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; cauuay. cmuci iwunys 4 tonight. Warmer on Tuesday. Low tonight, 22. High Tues- day, 35. Of Osha, Whitby, Bowman- ville, Ax. Pickering ond neighbori centres in On- tario andurham Counties, Authorized os Second Close Mail Post Ofice Department SIXTEEN PAGES for payment of Postage | VOL. 95 -- NO. 1 10¢ Single : Se Per Week Horne elivered OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, JANUARY: 3, 1966 HT OSHAWA'S FIRST BABY FOR TRE NEW YEAR Here she is folks, Osh- awa's first citizen for 1966. Sharon Elaine, the first baby of 1966 to be born at the Oshawa General Hospital weighed in at eight pounds and three ounces. She was born at 1,45 a.m. on New Year's Day. The bright- eyed little youngster is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Edwin Brown, 172 . West- mount st. Mrs. Bambara Brown, 20, gets acquainted with her first child, as shown above. Mr. Brown is a draftsman with General Motors of Canada. Ltd. Sharon Elaine made the earliest appearance of any ° | New Year baby in area hos- pitals. --Oshawa Times Photo Cong Eludes Paratroops SAIGON (CP) -- U.S. para- troopers slogged through mud and swamp today in their first big invasion of the Mekong Delta but a large Viet Cong troops had used the force slipped deeper into its| "CN" type gas-on such-a-large Py eluding their The probe by the 173rd Air- borne Brigade, backed by New Zealand artillery, Austra- Han combat units, air strikes and even tanks, began with high hopes of rousing the guerrillas from their stronghold. Although they offered some brisk skirmishes and steady sniper fire at the start of the operation on New Year's Day, the Viet Cong withdrew into the marshes in the direction of the Plain of Reeds near the Cam-| bodian frontier. | By this afternoon, there was| troops followed up the helicop- ters by firing gas grenades from their rifles. It was the first time U.S. non-lethal for riot control. NEAR BORDER Another allied column of U:.S., South Vietnamese, Australian and New Zealand troops drove to within.12 miles of the Cam- bodian frontier hoping to catch the Viet Cong or push them across the border, Other troops secured both banks of the Vaico| Orientale River after coming un- der sniper fire. A U.S. spokesman said the paratroops located a large} pocket of guerrillas on the east VIET NAM WAR AT-A-GLANCE By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Saigon--U.§, and South Viet- namese paratroopers move into the Mekong Delta in the first big American drive into the fertile territory. They | claim 236 guerrillas killed and | 302 suspects detained before the Viet Cong moved deeper into the marshes. The suspen- sion..of air 'raids.on North Viet Nam continues tor fhe Washington -- Pres ident Johnson is reported prepared to enter peace talks on Viet Nam without any preconceived solutions or thought of quick settlement. Abroad, his spe- cial envoys continue . their visits explaining the presi- dent's Viet Nam policy to foreign leaders. Tokyo -- North Viet Nam only occasional contact with the| bank. The enemy pulled back| says the- United States must guerrillas. A U.S, spokesman said the! 173rd_Brigade had killed 111/ j rather than fight, he said. | However, Viet Cong snipers! hidden "definitely and uncondi- tionally" halt acts of war in a clump of trees| against it and "acknowledge" |view to African leaders. | Viet Cong, captured seven and| killed several American para-| Communist terms for a settle- detained 502 suspects. VWietna-| 'T0ops and wounded a dozen just} ment, mese troops killed 125 guerril-| las in the fighting, their spokes-| men said. | lies on the northern fringe of the| fertile Mekong Delta. It has long) been considered a Communist! infiltration route and base) camp. | In one operation, helicopters| scattered tear gas powder on to suspected Communist Positions} before the advancing Ameri-| cans. Much of the gas was swal-| lowed up by the swamps with little apparent effect on the Viet! Cong. Some was blown toward] the paratroops. The ground) after they were landed by heli-| including U.S. troop withdrawals. China calls peace | By THE CANADIAN PRESS Fresh appeals for peace were made during the weekend as the world ended new year's revelry. The Vatican disclosed an ex- tension of Pope Paul's personal campaign for peace in Viet Nam New Year's Eve, whilé merry- makers in many places wel- comed the new year with fire neat FRESH AP works, the popping of cham- . pagne corks and the tooting of auto horns. In Hungary, Communist Party Chief Janos Kadar told his peo- ple in a New Year's declaration that "'we must fight for peaceful coexistence, even amid the pres- ent circumstances in the inter- national situation." Rhodesians were unable to read a, New