Disston deal soon says province region Officials from I ill Ontario of In ind I sin dieted tins week firm mil be olivine mt the ilmist completely closed in tin future spoke mm Planck In an this week I ilk Mill be icupiiiri stun boon Hilton flu miss Devil fficcr William Marshall w is lis i quite riitrc is t kehhooel on villi soon on the facility he said adding it will be filled this year Humors have been rife around Acton this week tint i firm Is ready to sign a deal for the Disslon plant however the Free Press confirm the reports M said there have been quite a few in q Diston and his department has referred them to the Ministry of Industry and Tourism in Hamilton which takes care of Hilton He said he was sure a deal would be ide soon since is a very attractive proposition both in term of price and availability Planck praised of every effort lo a job providing firm into the He said irent com has never been Interested in just selling the empty building but is concerned with citing firm there winch will many jobs A warehouse for winch the building is suit would have meant three jobs noted The and building is worth lot but price has not been the primary objective Planck Three or four firms have taken serious looks at the Disston facility one firm which to lias been negotiating since November Planck added an offer lias been made but a deal his not been finalized A decision to close the industry was mide jointly by ind Hoe Co in July Hoe hid only recently purchased the wood working portion of the business when the in officially closed November but there are about a office and production wi rkers former Disston employees working here now for Dundos form purchased part of the it turn lines Do I in took over November G a it the pi tiled I mil ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JANUARY Perras heads Halton Liberals A year old lawyer is the Hilton I lb Party candidate the I lit elect Bill Ian Wilson of Milton a long lime Liberal worker and the manager of before i crowd of more than BOO Liberal supporters Mr was born in Oakvillt attended Oakville Trafalgar High School He wis involved in school ind played on the Blades Junior Hockey University on a hockey irship ind trad inltd in 1371 wilh Mr Perns low school and is to Ontario Bonn He is married with two children and makes his law practice in He was elected to Oik villi Councilman and is a member of several Mr Perns is i past of the Executive i director of the Libenl Mr Wilson who wis by Hilton Burlington MPP Julian Reed was visibly ikon after losing the nomm but took the in phone to to unite under Mr in the In his nomination Mr Perns stressed two themes the budget the need have Pierre as head of a 1 ibenl government The budget is whit w isn 1 promised in the last campaign it whit you ot he He said the Croibie budget would be the ruin of an id in King i I ih budget decision would be the ri lit one In for a return of Mr iu Mr Perns si the former leader is one of the in idnnsof ill time In i brief press eon following Ins win Mr stressed he would be a player following the present Hi Asked the Liberal policy plat form ind whit his kno of it is Mr Perns said he would he prepared to itsucnll ferine i be held He the an cntrj some form of fin me rebite fir people win hive to drive pirticul irly from the ire is of Mr fcrr s if Mr Trudeau be loud 1 ml current anidnn moves on sud most definitely Flipflop policies assailed by Black Photo by I lip flop policies and the quick sand mentality on Hie part of the Liberal and Pro gressive Coi servative Parties will tic the main campaign labels of Hal ton NDP in Doug Mr Black in lawyer wan acclaimed before a meeting f the Hilton Association in 11 r Galaxy Club ill Thursday It will be his seer id ittempl fedenl politics lost first bid on May 1J7J which saw Progressive Conservative Otto Jelinck unseal former 1 MI Dr Frank Mr Black was the first indict to be nominated in Hilton Hiding and he started off with a stinging itt ick n Mr including Mr Philbrook- a he will not be the election The if griduile member of the Canadian Civil I iberties Association opened his address up i letter lie had received from Mr Jelinck I he letter was sent postmarked December If tniek sud he libenl md opposition id combined to ot d ilivc protr md lr in aj it he w is sorry the had lieen forced trust the policies 1 ibonls ind Hie In put forward us Black concentrated interest rates oil He said Mr bid rated Mr Phil brook on high interest hut since his election Mr has is the interest rile has limited four He home in will be payme SI more per vear on the mortgage s talk about tax cuts for moment I remember sillinc up on a platform as Mr Jchnek attacked the liber lis for not miking tax cuts The Tones if you remember promised to cut billion for our he In of taxes ell ifter