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The Oshawa Times, 17 Mar 1959, p. 1

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THE TIMES TELEPHONE NUMBERS Classified Advertising RA 38-3492 All other calls ...... RA 38-3474 Osha Times Mainly clear with little change in 'temperautre tonight and Wednesday. fy No EL SLET ERE . VOL. 88 -- NO. 64 Pri 7 Cents Per Copy ne OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1959 As Second Cl Authorized ose, Mil Post Office , eperimant, Ottawa FOURTEEN P. Bl a car which was travelling along the street at the time. Driver of the car, Robert Quinn, 22, and his passenger, Jean HIGH WINDS which swept through Ontario toppled this | tall tree at Peterborough caus- ing it to crash onto the roof of Oshawa Teamster Strike Settled in highway mileage rates from one-half to one-cent. The agreement affects five Oshawa firms and 675 Local 880 members in eight cities between Settlements in the strike,|Quebec City and Windsor. Nego- which lasted less than 24 hours, |tiations were restricted to the were reached piecemeal through-|carcarrier section of the over- out Monday by a Local 880 ne-/5000 member local. gotiating team led by R. L. Wil-| The agreement runs through son, Local 880 business manager july x 1961. It is easstive 0 and S. McAfee, business pepe uly 3 1958 when the ot A strike by Local 880, Interna- tional Brotherhood of Teamsters, against four Oshawa car-carrier firms was settled Monday night at 11 p.m. : tha tt Oshawa unit of Lo- this number 150° are|T by McCallum Other A three-year contract calling! firms involved in the for hourly wage increases of 20|are Roadway Transport, Gen- to 27 cents an hour and five Auto Shippers Ltd. Charlton cents an hour for loading and un-| Transport tC and Russell loading cars was agreed Transport Ltd Other gains included an increase] Other Hrs affected by the Membershio In. |ssreoment are located at Toron- embership UAW Down que, Montreal, Quebec City and DETROIT (AP)--The United ee ' NO BUGLE BOYS Auto Workers union lost nearly OR HOTSHOTS one-fifth of its membership and KENILWORTH, N.J. (AP) operated at a loss of more than George R. Clark, president of $2,250,000 last year. It blamed the| {pq ze Rahway president ot setback on the recession and in-| road knows what he wants-- creased automation. or at least what he doesn't The union's annual financial re- want. port said the UAW lost 289411 An opening for a brakeman dues-paying members and oper-| developed on his 15-employee ated in the red by $2,373,298 dur-| line so Clark inserted an ad- ing 1958. vertisement in a newspaper. Emil Mazey, secretary - treas-| Clark asked for a man who urer, said membership fell from| was "not afraid of hard 1,315,461 in 1957 to 1,026,050 in| work." 1958. He also specified that "no bugle boys, blowhards, The union said it spent $22,000,- » 000 in support of strikes at 279 dames. goldbrickers, hot- plants during 1958, leaving a| $ 013 3 wobblemouths strike fund balance of $19,000,000 heel. app y. Oshawa POA Mong Trans-|32 Killan, both of Peterborough, escaped with minor injuries. --CP Wirephoto Ontario Digs Out Of Latest Storm By THE CANADIAN PRESS Ontario's snow-weary southern Georgian Bay region turned again today to the task of digging it- self out as a hard winter's latest assault left secondary roads over a wide area impassable. Weather officials forecast mod- erating temperatures for the hard-hit area from - Orangeville Dotthwest through to Wiarton on the Georgian - shoreline ¥ iC Burs world reach ahost Highways officials at Owen Sound Highway 10 open' early today but still a tricky route for motorists, High- way 24 was blocked in several spots. 0 top money ¢[that they have a da NTARIO BOARD NAMED FOR FLUORID IRISH SWEEPSTAKES Oshawa Folk Draw Horses A total of 237 Canadians have|won drawn horses in the Irish Hospi- tals Sweepstakes in Dublin today. Of this total there are seven people in the Oshawa area. Three from Oshawa, two from Ajax, one from Whitby and one from Bowmanville. The holder of ticket No. f anything in my life before." Mre. tickets for some years and split- Ireland has been buying|' ting the cost with a group of 9" friends with whom she plays cards every Friday evening. This year for the first time = she says ALJ51824 on the second favorite| me for this, saying I didn't stand | "Slippery Serpent' Laycoe, 42, owner and operator | of Frank's Food Market, Tudor| street, Ajax, who said that # first he couldn't believe it. When assured that he had drawn a horse Mr. Laycoe said that if he won he would give the business to his two sons and retire. An Oshawa resident drew a 100 » 9 shot on the horse Done Up. The ticket - holder has ticket No. BxB62254 and has the mom de plume "Susan Ann." One local ticket - holder. is Stanley C. Weyrich of 122 Allan street, Whitby. Mr. Weyrich is the holder of ticket No. BAT36786 and he drew the horse *'The Crofter." The Times was unable to get in touch with Mr, Weyrich for t as he is )! on the assembly line at the General Motors South plant. His wife, however, appeared quite excited and, when asked what she would do with all