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Weather Report Cloudy, Slightly cooler weath- er follows showers and fog. 'Low tonight 35, high Satur- Home Newspaper Of Oshawa, Whitby, Bowman- ville, Ajax, Pickering and neighboring centres in Ont- ario and Durham Counties. VOL. 95 -- NO. 261 88s. por Weak Thome Cotiviend day 45, Class Mail Post Office Department payment of Postage in Cash South Africa 'Will Reject British Plea PRETORIA (Reiters)--South|with Rhodesian Premier Yan Africa is not prepared to help| Smith as the independence issue Britain bring pressure to bear| reaches its critical stage. on Rhodesia to settle the Rho-! At the same time the sources desian independence dispute, | said it could be assumed that South African "Premier Vorster has already followed the ex- ample of his assassinated pre- decessor, Hendrik Verwoerd, and appealed to both Wilson and Smith to settle what is officially regarded here as a domestic' dispute. ; | Wilson's message also ex-| plained the British pledge to seek selected mandatory eco-| nomic sanctions against Rho-! desia at the United Nations un- less Smith moves to end his) breach with Britain--he seized} independ for Rhodesia last) year--by the end of this month. | | HANDS OVER MESSAGE / The. message was handed over| Wednesday by Sir John Nich-| olls, Britain's new ambassador} here, to Foreign Minister Hill-| gard Muller. | South Africa has already pub-' licly warned Britain against) taking the issue to the UN, say-| ing this would inevitably involve the two countries in a trade war dangerous for the British econ- IAN SMITH .»+leads rebellion } usually well -. informed sources) here said today. | omy. The sources were commenting; White-ruled South Africa re- on a message from British) fuses to take part in sanctions Prime Minister Wilson in which) against Rhodesia and insists on he was reported to have asked| continuing normal trade with its South Africa to use its influence) white-ruled northern neighbor. Viet Cong Ambush Death Toll Revised Santa's coming to SAIGON (CP) -- U.S. officials today untangled the confusion surrounding the Viet Cong am- bush of an armed convoy in the central highlands of South Viet seven trucks carrying civilian 'workérs of the Page Communi- cations Engineers, Inc., a Wash- sor of plumbing and air condit- ioning in the multi-nation Page ing truck of the convoy, a U:S. SANTA'S COMING Tomorrow's a very spe- parade cial day in Bowmanville -- town! Hundreds of wide-eyed chil- dren will line the streets to see the chuckling figure they all hope will bring them lots of presents Christ- mas Eve. Santa will be the 4 lavish many colorful of a moment to TO BOWMANVILLE majorettes, clowns, and at least eight marching bands. kindly lefi iis reindeer for Oshawa Times photograph with two pretty queens, Trish Welsh (left), of 44 Liberty North, and Linda Lake (right), of King Street East, Bowmanville. The pa- rade starts at 10.30 a.m. (Oshawa Times Photo) in a including floats, scores jolly-faced He very pose for an spokesman said. Among the dead was Armand) Fortier, 40, whose family lives in Montreal. He died on his 40th birthday. Fortier was supervi- crew of civilian ians, ° 'In Montreal, his wife, Pier- riette, said: "We were wonder- ing what he was going to do} on his birthday in that foreign JERUSALEM (AP) -- Troops| of Jordan's Arab Legion drove through the streets of Ramallah ington ~ based company doing communications work for the| U.S. military in Viet Nam. The, civilians.were. on their way to} a@ mountain-top project 13 miles from Dallat. | The company had said from the start that eight of the dead) were their own workers. the Americans at first insisted their were 20 dead--17 of them civilians. Today, U.S. officials said the dead were eight civilians and one U.S. soldiers. Nine others, including another Canadian and six U.S. soldiers, were wounded in the two-hour battle after the guerrillas ex- ploded a mine under the Jead-| But} country with all those str ae anBErs | oday firing in the air above i , : slogan - chanting demonstra- "The last time I received @itors demanding arms to fight letter from him was 10 days\{grael, ago. He never failed to write! As in 'Thursday's 'troubles; home every two weeks asking |the troops fired over the heads us how we were managing dur-|of the crowd and there ap- ing his absence.'"' The Fortiers peared to be no casualties. have