire possession of the |Council had earlier offered to|upper floor of. the existing Le- |purchase the land and building/gion building by Aug. 1. The \for $100,000. city's welfare department, | Alfred Brisebois, manager of|Which is short of space, will |Branch 43, Royal Canadian Le-| move to the upper floor of the |gion, said today a contract for pyilding. construction of the new Legion "7 think we'll be abl hall on Simcoe st. s., will prob- ink we'll be able to work |tario. The concert is open to the | map be prepared by city traffic| lengineers. equipment, $83,000. | Council last night passed ai $605,139-a forgiveness of $201,- 713. Grand prize is a trip to Buf-jably be awarded within one|Something out with the city," 'falo, N.Y 'week. | said Mr. Brisebois. public haere | | An Oshawa woman told city council last night she wi ride a city bus again if to the Christine cres., provided ll walk if I have to said Mrs. Hettie Tate mandy st not "STARS WITH FLASHING LIGHTS" Ronald Larocque describes 'oval' 524 Nor Mrs. Tate, who spoke on be- "MOLESTER FEARED half of a said bus vided because has been attacking w said at least two been frightened by a has followed them); long hill between the the bus stop; group of li never service area is 'rawl," service should be pro of the man who women have residents need transportation to Mayor residents, omen (she is making of the situation man who there is a area and ated by the Lyman the Public Utilities Commission ane that the bus department PUC, $10,000 higher deficit last year compared with 1964, "L better get the bus or by gee there'll be trouble," said Mrs. Tate In other bus matters, council: --agreed to pay the PUC $47,559.46 to cover the 1965 oper- ating deficit. Ald Hayward Mur- doch noted that the bus system operated at a $15,596 deficit dur- and from work Gifford said compared during the --referre mittee for Arthur re xtensive study He also noted oper ran into a isiation an ing the first two months of 1966 province to' review, existing leg- from vehicle licences, gasoline view assista with a $3,033 profit same period in 1965; d to the finance com- study a City of Port solution asking the grade erally, d provincial revenue only, against Housewife Demands Christine Bus Service taxes and other sources with a to providing provincial nce to all municipalities operating transit systems to up- facilities and to distribute the inevitable loses more gen- instead of levying losses municipal taxpayers Seachem.