budget we didn an tax cut but ir Mr icksaid he I Conserv itlatked the for increasing the cost f el urged suddenlv go up prices said Mother daughter die in crash Doug Black An Acton Mother and her six year old d iiiglilcr led following a Iridic atcidenl in iiiniy lndl ma rhursdi I heir ilhs shickedand siddentd Hie com J ickelene ajc Jennifer Yaw both of Road died Hospital following the accident on I i Larry Rico of the ibash Sheriffs Office told The Acton Press Captain Rice explained there were really two accidents Mrs s bus age was driving Hie car and at I III m swerved to try and hilling a deer which darted into Ins vehicle s path from the side f llic iv Mr hit the deer and continued on into the opposite lane where his a stepvan Captain Rice said Mr Mrs Jennifer iworsky and were all taken lo hospital as well as Mrs Yaworsky s John Castle of Indiana a former resident of Slouffville Mr Castle also died Rice staled The driver of the truck is hospitalized ibasli County is in the central area of Indian about miles from fort Wayne Mr suffered bruises broke lee iplam Rice reported the they were in w is totally destroyed all torn up friend of the family ayle 15H Won Ins opened a trust fund at the Imperial ink of Commerce Mill Street I ast Box to help cover the of firmly medic expenses in Indian Cheques should lie made payable lo in trust and Hie fund will be open until I linen Mrs Ya daughter 1 rsky for Jennifer arc mourned by bus ind father and sister Mrs s parents Ralph Ji of Amtoiirt sisters llosem Tliorne of Slouffville Carolyn Scanlon if iw of Tol tenh brothers and Mike istlc of Jeimifer Yaworsky is also by her Mr and Mrs of I Dover I lie family Policeman charged Racial slur aggravates assault charges dismissed by judge Assault laid a Police officer resullu frrm tun plaint in Won in in were he ird in Milton il last Wielncsilav I iiiuirv I Police Const i Pi isad pleaded jullty the Chirac of common assault Acton resident Donald onion mime stemmed from i SeplemUr in winch tin officer slapped icross the ice liter a Hon lur line from the inline vehicle when the Street Crown sen lined uiif if the seejuenee of events mil how the officer with emotion from the racial slur turned his vehicle stopped Harding slapped him I the com 1 1 nut the charge of was laid by the Regional Police I Ik police force laid the because the dujcr of the general public assuming that lice are treated ferenl than the public is likely Crown Attorney Owen Haw told the court How said certain behavior of police of Is expected as re sponsible members of the community The charge of assault reflects upon the entire force not just one member therefore cannot ignored he said Defence Jack said the if year old officer during his 14 yeirs is i poliCL man has never been in in similar in and five years ago voted the most popular in In Hilton Hills during a public i pinion poll pointed out the racial slur Pikie w is not even iccuratc as 1risad is of America This is nil the first lime Prasad 1 as had i racul slur east himself his wife mil children ind unite probably not the list time he sue pointed out it regardless of if nation no man Continued on paRt inside I hi old Pro Store town will relwru as five shop null Turn to Hi for del ills 1 our veler in Acton I irefielilers are retinue reminisce on pnee It wasn I really Ken day even thoiif Profiles it is Ron D ly it Greenwood See Hi Digest Cripps out on bail I wo men accused of sec degree murder In connection with the minion Hotel fire are out Jul on hall while a ird remains lehind lei owner and Leonard A were released from Went worth Detention Centre about J JO Monday No application for bail was brought forth on be of the third accused Michael McCristall Ontario Supreme Court Justice Satin set bail at for Mr and for Mr during a hearing at the University Ave Court House in Monday All three men are to ir before provincial court at Milton Monday for remand Mr Mercuri was represented by two law yers at last Monday bail hearing lawyer appeared before Mr Justice as did Glenn lalne in assistant to former Out arm Ombudsman Arthur Mr Moloney who Ins a home on the Line was at court at Kitchener when Mr hail hearing was heard Three sureties for the amount of were raised for Mr Mercuri release Other conditions it iched to Mr Mercuri s ise in thai he is re quired to rcporl a week to police surrender Ills passport maintain employment keep his home address and not leave Ontario A hotel resident Gibbons died in the August fire which gutted the century old structure on Main St N Itockwootl artist David Charles Grainger will be exhibiting a number of his at it special showing his works this weekend Mo hawk Inn Mr Grainger right Is shown with Sumner Smith of Mohawk Inn of his works Turn to page for a story of how have the area artist See story on page