She Oshawa Cimes 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by: Canadian Newspapers Company Limitea T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1967 Centennial celebrations today take Oshawa proudly into the future with the opening of the new swim- ming pool and recreation complex. For generations to come the Cen- tennial project will signify in a worthwhile manner the achievement of Oshawa citizens in their country's first century. Public support and backing from three levels of government made possible the start of construction early in September last year. With the completion of the million-dollar- plus program a major step is. taken toward filling the ever-increasing need for recreational facilities in the city. The complex includes a six-lane adult swimming. pool, a children's pool, bleachers providing seating capacity for 250, essential for water shows. The addition provides ad- ministrative offices for the depart- ment of recreation, work and game rooms, a hal] with a stage for shows and dramatic organizations ende- avors. Space will now be:available to serve the needs of many of the social and cultural organizations in the city. The swimming pool and recrea- tion complex will thus be recognized for its practical as well as its Cen- While the illegal government of Rhodesia's Ian Smith continues to éxercise dictatorial powers and in- flict its will upon the people, it is not having things all its own way. Justice John Fieldsend recently up- held a charge of defamation of character against Information Min- ister John Howman laid by the ublishers of two major newspapers in Salisbury. The minister had ac- cused the papers of practising "not press freedom but licence" and that the papers were in the hands of a monopoly dedicated to the destruc- tion of country's independence. The Justice awarded only $1,260 fn damages, but it represented a small victory for the forces of free- dom still at work in the country. Meanwhile, the newspapers con- tinue to print issues containing many blank spaces. The spaces in- dicate that the editorial material they contained has been censored by the government. The white spaces, of course, are a constant source of irritation to Mr. Smith and his followers. The She Oshawa Times 86 King St..E.. Oshawa, Ontario T. L. WILSON, Publisher &. C. PRINCE, General Monager Cc. J. MeCONECHY, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES The Oshawo Times combining The Oshawa Times established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and hronicie (established 1863) is published daily y holidays excepted Daily Newspoper Publish vadian Press Audit Bureou T dian Press is exclusively @ntitied to the use of reproduction of all news @espotched in the per credited to it er to The Assecicted Press cr Reuters, and aiso the local News published th n. All rights of special des- Dotches ore ciso 5 n 6 King $ Oshowa, Ontario Nationa! Advertising Offices: Thomson Building, ¢ University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 40 Cothcart Street, Montreal, P.O Delivered by carriers in Oshewa, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Albert, Maple Grove, Hampt Whitby, Ajax, rt Perry, Prince hman's Bay, Liverpoo!, Taunton, . Enniskillen, Orono, Leskord, Brougho t Claremont, Manchester, Pontypool a weastie not over ind s SSc per week. By mail in Province of Ontario Sutside corrier delivery orea. $15.00 per yeor, Other provinces ond Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per yeor. U.S.A. end foreign $27.00 per year, Wbererncrrntss stems uli OTTAWA REPORT Purchasing Be Buetameeee ee The Canadian cost of living, as. measured by ment's official consumer price index, has taken another jump. The latest analysis shows that prices rose one half of one per cent during the month of July, thus repeating the Pearson pate tern of inflation destroying the purchasing power of our wages at between two and three times the rate reported during the Conservative Years from 1957 to 1963. In specific terms, July's infla- tion took from the average Canadian each week the equiv- t alent of one packet of 25 ciga- rettes plus two penny booklets of matches. Maybe our doctors would say: "And a good thing too."' So let's express it another that average Canadian the price of one week's supply of his favourite daily newspaper average Canadian family --this newspaper of course-- spends 27 per cent of its income each week. on food, 11 per cent on clothing, The consumer price inlex is based upon 1949 prices equal- ling 100. The index now stands the govern- at groups comprising the total of course vary widely. The prices on of drinks--alcoholic drinks--and smokes have risen least, togeth- er standing at 128.6--again con- trasted greatest jump has been in the cost of health and personal care, which now stands at 191.9. EGGS COST MORE tion to the July rise came from higher food prices, particularly eggs. based upon an arbitrary shop- ping basket which is itself suge r gested by surveys of the spend- way: July's inflation took from ing families. 