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¥ THOUGHT FOR TODAY What the average man wants most out of his new car is his teen-age son. ia WEATHER REPORT Clear tonight. Friday morning Clouding over with occasional light snow by afternoon, a little colder, VOL. 92---NO. 56 TWENTY-TWO. PAGES OSHAWA MERCHANTS. ON CLEAN-UP DRIVE Angered by the city's laxity in its street cleaning program, a group of downtown Oshawa businessmen and women un- dertook the job themselves to- day. Led by Dean Kelly, presi- dent of the Downtown Busi- nessmen's Association, the group of about 15, carrying placards, brooms and shovels, swept debris from the street. Dressed in typical street- cleaning garb, the merchants worked their way from the four corners to Albert street shovelling snow away from the curb to allow water to drain away, pushing dirt and gravel off the street and even lending a hand to a Works Department crew that was° filling potholes with asphalt. The group hopes their initia- tive will spark some action in this regard from the city gov- ernment. (See story Page 3). Times Photo by Allan Bailey Canada-US. Relations Back In Vote Campaign Spotlight Canadian-American relations popped back into the forefront of election campaigning Wed- nesday, with Liberal Leader. Pearson soenine ree Minis- 'cttong withthe, United, Btatps t and Mr. Diefenbaker denying |Pearson stumped Saskatchewan and Mr, Diefenbaker Ontario-- involved Mr. Diefenbaker's statement Saturday that ithe U.S. 2, Voodoo and similar aircraft, half of them armed with nuclear warheads. A GS, Air Force spokesmati said this information is classi- "Hie longtenge Glspute--Ar, fied, At a Saskatoon press confer- ence, Mr. Pearson said Mr. Diefenbaker has not improved relations with the U.S. by giv- 'ing out classified information. At a Windsor, Ont., press n ~ er nied revealing classified mat- ter. Meanwhile, Social Credit Jobless Fund Starts Plunge OTTAWA (CP)--The unem- ployment insurance fund has started its downhill plunge to threatened bankruptcy, falling by $27,200,000 to $71,800,000 at the end of January, it was learned Wednesday. The January dip in the fund's reserve followed the downward trend of a year earlier, thus reinforcing predictions by reli- able sources a month ago that the fund will be bankrupt some- time in March or April. The Unemployment Insurance Commission paid out $58,559,895 in regular and seasonal bene- fits in January. In the same month, total rev- enue going into the fund--' chiefly from contributions from employers, employees and the government--amounted to. $31,- 387,634, The difference -- $27,172,261-- came from the fund's reserve, which held some $99,000,000 at the end of 1962. If the drain on the fund con- | tinues at the pace set in the jearly winter months of last lyear, the fund is expected to hold only $2,300,000 by the end of March, then drop into red ink early in April. The government has $25,000,- 000 authorized by Parliament for such an emergency--but the money must be used by the end government's fiscal year. After that, any emergency in- fusion of money into the fund is expected to come from Gov- ernor-General's warrants, au- thorized by the cabinet. Such emergency assistance would be earmarked as loans, repayable to the government at existing. rates of interest when the fund returned to solvency. of this month, the end of they, Leader Thompson in Ottawa and Deputy Leader Real Caou- ette in Montreal commented on each other's statements on nu- clear policy. Mr. Thompson said in an in- terview he and Mr. Caouette «re united in the view that each MP has a duty to state his views on an issue and fight for them in any parliamentary com- jmittee. The will of the majority jmust be accepted when a non- jPolitical parliamentary commit- tes decides whether Canada jneeds nuclear warheads. | Mr. Caouette, accusing "cer- |tain: newspapers" of trying to make him and Mr. Thompson appear divided, said earlier statements by Mr. Thompson were "falsified" by the press. He referred to Mr. Thompson's Moncton, N.B., statements that e assumed Mr. non-political committee on the need for nuclear arms. Mr. Caouette reiterated that On nuclear arms for Canada "I jagainst them." | Meanwhile, New Democratic