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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. 76 BSc Por Weer oe Betivered Ghe Oshawa Gimes OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1967 Weather Report Some clouds but continuing mild. Showers expected. Low 50. High tomorrow 60. Authorized es Second Class Mall Post Office Department Ottewa and for payment of Postage In Cash i TWENTY-TWO PAGES FIERCE, BLOODY BATTLE ERUPTS IN JUNGLE SAIGON (AP)--A Viet Cong regiment of some 2,500 men, using artillery and mortars dur- available. But a U.S. said the combined total of dead and wounded was 87. spokesman The Communist escape route to Cambodia was Superforts from Guam -- each Cong losses as high as 500 men. American losses, too, were be- lieved substantial but there tered today in Tay Ninh, is the 271st, the sister regiment to the two others which were deci- hit by B-52 THEY WITHDRAW -- A from the battle scene. The to drive the Communists | from their trenches in War ing an assault on a big U.S. force, failed today to smash the American push toward a vital Communist hideout in the jun- gles of South Vietnam near the Cambodian border. The Viet Cong left 581 dead as they fled beneath a hail of shell fire. More Communist dead and wounded were taken from the field by harried comrades. The breakdown of American casualties was not immediately An Associated Press corres- pondent, John Wheeler, reported from the battlefield that 57 Viet Cong bodies were counted inside the U.S. positions where their charge was broken. TAKE PRISONERS U.S. officers reported five Communists were taken pris- oner and 50 weapons cleared from the battlefield. Many more were scattered about but uncol- lected as darkness fell. carrying 30 tons of bombs which they unloaded close to the battle- field The fierce battle in War Zone C northwest of Saigon' erupted Friday wher the Viet Cong bloodied an initial force of about 200 infantrymen of the U.S. 1st Division who ran into a hidden Communist centre. When the Viet Cong hurled their assaults today American firepower was in place to cut them down One battlefield report put Viet were no official figures. The swirling battle in the jungles of Tay Ninh province marked -a resurgence in the ground war that was reflected by scattered fights elsewhere, notably just below the 17th parallel that divides Vietnam. The air force announced 101 bombing missions over North Vietnam Friday and the loss of the 499th U.S, plane to be shot down over the North. The Viet Cong regiment bat- mated in two battles within the last month. All belonged to the Viet Cong 9th Division which has fought many of the war's major battles in the area from Saigon to the Cambodian border, The dead on the Tay Ninh battlefield also included men of the Viet Cong 70th regiment, considered the "palace guard" for the Communist headquar- ters believed concealed in the Tay Ninh jungles. | | | | TORONTO (CP) Marcel| Timm, described by other pa- tients as a hero who saved 14 men in a fire at the Ontario Workmen's Compensation Board Hospital early Friday, says he wants to testify at any investi- gation into the fire. "The place was a firetrap,"| said Mr. Timm, 42, of Hamil- ton, in an interview Friday It's hard to believe there could, be conditions like this in a hos- pital where men were handi- Labor Minister Dalton Bales} Hero Alleges Mr. Timm, a burly construe- said it comes under the juris-|tion worker, took control of 14 diction of the board, a Crown agency. Thirty-six men were injured. | About 20 men jumped from win- dows and others slid down bed- sheets fashioned into ropes. compensation|men, many in a state of panic, in a large card room on the third floor. He knocked four men unconscious when they tried to leap from the window. "We were trapped in there Firemen removed 40 more with|for half an hour, but I knew the aerial ladders and the rest were | brought out down the stairways, guided by a human chain of firemen wearing respirators. firemen would get us with their ladders," Mr, Timm said. "They came and got us all." Normal operations resumed at the hospital later Friday. Four- medic carries the badly sergeant's squad withdraws Cause of the fire in the TV| wounded sergeant away too. They hadn't been able lcapped and crippled." room, on the second floor of the|teen patients remained in other Francesco Graltieri, 35, of|340-bed self-care unit, was not/Toronto hospitals suffering from |Toronto died in the fire and two| determined. About 310 men, all!broken bones, smoke inhalation, other men--James Lynch, 24, of | walking cases, were on three|burns, lacerations and other in- Hamilton, and Norman Lowry, | floors of the unit. juries. Zone C yesterday. ------| fi Disputed Goal 'Good' Says Referee In Chief TORONTO (CP) -- The