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Oshawa Times (1958-), 24 Oct 1967, p. 7

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1eS eech onferences between nd non-white leaders." this work of "finding a nise--in effect in hold- Commonwealth together ted in helping to tone e demands of some Afri- jers for more vigorous , I suggested a special bility developed on Can- see the long-term objec- greed at these confer- ere attained." speech Thursday at the ity of Toronto, Mr. Todd nm Mr. Pearson to con- special Commonwealth ninisters' conference to new policies for dealing odesia. perations e Minister ich willingness disap- said the statement. ay also help to restore a favorable to. the ar- earch for a peaceful set- is why we believe that ited Nations should not any opportunity to place yanization of its peace- functions on a regular ind that the political and 1 difficulties which pres- ipair the effectiveness of eping operations must 'come, if the United Na- to help maintain inter. | peace and order." SCOPE * COLOR by DELUXE ARR nmnny FEATURE TIMES: 1:30 - 3:25 - 5:25 7:25-9:25 P.M. ¢ PPRPASPASLS ALAM MAYOR MARKS FIRST TO TRAVEL ON RECONSTRUCTED STREET -..» Works Commissioner Crome, Ald Mackey Remove Barrier Simcoe Street Opened An informal "opening"' cere mony was conducted by Mayor Ernest Marks yesterday for the reconstructed mile long stretch of Simcoe Street North to Ross- land Road. While Ald. Bruce Mackey, chairman of the public works committee and Fred Crome, commissioner of works, lifted aside the large 'road blocked' sign which has been barring en- trance to the section, Mayor Marks drove through in his auto, Contract No. 67-2, to give it its public works title, cost $548,- 000 and was finished three weeks ahead of schedule to be- come a four-lane major city road with a 46-foot width, com- pared with the old 35 feet. Ald. Mackey said the opening was symbolic. '"'We have spent $2,500,000 on road construction in the city in 1967," he said, "and the Simcoe Street Project was the one which caught the attention of most people and we felt the opening would be a proper symbol of the success- ful completion of the other con- struction in the city." Mr. Crome said he was pleased with the fact that the contract had gone so smoothly. He said it was due to pre-plan- THE TWO new westbound traffic lanes on the Ross- land Road bridge will not be completed now _ until sometime in December strike which has held up de- livery of precast box gird- ers, They are expected in about three weeks'. time. Deputy commissioner | of works, Robert Richardson, points out some details of ii SR: the work to the chairman of council's works committee, Ald. Bruce Mackey (centre) and commissioner of works, Fred Crome. Mr. Crome said it is the only stretch of traffic from Mary Street | to Stevenson Road. When it is ready the existing two lanes of the old bridge will become two eastbound lanes. Alderman Praises Works Department public works committee meet-|probably know what is going on? Commissioner of works Fred Crome and deputy commission- ing last night. (Oshawa Times Photos) ning and a capable contractor. ARMED FORCES VOTE LIGHT POTTICARY EDGES RIVALS James Potticary, third place finisher as the Liberal candidate for Oshawa _ riding in last Tuesday's provincial election, has won a one-ballot edge over his two rivals in the city's armed forces' vote. In results of the vote an- er Robert Richardson should be smiling today. lots, "They are both gentlemen|their fingers on every little|'Objective of public works de-| te" than Progressive Conserv- and honest as the sun," de-|thing that goes wrong in their|partment'. clared Ald. Norman Down at a'departments, The report by Con. Margaret Shaw on staffing in the public works department will be dis- cussed in public, the works com- mittee decided last night. "Criticisms have been made} The and the people of Oshawa want! The best of co-operation has s J Planners, City Engineers); 2 0 o8* see seosuaues som ne ae s | , Co-operation Emphasized) vc. ncn chee mance ales "T have the greatest respect : : " aid lfor them," he added. 