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LOOKING AH Oshawa is much older than of the Kingston - Toron' way, the first cluster of ings which were to expand into the city ". hag _ : at it is now . ~_ Simeoe and King Since then Oshawa has grown steadily. And _ may well be the year when the city's progress fur- ther accelerates. The Oshawa Times sought the comments of persons in Osh- awa interested in the com- munity; the mayor, a labor leader, the centennial commit- tee chairman, and an Oshawa woman who next year will be 100 years old. MAYOR - ELECT ERNEST MARKS said two exciting pos- sibilities for the Centennial year and 1968 are the advent of a community college and the new Canadian National Railway complex. "tT am hopeful that these jects will be completed with- fh the next two years and will greatly enhance our facilities." He noted that the next two years will be important to Osh- awa ral yo that with a new civic government including the board . of control "I am optimistic our new administrative set-up will give Oshawa an improvement in civic efficiency". He indicated: that the down- town redevelopment study pro- posed would get serious atten- tion from city council and ex- pressed the hope rapid progress would be made. Mr. Marks suggested he would support a parking garage down- town and would advocate the construction of a large modern department store. "T.am sure council will give favorable consideration to any plans that will help improve our downtown area." Urging all citizens to support centennial projects in Oshawa, he commented--the city would play a vital part in the centen- nial year. Mr. Marks said he hoped citi- zens will be "conscious of the tremendous potential of this great nation and will help to bring about a better under- standing between all groups of Home Newspaper Of Oshawa, Whitby, Bowman- ville, Ajax, Pickering and neighboring centres in Ont- ario and Durham Counties. VOL. 95 -- NO. 291 10¢ Si 8c per Weeks He people living in-our wonderful country". CLIFFORD PILKEY, presi- dent of the Oshawa and District Labor Council, predicted 1967 would see a resurgence in the auto industry in Canada and particularly in Oshawa. He suggested this would be the result of exporting cars to the United States. However, he warned that any revitalization in the industry 'will depend entirely on the government's policy regarding tight. money". He said the new Oshawa city council would have to act with interest. and determination to support any campaign to bring new industry to the city. Mr. Pilkey said labor will en- deavor especially to achieve wage parity with the U.S. and likewise fight to lower the cost of a car because of the free trade agreement between Can- ada and the U.S. A prime objective will be to lower the pension age in indus- try and outside. He said labor will further fight the issue of hourly wages and salaries. Mr, Pilkey main- tained that all: workers should receive salaries io avoid dis- crimination. MRS. T. H. EVERSON was born in Oshawa and will be 100 years old in 1967. ' She said she would most like to see in 1967 the "heads of parliament quit their george arguments and settle down 'to the business of government". Mrs. Everson visualized a continuing city from Toronto to Bowmanville ard suggested that would be the most exciting event since the' advent of elec- tricity. Her attitude towards the cen- tennial celebrations is express- ed. forthrightly: "It's a lot 'of expense for 'nothing# unless the Queen and her r can both come to Canada' HAYWARD MURDOCH, chairman of the City's Centen- . nial committee, in a statement oday: "The contributions of various groups toward Oshawa's cen- tennial celebration plans show, once again, the characteristic of our fair city. Their participa- tion in community .activity ex- emplifies that the citizens want and will work for good things of life. oR I AD: Centenni ERNEST MARKS » conscious of potential "Fellowship will increase with the coming of centennial. Churches and synagogues, eth- , nic groups, businessmen and those in public office will de- velop a closer bond among themselves and a feeling for OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1966 See Rk ' CLIFFORD PILKEY ¢«« Interest in Industry our city when they work to- gether 2° celebrate Canada's birthday. "During 1967, with the many programs that are being pre- pared for our enjoyment, I would hope that all citizens of MRS. 