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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-05-02, Page 3ro "JACK'S JOTTINGS .Financial critics for both Op- position Parties delivered a major attack on -"Treasurer John White's new budget this week, scorning it for wild spen- ding and a deficit that will con- tinue to stimulate inflation. ° The Liberal Critic critized the Treasurer for making no at- tempt to curtail rising costs. He said a Committee of the Legislature should be set up as • . a Provincial prices ' review .Board which could recommend price rollbacks to the 'house. Mr. Breithaupt, the 'Liberal Financial Critic said the Board could examine such things as the recent milk price increase, - • medical fee schedules, car in- surance rates, and apartment rent structures. The :Board W. FROM QUEEN'S PARK 9 s•. should immediately summon food processing companies and ask them to justify their• enor- mous profit increases. The budget did not even mention food costs. The document did estimate that Provincial . gover- nment spending would increase in the current fiscal year by an even one billion dollars to 8.3 billion and the .deficit would come to 625 million dollars. Mr. Breithaupt said that by the end of the fiscal year 'the Government will have added more 'than 2 billion dollars• to the public debts in four years. He said -• annual interest payments on the debt have already jumped by 177 per cent to 674 million dollars this year. Mr. Breithaupt went on to say PEAR EDITOR Festival '74 opening tonight St� OpposItII that Ontario's Government cannot slow the -inflationary spiral in the Provincial economy until it finds the courage °to control the inflation - of its own expenditures. Mr. Breithaupt accused the' Government of waste and misplaced, priorities and. outlined a number of measures the Official Opposition would like to see implemented, These measures included the following: Mining taxes should be made stiffer by being applied against the aompan,y's cash, tows or real operating profits minus a portion of their actual ex - proration and development ex penditures in Ontario. -�- Development should be prohibited on good farm land in Ontari9 unless it is demon- strated that no other suitable land is available. Property takes on these lands should .be' levied at agricultural„ •rates to encourage farmers rather than at development potential rates. — Ontario..should step up its corporate ' tax rate by two v GODF;RI,CH SIGNA ,STAR. THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1.974-PAO1 3 parties criticize provincial budqet points to re -occupy room 'left vacant 'by, the federal 'govern- ment's reduction of corporate income taxes from 40 to 38 per cent in the past ,two years. --- To help overcome regional disparity within -the Province, tax policies should lie selective. The former 5 per cent Provin- cial tax credit for investment in machi•ner,, a. equiphhent should be r,ndenowed for goods that will be used in regions east of Ottawa ,arid north of the French River;. ° — Retail sales taxes should' be cut two points to 5 per cent north of the nch River. Gasoline tax*should be re used 4 cents to 15 cents a gallon in the north. The.Qntario Development Corporation should change from a loan agency into an initiator of business. The ODC would carry new projects to the stage where conventional business organizations are prepared. to fund and manage. them. Throw away bottles and cans should be banned. There should he a standard retur- nable.pop..bottle in Ontario just as there already is a stan- dard „beer bottle, — A package'of measures to meet • the housing crisis would include development of the 18,000 acres currently held by the Ontario Housing Cor- poration, provision of trunk sewer and water services by OHC to Municipalities as a public utility; removal of the - sales tax on building materials used on houses and apartments and encouragement of inexpen- sive housing forms including mobile and fact.ciry built homes. Mr. Breithaupt said, Mr. White's tax on land speculation has too many loopholes to have any significant effect on the • price of housing. Indeed without a mechanism to prevent its effects from being passed 00 to the housebuyer, this tax may even aggravate the . problem. Mr, Breithaupt was par- . ticularly distressed by the loss of prime. farm land to urban sprawl He stressed that this (continued from page 2 area of the Manager for the Goderich area Canadian Tire Store. The reason, double ,pricing. The two articles recen- tly purchased were double priced. On', one article, the ' . C.T.C. price sticker showed 45c. ' The actual price stamped on the said article was 39c. On the,. other article the C.T.C" sticker was $2.29, while underneath the C.T.C. price tag was the Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price of '$1.95. I con- ° fronted °the manager regarding this situation and he more• or m- less told• me 'tough bananas'. I urge every shopper at the C.T.C. store to