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Emergency Numbers Hospital 723-2211 Police 725-1133 Fire 725-6574 Ohe Oshawa Fi OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1965 Second Sect City and district social and classified ing. ion features, advertis- PRECISION MEN THE TIMES PEEKS AT: Auto Parts Safety Tests of pressure per square inch for two minutes, to see if it can withstand the strain without breakage or busting. General Motors Ltd., officials have denied accusations by Dr. Morton Shulman, Metro Toron- to's chief coroner, that auto manufacturers are responsible! GM dates its concern with the for many traffic deaths as they/relationship between car in- tail to build cars with suffi-\teriors and occupants safety ecient "crashworthiness". |back to the 1920's when they Along with a denial went oe plate glass windshields invitation for Dr, Shulman to/with laminated safety glass. visit the Detroit auto safety The proving ground in Detroit, proving grounds. which has brought about many "At our proving grounds alllinnovations in automotive safe- our models are Sow ajty, was the first of its kind in stringent series of tests," one|the industry. official said in Oshawa yester-) Their first post-World War day, "and these include crash/py car bodies incorporated in- studies and other road safety/sige door handles that did not id jopen if the passenger weight oitanten te oiteal Pageealt-ohd ba thrown forward against it. pe gg : In the 1950's, fearing they of "critical points" are under) would miss seeing the wood for constant examination by the! the trees, they contracted a uni- precision inspecting and exper!-!versity organization experienced mental engineering laboratories! in the field of auto safety to do TUS ie accel" miabeiind eaeenaton to improve safety workrooms, inspectors subject ve the automotive industry each 'shipment of safety belts) cenerally, it is felt to design althem with '"'monocoque construc- to spot checks -- by making|car with every possible safety 9 belts withstand 6,000 pounds|feature installed would entail pull. jan enormous expense -- which 'And this is 1,000 pounds more|the public would not accept. than is required by the Society) PROGRESS PIECEMEAL of Automotive Engineers," @) Instead of any revolution in spokesman said. jear design aimed at providing A further test of the seat belt) naximum safety to the occu- is to put 150 pounds of pull on|nants, improvements in this the belt, and see how much! field have tended to come piece- pressure is needed to unbuckle|meal or bit by bit, with each it. {move preceded with a large, and "We set 30 pounds as a Te-| well organized promotional cam- quirement," Bud Moses, fore- paign, man of the precision inspecting An example of this slow pro- laboratory said, "but they'lllcess has been the introduction, usually open with around 16 to|now almost standard, of the 25 pounds of pull on the buckle.| seatbelt. Finally after. long This ensures a ready release|years of promotion they're be- when its needed. ing placed in most cars -- yet 10 A WEEK Ithere is little evidence that the At least 10 shipments a weekigeneral public has accepted ere put through the test, which|them to the point of using them, GM has always carried out.) In the past, most manufac- Mr. Moses explained. turers contend, it has been im- At another point in the labora-|possible to sell a car in North tory, break hoses are tested by|America on safety factors pri- CHECK OUT PARTS sion producer, open the 1965 Calgary ' tion and Stampede July 5, it was|lice up to 90 miles an h announced Friday. has devoted considerable time to safety design and experimen- tation with his automobiles, which have proved popular on both sides of the ocean -- but he is an exception. Rather than installing major safety first items, improve- ments have been in minor but important things like the padded dash board and sun-visor, while most cars these days have wind screens which crack, but don't shatter, seating which won't rip out of its mountings, door locks which won't spring open in collision. Also articles such as break hoses, and steering linkages have been tested and retested only a very few accidents, The subjects in however, is much broader. A great deal of research is being done on chassis design, and a movement has begun to elimin- ate chassis entirely, replacing tion", in which the car becomes a complete shell -- which will require further research in safe- ty. design. In the meantime, the col- lapsible steering wheel, better vehicle construction