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2 THE OSHAWA TIME, Thursday, Setober 21, 1968 Viet Nam Hogs The Stage In Wednesdays Campaign By THE CANADIAN PRESS {has no iniention, nor has there Viet Nam grabbed the spot-jever been any intention, to send light Wednesday in the federal troops to Viet Nam." : election campaign. | At Saskatoon Airport, Prime Conservative Leader Diefen-|Minister Pearson was met by 25 baker, touring the Ottawa Val-|university students protesting ley, said the government has|what they termed Canada's in- been guilty of "gross confusion |action in ending the Viet Nam amounting to deception' re-|War. garding a letter received two) NDP Leader Douglas told a months ago from President|press conference at Moncton Johnson asking Canadian assis-|his party would oppose any tance in Viet Nam. |move to send Canadian forces External Affairs Minister to Viet Nam. : Martin said in an interview at} Mr. Diefenbaker said there Windsor, Ont., that "Canada have been conflicting state- Ottawa Marks 100 Years As Capital Of The Nation By GERARD McNEIL this became official with pub- OTTAWA (CP)--The city 'of|lication in the Canada Gazette. ments by Mr. Pearson ali cabinet minister about the in- tent of the president's letter. "What heights of ridiculous non- sense does this reveal?" he asked, and demanded that the Johnson letter be made public. WANTS SECRET KEPT (A statement by Mr. Pearson Aug. 14 said Mr. Johnson con- sidered publication of the ex- change of letters "to be unde- \sirable because these letters jformed part of a series of ex- |changes between the president and other heads of govern- jment.) | The Conservative chief quoted Defence Minister Hellyer as saying the Liberals require a majority government to put some unpopular measures through Parliament. "Is one connected with Viet Nam?" Mr. Diefenbaker asked. The prime minister wound up a two-day Prairie swing with a Pickering Board Seeking Changes ROSEBANK (Staff) The Pickering Area No. 2 School Board at a meeting Wednesday night approved briefs to Ontario all of Pickering Township in- cluding Pickering Village and Ajax, into one board of educa- tion.---- : 'Premier John Robarts and Edu-} Another suggestion to the edu- cation Minister William Davis|cation minister was that Pick- that request major changes in}ering Area 2 School Board juris- the Pickering Township educa-jdiction be joined pith the tional system. \Goldenberg proposed District 11 Premier Robarts will be ask-|which covers the east 40 per ed for additional grants to alle-\cent of Scarboro. viate the tax burden of the Area; Public Relations Committee 2 ratepayers who were asked to|\Chairman John Williams said pay 32 mills in support of their|that both the increased grants schools this year. land the amalgamation were He will be asked to meet with|necessary for better education the school board to discuss the|in Area 2 which he said were grants asked for by the board|already 10 to 15 years behind in backed by the Goldenberg Re-|education facilities, port and the lack of industrial! Mr. Williams said that without assessment in Pickering Town-|the grants they could not expect ship. a town in the high school dis- Education Minister Davis will|trict to look. favorably to amal- be asked that consideration be|gamating with an area whose given to amalgamate the Area 2\assessment was 97 per cent resi- Board with surrounding educa- dential. tion boards. The briefs will also be sent to One suggestion made in the|Albert Walker, MLA; Pickering brief was to join the area which|Township Council and the fed- presently makes up the Picker-|eral member when the election ing High School District, namely'decides who this will be. "those who have big ears') The location of a capital citY/sneech at Humboldt, Sask., ur- Wednesday marked a centuryjshifted often before Victoria's|ging Saskatchewan voters to en- as the capital of Canada. decision. J sure their province a voice in a Autumn beauty helped make| It was shifted from Kingston|new Liberal government. Con+ it a memorable day for the few|to Montreal to Toronto to Que-|seryatives now hold all 17 seats ' Ashton, Who Does All Else hundred Ottawa citizens whojbec, finally alternating between|there, assembly} got the "big ears' title from the|the latter two. The Algonquin Indians. They saw ajchose Quebec as site of a per- cheerful re-enactment of a his-|manent capital but its decision toric ceremony. was vetoed by the legislative The turnout was small, pro-|council. bably as a result of late min-| In th deadlock 'that followed, ute arrangements, but enthus-'it was decided to let Queen Vic- fastic, toria decide. Every interested Under a warm sun, Sir Johnjcity but Ottawa sent represent- A Macdonald and Sir Georges-|atives to London. Etienne Cartier crossed the/SKETCH