The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 28

28 Friday. December 16, 1966 The Ottawa Journal Stigma of Being Industry's Outcast Young Drivers Face In its battle to forestall a possible governmental takeover the auto insurance industry finds under-? single men to be the sorest spot in its defence armor. Many parents have also shared this wince of pain when their lS-year-oId son received his driver's licence. As a rule the father's insurance premium usually doubles. For example.

in Toronto, the father insured for the minimum $35,030 public liability coverage, excluding collision, faces a premium jump from $61 to $113. If there has been an acci-drnt claim within the year, the cost now becomes JITS. A young man, accident-free for seven years, pays $250 for $35,000 public liability and a collision coverage. If he is "unreasonable" enough to want to own a car. The 1.

rm A Believer (IV The Monkees 2. Mellow Yellow (2) vDonovan 3. You Keep Me Hangm' On (3) The Supremes 4. Hazy Lazy Shade Of Winter (6) Simon and Garfunkel 5. Sugar Town (12) i Nancy Sinatra S.

Good Vibrations (4) The Beach Boys 7. Winchester Cathedral (5) New Vaudeville Band 8. Deva With The Blue Dress (7) Mitch Ryder 9. Stop, Stop. Stop (8) The Hollies 10.

She Comes To Me (11) Chicago Loop 11. Thafs Life (17) Frank Sinatra 12. I Need Somebody (15) Question Mark 1J. Georgy Girl (14) The Seekers 14. Help Me Girl (18) The Animals 15.

Talk. Talk (20) The Music Machine 18. Pushuf Too Hard (19) The Seeds 17. Lady Godiva (9) Peter an! Gordon 18. Hooray Far Hazel Tommy Roe 19.

Poor Side Ot Town (10) Johnny Rivers 20. Words Of Love (33) Mamas and Papas Kitte Replies DEAR KITTE: "How can I get a certain girl to fall in love with me? I dearly love this girl, but I know the feeling isn't mutual. I am a college freshman and I go home on weekends and could easily have three dates with her, but she will only date me one time each weekend. "I try to take her to all the places I think she'd like to go and treat her very nice, but she just won't fall in love with me. She seems to have a good time with me.

but she wants to date other boys too. "There is a football player that she is quite fond of and -dates both of us. Why girls th nk footba'i players are so great? I don't mean to sound like I'm bragging because I'm not. but I have qualities he has not. "When I ask her for a date and she says she is busy or has other plans for that parti What Ottawa Teenagers Want Clothes Santa Claus should, trade his toy shop for a clothing store, according to many Ottawa teenagers.

Clothes are first on the list of what local teens want for Christmas. "We've outgrown toys." points out Carol Smith. 18. of Laurentian High School. "You can always use clothes," explains 18-year-old Wayne.

Krzyzevski. I i most of his age group, Wayne wants "dress styles" instead" of Mod. "I go to St. Joseph's High School," he says, "and we have to wear a blue blazer, grey pants, a tie and a dress shirt every day. On the two days a month when we have our uniforms cleaned, it's hard to decide -what to wear." ALMOST ALL those who were questioned mentioned clothes.

Popujar records and musical instruments were a O'Vant second as favorites, followed by-optimistic wishes for "a trip to Europe, espec-ialty Kncland." Only one girl wanted books for Christmas. Individual preferences ranged from her own telephone to paper place mats. Sandra Carrigan, wants her own telephone or a season pass to Expo '67. Sandra, who is in Qualifying Year at the accident free rate for minimum insurance is $161. Or about $250.

if he has an accident against his record. This rating schedule continues until the single young male driver becomes 25 (the today-you-are-a-man age to insurers) and he is placed in a bwer-rated category. The reasons for the high rates charged the single male driver under 25 emerge from the maze of statistics compiled annually by the insurance industry. He bears the stigma of being the industry's outcast, the most claims frequent and claims-costly driver. The problem for the companies, faced with a tide of opinion in favor of non-profit state-owned compulsory plans is to prune the under 25 list to isolate the most dependable drivers.

WHILE A fool-proof selection system may be a mir- cular tame, what should I say? Words just dont come easy for me when I'm with her. I guess it is because I think so much of her and I know the feeling isn't mutual. I need more self-confidence. "Maybe you can tell me the best way to get her to like me more and really want to be with me more often. Thank you for any you can offer.

A fan of yours. R.N.C. Dear R.NC: Yea rant rush anyaoe lata falling la lave with yen. Let her know hew muck yea Eke her. Date when she wishes.

