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| | | | Bhe Oshawa Sunes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited - 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario : T. L, Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1963-----PAGE 6 Poisoning Of Two Lakes Costs Pilot Heavy Fine - In Kamloops, B.C., history of a kind was made last week. A pilot was fined $500. in magistrate's court for spraying poisonous chem- feals over two lakes -- a mosquito spray that killed an estimated three million sockeye and spring salmon fry and fingerlings. » The defence counsel's plea was flluminating. He said the company which employed the pilot could not understand why the spray proved foxic to fish. It had used the mix- ture of one eighth of a pound DDT per acre added to an emulsifier and fuel oil for more than six years without any indication it was toxic to fish. What that proved was that far too little is known about the aide effects of poisonous sprays tu make us comfortable about the re- peated assurances that all's well as long as the "directions on the box" are followed. We do not wish to be alarmist, but at the same time we must de- plore the complacency of many Canadian authorities -- including the federal Minister of Health -- about the mounting evidence of the danger inherent in widespread use of chemical sprays. Dr. W. C. Hueper of the U.S. National Cancer Institute recently told a Senate sub-committee that the sprays are "biological dyna- mite". Studies in the United States show that venison sometimes car- ries more than three times the permissible level of modern chem- ical poisons. There is definite evi- dence that Canadian game and sport fish are accumulating chem- ical poisons. Among samples of adult and young ducks and eggs collected more than 100 miles north of any known spray application, the eggs and immature ducks con- tained more pesticide residues than any adult samples; somewhere along their migration routes the adult ducks had been exposed to the chemicals and had passed the residues along to their young. 'I'he scientists can't explain the greater concentration in the young. The need for more research and for less official complacency must be obvious. Those Expense Accounts 2 When members of Parliament feturn to Ottawa for the fall ses- gion, we wonder if they will be as ihdignant about "expense account living" as they were following the lamentable Gordon budget -- and before they voted themselves a hefty pay increase. Finance Minis- ter Gordon promised that the gov- ernment would crack down on busi- nessmen and firms to make sure that claims for expense deductions were fully justified and fully docu- mented. One gathered that the members righteously. agreed that expense accounts should not be used to bilk the tax collectors of their full due. Then came the pay raise. With only a few dissenting voices, the MPs rushed through the House a bill to raise their yearly pay from $10,000 to $18,000, of which $6,000 . will be a tax-free expense allowance. No vouchers for this expense ac- count (raised from $2,000 a year) will be required. In addition, the treasury will pick up the tab for more air travel and telephone calls. And while on duty in Ottawa, MPs receive free office space, secretarial help, stationery and postage. There are low-price meals in the parlia- mentary restaurant and low-price haircuts in the parliamentary barber shop. The members, in other words, seem to have arranged for them- selves a pretty good deal -- a no- questions-asked expense account, amounting to one-third of their pay and non-taxable, along with several other little benefits, Some of the members are worth every penny of it. Those are the MPs who work at their jobs. They work hard and long. But others do not earn half their pay; many of 'them are in Ottawa only from Tues- day to Thursday while Parliament is in session. The voter was not given a chance to express an opinion on the pay raise. But the voter has the power to fire the member who does 'not earn his salary -- if the voter has sense enough to check on what his member is doing with his time. Hitting An Illusion The baseball season is now in its final weeks, and early in October will reach its annual climax in the World Series. With that over, peace Thay come for a few months to Mr. Ernest Lowry. »Mr. Lowry's research has con- vinced him that it is not possible to throw'a baseball in such a way as to make it curve in flight. The curve ball, he claims, is a myth created by pitchers to intimidate batters, built up by batters to ex- plain their inability to hit the pitch, and sanctified by sports writers and business interests who either won't admit their