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er . ain teuters) 's most and un- 1expect- irement day, at lor dur- 1 more d seven oke all er until daring at =has 200,000,- 100,000). private sion to inspira- in the on. "PIRATES" Opening night of the Oshawa Choral Society's production of "Pirates of Penzance" was held last night at Eastdale Audi- torium., The two-hour long comic operetta will be staged again tonight and Saturday night at the school. The play concerns the adventures and "mis- of a band of English pirates and a group of maidens of the 18th century. All 50 mem- bers of the Society took part in the stage play that featured 50 musical selec- tions. Hugh Martin of To- ronto directed the group, and members of the Osh- awa Symphony Orchestra adventures" STEAL SHOW IN CHORAL SOCIETY PRODUCTION and independent instrumen- talists, comprising a 15- piece orchestra, accompan- ied the performers. Left to right are: Bill Rundle as "the Priate King"; Jack Allin as the pirate appren- tice; Mary Easen as Mable, Major - General Stanley's ward, and Paul Mcintosh as Stanley. The Choral So- eecemmeraena mpm ROWNTREE GUEST AT Leslie Rowntree, Provincial Minister of Financial and Com- mercial Affairs, will be guest speaker Feb..22 at the Osh- awa ChamberYof Commerce's Mr. Rowntree was appointed to the newly-created govern- ment post in November of 1966 and is responsible for insuring proper conduct and legislation of the Ontario Securities Com- mission, Department of Insur- ance and Consumer Protection. James McCansh, chamber president, said today final arrangements for the meeting are being made and results of the election of officers will be CHAMBER ANNUAL announced on the meeting date. The annual gathering will be held at the Hotel Gendsha with the business session starting at 4 p.m. Mr. Rowntree will speak following the 6.30 p.m, dinner. | | | | ciety's performance _ this month is a prelude to their trip to Montreal July 27 and 28 for Expo 67 where they will hold a concert of Canadian music. The So- ciety will also be a mem- ber of a mass choir being staged at Eastdale, April 29. --Oshawa Times Photo - Education Tax Change Recommended By MPP TORONTO (Special) -- Re- vision of the tax system "could achieve a much fairer distribu- tion of our education costs," Oshawa MPP Albert V. Walker told the Ontario Legislature Thursday. Speaking in the throne speech debate, he declared that {"education is so essential to the progress, wealth and _ social well-being of our people, that all levels of government must be prepared to offer every as- sistance necessary toward fur- thering our educational oppor- system we cannot go much farther". should accept a much share of "but I would hope the munici- pality would always retain a strong voice in its own local school assure this, would have to accept a portion of the financial responsibility'. EDUCATION TAX that there be a provincial edu- He agreed that the province larger the education cost, administration, and to the municipality He renewed his suggestion cation tax -- 'in other words, tax people, commerce and in- dustry directly to finance edu- cation". Municipal taxes would thus be reduced, although '"'total taxes in the majority of cases would not be," but there would be "a broader and fairer taxa- tunities." He said the federal govern- ment should be doing "much more in support of the financing of higher education'. Municipalities were steadily getting to the point where it was taking 40 to 50 per cent of real estate taxes to meet the rising costs of education, "and I am convinced that under our present municipal Falls Short smaller centres, '"'by elected The Red Cross blood donor)municipal officials regarding clinic fell short of its goal yes-|the necessary approach to se- terday when it brought in 39 bottles of the 500 pints of bluod it hoped to receive. "We don't really have enough for the month,"' said Robert Stroud, chairman of the clinic. "We'll have to make up for it next month," he said. He said he didn't know why the clinic did not draw more tion base for education'. increasing strain on the aver- vation |7e° education |cylarly on those with fixed in- {comes, he said. cure housing'. some municipal officials. seems to be simply to place the blame for lack of needed housing in their community on the shoul- ders of Corporation -- when it may be the holdup is lack of: action on the part of the municipality in providing Municipal taxes were an ever home-owner, and _parti- The select committee "Another favorite sport of the Ontario Housing the necessary land gested. However, and services," Mr. Walker de- clared. "There must be an_ all-out emphasis at both the municipal and provincial level in an ef- fort to solve our present hous- ing crisis, and the emphasis must be now." The backlog of needed hous- ing has built up to a degree that an "all-out crash pro- gram" was a_ necessity, and "the housing program as out- lined in the throne speech must be pushed forward as the num- ber one target in this province". CONFEDERATION He said the proposal to con-| vene a "Confederation of To- morrow conference' was '"'both timely and of great signi- ficance"'. The problems of the Fathers of Confederation dwarfed those facing today's leaders, he sug- "we must work to strengthen and make richer the historic partnership between English and French CTE Boe on|Canada"'. 