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Foam insulation gets a clean bill of health from manufacturer b Mitotic In response to news paper and television stories raising doubts about he safely and quality of urea form aldehyde Insula on manufacturers and dislnbulors are telling ihelr side Foam manufacturer of urea formaldehyde Milton and distributor Insulators of are eager lo meet the challenges If it can ever be proved there Is a health hazard wed pull it off the market if wore causing cancer heart general manager Bob tilled said in an inter view no doubt in my mind he product is safe I have it in my home Mr and s manager of manufactur ing and development Edwin met Insulators bosses Gary and Dennis Brace at to discuss home insulations and improvements in inspections Urea formaldehyde is a while spongy substance which can be sprayed between walls II keeps heat inside and cold out side In fact according to Dennis Brace Brandco has come across many instances when fuel bills have been sliced in half after insulation and Brandco however were reacting to news stories such as one in a recent Toronto paper which stated thai Dennis and Gary Brace of show one of their products urea formaldehyde and a heat monitor used to ihe degree or Installation in building gas from insulation can irritate allergies The story quoted assistant deputy minister the federal pro tection branch Alexander as saying People with allergies and respiratory problems who arc most likely to have in adverse reaction to any for hat is released I use at all If the insulation Is a good quality material properly and in the proper part the house people should not run into any problems all Morrison said The doctor went on to say difficult for homeowners check quality of materials and v rkmanship in Ihe case of urea formaldehyde Bib commented on the story thai if someone about being allergic for formaldehyde lie should check with his doctor Manufacturing manger Penin wondered if there was an issue with allergies because the formaldehyde by foam is negligible According to Mr most of the formaldehyde the air comes from car ex And the Institute In the S estimates auto emissions of form aldehyde amounts to BOO million pounds per year Formaldehyde is a compound of oxygen hydrogen carbon obtained the oxidation if wood alcohol is wood alcohol with hydrogen removed As a gas formaldehyde is colorless with a pungent Mr described it as being obnoxious odor Hit formaldehyde Institute thai levels one and three parts per million is mildly Continued on Page 2 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1979 One Hundred and Fifth YearNo 25 Sixteen Pages Cents School board chairman waits on new teacher contract negotiator A is being adopted by Board Education Chairman Bill Herd in response lo he addition of professional negotiators to the high school teachers team 1 I can say is we will wall and sec what that means Herd said in a telephone Interview Ontario Secondary School Teachers District the local group ask the provincial organization lo take over the negotiations with school board as of December 19 Bringing negotiation table will be the support of the 36 member provincial group plus finances and a prof negotiator said Nell chair man of die new negotiating learn made announcement lo press prior 1 officially informing school board Herd acknowledged he had been in formed verbally of Ihe change I find that v of doing business objectionable lie said Herd said he did not consider the switch of negotiators on teachers side a major 1 high school teachers have been a since Sep tember This is the second year in a row in which the school year has commenced without a eonlract being signed Last years was agreed January but after a mediator was appointed in help bring he sides logelher Negotiations were going well according 1 board fficfals Both bides were eon fercnee table until m Tliursday morning I thought we were not loo far from an agree ment We were down to major issues Herd said He went on say he interpreted thai as a hcallhy sign that view of talks was mil shared by local president Hon Ness wh isald Ihe talks last week led us to believe we go on our own he decision ask the mcial group for help came from no one thing said Ness s been a long time he said The talks were he following Monday However some board officials acted surprised when teachers failed lo make he appointment Out going of Instruction John said teachers did Two women are dead following tragic accidents The holiday spirit was dampened in Acton this week wilh the sudden deaths of wo well known women Mrs Masates died suddenly in her December 19 the result of a home accident Mrs Kae died suddenly in Guclph General Hospital Friday following an Church SI where she was struck by an automobile Mrs is the wife of the late Edgar Left mourn her loss in ihe holiday season are her daughter Jean Mrs M J Mlddleton Cold Lake Alberta son Randy of Owen bound law Gall sister of Peggy Knoerck Charlotte and 1 all of Brampton and six grandchildren She was also predeceased by tier son David uneral service was held Trinity United Church Christmas Mrs is survived by husband Lloyd son Owen grandchildren Terry and Gary and four great grandchildren She is also survived by brother Aubrey Gervais sisters Cora Boll Jessie Hell Audrey and Warden She was predeceased by Funeral service was held al the Shoemaker Funeral Home on Friday not show upon Monday We wen miffed at dial intend informed board official late the previous afternoon I Hunk we gave hem enough ice local president Rim Ness said the press conference I involved rather directly since the teachers show up I knew lliey not I wrote a letter t the prcsidenl of of our con terns said Herd In letter lie said lie hoped the change of mind by the teachers concerning the Monday meeting did mil in dicile a shift in position by the federation f ve reply from his Ness and notice of the lake over said Herd He was speaking from his acknowledged hoi official notice m the teachers may be at the Imard in Burlington Herd said the supposition his Is thai llicre has been some in within the union to cause the request for body