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She Oshawa Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1967 Gala Events To Come To Celebrate Centennial Hayward Murdoch of the City's Centennial committee has made a strong plea for more public partic- ipation in local Centennial events. Undoubtedly he was disappoint- ed over the surprisingly low daily turnouts in Alexandra Park for the recently - departed Confederation Caravan show, a stellar historical at- traction that was well received in other parts of the country. Although the two-thirds mark is rapidly approaching in local celebra- tions to mark Canada's 100th birth- day, there are. some outstanding events scheduled for the weeks ahead, including the Festival of Can- ada's production 100 Years of Mus- ical Comedy at the Eastdale Coll- egiate Auditorium Aug. 23. This is the point the Centennial committee wants to emphasize: some of the best parts of the year- long program lie ahead. For example, the gala ball sched- uled for Friday, Sept. 1 in the Civic Auditorium by the Oshawa and Dis- trict Labor Council will have a special Centennial theme (with a beard-judging contest and all), but the guest list will not be restricted to the trade union world. Entertain- ment chairman Keith Ross says the doors will be open .to all district res- idents ("including members of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce who will be asked to assist with the ticket sales"). The Ontario Regiment's colorful Trooping of the Guidon ceremony Sunday, Sept. 24 will not only be an event of great historical signifi- gance. It will also be a super show for the public at large with Lieut- enant-Governor Ear] Rowe and the Governor-General's Mounted Horse Guards on hand. The trooping of the Guidon cere- mony goes back 300 years to the Duke of Marlborough's days. It is of special importance because the Ontario's were presented with their new guidon recently in Ottawa by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. The Centennial committee's re- quest should be heeded. Tariff Cuts Vary Widely Trade Minister Winters has an- nounced plans for a number of sem- inars to be held. throughout Canada to explain in detail the consequence of the "Kennedy Round" tarrif cuts. Meanwhile, however, those business- men who have been investigating on their own are finding, as their Amer- ican counterparts have discovered, that it will depend on the type of business they have. Some. American industrialists, steelmen, for instance, are not happy. They fear more imports. Pro- ducers in two other major indus- trial fields in which Canada is in- terested, aluminum and pulp and paper, aren't so concerned. The seven major aluminum pro- ducers in the non-Communist world She Oshawa Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. WILSON, Publisher §. C. PRINCE, Genero] Monoger C. J. 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Delivercd by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajex, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon' Claremont, Manchester, Pontypoo! and Newcastle not over S5c per week. By mail in Province of Ontario putside carrier delivery area. $15.00 per yeor. Other provinces and Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per year. U.S.A. ond foreign $27.00 per year, Ou ou un US. CONGRESSIONAL C already are heavily internationaliz- ed, with plants in many countries. Tariff changes in some cases may simply mean shifting some of their production from one plant to an- other in a different country. Econo- mists expect little change in the trade of aluminum ingots, though a 20 per cent cut in ingot tariffs may help Canada and Norway. The Euro- pean Common Market did not alter its tariffs. In fabricated aluminum products, tariff changes could stimulate fur- ther trade. Here the United States trimmed its tariff 20 per cent on the bulk of present imports like sheet, rod, foils, bars, and circles. Another major industry, pulp and paper figures the "round" dealt it a fairly good deal. Though claiming that the United States gave more than it got, the industry remains confident American exports of pulp and paper products will gain faster than imports, United States exports of pulp, wastepaper, paper and paperboard went from just over $100 million in 1950 to $711 million last year. A goal of $1 billion is aimed at by 1970, This compares with Canadian ex- ports totalling $1,500 million in 1965. Practically all duties on paper coming into the United States will be slashed by 50 per cent. The Com- mon Market cut its tariffs on paper and board by 25 per cent. Canada should make further gains in this field. ANOTHER BOOK Dieppe Raid 'A Matter Of Prestige' OTTAWA (CP)--The Dieppe raid was conceived as a combi- nation ruse to expedite Anglo- American operations in North Africa and exercise to gain ex. perience in amphibious ' war- fare, suggests a newly. published book. The book is The Armed Forces of Canada 1867-1967, written by Lt.