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aton's first ian Provin- tess chairs, lelicate da- Ns and no- anship -- e-of-a-kind me / Home Newspaper Of Oshawa, Whitby, Bowman- ville, Ajax, Pickering and neighboring centres in Ont- ario and Durham Counties. cx 4 rs 1ed u "i licity COLE, Ont- tylist for the partment of city Patterns, rentator. mbers of » Council. , 25th DS DEPT., EL lay > be ridden | | 725-7373 | | VOL. 26--NO. 196 CU From AP-Reuters SAIGON (CP)--Six more planes were lost over North Vietnam Wednesday, bringing the total for the week so far to 12, the announced. US. comma But a mass rally in Hanoi {annette REBUILD LEGATION TO naman Ghe Oshawa Cimes Authorized as Second Class Mall Post Office Department 10¢ Single ¢ 85c Per Week Moma Balivarka runner Wednesday night celebrat downing of 22 U.S, jets same period, the North US. ii a snirtneiaannnenin ed the in the Viet- centre of Hanoi nam news agnecy reported. sons. A dispatch monitored in Hong The U.S. nd Kong said many American pil- ots were killed or captured, but that their "'savage attacks" on mT uN U.K. Aides Wont Quit In Peking LONDON (CP) -- diplomatic mission legation building as proof of a determination to stay, the for- eign office said today. China voiced new threats to|there was no question at this British rule in Hong Kong, the centre of the Chinese-British dispute, and praised the Red Guards' attack on the mission Tuesday. Donald Hopson, British charge d'affaires in Peking, cabled the foreign office that members of his staff and their families are safe and back in their apartments, which were Big Strike Called Off OTTAWA (CP)--The postal workers' planned 24-hour strike foundered Wednesday on the lack of grass-roots support and esbenting government opposi- lon. William Kay, president of the Canadian Union of Postal Work- ers, called it off at mid-after- noon. The walkout was set for 12:01 a.m. EDT Friday. In the aftermath, he acknowl- edged several big locals repre- senting more than half the union's 12,000 members object- ed to the one-day test of strength with the federal gov- ernment. But he said the book is not closed on the abortive strike, a union bid to win an extra day's holiday for 2,500 members. in Peking has returned to its compound and will rebuild the burned out Britain's| ransacked but not burned. They : had taken refuge, after the mob} © in other diplomatic assaults. compounds. The foreign office said there were plans to fly British women and children out of Peking, but lstage o withdrawing the diplo- |matic mission. British policy is |not to break diplomatic rela- tions and to hold the mission as down Hn HAIR AL long as possible. The foreign office said Hop- |son suffered minor injuries, but) was not seriously hurt in. the| sacking of the mission. | "It is obviously going to be extremely difficult to operate| any kind of effective office there for some time," the/ spokesman said. | GOVERNMENT CONCERNED Apart from its diplomatic staff, the British government is still concerned for the safety of an estimated 190 British nation- als scattered throughout China. Soviet Threat Not Feared WASHINGTON (AP )--A Soviet threat of possible "retal- iatory steps" to the intensified U.S. bombing of North Vietnam is discounted for the present time by a critic and a sup- porter of President Johnson's war policies. The Russians said in a state- ment Wednesday that what tably lead to the necessary Their regular day off fell on July 3, which most civil ser- vants got as a Dominion Day) holiday. "We are not letting them get away with that one day for nothing," Mr. Kay said, after the cancellation. 'They'll pay for it one way or another." For the government, Revenue Minister Benson said the whole strike threat was _ ridiculous. retaliatory steps." They did not spell out the threat further. Chairman: J. W. Fulbright |(Dem.-Ark.) of the Senate for- jeign relations committee called jit "a mild warning that none |the less should be taken seri- ously." He has labelled the bombing of targets near the China border a stupid move, inviting Chinese intervention. they called the latest U.S. esca-| _.P A RIS (CP)--President ; ; an "4 _|Charles de Gaulle, pressing lation of the conflict will "inevi ahead with his support for French-Canadian Wednesday night Gorse, announcing the increase after a cabinet the government on the details later. " , would worsen Canadian-French I don't reach the conclusion} -ejations diminished when Min- The union position on the holi- | from this that the Russians are ister Lester Pearson Although it appears ® game of 'cowboys and Indians' is in progress, Heinz Albricht, 14, 442 Phil- lip Murray Ave., is merely giving Oshawa aldermen, heavily populated areas in the killed or wounded more than 100 per- spokesman in Sai- gon said American pilots shot two North Vietnamese MiG-21s in dogfights around the ncaa OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1967 ML bly a third MiG. , CASUALTIES INCREASE command also announced that U.S. and Com- munist casualties increased last week as ground action stepped The U.S. 4a The council members were on hand to present awards and extend best wishes last night concluding ceremonies at Gilbert Murdoch and Gor- don Attersley a few tips on how to handle a bow and arrow. Heinz was one of 30 Oshawa youths who were entered in the recreation capital Wednesday and proba- nam. But week before. epartment's archery class. at the department's up in some areas of South Viet. South Vietnamese casualties were less than American casualties were 108 killed and 883 wounded. Th week before 82 killed, wounded and nine missing or than 300 friends atte: play, 748 Ottawa ond for payment of Postage in Cash US. LOSES SIX MORE PLANES--WEEK'S TOTAL HITS 12 Weather Report Mostly sunny tod day. Warmer. I ay and Fri- ow tonight 60; high tomorrow 80, THIRTY-FOUR PAGES mT) captured were reported. The pared with 283 killed, 68 J U.S. command said 1,498 North wounded and 62 missing or. one U.S. raiders struck Wednes. a Vietnamese and Viet Cong were tured the previous week. day at rail yards and other tare er last week, compared with The air losses Wednesday gets near Hanoi for the fourth 1,328 the week before. raised to 659 the total of U.S, straight day. Ten flyers were { 1e The South Vietnamese report- planes reported lost in the the> six 4 7 ed 172 of their men killed, 538 North since the bombing began aired faa ° Hy can planes wounded and five missing, com- in February, 1965, cued, tl eU 5) chmanaeiae ' 8 ». ¢ sald, TIN wane Wu) the Children's Arena. More parents nded. and Skits, a a. dance, gymnastic displays and an exhibition of campcraft were in- it v ( t v cluded in the program en- titled "Charlie Brown Summer Sunset." Play- ground and sports activities end Saturday. --Oshawa Times Photo munist fire to the Hong Kong immigra Station tonight as vi flared along the 17-mile bound- ary Kong. g damage, |, across day. and smoke bombs to drive back exclusively of women. NG KONG VIOLENCE SPREADING HONG KONG Chinese (CP) -- Com-'tal in firebombs set critical severe burns. condition with The pro-government commer- cial radio station for which both Lam brothers worked offered a reward of 100.000 Hong Kong dollars (about $17,500) for infor- mation leading to the conviction of their attackers, and the Hong Kong government offered another 50,000 Hong Kong dol- lars ($8,750), Lam Bun constantly ridiculed pro-Peking strikers in his cums edy programs, and Communist demonstrators had warned he one of would be "'appropriately pun- up almost jshed." : si ' Today's incidents followed At Man Kam To, four miles|more than 50 terrorist bomb ion office at the Lowu border olence between China and Hong The fire was extin- zuished before it caused serious The firebombing, at was the fifth Communist attack the border during the dusk, In other attacks, British zurkha soldiers used tear gas he attacking which was crowds, made jeast of Lowu, some 60 to 80\scares in Hong Kong Wednes- jpeasants armed with scythes|day. About half of f jand pitchforks tore through a\false alarms and Big Big 4 barricade blocking the rnad|reported injured. crossing into Hong Kong. Tear| 'The incidents gas droye them back before|x on "quinertien: 7 on: posing, the death they reached a 9m vorder|im, Taiee se Sacdt Wine tc had eosaes. © \CUT BARBED WIRE | In another incident, three |Chinese swam the border river, climbed up on the Hong Kong side bank, cut the barbed wire it ts, and then swam De Gaulle Pledges More In Aid-to-Quebec Plan province. He said the aid came Ww under the 1965 Agreement td This small Acadian fishing|ensack, N.J., that he would comment further! .qmmunity on Nova Scotia's|his survival was '"'an act of if it was required when he had more details from Paris. aspirations, promised a Information Minister Goerges meeting, said would decide Speculation that the move told an several years, and French engi-| neers played a part in the con- Gorse said France is embark- ing on a "considerable increase | in cultural, economic and techni- cal fields. sout major increase in France's eco- There have been exchanges nomic, cultural and technicaljof students and teachers id to Quebec. | between France and Quebec for the struction of Montreal's new _ subway. 