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ACS Sia RIS IBN The Hometown Newspaper of Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Bowmanville, Pickering and neighboring centres, VOL. 93 -- NO. 306 he Oshawa Fi OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1964 > hte oe aa gal "pentoge in Cash. "Weather Report Occasional Drizzle With Fog Tonight, -- EIGHTEEN PAGES _ MRS. AGNES JOHNSON'S HOME floated down the Ave- nue of Giants and settled on the Sequoia Motel on the main street in Weott, California. Parts of the downtown area oe te and the town's barber shop is | missing. --AP Wirephoto 15,000 Homeless, Start Over Again SAN FRANCISCO (AP)--The Far West's disastrous floods entered the recovery stage to- day as 15,000 homeless families and hundreds of stricken farms and business dug out from nat- ure's $1,000;000,000 blow. | "As far as the real emer-| gency--that's over, rightnow," said Jim Morrison, civil de- lest ever experienced in the West, caused 19 known deaths in California and 18 in Oregon. timated at upwards of $500,-| EVACUEES RETURN In Oregon, many evacuees returned to devastation left by| Mountains remained closed by snow slides, | But on the first informal poll/ing the' same position. have four to seven feet of silt |Jordan got.70 votes and Mali |50. Mali refused to withdraw) junless one of the two got the) UN Awaits Soviet OK To Recess Assembly UNITED NATIONS (AP) --|adopted without objection; call The UN General Assembly|for consultations on the Soviet- makes another attempt today to/U.S. assessments dispute during finish its 1964 business without|the recess, and announce that a showdown over the Soviet/the assembly would "proceed Union's assembly vote. with its business" Jan, 11. Assembly President Alex! The two statements were de- Quaison-Sackey of Ghana called|signed to lay the groundwork chief delegates to his office for|for settling the Soviet-U.S. dis- a second informal poll which he|pute over Article 19 of the UN hoped would give Jordan orjcharter, which says any mem- Mali a two-thirds majority for|ber two years behind in assess- a seat on the Security Councill ments "shall have no vote" in starting New Year's Day. |the assembly. In one such informal poll} The assembly since conven- Tuesday the assembly mem-|ing Dec. 1 has done necessary bers gave Malaysia 80 votes,|/business without voting to avoid The Netherlands 91 and Uru-ja U.S. challenge of the Soviet guay 92 for the other three] vote. But the Russians have council seats that became va-|said the assembly should get cant Jan. 1. At an assembly|back to norma! procedure session afterward, Quaison-| quickly. : Sackey declared them elected! The 59-nation Afro - Asian by general consent. igroup was reported to be tak- two-thirds majority required for Lad Faces Up election on . = bg" | i son - Sa and Secre- ee mem U "Thant meai-| To Amputation while awaited Soviet accept-| ance of a plan to recess the} LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ron- assembly late today, seek vol-|ald Baker, the 16-year-old who untary financial contributions|jonce ran away from home from members and resume the|rather than face -the amputa- assembly Jan. 11 without rais-|tion of his leg, is in a Los An- ing the Soviet vote question. j|geles hospital, awaiting surg- Lawyer Feared For His Life: Ex-RCMP Officer ~ Some People Wind Up In The River -- Rivard OTTAWA (CP) -- Montreal lawyer Pierre Lamontagne feared for his life over the Ri- vard narcotics smuggling case, the former chief of the RCMP narcotics squad in Montreal tes- tified today before the Dorion & inquiry. Former RCMP Sgt. Ronald Crevier said that during a tele- ; phone conversation he mon- itored Aug. 20 Mr. Lamontagne ; told Raymond Denis, then ex- ecutive assistant to Immigra- tion Minister Tremblay, that: "When some people get they find themselves in the bot- tom of the river." Mr. Crevier said Mr. Lamon- tagne said in the RCMP-mon- itored conversation that his sit- | uation was terrible because F some people thought he had ac- | cepted a bribe in the Rivard case. " Bi : MPT Mr, Crevier confirm or Ross Drouin, igen ye vege CHIEF JUSTICE DORION servative party counse! at in Pp. a his report he said Mr. Lamon- Rta fore aap tagne told Mr. Denis many peo-|" yr Crevier quoted Mr. De- ple thought he had takeninic gs saying that he should money, that Rivard might belnover have "got into a business under that impression and Un-|\ice this." less Rivard was convinced) wr. Crevier said both 'men otherwise he and his gang could)seemed to he "discouraged." decide to get rid of him and he| Ye said Mr. Denis would not (Lamontagne) might find him-jagmit he had approached