The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

QR THE_OCOHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, December 1, 1968 | China Talks A Good Fight But Action Called Unlikely "HONG KONG (AP)--Although)the job of trying to analyse Pe-| "Instead,"' said one, "the best China constantly talks of|king's actions and intentions forjinformation so far available is there|that there has been ho increase e been rumors of vast. new/in material." from! There have been reports for greatly increasing North Viet Nam, official west ern observers in Hong Kong say/movements of material ) there is no indication of any sub-|southerm China to Hanoi but no several 'substantiating information to movement of military units and who havelsupport those rumors. stantial increase, 'These westerners, its aid toljtheir governments, say -jhav South Viets Have 459 Die Last Week: Biggest Losses SAIGON (AP)--The destruc -land 861 were wounded, tion of South Viet Nam's 7th)spokesman said. Army Regiment in savage fight- ing Saturday raised the South|dropped to 40, with 117 wounded), Vietnamese weekly combat/and five missing in the week dead to 459, the government's/ending last Saturday, the second est toll of the war,/spokesman said. This compared ary spokesman an-|with 240 Americans killed the a US. nounced. today. Another 185 government sol |previous week, the biggest U.S -|casualty list since. the the} The number of American dead United months of increased {supplies in the southern third of ithe China mainland. MOVES INTERNAL? But most well-placed sources here believe this to be,an in- ternal realignment of. Chinese units as a defensive measure and not preparation for move- ment of Chinese units into North Viet Nam. While these sources admit they could be wrong, most say Peking greatly fears the possi- ility of U.S. bombing retalia- tion; therefore it will not send troop units across the border and will avoid massive ship-) ments of war ald as long as ; possible. They do not discount the fact ne | } } | HALIFAX (CP) -- Opposition \Leader John Diefenbaker said \Tuesday Canada should ask United Nations Secretary-Geri- eral U Thant to call a confer- ence aimed at ending war in Viet Nam. fax International Airport, Mr. Diefenbaker said he was "very concerned" the U.S. state de: partment emf recently admitted it had received peace feelérs from North Viet Nam last April. State department spokesmen have said U.S. authorities re- jected the North Vietnamese approach because they did not feel Hanoi was prepared to ne- gotiate in good faith. 'Whatever it's worth . . . the failure to reveal this will cause 'concern in the minds of all those who stand together for free- dom," Mr. Diefenbaker said. "Canada should call on U |Thant to make a further effort to bring about a convening of la peace conference." At a press conference at Hali-| Diefenbaker Asks UN Viet Parley fore he spoke in Philadelphia April 2. In the ' S Pearson suggested the United States' call a temporary halt in the bombings of North 'Viet' Nam to see whether Hanoi was interested in peace negotiations. "When were these facts re- _ vealed to the prime minister?" asked Mr. Diefenbaker. "These- are the things Canadians have a right to know." ' He also expressed misgivings over U.S. Defence Secretary McNamara's announced inten- tion to step up bombings in Viet am. Asked by a reporter about @_ recent suggestion made in Lon- don, Eng., by Ontario Premier: John Robarts that political par- ties should work together in the Commons, 'Mr. Diefenbaker said. the Opposition has a responsibil- ity to "place before Parliament' its viewpoints." 175 STOLEN CARS - PACKED AWAY LIKE LIGHT -BULBS cracked Tuesday at Bros- sard, a suburb of Montreal. A policeman is seen check- Wiers were missing in action|States began sending troops to p24 Peking may eventually feel iA Fe ie wasn ie COMMENTS ON OFFER | Viet Nam nearly five years ag0|it must undertake greater par- Mr. Diefenbaker said he un- derstood U.S. State Secretary }Rusk turned down the North |Vietnamese offer after hearing ja report from Blair Seaborne, a |Canadiaff representative on the} Interkafional Control Commis-| sion iy Viet Nam. | ing some of the stripped cars. (CP) seizure of at least 175 stolen "Was this information which he gave to the secretary of state cleared first through the Cana- 7 | No U.S. units engated Com-|);,. 