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wants:to a a' hockey: player. a goalie in
fact, but:; the' ,Ontario Minor Hockey.'
Associakignhas refused the young lady
the right to play., in a previously male
dominated Mame. '
Gail's mother, Dorothy Cummings
filed a- complaint with the Ontario
Human Rights Commission after the
OMHA returned her 'daughter's
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stitution prohibits girls from playing on
--exclusively- boys' teams: A Board of
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A previous.Board of Inquiry ruledthat -
the Ontario Rural Softball Association
contravened the Human Rights Code
and ordered it to allow mixed teams up
to the age of 11. That decision is under
appea 1.
At the board of Ingtiiry hearing into
the Cumming's case, Gail's coach,
week. •
ebb, said that the
young atom
gpaitender had enough ability to
for the team. '
Tft1ie'•board"rules in favor of young
Gail playing hockey' on boy's teams then
the OMU-1'A 'would be forced to rewrite
their ,mule books for other young ladies
w.ho take to the ice.
From, noW on players would not be
able te'slap a team-mate on the behind
with a'tt- open hand id a- congratulatory
gesture after a winning game or a game
winning goal and say, "Nice game
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Under no circumstances would a
player .be able to call time to readjust a
falseeyelash that was jarred from
position by a crushing check from an
over -weight defenceperson.
The plenalty for holding would be
stiffened to five minutes instead of two to
avoid any unusual delays and pileups .in'
the corners.
Under the new rules goaltenders
would be permitted to wear matching
chest protectors ,and- garter belts but
officials have agreed to hold the line at
fish net stockings.
All team trainers, would have to in-
clude, as part of the equipment inventory
for players, curlers, a rltist stick., Lady
Schick hair dryer and a facial massage
k it.
League officials and referees will of
be obligated to uphold the protest.o
goaltender to disallow a goal becuase
bangs.
A referee would be within the rules to
call a delay of game penalty, if a player
holds up the game for more than one
minute while the trainer searches for a
hockey stick that matches the colours of
the player's socks.
,.OMHA league officials would not be
required to act upon requests for a
repainting of,tl}e playeltq}
els or, provoz .. Alts i i�il
bipan.stt. -. ide a-c��;k
Referees would ',it'll**i ;kn elf
firm stand and not revere.** dee i
even if a player fhtkters her eyeih4
and starts crying, causing lei: massa
to run., s
Players would be subject to su:spen.
sion if they refused to play on a hot
sticky -night,in; early May -because a
recent coiffure would go -limp,
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players be allowed to kiss one another
after a power -play goal the road trip
lodging schedule would have to be
revamped.
And finally the league would have to
restrain over- zealous male reporters
who insist on post -game interviews in
the dressing room, with the same player
after every game.
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t a Seaforth couple who have
in their car in Clinton since
(lowing eviction from their
artment.
ple, Larry and Jacqueline
e evicted from their Seaforth
in early July and have not
our children who were put in
es by the Children's Aid'
e Cowells have been unable to
to live and have yet to rescue
'e from their apartment.
it eviction ,the Cowells have
ins chiropractor is cam -
o have high-school football
s an interscholastic sport in
d replaced with soccer in
rn Ontario high schools this
ony Martin of Timmins said
sent his resolution to ban high
tball 'at the Chiropractors
annual meeting in Sep -
Martin hopes. that the
will press the Ministry of
to ban the sport in all Ontario
s,
aid that the school system has
HERE
been living in their car in the driveway
of friends, Bud and Sharon Cook of
Clinton. The Cooks have six children of
their own and therefore could not
provide any accommodation to the
homeless Cowell family.
Larry and his wife Jacqueline, moved
into a second floor apartment of a house
in September last year in Seaforth with
their children; twins, Carol and Shirley,
9; Andrea, 7 and Christine 5. Owner of
the house, Murray'Dalton, later evicted
the family after they refused to pay the
rent.
IN HURON
Mrs. Cowell said the couple refused to
pay Dalton the rent because the apar-
tment was badly in need of repairs. Mrs.
Cowell claimed there was no hot water,
the toilet didn't work and the drains
were plugged and could not be cleared.
She also claimed that poor insulation
in the home resulted in frost formations
on the inside walls during the winter
months and the family was forced to live
in one room using electric heaters in-
stead of the natural gas system to save
money.
