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a ee COTM ET Gk She Oshawa Sines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawo, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher "WEDNESDAY, JULY, 13, 1966 -- PAGE 4 Rules Still Required Can Come In Traffic Act In Oshawa -- or anywhere else, for that matter --- few would wish to deny the younger set the pleas- ure and ~~ corivenience ~~ provided through their use of lightweight imported motorcycles. The only sti- pulation, really, should be that they know how to operate their vehicles with responsibility. The light motorcycle rider prob- ably has some basic instruction in driving. Many, of course, are grad- uates of the bicycle crowd,. and should they have developed danger- ous habits while pedalling, they're likely to transfer them to their mo- torized operation, too. For the safety of others as well as their own welfare, these young riders should make themselves fam- iliar with the rules the Traffic Act outlines for the operation of motor- cycles, But that can be just a start. The Act has yet to take into account these relatively new modes of travel on our roads, As The Sarnia Observer sugyests motorcycles should be confined to through streets and highways and 'Childproof Four years of work and $8,000 worth of experimentation have pro- duced whatis thought to be a "childproof" medicine Samples are being sent to Ontario pharmacists and it is hoped they will be brought into general use. The new vial was introduced at the 48th annual convention of the Ontario Pharmacists' Association, It may be the crowning success in a campaign started by pharmacists four years ago to find a practical medicine container to protect chil- dren from. accidental poisoning. Contests produced more than 200 designs. Four were considered to be useful but were found to be imprac- tical from the standpoint of produc- tion. In co-operation with a Wind- sor firm, members of the Control of Accidental Poisoning organiza- tion developed a design which, it is container, She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher €. C, PRINCE, General Manager C. J. MeCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and chronicle (established 1863) is published daily iSundoys and Statutary holidays excepted) Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- trs Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau at Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the focal news published therein. Ali rights of special des- Catches are also reserved. Offices; Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, "ickering, Bowmanville. Brooklin. Port Perry, Prince '"lbert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, iverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Srono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester, Pontypool, and Newcastle not over outside carrier delivery areo, $15.00 per year. Other! provinces and Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per veor. U.S.A. and foreign $27.00 per SSe per week. By mail in Province of Ontoric yeor, (Grover evtemngeinene mente GOOD EVENING when on residential streets, such as when the drivers are travelling to or from their homes, the speeds should be cut to 15 miles per hour. Penalties should also be provided for motor roaring. Special testing of the drivers should also be required for the machines are complicated ones for even the adroit to handle safely in modern traffic. Another safety re- quirement of prime importance should be the provision by law that all drivers and their passengers must wear protective helmets, There are indications that many a minor mishap has turned to major tragedy because riders have neglect- ed such basic protection as helmets, Queen's Park has closed shop un- til the next session. Nevertheless a worthwhile endeavor for the De- partment of Transport would be the drafting of safety recommenda- tions to be incorporated into the Traffic Act next session. The popu- larity of the lightweight bikes is increasing. They're more than a fad. They require regulation for responsibility and safety. Container reported, will baffle children up to seven years of age. The only way the vial can be opened is with a minimum pressure of 17 pounds of palm pressure on the cap -- too much for a small child. As The Sudbury Star notes full credit must be given to the pharma- cists who have worked so diligently to protect children from medical poisoning. The pharmacists also de- serve full marks for the educational work they have been doing to warn of the dangers of poisonous sub- stances left carelessly around the home, such as cleaning fluids, ete. When universal use, The Star says, it will chil- but it should bring a noticeable reduction the new vial comes into never be known how many dren's lives will be saved, in accidental poisoning. Other Editors' Views