00 InICc jaging (of which Mr. Walker is -@ member) had found on its tours of the province an appar- ent lack of communication or understanding, especially in the Ontario was in a "unique po- sition to influence for good or evil the problem of national unity", because of its key posi- tion. He concluded by suggesting that "the best way we can serve) our province in this centennial year, indeed the best birthday present we could give to this great land of Canada, is to keep our economy strong and vi- brant, to keep Ontario pro- gressive and prosperous, and to work with our sister prov- inces and the federal govern- ment to keep Canada on the path of national development and of national unity". annual meeting. { oY Walker Urges Investigation Effect Of Pact On Economy She Oshawa Sines OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1967 Council Drops Policy To Attract Showroom City council bent the yard-;square feet of land required as|with council paying the com-} stick a little last night to en-|road allowance for the future|pany $1.25 per square foot for courage a $250,000 to $280,000) Ford Motor Company new car showroom and service outlet to locate here. | Meeting in committee council; Ald. Alice Reardon told coun-| ported council's | agreed in a recorded vote to|cil she opposed the mov cause the taxpayers of Oshawa| the deal or have it". waive a former city policy which required applicants for rezoning to pay charges for) existing city services. | They also agreed to pay the! company $2,095 for $1,676'dissenter, said he disagreed | REE -- -- ------ -- -- -- --_ Infection Upsurge Called Temporary A slight upsurge in the infec- tion that has kept 825 Pickering and Bay Ridges children away from their school during the last} two weeks was reported today) by Dr. C. C. Stewart, acting tario County. "I believe it to be a tem-| porary state of affairs though," | he said today. | "The upsurge has been con-| and a school in Bay Ridges." EVENING MEAL $100 DISASTER Brian Groves, of 1195 Wecker Dr., can_ honestly claim his evening meal last night was a disaster. The chip-dryer overheated and within minutes there were firemen swarming all over the place. Damage, which was con- fined to the kitchen, was esti- mated at $100 by Oshawa fire department. Visitor Speaks On Temperance Representatives of the Cana- dian Temperance Society from Toronto, Whitby, and Oshawa will meet Saturday: at 11 a.m. at the College Park Seventh- day Adventist Church to hear Euel Atchley of Washington, D.C., speak on the subject of temperance. Mr. Atchley, an executive sec- retary of the temperance de- partment of the Adventist world headquarters offices in Wash- ington, D.C., is a former mem- ber of the police department of Los Angeles, and has also served as a professor on the teaching staff of Columbia Union College in Washington, D.C. prior to his present post. Friday evening Mr. Atchley will address the student body at Kingsway College, and Sat- urday afternoon a temperance workshop will be conducted at the College Park Church. SALES IN THE AIR Britain delivered nearly 150 airliners and helicopters to for- eign customers for more than £200,000,000 in 1966. physicians as_ scarlet fever, measles and German measles. fined to one part of Rouge Hill|Sults are received. widening of Thornton Road. | Ford proposes to locate its en-| terprise at Thornton Road and} King Street. | should not be required to subsi-| dize industries proposing to) come to the city. | And John DeHart, the other infection of another type affect- ing some 90 per cent of the chil- dren, characterized by fever, headache and a sore throat, without' a rash." | He said this is just his im- medical officer of health for On-| pression and that "we will have | °° to wait for laboratory tests to| be complete in Toronto before this can be confirmed."' He added that it could be two or} three weeks before the test .re-| "Maybe we will never know "It should be pointed out that the 825 figure is the total num- "The reported scarlet fever,|ber of children who have been measles and German measles|away from school cases have perhaps accounted|last two weeks," for 10 per cent of the absen-|Stewart. "Most of these chil- teeism,"' said the acting MOH.