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Oshawa Times (1958-), 6 Oct 1967, p. 11

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this as a Modern ish Walnut, Oiled 18 7/16" deep. 49. 'VICING 723-3043 1g ig There Watch LD SERIES OLOP et -- g Downtown Hotel 'entral Away From Home Hotel nd Team KETS Hockey, Basketball, Bowl. Football. AND LEAGUES » Service jacket to your individual ship Unconditionally sranteed, NN'S OSHAWA PING CENTRE rsday and Friday till 9 = IS FALO CHESTER MILTON "ERBORO FFALO Stations 'compares with $3,380,598 for 'LTBERAL LEADER AT WHITBY entennial Program Criticized | WHITBY (Staff) -- Liberal Jeader Robert Nixon ernment in the fields of pollu- tion, community development and centennial projects at a rally here last night at Kathleen Rowe Public School. Mr. Nixon, who arrived by = car after addressing a Toronto © meeting, followed Ontario South Liberal candidate Alban Ward in his speech and told an auji- ence of more than 100 that On- tario had no centennial project at all. He said he flew over the $30,- 000,000 museum the _ govern- ment said is the provincial proj- ect but added that it would not be opened until 1969. Mr, Nixon said it was a typical exampie of poor planning and leader: ship, especially since the gov- ernment had 100 years to pre- pare for the project. He said the provincial gov- ernment did not need a minister of transport as well as a minis- ter of highways, adding that as individuals, it could do with- out both men. The Liberal Jeader said more good roads were needed in the province and lamented the fact that the Macdonald Cartier Freeway had not yet been com- pleted to Montreal. He said 15 deaths had occurred in the past year on the single lane portion of the uncompleted highway. Mr. Nixon said the Trans- Canada Highway across On- tario was inadequate and that access to the federal capi- tal was not yet competled. He said the completion of any of these projects would have meant a meaningful centennial project for Ontario. EXTEND G0? When asked by The Times after the meeting if he believed the GO commuter service should be extended to Oshawa, Mr. Nixon said he would make no promises but that it sound- ed like a reasonable move to him. He said commuter serv- ices should also be fanned out to the areas north-east and| north-west of Toronto in the near future. Mr. Nixon said the conserva-| tive government had failed to take a leadership role in hous- ing and redevelopment but weré|;more than replace the cabinet| HOLD CONFERENCE quick to blame the federal gov- ernment. He suggested the province get into the financing of second mortgages for new took | swings at the provincial gov- |. & the fy, Y MORE GOOD ROADS NEEDED ' LIBERAL LEADER SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS --. Young, Old Attended Rally | government HOME was a part but insufficient answer, "We offer alternatives to problems across the province that will work," said Mr. Nixon. "We are prepared to accept the responsibility of government." ernment his party would members with Liberals. He) said the size of would be reduced and members of the legislature day way of democracy. | "The essence of democracy| | Lakes. The Liberal leader said swim-} ly concerned in building indus- try across the province and not just in three or four other cen- tres while other areas stag- nated. He said industries had been allowed to grow in certain areas without any direction from the provincial govern- ment. As a result, he claimed, some communities had every- thing to offer except the grow- ing economic opportunity that was so desperately needed. INADEQUATE FUNDS Mr. Nixon said the govern- ment was providing inadequate funds for regional redevelop- ment, The Liberal leader called for more federal - provincial land assembly programs for housing and for regional governments on the outskirts of metro to en- sure proper planning proce- dures. He said at the present time only 150 of the province's 974 municipalities had official plans. "My most important point 1s this, The Conservatives expect others to plan for the future yet they do not have a provincial planning policy for the com- munity of Ontario,' he said. "Fine communities are not created by accident. They will only come about when Ontario gets a co-ordinated, overall pol- icy to guide future growth. Without such a policy," said Mr. Nixon, "'we may never re- alize the full benefits of On- tario's economic strength." Mr. Nixon said Bay Ridges residents got a taste of what can happen without proper planning when their taxes shot up this year. "We cannot be complacent when taxes in a community such as Bay Ridges are 66 per cent higher than in Bramalea which has industry." |#ically completed," says Mrs. Mr. Nixon said his party's policy of assuming 80 per cent of the cost of education over program)ment in a meaningful day-to-{sources of pollution in the Great|the next four or five years would help communities now delaying housing developments must be improved and the walls|Ming along some of the Great|because they cannot afford to |built between the three levels lof government must be turn down. We accept that responsi- Lakes beaches had been cur- tailed because of water pollu- tion and that recent reports in- : Mr. Nixon also proposed that/He said a positive and realistic the cabinetja conference be held between|program