Mr. self at the bottom of the river. Lamontagne with a bribe. Mr. Crevier told Mr. Drouin) wr Crevier also said that this was why Mr. Lamontagne/mr, Denis told Mr. Lamontagne was worried. that he (Denis) had been seen ery. PLANS APPEAL I | Thant proposed to appeal at jan afternoon session to a Washington estimated its|members, "without prejudice to California's damage was es-\damage as $7,000,000. In Idaho and Nevada, snow or cold weather prevailed, re- placing flood conditions unusual) for those areas. Rivers aeared) normal 'levels. Idaho estimated damage as their previous positions on the question of finances, to. , . bring the financial situation of the organization to solvency py voluntary contributions." | He also proposed to have the as sembly authorize him to fence spokesman at Eureka,|{he Willamette River. Oregon's|s5 900,000. Nevada officials ven-|snend money for UN purposes if., + hi damaged totalled $315,000,000 in|t d dollar estimate of); 1 a i hg -- vase Governor Mark Hatfield aan ies jin 1965 at the 1964 budgetary ; ; ,|terms his state's worst disaster 3 The report was identical injin history J ' y. RUN AIRLIFTS pp seg Page 4 ae At Reedsport, an estimated) The 50-odd helicopters whic pal 'Wsus an tng - M8")1,500 persons still were receiv-|evacuated 600 persons in Hum- , 0 and Nevada. jing clothing and food from vol-|boldt County and Oregon City, level "pending decisions to be ltaken at the resumed session" pion_a@ new budget. | Quaison - Sackey then would ldeclare Thant's proposals Ronald now is reconciled to the fact that he must lose his g. He can even joke about It. The operation is planned Thurs- day. Said Ronald: "I guess I won't dance the old year out." | He said his attitude has changed because doctors have| convinced him he must have} the operation or die from can-| - FORMER RCMP SERGEANT Ronald Crevier (left) the farmer RCMP narcotic squad sergeant testified today be- fore Mr. Justice Dorion's in- quiry in Montreal that Mon- treal lawyer Pierre Lamon- tagne had said in a mon- itored telephone conversation that. he feared for his, life. With Crevier in the above pic- ture is Norman Matthews of Ottawa, counsel for the RCMP. ACTING FOR U.S. Mr. Lamontagne at the time was acting for the U.S. govern- Lucien Rivard extradited to the U.S. to face charges of narco- tics..smuggling for the Mafia crime syndicate. Mr, Lamontagne has said he was offered -- and rejected -- a cer. Also, he said, he has re-| ceived encouragement from| many people who have resumed) full, happy lives after undergo-| ing similar operations. | Helicopters and jeeps Tues-jynteer centres and the RedjOre., have begun to. supply full- day brought the first outside|Cross, Several dozen homeless|time airlifts, except for unex- food supplies in a week to thelwere bedded down at the Inde-|pected emergency medical eva- NEWS HIGHLIGHTS 15-Car Pileup In Fog BUFFALO (AP) -- Approximately 15 cars were in- volved in a collision today during heavy fog on the Niagara vard, Mr. Crevier monitored for the RCMP the telephone conversa- in Montreal and Mr. Denis in Ottawa. He later left the RCMP to join Mr. Lamon- investigator, He said Mr. Lamontagne sug- by Inspector Drapeau but that rah (Denis) "had denied every- ing." He quoted Mr. Denis as ment which is seeking to have ing that Inspector Drap cau seemed to know quite a bit. It was at that point that Mr. De- had promised fot to say "any- hdd promised not to say any- thing to anybody. Mr. Drouin asked whether $20,000 bribe by Mr. Denis to drop opposition to bail for Ri-|M™, Lamontagne seemed wor- vier said "not too much." But, said Mr. Drouin, Mr. La- tion between Mr. 'Lamontagne pene: aye l teat Nag bottom of the river. Mr. Chevrier said Mr. La- tagne's law firm as a special eae ane made a refer. had accept he (Lamontagne) money. last known isolated pocket--500 persons stranded in lumbering villages west of Yreka, Calif., near the Oregon border. The flood, described by U.S.|jams, one a mile long and the;---- length.