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Oshawa Times (1958-), 25 Nov 1964, p. 1

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Le SEAR LO ©, grag The Hometown Newspaper Of Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Bowmanville, Pickering and neighboring centres, VOL. 93---NO, 277 ¢ Oshawa OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1964 Authorized os Second Class Mail Post Office Ottawa ond for payment o' Weather Report Clear Periods And Continuing Mild Today And Thursday. High-40, Low-85, Pr pcctope ih Cosh. ERIK NIELSON, left charged in the Commons that former ministerial assist- ant offered a $20,000 bribe in a narcotics case. Lawyer La- montagne, right, who was act- PM'S AID AFTER BRIBE CHAR Ministerial Assistant Offered Bribe: Nielson OTTAWA (CP)--A parliamen- tary secretary to Prime Minis- ter Pearson Yésigned and Op- position Leader Diefenbaker promised more _ revelations Tuesday as the Commons reeled ing for the U.S. Department of Justice, says the charge is "substantially correct". Paratroopers Search For Missing Hostages * EEOPOLDVILLE (CP)--Bel- a pi te and "Congo-|grim task with the knowledge me ers searched today for| that their swift dawn drop Tues- lay resulted in more than 1,400 some 13 Canadians stilljhostages being freed, including 'white persons includ- The soldiers went about their w in the northern. Congo/18 Canadians. . and believed' to be held by the Pt 5 @ son Wi d. Another Cana-| de 'of seyen also made heidi A SMALL GIRL, wrapped in a blanket, is carried by American missionary Alfred Larsen, of Brooklyn, N.Y. as they leave plane in Leopold- ville yesterday after flight from Stanleyville. The two Were among the American More than 900 refugees have rebels arrived here from the former Government forces including rebel capital. and another 500- 'the Belgians: battled last-ditch 600 awaited evacuation at Stan- leyville airport. iparat: the eee threatened with a Several rebels and a Belgian paratroop sergeant were killed during the night in the Stanley- ville area. Much of the skirmish ing took place near the airport where the foreigners awaited evacuation to Leopoldville Ten Britons and a number of Canadians were believed to be still in rebel hands in Stanley- ville, according to.a correspond- ent of the East African. Stand- ard who flew from Nairobi, Kenya, to Stanleyville today. Well - informed sources here it poneared as it bmg the reb- ty ie ¢)° Four" American planes flying refugees out of Stanleyville this morning were all fired on by rebels but none was badly enough hit to stop its flight to Leopoldville. REBELS KILLED Several rebels were killed near the airport during the » night and morning. Congolese troops were re- ported to be shelling the left bank of the Congo River across from Stanleyville where it was , believed many of the rebels bs and European hostages res- cued from Congo rebels in an attack by Belgian paratroops and armed forces of The Congo. --AP"' Wirephoto via cable from Brussels have fled. Refugees from Stanleyville ar- riving here said rebels were hiding in every possible place, including private homes. None of the rebel-leaders had been captured yet and a mili- tary observer in Leopoldville said it looked as though they escaped "although they may be fighting with one of those small bands on the outskirts of the city." An American embassy official said patrols 'found some more bodies" in Stanleyville today, bringing the estimated number of whites killed by rebels Tues- day to 25, with 38 wounded now in hospitals in Leopoldville, BELIEVED BELGIANS It was believed the dead found by the patrols were Bel- gians. At least 19 persons were killed when rebels openel fire on hos- tages in front of the Patrice Lu- mumba Monument in Stanley- ville. MeMillan, according to a U.S. embassy spokesman, was cut down in Lumumba square. His wife and six sons, who were held hostage with him, were rescued. In West Palm Beach, Fla., MecMillan's sister, Mrs. Irene Pierce, said she had been totd by her sisters in Canada that one of the six boys was in a Leopoldville hospital with a thigh wound. Mrs. McMillan and the other five sons were placed under sedation. Other sources indicated the wounded boy was Kenneth, 17, the eldest. MeMillan was a member of the Unevangelized Fields Mis- sion, in an inter-denominational mission group. The other Canadians to es- cape were Dr. Melvin Loewen, 38, his 41-year-old wife Elfrieda and their five children, of Stein- bach, Man. They are Mennon- ites. for a second day over charges a former cabinet aide offered a bribe in an international nar- cotics case. An ashen-faced Guy Rouleau, Liberal MP for Montreal Dol- lard, rose at the House opening to say he asked Mr. Pearson to relieve him of his duties until a judicial inquiry ordered by the government clears up his role in the case. The statement by Mr. Rou- leau, not mentioned before in the allegations by Conservative MP Erik Nielsen, was only the first of many shocks in the Com- mons. Mr. Nielsen has charged that Raymond Denis, former execu- tive assistant to Immigration Minister Rene Tremblay, of- fered a $20,000 bribe to a Mont- real lawyer to drop opposition to a bail application by Lucien Rivard, wanted by U.S. author- ities for smuggling heroin into {the U.S. ORDER INQUIRY Before the daily question pe- riod ended: --Justice Minister Guy »Fav- reau