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Weston Times (1966), 19 Sep 1968, p. 4

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We are convinced, however, that if the York board which certainly knows more about the borough education than the Metro board, presents its case with logic and compassion, the senior board should be prepared to settle for a compromise. taxes on food, clothing and drugs, the Ontario Legislature‘s select committee..on. taxation has exposed itself for whatâ€" it really is=brutal and It is merely another plan to soak the oppressed poor who are already overtaxed by the Federal and Provincial governmentts. . â€"â€" â€" _ The chairman of this select committee, John White (PC London South) has done the people of Ontario a grave disservice and we trust that it will be remedied soon by Premier John Robarts. > White contends that tax on a child‘s shoes and. bread and milk: won‘t injure those at â€"the lower income levels because they will be grantedâ€"tax What this man apparently fails to realize is that the middle and low income groups yeild over 80 But school board still has a major challenge ahead in persuading the Metro board to settle for another school site. The board‘s decision proves that elected officials can be moved if ratepayers are aroused and criticize the politicians and trustees for falling down on the job. per cent of the taxes collected by this province and therefore the chief burden of his foodâ€"clothingâ€"drug taxation scheme must inevitably fall on them. When people like John White advocate taxing the very essentials of life it is time for the people to lash back and say "enough." â€" The entire neighbourhood around the George Syme school therefore owes chairman Dr. Ronald Christie and the school board a vote of thanks for at least delaying its decision to expropriate until negotiations can be conducted with Metro school board on whether an alternate site may be found to build the new school. This is exactly what happened when the York board of education decided in July to expropriate some 42 homes to enlarge the George Syme public school building and the playground around it. Sometimes when school board or municipal council makes an arbitrary decision to expropriate private homes for public purposes, the wrath of the whole community turns on the publically elected officials. If Premier Robarts‘ . government seriously entertains the select committee‘s broader based tax scheme, it will be the responsibility of the Opposition to pounce on the government with all the force that was used when former Attorney General Fredrick Cass introduced his notorious police bill a few years ago. A sales tax on and bread isn‘t a plot to soak the rich â€" much we do know. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dept. Ottawa, Ont., and for payment of postage in cash SUBSCRIPTION RATES $7,00 per year in advance to any address in Canada Other countries $9.00 In recommending the imposition of direct sales Published at 2159 Weston Rd., Weston by Principal Publishing Ltd., every Thursday W. K. Wilson, General Manager <<~â€" ~B.M. Holmes, Editor Telephone 241â€"521 1 Brutal and unjustified The right decision eoftou . A sales tax on milk will I am writing this not as â€"â€"~_ a ‘complaint. 4 wouldâ€" like Indi advice on what to do in an ‘~ emergency. Maybe you will WET be able to help others as Onâ€"alovely bright calm afternoon, I heard a loud thud. Looking out, I saw a hydro pole which had rotted and falien down putting hydro wires over the lawns and driveways. I was somewhat startled to learn through a letter in your issue of August 29 that O‘Keefe Centre has been "monopolizing‘ the Charlottetown â€" production of. "Anne of Green Gables" in the Toronto area and suggesting it might also monopolize "Johnny A neighbour phoned the York Hydro office to Belinda." (the pain, We barked up the wrong tree \ _If the baby is bitten by an insect, remove the stinger, if any, with tweezers,. Apply ammonia, diluted with equal parts of water, or a solution of baking soda and water, to neutralize the acid causing * Bites and Stings If your child is bitten by any animal, report it to your doctor at once. While waiting for him treat it as a small cut, Who do 1 call in an emergency! THE WEsTON TIMES Mowing the neighbor‘s lawn that report this and was asked, "Is it your telephone pole?" It was made clear it â€"was;a hydro pole:â€"The lady ~at the office said she would report it . Dear Sir: May