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ae ee Foo PD pete a ced agit 2 ye Sp a ae The Ostyarwax es oa cot Smee Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1966 -- PAG 4 South Africa Could Cool Rhodesian Enthusiasm The continuing controversy over the fate or future status of Rho- desia is undoubtedly one of the most serious situations facing the world as it enters another year. To date it has created great tension and it could trigger the terrifying tragedy of a war between blacks and whites, The British position requires a gradual move toward African ma- jority rule while Premier Ian Smith refuses to entertain any idea other than the continuance of control by the white minority. As a last re- sort Britain turned its problem over to the United Nations for the insti- tution of mandatory sanctions -- the effectiveness of such curbs without inclusion of Portuguese Africa and certainly South Africa will be at the most minimal. But with the decision by Britain to seek United Nations assistanre 'the situation takes on a further complexity. Now Mr. Smith claims the action by Britain necessitates Rhodesia becoming a republic and he is initiating discussion to that end. His new position is being widely questioned. It is argued that while Britain may have given up control of Rhodesia the Wilson. government has in no way even suggested the form of government which should follow. Hoping to continue his winning ways, how- ever, Mr. Smith has proposed the holding of a referendum on the re- public issue. Meanwhile yet another new ele- ment has arisen. An influential South African newspaper - report- edly close to the new Vorster gov- ernment - has warned Rhodesia to plot carefully its future course. The newspaper protests that the insis- tence of Rhodesia on independence could prove an embarrassment to her friends. The Smith regime hasn't amassed many friends ex- cept South Africa, so the warning can be construed as coming from that state. Without South African assist- ance Mr. Smith could not long con- tinue. The indication, therefore, of South African displeasure could represent a much greater threat to his future than any program of sanctions yet devised. Antimatter Fantastic Scientists now believe that much of the universe may be composed of antimatter - a substance that once seemed fantastic even by science- fiction standards. Particles of antimatter resemble ordinary matter except that they are opposite in electrical charge and annihilate ordinary matter they touch., says the National Geograph- ic Society. Scientists are now developing new theories of the universe to embrace antimatter. One theory suggests that the universe once consisted of extremely dispersed subatomic par- ticles and anti-particles. Under gravitational attraction, the whole mass contracted until annihilation occurred, producing radiation pres- sure that reversed the gravitational Some astronomers theorize that half the objects in the universe may be made of antimatter. One body definitely does not, the moon, since rockets have crashed on it without the explosion that occurs when mat- ter collides with antimatter. So, as The St. Catharines Stand- ard editorializes, if you have been planning a trip to the moon at some future date, there is no fear from antimatter, Other Editors' Views POLITICAL DELUSIONS Opposition parties in Parliament seem to think they have scored a momentous victory in connection pie kayla ete an ao ama ees ie gaa > EXTERNAL AFF. : Canada Worked Quietly But Strenuously For Peace By DAVE McINTOSH OTTAWA (CP) -- Canada worked quietly but strenu- ously throughout 1966 to try to get Vietnam peace talks going. The effort was of no avail. But this did not deter Ex- ternal Affairs Minister Paul Martin from pursuing the ob- jective into 1967. Canada based its main hopes for negotiations on the international truce super- visory commission in Vietnam of which it has been a mem- ber since 1954. The reason for this is that the commission is the only body with ready ac- cess to both South and North Vietnam. Special Ambassador Chester Ronning was dispatched to Hanoi twice by the Canadian government to sound. out the North Vietnamese on the pos- sibility of negotiation. In November, Mr. Martin went to Warsaw and Moscow to discuss Vietnam, among other things. Russia and Britain were co- chairmen of the 1954 Geneva conference which divided Viet- nam, supposedly for only two years, and established the truce commission comprised of Canada, India and Poland. Russia and Poland as well as North Vietnam have made clear they won't make any move toward the conference table until the United States stops bombing North Vietnam. PEACE STILL REMOTE The Poles do not exclude the possibility of helping the commission to seek a role in promoting peace talks--after the cessation of bombing. But this was as much as they would promise Mr. Martin. There was a brief flurry of hope in the fall when the U.S., at the request of the commission, stopped bombing temporarily in one sector of the six-mile-wide demilitar- ized zone so that the commis- sion could resume patrols there. It was hoped here that such a minor disengagement might pave the way for other dis- engagements in other Viet- nam battle zones. But the hope was short - lived when North Vietnam didn't make any similar move to disen- gage. There was a brighter hope at year's end when the U.S. asked United Nations Secre- tary-General U Thant to take becessary steps to arrange @ cease-fire in Vietnam. In 1984, Mr. Thant had Hanoi's agreement to talks with the U.S. in Rangoon. But the U.S. rejected the plan, Say it had obtained infor- mation that Hanoi was not sincere. Canada told Mr. 