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The Oshawa Times, 30 Nov 1960, p. 6

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Fhe Oshavon Times Published by Conadian Mewspopers Limited, £6 King st, E., Oshows, Powe 6 Ont, esr Wednesday, November 30, 1960 Mayoralty Contest May Rouse Oshawa Interest The Mayorsity contest may help to lure Oshawa voters to the polls in next Monday's municips! election, but unless there is a sharp reversal of the postwar trend, less than half of the eligible voters will cast ballots, Indeed, the totsl may well be less then 33 per cent of the electorate -- the figure in the 1958 elec tion in Oshaws was a shade over 27 per cent. Oshawa's voters are no different from those in most other Canedian cities. There seems to be a general and enor. mous public spathy towsrds voting in municipal elections, and odd and dis turbing situation when one considers the much grester interest in provincial end federal elections, When a substantial majority of voters consistently ignores municipal elections, one can only assume thet (a) they don't care, or (b) they do not think there is enough difference between candidates to warrant choosing sides, or (¢) they do not think municipal wovernment worth bothering about, On the other hand, they clearly feel much more strongly about the senior govern. ments, Yet municipal government is the one over which the voter can exercise the wentest control. Every yeor or two he gets the chance to change it, and in be tween times he is only a telephone call away from its members, It is the govern. ment thet exerts the biggest influence on the shaping of the kind of community he lives in, and which vitally affects his daily living through tex rates and the services it provides Various organizations persistently try to whip up municips! enthusiasm in the electorate, but seldom with much success, The municipal voter, it seems, simply refuses to get excited, even when major policy questions are presented to him for decisions, If there were similar apathy shout provincial and federal elections, one might fear 8 general breakdown of the democratic system, Does the situs ation, then, herald a breakdown of the municipal system? < The voter may indeed sense a need for change in the municipal structure =~ and there is no doubt that major changes will be made in the next decade Argument About Speed Traffic safety work, like other areas of human endeavour, is seldom a matter of clear cut blacks-and-whites, Every as. pect of safety engineering, enforcement or education has its critics, as well as its advocates, There is no unanimity on what is effective, Often, there is lack of agreement on what is desirable; for instance, high school driver education is generally admitted to be effective in re- ducing accidents, and saving lives, but there is wide disagreement as to whether or not it is desirable, Another disputed activity is the estab lishment of car "clubs" (usually for teen. aged youths) for hetrodding and drag racing, Supporters of these clubs often include the police, says the Ontario Bafety League, They say that supervised racing allows youths to "let off steam" that might otherwise boil out on the publie highway. And it gives them an element of discipline, and sometimes develops a good feeling of team spirit, However, the us National Safety Council firmly takes a contrary view, A recent policy statement says: "The National Safety Council opposes speed contests, Since speed violations are so often involved in traffic accidents, the NBC cannot condone speeding even in the name of competition "The Council feels that public interest would be better served if the energy and enthusiasm now devoted to drag racing were channelled into more constructive activities, Economy runs, road -eo's, driver elinies and leadership in traffie salety programs, are examples of desire able outlets for interest in automobiles and driver ability "Although clubs known by the gens eral term 'hot rod' often engage in many worthwhile activities it is apparent that the chief purpose of such organizations Is promotion of racing events "The National Safety Council there fore recommends that traffic authorities and safety organizations refrain from ene dorsing, supporting, or participating in speed events," Young Leader And Old As president of the United States, strongest and wealthiest of the western democracies, Senator John F, Kennedy will automatically became what the Guardian of Manchester calls "leader of the grand alliance," Whether it will be titular leadership or real will depend upon Kennedy him self and his actions, As Drew