Date ethers when she declines your date bids se she won't downgrade you ever as an ever eager pursuer she caa see whenever it suits her caavenience. Far Kitte TunneD's free leaflet "Five Steps Te Self-Canfidence" send a self addressed, stamped envelope with year request, care ef The JauraaL for Christmas By Louise Vinokur Carleton University, thinks she'll get the Expo pass. "I want paper place mats," states Sheila Bolton'. 14, of Nepean High School. "I collect them from restaurants across Canada and the United States." Sheila is one girl who does not want clothes.

"I don't need she says, "because I sew most of own. Hockey and ski equipment are popular among the boys. Ian Fetterly of Ridgem ont wants a new pair of skis because "you have to have expensive skis to be one of the crowd." Donna Lisa Buchanan' of Metcalfe, wants a guit- ar "because all my friends play musical instruments." If Donna could have anything in the world, she would "ask for an audition with The Monkees" her favorite singing group. SEVERAL GIRLS asked for Monkee records or a date with one of the, Monkees. Geraldine Cushman.

IS. of Laurentian. wants the Monkees to come to Ottawa. She would also like to see "a boyfriend for every girl in the world." Psychological Tests By Lawrence Welsh age on an underwriter's hori-xon, most insurers are searching for ways to discover the cautious young male driver before another company gets to him first. One unique and original method is that used by the Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company, a division of the international Kemper Croup.

The company turned its own psychologists loose to develop a' psychological test to root out potentially accident-prone drivers from among its applicants. Described as being similar to the tests used by corporations to select Lumbermen's hope the test will reveal "a driver's attitude to other drivers." Dr. W. A. Eggert.

chief psychologist of the Kemper Croup. Chicago, said that the test evolved from a claims Christmas Contest Picture The Song Winners The Journal Picture-The-Song Contest ended Monday with hundreds of entries being judged. Strangely enough a fair portion of readers had the right answers so ten it was just a question of taking pot-luck for the winners. Accuracy also counted in eliminating entries before finally putting them in a basket for the draw. For example some readers came close with titles like This Boot Is Made For Walkin" and "Home Bound" but, of course, they were wrong.

We delayed the judging in order to give out-of-town contestants a fair chance to compete with Ottawa entries. Unfortunately only a few of them made the final draw. HERE ARE the correct titles the 10 pictures on the page "Mr. Spaceman." "Winchester Cathedral." "Stop, Stop. Stop," "Heartbreak Hotel," "These Boots Were Made For Walkin," "Homeward Bound." "Yellowr Submarine," "Bend It." "Poor Side Of Town." and The Great Airplane Strike." The songs which caused the most confusion were "Home- ward Bound." "Bend it" and "The Great Airplane Strike." And now, here are the winners: FIRST PRIZE: For Boys The SM Mod Outfit from the Dominion Men's Shop.

Andre Bleoo, 133 Columbus Ave Apt 2, Ottawa 7. Beatle fans 'will be delighted to know that the hoys are now back in the recording studios. The group has ueen in the major EMI studio every day for the last two weeks in order to cut a new album mil rww inol Three, of the foursome, are. back to normal. Gone is Ring' beard.

George's moustache and John's short hair. Pan, however, still retains his Kenya moustache? They have already finished their Christmas record for members of the fan clubr It One 15-year-old girl "would like to go -on a long trip somewhere" because she's "sick of Ottawa." Long-haired Raymond Crete would be happy if everyone began wearing long hair. "I like it and I'd like to see it on everyone," he says. Marcel Levigne. IS.

hopes to get drums and a guitar, because he wants to start a rock and roll group. MANY TEENAGERS requested solutions to world problems. "An end to the war in Viet Nam," suggested Champlam High School students Susan Delahunty. 18, and Betty Thompson. 17.

"Even distribution of all the money in the world." said Herman Bones, IS, of St. Patrick's High School. "Peace," answered Sandra Carrigan. Ian Fetterly wants "a lot fewer money grabbers" in the world because "some people shouldn't be making a fortune off the multitude." Olwen Hanmer. 15, of, Ridgemeont, would like "people to stop being greedy and love one another." Some were easier to satisfy.

"There's just nothing I want that I don't already have," said Joanne McAvinn, 19, of St. Patrick's College. record survey of young, male drivers in DIVIDED INTO five parts the test probes for biographical data, judgments in driving situations, a personality inventory, a sentence completion "projective" test and an appraisal of behavior and conduct from his school principal or from the last school he attended. Dr. Eggert said that the test was designed to determine such characteristics as lack of respect for authority, over aggression.

hostility and what might be called general emotional instability. "So far. our statistics, based on the records 'of 1.840 young drivers, indicate that the test is a favorable tool for uncovering the accident-prone driver," he said. He emphasized that the test which is voluntary, is primar- And By Sandy takes the form of a satirical pantomime. Meanwhile, in the New Musical Express poll- in the UK, the big shock was in the section for the world's outstanding vocal group.

