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Home Newspaper Of Oshawa, Whitby, Bowman- ville, Ajax, Pickering and neighboring centres in Ont- ario and Durham Counties, VOL. 96 -- NO, 21 10¢ Single Copy She Oshawa Times BSc Per Week Home Delivered OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1967 GM In City | Says Report Not Correct Rumors that General Motors|always striving for further sim-| production in Oshawa will end|plification of the "model-mix"| by mid-May and that the manu-|but that any simplification facture of 'Pontiacs will be}would involve low volume lines moved to the United States, are|in order to increase high volume "entirely without foundation,"|line production. The Pontiac is a company spokesman told The! a high-volume line. Times today "According to present esti- _ The rumors were mentioned| mates," said the spokesman, in the House of Commons Tues-|"production in Oshawa during day by Ontario riding MP|the 1968 model year could be Michael Starr, when he charged|higher than in the present 1967 that the government was gloss-| model year." ing over the problems produced| LAYOFF in the Canadian auto and auto} Today, about 10,400 hourly- parts industry by the operation|rate workers at GM are of the Canada-U.S. Auto Pact. |winding-up a four-day work "According to present plan-| week with a six-day layoff to! ning, the passenger car and| follow. truck production in Oshawa will} stop this summer about the Same time as last summer," said the GM spokesman. He said car manufacturing last year ended in early July. He said this year the car pro- duction shut-down will be no longer than it was last year (eight weeks) and "could be shorter." The spokesman said the truck- line shut-down last year was in mid-July. This year, he said, there is a major change-over to be completed in the truck-cab building operation during the shut-down. The truck-cab opera- tion, he said, will be moved from the north plant to the south plant, which could result in a shut-down two weeks longer than last year (five to six weeks). He added that space vacated in the north plant will be filled by some light sub-assembly operations, some of which will be moved from the south plant. PONTIAC Referring to the Pontiac rumor, the spokesman said the possibility of moving assembly to the U.S. has "never been 12 saying passenger car and truck assembly lines would be shut down to bring vehicle stocks more closely in line with current demand in the auto- motive market. The laid-off workers will re- ceive at least 62 per cent of| their normal pay through bene- fits, during the six days. An estimated 1,600 workers will_remain-on the job in parts, tool and maintenance operations} during the layoff. Salaried) workers are not affected. | Albert Taylor, president of Local 222, UAW, said today that a car sales slump may have forced GM into an austerity program "'because they are not making enough profit."' Work is expected to return to normal starting at 7 a.m., Feb. 6, but Mr. Taylor, says the union and workers are bracing themselves for a possible "sec- ond shot." He said there may be a chance of some men not being recalled. GM had announced Jan. 12 that truck production schedules will be slightly reduced starting Feb. 6 and could involve the GM announced the layoff Jan.) = "WOULD YOU BELIEVE WHITBY BEACH IN WINTER? This scene is worth more than a passing glance. In Wednesday's balmy 60-de- gree temperatures a stroll down Whitby beach offered a splendid view of the sea and sunset, the gentle rush of softly crested waves breaking on fine sand- strewn shores. The horizon melting into the distant mist. An opportunity to nestle up to nature when it is kind. Oh, incidentally, also included in the scene is considered or suggeste/," He said the company Production Cuts Ordered By Auto Industry In U.S. lindefinite layoff of up to 100 is|persons. DETROIT (AP) -- The US. auto industry is facing up again to the fact that the tempo of new car sales has slowed down and has ordered production cuts. General Motors and Chrysler have reshuffled production schedules to slow down the number of new cars flowing into an already - abundantly-stocked market. GM, giant of the auto makers, thas announced indefinite layoffs for 1,900 Chevrolet workers. It previously had given similar no- tices to 2,800 other GM work- ers. Chrysler said three of its seven assembly plants will be closed for a week in February. A fourth will be idle for two weeks. American Motors, whose as- sembly lines resumed operation last Monday after a two-week hutdown, was buildi 1,100 cars a day in contrast to the 1,600 it averaged before the shutdown. Schedules In Canadian Plants Seen Unchanged By U.S. Move Ford Motor Co., in line with a policy laid down by Board Chairman Henry Ford Il, ef- fected