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Home. Newspaper Of Oshawa, Whitby, Bowman- ville, Ajax, Pickering and neighboring centres in Ont- ario and Durham Counties. 10¢ Single Copy VOL. 96 -- NO. 28 ¢ Oshawa Times SSc Per Week Home Delivered OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1967 tawa ond for payment of Authorized a8 Second Class Mail Post Office Department Weather Report Milder air will move into the province overnight. ness will increase. night, 15; high Saturday, Cloudi- Low to- EIGHTEEN Postage in Cash "STATUS OF WOMEN" INQUIRY NEXT wits AN UNIDENTIFIED stu- dent cushions the head of Ronald Land, 17, who was seriously burned during a balloon - raising ceremony at a Toronto high school. The balloon struck a 24,000- volt power line, also burn- ing Edward Burton, 17, and Robert Doxham, 18. In the background here is Thomas Balloon Cable Power Line; Boys Huri TORONTO (CP)--Three high|treated for hand and foot burns|day night both were in fairly school students were burned Thursday during a balloon-rais- ing ceremony when a_ metal cable attached to the balloon hit a 24,000-volt power line. In hospital with serious burns to the head and feet are Ronald Land and Edward Burton, both} 17. Robert Bloxham, 18, wasl and released. Burton was unconscious when| taken to hospital, but recov- ered consciousness three hours but one student said his face "looked as if it was on fire' and he "turned green." Hospital officials said Thurs-} Tables Turned On Witness In Eavesdropping Hearing VANCOUVER (CP) The tables were turned on Pat O'Neal during his testimony to the royal commission into elec- tronic eavesdropping Thursday. Mr. O'Neal, western regional organizer for the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, blasted rivals for breaking a union oath of allegiance, and then admitted he had broken| his oath to a ship's master when he jumped a British merchant ship 8n_ kctoria in 1947 He testified his real name} was Thomas Joseph Casey and| he came from Ireland. | He said he signed aboard the} vessel bound for Victoria and} Vancouver and had no intention) of leaving the ship when it got) to Canada. | Soviet Police Wreck Display MOSCOW (CP)--Soviet police tonight tore down a display case of anti - Soviet material at the Chinese Embassy and hit diplo- mats who tried to intervene, a Chinese source said. A correspondent for the offi- cial New China news agency re- ported that about 100 Soviet po- lice and plainclothesnien car- ried off the display after the embassy refused a Soviet re- quest to remove it. Tl Pay Bill' Says Robarts TORONTO (CP) Premier Robarts told the legislature to- day he will pay $310.20 person- ally for the use of a lands and forests department plane for a trip Wednesday night to Wind- sor, Ont. Replying to a question from Donald Paterson (L -- Essex South), the premier said he had aot received an invoice but on Inquiring found out the cost. jorganizer and that he finally ac- But, as. a 26-year-old sailor, he took a half-day off when the ship docked in Victoria and never returned. Mr. O'Neal said he gained landed immigrant status in 1962 when he applied to the Irish em- bassy for a passport and told the immigration department of his background. He was secre- tary of the B.C. Federation of Labor at the time but has since resigned the post over the bug- ging. He said he took the name from an uncle in the United States. During testimony, Mr. O'Neal | traced the development of the} rival Pulp and Paper Workers f Canada's local in Nanaimo. He said Nanaimo was a ma- jor trouble spot in the inter-un- ion rivalry. Mr. O'Neal testified he had been approached many times to become the international's B.C. cepted in 1966 after investigat- ing allegations against Interna- tional President Joseph Tonelli of New York. Markham, a_ vice-principal of Northview Heights Col- legiate Institufe where the incident occurred. (CP Wirephoto) Strikes serious condition. The balloon raising at North- view Heights Collegiate Insti- tute was to open Homecoming |later, Land was semi-conscious,| Week marking the school's 10th anniversary, The teacher-super- vised ceremony was watched by about 1,500 students. BLOWN ON TO LINE Bloxham. was one of two stu- dents letting out the cable on the balloon when a strong wind blew it toward a power line across the street. He released the cable but an arc of current burned his left hand and feet. "IT let go and there was a sudden shock,"' Bloxham said. "I was knocked over backwards but one of the teachers caught me." The cable snapped as it |struck the high - voltage line. OTTAWA (CP)--The govern- ment has decided to establish a royal commission on the status of women, Prime Minister Pearson announced today in the Commons. Commission chairman is Mrs. John Bird of Ottawa, 'wife of the parliamentary correspond- ent of The Financial Post. She is a writer and broadcaster un- The commission will recom. mend steps the federal govern- ment can take to ensure the equality of women with men "in all