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Port Perry Star, 11 Sep 1974, p. 1

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SE Vp¥ NS CEN) 's RCA ARIE ER ARI i PAY p Rd) 1 30 (15 p y yoo, had ban Xi} Al SEFHESREEE IIE FRG FRR SOFA: [INTENSE SSS RRS SRS EFA IVIL. STR ars: Ida » 0 ' Le OPP raids farm house, * arrests 25 About 90 policemen from several area detachments converged on a Prince Albert Road farm house Saturday night and made 25 arrests. A spokesman for the Whit- _» by provincial police said that ¥ all the arrests were made for liquor offenses and involved members of the motorcycle gang "'Satan's Choice." Those arrested came from all over southern Ontario and the spokesmansaid all those arrested were brought to the Whitby detachment and then released. The spokesman estimated "4 there were between 150 and 200 people at the house at the time of th riad. The farm house is on the south side of the Prince Albert Road just west of the Oshawa road. Man injuredin car-motorcycle 'collision A Port Perry man su- stained minor injuries \ n Saturday when the motor- cycle he was riding was in -collision with a car. Bob Brown -of John Street was 1 treated and released at the Community Memorial Hos- pital following the mishap § which occurred at John and North Streets. Whitby provincial police report that Brian Therrien of Barrie was the driver of the car involved in the mishap. Police said that Therrien was_ proceeding westbound on North Street and Brown was going southbound on John Street when the colli- ig -sion occurred. Damage is reported light .in the accident which happ- ened at 4:45 p.m. Constable Gary Martin investigated the accident. Hospital Report Week Ending September 5th Admissions .............. 24 #@ Births ©... Nil Deaths ........... . .. Nil Emergencies .......... 167 Operations UN Discharges ........ .... 25 Remaining... 36 {Policeman '| ed and is in the intensive - Motorcycle parked outside farm house on Prince Albert Road GENER Wy Sas "" A 28 Pages Volume 108 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 1974 -- No. 45 15¢ per copy Garbage solution delayed After about an hour of casual discussion on what form garbage collection would be taken in Cartwright after November 1, Scugog township council postponed any decision. Coun. Don Frew wanted a system introduced whereby every household in the former township would pay a fixed fee for garbage collec- tion. ; -- Under the present arrangement, which expires November 1st. every house- hold has its garabge picked up, but the cost is distributed according to the mill rate. Mr. Frew contended that under this system the farmer was paying much more than the urban dweller for gar- bage collection. Mayor Lawrence Malcolm disagreed and said that if the system was changed the people would lose up to Regional wounded A Durham Regional policeman is in satisfac- tory condition in hospital .in Oshawa after he was shot in the arm Monday night. An 18 year old man has been charged with attempted murder in coh- nection with the shooting. The man was shot in the lung before he was arrest- care unit and is reported in stable condition. The injured policeman is Con- stable Ian Wilson. $30.000 that can now be claimed in property tax re- bate. The rebate can not be claimed if there is a uniform charge for each householder. Coun. Reg Rose sugges- ted that a system might be devised whereby urban dwellers would pay extra for services such as garbage collection while farmers would receive no such ser- vices and pay less. Council agreed to discuss the matter again at its next meeting. Scugog wants dumps back Scugog council wants the region to return the control of landfill sites to the local municipalites. Mayor Lawrence Malcolm "and Regional Councillor Reg Rose were instructed to "raise a fuss" about this matter at Durham regional 3 fA council. Coun. Don Frew said the muncipalities could operate the landfill sites cheaper than the region has been doing. Mr. Malcolm warned that it could take some time to get the region to take any action. Employees of Brian's Supertest were kept busy for a couple of hours on Saturday night after the trailer of a 17 foot boat broke lose from the truck that was pulling it. The boat ended up in the ditch of Scugog township council has decided to help the Port Perry Lawn Bowling Club keep its property dry. Council instructed the works department to exa- mine the creek that runs beside the club and to clean it oul. Council received a letter from the Lawn Bowling Club stating that the club has been flooded twice in the past year. In the letter, Arthur Cox, club secretary said the club has installed drainage tile recently, but the greens still do not drain properly. He blamed the condition of the creek for this. "wh Council to help "Lawn Bowling Club The letter also informed council that the club had applied for a New Horizons Program grant in order to do extensive repairs to the Club House and the greens. After the floods, the greens have been left covered with salt, mud, dead wood and bottles and there has been up to four inches of sand and grime on the Club House floor. the letter stated. Coun. Bob Kenny sugges- ted the works department install -a catch basin to remove some of the silt and sand that clogs up the creek. Coun. Reg Rose said the problem seemed to be with children who throw things into the creek and clog it up. Strike continues atl lamingo plant The stalemate in the Fla- mingo Pastries Limited strike continues with no sign of a settlement in the near future. . Kenneth Jackson, presi- dent of Flamingo, told the STAR that: "I have no comment, period." When pressed further, he said that he had stated his position in a paid adver- tisement in the STAR last week and any further state- ments would take that form. The striking employees of Flamingo Pastries, Team- sters Union Local 647 and the Ontario Riding New Dem- ocratic Party have placed a advertiseinent in this week's STAR replying to Mr. Jack- son's statements last week. In their statement, the strikers state that they have completed eight weeks of strike and are determined to fight to gain a satisfactory contract no matter what. In his last week's state- ment. Mr. Jackson said the company feels the offer they have made is a fair one and is worthy of more considera- tion than it has received. The statement also said the company had continued to operate during the strike and that jobs are available to any employees who returns to work at the company's proposed rates. Mr. Jackson also said in the statement that if any further clarification is needed, contact the General Manager or himself. Council seeks $25,000 LIP grant Taking to heart a sugges- tion of Norm Cafik, MP for Ontario, Scugog Council de- cided Monday night to apply for a $25,000 Local Initiatives Program grant. If the grant is received it will be used for a beautifica- tion and improvement pro- gram for the township's roads and parks. Council received a letter from Mr. Cafik urging them to apply for grants to fill the _ townships needs. Mr. Cafik promised to do all he could to see that Ontario riding applications would be approved. The township read super- intendent and the township treasurer have been instruc- ted to draw up an application for the township. Coun. Don Frew thought the LIP program was a good idea as it might get some people off of welfare. Highway 7A on the causeway. The boat had to be pulled from the ditch, and loaded on another trailer. The driver of the truck was George Kay of Toronto. Damage to the boat could run as high as $1,000. a i

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