TURNED TRICK new Macdonald-Cartier bridge} Ottawa sent only an outline to city hall in a carriage pulledjof its advantages, among them by two black horses. Col. By's canal, the central lo- The span between Ottawajcation then, beauty, security and Hull, Que., was named af-jand distance from the U.S, bor- ter the two fathers of Confed-lder. But a simple sketch of the eration. |Ottawa River by a British vis- Later, Lt. - Col. John By,jitor, Lady Head, might have played by actor John Fish,|won the Queen: turned up, Ottawa was known) Her decision meant Canada's as Bytown for more than 25/350 civil servants had to pack years as tribute to the British|this time the last. It cost $15,000 army engineer who built the 131-mile Rideau Canal aystem|to Ottawa from Quebee City by from the Ottawa to the St./steamer." Lawrence River. | Even in Jacques Cartier's ALMOST MISSED time, a band of Algonquins who} Wednesday's bright cere-jlived near Ottawa had stamped mony--with bands, invocations|the area with their name. gifts, good cheer and the usual] They were called the Ottawas, blooper--was mostly arrangedjor "big ears," because of orna-| to move the whole government! iscandal - monger dragging the | Mr. Douglas spent most of his \61st birthday flying from Monc- {ton to Port Arthur for a night meeting and then on to British |Columbia. A huge birthday cake was presented to him after his |speech at Port Arthur, | The NDP leader dropped his| self - imposed silence on the jscandal issue,- attacking the government for "an unsavory mess that cries to high heaven lfor investigation and remedial jaction."" | Social Credit Leader Thomp- son, campaigning in southern |Alberta, said his party is asking for the same chance to do the job in Ottawa that it has had in British Columbia and Alberta, }both under Social Credit provin- jcial administrations, ATTACKS DIEFENBAKER Guy Favreau, president of the Privy Council, told a Montreal rally that Mr. Diefenbaker is a A long-time member of the Central Council of the Oshawa Neighborhood Asso- ciations went into retire- night--in a reclining rocker ment sitting down Saturday the council gave him. Re- laxing-in his new chair is campaign into the mud and aiming invectives at Quebec. He called Mr. Diefenbaker "a| NEW SEAT FOR OLD HAND Burk st., sports chairman for the council from 1948 to 1965. He was unaware that a testimonial dinner was being held in his honor at the Civic Auditorium, that is until after he was told he would be at the head table, R. J. (Bob) Andrews, 216 About 200 people attended the event, In the photo he holds one of two pictures of himself that the council pre- sented, one he will keep and one for display at the council's chambers. He also holds a guest book given him which contains all the names of people he was the background, left committee, and Mrs. R. quet of roses she presented with. by the centennial commission, which learned of the anniver- ments which pulled their ear|ttue separatist, trying to separ- lobes out of shape and dis-\ate Quebec from the rest of associated with. Standing in to right, are F. Ellegett, chair- man of the dinner, C. La- Vallee, head of the awards J. Andrews, who holds a bou- was Sets Sights On Reeveship BROUGHAM -- Harry Ashton, A bylaw to prohibit the: dis- tendered his resignation as by-\charge of firearms in the gravel law enforcement officer to Pick-|pit area, in the vicinity of the ering Township Council this|Valley Farm rd. was repealed. week. He announced that he will|The area will be posted against seek the office of reeve in the'trepassing and hunting. municipal election. Council endorsed the building Mr. Ashton will retain his ' jduties as park administrator, of a university in Scarboro truant officer, weed inspector,| Township. and dog control officer as well) 4% \as other duties. | Council passed a bylaw setting MUU LOT \Nov. 26 as nomination day. The) jtownship election will be held Dec. 4. | A resolution providing that the; township will ultimately be re-| jsponsible for the maintenance of, a pioneer village on the muse- jum grounds as a_ centennial) project was approved with Councillor John Campbell voic- jing opposition. LONDON CREAM Canadian Chaggy PRESERVE OLD HOUSE DORCHESTER, N.B, (CP)-- The Westmorland Historical So- lciety has agreed to buy the old (LONDON 6 ONTAR® Keillor House here and convert it into a museum. It is one of \three old Georgian stone man- sions in the county and was sary only a few days ago. Camaee An RCAF band played Land of the Maple as Mounties in the scarlet livery of footman and coachman helped Sir John A, and Sir Georges down. They presented a proclama- tion to Mayor Don Reid recall- ing Queen Victoria's decision Dec. 31, 1857, that Ottawa should be the Canadian capital. It was Oct, 20, 1865, when ltended them. Canada