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ng effect is suit- xture shown, can 0 600 watts. 14.95 ht chandelier trim= ps and crystal ball frame in leaf meter, 29. 725-7373 VOTERS-YOU HAVE UNTIL 8 p.m. TO CAST YOUR BALLOT ville, VOL. 26--NO. 240 Ajax, Home Newspaper Of Oshawa, Whitby, Bowman- Pickering and neighboring .centres in Ont- ario and Durham Counties, She Oshawa Times 10¢ Single ¢ B5c Per Week Home 'Delivered OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1967 Weather Report Partial clearing and season- able temperatures Wednes- day. Low tonight 50. High tomorrow 55, Authorized os Second Class Mall Post Office Department Ottawa and for payment of Postage in Cash TWENTY-TWO PAGES Miss Anita Roter, above, is Miss Red Feather for 1987 for the Greater Osh- awa Community Chest cam- paign. When she visited the Simcoe Hall Boys' Club Monday night she took time off from her official duties to dispense a few tips on favorite sport, and why pretty 17-year-old Grade 12 Collegiate played last summer for the Woodview Park Juvenile girls' team. They won the her ball, Central MISS RED FEATHER MEETS not? York - Central League and were runners-up in the On- tario finals, The three happy ball players above, left to right, are Paul Smegal, 11, 'Bill' Kilpat- patrick, 10, and Gary Quinn, 11. Anita is the THREE YOUNG ADMIRERS daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Roter of 118 Grass- mere St., Oshawa. This year's Chest objective is $358,875 for 20 city agencies. --Oshawa Times Photo \cial persons are eligible to vote in today's Ontario election. than 224,000 over the total for the last Ontario general elec- tion Sept. 25, 1963, when there were 3,437,834 eligible voters. Of these, 2,165,773 cast ballots --a percentage of 62.07. percentage tions since the war was 67 per cent in 1948. two Ontario elections compiled by The Canadian Press (brack- 3,662,718! Eligible To Vote TORONTO record (CP)--An_ unoffi- fotal of 3,662,718 This is an increase of more The record Ontario voting in provincial elec- Vote by parties in the last eted figures indicate number of h hiatus RED PAPERS THREATEN VIOLENCE HONG KONG (AP)--A terror- ist bomb sank a Hong Kong po- lice launch today as Commu- mist newspapers threatened in- creased violence in retaliation for raids by British colonial au- thorities on Communist schools. Police said the bomb was planted below the launch's wa- ter line before dawn by _ sabo- teurs who may have swum un- derwater or approached silently in a sampan. The launch was at its mooring on an island six miles from Hong Kong Island. The device blew a hole in the craft's hull but four constables on board were not injured, po- lice said. The Communist newspaper Wen Wei Pao and Ta Kung Pao said in nearly identical front- page stories that "Britain Fas- cist authorities suppressing our compatriot students will get the iron fist from our combat van- guards," PURGE THREATENED Wen Wei Pao warned that Communists would purge schools and liquidate school au- thorities who co - operate with the government's crackdown on Communist students. Communist terrorists have planted scores of real and false bombs around Hong Kong in the last five days in a renewal of their campaign to weaken British rule in the colony on China's southern border. Egged | Bomb In Hong Kong Sinks Police Launch MISS. policeman reads a news- A MERIDIAN, paper containing -- stories about a trial of 18 white men charged with conspir- acy in the playing of three i in the case, ciyil rights workers in 1964 outside the Federal build- ing as Bernard Akin (back- ground) looks on. Akin is one of 18 white men on trial : the battery of 12 lawyers de- Vana (a on by statements of support from Peking, the Communists began inciting riots and labor strife in May. Forty-three per- sons have died in the disorders, including four as a result of bombs. than 20 bombs Monday in an abandoned school now used as a terrorist headquarters. In a raid on another Communist school, they arrested 15 class- mates of a teen-ager who was seriously injured when a bomb ROMANTIC UBBY ib ae renyt Hy) 682,590 (22) WINS POI LITTLE ROCK (AP)-- Robert W. Scudder of Hot Springs sent $10 to the state revenue department Mon- day for a "personalized" state licence plate so he could show his wife-of one' month how he feels about her. He reserved "MY LOVE" as the licence plate for her car. "Please stop laughing and send me the proper forms," he wrote the revenue de- partment, "'if this is avail- able for a romantic hus- band." The department said the plate will be his since he is the