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Federal planners favored Acton area for airport A confidential report released Monday revealed that the Acton area was favored as the site of the new Toronto- International Airport by federal planners The Acton site was rejected partly because of its nearness to Guelph and other urban areas and Its proximity to a major flight path but mainly because of the provincial government decision that the airport should not go west of Toronto The Acton site was favored over all others because of case of access and the ability of existing rail and highway routes to serve the airport In its first years of operation second Second beat site In the opinion of planners was the Orangevllle area where land costs and social disruption would be less but over all user costs much higher because of the relative remote ness of the site Third place went to a site near Port Perry while the fourth site studied in the Sutton area was rejected on both social and technical grounds If the strength of these preferences as well as their order Li considered Site C Acton is strongly preferred over all the remaining sites the report read while Site A Sutton is strongly rejected with Site judged to be sub stantially better than Port Perry The decision to base the airport In Pickering was made because Park rejected site to the wot of Toronto Aim of the Region plan Is to divert growth to the east An officii of the federal Ministry of Transport said Pickering was not considered in the early stages of planning because of the Initial plan to Airport puzzle solved allow for expansion of the airport to six runways four parallel runways In the predominant wind direction and two right angles to them The federal spokesman was also reported to have said that the eventual decision of a regional airport concept under which the overall area la to be served by many as four airports permitted a staling down of the airport dimensions and that in turn allowed planners to fit in the airport in Pickering near The site Is considered good because It satisfied provincial planners But it was also disclosed that no studies have been made for tin need and tost of ground transportation facilities for the airport network now being built W million The report predicted that by the yefir the TorontoCentred legion will have a population of eight million as many as GO million passengers could travel la from the legion by study leading up to the report was in three 1 detailed forecasts of aviation requirements for the region and the new airport 3 a large number of potential airport sites wen sieved throuLh progressively and J the surviving four were subjected to intense scrutiny so that their costs an 1 benefits could be compared with one another in detail the final saw the Alton site picked as the least NinetySeventh Year No ACTON ONTARIO APRIL Twenty Pngos F ffoo Conlfi 85 apply to knitting plant It looks promising for Panda Knitting company of Port Credit to open a satellite plant in according to company repre sentative Irving Replying to an advertisement for seamstresses in last week Free Press women applied the Industrial centre lost Saturday Mr explains the company la now applying far Ontario government aid to locate He thinks the Acton operation would probably begin with about women and grow from there The plant at Port Credit would not close The development commission has been taking part In discussion with Mr Nadlcr and Muyor was with him when the local women applied Panda makes children dresses FIFTY YEAR JEWEL was presented to Walker Lodge member Bill Middleton by the District Deputy Grand Master on Monday evening Left to right are lodge secretary V Herb Ritchie Mr Middleton G Rt Wor James Spark and Worship Master of the lodge Wor Bro Ray Thompson A banquet in Knox attended by preceded the meeting The half century lodge member is a former Citizen of the Year Photo by Gibbons John Roof denies his salary 54442 Ask medical centre relief at Increase With Councillor Bill Coats opposed Acton Council passed a resolution last night Tuesday saying they do not object to the application to the committee of adjustment by Store Ltd for relief to enable part of the at the corner of Queen St and Meadvale Rd to be used as a medical centre and pharmacy The application made by present store owners asks permission to enlarge and extend to have the whole area receive a blanket zoning even though he opposed council motion A committee of adjustment hearing on the application is scheduled for the council chambers Tuesday April IB at Fears manipulation by south region The rural northern areas of present facilities and for minor should Join forces to variances protect themselves from At a February meeting of manipulation from the urban Acton planning board Craig suggested Reeve Anne Hutchinson pharmacist Bill at last week and Ian Johnson revealed meeting of plans for a full second Door Council medical centre above the plaza The reeve stated she had In the where the Red and White store and would continue in the once was located future to battle at County Acton Planning board voted to Council against any moves to recommend to council that the restrict or Nassagaweya area be from to future in a regional government but Councillor Coats opposed that setup Why should we be In a motion claiming the future of hurry to bring about Acton downtown area was at regional government We should stake and questioning why the wait until we ve found out the town should designate a cost first commercial holding zone down Mrs fears of a town if they were going to limited role for continue approving commercial were echoed by Councillor Jim uses on the outskirts of town Watson who said the township Last night Tuesday Coats should make sure It Is not taken said he is slightly more satisfied in by the smooth talk of the with the procedure application Burlington nucleus of county to committee of adjustment than council Watson said the municipality was more oriented north cast or west but was definitely not attracted to the south