|dren have been sick with this "Tt is my impression from talk-|predominant infection but some ing to physicians in the areajhave been away for ordinary that there is also a predominant!reasons." } during the said Dr. | Vehicles involved in minor damage-only accidents should quickly be moved to the side of the road if they are blocking traffic, says Oshawa Police Chief Walter Johnston. Chief Johnston was comment- ing on a release issued by the Ontario Safety League which pointed out that many drivers were not aware of their rights and responsibilities when it came to the removal of cars after a road accident. It is felt by many drivers that vehicles should not be budged one inch until a police officer has arrived and noted their positions. "When it comes to the minor damage only accidents," said Chief Johnston, 'the. cars should be moved off the streets. There is certainly no law that they should remain where they are. 1 "T am talking here of the minor accidents in which a tail light has been smashed or someone has got a bent fender. SERIOUS MISHAPS "When it comes to serious accidents and fatalities the cars definitely should not be moved. "Here in the city there is not too much of a problem as CarsIn Minor Accidents 'Should Move, Says Chief "It should be remembered though, that if a driver is going to move his car he is not allow- ed to move it 18 blocks away to his driveway. He should move it to the side of the road where all the necessary address swapping can be done." The Ontario Safety League States that drivers have been| charged for obstructing traffic) after their car has been in-| volved in a minor accident. | "This hasn't happened} here as far as I know," said Chief Johnston. "What happens is a police officer will arrive on the scene and after noting the) position, will ask the drivers to} remove their vehicles. "If they failed to remove them at this point I suppose a charge could be laid; but I can't imagine why a_ driver would refuse to remove his car." The Safety League points out that drivers may be held re- sponsible in damages if other persons suffer loss or damage because of additional hazards created by stopped vehicles. "The basic rules of the road still prevail," the release con- cludes, "the first 'responsibility of everyone concerned is to make sure that the first col- lision does not lead to an- police officers can quickly be on the scene of an accident. other." e be-|the alderman that "we can blow! | auto free trade pact is lived up its proposed showroom the city land when its existing value be- fore rezoning was only about 23 cents per square foot. Con. Robert Nicol, who sup- position, told He said the existing property now yields only $500 yearly in taxes while if Ford constructs would receive from $10,000 to $12,000 annually in tax revenue. Any money the city lost in service charges and land costs would be more than made up for in tax returns, the control- ler added. Ald. Bruce Mackey said that in his mind it was a question of "being penny-wise and pound foolish'. He favored the move. Con. Ralph Jones, who pre- sented board of control think- ing on the matter, said this type of enterprise should be treated more as an industry than a mmercial business. He said Ford has indicated willingness to give the city 10 feet of the required 17 feet road allowance and that the city should pay the- company for the price the company paid for the a ~~ | land Dr. Stewart said some cases|what has caused the infection| : joni ; olicy is in the Pickering and Bay Ridges|in the majority of cases," said The existing city policy areas have been diagnosed by|Dr. Stewart. "too stringent" and should be changed but in the meantime the Ford deal should be handled as an individual case, said the controller. He said further that Ford have agreed to construct a| sidewalk in front of the show-/ room and would be required to} pay any future service charges. However, the company should not be required to pay for exist- ing services to the property, he added. Ald. Ernest Whiting told coun- cil if it had to "back-off" on some of the city bylaws and policies to get more industry, he was in favor of it. Council meets Monday night and will consider the matter on a formal basis. | The recommendation is that Ford not be required to pay service charges, that a site plan agreement be entered into and that it go on record that if ap- proved the Ford deal will not be considered a precedent for fu- ture applications of this kind. MPP Thrasher To Visit City Ivan W. 