'They/glowing conception, the com-| Rounced today, Mr. Potticary cannot "We shall not have a com- P plete review in one evening,"|C@!TY ct, geen geri ce x | he' said. sires in the matte providing ; DY Hig ; é criticisms had had a lot|Public services." --4 Travel King, Bond Streets OTTAWA (Special) -- Withjmission is expected to put its pares poring S Xito attract larger industrial con- of airing and the ansfers shohid , 0 7 know. th answers," said|too, said Ald. Alice Reardon. chairman Ald. Bruce Mackey. Mr. Fred Crome, commissioner of works, said it would be neces-| sary to review the report in stages and he hoped to have some comments on the report ready in three weeks. A call for a time table so that the complete answer cohld be ready by the end of the year} was made by Mayor Ernest did come back with his review|@Ptly, it was a pious he would have a complete state- vom of boat gg of ae de- partment id include policing. gp The committee is to start dis- cussions at the next me¢ting with a review of the report as it stands and whether it is ac- curate or inaccurate. and was therefore able to pro-|objectives in ie always existed between the|vide it quite easily. |Mayor Marks said it wouldjfacilities and more downtown Central Ontario Joint Planning| The And to set the seal on this be expected to havelmittee adopted the following] Picked up six ballots, one bet- ative Albert Walker. New Democratic Party candidate, Clifford Pilkey, winner of the seat, managed to mnster only although they; "To plan, provide, control and maintain public works fa- cilities and services in an effi- : cient and economical manner, ash Mori oe aw epor n ing based. on sound engineering) ,-1mec forces voting--pre- dominantly Liberal in recent principles, to create a_pleas- Oshawa riding elections--was ant, orderly and effective en- s P li | vironment as required by a oe the 1963 count by 0 e iscusse u 1¢ y modern urban municipality, ncaa The decrease is accounted for by two factors. In the last election, constituency redis- tribution legislation had not taken hold in Oshawa riding --though it did this time and confirmed the Queen's Park seat to the boundaries of the city. The other factor was that armed forces' voters had the option of voting in the riding where they were sta- tioned or sending a marked ballot home through the mail. Final tabulations of the over all election (including the armed services vote and ad- vance polling) are: Pilkey, 13,142 votes; Walker, 11,109; and Potticary, 5,841. and in so doing to emphasize Mayor Ernest Marks added the little bit about ser- Crome said that when he|vants of the taxpayers, said, The average volume of traffic on King Tes Bond Streets is i 1,250 vehicles an hour, deputy ro ver we - cveshocaa oud commissioner of works, Robert Richardson, told a deputation from the Downtown Business- Crome, however, had|men's Association attending a some misgivings about the ob-|traffic committee meeting last jectives. He said he would like|night. it to apply to all departments} He said this flow would be and wanted time to study it.jreduced by half if the city re- "I think the elected represen-|turned;to two-way traffic and tatives are the servants of the|/parking on both sides of the taxpayers. "We are the ser-|road. However the committee will|Sydney Burns, Archibald bring it to council for ap-|/Dancey and Douglas Wilson, thought better to set down the|their brief to the council. =| writing and| Two - way streets, parking hour. BUSINESS DROP figures showing the loss of trade since the one-way system was established. In reply, Mr. Richardson said parking on both sides of a two- with congestion, accidents and traffic crawl or you could have one-way streets and have a little bit less convenience for the business community. Several items on the brief Oshawa situation was ajgive the city a guide, although|Parking meters were the things were accepted by the committee owing to the steel workers' it was possible either to have|for second reading. When the s turn comes the bills are often F P k way street and bring back the|talked out in the House during or ar Ing situation which existed before|their debate. Ghe Gunes jJOSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1967 Riding Name Marks and Ald. Macky said he|that this department is the 1,250 V hi | E h H ° C] ¢ 3 e servant of the taxpayers and thought this could be done. anxiotis to serve them 'and| =e e 1C es ac our Will al lige almost unprecedented given its approval to a change Normally private bills are paced at te totiom of 2008] Dl ang Shown paper and must await their turn But Mr. Starr, who is the act- Opposition and the House Lead-|presented to the traffic com his bill and one other involving] Richardson. the riding of Peel-Dufferin-Sim- speed,|stamp of approval on the namelreality on a 7!4-acre harbor|have a 22.500 agreed to have a traffic count to|the House of Commons _has|change. 