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THOUGHT FOR TODAY Passing the buck: Old-fashion- ed phrase now expressed as "delegating authority." he Os dges Close To Objective a Gunes ~ WEATHER REPORT Partial clearing and 'cool tonight, some sunny periods Tuesday. OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1963 Authorized os Second Ottawa and for payment Class Mail Post Office of Postage On Cah. VOL, 92 -- NO. 270 ATLANTIC CITY FIRE AT ITS HEIGHT Iraq Army Turns Out Socialist Government BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) President Abdle Salam Aref and the leaders of the Iraqi armed forces overthrew their coun- try's Ba'ath Socialist govern- ment today and took control.| There were reports of shooting in Baghdad. Aref, a field marshal in the army and a "figurehead" pres- ident in the Ba'ath government, indicated in one of his first pro- clamations after the coup that he hoped to revive. the agree- ment to merge Iraq with Syria and President Nasser's United Arab Republic. The president, an admirer of; Nasser, said he would co-oper- ate closely with' all Arab na, tions, "especially with the United Arab Republic." Aref, who has been Iraq's provisional president since the military. ousted premier Abdel Karim Kassem's dictatorship in February, assumed full powers as head of a new revolutionary council, He ordered dissolution of the national guard, a semi-military unit of Ba'ath Socialist party 'youths loyal to exile deputy pré- mier Ali Saleh El Saadi, leader ° e te 4 : Favor Provinces lay rr. H. g of an extreme left faction of Ba'athists. All guardsmen were ordered to surrender their weap- ons to the armed forces, Those who refused were to be executed on the spot. A general curfew proclaimed) at 6:40 a.m. was eased t allow bakers and others in essential services to go to their jobs. Aref said in a_ statement broadcast over Baghdad radio that he was taking over full powers to safeguard the unity) of the Iraqi people. } Iraq had been in the throes of a week-long internal power Struggle between moderate and extremist factions of the Ba'ath om Ba'athist leaders from had, gone to Iraq to help *ohder' Baghdad radio made no men- tion of the Syrian-Iraqi Ba'athist party command which took over the government Friday. Reject Limit On Red Credit PARIS (Reuters)--Britain to- day rejected an American re- quest that Western countries limit their credit terms for sales to the Soviet bloc to five years, sources close to the NATO coun- cil said. The request was made at the opening session of the 15-nation NATO ministerial council by George Ball, U.S. undersecre- tary of state. British Trade Minister Ed- ward Heath said his govern- ment felt it could not be bound by any such limitation, the sources said. Conference sources said most of the other NATO allies fav- ored a five-year limit, including France, West Germany and Canada. Ball told the meeting that! Russia's resources were. .lim- ited and a co-ordinated Western credit policy could influence So- viet economic policy. There was consequently a good opportun- ity for the West to restrict OTTAWA (CP) -- The Com- mon" gets a two-day time bonus starting this week to deal with government legislation before the anticipated mid-Deceniber end of the parliamentary ses- sion, The extra legislative time arises from the fact that the Commons has finished with the sessional requirement to hold six supply debates. These two- day debates concluded last Tuesday when the last of the departmental spending pro- grams were brought before the House for study. State Secretary Pickersgill, government leader in the Com- mons, has mapped out a num- ber of pieces of legislation for the week's sittings: 1. A bill to extend until 1967 federal vocational and technical training assistance to the prov- inces. The program is scheduled to expire in March, 1964, | TO BUY SECURITIES 2. Legislation to authorize Fi- nance Minister Gordon to buy securities of the International Monetary Fund. 3. A proposal to increase the membership of the centennial railway grade. crossing used to eliminate level cross- ings. House Prepared For Legislation fund 6. Authorization for the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority to borrow up to $535,000,000 in- stead of the current limit of $345,000,000, 7. A proposal to add two new directors to the Canadian Over- seas Telecommunication Cor- poration and provide for ap- pointment of vice-presidents. The Commons has been spending Thursday and Friday evenings in detailed study of the spending programs of the var- ious departments. If progress is made on the week's legislative program, additional time may be set aside later in the week for this study of spending. Crucifixion Issue Starts Sharp Debate VATICAN CITY (AP) -- An Italian cardinal and three patri- commission, which is planni Canada's 100th birthday cele-| + ations im 1967, tq. maximum of TY from™12,"""* ; 4, Authorization for the cabi- net to pay $400 a year to