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TWICE A STAR is Gail McPherson a grade 11 student at F.
E. Madill Secondary School, who on one attempt heaved the
shot put 27',10". to break the senior girls' record and then
laterbroke her own record with a 28'6" throw.
(Staff Photo)
OVERALL: WINNERS. of last Monday's track and field
meet at F. E. Madill Secondary School are Ken Farrish,,
senior boys; Gemma De Bruyn, junior girls; Joanne Van
Beers, midget girls; and Murray Keith in the midget
WHITECHURCH
Miss Annie Kennedy was ad-
mitted on Friday to Wingham
and District Hospital and George
Fisher admitted on Saturday..
Sam Emerson of Ripley, J.
MacMurohy of Lucknow and Vic-
tor Emerson were in Listowel' on
Friday and visited at the Emer-
son home.
division. Absent are. the senior ' girls' champion, Janet
Bishop and Bob Moffat, the junior boys" winner.
(Staff Photo)
BY MURRAY GAUNT,' MPP FOR HURON -BRUCE
Report
Last week the minister ot?:
labor, the Honourable Fern Guin
don, announced certain amend.
ments to the Workmen's Com-
pensation Act providing for ad.-
rom Queen's Park
justments in the current level of
benefits, the ,proposed increases
to be effective July 1st. The two
main provisions of the Act which
will be altered are as follows:"
1. The existing ceiling on earn-
ings will be increased from. $9,000
.to $10,000;
2. The minimum compensation
for permanent total disability
will, be raised from $175 to $20
per month.
t1ed, widows
rdren will receive the
1.major benefits ' from the in -
°ricreases, , as well as , those work-
men who are temporarily de-,
prived of their usual income from
employment- The Workmen's
Compensation Board assesses
over 40,000 claims each year.
• The Provincial Health Insur-
ance Plan cost Ontario taxpayers
$39.12 million last August and
$42.08 million in September ac-
cording to figures released !ay
Health Minister Richard Potter.
The estimated cost of OHIP
during the present fiscal year is
$572.5 million, as compared to
$540:85 million last year. The in-
crease reflects population growth
and increased participation in the
plan.
Premier William Davis has an-
nounced a major . reduction in
freight rates for Northern On-
: tario. The reduction on selected
rates will average about 18 per
cent into and out of the area serv-
ed by the Ontario Northland
Transportation Commission.
Debate still raged over the
sales tax irierease. The Opposi-
tion has claimed the sales tax is
regressive, hitting the poor the
hardest and at the same time is
inflationary, causing priees to go
up. Mr. White, Ontario's Trea-
surer, has said that, the combina-
tion of property tax reductions
and sales tax credits add up to
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RUSS JONES ENDED up with a first; aithoughr in this try at
the pore vaulting he failed to clear the bar at the F. E. Ma-
dill field day. (Staff Photo)
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ALICE VERSTEEG, competing in the midget girls' long
jump strains but fails to make ten feet at the F. E. Madill
field day. (Staff Photo)
G ' ADE NINE STUDENT, Allan Johnston, leads in the discus throwing after hurling this
on. almost 100 feet In the midget competition at the field day for F. E. Madill Students.'
(Staff Photo)
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The debate is expected to wind
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after the tax became applicable.
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sewage works was recently
raised from 50 per cent to 75 per
Gent i0 order to:rnake such pro-
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cipalitiest, _ a • :%:' T , J
According to Enyironmetm
Minister James Auld this change
involves, based on present needs
alone, 50 sewage works and 29
water works programs. Over the
next five years . the government
expects to spend over $95 million
on subsidies—$27 million, more
than would have been spent
under the 50 per cent grant struc-
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