32 per cent on housing, seven It's Big Day In Oshawa, Centennial And Future tennial contribution to the com- munity life of this city. The real credit accrues to the Oshawa citizens who put their enthusiasm and their financial support behind the slogan "We need it. Let's build it." The enthusiasm denoted in these few words has carried two successful campaigns in Oshawa in the con- struction of the Civic Auditorium. It also exemplifies a spirit which has brought Oshawa _ recognition across the country as a city that gets things done. The Centennial project is the second of a three-stage project. The final program will include the con- struction of out-door recreational facilities. It is significant that while the Centennial phase was being completed plans have been approved and discussions on financing have opened for the final stage in the development. To the members of the auditorium board of directors their fellow citizens owe a great vote of thanks for their foresight, their drive and their leadership. And for all in the city this very special Centennial celebration today provides a source of pride in being associated with the unique project, second to none in the country. Censors Kept On Spot papers also continue to print in bold type the declaration: "All material in this newspapaper has been subjected to government censorship". And it is nothing less than the truth. The government has threat- ened on more than one occasion to take action if the offending declara- tion is not removed, but the publish- ers have stood firm and the govern- ment appears to have dropped the matter for the time being. Recently an entire editorial in the Rhodesian Herald was censored when it commented on Justice Field- send's verdict and then went on to plead with the information minister to "return to Rhodesians their free- dom of expression", Other Editors' Views ' COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF As even his opponents concede, President Johnson is on sound ground in claiming constitutional authority to send bombers within 10 miles of the China border in Vietnam -- or to do just about any- thing else he chooses in the exercise of his rights as commander-in-chief of the armed forces. More than "rights," the President has duties and responsibilities to lead the nation according to his best judgment. Congress has only two actual alernatives -- to impeach him, or to accept his leadership. --Chicago Daily News MEIGHEN WAS BETTER Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen, in his great valedictory speech to the Winnipeg convention in 1927, de- clared his attitudes and actions went "unrevised and unrepented." He said it better, and more succinctly, than did Mr, Diefenbaker. -- Windsor Star tials tN QUEEN'S PARK Minutia Presented About PCs By DON O'HEARN TORONTO --There are curious reasons why we should vote for candidates in this elec- tion, at least in the mind of the Progressive Conservative Asso- ciation. The Association has released a list of the party's candidates, including short biographies. Included in the biographical data, presumably intended to win friends and influence peo- ple, are some strange facts about the lives of the various members the party hopes will represent us. The seven lines of informa- tion about Gaston Demers, sit+ ting member for Nickel Belt, for example, include the his- toric fact that he is the oldest of 15 children. HE SELLS COAL Rev. A. W. Downer, the M.P.P. for Duntroon and an active Anglican minister is noted as an "'insurance- agent." (Mr. Downer, we understand, also sells coal and is a member of the Liquor Control Board, His churches are small ones.) Then Leo Bernier, the person- able member for Kenora, is a Justice of the Peace... one of the less-renowned titles that the government has the power to bestow. J. Fred Edwards, Perth, M.P.P., it is noted, was an * : unsuccessful candidate in the i election FOREIGN AFFAIRS ANALYSIS 30rdon F. Smith, candidate fn Simcoe East "operated mini- aturé steam railroad in Couch- iching