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Oshawa Times (1958-), 9 Feb 1965, p. 1

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The Hometown Newspaper Of Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Bowmanville, Pickering and neighboring centres, VOL. 94 -- NO. 33 i cima ii a ba i in clk die ci, nite came eum eee Soe ae Ohe Oshawa Cimes Authorized @9 Second Class Mall Post Offi Stave ant. tr came ot hte eae OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1965 Weather Report Sunny, Then Snow, Then Rain; Low To- night 32, High Wednesday, 40. EIGHTEEN PAGES % ' ASIAN, RUSSIAN and a few African students hurled rocks and smashed windows at the U.S. Embassy in Mos- cow today in protest against American air raids on North Viet Nam. The demonstra- tors were led by 250 Viet- namese with about 300 Chi- nese students heiping them out. An embassy official said a protest would be filed with the Russian foreign ministry against the demon- stration. --AP Wirephoto by cable from Moscow Rouleau's Letter Goes On Exhibit OTTAWA (CP) -- An exhibit filed with the Dorion inquiry showed today that Liberal MP Guy Rouleau made representa- tions to the national parole board on behalf of convict Bob Tremblay on the stationery of Prime Minister Pearson's of- adjourned Jan. 29 ror 10 days.|vard's release on. bail as a fa- It resumed here this morning.|vor. | He said it was at his instiga- tion that two ministerial assist- ants telephoned Montreal law- yer Pierre Lamontagne about the case of Lucien Rivard, 49, who is wanted by U.S. authori- Tne lawyer, who .also 'repre- sents the Canadian government in all Montreal narcotics cases, said he was told by the MP that the Liberal Party was dis- pleased with opposition to bail U.S. DEFENCES STEELED AGAINST NEW ATTACKS | SAIGON--U.S. anti-aircraft missile battalion goes into op- eration at Da Nang Air base near North Viet Nam border while South Vietnamese tighten defences; U.S. planes bomb Laos from Da Nang; heavy ground fighting re- ported in South Viet Nam; first of 2,000 U.S. dependents leave, . .Moscow--Hundreds demon- strate outside U.S. Embassy against bombing of North Vietnamese military bases; Soviet Premier Kosygin dur- ing his North Viet Nam visit calls for U.S. withdrawal from South Viel Nam; Soviet press reaction to the air strikes an- gry but restrained, Peking--China says retalia- tion 1s called for following U.S. and South Vietnamese air strikes against North Viet Nam; thousands demonstrate in Peking. Hanoi -- Workers and stu- dents staged a mass protest. Stockholm--Swedish police disperse about 30 students demonstrating outside the American Embassy. London--Britain's new forl eign secretary, Michael Stew- art, gave moral backing to the U.S. retaliation raids on North Viet Nam and in a statement in the House of Commons made it clear Britain is against recalling the 1954 Ge- neva conference as long as Communist Viet Cong attacks continued in South Viet Nam. Ottawa -- External Affairs A CAPSULE GLANCE AT VIET NAM Minister Martin called events in Viet Nam the last. few months "very disturbing" and blamed aggressive policies of the Hanoi government; an ex- ternal affairs department of- ficial said the evacuation of the four dependants of Cana- dians serving with the Inter- national Control Commission is "undet consideration." Demonstrations were also reported outside United Na- tions headquarters in New York and in Toronto, SAIGON (CP)--South Vietna- mese defences against possible Communist retaliatory attacks bristled. today. A battery of Hawk anti - aircraft missiles manned by U.S. Marines was set up at Da Nang Air Base and South Vietnamese armed forces tightened the alert along the North Viet Nam border. U.S. Air Force F-105 fighter bombers roared aloft from Da Nang today, but headed into WORLD REACTION Angry Demonstrators PEKING (Reuters)--Massive anti - American demonstrations blocked traffic in Peking streets today as China became the first of Hanoi's allics to hurl the threat of retaliation for U.S. and South Vietnamese air The agency quoted an edito- rial from the People's Daily as saying when debts accumulate they must be repaid at com- pound interest." "We Chinese people mean what we say," the editorial "Block Peking Traffic "Chinese people are prepared to support Viet Nam against United States vading China' and aggression." neighboring Laos for a bombing raid on Communist supply lines there. Qualified sources at Da Nang, U.S. Bombers, Missiles Stiffen For Viet Attack said the F-105s, among the best in the U.S. Air Force arsenal, also carried out heavy raids in Laos Monday shortly after South Vietnamese and Ameri- can aircraft struck at North Viet Nam. The sources said raids against North Viet Nam have_ halted, pat least temporarily. But the raids against Communist supply lines in Laos are expected to continue as they have for more than a month. There were no immediate re- ports on results of the raids 80 miles south of the border, Heavy fighting was reported elsewhere in this war-torn coun- try, including one bloody battle under way near Pleiku, where two