The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-06-27, Page 1,c4
Young O'Sullivan
reviews the records
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Witter, of the Goderich Police, holds some
,eized\by officers before it could go up in srnoke.
ant said the marijuana plant was,, taken from a
dence last Saturday. One person has . been
connectionth the seizure. (staff photo)•
,754 pleased
Ince!' societ
riadian.Canrer Campaign Chairman for this area,
ado and Vice -Chairman Hitrold Chase report
f $6,754,25 from. generous Goderich and District
an increase of nearly $4,000.(iver last year.
hanks go, to the volunteer...captains and their cari-
T a job vy.el I ctifitile: The clubs, organizations
irms Were very generous in their support. •
a includes, Ashfield, -Colborne and pak hf Goderich
, as well as the Town of Goderick
iay, we hope, in the near future this disease will be
I and it is your dollars th4 are helping in the great
ys Les Pitblado.-
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Levy's
It was hinted Tuesday night
that Huron -Middlesex riding
would have representation in
the federal cabinet if a
Progressive Conservative
government under Robert Stan-
field is elected July 8 and
Robert McKinley, PC' incum-
bant for the riding, is returned
to Ottawa,
Before a jovial, near capacity
crowd at Pinerridge Chalet,
Hensall, boywonder Sean
O'Sullivan said the "time is
near" for Mr. McKinley "to be
a national figure".
Mr. O'Sullivan was speaking
at a fund raising dinner for Mr.
McKinley, organized by local
Conservatives.
The ,boy -wonder, Conser-
vative incumbant ifor
Hamilton -Wentworth, is, at 22,
the younget4 politician ever to
, sit in Parliament. He was 20
whdn he defeated a Liberal in-
cumbant in •the 1972 federal
election.
Prfor to being elected, the
Hamilton native served as
president of the Ontario Young.
Progressive Conservatives and
as executive assistant to John
Diefenbaker.
-"When Mr. Stanfield
becomes prime Minister, hg
will be looking to men' of
proven ability; men he knows
he can trust to help him take
Hints federa
for McKinIey.
charge," Mr. O'Sullivan said
confidently.
He reviewed Mr. McKirib's
record since. the Huron -
Middlesex MP, was first elected
in 1965..
Mr. McKinley served as a
Canadian representative at the
United Nations and the North
Atlantic Assembly. He Id. was
recently appointed Chief Op-
position Whip.
Mr. O'Sullivan earlier at-
tacked the Liberal govern-
ment's anti-inflation polif
-"If you earned $10,000 per
year in the start of 1973 and
didn't receive a raise, then by
January 1 of this year, you had
$1,00,0 Les's. It has gone eaten.
by inflation the Pcime Minister
- said he had licked," he said.
.
Unemployment Insurance
contributions have been,raised
recently by '40 per cent and
were raised .15 per cent in 1973,
while employers have difficuay
filling job positions, Mr.
O'Sullivansaid in criticisin the
government handling of unem-
ptoyment insurance:
He produced' figures, saying
in 1973 parliament budgeted
$800,000 for. unemployment in-
surance but it cost $2 billion.
"And it will Cost us. another
$2 billion in 1974," he main-
tained.
"We must change the direc-
titers travel
Lon on ran
ILL DIMMICK *, the NDP London and' Area
Council. ,
d of Huron County Mrs. Weary looked more ex-
cratic-Party suppor- cited than nervous as she
iy night added their vocally joined the thr-ongs who
wildcheers which . 'greeted Mr. Lewis when he
/id Lewis atan NDP strode down the aisle of the
ritennial Hall, Lon-'• halt towards the •stage prior to
he told a crowd of his speech. .
0 that speculatorS: 'Along with the other, seven
driven Out of the candidates, Mrs. Weary stood
eld and. devdlopers , with, Mayor Jane , Bigelow of
be • replaced - by 'LondonStephen Lewis, son of
governmeRts. David, Lewis and leader of the
. Ontario •NDP, and the chair -
Weary, NDP can- man of the London NDP coun-
Hufon-Middlesek,
eight -candidates on.. All the candidates 'w
e rally sponsored by'-,, trodut-eff7'When. Mr
in-
ary's
turn came .her supporters .from
Goderich, clintOn.and Hensall
waved their placards and tried
to cheer louder than .the other
groups in the. hall. They were •
heard: • , . •
The, supporters from
Goderich left,, by Kis from the -
Weary home, lOcal NDP,
.headquarters, just before 7 p.m.
The bus stopped at Clinton and
Hensall to pick up more party
faithful.
The closer the bus got, to Ion- rnent. .
don; the'more excited the NDP.„ Mr. Lewis outlined ,,t,he alter-•
passengers became. native in, housing policies.
When the bus stopped in - 'Besides removing speculators
'front,of Centennial Hall, • Pair"and developers _from the
Carroll stood at the•door and housing industry, Mr. Le'wiS
said an NDP government
would move rapidly to bring
residential .development under
the authority of municipalities
within two or three years of
.taking office.
