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She 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T, L. Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1963--PAGE 6 Inconsistent Attitude Towards Violent Death One small plane collided with -another during the weekend, and two people were killed as a result. The story got quite a play in the ~papers and was a lunch-hour con- versation piece on Monday. Report- ed much more briefly -- and dis- cussed not at all -- were the dozen or so deaths that occurred in traffic accidents in this part of the country. It seems we have come to accept traffic fatalities and accidents as a normal part of our way of life -- a bit of bad luck that could happen to anyone. The deaths do not make more than a superficial impression "on our consciousness -- and our "conscience -- and we go. to great Jengths to excuse the killers, as if 'we were saying to ourselves, "There, but for the grace of God, go I." 'And thus-we blaspheme to excuse our lack of responsibility. Dr. Terence Morris, lecturer in sociology at the London School of Economics, in a recent lecture on science and morals, put this un- comfortable question: "How do we manage to regard a man as_merely 'unfortunate' who Research In People who drive through Algon- quin Park see only a small part of its nearly 3,000 square miles, but they see enough to carry with - them a permanent image of its beauty and of its value to the people of the province as a facility for outdoor recreation. But few of them realize that the Park is the base for extensive scientific work. This work.is conducted at the De- partment of Lands and Forests Wildlife Research Station. Management studies of wildlife are naturally the main concern of the Research Station, but scientists from distant parts frequently make use of its facilities for specialized studies, Fur bearers provide an annual income of around $4 million for some 9,000 trappers in Ontario. It's natural, therefore, that the habits and habitat of such animals as Support For By the time the Republicans in the United States get down to nominating their next president candidate in 1964, the Goldwater bubble may have burst, but at the moment it is a large and gaudy ' bubble. The political facts indicate that it should never have reached its present. size -- but American political observers concede that Senator Goldwater is running. far 'ahead of any opponent for the nomination at present (unofficially, because there has been no acknow- ledged candidate thus far) and are digging for explanations of the phenomenon. Except for opportunists who have climbed aboard his band- wagon, Goldwater is opposed by his party's professionals. He is not a great political philosopher, not a magnificent orator, not an electric personality. He has the disadvan- tage of support from the John Birchers and the so-called "lunatic fringe."" With only 16 votes in the . Republican convention his own state She Oshawa Sines T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor dl epg Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the itby Gozette and Chronicle (established 1863) is published daily (Sundeys end Statutory holidoys excepted) Members pf Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou * 'of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Associaton. The Canadon Press is exclusively entitled to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associoted Press or Reuiers, and also the focal news °. lished therein. All rights of special des- pati are also reserved. Offices: Thorson Bu 425 Universi Avenue, . Toronto, Cuter "ally Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION: RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Tounton, Tyrone, Dunborton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskerd, Brougham, Burketon, Cicremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Pontypool and tle, not over 45c per week. mall (in Province of Ontario) livery areas 12.00 per . Other Ith 15.00, P ond US.As end foreign 24,00, drives with reckless abandon, not infrequently in a drunken state and sometimes uninsured against third party risks, and regards his victim as in much the same category as livestock ?" His point was that "we appear to be inconsistent in our attitudes towards violent homicide and are given to legal casuistry about 'in- tentions'." To put it more bluntly, we hang the man who, in the grip of some violent emotion, stabs or shoots and clubs another, but we make ex- cuses for the man who, quite de- liberately, drives a motor vehicle in a manner that results in the death of one or more persons. Yet one is a killer just as much as the other. The man who drinks before driving knows that he is putting himself in a condition to kill on the road, but we treat him much more tenderly than we do the bank robber who threatens us with an empty or toy pistol. The traffic slaughter will con- tinue as long we have this odd at- titude towards killing, Algonquin mink, beaver, marten, fisher and otter are under constant study. Hunting has developed into a major industry, and as a result there is intensive study of predators whose habits may affect the game popu- lation. A permanent establishment stands today where the research centre was originally established in tents in 1945 so that the flora and fauna could be studied in natural environ- ment, free of any human interfer- ence. The Research Station draws scien tists from Canadian and American universities, from the Ontario