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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-02-03, Page 5a„; A ey vcr sing • edito it'1►s tome lgsounds' fair, Shaw you 'put' to tit' . t, on'the w►eeke idsto'm.'” ;`:gits yet the lnt.1 begin tearin . m►"p. clo easy":: t wear 1 cannot:take anotheir snowatory,! ". P ipl"ace of u: sulcid�e notehowever4 would tike to , leave= Elle followtitii~ dedicate it•to Western' Ontario nlewsmen Every time dere s a: snow storm they. neeli'oniy fill in the! b114.0,' ranks and send it out to be' set In type r The accuracy of the her winter Storni lashed • across" u ng more than inches..of snow. f{ out the, • area. e rutin tasting as high as. miles per-' a oUr whipped the white powder into tirifa as deep as feet. Tem - titres went down to.,.,:� degrees C. usability was 'down to"„_.. yards. at. heal and at the worst was nil. Highways. ......:, and ,.,,,..,, were closed': to traffic as the Ministry of Transportation and Communications Roped, ' its equipment and crews off •.the. solus orf = involving` ., ,,,,. vehiicles Flet' ,' •The OPP estimateat leas ...*.i.:. moreaccldents went tlnreporte ., as stranded;motorists sirup, y.eaxeliange�l insurance information and tried to • ush,:; p4 In one of those accidents ..,,,, people.'. went to of suffering•, frool, ...., ,..i'•:0•+. and .,.,,�:.....,,. At last report their condition was •listed as ...,.:,...._,... • ' Total property damage from those accidents is expected to ,surpass the S....,,, mark. Locally , Police ' Chief ,..,,.,.., ,. described the storm as " " He said officers of his force investigated .,;.,,. mishaps in which total damage is . estimated at- e � ak o � lue P5efitente ., vehicles sir Weather :began io `cleat, r rid conditions •` were a.m.-p.m. reports , of..,anotber..stt n itp�p>Coa,C from the west irer4 be>ing"rcarrie radio stations later in the;day.. qs Police and Ministry Or'. ficials were appealing `:to motorist stay off the road.. r= INFORMATION, BACKGROUND AND OPINION all s p srte then vera ate rg for ill ices mu edge, s th • el pe the ►`Yin yea was pers ent nally ippor Lxim OUT. pia re elm ;t, th whit iocre is n the ti f . as g ca ;. •wh e -b oing ;lore some gove succ diffi the airme nizir trust to .a *this Com ed oil r r. ;, pia:„ tem s..e ni Mee' a»' 1'ntIVg` fonts;, shCi Gtys ett Townshlp4Counc t:has voted a cent Wage increasefor Its grader rs • after, the ; -operators ` had ened to resign over the coulcirs offer of six percent. The decision t the drivers'- demands was made.., ecial meeting called last week. 19 percent increase, subject to the al of the Anti Inflation Board, iso ctive to t January,° 1 rand,. will in the o eratore wages of the ip's two -graders by 65 cents per e MB has set a six percent, wage se guideline for 1977.., cil's earlier' offer, of six -:percent would; have raised the hourly wage by 30 cents..: Under the 14 percent increase, 'grader operators will receive $5.50 per hour up from $4.85. Hullett Council also voted an °8.5 percent increase •for its road superin- tendent, increasing his hourly wage by 45 cents; from $5.30 to $5.75. Meanwhile in Clinton Frank , Van Altena, a local barber, became- the town's newest councillor last week after council received a letter .of resignation from Wayne Holtzhauer. In his letter to council Mr. Holtzhauer, who is moving,back to Burlington for a new job; said his election to town council `will always be held as a most" memorable experience." Council accepted Mr. Holtzhaucrr's resignation with regret and then set about electing a new councillor. In a four to three recorded vote, Councillors E"i°nie Brown and Roy Wheeler, Deputy Reeve Frank Cook and acting Mayor Royce Macaulay voted'; in favor of Mr. Van Altena's election, white the three remaining councillors Rosemary Armstrong, Ron McKay and; Ray Garon placed their votes for Jim Hunter, a former councillor who; un- successfully ran for reeve in the December, election. Mr. Van Altena finished seventh in the last election race for six councillors. The pew councillor , who sat in the audience during the course of his election, was installed .by Clerk Cam Proctor and took his seat at the council table for the remainder of the meeting. Mr. Van Altena's election now leaves the mayor's chair as the only council vacancy. ° Reeve Royce Macaulay •has, been appointed. as acting mayor until an election scheduled for March 7, to replace mayor elect Don Kay who died suddenly before taking office. Also at Clinton officers of the Goderich Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a rash of stolen cars taken and then recoveredin the Vanastra area between last Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday morning All of the cars stolen had keys left in the ignition and OPP Constable Bill Wilson warns all car owners to take their car keys from the ignition when the vehicle is not in use and to lock all car doors. One victim, Deborah Kent of 29 Regina St.. in Vanastra, had her