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M Vol. 7e Nou 5. Catholie teachers ongîùike Picketing of separate schools in the Durham Region began Tuesday, the second day of a strike by 456 members of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association. Schools were open Monday witb principals and vice- principals remaining on the job, while the teachers marched from the UAW hall in Oshawa to pîcket the Durham Separate School Board's offices on Simcoe Street nortb in that city. Parents are advised to send children to school at their own discretion. Mediation talks broke off at 6 p.rn. Sunday, with no settiement between the teachers and the board. The teachers are asking for a 12 per cent wage increase while the board bas offered eight per cent. The teachers also dQ2 flot want experienceinee- ments included in the package sent to the Anti Inflation Board fer approval. Cont'd on P. 5 Il's Ground Hog Day. Believe it or flot, today is Ground Hog Day, and if the littIe fellow sees fis shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. L Already we hae had one of the coldest and most severe winters on record, and more snow and cold weather is predicted. Latest weather reports say there may be somne clouding tomorrow, so the ground hog may flot see his shadow after ail. Six more weeks of what we had ýfor the last month would be too much. Forecasts for the next few days indicate bighs of minus 10 celcius, a' littie warmer than the past week. With temperatures like that, perhaps the ground hog will figure it's too cold to stick his head out to see bis shadow anyway. Wednesday, February 2, 1977 20 Pages INSIDE CANCER CAMPAIGN ....... INDUSTRIAL SEMINAR... àROOKLIN BYLINES ....... KINSMEN ANNIVERSARY... SP R S. ................ CONDOMINIUMS....... COMING EVENTS ........... SAFETY CONTEST ......... PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 6 PAGE 8 PAGES 12 T0 14 PAGE 15 PAGE 18 PAGE 20 'M Worst snow stormtin years strand Whibmorst One of the worst snow stortns in memory struck Whiàtby on Friday afternoon creating traffic havoc with whiteouts on ail major roads. Both the Durham Regional Police and Whitby OPP detach- ment reported numeroLis minor accidents, but nu serious injuries. The police, said they could ndst give accurate counts of th~e number of accidents, because many were flot reported. The storm strUcg siiortly betoère noon, and visibility was reduced to almost zero until nearly 5:30 p.m. Many scbools and businesses let people out early, but traffic was in chaos, with cars pulled off the roads or backed up for miles in some areas. Inspector Doug Bulloch of Durham Regional Police 1 8 Division said there were more than 20 accidents on Thickson Roud between Bellwood Drive and the CPR underpass wheie visibility was Iess than five feet and the sloping road was very icy. Oné accident at Bellwood Drive involved seven or eight cars, said Inspector Bulloch, and one car was hit six times. About 1 5 or 16 cars were jammed up under the CPR subway, he said. Arxother bad location was the corner of Dundas Street and Regional Road 23 (Whitby-Ajax town line) where there were 1l accidents, one involving four cars and damage amounting to $3,500 said Inspector Bulloch. Another six or seven accidents were reported at Henry Street and the Base Line (Victoria Street). Total damage in the reported accidents amnounted to about $10,000 said Inspector Bulloch. Inspector Bulloch reported that traffic was stopped on Highway 2 froin Thornton Road i n Oshawa to' Lupin Drive ini Whitby for, 45ý minutes during the whlteouts, and on the base line, traffic was storped frorn Stevenson Road in Oshawa to Thickson Road in Whitby for two hours. The Whitby OPP detach- ment reported 75 accidents in its area of jurisdiction. Seventeen accidents were reported on Higbway 401 from Stevenson Road in Oshawa to the Whitby-Ajax town line, and four were reported on l-ighway I12 from Rossland Road tu the Whitby-Scugog town liinc. The OPP, closed Highwv»y 12 fromi Thickson Roud to the Scugog-Bruck LownhUe ut 3:30 p.m. Friday and did flot open the road until Saturday morning. On Monday rnorning there was stili only one lane of Highway 12 open north of Manchlester. Inspector Billoch said the people involved in the storm seemed to really join in and hielp each other and take it as it. cornes", and the police were. greatly assistod by helpful motorists. SPLITINfG HARES Jim Oullette, 16, of 929 Centre Street North, pose with taxidermist for six years, stuffmng everything froM small a pair of jackrabbit book ends which he made himself and birds to a black bear. Between the jackrabbit- book ends showed at the Whitby Public Library's second annual hobby are books about his hobby. show Thursday and Friday Iast week. Jim has been a Free Press Photo by Bilan Winter -AmU Budget. is cut bY 1$1191,159 Witb a large tax increase possible for local purposes this year, the town 'counicil is working bard to cut expenses to tbe bare bones. At the budget discussions last Thursday, counicil sliced $191 ,159 from the originally proposed $832,295 increase for 1977. A few services in town appear to be in trouble frorn discussions Thursday night. Iroquois Park swimming pool is flot getting enougb swimmers to make it pay its way, and there was talk of closing the Kinsmen Park pool. Councillor Tom Edwards moved to put $13,000 into the budget to keep the outdoor pool functioning this year, but the matter was tabled for a furtber report. Unions were blamed for rising costs to dlean the senior citizens centre, and the fire department's student biring program was cut back to $5,000 from tbe $10,000 proposed by Mayor Jim Gartsbore. The subject of using one fulI-time or several part-time lawyers for legal assistance to tbe town was also an issue. Councillor Bob Attersley suggested a fuil-time lawyer might be cheaper, but Treasurer Forbes McEwen said there was an advantage in using two or three Iawyers since the town got the benefit of specialists in various fields. Planning Director Kevin Tunney said the town spent $ 14,000 last year on legal fees regarding objections to the official plan, an amount equivalent to *more than two mlîs according to Councillor Joy Tbompson. Mr.' Tunney said he did flot expect any 0MB bearings on official plan objections this 'year, but tbe Corridor Area Ratepayers association late last year filed protests to about eight subdivisions. Other matters such as repairs required to two 'lacrosse boxes came under heavv debate. Budget discussions resume tonight. . .........