2 lestablish which was the peak the prorogation of the present The change was preposed by|Parliament and the calling of King Street and the west side of|Michael Starr, MP for the pres:|the next federal election. Simcoe Street. He quotedient riding of Ontario. |-- Sketch plans of the proposed),.vors of $60,000. ing leader of the Conservative|downtown parking garage were|°07<™= ° $00) Board and the engineering de- partment in the city, Fred Crome, commissioner of works, said last night at a works com- mittee meeting. He said information asked for by the board in May, in con- nection with the city's sewer system, had been provided in June. Mr. Crome was replying to suggestions made at the board's meeting on Thursday that de- lay had been experienced in ob- taining information from the engineering department. Board member, Richard Don- ald, had asked if delay men- tioned by director, William Mc- 'Adams, had hindered the work of the board in preparing the regional plan. Mr. Crome said that the sen- jor planner, Mr. Madden, had called at the council offices not because he had to but because the type of information re- quired could be obtained by looking at a plan and discuss- ing it, and it was not a simple matter of writing a letter. Regarding the suggestion that the information was more read- ily available from the town of Whitby, Mr. Crome said the town had a study made in 1964 of its complete sewer system He said he had discussed misquoted. at council offices for informa- | Mr. McAdams said today he tion and answer. jawa_ engineering jhad not been contacted, but the gional plan at that time. city planning department and complicated one, he said, and|Ald. Alice Reardon and Ald. it was the type of job set aside|Norman because the department was|thought this was what was be- busy. ing done anyway. "A lot of people do not real- the matter with Mr. McAdams,|ize how much i who said he had definitely been|them,"' added Ald. Reardon. "I cannot recall that we have ever Mr. Donald said he thought|had before an elected repre. the report in the Oshawa Times |sentative who has criticized the on Friday was an accurate|city employees in the way we summary of what took place|have had recently," she said. except that Mr. Madden had/}{t does seem pretty hard to said it was his practice to call) counteract." is done for | tion. CRITICISM EASY It was the responsibility of thought there had been some|an elected individual to make misunderstanding because of/constructive criticism, agreed|day's opening of the Supreme the nature of the presentation|Ald. Mackey, and.the form it took of ques- criticize but more difficult to get a solution," he pointed out. | He said since the June draw-|He said he. thought too little ings had been received the Osh-jtime was spent in telling the department|public what was being done. Ald. Reardon and Ald. Down|to come before the Supreme|stitutions including absence of some detailed infor-|both gave instances where alle-| Court. |mation in them had not pre-|gations made to them had been! vented preparation of the re-|shown to be unfounded on in-|ary there were four vestigation, and a plaintive call said _ the On the question of parking rule between 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. the committee they asked for most urgently. the nojbut they asked for more infor- for later submission to council, |mation on some matters before a final decision is made. coe on for immediate debate. Both bills whipped through the Commons without any de- bate. They now go to the Senate WHITBY (Staff) Affleck, Crown Attorney Ontario County, told Chief Jus- tice Campbell Grant, -- Brucejty, Morley Bain, in recognition) : for |of the fact that there were no criminal cases to come before} © for approval and then Royal as- sent must be given. After that, No Criminal Cases Listed On Supreme Court Docket him. This is a time honored at Mon-|traditional ceremony. The grand jury was sworn is easy to|Court, that there were no erim-|in Monday and given its in inal cases to go before Supreme Court at this sitting. It was revealed that this wasjinspections of the county jail the first time in eight years that}and the county courthouse as there were no criminal cases|well as other governmental in- ter of commendation for administration of justice in ths|}but added that such establish- "A lot of this will resolve it-|county."" following the Thursday meet-|self when