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GEN. DE GAULLE ..Flays U.S. th: A. wen enna ian eee rug nn m mpremanmtese tna tester nen De Gaulle Raps US. Sees Return To Gold Standard PARIS (AP) -- President de Gaulle said today the storm created by the devaluation of the British pound-may provoke a return of the international monetary system to the gold standard. "It is possible that the storm unleashed by the devaluation of the pound will lead to the re-es- tablishment of the international monetary system founded on the immutability and impartiali- ty which are the privileges of me gold," de Gaulle said at a news conference, De Gaulle led up to this re- mark by saying: : "There is an American take- over of our businesses, but this doesn't come as much from the structural superiority of the United States as it does from the exportation of inflated dol- lars. "It is curious to note that the total balance of payments defi- cit of the United States in the vgn Ee eA ai) aE yi Ett last eight years is equal to the total of American investment in western Europe. "France wants'to put an end to this abuse in the interest of the world and even in the inter- est of the United States, which must get rid of this deplorable deficit." DENIES REPORT PARIS. (AP) President Charles de Gaulle, half in jest, denied today that he had ever patti tnt said he wanted England "stripped nude." He was asked at a news con- ference whether he had ever made the remark in private ove as recently report- De Gaulle was concerned enough about the matter to in- terrupt his questioner, a jour- nalist, and say: "I am going to answer you directly. Nudity, for a beautiful creature, is rather natural and rather satisfying for those nearby. But whatever at- traction I have for England, I have never said such a thing. This is part of words that are commentators have accused France of undermining confi- dence in the British monetaty rope unites in the face of the growing- American scientific and technological accomplish- attributed to me. Books are system before the Nov. 18 de ments, the old conti e Sys Nov. - Ss, 'ontinent ma made from them. valuation of the pound and of find itself permanently mid . A. recently published book contributing to the air of uncer- passed, dealing with de Gaulle's private tainty in world money markets The book, by magazine life and conversations, had the French president saying, 'I ~swant England stripped nude," meaning he wanted a weakened England. The question at the news conference, though it provoked laughter, was topical. British about the future of the British economy. The president drew laugh in replying to a journal- ist's question about another re- cent book, The American Chal- (Le Defi which argues lenge Home Newspaper Of Oshawa, Whitby, Bowman- ville, Ajax, Pickering and neighboring centres in Ont- ario and Durham Counties. = ci VOL. 26--NO. 275 cs 10¢ Single Ho BSc Per Week livered OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1967 She Oshawa Times Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Deportment Ottawa and for payment of Postoge in Cash publisher Jean-Jacques Servan- Schreiber, is a closely argued brief against de Gaulle's Euro- pean policies. De Gaulle dismissed his ques- tioner with this equip: "We don't deal in publicity here." - another Americain), litera that unless Eu- oid si ns EUR aia Weather Report Variable cloudiness. Few scat- tered snowflurries today and Tuesday. Cold. Low tonight 22. High tomorrow 32. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES : \ nc - JOEY SMALLWOOD ronto from a telescope in tion of Tomorrow confer- remier of Newfoundland, the Toronto - Dominion Cen- ence opening in Toronto to- looks over. the city of To- tre, scene .of:the Confedera- day. --CP Wirephoto 2 Turkey Ready To Attack s _. In Tense Cyprus Dispute help ease "the present danger- ous tensions." told Vance it is willing to ne- gotiate the withdrawal of Greek forces from Cyprus "in return ANKARA (AP) -- U.S. spe- cial envoy Cyrus Vance re- turned to Ankara today with Greece's answer to Turkish con- ditions for averting a military showdown over Cyprus. Infor- for guarantees by Turkey not to mants said 2m appeared the attempt an invasion." Turks will reject it. Greece will insist on interna- Battle-Ready Turkish troops tional guarantees of any such and tanks were aboard ships at Mersin and Iskenderun on Tur- key's southern coast poised for invasion of the eastern Mediter- ranean island. Mersin is 80 miles and Iskenderun 100 miles from the nearest possible land- ing point on Cyprus. This was Vance's third visit to Ankara since Thursday. He has been shuttling back a urth between the Turkish and Greek capitals in part of an agreement, the spokesman added, including commitments from the North Atlantic Alliance and the United Nations. Informed sources in Ankara said the