jLeader Douglas told a meeting jin Kindersley, Sask., Gaglardi Graft Charge Inquiry Starts In B.C. By THE CANADIAN PRESS Tempers flared in the British Columbia legislature Wednes- day. : committee 'chairman him. Mr, stopped Gaglardi attended the jeral government will be able to jannounce what capital and op-| \erating grants it. will make to- |session but did not say any-|ward construction of a veterin- Caouette} | would accept the decision of a|™ent Of two newspaper report-| At Victoria, the was in committee for the first! sitting to investigate allegations Sale thieeaeer sadly Wiah-| signed by Dick Holzworth of ister, Philip Gaglardi. }Helena, Mont.; president Opposition New Democratic) Party members were blocked in| : oe file a oe affi-| it alleging irregularities in|terior Revelstoke by $135,000, me wvntimem, The Social! a. siidevit also seid 0 Credit - dofninated committee! mortgage of V. L, Gresty of also blocked an NDP move '0/Kamloops for more than $6,700| have or pgese counsel @D-|was 'paid at the request of Mr.| pointed by a judge. |Gaglardi and that Mrs. Gresty When NDP leader Robert|--described by the ND Strachan tried to introduce a/Social Credit panty worker-- statutory declaration 'he said| got $350 a month from the' Rev- was. signed by chartered ac-|eistoke project contracts. countant William M. Jones and Mr selating a telephone conversa- 5 tion with Mr. Gaglardi, the CITY EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS POLICE 725-1133 FIRE DEPT. 725-6574 HOSPITAL 723-2211 charges, first made Feb. 26 when Gordon Downing (NDP-- Burnaby): introduced affidavits leging the highways ment. overpaid on a Trans-Can- Holzworth has said he |mittee, The Jones affidavit was jaccepted after heated debate, but was not read. Leo. Nimsick (NDP -- Cran- |brook) tried to have committee approve of a judge selecting its} counsel, but was overruled. In other legislatures Edmonton -- Agriculture Min- ister H. E. Strom said it will be| lat least a month before the fed-l of} P as a} ;would appear before the com-/ legislature |*hing. He has denied the graft/ary college in Western Canada. Quebec--Premier Lesage took |a swipe at Prime Minister Dief- jenbaker from the floor of the Quebec legislature and drew a sarcastic comment from the op-| Union Contractors Limited, al-|position about his announced depart-|non - participation in the fed- /eral election campaign. ada Highway project near in-| Said Mr. Lesage: "Mr. Diefenbaker is among those who have rendered the Worst service to his country it is possible to imagine." As the premier took his seat, Jean-Jacques Bertrand (UN-- Missisquoi) remarked: "And he (Mr. Lesage) is not Participating in the federal Campaign." Winnipeg--Steve Patrick (L- Assiniboine), the veteran Cana- dian lineman with the Grey Cup champion Winnipeg Bie Bombers, made his first speech| in the Manitoba legislature and| called for a broader fitness pro-| gram. | Fredericton -- Premier Robi:! chaud announced that a royal commission would be appointed to inquire into pulpwood prices which producers have contended for years were too low. | NDP advocates free trade be- tween Canada and Britain. He urged gradual reduction of tariffs until eventual elimina- tion, Mr, Douglas, speaking to a capacity crowd 375 im. theatre, also said on mu: be taken to raise farm income, income, suggesting @ producer- controlled marketing board. Today Mr. _Diefenbaker moved into Guelph and Mr. Pearson headed for Brandon and Portage Ja Prairie, Man. Mr. Douglas was in Elrose and Biggar, Sask., and Mr. Thomp- son moved from Ottawa to St. Catharines and Welland. N.S. GALE ABATES; MISSING MEN SAFE Cuban Trade Curbs Sought WASHINGTON (CP) -- Pres- ident Kennedy has called on NATO and other countries to halt. trade with Cuba and has unged Latin-American countries to step up their watch over po- tential .Cuban-trained saboteurs and revolutionaries. But the president, under heavy Republican attack for having failed to oust the Fidel Castro regime, has _ rejected any suggestion that he establish a new Caribbean blockade to halt the flow of oil into Cuba "at this time." It is true, he suggested at his press conference Wednes- day, that over a period of time the denial of oil would