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WITH THE AREA still sealed off and the danger of an explosion still very real, pumping operations continuted Wednesday after- noon to remove the 28,000 gallons of highly explosive propane gas from a leaking Village Evacuation Considered By EMO Initial plans for clearing the explosion danger area sur- rounding the Pickering train wreck involved the evacuation of Pickering Village, Col. Ste- phen Wotton, co-ordinator of the Ontario County Emergency Measures Organization, said to- day. "At first," he said, "it look- ed as though we would have to evacuate Pickering. After discussions, however, the explo- sion danger area was narrow- ed down somewhat. "In the end we were left with about 200 people. These we could Gasily accommodate with friends and relatives and in nearby motels. "Tf Pickering had had to be evacuated we would have a real emergency on our hands. Accommodation would have rail tanker at the scene of Tuesday's Pickering | train wreck, Press and. photog- raphers were allowed on to the scene at 3 p.m. when this picture was taken. By this. time most of the pro- pane had been removed ported to Reeve Laycox and he made the decision. "In -any emergency such as this the council and its head is always responsible for the decisions. If they need help they report to the Attorney General. "Once the decision to evacu- ate had been made we moved in and did the job with police." The decision to allow. the evacuated people back into the area was made at noon yester- day. It was made, apparently, against the wishes of Reeve Layeox who disagreed that the area was safe. CONSULTATION Col. Wotton explained® that the decision to. allow the. people back in was made after con- sultation with the experts. had to be fixed up in schools | and public buildings." LAYCOX DECIDED Col. Wotton said the decision|plosion danger had been re- to evacuate the area was made/duced to a minim by Reeve Clifford Laycox, the township's chief official. | "We had a man on the scene) right from the start of the|venience. In many cases they emergency," said Col, Wotton. "He was reporting back to me here at the headquarters at the Whitby County Building. "I was in constant touch with Reeve Laycox keeping him up to date with the situa- tion. "When the gas officials made it known that they thought *he area should be cleared we re- "They were already moving back in when we made the decision," he said. "The gas officials thought that, the ex- emergencies, from the tanker, The pump- ing was completed at 9 p.m. When the explosion danger was at its height some 200 people were evacuated from a five square mile area surrounding the. wreck. --Oshawa Times Photos be this Reeve Laycox could not contacted for comment morning. EMO REPORT A substantial report of the EMO's activities during the emergency will be presented to its committee tonight. "T will be releasing it to- morrow mornirfg," said Col. Wotton. 'We learned some very important lessons. As an exercise it had great value. Col. Wotton' said he would be travelling to Toronto Friday morning to sort out the emer- gency's paper-work. "Our job initially," he said, "twas to ensure that people are safe, This is our main concern in any emergency. We leave the paper work to sort out later. "The Attorney General's de- partment has funds set aside to pay for the cost of these um, . "You have to remember that these evacuated people' were put to a great deal of incon- had to get back in to feed ani- mals they had left behind and turn the heat back on in their homes, "Police were asking people to turn the heat off in their homes to avoid the risk of sparks igniting gas fumes. Col. Wotton said he had had no verbal disagreement with Reeve Laycox over the matter. DELEGATES SELECTED Selby Named President "I will be, meeting with them tomorrow to sort it on the expense of the opera- tion but added that he would be doing everything possible to see that the evacuated people received what expenses were due to them. to sort out now,' 'he said. ST. the 24-hour emergency was the Of Liberal Association Eleven officers were elected last night to form the organiza- tional body of the Oshawa Liberal Association in the new provincial riding of Oshawa. In a one and one-half hour founding convention at the YWCA, officers elected were: William Selby, president; Ed- ward G. McNeely, vice-presi- dent; Silas Moore, vice-presi- dent; G. K. Drynan, secretary; James Carlyle, treasurer. Di- E. G. MeNEELY, «++ Liberal rectors: Grant