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Oshawa Times (1958-), 6 Nov 1967, p. 4

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Ohe Oshawa Gines 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited- T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, LaMarsh A 1967 Comdidate To House Clean CBC ? Secretary of State Judy La- Marsh hardly produced a revelation when she remarked that there was "rotten 'management' in the Can- adian Broadcasting Corporation. Her choice of terms might have been better. The inept extravagance of the management of the CBC in com- parison to that of the privately oper- ated network |} been embarrass- ingly-evident throughout this Cen- tennial Ye The licable aspect of her charge, however, is unc eristic guilelessness with it was made. Mis Marsh is responsible to par! id thus to the Can- adian people for the operation of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, It is not her role to charge that the management is ) that it should be, it is sure her responsi- bility to endeavor to do something about it As her comments have so often been prone to in the past, they have y sent p amentarians off on time--when constructive consideration of the future of the CBC through debate of the hro ting bill seemed _pos- ~ sible. That the present government has. been sadly ineffective in deal- ing with tl lisptitable but that a r of that government should become a critie of it is too incomprehensible. By her as yet unsubstantiated allegation she has marshalled sup- port. for the CBC personnel at a time when their methods of oper- ations should be subjected to severe scrutiny not sympathetic under- standing. The high-on-the-hog operations of the CBC at a time when the government is under pressure to re- duce spending has reached the pro- portions of a national scandal. Miss LaMarsh has added to this pressure. She has already announced that she does not intend to seek re-elec- tion. She has been unable in more than a year to find a new president for the corporation. Her recent com- ment has added considerabl* to the finding one. Yet, aside from such faux pas, Miss LaMarsh is recognized as an intelligent and highly-competent Canadian. Under the circumstances has created currently, her resigna- tion has-been demanded by the Op- If she were to quit the Commons now there'd be much jus- tice in her appointment to the presi- dent's post, on a short-term at least, to the wrongs taking a direct operations, problem of position basis right she has criticized by hand in CBC Problem In Pickering the Commis- In view of the report by Ontario Water Res ources sion, dealin the pollution of Lake Ontario, 'kering Township Council had a good when it proposed holding a meeting with Ajax and Pickering V e to dis- cuss a sewage d area cover- ing the th ities. The only fly in the ointment is that the idea came too late. The Town of Ajax is ready to proceed with the construction of an addition to its sewage system; while Pickering Village expects to call tenders next month for the construc- tion of the system to he built by the OWRC. The stand taken by both isposa ee communities tnat not want to. dels work until a study can be e the township is unde le, Taking a \ of the situ- ation, there would seem to be a lack of foresight on the part of the The Oshawa Times OTTAWA REPORT township. The municipality at one time took the stand it did not to be involved in the sewage tem planned by the village and it was only in recent months it decid- ed it wanted to be a part of the Scheme. : The township has allowed itself to become a dormitory for Metro Toronto with its attendant heavy burden of school taxes. The munici- pality has attracted some industries but not enough to provide an equi- table distribution of its tax burden. For that reason it has not been able to provide as many local improve- ments as the residents of the many subdivisions would like. wish SVS8- The Ontario Water Resources Commission has expressed a willing- ness 'to ¢ the pollution study witt ives of the three municipalities. It would seem, how- ever, that Pickering Township is in the position of being forced to seek its own solution to its sewage problem, Other Editors' Views RARE OCCURRENCE many monarchs wait 26 for coronation ceremonies. then not many monarchs are crowned