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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-04-21, Page 1U 119th Year $10. 16 THE GODERICH SIGNAL•STAR, THURS. ,APRIL,. •21, .1966 tl uw SINGLE COPIES' V, t•. 04\ J ospital Drive Fund Reaches $3 �,00� A- total' of Sat OOQ, has been raised by the Alexandra Mar- ine and , General Hospital building fund within two weeks of launching the cam - Campaign officials are now confident they will go "over the .top" of the $109,214: tar- • get set for the public sub- scription canvass. • Vice-chairman Tim Elliott this week said he felt the "sky's the limit as far as the campaign is concerned." "Medical research is finding many new ways to snake us healthier and longer ,lived, said Mr. Elliott. a "Your building fund com- mittee is trying to go over the top and haven funds avail- able . immediately to reduce our loan to the O.H.S.C. ($190,000) and' thereby be in the position to' buy 'any new equipment that might become desirable in the next 20 years," he added. The campaign money will go towards the $812,877 need- ed for a proposed wing, Two stages of a seven -stage plan drawn up for the cam- paign, have already been com-. pleted. Local industries and former residents ,were,the subjects -of the first two canvasses 'and Mr. Elliott desctibed the re- sponse as "very generous:" He•declined to give the total raised.' "I am unable to de this at the moment as most of the money has not been act- ,ua1Iy received• at this date," �he said. - Memorial Rooms Two "memorial rooms" have already been donated by form- er Goderich- residents at a cost of $2,000 each. The form- er residents involved live in Toronto and Manitoba. The remaining five stages of the campaign are: • • A rural canvass "being su- pervised . by a farmers' committee. • Local • business canvass. -- • Special names and groups canvass. • Town blit:, • Appeals to found,ations and national companies. "Our rural can vass is a1= ready underway," said Mr. Elliott. "We speeded this up as many of the canvassers will soon) be hard at work on their own farms." A total of 1,000 farm names in the . Goderich area •is the target of the 50 rural can- vassers.. At the campaign headquar- ters in the Goderich post office , :building, Mr. Elliott has a comp'l'ete card file of revery resident in the hospital area. "As' soon as a man is con- tacted, either• at work or at home, his card is pulled. This is in an attempt.to prevent duplication," said Mr. Elliott. The campaign boss said he anticipated' the local canvass would be completed in late May or eerly June. Final Appeals "Then we will make. -.ouzo•• final appeals to the founda- tions and the national com- panies for donations," he ad- ded.,. "OneYthing is certain," said Mr. Elliott. "We are going - to go over -the top. The clues- • tion• is how far over?" ' Petition, ,,.,Fails a Huron County ° s rho, area' 4 No. 1 wa§ given t t'c°,go-phiead - to build.a pro sed,7 $ 00,000 central school in.u. -• ���+d on Tuesday night.° Judge R. S. H erington ruled against a group of rate- payers who petitioned ,against the school, concluding ' five days of arbitration hearings here. The judge spoke for an hour and 45 minutes in giving his. decision. He was a one` - man arbitration board. Goderich lawyer Dan Mur- phy represented the school board during the hearing and J. K. Hunter of Goderich, ap- peared for the 25 petitioners and other Tuckersmith rate- payers. British Expert May Testify For Truscott: One of Britain's leading ex- perts on the medical aspects of crime' has offered to testify in writing or in person on behalf of Steven Truscott. Prof. Francis Camps of Lon- don, a pathologist and author- ity •on ,forensic science, says .Ithat on the basis of the book ,by Toronto writer Isabel' Le- Bourdais, "The Trial of Ste- ven ' Truscott," he doesn't think "the medical evidence forthe prosecution can pos- sibly stated up to scrutiny" The book was published simultaneously in Canada and Britain. It has, been widely reviewed in Britain. The Evening Standard says Camps wrote in • a letter to one of •tl'e members of the ' House of Lords, which hears Judicial• appeals, that he tried to be as objective as possible about the book but came to the co'vcl'ision" that some of the medical evidence was er- roneously interpreted. A spokesman at the- Can- adian high commission in Lon- don commented: "I'm sure the goverment would wel- come any assistance it could find 'to get at the truth." Meanwhile, speculation that the Truscott murder case will - be referred to the Supreme Court of Canada mounted yes- terday • and Solicitor -General Penne:l. said the federal cab: inet's decision probably would be announced Monday. Mr. Pennell, who has been studying the ]959 murder, for several weeks, declined to con- firm or deny reports that the cabinet might follow the pre- cedent of the Wilbur 'Coffin murder case by asking the Supreme Court to decide on the case. The London and D strict facturers' Associati • n held their. Harbourlite Inn on T esday night. J. Machinery Co. Ltd. ud chairman of Division of the Canadian annual meeting K. Sully, Dominion C.M.A. London Menu- . in the Road division, . * * * ghways Minister uest Speaker Here ,,Ontario's highways are be- ing planned to aid the indus- trial