aspects of Canadian so- ciety." Mr sion any evant Pearson said the commis- will be free to look into matters it feels to be rel- role in the labor force, mar- riage and divorce, their position under criminal law and im- migration and citizenship law as applied to women. The commission will deal with special problems of married women who take jobs and what federal measures should be taken to help solve them ried women who want to take up professional or skilled jobs. Another field will be laws, practices and policies affecting the employment and promotion of women in the federal civil service, crown corporations and federal agencies Mr sion's Benson said the commis- finding will have to take into account the division of leg- itiste on the Democrat Credit parties did not comment nouncement. The New Party and Social leaders welcomed it, however NDP. Le gized dey the Douglas apolo- unavoidable ab- of Grace MacInnis (Van- Kingsway), the party's pokesman for sence couvel female s der the professional Anne Francis Mr. Pearson said other bers of the commission will be named later. Differences Narro For Viet Pea name of COVERS. MUCH GROUND Ground to be covered will in- mem- clude federal laws women's political New US. Drive Clear J SAIGON (AP) -- U.S. B-52 heavy bombers pounded War Zone C with three raids today in what could be the prelude of a new American drive to clear the Viet Cong from that long- time jungle redoubt along the Cambodian frontier. A triple blow against Commu- nist positions 62 to 68 miles northwest of Saigon made a to- tal of six strikes against the Viet Cong stronghold by B-52s since last Saturday. U.S. military 4 e a d quarters also announced that an Ameri- can ground force of at least 8,000 men have started a new search-and-destroy operation 29 miles northeast of Saigon in War Zone D. The multi - brigade force be- gan the drive, called Operation Big Spring, Wednesday. So far, it has encountered only slight resistance. During the day, the South Vietnamese government re- ungle leased 30 war prisoners to North Vietnam in a ceremony at the Ben Hai Bridge in the middle of the demilitarized zone which separates North and South Viet- nam. | Officials said two of the pris- joners refused repatriation and lelected to remain in South Viet- nam. The prisoner release was timed as a gesture for Tet, the Lunar New_ Year starting Feb. 9. War-torn Vietnam will enter the year of the goat, which in Vietnamese astrology means "peaceful year." Vietnamese do not necessar- ily set much store by such an omen. Years of the goat have come before--the last was in 11955. On the political front, Premier | Nguyen Cao Ky said he would speed up South Vietnam's presi- dential elections and possibly rights, islative federal ments, It will explore possible federal measures to permit better use of women's skills and education. This includes retraining of mar- affecting their powers and _ provincial The Conservative and He 1id he was happy to see State Secretar LLaMarsh"s influence had prevailed in the cabinet. Its decision was "most comme ndable 7ed the govern- between Tid udy Cred- ce Talks «| Johnson Presses For Word i= j |cember hold them next July: Canada's Pea Could Be Deteriorating OTTAWA (CP)--There is con- cern among authorities that Canada's position as a potential peacemaker in Vietnam may be deteriorating. Diplomatic sources said the U.S. is annoyed about the pub- lic criticisms of American po- The helium-filled balloon went on its way and the separated steel line brushed the heads of| two students standing 15 feet) apart. | The boys toppled in the snow! as the crackling line writhed| and threw sparks as it fell. The crowd broke and ran, some try- ing to escape from the wire as others pressed forward to see what had happened, An electrical transmission ex- pert said the three students were not killed because they did} not take the full force of the current when the cable sep- arated. He suggested the jolt that hit them may have been reduced through imperfect con- tact between the boys' bodies and the trailing cable, rubber footgear insulating the students from the ground, or by sweat on their bodies under heavy winter clothing diffusing the current. licy in Vietnam by special Ca- nadian envoy Chester Ronning. And North Vietnam has sent Three To Mee Autoworkers OTTAWA CP) -- Three cabi- net ministers have given the United Auto Workers union 30 minutes next Wednesday for a meeting on the Canada - United States auto pact, NDP Leader Douglas told the Commons to- day. He said the union is '"'some-| what concerned" at the brief ap- pointment and asked whether more couldn't be given for a matter of such significance. The meeting is scheduled with Labor Minister Nicholson, Man- power Minister Marchand and Industry Minister Drury. cemaker Role ja diplomatic protest to Canada| about Canadian arms sales to the U.S., though it has known all along that this country makes such sales and that the} arms may. be used by American troops in Vietnam. Mr. Ronning, who