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S~ -~ ~r ~ - - ORONO WEEKLV TIMES, TUlESDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1968 Ç(.Aitoùie.d aq Second Clas mail, Post O1ftice erme, aib~id every ïlbnLrsday îa4 the oý_ffico pefpuîat ManSreet, 'Fnone 9,uro-n, Ota EIst~b1tshed i38 by R. A,Fortr RyC. Fcorrester- Edîtor andi Maneger Most men are agt t woÉider as they enter a new year whbat it will hold for them in termns of material things. liomlie, mpfrovemients, new purchases, vacation plans and the like, ail depend on continued eniploynient, gooci earn-, ing-ýs nd the, absence of major setbacks. The immediate economie outLIook is aeccordingly of the greatest significance to the individual Canadian and his family. llow then do we stand as we go into 1969? Affer seven sucýces.sive years of stron'g economicgrowth, it would niot be entirely surprising if tjhe key business indicators wxere now poititing, in a different direction. So sustained a peiiod of uninterrupted growth lias after ail rarely been equalled. And, yet, remarkably enou,,h, there are good re.asons for be-lieving that we are headed for more of the same. In a sentence, the past year tum~ed out even better than ex- pected and the one ahead shows considerable promise of continued vigorous econonÉei performance. 1 This of course is both a broad generalization and so far as 1969 is concerned, an invitation to fate. But it does -eflect the cotsensus of those in business, industry and governieit who should knorw. And, whle they are f ail- ible moý-rtals like the rest of us, it must be conceded that' Liheir recenit record as prognosticators entitles thein to respect. Takingý the economry as a Wliule, they suggest that the grossý, national product will risce by between seven and eight per cent, with price inereases accountiing for nearly half the gain, hi other words, the value of goods and', ser- vices produiced by Caniadians in 1969 should show a real increase of nearly four per cett. At $71 billion, this would bc fully ,twice as much' in dollar terins as they produced before 'the cuirrent business expansion got under way i 1961, ani mpressive accomplinliment even allowing for the inrcads matie by higher prices. Mucli of the economýy's strength next year will come froim manufaeturilng indusiry. A government survey of the industry's spending intentions points to a 14 per cent in- crease in outlays on new eûonstructio~Ih, machinery anti equip-" ment, whiLe manufacturing eniploynient, too, spems set to rise niodestly, reversing the down>ward trendi apparent since 1967. This shoulti be a contributory factor of some significance in bringing about a higher level of overali employMent than 111 1968. To stan it, up: ;t looks like another gooad ye-ar for Can- ada. Tii rue, mucli will çepcnd on world monetary devclop- ienits not upsetüti.ng our dla and býalance of paymllents 1..on our gvinnnsrai holding the spend;ing lime andavodin fsca ovrkiî . abveail, on the foreigu buyr ad dmesie onsmeralike contimÜing to want or not we realize it, -It is thieseljast wqich are bath the Qanadian p-roducts in great quarntity ant variety. Whether founidation-s of our cuýrrent prosperity and the indispensable inreietsof a trufly hfap-,-py New Year- for Canada. As one looks back on 1968 and endeavours to pick highfightsý of the year botlhini Canada ami their cananunity, a nuiber of naines andi incidents come to. mid. Pierre Elliot Trudeau cornes forward as the most spectacuilar dark-herse candidate in polities and 'most ex- citing, Prime _Minister in nlany years. He has changed the political atmosphiere. Truideau sharessome of the glamour with Canada's snowý, qucen, Naticy Greene anti Cp2nada's equestrian teaimwo both won sporting ha.nours for tihe nation. Rene Levesque, anther Canadian, continues toý keep a firebuig in Qutebec andi his potential is still unknown to Canadianis inIigeneral. Oni the local scelle i appears to have been a year of holding the status quio. Neither the Town11ship nor the Village broke through with any of their major works. The Towns),li,'p lias Yet ta clear the table af plahnimig and thls item rom iin the air, with no one seeming ta, know why it roainis there. One item of major importance in this field is th!e receiving, of the Roati Progress report anld the faciht couinci] is çntieavourig