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el pianists The Hometown Newspaper Of Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Bowmanville, Pickering and neighboring centres, VOL. 93 -- NO. 302 a Nile cali ai tile cial alle dite Se, ile <i, a en eee ge ee he Oshawa Times Authorized as Second Ottewa and for OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1964 Closs. Mail payment o Weather Report _ Colder On Christmas Day With Possible =~ Snowflurries, Low-25, High Friday-2& Post Office f Postoge in Cash. TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. CHRISTMAS IN TUNEFUL TRADITION The carols of Christmas bring significance and enjoyment to the Yuletide. 'Throughout the world to- night they'll be sung in many ton- gues by carollers of all ages carrying their message of goodwill. In Osh- awa, the tuneful tradition of Christ- mas is being kept during the season PEERS REGRET YULE BIRTHDAY LONDON (AP)--Two Brit- ish peers who have Christmas for a birthday agreed today that this annual coincidence can be tough on children. Said Lord Westwood, who will be 57 Friday: "My father used to give me a pair of gloves. Then he'd tell me that one glove was my Christmas present, the other for my birthday. "Then the following year he's give me a pair of. shoes --the right one for my birth- day, the left for Christmas. I didn't find this very amusing --but my father did." Said Viscount Hardinge, who'll be 59 Friday: "As a child I always used to miss out. I only got one present instead of two." And now? "I'm too old to care." Jerusalem Wall Opens JERUSALEM (AP)--The Je- rusalem wall was opened today jin an annual gesture of peace jto allow Arabs from Israel a Christmas reunion with families in Jordan. A north wind blew a grey drizzle across the Holy City at 6:20 a.m. as the first of an ex- pected 4,442 Christian Arabs trudged through . the» Mandel- baum Gate. So They came despite a new by the city's many church choirs in special programs. The four young carollers here are members of the St. George's Anglican Church Junior Choir. From the left, they are John Johnson, Britt Ongley, Richard Donald and Ronald McConkey. Oshawa Times Photo "Kritingok™ To You Too QUEBEC (CP) -- Some 850 miles northeast of Quebec City, at Fort Chimo Que., Christmas will be celebrated to shouts of "Kritingok,"' which in the Es- kimo dialect means, you gues- sed it, "Merry Christmas." LIKE RED ENSIGN Robarts Proposes Distinctive Flag TORONTO (CP)--A distinc-|. The expert suggested that the tive flag for Ontario was pro-|legislature might whittle the posed Wednesday by Premier|coat of arms down to the shield Robarts. jalone. Wednesday the way in which His choice: The Red Ensign, TO GO AHEAD this lonely outport will cele- but containing Ontario's coat of Mr, Robarts said the govern-|brate the holiday. mae arms. ment had decided to go ahead) vn elght geen 'A night| The idea was immediately ac-|with a provincial flag in view|/0! Dec. 24, he said, = @ | cepted by Liberal Opposition|of the adoption by the federaljfor the i Nag start and Leader Andrew Thompson. Parliament of the. maple leaf|Wwill be followed by dancing. "I think wi nei blem as Canada's national] Following the dance, the in- I think with Red Ensign oe jhabitants of the community will as a background it makes aj/"@8. ay | st of the evenin most appropriate design for an| He said he would -- the te ag tal other. % '| Ontario flag," he said. proposal with Mr. Thompson Christmas Day, there will be} But Donald C. MacDohald,|and Mr. MacDonald. If rid be|several sporting events, among| the New Democratic Party|Sa?y, the flag question could ©|them dog-sled races, rifle con-| leader, was quick to criticize|submitted to an all-party com:|/ ot. ond a tug-of-war. | th> proposal. mittee of the ges he|, 50, far this season, the fort It would be interpreted as) Premier Robarts sai ©\has been hit by winds of up to meaning "well, the Tories lost|Wanted to make clear that the\79" niles an hour and chilled| out in Ottawa, but they're joily/decision to adopt a provinciall,, temperatures of 45 below. well going to have their way|flay would in no way detract! Bot this week, the inhabitants here," he said. from the official Canadian flag-|have been lucky, basking in a erator at Fort Chimo, des- cribed in a telephone interview Marcel Gagne, a wireless op-| © | der your Christmas tree to- | morrow for further details ! clash in continuing, Arab - Is- raeli strife which brought bul- lets whistling betwee Jordan- ian and Israeli positions Wed- nesday and a Jordanian com- plaint to the United Nations truce supervisory organization. Gunfire from rifles and auto- matic weapons. broke out around Israeli-held Mount Sco- pus, surrounded by Jordan, and || AT HOME WITH FAMILY Prime Minister's Wish For Unity, Brotherhood i isis som « _ OTTAWA (CP)--Prime Min-jafter their energy and play and|utes before UN observers jister Pearson, in . Christmas|romping have finally exhausted|hrought about a truce. jmessage to Canadians, says|you--their mother can take « ; that if he were granted one|/them home." ish viet anol ta gh jwish, this would be it: | Traditionally family gather-\ating men from the Israeli | "That each of us and all ofjings would be taking place in| side, Reports at the scene said jus in Canada, individually and/millions of Canadian homes|three Israelis were wounded, bre speed might rise above our|"'and my wife and I will be! but an official Jordan statement divisions and our differences;|among the fortunate." made no mention of casualties, |that understanding and brother- es ateeidunalans Rete, |hood might replace emotions AREN'T SO LUCKY F | "But all Canadians won't Mice rene fonivide our 'm{bave this good 'fortune, and we| 40 Left Homelss tion." jshall certainly think of them.| . | | After Quebec Fire | ee | "Of the lonely, of the. sick, WANTED! Mr. Pearson's C hristmas MeS~\of the sorrowing--we wish them jsage has been recorded for QUEBEC (CP)--About 40 per- sons were left homeless early Last seen in December, atin sod" lbroadesst and telecast on/|taPpiness and health and God's "Of those across our great|{oday when a fire destroyed a 1963, this man is wanted by. all |! : blessing. youngsters in Oshawa and in |Christmas morning. | | He said this would be a PT) country whose jobs must go on: three-storey house, an adjoining whose Christmas is just another|W@tehouse and damaged five all parts of the world. The | man, known as S. Claus or St. |ticularly happy Christmas for! Pearson because| we wish them god-|other buildings in lower-town 2 {Quebec City. Nick, was last observed in the |him and Mrs. ( \Friday early hours of Dec. 25, 1963, -- " as, Toe ea ereD epeed," travelling north and carrying |would be with them in Ottawa a : fas | Firemen said the blaze Of Canada's soldiers and rep-|tarted in the J. C. Blouin ware- house. Its origin has yet to be an empty sack. Latest reports jand "the special Place of chil-| r : : indicate he is again heading {dren in keeping the meaning of resentatives in other countries, | south -- but this time with a |Christmas alive is of course|! assure them ss that we atiqotermined. There were no in- full sack over his shoulder, |sacred." jhome do not forget. juries, Area Will By THE CANADIAN PRESS it may be more of a wet Christ mas, Wednesday night, can look for }ward to of a snowfall rain, unseasonably mild, says weather office. But snow tha rest of Canada can expect vary ing thicknesses of snow. with a-storm Wednesday tha left a foot of snow and a hos of accidents behind. Near Mont in a three - way collision be on a slippery highway. The storm and the rush o! Christmas week has resulted in 19 deaths in traffic and fires in Quebec from Monday until Wednesday night. Quebec Pro- vincial Police said they could do little to prevent the toll rising. "Despite intensified police crack - downs on drivers, the Canadian Hi ay Safety Coun- cil rel that 50 persons will die in agcidents across the country in the 84 - hour Christmas 'weekend from noon today until midnight Sunday. Last year 22 were killed in a A traditional white Christmas |is expected for most of Canada Friday, but in southern Ontario Southern Ontario, fog - bound colder . weather for| Christmas Day with little hope| to replace the! The Maritimes will also have rain and temperatures will be the has fallen heavily will probably _|be around for the holiday. The Quebec City was bombarded real, 15 persons were injured tween a car, truck and a bus Likely Miss Usual White Christmas 30 - hour Christmas holiday period. ; In southern Ontario, the fog grounded all flights at Toronto International Airport at the height of the holiday .crusht Many passengers took to trains before the fog lifted. Temperatures across Canada Wednesday ranged from an are? tic 41 degrees below zero. at Snag in the Yukon to a balmy 42 above in Victoria, Windsor, Ont., and Toronto, and 40 above in Halifax, The forecast for Christmas Day in the Maritimes is for dull, damp and mild weather. A storm from the United States mid-west was expected to move into northern Quebec and the Maritime Provinces, keeping Skies gloomy Friday. ! Quebec City can count on milder weather, but it will con- tinue cloudy. Montreal and the Laurentians face the possibility of occasional drizzles. No furs ther onslaught of snow ds pre- dicted. i Central Ontario may have wet snow or rain, but Northern Ontario is in the path of a storm from the U.S. which could drop snow in the area, No signs of a' warmer day are in store for the Prairie Provinces. Manitoba, Saskat- chewan and' Alberta have been hit by heavy snowfall 'and be« low - zero temperatures. = In Britisi Columbia, the weather office is p ng a white' Christmas for act time since 1051 in the "lower Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island, t t t if POPE SPEAKS SADLY threatening the peace. crisis of public morality, mine, Speaking Consistorial said: in Hall, certainly in yours . 