lift the sticker and check for double prices'.' Twist that thorntwice for double pricing. Thirdly, the crock of manure. It must .be sent to• Ontario Hydro and Big Blue for even considering to locate a power plant in Hurn County. Send , them two crocks of manure. will pay the locator one dollar per egg for his trouble. The number of eggs collected in an area will not be sufficient to harm . the local ,grouse population. ' All captive birds.., o are, of course, given the best possible care. Your co-operation last year was most appreciated.. The birds raised from° eggs we ,collected have allowed us to make, a number of significant . findings: • - ' Thank "you for your- co- operation. Yours sincerely, A.L.A. Middleton Associate Professor. Ruffled .Grouite Dear Editor: ` .. I would like'to enlist your co- operation again this year . in assisting ' us to carry out a research program on Ruffed Grouse sup.ported by . the Ministry of .Natural- Resources. If you could bring the following . information to, the attention of your'r'eaders, we would be most ,appre'ciative. As • part of a continuing research . program on• Ruffed ' Grouse at the University of Guelph, we are attempting to collect a sample of eggs from the Wild. The eggs are required to provide grouse for r%se in the research projects. Because of the great dif- ficulty in locating nests," it is necessary to have the . co- operation of as many people as possible. Anyone ' locating a nest within one hundred and twenty-five miles df' Guelph is asked to mark the location, but not to -disturb the nest. They should contact us by phoning collect to: ',Betty. Campbell ,(519) 824- 4120 Ext. 2756 during office hours. At other times, call collect to A.L.A. Middleton (519) ' 822=• 3832; Craig ,Greenwood (519) 823-1976; Don Price (519) 8.24 - We will come and pick up the eggs as soon as possible and 'w'hat !o beliei'' )pear 'Editor: Many sincere people today believe that they have an im- mortal. soul and that such is taught- in the Bible. Is this true? The Bible,. at Genesis 2:7 tells that `man BECAME a living ,:soul", Nowhere does it n "say or eve • intimate that them soul is immortal. D In the ouay version Ec- clesiastes 7:29 says: "the son not mantis immorta" '. At 1 Timothy 1:17 God is spoken of m as being immortal. In 1 Corin thians 15:.3,54 immortality is. set •forth a. something to which the Christi n must attain; and 5 s a at 1 Timothy! 6:16 the resurrec- ted Christ is spoken of as having immortality. These ,are the only places in the entire Douay Bible mentioning "im- .inor. tality" Therefore ° the question arises: Where' did this . idea of an 'immortal soul' come from? I think I have the answer.' I have before' me a "Bible History" published by Ben zinger Brothers "for the, use of the Catholic schools in the United States" and used .its Catholic schools in London; Ontario. Tr has the 'Apostolic •Benediction' of Pope Leo XIII. dangerous trend must be stop- ped. With every acre of farm. land that is consumed by 'urban sprawl, the ability to produce food is altered although the demand for food is increased. Mr. Donald, MacDonald, Budget "Critic for the New Democratic Party, in reply to Treasurer John White's budget, ,said that the Provincial Gover- nment should move into the housing market in a massive way to ease the pressures that are driving prices up. The Government should set itself the target of building from 25 to 40 per cent of housing stock through the Ontario Housing Corporation. He felt only in this way could housing be re - geared to incomes and the market cooled sufficiently to dampen the fires of inflation. Mr. MacDonald said the latest figures show OHC owns only , ,65 per cent of the province's housing stock and only rents 5.13 per cent of it. Whereas comparing-..iQntario with Britain, more than one quarter of the housing stock is. rented, from local authorities. Hey called the budget "a flagrant exercise in flim- flamming the public". Mr. MacDonald felt that • the Government's proposed land spectiation tax is full of loopholes. "The Lawyers are going to have a Roman holiday and the developers will "still be laughing all the •way to the bank".• He said the higher taxes on mining companies hardly touch these firms' real profits, that there should be a 15 per cent tax on mining production as well as a tax on reserves in the ground:"That there should be a provincial prices review board able'to decrease prices, either on isolated commodities such as fertilizer and farm machinery. Mr. MacDonald also felt that Ontario should follow the lead of Nova Scotia and force the oil companies' to, cut the extent of the price in- creases they plan _ for next month` This could be done through the Ontario Energy Board. Consumer and Commercial Relations Minister, John" Clement, said that the Ontario Government will introduce warranties on new houses, covering materials and work- manship later this year If it can work out agreements with. the federal government. The Ontario