| the Cascade} interior department water spe- clalists as probably the great- pendence, Ore., city hall. | The Yakima River in central |Washington. posed a_ potential threat because of two huge ice jother three miles in |Many passes in "Naked War f Provocation' cuations. Disaster workers say that jtowns remain isolated because \of washed out highways. May Wait 10 Yrs For Bank Man TORONTO (CP) -- Court of-| \ficials here may have to wait jup to 10 years before they are) | ; able to bring a former bank ac- Reds Yell About A-Subs |countant to trial in connection | TOKYO (AP)--Red China as- serted Tuesday that patrols by U.S. Polaris submarines off the Chinese coast are "a naked war provocation by U.S. im- perialism against the Chinese people." "The attempt: by U.S. im- perialism to maintain its tot- téring rule of tyranny by rely- ing on the atom bomb only |shows that it is closer and closer to its grave,"'| said a government statement. | The statement released by the New China news agency commented on the U.S. defence |department's confirmation that the submarine Daniel Boone with 16 rockets aboard is in Socred Chief Threatens To Drop Party Support RED DEER, Alta. (CP) -- National Social Credit Leader Robert Thompson says that the present Liberal government at Ottawa will not get his party's iy 2 support until it "cleans house." % In an interview Monday in his home onstituency, Mr, Thompson said his nine - mem- ber Social Credit party in Ot- tawa had '"'gone about as far as we can go" in supporting Prime Minister Pearson's ad- 3% ministration. He said the government must ; clean house before Parliament resumes Feb, 16 Social Credit support. "IT take a very dim view of these charges of bribery and corruption," Mr. Thompson said. "The government knows this, and it is part of their con- cern right now." Mr. Thompson did not specify how he thought the government should clean house, but said it must. present "a new and en- tirely clean picture" to the pub- lie or his group could not sup- port it "on anything." "How could we?" if it wants | ROBERT THOMPSON ". +I take a dim view" remain the same as it has been. "What is good legislation we will support, what we think can be improved we will seek to approaching}, with the disappearance of $17,- 800 in travellers' cheques from| a branch of the Bank of Mont-| real at suburban Leaside, Ont.| Henry Bull, Crown attorney jfor Metropolitan Toronto, said in an interview today interna-| tional law prevents the extra- 'dition of Robert Donald Cum- mings, 28, from the United) |States "until after he has| waters off the Asian mainland.|Served his sentence' on Aaldark sunglasses at night." charge of interstate transporta- \tion of stolen property at Reno, | v. Cummings was arrested at) Sparks, Nev., last month, | He has pleaded guilty to the Reno chargé and was to be sen- tenced today. Maximum 'Possession is nine-tenths of the law,"' Mr. Bull said. | "The charge against him here is pending disposition of the} charge in Nevada, But. if he is given a suspended sentence arid) jordered deported to Canada, we | will pick him up at the border} 'and bring him to Toronto." Hated Tax Plan, g | Went On Strike PAPEETE, Tahiti (AP)-- Businessmen went 'on strike Tuesday against the pros- pect of income taxes and apparently won out The territorial assembly governing this French is- land had scheduled a vote today on the income tax measure. Private. business places closed their doors and put up signs in French and Tahitian condemning the tax plan. A communique published by the assembly said the tax bill was being sent back to committees. Most observ- sen-| rre a tence is 10 years in peniten-) i ld I tif tiary or a $10,000 fine or both.) oO @) L es V \dian 'Social Drinker Thinks _ He's Superman' -- Chief driver, Chief Mackey added, The social drinker, not thejassumes a "'false sense of well drunk, presents the greatest/being" under the influence of problem on streets and high-jalcohol. The social drinker be- ways, Police Chief. Jamesjhind the wheel of a car thinks Mackey of Metropolitan Toronto|he is a "superman" and "'is said Tuesday. jmore of a concern to the police In a speech to the Ontario|than the drunkard. Youth Conference on AlcoholiyRGgEs CAMPAIGN Problems, Chief Mackey said gee a 'epioiute cam-| that one-quarter of the traffic) naign to educate teen-agers as| accidents in Metro Toronto "'in-\tg 'the dangers they face 'in ae than a trace Of|consuming alcohol beverages." : The emphasis now seems to be "A driver's ability is defi-|on the problem rather than on nitely impaired when even|the prevention of the problem, small amounts of alcohol arejhe said, | section of the New York Thruway, state police reported. Troopers said there were several injuries. Wallet Found After 17 Years PETERBOROUGH (CP) -- A wallet containing nearly $70, missing for 17 years, was returned intact Monday to Mrs. Alphonse Vinette of Peterborough. 