Turkish demands Vance took to Athens included renewal of the special rights given the Turkish-Cypriots by the 1960 agreement on the inde- pendence of Cyprus, rights which Cypriot President Maka- f i i : 3 ios took away in 1963; with- intense diplomatic effort to keep 3 rios Ue i al eipent tp invade. riot vice president, waits |oompensation for the attack "He's ready to go back to Athens as soon as is_neces- sary," an informant said. Vance met with Foreign Min- ister Ihsan Sabri Caglayangil soon after arriving in Ankara. Later he conferred with Secre- tary-Gen@ral Manlio Brosio of the North Atlantic Treaty Or- ganization. Brosio flew in from during a meeting this morn- ing in the Turkish Cypriot quarter of Cyprus. --AP Wirephoto Nov. 15 in which 25 Turkish-Cy- priots were killed. An informed source in Ankara said the key point to be resolved was timing of troop withdraw- als. Turkey and Greece both were reported willing to accept the idea of withdrawing troops on Cyprus in excess of the num- ber allowed by the 1960 agree- ment, but Turkey insists Greece must take her troops off first. ' Quake Rocks Denver Area DENVER, Colo. (AP) -- A sharp earthquake caused alarm --but apparently little damage --when it rumbled 130 miles or more in all directions from its origin near Denver Sunday In Nicosia, Jose Rolz-Bennett, the roving UN envoy, appealed to the Turkish-Cypriot leader- Athens Sunday expressing hope ship to do everything possible to the two NATO partners would) A greek foreign ministry avoid war. jspokesman said his government ~ Dr. McLuhan Satisfactory NEW YORK (CP) -- Marshall McLuhan, a Canadian who has gained an international reputa- tion with his sometimes puzzling theories on understanding media, was reported in satisfac- tory condition in hospital early today following surgery for the 0 growth removal of a_ benign. r near his brain. night. : A spokesman at Columbia The first shock, followed by Presbyterian Medical Centre less severe tremors, was felt at said Dr. McLuhan will spend Laramie, Wyo., about 130 miles the next three weeks recuperat- northwest of Denver, at Peublo, : turn by i ee Oe he work 'at Font HE'S SORRY Colo., some 130 miles south of ham University here, where he Dr. Alain C."Enthoven, |here and at Goodland, Kan., 37, assistant secretary of defence for systems analysis, acknowledges it was he who recommended a about 175 miles east. The shock was felt along both sides of the Continental Divide west of Denver. is serving a 1967-68 appointment to the Schweitzer chair in hu- manities. Dr. McLuhan, 56, is on leave from his current post-director Of} jo14.down on Army helicop- | Tremors were reported at the Centre of Culture and Tech) ter buying before the big |several cities on or near the nology at the University of To-| ys. buildup began in Viet- eastern slope of the Rocky ronto, petting eae gr Mountains, including Loveland, The operation was for menin| ng " * Boulder, Louisville, Colorado sorry later. giona, a growth on the cranium) --AP Wirephoto vr Springs and Fort Collins, that does not touch the brain. eal economist, who is attending the conference as an observer. --CP Wirephoto Quebec Premier Asks New Binational Body TORONTO (CP) -- Premier|their economic stability or in- Daniel Johnson of Quebec today|dustrial organization," proposed setting up of a) : binational body with equal|NEED EQUALITY representation for French- and| The premier said the most ur- English-Canadians to ensure gent need for a new constitution arises from the need to '"es- collective rights of Canada's : : two cultural prapenisnitiea. ic pe ip eles! oy Lene | Beale nany.|Cal equality of our two nationa' Hage -- ee is communities."' Responsibility madé the kboral polore. tha|for establishing this equality Confederation of Tomorrow con- rested with all 11 semen ference which, he said, "will be a starting point for a new Can- ada." Mr. Johnson said Canada is faced with two types of prob- lems after 100 years of Confed- eration, problems arising from |technological change which is} |transforming society. | He said federalism is still a . QUEBEC PREMIER Dan- jel Johnson (right) confers with his justice minister, J. J. Bertrand (left) at the DOGS DEBUNK FRIEND THEORY "*TINGOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Who says a dog is man's best friend? The Nebraska state game commission reports that since the Nebraska hunting season opened a few weeks ago, two hunters have been shot by their dogs. On one occasion, the com- mission said, a loaded shot- gun placed in the back of a pickup. truck was fired by a dog stepping on the trigger, The blast struck a 13-year- old hunter in the elbow. Another hunter placed his shotgun on the ground and was trying to get his young dog interested in a pheas- ant. As the dog jumped around he stepped on the trigger, shooting the man in the foot. start of the