made two special missions to Hanoi on be-| -- half of the Canadian govern- ment last year, has publicly re- ~|buked the U.S. for its bombing of North Vietnam. This raises the possibility that Mr. Ronning might not be sent on another mission inasmuch as he would be regarded as pre- judiced by one of the Vietnam combatants. Hanoi's diplomatic note con- cerning Canadian munitions sales to the U.S. was delivered Wednesday to the Canadian de- legation on the Canada-India- Poland truce supervisory com-! | mission. | Informants said North Viet-| nam had been aware that Can-! ada had no means to control re- export of Canadian arms from the U.S. In fact, North Viet- namese had raised the subject} of arms sales in conversations as long as a year ago with Ca- nadian representatives. | § THE QUEEN IS NOT AMUSED A stature of Queen Vic- the and day's snowfall gave queen a snowy crown ermine-like shawl. toria, wrapped in wintry mantle, stares coldly from its 'pedestal at Queen's Park in Toronto. Thurs- (CP Wirephoto) Final Wage Offer Made To Clerks Main|Dec. 1, 1966--when the last con thi MONTREAL (CP) hope of improvement in Que-|tract expired--to Feb. 1 bec's troubled labor scene rests| year. today with 4,500 City of Mont-| The terms real clerical workers whovjaverage white would collar give worke walked off their jobs Monday. |$6,120 a year now and $6,390 in What the city described as its; December. The workers' orig- final offer was to be presented inal demand was for a two-yea at a special meeting today to members of the National Union of Municipal Employees. It would increase yearly sal- aries by $400 from Feb. 1, 1967, and another $250 would be added next December. A than 25 further $250 would be paid each|, 7 worker to cover the period from |slementa : : per TOM 'dents in the province withou |The present average salary i $5,600 a year. Negotiations ;commissions between and teachers 000 Roman STUDENT POLICY EXPECTED HONG KONG (AP)--As seen believes victory for Mao and seized e took Mao's is from Hong Kong, Mao Tse-tung and his supporters appear to be winning the struggle for power in China, and that country's for- eign policy is likely to» become more strident and aggressive. This is the view of diplomatic experts and intelligence sources. They admit their knowledge of what is going on in China is incomplete, and base their reck- oning on piecing together the best available information. Their reports indicate Maoists now hold most of the major cit- jes. F "It looks as if the Mao dy- nasty has been restored,"' one of the experts said Thursday. "The mandate of Heaven appar- ently has been withdrawn from Liu Shao-chi and Teng Hsiao- ping." This group of China-watchers » likely to plunge China into a tumultuous, traumatic round of events that will: 1. Give Mao, the Communist party chairman, the opportunity to put his 'perpetual revolu- tion' theory into action -- to leave his imprint of his coun- try, even after the grave. 2. See relations with Russia become increasingly worse, pos- sibly to the point of armed clashes along the border. 3. Produce an even more ag- gressive, xenophobic (fearful of foreign things) China, armed with nuclear weapons, and in- crease the risk of war. The -experts say that the power struggle really started eight years ago when. Liu and Teng--using the central com- mittee of the Chinese Commu- nist party--kicked Mao upstairs TRAUMATIC EVENTS AHEAD ~|elasses were reported down Thursday after progres earlier in the week. Mao Given Edge In Power Struggle ffective control. Liu the job as president, posters anti-Maoists A spokesman for the Mont real Catholic school commis sion, whose 9,000 French- since Jan. 13 continued {been on strike said both sides are attributed to "and the cracke Montpetit, a provincially - ap: the {contract with a 20 -.per - cent jraise and $700 across the board. school in |disputes which have left more| Catholic) ry and high school stu-| bogged and English-speaking teachers have to meet under Mr. Justice Andre By Hanoi To Halt Bombing . | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The |they ve ever been on a formula |United Nations and North Viet-/for trying to start settling the jnam, bargaining through public | war; others believe that until |statements and diplomatic|the next moves are made and channels, appear to have nar-|weighed it is extremely difficult jrowed their differences over ajto read any significance into formula for slowing the war and|what has happened so far. talking peace. As one official put it: 'We But neither side is committed |know they're putting on the big- to any kind of deal and the |gest campaign they've ever |whole exchange could be|mounted to get us to stop the jwrecked by a decision at any |bombing for nothing. What we moment that one side or thejdon't know is whether some- jother would go no farther, \thing serious may come out of | Diplomatic sources at jall this in the weeks or months United Nations said the two|ahead." countries agreed in early De-| Last weekend