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16 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Saturday, December 5, 1964 GOOD, EVENING WORDS IN PRAISE OF CIVIC FORUMS The ordeal of the, civic forums -- where the tricky, unexpected quiz can sometimes spell political doom -- is all over now for the candidates in Oshawa's municipal election. _ There is precious little time left for last-minute campaign- {ng as election day, the hour of truth, draws near. _ Never. before, in modern times at least, has Oshawa had so many civic forums, 'with no less than six in all, including the two at Lake Vista and the one for Separate School Board candidates at St. Gregory's. "The sponsors are all to be congratulated for their display of good citizenship in trying to arouse interest in this most t election, but the general turnout was disappointing.. | 'These forums are wonderful things, despite restrictive ground rules that do not allow individual candidates too much time for commentary; nevertheless, there is a strong feeling in the community that they are held too close to election day, are too crowded together, and that their general format could stand some revision. For instance, wouldn't it be more beneficial to candidate and citizen alike if the aldermanic forum was aplit into two or three evenings? The hope of all now is that the light turnout of the citizen- ry for these municipal events in recent days does not augur for a light vote Monday. Local statistics prove that the popular vote has sagged badly in those years of a mayoralty acclamation -- this fac- tor should make citizens all the more determined Monday to get out and vote and to encourage their, neighbors to vote. The ballots to be cast will not only decide the personnel of four bodies--Council, Board of Education, PUC and Sep- arate School Board -- they will also decide the fate of the Ward system, which is of prime concern to this municipality of 67,000. There's a lesson to be Jearned from the municipal vote in Hamilton Wednesday -- the smallest vote in that City in more than 20 years left the four-man Board of Control intact and added only four new faces to the 20-member City Council. There may be other reasons for the light turnout, but one of them undoubtedly was the recent acclamation of Mayor Victor Copps for his second term. City Clerk Roy Barrand recently expressed the opinion that an "ideal" popular vote for a municipality of this size would be 60 percent. Lét's all try Monday to make this opin- fon a reality. CHAMBER TO FETE QUEBEC COUNTERPARTS HERE The Oshawa Chamber of Commerce is ready to do its bit to improve Ontario-Quebec relations. The point became evident this week 'with an announce- ment by President Ken Crone of the Chamber that the C of C will play the host role here next January 27 during a 14-hour visit to the City of Ste. Therese, Que., Chamber of Commerce. Ste. Therese is the site of the new General Motors plant in the French-Canadian province. It is hoped that between 25 and 50 will be in the visitors' party. They will spend the day inspecting local industry, especially the GM plant and will be entertained at a dinner in Hotel Genosha. They will arrive by train at 6:19 a.m. and depart at 12 midnight the same day. This will be one of the most ambitious good-will programs undertaken by the Chamber since it entertained two U.S. Navy Summer training ships here three years ago. LITTLE NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE City Council will meet in special session next Wednesday night to clean up odds-and-ends business before the end of the year . . . Local hockey buffs who happened to be in Bos- ton, Mass., today could have watched the Oshawa Generals perform at the Boston Gardens in a matinee game against Niagara Falls Juniors, another Bruin farm club. The chang- ing face of downtown King street -- those Christmas lights do much to give the main stem a Yuletide atmosphere, but it will seem strange to have that one-way eastbound traffic come early in the New Year. How the face of the street has been changed -- what one misses most of all are those ponderous, gruesome coal trains which mow seem to have be- longed to an era long since past. Remember Wayne