the if they won, she replied : hter who is Mr, Frank|a chance." Asked what she would do wit {the money, if she won, Mr Ireland replied bank." streei west. Her husband is an employee of the CNR. Other ticket-holders in the Osh- de plume are: Saxon King--BZT35587, "Rona", Oshawa and AKC46356, "Come on Baby," Ajax. Key Royal--ANAS53873, "Baldy" Bowmanville. There will be 26 first horse prizes of $140,000, 26 second prizes of $56,000 and 26 third prizes of $28,000 based on the March 21 running of the Grapd National at Aintree. Apart from the first three in the race, 1352 holders of tickets on horses unplaced or not run- ning will receive $1616 each. will be 150 she decided to buy one alone, and| | "everyone laughed at' awa area mentioned only by nom "put it In the! | Mrs, Ireland lives at 115 Elgin | w MRS. ELIZABETH .Duncan confers with her lawyer (back to the camera) a few moments after a jury at Ventura, Calif. found her guilty of murder in the first degree for the slaying of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. et No. BETH gi 'the horse "Eternal." When informed that she had drawn horses in the Irish Hospi- "I can't believe it. I have never All told, you will receive a certain amouht of love and appreciation. The more you bestow on yourself, the less others will. OTTAWA (CP) -- Citizenship Minister Fairclough met today with warring factions from the| Six Nations Indian reservation at Brantford. | The Indian delegation is made {up of four members of the Coun- |cil of Hereditary Chiefs, which seized control of the reserve until the RCMP intervened, and four members of the elected council. The hereditary chiefs are Ray- mond Green, William Smith, Ar- thur Anderson, council secretary, and Sylvanus General. The elected council members are Ed- ward P. Garlow, Hardy Isaac, Fred J. Hill and Warren Isaac. as of Dec. 3L The meeting is being held in COOLING-OFF PLAN? RCMP Commissioner Resigns Over Nfld. OTTAWA (CP) -- Prime Min-| Justice Minister Fulton told a istér Diefenbaker has accused press conference earlier that the Premier Smallwood of greatly question of disallowance is still aggravating the Newfoundland before the government. labor flare-up and has called on FIVE MAJOR MOVES both sides in the bitter loggers' dispute to pull back their forces! In a day of fast-breaking de- for a two-week cooling-off period. velopments attracting large But the 1,150,000 - member |Sowds to Commons galleries, Canadian Labor Congress, in . al ere were these events: statement Monday night, rejected| 1- Commissioner L. H. Nichol- the cooling-off proposal, saying S00; 54, resigned as head of the this would only provide "aid and RCMP after saying the govern- comfort" to Mr. Smallwood "in Ment committed a breach of its tke pursuit of a course which Mr. Police contract with Newfound- Diefenbaker has described as be.|land in not Zroviaug 50 Jae erals and the CCF in the Com- mons. Mr. Diefenbaker said it is unnecessary. More important was a cooling off period to re- duce the danger of disorder and violence. 5. The Liberals with 49 mem- bers in the 265-seat Commons started to split ranks on the New- foundland issue. an attempt to bring about a set- tlement of differences between the two Indian groups. At Brantford Monday, Mr. An- derson said that the government in calling the conference had of- fered to pay all travelling ex- penses. Size of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police force on the res- ervation has been reduced, Monday Mr. Anderson said, "They probably want us to sub- {mit to the Indian Act. In that |case we lose everything. BRANTFORD (CP) -- A court was told here Monday that the federal department of Indian af- fairs is ready to recommend am- nesty to the Six Nations Indians and their chiefs if they return to their homes and cause no further disturbances. Toronto lawyer Malcolm Mont- gomery, appearing for the Six Nations Iroquois Co nf ederacy, said he had learned that the de- partment would be willing to Minister Fairclough Meets Indian Chiefs He asked that a nominal bail be set for Johnson who RCMP officials say was one of five men who arrested the school teacher on a charge of treason, following a letter he wrote to a newspaper. Bail was set at $500 cash or $1,000 property bond. Mr. Montgomery told Magis- trade John T. Shillington in ask- ing for the bail on Johnson's be- half that although kidvapping was a serious charge, the one against Johnson was more serious than| the facts bear out. |Frank." her turns From to decide the Sanit] ment. It has two alternatives--death in the gas chamber, or life im- prisonment. But Mrs. Duncan still has a plea of innocent by reason of insanity to be settled before any sentence can take effect. The 54-year-old defendant, smil- ing and optimistic when the jury filed in to announce its verdict Monday, took the first degree murder conviction calmly at first. She turned to her 30-year- old lawyer son, who sat at the counsel table beside her with his head bowed, and said quietly: "Don't worry too much, It was Frank's pregnant, Cana- dian-born bride, Olga, 30, whose murder she was convicted of