Year's message from the Queen because of cen- sorship by the breakaway gov- ernment of Prime Minister Ian Smith. There were blank newspaper spaces where the message should have appeared, while the official Rhodesian Broadcasting Corp. made no mention of it. The Queen's message was sent to Governor Sir Humphrey Gibbs to be passed on to the Rhodesian people. It praised the governor, now regarded by Smith as a private citizen, for the steadfastness with which he has conducted himself and "'the constitutional government in Rhodesia since the independence declaration Nov. 11. The Queen says she deeply regrets events that "subjected the loyalties of the people of Rhodesia to uncertainty and strain,' and sent her good wishes "to all my loyal sub- jects." The day was not completely devoted to solemn statements. Sixteen thousand men--no women allowed -- marched in the annual Mummers Day pa- rade in Philadelphia and an estimated 1,000,000 persons watched. PEALS FOR PEACE ON WEEKEND Residents of Rome put on such a big New Year's Eve celebration that more than 100 persons had to visit hospitals for treatment of fireworks burns and broken bones. The broken bones came from a hail of treash that fell into the streets at midnight. Ro- mans traditionally usher in the New Year by throwing accu- mulated junk --bottles, boxes, even old sinks--out their win- dows. UT ULL mnt MTT PTA UAT A NY. Feels Full Impact 2-Day Transit Strike | Hanoi Hits US. Feelers WASHINGTON (AP)--Two of President Johnson's peace en- voys continue their efforts to- day despite new dampening blasts from Hanoi. } The North Vietnamese Com- munist party organ Nhan Dan bran the current U.S. peace moves as "trickery" and said that if any political solution to } the Viet Nam war is to be achieved the United States must halt "definitely and un inion cond R the hein Ar "acknowledge" the four condi- tions the Communists have set down for an end to the war. What was meant by "'acknowl- edge" was not clear. Washing- ton has let be known that it would be willing to discuss the four points if negotiations got under way. U.S. efforts to get such talks started moved ahead with Rov- ing Ambassador W. Averell Harriman's arrival in Pakistan for talks with President Avub Khan while G. Mennen Wil-| liams carried the American! iSTILL HOLD BOMBS As the flurry of American! copters. Sinking sometimes} moves a "smokescreen" to |diPlomatic activity continued, | Waist-deep into mud, this Ameri-) hide 'schemes of war expan- |the lull in the bombings of; The marshy Plain of Reeds|Can unit secured the landing! sion. Prag Ahh ogy targets moved jinto its ay. zone but made little progress be- cause of the snipers. One battalion advanced only 30 yards in seven hours, the| men rarely moving out of a} crouch because of the snipers'| bullets. | Artillery shells and bombs} poured on to the Viet Cong. But! four paratroops were killed and| several others were wounded) when a 500-pound bomb from.a| Skyraider accidentally fell on their area. HUMPHREY IN SOUTH KOREA demilitarized zone ine South Korea from Com- |} munist North Korea. | Vice President Hubert M. Taumnhrov ineneete an M-14 rifle during his visit Sunday to the 2nd U.S. Infantry Divi- sion in South Korea near the Karachi -- U.S, Ambassa- | dor-at-Large W. Averell Har- riman confers with Pakistani | leaders on Viet Nam after | similar. meetings with Indian | officials in New Delhi. Warsaw -- Ambassador | Harriman's meetings with | Polish Communist officials | last week raise a glimmer of hope that Poland may be able | to help end the fighting in Viet Nam. | | Milwaukee--Wis. -- After a | visit to Poland and Southeast | : Asia, Representative Clement jte the Japanese news paper|tween the two nations of the | peace, separat- (AP Wirephoto . via radio from Seoul) | Williams, U.S, undersecretary: | J. Zablocki (Dem. Wis.) « Polish officials believe North |N The bombing moratorium is} viewed as a part of Washing- ton's efforts to establish condi- tions favorable to the beginning of peace talks with North Viet! vam. Hanoi was anything but' encour-} aging. Only party organ made its detlara-' tions, North Viet Nam's Presi- dent Ho Chi Minh had said that) the Communists would fight un- til final victory. He said he was standing! firm on his terms for peace--| The Hanoi newspaper also : said Washington would have to}' 1 WESTCHESTER COUNTY commuters jam the New York Central's train 554 from White Plains as the New York City transit strike entered its third day this morning. Motorists had been warned to avoid the city and seek other means of transportation. This train, on the Central's Harlem division, became a local at Mt. Vernon, couldn't -handle any more passengers as it neared the city. (AP Wirephoto) India, Pakistan Chiefs Plan