'Thant it had not supplied such information because it hadn't had any top-level talks with . the North Vietnamese at that time. HELP FOR ZAMBIA Rhodesia was another focal point for Canadian foreign policy in 1966. Rhodesia declared its inde- pendence of Britain Nov. 11, 1965, without any undertaking that the black majority in the country would eventually be given its*proper representa- tion. 'the British Commonwealth attempted to bring down the government of Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith with voluntary economie sanctions. Canada imposed a total trade embargo. The sanctions hit hard at Zambia, the land-locked coun- try which is Rhodesia's north- ern neighbor. Canada with Britain and the U.S. participated in an emer- gency airlift of oil supplies to mbia. This operation went on for four months. In CDecomber, at Britain's request, the UN imposed com- 'pulsory sanctions against Rhodesia, but South Africa made 'clear it would ignore them. This in turn could lead to sanctions against South Af- rica itself. CHIMES MOVE SHELVED Canada begins a two-year term Jan. 1, 1967, as a mem- ber of the 15-country UN Se- curity Council. Canada is also a member of the special 14- member UN _ committee scheduled to report in April on how to transfer South-West Africa from South African to UN administration. Canada made its biggest Spiasn at the UN when it at- tempted to persuade other members to admit Communist China while allowing Nation- alist China to retain its seat as the representative of For- mosa. Under the Canadian proposal, which did not take the form of a resolution and therefore wasn't voted on, Red China would have ob- tained Nationalist China's seat on the Security Council. Staggering Capacity Claimed For Drink By American Colonists By ARCH MacKENZIE WASHINGTON (CP) -- The American colonists who success- to sign the Declaration of In- dependence, in 1792 entertained 200 guests with 136 bowls of punch, 300 bottles of wine and Girl Friday Wins Kudos By PATRICK NICHOLSON comment visitors to the public galleries in the House of Commons. One- shot visitors notice her unusual attentiveness; unlike most of male colleagues in the House, not for her the newspaper file or the pile of letters to distract her attention from, the debate. More' frequent visitors have been noticing her constant at- tendance, for she seems to be always in her seat, right behind Health and Welfare Minister Allan MacEachen, This is not surprising, for Margaret Rideout is the most delicious dish from New Bruns- wick to delight Parliament Hill since the first shipment of Restigouche salmon took the capital by storm. Nor is her at- tentiveness su , for her industry and enthusiasm have already won her promotion to the post of parliamentary secre- tary to Mr. MacEachen, and he has been the busy star in the House in recent weeks. His ex- citing task has been to shepherd through his complicated wel- fare bills those bin for universal medicare t a e@ si men' pensions: -_ 7", GAINING YARDS AT YEAR'S END Just as Mr. MacEachen in these busy days has been at- without interrup- CANADA'S STORY Trouble On Red River By BOB BOWMAN One of the most important contributing factors to the Red River uprising in 1869-1870 was that the settlers of the area were not informed about gov- ernment plans. Yet they had a newspaper the Nor'Wester that first appeared in Fort Garry Dec. 28, 1859. It was founded by two young Englishmen -- Buckingham and Coldwell--who had worked on the Toronto Globe and Toronto Leader. They bought a printing press and type in Toronto, went to St. Paul by train, and then loaded their supplies and per- sonal possessions in an ox-cart. Their wives sat on top of the bales while they completed the 200 mile journey to Fort Garry. The Nor'Wester might have kept the Red River Metis and others better informed if it had not fallen into the hands of Dr. John Christian Schultz in 1865. He formed the Canadian party that opposed the Hudson's Bay Co's. control over the West, and favored annexation to Canada. Dr. Schultz was largely respon- sible for Canada sending sur- veyors to Red River before the official takeover of the territory from the H.B.C., and this action was the spark that kindled the Red River uprising. Schultz got into plenty of trouble on his own. His brother had him: put in jail for debt, but