Board Says No Wayi. Mrs. Palmer WHITBY - Anna Marie Palmer, 24, the Whitby op- erating room nurse who won't assist with abortion opera- tions, has been told that she will not be reinstated to the operating room at the Dr. J.O. Ruddy Hospital. John Kunetsky, Hospital A dminstrator, informed Mrs. Palmer Thursday night of the board decision. He said that the decision was reached in a private meeting of the board last Wednesday night tonowimg the hospitals ann- ual general meeting. Mr. Kunetsky refused to state the reasons for the decision. Mrs. Palmer said that when she was informed, of the decision she "was really up- set about the whole thing and didn't even ask him (Mr. Kunettky) what the leasons were why they reached that decision." She said that she is plan- ning on "going to the Human Rights Commission and try to get them to investigate the situation." Mrs. Palmer said that she has no inten- tions of resigning. "That would be backing out of the whole situation and that wo- uld mean that all the work we have put into it would mean nothing." She added "I feel that there are an awful lot of nurses who will be in the same predicament as me in the future. That's why I feel I have to keep on with this and try to make it easier for other nurses, so that they won't have to go through the same hell that I went thr- ough." Mrs. Palmer clarified her feelings saying "actually what I'm fighting heie is the conscience clause so that Vol. 4. No. Il WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20th, 1974 Blaze A fiery blaze early Sun- Dead is Richard Dixon, they believed the '71 Tri- chael Fiddes,24,ofMontreal. fighters fought the blaze for day morning claimed the life 24, of 4010 Lawrence Ave., umph sports car being driven The tractor-trailer ran over half-an-hour before putting of a Scarborough man when East, Scarborough. west bound at about I a.m. the sports car which became it out. Rescue of the trapped his sports car collided with Ontario Provincial Police, crossed the median and colli- wedged under the fuel tank, man was impossible. a tractor-trailer on Hwy. 401 Whitby detachment, investi- ded with the east bound and burst into flames.-- Photo by Alex Kalnins one half mile east of Ajax. gated the accident and said tractor-trailer driven by Mi- Whitby and Ajax fire Fve Whitby Dept. Heads Honoured at C. C. Luncheon The Whitby Chamber of Commerce paid tribute to five former department heads Dr. Mofeed Michael, Walter Evans, Wes Winters, Wm. Pilkington, and George Thwaites at a dinner Monday afternoon. The occasion, chaired by chamber president Karel Schaaf, was attended by May- or Des Newman, Bill New- man M.P.P. and mînister of the Environment, regional Chairman Walter Beath, and former Mayor Warren Mowat. Mayor Newman, spokes- man for the Town of Whitby and the Chamber of Com- merce, paid tribute to the five men individually. George Thwaites, he said, started with a $35,000 bud- get and wound up with a half-million dollar budget. Former Works dept. head, Walter Evans, started with a half-million and wound up with 2½ million. Former Police Chief Will- iam Pilkington started as head of a 14 man force and built it up to 32 men. Dr. Michael, former Plan- Continued on Page 2 Kinsmen Celebrity Dinner For C.F. Research Proceeds from the Whitby Kinsmen Club's Sports Cele- brity Dinner, March 25th, 1974, at Heydenshore Pavil- ion, Whitby, Ontario will be in aid of Cystic Fibrosis Research. Cystic Fibrosis is a hered- itary disease effecting the respiratory and digestive systern of one in every thous- and births. Kinsmen over the past eight years have contributed in excess of one half a million dollars towards the treatment and research for a cure of this dreaded discase. The following celebrities are aiding this cause by putt- ing their support behind Kins- men with their attendance at the up coming Sports Celebrity Dinner: Sandy Hawley (Jockey), Dunc Wilson (Toronto Maple Leafs), Granvell Liggins (To- ronto Argonauts), Gus Bod- nar (Coach ofOshawa Gen- erals), Barry Timbers (Osh- awa Tony's), Des Hawley (Father of Sandy Hawley), Bob Attersley (Former Whit- by Dunlops), Tom O'Connor (Former Whitby Dunlops), Ted O'Connor (Former Whit- by Dunlops), Fred Etcher (Former Whitby Dunlops), Des Newman (Mayor - Town of Whitby), Leo Cahill (Gen- eral Manager' - Toronto Northmen), John McVay (Coach -Toronto Northmen), Graham Ligget (Carling O'K- eefe), John Traifior (Toronto Argos), Al Brenner (Hamilton Tigercats), Gord Walker (Pub- lic Relations C.F.L.), Mark Shakelton (C.F. Child - Bow- manville All Star Pee Wee Hockey Club), Terry Kelly (M.C.), Tom Simpson (Tor- onto Toros). CIRCLE TAXI 128 BROCK ST. N. WHITBY, ONT. 663-6666 24 HRS. 10 CENTS INSIDE COUNCIL BRIEFS.............PAGE 2 WOMEN'S PAGE..............PAGE 4 BIRD'S EYE VIEW..............PAGE 6 SPORTS....................PAGE 8 GIRL OF THE WEEK...........PAGE 10 CLASSIFIED.................................'PAGE 11 77 nurses can opt out of abor- tion operations if it goes against their moral con- victions." She feels that "if doctors can have freedom of consci- ence in their work, then nurses should have freedom of conscience also, and it's simply because a doctor is self-employed and a nurse is an employee, and this is no excuse to deprive her of this right. And just because we are paid does not give the employer the right to dictate to us to go against our conscience." :r: Er