anymore. This was under- lined when the Shah of Iran staged his gaudy ceremony. (London Free Press) Not s "8 STATE. SECRET "xternal, Affairs Minister Martin identify the friendly foreign intelligence agency he has asked to provide details of Cuban propaganda broadcasts to Canada. Let's see. Would it be SMERSH. (Ottawa Citizen) nes to QUEEN'S PARK 5 PARK Private School Support by DON O'HEARN TORQNTO: Both . and pri¥ secondary schools have poe that they be given goveynment support, ree sulting, of course, in a cone siderable controversy. Most of the public opinion ex- pressed to date on the question would seem to he opposed to the request, Largely, it appears, on the basis "if they want special schools for their children let them pay for them." Fyventually we will probably see this discussion become more rational z Almost completely overlooked now is the fact that if the sep- arate and private schools wer- en't in operation, a tremendous load would be put on the present secondary school sys- tem in the province. By taking pupils out of this system the private schools lower the cost of education Not only would it be fair, but it could be good business sense, to give them in the way of grants part of the per-pupil cost of education our Secondary stu- dents in public schools SAVING MONEY? Finan Minister Sharp has once again called on the prove ince to cut down on their spend- ing as a hedge against inflation, At time of writing there is no apparent indication the prove inces will pay anv heed It is to be-exnected some of them will have a rather resent- ful "Who, us?" reaction, While d this will probably they can't present s essential there doesn't appear oom for cutting down on provincial spending Ww you first glance at it The bulk of the spending goes on health, highways and support--areas in re is little latitude to our needs g society. en you go beyond this t economy in our aside from the pro- g it is devoted to, there is probably quite a bit that can be done Last week, for instance, a bit of sod was being put around the base of a tree here. There were 12 men engaged in this job. Three of them actual- and the other nine watching or supervising, In itself this doesn't amount to much. But it does exemplify a situation of waste which is quite prevalent in government spending. And if the ly working government does want to cut down, a logical place to start would be in its own internal machinery, YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO, Nov. 6, 1952 Two modern schools will be officially opened today in South Darlingion Township, one at Maple Grove and the other in Courtice The Bell Telephone Company {s planning a new exchange at Blackstock to serve 350 sub- scribers, 30 YEARS AGO, Noy, 6, 1937 Re Pawson of Toronto will be guest preacher at Simcoe St. United Church anniversary services on Sunday. g A letter was received by The Times from Rev. H. A. Mutch- mor BA, BD, minister of St. Paul's United Church Estevan, Saskatchewan, thanking the 600 families in Oshawa who sent a carload of fruits, vegetables, canned 'goods and food stuffs to the stricken areas in Saskatch- ewan " LESS TO EAT In 1965 the world food pro- duction did not increase while he world's population increased by 70,000,000 people. sSeparate-- TRYING TO PUT DINOSAUR IN TANK FOREIGN AFFAIRS ANALYSIS Treaty Could End NATO By PHILIP DEANE Foreign Affairs Analyst The U.S. and the European countries of the Common Mar- ket, except France, have agreed on the terms of the treaty to ban the spread of nuclear weap- ons; these terms will now be of- fered to Russia who has been very cooperative in this respect. There are those, in Ottawa and Washington, who have begun feeling slight misgivings at the possibility of such a treaty play- ing into General de Gaulle's hands and leading to the dis- bandment of Nato and the War- Saw pact. In August, General de Gaulle advised European countries to follow the example of France and take steps to avoid becom- ing a battlefield for America and Ruséia. During his visit to Poland; the French leader is known to have proposed to Go- mulka-a new European settle- ment involving a withdrawal from Europe of Russian troops, on one side, and Canadian, Brit- ish and American troops on the other. East Germany would be rec- tenized as an independent state by Europeans (whatever