'T. H, EVERSON *. + » get dowm to business' Oshawa will take an active in- terest. "It is my belief that we now have a centennial program that will enrich the lives of all our citizens. UR "We know. that the chi the arts and cultural cdg, the many organizations that we have in Oshawa, will work for a year of education, entertain. ment and fellowship for the common good."' x Weather Report Milder weather forecast for for New Year's Day. Some snowflurries likely. Low to- night 28, high Sunday 35, -- The Oshawa Times Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department Oftawa ond ond for payment of Postage in Cash THIRTY PAGES London Asks lace Parley NDON (AP) -- British ne official response today ent meeting , North and to discuss end- in Washington the Gai ted Statesiiiq in mind Hong Kong, the be willing to attend.) orest British area to the war Vietnamese officials sald sone me- The Pac iniative, viewed as a that Foreign Sec- Gunfire Heralds Viet Truce} SAIGON truce * noise of gunfire ins the! S. and its allies reported the Communists launched one large attack and nearly 40 lesser assaults. A unit of the U.S, 10ist Air- borne Division reported a small arms and mortar attack in the central highlands from a Com- munist force estimated at bat- talion size, or 500 men. A U.S, spokesman said the ) -- A two-day 'Vietnam ment sai some heré,jisters. of Saigon and Hanoi ime Feidy sah vie the an-|would be made public New war|14 miles northwest of Kontum retary George Brown had sent messages to the three countries urging an immediate meeting to discuss peace. Brown offered to make avail- able any suitable British terri-| tory for the proposed talks. London reports said he} 'overnment announce- "Th i Year's Eve. fire. and that the engagement, City, was still under way at 4:30 p.m., nearly three hours after it started. American casualties were light and the enemy losses were not known, the spokesman said. The engagement was the largest of 37 reported by the U.S. and South Vietnamese mil- itary commands in the first 12 hours after the ceasefire started airborne' troops returned: the Thant Has Pe UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- United Nations Sécretary-Gen- eral U Thant has called for an early end to the war in Viet- nam in ordet to smash the bar- riers to a new era of co-opera- tion among the countries of the world. "Tt am convinced that if peace were soon restored, there would be a rebirth of faith in our abil- ity to promote the well-being of ail," he said Friday night in a New Year's message directed to world leaders and their peo- ples. "World co-operation would be considerably advanced, for con- at 7 a.m. ace Bid Reply breakthrough in international co-operation, which is being held back by the dark barriers of war." He mentioned the battle against hunger and denial of human rights as specific objec- tives in a new era of peace. The appeal was issued against the background of Thant's efforts to use the chan- nels of private diplomacy to promote a ceasefire and peace negotiations on Vietnam. Thant has refused to disclose what specific steps he is taking to achieve his aim. He has promised to make a statement ditions are favorable for a Chinese See TOKYO (AP) -- China has forecast a gloomy year for the United States and its allies in 1967. It linked its forecast to the Vietnam conflict and pre- dicted further U.S. setbacks there. In a year-end review, Pe- king's official New China news agency said Friday the Vietnam war "has become the biggest of the nooses tied round the neck of U.S. imperialism." The 3,000-word review was titled Imperialist Camp on the Threshold of Gloomy New Year. Special features this week include: Big Centennial Shows Oshawa bound City Bells to Ring Out Tonight Also in the Showcase you'll find: On The Town Garden Guide Showtime At The Movies Teen Scene Television Highlights Home of The Week "at an appropriate time." U.S. Setbacks. The broadcast, monitored in this Japanese capital, predicted U.S. President Johnson "will, no doubt, find the going. still tougher in the remaining two years of his term of office." The review concentrated on the U.S., but if also mentioned many other nations and, in a reference to the Soviet Union, again accused the Kremlin of collaborating with the U.S. to end the Vietnam war with a peace conference '"'hoax." Pe- king has claimed the Soviet} Union and the U.S. want the conference. to promote a plan to} colonize Vietnam. SEES GOOD YEAR In contrast to the problems of the Western world, the news agency said the revolutionaries of the world--Peking's follow- ers--are '"'triumphantly bidding |' zoodbye to 1966 and marching