4.0 | F ; ; ae . |ticipation in the Viet } Three months of investi- K-9 Heroes prog kok gh 9 agi But these sources say there is| gation has resulted in the cars. An_ interprovincial png ! come. ys no indication that China has or| arrest of 14 men and the possibly three regimental-sized|;,.;; it y : eB ley Zambia-Bound UAW Seeks eas or that, they in- | ' \tacks were of battalion size and|'icate, is that both Peking and) ottom ey am 1da- oun | SAIGON (AP) -- Shortly be-|four were of company size. Hanoi appear to believe that : | fore dusk, 26 U.S. infantrymen ( i 2 Cong were killed during the|Succeeding at the present time. P ] g t | 30 miles from Saigon.|week, giving U.S. and govern-|, Reports reaching Hong Kong O a e ence TO em | a e arl dian external affairs depart- Their mission: To ambush the |ment?" Mr. Diefenbaker asked. NeLONVON Cong made at least two and/i, contemplating greater partic:|-- re ala eal In Viet Nam": Five other Communist at- The spokesman said 1,539 Viet the Vietnamese Communists are Fee on a jungle patrol less tar cee ment troops a favorable kill ra-iNdicate that the Chinese have an|_WINDSOR, Ont. (CP)--A U.8."ts there not better communica: It was like hundreds of other) patrols the 1st Infantry Division had made, except for one key difference: A lean, vicious Ger- man Shepherd dog led the way. Nothing happened for three hours. Then the big dog became tense and stopped short. He pointed his body toward a clump of dense brush. The am-|dawn today at three small goy-| bush was set. Within 10 minutes, three or four Viet Cong walked into the|air base at Da Nang. Commu- trap and the Americans opened|nications went dead with one of fire. One Viet Cong was killed; another, wounded, crawled into the undergrowth. The dog/North Viet Nam with strikes! picked up the scent and led the Americans to him. The incident typifies the in- creasing role played by scout) dogs in the Vietnamese war. USE HUNDREDS Several hundred German Shepherds are in use. Most are} sentry dogs on guard at key U.S. installations. Both the army and marine | capital. tio of three to one. Many of the South Vietna- jmese soldiers fell in the devas- jtating attack on the 7th Regi- ment on an abandoned Frenc northwest of Saigon Saturday. Some U.S. advisers were among the casualties. The Viet Cong hit before ernment outposts in the central jhighlands south of the big U.S. |the camps. Air attacks continued on jnorth and south of Hanoi, the | U.S. Air Force F-105 Thunderjets damaged a rail- way bridge and cratered sev- eral highways northwest of Ha- noi while planes hit carrier- borne freight cars, army. bar- racks and bridges near the! coastal city of Vinh, a U.S. spokesman said. U.S. Air Force planes made their biggest leaflet drop of the corps ate using dogs more and/war, releasing 7,100,000 leaflets more in the field. The scout/qver the Red River delta hop- dogs, or "four-footed radar," |ing winds would carry them are trained in South Viet Nam/over Hanoi, Haiphong and other| and matched with South Vietna-| nonulation centres in North Viet mese. handlers. These handlers are experi-| enced' field soldiers. Often on patrols they are the first to take casualties because they walk with the dog ahead of the! troops, | Snakes have proved to be one ef the dog's greatest enemies| since the first arrivals in July. | Trainers find one of their} toughest jobs is teaching ~ dogs to arrest their natural in- stinct of seeking out animals--) Nam. United States military head- quarters today began distribut-| ing instructions to all U.S.) troops in Viet Nam warning that a prisoner "must not be tortured, killed or mutilated even if he refuses to talk." The instructions said "mis- treatment of any captive is a criminal offence' and