Armstrong,) Tobie Couture, Arleigh Hillman, Sauveur Nadeau, Patrick Ryan \and James Potticary. Elected as delegates to the | Ontario Liberal leadership con- ivention in Toronto, Jan. 6-7 jwere, Mrs. G, N. Varnum; Thomas Haar, Mrs. Nancy Todd; Mrs. Jean Jordan, Mr. Selby, Mr. McNeely, Mr. Potti- |cary; Mrs. Jill Moore and Ron- 'ald Swartz. WILLIAM SELBY Executives all out," He would make no comment "This is something we have JOHN BRIGADE Another major contributor to St. John Ambulance Brigade. The Brigade swung into action at 6.30 p.m., Tuesday. Within 10 minutes three men of the Whitby brigade with their ambulances and equipment were on their way and were joined immediately by two} members of the Oshawa| Brigade. | With the co-operation of the County Medical Officer of Health a full emergency hospi- tal was set up at the Picker- ing Municipal buildings. The Oshawa Brigade and 25 ed to stand by. Mrs, R. H. Bedell, vice chair- man of the Whitby Brigade, said today: 'This incident again points up the need for John Ambulance Brigade and the really urgent need for addi- tional members." Grier Will Speak At NDP Meeting Terry Grier, executive officer to New Democratic Party leader Donald McDonald, will be guest speaker at the general member- ship meeting of the Oshawa) riding (NDP) at the Genosha! Hotel, at 8:30 p.m. Sunday. | Mr. Grier attended the So- cialist International Conference held at Stockholm, Sweden, in 1963. Flame P To. Weim Ail FiCKe Ig Families Return Home Explosion Threat Ends -- PICKERING (Staff) -- A thin, white flame shot 50 feet into the night sky last night ending the threat of a feared propane explosion at the site of! Tuesday's train - truck double fatality. The area was declared safe yesterday afternoon and all but one of 60 families, evacuated after the crash, returned to their homes, The last family called for abolition of the prac- tice and said all ballots should 'be the same color and voting for the boards pf education should be done separately -- in- dependent of municipal voting. ination," "You can look at it and see how Catholics have voted, But the city clerk gave me a few GM LINES TO BE ALTERED -- DURING THREE - DAY LAYOFF up until the night of Dec. 23. They will not be starting up again until Jan, 3. Production workers will be paid for holidays on Dec. 24, Dec. 26, Dec. 27, Dec, 31 and Jan, 2, the said Assembly line changes at General Motors will result in a three-day layoff for most production workers during the Christmas holiday sea- son, a company spokesman returned today. At 9:30 p.m,, Wednesday, the last of 28,000 gallons of propane 'was pumped out of a rail tanker which was de-railed in the crash when a_ twin - engined CPR freight slammed broadside into a dump truck at a crossing one mile north of Pickering killing the driver and his son, To dispose of residue gases from the empty tanker gas ex- perts from the Superior Pro- pane Company laid a pipe from the tanker to a field 50 yards away and then set light to the escaping material. THREE MILES The flame could clearly: be seen by motorists on the Mac- donald-Cartier Freeway said today. The spokesman said the changes being made are to improve the flow of vehicles. The workers will be laid off Dec. 28, Dec. 29 and Dec. 30. They will receive unemploy- ment benefits for the three days. Due to Christmas and New Year's holidays the assem- bly lines will be shut down for a total of 10 days. The lines will be moving today. They will not be paid for Dec. 25 (Christmas day) or. Jan, 1 (New Year's day), both of which fall on Sun- days -- non-working days. Some departments will be working during the closed- down period in the plant but assembly lines will not move. Salary office employees. will be working on Dec. 28 and Dec. 29. miles to the south, This morning work was con- tinuing on the disposal of the gases while CPR _ wrecking crews moved in to clear the area. The 24-hour civil emergency was called off at noon yesterday when Superior Propane officials declared the area safe. The only family not allowed to return to its home yesterday was that of James H. Murdoch whose resid lies within Green Election Ballots Criticized By Trustees Green election ballots for sep- arate school board supporters at municipal voting time show discrimination, says trustee Winona Clarke. At a separate school board meeting last night Mrs. Clarke vague answers when I objected to. it two years ago." Trustee Terrance O'Connor supported Mrs, Clarke's state- ments saying: "You shouldn't be able to tell how people vote. City officials should also consider their meth- ods and procedures of counting to speed things up." Finance chairman Michael Rudka said there must be a reason for the distinction in color and said he didn't think "tired officials would bother keeping score". The item was tabled until further information regarding "Green ballots show discrim- said Mrs. Clarke. 