Confederation of Tomorrow conference at To- ronto today. Also in the group is Carl Goldenberg, a Police Arrest Robbery Suspect TORONTO (CP) Bruce Francis O'Neil, 28, of Toronto, was arrested in Belleville Satur- day and charged with robbing a Co. of $11,000 last Friday. At noon. Friday a man pulled nomic and fiscal issues, sug- gesting "well-established ma- Alonzo Boyd \chinery fo consultation and co- In West Now \ordination'"? between the federal TORONTO (CP) -- Edwin|and provincial governments. Alonzo Boyd, who terrorized On- Thi hi she wid tario 20 years ago by leading a vi ees Bere: ane nine-man gang on a spree of would 'shield the provinces holdups and gun battles, now is|fron. the sudden impact of feder-'He ordered another teller to p led and living in Western|al policy related, for example,jempt~ all the cash drawers then Canada as a driving instructor,|to a Carter report or a tariffjlocked her and another cus- it was reported Saturday. agreement, which would upsetitomer in the basement. PM Warns French British Ban Wrong By TOM MITCHELL | "There are governments that! LONDON (CP) -- In a clearjstill think that nationalism is warning to France, Prime Min-| not only sacred but is sufficient; jing hard for the:Canadian plan ister Pearson said today it is and that national problems can|to throw up an effective buffer "shortsighted and wrong" for|be solved within purely national!between the feuding Greek and any European nation to try to|terms of reference. Turkish communities on the shut out Britain from the evolu-| 'The lessons of history are; Mediterranean island. tion of a united Europe. depressing because they are| But he took the gloves off "Britain should be a centraljusually learned too late; even somewhat in his speech at the and integral part of the new Eu-|by those who have suffered/luncheon. ' rope, politically and economical-|most from the failure to learn." Collective security, although ly," the Canadian leader said at {stilt essential, had lost some of a luncheon after receiving the| TALKS WITH BRITISH its "immediate urgency" in freedom of the City of London. Until today's speech, Pear-jboth East and West, he said. Pearson took a slap at French|son's comments were compara- |The whole world situation had politics designed to keep Britain|tively reserved on controversial) become more fluid. out of the European Common|issues during a six-day visit] "The polarization of all power Market and to put the skids|that gave him a chance forjbetween a U.S.S.R., determin- under the North Atlantic Treaty; close-quarters talks with British|ing the policy of the Communist Organization, "France . . . repudiated the York Trust branch and ordered manager Tony Anthony Moise, a teller and a customer into the basement -and locked them in. He was a bil more talkative about troubles in Cyprus, push- the London social whirl. jing that of the democracies, whole idea of: collective secu-| He kept taut silence on just)was altered on the Communist rity" through NATO, Pearson/about anything to do with deval- side by Peking and on the At- said, "falling back on the oldjuation of the pound, recognizing lantic by Paris, which hoped to and discredited doctrine of na-|that British Prime Minister Wil- develop a strong and independ- tional defence by national ac-|son faces a stiff fight on this/ent Europe of which she would tion. eee" issue at home, 'be the accepted leader." OBARTS PROP F FRENCH-GANADIAN ROLE m. Provincial Aides Meet } At Historic Conference -jonly one of the Big Three auto valid formula for solving eco-|Toronto ranch of York Trust) leaders and a bit of mixing in| world, and the U.S.A., dominat-) | TORONTO (CP) -- Ontariojal Premier John Robarts | eration of Tomorrow conference) fu should be "to determine the; measure of our consensus andjof : \pr from\in \the range of differences.' | Welcoming delegations DETROIT (AP) -- The United Auto Workers today wrapped up a three-year contract covering 8,000 salaried workers at Chrys- ler Corp. and then moved on to a showdown battle with General Motors, the giant of the auto in- dustry. Chrysler and the union an- nounced agreement on a new three-year pact at about 3 a.m., five hours before most of the I said/ suggested jtoday the object of the Confed-|discussion of specific issues to|ed by 'the two great and press- SES STUDY © | 10 provinces, Mr. Robarts The Ontario premier suggest+ they i leave detailedjed that Canadians are confront- ture conferences, "But first we must take stock} "One is the place of French our views and assess the|Canada in Canadian society-- riorities of our future meet-|and by French Canada I mean gs.' \French - speaking Canadians : \across the country and not only those of Quebec." | "The other is the nature of \the relationship between 'the federal goverrment and the provincial governments," NOT A NUISANCE ; Mr. Robarts said Canadians should cast aside once and for all any idea that the provinces '"are in some way a nuisance and an impediment." "To my mind there can be no jmore tragic misreading of the . nature of Canada. Our triumph, our. singular achievement, is that we exist in spite of our |differences."' However, he stressed that On- tario has "'no intention of under- & mining the place of primacy" of the federal government, He said Canadians must come to grips with the fact they are living 'in a time of unprece- dented change." ing issues." WALTER REUTHER .