first to ask for this com- bination of letters. he was about to throw from a bank roof exploded too soon. There are more than 20 Com- munist and pro - Communist schools in Hong Kong, the ma- jor ones operating directly under Communist organizations and others under labor union} sponsorship, | Terrorists planted more than 50 destructive bombs Monday and early today, plus 140 fakes and scare bombs. The latter contain explosives but no frag- mentation materials. NDP Leader Votes Near Home TORONTO (CP)--Donald MacDonald, leader of the New Democratic Party, voted today at a poll near his home in the Bellwoods riding here. Mr. MacDonald vowed he will continue campaigning until the last vote has been cast in to- night's provincial election. weather 1963" 1959 866,815 (71) NDP 336,290 ( 7) 313,834 ( 5) Other 12,019( 0) 10,775 ( 0) Tot 2,165,773 (108) 1,876,014 (98) Standing at dissolution last month was Progressive Conser- vative 76, Liberal 21, NDP 8, vacant 3. For this election, redistribution has increased the of seats. from 108 to 117. Early Vote Seen Light Light voting was reported by returning officers in Oshawa and Ontario South ridings at noon) today. However, George Martin, Osh- awa riding returning officer, said he did not think the rainy weather would keep voters away from the polls in today's provincial election. He said the was expected to brighten later in the day when voting is heaviest. In Ontario South riding, Wes- ley Oakley, said he expected the rain would keep some people from voting. "Some people won't vote even in good weather and others let their decision to vote depend on the weather," he said. PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Truck drivers were shot at in two more states Monday night after striking steel drivers and truck- ing companies apparently moved within an hour of each other on a crucial wait-time is- sue. Police said rocks were hurled at five trucks on the Pennayl- vania Turnpike and another driver said he was shot at. Shots also were fired at a_ truck near Westport, Conn. ,and a parked truck near West Stock- bridge, Mass. Stones were thrown at rigs near Washing- U.S. Truck Drivers Targets In New Steel Strike Violence ton, Pa., and Jamestown, Pa. But nobody was hurt. Howard Miller,~ chairman of the 68-company National Steel Carriers Association, said his group probably would accept a revised strike settlement plan worked out by governors' repre- sentatives of seven states. The plan provides a charge of| walked from the hall. Recogniz- $13.70 an hour for holding trucks at steel mills for loading or un- loading after four hours of free waiting time. Drivers would get at least $10 an hour and some would get more. The bal- ance would go. to the trucking companies. Nixon Spends Day In Brantford Riding ST. GEORGE, Ont. (CP)-- Robert Nixon and his. wife, Dor- othy, drove from their century- old farm home on the outskirts of this farming community of 860, 10 miles north of Brantford, shortly after 9 a.m. to vote in the Ontario general election. As the Nixons arrived at the polling station, two elderly men ing them, the 39-year-old Liber- al leader smiled and observed: | "Two for us, two for them." | Mr. Nixon planned to spend) He will watch the returns to-| nearby Paris. Mississippi Jury To Get Slayings Case Wednesday MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) -- Lawyers for 18 white men charged with conspiracy in the 1964 slaying of three civil rights workers predict the case will go to the jury Wednesday. Defence lawyer Travic Buck- ley said only a few witnesses remain before rebuttal and clos- ing arguments. Buckley said the defence could have finished Monday, but Bowers was "a good man." J. C. Powe and Amie Cole of the Klan leader. Mrs. Cole nice person." two categories: alibi or charac ter. Wit cided at a g to put additional witnesses on the stand. There were 57 witnesses called during a seven-hour ses- sion Monday. Before the week- end break, the defence marched 40 witnesses to the stand. County June 21, 1964. The day was a Sunday and|from New al r Fathers Day, many witnesses|Chaney, 22, a Meridian, Miss., said so they remembered the|Negro, under a 97 « year = old day elearly. & Two Negroes told the all-white é seven woman and five man|for Neshobe County Sheriff jury that Ku Klux Klan Im-|Lawrence Rainey, Bowers, Hor- perial Wizard Sam _ Holloway|ace Doyle Barnette and Richard The witnesses fell in one of gave 13 of the 18 | are ch fr defendants alibis for the night| violating the civil rights of Mi- of the slaying in Neshoba|chael There were no alibi witnesses