-Col. D. J. Goodspeed, senior historian of the Canadian forces' directore ate of history. The 270-page book, containing 250 photographs--35 in color--ig a defence department centen- nial project. Tracing the "background of the large-scale raid on the French coast Aug. 19, 1942, in which 907 Canadians were killed, Col. Goodspeed says the Anglo-American decision to strike later that year in North Africa "made it desirable to foster German fears of a de- scent in the West." "It was also important to gain experience to assist in planning the great amphibious assault on Western Europe that would come when the time was ripe." PRESTIGE INVOLVED When the operation was of- fered to Gen. A. G. L. Mee Naughton, commander of the First Canadian Army, on April 30, 1942, planning for it was already far advanced, says the military historian. Col. Goodspeed also suggests that considerations of national prestige and self-respect fig- ured prominently in the deci- sion to commit Canadian troops to the Sicilian campaign of 1943. Though individual officers and NCOs had gained battle ex- perience in the North African campaign, no Canadian units took part. "It was urged in Canada that considerations of self-respect, as well as regard for the coun- try's influence in the post-war world, demanded that Cana- dians fight, and fight soon." It was also argued that large-scale battle experience would be desirable before com- mitting the army as a whole to operations, Agreement was reached with Britain to assign the First Canadian Division and the First Canadian Army Tank Brigade to the Sicily assault YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO AUGUST 14, 1952 Mr. and Mrs. Matin Dica, Simeoe St. N., have three' Jap- anese snake cu@umbers grow- ing in their garden. They are each nearly 40 inches long. Charles B. Eisenhauer, -- for- merly of Oshawa, has been ap- pointed Manager of Manufac- turing of Houdaille - Hershey Corporation. 30 YEARS AGO AUGUST 14, 1937 The Goodyear Co. of Bow- manville is planning to expand and will erect three new build- ings at a cost of $250,000: Chainway Stores Limited have leased premises from R. N. Bassett and will soon open a large store on Brock St. S., Whitby. BIBLE "Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only Fide James 1:22 The most permanent thing that any man can do is to bring into practice the Word of God. TRYING TO STRETCH BUNT INT (Benita itt OTTAWA REPORT Ma a Meher 0 HOME RUN Expo Sets Tourist Record By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--As another tourist season draws to a close and government statisticians total up the figures, we see that Canada must thank Expo as the magnet which has attracted visitors in record numbers. Many of these, whether from other provinces or from the U.S. or even from more distant lands, have added other tourist attractions to their Expo itinerary. Ottawa and Quebec City both report unprecedented numbers of tourists; Upper Canada Vil- lage, Niagara Falls and even those open-air noontime con- certs at Toronto's new City Hall have been welcome extras for many of our visitors. The favorite means of sight- seeing travel is of course the convenient and courteous self- drive in an owned or rented au- \smobile. But our airlines have enjoyed over-capacity demand, the bus lines have boomed, and the railways have hit passenger peaks. The triumph of the centennial tourist travel in central Canada is certainly the Macdonald-Car- tier Freeway, route number 401 built by the Ontario govern- ment from the Quebec border east of Cornwall to the U.S. border at Windsor. This fine road now runs 512 miles along the main tourist beat across southern Ontario. The section I have enjoyed most is the 234 miles between Windsor and Toronto--a divided highway. for its entire length, free of traffic lights or cross roads, of course toll-free, and well-provided with service sta- tions and adequate restaurants. A new road, 401 passes through the heart of Thomson- land, but skirts those well- known cities so that when driv- ing along it one never even glimpses those homes of Thom- son newspapers, such.as Chat- ham, Woodstock, Galt, Guelph, Oakville and Brampton. _ Comparatively uncrowded in the daytime, 401 offers a pleas- Man But Also Flood, Fire Took Toll Of By BOB BOWMAN Before the arrival of the white man on the North Ameri- can continent, the buffalo was probably the most baundant large animal in the world. One of the best early writers about western Canada was Al- exander Henry the Younger who joined the North West Company in 1792. He kept an amusing and colorful diary in which he described shooting wild pigeons by the thousands, watching wild geese fly past for an entire day, and hunting griz- zly bears, red deer, and wolves. Most impressive of all were the buffalo, and sometimes the whole plain seemed to be in motion, It would take days for Tu mnt URB SOUGHT nm MTT IN BUSINESS COMPETITION Scope Queried Of Church Tax Exemptions By STERLING F. GREEN WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. government shortly will ask Congress to curb the tax exemptions that permit churches and charities to buy going firms to be operated in competition with taxpaying businesses. The