its production cutbacks by eliminating some planned overtime and by putting one or. two plants on a four-day week at various intervals, BORROWS $20,000,000 American Motors, meanwhile, announced Wednesday it has borrowed an additional $20,000,- 000 to help increase its slack- ened auto sales, The bank loan was in addition to $75,000,000 borrowed by the firm. American Motors lost $12,600,- 000 in fiscal 1966, compared with a profit of $5,200,000 the! year before. The production cuts ordered Wednesday apparently were an industry recognition that dealer yards are filled with the unsold new cars. One source estimated this week that there were 1,355,- 100 new cars in dealer inventory as of Jan. 15. This was about 55,000 more than a year ago. w crease during 1967 will have to come from North Vietnam," he told senators in testimony released Ww supply of manpower is growing more limited with each succeed- ing year." Spokesman for major auto|pany's main assembly plant at manufacturers .in Canada said Oakville will operate on a four- the U.S. announcement will not/day week during February. The affect production schedules at}move was announced earlier Canadian plants. | Earlier this month, General| Motors of Canada Ltd. an- nounced that 10,400 car assem- bly line workers will be laid off at the company's Oshawa plant, for six days beginning Friday. | A spokesman for Ford of| Canada Ltd. said the com- More Clashes In Manchuria TOKYO (AP)--Radio Peking said today serious opposition to -. Mao Tse-tung has broken out in Manchuria and the northern province of Shansi, both sup- posedly secured by Maoists. Wall posters told of fresh clashes elsewhere, including Ti- bet and Sinkiang in the far west. A broadcast of an_ official New China' news agency dis- patch called for the immediate arrest of all opponents of Party Chairman Mao and his heir ap- parent, Defence Minister Lin Piano. The import of the broad- casts was that production is being seriously affected in ci- ties and on farms by the civil this month, Chrysler of Canada Ltd. closed its Canadian plant at Windsor from Jan. 3 to Jan. 6. WASHINGTON (AP) -- De- fence Secretary Robert S. Mc- Namara says the war in Viet- nam is nearing a_ significant turning point: apparently are running out of volunteers and may be forced to rely more on the North for men. The Viet Cong in South Vietnam "We believe that any net in- (in Communist troops) ednesday night. "The local McNamara said the war ef- forts of the U.S. and its allies ere so successful last. year that "during the last half of 1966, the Viet Cong appear to have lost about as many men as they were able to infiltrate from North Vietnam and recruit in South Vietnam." This emerged as a highlight of a lengthy position paper Mc- Namara Monday shortly before he be- gan testimony on the adminis- tration's request for a $12,300,- 000,000 supplemental appropria- tion to help finance the war through June. gave congressmen In other key developments: --Washington sources re- vealed that the Johnson ad- ministration has barred all U.S. bombing flights within five miles of the centre of Hanoi. --Ottawa the reports said PIPERS RATED OTTAWA (CP) Armed force bagpipers made the of- ficial grade as musicians Wednesday in an announce- ment by Defence Minister Hellyer nicely timed to fall on Robbie Burns Day. Associate Defence Minister Cadieux later confirmed in the Commons that Mr. Hell- yer has reversed a decision of the defence staff to put pipers in a different trade classification than the 900 mu- sicians in the armed forces. The change means an extra $20 a month as the pipers graduate to the same cate- gory as musicians. Mr. Cadieux said Burns himself might have put it this way: Their skills and craft hae put me daft, They've ta'en me in, and a' that; So pipers now musicians are MUSICIANS IN TIME FOR BURNS DAY Wi a' their blaw and a' that. His verse borrowed freely from an uncomplimentary reference verse of the Burns poem The Jolly Beggars, which goes: to women in a Their tricks and craft hae put me daft, They've ta'en me in an' a' that; But clear your decks, an' here's the sex I like the jads for a' that. Late in the session, 'Robert Muir (PC--Cape Breton North and Victoria) suggested that a special centennial stamp be issued this Burns and all Scots who had helped to build Canada. year to honor He said Britain and Russia had issued such a stamp. Prime Minister Pearson said he would be pleased to consider the idea. tumult. 