added that both South Viet Nam and the United States adhere to the Geneva conventions on treat- ment of war prisoners. end to hunt humans instead. | HERE an An Ontario department of education official who turned down the Oshawa board of edegefion's request to hold @ay-time adult retraining pro- yam classes in a building it syanned to renovate, will be asked to meet with city trus- | dees. Trustee T. D. Thomas eaid it was his understanding the board request was turned down because of lack of park- ing available and the fact that renovations needed would be too costly. for a two-year test program. Trustee Stanley E. Lovell said-the proposed six classrooms would only be for | day-time retraining classes as night-time classes would still be held at McLaughlin Col- legiate. Harry Montrose, who has been an accountant in the board of education adminis- tration office for the last year, last night was appoint- ed office manager. The present. negotiating committee of city board of education, headed by Mr. Lov- | ell and comprising Mr. Thomas, Russell Murphy, Dr. Claude Vipond and E. A. Bas- | sett, was reappointed to nego- | tiate 1966 salary contracts. A letter from James Feltis, chairman of the Oshawa Safe- | ty League, dealing with school crossing. guards, was not act- ed upon for "lack of informa- tion".. The education board decided to ask the league for more, information on the re- quest, Dr. C. M. Elliott, superin- tendent of public schools, was granted a request by the board of education to turn the general purpose room at the new Grandview school into d THERE information that letters. patent of incorporation have been granted to two district_firms. They are Hobbs and Jaciw Investments Limited, Whitby and Oshawa Discount House Limited, Whitby Township After studying a report of the proposed plan of the sub- division for the area imme- diately east of the new East- dale Collegiate, board of edu- cation trustees decided to have the chairman of the building and planning com- mittee acquire the cost of storm sewers from the city engineer before this cost is | accefted. A letter from the Ontario Curriculum Institute asking for support from the education board at the rate of five cents a pupil, was referred to next year's board, There were 366 admissions, | $62 discharges and 61 births at the Oshawa General Hospi- tal during the week ending Nov. 27. There were 93 major | and 190 minor operations as | well as 66 eye, ear, nose and throat operations. Two hun- | dred and fifty-three treat- | ments and examinations were | given. Forty-two casts were applied. A total of 749 physio- therapy treatments and 585 visits were reported. In addi- tion there were 182 occupa- tional therapy treatments and 23 speech therapy cases. Dr. Brian Doherty will speak tonight on the controversial Creek Valley Express route to Oshawa Young Progressive Conservatives: Meeting at the YWCA,-starting at 8 p.m. another elassroom and hire | another teacher to start in January. He said a 50-home | subdivision in the Grandview area is nearing completion and the houses will. be_in- habited shortly. Dr. Elliott said that the board could fig- ure on an average of half a | student from each new house. He said he is afraid the board | will have to have portable | ninceenmeme af Crandview nervt year. The current Gazette carries issue of The the Delivered to AT 10 % CASHEWS MIXED NUTS 2,19. 1 beefed up their military posi- tion all along the frontier with)pia today awaited the arrival of|insisted that the dam can bejtroops stationed near the border Ar-|protected only if British troops|/because North Viet Nam. But these re- LUSAKA (Reuters) -- Zam-jsome members of his cabinet|been reluctant to haye Briti |Commonwealth Secretary he feared ports indicate the danger of di-lthur Bottomley of Britain on alare stationed' on the Rhodesian|might occur accidentally pirect C hinese intervention in| mission to try to break a dead- rubber plantation 45 miies;Viet Nam will not become acute|igck in plans to base a British until the Vietnamese Commu- nists