He said It was unfortunate the township had not backed the report which advocated moving in a different direction than south Township Clerk Campbell Thompson tried to alleviate councillors fears by explaining that TECO the Technical Co ordinating Committee for the county was working on a regional government plan whereby re presentation would not necessarily be by population Thompson also said that through his work with TECO committees he was of the opinion that the south out to belabor the north Wellington M John Root has called statements by liberal financial critic James that bis salary this year will be a gross distortion of facts Mr Root told reporters his annual salary has averaged around comprised of 18 000 sessional Indemnity and Acton budget three years as vicechairman of committee hold what Key the Ontario Water Resources hope will be their final meeting Commission tonight Wednesday before the Mr Breit charged that budge I presented to a full Mr council meeting probably Monday April IT Committee chairman Frank said last night Tuesday I fear there It be a mil rate Increase but Im sot prepared to ay how much until we have our final meeting town budget went before a full council meeting on April 12 last year Premier William Davis whose is per year Mr Hoot said the hours he worked with the in 1071 totalled working days and payments to him on a pcrdlem basis totalled Public accounts show his expenses last year came to 100 However Mr also said the is being phased out of existence on a result of the Government reorganization he will be out of a Job as chairman of the commission losing the salary Council concurs Acton Council went on record lost night Tuesday as approving of the selection of Free Press publisher Dave Dills as Acton s Citizen of the Year for 1972 Board says rate down councillor disagrees The County Board of Education says the Township of education mill rate is down 27 mills but Nassagaweya councillor Calvin doesn agree At last week council meeting Mclntyre told members that the board had not taken account of an approximately error it had in The mistake was passed on to 1971 for an education rwiuiMtion of he said The councillor pointed out that on the iurfdte the 1972 request for gave the appearance of the lower null rate re not basing their figures on the error mill rate is up four mills The councillor remarked that a great hue and cry would come from Burlington if such a mistake was passed RECORD low temperatures for on to that municipality April have been set this past Council intends to ask the Nassagaweya representative on the week Board of Education Tom Watson to Investigate matter expensive solution by wide The cost differential between it and the second best site amounted to 1 billion In 1970d over a year period Total cost of building and opera tint airport near Acton set billion will billion for the site and billion In tie eastern location Detailed cost studies showed costs of the Acton Milton site woul 1 be susbnntlnlly than for either or 1 because of higher hind valuei but the difference wis more than by luwer costs to the public travelling to and from The planning team proposed that the Acton site be the area only International airport with Mutton continuing as a domestic the I site was Just one of IN Hint rolled In at the last provincial treasurer Darcy McKcough was reported to have told Photo copies of the confidential report were released yesterday by I s airport I Over Plane POP committee and a spokesman for the organization declared the Pickering site violated all the basic criteria for a good site Considering council close association with the man selected feel we as a council should go on record as approving of the selection and offering our congratulations to the publisher of the Free Press Dave Dills Mayor Duby said I think we all share a feeling of pride when we see our local paper recognized Councillor Norm Elliott added We re fortunate to have as fine an individual as Mr Dills in the community Quiet week for police There were no reportable accidents in town the past week in fact none since March Police report a couple of liquor seizures and disturbances but nothing serious Citizen of the Year PRESS PUBLISHER David Dills was selected as Acton Citizen of the Year by a special committee of the Chamber of Commerce Monday night A record 13 names were submitted for the honor Mr Dills will be feted the annual CUizcn of the Year banquet and dance at the music centre Saturday April Tickets are available from Chamber of Commerce members by H Coles Asks probe into new Acton well Erin township council received a letter from Mrs R Acton concerned by the proposal that the town of Acton obtain some of Its water supply from Erin township Mrs wants to know what would be done If the township residents wells were affected During the discussion it was mentioned that M John Root stated that is wells were affected the company must supply them with water from the drilled well Clerk Elmer McKlnnon commented that the well was already there It had been drilled years ago and was abandoned on complaints that lower water levels would drain nearby creeks Councillor Harold Griffin added bed heard the water contained an excess of lime and Acton would have to tone it down by mixing half and half with their existing supply Mr Griffin suggested a Joint of Erin and townships and a representative of the Water Resources Commission to delve into the matter further BOUQUET OF FLOWERS surrounds Mary Quite Graham second row Ann Cook Sharon Turkosz ACTON ARENA was the boartlwalk for this Easter parade back row Debbie Andres Colleen McGilloway Kim Contrary at the skating carnival Saturday Front row left to Allen Linda Theresa Cooroy Janet Saturday during the skating carnival Dressed in Easter Kathy Debbie James arena wis filled right Sandy Connie Hary back row Dale Wilkinson Ann Bomans Jim finery are front row left to right Jennifer Julie afternoon and evening for the show Jim JoAnn McArthur Kunz Cindy Brouillard Lillian Jennings Photo Townsley Kim Jackson Cindy Joanne Hearns