judges handling admiralty court mat- ters--tribunals which try mari- archs from the Middle East as- sailed today a declaration hold 'ing: that all mankind--not Jews alone--are to blame for the cru- cifixion of Christ. The question came up as the Roman Catholic ecumenical council opened debate on the TAKES OVER President Abdel Salam «Aref, above, and the leaders of the Iraqi armed forces overthrew their country's Ba'ath Social- ist government today and took control of the country. Mishap Ties Up Welland Channel PORT COLBORNE, Ont. (CP) The ship Silver Isle backed into a lock fender in the Welland hotels and rooming houses near ithe famed Atlantic City Board- 5 Hotels ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP), Fire swept through a block of walk today and Police Capt Al- bert Wilson said 25 persons were missing. Police and firemen started the ruins of the Surf- side Hotel for bodies shortly be- fore 11 a.m. Flames destroyed five hotels a rooming house and dam- an' apartment building be- the blaze was brought un- control, Fire also spread to 'three 'other buildings put was quickly extinguished. The missing were guests, at the Surfside Hotel, where the) fire broke out shortly after 4 a.m. The Surfside was a kosher establishment catering mainly to elderly Jews, Milton Rauer,. owner of the Surfside, said 20 of the were year-round residents of the hotel and another 10 were there on short vacations from New York, Philadelphia and other cities, "I'm fearful to say a number did not escape," Rauer said. 'It Canal may! today bg a we hi rough: channe' joining Lakes Ontario and Erie, The vessel, owned by. Island Shipping, backed into a fender at Lock 8 as the fender was being lowered behind the ship. The frame holding a safety ca- went ¢0 quickly. A number of Razed In Atlantic City a back window: about: 15: feet to the ground, i "In another minute or two the whole building would have col- ings on. either. side of i. along Maryland Avenue, which inter- board persons of-them admitted. , he said, ; Atlanti¢ City Hospital said. 22 were treated there, two said: credit terms in order to compel ble was broken. "s no doubt ear had cers MONTREAL (CP) Aref indicated that he wanted most important issue before it, ada's young Liberals, looking to becoming the radical thinkers in their party, went on record dur- ing the weekend in favor of in- creasing provincial autonomy. A two-day convention of the Young Liberal Federation of Canada approved resolutions asking the federal government to recognize that provinces need a greater share of tax revenues; to gradually withdraw from fields that are within provincial jurisdiction, and to~see that French-speaking Canadians get a better break in the federal civil service and Crown corpor- ations, Some 400 delegates attending the convention were told by Prime Minister Pearson, na- tional organizer Keith Davey. and Quebec cabinet minister Mrs, Claire Kirkland - Casgrain Can-|social groups take it over en.) iy. tirel; Members should be recruited in trade unions and professional organizations, said another study report. The Liberal clubs should offer members some- thing to do that interested them --sports and social activities as well as political work. Several issues sharply split the delegates on ethnic lines, French - speaking versus Eng- lish-speaking. Western Canada in particular objected to the creation of a new post, that of French - speaking vice-presi- dent, but the Westerners were outvoted. Unity prevailed when Michel Robert, 25, a French-speaking lawyer from Montreal, was nominated as a last-minute can- didate for the presidency by that the party wanted, indeed expected, its young people to come up with fresh, far-out ideas Mr. Pearson said ideas that may sound radical today prob- ably will sound conservative in 10 years. The federation heard study reports suggesting that it go after the white-collar and work- Calgary's Cameron Millikin, and won. He defeated Lonsdale (Lon) |Holland, Montreal' investment dealer and outgoing national a Syrian-Iraqi military union to|®ussia to divert funds from time offences. military programs to c goods, he added in a 15-minute speech. continue. He sent a message to the commander of the Syrian Army brigade fighting Kurdish 5. Extension for three years to 1967 of current authorization for federal payments to the rebels in northern Iraq and as- sured. the Syrian his brigade was "part of us." Many Basements Flood In Storm TORONTO (CP?) -- Thunder- storms with torrential rains swept through western Ontario into Metropolitan Toronto Sun- day night ard varly today. Lit- more than $900. tle damage was reported except} A youth and a girl also forced for the occasional power failure. | their way into the room of City works department crews/David Nicholson, a guest in the reported one the busiest| motel, robbed him of $60, his nights in months aiding people|car keys and driver's licence with flooded br-ements. |drove off in his car. The weather office at Malton} Donatos Kriachiumas, mana- reported a half-inch of rain|ger of the Roycroft Motel on there, but said Mount Forest|Kingston Road, was treated in was hardest hit in the area with|hospital for a cut on the head TORONTO (CP) -- A motel manager was-forced into his of- fice at .gunpoint early today, slugged, tied and robbed of | vice-president of the federation nearly 1% inches. and rope burns to his wrists. 