Word: oshawa
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...when he diversified his family's investments shortly after World War II. Next to him, with 155,-852 shares that stem from his family's sale of one of Canada's biggest auto manufacturing firms to G.M. in 1918, is R. (for Robert) Samuel McLaughlin of Oshawa, Ont. Though he is 93, McLaughlin still puts in several hours a day as chairman of G.M. of Canada Ltd., likes to show off his fitness by urging companions to "feel my muscle" and to punch him squarely in the stomach...
...success story in Canada this year is the tale of the 120-mile rim of rolling land that hugs the western shore of Lake Ontario from Oshawa to Niagara Falls. One out of every seven Canadians now lives there. They produce-in 6,700 factories ranging from Ford's assembly line at Oakville (Canada's largest factory, with a capacity of 140,000 cars a year) to tailoring shops in Toronto-more than $6.7 billion worth of goods a year, 29% of the nation's manufacturing output. They mail one of every four letters in Canada...
...planning has gone into the horseshoe's erratic growth. While Toronto is a pretty, leafy city, most of the others are depressingly ugly, and Chairman Frederick Gardiner of the Toronto Metropolitan Council warns that by 1975 the area will be a "wilderness," consisting of "one solid city from Oshawa to Niagara Falls." Whether wilderness or wonderland, the horseshoe seems sure of even more development. Last year Oshawa (pop. 58,000) made its first efforts at locating a new factory or two, got six. Says its Industrial Development Commissioner:"All we have to do is let companies know we exist...