to 1967 in bold strides." NO PAPER ON. MONDAY | | There will be no. publica- | tion of The Oshawa times on | Monday. Regular publication | resumes Tuesday. | _ | Official said Friday. HAPPY CENTENNIAL YEAR 70 Robert Allan Lawrence of Oshawa does some rehears~ ing for an historic and im- minent event -- the arrival of Canada's Centennial Year which will be welcomed in at midnight tonight with special celebrations. Church bells are scheduled to ring out and factory whistles to blow in Oshawa and dis- trict. There will also be the traditional dances and par- ties, but this celebration, befitting the occasion, will be marked by more serious observances, also. There will be a special Centennial service in the Whitby Coun- cil Chamber and some Osh- awa churches will hold Watch-Night. services.. Rob- ONE AND ALL! ert Allan Lawrence is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Lawrence of 325 Hillcroft. (See Showcase section for special Centennial roundup ay 1967.) --Oshawa Times Photo Unity Of All Canadians Urged OTTAWA (CP) -- Gov. Gen. |Vanier, in a New Year's mes- |sage, called on Canadians today to forget past bitterness and build a future "which will make | | of other origins, have co-existed jin his New Year's message, that and co-operated." jcentennial celebrations. will in- The record was not perfect,|crease Canadians' legiti- he said, "'but to emphasize now |mate pride in their country, our quarrels and shortcomings! He urged his countrymen to the progress of this céntury leads only to bitterness best| see Canada whole, not in its di- seem pale by comparison." Through divisions, he warned, 'we will promote our own de-|has been the measure of our/vand the dreams of those who struction." The 78-year-old former soldier and diplomat, who has been injnow go our ill health for several months, reviewed Canada's history and said Canadians must learn the lessons of their past. While Confederation was 100\our differences or revel in con- years old, the settlement of Can-| tention; ada dated back 3% centuries--|things, "during most of which the twolown des truction rr founding peoples French and then the first the British, then both together, with peoples iter Pearson expressed the hope,|broader opportunity |forgotten. |visions 'and difficulties. The fu- "The measure of our unity|tyre "promises a destiny be- success. ese "If we imagine that we c separate ways within our country; if we think |, that. selfish interests can now take precedence over the na- tional good; if we exaggerate made our Niyears ago." The statement says a na- tional identity is being forged oui of "the dualism of our ori- gin andthe diversity of our de- Velopment."* if we do any of these| . Indeed, one of the most ex- we will promote our|citing and creative things about | Canada is our social and cul- tural diversity "This: gives Confederation 100 OTTAWA (CP)--Prime Minis- Canadians a far| for per- sonal and national growth and fulfilment than could. ever be found in cultural and social 'uni- formity.9' The great challenge facing Canadians was to live together with more faith and less self- |doubt and hesitation. "This is' our greatest sols jlem: not to become captives of the past when the present moves so quickly into the fu- ture. So we must find new solu- tions, adapt ourselves to new conditions, dook ahead, think jahead." The prime minister stated ja the nation is young and flexible enough to develop a na- jtional purpose devoted to all that is noble and excellent. in the human spirit. AUTOWORKER AID ASSUR OTTAWA .(CP)--Some 3,000 auto industry workers. laid off earlier this year because of plant changes brought about by the Canada-U.S. auto. agree- tment now are eligible for future: layoff pay from the federal labor department, a department They are. the first to under an amendment' an- nounced this. week in the special auto pact program of transi- refused and T.A.B. to Sunk. It has pho gn gles ( pony small parts plants big firms paid the normal 8.U.B. This week's amendment, how- A.B. An Any auto worker laid off since last. April 2 because of an auto- pact plant < to draw on have af for him This aticiadie" will be avail- able to him up to July 26, for. any layoff, whether caused Bh Bay gra gion J The hitch is that. he ee ee S.U. he can switch to T.A-B. tional assistance benefit s-- T.A. B. -- designed to protect workers hurt by layoffs caused by the auto agreement. Although it was introduced 18 months ago, T.A.B. has up to now had almost no effect. The government originally set aside $5,000,000 for it and the current year's budget is $1,500,000. Yet only $50,000 has been paid out. The problem with T.A.B. has been §.U.B.