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Clinton News-Record, 1970-05-28, Page 6CORN GROWERS ORDER YOUR CORN OIL. NOW! (TO BE USED WITH ATRAZINE FOR BETTER KILL CONTROL) PAUL KERRIGAN, OIL LTD. 379 VICTORIA STREET 482.9653 6 Clinton News-Record, Thursday, May20, 1970 Corn growers: WE HAVE SHELL KOPNOIL add Kornoil to Atrazine sprays for better weed control in corn. COME IN OR CALL WILLIAMS FUELS. LTD. 482-6633 CLINTON Distributor for all SHELL Oil Products Shell Chemicals NOTICE DUE TO RECENT VANDALISM t CLINTON COMMUNITY PARK & SWIMMING POOL NiP ANYONE FOUND ON THE PREMISES IN THE EVENING AFTER THE POOL HAS CLOSED, WILL BE CHARGED WITH TRESPASSING DON KAY, Chairman, LLOYD WESTLAKE, Chief of Potice 111111111•111. GIRLS PRINTED Save 42C - Feather and Foam Mixture TANK TOPS PILLOWS ACRYLIC BLEND — Sizes 4.6x ASSORTED COLOURS Regular 20 x 26" size with assorted pink and blue boarders Reg. 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FINAL THREE DAYS D A MO MANS Accidents cost industries billion a year These Brownies who received their Brownie Enrollment Card and proficiency badges, include, (left to right) Jane Christensen, Kathy Keller, Louann Nicholson, Cathy Anstett, Sharon Desl3risay, Kirsten Harrett, Peggy Jones, Laurie Wise, Carolyn Wood, Colleen Hill, Kay Hill, Janet Eastman, Jeanette Dutot, Michelle Denomme, Margo Menzies, Linda Garrow, Susan Chambers, Terry Garrow (behind) Cathy Phillips, and Jackie Gordener. — photo by Jack Hunt Clean car can help evade spot safety checks May 20 saw the mothers and daughters banquet for the Girl Guides and Brownies in Clinton. Here Guides who received their second class badge are (front row I. to r.) Mrs. Frieda Slade, Guider, Michele Flowers, Debbie Johnston, Brenda Ball, Pat Anstett, (back row), Mrs. Joy Fink, guider, Lynn Flowers, Kim Fink, Bev Slade, Carol Toop and Leaha Kuehl. — photo by Jack Hunt McKeough announces Continued from Page 2 are to ,provide municipalities wilt n e ce ssary resources and to maintain property taxes at a level where the regressive aspect of this tax does not place an undue burden on property owners. If municipal expenditures continue to increase significantly "it must be recognized that increases in provincial transfer payments cannot be expected to produce substantial relief from the present level of property taxation to the residential taxpayers. "However, by designing specific transfer payments for application to the benefit of a particular class of taxpayer, a much greater measure of relief could be achieved than might otherwise be the case." Present examples of this are the Municipal Unconditional Grants Act and the Residential Property Tax Reduction Act. Mr. McKeough said that "a prime objective of our policy in regard to municipalities is to put autonomy back into the hands of local elected officials. Unconditional grants are a main feature of that policy." He said unconditional grants can also be used to encourage development, such as in strong regional units of local government where essential municipal services can be A billion dollars a year is a lot of money to spend on accidents. But that's what it's costing industrial firms in Canada in direct and indirect costs. G. F. Plummer, chairman of Dunlop Canada Limited told a recent convention of the Canadian Manufacturers Association. "The total annual invoice for compensation and medical aid in Canada is about $250 million," he said. "But that is only part of the real cost." He pointed out that some workers stop work and do not work for the rest of the day; other workers are involved in getting help for the patient or getting him to the hospital or doctor; others investigate the cause of the injury and spend time reporting it to the Workmen's Compensation Board; others are involved in interviewing and hiring a replacement; and some in replacing or repairing damaged goods or machinery. Accidents cost between one and five cents per man hour worked, Mr. Plummer estimated. He suggested the establishment of a Target Cost which should be handled in the same way as any other budget item. A practical way to save money on accidents was suggested by Taylor Kennedy, president of the Canada Cement Company. He said that by spending money on accident prevention, firms can save money. He pointed out that a safety program also gives management a chance to communicate with all their employees on other important topics. To support management in their reduction of accident costs, The Industrial Accident Prevention Association will hold a year-round drive. Starting with a kick-off in January with a conserted effort to cut accidents, the campaign will aim at reducing accidents all year. Volunteers from industry will help to present the safety message to their co-workers. Meetings, rallies, quiz