make a difference to the Castro regime. Cuba depends almost ertirely on imports for its oil. An oil blockade would be an act of war, Kennedy pointed out, and if such were imposed the U.S. public would have to be prepared for possibie. seri- ous developments, MOSTLY RED SHIPS The U.S. was attempting to persuade North Atlantic Treaty Organization and other coun- tries "not to ship into Cuba but the primary source of ship- ments into Cuba are (Commu- nist) bloc ships and at this time we do not believe that war in GER to contain Gaban communism is to keep a careful watch on the movement of persons in their countries who may be trained by the Cubans for guerrilla or subversion work in other parts of the hemisphere. While Kennedy spoke of the containment of communism and to the need to restrict trade with the Castro regime, his ap- |British newspapers today con- |demned the imminent imprison- ers who refused to divulge their | sources of information to a gov- }ernment tribunal. | The reporters, Brendan Mul- ih | la government spy inquiry in- pers printed about admiralt: employee William Vassall, wh drew an 18-year jail sentence for spying for Russia. Their application for leave to appeal to the House of Lords, the highest appeal court, was refused. The London Times says in an editorial: Mg judgment that two journalists must be imprisoned because |appear? What will be the effect ' olland of The Daily Mail and) am and I will continue to be|Reginald Foster of The Daily} Sketch, are due to go to jail] today for refusing to divulge to} 0} "However sound in law, the | they refused to disclose their sources of information is against the public interest. | "The people are being placed more and more at the mercy) of authority and of the execu-| tive. The. techniques of power, | of political manipulation, of the! |{predatoriness of officialdom, |become even more insidiously| efficient. Against these the com-| }munity and the individual have all too few safeguards. | REPORTERS SILENT Jail Sentences Irk U.K: Papers LONDON (Reuters)--Leading, | The Says: "Now that it is shown to have no legal foundation, does the journalists's claim to confiden- tial sources of information dis- Manchester Guardian on potential sources of informa- tion in futute? Will they. dry up?" "Probably some sources will now dry up" but "journalists, that the/formation which their newspa-|!n their turn, will not lightly betray those who help them to do their job." Strikers Joined By Stereotype Local In N.Y. NEW YORK (AP}--Locai 1 of peal for a halt in Cuban trade may not get much of a response from one NATO country--Brit- ain. Just 90 minutes before Ken- nedy's press conference, Fred- erick Erroll, British Board of Tradepresident, held one dur- ing which he said his country must seek larger markets--in cluding those in the Communis' world--in view of the collapse of Britain's negotiations to en- ter the European Common Mar- ket. JOHN F. KENNEDY VATICAN CITY (AP)--Nikita Khrushchev's son - in - law and daughter had a 20-minute pri- vate audience with Pope John today. It was the first meeting between a Roman Catholic pon- tiff and a leading figure from Communist Russia. Alexai Adzhubei, who de- scribes himself as a "'con- firmed atheist," and his wife, Rada, were to have seen the Pope only at a group audience. But unexpectedly the Pope re- ceived them. privately after- ward, : Adzhubei, 39-year-old editor of the Soviet government newspa- per Izvestia, and his wife first attended a group audience at which Pope John received the Balzan Peace Prize. Reporters who cover the Vatican were in- vited. The Pope said everyone must work for peace. "A beautiful speech," said Ad- zhubei. Giving his benediction at the end of the group audience, Pope John told those present he ex- tended the blessing "'to you and to all those who are most dear to you"--which could have in- cluded Khrushchev. Khrushchev's daughter wore a black veil, as women tradition- ally do when received by the Pope. The veil was trimmed in gold. Adzhubei was in a dark suit, with a dark tie. The meeting between the Pope and Adzhubei came after indications of 'improving rela- tions between Moscow and the Vatican. Russian Orthodox churchmen attended the Vatican