Beach Park, Orillia, as tourist attraction." Cecile Fielding, Sudbury East, "owns own light CeNIAAe AD By PHILIP DEANE Plane." Foreign Affairs Analyst Glen Hodgson, Victoria-Hali- Despite Mr. MacNamara's burton M.P.P., took a "'corres- eloquent appeal to the Russians pondence course in manage- that they should join America ment." in preventing a new arms race, this new arms race is on now that the U.S. has decided to build a "thin' line of anti-mis- sile defences against China. This defence line will be point- ed towards the West and could, Russian generals will say to their Kremlin bosses, be used against missiles launched by Russian submarines, or against; land based missiles from Sibe- ria across the Pacific to avoid the U.S. warning system along the transpolar route. This possibility that at least And brother Louis Hodgson of Scarborough East took a spe- cial course of the 'Ontario Safety League for Driver Instructors." Also he is a "son of former M.P. and brother of NPP. SPEAKING BUDDIES Possibly the most intriguing entries, however, are in the biographies of Leonard Reilly, member for Eglinton, and Eco- nomics Minister Stanley Ran- dall. Mr. Reilly's record notes he was the 'Founder and director, Reilly Institute of Public Speak- ing." Mr. Randall's says "Gradu- ate of Alexander Hamilton Institute and Reilly Institute of Public Speaking."' The: most thought-provoking notation is listed for Mrs. Kay Armstrong, candidate in Dover- court. It tells us Mrs. Armstrong attended the School of. Design, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France. And now she is the president of the Toronto Branch of the Canadian Association of Consumers. That's covering a lot of territory to become an M.P.P. YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO, Sept. 22, 1947 Six hundred or more children and adults attended the second community night at Bathe Park which was in the form of a corn and wiener roast. Mr. Frank Turney is the latest member of the Leaders Club of the Prudential Assur- ance Co. 35 YEARS AGO, Sept. 22, 1932 A peach, tree in the back yard of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Law, 71 Albert St. has yielded 15 baskets of fruit this year. Oshawa's new filtration plant will be formally opened on Octo- ber 7. some Soviet missiles could be shot down, will give Russian generals grounds for arguing that the balance of terror, already in America's favor, is being made more adverse to Russia and that therefore '"'to prevent any fatal miscalcula- tions" on the part of some mad American general, more Soviet missiles both defensive and offensive should be built, jut to make sure. In any case, the Russian gen- erals will say, it wouldn't be a bad idea to build an extensive network protecting the Soviet Union against a possible Chinese attack; with the things going on in China now nobody can foresee what might happen and as. everyone knows "Chi- na's main animosity is directed against the Soviet Union rather than the U.S. American generals, witness- ing such developments in Rus- sia will point out that the bal- ance of terror is beginning to swing away from U.S. to Soviet advantage. They will emphasize intelligence estimates (revealed by the British Institute of Stra- tegic Studies) that even before this new arms race Russia was catching up with the U.S. in long range and submarine born missiles. "To prevent any fatal miscalculations" on Russia's part, the American geneals will say, it would not be a bad idea to extend both the network of defensive missiles and the num- ber of offensive missiles, After all, even in the event of a Chinese attack on Russia, some Soviet General might get so confused and excited that he would order a strike against the ii UU Cu By Patrick Nicholson Power Of Wages Cut Further 150.9 but the individual to 100 in 1949. The sidered The largest. single contribu. he sharply increased price of The consumer price index is habits of representative salaries Thus it is assumed that the = per cent on health and personal care, five per cent on recrea- tion and reading, six per cent tobacco and alcohol, what many sociologists consid- tax er a pernicious 12 per cent on transportation. The word perni« cious is used because the pri- vate automobile is widely cons proportion of the discretionary spending money of many fami- lies who would benefit more by buying more and better food or more comfortable housing than by being coerced to divert such a high proportion of their income to a status symbol. But of course that item of transpore