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, - Shuttle bus for hospital Heart u-Sunday VOLUME ' NO. , A passenger in the Mar- shall car, Genetta Murray, 39, of Lumsden Ave., was taken to Northwestern General Hospital with unde- ‘termined injuries. North York firefighters worked for two hours to extricate the pair from the smashed auto. As all readers will now be aware Sunday, February 8 has been declared Heart Sunday and throughout Canada volunteers, in- cluding members of Canada's Air Cadet Movement, will be giving their spare time to collect funds and donations to enable further medical research into Heart Disease and its associated problems. Air Cadets of Number 700 Squadron, Weston, will be amongst the volunteers making house to house calls for such a worthy cause. Should an Air Cadet call at your house this coming Sunday asking for a donation, please give generously. York-Finch General Hospital in North York has been advisedthat the TTC, at this time, cannot agree to the request for improvement in the hours of service on the Finch Ave. bus route. The hospital is in the-final stage of construction and expects to open for patients early this month. It expects to reach a total occupancy of 300 patients _ and staff of 550 within a year. The closest TTC stop is within three minutes walk. Robert James Marshall, 46, of Woburn Ave., was dead on arrival at Northwestern General Hospital following a four-car collision on Woodbine Ave., at Finch last week. A car' driven by Mario Gia- comuzzi, 23, of Weston Rd., first was in collision with another vehicle driven by Frederick Gullus, M, of Inez Court, said police. Then the Gullus and Marshall cars collided head on. A fourth car, driven by Dennis Conbaluzir, 21, of Sharon, struck the rear of the stopped Marshall car. Man killed in collision TlE BROS. ' ON LIMITED) Emmw-y illliiii,iii,,,' tiliiiiiiiaolt lit; _-,siririiiiitrrl'l" fr'tlrl'31, A A A“ <tl, """2iiii' York Mayor Philip White is boiling mad. He is so mad he has threatened to give up his allegiance to the Liberal Party. York council on Monday went into the first of a number of secret meetings scheduled to deal with the possible reorganization of civic departments based on management consultant reports made a year ago. A visit from the Toronto edition of the Flying Fathers saw the famous hockey team trim Plumber Valley Knights of Columbus coaches 6- 1 in a game last week at Weston Arena. All ordained priests of the Roman Catholic Church, the The consultants have recommended that two senior officials be named, one to head up all operating departments, one to head up all administrative depart- ments, These two officials would answer to York council and carry out civic policy set by council. The consultants also proposed changes in several , civic departments including works, legal, treasury, hydro and parks. They advocated abolition of the parking authority and the com- munity centres board becoming part of the parks department. Mayor Philip White in- dicated that three or four meetings would be held including a private session with management con- sultants to consider what steps should be im- No cash for crossings make White see red Secret meetings begin on reorganization What has got the mayor so annoyed is a letter ,from Minister of Transport Donald Jamieson. The minister said he could not plemented. He expected that York was deficient in respect some decisions could be of a soundly organized civil made in about a month. service and lacked an ap- propriate distribution of The consultants after a administrative respon- lengthy study concluded that sibility. Metro has extended the eligibility for reduced fares for transit riding to elderly persons who receive War Veterans' Allowances and Widows' Allowance who are also receiving the basic Old Age Security allowance. To date about 13,000 elderly persons have applied at various Metro offices for the photo identification cards needed to use the half fare transit tickets. The cold weather and snow has prevented many elderly persons from getting out to obtain their identification according to Metro Welfare Commissioner John An- derson. "Metro estimates that 59,000 persons are eligible THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1970 - "rule" FOR ALL OCCASI Itil. more: ’ ',i,1 241 .5951 _ " _ Qt 2416261 - Send Fbweu A-y'htc In Tho Wov“ Br Wii offer any encouragement that the federal government will provide increased grants toward improving existing and building new Fathers have just returned from a tour of Germany. In the group are Fathers P. Vallely, D. Scanlon, P. Giroux, P. Lennon, S. McWilliams, R.E. Grinon (coach), B. Reddal, B. Vernalli, R. Griffin and D. Klien. for the half fare transit rides. An increasing number of persons will be expected at Metro offices once the cold spell has passed. Metro Executive Com- mittee made no comment last week in approving a single report that authorized settlement of property acquisition from over 100 property owners. The report dealt with property required for the widening of Finch Ave. in North York from Yonge St. to Keele St. The largest settlement, fors7,146 went to Metro Separate School Board. The smallest set- Wm”. News Brief railway grade crossing separations. This is of particular concern to York because of the $3-miilion Jane St. and The consultants also reported that the con- centration of executive and political power within board of control could be contrary to public interest. It was noted that aldermen have limited influence within the borough administration under the present political and administrative arrangement. The present organizational structure, the consultants said, was time consuming and costly to operate, E.H.G. Courtman, general manager of the iborough parking authority has also registered opposition to the suggestion that the authority be abolished. With the functions split between the works and treasury In reports to the council Parks Commissioner Alan Savage supports integration of the community centres activity with his department while Fred Howard, director of the community centres board, considers this would be a retrograde step. St. Clair railway overpass which is 60 years old and too narrow for existing traffic. Metro executive agreed with the mayor's angry position and an effort will be made to get a number of Government members of parliament together with civic officials to explain just how serious Metro's need is for increased federal aid on grade crossings. "The biggest traffic bottléneck in the west," was Mayor White's description of the JaneSt. Clair railway overpass. SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS Metro has a list of railway level crossings that must be eliminated over the next 10 years and without increased federal help the chance of removing the level crossings is slim. It didn't help matters when the transport minister ad- mitted that through an over- sight a letter from the Metro chairman was not acknowledged. Police and management shut down operations at the Richardson-Merrill Weston Rd. plant on Weston Rd. and Finch Ave Friday, after an anonymous bomb threat. A telephone call was received shortly after 1:00 p.m. and all employees where sent home shortly after. In spite of a three hour search by officials and police, no evidence of a bomb was found in the plant. Company officials found it difficult to estimate the money' lost due to lack of production and spoilage of products because of the incident. The Canadian National Exhibition has taken York Mayor Philip White at his word. He has been named to the dog committee for 1970. Recently the mayor protested the abolition of tt annual dog show. He we ts some sort of a CNE dog show for children. "Most of us are dog lovers," he told the CNE directors' recently. The mayor will try and restore some sort of dog show at the CNE this year. Bomb scare Mayor gone to the, dogs