observers. FIRST OSHAWA BUDGET TALKS First budget discussion to determine 1963 tax rates in Oshawa was held last night at City Hall. Grants, traffic and council's five-year de- benture plan were reviewed. Finance chairman Walter Branch hopes to bring down the mill rate on Mar. 18. Further budget meetings will be held tonight, tomor- row night, four nights next week and possibly on one Saturday. the Stereotypers Union (AFL- CIO) has joined printers' and mailers' unions in striking against four New York news- papers. In addition to the four news- papers against whom the strikes were directed 90 days ago, four other newspapers remain closed voluntarily. Separate labor - management "Newspapers cannot inform talks with New York Mayor Ro- their readers unless they are themselves informed. Much what they get depends abso-| lutely on its source being kept) secret. INSIDE... Separate School Board Studies Crowding .. Page 13 Oratory Contest Held At OMC Court Told Man Shot At House coco Page 13 Page 13 Traffic Fines | Total $464 »...+00+- Page 13 | bert of Talks Wednesday night lasted the to make a breakthrough" on the| crane is moved in at Turner- issue of vacations, Wagner continue today. until 11:30 p.m. The strike by the stereotypers --who make the metal plates jthat are put on the presses to print the papers -- was an- YOU'LL FIND |nounced Wednesday night by James J, president McMahon, Local 1 McMahon said the strike "'has| ues jbeen made necessary by thel | |failure, after' months of negotia- tion, to reach an agreement re- jgarding a number of important jfeatures of a new bargaining} | agreement." A publishers' spokesman said} stereotypers were "trying| FIREMEN STANDBY as Stanton Co. in Norwich Conn.. ecumenical council last fall as| Russian 'Atheist Visits Pope John released a Ukrainian Catholic archbishop after 18 years in a Siberian prison. Rumors had circulated here that Adzhubei, on a tour of It- aly; wanted to see the Pope, possibly to give him a message from Khrushchev. Negro In Africa Stoned To Death GROBLERSDAL, S outih Af- rica Reuters)--Lucas Scott, by a Negro crowd, Johannes Martin, a white Bantu affairs commissioner, be- | lieved to have addressed a meeting of the Negroes earlier. Ontario By THE CANADIAN PRESS A gale which hit the mari- times slowed early today as RCAF search and rescue air- craft spotted two fishermen, missing since Wednesday, stranded on an island. The wreckage of their 38-foot lobster vessel, Ralphie Sisters, was scattered nearby, The ves- sel, manned by Capt. Ralphie Devine and Wardlow Nickerson both of Wood's Harbor on Nova Scotia's south shore, developed trouble at the height of the storm. : ' The gale, which swept in from the Atlantic in gusts reaching 97 miles an hour and brought up to 10 inches of snow in parts of Nova Scotia and New Bruns. wick, was the worst aspect of a violent change in weather con- ditions in Eastern Canada. Many communities in Ontario and Quebec were isolated, roads were blocked and airline flights cancelled as the two provinces bogged down under heavy snow falls and driving winds. In the prairies, the weather was mild in comparison and in temperature British Columbia it was warm and pleasant. ACCIDENTS INCREASE One woman was killed in Sault Ste. Marie as police req ported a rash of traffic acci- dents. across, Ontario as many areas, particblarly in the south. western regions, reported hea snow and visibility down 'to nil, Mrs ser, about 48, 'Snow plow teams spent m of the day vainly trying to clear major highways as snow, driven by winds up to 60 miles an hour, piled up in huge drifts. Police closed many county roads al- ready dotted with stranded Wednesday, escaped in his car. cars. | | | | | Last month Russia/ 99 population. Five Die NORWICH, Conn. (AP)--With five persons dead, another miss- ing and mud covering much of the business district, officials met today to determine what caused a dam to break, flood- ing the city. A wall of water poured down from a pond in a hillside park when the rock and earth structure, 20 feet high, gave way Wednesday night in this eastern Connecticut city of 40,- The water swept a mile into the downtown section, and poured into a cord-manufactur- ing plant where a night. shift