The Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • 4

Page 4, The Citizen, Ottawa, Friday, November 14, 1975 Shopping centre hassle Board of control okays location on Bank Street News briefs Canada Mirabel gala costs $500,000 QUEBEC (CP) Opening ceremonies for Mirabel International Airport last month cost taxpayers in Canada more than $500,000. Quebec taxpayers paid $427,865, the Quebec national assembly committee on government expenditures was told Thursday, including S3 17,365 spent on staging the event. In addition the federal government supplied $20,000 worth of liquor and $48,840 worth of food and paid $12,179 to -accommodate ministers responsible for civil aviation from 19 countries. Priorities in gas shortage set TORONTO (CP) Residential buildings and within its municipal boundaries to help right an imbalance which has developed in the township between residential and other types of assessment. The regional official plan provides for one regional shopping centre in the south-Ottawa area, but doesn't indicate wheth it should be in Ottawa or Gloucester.

The Ontario Municipal Board seems destined to decide, perhaps by next spring, which municipality will win. Blosscsa Park's official pha. The prapaaed site is a foriMr warry. It would dsnUped by Tartan Dercloameat Corp. in partnership with Cadillac Falrvitw Development Corf.

Bcyead that restriction, simply wauldnt be eco MAkaily rational to build two majer shopping centres whka half a mile of each ether. Gloucester Township is pariicalarly anxious to place the shopping centre first priority in a natural in Ontario, Energy institutions would be given Minister legisture certain non -n gas shortage Cttizct phota Dennis Timbrell told a committee Thursday. But essential residential uses. 'Mechanized locust9 a bomber such as gas lighting, pool heating and air conditioning, might have to be curtailed. The second priority category in a shortage would be small commercial establishments.

He said though the province is hopeful there will be adeauate sunnlies for Technology donated one of the planes to the National Aeronautics Collection. The fabric covered metal aircraft which arrived at Uplands airpert Thursday will be restored in the 1938 markings of the Royal Afghannistan Air Force. What appears to be little more than a mechanized locust is in fact an RAF Hawker Hind biplane bomber which first took to the skies in 1934. Afghanistan purchased 19 Hawker Hinds in 1938 and at the request of the National Museum of Science and A MOST LOVABLE MOB CAP DOLL City committee supports taxi clean-up proposals The latest ingredient in a brewing Ottawa-Gloucester confrontation over the location of a new regional shopping centre wis added Thursday when Ottawa gave its Bank Street site an added push. Ottawa board of control approved an official plan, amendment and rezoning to place the centre west of Bank Street just north of the city limits.

The re zoned land is a parcel of about 46 acres bounded by Bank on the east, the CPR tracks oa the west, and extensions of Johnston Road and Cahill Drive on the north and south respectively. It forms part of proposed district centre designed to serve the eastern and western communities and nearby development in south Ottawa and Gloucester Township. But the site clashes with a Gloucester proposal for major development half a mile away. Gloucester wants to establish a town centre for Blossom Park east of Bank Street and south of Seiveright Road. A major component would be a regional shopping centre The rt owned y' vtiaawaa iitM uu as 11 nyyttrm- tion for the rezoning pending since January, 1974.

Pierre Benoit, former Ottawa mayor and now a vice-president with Cam-peau, told board of control the shopping centre will have a gross leasable area of about 500,000 square feet, roughly the same as Bayshore Shopping Centre. This could increase to 700,000 square feet as the market expands. Construction could begin on the project as early as fall of 1976 with completion in 1977. The Gloucester proposal was considered Wednesday by the township planning board as it looked at that cabbies "always get the short end of the stick" when rate structures are changed. The committee also approved special surcharges on cab fares during peak travel times and for pre 1 mm I r'f0Ji This charming braided yarn doll, dressed in cute calico and matching mob cap will delight a little girl you know this Christmas.

$4.95 0urs Exclusively From PEL CARLINGWOOD PLAZA LINCOLN FIELDS ry vehicles, and owners could be penalized for supplying them. The move is designed to pressure drivers not to accept defic tent vehicles. A requirement that any applicant for a taxi driver's licence first pro- vide a detailed list of any criminal convictions. The final recommendation approved was a request for city council to reaffirm its support for regionalization of taxi services. Council would be asked to increase pressure on regional government for an amalgamation of taxi service.