4 United States has refused a Canadian request not to use Canadian-made arms in the Vietnam war. In his summing up, McNa- mara reiterated that the Viet Cong no longer are capable of a military victory. He said the key to ultimate victory, how- ever, lies in the government's pacification program. He also noted again that the U.S. build- up in Vietnam will slow this year. There are about 400,000 Americans now in Vietnam. Turning Point In/War Seen By McNamara said Communist | troop - strength statistics show that the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese were unable to in- McNamara crease their strength signifi- cantly in the last six months. Between June and December, he said, the number of North Vietnamese troops believed to be in the South stayed at about 45,000 to 50,000 and the total strength of the Viet Cong climbed by only a few thousand to its current estimated strength of 230,000. British Press LONDON (CP)--Lord Thom- son receives mixed reviews to- day for a performance in the House of Lords described in The Times--latest acquisition of the Thomson newspaper empire --as "a great rude wind from Toronto." The Toronto-born publisher's} blunt castigation of slack news- paper managers, during a rare speech in the Lords Wednesday, UK. Voices 'Optimism' ment is officially optimistic about the French attitude to British membership in the Eu- ropean Common Market despite the absence of any firm com- mitment of support from Pres- ident de Gaulle of France. Prime Minister Wilson, re- porting to Parliament on his two-day talks with French lead- | ers, said before returning from Paris Wednesday night that he was "extremely encouraged." But de Gaulle, who vetoed a British attempt to join the con- tinental economic community four years ago, was reported to be maintaining reservations about Britain's renewed bid for membership. In particular, the French are troubled by having a Common Market partner closely involved with a non - market areas of the world through the sterling cur- rency system. Britain's traditional alliance with the United States also is suspect in French eyes. Its spe- Castigated By Publisher jain. Managers i Weather Report Developing storm will bring snow. Southern Regions rain or freezing rain. Low tonight 82, high tomorrow 83. Authorized es Second Class Mail Post Office Deportment Ottewa and: for payment of Postage in Cash TWENTY-SIX PAGES | ELECTION 'PACKAGE' Legislative Scope Wide TORONTO (CP) Premierjurgent problems John Robarts drew chuckles of|exercised public disbelief from the opposition |some years." which have{ He had no use for a heavy concern for|buffalo robe in the landau. j |EVENT TELEVISED | | | benches Wednesday when he ' a told the opening of the Ontario|[@NORES MANY ITEMS | He read the 15-page speech in legislature he was looking for-| He said the speech had noth-|a low, even voice under the ward "to a long and very act-|ing to say on car safety, infla-|glare of television lights that ive session of the House." tion, car insurance, medicare |created a stifling atmosphere in His statement came on the 29d "the range of explosive |the legislative chambers. The heels of a speech. from the |Problems which now commandjopening was televised on a de- throne laced with measures/S"0Wing attention in university layed basis by the CBC aimed at removing areas of dis-|@ffairs." The galleries surrounding the content and packaged in the Among those present for the chamber were filled and about catch-all phrase, "program for|opening was George Drew, who/|!75 special guests sat on chairs people." jled the Conservatives to power|0n the floor of the house. The throne speech lent sup-|i% Ontario nearly 24 years ago Among the half-dozen MPPs port to pundits predicting aj} The lieutenant - governor de.|nol present at the opening was spring election for Ontario,/livered the throne speech after|Andrew Thompson, who re- which last went to the polls injhis traditional ride through)signed from the Liberal leader- 1963. An election before mid-|downtown Toronto in a topless ship in November because of a June would mean a short-lived|carriage. heart condition session. | Escorted by 30 members of| A Liberal spokesman could REACTION HOSTILE the Governor-General's Horse |N0t ln he he Mr: Thomp- Opposition reaction to the eta dy paraged from Front te heute a eel co speech was predictably hostile peer Phat A Ue Hibak Robert---Nixon-1eader=oF the renter that hit-61-degrees, the} Standings in the 108 - official Liberal opposition| vee Toronto January temp- jhouse are: Conservative party, said the speech did not (erature on record. Liberals 22 and NDP eight. mention two major concerns- | "mnie. Housing Help, Labor Code In 'Program For People' He said the speech didn't will assume more of the costs of education and take some of the | burden off the sagging shoul-| ders the municipal tax-! 