was needed now to ' |bility with thoughtfulness and|dicated that the Ottawa river He said that if elected to gov | sincerity," said Mr, Nixon. the |federal, provincial leaders and/combat pollution. |governors of the states south of jand some of the Haliburton jlakes were reaching the criti- jcal stage in bacterial counts. pay the increased cost of edu- cation. Mr. tensified program of supplying water and sewage services through the Ontario Water Re- sources Commission and a planned program of parks de- velopment. He said: "Our prob- lem is that we are trying to Mr. Nixon said _ citizens and older homes, He said the!would be involved in govern-jthe Great Lakes to pinpoint | across the province were deep- Ward Says Taxpayers. Sharp Comments Hurled Pay For PC Campaign Ontario WHITBY (Staff) South Liberal candidate Alban gaat Ward, said last night the Con- servatives are electioneering at the expense of taxpayers with their blatant provincial adver- tising. "They think they can buy this election," said Mr. Ward, ad- dressing an audience of about 100 at the Kathleen Rowe Pub- lic school, prior to the arrival of party leader Robert Nixon. Oshawa riding Liberal candi- date James Potticary did not attend the meeting. He said he had initially planned to attend | but was unable to do so when he received an invitation to speak at a three-candidates' meeting in the city. Mr. Potticary said he ex- pected Mr. Nixon to be in Osh- awa toward the later part of next week but that he did not expect a general public meeting would be held. He said the visit would likely be in the nature of a press conference. | TOWNSHIP PROBLEM Mr. Ward said that under the) present system, Pickering) Township could never hope to develop properly with 66 per|Ward said the fanciest school) by the Ontario County Tubercu- cent of nce athe going to-|buildings in the world could bejlosis and Health Association, ward the cost of education. He|put up but if a good teacher) will be conducted in the audi- said that by assuming 80 per|was not provided, taxpayers had/torium at Adelaide House on| cent of education costs the pro- vincial government would allow the municipalities to obtain the|was needed in the province to| "A New Development in TB and kA ALBAN WARD >. . Candidate finances needed for develop- ment. Speaking on education, Mr. nothing- He said a price-control board Hand Gun Registration look into all aspects of con- sumer costs. For one thing, he suggested auto insurance rates be examined. Mr. Ward told his audience he was bitter with Toronto news- paper publisher John Basset, whom he said was using his weekly newspapers as a tool for the Progressive Conservatives. He said that the candidates in Ontario South riding and the staff of the Basset-owned Ajax weekly were betrayed in an article this week extolling the virtues of the PC candidate to a point of falsehood. He said the staff had promised to be non- partisan. Mr. Ward also said an over-| haul of the provincial legislation regarding strikes was desperate- ly needed and that a way must meet a 20th century crisis with 19th century laws." day's board of control meeting over the purchase of a new car for the fire department. The board had previously that the car severely damaged on Sept. 13, would be sold for scrap. It had deferred a decision on buying a new, replacement, after Con. Nicol and Con. Ralph Jones said the department should see a car not wanted by social services department, or another from the city's car pool. Yesterday, they decided to call tenders for a new eight-cylinder |repdacement. Mayor Ernest Marks read a report from Fire Chief Ernest Stacey, in which he said after consultation with the master be found to reduce the cost of housing. | | Tuberculosis -- Clinic Here A health institute, sponsored Saturday, Oct. 21. : | 'Theme of the institute will be RD (respiratory disease."') Pur- pose is to introduce the proposed permanent chest clinic |to Oshawa, and emphasize the problems of TB and RD. There will be a panel discus- film, "Smoking and) Urged By City Police Chied iat .os..i08 Chief Walter Johnston of the Oshawa police has issued an invitation to those with un- registered hand guns to come Permits Drop For Building A steep drop in building per- mits issued in Oshawa for the month of September is shown in returns issued by the engi- neers' department. The total figure of $406,531 August and $1,912,422 for Sep- tember, 1966. : Of the 22 permits issued, all but three, were for home build- The return shows permits were issued for 18 new single family dwellings, eight of them in Fairlawn Court, and one duplex in Cartier Street. Other items were a new res- taurant at 474 Simcoe St. S., for Scott's Restaurant, Toronto, a service station at 227 Simcoe St. S., for Shell of Canada Ltd., and stores and offices at 122 Simcoe St. N. for Parkwood Pharmacy. lad forward and get them register- ed and legalized. The chief said that he was aware there are a large num- ber of unregistered hand guns in the Oshawa area. Many of these are Lugers and other tro- phies brought back from the wars as souvenirs, There are also a considerable number of weapons which were registered prior to 1950, but this registration has run out. He explained that it was only in 1950 that registrations for hand guns became permanent and thus a gun registered in, for example 1949, is