programs, training courses, films and other publicity media will be presenting this message year-round to workers and their families. Clean car consciousness can prevent police spot check inconvenience and an assortment of minor traffic tickets. A recent study carried out by the Public Service Division of British Leyland Motors Canada Limited has uncovered some interesting aspects of police psychology which may help the car drivers in their relations with the law. And it may surprise drivers to learn that making sure a car is frequently showered and shined can help ward - off unnecessary police pursual, even help stop loss of valuable traffic points. It is true. A senior Metro Toronto police officer put it this way: "Trained officers are automatically and immediately suspicious of a very dirty car — particularly when conditions are dry and most cars are clean. "Long experience has shown us that in many cases the driver behind the wheel of a grimy car may be up to no good — or has recently been up to no good." investigating• this attitude with dim window visability, I with)'4 crags SebtitifefrofItaffit will" be guard. Viratehth! this car like a hawk. If I notice the slightest driving confusion or uncertainty, over it comes and I will make a thorough check-out of the driver." The moral, of course, is to keep your car nice and clean — especially if you're going to rob a bank. watch cars and drivers eight hours a day officially and for many more hours during the week unofficially. "If I see an old car — a car of an age that might make me wonder about its roadworthiness, I make up my mind whether or not to pull the driver over for questioning on the car's cleanliness alone. "If the car is gleaming, chrome polished and windows bright' — I let it go. This driver obviously cares about his car and I will bet it is in first class condition. And chances are this driver's record is just as unclouded as his car. "I would even bet that this particular car overall will be in as good or better condition than a dirty, late model vehicle. I wouldn't want my Sergeant to know this, but with a well-cared-for car like this I will at times overlook a petty infraction. "On the other hand, if I see an. expensive, late model car in mild or salt-splattered condition police reveals that there is actually a separate psychology for soiled-car-citizens — dirty vehicle syndrome — a group of signs and symptoms that occur together and characterize a particular abnormality. One traffic patrolman with 17 years experience said: "I Wedding Pictures JERVIS STUDIO Phone 482-7006 undertaken at a more rapid rate than •can be achieved by small municipalities. Mr. McKeough said that one of the difficulties of changing over from conditional grants to unconditional grants is the severe impact that this may have on an individual municipality. Such a change could work well for regional governments, because of the averaging effect that takes place between the municipalities forming the regional structure, but it would be difficult to follow this particular course of action in the smaller municipalities. On the third major area of reform—municipal capital financing— Mr. McKeough said steps must be taken to enable municipal councils to secure the capital funds necessary to permit them to provide essential local facilities. He said that the $10 million in capital financing being made available through the Ontario Municipal Improvement Corporation "should meet substantially all the 1970 capital requirements of the municipalities under 10,000 population." Mr. McKeough said that legislation is being reviewed on sinking fund debentures and new types of debentures, including short-term refundables, debentures with provision for extending their mattifities, acid debentures payable in currencies other than Canadian and U. S. dollars and sterling. The fourth main area of reform—the administration of municipal finance—involves making administrative procedures as simple as possible "in order that we can devote our energies to the solution of problems rather than the operation of outdated financial regulations." "I am sure that both elected and appointed officials of municipalities become frustrated from time to time in wading through all the financial provisions that affect municipalities. It is regrettable, but appears to be essential that we surround ourselves with a mass of legislation." Mr. McKeough said that the Government is concerned with simplifying and streamlining this "myriad of cumbersome regulations." He said that financial provisions that affect municipalities ere being grouped into fewer pieces of legislation. "It is my hope that this process will continue...in order to provide a uniform code of financial r rovisions applicable to all rnuni,-ipalities."