DEFENCE BREACHED (Ottawa Journal) Let us all drink to the Russian revolution! An Associated Press despatch from Moscow says the automobile civilization seems about to. come to the Soviet Union. There are 374 cars per 1,000 population in the United States and nearly the same in Canada but the Soviet Union has now only four. But all that's to-be changed. Two new plants are being rushed up, prices are being rushed down and the heavy Soviet limousine is be- ing cut down to pocket and pocket- book size, That should about end the Com- munist threat. - arms in ONLY ONE CANADIAN IN 10 MOVED TO PUBLIC PROTEST By The Canadian Institute Of Public Opinion (World Copyright Reserved) Canadians are not partial to joining public demonstra- tions for or against something. Only about one person in ten acknowledges to having felt an urge to organize or join @ protest demonstration. Nearly ninedn-ten (909%) env they have never felt such Nearly ninedn-ten (809%) sny bi an urge. The same ratios have been ~established--in-the United States where 10% of the people sometimes feel a desire to protest publicly and 90% never feel this way. The greatest proportion of potential demonstrators in Canada is found among the younger segment -- those who are in the 21 to 29 age group. The question: "Have you ever felt the urge to organize or join a public demonstration about something?" Age Groups TOTAL Yes 11% No 89 "100%, 21-29 Years 14% , 9% 86 o1 "100% 109% Over 50 and 9% 91 Years 40-49 13% 87 Years 30-39 "100% "100% A second question was asked the few who have felt an urge to protest publicly: "What was it you were thinking of demonstrating about?" The reasons given cover a wide variety of subjects with "the high cost of living' at the top of the list. A young farmer in Alberta named '"'the low price of grain and the high cost of farm machinéry" as his parti- cular beef Other areas mentioned included: the way Par- poftics, liamentarians carry on, high taxes, roe centralization of education, labor problems, Le and soc injustice. CO McNAUGHTON FLASHBACK General Entered Cabinet As Soldier Doing His Duty Jack Brayley, now Cana- dian Press Atlantic chief at Halifax, walked in on a hit of history as CP's de- fence reporter at Ottawa in 1944. The death Monday of Gen, A. G, L. McNaughton recalls his experience 22 years ago. By JACK BRAYLEY HALIFAX (CP) -- It didn't seem possible, but when I heard a reportthat Gen. Mc- Naughton would. be asked to succeed J. L. Ralston as de- fence minister in W. L. Mac- kenzie King's cabinet, | headed for the general's apartment on Rideau Terrace in Ottawa. East Germany Bolsters Arms EAST BERLIN East Germany's national peo- ples army, formed 10 years ago, has increased its air, sea and land power "enormously" Since 1956, says Defence Minis- ter Gen, Heinz Hoffman. Since the beginning of the year, Gen. Hoffmann says, new Soviet T-55 tanks have been re- placing the T-54s, The air force now has supersonic MiG all- weather fighters in the mach-2 range while the navy has eight times as many torpedo and rocket-launching speed boats as in 1957. The fire power of the army has been increased by bigger calibre artillery and the intro- duction of tactical, anti-tank and other kinds of rockets. The border guards on the Berlin wall and on the mined fences between East and West Germany were equipped with modern sub-machine-guns and "other heavy weapons' and new vehicles, signal and com- munications equipment. In an article published here, Hoffmann went on to say that East Germany's armament in- dustry was supplying small arms, vehicles, ships and com- munications equipment while Russia supplied "the most mod- ern weapons," Reports in West Germany last year estimated that the East German army came sixth, with a total manpower of among the Communist Warsaw Pact countries. The Soviet Un- ion topped the list, followed by Poland, Czechoslovakia, Ro- mania and Bulgaria. By comparison, West many has 438,000 men @ population times the size. (Reuters)-- Ger- under three 195,000, As CP's defence reporter, T had established a confident re- lationship with the soldier-sci- entist. 1 had followed him on a tour of defence plants and mil- itary establishments and had heard his first, rather bitter, statement at Montebello, Que., after his departure from the army command, At that time he had given no 'reason to believe he had any special regard for the King gov- ernment. So when I arrived un- announced at his door crisp November day in 1944, I fully expected him to laugh it off and tell me I was misin- formed. Instead, I found him donning morning coat and striped trou- sersand a little embarrassed by (my appearance. Mrs. Mc- Naughton joined him while the general pointed out I couldn't have arrived at a more inoppor- tune time. She, with. her usual motherly kindliness, asked me to have a coffee before I left and: she firmly