'We are not insens The pontiff also deplored a in- creasing delinquency, and the still present sufferings from fa- the Vatican's the Pope 'It is sufficient to remember that the painful and preoccupy- ing aspects of the world scene are present in -our spirit and ible to so Deplores Crisis Public Morality VATICAN CITY (AP)--In a Christmas Eve speech to his cardinals, Pope Paul spoke sadly today of "'agitations and guerrillas, with discords and op- positions" troubling nations and many evils and so many dan- gers which hang over contem- porary society. We refer to the uneasiness which troubles not a few nations, with agitations and guerrillas, with discords and oppositions threatening the peace and. jeopardizing the tranquil coexistence of peoples. We refer to a certain crisis of public morality and the upris- ing and diffusion of delin- quency. We refer to famine still present in the world." The Pope also expressed his |sorrow at opposition the Roman Catholic Church still faces in some countries, and at the grave troubles its missionaries have had during the last year in others. " There is nothing like| The prime minister said his) Check your chimney. and un- ces seh | small children to make the day|most memorable Christmas, the) I t a e a f n 'By a ' p 0 a p | "When and where the neWipaimy 15 below temperature CHANGES. EXPECTED jprovincia! flag will be flown) which they hope will continue} gested the legislature will prob-|and custom and such rules as} ably make some changes in Mr.|may be established in the years) '. Robarts's recommended flag. |to come," he said. Bandit Threatens | of arms on the Ensign would|clearly Ontario's connection MH | give it. a highly cluttered ap-|with the Crown and symbolize! To Kill Teller pearance, this source said its attachment to. the traditions) jaMILTON (CP) -- A lone The coat of arms includes a of common Jaw and the parlia-| handit robbed a Bank of Mont- and a motto. ithe United Kingdom, he said./qay after threatening to kill a teller. Mrs, Margaret Kindree, a ~ NEWS. HIGHLIGHTS rvsietie? cts ut oe ery in an inside coat pocket i. ° . g and handed her a cheque with Martin Urges Russia To Negotiate =-- note attachea. © OTTAWA (CP) External Affairs Minister Martin The note read: "Give me the into "renegotiations at once" in an effort to solve the United (is a cop on the corner, Iet Nations crisis over peace-keeping 'debts. him be the. hero. I'm _ al- ready wanted for one murder Christmas Gift Job Nets $25,000 in Toe BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) -- Masked bandits who M k and Montreal under pretext of delivering a Christmas gift Auto a ers made off with 300,000 pesos (about $25,000) Wednesday. 'Add To Record . . | Bomb Blast In Saigon Injures 66 0 hecor SAIGON (Reuters) A 100-pound plastic bomb ex- | TORONTO (CP) -- Canada's car makers will exceed the 650 injuring 66 persons. Only one American. was reported se- verely hurt. A U.S. military spokesman said the blast in- they add to their record produc- jured 52 Americans, one Australian and 13 South Vietnam- 'tion total, the Motor Vehicle|P ese. Manufacturers Association. said 5 Wednesday. production after a_ three-week BIEN HOA (AP) -- U.S. soldiers and airmen in South strike, the manufacturers. sched Viet Nam gave a wildly enthusiastic welcome to Bob Hope (uled a total of 9,256 cars and today as the Hollywood star produced a surprise Christmas (1.371 trucks to come off the as- show on a baseball field only 400 yards from where the An expert on heraldry sug-|will be determined by usage] through the holiday. Putting the full Ontario coat} The Red Ensign would signify shield, a bear, a deer, a moose,|mentary system inherited from| yea] branch of about $600 to- proached her wicket, put one issued a strong appeal today to the Soviet Union to enter |money or you'll be shot, There won their way into the local branch of the Bank of London "es ploded in the biggest U.S. officers' quarters in Saigon today, Gab-yonicle nave this cee as Soldiers Welcome Comedian Hope _ ith, General Motors back i sembly lines this week Viet Cong shelled American jet bombers seven weeks ago 17,813 cars and 1,211 trucks, peace - keeping debts peared Wednesday as ae negotiations failed to win over, @! aes the Soviet Union to a generally treaty," U.S. Ambassador Ad- points in the plan in a surprise move me) i 7 stood by their positions in meet-;Vety disappointed' by the ings later in the day, agreement late im the day. Last|that the new turn of events had week's actual production. was|sharply increased the possibil}) mediately and that the assem-jdian mainland and smashed/behind the project and parents lity of a damaging showdown\bly go ahead on a normal basis./hundreds of grass huts. | . i shen---/one he first remembers, was in a SS eee |Aurora, Ont., when he was five jyears old. | "I remember the tingling,| |wide - eyed wonder of that! iChristmas Eve and what was} igoing to happen.