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34 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Saturday, March 26, 1960 : ject n oe siinn---- -- i : 2 Sis i1ss1le Dase wig 5X 2 . 1 hoe l Holds Key To Destruction 1msica : Il ain VANDENEPRD BASE, Calif. fire enough nuclear destruction {(AP)--The young officer pacing |acrpss the ocean to wipe out 2 By STEWART MacLEOD failed completely to produce one plain the reasons behind this: on console to control panel in city. oie Press Staff Writer pra of Significant interest to|"Pear Sir: Your readers may the blockhouse had a pistol tied| The lieutenant is one of the - ; |Canada. They have thrashed out like to know that every Sunday to his leg--and an item far dead-|launch- -control officers who man LONDON CP) Watch the| very major issue in the world morning my husband and I take lier around his neck the Atlas blockhouse at this wes [correspondence columns of the; lin cold, calculating prose. Fine our boxer -- Monty -- for a nice,| The latter was an innocent-| coast missile base. tie to newspapers," an editor once Sug-ioy.ee hut not worthy of repro-|long walk. He just loves it. Sin- looking envelope containing a| The code, c ange vom m gested. "There are some pretty; io. cerely yours, secret code. The officer had or-|time, means nothing until he re- |8oc ries there eives an additional bit by tele- good sto er A None of them produced drama| There are thousands like it ders to protect it with his life. ceive Omaha. Neb. The reporter read The Times, i ; With the code--combined with phone from (he |The Guardian and The Daily Tel- of universal interest, as the Pop-| Then there are the clever ones another from Strategic Air Com- SAC headquarters legraph -- 'Dear Sir: Regarding glar papers did in the a Ofithat ask questions mand headquarters -- he could But put the two together and the validity of the British North|three old ladies in a lav. And .y,,, British railways' cof- |they mean the start of total war. | American oy there were other problems to tug| fee undrinkable?' The strong-guarded blockhouse, J a ¥ ail at the heartstrings: "Dear Sir: Why do English- ladies still Jocked in the lav. Bet first in the U.S. ready to fire an ge Sug Sy Tie Dally 'Dear Sir: My husband spends =~. always remove their hats in White. Tui writer o ie Jeter, intercontinental missile into Rus- 2, h time i in- can tell her own story y in al vacantiv PWS her old ladies I was trapped in| so much time in the pub he in a lift when a lady is present yet x sia, was opened recently to new oe : Pp sists on eating his breakfast they never offer their seat to a Bets anyway papermen for the first time {our factory lav. o.. standing at the mantelpiece. lady on a train?" *". ...Then I stood on Phyllis's' The tour disclosed thal there |, Aud. he never touched The wy. oan 1 do?" gr: - shoulders (it was Bet who said gre 22 launching sites built or |Daily Sketch: ' Dear Sir: Ca I si Wi Is "Dear Sir: My husband and Iithe ladies were old) to attract|upder construction at this base "Dear Sir: Why are ugly men 3 1 ) 2 ; ¢ construc at s bas : have heen married. for 60 years attention from the window. which fired its first missile little |you please say a policeman's| spiteful We have one in our along fine. Can anybody hrew snow- han a year ago ee {80 spiteful en and get 0] ne n 04Y! «Some workmen t more tha i B I . W- 4 Pp a year aj Fifteen [uniform is the same as a law- ff d h alls me an 'old | ig ey office an e C s suit" beat thi balls at me of the sites will be capable of 5 i y crow' wear a wedding ring though | a . LIKE NEWLYWEDS "Finally the factory handyman firing ocean-spanning missiles. ; ot married--it gives me a feel- FUL IRE cavADlaNs lained (A torrent of replies made came along with a screwdriver. At present, only one of hie first ling of equality a erhaps i shou ) e SX ned them look like newlyweds.) You should have seen his em- | complex of, fute tlas pads is editor clearly referred to hat, unlike Canadian reader Dear Sir: What do you sug- barrassment. He was worrying 'operationa that is, rea v te {the intelligent, enlightened, rea- Britons don't usually write to gest I feed my pet tortoise? I've| about what would be said if he| launch a nuclear . warhead 15 {sonable letters of Britain's qual popular newspapers simply to had him for two weeks now *lwas caught breaking into the!minutes after an alert On it an liter ee comment on stories that ap-' 'pear Sir: Isn't it nice to seel/Ladies 82-foot Atlas stands upright like 1 § By bres peared in the paper our Prince Charles with such a| "Oh, Dear, What Can the Mat-|a silver bullet. The service tower a 3 { ...