emphasized the need for my hasty departure. The general said he would be prepared "shortly" to make a statement on whether he was going to take the defence port- folio and attempt a new policy of voluntary enlistment to win the so-called home defence zom- bies for overseas service, UNDERSTOOD DELICACY We discussed the conscription crisis and the general told me he had always understood the political delicacy of a conscrip- tion policy in Canada, While we talked the doorbell rang twice, On each occasion I heard Mrs. McNaughton tell re- porters the general could not see them at this time. The general was getting im- patient and he had not ad- mitted anything. He rubbed his unruly shock of gray hair in characteristic manner and with a smile asked if I'd mind "clearing out' and I could call back later, But it was too late then be- cause the doorbell rang again, this time almost imperiously-- and the stocky silhouette of Mr, King was obvious on the step outside, Mrs. McNaughton pushed me out of sight into the kitchen. She had left ii te help the ever-obliging general with his callers. Mr. King's greeting was brief and to the point. He had come to clinch the general's acceptance and accompany him to Rideau Hall for the swearing-in. By Jack Gearin PUC's Bus Dilemma Worsens By The Week s0 YOU problems? How about the bus ment of Oshawa's PUC? Reports recently indicated it to be holding its head above water, financially-speaking -- then, wham, the roof seemed to fall in overnight, If the bus operation's present monthly deficit trend continues at $10,000 per, the per capita debt for this item alone would be $164 at, the end of 1966 -- we would still be far off King- ston's ($3.57 last year) but well ahead of such municipalities as Brantford ($1.28), Belleville $1.52), St. Catharines (72 cents) and Peterborough (84 cents), It is causing concern in a city accustomed to high per capita. debts, despite hopes of the PUC that new fare hikes will boost revenue by as much as $40,000 (total estimated rey- enue for 1966 based on the old fares was $476,800). The taxpayer, of course, fs the guy who will be saddied with the PUC deficits, including those who don't ride buses. The Oshawa & of ©, meanwhile, ts HAVE financial depart- -vided a trying to play big brother to the PUC's bus department in its financial dilemma by plump- ing hard for Provincial govern- ment grants or tax relief (in co-operation with the Ontario Chamber). Did you know that the Osh- awa PUC paid a total of $22,000 last year in fuel tax for buses (22 cents currently out of each 38 cents per gallon for Diesel oil and 16 cents out of each 31.49 cents for gasoline. The Ontario Chamber's brief Says it is high time the Pro- vincial government assist urban transit systems. Alberta transit Systems pay no tax on diesel fuel. Saskatchewan pays five percent on invoicing cost. New Brunswick systems pay full tax but the government refunds all but 10 cents through the muni- its cipality granting the franchise (i.e, like a 10 cents per gallon tax. This year Manitoba pro- "transit-aid' grant of $250,000 to munic ipally operated transit system. The Provincial government made grants of mil- lions of dollars to the Toronto transit system, The City last). recent THE SUBSIDIZED public housing picture in Oshawa still eaves much to be desired, but let us not get pessimistic. picture drastically of late. There are two reasons -- the Ontario Housing Corp. has been far more co-operative with the city in the past 12 months and Council aggressive, demanding (at long Don't elected think representatives gone overboard for SPH all of a sudden, majority has and some of the Oshawa been impressive. far Look at these: The Motor City SPH months and now has 84 (Chris- tine Crescent 42, Lomand street addition, 18; and Carleton Court, 23) The OHC is trying to acquire 32 houses on Cyprus street -- ly eight quadruplexes -- for which would bring total te 115 this year. City Hall has improved has been more that .11 of our have from it; but the figures have try is optimistic completed soon. Where would this leave Osh- awa in the over-all picture on a comparitive basis? Well, as of last Dec, $1, Galt has 102 SPH units, Sudbury 143, Fort William 174, Cornwall, 125, Sault Ste. Marie, nia, 120 -- some of these munici- palities have added since con- siderably to the total. There will housing, with gnawing at the bread on kitchen tables as been -officially confirmed local- ly in recent months), but let us to keep such dents to a minimum. the deal will be Provincial 100 and Sar- always be slum rats sometimes kiddies eat (as has sordid inci- Council can do this by con- has, doubied units in the past six the adjacent SPH, the city's tinuing to policy SPH Will Oshawa"s SPH units be adequate for the city's needs? City Herh Chesebrough diplomatical- answers that this way Lét us say, the situation when the 