three children ages 9, 11! Ramallah, scene of anti-gov- and 17. ernment demonstrations for the The other civilians killed injlast three days, was under tight the ambush were one American, | curfew. }four Koreans, one Filipino and Jordanians Seek Arm: For Fight With Israel night had: been. lifted earlier] today, but of Palestine € took to the streets wher the curfew was lifted and the army rode back in to re- store order. Soldiers took position on roof- tops. and blocked. all. access réads to the town, a centre for some 40,000 Palestine refugees 10 miles north of Jerusalem. Nadim Zaru, mayor of Ra- mallah, told. The Associated Press that 10 persons were in- jured in scuffles with troops A curfew imposed Thursday 'Thursday. The stone-throwing jone South' Vietnamese. | Among the wounded was /Claus Knipping, 31, an electri- cal foremen from Scarborough, | a Toronto suburb. Knipping was badly hurt when a Viet Cong grenade shattered his leg. Tribesmen Hit Guerrillas In Heavy Jungle Fighting SAIGON (Reuters) -- Cross- bow-firing Montagnard tribes- men and 'Nung mercenaries locked in heavy fighting with) Viet Cong guerrillas in the thick jungles of Tay Ninh prov- ince about 55 miles northeast of here today, informed sources icperwee | s - The sources said the battle between a civilian irregular de- fence group and .a Viet Cong force of unknown size broke out earlier today and was contin- uing. American artillery, armed helicopters and fighter-bombers were backing up the mountain) tribesmen and the Nung--a Chi- | MONTREAL (CP)--Air Can- ada hopes to get its first few planes off the ground Sunday if the airline's 5,200 striking ma- chinists ratify an agreement to end their costly walkout at meetings across the country Saturday. As the International Associa- jtion of Machinists' strike en- jwhom fight as mercenaries in tered its 11th day today, Air jthe South Vietnamese militia. |Canada officials estimated the The action, nine miles north-|grounding of 86 planes has so east of Tay Ninh city, is in the} -- zone were more than 1,100 Viet! : Plane Crash jin North Viet Nam, many of Attleboro earlier this month. | Meanwhile, an American mili tary spokesman said ihe §od! jof dozens of North Vietnamese soldiers were found strewn near |the entrance to a cave in the jcentral' highlands Thursay, five! ; days after the area was hit by |Slovakia (Reuters)--Two cases Fatal For 84 B-52 bombers. were ARE NEAR CAMP of radioactive material aboard a Bulgarian airliner that crashed near here Thurs- The corpses of 66. North Viet-|day night, killing all 84 persons namese soldiers were found 14|aboard, officials said today. jover miles west of the U.S. Special} Police sealed off the wooded, Forces camp at Plei Djereng. |snow-covered hill where the So- More B-52 bombers swept|viet-built Ilyushin - 18 crashed the same area twice|and exploded into flames sec- nese minority group originating | |Thursday, striking at storage|onds after takeoff from Bratis- | Pope Presses jareas and fortifications. lava Airport. { | Airline Operates Sunday - If Machinists Ratify Pact far cost $3,300,000 in lost rev- enues. With the loss rising by $300,- 000 a day, an airline spokesman said no'time will be lost getting flights back on schedule if Sat- urday's membership meetings accept an agreement reached by Air Canada and IAM nego- tiating teams Thursday.: He estimated 24 hours will be needed before the first planes can leave the ground and that all services will be in full oper- ation within three days. Mike Rygus, Canadian head of the IAM, said early today that results of the vote at the membership. meetings, to be held st 14 2m. leeal time. will likely riot be known till mid- afternoon Saturday. BRATISLAVA, Czecho-|'WE'RE HOPEFUL' "We're hopeful the agreement will be accépted,"' he said. "The IAM leadership will certainly recommend acceptance." Tentative settlement terms were reached by negotiating teams for both sides after 45 minutes of bargaining in a downtown hotel Thursday. Spokesmen. refused to release terms of the settlement: until COPENHAGEN (AP) -- Da- ish "Socialist leader Aksel Lar- re teus attacked the sen has changed his mind again building housing the United | 2nd agreed fo pF aay ret Nations Relief and Works] yon. otto Krag's Social Demo- Agency in Ramallah, smashing! orats, : : most of the windows. | z The ox: Ge ee mate cineoa atten elections last Tuesday in tight and most of the shops in which the Socialists doubled Jerusalem itself were shuttered |their parliamentary seats to 20 in expectation of demonstra-|224 the Social Democrats: lost ting almost 10 per cent of theirs. mr Krag's party remained the TENSION SPREADS largest single group in parlia- Tension 'and unrest have been | ment. spreading along the West Bank| Larsen first expressed will- since the Nov. 13 raid byjingness to seek a coalition. But Israel on the village of Samu:/Thursday night, he said he The town of Nablus, 40 miles|would not. 