4 Saint its co-operation effort' in |sout day made no sense. Mr. Benson, president of the treasury board, the union's employer, felt the union would not strike because the members are law-abiding citizens. *The board sought and won a decision from the board that administers the public service Staff Relations Act that strike was illegal. This put the government in the correct legal position to levy fines on strikers and union leaders if the walkout occurred, "NO FOUL PLAY -- Ethel Six Geary, 26, above, daughter of per- former Ethel Merman, was found dead yesterday in her rented summer cabin west of Colorado Springs, Colo. Officials ruled out the pos- sibility of foul play. She is shown at the time of her high school graduation in 1959. al AP Wirephoto ~istraw indicating which way the the) about to intervene in the war,' he sad. "But it might be a | wind is blowing." Gaulle apparently undeterred 'Shulman, Wishart To Hold Debate HAMILTON (CP)--Dr. Mor-| ton Shulman and Attorney-Gen- jeral Arthur Wishart will debate |the merits of Ontario's coroner system Sept. 26 at McMaster University in Hamilton, the ste- ward of the university's debat- ing union said Wednesday. | Duncan Frewin said both Mr. |Wishart and Dr. Shulman have} accepted invitations to debate on the campus, possibly in Con- vocation Hall. ' Dr. Shulman, fired as Metro- politan Toronto's chief coroner early this year, has accused government officials of sup-| pressing inquest evidence. | turb me." 'his visit to Quebec last month. Ottawa press conference: "The report I have seen doesn't' dis-| The announcement showed de by the storm of criticism trig- gered by his remarks during) De Gaulle cut short the trip after Pearson took exception to his ending a Montreal speech with the cry, "Long live free Quebec'"'--slogan of Quebec separatists. Gorse Wednesday night quot- ed de Gaulle as telling his min- isters his aim was 'to help French-Canadians maintain and develop their personality." Gorse added that the project- ed aid increase was wtihin the agreement. | Pearson said Wednesday that} the report of expanded French aid for Quebec is no more dis- turbing than 'if Britain made a Calypso '67 | Makes Debut | 67, one of the most unusual cen-| tennial celebrations in Canada, started Wednesday in Galt, Preston and Hespeler. ithe joint municipal centennial committee and the Galt Kins- men than 66 Jamaican musicians,| dancers. and entertainers to the} area and has turned the down-| © town area of each community & into the next best thing to a terms of a 1965 co-operation | tropical island town. | streets concerts ers, sidewalks and _ closed-off cultural exchange with any'streets. GALT, Ont. (CP)--Calypso; The celebration, sponsored by| ' Club, has brought more Palm trees border the main) and impromptu band| complete with dane-| are being given on the) Letter To Le Monde Lauds Gen. De Gaulle | incial Liberal party to sit as an/ Independent. PARIS (CP)--Le Monde, |France's leading newspaper, publishes most of a long letter sent to French papers by a French-Canadian group anxious to explain '"'why Quebec gave President de Gaulle a trium- phai welcome." The letter expresses admira- tion for the "energy and pur- pose" of de Gaulle, whose visit aroused widespread contro- versy. | "We wanted to salute in his person and statements the \France from which we issued, the French community to which we belong, the very Quebec) ~e to Canada last month sal arta but want to see becoming master in its own house," says the letter. It refers to 'our unceasing struggle," and calls for the sup- port of French political leaders, industrialists and technicians, Quebec needs "political) emancipation." Once this was achieved, '"'we also would want the possibility of Quebec being asscciated, in one way or voluntarily, with English Canada on whatever basis is dictated by their com- mon interests." Among the Canadians signing jthe letter are Francois Aquin, a member of the Quebec Assem- reaction of many English-| speaking Canadians to the de Gaulle visit as "infantile." constitutional present it was a province of no} greater constitutional import than Prince Edward Island with its 125,000 residents. reactions European press to the de! v Gaulle visit, asked the newspa- pers France bly who recently quit the prov- hope of Quépecers. Their letter characterized the| It said Quebec needed more powers. At! The letter, referring to the| of the French and} and .political leaders of "not to betray" al unparalleled in escaped when the 55 - foot Wedge- port, N.S, herring seiner Sil- tugboat S. The almost submerged Silver King I is shown being towed: into Yarmouth sev- EDGEPORT, NS. hwestern coast will bury six of its fishermen Saturday! following a marine tragedy the history of village. The men died early Wednes- when the herring seiner Sil- King I collided with the John, N.B., tug Ocean Rockswift in fog-shrouded! waters off Yarmouth, 10 miles|bang, z--I was he floor, vithi |Bang--I was on the floor Bang|formed within the hull of the SET MEN ON FIRE h of here. SIX MEN DIED and one early Wednesday er King I collided with a off Yarmouth, N. |God." the bow sectio n of the Rescued after floating inside seiner for three hours, McDowell told of |the reports, "The first t # eral hours after hing the collis- going into the forecastle of vessel to sleep and being| awakened by three sharp ion in dense fog. The small hole shown just above wat- er was cut by rescue work- ers who heard the survivor trapped in He escaped opening. an air through pocket the "An Act Of God Saved Me" Lone Sea Survivor Claims (CP)--}Robert McDowel!, 27. of Hack-|water all around. After the sec-| said Wednesday!