Itake this opportunity to congratulate you on the new format of the Weston Times. As this. was around twentyâ€" to ~four and the children were starting to come home from school I decided to phone York Hydro. I never got an answer. I let it ring several times and I dialed three different times. So I then phoned the Operator who gave me Metro Emergency. Could your correspondâ€" ent perhaps be confusing O‘Keefe Centre with the Royal Alexandra? "Anne of Green Gables" has never played at O‘Keefe Centre. Nor are there any plans that 1 am aware of to bring in "Johnny Belinda." * I found it extremely colorful, eyeâ€"catching and made for easy reading. I Jack Karr, Press Relations Director, O‘Keefe Centre for the Performing Arts. Colorful and eyeâ€"catching Yours sincerely, What I would like to know is "Where to phone and what to do in cases of emergency such as this"? They put me right through to the police, who said they would take care of it. (Editor‘s note: We telephoned the York Hydro System at 762â€"3631 at 8:05 Tuesday evening and the gentleman at the other end answered: *‘*York Hydro Emergency Service." He explained‘ that the system has two emergency lines and hydro crews standing by 24â€"hours a day. If both the afterâ€"hour lines are busy the call will go through to another office that is only used during business hours. If you live in North York, the Hydro number to call in the event of an emergency is 222â€"3311. For any sort of emergency, of course, EMiâ€"111i1 will put you through to the fire and Metro Police department.) k now it will be enthusiastically received by your readers. Wishing you continued and growing success. Mrs, Edna Chapman, Wadsworth Blvd., Weston. Philip White, Controller, Borough of York. Yours very truly, Yours truly, Here‘s why: ho To win a war the thre conquering or domestic and army must have the| > F support of the people. But the this is not the case in rgsi South Vietnam. How else lear can you explain the hou amazing hold the Viet hav Cong and Nationgl thei Liberation Front have M the south where the Saigon dra1 and American armies are asts about the best equipped in crec the world? e0o few readers by suggesting 155 that although the U.S. is yiop chalking up an impressive W e list of military victories in \begi this part of South East \pim Asia, it is still losing the| > C If the people in the riyd“ hamlets and village it actively sympathized with .. * the Saigon regime, the Viet, 191 Cong would be wiped ou 6‘“ so fast that it would mak L] Uncle Ho‘s head spin. 2t The fact is, however MPD that the nonâ€"Communistiub population in the: W countryside support, hideePd and feed the Viet CongPU guerrillas because when the!‘A®C come in, the land owner$23! from one third to mot than one half ~of your M hardâ€"earned crop over ic some merciless landlord}ypi Viet Cong promises of landnter redistribution and a bowhppre of â€" rice â€"with every me iN sounds pretty attractive. | Maric The distinguished, journalist Bernard Fall wh 4 was killed in Vietnam sai P with irrefutable logic: "Th¢; large mass of landles{* peasants stands to lose great deal the day Saigor‘ reâ€"establishes control ove)= the countryside and thu res t ores the ol« t e n a n t â€" l a n d 1 o r relationship, as invariably: happened in the pas: relationship, as invariabl happened in the pas whenever â€"governmen troops reâ€"occupied a give Then too, the Walyg ; Street Journal rece ~ reported that of the mor # ogp than a million famil 3 operated farms in th t is Mekong Delta, less than at 1 quarter are owner operated;, ; , my s â€"y.__3.. â€"__â€"_ _ dofton proviso that the feud? landlord will be reimburse by the peasant for the lan that he has lost. An during the two years takes to get this "lant reform" program on tli' road, it is proposed th the South Vietmh\e? government pay the rent t the jlandowner that h would â€" otherwise â€" havy received from the landle# is ~attempting to get thr"8 Saigon regime to initiate |° land â€"reform â€" prograft®E which, to my way 0°"! thinking, has as muc eli chance of success as B f has of jumping over th moon. Believe it or not"© the U.S. is asking th"W©® Vietnamese Nationd~ Assembly . to give al peasants title to the lant they are working with th The Yanks are nof" totally blind to their weal: position ‘in _ Vietnamâ€"bu«> almost. Now we hear tha2" the U.S. State Department‘© ’!188! orro ©Wh the hou %0%%% ie pe d eve TOp de. ops Se 1C fi

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