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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-08-04, Page 1, I . •• ' ,••• • • .• '•• . • • • 4:**';'1*•-••tr-et.-0. , . . ez Gre,enpeace came to Goderich Monday. The grotip,arrived herein a 30 -foot trimarran in the afternoon from AlPina, Michigan, to alert the attention of area residents and visitors to the similarities bets.veen,the Alpina situation and the situation in Goderich. A spokesman for the Greenpeace crew told a Signal -Star reporter the government of USA is investigating the possibility of storing waste from the, American nuclear energy program in the Alpina area. Alpina sits on ,a salt deposit, according ta the spokesman, The Signal -Star has carried several items in recent months concerning the search by scientists for suitable rock formation in Canada in which to store nuclear waste.The rock in which salt is found is considered to be one of the most stable rock, formations in the world, Stability is essential for storing nuclear waste since the substance remains potentially dangerous for thousands of years. "We are here to make contact with CANTDU and to alert people to the Alpina situation," said the Greenpeace spokesman. He stated that Goderich is as close to Alpina, Michigan as to the Bruce Nuclear Power Development. • "The people from the two countries must begin to realize their relationship in this matter and begin to work together," the spokesman went on. He said the residents of Alpine, Michigan, were organizing to prevent the storage of nuclear wastes in their community. "Nobody wants it on their doorstep," said the spokesman. DARLINGTON OBJECTIVE The Greenpeace Foundation was established .to stop the proliferation of nuclear materials believed to threaten the environment and the lives of humanity. This sumrner, Project No -Nuc of Greenpeace Toronto took to the water in the Greenpeace XI to sail the Great Lakes, drawing attention to the dangers of nuclear power. The main objective of Greenpeace Toronto is to stop construction of Ontario 1-1ydro's planned nuclear plant at Darlington just outside of Bowmanville. A demonstration is planned for later this summer at Darlington and according to Greenpeace "one loud, clear statement on the future of nuclear power" will be made at that time by Greenpeace supporters. A petition is also to be circulated requesting . the Porter Com% ission /0 recommend the im- mediate cessation of nuclear power development and prOduction in Ontario. The petition also asks that the Porter Commission recommend the immediate recognition of the need and wisdom of infinitely renewable non-polluting energy sources such as solar and wind power. "We must stop thinking in terms of dollars and cents only," the Greenpeace spokesman in Goderich said Monday. Plutonium found in nuclearwaste is said by the oclerich st signs of construction on the much. bout Highway 21 widening project were recently when this house went under the r's hammer. The house, located on tAe est corner of the Bayfield -Britannia 4t, Road intersection, was bought by the town and is being removed to make room for the expanded corner that will be built when the Bayfield Road becomes four lanes.(staff photo) 1 Greenpeace to be "more lethal than chemical cancer inducting agents such as PCBs, kieldrin, Malathion of DDT. A pound of reactor grade plutonium they say, dispersed as an aerosol in a populated area, has the capability of inducing death and disease due to cancer in several million people. Another concern is in the toxicidity of plutonium and its potential for making bombs. Only 25 pounds of plutonium (valued on the black market at $100,000 a pound, says Greenpeace) are necessary to build a bomb equal in force to the bomb dropped on Nagasaki at the end of World War II, Greenpeace literature explains. The toxicity of plutonium makes it an ideal substance' for terrorist groups, Greenpeace Turn to page 3 • Index Penny Carnival Page 1A Stone house ' Page 3A Police report Page 3. Church news Pages 8A, 9A Farm Page 11A NAL..ST 130 YEAR -31 THURSDAY, AUGUST 4,1977 SINGLE COPY 25c ieutenant- Governor here Sunday commencing at 3:00 p.m., a 'al historical plaque commemorating Mercer Jones, one of Goderich's most early residents, will be unveiled by the able Pauline M. McGibbon, Lieutenant - or of Ontario at Harlan!. Park in Goderich. eremony is one of a series of activities ken in 1977 to celebrate Goderich's entennial. ys activities in which the Lieutenant - r will be an active participant include an e Hon Pauline M. McGibbon ecumenical church service in St. George's Anglican Church at 11:00 a.m., followed by a lawn reception and presentation at 12:00 p.m. the unveiling of a plaque in Court House Square commemorating the Queen's Silver Jubilee and Goderich's Sesquicentennial at 2:00 p.m.; and the provincial plaque ceremony at Harbor Park at 3:00, p.m., followed by a reception and presentation in the Park. The provincial historical plaque is being erected by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, an agency within the Ministry" of Culture and Recreation. The unveiling ceremony is being sponsored by the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, Huron Branch, in association with Goderich's Jubilee 3 Committee. Among those invited to participate in the plaque ceremony are His Honour Judge F. G. Carter, who will be chairman of the proceedings; Robert E. McKinley, M.P. (Huron); Jack R iddell, M.P.P. (Huron -Middlesex); Nick Hill, who will deliver the historical address; and Professor Kenneth Dawson, who will represent the Ontario Heritage Foundation. The plaque will be unveiled by Her Honciur Pauline McGibbon, Lieutenant -Governor of Ontario and dedicated by the Reverend GI Lockhart Royal of Knox Presbyterian