'Chase At Whitby Follows Robbery Provincial police later chased a car on Highway 401 'near Whitby and were joined by of- ficers. Several warning shots were fired and the car rolled over, Daiiel Page, 18, and a 14- year-old girl, both from Ville Jacques Cartier, Que., were ar- rested and two pistols seized. The motel manager said that after the robbery he crawled to the back door "and banged my head on the wall until someone heard me." WAVE OF VIOLENT CRIMES the schema on Christian unity. The declaration on the cruci- fixion was prepared by the Vat- ican's secretariat for promoting Christian unity, It also calls on priests and religious teachers to promote understanding. Jewish leaders around the world have hailed the declara- tion as a milestone in Jewish- Christian relations, bat council sources have warned that the declaration would not have an easy time in the assembly of Roman Catholic prelates. This became apparent almost soon as the more than 2,000 cardinals, patriarchs, archbish- ops and bishops began discus sion of the Christian unity schema. The debate that started today was the first touching directly on Christian unity although the council previously had _indi- rectly considered the matter as a side issue in other discus- sions, Metro Safety Plan Proposed TORONTO (CP)--A new traf- as A new fender was being; rushed from Port. Weller, at- the other'end of the canal, but it was expected to be several hours before »shipping could be first thought was, to get my-fam- ily out. I' woke up my wife; she woke up our three sons and my resumed. mother. We ali. jumped through grabbed-'a dress and then we/200 still some others in, the, Police estimated upwar | from Atlantic ce."" of City nen sivas! Ottawa Police Ambush One report, presented by Ray-| nold Langlois of Montreal, pres-} fic safety plan to give Metro- politan Toronto a "'blueprint for Oe ee ae OTTAWA (CP) -- Police ex- A similar rash of robberies ere stents n> sem aera re ident of the Canadian University Liberal Federation, suggested that over a period of time uni- versity graduates get right out of the federation and let other |pressed confide 'ce today that |they have smashed the hooded jgang tha: has been terrorizing |Ottawa and district homes. _ Four suspects were arrested in a police Sunday HELP The Chest CLIMB jnight as intruders were break- ling into the plush west-end home jof Benjamin Achbar, who was |e"t of the country on a holiday. One man was arrested after a chase in which warning shots were fired. A fifth escaped. lo- lice also picked up a woman suspect elsewhere in the city. Detective Inspector Borden Hobbs described the arrests as _261,800__| _ 250,000 __ 225,000 200,000 175,000 150,000 125,000 100,000 75,000 50,000 25,000 Start rN "a'major breakthrough in the investigation of fecent house robberies." Activities of the hooded rob- bers reached their peak during the last two weekends, when more than $50,000 in cash and valuables was stolen from wel!- to-do homes where occupants were tied up by gangs of men. However, similar house robber- ies have been occurring over the last several months in the general Ottawa area. 7 KNOWN BY POLICE Insp, Hobbs said all those. ar- rested were well-known to local police and were in their late 20s or early 30s. Police said they had been fol- lowing the of days as part of an all-out drive against the hooded gang in which detectives. worked ex- suspects for a couple} tended shifts in an effort to end| the wave of house robberies, | The most recent incident was Friday night when the hooded thieves escaped with more than $3,006 from two homes in sub- urban Alta Vista. At the home of hotel-owner Bill Touhey, 56, they broke through a glass door and terrorized Touhey, his wife and two daughters with threats of violence if they failed to hand over money. All were bound and the thugs escaped with $150 in cash and $3,000 in jewelry. BOYS CAPTURED Immediately prior to breaking into the Touhey home, the gang had entered the neighboring home of Dr. and Mrs. Edward Shapiro. Three boys who inter- rupted their entry were cap- tured and handcuffed while, in- sie, two of the thugs attempted to rape Elizabeth Kenny, 21, a maid at the Shapiro residence recently arrived in Canada from Jamaica. Two Shapiro children, Kathy, 6, and Sollo, ©, slept through the late evening raid. Dr. Sha- piro, who had been out for an evening walk, had a gun shoved into his stomach as he re-en- tered the house. He was carry- ing $2 which the thieves took. Earlier the same day, $11,500 was taken by a lone gunman