dis-|Vienna was "a good goal," says ted goal that gave Russia a/C. F. (Pat) Patterson, referee- -1 victory over Canada in thejin-chief of the Ontario Hockey world hockey tournament in! Association. Canadian, Texas Officials to help him. Three ma- chinegun bullets had ripped into his chest, and his face shows the pain. But it also HE'S STILL ALIVE -- The wounded U.S. sergeant crawls back to his squad where a medic reaches out shows his rage. His attack Patterson attended the con- had failed. troversial game last week with Dutch Van Deelan, a Canadi referee at the tournament. "T -was sitting with Dutch and 54, of Oshawa--were in critical | ~ si ey eer ;condition in hospital. Fire officials who estimated |damage at $150,000 said a false| ed! j i S ers '@) e ceiling of paper-fibre tiles made jthe fire, which broke out about | /3:30 a.m., spread rapidly along) {a central hall of the gp Be On Sho d > Wir unit of the hospital. Flames) W O W n ae SAP Mitephoto [unit about 85 men in the ' . \unit, _\ WASHINGTON (AP) -- The raga é \ Firemen said a false ceiling | giant Teamsters Union © starts |we both thought the pass was jof paper tiles 'carried the fire|taking a strike vote today in. its lonside," Patterson said Friday down the halls and created) first countryside showdown with on his return from Vienna. 'We! jheat, making it awkward near the U.S. trucking industry, both agreed it was close. | . [patients to get out of their) 4 raior segment of the indus- "We finally got a chance to | wards. |try threatened to lock out some 0 est wo en examine the play on the video 1e ar TO es ers | $150,000 DAMAGE |200,000 workers if the Teamsters [ities rabalog the Hin' troop ie ee eee Lee cueeln Gk Gan. ck Wet tihad ae 7 : mated damage at $150,000 an 1g we nies a a time. trict xoecnes vie ort ed rs i cts Gonimas ae ties ae ott ae ie ete Bye VANCOUVER (CP) -- Prime|the demonstrators, Earlier, at ajand covered a few more at the/said the fire broke out about) nutte ae be an ena asked Canadian and Texas au-/leans. oal."" : 800 /Minister Pearson planned ajpress conference, he described|dinner Friday night as speaker. |3:30 a.m. bend ee e enrages 'y ed thorities to arrest two men| Garrison has alleged that Fer-| g : : jquiet day today, following anjthe Vietnam war as a tragic] Although security and crowd| Members of the Workmen este ons" Ne e pi ° a harged in an incident whichlrie, I H 0 id d The Canadians protested that /active round of events Friday| matter. ' control have been highly organ-|Compensation Board indicated|s ike against any firms, sai Satarel oe ffi oe ihn pen i Shaw ol dead ay the pass to Boris Mayorov who/that was capped by another] He said he is refusing tojized by police since Mr. Pear-|the ceiling material would prob-|President_M. M. Gordon of eee ue mated' to hie an: |Septeniber aes a Ail Ken scored the winning goal was/gauntlet - running of anti-Viet-|speak bluntly about the war be-json's arrival Thursday, there/ably be replaced. "It's safe sed bao aps gy i A vestigation of the Kennedy as-inedy Onwala and Fate am offside. nam war demonstrators. cause "my feeling about the/was virtually no screening at|say that if the board finds any- ' oth Gordon pag tbc yf der ti ae ldead. St 54 ti dN ;| 'Mayorov kept one foot on the} Police had to use force tojwar would not be very help-|the prime minister's press. con-|thing unsafe they will fix it, said Officials said they saw little aaaee a telegranhed: arrest rl e pnaw, on & retred 'W\red line until he received the|clear a path through about 100|ful at the moment in bringing|ference or the Liberal dinner.|Executive Director G. R. Poole./hope of an agreement in their i erin ay eM bbe Ws apie nlededd has been in-|yass," said Patterson. '"That|demonstrators when the prime/about an end to the war." As a_-result Mr. Pearson was) Martin Hurst, Ontario fire|national trucking contract talks isha ey Ni "oe ie De be Free ona charge of conspiring made it legal." minister and Mrs. Pearson ar-| He said he sees no promise|badgered for a time at the con-|marshal, said paper-fibre tiles during the weekend. ol te bee Arcane ernie | Me Sas borat Bill Gur-| 'The Russians are adept at|tived for a Liberal party fund-|of an immediate peace. ference by a Vancouver restau-|of the type used in the hospital] hag ag cy igi Inc. rep- laut api WP ahead a ah bat yn this. You seldom see them com-|raising dinner at the Hotel Van-| Mr. Pearson said if there was rant owner. ceiling have been prohibited in|resents 1,500 major transconti- ge i charges of eit Nae mm gh tay pag inning PP an offside. It was a tough|couver. anything he personally could do} The prime minister dwelt atjall the buildings checked by his|nental firms that carry about 65 karin te vais lade peta tage sag Nia a call to make but the referees} Two rows of police, face to|to bring about a Vietnam set-jlength at the dinner Friday|department since 1958. The hos-|Per cent of U.S. truck cargoes. Garrison obtained a warrant/sassination plot. . jwere right." for Novel's arrest last week as! The warrants for Novel and| But Patterson said Canada a material witness in the inves-|Arcacha were signed by Judge|was robbed of a goal in its tie tigation of President John F.