Oshawa Times (1958-), 18 Aug 1967, p. 3

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aturday morrow -casional showers cooler this after- e cloudiness and onight and Satur- outherly 15 to 20 sts to 40 or 50 in shifting to north- nis afternoon. orth Bay, White 'rane, Algoma, orthern Georgian Mainly cloudy and cooler today with . Variable cloudi- inuing cool Satur- ortheast 15 to 20 t tonight. Temperatures , high Saturday eos SB 72 58 72 5572 55 72 5070 5070 55 (72 58 72 58 72 50 70 55 70 55072 45 68 45 «68 45 (65 45 65 40 «65 45 65 40 62 40 65 40 62 40 62 inteed Certificates EARN 2%o nnum e years in Guaranteed nt Certificates | to Principal and be used os Col- loans. y_ Executors in of death, Trustee Act ine TARIO TRUST CORPORATION say Oshowe i Yate | OPEN FRIDAY NIGHTS end SATURDAYS ot, in one 'vices we d through sses COm- transmit do news- e and fire lion Bell 1 offices, es. Like > come a nt: we're hares are MEMBERS OF THE Sea- farers' International Union leave their ships in Mont- bs real Thursday. The SIU took strike action in de- manding a 40 - hour work by 32 Canadian inland ship- ping companies. Why Were Children Killed? By DON HARVEY SHELL LAKE, Sask. (CP)-- Everyone around here is asking why were the children killed? Mr. and Mrs. James Peterson and their children--aged one to 17--were shot Monday night or early Tuesday by a .22-calibre weapon RCMP believe was a rifle. A four-year-old girl survived the shooting and a 19-year-old married daughter was in Brit- ish Columbia at the time. They are all that is left of a family of 11. While police say they have|farm three miles south of Spir- |by other farmers in the area as a man without an enemy in the| world. | The Petersons appeared to be a closely-knit family and did not participate in community jaffairs at Shell Lake, 57 miles west of Prince Albert. But Mr. Peterson was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, havin served overseas with the Royal Canadian Armored Service Corps during the Second World War. "Jim was a good man," said Albert Belisle, who operates a found no motive or decided on|itwood. 'He didn't ever hurt how many persons involved in dents are asking: ~--If someone had a grudge: against Mr. or Mrs. Peter- son, why were the children killed? --Was this the work of a psychopath, one who kills for kicks? --Was this the work of an outsjder or someone locally? Staff Sgt. Ronald Sonder- gaard said Thursday night police '"'have no definite suspect in mind." BAR CURIOUS Police will let no one near the Peterson house. were the killings , resi-| / anyone. "I have never heard him say anything against anyone." John Morrow, owner of the} Shell Lake Hotel, said he had| been in business for the last 10 years. "Jim did not come into our beverage room more than two or three times in all that,time. I am sure he never went to the liquor store in Spiritwood. I would call him a non-drinker." R. W. Hetu drives a transport truck and farms 1,500 acres near Spiritwood. "Jim .had about 25 head of Holstein. Most were milking cows. He also had some hogs. I would say his major source of income probably was his cream Mr, Peterson was described RCMP Seen As Optimistic Slaying Will Police were operating from a relocated headquarters in this town's municipal hall, nearer to the farm home where nine members of one family were slain early Tuesday. Police -spokesmen repeated earlier notes of optimism that an inquiry would produce clues to the shooting deaths of Mr. and Mrs. James Peterson and seven of their nine children. Police reported Thursday night they had no suspects in mind The couple and their children, ranging in age from one to 17) years, were to be buried Satur-| day in two large graves in al small cemetery here. Police said moving search) headquarters here from the RCMP detachment office at cheques and family allowance. He'd get about $10 a five-gallon THE OSHAWA TIMES, Friday, August 18,1967 3 Mn m nee mn mn nme nt nf marr me HOW WILL STRIKE BY SEAFARERS HIT BUSINESS? By THE CANADIAN PRESS If the man-in-the-street was will the strike--whether it's not particularly worried, busi- long or short--affect nessmen and industrialists from ness?" the Prairies to the Atlantic The ship owners, represented coast were, They wondered how serious would be the economic effects of the strike by the Seaf International Union again shipping companies in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. In offices across Canada the nitty ALONG THE PC LEADERSHIP TRAIL Lakes Ships Fulton, Hees Follow Suit Few Of 181 Tied Up By THE CANADIAN PRESS | by the Canadian Lake Carriers ers were asked how much the strike was going to Association, cost them. "We don't arers st 32 know several days before question seemed to be: spokesman said at a news con- ference in Montreal. "It will be assemble all the figures and "How analyse them, One thing is sure --short or long--the strike is going to cost money." About 70 per cent of the !ak- are bulk carriers which move grain, ore and coal. The other 30 per cent are tankers and general cargo 'vessels. About 181 vessels are directly affected by the SIU walkout that started at noon Thursday, A prolonged tie-up, halting supplies of basic materials, could cause a cutback in indus: trial production. Mining and grain would be among the first hit. Both are big users of the Great