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Oshawa Times (1958-), 24 Mar 1966, p. 3

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q H RETIRES Senator M. Grattan O'Leary, 77, has retired as president of the Ottawa Journal it was announced Wednesday. He will con- tinue as editor emeritus of the newspaper which he joined as a police reporter in 1911. ' (CP Wirephoto) Story Told By Woman, 59 By THE CANADIAN PRESS A couple who believed their horse gas scratched and a woman whose welfare pay-| ments stopped two months ago) ONLY 100 MEMBERS IN SEATS Hanging Debate Draws Few MPs votes can be held on anlsihiie, the death penaify and the re- By MICHAEL GILLAN | OTTAWA (CP) -- The aboli- tionists held the floor for much of Wednesday's opening of a three-day Commons debate that may end in a vote on whether to abolish the death penalty in Canada. Four MPs from as many par- ties advocated approval of a resolution to let mandatory life imprisonment replace the hang- man. Creditiste Alcide Simard from Lac St. Jean riding said he is undecided about how to vote. The Commons galleries were only sparsely filled for the start of the debate, And only about 100 of the 265 members were in their seats. Attendance dwin- died as the afternoon wore on. The abolition resolution,spon- sored by Liberals Robert Staf- bury (York - Scarborough) and James Byrne (Kootenay East), Rags To Riches Conservative Terry Nugent (Ed-| monton - Strathcona) and New Democrat Reid Scott (Toronto Danforth) would require federaw cabinet to approve any release from prison of a person sentenced to mandatory life. DEBATE CONTINUES 'The debate is to continue to day and Monday, with Friday set aside to consider a govern- ment interim supply bill. With quirements to have the cabinet review any paroles. He said many MPs opposed to abolition would favor a cab- inet review before "'lifers" are! paroled. At present the law splits mur- der into two categories--capital murder, defined as planned and deliberate murder, and non-cap- ital murder, which includes all other kinds. Non-capital murder is punished by life imprison- ment. REJECTS BID Mr. Lamoureux rejected Mr. Allard's bid on the grounds that all clauses are complementary to the abolition resolution. He invited MPs to offer amend- ments during the debate. Mr. Nugent, Mr. Byrne, An- drew Brewin (NDP -- Toronto Greenwood) and Howard Johns- ton (SC -- Okanagan - Revel- stoke) spoke in favor of aboli- n the | #0n. Mr. Nugent, who led 'off the debate, said a life sentence is as effective a deterrent as hang- ing and argued that abolition would make Canada a more civilized country. He 'said the concern of all MPs is to protect society but added that abolition would not mean a lowering of were among prize winners as| more than 80 MPs prepared to|society's defence. Canadians rang up a total of|speak there is no certainty the/ He said the 1960 debate on| $1,400,595 Tuesday in Irish| resolution will come to a vote. capital punishment, which re- sweepstakes money. The resolution would have to sulted in no vote, helped prompt "1 can't believe it. I thought|be followed by a bill to make/the Conservative government of Riot Act had been scratched,' said Mrs. Harry Barons of Oril- lia, Ont., one of five Canadians whose tickets on the horse paid off a $150,000. Mr. and Mrs. Barons shared their ticket with William A. any changes law. At the start of the debatt Maurice Allard (Ind - PC-- Sherbrooke) asked Commons Speaker Lucien Lamoureux to divide the resolution so separate the day to divide murder into capital and non-capital offences Mr. Nugent said a life sen- tence is as effective a deterrent because criminals do not think of the possible punishment be- fore plotting and committing Crimes. ' 'MATTER OF CONSCIENCE' Mr. Byrne urged MPs to tear |themselves from political pres- jsures because the issue is '"'a jmatter of conscience, a moral | question." | "Neither voters nor party jshould influence this judgment. \It's you, not another, who must \decide."' | Mr. Byrne_said the bill might jhelp erase the faults in society that lead to murder, The causes |of most murders were poverty, |sex, insanity and drunkenness, IN ONTARIO LEGISLATURE TORONTO (CP)--An attempt io lave ie Progressive servative government change a proposed two-per-cent increase in the sales tax schediiled for April 1 was defeated in the leg- islature Wednesday. The house defeated by a vote of 56 to 22 an amendment moved by Ken Bryden (NDP-- Woodbine), the New Democratic Party financial critic, which would have had the government study other sources of taxation instead of increasing the sales tax to five per cent. In other business: | --l,abor Minister Leslie Rown- tree said the government is not considering measures which would require employers to Sn | He said capital punishment perpetuates the human desére for revenge. It was an act of| vengeance carried out by the! state for the people. | Mr. Brewin stressed the fal-| |libility of justice. He cited sev-| feral cases--including the cur- rent Steven Truscott contro- versy--to illustrate his argu-| ment that use of the death pen-| alty prevents changing the sen- jtence at a later date. |/RAISES DOUBTS | He said a recent book has raised grave doubts about the guilt of Truscott, now 21, whose} 1958 death sentence was