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BOWMANVILLE. ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 23,1977 SECTION TWO hild Hurt In Clarke St. Marys Cement Employees Strike in Attempt to Win Cost of Living Clause Employees at the St. Mary s Mike Barko, staff represent- The contract expired De- The company also offered a $5.91 an hour with the mini- Cernent Company walked off ative for Local 12219 of the cember 18 and the member- Heritage Day holiday whether mum being $5.37 and the their jobs on strike last Friday United Steelworkers of Amer- ship rejected the new two year or not the government de-¯ maximum being $6.97 an hour. at midnight and they are ica, said the cost of living contract offered on January 24 clares it a statutory holiday. This is the first time allowance had been the major of an increase of $1.25 the first employees from this plant shown here doing picket duty problem when talks broke off year and 80 cents the second The employees average have been on strike, Mr. early Monday in zero weather. last Wednesday. year. hourly wage in the plant is Barko said. Professional Development Day Places Emphasis onBusiness Educators and members of the local business com- munity came face to face in an effort to understand each other better during the profes- sional development day on February 18th in Bowman- business and education which are related to each other. anyone can be successful in business. In the afternoon, the various representatives from'business and education met under closer circumstances in dis- cussion groups organized around the three areas of accounting, Iaw and secre- tarial science. Home Hardware Stores Ltd. President Walter Hachborn told the audience of 71 business and teaching repre- sentatives at the event to expect increasing competition in the future in every phase of life. In addition to noting a rise in the level of competition within businesses, he also called for greater co-operation within the field of commerce to balance the effects. He also told the business- men present to prepare for confrontation with both the government on the role of private enterprise and labor on management relations. Stressing that education should serve as a foundation for employment, Mr. Hachborn said that all train- ing should aim as well at making learning easier. Predicting some of the main features of business in the future, IBM's director of organization and planning services, Cal Jones, said that machines will probably take. over many of more boring tasks. Computerization at every level will also leave managers of businesses with extra time Educational interests and those of the business community were blended together for a short period on Friday as representatives from both fields took time out to broaden their horizons. In addition to inviting high school teachers from across the Northumberland and Newcastle board area, local businessmen were also asked to attend the professional development day program at Bowmanville High School. The day's activities ranged from speeches by three successful businessmen to afternoon seminars for a closer look at the roles of business and education in today's world. The three guest speakers shown above with Bowmanville High School Principal Earl Wolff, are President and General Manager of Home Hardware Stores Ltd., Walter Hachborn, IBM Canada Ltd.'s Director of Organization and Planning, C. Cal Jones and Pat Fennell, Pepsi-Cola Canada Ltd. Vice-President of Field Operations. Two upholstered chairs were burned to a crisp by the flames. for more important concerns such as the needs of the entire office staff, he said. Pepsi-Cola Canada Ltd. Vice-President of field opera- tions, Pat Fennell pointed out that success in business re- quires more than a high IQ. Average people with ambi- tion and a willingness to work are in high demand for top executive posts in most companies, he said. Stresses Safet y Of Nuclear Energy Plant The nuclear industry is a safe industry, according to a representative of the Canad- ian Nuclear Association, who spoke last week at the Clarke High School. Alan Wyatt, a vice president ot h consulting firii speciaiz- ing in the nuclear field, was one of two speakers invited to an information session held last Thursday evening. The meeting was sponsored by the Durham East NDP riding association. Mr. Wyatt told a group of about 40 that the chances of a nuclear power plant accident causing 1000 fatalities or more are literally "once in a million years." But, a similar sized earth- quake disaster is likely to occur once in 50 years and a plane crash of the same magnitude might happen once in 2,000 years. Mr. Wyatt explained that if North America produced all its electricity in nuclear power plants, the danger to most of us would be no greater than smoking three cigarettes over an entire lifetime. For a non smoker, that's about the same as being in a room with a person who smoked 20 cigarettes. To put in another way, the additional nuclear powered facilities might have the effect of shortening our lives by 36 minutes. "Living next to a nuclear plant in a rural area gives you a better life expectancy than living in a city with no nuclear plant at all," Mr. Wyatt stated. In a wide ranging speech that touched on such things as radioactivity, plutonium, waste management, reactors and ethics, Mr. Wyatt called upon the public to react fairly and rationally to concerns over nuclear power. He criticized some articles and TV shows for appealing to emotions rather than to rea- son when they approach the subject of nuclear power. Illustrating nuclear power with pictures of tombstones or mushroom clouds is not a fair approach, according to Mr. Wyatt. He said that such an approach is likely to "frighten rather than enlighten." And Mr. Wyatt stated that Canada's nuclear power plants are not something that Canadians should be frighten- ed about. "The performance of the CANDU system, designed built and operated by Cana- dians, should be a source of pride for ali Canadians, not of A two-and-one-half year old child was taken f0 hospîtal Sunday following a fire that destroyed the living room of a house in Clarke Township. Newcastle fire chief, Jim Hayman said Monday that Derek Flynn suffered burns to one leg and a foot in the Sunday morning fire. The youngster was taken to Scar- borough General Hospital for burn treatment. A four-year-old girl who was in the house at the time of the fire, escaped injury. Her mother, Brenda Flynn, is a tenant of the two storey (former Glenney home) on highway 115-35, opposite Clarke High School. Brenda Flynn also escaped uninjured. Damage has been estimated at $11,000 according to the Newcastle fire chief. Chief Hayman said that most of the damage was confined to the living room although there was smoke and heat damage throughout the house. He said that the fire apparently broke out when Greg Haskell reportedly tried to use gasoline to light the livingroom fireplace. His clothing was singed by the flames but otherwise he escaped uninjured. Chief Hayman said sparks still burning in the fireplace may have ignited the gasoline and suddenly touched off the blaze. Units from Orono and New- castle responded to the call shortly before noon Sunday. Bowmanville's pumper truck was also dispatched to the scene. RAISE FOR WHITBY COUNCIL Whitby Town Council granted itself a raise Monday night which turn- ed out to be the smallest increase this year for any council in the Durham Region. The Mayor of Whitby was granted a raise of $700 or a 4.4 per cent in- crease which will boost his salary from $15,800 to $16,500. o nship Fire The fire's intense heat blackened everything in the livingroom except the fireplace that was bleached by the flames. This is the former Glenney home where fire did an estimated $15,000 damage on Sunday morning and sent one youngster to hospital with burns. snivelling denigration by some," he stated. He pointed out that units producing hydro at the Picker- ing generating station placed first, second and fourth in performance last year when compared to all units of the same size operating elsewhere in the world. Since 1971, they have been operating at 77 per cent efficiency, Mr. Wyatt stated. And there are likely two more power plants such as Pickering station in the future. Mr. Wyatt said the Science Council of Canada estimates that by the year 2050, nuclear power will be producing 65 per cent of the energy we need. There are presently 31,000 employed in Canada's nuclear industry, by the year 2000 there should be another 100,000. "The modern world is complex. Much as we might like it is not possible to 'stop the world, I want to get off', Mr. Wvatt said. "Constructive criticism aimed at improving the end results of technology are always welcome. The reason. able person will weigh pros and cons and pass value judgements that will achieve the greatest good for the greatest number of people. "The careful use of the products of technology, in cluding energy, can work to the benefit of man," Mr. Wyatt concluded. Ail that was left oi alchild's tricycle following the fire.