tation includes public transit as g well as private cars. Average weekly up to a yearly income of $5,315. But individual provinces show wide variations, ish Columbia's $5,391 and PEI's $3,702. Ontario is slightly above the national avgrage at $5,476. the h and any ing, to absorb too high a and and add wages in Canada today between Brit- The consumer price arbitrary shopping basket would the typical Ontario worker would pay some $600 in income ery and cereals; and the same on vegetables, $49 on eggs; $49 on fats and the balance on eating out. These of course are average figures; employed by the government in Ottawa, that would be good eat- ing. But for a family anywhere, the living would not be high on index's therefore assume that and inéome taxes under other name, such as old age security tax, $1,560 on hous- $1,315 on food, $585 on transportation, $535 on clothing, $345 care, $292 on tobacco and alco- hol and the balance of around $245 on recreation and reading. Of the $1,315 spent on food, $392 goes on meat, poultry and fish; ceries; $146 on dairy products on health and personal $195 on miscellaneous gro- the same amount on bak- $98 on fruits for a bachelor-girl 0g. Missile bases, offensive or defensive, mean money for con- struction firms, employment for local people, a boom in the nearby towns. Those communi- ties that do not have bases will want to have some, What better thing is there to do than to help local enterprise and at the same time defend the nation? Besides, how can anyone be sure about what targets the Chinese will select and how can one, therefore, build a thin line 'GOOD HEAVENS, ALOUETTE ON HIS BAGPIPES' saeco na | New Arms Race Under Way of antimissiles? Why should one community be left unprotected while another is shielded? Its representatives and Senators will not stand for that. And so, America's thin line will get less thin, than even less thin, and Russian geneals will have grounds for arguing that "to prevent any fatal miscalcu- lations," on America's part, the Soviet Union should have more. ' The hungry can wait; there are swords to forge. Fire Drove Buffalo South, Return To Canada Barred By BOB BOWMAN It seems incredible in this day and age, but some experts believe that the Americans were deliberately responsible for the buffalo becoming almost extinct in Canada, Until the set- tlement of the prairies began, the buffalo were the most numerous large animal in the world. Even in 1874 when the North West Mounted Police made their historic journey to Alber- ta, Inspector Denny wrote "There were places where as far as the eye could reach untold thousands were in sight, the country black with them." Yet soon after the Blackfeet Indians signed Treaty Number 7 at Blackfoot Crossing on the Bow River, Sept. 22, 1877, the buffalo were so scarce that the Indians were reduced to eating gophers and field mice. In 1879 Edgar Dewdney, the Indian Commissioner, reported that the buffalo had been driven across the border by a series of prairie fires that had been started almost simultaneously from. Wood Mountain to the Rockies. Then U.S. General Miles placed his army between the herds of buffalo and the border and prevented them from returning to Canada. They were slaughtered by commercial interests and in 1888 the U.S. Game Report announced that only six buffalo were known to be in existence, PLAYED BIG PART Two western newSpapermen played a big part in preventing the buffalo from becoming extinct. Norman Luxton, who had worked for the Calgary Herald and then founded Town Topics in Vancouver, suggested to Hon. Frank Oliver, founder of the Edmonton Bulletin, that the Canadian government should buy a_ privately-owned herd of buffalo from Michael Pablo in Montana. Oliver got the government to put up the money, and the herd was driv. en to Wainwright, now a nation- al park where the buffalo popu. lation is carefully controlled. They should never become extinct, but cannot roam the plains again. POINTED PARAGRAPHS 'Doctors' fear of being medi- cally examined is greater than that. of other people," says a hospital administrator. No doubt. Just as the Army cook invariably has a poor appetite. The man who said he was so allergic to horses that he broke out in a rash recently when watching a horse race on tele- vision may have been exagger> eting a bit. 4 Both Luxton and Oliver had remarkable careers, Among many other adventures Luxton tried to paddle around the world in a canoe, but got only as far as Fiji although his part- ner, Voss, sailed all the way to London in