'A few hours later, north of Jerusalem, was cut off|however, he reversed his posi- from the outside world for the/tion. Krag supports continued fifth day. Authorities have cuti}D anish membership in the off water, electricity and phone|North Atlantic Treaty Organi-| lines 'to the city and the resi-|zation and wants Denmark to: dents were reported barricaded | join the Common Market, Lar- in their homes. [sgn opposes both policies. Hebron, 30 miles south of| 7 Jerusalem, was also reported} Erhard Faces Talk of an alliance began closed tight with troops block-| ing access roads. | Zaru said the municipalities of Hebron, Ramallah. and Jer- Rupert * lother island communities. Nicholson Tries For B.C. Truce VANCOUVER (CP) -- Labor Minister Nicholson arrives here today from Ottawa to try and arrange a truce in the battle between British Columbia long- shoremen and West Coast ship- ping companies, The labor minister's trip to the coast comes amid reports that communities in the off- shore Queen Charlotte Islands are running short of food sup- plies due to a lack of water transportation between the is- lands and Prince Rupert. The International Longshore- men's and Warehousemen's Un- ion is locked in a struggle with the B.C. Maritime Employers' Association over certification of foremen as a separate local within the union. A Supreme Court injunction halted picketing by the fore- men at B.C. ports Monday, allowing other Jongshoremen to return to work, but the i OTTAWA (CP)--Prime Min-| ister Pearson made clear Thursday that Canada is be- coming impatient about con- tinued isolation of Communist China and may recognize the Peking regime if it is not seated in the United Nations. In a foreign policy debate in the Commons, Mr. Pearson said the seating of the mainland Chinese at the UN '"'would be a form of recognition which would be accepted by all mem- bers who voted for their ad- mission. "Tf this is impossible at pres- ent and we make no progress on this score, then we have to consider the other form of rec- ognition by approaching the government concerned to see whether, bilaterally, recognition can be brought about." But he added wryly that it might not be a question of Can- ada recognizing Red China--it might be a question of Peking recognizing Canada, Mean- while, in Peking, the official party newspaper charged that ers charged the union with us- ing slowdown tactics later in the week. The Queen Charlottes are usually serviced by the motor vessel Skeena Prince, which brings from Prince to Masset, Nadu and This week's shipment was missed and Masset business- men said Friday night that un- fess the Skeena Prince puts in by Monday, the situation will be "desperate." ; A construction' company em- ploying men. building a peat moss processing plant on Canada's prop at the UN are a 'revival of the U.S, im- perialist plot: to create two Chinas," ' The prime minister's state- ment came a day after Ex- ternal Affairs Martin made public at the UN Cana- da's new po on China. He called for the Peking regime's admission to China's permanent Security Council seat--which carries veto power \ Recognition Of Red China Hinted By PM Failure To Gain UN Seat May Lead To Recognition be given a General Assembly seat. NDP Leader Douglas drew out the prime minister's state- ment during study of external affairs department estimates after Mr. Pearson had com, pleted a lengthy statement on "The NDP leader sald Canada e leader sa _ no ae ane the UN de- cision but could extend recog- nition unilaterally, Opposition Leader Diefen- Pca off the external airs debate by questioning Pearson on why Canada, only a year ago opposed munist China getting a Seat, now proposed its sea' In the last year Red had "exploded the biggest fire- cracker in Chinese history" and successfully tested a missile over a 700-mile range, This