his wife raided the jail with 15 volunteers from the Canadian party and set him free. Later Louis Riel put Dr. Schultz in jail in Fort Garry and Mrs, Schultz came to the rescue again. She smuggled a knife to him in a plum pudding and he man- aged to pry his way through a window. Then he made a rope by cutting his buffalo robe into strips and escaped. Schultz got revenge on Riel later by organizing the killing tion through the non. sions from 2.30 p.m. journment at 10 p. ae tt tis ight hand, to a _ fore- going even a break for her eve- ning meal. a WOMAN AT WORK The Mrs. Rideout of three of his followers. Even- peed rah ee pete Ee tually he became Sir John ; , Schultz, member of the House yélection caused by the death of Commons, then a senator °% the MP for Westmorland, and lieutenant-governor of Man- N-B., who was her husband. In itoba. that, her first campaign, she multiplied by seven the major- OTHER DEC. 28 EVENTS: ity by which her husband had 1602--Merchants of Rouen and won the seat for the Liberal St. Malo, France, met to form party. Then, a year later, she a company for colonization and ran in the general election, and trade with Canada. nearby doubled her earlier ma- 1720--British lords of trade jority. Thus her constituents proposed removal of the Aca- showed their unmistakeable ap- dians. It did not happen until pProval of her performance as their MP. In addition to her considerable work with her minister and in his department, Margaret Ride- ut of course has the usual vol- uminous mail to act upon and prospectors had to obtain li- "answer. Most weekends she cences, goes home, to keep in touch 1876--Province of Quebec cre- with her supporters and espe- ated a new department of edu- cially to see her three sons. cation. The Council of Public Pleas from her voters are Instruction was replaced by largely seeking jobs, complain- Catholic and Protestant com- ing about pension problems, or mittees. criticizing the rising cost of 1857--Governor Dou gias of British Columbia issued an edict that gold mines on the Fraser and Thompson rivers belong to the Crown. This meant tha living. On Parliament Hill she also sits on three busy committees. She opted for that on transport TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec. 28, 1966... Spain recognized the inde- pendence of Mexico 103 years ago today--in 1863-- more than 40 years after the Mexicans had first de- fied the rule of the mother country. But, after surviv- ing war with the United States and civil war, Mex- in ico was occupied by French troops, who had placed an Austrian prince on the fully defied King George III had attributes that included a care plan. staggering capacity for alcohol. Actually, these members are de- "A Ragelee Sane - of sunk i never cl on horseback, luding themselves. All ti ley have T aaiaen Waieid Paterece won from the government is agree- mh recently delivered a lecture ment to permit provinces particie here on Our Acoholic Ancestors. pating in the plan to widen some- 4, fact' some of the, Americans what the range of health services of those days were in condition available under it. to know which end of their (Calgary Herald) attraction. Galaxies then formed the expanding universe. She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher @& C. PRINCE, General Monager C. J, MeCONECHY, Editor SUBSCRIFTION RATES The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times {established 1871). and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863) .is published daily and Statutary holidays excepted). Cc i Publish- of Daily ers Association, The Canodion Press, Audit Burecu Association. The Conadion Press 'Is exclusively to the ute of republicotion of all news itched in the paper credited to it or te sherry and brandy after dinner. As Peterson observed: 'This is just part of the evidence that the colonists drank on every oc- casion -- holidays, weddings, proclamations, signings, funer- als and any excuse they could find." However, the voyage of the USS Constitution sets some kind of record. naval or otherwise, for sheer guzzling. The good ship Constitution set out in August, 1779, from Boston bearing 475 officers and men, 48,600 gallons of water, 74,000 cannon shot, 11,500 pounds of black powder and 79,400 gallons of rum. because the hub of her con- stituency is Moncton, a railway centre. And she is a member of the committees on health and welfare and safety and cost of drugs as the eyes, ears and tongue of her minister. In the present era of ab- senteeism from Parliament Hill, of inattention in the cham- ber, and of no-shows at com- mittees, Mrs. Rideout is an out> standing activist, whose indus- try should shame the great mas jority of her male colleagues, Mutual Funds Buffetted By Stock Market Declines By LARRY DWORKIN TORONTO (CP). --If you think 1966 had its ironies for the Canadian mutual fund in- dustry, wait to see what the new year could bring. The number of subscribers the fast-growing industry climbed 20 per cent to a rec- ord 