Lake-St, Lawrence River waterway. At Pointe Noir, Port Cartier and Sept Iles on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, through which ore from Labra- dor and Quebec mines are moved, port authorities. placed a ban on all ships manned by SIU seamen. Unable to dock, the ore car- riers were Jeft riding at anchor outside the harbors. Only three major Great Lakes companies are unaffect- ed by the strike. The SIU esti- mates that the strike could ulti- mately tie up 82 per cent of inland maritime transportation. In Regina, the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool said a prolonged strike would harm Canada's wheat exports and exports of other important commodities. our busi- yet," a we can mt ean nara HNN gurantee " enero en | gains tax as recommended by the Carter report. 'With Statements On Policy *: Meanwhile, in St. Boniface, Man., the St. Boniface Conser- vative riding association called off plans for a straw poll to see how voters in the constituency felt about the nine leadership candidates. Polling booths were to have set up in five locations \£hursday but a party spokes- Only a handful of some 181| By THE CANADIAN PRESS |plans in a press conference.|in Halifax. He moves into Que-jtackle problems and their/™2" said the plan was cane Great Lakes ships of 32 ship-| ping companies were tied up in| noon, local times. The 5,400 SIU members went} for a 40-hour work week. At Owen Sound on the south- ern tip of Georgian Bay, seven ships with 200 crew members were tied up. Three of the ships are owned! by Algoma Central Railway} Two former cabinet ministers|Mr. Hees, who spent his day|bec today for a four-day tour tojneed insofar as social welfare|clled because of Mr. Roblin's campaigning for the Conserva-|campaigning in New Brunswick|meet convention delegates tive party leadership issued pol-|for Ontario ports Thursday as alicy statements in Toronto|Sept. 5-9 convention in Toronto,|and Western Canada before the statement included a new pro- week for seamen employed |Strike by the Seafarers Interna-| Thursday although only one of issued his in a prepared state-|convention. ram \tional Union went into effect at;them was in town at the time. | _ Davie Fulton, a former jus- paign headquarters. tice minister, called for) immediate charting of a nation- who announced he is giving up|help housing developers. jon strike to back up demands 'al housing policy, with a cabi-|/provincial politics for the feder- Shell Lake Citizens Ask: _ net-level federal department of | housing which eventually would evolve housing and urban affairs. George Hees, minister, his promised series of seven; |policy statements, urging more Scotia, who has yet to make vf aggression," but called for flexibility in social welfare pro-jhis | can for milk. He shipped 1¥% | while others belong to Provi- grams. cans a week. That would give! him a monthly income from milk of about $60....... "The family was what you might call self sufficient." NO CLOSE FRIENDS Others said that while the Co. dence Shipping Co. , Norlake Steamships Ltd. , Winona|~ Secret Meeting Steamships Ltd. and Hindman Transportation Co. Owen Sound 'Transportation officials said their SIU-! Petersons had relatives in the| manned ferries from Tobermo- Shell Lake area, they had no known close friends. Alvin Simonar lives north of ry to Manitoulin Island are not affected by the strike. Highway 3 just east of the CREW WALK OUT Peterson farm. About 500 yards| separate the two farm houses. Only the light from inside illuminates a few feet of yard|ships, one a Canada Steamship outside the two dozen farm houses in the 20 miles from Shell Lake to Spiritwood. As RCMP continue to comb} the area, two gaping holes in the Shell Lake Cemetery await eight coffins Saturday after- noon. Infant Larry will be placed in a coffin with his| mother and Rev. Gerald | Spence, the Anglican minister from Leask, will conduct the service. Meanwhile, until the case is solved--and the police are con- vinced they will solve it--many| families remain on edge. | As Mrs. Belisle put it: | "Hardly anyone around here | locked his dpor at night. | we all do. I'm scared," | "Yes," said her husband,| "and I am keeping my 30-30} loaded and right beside me." Be Solved |Clare's Mercy Hospital here is pansion program. Older SHELL, LAKE, Sask. CP)--|ily, was asleep when the neigh-| tions of the hospital will be today|bor discovered the crime, She|'losed and converted into appeared to have escaped notice by the gunman. Another) Wilt be built to house adminis daughter, Mrs, was living at Chetwynd, B.C. Lee Hill, 19,| were taken by RCMP Thursday) to a psychologist in Saskatoon/| jating rooms The two surviving children| T@ry. BUILDING EXPANDS | ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP)--St. to undertake a $14,000,000 ex- i sec- nurses' residences. A new wing tration offices, laboratory, oper- DURANTE WILL APPEAR Jimmy Durante will be one of| Wednesday Upper Lakes' con- hoping results might assist the|the special guests on the Edit inquiry. Staff-Sgt. R. E. Sondergaard said later: "The results didn't! 20. pany not affected by the strike is Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. | and medical li- niin ae | Maritime Union. Sullivan Show on CBC-TV AME | 08 year and the company has no dispute with its men. At the Lakehead, about 50 of| ithe crew walked off two vessels | tied up at Port Arthur. The two Lines freighter and the other a} Hindman Transportation Co.