Summit Conference By HENRY §S. BRADSHER MOSCOW (AP)~--The leaders of India and Pakistan arrived n Tashkent today for a summit conference that is expected to jhave little effect on the basic Indian-Pakistani But the public reaction from| Kashmir. President Ayub Khan of Pa- hours before the/xistan arrived first in the So- jviet central Asian city, with Prime Minister Shastri of In- jdia following. They were }greeted by their host, Soviet |Premier Alexei N. Kosygin. The talks begin Tuesday. The meeting might produce terms already rejected by the| polite words on minor problems United States. or lower somewhat the tensions Ho's views were in messages|threatening the ceasefire be- 5 |Asahi Shimbun and to a Ha-|Asian Subcontinent. But both jvana meeting of leftists from| governments have remained ad- Viet Nam is ready to talk |three continents, The message|amant in their stand on the dis- Addis Afiaba -- G. Mennen of state for African affairs, meets with Emperor Haile Se- lassie after talks in Morocco, | |neéwspaper People's Daily as- jsuggested anew that Hanoi|puted Himalayan state of Kash-| Havriman's chief mission is |would agree to negotiate only|mir, the root of the trouble be-|to explain President Johnson's atter the United States accepts/tween them, its four-point demand, which in-| cludes withdrawal of American/its demand that the people of|would also touch on the Tash- |Kashmir decide their future in the official|a plebiscite. Since Mosfems are Chinese Communist party/in the majority, the P' ucistanis | Shastri, he said, '"'We wish this expect the Kashmiris to vote to! conference well' but added that|they expect to still raise about troops from South Viet Nam. And in Peking, Pakistan has never relaxed conflict over) India, which occupies the most populous part of Kashmir, says the state is irrevocably part of India and its future is not a subject for discussion. HOPES FOR BEST Indian Prime Minister Shas- tri told reporters as he left New| | Delhi: "It will require all our inge- nuity and skill to come to some kind of agreement so the con- flict does not further escalate. Let us hope for the best." President Ayub Khan, on his way to the conference stopped in Peshawar, on Pakistan's| northwest frontier, to meet with) U.S. roving ambassador Averell] Harriman and with the British ambassador to Pakistan, Sir Maurice James. ; Viet Nam policy to Asian lead- jers, but it was assumed he kent meeting. After a confer- Police Use Gas, Grenades OUAGADOUGOU (AP) -- Po- lice fired tear gas at thousands of demonstrators swarming arvund the presidential palace today after the government of Upper Volta, in West Africa seized emergency powers. Many of the crowd called for the army to take power. Police hurled the tear gas grenades when demonstrators threatened to storm the palace. The political climate in Upper Volta has been tense since Pres- ident Maurice Yameogo de- clared a state of emergency Sunday, He announced he had uncovered a plot led by Joseph Quedraogo, a union' leader and former national assembly presi- dent. . Hamilton Appeal Tops Objective HAMILTON (CP) -- Greater Hamilton's United Appeal top- ped its objective for the first time in nine years when it ended almost $1.000 over its ob- ence Sunday in New Delhi with jective of $1,478,776, Officials of the appeal said Algeria and Tunisia on Viet sailed the American. diplomatic| join them or at.least for inde-|it was entirely an Indian-Pakis- | $2,000 more before the donations Nam. | missions. pendence from India. tani affair. ' are in. » POSSIBLE WAR EXTENSION BY U.S. ALARMS PEKING -- AIDE "Peace Curtain" Seen China's Fear PARIS (AP) -- The Chinese Communists believe the United States is hanging up a "peace curtain" behind which it will ex- tend the Vietnamese war to China, roving French Ambassa- dor Jean Chauvel said today. Chauvel. has just returned from a trip to Peking, North Viet Nam, Cambodia and Lac:, where he spoke' with leaders of those nations. He published his conclusions today in the news- paper Figaro, Chauvel said in part: ". « » The 'present conflict, which until the American es- calation began was a local af- fair, has now in fact become a confrontation' between the United States and China .. ." China is convinced that "'im- perialism generally spreads outa 'curtain of peace' when it is preparing to spread war."' Chauvel said that to "throw down such an attitude, there must be a demonstration which carries weight.' He summar- ized Peking's attitude on the Vietnamese war this way: "First, there is a basic mis- trust of statements. coming from Washington. It is recalled that the American government did not subscribe to the declaration of Geneva in. 1954 (which ended the Indochinese war). (The United States) violated the declaration first