548,700 by the end of the third quarter. with the federal government's medi- Canada modelied' after the laws of Ontario. Other areas expected to be dealt with in the investigation include disclosure of informa- tion to the public, internal operations and structure of funds, relationship between funds and their management companies, problems of un- incorporated funds, conflict of interest and duties of direc- horses was which. Peterson's audience subse- quently sampled a_ traditional colonial brew called Chatham artillery punch which spoke po- tently of the alcoholic fortitude of the early American. It con- TRAFFIC STOPPERS A safety bulletin list of programs despa' Associated Press or Reuters, ond also the local news published therein. All rights of special des- potches ore also reserved. Offices: Thomson Bullding, 425 » Toronto, Ontario; Montreal, P.O. Delivered by carriers in Oshowo, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskilien, Orono, Leskord, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester Pontypool, and Newcostle not over 55c per week. By mali in Province of Ontario outside carrier Pe Or08, $15.00 per yeor. Other pi an - $18.00 per yeor. U.S.A, and foreign $27.00 pa year, University 640 Cathcort Street On nn cn REBUFFS FROM PARTY which have effectively reduced road accidents includes school safety pa- trols, high school driver education, driver improvement. projects, and "Elmer the Safety Elephant." Come to think of it, an elephant on every . street would tend to reduce the vol- ume of traffic. (Ottawa Journal) sisted of three gallons of wine and a gallon each of rum, brandy, rye and gin. Peterson revealed that John Adams, a U.S. president, started each day before breakfast with a tankard or two of hard cider. At a 1778 ceremony honoring one graduated student of a sem- inary, the 80 guests drank 40 huge bowls of punch. John Hancock, the first man She was to destroy and ha- rass British shipping. Six weens later, at Jamaica, she took on 826 pounds of flour and 68,300 gallons of rum. At the Azores three weeks later, she took on 550 pounds of beef and 64,300 gallons of wine. She subsequently captured and scuttled 12 British mer- chantmen, salvaging their rum. nti eA HH TE HT CABINET CAREER CROWN Scots Caution, Skill Achieved Medicare By KEN KELLY OTTAWA (CP)--Through a combination of determination, parliamentary skill and Scots caution, Allan Joseph Mac- Eachen made 1966 his year in the field of health and wel- fare. The 45-year-old Cape Breton miner's son was chiefly re- sponsible for clearing the legislative decks for action on three major federal programs --medical care insurance, guaranteed income for the aged and a comprehensive, needs-oriented welfare plan. Though he met with, some rebuffs, largely witht his own party on the starting date of medical care insurance, he used his 12 months as federal minister of national health and welfare to crown a cab- inet career which has been virtually an uninterrupted suc- cess. He came to the post a year ago with a record of achieve- ment behind him as labor minister and chief sponsor of a labor code fixing a five- day, 40-hour week and a wage minimum of $1.25 an hour. His first task was to per- suade the provinces to accept the Canada Assistance Plan, which aimed at grouping a number of existing welfare programs and expanding fed- eral cost-sharing to some new areas of welfare. AIDS NEEDY MOTHERS They endorsed the plan in general early in the year and Mr. MacEachen_ successfully piloted it into legislative form by mid-year. The price tag for Ottawa was $278,000,000 in the current fiscal year, of which $85,000,000 would be addi- tional federal spending. Under the plan, the federal government for the first time will share the cost of provin- cial aid to needy mothers and also wifl pay part of the cost of health care for welfare re- cipients. Federal cost - sharing will continue for unemployment assi e, for pensi to those older citizens who do not yet qualify for the univer- sal old age pension of $75 a month and for pensions to the blind and disabled In discussions of the plan with the provinces, Quebec made a bid to assume exclus- ive jurisdiction over payment of family allowances. Mr. MacEachen replied that Ot- tawa contemplates no change in this program, now financed exclusively by federal money. He took the same position later with respect to a Que- bec demand that it take over payment of the basic $75-a- month old age pension. Through most of the year, Mr. MacEachen conducted delicate negotiations with the provinces and interested pro- fessions in preparation for the federal medical care insur- ance program, finally enacted late in the year. The legislation embodies the federal government offer to pay half the per-capita cost of any province's medical care insurance plan that meets cer- tain minimum conditions. Mr. MacEachen's advocacy of a start July 1, 1967, suf- fered a setback when the cabinet accepted the recom- mendation of Finance Minis- ter Sharp for a