Re- search Foundation and other insti- tutions to study a vast variety of things, from the analysis of bird songs to the transmission of disease by blood-sucking insects. The Station could be even more useful with additional government support. Goldwater is one of the least influential politi- cally. The explanation, American politi- cal pundits agree, is that Gold- water has the support of a wide- spread protest movement among the voters, particularly among younger adults and university stu- dents. He has commanded this sup- port, says the New York Times in an objective appraisal, because of "his long, one-man stand against big labor, big government and the dreary lavalike flow of what passes for political liberalism." The Times, in no sense a Gold- water partisan, states that the most politically meaningful factor in the Goldwater phenomenon is the spon- taneous support from "a genera- tion come of age in the era of big business, reared amid the flabbi- ness, the conformity, the some- times stifling demands of the cum- pany, the union, the machine and the Government. "These men and women are mostly young, mostly educated, mostly outspoken, without personal memories of the Great Depression -- the traumatic experience of their fathers. They -chafe under high taxes and big government, a cold war to which they see no end and no alternative, restraints on business 'initiative,' costly public welfare programs, union dominance and domineering, and the power of the 'hypenated-American' mi- nority groups in the. big urban centres," Bible Thought I laid me down and slept; I awaked ; for the Lord sustained me. -- Psalm 3:5. How abbut this for a tranquilizer? The Psalmist does not suggest it. Ke did it. It worked, Oshawa Sines . . Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited AT LEAST THE --_--\ REPORT FROM U.K. Assessment Furore Hits Rates Courts By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON Seething dis- content has been smouldering under the surface for several months over the drastic re- valuation of properties for the purposes of municipal taxation, or rates, as the term for them is in this country. Now it has QUEEN'S PARK broken into flame in what is being called the "great rates row." It has reached the courts, as the local valuation panels ave hearing, or are preparing to hear, the first of the hundreds of thousands of appeals from aggrieved ratepayers against their assessment valuations. There are approximately 100 of these local panels in Eng- land and Wales. They are made Voting Spotlight Centres On Metro By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--The spotlight on election night almost certainly wil! centre here--on the Metro Toronto area. With the election expected to be close the balance of power could swing with the Toronto seats. In this election, through the partial redistribution, the area has 10 more seats, for a total of 29. And this block is enough to put either the PCs or the Lib- erals in power. This doesn't mean it is going to io so. It well could turn out that the seats will turn out to be well divided among the three parties. But it is practically certain that no party is going to get enough seats out in the province to win a clear majority without a substantial holding of Toronto seats. And certainly as it looks now it is most unlikely any party will have a comfortable major- ity--considered as a minimum of 60 seats--without good Tor- onto support. WHICH WAY? And the Toronto situation is as unsettled as any in the' prov- ince. Not only are there 10 new rid- ings at stake, and likely in sev- eral cases to swing any way, but there also are close fights in some of the old seats. The PC sitting members in the three Toronto "'core"' seats, GALLUP POLL St. Patrick (Hon. Kelso Ro- berts), St. David and St. George, are ail said to be in danger, for instance. In Toronto Woodbine the sit- ting NDP member, Kenneth Bryden, is in the fight of his life with PC George Hogan. Hon. Allan Grossman could be in trouble in Toronto St. An- drew, MANY NEW VOTE: Nobody is certain who is go- ing to win in hardly any riding. A great:reason for this is that the complexion of the Toronto area has changed greatly in the last few years. : The area has grown tremen- dously, And New Canadians from Europe are.responsible for much of the growth. There are said to be more than 100,000 Italian - Canadians alone here now And you can't tell how most of this vote will go. It has changed almost com- pleiely the character of some of the downtown ridings. And it is important in some of the sub- urban seats, And it--and other factors, in- cluding stronger Liberal and NDP candidates than usual, and new riding associations--makes this key area-also the most con- fused, ¢ it is assumed -- as in most other areas--thaft the govern- ment will lose some seats, and here that both Liberals and NDP will gain. But just how many and where it is almost impossible to say. More Approval Shown For State-Run Lottery By THE CAN. INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) Canadians cannot be accused of inconsistency when it comes to whether or not this country should have Government-run lotteries. Slowly but surely the climate of opinion is increasing in favor of sweepstakes. Over a decade the people have expressed themselves on the subject three times and those who approve have gone from 68 per cent in 1952 to 73 APPTOVE covccccccscseces Disapprove cessevecses Undecided Strongest opposition comes from those with university edu- Public school ... /)High school .