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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-05-17, Page 12Page 2—TIve Wingham Adv , i hur da , May no 1973 11 wilt, KII1IU 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 1 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) TOWER KING SILOS The silo with hydraulically wet pressed stave and full plaster lining. TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT ORDER NOW We are alsodgeots for BUTLER MATERIALS handling equipment in your area SEE US FOR SILO UNLOADERS - BARN CLEANERS - FEED CONVEYORS - BELT CATTLE FEEDERS - Contact: ELO S. BAUMAN LTD. R.R. 4 Elmira - 669-3984 OR CLAYTON GINGRICH R.R. 4 Wingham - 357-2999 Thi s yoqr try on. batter - GO BUTLER 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) i• tax cuts which far exceed the sales tax increases for low in- come milies. • The debate is expected to wind up on Friday of this week, 11 days after the tax became applicable. The ceiling on subsidies for capital construction of water and. sewage works was recently raised from 50 per cent to 75 per Gent i0 order to:rnake such pro- jects available to smaller muni 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- ture. 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