/ond crash the lights went out."! The six others aboard the vesse: drowned, They were Roderick Boudreau, 55, captain) and Bou-istarted of the vessel, Edward dreau, 49, Vernon Boudreau, 24, | cp; st Stanley Bourque, Raymond! hinese army troops stopped LeBlanc and 'Camille LeBlanc, 'em. Three or four Hong Kong; all of Wedgeport. Lone survivor of the collision,|--we were upside down with] vessel and kept her*bow section barely above water. "Camille LeBlanc who with me said we were goners, | Kerosene ed injured when the Gurkhas drove them back with tear gas | McDowell, who went along on Chinese today badly injured a jthe trip during a vacation with|radio announcer known for hi I knew--|relatives here, said he was left|iampoons of strikers end I was out of the bunk.|floating in an air pocket which bomb-planters In the colony. back to China. In the firebombing, the Chinese hurled half a dozen gasoline-filled bottles at the Hong Kong immigration post. One landed on the roof, explod- ed and set the roof afire. The k blaze was put out before it | could spread. i Several Chinese were report- : smoke bombs. The mob to form again but Hong Kong radio come- dian Lam bun, above, was critically hurt in a terrorist attack today when a bomb was tossed into his car and | | gasoline was poured over ° him and set afire, The They stopped his car in Hon Chinese entertainer fre- was| Kong's Kowloon district, poured over him and_ his quently made Communist agitators and terrorists the but I told him stick with me/ brother, and set fire to them. butt of his anti-Communist and we'll get out,' McDowell! Police said the announcer, humor. Lam's brother was said, But LeBlanc, a non-swim-|Lam Bun, and his brother Lam! also hurt in the attack. mer, disappeared below the Kong-hoi, were taken to hospi-! --A PWirephoto water within a few minutes. "First the water was up to my waist but it gradually began to fill up and finally I had my nose against the boat and my chin in the water. I was waiting for daylight so Ij could see the open foreward hold or a porthole." | PICKED UP SIGNAL Meanwhile, eight miles away, the herring seiner Blue Water out of Wilson's Beach, N.B.,! had picked up a distress signal from the Silver King U,-a sister ship of the crippled vessel. 'He gave me his bearings,} and we started out wide open",| said Captain Medford Matthews) of the Blue Water. Burris Mat-| thews, first mate of the Blue| Water was aboard a_ skiff} which first reached the Silver King I. "Tt didn't look very good," he! said, 'She had toppled and her hull was sticking out of the! water about a foot or more." |No Talks Slated 'In Sarnia Dispute SARNIA (CP)--No further | ot | \falks are slated after three |iinsuccessful rounds so far this |week aimed at ending the |month-long strike of area iron- workers against the 70-member Sarnia Construction Associa- tion. Hopes were high Wednesday |that the strike which has idled jabout 2,000 area tradesmen |might be nearing an end as 'negotiators from both sides sat down. te reconvene a meeting \that lasted almost eight hours (CP Wirephotofyfuesday. i ren Mt " m em PRG) Greek King, Queen Canada - Bound ATHENS (AP) --- King Constantine and Queen Anne- Marie of Greece left today by plane for New York on the way to Canada for a state visit. A palace announcement said the 27-vear-old king would have private talks with President Johnson in Washington on his way home. Official sources said they would probably meet around Sept. 9. Reliable sources said a major topic of discussion would be resumption of U.S. military aid to Greece, which the U.S. government has been reviewing since the military coup last April 21. The trip is Constantine's first abroad since the coup Four Forest Fires In Ontario TORONTO (CP) -- Four forest fires were reported burning in Ontario today by the department of lands and forests. one each at Sioux Lookout, Kenora, Pembroke and Tweed districts. High fire danger was reported in the dis- tricts of Kenora, Fort Frances, Port Arthur and White River. All other districts report moderate danger. In the 24 hours ended at 8 a.m. eight new fires were reported and six extinguished. ram mm ..In THE TIMES Today .. Provincial Election Candidates Ready, Contident---P. 11 Rustlers Kill Cow, Steal Meot In East Whitby--P, 5 4 Oshawe Rink Wins GM Gold Cup--P. 8 3 le Ann Lenders--12 Obituaries----20 2 Ajax News--5 S 2:9 City News--11 Television---21 Classified --18, 19, 20 Theotres--16 Conca 91 Weatero2 Editorial---4 Whitby News--5 Financial--17 s--12 13 Lat b. men mn Ao lee~ ay! hy ert ur; a de-