Middeton of the New York Times points out, it would be a mistake to believé that the others in the alliance are "men who are old, unimaginative and tired." They are old, at least in camparison with Kennedy, Prime Minister Maemil. lan of England is 66; President de Gaulle of France is 70, and Chancellor Ade- nauer of West Germany is 84, But each has shown vigor, imagination, recep tiveness to new ideas and an ability to lead his country in a new world, They have had to be able, and even brilliant, he Oshawa Times ToL WILION, Publisher and General Manager €, GWYN KINSEY, Editar The Oshawa testabiished Times combining The Oshawa Times and the hithy Gazette ond Chronicle (sstanlished 1883), is published daily Sundays and statutory holidays excepted) Mambers of Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers Amociation, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Cireulation and the Ontaria Provincial Dailies Assos ciation. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the wwe for republication af all wwe despatehed In the paper credited ta It or ta The Aweciated Prawn or Reuters, and alsa the logal news published tharsin. All rights of speeial despatches ore al overved Offiges: Thomaen BB 9. 4235 University Avenue Yoronta, Ontaria; 840 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrion whawa, Whithy Piehering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Part Perry Maple Gee Hampton, Frenchman's nan ve, Dunbarton, am, Burketon, Claremont, wie. Region, Blackytock nal over 4% roving af Ontare) outvide 200, ehewhare | pot Alay Prince Bay, Enniskillen, sarin your delivery Average Daily Net Paid as of April 30, 1960 16,999 precisely because they are less powerful than the United States, and than the Soviet Union, the Milwaukee says, and continues Journal One thing Kennedy, as shown by his talks on foreign affairs and his cams paign talks, shares with them, It is the belief that great issues cannot be solved overnight nor by good will tours or per- sonal diplomacy, They believe in a con. tinuing historical pattern and in old. fashioned diplomacy which entails much work at the ambassadorial and even lower levels before chiefs of state can reach final agreements. Kennedy has no trust in what has so often hothered and even anguished our chief allies == expedients dictated from Washington without proper diplomatic foundation and consultation, All of this may be to the good, Kens nedy will be working with men of his. torical perspective and of more experi ence than himself, Yet he has shown some of the qualities and beliefs that Macmillan, de Gaulle and Adenauer possess. It may be a fine partnership. Bible Thoughts 1 bid every one among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think,~Romans 12:3. A realistic view of ourselves, our per sonalities and accomplishments leads to humility, Dear God, change us. Let love be genuine~~Romans 12:9, Make-beileve love, in order to use the other person for selfish purposes, leads only to sorrow, Genuine love leads to joy for both people. Do not be haughy, but associate with the lowly.~Romans 12:16, Hf the infenite God has condescended to receive us, we should not be snobs, looking down on other people, / » \ , the OTTAWA REPORT Rail Situation JUST TESTING Hard To Handle By PATRICK NICHOLSON It is a widely-held opinion in Ottawa that 110,000 non-operating railway employees are holding a knife at the collective throat of 6,000,000 other Canadians with jobs and of 18,000,000 direct and indireet taxpayers seross Canada This opinion Is based upon common-sense and the report hy the majority of the members of special' rallway conciliation hoard The non-operating workers are planning to strike If rallroad management does not concede to them a 14 cents hourly wage ine Crease management points out that, If it meets this demand, it would also In fairness have to pay comparable wage Increases to other rallroad workers, and this in total would cost approx. imately $50,000,000 a year, Al least in the case of the Cana dian National Rallway system which is owned by you and me and all other Canadians, it is painfully obvious that this extra payment cannot be afforded, The taxpayers of Canada are this year already paying $51,501,424 to meet the operating deficit of "our" rallway 80, as far as management is concerned, it would let the work ers. strike, But the government feels that the national economy 18 now teetering on the brink as we climb out of the recent recession A rail strike would slow down our economy, by halting the ship ment of exports, by leaving pers ishable farm products to rot, and by