Page 6, Thursday, November 4th, 1971, WHITBY FREE PRESS Snowmobile Statistics Could Mount Again This Season U n I ess more people accept greater personal responsibility for obeying Ont- ario'smotorizedsnow vehicle laws that have been passed for their protection, the accident statistics of 1last winter c ou Id be a foreboding spectre for the s e a s o n ahead, Mini ster of Transpor- tation and Communications Charles Mac- Naughton, said today. L-ast winter, 38 people were killed driving too fast for surface conditions and lack of familiarity wi th the capabil- i t les and limitations of the machines to manoeuvre and stop. The Minister urged snowmobilers to getacopy of the Department's pamphlet w h i ch spel1s out the laws covering the operation of snow vehicles and contains safety tips. In addition, he urged novices to take a train ing course from local snowmobile clubs. Last year's statistics Statistics for last winter show: - 29 people were kil led in highway col- lisions, compared with 15 the previous y e a r and 353 were injured, compared with 164 the previous year; - 9 p e o p 1 e were killed in off-highway collisions, compared with Il a year ear- lier, while injuries, under the new rep- orting laws, rose to 245 compared with seven a year earlier. - Over 65 per cent of all highway coll- isions occurred on icy or packed-snow surfaces; Tree stumps, fences - 46 per cent of off-highway accidents i nvolved collisions with obstructions, such as tree stumps and fences; - 13 per cent of off-highway collisions i n v olved two snowmobiles running into each other; - 19. 4 per ce n t of drivers involved in col l isions - where the condition of the driver w as known - had been drinking compared with 20. 4 per cent the prev- ious winter. - 41. 6 per cent of all highway collisions were on township roads; Age categories - 47. 3 per c e n t of drivers in highway collisions were 25 years of age or old- er. Thenextmajor category was the 16- 19 age group w i t h 24. 1 per cent. This pattern has been consistent over three winters. - 77 per cent of ail highway collisions occurred during clear visibility condit- ions. ASTROLOGY AS I SEE IT by Astrologer Ed Cheetham Since the planet "Pluto" was only discovered in the year 1936, astrolo- gers to date have no t had much time to observe its long time effects. But just a little study of the nature of the planet, c an tell us much of it's effect upon the human race. Pluto rules Scorpio, the sign of sex and the sign that has much to do wi th the expulsion of water matter from the body, also the seed necessary for the contin- uance of the human race. Scorpio rules reproduction. Pluto and the generation gap Plutotakes245 years to complete its orbit, so we get an average of 20 years in each sign of the zodiac, thus giving uswhatwecall the "generation gap", so this w oul d explain the reason parents fin d it hard to understand their child- ren. Pluto is just now completing its transit of the sign of Virgo, which is said to rule WHITBY-HARRISON FUELS LIMITED "Your TEXACO Dealer" S 211BPhne:668-3610 Bro ffSffS diet, food, drugs, clothingandjust work in general. This may explain the inter- est in experimenting with drugs, wear- ingoutlandishclothing (at least to their elders)heldby today's youth. Throwing m ore light on this aspect, since Virgo governs the workers, more interest in living than working prevails, thus like the serpent, one very apparent aspect of Scorpio. The workers are shedding their skins and seeking to imitate the pl utocrats. Pluto . life and death ItvwouldappearthatPlutohas much to dowith life and death, as since it's dis- co ve r y, less value is being placed on 1 i f e in the w e s t than ever before, as could be wi tnessed by the number of people w ho died between 1939 and 1945 w i t h H i t I e r 's fol lowers disposing of human beings like so many ants. New american bomb Then scientists invented the atomic bomb, whi ch wiped out two cities in J a p an , so that a tremendous power is now in the hands of the human race. Now the President of the United States h a s authorized the explosion of a bomb which is said to be 160 times more pow- erful than the one which wiped out Hiro- shima. FANTASYLAND PARK Rent our 'Room on the Hill' for your Faîl or Christmas party. Catering and Bar Facilities available. 3 mlles North of Whitby on Rwy. 12 655-3031 Amchitka Island Scientistsdiscover thingsby experi- m en t and som e t i mes by accident, so i t is feasible there may still be elements of c h e mistry they are ignorant of, and th i s explosion on Amchitka Island may t o u c h off a chain reaction which coul d destroy the earth i tself. The bible story of t h.e w or Id being destroyed by fire, then, may not be so clearly far-fetched. Sir Bernard Lovell1, Di rector of Eng- I and's Astronomy & Space Tracking Cen- tre, is now lecturing in Canada. LovelI says man may be on the verge of discov- ering the origin of the universe, and he a I s o su ggests that there may be many o ther p lane ts in the universe stable enough to contain life. Continued on page 12 MP WEDS TEACHER W h i tby-S ur prising friends and col- leagues, Federal Member of ParlIiament EdwardBroadbentannounced his marr- iage here last weekend. Heandhis bride, the former Lucille Allen anelementary school French teacher w e r e wed in a civil ceremony with "just a few relatives" in attendance in Ottawa Friday afternoon. Richard Allen, brother of the bride wasbest man, and his wife, "Patricia" was matron of honour. A descriptioh from Mr. Broadbent's office said that the bride wore midnight blue. The Broadbents will take up resi- dence in the Whitby area. TOWN OF WH ITBY GARBAGE COLLECTION RE MBRAN CE DAY NOVEMBER11 1971 There will b e no garbage collection in the former Town of Wh i tby on Thursday, Novem ber Il, 1971. Garbage normally picked u p on Thursdays will be picked up on Friday, November 12th. In the area former ly known as the Town- ship of Whitby, garbage will be picked upas usual on Thursday, November Il, 1971. W. A. Evans, P. Eng., Director of Public Works