announced the govern- ment has ordered a judicial inquiry to look into his own conduct in the' case and de- cide whether any charges should now be laid. "New Democrat Leader Douglas. suggested «a possible link with bail-jumping Hal Banks, the deposed Seafarers MONTREAL (CP) -- Lucien Rivard, in whose court case a bribe was alleged to have been offered by a former federal of- ficial, is in a Montreal jail awaiting the outcome of a writ of habeas corpus, The writ was issued for Ri- vard and three other men. or- dered extradited to the United States to face charges of sinug gling narcotics. A hearing on the merits of the document has been scheduled for Dec. 4. The writ was issued Oct. 24, a month after Mr. Justice Claude Prevost ruled that the evidence before him in the case of the men justified their sur- render to U.S. authorities. The case began Oct. 10, 1963 with the arrest in Laredo, Tex., of Joseph Caron, a Montrealer, and the seizure by U.S. author- ities of what they said was 79 pounds of heroin found in his possession. Caron was later sentenced to 10 years imprisonment afier pleading guilty to a charge of importing heroin to the United States from Mexico. Police said this seizure put them on the trail that led to the arrests June 19, 1964, of Ri- vard, 48, and the other men, all from the Montreal area. Rivar was the owner of a resort north of Montreal. He and the others were arrested at the request of U.S. authorities. The men arrested with Ri- LUCIEN RIVARD International Union. boss. La- bor Minister MacEachen agreed to search files for any voucher to Raymond Denis from Banks for about $1,500. --Opposition Leader Dief- enbaker unsuccessfully de- manded a return to the jus- tice department estimates to enable Mr. Nielsen to fate more revelations. if --Prime Minister Pearso said he was told about the case only Sunday and Mr: Rouleau talked to him for the first time Tuesday morning. crisis atmosphere gener- ated by Mr. Nielsen's charges prompted the prime minister to postpone for several hours a trip,to Western Canada. He is Rivard In Montreal Prison Awaiting Outcome Of Writ vard were Charles Emile Gro- laeu, 55, a retired soldier; Jul- ian Gagnon, 35, owner of a chain of hairdressing salons, and Joseph Jones, 27, a waiter. The RCMP said all four had been under surveillance for sev- eral months. They were arraigned the day of their arrest and were or- dered held without bail. Pierre Lamontagne of Mont- real acted as special prosecu- tor in the case. Industrialist Faces 20 Years NEW YORK (AP) -- Indus- trialist. Mark. A. Fein, 32, ac- cused of slaying his bookmaker instead of paying off a $23,890 World Series bet, was convicted early today of second-degree murder. He faces a sentence of from 20 years to life in prison. Fein is president of his fam- ily's New York container man-' ufacturing company, Fein In- dustries Incorporated. The state said Fein shot Brooklyn bookmaker Reuben Markowitz, 40, in Fein's' East Side "bachelor apartment" Oct. 10, 1963, stuffed his body in a trunk and had three friends take the trunk in a rented sta- tion wagon to the Harlem River and toss it in. Fein is married and the father of three, Ontario Housing Corporation Ann Landers--25 City News--23 Classified--32, 33, 34 Comics--30 District Reports--6 Editorial--4 'Financial--35 THE TIMES today... Conducts Survey--Page 23 Hampton Sheep Breeder Wins Trophy At Royal--Page 6 Generals Defeat Peterborough--Page 12 Obits--35 Sports--12, 13, 14, 15 Television--30 Theatre--8 Whitby News--5 Women's--24, 25, 26 also understood to have angrily ordered cabinet ministers to maintain stricter control over their office assistants. TRIES. PRESSURE In his charges Monday, Mr. Nielsen also said that Guy Lord, former. special assistant to Mr. Favreau, tried to pres- sure the Montreal lawyer, Pi- erre Lamontagne, and said the Mafia had reached its tentacles into two cabinet ministers' of- fices. Mr. Lord, who Mr. Nielsen says was an "innocent dupe," now is studying at Oxford Uni- versity in Britain. He 'said Rivard was "'in league" with two members of the Mafia crime syndicate. Mr. Nielsen asked the prime minister to broaden the in- quiry's terms of reference to de- termine whether the Mafia has infiltrated "other" offices of government. Rivard was arrested at U.S. request in Montreal June 19 with three other men and charged with. smuggling heroin into. the U.S. and with conspir- acy to import heroin into the U.S, from Mexico. An extradition order was is- sued but the men are still in jail pending further legal argu- ments. The Opposition shouted "whitewash" when Mr. Favreau said the commission would ia- quire whether. he acted cor- rectly in deciding there was in- sufficient evidence to prosecute Denis. "The commission 'will' also in- quire into whether there is fur- QUITS is changed by Mr. with offering the bribe. Mr, ther eviderice to justify prose- cution of Denis, now with a pri- vate law firm in Montreal, The Opposition wanted a clause inserted into the terms of reference to permit an inves- tigation of the whole affair. The government was pep- pered with questions from all parts of the Opposition benches in a continuous din for much of the question period, until Mr. Douglas mentioned Hal C. Banks. The House fell silent when he asked for a search of unpub- lished documents of the T, G. Norris royal commission into maritime unions