250 yards of the train wreck, Gas company officials felt that there was still some danger to the. immediate surrounding area, BODY FOUND The body of the missing truck three} noo Feeney, of RR 3, Pickering, was found at 3 a.m, today. It was found 20 feet from his wrecked truck underneath a rail wa by ia A Whit rovin police spokesman said today that it was not known yet whether Mr. 1erce if} Feeney had died from injuries ( received in the collision or from } exposure, A post mortem examination © was being carried out at Ajax | Hospital today. The badly mangled body of Mr. Feeney's four-year-old son, Steven was found by police soon. after the crash had occurred at 1:30 p.m, Tuesday. An inquest, said the police spokesman, called for the near future, Cor- oner in charge is Dr. F, A. Cuddy of Whitby. Ontario's supervising coroner H, B. Cotnam was at the scene of the train wreck yesterday. will certainly be ng He stayed for a time and spoke | to police and fire officials. CPR officials said today that they expected the line to be back into operation this after- § n. "We have two crews working down there," he said. "We started last night as soon as the gas officials had declared the area safe for clearing. "If all goes well the line should be open by 1 p.m." The official said that while the line was blocked CPR trains were switched to alternative lines, There was, he added, no hold up in rail service, He could give no estimate of the total damage involved in the train wreck which de-railed two locomotives and 20 freight cars. The reason for the speed of the clearing operations he said, was because the de-railed cars were nearly all empty thus driver, 30-year-old Allan making lifting operations easy. PICKETING HALTED PICKERING (Staff) -- About 650 tradesmen returned to their jobs early today at Ontario Hydro's $266,000,000 nuclear power project after failing to report for work yesterday. They stayed out after a pick- the city's policy is received. eting contingent of about 100 Chief Issues Warning Preserve Fire Record Fire Chief Ray Hobbs is out,water should be replenished to preserve the city's 'good' regularly. Christmas fire record. | "If a tree has dried out be- yond its moisture recovery In the last 'several years 'the limit it will continue to dry out cial trees with strings of elec- tric lights. Some imported trees, sometimes known as Hong Kong trees, will burn violently. Never use candles to light any Tradesmen Back On Job Nuclear Power Project ironworkers -- protesting. the firing of a union steward and an unsafe job condition -- set up. a demonstration line at the site from 6 a.m, to 8 p.m. Wed- nesday. Picketing was discontinued today as settlement talks be- tween Ontario Hydro and the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Orna- mental Iron Workers, Loca? 721, were scheduled for 2 p.m. in Toronto, The 100 ironworkers, mem- bers of the Toronto-based Local 721, are still out, a union offi- cial says. They walked off their jobs last week when union steward John Winkler was suspended after a disagreement with a foreman over safety conditions. The union claims the steward H. B. COTNAM SURVEYS WRECKAGE .»-Ontario's Supervising Coroner She Simes THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1966 The estimated cost of &t, Christopher's $140,000 six class- several features the school night, An inner-communications room building. the school, A new boiler will presently being used. cost a contract price of $55,000. An automatic bell-ringing con- trol unit will be installed for $150 and two sinks at $300 apiece. were approved for the art and science classes. Tenders will be drawn for the purchase-installation or rental of a public address system for St. Francis school. Trustees also approved the purchase of room addition does not include separate eys- tem, costing $3,700, will assist the teaching staff of the 20- One thousand dollars will be spent to upgrade the below- standard fire alarm system and $500 will install exit lights in take &jtion, I'm definitely chunk of the 1966 budget to re-/ addition," sz place the 10-year-old heater ce yg gee gp School Work Cost