ignorance or have some commercial interest in the preser- vation of the myth. He carries on his propaganda campaign against the curve ball Jegend throughout the year, but naturally, his most active period is Bye Mstyare Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor Times get. Babe Oshowa Times 1871) and the itby Gozette ond elgjtablisned 1863) is published daily of Canadian Dai' Publish. lly Newspaper Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau and the Ontario Provinciol Dailes in jcted Press ers, and also the local published ere aiso or Reut therein. All rights of special des- reserved. ra '= SUBSCRIPTION RATES carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, bedaanine Brooklin, Port pore, Fi nnd 1 heple Grove, Hampton. Frenchman' s Bay, Bu 425 U y Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Leskord, . Burketon, Cloremont, , Kinsale, Ragion, Blackstock, Poritypoo! and Newcastle not over per week. By mali (in Province of Ontario) corriers delivery areas 12.00 per . Other and Commonweaith Countries "15. end foreign 24.00, eis e ¢ during the baseball season. He pur- sues his crusade with unflagging zeal and complete lack of success. The vast scepticism with which his thesis has been received has in no way discouraged his enthusiasm. Some day, he claims, truth. will prevail and the curve ball will be recognized for what it is, an optical illusion. What Mr. Lowry hasn't explained -- to our knowledge -- is why some batters are more susceptible to the optical illusion than others, and why some pitchers are superior to others in creating it. In the forth- coming World Series some of the best hitters in the game today will break their backs swinging at that optical illusion, and some of the best pitchers will see some of their very best illusions get whacked over distant fences. Ah well, as the Montreal Star recalls, a kindred spirit of Mr, Lowry's proved that aerodynami- cally bumblebees cannot fly. Maybe it's an illusion that they do fly, but it's a very convincing one. Other Editors' Views SECRET MEETINGS "If public bodies are operating honestly and efficiently, they have nothing to hide. If this is the situa- tion there can be no sincere reason to hold meetings behind locked doors--keeping the press and publie at bay. : al ° U6-- CANADA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT INCLUDES "HoT LINE" BETWEEN OTTAWA AND WASHINGTON ff ---- NGS ITEM we REPORT FROM U.K. Barmaids Outlawed By Barmen's Union By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Barmaids, who add a touch of color and spice to London's pubs, and prov.de novelty to the tourists who fr- quent them, will not be allowed to continue in that occupation if the Barmen's Union has its way, At the moment, this union ban on barmaids applies only to one group of public houses, the seven which are operated by Mooney's Irish Houses.' Their barmen have always been Irish- men, but recently, Mooney's employed three barmaids to YOUR HEALTH work in one of its public houses on the Strand. That was the start of the trouble, because when the girls applied to join the Barmen's Union--The Amalgamated Vint- ners and Allied Trades Assist- ants, they were promptly told that they were barred from membership. And it was made clear that the ban would be ap- plied to. the Dublin barmea's union as well. The Irishmen object stren- uously to women being employ- ed in jobs which have been e- clusive to the male sex in the Mooney's Irish Houses. The matter came to a head Hypertension Used As Pressure Term By JOSEPH G. MOLNER MD Dear Doctor: Kindly describe hypertensive vascular disease. --HNM Hypertensive vascular dis- ease is high blood pressure, with some degree of blood ves- sel and heart involvement. "Hypertension" is quite un- derstandably a misconstrued term. For whatever reasons, we all think first of "tension" in terms of nervousness." That isn't what it means in "hypertensive disease." Hyper- tension (or too much tension) simply means too much pres- sure. High blood pressure! We are commonly confused further because too much ner- vous tension is a frequent com- panion of too much blood-pres- sure tension. They often go to- gether. But not always. There is a further implication in the term, hypertensive vas- cular disease. The implication is that it is of long standing. There isn't any reason to be disturbed over a temporary in- crease in blood pressure. You "blow your top" at some situa- tion orgother; or you are fright- ened; or you have to rally all your energy and alertness for an emergency; or you are scared. Your blood pressure rises, If we\ could measure blood pressure on the run, we'd find that most of the players on a football team have "high blood pressure" or "hyperten- sion" just before the first kick- off. That's a natural response. It is good, But it should be tem- porary. If the pressure, for no valid reason, continues indefini- tely, it is quite another matter, The continued excessive pres- sure in time hag its effect on the blood vessels (which make it "vascular"). The heart be- comes enlarged. There may or may not be evidence of heart weakness--shortness of breath, swelling of the ankles. Or heart Pain, An electrocardiogram may or may not reveal changes. Temporary high blood pres- sure is to be expected. Con tinued high pressure is not. Therefore hypertensive cardio- vascular disease mtinuing, and is producing Qther changes. The seriousne3s depends upon the duration and height of the BUXTON, England (CP) -- The thermal baths in. this Der- byshire town, once one of the leading spas in the country, have closed down, A spokesman said people no longer are inter- ested in "taking the waters." » pressure, plus any signs of heart involvement. Not all cases: of high blood pressure disclose heart compli- cations, But when your doctor says that you have hyperten- sive disease, it is time for you to pay strict attention to such things as he may advise. to bring that pressure down. All of us can have brief in stances of high blood pressure which will not' hurt us and may, indeed, be helpful to us. But if we fall into a physiological habit of continued high pressure better do something about Dear Dr, Molner: What about a fungus growth beneath finger- nails and toenails? I have heard there is a long treatment of perhaps nine months to a.year. Mrs, E. C. Griseofulvin has been effec- tive in treating fungus infec- tions of some types. Since the nails grow slowly, the treat- ment must be spread over a long time before you can be entirely rid of infected tissues. The drug should be taken un- der medical supervision. when 60 banmen and cellarmen employed by Mooney's held a meeting of protest in the pacsish room of the Roman Catnolic Church of St. Anselm and St. Cecilia on the Kingsway. The result of the meeting was a de- cision to demand that Mooney's withdraw the girls that have been employed. Otherwise, the union will take action, not osly in London, but also in Mooney's establishments in Dublin, A spokesman for the Union said: 'Women are fine in a cocktail bar, or in a pub with carpets on the floor, but not in Mooney's, where customers want their glass of Guiness and their bread and cheese served up fast. They don't want a bar- maid gossiping with her favor- i down at the end of the r" : MEANS HEAVY WORK Working behind the bar, tt was pointed out, involved heavy work, such ag shifting crates, bottles and kegs, The men claim that the women could not do it. But the chief objection was that the barmaids did not belong to the union, and the men refused to work alongside someone who is not in the union. Asked if the newly-hired bar- maids could join the union, the spokesman said: "Yes, but not our branch, We have about 1,000 members and they are all men. We don't want barmaids. They could join another branch if they wece waitresses."' Another objection is that the barmen claim that the barmaid earn nearly as much as they do, and they do not have to work so hard. One barman said: "In Ireland, it takes five years to make a barman. You ~ wear an apron and a stiff white collar and you are just like a civil servant. Sure, we're more important than the policemen." One of the barmaids, Miss Kathleen Corrigan, as Irish as the shamrock-green overalls she wears on the job, paused in her serving of customers to say that she could do the job just as well as any man. Mooney's management in Lon- -don said they had to hire the girls because of staff shortages during the holiday period. But be union spokesman rejected Ss. "There are plenty of men in Ireland who would be glad of the jobs in London," he said. So the battle goes on, with the existence of the barmaids as an adjunct to London public houses at stake, : BY-GONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO 9 O. M. Alger, Inspector of 'the Children's Aid Society, stated that due to several factors, ju- venile delinquency was on the wane. He named the factors as being the instituting of a Juve- nile Court and the work of the city's' service clubs. Approximately 291 mew stu- dents were enrolled at the Osh- awa Collegiate to make a total of 800. Mary and Hillcroft streets were in a state of disrepair due to the work being done by the Bell Telephone Company's lay- ing of conduits. Winter milk rates came into effect with a general increase in all the retail prices. Quarts increased from 11 to 13 cents and pints were seven cents. Thomas