car stolen twice -) during the evening after car thieves found another set of keys in the car's unlocked glove compartment, the ' second time around. Othen ,.victims were Carl Gordon Richardson of RR 1, Brucefield, Allan Richard Mallot, St. Charles Square, Vanastra and Evert Stryker, RR 5, Clinton. -All the stolen .vehicles were recovered in the vicinity from which they had been removed. Anyone who has any information regarding the thefts of any of the five vehicles is asked to contact the Goderich OPP. ording to 'a , report recently ed by Dr. ,'William F. Theobalds an •of the' department of tion at the University of Waterloo, n add recreatibirto.:those areas in Ontario women still • suffer . sex ination. Theobald's' ` report " discusses �ination under two main_ ries; -recreation „facilities and ms are not ass readily<aviailable: to • as to men, and ppertlevel>Iobs in tion are doniinsated by males r the facilities an�dpi ograms, Dr., d s-;:report~;cites°. a um!lter af' : lities. For tilt§ :n Ce,, a study ' tion `faacllities ' r. girls were alloted 130 hours for physical recreation "while boys were alloted 254 hours. Girls had• 98 hours for arts and crafts against the boys', 69. hours• Ringett (played almost solely by girls; associations :ha..... experienced 'tremendous . difficulty" securing ice time, the report notes. There is reluc- tanceto reduce the existing male hockey programs to make room for -the ringette 'programs "This argument is spurious,", the' report emphasizes. "Public recreation is superted by taxpayers and it is there pr. ;the goodof all, male and female ,.alike. ;.If facilities have bedtime dominated by males over the years it is discriminatory to . refuse to change now." Dr. Theobald found most recreation administrators agree community recreation resources ought to be available equally to both sexes, but they admit this is not happening. This, he concludes, is because the administrators await public demand for service, rather than take the initiative and offer it. "It ; is obvious thatdiscrimination against women does exist," the report states.. "In many cases :this discrimination is long-standing, with cumulative effects." In other words, because women haven't been able to'get a fair deal in the past they've tended to give up. Other ` things that inhibit women's participation include the image of the ever -sweet smelling female promoted through advertising produces women who don't like to get sweaty or gettheir hair mussed, those who enjoy •com- petitiveor aggressive sports are looked down upon as unfeminine, women have traditionally been confined to the home and tend to pass up the public types of recreational activities and women get channelled into activities that prepare them for homemaking and motherhood. As for the second major area of discrimination .... jobs in recreation the report cites' 1975 figures showing there were only three females in the province in recreation work earning more than $20,000 a year while there were 31 males at or above that figure. Eighty- five per cent of the full time administrators in recreation are males, The majority of women in recreation are holding low status, low paying jobs. The study also reports younger recreation , administrators are less responsive to the problems of women than is the middle -age group. Another finding shows that women university graduates employed in recreation jobs earn less than their male counterparts. "While most of the people we in- terviewed claimed there is no wage discrimination against females in public recreation in Ontario, the evidence is that there is," says Dr. Theobald. He cites individual responses from recreation administrators: One suggested the influx of women into the job market should be discouraged because "these women are taking jobs away from men"; more than one third of the recreation leaders contendwomen are "by nature" too emotional to hold certain jobs. Once even contended women ought not go to university because the experience "just gives them ambitions and desires they can't fulfill when they marry". th Y and Wel e last dWei t emrployme ken ,byr his coming sum repreesent ;resources ;which are o� needed by the health field. e The main objectives of the HASEPS is it to provide students with a .positive . e. summer work experience in the health er ".fieri and'to assist voluntarrhealth and tett' rogra ' health-related organizations with the yment ancf� Act Vtties Program P) '77 approximately 510 gathering of, a new.knowledge that is will be hiiretlk a4t a :ctlst t.„;mates to''substan ove This encswoin 000. ,. the-': health _ of• Canadians.,, t - include ..improvements in lifestyles, 'HASEPg� (Health Actilvities environment, human biology, and health er Employment.�. ;jl''rogrisrti ; for 'organizations . tsy ' of• the Health, Programs . The $748,000 program will create will prtivide fiends. to assist :approximately 300 jobs, for, ,post-- ty health;: olid ;health-related .secondary students" Pr, PO to 15 weeks zstions in hiring students of ".cthe work for each student; The .