no longer reg- istered unless the owner has come forward since then and obtained permanent registra- tion, The chief would like the own- ers of these weapons to con- tact the Oshawa police, who will then make arrangements for the gun to be transported to the police station where it can be permanently registered. To simply bring the weapon down to the station would be wrong because a carrying per- mit is required to transport a hand gun, even from home to police station. discussion by parents and stu-| dents, and a luncheon. which will be presented at the health institute. spite of drugs which are 95 per cent effective, and the selective use of vaccines, tuberculosis is still the most infectious disease." Inquest Into Whitby Death Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck says an inquest will be held Nov. 1 into the death of Sandra Island, whose body was found on the shore of Lake Ontario at Whitby on Sept. 21. Miss Island, 25, and Kemal Karpuz, also 25, were last seen when they got out of a taxi near the Whitby harbor Sept. 18. Originally from Campbell- ford, Miss Island was a kinder- garten teacher at King Street mechanic it was agreed one of the substitute cars, of only six cylinders, would not be suitable for work of the fire department, because of its emergency needs, and recommended purchase of a new vehicle. "T still don't agree," said Con. ic "There is a pretty strong con- demnation of a_ six-cylinder vehicle," said Mr. Marks. "If you want to go through t red lights at 80 miles an hour," replied Con. Nicol, 'then you must take cars from the exist- ing pool." Con. Shaw said when police or fire department cars stopped at a red light, somebody's life might be lost. "If you are on an economy move, you must go along with this," retorted Con. Nicol. "They don't have to go around the city at 80 mph and you know loner at the Oshawa ee otal are eee, Mayor Marks Commends Ae | ii s usher'osmen sara, "| Controller's Prompt Action Prompt action by Con. Mar- garet Shaw probably saved the life of an 18-month-old baby girl, Mayor Ernest Marks said at the board of control meeting Thursday. He congratulated Con. Shaw on her action, which he said he had discovered by accident when visiting a family on Queen Street. Mayor Marks said the house- holder, Mrs. Tompkins, told him her daughter was choking when Mrs. Shaw came along in her car and rushed the baby to the police station, from where she was taken to Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital. "It was a very brave act and I would like to compliment you for your presence of mind," he added. Afterwards, Con. Shaw said school in Whitby. Mr. Karpuz was a Turkish citizen. she was driving past the house when a young girl waved her Over New Car Purchase There was a sharp exchangelit. I-am not going to support\of a book on Tecumseh, an| weeks, representing 35 per'cent/ed, he said, should be based between' Con. Margaret Shaw|this move," he added. and Con. Robert Nicol at Thurs- the fire truc' said, wluch had to get It was chief's car. "They often have to take casualties to hospital or rush oxygen along," said Con. Shaw, and in reply to Con. Nicol, she said the fireman concerned in jin the light jumping was going to be charged, "Take one of the station wagons and give it to them," said Con. Nicol. 'I saw one be- longing to the works depart- ment this morning with only a ladder in it. "T have only a_ six-cylinder car, and I can get around the city just as fast as the police or fire chiefs, and to a fire if necessary." Con. Frank McCallum said he did not think board of works cars could be compared with the fire equipment required in the city. "I know we have to take a stand on equipment." he added, "but I would hate to be responsible for something as im- portant as this." "It always amazes me that they must have this year what they could do without two years ago," said Con. Ralph Jones, "but in this instance, I think I would go along with it." Con. Shaw said the new car was budgeted for, and the deci- sion to buy a new one simply meant the board was three months ahead. "We've got equipment run- ning out of our ears," said Con. Nicol, "cars, trucks, trailers, and now we have the works de- partment running around with a station wagon with only a ladder in it." down, saying "Please lady." She then noticed the mother standing by the house with an- other little girl in her arms, who seemed to be going blue in: (the face. "Her eyes were bulging," said Con. Shaw, "'and she could not breathe. "T had to get the older girl to push her mother into the car," she said, "because she seemed to be paralyzed with fright. Co "Then we hurried off to the police station and fortunately an officer was looking through the window and was able to rush the baby off to hospital. They discovered she had drunk some lighter fluid. "Tf there hadn't been any- body at the police station avail- able,"' said Con. Shaw, "I would have got my hand on the siren and gone off by myself." Nixon proposed an in- Eight raised. be completed by Dec. 1, he asked. \Con. Margaret Shaw. stop, a J NIXON DISCUSSES PARTY PLATFORMS AFTER ---About 100 Persons Heard Government Criticized MEETING Exterior Renovations Near End Exterior renovations to the Robinson House, an 1846 build- ing on the lakefront, are "'prac- Gordon D. Conant, chairman of the restoration committee. Plans