-- New Fronts firm's white collar workers| were to report for duty. | The company said the con-| tract called for salary increases| ranging from $35 to $87 aj month, all od which would be retroactive to Oct. 16, 1967. The 18 salary classes now from $92.20 to $262 a week. The pay increases would fol- low the patterns laid down by! agreements covering UAW hour- |ly rated workers at Ford and Chrysler. | The key issue at Chrysler, the range} firms where white collar work- ers are represented, was trans- lating hourly wage scales into} salaries. WIN WAGE INCREASE Hourly-rated workers at Ford si jtr Three average of $4.70 an hour|W in wages and fringe benefits. These agreements include a | jhour wage increase given to all jemployees. Canadian Chrysler) workers would get the same} |wages as their American coun-; |terparts in stages by 1971. 50 Killed In Portugal By ISAAC M. FLORES | LISBON (AP) Grieving Porguguese buried their dead) and dug away today at the| muck and mire left by heavy| weekend rains and floods that) = killed more than 250 persons| = and destroyed thousands of! dwellings in heavy-populated| |Lisbon and surrounding vil-| \lages. | Hundreds more were injured, |= jand many are missing under |tons of debris and mud. Mud- lcaked bodies were still being re- covered in slums of Lisbon's suburbs and nearby villages. The poor, living n_ flimsily constructed dwellings, suffered imost. As ,the downpour col- \lapsed house after house, there were relatively few casualties in better-built buildings. Most of the dead and injured were in the low-lying Lisbon suburb. of Odivelas, where more than 60 bodies had been counted by sundown Sunday, and in the} village of Quintas, about 30 miles north of Lisbon, where | more than 90 were reported) - dead. i Poison Bread 'Dead Toll 77 |teams appeared to have won an around-the-clock battle to check mass poisoning from contami- nated bread that killed 77 per-pand be. enriched by" the exist- sons town of Chinquinquira during jthe weekend. jnez Playa said Sunday night 147 | persons after eating the bread, but the| and Chrysler won roughly $1 an|from the accidental mixing of hour more above the old Big|the white insecticide, parathion, deliveries to a local bakery. /30-cent general wage increase|city, 125 miles north of here, 3 during the first year for skilledjafter adults and children began a gun from his waistband at alworkers above the 20-cent-an-| dying in the streets. "To a young maturing coun- try such as ours, coping with change is crucial." Mr. Robarts said Canadians "must avoid the oft-portrayed stance of the ostrich" and "must be prepared to accept needed reform." MUST BE FLEXIBLE Canada must 'accommodate BOGOTA (Reuters) -- Health in the north Colombianjence of two "main streams of our heritage," and Mr. Robarts Suggested that under the cir- cumstances Canadian federal- ism must be flexible. "To achieve this flexibility all governments, federal as well as provincial, must agree on what constitutes Canada and then at- tempt to work out a system of inter - governmental re] ations which best fits the requirements and obligations of each." -- Mr. Robarts said that In working out such a system Ca- nadians should remember that the concept of "special status" is as old as Confederation. Health Minister Antonio Ordo- still, are in hospital tuation appeared under con- ol. 2 He said the outbreak resulted ith flour on a truck making! Medical teams hurried to the NEWS HIGHLIG sytem eg HTS HONG KONG (Reuters) -- The Viet Cong denounced the South Vietnamese proposal for peace talks with North Vietnam as a "replica of the U.S. peace hoax," the North Vietnam news agency reported today. A commentary of the Viet Cong Giai Phong Liberation radio as quoted by the agency said: "So long as the U.S. aggressors continue to rule over South Vietnam and a puppet administration remains in power, there can be no real peace even for one day. : Cong Denounces Peace Talks ,.In THE TIMES Today .. Young Man Award--P. 9 ', 4-H Club Winners--P. 5 LeGros Wins Three--P. 6 ConreOeRATION | | or \\ TomokRow Ann Landers--10 Ajox News--5 City News--9 Classitied---12, 13, 14 Editorial--4 Comics--17 Financial--16 Sports--6, 7, 8 Television--17 Theotres--15 Weather---2 Whitby News--5 Women's--10, 11 Pies $0, without further ado, T'll hand the chair over te Madam FiFi!'"