} woodbarge, were to be joined! by a Mohawk Navigation grain| freighter anchored off one of the grain terminals. Two SiU-manned ships were}! also tied up at each of Hamil-! ton and Windsor ports. ment al arena, spent his day meeting/al and provincial governments federal government will act too| delegates in into a department of/and announced in Windsor that/remove this tax burden from taxation and not give the public jhe has former trade} support. issued the fourth in|STANFIELD RELATES future if he loses his leadership|tary forces with United Nations Mr. Fulton outlined his policy/bid, spent a quiet day at home| personnel. causes on a priority basis. jentry into the field. delegate support at the|before heading on to Ontario Other recommendations in his| FREE Estimetes, Reasonable Rates, Repair Specialist. ' sea \g to deal with juvenile Mr. Fulton said elimination of delinquency, a federal ombuds- |the federal sales tax on build-|man and an aide program for Premier Roblin of Manitoba,|ing materials for homes would] victims of crime. from his Toronto cam- | | | During a stop at Chatham,) He also suggested that feder-|Mr. Roblin said he fears the! western Ontario} could assume education costs to) quickly on the Carter report on| | 24 Hour Service Fast Dependable Radice Dispatched Plumbing Service, SERVICE MADE US, Call 723-1191 found '"'encouraging"| property owners. time adequate to realize its) Mr. Fulton said he supported | implications. Py . Py | interven-| The Manitoba premier said| that while he agreed with some| parts of the report he did not} agree jthe principle of U.S. Nova |tion in Vietnam "'in an effort to Premier Stanfield of mind about his political|)measures to replace U.S. mili- ith the full-rate capital' Charge Refuted TORONTO (CP)--Cyril Clark, | executive Chingaucousy Township reeve,|many people obviously knew of Thursday denied reports that|the negotiations before May 26 his council held a secret meet-| because of complicated negotia- | ing May 12 just before a spurt|tions with provincial and in trading of Bramalea Consoli-| municipal departments. dated Ltd. stocks. Attorney-General be sold by Bramalea to the Ontario Housing Corp. for leas-,4eal than meets the eye," Mr. | ing under the government's| Bryden said. : Officials at Windsor's Morton|Home Ownership Made Easy| " Terminal Lid., however, said|program. " they expected nine or 10 ships| to be tied up by today. Two 15, Bramalea Consolidated, ships already moored at the Morton slip were in for layup repairs. At Toronto, only the Soodoc, | Ltd. coal carrier, was tied up when the strike started. SIU members on the oil carrier Elmbranch agreed to dhl) aboard to allow flushing of the they went ashore, | The beginning of the strike | also found only one ship tied up; at Sault Ste. Marie. The Yan-| canuck, flagship of Yankcanuck Steamships Algoma Steel Corp. dock. Ltd., was at the The only inland shipping com- vessels are manned} In the week beginning May glock jumped izom,, $9.12 to traded, com pa red with the weekly pattern before and since | lan N. M. Patterson and Sons jof about 2,000 units a week. Mr. Clark said the release of the Bramalea lots was not made. public until a Chingau- cousy council meeting May 26, and then it was not mentioned _|tanks and safe berthing before |that the lots would be used in the HOME plan. Mr. Clark said he did not think any of his council's mem-| bers had bought any shares in Bramalea Consolidated and the Ontario Securities Commission- er insider trading report shows none of the Bramalea officers or directors bought or sold Bra- malea stock during May. Arthur Armstrong, Bramalea ! Arthur leader, and Ken Bryden, New Wishart said Thursday his|Democratic Party financial department would investigate|Ctitic, both called Thursday for | 'reports that a secret meeting|4 Public inquiry into trading of approved release of 1,000 lots to | the Bramalea stock. Mr. Hees said that if he |becomes prime minister, he j will appoint a "task force in social justice to identify the| |areas of real and immediate is concerned." He said many welfare pro- grams "that appeared to help everyone actually were of litile _.{use to those in need," and a! said| flexible program was needed to! URGENT! URGENT! 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Lack of a suspect, a murder weapon and apparent motive in what still appears a_ pointless multiple murder held back the, investigation and maintained | tension among residents of this sparsely-populated farming dis- trict. Slain were Mr. Peterson, 47, | his wife Evelyn, 42, and their children; Jean, 17; Mary, 13; | Dorothy, 11; Pearl, 9; William,' 5; Colin, 2, and Larry, 1. 5 Phyllis. 4, found unharmed in bed with the bodies of her fam- PAINT BUY DIRECT TONE-CRAFT KING PARK PLAZA there is nothing definite on this. | We are not holding anyone for Call 728-92 questioning." 92 Cshawa COURT OF REVISION 'NOTICE 25 PRINCE ST. 576-0140 | h TAKE NOTICE THAT a Court of Revision for the City of Oshawa will be held on Wednes- day, September 13, 1967 to hear appeals against Local Improvement Assessments for sidewalks, granular base and pavements and sewers. 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