American installations were heavily hit Sunday by Viet Cong attacks which touched off the current Vietnamese crisis. into Laos. Three American Helicopters Shot Down By Viet Guerillas U.S. embassy spokesman Barry Zorthian disclosed plans to move out all 1,800 American dependants within about 10 days. President Johnson ordered their evacuation following at- Moscow: Mob Hits Embassy MOSCOW (AP)--About 1,000 student demonstrators hurled rocks and smashed windows at the U.S. Embassy today and smeared the building with green and blue irk in a pro- test against U.S. air raids on North Viet Nam. The demonstrators were led- by 250 Vietnamese, but there were about 300 Chinese in iden- tical baggy blue overcoats and other students from Lumumba University. Few Africans were among them. ; The students were joined in front of the embassy by a few hundred Russians, mostly tacks on U.S. bases in Pleiku and Tuy Moa Sunday by Come munist Viet Cong guerrillas, and retaliatory U.S. and Viet- namese air strikes on. North Vietnamese barracks and stag- ing areas. President Johnson. warned Monday that the United States would answer any threat, take up any challenge and pay any price to preserve freedom. US. Warns Retaliation On Any Communist Attack Observers interpreted the statement as a clear warning in the. Rivard case. | Mr. Lamontagne said he also lgot telephone calls from men| 'identifying, themselves as Guy) Lord and Andre Letendre, re- spectively the former and pres- ent executive assistants to Jus- tice Minister Favrcau. He said they also expressed displeasure and implied they would cut off} further government work. Mr. Rouleau denied exerting pressure or asking anyone else to do so. He said he had not realized Mr. Lamontagne was represent- ing the United States in the case, He had thought of him only as Canadian representative in Montreal narcotics cases. The MP first had asked Mr. Lord .fo obtain information of Mr. Lamontagne. Meanwhile, the first stage of President Johnson's "clear the decks" policy got under way to- day as the first group of Ameri- can evacuees--five families -con- sisting of 20 women and chil- dren--flew out of Saigon by commercial jet. Some 100 persons were ex- pected to leave today in the first. wave of a mass evacua- tion 'of United States depend- ents. ties to stand trial in connection with a Mafia-controlled ring of narcotics smugglers. Mr. Lamontagne alleged a $20,000 bribe was offered him by Raymond Denis, former ex- ecutive assistant to Immigra- tion Minister Tremblay, as an inducement to allow bail for Ri- vard while extradition proceed- ings. were before the courts. The 29-year-old lawyer repre- sented the U.S. government. in trying to get Rivara out of Can- ada, Rivard, possessor of a criminal record and a former casino operator in Cuba during the old Batista regime, was picked up June 19 and has been in. Bordeaux Jail ever since. His appeal of the extradition or- der is expected to last another fice. A copy of a July 17 letter by| Mr. Rouleau to the board was) headed Office of The Prime Minister. The copy showed that Mr. Rouleau signed the letter as an MP and as parliamentary secretary to Mr. Pcarson. Mr. Rouleau resigned Nov. 24 as parliamentary secre- ta after the Rivard affair in.the Commons. He said he had made representations on behalf of Lucien Rivard, pom in the U.S. on narcotics cons charges. : The exhibit showed that Mr. Rouleau told the parole board July 17 that Rivard had a job open for Tremblay, who was serving 20 years for attempted murder in a Vancouver narco- added. "We warn U.S. imperialists: You are overreaching your- selves in trying to extend the war with your small forces in Indéchina, Southeast Asia and the Far East. "To be frank we are waiting for you in battle array. If you insist on imposing war on us, heavy rebuffs are in store for you." y The People's Daily splashed the government statement with huge headlines: "Our govern- ment reiterates that to invade Viet Nam is tantamount to in- strikes against North Viet Nam. P It came in an editorial in the Communist party newspaper People's Daily that said the air attacks '"'have to be repaid." 3 Long columns of blueclad demonstrators, carrying multi- colored paper flags and red » banners and slogans, paraded all over Peking today. They in- cluded well-drilled local militia armed with rifles. The New China news agency said China waited "'in battle ar- ray" for any U.S, attempt to extend the conflict in Southeast Asia. VIET NAM LEADER Lt..Gen. Nguyen Khanh Martin Blames | N. Vietnamese sygin arrived in Hanoi last weekend, namely that Russia tics case. At that time, Rivard had been in jail for about a month after being arrested June 19 in Mont- real for U.S. authorities. Mr. Rouleau has testified that six months. MP Mr. Rouleau, for the Montreal riding of Dollard and still thairman of the Liberal caucus, told the inquiry he tried to get information on bail pos- He had not been satisfied by the information he got through Mr. Lord and made the same request of Mr. Letendre. He said he found that things were "lagging" and decided to call OTTAWA (CP)--External Af- fairs Minister Martin says that developments in Viet Nam in the last few months are "very dis- |turbing," but the situation was NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Free-Trade Rejection May Be Asked CHICAGO (AP) -- A lawyer for the Automotive Service Industry Association said today that U.S. automotive prod- from Moscow University. The Russians helped in the rock throwing. that the U.S. would launch air strikes on military targets in North Viet Nam whenever the Communists made serious at- tacks on U.S. installations in South Viet Nam. would give the North Vietna- mese a significant supply of modern weapons. It seemed to open the way to possible co-operation between Russia and China in funnelling sibilities for Rivard at the re- quest of -his brother Raymond.) ~~" When Mr. Lamontagne testi- me fied at the inquiry, he said Mr. e ¢ Mr. Martin issued a_ state- Rouleau had phoned him Aug. | Chile ' oll p > ment Monday night in connec- 11 and 12 asking to obtain Ri-| tion with the weekend U.S. air he renewed his representations on behalf of Tremblay after seeing Rivard in Ottawa June In Moscow, the Kremlin warned that U.S. air action against North Viet Nam will Laos Leftists Protest Planes is, onpwr stg HONG KONG (Reuters)--The|the Hanoi regime. leftist forces in Laos have aid to Hanoi. Soviet aid was expected to in- clude MiG interceptor aircraft, and Moscow sources believed Hanoi's leaders also were -- for ground-to-air. mis- siles. ucts makers will ask Congress to reject the free - market agreement with Canada affecting the auto products industry. Harold Halfpenny, general counsel for the ASIA, told the group's annual convention that the agreement to abolish tariffs on auto parts. between the two nations, negotiated by President Johnson and Prime Minister Pearson, threa- caused by aggressive policies of Mr, Lamontagne on his own. . -------------|the. North Viet Nam 'govern- The MP was on the witness stand when the Dorion inquiry THE TIMES today... Director of Operations Office May Be Discarded -- Page 9 Jury Finds Negligence In Highway Death -- Page 5 Oshawa Rink Makes Comeback Win -- Page 6 Ann Landers -- 11 City News -- 9 Classified -- 14, 15 Comics -- 13 District Reports -- 8 Editorial -- 4 Financial -- 16 Obits -- 2 Sports -- 6, 7 Teen Talk -- 8, 12 Television -- 13 Theatre -- 17 Whitby News -- 5 Women's -- 10, 11 Weather -- 2 Reaches 88 SANTIAGO (AP)--The death toll in the crash last Saturday of a Chilean National Airline |DC-6B in the Andes mountains |rose today to 88 when the air- line announced that a_ one- month-old child was among the victims. He was identified as Jorge Javier Schilleder, who accom- jpanied his parents on the flight j but was not included on the passenger list. Airline vice- president Eric Campana blamed air turbulence for the crash. , strikes against targets in Com- munist North Viet Nam. The |U.S. said the action was in re- jtaliation for recent raids by Communist Viet Cong forces jagainst Americans in |Viet Nam. | The external affairs minister said he did not consider it ap- |propriate for him to comment on an individual incident which |was part of a broader problem. | But he recalled that he has |stated on several occasions the jsituation 'has been brought about by the aggressive _poli- South) LONDON (AP) -- British 92, climbed the steps of the today to a charge of cruelty here last July. cies of the Hanoi government to- |wards South Viet Nam. bail was set at $300 cash and tens American firms and their employees. Lord Russell Denounces U.S. Bombing philosopher Bertrand Russell, U.S. Embassy today to hand in a letter denouncing the U.S. bombing of North Viet Nam as unjust and fraught with "appalling danger."' Lord Russell told reporters outside the Embassy building that talk of U.S. "retaliation" against North Viet Nam was "humbug." Man Admits To Hanging Dog PEMBROKE, Ont. (CP) -- Michael Neville, 58, of no fixed address, pleaded not guilty in magistrate's court here to animals -- hanging a dog He was remanded to Feb. 23 for trial and $600 property. lodged an '"'urgent protest" with the International Control Com- more planes by States to Laos, the New China news agency reported today. The American move was an of Laos and a grave threat to the security. of countries in In- dochina and the rest of south- east Asia, Gen. Phoum Sipaseut, representative of the supreme command of the pro-Communist Pathet Lao, told the chairman of the commission in his mes- sage. mission against the dispatch of the United open trampling of the independ- ence, sovereignty and neutrality The Russian statement, is- sued more than 24 hours after Sunday's U.S, air strikes, coin- cided with a Peking statement that China "will not stand idly by." Moscow's statement con- demned the American actions as "serious provocations" and "piratical raids." The aid it promised North Viet Nam, where Soviet Pre- mier Kosygin is visiting, was not specified. Western observers said the statement appeared to go little further than to promise what The Russian statement ap- peared to contain an implied threat that