was working. It touched off a boiler explosion that demolished one wing of the three + storey building. Four 'persons were killed in the blast, and another died in hospital. On a nearby street, a car was caught up and overturned. As Mr, and Mrs, Thomas R. Moody and their three small sons fled toward a rooftop, Mrs. Moody apparently was swept away, her husband said. Then, Moody said, the. roof collapsed and he put the chil- dren in a tree to keep them out ai today as search continued for victims in ruins of building. In Blast As City Flooded of the water. The boys--Thomas 6, James, 4, and Shawn, 10 months--were there for about two hours before they could be rescued, police said. It was about 9:30 p.m. when the dam broke. Public Works Director Harold Walz said po- lice discovered a few minutes earlier that the break was im- minent, and warned nearby residents. : Thirty minutes after the break, the water from the 15- acre lake reached the downtown area, where it stayed for 3% hours before flowing on, mostly into the Thames River. The flood caused power fail- ures over much of the city. Elsewhere in the U.S., the threat of further major flood- ing appeared lessening in the hard-hit Ohio River basin. re- gion today but heavy rains in several eastern and southern states increased the danger of overflows, Flood waters. in five states have been blamed for 12 deaths, including four .in Ohio, three in West Virginia, two each in In- diana and South Caroiina and one in Tennessee, tims © The mill collapsed last night as Norwich was flooded by a ployed. by South °/Aftean 'information ert tjen was stoned to death near he! Storm Blocks Roads Highway 4 north and south of London was impassable, High- ways 7, 8 and 19 were closed in the Stratford area and High- ways 6 and 10 were blocked in the Markdale-Owen Sound area, Traffic crawled along Highway 401 as blowing snow, ice and poor visibility made driving hazardous. Police erected barricades on the Stratford-London road after about 50 cars skidded into ditches and 10 vehicles were damaged in two multi-car acci- dents near Owen Sound. Stratford was an isolated city until 11 p.m. when snowplows which had been at work all day finally managed to clear high- ways leading out of the city. Three commercial bus lines cancelled all schedules, The wind whipped the snow across highways in a sheet 20 feet high and visibility was so bad one policeman found him- self driving on the wrong side of the road. Another two com. paring notes on an accident dis. covered there was another pileup only a few yards away. They had been unable to see it through the swirling snow. About 50 pupils from nearby 'St. Mary's Collegiate were Dunked down for the night by farmers when two school buses stranded and a third skidded into a ditch. Another 100 stu. dents of Stratford » Vocational Institute were. fo to spend the.night in y. because buses co negotiate highways, 'Tf Sudbury, all TCA aan were cancelled as 8% inches snow fell during the day and many township roads were tem- porarily closed. Kitchener and Guelph reported delayed bus services and crawling traffic on ice-glazed roads. Thousands of basements in Toronto were flooded in a sud- den downpour early Wednes- day. Water 18 inches deep flooded some city streets and two highways were flooded. Montreal dragged itself through probably its biggest traffic snarl yet as rush-hour traffic crept along streets trans formed into solid sheets of ice after more than a foot of snow fell on the city in six hours. Snow Closes N.Y. Roads BUFFALO (AP) -- A snow storm whith hit New York State Wednesday closed roads in some areas in western sec- tions. Winds up to 65 m.p.h. pounded Buffalo. Nine inches of snow fell in Boonville and in Watertown the heavy:snow heaped atop earlier amounts caused collapse of one of the city's oldest landmarks, the Orpheum Theatre. In Syra- cuse the storm disrupted power lines, television transmission and telephone service. Three traffic deaths were attributed to the stormy weather in the state, Up to eight inches of snow fell in Michigan, mostly in northern and southwestern areas. The storm was blamed for three deaths 'in traffic acci- dents. dam which burst in Mohegan Park. (AP Wirephoto)