to determine whether there was a voucher signed by Banks in favor of a Raymond Denis. For several months Conserva- tives have charged that Banks was allowed to slip into. the U.S. while out on bail to escape im- prisonment on his conviction of conspiracy in an assault case. Mr. Denis, 31, was special as- sistant to former justice minis- ter Chevrier, now Canadian high commissioner to Britain. Later he switched to Mr. Trem- SASKATOON (CP) -- Prime Minister Pearson Tuesday de- fended Justice Minister Guy Favreau for his. handling of charges of bribery and coercion against two federal 'ministerial assistants, "T have confidence in-my min- isters," he said when asked if he believed Mr. Favreau acted correctly in not reporting the allegations to the prime minis- ter until shortly before they be- came public knowledge. The prime minister said in an interview that Mr, Favreau in- formed him of the charges im- mediately before the justice de- judicial 'inquiry has examined prosecution would be sary. the Commons that the inquiry would determine whether he was correct in concluding there was. too little evidence to war- rant prosecution, The prime minister said Mr. lem. (Mr. annual convention Tuesday. gations to determine whether neces- Mr. Favfeau said earlier in Favreau had dealt with the mat- ter as an administrative prob- Pearson addressed the Saskatchewan Liberal Se. inside RAYMOND: DENIS, right Rotileau, left, has asked tobe his role in the. case. Nielson relieved of his duties until a PM Defends Favreau' On Handling Of Issue government had @ "very, very rough time, indeed," in the Commons Tuesday over 'the charges against former minis terial assistants Raymond De- nis and Guy Lord. In his convention address, Mr. . Pearson said the: report of the Commons flag committee would be tabled next week and "'we will get the committee report adopted.'" : He said the government had met obstruction from the Con- servative opposition but had managed to have some good ag- He 'told the convention thelriculture policies passed. jpartment's spending estimates were brought down in the House of Commons "because he thought they (the charges) might come up in the House." Mr. Pearson said a judicial inquiry would be set up "just as quickly as we can get @ chairman." He said terms of reference would include investigation of blay's office. the bribery and coercion alle- Russia Labels As 'Travesty' U.5.-Belgian Rescue Action By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Soviet foreign ministry in Moscow called in United States, Belgian and British diplomats today and strongly protested the dispatch of Belgian paratroop- ers to The Congo, Diplomatic sources said the Russians termed the joint U,S.-Belgian operation "a travesty." The Moscow sources said the Russians rejected the Western view that the parachute troop laridings "were forced by' fears that white hostages were threat- ened with slaughter by Congo- lese rebels. The sources added that the' Russians regarded the landings as intervention. The U.S. embassy imme- diately rejected the Russian charges. The Russian protest came after both the Soviet Union and Weather--2 China had denounced the seiz- ure of Stanleyville, stronghold EST meeting. LONDON (CP) -- Guy smuggling ring. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Order For Bribe Inquiry To Be Tabled OTTAWA (CP) -- The government will table in the Commons today a cabinet order inquiry into circumstances surrounding charges of attempts ed bribery and coercion involving ministerial assistants. Acting Prime Minister Martin said after a lengthy cabinet session that the order-in-council setting up the inquiry will be placed before the Commons at its. scheduled 2:30 p.m, appointing a judicial Lord Denies Involvement In Drug Ring Lord, former Canadian civil servant, denied Tuesday night any knowledge of an alleged . bribe attempt in connection with an international narcotics of the Communist-backed Con- golese rebels. They scoffed at the rescue aspecis of the Belgian-U.S. air- drop and Congo Army mission. In Africa and among neutral- ist nations, there also was sharp criticism. The United Arab Republic called for an emergency meet- ing of the foreign ministers of the Organization of African Unity to discuss what a Cairo spokesman called the "contin- ued foreign intervention and use of force in The Congo." Kenya's Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta, who had tried to free the white hostages through talks with the rebels, intimated that he believed the United States and Belgium. were responsible for the hostages' deaths 'he- cause they pressed ahead with DOCTOR WOUNDED NAIROBI (Reuters) -- Rebels opened fire on an RAF mercy mission which flew into Stanley- ville today, wounding a British Army doctor, a correspondent who flew with the mission re- ported. Maj: David Findlay received a slight flesh wound in one arm when snipers fired as. he was supervising the erection of tents the attack. for a field hospital unit. Rebels Fire On RAF Mercy Plane One correspondent, who. ac- companied the. transport plane carrying the hospital unit and a plane carrying food on the flight from Nairobi, also said one Belgian non-commissioned officer was killed and eight U.S. planes hit. The rebel snipers were con- icealed round Stanleyville air. port. 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