U.S. action to ex- pand. the war in Viet Nam could jeopardize the improve- ment: of Soviet-American reéla- tions. In London, Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart, gave moral backing to the U.S. retaliation raids on North Viet Nam. In a statement in the Com- mons he also made it clear Britain is against recalling the 1954 Geneva conference as long as Communist Viet Cong at- was expected anyway when Ko- tacks continued in South Viet Nam. GUARDS MEN push wheelbarrow loaded with debris from crashed Eastern Aix Lines plane COAST 'after the debris was picked up from the Atlantic Ocean by fishing craft off Jones Beach tonight, The plane crashed shortly after takeo'f from Kennedy _In- ternational Airport, 'AP Wirephoto) SHIPS COMB SEA FOR BODIES 84 Die In Mystery Plane NEW YORK (AP)--A flotilla of ships 'criss-crossed the calm seas off Jones Beach today in a search for bodies and debris from the crash of an airliner. Eighty - four persons were aboard the Eastern Airlines DC-7B, a four-engined propel- Jer-driven plane, when it dived into the Atlantic minutes after taking off from Kennedy Air- port Monday night. No one survived the impact of the 52-ton airliner into the sea. A geyser of flame signalled the tragedy to watchers on shore some eight miles away. A young Canadian stewardess, Ann Durkin of Ottawa, was among the dead. By daybfeak, searchers had recovered seven bodies, Mutil- ated parts of other bodies and fragments of wreckage gave testimony to the force of the impact. © Thirteen U.S. Coast Guard vessels searched a 200-Square-| mile area off Long PILOT Frederick R. Carson should have been a fine trip for Flight 663 to Richmond, Va.; Charlotte, N.C.; Grenville-Spar- tanburg, S.C., and Atlanta, Put the four-engined, propel- ler - driven plane went down about five minutes after its 6:20 p.m, takeoff, dropping 3,700 feet into the dark calm sea. It was 14 miles from the airport, and about eight miles off Jones Beach, a_ deserted playground on Long Island's south shore. CREWS SEE CRASH The crews of two other air- liners saw the crash, the sec- ond major world disaster in three days. ' William Lamb of the Civil Aeronautics Board said an Air Canada crew reported "an ex- plosion in the ocean," and a Pan American flight saw the plane "in an exceptionally steep turn." Last Saturday, a Chilean Air- lines propeller - driven DC-6B Island's|was no hint of saborage, and!erashed into a mountain near ; south' shore. Three seaplanes|everything had seemed normal|gantiago and exploded, killing) Working recently' on flights| reported it had found a plane and three helicopters flew pat-|as the plane took off Monday) g7 terns over the scene There was no immediate hint| of what caused the tragedy. night from Kennedy federal official said There Airport, a was no radio word ofjyear, The last comparable U.S. dis-iern states, she lived in Win-|but the body-had slipped back aster' came when in 'February last another propeller- The weather was good, thereldistress from the crew. Itldriven plane, a Constellation, summer) crashed into a_ hillside near Lake Tahoe, Calif., killing 86. The Lake Tahoe crash did not involve a scheduled airline. A 19 - year - old U.S. Coast Guard lookout on shore, Sea- man Dale Bishop of Easton, Pa., heard a sound like,a fire- cracker Monday night and saw a fire at sea. FLAMES FLARED UP | "The fiames were orange but I was not. definite that it was a plane--yet it must have been," he said, "The flames flared up for a while and then died down." Among the dead was Judith |Ann Durkin, 23, of Ottawa, one jof the stewardesses aboard, Her parents live in the capital. Miss Durkin joined the com- pany in September, 1962, after spending four years with the National Defence Department. She was educated at St. Jo- seph's School in Stratford, Ont., and Immaculate High School in Ottawa. between Boston and the south- throp, Mass. By early morning, search (boats had recovered parts of rash scraps of burned and torn parts of the plane, charred bits of clothing and airline brochures, found floating on water 60 to 75 feet deep. uBt they found no survivors, The 73 passengers included two young opera singers en route to a South Carolina con- cert, a woman bound for a fun- eral, prominent U.S, Southern businessman, a former Virginia college beauty queen, U.S. sol- diers heading home on leave from West Germany, and oth- ers returning to camp in Geor- gia. STARTED IN BOSTON The flight had started in Bos- * ton, but al) but. one of its pas- STEWARDESS Judith Durkin |several bodies. A fishing boat seat with a body strapped in it, jinto the water as it was being hoisted aboard, The searchers also fished out ' £ sengers had boarded in New York. Through the night, under the * eerie light of flares dropped by planes and helicopters, the boats continued the search. Al- though it was hazy, they could see the lights of the' shore and the glow of Manhattan about 40 miles away. The nearest point of land to he site of the crash, Jones Beach is known around the world as a favorite spot for bathers.

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