+ |FINE STUFF Why they write is a mystery. |fine head of hair ter Be' was played on the can- Bas been pulled ue k The Huis PP i VS "TING SET-U X 3 PEER 3 K TOTAT 7 7 ut after ear of dedicated Seems to be just for kicks. {| One could go on and on. . . teen piano at dinner-time." sile is armed and ready for fuel- CP's TRANSMITTING SET-UP FOR HIGH SPEED STOCK QUOTATIONS SERVICE ON me any ged aed a instance, could ex-| But this can't 'end with thel So apparently they got out. ling. TIMES AND CANADIAN PRESS -- Continued from Page 15 {for the Dominion, and collection|tive. The gaps were three-- Saint the bureau staff's own output onjof news in Ontario and Quebec|John to Montreal Toronto to Parliament and other functions was largely in the hands of the Winnipeg, and Calgary to Van- events of special Canadian in-|Great North Western Telegraph couver est. Because London is ahead|Company, a Grand Trunk affil.n The insistent need for Canadian of Canada in time by four hoursjiate. Its service was cheap but unity in the First World War in the Maritimes) to eight (at|woefully poor--the papers had fused the separated news unit Coast) it is not uncomymon to take what they got into one. In the national interest a lengthy report of a parlia- Formation of the WAP was the the government of Sir Robert mentary session at Westmin-|first move in a newspaper revolt Borden of red an annual grant ster to be on the street in Can-|j; gathered support in the West 2% : 0, to be expended in ada before The Times is being|and entered into direct kridging the gaps by leased 2 competi- , « : sol wires. Immediately secti 1 old in London tion with the CPR. Deprived i: nnediate the sectiona .. news bodies amalgamated into os BRPIIFA" the Associate ess v WAR MADE REPUTATION e Associated Press service, it fe national entity now known as ' obtained such connections as The Canadian Press ompetent, balanced reporting|\ere available, and waged an Ip b anagss Camada's part in De ow hill fight. Tts members carried F : Wy ag Bah anac/an re aceurac air. (00 loyally though they were get 1 til its cancellation in reputation for accuracy and fair-|tino what in some ways was an he all "1 in ness in handling news. World inferior news service at a cost\membership al out £10 wing beats on several of ie conflict's| much greater than that supplied itation to absorb the $50.000 ex )p stories proved P reporiers yy the CPR to their competitor. pend ture and maintain the h J Squal ot any They gave Meanwhile, Canadian publishers leased wires it had paid for ana a a clear Dleture of thelwere agreed that sooner or later 'heir feeling was fortified be > gress and fog the rest/they must establish their own cause in the latter years evi f the wor anada art ir gence ' : rid o Anada's part iinews agency. In 1909 Maritime!dence had accumulated a oh : daily he: founded the {erested politicians re this anada are eight Ir- Rastern r 1 'nee " S 8 Association, grant as a fulerum of uence Halifax Quebec eal, hase od on the same ideal of co- on the character of the news ser wa Toroiio Winnipeg, Ed yperative news service vice. Te newspapers agreed the monton /ancouver--with day : 3 ca . Raa sum was not too great for the and night staffs to keep the NATIONAL UNITY SERVED daily. press of Canada to pay for news-stream flowing, meantime, The turning point came when freedom, not from goevrnment adding to it the boiled-down the Western Associated Press control which never existed, but news product of the respectiveiappealed to the lway commis the mere suspicion of gov- gions. Staff correspondents are sion, which controlled tel phe t control. Their annual tioned at St. John's, Nfld, rate agai the exprbitant meeting 1925 went on record ¥ t John, N.B London and rates charged by the CPR for that never again must The Can- : or," Ont., Regina, Calgary transmission of WAP news as : Press accept a grant or . 