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Woman hurt, eight OK as truck flips A Harvey Township woman is .in serious condition in Sunnybrook Hospital following a truck accident Saturday afternoon about 1:00 P.M. on Regional Road 21 just east of Coppins Corners. Nine members of one family were in the truck when it rolled over in the ditch and Mrs. Margaret Marois suffered severe spinal injuries in the accident. : A Durham Police spokes- man said the accident occurred when the 1973 half ton driven by 18 year old John H. Marois apparently hit the shoulder of the road. Police say that in trying to bring the truck back onto the road, the driver lost control and the truck flipped in the ditch. Police say the driver was travelling at the speed limit at the time. Several of the passengers (Turn to page 2) Comco sale saves jobs After several months of negotiations, the assets of Comco. Metal and Plastics have been sold, assuring the future of most of the 150 jobs at the company plant in Port Perry. : Effective July 30, Comco will be sold to a company controlled by A.G. Simpson Ltd., a substantial maker of auto parts which has plants in Scarborough and Oshawa. Mr. J. A. Richardson, a representative of the Clark- son Company, which acted as receivers for:Comco, told the Star Monday morning that the purchase will mean the 115 hourly employees at Comco and some of the 35 salaried employees will retain their jobs. And he said the purchase will mean that Comco's un- secured creditors will likely get a better settlement than first anticipated when the company went into receiver- ship on March 31 of this year. Although the name of the company may change after July 30, Mr. Richardson said the production of auto parts for Ford and General Motors will continue. He said that 'since March 31, production at the plant on the Oshawa Road just south of Port Perry has been maintained and he had words of praise for the efforts of the Region's money position goes up Durham Region's cash on hand for the month of May stood at $17.6 million, an increase of about $5 million over the previous May. Areport to be tabled at the Regional council meeting July 7 from the Region's finance department says the main reason for the increase is the receipt of net deben- ture proceeds. The report indicates that the $17 million was invested in short term certification ranging from one day to 64 days at interest rates in the 16 per cent range. employg¢es during this period z Richardson said there (Turn to page 7) *3 Don Osmond is a fireworks superviso A Harvey Township woman suffered severe spinal injuries, but eight other members of the family escaped with less serious injuries when the truck they were riding in flipped over on Durham Road 21 near Coppins Corners. [See story] if handled improperly. [See story on Page 8] Vol.116 No. 31 A Eo rd as SSE > ey SEA Tuesday, July 6, 1982 ALD VLA | a ta ALENT wig \ . 32 Pages r and he has the certificate to prove it. Don was hired to light the fireworks display July 1 in Port Perry and he spent several hours digging holes in Birdseye Park for the mortars of all sizes. Don has a very healthy respect for firecrackers, saying the larger ones could injure or kill Hospital faces deficit as costs keep going up Higher costs for every- thing from fuel oil to drugs to lab supplies have left Community Memorial Hospital in a deficit position, the Hospital annual meeting was told by out-going Board chairman Jim Marlow. In his report to the meeting held in Port Perry, June 28, Mr. Marlow said the hospital has appealed what he termed the "under-funding" to the provincial Health Ministry. The meeting was told that for the fiscal year ending March 31, the deficit for , Community Memorial was about $80,000 (on a total budget of $2.4 million). If the hospital is not successful in its appeal to the government for more funds, "the Board of trustees will have to re-assess the services presently being offered with a view to certain cut-backs," warned Mr. Marlow in his report. The meeting was told that operating deficits are a problem for hospitals right across Ontario, and of the six in Durham Region, four are in a deficit position totalling well over $1 million. The report notes that while the number of admissions declined slightly last year (from 1721 to 1599) the number of total patient days increased from 12753 to 14075. The number of births remained just about con- stant at 168; the number of operations rose slightly to 547, and there was a signifi- cant increase in the number of physiotherapy visits from 4303 to 5091. Despite the concerns expressed at the meeting for the deficit the highlight was the official announcement that a new addition to the hospital would get underway early next spring at an (Turnto page 10) Durham MP raps budget Durham-Northumberland M.P. Allan Lawrence says that finance minister Allan MacEachen should resign over his budget brought down in .the House of Commons June 28. In a statement released after the budget Mr. Lawrence says "the credibil- ity of the Government is at such a low ebb with three bad budgets - three strikes - Mr. MacEachen should be out." He goes on to say the every (Turn to page 3)