Dalton claimed that subsequent to a
signed agreement with the tenant the
Cowells were responsible for the upkeep
of the apartment. He added that Since
the family refused to pay rent since
January they owed him $540 in hack rent
and an additional $200 for damages
caused by cats left by the Cowells when
they moved.
Dalton said he gave the family several
extensions on their rent before giving
them an ultimatum of paying in six
weeks or leaving. The Cowells were
" served with a formal eviction notice May
24 •and when the rent was not paid by
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July he went to the apartment with a
police officer and had the family evicted.
Mrs. Cowell said there was no real
lease with Dalton but that their
agreement called for no large parties on'
the premises and any redecorating to the
apartment was the Cowells' respon-
sibility.
When the Cowells were evicted from
their apartment they simply left with
the clothes they were wearing, a lamp
and a television set. The rest of their
property was seized for the rent money.
The Cowells now plan to take Dalton to
PROVINCIAL POINTS
a responsibility to see that the students
do not get injured. He said most high
school football injuries are not detec-
table.
"Spinal problems, ligament and
muscle injuries can't be seen by the X-
rays and then symptoms come'up years
later and are attributed to football and
I've traced them in some or my
patients," he said. "Bones are not
completely formed by the time a person
reaches high school and the damage can
become permanent by altering the bone
structure.
Dr. Martin said that out of four high
school football teams in Timmins in-
volving approximately 120 players he
treated 30 to 40 injuries a season, two-
thirds of which involved the spine and
one third of the injuries were considered
serious.
He claimed that high school athletes
are prone to injury Because they never
get into shape because of the short
season. He added that soccer was a far
superior sport requiring conditioning
that was also better for the heart and
respiratory system and promoted safety
since it was a non -contact sport.
Timmins area schools have also
considered dropping football from the
sports program because of the costs and
waning student support at the games.
Some of the schools in that area had
already dropped their junior teams from
the league but had kept their senior
teams in competition.
A spokesman from the Education
Ministry said there would be no com-
ment from that ministry since it has
nothing to do with inter -scholastic ac-
tivities which are the responsibility ,of
individual school boards. There are 17
regional scholastic sports associations in
the province co-ordinated by the Ontario
Federation of School Athletic
Associations (OFSAA). -
The Timmins schools are the only ones
dropping out of the football scene so far_
and an executive of OFSAA said that
costs of travel and outfitting the teams
were probably the main reasons that
prompted them to do it. A survey in
major regions of Southern Ontario in-
dicated that football would still, be a
strong part of interscholastic affairs.
One teacher in Toronto said that the
sport was still a high prestige sport and
has the highest number of participants
in high school sports. They claim there
are more injuries on the basketball court
court to retrieve the remainder of their
furniture.
Dalton had returned some of. the
children's clothing and claimed, after
burning some of their belongings, that
there was little left of any value. Mrs.
Cowell claims there was a complete set
of furniture left, including bunk beds,
tables, chairs, couch, pots and pans,
cutlery and a refrigerator.
The Cowells have been unable to find
accommodation they can afford and
until they can find suitable ac-
commodation, they will not see their
children.
than on the football field taking into
consideration the number of com-
petitors.
Management people , in professional
football have expressed concern over the
action to disband high school football
which is where a player with
professional aspirations receives his
first real coaching. They are afraid that
if football is less common among high
schools then the Canadian game would
be filled with imports.
Toronto Argonauts coach, Leo Cahill,
said that high school football is most
important to the development of the
Canadian Football League.
g weeks of controversy over a
report the highest court of the
hurch of Canada decided that
on human life should be
stun was,handed down after a
eeting on the right to life at a
ynod.meeting of the Anglican
Canada in Calgary. The court.
the report on human life
rewritten with a clear em -
the Christian concern for the
life.
ctors and clergymen par -
n the debate that centred on
nent
day
cosh
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e entertainment world's best
ares, Elvis Presley and
Marx, died during the past
their contrasting professions
eir fans in contrasting styles.
ds of fans, fighting shoving,
nd crying stood vigil outside
ley mansion in Memphis,
as they waited to view the
legendaryrockstar.
Guardsmen had to be called
°cal police control the crying
ng fans who were staggering
t and humidity outside the
ai his 18 room . mansion. An
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CANADA IN SEVEN
the major question, what is human life, a
question that still remains unsolved. Dr.
