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4 4 support if or ottawa the national committee for sinclair stevens backed by 12 members of he k progressive conservative caucus is encouraging the yorksimcoe mp to enter the pc national leadership race the committee held a press conference in ottawa thursday to launch the campaign in a statement the com mittee stated that mr stevens is the person to lead us in this season of canadas history on virtually every current major issue that faces this nations mr stevens reflects extraordinary insight and commitment to action the statement read he was called a true conservative who would take strong stands on economics law and order growth of government organized in trusions on individual citizens housing and transportation the committee is comprised of members from 30 federal constituencies mr stevens was first elected to the house ofcom- monsin 1972 and retained his seat in the 1974 elections he was a businessman lawyer and jour nalist as well as a farmer before entering politics sinclair stevens saturday evening was an historic event in stouffville as oha junior hockey returned to the arena the stouffville clippers played their opening game of the junior c seasortagainst the port perry here mayor gordon ratcliff drops the puck for the opening faceoff at left is stouffville captain wayne norton other members of the team are jack holder chris 1 clarridge mike splonnick jim patterson andy leitch craig waite dave mumford pete fitzgerald doug taylor ted assinck brad hunt daryl wright mike wightman and scott connor coach is don mcbeth with ken roberts as manager and frank roberts and phil regendanze- trainers ted wilcox vol 88 no 24 whitchurch stouffville october 16 197s 20 cents 32 pages after lengthy bitter debate mobile home plan rejected toronto woman killed in don mills rd accident gormley a24 year old torontowoman was killed in stantly when she was struck by a car she ran in front of early sunday morning the fatal accident which occurred on don mills rd near bethesda sideroad has police puzzled initially there was some difficulty in identifying the woman as she had no iden tification on her and police have still not determined why or how she ended up in that area according to a police spokesman she had no known connection with this areaand he added that they have not yet been able to determine the movements leading up to her death it is not known why the woman susan meldrum 24 of- jamieson ave toronto ran out in front of the car which struck court room jtjeared as sirfifestififesiii abduction hearing ty york region newmarket provincial court was cleared of spectators and all but essential court officials last week so that a 14- year old stouffville girl could testify at a show cause hearing against a 20 year old stouffvilleyouth charged with abduction at tempted rape and narcotics jcharges- provincial judge ian muhro said the young girls evidence would be heard in camera after it becameobvious that she was shaken and upset by the court proceedings against john charles vernon ofrr 2 stouffville vernon is charged with abducting the girl at knife point and after blindfolding her imysterious f ire i destroys barn vic square police are j conducting an investigation in an attempt to determine the cause of a fire which destroyed a barn near victoria square last friday afternoon i the barn located on 18th mysteriously caught fire around 4 pm and the empty structure was completely destroyed both markham and stouffville fire departments attended driving her to another area where the alleged offences took place police testimony last week revealed that the 14 year old girl recognized her assailant while at police headquarters in newmarket making a statement at several points during the lengthy testimony both the girl- and her parents appeared to be highly upset at testimony given by detective brian coiisineau the young girl took the stand for over an hour following detective cousineaus testimony at one point she told the court that she had been threatened if she told anyone about what had happened karen saunders the ac cused mans lardlady described the youth as quiet anda boy you would hardly know was around in ordering the to remain in custody pending trial on allcharges judge ian munro told the court she was an admirable and plucky little girl and has identified in court the accused as the offender i would be most apprehensive in releasing the accused man after it has been stated that he threatened the girl judge munro ordered vernon to remain in custody pending a further appearance in court next week when a date will be set for trial her down according to early radio reports the woman was attempting to flag down the vehicle but according to police the driver who was the only witness saw the woman for only a split second and was unable to say whether she was trying to stop the car the dead womans two sisters attended police headquarters monday after hearing a description of her on the radio but were unable to positivelyidentify her her identity was finally confirmed after it was learned she had had a broken jaw and the xray was k obtained forcomparison v a york regional detective is now in toronto working on the case z -the- driver of the vehicle which- struck miss meldrum robert gillam 24 of toronto has been charged with driving while disqualified the accident occurred about four in the morning stouffville planning board last week turned down a v proposed- mobile home development which would have seen 350 units placed on a 97 acre site north of gormley only two x members of council cathy jbice and becky wedley voted in favor of the proposal the vote was called after a long and occasional hostile session during which the floor was opened up to the public about 40 interested parties were in attendance to voice their opinion donald cruickshank r r i gormley who appeared as the official spokesman for those opposed to the mobile homes told the board it shouldnt be so close to the high priced homes along bethesda mr cruickshank said that at last count there were about 70 people opposed and he admitted he hadnt seen the new proposal which was revised from the original submission two years ago mr cruickshank said he objected to the appearance adding there is a certain stigma attached to mobile home developments bill corcoran the developer asked planning board to put over making a decision until the next meeting and he offered to set up a meeting with all interested parties and his planner conroy dowson to show them his proposal planning board chairman eldred king refused this request pointing out that mr corcoran had made his presentation earlier and had not asked to appear as a delegation at that meeting gord evans the property owner on two sides of the proposed development was vehement in his opposition mr evans first said this has always been a slum suburb of toronto but he later rephrased this to lets not make whit church stouffville a slum community we dont need it