Major municipalities already
,perform planning, engineering
and servicing, he Said. Workers
in the construction industry
vyould not lose their jobs.
Only the de4lopers and
especially speculators, whom he
described as "parasites" would
lose if NDP policies were im-
plemented, he Maintained.
Mr. Lewis' party proposes six
pereent mortgage,, , the
elirnination of the 1r percent' -
°sales tax 'on, building materials
and a two -price sYstem for the
Materials.
"It is our proposal to make
housing a social right rather
than an economic•riploff,' and I
am firmly corMnced• that vie
are offering Canadians a Major
housing policy," he said.
Earlier he said that 90 per
cent of Canadians became,
ineligible for NHA mortgages.
in 1971.
"What this , means for
thousands of young Canadian
couples is that. unless we start
doing something, they will
never own their own home," he
.said.
Mr. Lewis then listed profits
made by developers which he
termed "blatant profiteering
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tion that Canada is taking," he
said.
The new direction wouldin-
.
chide a Wrift •from the welfare
state, removal of the small
socialist fringe controlling
government, preservation of in-
dividual dignity and Canada's
heritage„protected markets for
.farmers, encouragement of free
'enterprise, a better deal for
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Suggest joint plan
for development
A spec'ial administrative
conimittee meeting was held in.
the town •hall Monday evening
at which lawyer Jack Petch,
planners Doug. Barker and
Angus .McClelland and local
sales representatk're Gord'
Smith f discussed with Court-.
cillor Dave Gower, Elsa
Haydon and Eileen Palrrier and
Mayor Harry Wdrsell the
possibility Of a "joint venture
Sorne sort- between .Hurori-
, Bruce Estates and the
municipality.
AlthotrgI4 no clear-cut ex-
planation of the possible terms
. ofUch •a, "joint venture" Was
given: if was evident th'e
delegation wanted local input
into present 'plans of Huron -
Bre Estates to construct'
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told eveYyhody to grab 'a Weary
sign. He asked them to give
Mrs. Weary a good reception
when she was 'introdueed.
during the rally. •
Mrs.,, Weary's folrowers
eagerly complied.
As the rally started in ear-
nest, several speakers told the
gathering that the large tur-
nout reflected the feelings of
Canadians that the NDP offers
an alternative form° of govern-,,
tandldate Shi
Monday with L:
fldMondayrley Weary chats With her federal party Ipader,David Lewis at an NDP rally
!ion
gdhotn. Provincial leader Stephen LeW'is and his mother wereon hand at the
Drn _ til
OntariO. (staff.phoNAtr "Ile Bigelow and the eight NOP candiVafes from south-
.
some low. ,cost fanily acCoM-
modation on Highway 21 sPuth
on the Sophie Glousher
'property.
Huron -Bruce Estates has
taken an option on the land
and planning hinges on an ex-
change, of land between the
town and the,odevelopers s
well . as .required zonin
changes.
„
'tong -range proposals
broUght forth by Huron -Bruce,
Estates suggest that one plan'
be drawn up to include both
the land' ,owned by the
de4lopers and the Property ,
presently owned by the town.
Petch told the committee it
was,. his client's understanding
that the town had co,risidered,
some type of residential
development on the
municipality's land.
Councillor Dave. Gower,
chairman of the administrative
committee, admitted town
Council had "some discussion"
,on the matter, but added that a
decision would not. be forth:, ,
corning until' there is a ruling
'on the<shopping plaza proposed
by Suncoast Estates,
"lf,the shopping plaza goes it
could be a viable situation,
"said Gower. "If it doesn't, we
will want to take a second look
at • a
Councillor Palmer told the •
delegation council had wanted
to make lots available •to
citizens that were not tied in,,,
with an individual developer or
group of developers. According
to Mrs. Palmer, this woold give
people a cOnce to buy 'their
own lot and build their own
homes or at least, hire "their
own contractors. •
Mr. Petch reminded. the com-
mittee ,Ittiat, although the On-
tario Municipal Board hearing
on the plaza question .was
scheduled for July- 15, the
decision could be delayed upto
a year if there was considerable ,
op,position the proposal -
He said his client hoped to
begin work by the next
building -season" and was
prepared to undertake develop-
ment of the Glousher land even'
though the town may be able to,
reach no decision on propOsed
joint planning venture. '
Mr Petch then asked' the
committee to clarify its recom-.
mendatton to exchange land on
a three acre for three acre basi'S
rather than on a six for three
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Huron -Middlesex Liberal candidate John Lyndon, left, ano
federal Minister of Agriculture, Eugene Whelan, strap the -M-
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e-elVeS in for a helicopter ride to Wingham after Mr. Whelan
appeared at a breakfast rally in Clinton Tuesday morning.
(staff photo)
NDP supporters from - the
Huron -Middlesex Riding attem-
pted to out -cheer • a partisan
crowd of aboikt 1500 people
when their candidate Shirley
Weary was introduced to the
David Lewis rally in LOndo'n
last Monday night.(staff-photo)
helan spoke; r
peopie 1.4tOsied
BY BILL DIIIIIMICK
now asks yOu ti, send him.