|Thomas Brahney of the criminal|with Czechoslovakia when the Kennedy's assassination. district court, who set bond at|referee ruled that Jean Cusson M. M. GORDON tlement, he would do it immedi-|night on trade and said the|pital was built in 1957. A shutdown by these compan- -+. Cessation at once ately--"'no matter what I was/government welcomes foreign| wr. Hurst said the hospital is|!¢S also would severely crimp doing in Canada." |capital in Canada only if the! not among those his department|@0ther 10,000 smaller firms in- investors abi » Canadian |; : ; i volved in the negotiations that! BOUND FOR CALIFORNIA jay and Solty, ond endlat |is responsible for checking. (ee largely as feeder lines be. inf @ three-year period, scaled tween the big firms. that down to 56 cents. The in- face, linked arms and pushed back against the demonstrators. Again, the slogan used Thurs- day night at the entrance to an- other hotel was screamed out: law and policy, and become The new charge accused No-|$5,000 for each. Novel already|0f Canada had his hockey stick vel and Arcacha of conspiring|had a $50,000 bond awaiting him|in the Czech goal crease. "Pearson, Martin, L.B.J. how many kids have you killed to- with David W. Ferrie to com-|on the warrant for his arrest). "That was a legitimate goal," |day?"" mit simple burglary of a mu-|as a material witness. Train Crash | Injures 280 TOKYO (CP)--A railway pas-| senger train collided with a) truck at an unmanned crossing} today near Osaka in central) Japan, leaving three passengers} dead and about 280 others in-| jured, six of them severely. | Police said a five-coach train| packed with workers on their way home from offices and ex- cursions slammed into a truck stalled with engine trouble on the crossing near the Onosato River. The first two coaches plunged 15 feet into the river and a third dangled from a 500-foot bridge. About 500 police and railway workers struggled to rescue passengers entrapped in the coaches and within three hours all the injured had been taken to hospitals. Mutual Radio Settles Strike | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Union) and management negotiators! meet with federal mediators to- day in efforts to settle the four- day strike against the three) major television and radio net-} works. The Mutual Broadcasting System, a radio network only, announced a settlement Friday night with the 18,000-member American Federation of Televi-| sion and Radio Artists. Its! newsmen began reporting to work immediately, ' lsaid Patterson. photograph was first pub- lished exclusively in The Times six' years ago follow- ing an avalanche of "mon- ster-sightings" by lakefront residents (Bonnie Brae Point is in the background). Apparently the creature It's back again! A 100-foot prehistoric monster emerged again today from the murky depths of Lake Ontario at Oshawa, just as it did six years ago, caus- ing widespread panic in the south-end of the city. This | j The prime minister ignored 'HEY, DIG THAT CRAZY MONSTER!' rose at midnight and start- ed for shore. But, eye-wit- ness reports indicate that the monster stubbed its toe on the harbor pier and limp- ed back to sea -- hopefully submerging forever the ridiculous tale, April Fool! * i The prime minister, who was to attend a Liberal coffee party today before leaving Vancouver Sunday to receive an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of California, touched on a wide range of topics at his press conference {Canadian in every respect. | | At the press conference ear-| lier, he said he was disturbed} |by reports that some wholly- |owned subsidiaries of American }companies had ordered their Canadian branches not to ship goods to Communist countries.