Swells One classroom has been des- asa \'Trustees. moved to \ constract the addition on the east side of school for economical and king purposes. . ; disfavoring 'the new addition, Trustee Winona Clarke --_ against it at the. meeting "You're sending the money down the drain with a new addi- "against an » The school design must be It willjapproved by the department of education, (a recent require- ment since the board is. under the Ontario Education Capital Aid Program), by the city's committee of adjustment and pa the separate school board it- self, Several trustees expressed some concemm over a possible delay in the construction be- cause the adjustment commitee tree. an automatic bell control for|will not resume until the third to 30 other men were instruct-| fully trained first aid of the oN city has not recorded one ser- fous Christmas blaze. And Chief |Hobbs says he wants to keep it |that way. In his annual Christmas warning on fires he said: "Special precautions against fire should head the list of every sensible family's prepar- ations for Christmas. A happy Christmas can change, in a few | seconds, into a family tragedy in homes where such precau- tions are neglected. "IT would urge every citizen to exercise special care in the setting up and decoration of} Christmas trees and' draw at-| tention to the following points: FRESH, GREEN | "Buy the freshest, greenest| | tree you can obtain and store }it outdoors or in an unheated away from the base of the tree |Congo, will be even when standing in water. Even a tree at maximum mois- ture point will burn if flame is) applied all around the base.| Keep discarded gift wrappings} and make the Christmas tree area a non-smoking area. "Use only non-flammable or- naments and trim on the tree. Do not decorate metallic artifi- Church Presents Missionary Film The story of Dr. Paul Carlson, martyred missionary to the shown at the Calvary Baptist Church at 8 p.m., Saturday. The film, produced by the "Electric lighting cords should be checked for frayed cords cr short circuits, Only CSA approved lighting should be used. AVOID HEAT "Keep trees away from. such sources of heat as a fireplace, television set or radiator, Be sure it does not block access to doors or windows in the event of a fire. Switch off tree lights before leaving home or going to bed. "Never leave small children alone at Christmas. If you must leave the house even for a few minutes, employ a_ reliable baby-sitter. "All trees should be removed from the home as soon as pos- sible after Christmas. garage until you are ready to/ Evangelical Covenant Church of| decorate it. This should be a|America, beings with a dra- day or two before Christmas. |matic statement of the claims "When you bring the tree into|/of the mission fields upon the the house cut one or two inches/Christian doctor and concludes "If fire should strike first get everyone out of the house, Then call the fire department at 725- 6574 before attempting to fight the fire yourself. Your first rule diagonally from the butt be-|with a widow's prayer with her fore setting it in water. The children. | in the event of fire is to get out safely." was suspended without notice because he refused to let men work over 100 feet above ground in wet weather without safety belts. Jack Tressider, union busi- ness agent, has said that Hydro is not enforcing safety - belt rules, STATEMENT A Hydro statement yesterday said: "An established accident pre- vention policy and safety pro- gram is in effect at every work location and because of rapid change in construction working Ontario Hydro is continually updating practices to keep in step with safety requirements of the work today. "Our management requires all supervisory members and every worker to participate ac- tively on the safety program." Construction started on the project early last year and the first phase of its operation is scheduled to begin in early 1970, the school. The Junior French - Canadian club will pay a small fee over the custodian's hourly rate for the rental of St. Thomas Aquinas' auditorium, the sep- arate school board stipulated last night. The usual $50 fee was dropped last night and a $5 fee settled upon in addition to the $2.75 hourly wage of the caretaker when a representative of the club asked for the use of the auditorium in a letter to the board, Clab members plan to hold dances twice monthly to raise money for charity. Although some trustees felt facilities should be made avail- week of January. Club Charged Small Fee To Use Separate School able to the taxpayers as ins expensively as possible, others felt a small, nominal. fee over and above the custodian's, would pay for cleaning costs. "If this was a no-fund-raising venture, I would like at it dif. ferently," said Trustee Michael Rudka, "'but we have light and heat costs to consider that go up when the auditorium is in use," The board made the provision that, the dances must be chap- eroned by an adult, "We're leaving ourselves wide open for criticism if we don't insist on a chaperone by a responsible adult," said trus- tee Dr. George Sciuk. 