delay to July 1, 1968, His resignation was ru- mored to be in the offing but he remained in the cabinet and won Commons approval for the legislation. The Opposition repeatedly demanded that coverage be expanded to such para-medi- cal services as those done by optometrists, physiother- apists, chiropractors and psy- chologists. After a period of resistance, Mr. MacEachen acceded to the extent that provinces which want to add additional services could collect half their cost if the federal cabi- net approved. Next came Mr. MacKach- en's guaranteed incomes for the aged, based partly on a long study by the Senate's committee on aging. The legislation provides that recipients of the old age pen- sion, now $75 a month, be guaranteed a total minimum monthly income of $105--until the full effect of the Canada pension plan is felt 10 years hence. At a cost estimated between $260,000,000 and $280,000,000, old age pensioners are to re- ceive a $36 monthly supple- ment, reduced by $1 for every $2 of income they receive from sources other than the old age pension. While the program comes into force next April 1, pay- ments will be retroactive to Jan. 1,. 1967, An estimated 500,000 old-age pensioners will get the full $30 supplement tacked onto their regular $75 monthly pension, another 400- 000 varying amounts. throne as emperor. The elected president, Benito Juarez, got American pres- sure to bring the French to withdraw their troops in 1867 and the country's de- velopment as a_ republic was assured, 1622--St. Francis de Sales died. 1908--84,000 people died in an earthquake. at Messina, Sicily. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1916 -- Germany announced the capture of 10,000 Ro- manians at Rimnic-Sarat; Allied bombers attacked German arms factories in Lorraine. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1941--British desert columns attacked Rom- mel's retreating forces at Agedabia, Libya; the Japa- nese bombed Manila again; British aircraft from Singa- pore destroyed '10 Japanese aircraft on the ground at Supgeipaadi. YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO December 29, 1951 The Board of Education will swap its offices at 26 McGregor St. with larger ones at 179 Sim- coe St. S, Representing four Oshawa plants, the city's two branches of the new atidition of the Oshawa General Hospital. 30 YEARS AGO December 29, 1936 W. Ross Strike, years was given the position for a fourth term when he was elected by acclamation at the in . the nomination Town Hall. meeting But in the same period the gross value of the 90 funds operating in Canada managed only a 10.7-per-cent increase despite the flood of money from the new subscribers, as the funds were buffetted by stock market declines, In fact, the per-capita value of the funds based on the number of subscribers' ac- tually decreased to $3,223 from $3,465. In 1967, another hefty gain tors. At the end of the third quar- ter of 1966 the net assets of the funds at market value stood at $1,768,190,000 com- pared with $1,932,239,000 at the end of the second quarter, but up slightly from $1,596,- 751,000 at the end of the third quarter of 1965. Year-end figures are not yet available but the associa- tion indicates they will show an improvement over the third quarter. BIBLE "One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in His temple." Psalms 27:4. You can't put the Lord in a secondary position and expect first hand priority. Man has to make up his mind where his heart is going to be} employees in United Steel Workers of America donated a cheque for $1,000 to furnish a four-bed room in the mayor of Bowmanville for the past three is expected in the number of subscribers. But the industry is also going to come under heavy criticisms in some sec- tors. Part of this will come from proceedings at a federal-pro- vincial conference to be con- vened to study the industry. Part will spill over from a big row developing in the United States, where funds already a, 29 have been rapped sharply by 1H the Securities and Exchange Commission. A mutual fund is a compan: which combines the funds 6f many people whose goals are similar and invests those funds in a wide variety of securities. COSTS CRITICIZED The SEC said in a report in late 1966 that most mutuals * a _2* ~ BL, ACK VEINVET / \ g \ burden shareholders with ex- . \ _* cessive and unjustified costs, } especially in the area of the so-called front-end load. The majority of funds use the front-end plan where a person agrees to buy a stated amount regularly over a pe- riod of time, with about half of the first year's payments deducted for salesmen's com- missions and other fees. W. Allan Manford, president of the Canadian Mutual Funds Association, says the industry is looking forward to the con- ference, but he doesn't expect any major changes to come out of it. He says what is wanted is uniform regulations across 'One of the finest Canadian whiskies this country has ever tasted' by GILBEY's SSRs ote VR SD RAR ODOR CHA NORA ONE