capable of withstanding greater shock, disc breaks, improved tires, and stronger accents on shock re- sistant seating are all devices which must be sold, as well as installed. Automotive safety is not en- tirely up to the manufacturers -- and many believe that the the responsibility. It is obvious that motor man- ufacturers are pouring vast amounts of money into very valuable safety research. The manufacturers are well aware of the problems they face and in many cases have already found satisfactory solutions to placing them under 4,000 pounds'marily, One Swedish builder many of them. until they can be blamed for P the future, ; public bears the largest part of ! gaa WILL OPEN STAMPEDE CALGARY (CP) -- Walt Dis- ney, motion picture and televi-|year-old boy PART OF THE SAFETY CHECK operation at Gen- eral Motors of Canada Ltd., plant in Oshawa are shown here. Pictured at top left, Don Sandford, left, and Bud Moses, formean of the pre- CAR-HOUSE OCCUPANTS NARROWLY ESCAPE DEATH Police chased a stolen car today through morning rush- hour traffic at speeds up to 90 miles an hour before it crash- led into the dining room and kitchen of a house on Wilson jroad south. Constable Dawson Kerr of the |Oshawa police said that while jon cruiser patrol with Const. {Ralph Mason, they chased the Death 10 Minutes Away, _ Lucky To Be Alive--Bilsky speeds of 80 to 90 miles an Chief Herbert Flintoff said a Larry Leadbetter of Bond street The Walter Bilsky's, 106 Wil-|Bilsky's lawn, flew through the son road south, got up 10 min-|air, and crashed into their utes early this morning when ajhouse around 6.40 a.m. Both ing room. and when it hit a bank in cision inspection laboratory, check out the dimensions of a truck door's post and pil- ler. Above inspector Wilfred Tessier, prepares to apply pressure to a break hose to check for breakage or burst- A stolen car carrying a 14- 16-year-oldjto seven and go through ve ee SF the will officially;Larry Leadbetter, of 25 Bond|dining room on the way to, Exhibi-|street, was being chased by po-|kitchen,"' Mrs. Bilsky said. Ten | our,|minutes later and I might have the'been killed.' --|car careened through their din-|the juveniles have been charged with car theft. 'T usually get up around 10 ing. At bottom, inspector Edward Cornish, begins to put. 6,000 pounds of pull on one of the company's safety | belts as part of a test of a new shipment. --Oshawa Times Photos 'Make Plans For Club | A city-wide appeal went out |today for persons prone to epil- jeptic attack and others interest led in epilepsy problems to help |establish a social club. Alan Attersley of 949 Mary |street north, recently appointed |chairman of the Oshawa branch | Of the Ontario Epilepsy Associa- |tion, said the club will meet |semi-monthly and provide an | outlet of entertainment for those who suffer from this disability and because of it might other- |wise stay at home. | He said there are two similar clubs in Metropolitan Toronto and one each in Hamilton, Nor- folk, Welland and Etobicoke. The Oshawa club will meet in Christ Memorial Church at Mary and Hilltop streets with the next meeting slated April 8. Mr. Attersley, | Oshawa all his life and a youth | worker for the last nine years, }said the epileptic social club will lenjoy such things as bowling, hobbies, dancing, tours and fel- \lowship with other clubs. A board of governors has been set up consisting of Dr. J. N |Lowes, medical advisor; Mr |Attersley, chairman; Reader, secretary; John D.. Osborne, pastor of} |Christ, Memorial Church. for a resident of WOULD DELAY LEGAL COUNSEL Crown. Attorney Bruce Affleck said this week that the police will "eventually" have the right to question suspects "for reasonable periods" without any inter- vention by legal counsel for | the accused. | Mr. Affleck made the | statement in an address to 60 Metropolitan police offi- cers in Toronto on the sub- ject: 'Police Interrogation"'. He added: "A confession is a vital part of the police probe and the police need a _ reason- able opportunity to interro- gate without interference -- when a suspect calls a law- yer the investigation is aborted." He said several speakers at a 'Police Interrogation Seminar' he attended at hour before it went out of con-jyear-old boy trol and plowed into a house|lacerations, owned and occupied by Mr. and|possible head injury. Leadbet- Mrs. Walter Bilsky, who were/ter was treated for a cut over asleep in an upstairs bedroom. |his right eye. 14-year-old boy and 16-year-old|SPOTTED CAR were charged with car theft and|said