the North Viet« to preliminary peace jnhamese regime said in an inter- talks in Warsaw but that U.S.) view granted by its foreign mine jbombings near Hanoi broke upj|ister, and reinforced by a pub- the agreement. jlished commentary, that only if President Johnson's press |the U.S. bombing of North Viet- conference Thursday was|nam was stopped could there clearly designed in part to an-|b@ peace talks between North swer North Vietnamese policy|Vietnam and the U.S. declarations published in Hanoi] The public declarations did last weekend. U.S. officials pri-;/0t make an offer or advance a vately confirmed that Johnson's|Proposal. They simply stated a remarks were carefully consid-|asic condition for talks with- ered in advance and were in-)out promising that talks would tended to serve a purpose. jresult. | The purpose is to prod and} encourage the government of| North Vietnam to come up with | a definite proposal for ending| I V |the bombing and gettin eace | S |talks. started is | n ote, ays Ky | Johnson's move presumably; SAIGON (AP) -- Premier is being reinforced through dip-| Nguyen Cao Ky sald today he lomatic channels as was the|will speed up South Vietnam's North Vietnamese manoeuvre |presidential elections. He also earlier this week. |said he regards corruption in It could even be done through|government as a major probe direct diplomatic contact. The|lem in his country. |U.S. and North Vietnam have| Ky said in an interview he |representatives in a number of!planned to speed the elections |world capitals, among them|so that they will be held within Moscow, New Delhi, Cairo,|three months of the adoption of Paris and Algiers South Vietnam's constitution, | Some officials here believe; which is being written by a cone the U.S. and North Vietnamese |stituent assembly and is sched- governments are closer than'uled to be finished March 27. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Move To Speed Up Public Housing VANCOUVER (CP) -- In a move to speed up provision of public housing, Labor Minister Nicholson announced today he has asked Central Mortgage and Housing r| Corp. to put its "executive capabilities' at the dis- posal of the provinces. the Corruption Issue s r ' Bomb Explodes In Calgary Bus Depot CALGARY (CP) -- A time bomb, left in an innocent looking paper bag on a transit bus, tore through the Cal- gary Transit System. property room today. No one was in- jured in the blast which caused between $2,000 and $3,000 t damage. s| Fare Schedule Next Week | TORONTO (CP) -- Highways Minister George Gomme said today he will announce the fare schedule for On- tario's new "go transit'? system next week, Replying in the legiclature to a question by Vernon Singer (L--Toronto Downsview), Mr. Gomme said the fares will be '"'com- parable with those other forms of transit in the area."" The experimental government-owned commuter -| service between Hamilton and Pickering is to go into Teng was party secretary. As they see it Mao apparently has .been working since then to make a comeback. Mao's real enemy was the central committee. The new party apparatus "will replace this. More than 70 per cent. of the wall posters that have blos- somed throughout China . are thought to have been put up by Maoists, even many that tacked Mao. "Mao appears to have planned his comeback for some time," one of the experts said, "and confusion seems to have been an important element of it. By attacking himself, he added to the confusion and the uncertainity of his enemies." The remaining 30 per cent of at- pots that all countries, includ- ing the Communist ones, have." RED GUARDS DISBANDED The Red Guards were created to create confusion and a state of uncertainty and tension. But these groups have served their purpose as a_ political weapon and have been ordered to dis- band, it is believed The China - watchers believe Mao will intensify his campaign against the Soviet Union when he is firmly back in the chair. They point out that Mao ap- pears to be genuinely unafraid of the prospect of nuclear war. He has often declared that he believed the Chinese people would survive a nuclear holo- caust because oftheir numeri- cal superiority. pointed mediator, but there had! been no developments Thurs day. Safety Query To Provinces OTTAWA (CP) Minister Drury said today of imposing mandatory safety standards in Canada. He told reporters federal au thorities will intensify discus sions with the United States or "a final definition of standards' in relation to new U.S, stand ards to take effect on made after Jan. 1, 1968, operation in May, Industry the federal government will discuss | with the provinces the best way auto} cars| .. In THE TIMES Today .. Walker Urges Investigation --P. 9. Red Wings Prove Experience P. 6. United Appeal Study Planned. P.S OAnn Landers --- 10 C Ajax News -- 5 City News-- 9 Classified -- 14, | ituaries -- 16 orts -- 6, 7 evision -- 12 eatres --~ 17 Neather --- 2 Vhitby News -- 5 iH RTT oe 1 q Comics Editorial 4 | Financial -- 13 omen's -- 10,