+ 'University SENT TC See e eee we ereeseees per cent today. The 'number who oppose has remained about the same, In the United States approval of State-run sweepstakes is far iswer than in Canada. Fifty-one | per cent say they would favor lotteries and 39 per cent say they would vppose them. The question: "Would you favor or oppose the government of this province running. big sweepstakes or lot. teries to help pay for education and public health?" Nationwide results: 1952 1960 TODAY 70% 73% 1 19 9 8 100%, 100%, 100%, cation where 34 per cent say they would disapprove of lotteries. Approve Disapprove No Upinion 72% 75 64 16% 12% 19 6 3 3 MIDWAY'S OPEN 1s 3% ae ney, up of laymen specially appoint- ed to do the job, and they are all independent of each other. They are certainly going to have their busiest time for years, being literally over- whelmed by the flood of objec- tions which came when re- valuation sent rateable values soaring in the early part of this year. OVER 400,000 APPEALS No accurate figure is given as to the number of appeals which have been lodged with the special courts. But | fig- ures which have been compiled by the inland revenue depart- ment show that in the,first four months since the new assess- ments took effect, 402,000 ap- peals to have them changed had been made. In April, the number totalled 108,000. In May, when many people had received their tax notices, 137,000 more appeals were made. In June, another 86,000 taxpayers had appealed, and the July figure dropped somewhat to 71,000. The figure for August has not yet been compiled. : MAKING SETTLEMENTS Not all of these 402,000 ap- peals, however, will go before the courts. Quite a number of them are being amicably settled by friendly negotiations with the local valuation officer, or municipal assessor, as he would be called in Canada. Rating experts claim it is too early as yet to say whether the valuation officers are facing their highest challenge over from irate householders. Com- parisons are being made with what happened after the last revaluation was made in 1956. In that year, taxpayers were not nearly so hard hit by the higher assessments as they have been this year. Yet at that time the number of ap- peals for a reduction of the new assessments reached a total of 968,000. WAIT AND SEE Officials' of the rating and valuation association are con- vinced, however, that thousands of ratepayers, particularly hard- hit business men and industrial- ists, will launch appeals later. They are waiting to see what happens at the court hearings. "There is no time limit set for the making of appeals," said one official. "It may be good tactics for the rate ayers = oa show their ends too early." OTTAWA REPORT Annuity, Pensions Differences Noted By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA -- Canada's senior citizens will be able to choose to draw federal old age securit pensions and also the new Canada contributory sion at age 65, instead of at age 70 as i to now, ' But of course, those who elect to start their pensionS*at the realistic retirement age of 65 will have to accept a sharp slash in the amount of pension. The present old age security payment is $65 a month, It will shortly be increased by Parlia- ment to $75. In addition, Cana- dians would, under the new con- tributory pension plan, be able to draw up to a maximum of $100 a month, making the total of $175. But this is a maximum, de- pendent upon the individual's earnings and contributions while working. It will not be $175 for everyone; the average pension will be much lower than that, In iact, some Canadians will not qualify for the "contributory" portion at all, and these will be down to the rock bottom $75 a month, Those who elect to start draw- ing their pension before the age of 70 will lose 13-24ths of the pension for every month by which their commencement date precedes their 70th birthday. That means a reduction of 6% per cent a year, for a total re- duetion of 32% per cent if the pens.on is begun at the 65th birthday. So a Canadian retiring at 65, and needing to draw his pension then, would obtain $50.63 a month in place of the $75 a month old age security, plus--if qualified for the maximum of $100 a month contributory pen- sioti--$67.50 in place of that $100, for a maximum total of $118.13 a month. COST SEEMS HIGH What will it cost those fortu- nate few, who subscribe each and every month through their . working life, and end up draw- ing that maximum pension of $118.13 a month at the age of. 65 years? Health Minister LaMarsh makes it clear that there are two separate elements of the pension, and they will be fi- nanced separately. For the old age security tax, a worker in the top pension bracket, earn- ing $4,000 a year, now pays $90 a year extra in income tax. For his contribution to the new pen- sion, he will pay at first $40 a year, and his employer will pay the same--a fringe benefit a which in effect will come out of Santa Claus's benevolence 45g zsr8 tl but out of the worker's pay y packet, But this totai contribution of Pen- $80 will rise, according to gov- ernment estimates, to $264 a year. Insurance company ac- tuaries predict that it will soar to much more. So does the ex- perience of other countries with comparable schemes. Suppose a Canadian earns $4,000 a year all through 'his working life. This is unrealistic, but it simplifies the picture and does not distort the comparison I shall make. Suppose also that the yearly contributions have reached, but -not ded, the benefit of "funding." But under the LaMarsh pay - as - you - go eer there ig p18 ich nest egg--merely a for the widow(if any) at a reduoed scale, ve Ke This comparison makes the government plan look far from a "best buy." . In the interests of the' indi- vidual Canadian taxpayer and the pensioner, as well as in the government's estimate. He will pay into the govern- ment scheme $354 each-year for YOUR HEALTH © tional interest, there are valid . grounds for a reconsideration and reshaping of his hastily e- 4 vized project. Drips, Busts, Colds And Skeeter Bites By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD Dear Dr. Molner: What causes nasal drip? Why does it sometimes produce infection? What is the relation, if any, to spastic colon?