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8-Orono 'A*ely Times, Wednesday, Janus"y 11, 1984 From Aroeun"d the Region Crime rate in Region drops Chief Jon Jenkins has reported that the crime rate for the eleven month period to the end of November 1983 has dropped overall although there has been a slight in- crease in assaults and burglaries. The overal decrease was placed at 1.4 percent. Regional police have been able to clear 52 percent of offences on their books during thse period. Assaults during the eleven months increased by 2.7 per- cent to 1,479 with sexual assaults going to 182, an in- crease of 22 percent over the same period of 1982. Jenkins states the camn- paign against drunk driving over the holiday season was most successful. GM wili remain competitive Donald Hackworth, presi- dent of GM Canada, has stated that GM will remain competitive which will mani J'MeVI Main Strq *SPEI job cutting. Although he predicts a cut in emrploymnent he said this will be done through attrition and re- location and retraining of workers. He predicts that by 1990 there will be 1200 robots working for GM in Canada compared to the present 250. We are pursuing new and hîgher levels of productivity including the installation of robots, a new modular pro- duction concept and as well about to instail a new line of subcompacts. City homes rise by 8.3 percent in 1983 A Royal Trust survey notes that detached houses in the Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering area have increased by an estimnated 8.3 percent during 1983. The report states the market is somnewhat stable at the present tinte. There'is a need in housing to meet the needs of specific groups, the small families, single parent families and the :1ashionS eet, Orono :CIALS *S Begins January 17 - Ends January 21 2 Black Shorty Dress Coats Regular $9.9NOW $75.00 3 Fake FUR JACKETS Reular$29.5NOW $250.00 Leg Warmers - Hait Prîce LADIES and CHILDRENS SCARF SETS priced at $950 SPECIAL RACK 0F, Ladies Dresses $2000 ALL SEASONS INCLUDED $5.00 Off Ail Jeans Al Sizes, 26 to 36 Hot Curlers $5. pack MEN'S e WINTER JACKETS Sîze 36 Only Reg. $7500 Clearing at $45.00 . .....20% Off DRESS PANTS Fancy Writing Paper ' ~~ Regula-,r Pr ice $395 NOW $2.00 Please be -bure and ask for your FREE SAMPLE (A your choîce o-f FLAVOURE D TEA aging, the report states. Another surplus for auto industry The Canadian Auto in- dustry registered its second consecutive multi-billion dollar auto trade surplus with the United States. Although somte figures are still to corne in it is expected the Canadian industry will surpass the record surplus in auto trade with the U.S. which was established in 1982. A $2.85 billion surplus was registered in 1982. Small surpluses were regîstered in 1970, '71 and '72 along with the surpluses of 1982 and 1983. Program to aid Senior Citizens Northumberland County's social services department is planning a program, which would have a dual purpose; to get unemployed off the welfare roll and as well help seniors get odd jobs done. The departmnent has ap- plied to the federal govemn- ment's Canada Works pro- gram for a grant to hire unemployed now on the welfare roll who would assist senior citizens with painting, cleaning, caulking and other such jobs around the home and yard. The County department seeks a grant of $23,275 to pay 10 workers for a period of thirteen weeks. The seniors would pay for materials needed. Minister tours Victoria College George Ashe, Minister of Government Services recently toured Victoria College in Cobourg, which hias been va- cant for a number of years, and is owned by the Pro- vince. There has been sorte feel- ing that the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education could possibly puirchase the building and following renovations could use it as their administrative offices. Presently the board rents space in Cobourg. It appears that this purpose is most prominent to this date but the board would be faced with an estimated $1.7 million renovation plan. Mental patient freezes hands and feet A Whitby Psychiatric Hospital patient was found in a snow covered field, 17 hours after hie escaped. John Vazen, 49, had to have his feet and hands amputated after gangrene set in follow- ing frostbite. The Health Ministry was satisfied with the hospital's search. Vazen is, a voluntary patient which meant hie had the freedom to, leave the hospital anytime hie wished. He will bie fitted with mechanical hands so hie can conur.ue to be an amateur ar- tist and classical guitarist. Permits up 