and Schuster's famous quip: *'Oshawa is the only city where we had to race a train to a park space, and we lost." t Murder Arrests In Deep South Cause Anger, Unrest "By MIKE SMITH PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) Anger, unrest and unanswered questions gripped this, eastern Mississippi town today after the FBI arrested 21 white men Fri- day in connection with the mur- der of three civil rights workers last summer. Twenty of the 21, including Sheriff Lawrence Rainey, of Neshoba County, Deputy Cecil Price and five Ku Klux Klans- men, were free on bond, await- ing a hearing in federal court at nearby Meridian Thursday. The FBI charged 19 of the men with violating the civil rights of the three workers, and the other two as accessories. The FBI complaint said Price and nine others plotted the in- terception of the workers near Philadelphia and that it was part of the conspiracy that they "would threaten, assault, shoot and kill them." The victims were Michael Schwerner, 24, and Andrew Goodman, 21, two white New Yorkers, and James Chaney, 22, a Negro of Meridian, Miss. They disappeared after going to Philadelphia from: nearby Mer- idian to investigate a church bombing, Their 'bodies were found. in an earth-filled dam 44 days later. The big question as Philadel- phia residents locked their doors and deserted their streets Friday night was whether any of the 21 men swept up in the FBI net would actually be charged with murder. | Murder is not a federal crime) unless it is committed on fed- eral property. Philadelphia, a town of 6,000 which boasts livestock and lum- ber as its major industries, was Loans For Latins Agreement OK'd By CARMAN CUMMING NEW YORK (CP)--Canada took a step closer to Latin America Friday with conclusion of an agreement under which it will provide up to $10,000,000 for "soft" loans to finance aid proj- ects in the area. The agreement was signed at | Canada's United Nations mis- sion by External Affairs Minis- ter Paul Martin and Felipe Her- Tera, president of the Inter- American Development Bank. Martin described it as a "rather historic' agreement, marking the first time Canada DEATHS By THE CANADIAN PRESS Canadian Company. International Toronto--Wilson H. of Commerce. Barbados -- Dr. tinction in two world wars, Montreal--Gordon Brown, 62, executive board member of the Paper Bushkill, Pa.--Edwin Bunting| Bartram, 86, a direct descend-| ant of botanist John Bartram and a-noted scientist himself. | Faulder, 57, assistant general manager of the Canadian Imperial Bank | R. Percy Wright, 82, a retired Montreal physician who served with dis- had extended aid to Latin America. Under the pact, the bank may Use the funds for periods up to 50 years. The loans may bear no inter- TRAIL MINDERS Trail open each year. ést or may be made under other |, --= » terms agreed on by Canada and the bank, Repayment will be in Cana- dian dollars and proceeds of the loans will be used for purchase of goods or services in Canada under a competitive bidding sys- tem among Canadian suppliers. HEAT WITH OIL DIXON'S OIL 313 ALBERT ST. 24-HOUR SERVICE 723-4663 SERVING OSHAWA OVER 50 YEARS CHOOSE CARD OTTAWA (CP)--The Christ-| Mas card chosen by Governor- General and Mme. Vanier fea- tures a photograph of the open- ing of the Canadian Conference on the Family, held at Govern- RE-elect ) | December 7th leecee$oe | YOUCAN | BE SURE IF YOU VOTE Some 50 hiking clubs in the} U.S, co-operate in keeping the 2,050 - mile - long Appalachian a place of paradox after the news of the arrests. "This 6% just 'ruined our Christmas,' said one woman, who, asked that her name not be used. And there was anger. 