The Beatles LOST to the Boyv which isn't reallv lhrt surprising if you con- sider the promotion EMI put behind the group on their recent British tour. Dan Dee. Dory, Beaky, Mick and Tka are all set to follow "Bend It" with yet another two-word title, "Save Me." Rising hits in Britain include "You Keep Me Hang-, in' On," The Supremes; "There Won't Be Many Comin' Home," Roy Orbison; Think Sometimes Of Me," Sandie Shaw; and "Under New Management," The Barron Knights. Brian Epstein and former Searcher Chris Curtis have formed a record production firm called Trade Limited. Their first issue is Billy J.

Kramer's "Sorry," a song written by Chip Taylor, the mind behind "Wild Thing." Jeff Beck has decided to leave The Yardbirds, The group's manager confirmed the move, saying' that the lead guitarist was packing it in because of persistent ill health. The big surprise likely in -r-. ily an aid to underwriters in assessing risks and is not "a be-all and end-all by itself." Although Lumbermen's is not alone in its quest to detect the unstable, young driver, it is the only company to tie a psychological tail to its underwriting kite. Most companies rely on a discounted premium system based on school directed driver education programs. Secondaly school, college and university students who.

have passed a recognized set ml program in safe driving are eligible to receive a 10 to 15 per cent discount (depending on the company involved) on their insurance premiums. THE STATISTICS told the story. Based on the records of SS.000 young male students in the U.S. the good student drivers have a record that is clearly 25 to 30 per cent better than the young men who do not qualify. The figtues show the top students to have a lower claims experience than the rest ot the group in all categories: car damage claims per year 3-W to 49S; average claims cost $183 to $191: average loss $958 to $1,109.

The theory behind the statistics is that good marks cannot be amassed behind the wheel of a car. and therefore, less driving means less exposure to the chance of accidents and loss and thus suggested a lower rate. While all these schemes are Intended to reward the under-25, careful driver what to do about the accident prone young drivers who are uninsured of cluttering the assigned risk plans, remains unsolved. And it is in this area that proponents of government-sponsored compulsory insurance programs make their, most effective points. FIRST PRIZE; For Girls The RCA Victor portable record player plus 10 new albums from the Phonodisc Record' Company.

Paula Parker, 341 Fifth Avenue. Ottawa. SECOND PRIZES. Four brand-new albums from Capitol Records. Heather Hagarty, Box 41.

Iroquois. Donald NichoL 54 Rita Street, Ottawa 5: Pat O'Connor, 30 Hawthorne Avenue. Ottawa 1: Joha Warren, 16S9 Grosmere Crescent, Ottawa 8: Sandy Bourqve, 348A Presland Road. Ottawa 7. THIRD PRIZES.

Five of the latest single releases plus a double-guest admission to The Regent Theatre in Ottawa. Peggy llwderaon. 240 Compton Avenue, Ottawa 14: Daniel Ronssy. 1402 1st St. East, Cornwall; Kit McMeaas, 14 Birch Avenue.

Ottawa Daa Gamble. 353 Tweedsmuir. Ottawa; Lkd Leslie, 931 Charieswood Avenue. Ottawa and Donna. Hogan, 29 Aberdeen Avenue.

Smiths. Falls. FOURTH PRIZES. Six double-guest admissions to the Regent Theatre in Ottawa. Russell Spencer, 1345 Bloomsbury-Crescent, Ottawa Ron Coldham.

1227 Terrebonne Drive. Ottawa St Elizabeth PtUBipaoa, 81 Place Louis hour. Aylmer East; David Nesbttt, v34. Lakeside Avenue. Ottawa Jan.

Brown, 360 Manor Avenue, Ottawa 2: and Elizabeth Jones, 7 Dallas Plate, Ottawa 5. That wraps it up for this year. But keep watching the teen page Well be having another unusual one shortly. And to the losers better luck next time. Idol Chatter Gardiner the American music business -will be Tom Jones leaving British Decca to join Tamla-Motown.

It has long been Berry Gordy's ambition to sign the UK star and right now the two parties are trying to work out all the legal details. Mark and The Mysterians are living up to their name. Apparently they didn't show up for the Ottawa gig recently and their record company has been phoning all over the country trying to locate them. The story goes that Question Mark is UL Jane Asher, the leading girl in Paul McCartney's life, declined the leading female role in a new Elvis Presley flicker. RPM, Canada's leading musical magazine, will be taking on a new format in January.

The trade paper which should be a must on every Canadian record buyer's list is going to a newspaper format in the New Year with more pages and more news of interest to teenagers. In the new singles, there hasn't been too, much to get excited about Here's a quick run-down of the likely chart contenders: "I Passed This Way Before." The new one by Jimmy Rufrin who made it big in the UK with "What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted." Given the air-play it should score. "I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night." The Electric Prunes give an excellent rock performance and deserve every plug they get. It must land in Hitsville. "Losing-You." New- from The Temptations who score in our region once in a while.