115 are available," pursue its present of aggressiveness on expected 115 Welfare Administrator we wil re-assess that, CANADA'S STORY {ly EB. ie: THE PAPER CHASE VECO SAGE ILE Gold Found In North By BOB BOWMAN July 13, 1909, was a lucky day for Thomas Geddes and George Bannerman of St. Thomas, On- tario. Acting on a hunch, they took the TNO (time no object!) to the end of steel, about 200 miles from North Bay. Then they paddied to Porcupine Lake and camped at the mouth of the river. On the "lucky 13th'. they began digging on the north side of the lake and suddenly un- earthed a filigree of gold as thick as the wax drippings from a candle! It was the beginning of the great Porcupine gold mining area in Northern On- tario. The correct name of the TNO by the way, is Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway. Many other prospectors rushe ed to the area, and some of them were lucky. Benny Hol- linger borrowed $45 from John McMahon of Haileybury and found three feet of gold jutting out of some moss! That was the beginning of the famous Hol- linger mine at Timmins, Unfortunately bad luck some- times follows the good. Tom Geddes who found gold at Por- cupine Lake with George Bannerman, died almost exact- ly two years later when a bad 'Wry Gut ON ARE HEHEHE TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS July 13, 1966... The United States govern- ment enacted the Northwest Ordinance 179 years ago to- day--in 1787--providing for the government of the vast portion of the country north of the Ohio River and west of the Allegheny Mountains. The region was to be di- vided into districts which, after passing through terri- torial or colonial status, would be admitted to state- hood. This principle of ulti- mate statehood became the distinguishing feature of the American colonial system in the 19th century. Another provision of the ordinance which long played a prom- inent role in U.S, history was the prohibition of slav- ery in the territory forever, 1988 -- Howard Hughes completed his flight around the world in a record four days. 1949--The Vatican warned that Roman Catholics who support anti - Christian or materialistic aspects of communism face excommu- nication. First World War Fifty years ago today--in i916 -- British forces launched a new advance eastward toward Combles and Bapaume; a parallel French advance started to- ward Maurepas; Russians took 2,000 prisoners in fight- ing west of Buczacz. Second World War Twenty - five years ago today -- in 1941 -- the five- week campaign in Syria ended with the initialing of an armistice a gree ment; Russians repulsed German forces in day-long battles from the Leningrad area to the Ukraine; Axis planes raided the Sues Cana) Zone, f } forest fire swept through the area and killed 73 people. Sandy Mcintyre made his own bad fortune. After finding the. now famous mine that bears his name, MelIntyre sold his share for $25 so he could buy booze. He spent his later years sweeping in saloons while the mine he should have owned produced gold worth $230 mil- lion! OTHER EVENTS ON JULY 13: 1632--Caen brothers, French Protestants, formed com- pany to develop Canada OTTAWA REPORT with Champlain as gover- nor 1789 --- British ship 'Princess Royal" seized by Span- iards at Nootka, B.C. 1922--Canada and U.S.A. con- ference on _ prohibiting armaments on the Great Lakes 1941--Canada approved Anglo- Soviet Treaty. Germany had attacked Russia on June 22 1949--Opening of first legisla- ture of Newfoundland as a province of Canada Prices Don't Soar, They Skyrocket! OTTAWA--What's wrong witn Canada? The most prevalent criticism today, according to a recent poll of public opinion, is that inflation is rampant, and the cost of living is consequently soaring. This is the chief beef of Canadians today. In the three years since Prime Minister Pearson's Lib- eral government assumed of- fice, from May, 1963, to May this year, the consumer price index has risen 11 points, or 8% per cent, according to the offi- cial survey by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. That hap- pens to be exactly the same percentage rise as that recorded during the previous six years, through most of which Donald Fleming, 'the housewife's friend," was minister of fi- nance, Keeping a strict thumb on the cost of living. The Pearson Era has thus been an era of inflation. But Canada cannot afford to have prices continually rising at this rate of 2% per cent each year. This is pricing Canadian goods out of world markets. Wages have risen even more than prices during the three Pearson years, and their in- crease in this period has been 10%4 per cent, Yet despite that increase, the average Canadian housewife feels herself to be worse off now than she was three years ago, in the sense that her housekeeping money buys less. HOW SOARING? Is this a misconception? Or {is our inflation worse