If the steps approved by the committee do not improve the. industry quickly enough, alternate proposals include a- plan to allow licensed drivers and vehi- cles from outlying munici- palities to obtain special permits to operate in Ottawa during peak per- iods. Ontario CANADIANA SHOPS SPARKS STREET on tht Mall BILLINGS BRIDGE PLAZA By Phil Kinsman Citizen lUff writer A move to clean up and speed up Ottawa's taxi industry was endorsed by the city physical environment committee Thursday. Seven of 11 proposals submitted last July 15 by physical environment commissioner James MacKen-zie after a tour of European taxi operations were accepted by the committee, despite protests from industry representatives. The recommendations would change cab and taxi-stand rental structures, increase fares during peak traffic hours, and tighten controls on vehicle cleanliness and safety.

The proposals are designed to provide some incentive to drivers, brokers and fleet owners to provide faster and more efficient service, and to increase drivers' responsibility for the vehicles they use. Mr. MacKenzie feels the Ottawa taxi business is now stagnant because brokers and fleet owners would prefer to have more cars than increase the use of existing vehicles. "The fleet owners are in the car and licence rental business. Providing their licensed taxicabs are rented, they need have no concern about the service provided to the public," he said.

Similarly, brokers "are in the business of selling a communication service." If drivers using a dispatch service are charged at a flat rate, service to the public is doesn't affect the broker's profits. To overcome this, Mr. MacKenzie suggested cab rents be based on a sharing of fares by drivers and fleet owners, and that brokers' stand rents be based on the number of calls assigned by the broker. Both suggestions got committee support, despite a complaint from driver spokesman Tom Norton arranged time calls. Many cabs are now off the road or out of the central area of town during rush hours because drivers find the time it takes to travel through traffic eats up any profit they make on the fare.

Some drivers also ignore or "forget" time calls, picking up another fare instead because it is more profitable to keep the car constantly in use than to wait unoccupied to pick up a customer who has asked for a cab at a specific time. The surcharges, aimed at compensating drivers for waiting time, would encourage more cabbies to work during peak periods, said Mr. MacKenzie. They would be added the next time city council approves fare increases. A spokesman for the taxi owners and broken urged that the rental system changes not be approved until the companies have had a chance to test out a new computer dispatch dystem.

"We're putting nearly SI million into this system it would be wasted if you make these changes," he said. The computer system was announced by Blue Line Taxi last spring, after city hall threatened to take over the taxi industry if it didn't improve. Council voted in April to allow Blue Line a six-month trial period. Other proposals approved include: Stricter and better-enforced vehicle cleanliness standards. Shared responsibility between drivers and fleet owners for maintenance of vehicles and equipment.

Drivers could be penalized for operating unsatisfacto- Assessment Review Court The Assessment Review Court AegponaJ Registrar 2378 Holy Lane, Room 206 Ottawa, Ontario K1 7P1 Tatophone: (613) 731-7166 Timbrell the J976-77 heating season "our view of the future beyond this date is less certain." No sauna, pool, pair win rebate The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that two tenants have the right to a refund of some of the rent they paid for a high-rise apartment because for a time there was no air conditioning, sauna bath or swimming pool as advertised. The court said Lillian and Margaret Herbold and Pajelle Investments all of Toronto, must go back before a county court judge to determine the amount of the rebate. Pajelle Investments had said a decision forcing them to give a rebate might cost thousands if other tenants followed the Herbolds' example. Bodies of three hunters found SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont.

(CP) The bodies of three hunters missing in isolated country 65 miles north of here have been recovered from a lake. Provincial police Thursday said Thomas Hoder, 58, of Warren, and George Isaacson, 43, and Eugene Defresne, 39, both of Sault Ste. Marie, drowned when their canoe tipped during a storm Monday. Two rescued from burning car TRENTON (CP) Two Trenton women said Thursday that an Ontario Provincial Police corporal rescued them from a burning car following an accident near here. Nancy Davis, 37, who was rescued with and Betty Brodie, 51, said that were it not for Cpl.

Douglas Rutledge, "we wouldn't be here today. It was an act of God that he happened to be there." Doctor found not guilty of rape NORTH BAY, Ont. (CP) Dr. Roland Andre Gravel, 50, of North Bay was found not guilty Thursday of a charge of rape laid by a 17-year-old girl Feb. 11.

The girl testified that she was a patient of Dr. Gravel and he had raped her in his office. In his summary to the jury, Mr. Justice Jean-Marc Labrosse said: "Under the evidence presented, no properly-directed jury can find the accused guilty." World Solution found for Sahara MADRID (Reuter) Spain, Morocco and Mauritania agreed today to set up a tripartite temporary administration in the Spanish Sahara, government sources said. Spain will withdraw from the administration when it completes its evacuation of civilians and troops from the desert territory, which is rich in phosphates, the sources said.