1d Victoria compared with the low rates!'s C from any source what The CP staff numbers more charged for the CPR service. In ever n 300, of whom 80 are tele- the appeal, the daily publishers. ONE PAPER, ONE VOTE iter operators and mechanics. of Ontario and Quebec stood! The Canadian Press is run by rest are members of the shoulder to shoulder with their its general manager, directed by torial staff mostly filing edi- western confederates, In 1910 the its 19-member board 3 . In Each mem & @ ® @ tors (who cut incoming copy to!railway .commission declared in ber, large or small, has one vote hb the capacity of their outgoing favor of equal rates for all press|in affairs of the association and circuits and keep the best news matter. The fight was over. The|'n elections of directors. The i din directors are elected for two- vear terms by regions, three from the Atlantic provinces, one from Quebec, six from Ontario, four from the Prairie provinces. two from British Columbia -and three representing French-lang- constantly ahead) and rewrite{CPR, in later years a staunch men (who boil down the copy re- friend of The Canadian Press ceived from CP member news- recognized that it was out of its papers Virtually every filing|sphere in the news agency field editor or rewrite man has been and surrendered Associated Press a reporter--and they frequently rights in Canada to the Canadian go back on the street if a big|daily newspapers The. directo lect apers he di . story breaks on which the CP| It was necessary to set up an Papen 3 TerIOS vb oC " di : . ta annually a president, two vice- needs coverage irect to its|organization to take over these 1 ' x y presidents and an honorary pres- wires rather than by way of the rights and guarantee to The AP i 3 i . ident. The president, ' vice-presi- member paper office. Ottawa is/a return service of = Canadian dents and two directors are an the only bureau where reporters|news. The establishment in 1911} 3 : : 3 executive committee to strike outnumber editors, mine of the of the Canadian Press Limited = 3 3 a A estimates and authorize interim 15 staff members covering Par- resulted. The ambition of its extraordiaary x nditures. liament government depart- founders was to make it a truly De r-- ments and the military services. national organization, but until 1917 it as merely a holding BORN OF NEWS REVOLT company for the Canadian rights Oshawa Candidate The history of co-operative of the Associated Press The » s ck 30 theri he in ronada 20€s WAP and EPA served newspa- Must Get Waivers h back 50 years to when the aver-\pers in the West and the Mari-| " ( [ =) i ily was padded|times. In Ontario and Quebec TORONTO = Tie Team th Fg I and its world| separate organizations were Sloss Ion C ALLS ay So un news was restricted to occasion-|{formed for morning and evening ¢ L Olga whe Dshawa ie tot hi) al and spasmodic bulletins sup- papers respectively. To some ex-| rc c.ection as hast) faba : 3 plied by the railway telegraph|tent these four independent Be truck griyert Section 3 companies agencies exchanged the news of other ibe The first step in news co'oper- their territories, but the arrange He was previously ruled in tion was taken in 1907 when the ment loose vasteful and|.jigible for failing to pay union Western Associated Press- came| cumbersome dues one month last vear, said nt in Winnipeg. It was| Barriers to a national agency|l. J. Thomson, union adminis- founded by the Winnipeg publish-|were the broad, almost unpopu:|trator. All candidates must have ers to meet an intolerable situa-\lated, expanses separating theltwo years unbroken good stand control of news service ininews organizations withoutling. = 5 da by the railways. The Ca-|leased w across these gaps| Candidates William Prust and in Pacific Railway held the|there could be no united associa-| James Bloomer said they would lo The Associated Press tion and the cost was prohibi-{consider a request for waivers or ne ur Newsprint Customers! MACLAREN NEWSPRINT SALES LIMITED BUCKINGHAM, QUEBEC CANADA CP EDITOR AT PHOTOF AX PICTURE RECEIVER