» Wbitby fire fIghters spray water onthe burned out sheli of a igasoine tanker which exploded on Highway 401 at the Thickson Road ramp Saturday. Twelve people were involved ln a muli-vehicle accident which resulted in the explosion, but none were injured -seriously. Traffic was backed up on the higliway for- five miles in each direction for two hours No. one hurt i*n tanker explosion An explosion of a gasoline tank traider in the westbound land of Highway 401 at Thckson Road Saturday tied Up traffic in both directions for more than two hour. Whitby Vire Chef Ed Crouch said 12 people were involved in a multi-vebicle accident which resulted in the explosion, but ne one was serïously hurt. Accordîng to Chef Crouch, three car struck each other while trying to slow down te avoid an earlier accident involving a car and a trans- port truck. One of the car rolled over on its roof while the other two slid under a pup-trailer tanker parked on the side of the road, said the chief. One cof the two cars, a Buick Skylark, cauglit fire on impact with the 300-gallon gasoline tanker, and sbortly afterwards the tanker exploded.. The driver of the tanker was not in bis cab at Region al review Provincial Treasurer receive careful cousidera- Darcy McKeough bas tion at Queen's Park, Saîd rejected a pi'oposalfromn Mr. McKeough. Regional Cauncilthat a Rgnlcui dpe review î,e mna e lie r~om Alderm~~Ianohnd Durham Rgi moeltiofeiOslerana jui ln a îetter td, RDeiaeg0iOhaw t Chairmn Waleath,1Mr. Meem ai tegoer- Dayton Ti opitue or a l regî..l study w be ade.* v m n mae ntla rgo ive 2 w eekis a years old, and the Dua Region, created- n an-Je 1, ive bundred production 194,i «yfour and a MU wokers et Dayton Tire Ltd. yws aid. i0fed Sunday to give their He aiso stated tint <-if bargainîog unit a mandate to reffional council beieve cail a strike if talks with the thee are boendaryv or coiUpBfy in the1 next two- funei" svie whch cri-weeksare not productive. not wait ustil any furt.ber 'le workers, nieibers à ( provbnolal study, th theLocal O%. United Rubber gvwwmutm w--Id evise Work"e r i nerica, voted t"t th reIi nuadtak"e its 9 ercntf * ah the time 0f the explosion for lie had walked further down the road to assist a t the other accidents. Debris from the blast fel around the Thickson road ramp for 30 seconds and started several grass fires, police said. The WhItby Fire Department had the blaze under control within 30 minutes, and the wreckage was cleaned Up witbin two hours. Seven fire jnits responded to, the alarm. Ontario Provincial Police stopped traffic in botli lanes of the 401 for up to two hours, and cars were backed up five miles in each direction, said Chef Crouch. Thie total loss amounted to $93,000--$85,000 to the gasoline tanker, and $8,000 te the tbree cars, said Chef Croucb. The pup traider of the gasoline tanker did flot explode. I Businelssmen are-invitedto hielp hosp ital >An' invitation for local businessmen to assist the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital in providing better health care was issued by Peterborough MP John Turner, assistant to Health Minister Dennis Timbreli, Monday. Mr. Turner outlined the new directions being taken in health care in the province at the first* meeting of the Whitby Chamber of Commerce té be held at the psychiatrie hospital. The hospital became a member of the, Chamber this year, and its administrator, Michael O'Keefe is a director of the 'Chamber. Mr. O'Keefe said theWhitby Psychiatric, Hospital has 505 bcds, 460 patients, and a staff of 750. The hospital has an annual budget of $16 million, he said. Mr. Tuner told the Chamber members that the principal advantage of a dloser relationship between lod hospitals and businessmen is the opportunity to get more public involvement in the province's health, system. "We want more public involvement because this is a period of significant change in ontario's health care," said Mr. Turner. "Many of the traditional ways 0f doing things are beîng chal)cnged. In part, these changes bave been prompted by i'sing-,osts-lý lie pointed out. that ovêr the past decade, healtb costs have been rising faster than government expenditures asp whole, while the slowdown in the economy lbas belped expose the disproportionate.share of wealth that goes to governrnent. The solution would'seemn to be to cut, services, said mr. Turner, but this would not make much difference to the health budget. ,Mr. Turner said tliat studies have shown that Ontario's health care systern is not as rational as it should be, with intensive care being prMvded at great expense to people who do not need it, and institutions bave been over-emphasised when less costly alternatives could be as effective. "We have been spendîng a lot of money on emergency care, when the real need is for less costly alternative forms of care," he said. "In other words, we may be providing services efficiently, but they aren't always the right services. That's one of the reasons why our systern bas become so costly." Mr. Turner told the Chamber members the governinent bas developed a four-part strategy to mneet the problems he, outlined. First , the goverument is de-empbasizing the active treatment hospital; secondly, it is developing alternative forms of care that are less intensive and less costly; third, ut Is decentralizing the system to make it more sensitive to local needs; and fourth, it is putting more empliasis on preventive medicine,"bY encouragîng responsible lifestyles and more involvement by the public. o ' re!j ected ninlsago, askigfor a, review 0fDurham's regienl governinent. ChairmanBeath -said be Preferred tint. an interat1 relier t.ban provincial study lie undertaken. ire worlkers ite for strike ifter report day of this week. The two sides aIse met tice last week after a provincial eoecilliator decided t e l bis report. Once a "Dao board" report as receved wîtitbhe n. ut few days, a legal strike or lockoea couki take place in twe weeks, says union 1«We BEST SAFETY PATRKOL IIONORED Thirty-twe students at Florence Hlerd Scbool were recently namied th1e best safety p menibers in Whitby, and were presented with jackets by th1e Wbtby KionmenCMa mernben of th1e Duham Regional Police. Standing, lait to rieabt Itihe oeseutatim a PIR ES$