Amer- ica might think) and German reunification would not be possi- ble except with Russian and French approval. The two Ger- Czech- manies, Austria, Poland, oslovakia, Hungary and any other European country that cared to join, would be declared a nuclear free zone. It is this last aspect of de Gaulle's pro- posals that fits in well with the treaty to ban the spread of nu- clear weapons, PSYCHOLOGICAL GAP What makes the scheme at- tractive and possible is not de Gaulle's magnetism but the in- creasing psychological gap be- tween Europe and America. Eu- ropean officials allied to the United States and still hoping for aid or trade concessions are deliberately discreet and equiv- ocal when. they criticize Wash- ington; they are franker in their talks with the editors of their best papers and with the aca- demics who dea! in matters of foreign policy. A rash of learned articles on relations with the U.S. has ap- peared in Europe expressing deep anxiely over the American cult for violence. The decision to build an antiballistic defence by Patrick Nicholson Per Capita Cost Of Health Care Questioned A steady fic interes rmation or de-rez choice of hiects aouren fort b efiment depart- ments re to written quese tions ed by MPs. These are not e@ more general questions House of on. period are more prob- {ng questions which often seek detailed tical answers, Both question and answer are in writing, a > replies are not stead out House but are simply printed in the Hansard eport of the day's proceedings. Thev therefore often receive lit- tle pu blic attent But vers great poten Canadians, of similar concern to a ¢ i group or a particular locality. For instance, Dr. Gaston Isa- belle, a I Liberal MP from Hull, Quebec asked Health Minister M Fache what is. the-esti- mated cost of health cere in ' To which the minister replied: '$27.85 per capita, based upon payments dians are drawing the ald age municipal, schools and utilities made to physicians engaged pri- pension, and of these no less bonds. What was not revealed in marily in private fee practice, than half, or 701,251, find the the answer was the rapid rise in Payments to physicians provid- ing personal health care serve present $75 per month so inade- quate that they this qualify for some total since 1964. The estimated federal cost this year ices on a salaried basis are ex- or all of the adc nal $30 per has soared to $1,250,000,000, cluded." This makes the answer month now aya » In fact while the other costs bring the less than comprehensive; at 435,284 draw the te amount, national figure to about $1,- $27.85 per head, the total cost of while the remainder receive 750,000,000, or say $87.50 for health care in Canada today something less 30. News every Canadian man, woman or would be $566,000,000; but ae foundland has ghest pro- child, Thus the average father timate widely accepted her@ is portion of pensioners receiving is today paying in. debt interest that the total cost of a national health service would today be between $700.000,000 and $800,- the 2% 000,000. Allan MacEachen ex- per cent receive extra pay- on panded his answer to show a ments, with 16,182 drawing the debt. breakdown by provinces: that full $30 that supplementary that province, for 3h ¢ allowances; of 8 old age pensioners in 19.709 or about 84 his family the equivalent of igarettes every day of the year to meet the interest costs total Canadian government Many: doctors would say he is better off using his than by smok- cost varied between $11.75 per ' money th Way, head in Newfoundland and COST OF DEFICITS ing 36 socerce each day; but $34.21 in B.C. Ontario's figure is Barry Mather, the New Dem- who wouldn't sooner have say $33.43, Saskatchewan's $27.78 ocrat MP from New Westmin- five bucks worth of beer each and Quebec's $22.99. ster, B:C., asked the total inter- week instead of carrying the est payments by the federal, load? This is why many Cana- OLD AGE PENSIONS Dr. Isabelle also asked for tha numbers receiving old age pen- sions and the old age supple- ment of $30 or less per month, In his full reply Mr. MacEachen reported that 1,241,261 Cana- provincial ernments on their debts in 1963 and 1964 payers paid $955,000,000 in inter- est on federal debts, on provincial 000,000 on local debts including dian cial free and municipal gov- In thelatter