7 I | TORON TO (CP)--The Ontario| Although the speech contained legislature was presented Wed-|no hint of a provincial election, : meer anate see jnesday with a "Program for the/some Queen's Park observers ee tg eeags ot i arty, | People" that promises expanded/said the wide scope of the pro- Roberts oven , vey ie te the/ capital grants to farmers, a new posed legislation was an indica- right gle) nment drift to the concept of local health services,|tion Premier Robarts would call bg ;an inquiry into divorce laws and|one this year. The speech was to the NDP |adequate housing. | It also appeared to confirm seat 78, 18-year-old Gayle Robertson. | She enjoyed the. landscape | too. --Oshawa Times Photo $15,000 IN STORE FOR CHILDREN The Oshawa Crippled Chil- dren's School and Treatment Centre should profit hand- somely from the Ontario Sports Writers and _ Sports- casters Association's annual celebrity dinner in Toronto tonight. All 1,136 seats for the $25- a-plate dinner have been sold and indications are that the Women's Welfare League of Simcoe Hall, which operates the school, will receive some- where between $15,000 and $17,000, The OSSA annually turns over profit from the dinner to various crippled children's societies in Ontario. Jim Bishop of Oshawa is past-president of the associa- tion, gets prominence in both The) Times and The Guardian--tar- get of a Thomson scolding--and a panning in The Daily Tele- graph. The three newspapers are rivals for the 'serious' daily news readership in Brit- Thomson completed a busy day by letting it be known dur- ing a late-night television inter- view that his appetite for news- papers is as keen as ever. He also said in a discussion of his; personal views and tastes that going after his title was '"'just| ambition" achieved by persuad-| ing "the people who count." | Earlier, he celebrated the LONDON (CP)--The govern: | 159th anniversary of The Scots-| man of Edinburgh, a newspaper | he bought in 1953 and described | at a birthday luncheon as the) "cornerstone" of his British ca-| reer, | The Lords debate on the state| of the British press followed, with Thomson opposing any government intervention on be-| half of faltering newspapers and bluntly criticizing inefficient management. Hees Favors Early Confab MONTREAL (CP) -- Former trade minister George Hees said Wednesday that "once a leadership convention is in the air, it's best that it be held at the earliest possible time." Mr. - Hees, Conservative MP} jdiction over the fares to be charged on the new lakeshore c set-up. cial Commonwealth trade links|for the Ontario riding of North-|"in respect of a railway" and subsidized agriculture |umberland, was in Montreal for|comes under federal control. It would present problems fittingjan address to the Progressivejinterpreted this as applying to {into the Common Market trade|Conservative Association at Mc- in Toronto commuter situa- on. Gill University, onto area. owned by the Ontario govern- A provincial subsidy will cover! the expected deficit. Donald Gordon Takes New Job | MONTREAL (CP) -- Donald| Gordon comes out of a two- month retirement March 1 to lead the British Newfoundland Corp. Ltd., a company which over the next seven years will seek to raise between $700,000,- 000 and $800,000,000 to develop Churchill Falls in Labrador. The capital expenditure asso- ciated with the plan will be more than that for the St. Law-| rence Seaway. | Mr. Gordon, it was announced} Wednesday, has been appointed| president and chief executive officer of Brinco and chairman of Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corp. Ltd., the Brinco subsi-; diary huge hydroelectric develop-! ment, Fare Prices Before Board OTTAWA (CP) -- Rejecting arguments by the CNR and the Ontario government, the board of transport commissioners has decided that it has legal juris- ommuter train service being introduced this year in the Tor- leader "for the most part al The speech from the throne;jspeculation Premier Robarts dreary confirmation or vague|read by Lt.-Gov. W. Earl Rowe] would attempt to make a large extension of existing programs,|also said members would be|\segment of the population happy or a ret eat to further study on| asked to consider means to safe-| without spending a great deal Dee ee eee {guard personal savings, help|of money. a students from foreign countries| The premier has said the La er Hits \fit into the province's education| province needs a large slice of system, approve a new labor|tax revenues from the federal | |standards code and provide | ZOVERAIAAE and a lack of spend- compensation for those injured|ing would tend to prove his while helping police. case. With Points 1 oin Ss | In addition, the speech si Mr. Robarts has also said the : jing the fifth session of Ontario's | taxpayer has just about reached For Truscot to improve recreational and/The speech made no mention of jtransportation facilities, enlarge/an increase in taxes. its air and water pollution con-| NEW HOUSING PROGRAM lad legislature announced