'Thank God for wonderful, honest people," she said, in telling the story. Mr, and Mrs. Vinette gave the wallet and its contents to her father, Maurice Meade, at the time of their wedding in 1947, to pay for some of their expenses. A day later it was lost and never found. Belated Christmas Gifts TORONTO (CP) -- Ten western 'Ontario farmers have received belated Christmas presents totalling $6,500 from the Ontario Water Resources Commission, The money was dis- tributed to farm owners along the route of the proposed Lake Huron-to-London water pipeline in return for easements across their property. NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. (CP) QUOTES STATEMENT ted to Mr. Denis that th on ae , # At this point Mr. Drouin, say- person behind the whole affair was Guy Rouleau, Liberal MP|ing it was to refresh Mr. Cre- for the Montreal Dollard and|Vier's| memory, quoted from at that time parliamentary sec- Mr. Crevier's typed statement, retary to Prime Minister Pear-|beginning with a point that Mr. 'leon, Crevier reported Mr. Lamon- Mr. Crevier said Mr. Denis|'@gne as saying he (Lamon- replied "'I can't tell you,' or|'#8ne) had no choice but to re- something like that." port the situation to Inspector e former RCMP sergeant|C@!tiere. : said that throughout the con-| Mr. Drouin continued then versation Mr. Lamontagne was|(Woting Crevier as saying Ri- most insistent that Mr. DenissV@td may be under the impres- tell him who was behind the|sion Lamontagne had taken the bribe offer. 4s | Norman Matthews, RCMP wore had said "I can't\ ounsel, said that Mr, Crevier in his Aug. 22 report on the WOULD SEEK ADVICE 5 Mr. Denis had added he See' -- Lawyer Feared would seek Justice Minister Fa- 'Conti vreau's advice and after that . a: ee consumed," he said. "Two nor-| Magistrate C. A. Fassel of| mal cocktails can reduce vision/Toronto criticized the liquor in-| i . sharpness as much as wearing) dustry and other big ool Coffin Author for the "exploitation of teen-| In Court Case The slightly intoxicated'agers." | QUEBEC (CP)--Montreal au- "Bananas" Son thor Jacques Hebert, who al- ready faces $120,000 in civil law- suits as.a result of a book on the Coffin case, must appear in criminal court early in January to answer a petition that he be held in contempt of court in the TUCSON, Ariz. (AP)--Salva-|police and agents of the Fed-| Nt omey ~ General Claude tore (Bill) Bonanno has beenjeral Bureau of Investigation.| wagner announced after a cabi- 4 f " am 1 r ordered to report Jan. 5 before/They waited until the barber net meeting Tuesday that the a federal grand jury in New | finished before taking him be- petition will deal with passages York which is investigating the|fore US. Commissioner ne : 2 jin the Hebert book, J'accuse Se eee 7 Thomas McKay. lles Assassins de Coffin, (I ac- He was held - under $25,000)cuse the Assassins of Coffin). "e ghee agit ogg ogg bond, pending his appearance| Wilbert Coffin was hanged a geaiinanile: abike O i2-(im New York. A material wit-|Feb. 10, 1956 for the shooting ure oe ip ont MESS warrant had been issued|of Richard Lindsay; 18, a Penn- Nur wey oon Fier' New York last Thursday for|sylvania hunter slain with his chose - peddle against federal Bonanno's arrest. hind and a friend in Quebec's ministerial aides. The younger Bonanno talked| ~~ Salvatore, 32, was getting ajaffably with reporters. But he} haircut at a Tucson motel Tues-|refused to reply to questions} day when he was arrested by/about his father or himself. The commission concluded THE TIMES today... Pee ok "Mom" Whyte Revisits Bowmanville -- Page 9 |was, if anything, stronger than Whitby Dunlops Defeat North York -- Page 5 lat the time of the trial. Toronto Marlboros Edge Generals -- Page 6 Lawsuits have been launched ; against Mr. Hebert by the re- Qbits -- 17 tiring deputy attorney-general, Sports -- 6, 7, 8 Charles Edouard Cantin, Chief Television -- 12 \Inspector J. Alphonse Matte of Theatre -- 7 Whitby News -- 5 aspe. Coffin denied his guilt and four books were later written about the case, The Hebert vol- ume published in December, |1963, defended the prospector jand sparked appointment of a |Quebec royal commission to in- quire into the case. Ann Landers -- 11 City News -- 9 Classified -- 16, 17 Comics -- 12 District Reports -- 17 Roman Catholic refugees carry body of. Vietnamese |the provincial police, and law- yer Noel Dorion, a Crown pros- REFUGEES REMOVE DEAD munist Viet Cong. Bodies of Corimunist North Viet Nam other soldiers are shown on and had been occupied by the Provided the government|have improved constructively cleans house, Mr. Thompson|What we think is not good we said, bis party's policy wouldjwill not support." ° | Women's -- 10, 11 Weather -- 2 Editorial -- 4 ers thought it would not Financial -- 18 come out again. ecutor in the Coffin trial |tempt is two years. | soldier across battlefield after government forces recaptured Binh Nghia today from Com- Maximum sentence for con- ground. Binh Nghia, 40 miles east of Saigon, was jammed with Catholic refugees from ' Viet Cong since Dec. 5, (See story on page 2.) --AP Wirephote