although not a public meeting many members of the audience were speaking up and planning board voted to open the meeting up and allow comment from the floor some members of the crowd were so vocally hostile coun cillor june button was moved to ask i dont know how this crowd is assuming we are unanimous on this proposal mr king explained that the applicant has a legal right to be heard dick houston said he is 100 per cent in favor and said these developments are a hell of a lot better than some homes built by builders he felt they would be ideal for people who are retiring and denied they would be slums several other people ex pressed their concerns and then the floor went to fred munroe who denounced the project as a fraud on the public the reason for mobile home parksis to sell mobile homes he contended adding that the building codes are completely ignored mr munroe then went into a denunciation of the pickering airport and the york sanitation dump until mr king asked him to stick to the subject mr munroe called it putting a village on a farm other objections were that the proposal would be too far away from shopping for elderly people and that the taxes wouldnt match the costs and the rest of the municipality would end up subsidizing the residents councillor art starr ad- iriitted there is some need for homes at the price mr corcoran istalkingabout but he said he opposed the application on the- basis of the location which is in an area already suffering from traffic congestion councillor merlyn baker said he was opposed because the site is on good farmland and he felt that type of development should be on hard services- after penitentiary meeting iwjiwje itll end up in uxbridge may or if rsi uxbridge mayor carl puterbough strongly suspects the federal penitentiary- reception centre will end up in uxbridge rather thanscugbg v- w two more subdivisions fafee plume delays i lemonville bell canada last week announced that sj two more subdivisions in this area will not receive telephones 1 for some time i the 12 lot ratcliff subdivision near lemonville and the 36 5 lot bristol pond development on the second line of uxbridge will i not receive telphone service until november of 1976 bell spokesman don huntsman told the tribune the delayed service is on account of shortage of capital the same reasons given for bells inability to provide phones at thep college park and estates of ballantrae subdivisions bell originally announced phones would be installed at ballantrae in may and in the village subdivision in march but they later advanced the work to the end of october and december respectively mr huntsman said that if money became available the work could be done earlier but he said he could make no statement at this time both the ratcliff and bristol projects are estate develop ments with custom housing so there is no set date for oc cupancy both municipalities have indicated that they want the centre and the 100000 annual taxinlieu grant that comes with it dr puterbough told the tribune that from a recent get- acquainted meeting with the federal works department representative responsible for choosing the site that he thinks itjll end up in uxbridge- the mayor added that thats my definite opinion from our little meeting however the opinion he said is strictly surmise dr puterbough said the federal representative indicated they might be in for a long wait for a decision the man- had said i have found that in the past a go policy is best some confusion arose in the meeting when the represen tative apparently began talking about plans for two institutions both a reception centre and maximum security peniten tiary- town officials made it clear they wanted only the reception centre where incoming prisoners stay for eight- weeks while being categorized some observers wondered if the confusion may have resulted from the factthat security at all reception centres is maximum but prputerbough insists that he was talking about two separate institutions according to penitentiary services representative john bennett although as many as five or six potential sites may be selected each will have to be initially approved by both the local council and his depart ment the final decision will rest with the penitentiary services department souths charged in multiple brekins stouffville three 17 year olds all of no fixed ad dress have been charged witha series ofbreakins in this area f the three youths were arrested sept 30 by durham regional police for offences allegedly committed in that area further investigation led to the laying of additional charges two women charged for aiding abetting two women have been charged with aiding and abet- v ting michael richards during the time he was sought by police after escaping custody richards escaped by ramming a policeman with a wheelchair at york central hospital setting off a massive manhunt in which 60 police officers tracking dogs two v helicopters were employed richards was spotted near ballantrae and when the search converged on that area he is alleged to havemade his way to king r township where he was given shelter i police- have charged michelle elson 23 of rr 3 newmarket and corinne densmore 22 of rr- 1 schomberg according to police richards was given shelter at the elson residence and then taken to the schomberg address wljere he stayed for a day and a half before stealing a truck and driving it to toronto richards who was initially charged with indecently assaulting a male- surrendered to police after being onthe run foraweek he now faces additional charges of escaping custody pointing a firearm and auto theft for a total of four offences in york region david jones allan gooding and christopher prescott have all been charged with breaking into consolidated sand and gravel and stealing 10 worth of gas from the pump prescott is also accused of stealing two rims and tires from the auto body shop of paul makarewnko in aurora two additional charges have been laid against jones for alleged breakins at- ratcliff lumber and the concession booth in the stouffville park july 2 the lumber company building had been broken into and some tools were removed and a total of 105 worth of goods were stolen when the concession booth was entered during the summer- the accused are being held in custody by durham regional police strike n trr thursday was not a good day for william windremtof youngs by the shoulder began ti give way and the truck toppled on point he pulled his fullyloaded tractor trailer gravel thick onto the its side owned by elmhurst logs and lumber ltd the vehicle shoulder of the 9th line just north of th bloomirigton rd softened sustained 10000 damage l ft v ted wilcox stouffville in the event of a post office strike copies will be available at the tribune office at 54 main stw for those people living in town who normally receive the newspaper by mail l- i rural subscribers will receive their copies t in the usualmahnerstouffville 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