37501o The value of commercial construction permits in Whit- by has jumped 375% over 192, or an increase of $3.3 miL'ion. Residential construc- tion has increased 120»o in value. The new commercial projects to be built are addi- tions to) the Whitby Woolco Plaza and the construction of a five storey office tower at Dundas and Green Streets. Pope visits Toronto More than 40,000 Oshawa- Whitby Roman Catholics will have the opportunity to see Pope John Paul Il when he visits Toronto next September. Ruses will be chartered from every major city in the province. Up to 500,000 are expecting to at- tend the mass. Kayak death accidentaI Metro Toronto Police have ruled the death of a former Bowmanville resîdent as ac- cîdental. 31-year-old Garfield Graham- was found in the frigid waters of Lake Ontario near Ontario Place where his kayak overturned. Graham was testing one of his kayaks that he had built in the base- ment of his own home. Escaped jail and robbed Oshawa Beer Store An escaped prisoner from a Kingston Penitentiary bas been sentenced to a nine-year prison term. Gerry Walter Russel formerly of Toronto pleaded guilty to holding up an Oshawa Beer Store and at- tacking a customer, also escaping from jail, theft of a car and possession of a knife while committing a robbery. Russell was serving 7 years for armed robbery and three other offences. Good year for Blood Clinics The Oshawa Branch of the Red Cross society said 1983 was a good year for the blood donor dlinics. A blood donor committee chalrman said the 20 clinics collected 5,346 unîts of blood, 33 units over 1982. The Red Cross were worried in the summer mon- ths when there was few donors but things picked up in the faîl as usual. Rmeport Now that Christmas holidays are over, everyone is hard at work preparing for exams, speeches and choos- îng courses for high school. On Monday night, an orientation meeting was held at Clarke High School for Grade 8 students and their parents regarding courses for high school. During January, each stu- dent wîll prepare and research a speech. Class con- tests will be held, then win- ners will speak for the whole school before going on to the Legion contests. Speeches will be judged on style, con- tent and presentation. In the sports activities, both boys and girls are work- ing on basketball skills in an- ticipation of upcoming teamn tryouts. When they are not practicing their skills, boys are involved in wrestling techniques and the girls, led by Miss Chambers are keep- inig fit through dancercise classes. We trust everyone had a safe Science lectures start January 17 The Durham Board of Education and Durham Col- lege are again sponsoring a series of Science Lectures. The Science Lecture series was established six years ago to provide up-to-date infor- mation on science and science-related topics of cur- rent interest. This year there will be talks on the issues of nuclear radia- tion, AIDS, computer securi- ty and factors affecting our long-term weather condi- tions. The first talk will be held on January l7th at 8:00 p.m. in the Durham College Lec- ture Theatre. Professor Ken- neth G. McNeill will speak on "The Human Body and Nuclear Radiation". t is known that hîgh doses of radiation will cause biological damage. At lower levels delayed biological ef- fects can occur, and these ef- fects will be discussed larvelv in the context of nuclear. ex- plosions. The talk is most topical inasmuch as it will ad- dress many of the questions raised by the recent television spectacular "The Day After", which dramnatized what could happen after a nuclear attack. Professor MeNeill lectures at the University of Toronto in the areas of physics and medicine. He is also a technical advisor for the Nuclear Contingency Plans at Pickering and Bruce Generating Stations. Other speakers in the Science Lecture Series jn- clude Dr. Stanley Reid of the Hospital for Sick Children on the topic AIDS, a baffling and deadly disease - on February 7th at Henry Street High School in Whitby; Dr. Ron Mullin of the University of Waterloo on COM- PUTER SECURITY SYSTEMS on February 28th at Durham College; and Terry Alsopp of En- vironimental Caniada on EL NINO and other factors af- fecting our weather on April lOth at Henry Street High School in Whitby. AIl lectures start promptly at 8:00 p.m., and there will be informai discussions and refreshments following the presentations. The Durham, Science Lec- ture series is co-ordinated by Ambrose Samulski of Durhami College's Food & Drug. 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