Government will increase its spending on cultural activities by one third in the current fiscal, year. Cultural spending plans were outlined in a statement by James Auld Minister ' of Colleges and Universities. Libraries, museums,'galleries and 'artistic organizations will get hefty increases in their operating grants frorn -the Province Mr.' Auld plans to in- troduce legislation soon 'that° will give municipalities greater power to desig°tte and preserve historic buildings. One million dollars will go to a new program Outreach Ontario, which aims to decentralize On tario's cultural resources. ebearsais hectic but show fantast The smell of the grease paint. The 'roar- of the crowd. That's what it -is an about. That's what 'Boni ; Zonneveld's Festival '74 has 'that,attracts a cast. It' is show biz - with a local flavor it is true - but show 'bia'never the less. The big, gymnasium at Goderich District Collegiate. In- stitute took on a new ex- citement . beginning Sunda-' when the dancers and singers who will ,be appearing in this year.'..s edition of -the Lions Club Festival '.74 arrived for their first rehearsals on an extended high.. school stage. Here is a quotation from page 8: "So God formed man out of the slime of the earth, and breathed into him an im- mortal. soul, and called.. him Adam, that is, taken from the earth." Which shall we believe? Right Rev. Richard Gilmour D.D., the author of the "Bible History"; or the Author of the Bible itself, Almighty God? To make an intelligent decision, accurate knowledge is required. - ' Hen ee-4hi s..let.ter It didn't matter that it wasn't Carnegie Hall. The, at, =sphere was about the same complete disorder and chaos which only 'a member of .,the cast could• understand and ap- preciate. • Roni Zonneveld's whistle pierced the air. ,'Q-uiet!" she ,demanded. "Liken to me." Slpwly and deliberately, Mrs. Zahneveld traced the steps in the- next -number. "Music", she called. The .strains • of ' the, pre- recorded music sang out in the chamber. "Louder", she instructed. The sound intensified. • under Mrs. Zonneveld's discer- ning eve. Some were just.. .relaxing, A few , were working on ,more costumes., . Costuming is a large and wonderful part of ,‘ any Zon- neveld show. It is n\f) different this year - although the mail stria of recent days has thrown a few hitches into the costume departrrtent's bid to have everything, ready in time for dress rehearsals this week. • "We're, nearly_ going crazy", says Muriel Reinhart who alin0st in the same breath tells one cast member the trains• on, the dee-sses now; on stage are too wi4.t and too cumhersiame. "Thev' It have to he cut in half''. she ,directs, "We're ' losing the effect of the gowns." . A shapely dancer passe& bv, her, vostume held together at hack by safety pins because the fasteners and snaps are just not• •w available, "We haven't been able to buy . them:in town", explains Mrs. Reinhart, hack on topic again. The' dancers began their movement; intent as 'though they we're plotting the .destruc- tioh of the world. Mrs. Zon- neveld stamped her foot in time tb the music, She clapped her hands loudly to accentuate the beat, beat, beat of the rhythm. r,Her 'hips swayed with those of the dancers above her on 'the stage. Those not involved in the ac- tion on-stage were, oblivious to, it. There was too much to be done. Some were painting scenery, Some were comparing Sincere""v`au` ; 'notes, Somewert practising the • Arthur Henwood ..comical , The lighting. screw climbs to the gym ceiling to .adjust the lights.t, A beam of blue light flashes across the faces of the cast•upn stage, It is out of place. For. later in the show, perhaps. But no one seems to Mind or • even notice. It is rehearsal and things are being' tested and ap- proved or discarded. Another shrill whistle. The din ceases. "Where are the ballerinas?" cries Roni Zonneveld. "I want you on stage now. Right now." Six pretty maidens in white tulle fly across the .gym floor and in moments appear„ centre stage. . ' The hub -bub resumes. "Large costume cartons line the gym- •nasium wails like so many of ' Mr. Dressup's Tickle Trunks. Somebody retrieves a sword from this one. Another pulls 'a howet;.of flowers from that one. • `• "Do you think' we'll be ready?" asks One o1 the cast. She is, referring to opening - night tonight. ' "It will be great!" Mrs: Zon- neveld assures her as the organ , music supplied by Joan Hen - wood swells for the finale. " 'a. Valerie Hutchins ..provocative C.F. Barneyn routines that woulrsooFicnme'-7-•---- 14 I ' i'" A MARKET LTD. 106 THE SQUARE 524-6551 OPEN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS". UNTIL 9:00 CENTRE SLICES WILY BACK BACON L13.1 .2 9 LB. 9 9 c GROUND EXTRA LEAN CHUCK STEAK SHOULDER BUTT Leon Pork Chops LB. 7 9c LEWIS • OilTARIO"S FINEST BREAD 3i 9 5c FREEZER SPECIALS LEAN (CUT FREE) Sides of Pork LB. 5 9c ,ti las. SAUSAGES ,e.6 9c FKESH 0 Ralph Smith 1 .authorative Francine Sors, Domenico De Gregorio' .�..colorful as