wave of church pur- chases of unrelated business- es--such as the acquisition. of the Real Form Girdle Co., Brooklyn, by the Cathedral of Tomorrow of Akron, Ohio-- has raised alarms at the U.S. treasury and among small business organizations. Simultaneously, some cities and states are moving cau- tiously to restrict real estate tax exemptions on religious property which, across the country, is valued at an esti- mated $79,500,000,000. One authority has esti- mated that state and local governments are foregoing $1,600,000,000 in revenue an- nually under the property tax exemption--or $32 a year for every tax-paying family. There are stirrings of senti- ment among some religious groups in favor of voluntary tax contributions by churches, probably at lower rates than the regular levy. A few churches even have begun making such payments and the topic is alive in the religious press. The treasury wants enact ment this session of its pro- posed crackdown on the tax- exempt business investments of churches, charities and foundations. How much revenue would this produce? No one knows because churches and _ reli- gious orders are not required to report their income. A similar tax-tightening proposal failed last year. TREASURY HAS PLAN The treasury's plan is to tax the income which chari- ties, churches and other ex- empt organizations receive from property bought or im- proved with borrowed money, if the income is not related to the purpose on which the tax exemption was based. The bill would not affect in- vestments made out of a charity's own funds, Nor would it affect any borrowing that was intended to further the exempt purpose; for ex- ample, a church's borrowing to build a parish hall. Other tax privileges could help churches amass formida- ble economic power, authori- ties have pointed out. For in- stance, the accumulation of investment wealth is not. in- terrupted by inheritance taxes, for churches do not die. And real estate taxes are not payable on property used for church purposes; in many places, such purposes are lib- @rally defined. A warning that churches might be able to control the whole economy of the nation within the predictable future was sounded this spring by Episcopal (Anglican) Bishop James A. Pike. He proposed a formula for progressively steeper taxation of church property. Unless such steps are taken, he suggested, the church could again become "the target of revolutionary expropriation" by govern- ment--as in ages past. CALLED CORPORATION A Roman Catholic priest, Rey. Richard Grider, wrote in a widely-quoted Wall Street Journal article: 'The Catho- lic Church must be the big- gest corporation in the United States. Our assets and real estate holdings must exceed those of Standard Oil, Ameri- can Telephone and Telegraph and U.S. Steel combined." The Baptist Foundation of Texas--according to reports cited by Bishop Pike--in- creased its assets to $53,- 000,000 from $20,000,000 in 10 years by encouraging its tax- exempt capital to multiply. Protestant, Orthodox, Mor- mon and Jewish church groups, like Catholics, can be found as owners of hotels, textile mills, factories, de- partment stores and so on-- down to car washes and sec- ond-hand stores. In Chicago, eae group undertook to operate a garbage dump. Besides its 1965 purchase of Brooklyn's Real Form Girdle Co., the non-denominaitonal Cathedral of Tomorrow in Akron also owns Shopper's Fair, a discount house near the church, and the Unity Electronics Co., Elizabeth, NJ The town of Dubuque, lowa, is an example of why some smaller cities are hungrily eyeing tax-exempt real es- tate. Dubuque has a population of 63,000 and a scenic setting on rocky bluffs overlooking the Mississippi. It also has wooded hillsides, colleges and churches--and still more churches. The city's property tax base is squeezed by both tax exemptions and the deteriora- tion of downtown real estate. And for three years in a row the city budget has been bat- tered by Mississippi floods. For 1968 there's a prospec- tive gap of at least $275,000 between foreseeable income and outgo. The city assessor finds there is about $1 of exempt property--schools, churches, governmental property and other--for every $3 of taxable property. More than 40 per cent of Dubuque's 62,000 de- veloped acres are in the public er semi-public cate- gory. Buffalo Herd some 'herds single point. Yet it was necessary for the North West Council to enact legislation on Aug. 14, 1877, to conserve the buffalo which were almost extinct. Men were not entirely responsible for their disappearance. THOUSANDS DRAWN Nature took a hand. Thou- sands of buffalo were often drowned in spring floods. Henry described their bodies floating past his camp for two days. Maniy other buffalo died in prai- rie grass fires. However, when men with ri- fles combined with nature, the buffalo were. wiped out. Illicit traders from the United States shipped 50,000 buffalo robes across the border in one year, and paid for most of them with whisky. The North West Mounted Po- lice put a stop to this when they crossed the prairies in 1874. During