year, tax- $219.000,000 debts and $240,- There are many esting topics covered by parliamentary questions; haps these samples givé a taste, s have supported the old So- Credit policy of. interest- debt. other inter these per- in the face of the clear opposi- tion by U.S. Defence Secretary Robert McNamara, is taken in Europe as proof that the "mili- tary-industrial"' complex, against which Eisenhower warned in his farewell address, now dominates American policy making Johnson and the most power- ful men in Congress are consid- ered naive, hopelessly old-fash- ioned and therefore dangerous in Europe where the fear of Russia has subsided and where American obsessions about "containing China' are at best thought irrelevant. Worse still, thinking Europeans see a trend in America towards trust in force, a trend that could ac- celerate the arms race even more and perhaps lead to a clash. Such being the prospects they perceive, th. Europeans may well prefer neutrality. Oil Found At Peirolia At 85-Foot Level In 1860 By BOB BOWMAN Something like the invention of the telephone, there's an ar- gument between Canadians and Americans over the first oil well. Canadians say that the oil was pr ed near Pe- , Ont., in The Ameri- cans claim that the first well was at Titusville, Penn., in 1859. The difference is in semantics. The oil near Petrolia was dug but the well in Titusville was drilled The first oil boom in Alberta was not until 1901 shortly after soldier-of-fortune Kootenai Brown got some Indians to look for a fluid that looked like mo- lasses, but smelled like kero- sene Charles N. Tripp of Wood- stock, Ont., was Canada's oil pioneer. He used the gum beds ir the Oil Springs area to make asphalt, and then sold his busi- ness to James M. Williams of Hamilton who had made a for- tune building carriages and rail- way cars. READERS WRITE PENSION BOOST could Mr. Editor: According to the news from Ottawa the old age security pension is to be increased. The increase is to be 2 per cent raisings the nionthly pay- ments from $75.00 to $76.50. This--is indeed --a--wonderfut centennial present to all those people who will be 67 vears old next January 1 (1968). It is four years since the last raise in the old age security pension. Hast vear (1966) the cost-of live ing went up 4 per cent. This eyear it will be 5 per cent at the end no doubt. In 1965 it was 3 per cent and 1964 about the same. © That is the cost of living has risen about 15 per cent since the last raise in the pension. The original $75.00 in 1963 would be worth now in food and shelter $62.00. Oh yes, there is a_supple- mentary increase to the basic $75.00 when a person has no other income. A few pensioners benefit from this but the vast majority of the one million and one half old. people (over 67) do not, The $75.00 is -given to all people who have reached the age of 67 next January. "To the 'heroes who through the depression went 1930, 1940 and helped make Canada: what it is a good way to re- member our 100th birthday would be to raise the old age security pension from $75.00 to $100.00 a month and then' tack a real cost of living index on to that. Thanking you, I remain yours, JAMES CORSE Williams devised a method of digging oil so it could be ob- tained in liquid form, and began operations in 1857 at Bothwell in Kent County. Better oil was found later at Enniskillen and his first wells produced 100 bar- rels a day, sometimes. This started an oil boom in the area and the name of the community was changed to Pe- trolia, as it is today. L. B. Vaughan made a-valuable dis- covery there on Nov.. 6, 1860, when he struck oil at 85 feet. By 1895 oil production had reached 800,000 barrels a year, and Imperial Oil had built a refin- ery, followed by Canadian Oil Companies, whici also installed a pipeline to Froomfield on the St. Clair River where the oil could flow directly in to ships. OTHER NOV. 6 EVENTS 1662--Pierre Boucher returned from France with 100 soldiers and 300 settlers. 1764--Important regulations passed including one that no person 21 years of age or over leave Canada without a ASS 1769--Samuel Hearne deserted by Indian guides on trip from Hudson Bay to Coppermine. 1837--There_ were riots in Montreal as Lower Canada re- bellion began. 1865--By-election in New Brunswick brightened hopes for Confederation. 