plot- ting. FROM MANITOBA Frank Duncan had testified during the four-week trial that he could not believe his mother would harm Olga, even though she had tried to break up their marriage. Olga was born near {Dauphin Man., and came here {from Vancouver. The prosecution charged that EDMONTON (CP) -- One stu- dent fell dead and five girls were d Monday as the ch 4 make such a r dation to Ontario Attorney-General Kelso Roberts. Mr. Montgomery said these were the indications he received in talks with Col. H. M, Jones, head of the Indian affairs branch. Mr. Montgomery appeared in court for William Johnson, 26, who is charged with kidnapping school teacher George Beaver, and for four other men charged with obstructing Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers last week. LATE NEWS FLASHES of tic rifle fire echoed through the halls of one of this city's most modern schools. Stan Williamson, 19, was charged with murder in the slay- ing of Howard Gates, 16. He had left Ross Sheppard High School last D Edmonton School Scene Of Slaying bounded to his feet as shrieking students dodged. Husky students Bill Speer, Mike Campbell and John Latham tugged the rifle from the gun- man's hands and subdued him. The dead boy's father was in bed critically ill with a heart! ailment when he learned of his son's death. He is to undergo be-| Surgery this week. cause of poor grades. Diane Kane,. 16, who was re- ported to have broken off with Williamson last week for Gates, was recuperating early today from an operation to remove either a slug from the .22-calibre automatic rifle or a piece of glass from behind her eye. Eleanor Mrochuk, 17, had a finger shot off. Judy Poulton, 18, and Kay Powers and Lynne Tomli both 17, were hit in yond the role of a democratic reinfor government." the province. Congress President Claude Jo-| |atspece Dieubakel nud tte {might provoke more violence in |a situation "greatly aggravated" y the Liberal premier interven- ing * 'in a labor disputé in a way which apparently goes beyond the usual role of government." 3. Premier Smallwood said he |would sue the federal Progres- doin called again for federal dis-| allowance of the Newfoundland labor legislation under which the, International Woodworkers of: America (CLC) was decertified. The legislation, said 'Mr. Jodoin, was a "blot upon the name of| Canada." Wild Dog Packs Attack SARNIA 'Lewd' Toronto Telephone Calls TORONTO (CP)--Police said today a "Mr. Johnson" who lured 12-year-old Patricia Lupton to her death last week has made "lewd, threatening" calls to several other homes in the last year. They asked anyone who received such a call from a man identifying himself as "Johnson" to inform police. Sheep the legs by bullets which rico- cheted from the steel lockers which line the school corridors. AFTER CLASSES Police said the shooting oc- curred while 1,000 of the school's 1,400 students poured into the east corridor after classes fin- ished for the day. 'Freeze' Threat For Toronto Home Building TORONTO (CP)--Metropolitan Toronto Chairman Frederick G. Gardiner today threatened to freeze 2 new home building in the Mefro area. He supported a decision of nearby Toronto Township to halt construction of 1,500 homes in the township until confusion about the! legality of certain agreements he- tween the municipalities and sub- dividers is clarified. Mr. Gardiner said an amend- ment to the Planning Act which Gates and Miss Kane were shot would have cleared up the con- Mrs. E. Duncan ; Sully o Murder General TORONTO (CP) Premier) Frost today announced he has ap- |pointed an appeal court justice, a university president and & lead- |ing clubwoman to conduct his promised investigation of fluori- dation. Chairman is Mr. Justice Ken- neth G. Morden of the Ontario Appeal Court. The others are Dr. G. F. Hall, president of the Uni- versity of Western Ontario at London, and Mrs. Egmont |Frankel of Toronto, known for her work with the Ontario Can- cer Research Foundation. "None of these people have any preconceived ideas," Premier Frost said at a press conference. "I am sure it will be agreed Khrushchev, Nasser Roast Each Other CAIRO (AP) -- The fight be- tween President Nasser and Pre- mier Khrushchev was out in the open today after a bitter ex- change of words in the struggle for control of Iraq. The Soviet premier and the president of the United Arab Re- public for the first time charged each other with fomenting trouble in the Middle East. Khrushchev accused Nasser of stirring up trouble in Iraq in an munist-influenced regime mier .Abdel Karim Kassem. Olga Duncan. Her attorney, S. Ward Sullivan and Mrs. Dun- are still awaiting a decision by the jury on her plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. --AP Wirephoto of Pre- on the s Vi Powers For Broad Study: that the members of the commits tee have the judgment and the integrity, and as well the knowledge and a dedication | public interest, which ens! thorough and impartial co: ation of the very important ter of fluoridation." ; Mr. Frost sald the ssn committee will be armed with powers of a royal commissh with "every bit of technical