The agreement came at the end of three days of talks here by the three countries. The talks resumed after Morocco's King Hassan ordered a halt last weekend to a "peace march" by 350,000 of his subjects into the territory. The 74,000 Saharans will be consulted on their future, in line with United Nations resolutions calling for self-determination, the sources said. Bra-less star booted from team KINGSVILLE, Tex. (AP) Esther Pena has been bounced from the Texas A and I university volleyball team because school officials say she refused to wear a brassiere.

Betty Brewer, woman's athletic director, described the 21-year-old former volleyball captain as "probably the best woman athlete ever to compete at Texas A and I University." The dispute arose Oct. 22 Mrs. Brewer told the Miss Pena to put on a bra or get off the volleyball squad. Miss Pena refused. Russian dancer ends asylum LONDON (Reuter) A Soviet ballet dancer flew back to Moscow Thursday night, only six days after telling officials he wanted to remain in Britain.

Official sources said today the government is satisfied the dancer. Syren Arutunian, 25, wanted to return home. Arutunian, a member of an Armenian dance troupe, disappeared from the group shortly before it returned to the Soviet Union last Friday after a British tour. Fishermen.net 'jaws' of a sub CHIOS ISLAND, Greece (Reuter) The captain of a Greek fishing vessel netted the biggest catch of his life Wednesday in a Turkish submarine. Officials here said the captain thought he had caught a shark while fishing in international waters, and only realized he was towing a submarine when he saw the periscope.

He hastily cut wire ropes holding the nets and sped away as a Turkish destroyer came to the rescue of the submarine and disentangled it from the nets. Two-year cod war truce expires LONDON (CP) A two-year truce in the cod war between Britain and Iceland ran out Thursday, leaving the possibility of renewed skirmishing between Icelandic gunboats and British trawlers. The agreement had permitted British fishermen to work inside Iceland's declared 50-mile territorial limit, which Britain never recognized. Last month, Iceland angered Britain by extending its jurisdiction to 200 miles. Icelandic officials insist their new limit will be enforced against incursions by British trawlers, which have been working Icelandic waters for decades.

Britain insists, its fishermen will continue to take their boats up to 12 miles off Iceland's. IN THE MATTER OF SECTION 62 OF THE ASSESSMENT ACT, R.S.O. 1970, CHAPTER 32, AS AMENDED, NOTICE TO ALL PROPERTY OWNBB AND TENANTS IN THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST CAWJETON, ONTARIO. TAKE NOTICE that by reason of tht prion postal strike, appeals and complaints to the Assessment Review Court ajahst the assessment in the year 1974 in respect of muracipal taxation far the year 1975, as indicated in the Notice of Assessment dated tht 1h day of October 1975, may be tied by personal dekvery on or before tht 21st day of November, 1975 (excluding Remembrance Day, Novembtr 11, 1975) at the foRowing offices: 1) West Carleton Munkapel Offct comer of Regional Road 20 and Old Highway 17 Kinburn, Ontario Mondays through Friday tram 100 am to 5.00 p.m. 2) Office of the Regent! Debates on capital to be public: mayor Future efforts to hammer out the city's position on the national capital region will be public.

Mayor Lorry Greenberg said Thursday. Council has held a couple of meetings behind closed doors to determine what form the brief to the joint parliamentary committee on the capital's future should take. Mr. Greenberg said his decision to go public was made as a result of Wednesday's leak to The Citizen of a draft brief being used by council as a discussion paper. The brief, which came from the mayor's office, has since been slightly revised.

There is still no concensus on the city's position. After a board of control meeting Thursday, an obviously annoyed Mr. Greenberg said the decision to meet in camera was made to prevent the impact of the city's brief from being diluted by premature press coverage. However, the leak to The Citizen has shattered that intention, he said. The mayor said board of control has respected confidentiality in the past, but council clearly wasn't as trustworthy.

"If that's the attitude of this council, I just don't care any more." he said. At least a couple more meetings of council will be required to hammer out a final city position to present to the joint committee. Meanwhile, the mayor and his executive assistant spent some time Thursday trying to trace the source of the leak. Assessment Review Court 2378 Holy Lane, Room 2C3 Ottawa, Ontario Mondays through Fridays from 100 am to 8.00 p.m. Saturdays 9.00 am to 1100 noon.

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