have been approved for the first and second floors of the four-storey building, which was Once a sea captains' inn. The Oshawa and District His- torical Society launched a cam- paign last summer for $45,000 to revamp the Robinson House. thousand dollars was Nearly $7,000 is owing for tis outside renovations, which cost approximately $12,600. "The campaign is going to be a long, drawn out one," says Mrs. Conant. "'We're just an itty, bitty campaign many others in the city. water should be installed before the cold weather sets in so a by hand, she says. Mrs, Luella Creighton, author|culty Indian leader against white injustice, will be : an/guest speaker at a meeting at/target,"" he added. incident in a hurry and not the|/the McLaughlin Public Library, at 8 p.m., Oct. 17. She Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1967 City Budget Near Target Taxpayers of Oshawa can re-| lax. The prophets of {foot for the city | Py quite wrong. Afterwards he described it asa a "philosophy of positive finan- financial|cial management." | ; through} Ald. James Rundle, who ar-|method the system must be overspending were wrong --\rived late, also left early afterjadapted to produce a system of |jremarking, "We are getting a|departmental "Nobody has overspent and|lecture on what we should bejlevels agement, to be linked in a bust- nesslike manner. "If there is to be a new all he liaison at of management," the forecast to the end of the|doing, when we have already|said. spend," Frank Markson, cil meeting last night. This, he said, city »@M0N8 | year is that nobody will over-|decided what we want to do." ' : Another early departure was Mrs. Conant said heating and|treasurer, told a special coun-|Con. Margaret Shaw, who has often expressed concern about covered the|over-spending. She wasn't there proposed workshop can be built.) position for the first 36 weeks|to hear Mr. Markson's words The basement must be dug out|of the financial year to Sept.|of comfort about the current 8, and he anticipated no diffi-|budget. for who protestedjof the total estimates. a motion of the remaining 16| The system ultimately adopt- on an assessment of the entire "We are pretty well right on|management function -- board of control, council and depart- The meeting was a sequel to/ments -- to cover the require- Ald. Gordon Atter-/ments of each of these areas Arena Ready By Dec. | North Oshawa arena should said P. J. Kennedy, parks and prop- erty commissioner, in a report to board of control yesterday. He said steel construction would commence on Nov, 1 In Hills and Dales park, 40 trees, approximately 14 feet high, had been purchased for planting at the end of October. sley, Pp by » tojof provide an early warning sys-/QBJECTIVES tem of forthcoming budgeting. SCHOOLMASTER For three hours Mr. Markson played schoolmaster to alder- men and controllers, complete with blackboard, chalk, severe look and _ questions thrown out at random. "What does education mean? What does protection of persons and property mean? What does social services mean?" he de- manded. Then, when the bashful city elders gave their rather hesi- tant versions of what these things meant to them, he chalked the answers up on the board and carefully analyzed Mr. Kennedy's report said altne new extension to the dog con- trol department was under construction. During August and Septem- ber, 137 dogs and 198 cats had been destroyed, but 38 dog had been sold, 22 retrieved by their owners and new homes found for 59 cats. Thirty-five animals had been held as rabies suspects. Visitor's Books Called Waste Visitors' books were a waste of time, said Con. Ralph Jones} at board of control meeting) yesterday when the board con- sidered if such a book should go in the new city hall com- plex and if the plaques pre-| sented to the city should be dis-| played. "Whoever looks at "IT always sign them," said "T wouldn't waste my time," replied Con. Jones. 'Nobody knows me and nobody wants However, he agreed to go along with the proposal, '"'if it makes you happy." "Very few things in the city would make the people happy," commented Con. Frank Mc- Callum wryly. Mayor Ernest Marks said he thought such books did serve a useful purpose when asking for comments, like the 'one at Niagara Falls, on service, res- taurant facilities and so on. Council was previously told by city clerk, Roy Barrand, that presentation plaques nor- mally finished up in a vault at city hall. Yesterday, the board decided to discuss with architect W. T. Pentland whether space could be found in the new addition them?"'