wh» entered a downtown office posing as a telephone service- occurred on the previous week- end. Armed men wearing bal- aclavas entered the east end home of Dr. Roger Seguin and escaped with $2,000 after tying up the doctor, his wife, his father-in-law and his son. A few hours before that, an undeter- mined amount of jewelry was taken from the home of Mrs. James More, 78, and her two daughters. The masked men had tied them with lamp cords. PRIEST ROBBED At nearby Gatineau, Que., "575 was taken from Rev. Alban Lavigne who was locked in his parish vault along with his eld- erly patents and his house- keeper. In another incident an hour earlier, Ottawa insurance executive Herbert Plant and his wife were bound by masked men who took several thousand dvilars, jewelry and the famijy car. Two employées of the Ontario Liquor Control Board were pis- tol-whipped Saturday night by a gunman who thought they were carrying a large amount of money. John Wallace and Milton Smith were leaving the west- end liquor store after taking Saturday night inventory when the gunman wearing a Hal- lowe'en mask with whiskers confronted them and said "gimme, gimme." no money and the gunman struck each over the head with ? pistol and ran across a plaza where a car was waiting. MONTREAL (CP) -- Police in several Quebec municipali- ties are having a difficult time with thieves and some of the victims are finding it tougher Theves attempting to rob the Caisse Populaire (credit union) Saturday in Wickham, 65 miles east of Montreal, were sur- prised by the police and a run- ning gun-battle started. Police lost the culprits during a chase on rural roads. Friday night thieves struck minutes apart in Trois-Rivieres, 90 miles northeast of Montrenl. Motel owners told police they Jost $55 and $100 respectively. At Ste. Anne des Plaines, 30 miles north. of Montreal, where life' was proposed Paul A. McClelland, chairman of the Metro Toronto Traffic Safety Council. Paul Jones, a traffic safety expert from Cleveland, will be brought here Nov. 29 to explain how that city has cleaned up one of the worst traffic situa- tions on the continent, he said. Mr, McClelland announced the study as he declared the "mo- ment of truth" had arrived for Metro if traffic fatalities are to be stopped. He proposes Metro's budget for safety be increased to $100,000 from the present $25,000. He 'also suggested to the 'Metro transportation committee that a regular program for checking the mechanical sys- tems of started. motor vehicles be! a pregnant woman was kicked repeatedly in the stomach and had her two-vear-old son pried from her arms and thrown against a wall during a robbery Thursday, a widow lost $400 to thieves who broke into her home Saturday. . The pregnant woman, Mrs. Jean-Marc Lepine, 26, was in satisfactory condition in hospi- tal after the attack by three armed and hooded men, Her son escaped injury. The house was ransacked and $200 taken. The widow, Mrs. Gerard Le- Th. employees saig: they had esque, 49, was not harmed. California Area Tremor Recorded MOBILE, Ala; (AP) -- An earthquake described as of ma- jor strength was recorded by the Spring Hill College seismo- graph today. The college seismologist, Rev. Louis J. Eisele, said the tremor apparently was centred 1,713 miles would place the epicentre southern California between San Diego and Los Angeles, west of Mobile. This in today by , s WHITBY (Staff) -- Two Uni- versity of Toronto students were killed and another seriously in- jured when their car struck a bridge abutment on Highway 401 here early Sunday morn- ing. William Galvin McNeely, 23, of Main street, Williamsburg, and Brian Wright, 21, of 163 Ruskin avenue were killed in- stantly in the crash, police stated. Peter Edmison, 21, the driver of the car, was rushed to Osh- awa General Hospital with a broken pelvis, . dislocated. -hips and multiple face and body _la- REMNANTS OF CAR A Two Students Killed, Car Hits 401 Bridge x cerations. His home address is 812 Fisher avenue, Ottawa. Police believe the three. stu- dents were returning to Toronto, after spending the weekend at) home when their westbound car struck the abutment at the side of the Henry street overpass at 6.20 a:m. Sunday. Don Fleming of Fleming's Shell Service described the Ed- mison automobile as '"'a total wreck" and "a writeoff", Most of the damage was to the front end of the vehicle. The passen- ger's side was smashed back into the. seat. It is believed that ER HITTING BRIDGE. front seat and the other in the rear. Wright and McNeely were fra- ternity brothers in ithe Delta Ep- silon fraternity, 182. St. George street, Toronto, McNeely was a second year student in Physical Health and Education, and Wright was in his second-year of Dentistry. Edmison, a third year Den- tistry student, lives at 77 How- land avenue, Toronto, during the school: year. The accident was investigat- ed by Constable A. W. Breward and Cpl. D. I, Trumbley of the one of the deceased was in the OPP Whitby.