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boodwll to mk lm-ij- ninetyfourth yiarnn 36 acton ontario monday decemflrr 33 0 tsvanly paqs ten cent huge tank stalled on tracks creates confusion wednesday prompt action hy mrs loll llouuclte piobahly saved u large flout truck stuck on the mam st n rullwuy crossing from being rammed hy u cn 11 freight eurly wednesduy afternoon mm honnelle awure hit cnr had removed the telephone from the aclon station jumped into her cur unci drove lo the station to warn agent charlie perry of hie crossing hazard me in turn notified the cngineei ol a freight which was switching in the yard and the train slopped short of the crossing the large lowslung float loaded with a huge steel tank destined for micro ilustlcs could not make it over the main st railway crossing the float wedged smack in the middle of the tracks with the tank on top driver cliff west of stoney creek said lie had encountered no difficulty on the trip from hamilton until he got within sight if hie micro plant the drop in the road on cither side of the tracks made it impossible to move the float over all i- 1 foils lo move hie truck failed the incident attracted planner urges county continue its support llallon iluuuiiig association chairman maurice newton uiged county council to continue its support of the group drawing me in hris from all county municipalities when lie repoiled lo i in county councils decemhei meeting mi newton chairman of the nassagaweya plunuiiig lloaid described the county group as a forum for open discussion aimed at improving the environment through pluumug he lecounted association action on hie 10 acre lol piohlem and noted that now eveiy municipality was involved ill rlimiiiig fsipiesing township this yeal named its fust planning hoard it was reviewed lhal association meetings now included films on planning as well us pieseulalions hy planning expeils which proved of ussistunce memhers of county council praised mr newtons icport and the work of the association mhutv cmq2mas amjoos from santas children waiting to talk to tha man in red little helpers george bowman and harold during the beardmore christmas party setur- dickle harrit who patrolled the lineup of day staff photo regional government imminent regional government arid probably a merger of helton and vaal counties into one form of eevrnlniattatlon teams imminent a group of mayors reeves and deputyreeves who met in toronto friday with ontarios minister of municipal affairs darey mekeough for an informal tifarueuvsn of the mlii i f came away with that failing amway at mckaought tu0etion lapieatnlalhas of heltons seven nsunidpal governments tat down whh the minister and several top de of municipal affairs ejfariili at the friday meeting although the meeting was dosed to the press delegates later reported the minister is eyeing helton for an early start on regional government two months ago helton county council declared it waa ready for the change and invited tha minister to discuss it with county officials mr mekeough experts to present a reglonaliietion proposal to peal county council on jan 22 1s6s and the mayors reaves and deputyreaves of helton were invited at spectators to the meeting in br milton mayor brian bast said it looked ilka peal would become a regional government first with helton following and an eventual merger of tha two counties legislation covering the regionalliation of peel county is expected to take effect in 1071 the minister told fridays conference torn form of buffer was neaded to sep me toronto and the hamilton region all of heltons seven municipalities except esquatlng were represented at the friday meeting many spectators anxious lo give advice the truin crew joined spectators at hie scene and the engineer went furlliei up the tracks and lit a flaie to wain a passenger train expected in half an hour police arrived on hie scene to direct traffic which mailed hehind the truck kuilwuy officials arrived from guelph the truck wus finally moved off the tracks when a large crane journeying behind the float to install the lank ut micro plastics arrived on the scene despite the proximity of wires the crane lifted the teur end of the final and the truck hacked up clear of hie crossing the freight train continued westward the convoy turned around and took an alternate route to the plant drivei of hie truck cliff west said he knew the crossing was going to he difficult and he navigated slowly but the llnal wus too low to puss over the tracks half an hour after the truck was moved a passenger train easthound thundered through holiday spirits involve police acton opp laid seven liiiuor charges on friday and saturday holiday spirits were also involved in another incident from this weeks police hook a crewsons coiners shopper reported while she was in the 1ga seven bottles of liquor weie stolen from her car in the parking lot on friday about 6 pm rats probably muskrats i almosr uki a mlsslie ready to leave tha launch pad at cape kennedy this hurje stored lank weighing about seven tons was stuck firmly on the main st n railway crossing wednes day shortly aftr i p m the lono float on which it rode could not navioatn itn- rrosvng tmcause of the dip on either tide staff photo town superintendent alf duby says there could be rats in glenlea subdivision muskrats keborts of large rats sighted in the subdivision could really he muskrats disturbed from dens by construction ut the new sewage plant addition the town superintendent asserted he said town employees have seen muskrats both in glenlea and lakeview subdivisions in recent weeks mr duby also cautioned anyone seeing muskrats to stay away from them because they can be vicious and have been known to attack people when cornered rats if anyone catches one the town superintendent would like to know about it the town engages a pest control company to get rid of rats at the town dump and theyd soon have him working on an area where they were sighted the story of rats in tha glenlea subdivision originated when mayor lej duby told the hydro commission of a complaint he had received from a nun at mowbray place who discovered two or three rats outside his home insecure one incident of insecure premises was investigated by the police this week efforts to frfe tho tank hound for tho main si n plant of micro plastics weru futile while lb driver and other workman triod to dislodge the lank a c nr freight nmo along forewarned of the obstacle the train topped in rim lo avoid a collision staff photo a cttam folujvvrmo the huge tank ready to install it at tha micro plant was employed to lift the beck end of the float and the truck backed off to clear the track allowing the train to go on to guelph not long after e fest passenger train from the west went thundering through the float and entourage took a different route to the micro plertf staff pnggjg