| PM Statements 'False' Maverick Liberal Charges OTTAWA (CP) -- Liberal maverick Ralph B. Cowan ac- cused Prime Minister Pearson Friday night of making "false'"' statements and of being a weak leader who gives in to any extreme demand by French- Canadians. The Toronto MP bitterly de- nounced his leader on a wide variety of issues in a speech to a local group calling itself the Canadian Bulldog Party. He said the Pearson cabinet does the bidding of 15 per cent of the population in implement- ing its bilingual program. | |French-Canadians were a min- ority of 30 per cent and only about half of them support the |Liberal government. Mr. Cowan, MP for York- jHumber since 1962, took issue with a speech the prime mini- jster made last year in which |he said English and French are jthe official languages of Can- ada. | He accused John R. Mathe- json, Parliamentary secretary to {the prime minister, of giving a \'false answer' to a_ written jquestion in the Commons last ct. 5. The answer was auth- Teen Dies In Fall, Hang On Railing TORONTO (CP) -- Daniel Franklin Molnar, 19, fell 120 feet to his death Friday night after hanging by his hands from the railing of the balcony on his apartment. Police said Molnar was seen hanging from the 14th-floor bal- cony railing by two men visiting an apartment on the 16th floor. Molnar shared his apartment! with James Strachman, 40, who} was out of the room when the youth went to the balcony. Po- lice said Molnar had been drink- ing beer with friends shortly be- fore the fall, but was alone at the time, orized by Mr. Pearson's state- ment that Canada has two of- ficial languages. Mr. Matheson replied that the basis was sec- tion 133 of the British North! |America Act. The Toronto MP said section} 133 limits the use of French to| Parliament, the Quebec legisla-| ture and the federal and Que-| bec courts. | | Jim Lightbody, a Carleton | University student from Winni- |peg who is president of the| 6,000-member Canadian Univer- sity Liberal Federation, said his group wished to dissociate itself from Mr. Cowan's views. Tony Pearson, CULF _ past jpresident and a Carleton post- graduate student from Mont- jreal, said Quebec residents will have no reason to stay in Con- federation. if the French lang-| uage is not recognized officially. | | Tunnel Led |1,800,000 - member Teamsters |0ffer. {names of the four men and one The crisis was the first for the|4ustry responded with a 37-cent Union since its president, James| The union's money demand = h py V ] R. Hoffa, went to prison several |does not include higher mileage Rig t 0 au weeks ago. The outcome could|pay rates for long-haul truck : affect political manoeuvring for|drivers, numerous fringe bene- Men rnee) (cP re Police, control of the world's largest/fits and new equipment also be-, with five persons already in CUS-| union, ling asked. tody, may be seeking others it Federal mediators stepped| With Hoffa in prison on an connection with . Mea Gis ey {into the talks in an attempt toleight-year jury-tampering sen- a virtually comple fn aes jreduce the big gap of 19 cents|tence, many observers view the that led to within ae Ae ok 4 an hour between the Teamsters |industry's shutdown threat as an big any apparently marke' demands and the industry's last|attempt to break away from the ' Oa eee ae offer. Inationwide bargaining pattern Officers ee The union, which originally|which Hoffa first forged three did not want to release the! aemanded.75 cents an hour air years ago. (iu Teen fn " | |. In THE TIMES Today .. Businessmen. Keep Trim At Fitness Club -- Page ? Centennial Bonspiel Enters Finals --- Page 6 Oshawa Skaters Prepare for Big Show -- Page 19 Ann Landers--10 Pickering News--5 Ajax News--5 City News--9 Classified--14, 15, 16, 17 Comics--18 Editorial--4 Obituories--17 Sports--6, 7 Television--18 Theatres--20 Weather--2 Whitby News--5 Women's--10, 11 woman now detained, The five! ay be arraigned Monday on)" uit |police said. The tunnel, 53 feet Jong and Trans Island Avenue in the) SAIGON (Reuters) -- A new constitution designed to northwestern Montreal district)| bring civilian government to South Vietnam within six ings Bank on Decarie Boule- vard, which is a parallel street. | Lorne Greene To Appear At CNE onanza series, will be among the celebrities performing during the first week's grandstand show at the annual OTTAWA (CP)--The defence | department remained silent to- man clad in what has been un- Officially identified as the new For the second time in recent weeks, security surrounding the widely - reproduced photograph 13 of a man apparently decked out! = to make official photos of the} uniform on Parliament Hill} icharges of conspiracy and at-! . sme ati NEWS HIGHLIGHTS eight feet underground, led from of Snowdon to a branch of the) months was promulgated today by Lt.-Gen. Nguyen Van Defence Silent TORONTO (CP) -- The Canadian National Exhibition exposition Aug. 18-Sept. 4. day in the face of published | uniform for the unified armed bottle green outfit has been as an officer. soon brought reportérs and} \tempted breaking and entering, eight feet underground, led from) New Constitution In South Vietnam Montreal City and District Sav- Thieu, head of state. confirmed Friday that Lorne Greene, star: of television's ograph | photographs of a _ uniformed forces. penetrated, this time with a= An attempt a few weeks ago news photographers swarming. |