Nisby, Oshawa en- trant in the third Wrigley mara- thon swim, was taken from the water when he was 11th in the race. He outlasted 50 other en- trants. : Leon Frazer, secretary of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, announced that a booklet about Oshawa was being sent to man- ufacturers in Great Britain and the United States, with the idea of enticing new industries here. Oshawa Curlers asked the cit- izens of the city for support to the amount of $30,000 to aid in building the new curling rink on Bond street east. The Oshawa Homing Pigeon Society held their third race of: the season, a distance of 87 miles. A bird from J. Askew's loft won first honors, Marriages totalled 24 in the city during August while deaths numbered 15, A party of 200 Chamber of Commerce delegates from Que- bec were guests of the Oshawa Chamber. Premier Gardiner of Saskatchewan, who was guest of honor, was the chief speaker at the banquet. The W..E. Phillips Co. Ltd, had the best exhibit in the Con- struction Building at the CNE, according to the building super- intendent. The Red Cross Cottage at Lakeview Park closed after one of the most 'successful seasons in its history. Over 130 children had-been given two weeks' out- ing there. Cs Victoria: Schools Plan-- Sex Education Classes ICTORIA (CP)--School and health erin in Victo: ance of sexual matters among adolescents, are planning sex education classes, The plans call for a pilot scheme of movies and lectures by a qualified and doctor at one school, students will be involved, "Tt is an experiment--we are fn the planning stage," says John ig superintendent of Greater Victoria schools, "The school board believes young people are in need of this information, Our ultimate objective is to present such "Dr. John Wilibeeet, r, John read, medical health director of the Greater Victoria Metropolitan Board of Health, poi the lessons will be factual, clinically detached and matter-of-fact. "There's no doubt about it~ this has been needed for years and years and years, "We are responsible for school health services and part of our Lon ine is to educate the purtic," TRAIN FOR. FAMILY Dr. Whitbread says such Physiological and anatomical classes will feature the normal development of the human body from childhood through adoles- cence to maturity, "T think sex education is a bit of a misleading title. 'Training for family living' is better but I suppose some people wouldn't understand what we were do- ing if we called it that," Mr. Gough says it will take "a couple of months" to deter- mine what the program will in- clude, how many lessons will be given and what grades will be taught. A preparatory plan of in- struction, subject to an over-all understanding among school and health authorities, parents and religious leaders, includes these points: --Instruction will be given to segregated classes of all boys or all girls, likely at junior high school level; --Students will be encouraged to submit anonymous written questions, deposited in a box, to the lecturing doctor; --Parents' approval will be Obtained before any student is permitted to take the course; --Clergy will be likely con- sulted to make sure the course in no way conflicts with religi- ous beliefs; ~--Emphasis will be placed on TODAY IN HISTORY By, THE CANADIAN PRESS * ~The Pilgrim Fathers, 102 Puritans, sailed in the May- flower from Plymouth, Eng- land 343 years ago today-- in 1620--to seek freedom of worship for their own faith in New England. The 74 men and 28 women were members of John Robin- son's church at Leyden. They landed at Plymouth Rock in December of that year and their settlement later formed part of Mas- sachusetts. 1900 -- Social Credit Pre- mier William Bennet of British Columbia was born. 1901 -- President McKin- ley was shot. QUEEN'S PARK Abou 300 and the dangers of --,. ri8, - y ACK INFORMATION A resolution including these -- approved by school oe ee re of adolescent age usually lack uthentic about sexual matters." a have gp movie - px recording of similar lectures given to school chil- OTTAWA REPORT Members Setting Mileage Records By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--Records for for- eign travel are being set up by our politicians during this summer's. adjournment of Par- liament. Health Minister Judy La- Marsh has just returned from three weeks in Britain, France, West Germany and other Euo- pean countries. This was a work'ng tour, during which she studied pension plans and health schemes in each coun- ~try. Agriculture Minister Harry Hays took a two-week trip to Europe, visiting France, Rus. sia, Finland, Denmark and Brit- ain. The purpose of his trip was to see at first hand agricultural practice