strangling our domestic flow of commerce. A prolonged rail strike would throw hun. dreds of thousands of Canadians out of work at the worst possible time of year So the government leaders of the rall unions to postpone strike action, until the report and recommendations of the roval commission on freight rates is available, probably next spring, This report might ree. ommend a sufficient increase in freight rates to cover the higher wages now sought INSIDE YOU aiked the But the unions rejected this re. quest, And while they stand firm on their demands, snd manage ment stands firm in its cone tention that i cannot afford to meet those demands, both side stress that the government could settle the dispute by payving--out of the taxpayers' pockets--a sub sidy of $50,000,000 to meet the wage demands--for this year Why a private enterprise rails road, as the Canadian Pacifie is, and why the employees of pri vale enterprise, hoth think they ean ask a free-enterprise govern ment to aet in this manner not heen explained, A valid ques. thon ig whether the government has a mandate from the payers to compel them to sub sldige a private profit . earning company, This is not only an ex. pensive precedent, it could also be dangerously far-reaching Are the wage demands Just) fled? The majority report hy the conciliation board suggests that rallway workers aleady earn on average 15.5 cents per hour more than workers engaged in the manufacture of durable goods with whom the railroad work ers demand equality Between 1st June 1046 and 1s April last year, rallway workers recelved 11 separate wage In creases, plus a reduction in work week from 48 to 40 hours, plus a health and welfare plan, plus two sepmaie provisions for in ereased paid vacations, plus three increases in pald statutory holl days, This Is according to facts released hy the major railroad companies, who also state that since 1045 average hourly earn ings of non.operating railway employees have increased 135.6 per cent If our taxes he in creased to railway transportation this year and pext year and in years, the situation deserves more detailed study the public than it has yet ceived has ne are to subsidize more subsequent obviously by re Sneak Arthritis Can Be Dodged By BURTON WH, FERN, MD CAN ANYTHING help arthri tia? The kind that sneaks up on you, not the arthritis that ex plodes with red inflammation! Definitely, yes! Years of wear grind arthritis inte . any Joint Your weight crushes knees and hips, There are some lucky souls who inherit tough, leathery joints that pound. ing doesn't Affect Stand straight and walk erect it you want your joints to last That crooked posture robs years from tired knees and hips You can also sleep your way to better knees, Eight horizontal hours rests any tired joint, And old Joints, like people, enjoy short daytime rest periods, Frequent short strolls also can pour new life into you and your joints Rub away those aches paing with gentle massage, But avold heavy hands which crumble old bone into more new dust, WATCH YOUR DIET! Diet away your arthritis, Ex. tra pounds pound Xnees and hips all the harder, The less you eat, the less welght to eat away your joints! Use heat to cool down pain especially most heat which soaks In best, Try a webtowel sands wich! J Wrap a warm, soaking towel around the joint and cover with several thicknesses of dry towel, Heating pads and lamps even ordinary 100 or 200 watt bulbs can keep your towel sandwich warm for hours See your doctor! He may want and tear can ostedarthritis and to oll that rusty joint with cortl. sone-llke medicine. One lubrica tion may relleve your pain for months Tension and aching Joints often go steady, Listen No one was surprised recently when an English doctor injected comfort into a hundred different Jala -- not until he revealed Is trick syringe with its false bottom He hadn't injected a single drop of medicine! Faith had re laxed a hundred minds to soothe & hundred joints, Tension can tighten muscles into painful spasm which often aches more than the arthritis When arthritis is dragging you down, light + hearted spirits be. come Mie Jackets which keep your head above water, They can buoy you up until you're walking on air TRANQUILIZERS HELP Tranquilizing prescriptions may also help you ride out emotional storms which pound new pain into weatherbeaten joints Aspirin Is stil the best pain reliever for aching arthritis Yes, you can help yowr thritis! Any bonehead who agrees doesn't have a leg stand on! Dr, Fern's mailbox open for letters from readers While he cannot undertake fo answer individual letters, he will use