--E.H.W. I presume you mean forward through the nose, not into the back of the throat, in which cas it is "post-nasal drip." An irritant (an allergy, a sen- sitivity to fumes, possibly ex- cessive smoking) js a likely cause, Or there 'tilay be some obstruction of the upper nasal passages due to deviated sep- tum, polyps or other factors preventing normal nasal drain- age into the throat. The probable connection be- twee the drip and infection of the nose would merely be inri- tation to the membranes mak- ing them more vulnerable to such transient germs as may be present. If the spastic colon is a re- sult of allergy (as may some- times be the case) then there might be a relation between the nasal drip and the spasticity. Otherwise, there is mo connec- tion, Dear Dr. Molner: What about reducing the bust? I have read that in England a simple oper- ation is performed for this -- Mrs, H.L. It is also being performed im BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Edouard Bartlett was well received when he gave a violin recital at Owen Sound, Regi- nald G. Geen, who was his accompanist, selection of piano solos, Local men were given work on the construction of the new four-lane highway from Toronto to Oshawa. Col. R. B. Smith was elected Lieut.-Governor of Kiwanis Dis- trict No. 4 at a convention held in Kingston. Fred L. Fowke, one of Osh- awa's senior citizens, and for- mer commissioner at Halifax, who with his family had return- ed to the*city after spending several months at their sum- mer home at Chester, Nova Scotia. The office of tax collections reported that only 59 per cent of taxes payable had been re- ceived. The Ontario Regimental Band was presented with the trophies it won at the CNE at a concert in the Regent Theatre. also played a- Leonard Richer, Director of Music in Oshawa Schools, took a five-boy orchestra to Hunts- ville to play for the Rotarians there. The orchestra included Kelvin James, Arthur Hawkins, Charles Urbin, John Robertson and Henry Richer. Eleven new members were received into the congregation ' at King Street United Church by the minister, Rev. J. V. Mc Neely. Reginald James Lamon, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Lamon, Oshawa, was called to the On- tario Bar at a convocation held at Osgoode Hall. "C" Company of the, Ontario Regiment held a get-together in the Armories, Capt. R. Butt of Whitby presided. Grahe@m MacDougall, of Whitby, was welcomed at the Whitby Rotary Club as an out- standing winner of a valuabie university scholarship. Anne Walker won the singles title and Conant Trophy at the Oshawa Tennis Club. F North America, but it is not as simple as you make it sound, Dear Dr. Molner: Can pneu- monia develop from a cold? If 80, + 1 can a person avoid it? Yes, there are many kinds of colds and various kinds of pneu monia. Lung infection (pneu- monia) is show by x-rays rather frequently in people who have colds, Respect a severe cold; instead of keeping going, especially if there is fever and a cough, rest in bed for a day or so. This can shorten the cold and help prevent invelying the lungs, a Dear Dr. Molner: What does a person's system need to keep mosquito bites from being 80 poisonous? I love the outdoors. but my ankle or elbow will swell up so tight as result.of a bite it seems as though the skin might break. Would suction cup of a snakebite kit help?--B.B. uM Some. people are unusually sensitive to the toxin of a mos- quito bite. i Have you tried insect a lents? These have proved to effective if used regularly and according to instructions. The snakebite kit does not sound practical to me, The suc- tion oup is used in conjunction with cuts to encourage and thus release from the body. My hardly be warranted for a. quito bite, apes a4 Perhaps a dab of an alkali jay help somewhat -- baking o- a weak ammonia solu- ion. However, repellents ably are the best answer, ma can be used on clothing, while a are applied directly to skin. ' the TODAY IN HISTORY Sept. 25, 1963 . . . The transatlantic tele- phone ¢cable between Brit- tain and North America was inaugurated seven years ago today--in 1956-- with a three-point exchange of greetings between Lon- don, Ottawa and New York. The $42,000,000 link was de- clared open for service at 11:07 a.m. The cable front Oban, Scotland, to Claren+ ville, Nfld., consisted of two lines laid 20 miles apart on the ocean floor, the north- ern line carrying westbound calls and the southern, easté bound transmissions, 1513 -- Vasco Nunez 46 Balbao became the first Eu. ropean to see the Pacific, FOR INFORMATION ON... ELECTION DAY! 728 - 7300 Call: OSHAWA AJAX -- DUNBARTON -- 839-2504 LBERT WALKER |X 728 -7309 942-6910