Andrew Willis. "| Only Horace Doyle Barnette man both gave that description|aq been linked in earlier testi- mony to actually being at the man added, "and he's @ Very|<cene of the slaying. A state- ment Barnette gave to the FBI was introduced into evidence against him last week, The 18 men are charged with Schwerner, 24, Andrew Goodman, 20, both white and York, and James statute. PC REIGN OF 24 YEARS ON THE BLOCK Tf 1 Cloudy, Cool Weather Due jas Ontario's TORONTO VISITOR Princess Alexandra chats at a British fashion show in the Queen Elizabeth _The- She almost stole the show with her glamorous pale yellow chiffon gown, dia- monds and tiara. The cast of the show met the prin- cess and husband Angus Ogilvy at a champagne re- ception. --CP Wirephoto 3 jince as 16,885 polling centres be-|in gan receiving the first votes|George Drew scored a narrow vigor. from the record electorate.| victory over the old CCF party| 3 s |\women. In Most Of The Province TORONTO (CP) -- An un-| While the opposition parties|most advance polls last Thurs- broken Conservative reign of 24)pushed housing, regional devel-|day, Friday and Saturday. Some years went on the block today|opment and taxation, with little|of them doubled their 1963 show- 3,662,718 voters\reaction, Mr. Robarts ran aling took the ball from the politi-| quiet but confident campaign! One of the unknown factors in cians and began casting ballots|geared to a line that the Con-|the election campaign was the in the province's 28th general servative government has pro-|image projected by Mr. Nixon, election since it helped Jaunch|duced continuous prosperity inja farmer and former high Confederation 100 years ago. |Canada's biggest and busiest!school teacher who took over : Cloudy and cool weather was' province. the Liberal leadership last Jan- in prospect for most of the prov-| The Conservatives have been|uary and plunged into his first control since 1943 when|general election with amazing. Because of his youth, the Lib- Polls are open between 9 a.m.jand upset a Liberal govern-jeral organization used extensive and 8 p.m. EDT. |ment. There hasn't been a Lib-|TV time to push the leader's All three major parties havejeral victory in the province since|brisk, no-nonsense response to entered candidates in each of} 1937. various social problems, much the 117 ridings at stake--nine) Mr. MacDonald's party hasjin the style of John F. Ken- more ridings than in the cob scien close only once in modern|nedy's U.S. presidential cam- election, held, in 1963. Another|times. That was in 1943 when|paign of 1960. 15 candidates, including two|the CCF, predecessor of the| Mr. MacDonald, running his Communists, swell the total to| NDP, won 34 seats to the Con-|se cond leadership campaign, a record 366. Sixteen are|servatives' 38 and formed the|pushed equally hard on social \official Opposition for one term.|and regional issues. He com- The result in 1963 was Con-| It has generally been con-|peted with the Liberals in prom- servatives 78, Liberals 22 and\|ceded that a small voting turn-jising new programs to spur in- the New Democratic Part yjout will favor the Conservative|dustrial development in the eight. At dissolution last month|camp. NDP and Liberal organ-|north and east, termed On- the legislature standing was\izers took heart from the unusu-|tario's "forgotten" regions by Conservatives: 76, Liberals 21,\ally large turnout registered at'the anti-government forces. ervaer iu YAW -Ford Negotiators 39, and NDP Leader Donald MacDonald, 53, pulled out all stops in effort to bring the six- by Liberal Leader Robert Nixon, reaction. nl nll ae ¢ : 4° ROBARTS SETS PACE DETROIT (AP) -- Negotiat-{sion, and an optimistic state- Premier John Bnet te sais ors for the United Auto Work-|ment issued Mae night, handsome 50-year-old who haSjer, and Ford Motor Co., early|there was no solid evidence that headed the Conservative admin-|igday ended their longest bar-|a settlement would come today istration since taking over from) jaining session since the union|or.even in the next 'few days, Leslie apy in 1961, set = went on strike Sept. 7. It was the first statement is- pace for a lack-lustre campaign.) After meeting for more than|sued through a news blackout British Fearful Of Rail Walkout LONDON (Reuters) -- The threat of a national railway strike faced Britain, today as the worst wave of labor stop- pages in years swept the coun- try The British railways board] forced to a showdown Monday| night a long-simmering dispute with freight train brakemen who refuse to work extra duties by threatening to suspend