readers' guestions in his column whenever possible and when they are of general inter ost, Address your letters te Dr, Fora in care of newspaper, ar dis to Is wide BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO A memoria! service in honor of the late Admiral of the Flert, Earl Jellicoe, was held in the $t Andrew's United Church, Publie Utilities Commission and East Whithy Township reached Br reement for extension of water and sewer mains in West. mount Alfred G, Scofield, Haliburton, and founder of the Little Mission sunday School Olive avenue, which later became Albert St United Chureh, returned to Osh awa to join in the silver jubllee celebration Mrg, Evelyn Bateman was the first person to secure the 1935-36 membership in the North Ameri can Life Assurance Co, Club. Mark's Theatre, Dixon's Coal office and two service stations were entered by burglars on the ame night and some equipment and a sum of money was stolen Motor Club passed a resolution asking the Departs ment of Highways to widen Highway 2 to provide four traf fic lanes Oshawa E, J, Umphrey was appointed manager of the Montreal zone for General Motors of Canada A radio enbinet of rare beauty built by John Friese of Oshawa, was put on display and viewed by radio eompany executives A. J. Graves was appointed government wharfinger at the Oshawa harbor, Red" Dutton, manager of the New York Americans, was hon ored by the Oshawa business men, service clubs and Chamber of Commerce, with a presenta. tion, For the past three years, the team held its preseason training here The Women's Welfare League wan doing splendid work in their sewing rooms on William street In supplying the needs of women on relief ' Albert E. Weston, superintens dent of the House of Friendship Institution which rendered service to the homeless transients pans. ing through Oshawa, welcomed visitors at "open house'. on ------------ Flying Doctor Saves On Gas ROBERVAL, Que. (CP) « The motorcar has become slightly old-fashioned for Dr. Roger Lem: elin of this lake St, John com: munity 185 miles north of Quebec The doctor does his travelling by alr, alone or with his family, and saves his car for visits to local patients "It's faster, cheaper, and more pleasant," sald Dr, Lemelin of his $8000 Cessna 170, Dr. Lemelin was bitten hy the aviation bug while flying Into re. mote northern areas to treat in Jured people, He decided to take a flying course in 1958 and earned his pl lot's licence the same year, Since that time, he has flown approxi. mately 200 hours, and covered 24,000 miles, Dr, Lemelin claims his ain eraft is cheaper to operate than a car. On a 53 -mile return trip to Ottawa, for example, It com sumes only $18 worth of gas, The doctor's longest trip=-to date was a return flight to Tor onto from Roberval, but he said he hopes to visit the United States, All private alreraft are regu larly inspected by aeronautic ex- perts employed by the federal government, he said. Risks are made even smaller by replaping the engine after a certain mum. ber of flying hours PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM No dount Pravda will pick wp this headline from a US news paper and make considerable propaganda of it: "Two Arrested for Scalping." , QUEEN'S PARK Little Alternative To Frost Regime By DON O'HEARN Toropto~There Is an am i ecntrol ists before present Lis The Liberals and CCF should study i closely, For #£ just might curb thelr future use of ism, And at time 4 seems this Is what they will have to resort bo 4 they ever are to get anywhere in this province it's another year and another session, But there really doesn't seem to be any grest difference. There has been grumbling &gainst the government in sec tions of the province, More so, probably, than in any House you can't see this really making any great difference so far as political power is eon cerned, In view of the alternatives you REPORT FROM U.K. Hunt For Aircraft Bits Finally Ends By M. NANIYRY HOOD Special London (Ving. Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON ~ The greatest fig. saw puwzzde and the costliest search for wreckage of a plane in air history hss ended. The last of some 40 ships which took part in the search for wreckage of a Vietor jot bomber which erashed into the St, Georges Channel, off the west const of Ergland, has departed from the search ares, The operation has taken 14 manths, has cost £1, 500 000 and hos resulted in 588. 