• program will rofessiofs nd' otherstudents• he;:id 'till tired ' b •.•"the ' Health Programs Branch through the Canadian ;Public Health Association. Voluntary health and health-related "organizations should submit ap- plications to the Canadian Public Health Association in Ottawa before March 15, 1977. After applications are approved, voluntary organizations will be required to contact Canada. Manpower Centers to obtain candidates for projects. Students should apply through the Canada • Manpower Centers. . • A.program: involving the .non-medical use of drugs has also been designed to involve students in the development and testing• of more relevant'„community • :''re • onses . to. • rbhienis associated with the use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs to encourage research into specific problems surroundingethe use of these substances. . The fund will provide employment for approximately 210 students at a total cost of $600,000. All projects" must be sponsored by an academic institution dr social "services agency, or by a recognized ,. community • group. Applications and awards are normally filed through the sponsor, although students- who wish to do research may applydirectly, indicating their sponsor or sponsors., Theprogram is to be administered through the regional offices of the Non - Medical Use of Drugs Directorate located in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver. Applications .should be made to these offices `by March 15 of 1977. In addition the Office of Manpower and Immigration will operate programs known as Young Canada Works and Summer Job Corps Program. Manpower Minister Bud Cullen notes, "We are trying very hard to respond to the needs of students: This year's program will be much larger than last year and it will provide worthwhile jobs for many more young people.” The $65 million program is expected to result in almost_ a quarter million jobs for young Canadians. By mid-February more than 300, Canada Manpower Centers for Students will be in operation' throughout the country to solicit summer job orders from employers and accept registrations byyoung people. The overall SSEAP plan last summer, on a budget , of approximately $24 million, placed about 200,000 young people in temporary jobs in the private sector and created 12,160 jobs in the, public sector. This year, approximately the same number are expected to be placed in the private sector and around 37,000 students will find jobs in federal government projects. edith im arket ternatlonal deb : ''. ; exbitiltritkli "e 'Omni W, one pesons were- reported dead, 360 h Juured and 439 arrested by t e lt n sa oke ,clea re1 f morn the worst li e e .;t sSra. T.w ia.afte,.rl.n r�ba,�• .,~ •Mc&r , ,..,�..' riX#$- ..Yn�iyjLR yl!�: t.a anati", gdF�l o t `.ttkK�l qt �t,dlA t jwye, � a 1 �. �. R z o ' le s .b u u 'erc,1 ldoo •ofCair. f• e tYnagalso s E ad t ,.revt#itilo,w g t } Creaae : agirage ':jrgypliani s �nCbm80: e. to er' of a 4i a i or hr using,'" °e�dtic tion, .loth ing en_ utiit es leavingvin g �xr I r iteirig he " and o t odd tint pollee opened fire •ii � �;'erothf i ,r'teacAbA ar roVis` trsrte ,and S M 1 ell.. e ad , d f .d l b� strdtor5 wvnGu , e a favored ':; Sad .has thee* resin richer Arab y 1 aid ai' his:. �rtr'hlans •3ri't}+a�lt��sy��� `m��firia�'r� �. § and i r ;°count a the,; Sittia r heir . h� i � i suffic r? t t ve l 1r s ,1 of Y. s..as3Si D� •AlAv 2VFckv;+, closed more than a week before the 'regular mid-term holidays were scheduled to start. Demonstrators in the eastal city of Alexandria ,burned a ;beach hou!ofta belonging to.Egyptian Vice Presidenl,Mobarak.' `•' • b i�1 �.LL 1 w� t 4 ' at's :resilience"in the Oita lde"gall -tits list )let of Cairo a,SoViet'huilt ttinlOitia 1 awn ,up Cait 'r airportwas offtcialty' and the price increases were ordered originally to help cover at least part of that. • Rolling back the price increases may but the move will- have stopped the riots ' creditors. le to quiet Egypt's s do LittgYP So the question remains of whether or not Sadat -can make the necessary • house in 'eco n om i4 reforms ° to Put is order. The government must introduce austerity measures and its problem is bow,. to • do, that without stirring more popular un rest. • The International Monetary Fund and' several western governments havc been' reconimending that Egypt make the tiwlrr ,incrrast's and also float currency as a way of reducing debt and qualifying for further loans which Sadat and his finance minister -could surely! use. i. E tint* Quite some timeago thegyp „ It+called a hat tt government adopted "open door" policyrto card ,foreign 'f»- vestr►ient in ltsE ,.ietofYohiy i i' y� 0 7 one .� � seemed like a gtlad ,� if � n influx'of foreign currern t ti>t lnddtltt looking for ,cheap lanbtir arld ue shou ,have :been attracted E t. For=sone?l nsbih�;4pet' a< Arr" tefnden {► toward ,"ynaitio ail t►t!0fl