you get the policies ing we have set the wheels injand it is all ironed out," he motion to discuss them." said. thejing of the Oshawa the|structions by Mr. Justice Grant. He instructed them to conduct the Chil- jdren's Aid Society and Old Age "When I was here in Febru-|Homes. He advised them to serious|make a point of inspecting the cases," said Mr. Justice Grant,|"'lockup" at the Oshawa police "We have still some ques-|)for an ombudsman for the/calling the clean slate '"'a mat-|station. He said he knew noth- jtions to discuss with the city|city was made by Con. Robert engineers," he added, "'and the| Nicol. ments often need improving. A pair of white gloves was; There will be only one case] © presented to Mr. Justice Grant|going before a jury at this sit- by the Sheriff of Ontario Coun-| ting of the Supreme Court. _FIREMEN, AMBULANCE DRIVERS --_----' -- SHTLY IN THE 2 Room" }riMOON [AN HOTEL SOUTH |PLAIN 693 4 Should the city underwrite the legal costs of firemen and ambulance drivers who contra- vene the Highway Traffic Act in their hurry to get to.a fire or accident and are then brought before the courts? Yesterday board of control decided it would 'be unwise to do thig after Police Chief Walter Johnston had pointed out it was provincial legislation they were dealing with, but then it had a change of mind after listening to Fire Chief Ernest Stacey. He was asked to submit a report on past incidents aris- ing from jumping the lights, ahd the board will also look at action taken by previous coun- cils. In addition, deputy commis- sioner of works, Robert Richardson, is to look into the possibilities of installing a di- rectional signalling device on the department's vehicles, which would enable them to switch to a green light when approaching a controlled inter- section, Until all this information 'is submitted the board has tabled a letter from the Oshawa Fire Fighters' Association, saying that unless such assistance is provided they will not take any risks in performing their duties, LEGAL COSTS REQUESTED The letter followed an acci- dent on Sept. 13 when a car driven by a fire department officer was badly damaged go- ing through the red lights and a charge was laid. Subsequent- ly the officer was convicted, under the Highway Traffic Act. If somebody was_ upstairs burning to death, said Con. Margaret Shaw, there would be severe criticism of firemen waiting for the lights to change and similarly, delay by an am- bulance could endanger the life of a dangerously sick or in- jured person. The board could not condone breaking the law, said Con, situation) ° the electoral boundaries com- submission to city council. for the public utilities commis sion, eight for out-of-town buses parking with 300 spaces. The plans showed 16 bus bays|pects. Warehouse, Rail Line Will Aid Development Harbor, Industry Future Reviewed By Controllers A $175,000 warehouse for the|meeting to be open about deci harbor and'a one-mile railway|sions in store. branch line for the city's south. | vag ed did oa hae a ada ,/posed federal government study east end industrial "ain wonky at Lake Ontario hathots' <aps appear as two major factors in|parently to determine what determining Oshawa's future injharbor or harbor areas are the waterfront business and in-|Suited for development) may re- dustrial development. jsult in major changes in Osh+ awa shippin, i i f° The warehouse -- called aloyts eon pee auatelal Psy: "transit shed" by the Oshawa) Aside from the spur line tactie being alcerns and the warehouse (to ire € square - foot \site. A ground breaking cere-\capacity when it opens with the The new riding, embracing|Mony for the warehouse Wwas|shipping season next April), the in the name of the new federal|Oshawa city and the Town of Mr. Dancey said the associa-|riding of Oshawa to Oshawa-|Whitby will come into being on tion was strongly in favor of|Whitby. parking on the north side of held yesterday. __ .