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readers Dear Sir, I Here's another "Accident Report" here the damage is difficuit ot assess in nurn- bers of dollars....but a small boy'is spending several weeks of warmn play-weather with his leg immobilized in a cast. Last week, seven year old Laurie ran her street size bike into three - year old Tommy on the sidewalk out- side his home, breaking his leg. Laurie's mother says she lias tuighli er child to ride Couîî. Gerry Emni expres- sed his concern in Coutîcil recently about the poor con- dition of the roads in the northerîî section of the Town (Brooklin, Myrtle, Ashburn area). This year being Home- coming year he pointed out that the paved roads have flot received any major at- tention since amnalgamnation ini 1968. He had hoped that this year with the large amn- ount of money ($tlO,OOO.) allocated in this yeari's bud- get rural paved roads would receive a portion to bring theni up to standards. Jack McCorkell, deputy write lier bike on the sidewalk, "because 1 figure site can't kilt anyone - but -she could 'be killed herseif on the street" (quote). Small comfort for the littie boy who didîî't much enjoy his introduction to hospitals - needies, anaes- thetic, pain, etc. Sitting ar- ound just doesn't compare with running, swinging, spi- ashing and exploring- - and little brother has already le- arned 'it's fun to tease and ruiî! Tomniy's mother is exp- assured couîîcil tîtat a report oin this would be comning forward to the Operations .Committee in the îîear future. Coun. Emni said "I drive a truck on the roads about town and 1 know where the holes are, and there are lots of theni." Coun. Emm later told the Free Press that he is afraid .that by the tume Works. Dept. gets around to the paved vilage roads there will be no longer any money left in the budget to do a proper job. THIS WEEK from Ottawa ELECTION EXPENSES BILL A sweeping reform of the rules governing federal elect ion campaigns is proposed in the Election Expýenses Bill intro- duced in the House of Commons by Privy Council President Alan MacEachen. Some of the provision% of the Bill would limit election spending (thirty cents per eligible voter in every riding in which a party has an officiai candidate), require disclosure of names of those 'ho contribute in excess of $100, shorten time period for political advertising, and remove broadcast commefltary restrictions during final hours of election carnpaigns. TAX REFUNDS ON THE WAY As of June 21, the Depart- ment of National Revenue processed almost eight million tax returns - - 6)202,793 refunds, totalling nearly $1I billion have been sent to tax- payers. Sonne two and a haîf million returns remain to be processed and most of these are expected ta be handled by the end of the flîonth. PRICE PARITY FOR CARS Industry, Trade and Com- merce Minister Alastair Gilespie said in the House of Commons that he intends "to hold the -automobile corn- panies to tiiei commitment" to reducetUic price difference bcetween CartadianadAmr 'càbuotlt cars. PENSIONS TO IN CREAE 24% Veterans Affairs Minister Dan MacDonaid's Bill to in- crease the basic annual pen- sion for disa bled war veterans by 24% over the current rate being paid, reccived speedy passage in the House of Com mons. Following Senate approval and Royal Assent, the basic pension would increase to $4,70,1 from the present $3,793 a year, an iricrease of $91i 1. Married pensioners would receive $5,880 a year, an increase of $1 ,047. HOUSING CRISIS Urban Affairs Minister Ron Basford continues to voice concern over the increasing cost of housîng in Canada. In Vancouver, he said the' rate at which housing prices have been rising is "unacceptable" and "the situation is intoler- able - - not only for low- income people who are per- haps the hardest hit but for middle-income famiies as well." The minister has asked Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) to pro- duce proposais to remedy sonne of the problems. "Alil public land held by the federal government is now being examined in terms of its potential for residential development and, whcre, it seýems suitable, plans are being developd to get it onto the Market." ecting a baby in two weeks, and slîe doesni't tliink kids wlîo can't control large bikes slîould'nt be ridiîîg tlieini any wliere - for everyone's safety. Sincerely, Enma Wolfe 322 Rosedale Dr., Whitby. What*s right wlih ihis picture? Weil if it were true, Americans would be saving 28 billion, .560 million U.S. gallons of gas every year. lA lot of if Canadian!l How did we arrive ai ihat figure? Weil, we know the average Amnerican car uses about 735 gal- lons of gas a year. The Beeile, 399* Turn the eighîy-five million aver- WHITBY FREE PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1973, PAGE 3 'THE WHITBV FREE PRESS (VOICE 0F THE'COUNTY, TOWNN) Hometowfl papor of Whitby, Brooklin, Myrtle arld Ashburn; servîng Ajax and Pickering. Published verv Thursday Publidswd by Whitby Frei Press IrIc., Bruno Harilaid, Presldnt. 212 Brock Strftt South, Whilby AWeiI Box 2M. Whiby. PhotIOfflll1 or 668-6112 Editor: Mik SurPi Asimtnt Editor: ,Mm 0iUMAILING làleoMI I. age American cors, on the road rîghî now into Beeties, and it works out îo a saving of 28,560,000,000 (give or take a few gallons). Now we haven'tiligured ouit ail the waier and antifreeze that wouid be saved with the Beetle*s air-cooled engine. Nor con we compute the extra parking space it would create. Not îo mention ail the money people would be able to save 'n a world of Volkswogens, But we do know that our niod- est proposali s not so for fetched. There already are police car Beetles in St. John'and Toronto. And a VW-driving millionaire in Ontario. And a Bug that herds coule in Aiberta. Waste nQi. Wani not. Fgew tbnonçieworkaswellas aVolkswagefl. WASCO VOLKSWAGEN PORSCHE -AUDI 1425 DundasS EW~68~4 GIVE SQ O THERS M/GHT LIVE__ Adv.tising: Ron Wintniy COUN. EMM CONCERNED ABOUT ROADS' IFANRCAN HIHWAàYS WOKED LIKE THISYTHEY WOULDN'T HAVE AGASISS PERMII NO. 2941 G RIT* 1 ýDIN 70030