com-} muted to life imprisonment for the slaying of a 12-year-old girl. Mr. Brewin said everyone} would feel terrible now if Trus- cott had been hanged. Mr. Johnston urged adoption of the resolution without Aamend- ment. He was opposed to keep- ing the death penalty for trea- son because "last century's| treason is this century's patriot- ism."' He was also opposed to retaining it for the killing of! prison guards. Smith, also of Orillia. "You talk about a rags-to riches story. This is one," said Mrs. M. M. McQuair, 59, of Nakusp, B.C., one of the three Canadians to win $66,000 on sec- ond-place Le Garcon. | Bill Of Rights 'Out Of Stock OTTAWA (CP)--An English version of the Canadian Bill of Rights printed on parchment department, where any fur-| has been out of stock since last | ther consideration of the case! month and demand has not war- rests ranted another printing, the --Dr. Aldwyn Stokes, head of| Commons was told Wednesday. the University of Toronto psy-| The Queen's Printer still has chiatry department, said the| stocks of the bill in French drug LSD is not a truth drug} The information was given in --"a person taking the drug) a written return for Eric Stefan- may retain control over state-!.son (PC--Selkirk) by State Sec- : Mrs. Daniel Truscott said) ments." e retary. Judy LaMarsh. e bill oor genie 1 eet ee teview | Wednesday she believes "some- _Earlier this week, Stanley) was introduced by Conservative "T was prearing my rosary ali) thing funny" 1s going on. She| Knowles, NDP member of Par-| Leader Diefenbaker and passed morning and when I found 11|Said four psychiatrists had seen liament for Winnipeg North! when he was prime minister. Visits By Psychiatrists aur it crew" "| Too Frequent -- Truscotts two years until her payments' KINGSTON (CP) -- The par- were cut off. Welfare officials ents of Steven Truscott, whose said her 19-year-old son could|trial and conviction seven years support her. She also has three ago for the sex slaying of a 12-| other grown-up children. year-old girl has rebounded into| Ss , a public controversy again, have} pag pve ee to be|Protested to federal - officials) lucky," cried the wife of John| #bout hia ary of psychia- Schoster of Toronto. one of four|*rists visiting their son. compensate workers laid off or forced to move because of new working methods. BUFFALO, N.Y. \21-year-old men are undergoing| a cancer-transplant experiment similar to one being. tried on --An amendment to the Coro- ner's Act which received an. proval in principal requires all Ontario coroners retire at 70. The bill would go into effect Jan. 1, 1967 and cost about 25 of Ontario's 480 coroners their jobs. --Premier Robarts said On- tario had not initiated talks with Ottawa about the uniform use of daylight time in Canada. --Agriculture Minister W. S. Stewart said the federal govern- ment must help the provinces resalve problems @ their dairy industries. He said: "The final key to the success of any indus- trial milk marketing program and policy must rest with the government of Canada." --Provincial Treasurer James Allan introduced. a bill which would set up the Ontario Edu- Cancer-Transplant Treatment Tried On Two Young Men (AP)--Two good condition, as were Allen| and Griffith. In the transplant it is hoped each partner will develop a re- THR OSHAWA TIMES, Thursday, March 24, 1966 | B\two former athletes in an at-|sistance against the other's for-| tempt to prolong their lives. | Roswell Park Memorial In- '| stitute disclosed Wednesday that ;cancerous tissues from the bod- ies of Thomas E. Welker of} Conrad, Mont., and Larry Gink'! of Centerville, Mich., were im- quiry into the George Vic- |bedded in each other's thighs. tor Spencer spy case. | Both men are suffering from (CP Wirephoto) |a rare form of bone cancer, ss "| called: osteogenic sarcoma. Wage Guidelines PROBE JUDGE Mr. Justice Dalton Wells of the Ontario Court of Ap- peal, who will hold an in- . OTT . . 29, of Tueson, Ariz., and Harry] Said W anting bT. Griffith, 63, of Flourtown, | Pa. They exchanged malignant} OTTAWA (CP) Finance tissue March 4 and now are ex-| Minister Sharp told the Com-|changing white blood cells mons Wednesday his depart-|daily. ment has studied voluntary) Both men. were. reported in| eign cancer cells. Construcion Hits $284,481,000 OTTAWA (CP) -- Municipal permits were issued in Decem- ber for an estimated $284,481,000 worth of construction, an in- crease of more than ane-third Wednesday. Municipal permits in 1965. to- talled $3,787,381,000, an increase of nearly 16 per cent over 1964. DBS said all provinces except Prince Edward Island posted higher totals for the year. in the United States and Europe and found them wanting. | He said prices have gone up {faster in the U.S. and European jcountries with the guidelines |than in Canada. This had not lencouraged the government to adopt similar policies in Can- ada. New Democrat Leader Doug- jlas said several U.S. compan- ies have rolled back announced |price increases because of the guidelines and asked whether the Canadian government planned any action of the kind.! wage - price guidelines applied|- 75 King St. CLEARANCE E., Oshawa ~ oo | | | | | " ; her 21-year-old son in the last|Centre, said Steven had main- oo it." elec aera few days at Collins Bay peni-| tained his innocence even after