to update Township roatis throughI reconimiendations in this report. Disapýpoiting lias been th1e lapse in the Centennial Praject -which after 1967 seemis to have been forgotten and lies dormant in ideas anti action. In thlis category we may incluie industrial de- velopinent while nieîigbouring centres boom ihnw fludindustries. Thi-ere is also tlih e -,towvrd regoa TintheVlae the year ilia, rogtltephysical atianeinntbut during the period appraval was receiveti for the road prograni \ý,hiýh will be underway and com- r)petti.in 16. thebuinsssetinalhogl mst1 n Use of owce The etiralcabnetis cojnsider- ing use cýf family allowances Vo help faP.iiies raise a down pay- ment for ;anoe, reliable sources have staited reecently. The idea is one of several lie- ing studieti as part of a previoluS- ly- announeti review of alI f cd- oral welfare programs. .1n outli-ne,' the proposal is that a fajnily would lie able Vo take a cash grant in lieu od the monthly baby bonus cheque for use as a down payment on a home. For eape a fanily with three chiidren of faiy-allow- ance age might get between $4000 and $5000 as a cash grant. A report praposing a vaiety of alternatives for the family al- lo.wances program waS prepareti by Dr. Wiliard, andi apparently has been placeti before the cabin- et. The use of family allowai-ces ta raise downi paynients for homes has a number of problems which have not yet been soiveti. For exampie, what happens in a f amily which touk the cash grant and' one or more of the 6hildren died? The probiems are not, h.awever insurmountable. Family anti youth ailowanceg. now cost the federal governnient about $600,000,00o a year. PaYments are matie' to a, number totalling 2,917,000 fam- ies with 6,885,000 children. Since 1957, payments have been $6.00 a month per ehild from birtlh to the 1th birthday anti $800 a mon1th froin there to, the l6th birthday. A youth al- lowance 91 $10,00 a month per chil i is available while the chili attends school after age là. LOA IêEW The Villazge of Orono anti the Townsip ofrt Clar-ç were not ex- cludeti fromn the snow storin which swept oe Ontario on the week-end. A tour Of the local an- ea reveals this; fact quite eoý- vincIîngly. Sniow remIIOVal on01 the Main, street of Onono is expecteti to lie completeti by to-day. Sme ioat"ilintheeTowni, we understand, are not open yet. Vehicle Production Jumps By 250,000 With the year nlearing is enti, Canadian vebicle Production continues ta soar above 1967 levels - now ahnost a jump of one quarter million units more than the previous year. ,Canladýian productuion totalleti 1,158,106 un-itsý up tO! December 21st, an increase of 233,042 aven 1967 production iii the saine per- loti. Canadian voblide projducetion for the week enidîng Decenir2 a 29,225 units. , ebr21w, Production at General Motors to Decemiber 21 was 416,520 ve- hicles, up frliom 3-7,659 in the same perioti in 1967. Generai otrsturnletiout 331,655 cars anti 843865 trucks., AIl three GM's main rivais in- creaseti production ., substantially this year. Ford output rose froml 290,176 units to 4318,908 units whle( that Of Chy.ýsieIr clinibeti froin 199,110 ta 3,82 American Mýotors ýatBripo edgÏed uipwands froin 33,108 autos to 41,532 autos ib December 21. In spca2kinig with Mr. DeWîth At is learned that equipiment heav- jer than snowplo,,ý,wP Il have to be emprloyeti ta deiar sose of the roads. A late nmodfel car owned by Mr. George Clarke of Orono was con- sdrbedamia-geti by fire on Monday eveinig, early. Fire de- velopieti in the motar of the car as, MArs. Clarke was driving to- wards the intersection of Main and MËi Street. The Oirono Pire Depýartment was calleti to the seCie alter somie trouble in, geV- ting the fire alarm to ýwork. WHITBV TO SEEK DATA ON AHtPOR In an effort to secuire as mructih Ïiform.-ation, as poýssible relaÉive to ùhe possible location of a majori airpoert in the area the Whitb1t town cauncl wll endceav<u'tr teC secure an expert to adtiressa special, meeting of counciiil in coi- mittee, Some council membtrs saai they had received maïiy telepi hono calîs concerning the proposali V setk the airport as part of the re- gtebnal government scheme. Mainy 6f the cailers hati been stronigis, opposed, they saiti. r Bownianville, Ontarioj ROLPH DOINION HARDWARilE I ORONO, ONT. PHONE 983-5201 ~., rAlm FF 0.