- And the even wider-eyed wonder at 6 or 7 Christmas morning at what had Hectic UN Negotiations Fail To Win Over Russia jhappened. That Christmas has) EDMONTON (CP) -- Christ- UNITED NATIONS (CP) --jover Russia's voting right in proved on, and the modest, sim-|mas is bringing an unusual gift fopes for a pre-Christmas set-|/the assembly, Iple gifts of that day stand out|for 13 children, some of them lement of the UN crisis over ARMISTICE. ONLY lhecause they are permanently|handicapped or retarded, being AED ee linked with a mother's and fa-\cared for by a 46-year-old Ed- hectic, "Let's say there has been!" *% ; tmonton woman armistice, but no peace|ther's love--love which gave us|™ . : us. 4 a sense of security and happi-| The youngsters will get 450 |ness right through to the next/new "parents"--the students at Christmas; indeed, right/Sherbrooke Elementary and Ju- \through until today." nior High School. l The students plan to "adopt" |the children being cared for by |Zoie Gardner, who has been looking after unforunate young- |sters here for 22 years by con- |tributing time and money to help jlai Stevenson commented after |Wednesday's meeting, Canadian Ambassador Pau and| Tremblay said only that he was ccepted settlement plan. The Russians rejected key early Wednesday Russian attitude, The settlement plan, worked out by Quaison - Sackey and Secretary - General U Thant in co-operation with the Afro- Cyclone Rips Ceylon, India sii"cine: Asian group, would: have MADRAS, India (AP)---H | Elementary students at Sher- Asi 4 , Ww ve pro-| MA AS, India (/ --Hun-|, sare ' vided for a fund into which'dreds are believed dead in a|brooke school started the ball| Alex Quaison - Sackey of tnana, president of the Gen- ral Assembly, announced that n assembly meeting planned or today had been put off until ext-Tuesday. school Malawi. cepted Rudolph Melnychuk, Sher- brooke principal, said the pro- ject should prove that "not all teen-agers are bad." He said his students recently -- raised $150 to buy 1,500 elementary texts for students in Miss Gardner happily ac- the students' offer of help and said she'd be particu- larly grateful for any assist- ance in charges 13-room home for them. looking after her and maintaining her Wednesday the first donation The Sherbrooke students plan Students "Adopt 13 Edmonton Youngsters candy and. baking sales and drives to raise money and clothing. They will also encour- age Miss Gardner's older chil- dren to participate in sports events at the school. For the younger ones, there will be parties and help. in flooding a backyard - skating rink.. And Miss Gardner. .can expect baby - sitting and a helping hand from some. young men in changing storm win- dows and fixing leaky faucets, Money is already coming in. One group of Grade 8 girls of food, toys and money wasjraised $5 in a night of carol made at Miss Gardner's home. [singing and donated it 'to the fund. debtor countries could make in-|cyclone and tidal wave thatjrolling when they decided to, direct payments in lieu of as-|swept across southern India|give a Christmas hamper of sessments they consider illegal.) and Ceylon Wednesday. food and clothing to Miss Gard- Thant would have reported -The chief minister of Madras |"¢": about mid-January on the ex- state reported that 200 persons) At the suggestion: of Mrs.| tent of the contributions, If the were washed into the sea and|Vera Jarvis, a Grade 9 teacher, amounts given by the Russians,/drowned at. Dhanushkodi, in|the junior high and,.elementary French and other debtors were| southern India. students decided to follow up acceptable, the question of) 'The Indian Express said 590|the hamper by "'adopting" Miss jtheir. voting rights. under the! were feared drowned on the) Gardner's charges on a perm- charter's Article 19 would be tinx island of Rameswaram, be-|@nent basis. dropped tween India and. Ceylon. The|. Eleanor Janis, president of But the Russians insisted the storm washed out the rail link|the student council, said the Article 19 issue be dropped im-| between the island and the In-|student body is 100 per cent Quaison - Sackey had made last - ditch attempt to get by calling in rep- esentatives from the big. four owers and the various re- ional groupings for a meeting But Soviet Ambassador Nik- lai Fedorenko told a reporter fterward that 'the Russian osition remains unchanged," Western diplomafs conceded _Jare enthusiastic, THE TIMES today... Local Reaction To Ontario Flag--Page 13 . Police Confiscate Starting Pistols--Page 5 Bill Crothers Named Top Athlete--Page 9 Ann Landers--16 City News--13 Classified--22, 26 Comics--18 District Reports--6 Editorial--4 Financial--27 Obits+27 , Sports--8, 9, 10 Television--18 * Theatre--17 Whitby News--5, 6 Women's--14, 15, 16 Weather--2