formation and advice" av. to it. He gave reporters coples of letter to Mr. Justice Morden lining the committee's terms reference. It said the committee has' a broad and general power to ame quire into the whole probl fluoridation." If further research were the government would ma' available the facilities of health department and the tario Research Foundation, even make ements the medical faculties of Ontarie universities. Premier Frost full and dispassionate into fluoridation last week the government refused to Jet' tawa, Owen Sound and Township fluoridate runicipel water supplies. After a Progressive Conserv: tive caucus government bers voted against Owen petition in the legislature's vate bills committee and bills were withdrawn by the ne other centres. . sei He Russia side n and warned N. Fly (657330000) Jun 10. ran and Luls Moya, 20, to get vid of in Olga. Baldonado and Nova confessed kidnapping Olga from her Santa Barbara apartment last Nov. 17, strangling her and burying the body in a shallow grave beside a country road. They led police to the grave Dec. 21. Each is awaiting trial on a plea of inno- cent by reason of insanity. Mrs. Duncan testified that Bal- donado and Moya had been blackmailing her and that she had nothing to do with plotting the mupder. 1958 Car Licences "| Illegal Thursday TORONTO (CP) -- Provincial] MeDougall transport department o ffi cials gall vat vu] rind said Monday night that anyone of 5 committee of the local which driving with 1958 licence platesihas been investigating union on Thursday will be summonsed.|charges against the president. The department said that de-| The local membership voted spite repeated warnings that Wed-({for McDougall's suspension last nesday's deadline would not be|January, but. he has refused to extended, the 260 issuing offices resign his position as presid to your aid any time you are in trouble." Court Convicts. Teamster Boss From Oshawa TORONTO (CP) Kenneth McDougall of Oshawa, president of Local 938 of the teamsters' union, was convicted in court Monday of assaulting a union member and given a seven-day suspended sentence. represenaives of uch relent reg "You have selfless and reliable My Control Board friends who are ready to come|ggs 000 for a lot in Oshawa Oshawa Lot For : Cost $2000 INTO (CP)--The Ontario build a liquor store. 4 it was |closed Monday in legislature. Premier Frost, tabling to questions, informed Thomas (CCF--Oshawa) T D the Hi- tion by spring. The lot, on the south side of Street, has a frontage of 160 Previous owners, were Kathleen Gerace, J. D. F, and Mary E. McDowell. Answering another question by Mr. Thomas, the said a new motor vehicle licens. ing bureau opened in Oshawa last December is under a three. year lease with an annual rental of $6,600. Two permanent employees been hired at salaries of and $2,760 and seven on a parts time basis at $1.40 an hour. "= Albert Wren (L--Kenora) informed type A or spec certificates are held by teachers in the foun in the province reported little/The union charges concern mis- business. It is estimated that 30|appropriation of funds, improp- per cent of Ontario's drivers still erly conducting a union contract have to get their 1959 plates. vote and assault. the schools in his area. Type B cap tificates were held by 48 Ad ers and letters of permission; 4 nine. quor store will be under constrges * (CP)--Wild dogs, perhaps rabid and num- bering 15 to 25 to a pack, have attacked several flocks of sheep in Lambton, Huron and Middlesex counties, farmers report. \ Ike's Speech Gets Hearty Welcome LONDON (AP)--President Eisenhower's speech on the Berlin crisis and the possibility of a summit conference as they left the building. The fysion failed to get through a leg- gunman, who had pulled up in alislature committee last week be- car, chased them back into the|cause the subdividers "have the school. | politicians in their back pockets." Gates fell "If the subdividers don't get arms. |suddenly reasonable," Mr. Gard- "I'm all right," were his last iner sdid, "we will stop the build. words. |ing of sewage plants and water- sive Conservative government for breach of contract and instructed Attorney-General Leslie Curtis to {enter an action in the Exchequer [Court of Canada. CITY EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS 4. Mr. Diefenbaker also re-| POLICE PRA 5-1133 jected Mr. Smallwood's appeal FIRE DEPT. RA 5-6574 [for a judicial inquiry into the la.| . injured and no estimate of the. cost of the damage has been torn loose and ripped apart. made. STORM LIFTS ROOF AT PORT HOPE ripped a portion of the roof from the Mathews' Conveyor into a teacher' s| HOSPITAL RA 3-2211 [bor violence, a request whic! drew support from both the Lib- won a hearty welcome in West Germany and Britain today. Elsewhere in western Europe Ig it received prominent play. His pursuer, still spraying| shots, tripped in a doorway and works and we will declare all Company's plant at Port Hope. their plans premature." Picture shows the havoc | during the storm. No one was . Rl Times Stalt Pholey b

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