'Thrasher, MPP Windsor, Sandwich will be guest speaker at the Oshawa and District Real Estate Board gen- eral membership meeting in the Genosha Hotel next Wed- nesday. Mr. Thrasher, owner of a real estate and insurance firm in Windsor, was elected to the legislature in a 1964 byelection. TREAT SELF AT HOME MONTREAL (CP) -- People with kidney disease may soon be able to give themselves dia- lysis treatment at home, says Dr. Michel Kaye, director of kid- ney treatment at Montreal Gen- eral Hospital. He says home| units would cost at least $2,500 each. Thursday worried autoworkers to be sure} Province Should Work To Ensure No Hardship TORONTO (Special)--An im-| trade tario workers and the whole| economy of the province was} urged in the Ontario legislature by Oshawa MPP, Albert V. Walker. | "Here in Ontario we have aj responsibility to thousands of] as to just where we are headed) as far as this auto pact is con-! cerned," he said. | Speaking in the throne speech debate, he declared that pres- sure "should be brought to bear on the federal authorities to en- sure that every word of this to and that Ontario's displaced workers do not suffer financial hardship as a result of this agreement". While he realized that the provincial government is '"'not to blame for implementing" the agreement, he was seriously concerned. Trade agreements such as the auto. agreement might be important to the gen- eral economy of Ontario, but laid-off workers '"'are unable to appreciate just what this new pact has accomplished', LITTLE ADVANTAGE He said there was "'little over- all advantage in a program that lays off large numbers of men in one area of the province and creates employment for a sim- ilar number of men in another area, even if this happens to be so, and I am not at all sure taken place im the Oshawa mediate investigation of the ef-|area". fects of the auto free agreement on the jobs of On- The stated objective of the agreement was the provision of greater employment in the auto industry he said, but "the exact opposite is actually what has happened in Oshawa", "TI realize that export figures appear to prove that the auto pact is working fairly well but these figures are not being sub- Stantiated in Oshawa where it is quite apparent that some- thing is wrong," Mr. Walker | Stated. "I feel it is my duty to speak out on behalf of the peo- ple in my riding in regard to this agreement which is so im- portant to their livelihood." SURPRISE The agreement was the direct responsibility. of the federal government, he said, recalling his surprise when he learned from Economics and Develop- ment Minister Stanley Randall that the Ontario Government had not even been invited to the discussions that preceded the agreement. He recalled, too, that when he spoke about the agreement in the legislature two years ago, he said "I would hope and pray that this new free trade agree- ment will justify the high hopes held for it by the government of Canada". Neither his hopes nor his prayers "have been substantiated as far as my city is concerned'. Small companies: geared to the automotive industry were the automotive industry were that employment is being 'cre- ated in other areas to the Same finding it difficult and ex- pensive to adjust in another di- \remaining seven feet at the|gegree that unemployment has!rection, he noted. GM Layoff Suggestions Discounted By Spokesman A General Motors spokesman today discounted a suggestion (made in a Toronto newspaper yesterday) that "assembly line juggling' could result in fur- ther layoffs. There had been reports, the newspaper said, that GM would drop its Chevy II, Acadian and Chevelle lines. A GM _ spokes- man was reported to say that Chevelle "'is definitely not go- ing". A spokesman told The Times today that he was "not in a position to say" if the Oshawa plant would discontinue the models. "It 1s a time and situation in the relatively distant future," he said. "I can no more tell what will happen in five or six months than predict a thunderstorm for July 4," He said the plant is always "subject to revision' and sug- gested such revision, if it came, would be at the end of the model year, 'five or six months away". Drury Declines Comment Pending UAW Discussion OTTAWA (Special) -- Indus- try Minister C. M. Drury indi- cated Thursday that the federal government is sitting tight on the problems caused by auto industry layoffs. He told Michael Starr MP for Ontario riding, that a meeting with the United Auto Workers had been proposed to discuss the situation. "T think it may be a little premature to anticipate this meeting and, if I may put it this way, to try to overlap af- fairs in the house," Mr. Drury said. Mr. Starr asked if the minis- ter had received a letter from the mayor and council of Osh- awa asking that urgent action be taken to set up a committee to dea? with the increasing lay- edged it and had _ promised Mayor Marks a more reasoned reply as soon as possible. "In view of the growing un- easiness in Oshawa, St. Cath- arines and the automobile in- dustry generally, will the gov- ernment move immediately to re-examine the whole situation with regard to the auto pact, rather than wait for a review by governments some time in the future?" Mr. Starr asked. But Mr. Drury countered with the suggestion that any action should await the meeting, sched- uled for Feb. 8, with the UAW. GM To Reveal offs taking place as a result of the auto pact. Mr. Drury said he had re- ceived the letter and acknowl- donors because "there was nothing else going on." He said over 100 