by encour- aging the Diem government (oi South Viet Nam)* to refuse to hold general elections fixed for 1956, and then again by moving ment to South 'Viet Nam. "Peking does not believe that paper erreneseenee noe) Washington . . . has the slight- est intention of removing (its military installation). Peking, Chauvel said, be- Hieves that the United States seeks "world hegemony" and that it sees Peking as its main adversary. "The risk§ (of a clash be- tween the United States and China) are incalculable," Gheuvel wrote. "Tn stop it be- fore it- escapes all conttel; 'one must conquer the mistrust which blocks an'agreement ., ." Traffic Flow Loosens After Close-Off Feared NEW YORK (AP)--The brunt of a two-day-old transit strike hit New York city this dreary Monday, threatened for a time to overwhelm Manhattan with automobiles, then eased into a flow described as normal. As traffic had piled up dur- ing the carly rush hour, Mayor John V. Lindsay warned he fact that drivers headed for work about two hours earlier than usual. This caused early morning tieups, but eased con- ditions in the midst of the usual rush hour. New Yorkers didn't feel the full impact of the strike until today because of the holiday weekend. Lindsay went on radio and might be forced to close off the city to any more automobiles. Lindsay, who took office just hours before the bus and sub- way workers struck New Year's Day, climbed into a police heli- copter for a personal inspection of the choked arteries from the foggy, drizzly skies. |» When-thecrisis. passed and Traffic Commissioner Henry A, "Batnes reported traffic in Man- hattan was "loosening up." And the mayor lifted his threat. REVERTS TO NORMAL By 8 a.m., Barnes said traf- fic was "about normal now," but urged that no additional drivers head for Manhattan. He predicted there would be continuous traffic jams in Man- hattan throughout the day. Traffic was lighter than nor- mal on many Manhattan streets. But pedestrian traffic was brisk at many spots, and out - OF - City + commuter rail way and bus ierminais were clogged. At one point, more than 1,200 persons were lined up three deep in the rain at a Bronx station waiting to purchase tick- ets to ride into Manhattan via the New York Central Railroad. The Long Island rail road re- ported a similar crush at its Jamaica, Queens, Station. Meanwhile, the Commerce and Industry Association was busily trying to assess the cost to commerce. It had been esti- mated the strike would cost stores $40,000,000 a day. Normally, the city's subways carry 9,500 persons a minute into Manhattan during tke rush hour, Barnes attributed the easing of Manhattan's traffic to the television early today to make a last-minute appeal to com- muters not to drive into the city. Principals in the negotiations get back to the bargaining table early today. Michael J. Quill, head of the strike, also was due to appear in State Supreme Court today to answer a show-cause order. As hopes for an early settle- ment brightened Sunday night, then suddenly faded, the city put into effect emergency meas- ures to handle the 7,400,000 per- sons who normally ride the sub- -- and buses every working lay. Extra commuter trains and buses from outside the city added, emergency parking and taxi regulations were applied, and schools were closed. But above all else, Mayor Lindsay urged people not to drive auto- Moves in Wie City Except om absolutely essential business, The strike is expected to cost stores an estimated $40,000,000 a day in lost sales, The. 33,000 bus and subway employees walked off the job in defiance of a court injunction at 5 a.m. Saturday--just five hours after Lindsay took office as the city's first Republican mayor in 20 years. The Transport Workers Un- ion, and the Amalgamated Transit Union, AFL-CIO, de- mand higher wages, a shorter work week and other benefits the Transit Authority estimated would cost $680,000,000. Sunday night Quill offered to cut the demand "by 80 per cent"' to $180,000,000, but the TA quickly rejected it, TASHKENT, U.S.S.R. ( Bahadur Shastri of India an creasing apprehension among conference of solidarity is Venezuela," he adds. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Shastri And Khan At Summit Talks / AP) -- Prime Minister Lal d President Mohammed Ayub Khan of Pakistan arrived today for a summit conference that is expected to have little effect on their basic conflict ov. the princely state of Kashmir. ' Revolutionists Convene In Havana HAVANA (CP) -- Revolutionists fromi three continents assembled in Havana to open a nine-day meeting today, in- goverfiments of some of Cuba's neighbors. The peace of the continent is at stake," said Presi- dent Raul Leoni of Venezuela. 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