development of ruxel areas, claimed the Hon, C. S. MacNaughton here Tuesday. The provincial highways minister was addressing the fifth annual meeting of the London. and district branch, the Canadian Manufacturers' Association held in the Har - bow lite Inn,- i "It would seem that, given aocessability to gored high- ways, public utilities, railways 'plus, of course, the suitability of the land itself, there seems to be little limit to the pos- sible selection of' any rival area for new plant location," ,said lir: MacNaughton. "As you can gather, this ,type of climate has a most significant effect on our plan- ning°generally and complicates • It enormously; obviously the same holds true for municipal- ities," he added. The minister said the "me; bility feature" of industry to- day had produced a trend to- -•wards-decentr-alization,_ "The pronounced trend is for industry to decentralize hosted the Meeting. • •Left to right are: 1: J. 'Waxman,:. by placing manufacturing di Kelvinator .of ,Canada Limited; Mr. Sully; Hon. C. S. Mac - visions in separate parts of the Naughton, guest speaker;' and Mr. G. A. Holmes, Sparton, ofProvince, each component Canada Limited. Signal -Star Photo be - • ' ing far -removed from each of. the others in the complex," said Mr. MacNaughton "Extremely large •pants can spring up literally anywhere, in areas miles away from'the nearest industry of any kind," he added. - • • The minister .said the sec- ondsignificant factor in locat- ing industries' also ''concerned mobility. "The second aspect is the mobility Of' the labor force," said Mr.:MecNaughton, "Com- muting 50 miles each Wray is no longer uncommon." r Be told the meeting b that the road- mileage is the- pro- vince totalled 73,0,00 miles un- der municipal jurisdiction as comparedto 13,000 miles of Queen's highways. Solicitor Ge eral To Meet With Attorney General Sfev «n The trial of Steven uscott will be .reviewed it w• s learnt ed in Ottawa this wee The form of rev' V • will likely be determine . Friday when Solicitor-Gener 1 L. T. Pennell meets Ontari ' Attor- ney General Arthur . Wish- • _artIn,Toronto. A new trial for t man, convicted when of age of the rape=m a, 12-yearold girl at was proposed yesterd House of Commons o Diefenbaker. The Conservative young 14 -years rder of Clinton, y in the John G. party Truscott Trial Up For Rei"iew: leader said the government's. decision to order a review will be received "favorably:�",' Mr. Pennell • however said he would make no commit- inent as to the nature of the inquiry before•eonferring with Mr. Wishart. Demand far a review of the �Tins6-oti casie was Hes •inrade in the Heuse of Commons by James Byrne (L }•- Kootenay East), .parliamentary assistant to the minister of transport, who staked his seat on Trus- cott's innocence. Later, the issue of Truscott's guilt or innocenee' became an all -party affair in the Com- mons„ • Truscott, new 21, is in Col- ., ling Bay- Penitentiary serving a life sentence. There have been reports that the cabinet will ask the Supreme Cq»rt of Canada for a --special review -of --the -case- and an opinion on Truscott's guilt or innocence. r Stagley Knowles (NDP — Winnipeg North Centre) ask- ed whether a royal commis- sion inquiry is among the al- ternatives being considered oung Drav Canada Week Tournament 14,00Q Record Crowd Goderich Lions' 6 tib nth annual Young Canada Week tournament drew a record at- tendance of 'more than 14,000 spectators. Chairman Tim Elliott de- scribed . the pee wee tourna- ment, which ended Saturday, as "the -most successful tourn- ament ever held here." "Everything went off like clockwork during the heavy schedule," said Mr. Elliott. "It was almost too good to be true." "We were four minutes late starting the tournament but that .,was the only time we fell behind during the com- petition. "At one time we got so far ahead ' that the teams were not even ready .to go on the ice," added Mr. Elliott. The chairman described the Gena personnel's- participa- tion as "magnificent." "They were there any time 'we had to call on them to do ° anything," he added. • Mr. Elliott ,also revealed the tournament committee would break even financially. Churches OK Joint Service. Arrangements have been approved by the sessions" of North . Street 'and Victoria Street United Churches . for 'union services of the two con- gregat'ons during July ail • 'August. . In July services will be in • Victoria Street Church - with •:Rev. Leonard Warr in charge: Mr: Warr, at present the min- ,ister at Thornton, -Ontario, will begin hie ministry at Vic- toria Street Church on July 1. August services will be in North Street Church withRev. 3. Donald , MacDonald ' in charge The minister in charge for„ the. month will assume the general -ministerial duties for both co'ngregatioiis. To facilitate ,the :union• ar- rangement, services at Ben - miller United Church will be- - gin at 945fy a.m. during July and Aug st. • John Schaefer, chairman of th. Maxon**. • Hospital Board, right, inspects the hospifal building campaign fund's money motor with Mayor Frank Walborn. The meter will be used to show the progress' of the public subscription drive. Signal -Star Photo "Expenses were much high- er than last year but the sup- port of local merchants in the program put us -ahead," he said. . 