donors, who made appointments prior to the Thurs- day clinic, did not show up. Those who never expect to need blood often find themselves needing pints and pints," said Mr. Stroud. He said it is difficult to keep a good supply if citizens don't donate to the clinic. Mr. Stroud said there is no easy method of determining the needs of the city before each clinic although it usually trys for 500 pints of blood. "Sometimes one person needs|" 20 blood transfusions as a result of a major operation or car ac- cident," he said. "And we are always short of negative blood." About 15 per cent of the pop- ulation has negative blood and only one half of one per cent has AB -- which is rare. Although Oshawa's clinic missed its target this month, Mr. Stroud said he urged donors te contribute next month. + COUNCIL REVIEWS PLANS WITH ARCHITECT Police Station "Culprit" In Civic Square Scheme new council chamber in a sep- arate building located just north Oshawa's _ police proving to be a "culprit" a as plans go for developing the proposed $2,500,000 civic square complex. Meeting as a committee night to discuss with architect W. T. Pentland working draw- ings of the project, council blocked in every avenue to fit the police building into square scheme. The problem faced is one of providing access to the police station when the civic squa built and if the Centennial Park- way is constructed. Under present plans, station is Athol Street will be closed to facili- s far structure. (This would mean police would have last to their building was King Street bound. POLICE MOVE the Pentland that the partment could move re is PUC buildings on Simcoe Street and that their existing % tate the civic square and a link between the existing city hall and the proposed office tower through the planned city hall parking lot to gain admittance and would have only one exit route since is one-way east- It has been suggested by Mr. police de- could be fitted into the city hall scheme partments. Con. ing construction of over a three or fou at the end of which council would be in a better position to judge what the needs of into the office tower would tion problem was quarters new building just to provide additional space for displaced civic Frank McCallum council he was in favor of phas- His solution to the police sta- existing Centre site. PARKING de- hall. Board of con day to pursue problem furthe told the complex r year period the the question. be. to locate a north of the pected that Chief Johnston will attend to express his views on In outlining to council where each civic department has been tentatively located in the new complex, the architect said it ACCESS TO STATION POSES PROBLEM Street Church 1 this year trol meets Mon- the project the civic square r and it is ex- call for ten usually obt When appears obvious that the new additions must occupancy prior to major alter- ation work starting in the exist- He also advised the city to by March 1, NEW CHAMBER square complex will feature a be ready for west of tnt' the a. the me Set bege Fa : age oe ign lie rested ing building. provided by a connecting link to cross refused by Police Chief Walter Mr. Pentland who told the con- He said factors involved from the second floor of the Johnston who remains adamant troller that the land will be re- would indicate that start of con- existing building where the in his demands for a new build- quired immediately for parking struction on the complex would mayor's office is proposed to ing for the city's law force. and for future expansion of city be desireable on or about April locate. with completion of in two years. ders soon, possibly because more fav- orable construction prices are ained on_ projects building. tendered early in the year. floors in completed, the civie building. The planned seven-storey of- fice tower which will be located on the site of the existing Centre Street United church will connected by another link to the second floor of the main the construction of the existing municipal Access to it will be be Initial plans call for only two the office tower. Other floors will be added when the need arises. Quality Plans General Motors in Oshawa will reveal details next week of plans designed to eliminate defects 'in autos, a company spokesman said today. The spokesman said the plan will operate on the theory of quality control. Reports indi- cate emphasis will be placed on manufacturing perfection through seminaiflike instruc- tion and films. BREAKS OWN RECORD PRETORIA (Reuters) -- Karen Muir, 14-year-old South African swimming prodigy, im- proved her own world 220-yard backstroke swimming record Saturday by five-tenths of a second. She was clocked in two minutes, 27.7 seconds, to beat the world mark of 2:28.2 she set in Vancouver last August. Miss Muir, swimming with tremen- dous power and determination, outstripped all her rivals at the Northern Transvaal champion- ships here.