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Orono Weekly Times, 1 Jun 1977, p. 14

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»4-ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 1. 1977 120,,0,00 to work on election It is estimnated by the Chief electoral Officer that some 120,000 persons throughout the Province will work for the smnooth running of the dune 9th election. Some of these workers will only work on elect ion day as deputy return- ing officers and poils clerk, while others have heen enum- erators and providing other services for the, some 125 returning officers acrýoss the province.. It has heen estimated that each returnin-g officer will appoint, swear in, train and supervise some 1,.000 workers for their own ridings to act varying capacities during course of the election. Each riding also has an average of 200 poils. AI told it is estimated that more than five million Ontar- io citizens will be qualified to vote in the dune 9th election. In the last Ontario election, 67 .8 percent of the 4,901,837 names on the polling lists cast ballots. The largest voter turnout in the past Il elec- tions ince 1937, was in 1971 Mien -73.5 percent of those eligible to vote went to the poIls. Mr. George Carson and Mr. the Orono arena now being building came down and are teghosrv-hi p- Peter Willems display a dismantled. Both George and finding many pieces within psenght.ev terpr charred member taken froma Peter claim it was time the the structure,.with littie poe E nerg lmy c IS S oo n o zes and industry will spend The Royal Commission on The rate at which the world's crude oul and natural gas resources are being consumned, coupled with ris- ing fuel prices, will soon force people to change their life- styles, the Chairman of the Royal Com-mission on Elect- ric Power Planning said this week. Dr. Arthur Porter said that some of the recommendations his commission will make to the Ontario government con- cerning energy will "probab- ly impinge on our civil rights." "Many of our lifestyles are based precariously on the casual assumption of the abundance of cheap energy," he said. "That assumption will flot be valid for mueh longer." Dr. Porter warned that unless people shake off their apat'hy and realize that there is an energy crisis, they may soon see the day when shopping centres are closed in the evening and night sports are curbed. Dr. Porter made his com- ments during two days of public debates discussing the influence of energy demands on our lifestyles. He was joined on the panel by a num ber of knowledgeable individuals including the_ author of "Future Shock", Alvin Toffler, Maurice Str- ong, the Chairman of Petro- Caniada limnited and Lee Schipper, an energy expert a t the University of California. Toffler told the more than 150 people attending Tues- day's debate that Canadians use twice as much energy per person that they dîd 15 years ago. He said he sees a rough time ahead when our society bas to change radically bec- ause cheap energy is no longer available. Strong agreed that "the age of cheap energy is clearly over," adding that every alternate source of energy is expensive in terms of capital and technology. Strong accus- ed Canadians of wild extra- vagance and wastefulness. The extravagant use of epergy by the North Amnen- can economy bas also denied newly developed countries the opportunity to use energy for their own industrializ- ation, said Strong. Schipper said that oul and gas pices will and should go up over the next 50 years. "Energy bas been dirt cheap for too long, and that bas made us throw it away, " he said. "Our children will neyer forgive us for that." Energy bas to become so expensive that private citi- and developing more efficient machinery, said Schîpper. The two-day public debate marks the beginning of 55 days of final hearings the Commission is conducting in Toronto. The format of the debates and hearings is being kept casual to -encourage public participation. Following pre- sentations fromn guest panel- ists, the public is allowed to question and cross examine. Written submissions from the public on a ny energy issue are also welcome.'. mie xvrie wetr tinin iLi Wf start phas e two of its panel- discussions on dune lst. A group of knowledgeable individuals have been învited to discuss Conventional and Alternative Generation Tec- hnology at the Medical Scien- ces Auditorium at the Univer- sity of Toronto. Walk a block.Today. PC DURHAM EAST Your Cholco For' Strong Reprosentation at Queen's Park YUR CHOICE YOR UTR vflq"T ..................... ... M .:: . ...... M..... . . :.:v&: : .: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . _ . - , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . .... .. . . . . . . .... . . . . .... .:.. ... . :.:.:::....*. . .. MM ........... ... . 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If he or they hold Class "G" Transportation and William Davis, icences, the Class "D" farm vehicle may be driven Communications lu Premier provided if's owned by the farmer, registered and licensed as a "Farmn Vehicle", and used for Province of Ontario ~1 affect Lifestyle

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