1The committee picked up •a tab for $1,500 to pay for feed- ing the jkoung players dotting their stay in Goderich. • "They had everything from ice cream to chocolate milk before they went to bed at night," said Mr. Elliott. "Team coaches told us they didn't know hew we managed • to do everything," he added. - Wednesday was reported to be the peak attendance night when spectators flocked • to the arena to watch the '"AA" •ser- ies featuring the big guns of pee wee competition. • ' Attendance figures were also reported • higher .on the final Saturday • night when Goderich went down to Win- nipeg in the traditional ex- hibition' game. Price Boost Seen M,r. Elliott said he antici- pated the: a would be a boost in admission prices for the , 1967 tournament. "The present charge of 50 cents for 11 games just isn't practical," said the. chairman. "We are not in it to make money but we do intend to break-even." - Mr. Elliott thanked the news media for coverage provided at the tournament. "It was far better than we have ever had before. The response was excellent," he said. ' i)e also congratulated the referees who were under the diPeetion of Stan Stokes of London.. , "Our tournament boasts the • finest referees in any similar competition in the country," said Mr. Ell.ott. 'It seems impossible to believe that they receive no 'money for the work, in fact they pay their own expenses." by the government,' Mr. Pen- nell declined to comment. Truscott's mother comment- ed that:: she was "quite pleas- ed" with the announcement of a review ` She hoped a final decision would be made Friday and a royal commis- sion set up. -"It has been sort of nerve- wracking for a long time," she said in an interview from her home in Richmond, a small town just south of Ottawa. Her husband, W02 Daniel Truscott, is stationedat;BCAF headquarters in..Ottawa. In Toronto. Isabel_ LeBour- dais, author of The Trial of Steven Truscott, called the an- nouncement "negative:' Her book has criticized •the boy's trial and put forward her be- lief he is innocent. "All I have heard is that there is going to be a review," she said. "But the nature of the review has not been de- cided: "I have been asking all along for a royal commission to investigate the case. "Whether or not a royal commission will eventuate from present and scheduled discussion is the .question." "Our nct budget 0,f .$373,- 265,000 for ° 1966-67 expendi- tures includes. more than 41 per cent under the municipal assistance count," he said. The minister said that pre- liminary work is undq Tway on a highway planning study for the Lake Huron -Georgian Bax • area. Roads Budget 'This sdli.take in the„ whole of the counties of' Huron, Bruce and"Grey, the northern portion of Perth and. Welling- ton and all but the southwest- ern corner of Duffer;n," said Mr. MaeNaiughtori. • 'From this study the road projection affecting this par- ticular area will emanate," he added. He °aid the study would have a common boundary with Much of the northern and western limits of a etudy of the )"iltchener- Waterloo area sok .ruled to start this year: Mr. MacNaughton went on: "A most significant difference between these radically -new studies and the_ two--. earlier .. needs studies by . the Depart ment of Highways is that in .the previous studies the atten tiomwas focussed on examih— ing and making an inventory of the existing facilities—both their condition and capacity— and the demands being placed upon these roads and streets; whereas in the new type Of approach, the emphasis is on finding out WHERE people are heading, " WHY ' and BY WHAT 'ROUTE. "The most satisfactory way to get such answers is' to make Origin -Destination Sur- veys and, in each Area Study as mart' as 100,000 people are interviewed. both on the road and in their homes. "In addition to. the oounts Origin- - ation Surveys, tilt*, road i[nvontories,✓ land‘—us',. speed and functional planning studies snake their contribu- tion to, the over - all exramin- License Time ,For Cyclists Goderich cyclists are now obliged to pedal in the direc- tion of the police station to pick up their 1966 licenses. Police Chief Fred Mikhail announced early this week that his detachment has start- ed issuing licenses. - Applicants need their old registration, bicycles plus the 50 cents fee. • The round -up is expected to cover more than 800 bicycles in the town. ation. "All roods which are signi- ficant for the planning, of im- provements to the . King's Highway system are consider- ed in each study, the only exceptions being roads in the larger urban centres, where we rely on the municipalities themnselfies•to collect the data required in „carrying out their (Continued on page 16) • • ATTENDS CLINIC). Mr. and Mrs. Charles Breck- ow spent last weekend with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Brocklebank, Scarborough. Mr. Breokow took. in the masseur's , clinic held at th., Holiday Inn. • Mayor Frank Walkom extends a vibslcomft president of the W. A. She iffisr Pon Co. to the Hon. t. S. MacNaughton, Ministerr-of of Canada ..Ljd.; Mr..MacNIughton, Mr. Highways here Tuesday evening. At ,the Welborn and A P. eoutliier, manager of head table are left to right: C: E. Everett, lifto Salt Eiraporator plant. SignatStar Photo t