1917--Canadian troops tured Passchendaele Ridge. 1919--Judicial report issued on Winnipeg strike. 1933--CNR put oil-electric lo- comotive in service between cap- Saint John and Moncton, N.B. i HAPPENED SCALLOPS - USE A FORM oF JET PROPULSION 'T° TRAVEL: FROM PLACE To PLACE -- OPENING AND CLOSING Wiki SHELLS © 1967 - ALGOR FEATURES = LONDON, ony. b DAILY TAB $466,000 Inner Man Of Concern With Visitors To Expo By JOSEPH MacSWEEN MONTREAL (CP) -- Expo 67 may have been.concerned primarily with the higher things of Man and His World Wut the figures show that man Adidn't exactly forget his stom- ach. Fair- -goers paid out an aver- age of around $466,000 a day for food and drink during the 185-day exhibition. "T think the majority of res- taurants have made _ good money," says Maurice Novek, 44-year-old Montreal restaura- teur who was head of Expo's restaurant division. A collection of menus reads like a gourmet's fantasy-- anything from Algeria's shish kebab to. Venezuela's paella. But nothing went over bigger than the seafood served at the Atlantic provinces , pavilion where patrons stood in line for hours to get a meal, "The whole idea was to give as wide a variety of food ex- perience as possible in as wide a variety of price ranges as possible,"" says Mr. Novek, "By and large we were able to achieve this. "You didn't see a prolifera- tion of hot dog and hamburger stands, even though they were the most popular items and did the greatest volume of business in snack bars." There were 37 pavilions with food or beverage facili- ties or both, 49 restaurants in the same category, 76 snack bars, 45- food shops and 450 vending machines HIT NIGHT CLUBS What did all this--plus the La Ronde fun fair--do to the Montreal restaurant and nightclub business? Both sectors were hard hit early in the season. Restaur- ant business improved while nightclubs continued to suffer, one big operator reporting the slash as at least 25 per cent Andy Cobetto, co-proprietor of Casa Loma on St, Cathe- rine East, said: "Expo knocked the stuffings out of every club in town, Lots of places folded during the sum- mer. I geared myself for Expo by planning an interna- tional revue last year. If I hadn't done that I would have died." One authority on Montreal's night life said club owners were incensed over the competition from "high-pow- ered talent on a_ subsidized basis' brought in by Expo, Appearances of such artists as Maurice Chevalier, Jack Benny and Marlene Dietrich under the wing of the World Festival did nightclubs no good at all. As an added boost to Expo concessionaires, the Quebec liquor law was amended to permit the fair to set opening and closing hours for liquor- serving establishments, This too irked nightclubs. Eating places on the Mont- real approaches to Expo did well, as did short-order places, but downtown restaure ants didn't pick up until fair- soers began fleeing the queues. MET DEMAND Mr. Novek says Expo planned for a 21,000 seating capacity but had only 18,000 on opening day. "By early June we had raised it to 29,000 seats and were able to supply 350,000 meals and snacks @ day, sufficient for demand." Doing business in excess of $2.000,000 were the Canadian pavilion, with 1,346 seats, the Czech pavilion, 450 seats, the Soviet pavilion, 1,400, the Ger- man pavilion, 700, and the Ba- varian beer garden, 1,500. "One of the big things was that despite the volume no major outbreak of food con- tamination occurred. I think this is unique in a fair of this kind." But there were problems in- volving staff and price. Of the 8.500 persons employed |in food services, only ene-third started out with proper quali- fications There was early confusion and anger about. 15-per-cent service charges being added to the bill without being noted on the menus but this was generally remedied in a week or so As. for prices, Mr, Novek says: "T have to accept that a commissioner-general of a particular nation knew full well what he was doing in as- Sessing in advance what a price level was going to do to the image of his country. "There was nothing in our regulations that said they couldn't charge $15 for a meal if all else was commensurate with that price. Our prime concern was a good mix based on estimated earnings of visitors. We did not have a superabundance of $15-a-meal restaurants and no low-price places. I feel we had a very good mix," TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Noy, 6, 1967... United States President Roosevelt pledged $1,- 000,000,000 worth of lend- lease aid to Russia 26 years ago today--in 1941--in the first of a vast flood of sup- plies sent to aid Russia in her 'defence against Nazi Germany. Roosevelt in- sisted the defence of Russia was essential to the defence of the United States. 