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Crash Claims Seven Arenas lose 82806 1 rati The Acton Free Press Wed March 1976 3 Continued from page one are upset about the alleged need Tor such high speed chases in on short wave radio com lea t Ions Indeed Lloyd of Nelson Ct Acton whose year old died in the collision has openly chase Said Mr I don ste why it was necessary to chase that car is it really important to catch it asked After all it only a chunk of metal Constable Thomas of the Halton Regional Police has refused comment since the incident The constable according to the OPP report started following the stolen interception a wanted vehicle Mayor Tom Hill of who is a member of the mMern said in a telephone interview Monday that he agreed with thief Do his duty and has to catch someone and has his flashers on then that vehicle should stop There is no need for high speed chases if people obey the law said the mayor Mayor Hilt said he believed Constable had done his duty and might have been reprimanded by superiors if he had failed to do so A survey conducted Mon slightly from side to side within town limits on High way Car reported stolen report the 3 ihn hnnrrf circumstances Continued from Pago PRIME Sports Groups Ac ton Memorial Gordon 14 PRIME All other Groups in Town Acton nonexistent Memorial nonexistent Gordon 130 NON PRIME Out of Town Groups Acton Memorial Gordon showed the vast majority felt Constable had acted correctly Saturday night under the And the officers who asked constable then heard TREKKING DOWN Mill with microphone and movie camera are two of the many television reporters who flocked to Acton after the tragedy minutes riff a ported the constable action Officer an Acton resident who is married with two daughters has been Georgetown and Police officer for three years and formerly served as military police officer for 10 years with the Canadian Said one tons able when quizzed about the lack of radio contact with the pro- uncial police in Milton sure if the chase had gone on the constable would have been in touch with the there would have been Monday in a tele phone interview with this newspaper defender his force s high speed chase policy as a part of police work Said Chief Skerrett You have to keep the stolen car sight so you II know where set car got down near the But here you rc damned if officer you chase and damned if you don I The Police officer said however that he believes most of his fellow officers would not car personally knew three of the six young persons who died in the northbound Chevrolet which driver John had only purchased v the past week nil night Corporal who w is at the scene was up all night and still fielding reporters at Sun it was the worst accident he his seen in IS years is prouncial police will be hit hard by the new rates since the committee voted the regular rates above would apply to them At present special events arc a day plus per cent of all net profits Council passed a motion in February that no special events other than the Bantam Tournament would be held this year According to the report the Kinsmen Bantam Hockey Tournament would yield the with a lorp and the body 3 lr revenue under a later In middle And in the middle of the North turmoil stands a Acton business Cornelius whose rites Georgetown Milton Not surprised j ibout reports that Commented Staff Sergeant soIerl 1972 wis to ird of the Acton precinct from thc 1975 I found no fault with the wh and blu Police actions of the officer He did cruder North exactly what his training he for surprised in the leist The Milton OPP report The officer said the new however notes the Plymouth police cars Police radio dispatcher in nave average sized cubic who had notified men V8 engines and their Constable of the car performance deleriontcs theft failed to contact the J are dnven around to Zonules per hour in town or ha was being pursued in the direction of Highway and Milton Chief asked about m h in a pinch V lr0 this said I cant tell you lias closed for three hours following the accident due its He investigating of ficers needed time to do their work tow were in operation and an OPP identification expert Constable Tom of Milton id lo em from District Ik id 1 fihurs worst The horror of the fire chief eh tin questioned bj he the brigade h id been died to he slid from Milton f it 11 10 Saturday night asked for a pumper It men were on the scene in five minutes after police The Georgetown I- igure Skating Club carnival ntiiu- netted the town in 1975 stolen when he went but under the new rates would to close up his Coin net stated the report Laundry at 0 St S at Continuing the director s Horn report Midget Tour Mr who also owns nament would net at the station locited present rates but under ir Brewers Retail he new Thc Store told tins newspaper he figure Skating Club li keys in ignition of would up the town his unlocked I ord shire from to it lakes a Councillor Morrow hilf minute to close up pointed out Brampton made lie found instead that SB on their irems last customers wen still using the year and claimed he decided to llillswascharginglowcrthan and come hack breakeven rates iter to lock the doors Mayor Tom Hill said When he wcnl outside he towns rites are about lowest anywhere Referring to bantam tournament chairman asked if other towns isted tournaments Recreation Director he len said other towns have been told to operate il a break even figure We h no ver been given that mm Councillor Roy Booth suggested the tournament would not have been held here all the past years if the rates were cheaper someplace else said the additional charge would not hurt the tournament organizers but would simply reduce the overall profit He praised the Kinsmen for their good work but said the tournament did not allow proper planning of the facilities Booth argued that service clubs and volunteers have helped keep the town s budget down in the past claimed a service club was to put in a in lot of back breaking work but town paid for it said the service club only committed themselves raise is much as possible The then is 110 re to operate at i loss A lot of people never us arenas The people who use Ihcm should p the operating costs but not the cost of building facilities rates would drop the deficit by approximately guessed the recreation director Other rate hikes would raise the casual rate for from 5 for the first person and for each ad person to 7 at both Acton and Georgetown Memorial Arena and from to at Gordon Alcott Lacrosse teams at Acton and Georgetown arenas would have their rates changed Juniors would keep Iheir an hour practice rate but would now pay an hour for tames hour or per cent of the total gate receipts for play Minors would have their rate raised from 5 to Rates for community organizations serving liquor will go from per day 150 those not serving liquor would increase from 75 1 day to Professional event sored by local groups will 150 instead of and professional events spoil sored by private group will fay instead of 175 or per cent of gross receipts Window at arena broken broken window at ihe arena was reported to police Dam lie is Tweet tweet The first robin lo the Free Press knowledge was sighted at press time today Wednesday by Steve Trevall 1 Churchill S He saw the bird at the apartment buildings noticed Ins ind prompt I flagged down a passing Hilton Police I hi Acton bus in lo tin entire r iedy THE ACTON FREE PRESS as Second Clan Mall Postal tun feels for the thief Mr when set thi is stolen jour thoughts in unfriendh ut whit hip lie thief 412500 in why I haven time for But there was less than two minutes the time thc officer saw the stolen car and the accident 1 think that answers that question Provincial police in Milton normally have five pntrol cars out cruising at any given time and flthough their ter is wide the com mandcr of Milton was asked Monday what he thought of the highspeed chase aspect of the Saturday incident and the possibility of setting up roadblocks Staff Sergeant Alex Grainger of Milton OPP refused to discuss the in question on the record but said it is my feeling that the more police vehicles and officers you have h the more chance you have of a safer the first lime the But the said the ide Ins Hilton constables have cubic inch V li s in their cars landed which are driven mostly at highwiy speeds so cruisers can really move when necessary The near midnight tragedy for will be phased out he men threw water on the with high pressure hoses and hid it out in five minutes Then the men followed the single fin Constable in charge directions of ind of investigatioa The officer spent three with former Acton detachment of the OPP and fir them and ambulance attendants in removing four bodies from They covered the burned dwellings two result il iller ind with one sicn as final rojeel f the month dit Councillor George contended operation of 1 would not affect in loss very much lorn Hill said One was open for public Monday jimmed the place between 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