them for a day starting at midnight Wed- nesday. Union leaders refused to com- ment on the board decision, but it was almost certain to start 16 hours at Ford headquarters|since the two sides announced in suburban Dearborn, the bar-|last Friday that the company gainers broke off their talks at/had made a new contract offer 3:15. a.m., ending hopes thatjand that the union had re- they were engaged in round-the-|sponded with a counter-pro- clock discussions which would| posal. herald an agreement on a new| It was issued shortly after a contract. bargaining table source said the Hid planned to meet anh commen appeared to be bend- es i \today at 11 a.m. ing on the union's No. 1 de wildcat sympathy strikes which) waiter P. Reuther, UAW|mand -- guaranteed annual in- could cripple the state-run rail president, and Malcolm L. Den-|come. network by the weekend. ise, Ford vice-president for la-| The bargaining table source The possibility of a rail stop-/hor relations, were expected to/said that Ford had given an page came amid labor strife on jead their. negotiators back to|"inkling" of willingness to meet the docks and threatened walk- the table. the demand for guaranteed an- outs by bus workers, printers) Nespite the length of the ses-Inual ihcome. and television technicians--all| separate disputes over pay and) hours. | More than 16,000 stevedores in London and Liverpool voted Monday to continue a four-week wildcat strike in protest against a new plan offering regular em- ployment with a fixed basic wage instead of casual hiring. smtmnemnuan meant NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Australians Hike Troop Strength CANBERRA (Reuters) -- Austrailia and New Zealand both a en cn Starr Asks Name Change Present Ontario Riding announced today they will send more troops to fight in Vietnam. Prime Minister Harold Holt told the Australian Parliament here that more than 1,700 men will leave for Vietnam in November, boosting the "Australian contingent to more than 8,000 troops. In Wellington, New Zi d | Prime Minister Keith Holyoake said an infantry company | of 170 men would leave at the same time to join 376 New | Zealanders already serving in South Vietnam. the day in Brant riding. |tion act, night in his committee room at! : OTTAWA (Special) -- An at- tempt will be made soon by On- tario MP Michael Starr to change the name of his new riding. Under the Federal Redistribu- the present Ontario Riding is split into two sec- tions. The rural area of the rid- ing will continue to be called Ontario, but the urban portion has been given the new name of Oshawa. But Mr, Starr points out that the urban riding consists of just two communities, the city of Oshawa and the Town of Whit- y. He wants the name changed to Oshawa - Whitby so that both communities will be recog- nized and people will have a clearer idea of the riding boun- daries. He told the Ottawa Bureau of The Times today that he plans to bring in a_ private member's bill later this. week. This bill, if passed, would have the effect of overriding the re- distribution commission's deci- sion and the name -would be- come Oshawa - Whitby. No change is being sought in the boundaries of the riding. n Private bills go to the bot. Faria tom of a long list of such bills) s MICHAEL STARR to them several times a and must wait their turn to|and when his bill reaches sec-|- | Greek Statement Draws No Reply on a statement issued by the Greek embassy in Washing- ton Monday night announcing an 'drrevocable" timetable for return to parliamentary democracy in Greece. Spokes- could not elaborate on the announcement, made by Chris- tian Xanthopoulos -- Palamas, Greek ambassador to the U.S. He outlined a four-stage official timetable including a constitutional referendum to be held next August. wine seem ane mnt ULTIMO uA ..In THE TIMES Today .. ) Ann Landers---12 Ajax News--5 City News--3, 11 Classified--16, 17, 18 « «+ Makes Proposal sat oe itoriai---- | F ial--20 it drops back to the bottom of pn nettle the list and has little hope of a|_ 9 second hearing in a session of|= JoW <= ae 21 elevision----< But Mr. Starr hopes that if iS Theotres--19 "H's Quebec... They say Weather--2 be debated in an hour allotted|ond reading stage that mem-| they have the bomb!" Whitby News--5 each|bers in all parties will agree|- Women's--12, 13 week, If the bill is talked out|to approve it with a limited)? i : in the hour, as usually happens,'amount of debate, Fa ne Te MN UA A a of i ATHENS (Reuters) -- Officials declined today to comment | men for both the foreign and press ministries said they °