'JQ-SUITE, 10-STOREY BUILDING A group of city residents | night protested construction building. Hoskin Avenue, but it must gain the approval of city planning board for a proposed $1,500,000 apartment The 124-suite 10-storey apart- ment building would be located on Harmony Road South. and first zoning the area which at pres- for a recommendation council. ast of project and about 30 of sons who bers. the re- tified only as the Mack The board held the first pub- lic hearing on the apartment would be affected crowded into the council cham- Most of them objected to its construction. A contingent iden- ily, which owns four houses in would still "open space." to city It "Hoskin 45 per- as it now stands south of the generally enhance ie fam- provide for located on land known as property." The was described as a junk yard He pointed to two properties Hoskin Avenue and said the developers would try to improve the appearance of buildings on that land to much would be the site the planni lies said, was the building am such the nature effect, contravenes principles of board. SPOT REZONING Major objection of the fami- in the neighborhood, he zoning" to "plunk a 10-storey single-family dwellings. He said they disapproved of rezoning added there would be no objec- HARMONY ROAD SOUTH SITE est Oshawa. ed with idea of "spot re- owners, ong one-storey the measures and ment population He came to the hearing arm- . senting 28 dissenting property He said persons, of the 45- who received notices by the city, were re- lated to the present owner of property were unavailable and "indifferent to the project." density. in City Residents Protest Apartment Proposal suggested Riverside Road would carry the bulk of it. He * said 50 signatures repre- three other Three of them for assess- three others were who man be affected by the street was not capable of supporting such traffic, He further added that the traffic to a nearby shopping centre would pass a church. The comment to him by a resident school and a spokesman related a said his television repair+ Suggested reception would the towering ent is zoned single-family resi- dential. G. A. Wandless, city planni director, and - submissions presented the apartment hearing, and another hearing dealiiig of King Street ng said today evidence at at with rezoning of land at the corner and Thornton Road for-an auto sales office, will be turned over to the new planning board early next year the area, took up an entire front row. They favored the project. Lawyer Edward G. McNeely represented the developer, Gerry Armstrong. He suggested the apartment would "not. detract from the area, but rather would = en- hance it." OPEN SPACE Mr. McNeely said that although the building is large it of the neighborhood. The apartment which flares into a "y" shape building, would have a swimming pool, roller rink, steam bath, lJaun- dries and other facilities for the tenants FE. J. Beauchamp, consulting engineer, who spoke on bchalf of the dissenting property own- ers affected by the project, charged that the proposal, in tion if the project was part of structure. an integrated development. "I believe the planning board went on record as in favor of no more rezoning of proper- ties for some time," he said The' apartment would be located on two and one-half acres of land and Mr, Beau- champ pointed out that there would be 50 suites to an acre and would constitute the high- He referred to Mr. McNeely's comment that the developer would "do something" about two unsightly properties: 'The two bad houses are owned by the owner of the Hoskin prop- erty." TRAFFIC Mr. Beauchamp said the res- idents. were concerned over the expected increase of traffic and In concluding his statement, Mr. Beauchamp said there was much acreage of undeveloped . land in the city which was at for such use and should e "The apartment building where it is would be of no use to' the residents in the area,'* he said,