appear to be definitely los- ing the war. adioactive Pollution |military force here The deadlock built up Tues- fday in negotiations between ambian President Kenneth Ka- da and Britain's special en- tion. Some sources said Wilson had|desian governments. WEATHER FORECAST voy to east and central Africa, Malcolm MacDonald. Kaunda has called for British) troops to be dispatched to Zam-| bia, an independent Common-| wealth nation, to protect its in-| iterests in the massive Kariba} dam hydro-electric complex incidents} junion official says some wage jor benefits parity between U.S. jand Canadian auto workers is that|being *sought on behalf of the |side of the big power installa-;would increase the bitterness|Canadians. between the British and Rho- Some Cloudiness Today And Thursday; Warmer --~| ther, Fresh Christmas NUTS REG, 2.1 Call Today - THE GOODIE SHOPPE which the country shares with Takes Drop ii,'iessc"" ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. (CP)--| zambia is dependent on Kar- TORONTO (CP) -- Forecasts, Forecast Temperatures lissued by the weather office at|Low 'tonight, high Thursday: herd radiation level in drinking|jh_ dam power for its huge cop-|5-30 a.m.: | Windsor 35 40 jwa -- this _community has/per industry, the mainstay of] Synopsis: Partly cloudy con-|St. Thomas. 30 40 ag to three ---- Alits economy. Kaunda's requests|ditions are expected for south-/London ... 30 38 the ante seven since last April,/fojlowed the unilateral deciara-etn Ontario and a gradual/Kitchener .. 2 38 he Ontario Water Resources|tion of independence by Rho-| tapering off of the snow is fore-/Mount Forest..... Commission said Tuesday. desia's white-minority govern- cast for the north. While it will Wingham ... A picocurie is a unit of meas-| ment Nov. 11. be a little warmer today in|Hamilton ... urement for radiation. After two meetings Tuesday|most areas cold air behind the/St. Catharines. L. S. Caverly, general MaN-!night, one lasting 2% hours,|storm will spread southward to|Toronto ager of the OWRC, said in ajysachonald and Kaunda failed|cover central and Northern On-|Peterborough letter to the improvement dis-/1, agree on conditions under|tario again Thursday. _ {Kingston «...+s0+» ona pe cnr gl _ ress the! which an RAF jet squadron Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie,/Trenton ....+++0+4 sadtdaael Salialles at walae could be sent to Zambia. per Feri a A KUIAION sickscsess in the area shows a definite im- AGREES TO MOVE ie ' > aria Vamition: Variable siege 9 , provement in the quality of| Following days of speculation) -joudiness' today and Toureday.|suap ee drinking water. as to how Britain would react}, tittle, warmer. Winds ge i ig Ury + The regular water sampling)'® Zambia's requests, the cab-\ yest 99 taday becoming light t een. * program instituted by the| net Q Loetae ayy in ier} night : gn be Mar OWRG in the cas E jeiple Tuesday to send a squad-| >" E | Kapuskasing pe ore ds paced Rl ec PO to Aftioa. | Eastern Lake Ontario, Georg-|white River. 7 ian Bay, Algoma, Sault Ste. Ma-| r -adiation"' SRS yer, .th iti - reduced levels of radiation" and| However, the conditions ac) "Citas with » few sunny HEAT WITH OIL reflects improvements in the|Companying the offer -- that|"®: DIXON'S (waste) control program imple-/RAF ground troops be kept periods 'oder Bet Sherer 2 mented by the mines at the re-|aWay from the Rhodesian bore ones th pn min 313 ALBERT ST. 24-HOUR SERVICE |quest of this commission, the|der and be used only on the 4 3 ' 7 ; ; ' s southwest 20 today north- letter says. Zambian side and that they re west 15 Thurethy. 723-4663 SERVING OSHAWA OVER -|main under the strict control of Haliburton, Killaloe, Timag-, 50 YEARS sees ie... Blackout Stirs N-Failure Fear UNITED NATIONS (AP)-- Polish Ambassador Bohdan| \the British--were unacceptable! to Kaunda. ami, North Bay, Sudbury: Bottomley, who was travel-|Mainly cloudy with occasional ling by RAF jet, was expected|snowflurries today. Thursday to remain in Zambia three or|cloudy with sunny periods and| |four days. jcolder. Winds southwest 20 to-| British Prime Minister Wilson|day northwest 15 Thursday. has stated several times that od hha ig Cochrane:| os Hiterantndeni | will not--use force against_the|Mainly clear and cold tonight) abetheastarn United States ani ain considers illegal. 