en- dangered the entire Eastern Hemisphere. : Mr. Pearson said his ment had 'no illusions Peking's policy has changed" or that she had membership in the UN... a' a peace-loving nation which. is likely to observe the peace- keeping principles of the char- ter." the denly - become * The question was whether UN would take a. resp position and do its that a suitable found in that world so that represents 700,000,000 people in this world can become @ mem- ~---while Nationalist China would Graham Island south of Masset hired an aircraft today to fly in badly needed foodstuffs. BBG Changes TV Policies OTTAWA (CP)--Bids to open up new television stations in the metropolitan markets of Tor- onto and Montreal will be ac- cepted by the Board of Broad- cast Governors starting next February, the board announced today. The announcement changes the policy for Canada's two big- gest cities on third television stations. Since 1961 the BBG has usalem have petitioned the government to allow troops of the Palestine Liberation Organ- ization to defend Jordan's bor- der with Israel. The govern- ment opposes the organizattion, saying it is Communist-influ- enced. They also are demand- Brown Ends Russia Trip MOSCOW (AP)--British For- eign Secretary George Brown se | Party Fire | BONN (Reuters)--Kurt Georg! Kiesinger, prospective head of a new West German govern- ment, today publicly censured| Chencellor Ludwig Erhard for jan attack on the Social Demo-| ing arms to defend themselves. | crats that could injure chance of|kets despite the freeze. ;a coalition between West Ger- | many's two largest parties. / Kiesinger, who met with the; | Social Democrat leader, Willy |Brandt, for .two hours today, said a statement issued by the government looks like "a per- | sonal defence" by Erhard 'against attacks by Brandt. The government state ment which bore unmistakable marks left for London today after|of Erhard's authorship, com- three days of talks with Soviet|plained that. the socialists had leaders about Viet Nam, control) ruthlessly denigrated Erhard's of nuclear weapons and other|/government to improve their world problems. | chances. of coming to power. "i had the most useful visit} The statement said opposition I could have possibly hoped to) charges of lack of frankness in ing from 'Moscow's tional Airport. Interna- have," Brown said before leav-|disclosing the seriousness of refused to accept applications for such third stations, seeking instead to develop a choice of two channels for as many Cana- dians as possible. Private broadcasters have been clamoring to be let into the lucrative metropolitan mar- REJECT BARRIE BID The BBG Thursday announced that it was turning thumbs down on a proposal that CKVR-TV in Barrie, Ont., move its transmit- ter site southwest to within 20 miles. of Toronto. The move would have boosted | the station's potential audience to more than 2,000,000 _from about 219,000 and the BBG said the effect of the move would be to make CKVR-TV a third Tor- onto station. It cited the 1961 policy in rec- ommending to the government that the proposal be denied but said at the same time it would be a new ment | West Germany's fi posi- tion were without foundation; Truce Appeal | VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The| PROGRESSIVES EXCLUDED' Vatican press officer said today Pope Paul will keep up his ef- forts for peace in Viet Nam de-| spite the lack of response from Hanoi and Peking to his ap- peals, } Rt. Rev. Fausto Vallainc,; TORONTO (CP)--The,leaders|age of cabinet members to-51.4 head of the Vatican press of-|of the Liberal and New Demo-'years,from 55.7. told a press conference cratic parties in the Ontario leg-- Donald ©. Macdonald, leader ce, vere was "nothing substan- jally new" to add to what he had said two weeks ago about the possibility of a Papal call for a Christmas truce in Viet Nam, On that occasion, Msgr. Val- lainc said the Pontiff "would continue to do all within his powers, both with words and acts, to restore peace in those parts of the world where it is endangered." islature said Thursday that ma-of the eight New Democratic jor cabinet changes announced! Party MPPs, said the changes jby Premier John Robarts will|mean "no shift in government jnot alter the character of the/attitudes or policies." Progressive Conservative gov-| The changes ensure "a ernment. slightly more articulate cabinet Robert Nixon, house