• • .
back to Ottawa," he said,
.
referring to Robert McKinley,
'
Liberal ,Ek,igene ,Whelan,
Progressive . Conservative in -
stepped out ofa -helicoptor
federal Minister, of agriculture,
cumbant for Huron -Middlesex.
-
,Mr.
Tuesday morning, bringing his Whelan questioned the
logic of NDP 'and Conservative
brand of homespun • politics. to
ies. •
the Clinton Cornmimitv Centre poli('
vativeHe compared the
s proposed wage and Conser-
D
where he spent about an hour
-.'
talking shop with area farmers.
price freeze to an icicle hanging .
. . . . .
MrWhelan was attending from the roof ofa house. As the
. a
breakfast rally organized by sun shines; the icicle glitters
and looks beautiful. But as the
local Liberals. Dignitaries on "
hand to greet him included
sun QIimbs higher,' the icicle
.
. .
Huron -Middlesex Liberal can-
begins to melt.
W
didate, John Lyndon. Lib"Anyone Who ould put aeral ,
'wage and price contr-01 would
MPP for Huron, Jack Riddell. '
look like that icicle, a drip,
and Huron d'anty Warden,
.Bill Elston.'
In a brief speech to an
ai/dience of less than 150'
people, fie said that the
Progressive Conservatives and
New Democrats had prevented
'necessary farm legislation from
being passed when, they
defeated the . Liberal goVern-
ment in May. -
The audience didn't cheer or
shout People sat and listened
to what the agric941ture
minister had to say in his quiet,
country way. •
He told them about changes.
.in the Farm Credit CSrporation
which would have to wait until
parliament resumed •-,:The
changes :would give a young
farmer better, access to capital
needed to , run a productive,
profitable operation, Mr.
Whelan said.
Price stabilization navy:110,1s,
sorely needed by Ontario wheat
farmers, .can't be paid until the
legislation is passed, he said.
A man who voted to defeat
the government before {his
legislation could be passed
o local cyclists
injured in mishap
Two Goderich area men suf.
,fered minor injuries June 20
when the motorcycle they were
riding on Fialt Mine Road hit a
bridge. Goderieh police report.
Michael Mallough, '275 Gib-
bons St., was driving the
motorcycle with Donald Wor-
thy, RR 5 Goderich, as his
passenger. The vehicle received
$200 damage.
Police SAN/ ,the accident oc-
curred at ;3:40 a,mwhen
weathet conditions were foggy,
While the two men were
lying ?in the gr nu lid a car
driven by David Cornish, 122
Brock St . ran over the motor-
cycle causing it another $100
damage. •
,The r -received $200
damage, police say.
On .June 18 a ear driven by
Donalda MacDonald, 97 Picton
St. E , received $350 damage
and a .car driven .p.,Y Janet
Bradley, 153 EtilAeth •tit ,
received $400 damage. when
the vehicles collidek at Elgin
Avenue and Victoria Street.'
On June 19, a car driven bY
Jeff Stott. Ingersoll received
$300 damage when it hit a
hydro pole on Cambria Road at
Trafalgar Street.
On June 20, a. Car driven by -
Russell Stoddart, 241 Cameron
St., received $1i5 damage when
it hit a car pai-ked on. West
Street, °wiled by Norma Burke,
332 Huron Rd.
The Burke car,,received $200
damage. police 'say.
In other .duties naive laid 24
charges tinder' the Highwod
Traffit Act, nine under the
.Liquor Control At and seven
under the Narcotics Control
Act.
Mr. _Whelan said as the
audience chuckled.
Since a Roman ern"peror dic7
tated wage and price controls
to modern times, they haven't
worked, he said.
The bureaucracy created to
administer such controls in
.Canada,, would add to govern-
ment spending. Robert Stan- "
field has said spel'iding must be
cut, Mr. Whelan said.
He dismissed the NDP twc-
price system saying tyat .
Canadians would. enjoy one
price while starving , Africans
snd Indians would have to Pay
a -higher price for Canadian
fopd.
'gXports from other (ountries
would, rise in -.price as
retalialion, he reason,e,d.,
Canada can cut hackoifqod
imports Technology available
to-,CAnadia,ns will preSierve
numerous types of vegetables
which would make domestic
Produce .'available year round,
Mri Whelan explained.
.concluded his speech by
telling farmers that Bob
MtRinley voted to .make far-
mers wait for necessary
legislation and on election day
the farmers should tell Mr.
McKinley" to wait for their
votes.
The minister went back to
the aetiVity 'which kept him oc-
cupied before the speech,
talking with farmers about
their problems.
He .briefly touched on the.
feud between himself and
United States Secretary of
.Agriculture Earl Butz who is.
demanding that Canada import
American beef despite the
Canadian,ban on cattle treated
with the controversial drug
DES, •
Before his speech, Mr.
Whelan told a farmer that
some Arnericansi are trying to
sneak their cattleacross the
border with phoney certificates
saying the animais have not
been treated with DES.
One certificate was signed by
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