15 to 25 becoming light tonight. | Ontario casts doubt over U.S. _Atter the power line from the atom oms em claims of a fool-proof system Kariba dam to the Zambian for nuclear weapons control. Caper belt was sabotaged last week, Kaunda threatened to Lewandowski spoke -in the : kc seek hel ; . General Assembly's main poli-|Seek, help elsewhere if Sritain 4 ldidn't send troops. tical committee during debate over declaring Africa a nuclear wyITCH DEVELOPS free zone 5 Wilson had planned to go be- He said that eastern Euro-'fore the House of Commons pean nations were being asked|yesday night to announce that to accept on face value | S. troops were on the way. But a statements that a combination | jast-minute hitch developed, ap- of physical and electronic) parently over British insistence | checks would prevent unauthor+ hat the troops should be used| ized use of nuclear warheads|onjy on the Zambian side of the mounted on West German! proniier DON'T FORGET Che Rih Room Continental French Buffet Served Daily 11:30 - 2 p.m. -- 5 to 8 p.m. GENOSHA HOTEL Irving J. Bluestone, adminis- |trative assistant to Walter Reu- president of the United |Auto Workers (CLC), told a | Batary Club meeting that U.S. junion workers were given pro- visions "far superior to those here (in Canada)" under the new auto agreement, He said that when a worker jis laid off temporarily as a re- {sult of labor disruption caused |by the new agreement, a Cana- | hour gvork week wage." "We hope to convince the Ca- tnadian government to at least jmatch the U.S. benefit structure for workers who are laid off or jtemporarily dislocated as a re- jsult of the realignment of the |North American auto industry," jhe said. : dian "who earns $3 an hour and works a 40-hour work week, re- ceives 65.5 per cent of his 40- ition between. the state depart- }ment and the external affairs department in a matter so im- portant to peace in the world?" He also asked whether Prime Minister Pearson had heard of the North Vietnamese offer. be- Tawny Canadian Port YDON WINERY LIMIT Before you buy any Piano or Organ j | 165 SIMCOE STREET SOUTH 728-2921 KING ROI (5 inch Short Cut) CHICKEN Legs or Breast 49: weapons. ** | Some reports said Kaunda or "But who can guarantee that) - ie such a complicated control sys-| tem mechanism will never fail?" he asked The sudden breakdown of the power system in this coun try only a few weeks ago has proved that what should never have happened did happen, de spite the whole array of most jsophisticated mechanical and electronic checks and devices." He said that is why Poland! has argued on behalf of a nu- clear-free zone in Central Eu- rope, and would support a sim ilar proposal for Africa. GOOD FOOD BUSINESS MEN'S LUNCH NEW! TOMORROW! Swift's SHORTENING MARGARINE LARD 4 ws. 99° AS PRIME RIB (3: LAND end do tedey and see how better as eur STOR RED BRAND STEAKS ROASTS Round, Si Back Bacon Peamealed 9: Ib BY THE PIECE STAR BRAND Rindless Side Bacon 79: oer © FREEZER SPECIALS °¢ "jo BRIDGELAND Rather switch then fight high prices? Then switch te y dget @ the line on LOW PRICES... LOWER than they were last week or lest month. Come in our SAVINGS take @ turn for the turn, We're IDE LOW PRICES, 89: rloin Tip» Rump BABY BEEF LIVER 39 SKINLESS MAPLE HILL CHEESE SLICES 4 ris. 99° OF THE DISTRICTS NEWEST AND MOST MODERN CAR DEALERSHIP SEE TOMORROW'S OSHAWA TIMES SEAWAY MOTORS 1120 DUNDAS ST. E. at ANDERSON WHITBY 12 Noon to 2 P.M. DINNER 5:30 to 8 P.M. FULLY LICENSED DINING ROOM HOTEL LANCASTER 27 King St. W., Oshawe Your Door SAVINGS s C.0.D, OUR PRICE OUR PRICE "7151 1.89 1.89 4-07. 725 oF BEEF 49° Top Commercia RED BRAND BEEF SIDES .. 52¢ HINDS .. 62¢ FRONTS . 42¢ BLUE SIDES 00 GOCOEGS 909 SIMCOE BEEF HINDS .. 60 FRONT BRAND SIDES oF PORK 93° i eee S . 40 STN.