than the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports? There are good grounds for arguing that the DBS yardstick does not accurately reflect the cost of living of the average Canadian, This has been sub- stantiated by a private firm of accountants, which has recently analyzed prices and come up with the conclusion that infla- tion has slashed the purchasing power of our dollar by nearly 10 per cent during just the past two years. There are various grounds on which these accountants criti- cize the DBS figure. First, its typical "'shopping basket"' is now outdated, and does not represent the true spending pat- tern of the average family. Sec- ond, its curveys are inaccurate in assuming that prices are the same throughout any metropoli- tan area. For instance, Toron- tonians tend to shop at their nearest shopping centre. Those living on the western fringe of that metropolis pay rather higher prices for their goods. They probably don't Know that many grocery items can be found perhaps 10 - per - cent cheaper on the eastern fringe; but even if they do know that, can the Oakville housewife be expected to travel many miles through the cross-town traffic to buy more cheaply in Scarbor- ough? ALL CANNOT USE SALES Thirdly, the pricing methods of DBS are questioned. Sure, an average suit of men's clothes might be available in a certain bargain basement for $52 in the Sales, But can father always be sure that a sale will be on just when he suddenly needs a new suit for an unexpected funeral, or when his old suit wears out? And if he does go to the sales, as like as not the suit he wants is not available in his size. So he pays the regular price of $85 for his new suit. The same with chi n's---shoes; what child ever conveniently needs new shoes just when the sales hap- pen? Or will those sale-bought shoes fit junior when he needs them several months later, and he has grown several sizes larger? And what mother can drag her brood round the UEEN'S PARK Wranglings ALa Judy Refreshing Be HON wewaRN: TORONTO---Some of the mors refreshing poiitical- wranghags of recent years have been pro- vided by Hon Judy LaMarsh with Premier Robarts and the government here, Miss LaMarsh brought down her white paper on broadcast. ing in Ottawa and at first glance it seemed the scene. could be set for another bout. For the paper knocks back _-some..of-our.plane_here.for- educational TV. : However that amiable and cool young man who is respon- sible for ETV, Education Min- ister Bill Davis, didn't see any- thing very upsetting about the paper. But Judy undoubtedly -- will have a fight with Premier Dan Johnson of Quebec over her pa» per. 'TOUCH OF CLAY' And this should be interesting. Miss LaMarsh has a touch of that Clay color, of coming up with the devil - may - care un- usual, But it won't have the interest it would if she were tangling with the powers here. When. Judy angles in her home prov- ince, she gives it that extra ef- fort. And if she does wind up knocking herself out it's always entertaining. What is happening with ETV is that the federal government will set up the transmission facilities. Which isn't a bad idea. A tele- vision network in the hands of a provincial government would always be a tempting potential propaganda tool. The province's plan had been to set up its own ETV network of about 20 stations. Now it will use federal facilities. This will probably mean a delay of a year in its original program, CONTROL CONTENT The province will still be doing its own program produc- tion and will have absolute con- trol over conteRt. A word about Judy. You kid about her becausd you like her, And it's safe. te say that is the prevailing senti ; ment here. Those who do bush ness with her like her. And because she hersek seems to like a fight she is probably much underrated. Our experience with her here is that she is a good minister, who behind her somewhat raue cous public image has. usually: done a competent job. mui SHOU At ESE YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO, July 13, 1941 George William Brent, 96, Oshawa's oldest resident, dies, Tag day yields $569 for Brit ish Fire Fighters Fund, 40' YEARS AGO July 13, 1926 Oshawa Loyal True Blues win prizes at Lindsay July 12 cele- bration, Council decides to build sew. ers and sidewalks, crowded sales to hunt for that special pair of shoes? Thus the prices on which the DBS some-- times bases its consumer price index may be correct on paper, but are often entirely impracti- cable in ordinary life. So I respect that independent survey, which tells us that live ing costs are not just soaring upwards, as DRS says. but ara in fact skyrocketing. And if you think price increases are bad now, wait until early next year when we feel the full force of the Pearson pattern of settle. ment of wage demands. 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