their march they saw one herd in which there were estimated to be 80,000 buffalo, but three years later the great animals had practically disap- peared. Tbis meant that the old way of life for the Indians disap- peared too, and so they gave up their lands. to the government and went to live on '"'reserves" or they would have starved. Even so they were sometimes reduced to eating gophers and field mice. When the buffalo had com: pletely disappeared in Canada, two great western pioneers, Norman Luxton and Frank Oli- ver, urged the government to buy a private herd owned by a man in Montana. They were taken to Wainwright and now there are 15,000 or more buffalo in Canada, carefully protected. OTHER AUG. 14 EVENTS 1787--Prince William (later King William IV) arrived. at Quebec in command of H.M.S. Pegasus. 1803--Lord Selkirk arrived in Prince Edward Island where he established settlement. 18]4--British-Canadian force repulsed in night attack on Fort Ene. 1848--Act of Union amended repealed clause that English be the only official language in Canada. 1855--Imperial Shipping Act provided for lighthouses. 1861--One quarter of Mont- real was under water owing to Geod. to pass a ant drive through the rich farmlands; but at night its charm is withered for the moto- rist by the huge transports. These "road-trains" take up more than their fair share of the width of the road; many omit the elementary road courtesy of spacing themselves so that passing vehicles can get between them; and in fact often these juggernauts disregard the speed limit, It was one of these monsters which side-swiped a private car and condemned the wife of a an MP to many years--if not a lifetime--in a mental home as a result of her injuries. IS TOLL-FREE In an informal personal sur- vey ,I found this the predomi- nant point raised by travellers along 401--why should not road transports be curbed in width, length and speed, to make the roads safer for the citizens who pay for them? The points praised about 401, I found, are the courteous and efficient staffs in the tourist information centres run by the provincial government, and the fact that, unlike "'turnpikes" in the U.S., it is toll-free. The restaurants at the var- ious service halts along 401 are operated by concessionaires li- censed by the Ontario govern- ment, and they are inspected by government officials. I would put them midway be- tween the unattractive food- stops on the New York Throughway and the delightful Howard Johnson chain of mo- tels and restaurants which are especially prominent in the New England states. The 401 Eateries cater to a much smaller clientele than most "Ho-Jos", so their menu must be less ambitious. But they are clean and reasonably priced; I especially like the "1867" restaurants which one finds beside Shell service sta- tions along 401. Visitors from the U.S. are surprised, and often disappointed, to find that along 401 one cannot drink if one drives, or even if one is driven, in contrast to, say, many similar stopping places in the U.S .where wine, cocktails, spirits and beer are available with meals. The 401, passing through the Thomsonland. of southwestern Ontario, must be a prime con- tender for the title "Canada's best road." anvniniennniiuainreem nd inti IT HA A GAME PLAYED IN CANADA tw CENTURIES. "a ' LACROSSE 1s oF INDIAN ORIGIN, DERivED tis LONGEST Kiby QUIN oF OT [S$ 162: 86 YA FROM TH INTER-TRIGAL INTERPRETING THE NEWS Embarrassing Turn Taken For U.K. By Nigerian War By HAROLD MORRISON Canadian Press Staff Writer The war in Nigeria has taken an embarrassing turn, not only for the federal government in Lagos but for the British gov- ernment in London as well. When Nigeria's Eastern Re- gion broke away from the fed- eration and declared itself the Republic of Biafra, London an- nounced a hands-off policy. The experts concluded that Maj.- Gen. Yakubu Gowan, the feder- al leader in Lagos, would make short work of the secessionists, Now the British Common- wealth office has acknowledged it allowed a shipment of arms to be sent to Lagos while ban- ning arms to Biafra. Officials maintain Britain has always supplied arms to Nigeria and to cut off shipments suddenly would be tantamount to neutrali- ty in favor of the secessionists. Of course, the Biafrans don't see it that way, and disclosure of the British shipment goes down, hard among the rebels who nevertheless show no signs of giving up. BIAFRA SURPRISES Contrary to all expectations the little Biafran army has bro- ken out of a siege, outflanked Gowon's better-equipped forces and advanced to capture towns in the neighboring Midwestern region. These gains are impressive and likely will be a morale- booster for Biafran leader Lt.- Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu who declared himself ready to die rather than continue under con- trol of northern tribes dominate Lagos. These gains are, however, un- likely to lead to a decisive bat- tleground decision. But no quick military settlement is like- ly now and the Nigerian gov- ernment faces greater embar- rassment and trouble than it anticipated. Britain is rapidly reaching the conclusion that action by Nigerian federal forces against Biafra to end the revolt is be- coming ridiculous and useless. MEDIATION NEEDED Mediation appears the only possible approach . But if the Biafrans were suspicious of Britain's position in the past, the shipment of arms to Lagos now will make them doubly so, Mediation will have to come from sorte quarter other than Britain. British officials feel the Com- monwealth secretariat, headed by Canada's Arnold Smith, could play a useful role even though Smith's previous ap- proaches are reported to have been rejected by both sides. The view in London is that Smith should attempt another mediation approach, this time accompanied by some highly- respected elder statesman of Africa. Biafra has minerals essential for the prosperity of the rest of Nigeria. If Gowon recognizes he cannot beat the Biafrans on the battlefield, he may be more ready to consider a settlement granting greater autonomy to the Ibos of Biafra. whe Truly International Effort Combats Famine In India By RAM SUNDAR Cc di Press Corresp BOMBAY (CP) -- A truly international effort is under way to bring relief to India's famine-affected millions. Help in scores of forms has come from around the world --food from the United States and Canada, medicines from Britain, clothes from West Germany, motorcycles from Japan, smallpox vaccine from the Soviet Union and dolls and candies from Norway and Finland. All this is capped by a herculean effort by Indian government and non-official agencies to prevent large- scale starvation deaths. One hundred million peo- ple have been affected by the worst famine in a century. Indians gratefully acknowl- edge that but for the mas- sive help provided by West- ern countries, particularly the United States, the calamity would have assumed grim- mer proportions. American wheat supplies have found their way to the most remote hamlets. Hundreds of foreign volun- teers including members of the U.S. Peace Corps are manning relief centres under the most trying conditions. In some places the temperature shoots up to 115 degrees dur- ing the day. A famine survey by the Bombay Times of India said TODAY IN By THE CANADIAN PRESS Aug. 14, 1967, .. Millionaire brewer John S. Labatt was kidnapped from his car between Lon- don Ont. and Sarnia 33 years ago today--in 1934. A note left in the car demand- ed $150,000 ransom. The kidnapping turned into a fiasco when Labatt's abduc- tors lost their nerve while atiempting to collect 'he ransom and turned their victim loose Aug. 17. A year later three men were sentenced to a total of 42 years for the crime. 1928--The German dirigi- ble Graf Zeppelin began a round-the-world flight. 1947 -- India and Pakistan attained Dominion status, PPENED IN CANADA that 8,000,000 people in Bihar and other states are receiv- ing U.S. relief supplies. Western voluntary agencies including CARE and OXFAM and United Nations organiza- tions are helping to feed some 3,000,000 children in Bihar alone. Indian officials say that the real problem in many areas is not scarcity of food but in- adequate purchasing power. In other words, farmers have become so impoverished ow- ing to the failure of three monsoons that they just haven't the money to buy food. The authorities have started hundreds of relief works and heavy manual labor schemes to provide employment. In Bihar alone more than 500,- 000 rural people are working on these projects which in- clude irrigation canals, tube wells and village roads es- sential for the speedy move- ment of supplies. The famine has cast a shadow all over India. Re- sponsible observers say that while there is some validity in foreign criticism of Indian "indifference" and "ineffici- ency," the country by and large has stood up to the challenge. A refreshing feature of the situation is that Indians do not minimize their own short- comings, The press is full of critical comments. HISTORY First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--China declared war on Germany and Austro- Hungary; Pope Benedict is- sued his Peace Notes to Belligerents; British forces improved their position on the right bankof the Steen- beek River. Second World War Twenty-five years ago te- day--in 1942--Winsten Churchil} and British . and U.S. diplomats and military advisors were guests at a state dinner at Moscow; small groups of German raiders dropped thousands of incendiary bombs on eastern' and southern Eng- lish farmlands; a steady stream of supplies moved to the U.S. marine forces on the Solomons. eee ORIGINALLY WERE CALLED FLUTTERBYS ©imr aceon reaTunes ~ LONDON, OHTARIO N To is GAME CCOUNT oF OF OTTAWA 1 1892. of 95 194 CENTURY ee Ue et nas MRT out AT 4 WHIPPING IN THE SQUARE 1 HA POST |L/FAX 97-Y 'Warr Wins MONTREAL tors Allan Kin Jean-Pierre Li real Saturday winners of the best film in | 'Couple I Car InC PORT COLB Two passers young couple | Canal Saturda: couple's car } overturned in Adelle Thom Colborne, Ont. Gordon Dohn, Ont., were te suffering from shock. Kenneth an both of Port ¢ accident and into the cana couple. \