--the auto workers' program of supplementary un- employment benefits. S.U.B. was negotiated some years ago by the auto workers' union as a benefit in lieu of a pay raise, It provides a laid-off worker with a maximum of about $75 a week for up to 52 weeks, depending on his length of service. The auto plants fi- nance it. When the auto agreement was signed, allowing a free flow of autos and parts between Can- ada and the U.S., it became ob- vious that. many Canadian plants -would have to close tem- porarily for major changes in production lines. The Canadian government came up with T.A.B. in June of 1965. It was to guarantee a worker up to 75. per cent of his pay, or 65 per cent of the in- dustry average, whichever was lower. At that time the maxi- mum was $75 a week and now is about $78 under the formula. The government reasoned that auto workers should not be forced to use up their hard- won S.U.B. plan to finance auto- pact layoffs. But it also decided that the auto industry, which is saving $50,000,000 a year in tariffs through the agreement, should help to pay for T.A.B. Ottawa asked the firms to pay to the federal treasury the S.U.B. payments they would have made had T.A.B. not been introduced. All of them flatly CAR KILLS MAN ON HIGHWAY A Brighton man was in- stantly killed last night when he was struck by an auto- mobile on Highway 401, near the Courtice overpass. Dead is Joseph -Graham Smith, 45, of RR1, Brighton. He was struck by a car dri- ven by John Frederick Guy, 45, of 203 Sydenham St., Brant- ford. 3 A spokesman at the OPP detachment Bowmanville said that the Guy vehicle had pulled out to pass another car and tie pedestrian, walk- ing east on the pavement of the passing lane of the east All Aspects, MONTREAL (CP) -- Justice Minister Jean-Jacques Bertrand said Friday he will "very probe} ably" recommend to the cabinet that a royal commission investi- gate all aspects of the admin- istration of justice in Quebec. The minister said in an in- terview that while he agrees in principle with a general in- quiry he will have to give the matter further study. His comments followed a lengthy meeting with A.. J, Campbell,. batonnier of the Que- bec bar, which recently called for an inquiry into police con- duct. Mr. Bertrand said a general inquiry would in no way limit an inquiry as called for by the bar. However, many other as- pects of the administration of justice needed examination, pectieuleahe the means. at the Probe Of Justice In adhe: 'Probable' disposal of police and the courts for fighting crime and the un- derworld. Earlier Friday, Quebec's po- lice forces reacted angrily to public criticism of police meth- ods, and at the same time six provincial policemen and two insurance investigators were ar- raigned on charges of having tortured a detained man. Though no members of his own force have been named in the current prosecution, Jean- Paul Gilbert, director of the Montreal police, was clearly disturbed when he said in an interview that police officers are being made victims of "restless times -- times when all kinds of demonstrations, schemes and conspiracies ate being set up to cause public distress and undermine law and authority." U.K. Art Theft Bigg NEWS HIGHLIGHTS est Ever LONDON (AP) -- Thieves broke into the well-known D it have §.U.B,: plans.|T.A.B, tale 'get aside Dulwich Art Gallery during the night and stole eight paint- ings worth between £1,000,000 and £1,500,000 ($3,000,000 and $4,500.00) in what is believed to be Britain's, and possibly the world's, biggest art robbery. South Africa May Quit UN JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -- South African Prime Minister John Vorster tonight held out the possibility that . he would take South Africa out of the United' Nations in 1967, Former U.S. State Secretary Dies WASHINGTON (AP) -- Christian Herter Sr., former U.S. state secretary, died suddenly Friday night, his son announced today. He was 71. Christian Herter Jr. said the cause of death was not known. bound traffic was struck, uid tener et .. In THE TIMES Today.. Sale Of Flammable Dolls Shocks Fire Chief--P. 3 Panorama Of Major Local Events In 1966--P, 11 Whitby. Mayor Foresees Continued Growth----P, 5 Cenada Did Well In World' Sports In '66--P, 8 Ann Landers--13 City News--1} Classified---20 to 23 Editorial--4 Comics----28, 29 Sports---8, 9 Theatre--26, 27. Weather--2 Whitby, Ajax--5 Women's---12, 13 "ae RRR