through his campaign | Later, Samuel de Champlain/°f vilification and unfounded ac- | named the river after them and|cusation." : the. choice of the distinctive In-| Manitoba's Premier Duff Rob- dian name for the city was\lin went before a Conservative around the corner. fs jrally in Trois-Rivieres, Que., to It succeeded Bytown, Rich-|@Tgue the need for a new con- mond's Landing and several|Stitution drawn up by a national others and outran Aberdeen,|conference of political leaders. Queensburg and Sydenham in| Speaking in his fluent french, the search for a final name for Mr. Roblin also said independ- the final capital. ence for Quebec would lead to |the absorption of the rest of }Canada by the United States WEATHER FORECAST Lasser-Like Beam In Surgery Sunny, Cooler Tomorrow On Duke Of Windsor's Retina sow: in tie couny sna was NEW YORK (AP)--A smailjlumbia Presbyterian Medicalligcal lawyer. 4 : break in the retina of the Duke|Centre. The procedure is not})-------------- SUSRERSCSON MN earing 18 ernoon, of Windsor's right eye has been|considered surgery. repaired in hospital with a de-| The 71-year-old former king vice described as a laser-likejof England should be able to) light beam, and the team of eye|leave the medical centre by the} \specialists who did the worklend of this week, the hospital] say the difficulty should not re-|said. He was admitted Wednes- cur. day. i aeeantiva| rhe duke previously had| qhe, Shon minute) CoRreCT® three operations to correct a treatment was done Wednesday detachment of the retina of his night at the eye institute of Co-lleft eye. NEW WORLD PERFECTION _ 47 47 47 45 45 50 50 50 47 50 45 45 40 37 32 28 25 28 28 50 TORONTO (CP) Oliicialjst. Thomas....... forecast issued by the weather|London office at 5:30 a.m. |Kitchener Synopsis: Mild rainy weather)/Mount Forest..... jand destroy the cultural free-|covering most of the province)Wingham ... ' an |dom Quebec has had for 300/is expected to clear Friday|yamilton ......+« years. |morning or afternoon. Ist C ines.as "Industry Minister Drury, Lake' st. Clair, Lake Erle,|throcte vn speaking in Montreal, said crit-|Lake Huron, Niagara, Lake On- Daterd I ics of the Canada'- U.S, autojtario, Windsor, London, Tor- ~ wr OFOUEN «+e agreement either do not com-lonto, Hamilton; Rain ending in| "enon perhend the facts "'or they are/the morning and cloud clearing Killaloe .. jdeliberately setting out to mis-'in the afternoon, Winds north hen gg Nor ay.. lead the public." 90. | Georgian Bay, Haliburton,|/Sudbury seeee LAST CALL! Fraser's Suit Sale ends ene EN oT oot A coroner's jury ruled last night that James Thomas Cook, 29, of 241 Kendal ave., died Monday as a result of a self-inflicted wound. The students of the Ajax High School will again make 'a door-to-door canvass on the night of Oct. 28 for donations te UNICEF. Directors of the Citizen's Committee for Creek Valley Conservation were announced today. They are: Reg Aker, Mrs. H. B. Armstrong, Lloyd Collacutt, Mrs. G. D. Conant, were all quickly dealt with. Another Part posal was no serious dam- | age in any of the fires. City Of A] Open | ambulance answered three routine house calls TORONTO (CP)--A new four-| fane stretch of the Macdonald- Cartier Freeway was opened in eastern Ontario Tuesday, mak- ing four lanes without a stop lights for a distance of 411 miles. A two-lane stretch for 11 miles from Highway 18 east to Iroquois County Road 1 was opened to four-lane traffic at 10 a.m. Motorists now can drive over a four - lane route from Windsor to east of Gananoque Total four-lane mileage on the §10-mile freeway, also called Highway 401, now stands at 471 Finley Dafoe, John DeHart, Dr. G. B. Doherty, Thomas Edwards (Whitby), Dr. A. P. Fulton, Arne Greene; F, J. Grindley, N. S. MeFayden, Harold MeNeill, Ernest Marks, George Martin, Dr. Nicholas Ostafichuk, William Owens, H. E. Robinson, Keith Ross, Stephen Saywell, D. R. Sinclair, T. D. Thomas, B. M. Woods, R. E. Woolcott and | Jan Drygala. wAIgII aaa seeeeecene a this Saturday at 6 p.m. nn oe Sonam se He said the agreement has led |to an expansion of the auto in-|Kijialoe, North Bay, Sudbury:|Sault Ste. Marie.. jdustry, an increase in auto/Mainly sunny with seasonable|Kapuskasing ..... jplant employment and lower|temperatures. Winds north 15 to'white Rive War Peer 25. Moosonee re Today Mr. Pearson is back in| 'Timagami, Algoma, Southern)... : Ottawa, resuming regular work, |); ion: i . Timmins .. : |\White River: Mainly clear and] while Mr. Diefenbaker tours the|cooler. Winds northerly 15 to Si78ston city's ridings before heading for|95, jp Brockville. Mr. Douglas vl Northern White River, Coch- rbound for a night meeting at)one Western James Bay: New Westminster, B.C, Mr. |Mostly sunny and cool. 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