'It seems like they are trying to make an example," one busi- nessman said. "That's why it's so unfair." : The 19 men charged with vio- lating the rights of the mur- dered men could get 10 years in prison, a fine of $5,000 each, or both, if they are convicted on the federal charges. The other two charged as ac- cessories could get three years in prison, a $500 fine, or both. Governor Paul B. Johnson re- fused to comment on whether he would act to remove Sheriff Rainey or Deputy Price from office, Also arrested wee a city pa- trolman, Otha Neal Burks, 71, and Rev. Edgar Ray Killen, 39, a fundamentalist Baptist minis- ter. A U.S. commissioner released 18 on $5,000 bond each. Another was arrested at Gulfport, on the Mississippi coast, and another at Shreveport, La. The last, Tommy A. Horne, 28, of Meridian, was arrested at his home Friday night when he returned from a_ business trip. Horne, one of two ar- raigned on accessory charges, was released on $3,500 bond The other man charged as an accessory, Earl B. Akin, 32, of Meridian was freed earlier on $5,000 bon 4d. The web of circumstances that led to the 21 arrests Friday began last June when the Mount Zion Negro Church near Phila- delphia was burned and the church elders 'were beaten. When Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman went to investigate, Price said he jailed them, charged Chaney with speeding and released them after Chaney posted $20 bond. ; That was the last anyone ad- mitied seeing them alive. | has eriticized the FBI's. effec- tiveness in the south, com- mended the agency but said] "honesty and realism compel] me to admit that it will be very | difficult to get a conviction." | Robert Goodman, father | one of the murdered youths, | called in New York for A cca e! 'land vigorous prosecution of those responsible." In Washington, Mrs. Rita Schwerner, widow of Michael Schwerner, said: "How can you get convictions when the jury will be composed of relatives and friends of the idefendants and no Negro can| sit on the jury?" Meridian, Mrs. Fannie Chaney, mother of Robert Chaney, said: "I've been just praying for this. I just wanted to know their names, I'm going to go to the trial of those men who killed my boy and I'm going to sit right there every day and listen Two days later their burned station wagon was found at the ogee of a swamp northeast of iladelphia: The' search was intensified. President Johnson sent 400 sail- ors. from the Meridian naval station to wade through the snake - infested swamps with state and FBI investigators, who poured in like migrant farm workers. On Aug. 4, the FBI dug the bodies from the earthen dam. Price assisted: Chaney, the Ne- gro, had been viciously beaten. All had been shot. Reaction to the arrests was varied. Rev. Martin Luther King, who RE-ELECT ALD. CLIFF PILKEY CLIFF PILKEY--Has proven in the past two years on City Council that he has the administrative ab- ility to translate the taxpayers needs into action. CLIFF PILKEY--Will continue to give the added leadership nec- essary in the expand- ing and growing City of Oshawa. ON MONDAY DEC. 7 RE-ELECT FOR ALDERMAN PILKEY, CLIFFORD IX Cars & Information -- Call 723-7492 to every word.' YOUR SUPPORT and INFLUENCE. "RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED to RE-ELECT . fe E.F. ARMSTRONG MECHANICAL ENGINEER to the PUBLIC UTILITIES~ COMMISSION 1965-1966 12 Years' Previous Experience on P.U.C, Chairman 1963-64 E. F. ARMSTRONG VOTE and ELECT ALEX SHESTOWSKY FOR ALDERMAN ALEX SHESTOWSKY @ 8 Years Planning and Estimating with Engineering Firm in Batawa, Ont. @ 4 Years as Development Officer with Engineering Firm in India. @ 14 Years in Dry Cleaning Business in Oshawa. Member of:@ Oshawa Harbour Commissioners @ Oshawa Rotary Club @ Oshawa Chamber of Commerce @ Dry Cleaners and Launderers Institute (Ont.) @ Canadian Research Institute FOR TRANSPORTATION OR INFORMATION PHONE 725-9196 or 725-9059 OF OSHAWA'S FIRST BOB STROUD Respectfully asks for your support To elect him to the BOARD OF EDUCATION again conscientious and de- termined effort will be made to provide ade- quate facilities, and the best of education. If elected, a serious, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD . . 1962 ment House in June. About 2,000 copies of the card will be mailed by the vice-regal cou- ple. The Christmas card will be sent in both French and Eng- lish, bearing the greeting "With best wishes for Christmas and the New Year'. OLD WORLD TRADITION electing aldermen. VOTENO" ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1964 WARD SYSTEM VS. VOTE AT LARGE Let us continue with the present vote at large system and make your yote count when Are you in favour of electing aldermen of the City of Oshawa by Wards? 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