lake over he negotiations Herd stressed that both sides in He talks have behaved well and The danger the momenl is upsetting llie carl by making statements he said He went say he hoped the change by the teachers v ill result in a loss of trust the lattrtg table Herd underlined that n final offer had been made by he board the teachers For Ihe teachers part the change m is a in the right direction ac cording Hi the press conference the head quarters in Burlington Negotiating chairman Neil indicated a hope talks with board resume early in January We expect things to be gained from this positive step a step thai had to be taken this lime Ness said lo the press The dec go to the provincial body for help was made Dec 18 It Ihe next step the local lias take Its a stepup said Both llicboardand teachers will go back in January feeling a little belter about things We re using the mandate they give us Ness said lit went on In say Being second e ir in a row four months a the members feelings is il unsettling I gave in in he provincial takeover of Ihe talks for I he leaders Mure ban per cent if the tea voted and of thai number per cent voted tor takeover said Ness Key issues remaining to be to according to are sad benefits staffing and working cm dill ins Teachers have done all lhat tan be dine press r el reith fur ind equitable settlement leithtrs are for eight per cent in in wages plus cost living clause let The hoard according Con turned on Page 2 Fire location a mystery A mixup in location cost the Volunteer Department over an hour in reaching the scene i house fire lie First I Erin Township Friday evening The fire was eventually located in Erin I one I our and ten minutes after the emergency call I trucks from Acton and Milton scoured he countryside following directions caller had given According I firefighter Brent Marshall Ihe leenager who placed the call had just moved the house from Toronto Her parents were not liomt al time of the blaze and she insisted she was in Mr Marshall explained thai firefighters were finally able lo locate the fire by asking questions about Ihe location llie fire was contained in the walls of the Line house Mr Marshall said Damage was minimal Bus driver Ken hail been the Merchants Chris tm wanting a lift to shopping areas i busy man over the couple of weeks driving is bus throughout streets picking up anyone Hydro prices still cheap to US ICG Charges against police dismissed by Judge Assault charges laid by two men against Police Constables were dismissed in mcial court morning costs were assessed the com plamants Timothy 18 and Paul Bovcn laidthcehargesfollowingan incident June with Constables Jack and Ray Hendry Both Acton men failed lo appear in on Thursday The officers pleaded not guilty lo two charges each or common assault and Judge Kenneth assessed Ihe two months imprisonment on the tw charges laid was found guilty on three November 14 relaling to he He was fined and a years probation for assaulting a police officer for obstructing police and for resisting arrest Bow en was fined the same dale lor assaulting police and given year probation He was found not guilty on charges if obstructing police and resisting arrest Constable Kit is years old and has been with the force since 1967 Const at per charge and able Hendry has been wilh llallon Spurrell each face costs of each or Regional Police since The pock over line for Wade Vicltery Acton goal against Buffalo Sabres Friday night la a nip n tack wide open duel Buffalo tor local Sabres Buffalo net minder Brian was the difference for the visitors He stopped Acton In the exhibition match Acton play at Buffalo In a return on January See on sport pages Ontario Hydro makes available better rates lo American utilities than to provincial cities says Ihe Interested Cilircns Group tCIGl In response lo Ontario Hydro claims An Ontario Hydro official Bryan compared the sale of electrical Catharines with other sales to US utilities as fairer examples than the ones used by the ICG in its to the National Energy Board NEB acknowledged 1 cents per kilowall hour price quoted by the ICG as the sale price to General Public Utilities However slated that price only applies to off peak sales the highest use limes the price he said ICG spokesman John Minns day that Rodie uses different kinds of power contracts lhat go at different rates Those rates are not available lo Canadians and they should be he said Hydro has admitted price is lower than the final consumer price however it also maintains such criticism is misleading because it com pares wholesale prices in the US retail prices in Ontario There is no such thing a wholesale and retail prices counters Minns Under the Power Corporations Act of 1970 Ontario Hydros mandate is to provide power at cost A fairer would be lo lake the selling price to the S what they call wholesale Minns contends ranges from lo 3 cents per kilowatt hour and from Rodie comments may go to Then compare lo the average price of electricity sold utilities in Ontario Thai price according to Minns is cents per kilowatt hour On Ihe other hand said Minns On tano Hydro contends lhat the average price and he stressed average to the US is higher al 9 cents per kilowatt that mixes five different lypes of power al five different rates Ontario utilities do nol have that it he said The ICG asked the NEB for a hearing to examine the financial feasibility environmental impact and available routes The citizen group contends Hydro hopes lo complete through If alt on Hills is go ing to be used to bring power from the Bruce nuclear generating station to the rest of Ontario That electricity or most of contends the ICG is for the American markets No date has been set for a hearing However Minns indicated the ICG is asking Ihe federal board to lei the liens know what information Ontario Hydro is using lo counter Ihe For seven years Ihe ICG and others have opposed construction of the line from Ihe generating la lion across firms to Ihe Milton where it is lo join the Nanticokc Pickering line The ICG has often asked for a Ontario Hydro study such as the one carried out for the Pickering line by Dr Ormond