|o, jup the position clearly. m. BUDGETING The idea, he said, was to pro- |vide a clear idea of what bud- geting meant so that they, the decision makers, could have a clear idea of what department programs were being put be- fore them and what the costs were, "Before you decide measured and evaluated." The essence of their function, he said, was contained in the words of the Glassco Report -- "Let the managers manage. "You must put first things first." The local structure, he said, returning to his blackboard and bringing the Municipal Act to life, was for the standing com- mittees to confer with department heads with the treasurer's department acting as advisers in the wings. Recommendations were then taken to board of control, which in turn reported their findings to council, which was ultimate- ly responsible to the people. The idea, he said, was for all levels of management, and these were the levels of man- A edecision on city policy for road widening was tabled by board of control Thursday until the next meeting. Mayor Ernest Marks said a letter from Westland A. Smith of 540 Mary St. E., Whitby, which recently appeared in The shawa Times, seemed to sum In his letter, Mr. Smith said: "The tactics (taking land with- out compensation) are neither legal nor ethical. It is blatantly obvious that it is wrong to co- jerce a man to give up his prop- jerty free of charge. If the property. is required for the good of the public, it should be acquired in an open and above board manner." The board was discussing future road requirements on the Frastacky property, on the industrial estate, which was sold by the city 10 years ago. Robert Richardson, deputy commissioner of works, said evidence from the minutes showed it was the policy of the city to acquire land in this man- ner as required for road widen- ing. He said enquiries made earl- ier this year showed there were 11 municipalities who required land for road widening to be deeded to them without for both a visitors' book and the plaques charge. In some cases, they nego- Road Widening Decision Tabled By Control Board tiated when extra widths were required. He said if a landowner re- quested rezoning and was get- ting some advantage, the city was not getting something for nothing, but only something in return for the zoning. As regards the industrial land, he said the city should how much to spend you must have " ", a clear idea of your objectives. one: barges, be: salty aa ree These must be explicit. You/makers, must decide what is to be done] decisions and how the results are to be!the; their selves familiar with all BASIC POINTS Council members should con- sider three things, he said. 1. Identification of the funda- mental objectives of the city. "Do you just want to provide the same services which have been given for the last 25 years, or do you want to get into some meaty and challeng- ing problems?" 2. Projection of programs inte the future, so that budgeting was a continuous system. 3. Consideration of all rele- vant costs of the program, in- cluding capital outlay. "Oshawa now has a $20,000,< people, the ultimate decision must make intelligent and be judged by m. "If Monday night is to be a get-together session you are de- luding the people." For education, he said, $6.1 million was allocated to the budget, for the protection of persons and property $2.1 mil- lion was allowed, while $1.2 million went to the social serv- ices department. He thought members should make them. the jservices provided by these var- ious departments. "Give them great considera- tion before you finally sit down and decide whether you want to hold the line of expense or channel more money into it. "Standing committees will jachieve great results if they |have a clear idea of their ob- |jectives."" BUDGET SYSTEMS Budget systems, said Mr. Markson should be eble to project programs into the fue ture, and programs started five years ago might require consid- erable amendment as the years went by. "The city must get into the habit of visualizing operating jexpenditures over five or six jyears." He said that General Motors did not plan their 1968 models in 1968 but probably early in 1965, 1966 or 1967, "When you are dealing with ja $20,000,000 budget it is your |responsibility to see that it is jplanned properly. take a long-range look at the| . Always plan for positive problem and determine what oaead and have the yardstick ahead." traffic problems would be, and then determine road widths. Roads might be planned on the Frastacky property and then it would be found they were in the wrong place. Planning director G. A. Wandless said the policy of subdividers providing streets without charge had saved the city a great deal of money over the years. Nothing had been, done wth the Frastacky property for 10 years, he said, but circum- stances had now changed and a cement works was being planned. He suggested special consid- eration should be given to in- dustrial development and the 10-foot maximum, and anything else should be paid for. The legal position, according to Ontario Municipal Board hearing, said city © solicitor Hugh Couch; was if a city had a declared policy: on arterial He said he thought it would also be a good idea if council members\did not just stick to their own standing committees jbut had a look at what went on in others to get an overall pic- ture of the general scene. Another of his suggestions was that there should not be so much hostility between the board of control and council. "Adopt an attitude of co-opera- tion not confrontation," he said. Budgeting, he told council members, was a_ continuous process. "It's a pity we have the calendar dividing line. The city knows no calendar -- it just keeps going." He pointed out that although a formal budget presented each year had a dazzling array of figures, showing the amounts allocated to each department, it did not explain if the money was to be spent in that depart- ment in a worthwhile manner, and that was one of the areas roads, it was entitled to pick|where members could be prof- and choose the streets. itably employed,

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