904 pieces of the lost aircraft being - found From these pieces, which made wp nearly 70 per eent of the bomber, experts at the Varn. borough Royal Alreraft Estab. tishment have been able to find out why the plane erashed The 40 ships which look part in the search consisted of 27 trawlers, a elvilian salvage ship and 12 naval cralt, At 8 cere mony which marked the end of the operation, the skippers of the last 16 trawlers engaged in the search received a plague in recognition of their. contribution Plaques are heing sent to the other ships which took part in the profeet The forma! ending of the search was marked by the haul ing down of the blue naval en sign on the trawlers and its re- placement by the red ensign It was on August 20, 1959, while on a test flight, that the Victor bomber disappeared with its erew of five, From alr force headquarters, the message was sent out "Its wreckage must be found The possible future of our V- bomb fleet depends on finding out why the plane crashed." The searchers had little on 'which to go. The only clue was a report from. a ship of seelng a large splash in the sea But the search went on with. out sucess until four months later, the first pleco of wreckage was recovered by accident, by a trawler not engaged In the operations, This led to the search being concentrated in a much narrower aren, It had up to that time cov. ered more than 200 square miles, More than 12,225 trawling haus were made, each taking from 45 minutes to an hour, As the bulky trawls scraped the ocean floor, pleces of the wrecked bomber came up hour after hour To prevent small pleces of salvage--some of them being no larger than a B0-cent pleee--~dropping through the nets, small-mesh herring bags were used Inside the trawls, Day 'by day, the pieces came in, to be rushed to Farnborough for iden. tification and assembly, And plece by piece the Victor bomb er was reconstructed until the scientists were able to decide what was the reason for the crash into the sea, But that find. ing has not been made known, The forest of trawlers was drawn from Fleetwood, Peter. head, Milford Haven and North. ern Ireland, Now that the giant Jigsaw puzzle has been solved, they have returned to their more Hwndang task of trawling for ish, can't really see the people of the provines changing horses, There they sit on the floor of the House Twenty Awe CC¥Fer And what are (hey and do they bave There is a Liberal group that has now been trying to work to- gether and do something for a year and a half, I stil doesn't know reslly what it Is siming for, # doesn't have any strong principles -- or purposes, except to get Into power--and it isn't even united on how to go after what doesn't know yet it wants, There is 8 CCF group which wants power probably even a bit more avidly than the Liberals and which will sttack everything and anything snd will promise the moon without eonsidering what will happen to the rest of the sky it gives it away, And there sit the Conserva- tives, There are some pretty lost characters in their ranks--some eccentric, some just plain dumb, There are things which 8s a government they probably should be doing There are other things they are doing not well or very late, But when you fake an overall look at both sides you have to say to yourself it will be a day yet before this province change governments, The PC's have calibre, when you take a mean of thelr ranks, and they have point, The other groups have confusion, It would probably be 8 good thing for the province ¥ i had a change of government, A good thing in many ways, that is, But pot the change that is offered it ss things stand now, Liberals and five what You watch the traffic , . . well as other people's warning. So watch the traffic , Support the Sale TUBERCULIN TEST CLINICS THURSDAY, DEC. 1st For Skin Test ST. PHILIPS SEPARATE SCHOOL OXFORD ot EMERALD ST, HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOL 131 HARMONY RD, §, CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH HILLCROFT ot MARY S75. For Chest X-Ray ALBERT ST. UNITED CHURCH 348 ALBERT ST. Clinic Hours: 2 to § p.m. -- T fo 10 p.m, EVER TURN RIGHT ON A RED LIGHT? you ease your car forward , , you walt until the cars oll pass by , The Red Light mode you cautious of your own skin , , , 08 There's a red light burning for TB these days . , . warning you to be careful for yourself and your family, There's possible danger ahead. You can't afford to chance TB, , 9ose your cor forward , . , then away you go . , , for a TB test, . then away you gol Heed that of Christmas Seals LAST CHANGE ALUMINUM SELF STORING ONLY 0.95 (Installed) (With the purchase of 6 aluminum windows DOWN PAYMENT PAYMENTS UNTIL MAY 1, 1960 "DO IT NOW!" PHONE RA 3-2219 NASH ALUMINUM 94 BRUCE ST, OSHAWA : ™

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