plans/the limit of his ability to pay. i OTTAWA (CP)---Defence law-ltrol program, study the import-/ yer Arthur Martin hammered|ance of landing strips through-| The speech said plans have home Wednesday the first of more than a dozen points he hopes will wipe out an eight- year - old murder conviction} against Steven Truscott. | He said the Crown impmperly used Truscott's simple request for a date with a classmate as evidence he planned to commit some' foul deed the night of June 9, 1959, when 12-year-old Lynne Harper was brutally murdered in a wooded area of Clinton, Ont. | Mr, Martin was leading off| final arguments as the Supreme Court of Canada resumed hear- ings in the government ordered review of Truscott's conviction of the girl's slaying. Only 14 at the time, Truscott now is serving a life sentence in Collins Bay penitentiary. A book by Mrs. Isabel LeBourdais of Toronto, claiming his inno- cence helped build up a public demand for the high court re- view. As Mr. Martin went over the facts of the case for the nine |justices, he took up the full four-hour sitting. He probably will be on his feet most of to-| ay. ONTARIO SETS RECORD HIGHS TORONTO (CP) --Record high temperatures were set in some sections of Ontario Wednesday before strong winds cooled off a four-day warm Spell that brought more problems than benefits. It was 61 in Toronto, the highest January temperatures since records were begun in 1841. The previous high was 60, Jan. 25, 1950. At Sudbury the mercury Wednesday reached 43 de- grees, a record for the date and the mildest January day since 1953, And at Trenton a record for the date of 58 de- grees was set. nOMMMMNAAANARNNNNNN NEWS HI | out Northern Ontario and call/been formulated to bring into a federal - provincial conference|Peration a new housing pro- to discuss Confederation. gram to be known as Home Ownership Made Easy which, though the use of the first letter in each word, will be called the HOME program. "This greatly expanded pro- gram of the Ontario Housing Corp. will.remove many of the major obstacles that have ree stricted housing development and home ownership in the past. "The HOME program will in- corporate land development, land lease, encouragement of home ownership, residential community development, and housing to encourage industrial development across the prov- ince." HOME legislation also will in- clude measures to compensate adequately those who lose their homes "for the good of the com- |munity."" SEE SPEECH Continued On Page 7 merenrenirtane a} GHLIGHTS | Red Guard Students Leave Moscow MOSCOW (AP) -- Sixty-one Chinese students, with bandages on their faces but all in strong voice, some left Deputy Fired |On Ky's Return which will handle the| Nguyen Cao Ky returned tonight ~~|meeting of the military junta SAIGON (AP) -- _ Premier from a visit to Australia and New Zealand for an emergency that fired one of its leading memiers, Lt.-Gen. Nguyen Huu Co. Co was dismissed Tuesday as defence minister and deputy premier while he was abroad, returning via Hong Kong from a visit to Nationalist China's government on Formosa. Secur- ity officers halted him in Hong Kong, where he remains. Security at the Saigon airport; was tight. Military police, searched all civilian cars going in. The commuter service wil be ment and operated by the CNR. A board ruling made public Wednesday said the Railway Act gives it jurisdiction over tolls charged by a railway or that Asked by a correspondent to comment on a reported reorgan- ization within the government in connection with the ousting of Co, Ky said: j "Weaknesses in our adminis-| tration weaken the whole coun- try. A periodic cleaning up of these weaknesses is necessary and should be on a continuing basis." i for Peking today shouting Moist slogans and singing the Red Guard theme song, The East is Red. | Death Toll Up To 800 In Rio De Janeiro RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -- A rescue official re- turning from the devasted Paraida River Valley in eastern Brazil said today the death toll after Monday's great storm there might exceed 800 persons, Tortured Toronto Boy, Satisfactory TORONTO (CP) -- George Kelford, 5, tory condition in hospital today after is in satisfac- being tortured and burned Wednesday by two older children. He is suffering burns to his face and scalp, multiple cuts and bruises and an upset stomach from being forced to eat cigarette butts, ..In THE TIMES Today.. Multi-Million Dollar Downtown Project Proposed--P, 13 Generals Add Four Ployers For Star Tilt--P. 8 Speech From Throne--P. 7 Some Articles Found In Ontario County--P. 5 Ann Landers--14 City News--13 Classified---22 to 25 Comics--21 Editorial-----4 Fanancial--19 Obits--25 Sports--8, 9 Theaotre--11 Weather---2 Whitby, Ajax--5, 6 Women's--14 to 17 a