and policies in Europe, He was accompanied by the deputy minister and by the Stabilization Board, Social Credit Leader . Bob Thompson will shortly leave on a trip to New Zealand and Aus- tralia, to study economic and social conditions, and probably to keep his usual alert ear open to new ideas on foreign aid to underdeveloped countries. DIEF HOLDS RECORD Opposition Leader Diefen- baker held the record as Can- ada's most intensive foreign- travelling prime minister. His wanderings outside Canada dur. ing the last decade began when he took his second bride on a honeymoon to Mexico. Later they both went to Israel, visit- ing other countries en route. When he became prime minis- ter he stepped up his mileage. starting at once with a visit to Britain. Immediately after the. 1958 election, he went holiday- ing in Nassau. In later years, he holidayed in Bermuda and in Jamaica, He made a tour of the world; he visited Japan; he visited Nassau again; he went to the United Nations in New York; he made several further trips to Britain; and he fre. quently forayed into the United States to visit towns where a university offered him an hon- orary degree. Now he is off again, this time to visit Mediterranean countries. He hopes to be re- ceived in audience by the new Pope, Paul VI, while he is in Italy, And he has let it be known that he would like to spend six days in Egypt as guest of the Arab leader, Gene Nasser. Close Races Seen In Ottawa Valley By DON O'HEARN CORNWALL--One of the best fights in the current election is shaping up here in Stormont. Peter Manley, the Liberal who has held the riding since 1951, is being opposed by Pro- gressive Conservative Fernand Guindon. Mr, Guindon was the member for adjoining Glengarry in the last House but has switched tidings because he moved nto Stormont. Both have been regarded as able members, and locaily neither is being given an ad- vantage in the election. STIFF FIGHTS SEEN The Stormont campaign is somewhat typical of the whole Ottawa Valley, in fact. There are 11 seats between here and Renfrew North, based on Pembroke. -- The only. other Liberal seat is Renfrew South, which Liberal Levnard Quilty won last year. The Conservatives are hope- ful of taking this back. But then they are fighting for ---- their lives in a number of scats they now hold. RUSSELL TROUBLE Russell probably is the big- gest fight. In it Gordon Lavergne, the former member, is running as the candidate of the local riding association but without the backing of Premier Robarts. . This means there are two PC candidates in the field to split the vote. Which makes the Liberal. a strong favorite, of course this is an old Liberal seat anyway. In Glengarry, vacated by Fer- nand Guindon, a former mem- ber, Osie Villeneuve, is running, Mr. Villeneuve left the provin- cial house for the federal field and after one success was de- feaicd in the last federal elec- tion. He was tied in with some al- leged financial irregularities re- cently and his standing may have dropped. This traditionally also was a Liberal seat, of course, There are other seats also in which the Liberals express strong optimism. These even include the city of Ottawa ridings. One can hardly go along with the party's high hopes--thess seats have been held too 'ong and too strongly by the Conser- vatives, ' But one also has to admit that it is a long time since there has appeared ground for op- timism at all and that in this election there seems to be. And so you say it just mght happen. Other parliamentary lers include a group ding, West Germany to stand ermany to a the anniversary- celebrations of the German Social Democrat Party in Hamb.rg. NDP Leader T. C, Douglas heads this group, which also contains the former CCF parliamentary leader M, J, Coldwell, and Port Arthur's MP Doug Fisher. Mr. Fisher intends to stretch his strip onwards from Ger- many, to, visit Russia, Finland; Noway and Sweden. His pur. pose is to study the woods in- dustries there, where conditions and problems are not dissimilar from those met with in his own rambling great constituency at the Lakehead. WHO PAYS? The taxpayer picked up the bill for the two cabinet minis- ters, Judy LaMarsh and Hays, presumably; . they went abroad on .government business. But who pays the other bilis pi that costly series of junk- ets Tommy Douglas and his col- leagues travelled to Germany @s guests of the German party. Doug Fisher's end-run is being financed, he told me, out of his increased parliamentary pay, Canadian politicians had a healthy waming about accept. ing travel hospitality and free up in 1931 to study the affairs of the Beauharnois Power Com- pany. 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