__ |city is making advancements on A proposed Canadian National| other methods of development. Railways spur track -- specu- lated by civic officials to be one|SECOND MARSH lifeline of industrial livelihood] Only legal formalities are left lin Farewell Park -- is still injin shifting 186 acres into the jlegislative form but the "go" hands of Oshawa Harbor Com- jsignal for construction seems|mission from the city. The land almost certain. forms the eastern border of City solicitor; H. J. Couch, is|prime industrial land east of putting together an Oshawa ap-|Farewell Avenue and is gen- plication to the Ontario govern-|erally known as the "Second ment for a private act to gain|Marsh." It is said to have "big lauthority to build the spur line|port potential" but nothing is at an estimated cost to tax-|definite on the area and it could easily be used for industrial and business expansions. J. P. Williams, manager of -/PROSPECTS er for his party, managed tojmittee last night by deputy} Both developments came into|the business and industrial coms get all-party approval to bring|commissioner of works, Robertifull view yesterday as board of|mission, said following yester- jcontrol met with harbor and/day's meeting that his com- He said a final report should|business and industrial authori-|mission and the harbor coms be ready in about five weeks for|ties to discuss the city's water-|mission should study and "de- |front and industrial growth pros-|termine how we can best use industrial land near the harbor -| The meeting was in-camera--|development." ,|but the proposals tossed around) Mr. Williams, a central figure a restaurant and two levels ofjare big ones. Public officials|in the development of some 25 generally declined after thejacres in the east end by five Board Studies Red Light Jumping Robert Nicol, and Mayor Ern- est Marks said it would create a dangerous. precedent, although, he added, there might be a fire at the hospital at two in the morning and the engines would have to go through the lights to get there. "It is regrettable we cannot accede to the suggestion made by the firefighters' associa- tion,' he said. "'They have to obey the law, but we hope, however, they will continue to do what they have been doing for many years, the same as firemen in other cities, go through the red lights with proper caution," Selma Rahaman, a Trini- dad student now attending McMaster University, re- ceives a grade 13 certifi- cate from Gordon Chatter- ton, an assistant superinten- dent of the department of education, at the annual commencement of the On- Hamilton of Toronto and tario Ladies' College in the Lieutenant Governor's Whitby last night. Waiting medal (for highest average to congratulate her is prin- in grade 12) was awarded cipal Dr. Stanley Osborne. Twenty-one grade 13 stu- dents and 21 grade 12 stu- dents were awarded diplo- mas last night. The Gover- General's medal (for high- est achievement in grade 13) was presented to Sheri 42 RECEIVE DIPLOMAS AT LADIES' COLLEGE manufacturing and __ servicing concerns this year, says pro- spective land buyers for indus- try want to know what the area's future capabilities will be -- "particularly as far as transportation goes." "The study is the big thing |here. We should both know (both |commissions) exactly where we vare going," Mr. Williams said. |ROADBLOCKS | For the moment there are a jnumber of roadblocks blocking |development by major concerns. \Mr, Williams says there is a llack of sewage, water, road, rail jand street lighting services in jthe industrial park. | But, the picture _ has brightened some this year. * | Available land has been cleared & \of trees and broken debris and it |'now looks like ideal industrial site land." The park consists of !about 375 to 400 acres of prime land. | Wilfred Gillberry, manager of \the harbor commission, envis- ages the Second Marsh as being lable to do "a better job in the future" in terms of harbor capabilities. In an interview he went as far as to say: "There is no shadow of a doubt about it." The big problem he sees with the current harbor is that it would not be able to blend in with a current trend to bigger |ships. STORAGE AREA The warehouse--first covered storage area for the harbor--is to be built adjacent to the east pier at the base of Farewell Avenue. Construction is starting about a week ahead of schedule and the metal clad structure should held in the concert hall of {be completed in about six to the school. The valedictory jeight weeks' time. address was. given by Les- | The warehouse site is formed lie Swigum of Drambo, {generally from reclaimed Ont. Education Minister jswamp land --filled in and William Davis, who was {compressed over the last two originally scheduled as {years. When completed, the guest speaker was unable structure will be equipped with to attend. -- \cranes, forklift trucks, skids or (Oshawa Times Photo) 'pallets and stevedoring services, to Janet Marshall of Stoney Creek. A_ reception was

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