he and Const. Mason spot- '|| Police Calls Car Hits City House Enters Dining Room stolen car, a 1964 Chevelle, at,further charges are pending. Hospital officials said the 14- suffered facia contusions and a Const. Kerr, in an. interview, | Walter Bilsky, surveying a pile of rubble, said, "I thought it was a bomb blast. I looked out the window and saw the police with the two boys, who both had blood streaming down their faces." "I feel sorry for the boys, and hope they'll be all right," Mrs. Bilsky said. '"'As for our- selves -- we're happy to be alive."' As for their home the whole south wall of the dining room was left hanging by one side, Brick, rubble, broken plas- ter, as well as part of the grill and headlights of the car were strewn across the floor. | The dining room table has a leg or two sliced off it, while a couple of chairs have been re- duced to kindling. A large crack runs along the partition be- tween dining room and kitchen. In the kitchen cabinets below the sink were pushed out from the wall, and a heavy refriger-| ator was moved about two feet by the strong impact. Amid the destruction in the dining room, however, a glass chandelier hangs undamaged from the ceiling, while a cabinet on the west wall filled with china and glass goblets came out of the crash undisturbed. Are Anonymous Oshawa police are investigat- ing a rash of anonymous tele- phone calls early this morning ted the car that had been re- ported stolen, heading west on Bloor street east. He said they gave chase and followed the car along Bloor street to Farewell avenue, then west on Dean avenue to Wilson road and north on Wilson. The officer said the driver of the car attempted to make a left-hand turn onto Gliddon av- enue when the vehicle went out of control. "He was driving so erratic," said Const. Mason, "'It's.a won- der he got as far as he did." Chief Flintoff said the car, owned by Ontario Driving School, 46 King street west, was reported stolen at 10.38 p.m. Friday. Const. Dawson said the car was a total wreck. He declined to estimate the damage to the Bilsky home. After the crash, the pair at- tempted to escape, but were arrested at the rear of the house by the two officers without in- cident. Leadbetter will appear in magistrate's court next week and the 14-year-old boy will ap- pear in juvenile court. Church Has Anniversary Members of Grace Lutheran Church at Hwy. 401 and Park road exit, will tomorrow cele- brate the 35th Anniversary of the founding of their church in Oshawa. Special services of thanksgiv- ing will be held at 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. Guest speaker will be the Rev. Arnold C. Hahn of Em- manuel Lutheran Church, Lan- caster, Ohio, first pastor of the church hére. Mr. Hahn was graduated from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, in the year 1929. His first parish in the Min- istry was the establishment of Grace Lutheran Church in Osh- awa. He served as pastor until 1934. Since then he has served parishes in the Lutheran Church in Mitchell, Ont. and Stryker, Ohio; and has been in Lancaster since 1959. Rev. Philip L. Fiess, the pas- tor, will serve as liturgist. Grace Lutheran Church was established on Albert street in 1930. Herbert Hartwig of 811 Bessborough drive, still an ac- tive officer, made the motion to Officially establish a congrega- tion. The first parsonage and church were completed in 1931 at a total cost of $7,906.41. By the mid 1950's the church had grown to the point where its facilities were inadequate. In 1960 land was purchased at the 1 In 24 Give Reply In Quiz How closely do Oshawa resi- dents follow the international news? Five days ago a Viet Cong terrorist bomb exploded outside the United States embassy in Saigon -- 20 were killed and at least 151 wounded. An Oshawa Times reporter conducted a man-in-the-street poll on the subject Friday. He asked 24 people this question: "Do you think the United States would be justified in retaliating against the Viet Cong for the bombing of their embassy in Saigon Monday?" Only one of the 24 gave a re- ply. He was Joseph Podehl, 22, of 131 Albert street. He said: "T feel that to save face, and saving face in the Orient is very United States must take steps to avenge the bombing of their embassy, An important, the embassy in a foreign country is considered to be part of the corner of Hwy. 401 and Park road. A new church was planned and built under the direction of the Rev. Carl Kartechner. It was dedicated in May 1961. 