three years and three months. Frank Oliver came from Peel County in Ontario and worked as a type-setter for the Winni- peg Free Press in 1873. Then he drove an ox cart across the prairies to Edmonton where he bought the first lot ever sold there for $25. In 1880 he issued the first edition of the Bulletin printed on hand press imported all the way from Philadelphia. The first masthead for the paper was carved from birch bark. OTHER SEPT. 22 EVENTS: 1830--Robert Campbell arrived at Red Deer to begin service with Hudson Bay Com- pany 1851--Quebec became the capital of Canada 1931--House of Commons passed the Unemployment Relief Act BIBLE "Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?" John 14:5 Jesus saith unto Him, "I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh to the Father but by me,' GOOD EVENING Door-To-Door Campaigners Have They Called On You? By JACK GEARIN of The Times Staff THERE IS ONE sad aspect to smaller-city election cam- paigns. Little opportunity is afforded the electorate to hear the can- didates from the public plat- form. If it wasn't for the Jaycees, there would likely be no oppor- tunity at all. : The new emphasis on the door-to-door campaign is revo- lutionary and healthy. If you're lucky, "Abe" Walker, Cliff Pilkey or Jim Potticary may come knocking on your door, but don't hold your breath. The city has more than 24,000 places of residence; to visit half would represent a physical challenge even for Mr. Potti- cary (regarded by many as the hardiest of claimants to the door - to - door marathon title locally), The astute voter must surely appraise the candidate at work in such a pressure atmosphere before he can honestly vote with his head instead of his heart. The dedicated party die-hard who has voted the same way since the Mackenzie King or John Bracken eras won't be much interested as such clam- bakes can be hazardous if a standard-bearer is not too deep on political philosophy or political knowledge. It is best to keep him away from the free-swinging, give-and-take of the question-and-answer period, the hour of truth where reputa- tions can quickly crumble, Isn't the public platform where they separate the men from the boys, politically speaking? The best orator, by the same token, isn't necessarily the best man to send to the legislature; but what yardstick is more valuable in searching for an honest answer to the question: for whom shall I yote? LAST MAY a young lawyer phoned an Ontario newspaper, The Don Mills Mirror, ° : He wanted to kno: build a fallout shelter" oe kee vous fiancee refused to get married unless plans for their new home included such a set. up. The Kitchener-Waterlo e ord reported a similar incident recently, The Emergency Measures Organization Co- ordinating committee in Waters loo county asked building oper. ators if they had possible falls out sites for emergency use. The committee was ready te provide signs directing the pub. lic to same if available. So what's new in Oshawa's world of fallout shelters and how many of them are there Officially today? Remember there were an estimated seven in private homes in 1980? The man logically contacted On such questions admitted this week that he didn't have the an- swers, and his explanation was reasonable, Said Lt.-Col. Stephen F. Wot- ton, EMO's co-ordinator for On- tario County: "The U.S. just announced that it will develop an anti-missile defence against Red China, which includes a realistic shel- ter program. Despite this home shelters are passe for the pres- ent and for a good reason -- they represent just part of the thy tools, resources we would need, Other things are more urgent, important." He said shelters are no good unless municipal government's departments have emergency plans so that they can continue to service their community dur. ing an emergency. "This is EMO's key objective today," he said. Remember the one-room fall- out shelter Col, Wotton built 10 years ago at his 319 Burk St, home for $100 for his family? It still stands in his base- ment, ready for quick use, but he made an admission: "My wife uses it today to store fruit in." He built it because he thought it was his duty. He administers EMO for On- tario County with two assis. tants on a $40,000 yearly bud- get. Joseph Reid, his deputy recently returned from the EMO college at Arnprior where he took a short course in radia- tion detection and defence. To get back to shelters -- EMO was doing its best dmross Canada a few years ago Yo pro- mote their construction and even made grants for