Church. At Harbor Park the proceedings will be enlivened by the Goderich-Laketown Band and the Colour Guard of the Royal Canadian Legion, 109th Branch. Following the unveiling there will be a presentation and reception in the park sponsored by the Maple Leaf Chapter of the I.O.D.E. Born in England in 1795, Thomas Mercer Jones became an apprentice with the mercantile firm of Ellice, Kinnear and Company in 1815. Under the _guidance of one of the firm's -princfPals, Edward Ellice, Jones advanced to a responsible position in the business and acquired a reputation for being "steady to a proverb". Ellice was also deputy governor of the Canada Company, the huge Upper Canadian land company, and when the directors decided to replace the Superintendent, John Galt, withtwo commissioners in 1829, he convinced the directors to appoint Jones as one of the co - commissioners. The other commissioner selected was William Allan, a prominent Upper Canadian businessman. Jones arrived in York (Toronto) in 1829 and within a short time had joined the social and economic elite which had developed in the community. In 1832 he married Elizabeth Mary Strachan, daughter of the powerful John Strachan, and in the year following was declaimed by William Lyon MacKenzie as a member of the "Family Compact". His career as ,commissioner, primarily responsible for administering the settlement of the Huron Tract, was fraught with controversy. Fihres in Goderich depends greatly on a com- Goderich 040$tffoittieVelOPWiett... eactryatingIhe-POlyeste O. of textral' • A. public Company that was founded 10 -years• former mayor Dr. Frank Milis and .several citizens for the purpose of assistlng Ln Shares are $20.00 each. The company was capitalized402',$0.000144:: „.: approximately 4500shares ($90,000.oO) remain to. be sold yet. -.- Mradvertisement • 3$•:4,•• 3 low PD cost inquiry is denied and by Ontario Liberal Leader Stuart r a public inquiry into construction costs Heavy Water Plants B and D has been Y Minister James Taylor last week the inquiry saying it is premature. S call for the inquiry came on the heels news media attention given to claims anagement at Lummus Company of Ltd. major contractor at the ineavy of construction sites. rt Elgin Beacon -Times broke the story S ago about claims by Omen MacDonald nagemet He recently quit his job in us cost control department in protest, as has declined to cotnrent on arty of onald's claima so tar. ' Hydro, which eniploys Lummus to heavy water plants, did issue a saying that the contractor has until r 1 to shape up. Cent statement said Liunmus must its productiVity by that time: Qt else 4 IA' • V Ad, "Hydro may cancel all or any part of the scope of the work �f the company". At a Toronto press conference held last week Hydro chairman Robert Taylor and two other officials answered questions raised by Liberal Leader Smith in his demand for a public inquiry. Mr. Taylor said Hydro has confidence that Lum mus. will meet the November 1 deadline_ Hydro first became concerned with Lummus' performance and productivity as early as 1975 and subsequently put auditors at the site and demanded reviews every six to eight weeks, he said. In May, 1976; Hydro began a formal reView of Lummus operations completed during the summer.Lummus and Hydro then worked together to institute changes. Then last Apri), Hydro delivered its ultimatum. Mr. Taylor said he thought there was "an element of truth" to many ofthe accusations made by Mr, MacDonald; 4. was iearned during the press 7coriferenct,,_ that productivity at the two new heavy water plants is about 20 per cent below that when Lummus built the first plant at the site. "I think they (Lummus) were too optimistic in their productivity estimates, in what they thought they could do, and they underestimated what it would cost," Pat Campbell, Hydro engineering and operations vice-president, said. Some reason g given for lower productivity were safety precautions taken because HWP A is operating, changes in labor agreements and a lack of qualified tradeten, managers and supervisors. , It was also learned during the press con- ference that Lummus hired five or six management personnel at Hydro's insistence. The Hydro officials did not deny that cost estimates of the two new heavy water plants have increased 8300 to 8400 million more than originally planned. It is currently estimated that the plants, schedy'd to begin full operationin 1980 and • • • • _Tun to page 3!, to unveil plague penditures for improvements in the area. page 3 this early settlement period nearly all local ex- penditures were controlled by Company officials Turn During the first years of his administration the Company directors were impressed by his ad- ministrative ability indicated by regular ac- counts and increased land sales and were only occasionally disturbed by some of the ex - The winners of the Goderich Roll-a-Thon held at the Goderich Memorial Arena recently were given their cash prizes for raising the most money in the event. Recreation director Mike Dymond gave out eight cash awards Tuesday to the skaters who raised the mat cash in the 12 hour skate designed to raise money for the arena roof. The winners were (from left) Mike Hodges, who received 859 for raising 5139, Sharon Bur- .bne, the_ top money eather who got 5100 for raising 5185, Sherry Bradley, $25 for raising $105, Blair Stokes, $5 for raising $411 and Robbie Gibbons who won the under nine category and received 510 for raising $28. Not available for photo were Kent Tigert who raised 5100 and got 815, Meloday Griese who raised $57 and got 818 and Heather Campion who raised $54 and got $5. Theyoungsters were among 48 that started the roll-a-thon, 19 of whom finished raising about 81,000 for the rof.(staff photo) •,! ' 'AI. ••••• .1?