It's a classy Motown sound well worth your hearing aids. "Berimbau." A weird outing from Dion and The Bel-monts but not original enough to put the old hit group back into the charts. "Buzzz." An instrumental from Jimmy-Gordon that has all the earmarks of a hit. It's an unimaginative piece but well recorded and it could grow on you wjth aid from the mikey mouses. "Misty Morning Eyes." This is a beautiful ballad w.th Jimmy Darren competently handling the vocal end to a big arrangement.

"You Baby." It's not The Turtles' song but another and this time around done by Lea Barry who hasn't had a smash in a while. This won't break the spelL The Expo" Song." Lucian Heta comes up with an instrumental version done in march tempo on one side and rhumba tempo on the other. Neither side strikes me as a Fair bet. THE GUILD This New York group will bring its distinctive musical style to Ottawa later this month when they appear with Rich Little at the Glebe Collegiate Auditorium on Dec. 27 and 28 and then move into Le Hibou.

lountry eft a with CHRISTMAS SPECIALS: The annual race is on for the past-few weeks we've been flooded with records both geared to the Christmas season and otherwise whose artists are trying Cet big a piece as possib of the annual pre Christmas buying spree. This is the cream of the latest crop to pass through our record player. SINGLES: The first but by no means the best Christmas cutting to arrive was Lantta Lyaa's likeable, but not hit-material, record. Best side of the 45 is an uptempo tune titled "To Heck With Ole Santa Claus." Flip side is a slower and less -likeable "It Won't Seem Like Our vote for best ol the -bunch goes to Hank Snaw for his great combination of a breezy Christmas tune (The Christmas Canmnball) and a sacred song (God Is My Santa Claus). This combination of songs, with Hank's great sound is bound to make this a hit And speaking of good combinations.

Eddy Amid has come up with a great one in his newest re'ease, which we can only describe as a ha'f-speclal. One side. "The Angel and The Strangef." is a semi-sacred song tuned to the Christmas buying market. The other and by far the best of the two-is The First Word." a tune in which Eddy says the first word you should teach a child is love. It's a year -round tune that' should sell well.

THE FOLK SCENE: S-Set. Barry Sadler probably won't find a big buying market for "I Won't Be Home This Christmas" in "Canada, although the ballad of a so'dier writing home to his family from Viet Nam might sel! we I across the. border-The singing. non com should, however, pick up a few sales on this side of tha border with the flip. "A Woman is a Weeping Willow Tree." a fine folk tune that strikes our fancy.

Deep-voiced Lane Greene better known to millions of TV viewers as Bonanza's Pa Cart-wright has' came up with a possible big seller in "Must Be Santa." an old tune well done with able hacking by a children's chorus. Flip is a narrative highlighting the serious side of Christmas and telling the story of Jesus life in the language of the day. Either or both could make this disc a seasonal hit. The Harden Trk takes a double barrelled shot at the hit charts with the combination of a folk ballad and a country tune on one. record.

The Rager MUler-penned ballad "Husbands and Wives" is given good treatment by the trio. The country cutting "Seven Days of Crying." is undoubtedly meant to be the prime side but could weft be overshadowed by "Husbands and Wives." Youth Group Holds Car Rally Sunday The Ottawa Unitarian Church Youth Group is holding a car rally on Sunday at I2J0 p.m. The rally will be 103 miles in length, starting from the Billings Bridge Plaza. Admission fee is $1 per person. The 'profit from the event will be turned over to the church's building fund.

Capers Cuttings JohnMcLeodl YOU CHOICE: Among tSe many other disc that have come in the annual pre -Christmas ru-J. these are the most notaMo: (We suggest you listen to them on rado or at your record lion and decide for yourse'f). Franfcie Yaafcavic aad His Yaaks with "Let's Go Skiing" and "Teach Me To Yode CI i ii ie King's "Stranger In The "Walking Shadow, TaTkatg Memory'' by Carl Behrw; ill nj Darnel's "She's Mighty Gone." which has already started climbing on the hit charts: Dsetia West with "What's Come Over My Baby" and "How Many Lifetimes Will It Carl PfcURaV Spartoa release "I Read You Loud and Oar" and lliha.it P. JH Baddy "The Country Picker" with "Walking Oa The Clouds of Heaven" and "Humming A Memory." FAN CLUBS A fan club for The Maakses has now been formed the Ottawa area. Membership fees are 54 cents, and )uu caa join by sending the money to Monkees Fan Cub.

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