same, but the popular response was neg- ligible. The 1962 Cuban crisis spark- ed the first intensive campaign to have civilians dig in. Only 45 applications were made in Can- ada that year for the $500 Pro- vided for shelters in new homes under the National Housing Act proviso. There were also 35 ap plications for loans under the act to build shelters in existing homes. Col. Wotton says the six elec- tric emergency warning sirens erected across Oshawa six years ago are now controlled from a push-button panel at Civil Defence headquarters in Camp Borden. One of them is located at the east side of the Armories, Col. Wotton had a copy of a recent article in Izvestia, official organ of the Soviet gov- ernment, written by Marshal Vasili I. Chuikov, one of Rus- sia's highly regarded military leaders, It dealt with nuclear defence and read, in part: "Our scientific-research and construction organizations have worked out dependable designs for shelter to protect people Sgainst the effect of a shock wave, of light radiation, of radioactive blows. The prepara- Hon of protective buildings is a ask of great importance .. . a le preparation of citizens for Against * ne % at school age." SURELY LOUIS 8. Hyman, QC, has set some kind of local record for long servic@ on mu- nicipal boards? He has been a member of the Court of Revision -- of which he is now chairman -- for 20 years, This court hears appeals on such things as assessments, local improvements, ete. and is composed of two other veteran members, Wilf Pogson, with 10 years' service, and Ed. Cline with seven. Mr. Hyman has also been chairman of the Committee of Adjustment since its formation in 1957. Under the Planning Act of Ontario this committee has certain powérs to deal with such matters as zoning bylaws and land consents. Other mem- bers of the committee are Ed. Cline, Wilf Pogson, Harry Woods and Frank McClellan. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Sept, 22, 1967... Nathan Hale was hanged in New York by the British as a spy during the Ameri- can Revolutionary War 191 years ago today--in 1776. Acting on orders from Gen. George Washington, Hale had disguised himself as a Dutch schoolmaster and made his way to New York where he was discovered and captured, His alleged last words were: 'I regret that I have only one life to give for my country." (uddiatninctnns viii nna tautttttmn ll THE DIRTY THIRTIES .. we -- shoe BONESHAKERS /$ WHAT EARLY CYCLISTS CALLED Tle 1h VEHICLES» AND WITH CAUSE Aon, WITHOUT SPRINGS THEY RODE OVER GRAVEL ok CEDAR-BLOCK PAVING HAPPENED IN C 1692--Last hangings for witchraft held in the Ameri- can colonies. 1931--Great Britain aban- doned the gold standard in international monetary exchange. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--French airmen raided Stuttgart, Treves, Coblenz and Frankfurt. The United States made public docu- ments proving Germany's complicity in plots against its government, ANADA GMT IE) so Aell TE WHOLE WORLD SUFFERED Ba FROM THe HARSH REALITIES oF ri UPON THEM BY TWO SEVERE . DROUGHTS--|934 & 1937 - TURNING THbiR LANDS 104 = = % st EARLY CANADIAN ROADS FOLLOWED /ND/AN TRAILS AND DURING THE FIRST COUPLE oF DECADES oF THIS CENTURY THE F/2ST MOTORISTS MUST HAVE THOUGHT THAT THEY STILL DID-A COMMON SIGHT WAS THAT HERE DEPICTED. CANADAS FURST ROAD WAS A TENMILE L06 SURFA BETWEEN PORT ROYAL AND DIGBY CAPE, N.S. - BUILT BY CHAPLAIN n\O06» IT WAS 1734 BEFORE JARRE WAS A ROAD ALONG Tek NORIW SHORE of rE ST LAWRENCE AND /00 YEARS LATER STAGE COACH TRAVEL Was LIMITED 70 ONLY A FEW MAIN ROUTES EXTENS/VE ROAD BUILDING CAME WIA UP ADVENT oF THE MOTOR CAR) AND BY 1966 THERE WERE MORE THAN CED ROAD 475,000 MILES aF HIGHWAY iv CANADA® i COUI WHITBY (Sta building except | downtown block should be demo! councillor Hugh The Times in an terday. Whitby rede the theme, and O'Connell is ch Whitby downto ment committee. The committe late last year ar ing earlier this resentatives fro Housing and Mc ation and J. Bro ning branch of | of Municipal Affi Since then, ma endless rounds tion meetings, (emt serene SIMUL NURSES Al WHITB' WHITBY (Staff) will be held Satu beach near Onta Whitby, from 7:30 p.m. Making arrai three volunteer Oshawa, Dunbarto area. More than will attend, This | outing was held | proved to be most It was decided t temperance study Sunday school p Women's Christiar Union meeting hel of the president Quantrill. Taking program were Glenney, Mrs. M Mrs. Olive Robins Maude Cameron. trill showed pictt Expo and Mrs. E gave an interestir the bus tour she Washington, D.C.