1860--Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States. 1879--Thanksgiving Day was first observed in Can- ada. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--Canadian troops cap- tured Passchendaele after @ severe battle in which both sides suffered heavy casual- ties; Mosselmarkt and Goudburg were also occu- pied; and Gen. Stanley Maude's force in Mesopota- mia defeated the Turks at Tekrit. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1942--British 8th Army forces pushed beyond El Daba, 30 miles west of EI Alamein; in London the admiralty announced six more Axis vessels had been sunk in the Mediterranean; RAF bombers attacked Genoa and the British cam- paign in Madagascar offi- cially ended 'when Vichy representatives accepted British terms, POINTED PARAGRAPHS Many young people now are- n't interested in climbing the ladder to success. They want to ride up on a fast elevator. The news story of a man who was apprehended for reading while driving 70 mph brings up this question: How did a fool like that ever learn to read? The cause of a lot of car wrecks is the combination of too much horsepower and too little-horse sense, ay A doctor says the maximum pain to a human being is caus- ed by an extensive burn by hot grease. This. probably ex- plains why the ancients some- times boiled their enemies in oil. (It is understood that a person who survived being boil- ed in oil never forgot the ex- perience.) A doctor says a person caf kill himself quicker by over- eating than by overworking. Perhaps so, but he'll have a better time doing it. Hiatt gane siti ii dui AAA AR IN 'CANADA | # SERPENT MOUND Near PETERBOROUGH, onr- ~ A LARGE MOUND' SHAPED © LIKE A SERPENT WITH FOUR EOGs- e THIS' 18 4 BUR/AL MQUND oF Tel HOPEWELL /ND/AN$- THEY BUILT MOUNDS /N TR SWADES of TURTLES, MEN & ~ SERPENTS: ONE of THEIR -- MOUNDS COVERS IS ACRES" AND WOULD HAVE TAKEN 1000 MEN 20 YEARS 1 COMPLETE, wn, LITILE 1$ KNOWN OF THESE "™ PREMSTbRIC PEOPLE OUTSIDE oF THEIR ELABORATE FUNERAL RITES « WHAT HAPPENED To THEM en. AMYSTERY YET 1p BE SOLVED " it Sat ih PLACE A SUG ON THE GROUND IN FRONT. OF A BUMBLE BEE NEST STIR UP Ti/k BEES / AND THE BEES WILL FLY INTO THE JUG - ONE AT A TIME ~ AND DROWN MEMBERS OF the Pic-A Players presented Emly: Williams' play, 'Light o Two Ca In Depu PICKERING (Staff) -- W elections less than a mo away, a two-way race deputy-reeve is developing Pickering township. Ward 5 councillor Ron Chatten has already decla himself a candidate for council, Donald H for dept second spot on school principal who ran Expo Deficit Said "Disgrace VANCOUVER (CP)--Prem W. A. C. Bennett angrily t the British Columbia So Credit League Saturday huge deficit incurred by E 67 is "a national disgrace." The premier lashed out a federal Liberal governme handling of Expo. finances i speech at the closing banque the league's two-day convent "Expo was terrific, be than anyone expected," said premier. "But if you kt you're going to have a suce you budget for it and it refle in the financial statement Mr. Bennett said the Libe initially budgeted for a § 000,000 loss on the world's f Their estimates. now climbed to $250,000,000 "and going to be more than 000,000" -~whenthe-finat-tat calculated, Premier Bennett dev much of his 40-minute speec' a scathing indictment of Lib Financial policies, which says are leading the cou down the path to disaster. 'NARCOTIC PASSPORTS LONDON (CP) -- Registe drug addicts may soon be sued with "narcotics passpo for free drugs from treatn centres to ensure they do get doses: from more than hospital.. Doctors are wor some addicts may be, get drugs from several sources selling what they do not nee One-Stop DECORATING SHOP Wallpaper and Murals Custom Draperies Broadloom C.I.L. Paints and Vernis! Benjamin Moore Paints DODD & SOUTE DECOR CENTRE LTD, PHONE 668-5862 107 Byron St. $., Whitby

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