180.29 Miles Of City Streets Oshawa has 180.29 miles of Streets. Fred Crome, city engineer, says 69.60 miles of streets have permanent pavements and the remaining 110.69 miles have bi- tuminous surfaces, which have a limited life. In 1960 the city had 166.08 miles of streets; in 1961, 169 miles; 1962, 173.14 miles and 1963, 175.13 miles, Mr. Crome says 37.80 miles of the permanent pavement in existence today was built prior to 1940 with bituminous sur- face on a concrete base, The other 31.80 miles of per- manent pavement (hot mix as- country that runs the embassy, and if that embassy is bombed, summonsing persons to the po- lice station. | Sgt. of Det. William Jordan) said today that 10 calls were made to city residents by per- police detectives the adults to come to the sta-| tion immediately". by the callers. Sgt. Jordan said this is a ser- ious offence and if those respon- sible are apprehended, they wil be charged and brought into court. A He believes those responsible either have a grudge against the police department or against the persons who were called. TV Star Hurt In Accident | LONDON (Reuters) -- Hughie Green, Saskatchewan - raised British television star, was in "reasonable" condition in a hospital at Reading, 35 miles west of London, after he was injured in an automobile acci- dent today. with a truck, Northwestern U ni versity last year expressed similar sentiments. Man Charged | In Fatality | | STRATFORD (CP) -- James Linda/P. Shropshire, 44, of Downs-| and Rev./view, Ont., was charged today) with failing to remain at the! scene 'of an accident in which| His car collided|produc : listed in Tuesday's issue of The Oshawa Times. The same then one must. say that that country has been attacked." - Those who declined had var- jous reasons: "T haven't been following that phaltic concrete) has been built since World War Two. All new pavement constructed, said Mr. Crome, is hot mix asphaltic concrete because it is more sons representing themselves asistory in the papers", or '"'Whojis Saigon?" or the favorite "(No "requesting| are the Viet Cong?" or "WherelComment". | : : A . cad nape lances] Kiwanians Get Ready For '65 Radio Auction The annual 'Kiwanis Radio, Auction" is building up steam for the blast-off Wednesday when the local club raises funds for community projects and service work. Oshawa Kiwanians adopted the radio auction as a major fund-raising project soon after the Oshawa Arena burned down in 1953. More than 500 items of mer- chandise, services and vouchers will be auctioned off to the highest bidder on radio CKLB}q, Wednesday arrangements for the project evening. The have been carried out by a com- mittee headed by Kiwanian Michael Manning. The complete list of goods, and services will be issue will also list the items in the order of presentation for sale, with their full description and accepted retail value. The names of the goods donors will also be shown. In- structions for the public for par- ticipation will also be included. ANNOUNCE BIDS A battery of telephones to receive calls will be set up in a local hotel. Kiwanians will Staff an answering service from 6 p.m. until midnight Wednes- ay. Radio CKLB will announce all bids and, as soon as possible, the names of the successful bidders. The items are sold in groups with each group closing off at the end of one full hour. As in the past there will be a special award made to a suc- cessful bidde: EPELOSHHOESEE RT FH FP peedeedaeetonsdoens Mr. Attersley is a senior clerk} 9. ere lin the administrative -office of|@ five-year-old boy was killed. General Motors of Canada Lim-| Alexander Ross. Taylor was jited. jStruck and killed by a car on | In an interview he said he be-|Highway 8 in Stratford Friday |came interested in epilsepsy be-| night. He was walking home lcause things were being done| Radio Auction; "Mike" Manning, this year's chair- man of the big event and are new and have to be OSHAWA KIWANIS Club members are shown here, checking in some of the 500 time re- in special a task which arranged listings, --Oshawa Times Photo |for most other illnesses and dis-|from a hockey game with tw0) articles they will auction quires a great deal of time, past-president Rae Weeks, } : " de a ee abilities, but nothing was being/ brothers He was the son of Mr.| off, at their annual Radio prior 'to the sale, Left-to- a member of the commit- 4 ONE-WAY TUG 0' WAR jaone on a wide scale for epil-jand Mrs. George: Taylor of} Auction on Wednesday right are Don Ellison, tee. " eptic persons. Strat{5-ri | night, next week. All articles assistant-chairman of the