Donald Cameron, vice-president of the
Canadian Association for the Mentally
retarded was opposed to the original
task force report and was invited by the
Synod to speak to delegates. .
Dr. Lawrence Whytehead and Canon
Paul Chidwick, co-editors of the report
severely criticized news media for their
treatment of the report. Whytehead said
the report caused little concern among
Synod members until it appeared in the
media and attracted public attention.
Dr. Cameron criticised the report
claiming their definition of a human
being was quite useless. He also added
that the errors made in the assessment
of a newborn baby were notorious and
that the bulk of professionals underrate
the potential for growth and develop-
ment of the handicapped including the
severely handicapped and retarded:
Dr. Cameron also -attacked the
language of the Anglican' task force
report claiming it referred to babies as
'it' and 'creature' and that comparisons
were made with sick animals. He said
that such a view was not acceptable to
the Association.
One delegate to the Synod said the
report was fundamentally mistaken in
its definition of human life and that basic
mistake was that the report relied on a
definition that was un -Christian.
The report said that humans must he
capable of relating to himself, with his
neighbour and with God, basic criteria
established by theologians and scien-
tists. Andrews argued that since life is
seen as God-given then we have no right
to interfere with life rather than viewing
it as having no right to interfere with
death.
The most controversial point in the
WORLDWEEK
estimated 10,000 mourners, many from
distant points in North America, waited
patiently for the two hour viewing
period.
Presley died last Tuesday at age 42 of
heart failure in his Memphis home. His
death created a massive outpouring of
grief from his thousands of fans who
lived true to their devotion to the actor -
singer,
Presley whose hard beat and gyrating
hips led to a unique and revolutionary
style ' in contemporary music has been
credited as being the entrepreneur of
rock and roll. As a young man in the late
50's his unique style paved the way for
the future dominance of rock and roll.
Presley had been taking a number of
appetite depressants but authorities
claimed it did not contribute to his heart
failure. The autopsy did not uncover any
sign of drug abuse although former
bodyguards alleged that Presley had
been using drugs.
Presley hadtheen a frequent patient in
hospital over the past few years and he
had rarely been seen in public recently
as his weight ballooned to 250 pounds.
However he was scheduled to begin an 11
day tour in Portland, Maine last week.
The death of Elvis sparked
widespread grief among his many fans,
and of ''the thousands who made their
way to Memphis, many wept openly and
others sobbed uncontrollably in the heat.
All across the continent record stores
were crowded_ with fans who bought
every record and album available and
record companies were pressed into full-
time production of Presley records.
Following his death every radio station
from Peru to the outposts of the
Canadian North were playing Elvis
favourites.
Thousands of calfs burned the lines to
report was the suggestion that the fives'
of severely defective and retarded in-
fants he terminated. The report in-
dicated that infants with severe
neurological defects may not be human
and that it is a fundamental error to
treat it as human. It was also suggested
that a statement calling for life and
death decisions to be influenced by not
only the quality of life for an individual
but also by the contribution that in-
dividual would be able to make to the life
of those associated with him be con-
demned outright.
the White House asking why Carter had
not declared a national day of mourning
in response to the death. Carter released
a. statement saying that Presley's death
deprived the, country of a part of itself.
His music and his- personality fused the
styles of white country and black rhythm
and blues, permanently changed the
face of American popular culture.
Groucho Marx, the famed master of
wit who could deliver a tirade of insults
in succession, died in a California
Hospital after a lengthy illness at the age
of 86.
Groucho was the key link in the
brother act thatproduced several zany
To clear up misconceptions about their
earlier report, the task force issued a
paper in which it said the children
referred to in the report are those who do
not have the capacity to gain even a little
bit of spiritual or intellectual life.
Canon Chidwick said the report was
misunderstood because of its brevity
and also because it was not written in the
language of the layman. However
church officials were quick to add that
the task force report was not an
authoritative statement on the church
position.
movies that were chaotic and free
spirited. Groucho worked with his
brothers Gummo, Harpo, Chico and
Zeppo and mastered the art of insult that
was the basic ingredient of his humor.
The Marxes' first Broadway hit was
I'll Say She Is in 1924. The brothers
followed up with several movies'such as
Animal Crackers, Day at the Races,
Duck Soup and the Marx Brothers at the
Circus.
Groucho soon grew tired of movies and
felt much more at ease with the radio
and television series, You Bet Your Life
a quiz show that began in 1847 and
continued for a decade.
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