leader of|of the democratic right." the 22-man Liberal opposition,) 'All the obvious reform or said the premier 'missed ajprogressive Tories have been golden opportunity to initiate ajexcluded. To this extent, the modernization of the top admin- policies of the Conservatives istration of this province." and the New Democrats will be The changes Mr. Robarts an-|more. clearly distinguished and jnounced lowered the average/the public will be afforded a after the. ratification meetings. ELECTION PREDICTED: Opposition Criticizes Cabinet Moves concrete «choice between - the| right and left in the coming pro-| "2 vincial election." | elected in 1963, is expected to! departments such as health and sal ROBERT NIXON «+. Liberal Leader elected Liberal house leader last Thursday, suggested a cabinet of "about 10 men... ." The Conservative government,| 'It has been suggested that call an election in 1967. jwelfare, highways and trans- Mr. Nixon called the new- 23-|port, tourism, lands and forests member cabinet "far too large|and energy could be brought to- to manage efficiently the affairs! gether." ' of this. province." | In addition: "By adding three men to the| "No other administration in cabinet the premier has given|Canada--not even the federal Ontario the largest provitrtial|government--has as many. as administration in Canada--/ithree ministers without port- nearly twice the average size/folio." of .a- provincial cabinet," There are 78 Conservatives.in The member for Brant,|the 108-seat house, more disciplined than ever be- on additional TV service. It followed that up with the announcement today. Million Guards Under Review | PEKING (Reuters) -- China's head of state, Liu Shao-chi, and Party Secretary-General Teng Hsiao-ping today joined Mao Tse-tung to review a mass rally of Red Guards -- who have been demanding their dismissal for opposing the Mao line. About 1,000,000 Red Guards; fore and: interspersed with an estimated 50,000 regular troops, paraded through the downtown area where Mao and the other leaders stood high up on the Tienanmen (heavenly peace) The Canadian proposals might serve the purpose of "breaking the log jam'? which had faced the UN for the last 15 years in considering seating of Communist China, On Viet Nam, Mr. Pearson was pessimistic about efforts to halt the war. There seemed lit- tle likelihood of an early settle- ment. He was discouraged at the intractability of North Viet Nam in the conflict, although he said he understands that country's reluctance to link an end to U.S, -bombing to a set- tlement. He believed the U.S. ber of that organization." Ottawa Proposal May Break | United Nations Deadlock Nam but Communist countries to which Canada had talked did not believe it. Andrew Brewin (NDP--Tor onto Greenwood) said his party supported the Canadian initia- tive to get Communist China into the UN. He urged the goy- ernment to show the courage of its convictions and extend diplomatic recognition, ° Social Credit Leader Thomp- son questioned the seating bid. Red China had no inten of taking a seat. Even Communist nations were threatening to cut ties with Peking, so why shoul wants to withdraw from Viet Canada move the other way Raoharte Annainte Naweeter | mw ee ee ae eoppwecasw arwprmeey minister of the department o: MacNab who has retired. Farmers Ask Trade today asked trade unions for NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Railway Union Pessimistic Over Pact MONTREAL (CP) -- W. Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Transport and General Workers, said today a satisfactory agreement between his group and Canada's seven major railways does not seem to be in sight despite mediation efforts, . J. Smith, president of the ps STAAAAADUGE TORONTO (CP) -- Premier John Robarts today an- nounced the appointment of Walter Q. Macnee as deputy f sain' succeed A, G, Union Support BELLEVILLE (CP) -- The Ontario Farmers' Union support in the event farmers picket supermarkets. In THE TIMES Steelworkers' Strike Ends---P, 13 East Whitby Reeve Acclaimed----P, 5 Bruins Trim Wings--P. 8 Ann Landers--14 City News--13 Classified --20 to 23 Editorial--4 Financial--18 Comics--25 Obits--23 Sports--8, 9, 10 Theatre--6 Weather--2 Whitby, Ajox--5, 11 Women's--14, 15, 16, 17 Now in its thirty-fourth day the Greater Oshawa Community Chest fund has reached $282,690 of its $345,875 objective. Gate, NLUOLNREE 0