The 1 Canadians who hela] tentiary here where he is-serv-| LSD "truth drug" sessions. He tickets on. the first three horses |ing @ life term. : jsaid he visited the youth and is won a total of $1,050,000. There! Her husband, WO Daniel Trus-|convinced he is innocent, were 265 other tickets drawn on|Cott of Richmond, near Ottawa,' Mrs. Truscott said she and &i horses, each paying $1,323 for|has protested to Allan MacLeod, |her husband are worried by as a total of $350,595. federal commissioner of peni-' recent visits ot four psychia- In addition, George Christie | tentiaries. " : trists. Their concern stems from of Toronto said he had been no- Public interest in the T ruscott an earlier suggestion by a psy- tified that he had drawn a ticket|CaS¢ Was sparked by publication |chiatrist at Collins Bay that Have you discovered Windsor Canadian? worth $60,000 on econd-place| this month of The Trial of Ste- Steven get treatment at a hos- Le Garcon. His name was not|Ven Truscott by Isabel LeBour| pital for the criminally insane. on the official list cabled from dais of Toronto, who claims the) The couple protested to Ot- Dublin. The list showed him | Youth, 14 at the time of the tawa at the time that their son drawing another horse, Rob crime, is innocent and that the was under pressure to change Ricketts, which didn't place. victim, Lynne Harper, 12, was/his story of innocence. Warden "Ts it_a winner? You're not|raped and murdered by an un- Smith said this was nonsense. trying to put one over on me?" known person near Clinton, Ont.| Mrs. Truscott said Steven's asked Tom Walker, 35-year-old These were other develop- brother, Kenneth, 23, of Mont- assembler in American Motors|ments in the case Wednesday: |real, had taken a copy of Mrs Rambler plant in Brampton,| --Warden Fred Smith of Col-|LeBourdais' book to the prison Ont., when told he had won| lins Bay penitentiary said sug- last week for Steven. Warden $150,000. gestions that any pressure Smith said it was against regu- "There'll be a green car, of Was used on Steven at any lations for prisoners to have ac- course, because the minute 1| time to change his story of in- cess to books other than those got the telegram on St. Pat | mocence are nonsense in the prison library. rick's Day I knew [ was going| Jurors at the Clinton trial Meanwhile, in Clinton, the all the sway." said Jaccues Ra.| 'defended their decision in in- trial jurors maintained the stand tellt of Montreal, who won terviews they took then and said the ap- $150,000. --Dr. John Penistan, patholo-'peal court backed: up their de- Pe MOTE gist who testified at trial, said' cision. , TOO NERVOUS in Toronto he would be will- In the legislature, Attorney- Alfred J. Cross of Windsor ing to give evidence at a ju- General Wishart said he did not who won $60,900, said he was) dicial inquiry and since the propose "to table at this time" too nervous to go to work at] matter was under considera- the report of technician H. J. the tool and dye deyartment of tion by the federal govern-|Funk of the attorney-general's the Chrysler plant in Detroit.) ment. he would_make no state-|department on the stomach con- He said he and his wife had) ments that might "prejrdice tents of the victim. | been living on pins and nee-| a subsequent inquiry" He said Truscott's lawyer did dies" since Thursday night} --Warden Smith confirmed not use the lab report on the when he was toid -he held a) that a copy of Mrs. LeBour-|stomach contents because it ag ro alcoho ' dais' book was refused to would have weakened his case| 4 $s, manager of pro Steven for the defence duction engineering at Fahral-| --ontario Attorney - General) Mrs. LeBourdais contends loy (Canada) I4d. in Orillia.) Arthur Wishart said all per- that the time of the murder, as combined with Mr. Smith, an tinent documents from his de-|established by analysis of the se Rais ee Bsygvs partment would be made stomach contents, was a crucial , 2, yinnin available to th justic , rial. ticket was ELK 89068. : ilable to e federal justice factor in the trial Mrs. Munro J. Nimmo, inter- viewed in Calgary, said one sure use of the $150,000 she won will be a trip to Disneyland next summer for her three children --two boys and a girl. The other western Canada $150,000 winner, Dennis Eriksen of Taber, Alta., said he will fin-| ish off payments on his car. A 25-year-old' surveyor pith . the provincial department of agri- culture in Taber, Mr. Eriksen said it was only the second time he had purchased a sweep- stakes ticket. PRESCRIPTIONS | _ CITY OF OSHAWA CENTENNIAL PROJECT CIVIG AUDITORIUM ADDITION KICKOFF _ PARADE It is the desire of the Compoign ond Parade Committees to have in the parade the greatest possible representation of the people of Oshawa who will be using the new facilities of the Centennial Project and who are interested in helping to cele- brate Canada's Centennial in 1967 by ensuring a successful completion of this wonderful project. As citizens of one of the finest cities in this great country of Canada, you are ihvited to participate in this porade which we hopewill/be a forerunner to a greater day in Centennial 1967 when the Centennial Project and the new auditorium addition' is formally opened MAY 14th, 2 P.M. LEAVES ALEXANDRA PARK GOES. 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