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Ottawa Journal Friday, June-25, 1976 Rails favored 'NCC off track on road plans' By DAN KARON Outaouais Staff Regional and National Capital Commission officials should with it and choose rails over roads for rapid transit, says, Nepean-Ayimer citizens Transit Committee. "It would be the height of folly for the local regional government and Dick Howey spokesman for the citizens allocate millions of dollars foKrh construction of new roads and acquisition of more land when rail lines are already-i place and simply require improvement of roadbeds." 1 Mr. Howey pointed out that into account in drawing up the new major road arteries their master transportation planned by the local author- plan for the national capital ities, "will not be needed region, after the automatic commut- "They certainly did not in- moreover be eligible' for 3JK eral funding to the order efJt-per cent capital grant anOC 25 per cent capital said. Super suckers Vacuum barges attack oil spill THOUSAIJ) ISLAND PARK, N.Y. (AP) Ten vacuum barges were prepared for cleanup work today on 308,000 gallons of heavy oil spread along more than 40 miles of the St.

Lawrence River. The oil came from a barge that rammed a shoal -Wednesday and dumped part of its load into the river, the border between the United States and Canada. There were reports Thursday of damage to wildlife in the area from the spill. Six dead birds, including two great blue herons, were found soaked with oil. Other oil-soaked birds were cleaned with solvents.

The area of the Thousand Islands, northeast of Lake Ontario, abounds in young fish and birds highly vulnerable at this time of year. Damage to the area's tourist economy was felt within hours of the accident. Motel owners said patrons began checking out as the sludge washed ashore. Area businessmen had been hoping for a banner summer with added travel stimulated by the U.S. Bicentennial and the summer Olympics in Montreal.

The Olympic yacht races are scheduled to be held about 30 miles from here. Commercial shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway was slowed to a crawl by the spill. Shipping was halted for 12 hours, but now freighters pass through the affected area one at a time, but much more slowly thannormaI. The oil, meanwhile, spread downstream, mostly toward the U.S.

shore. Floating booms totalling more than 20,000 feet were placed in the water to contain the oil, but the slick reached Ogdensburg, 40 miles from the accident site, Thursday night. Coast Guard Cmdr. Jerome Foley said pleasure boats will be allowed on the river this weekend, but under restrictions to prevent them from interfering with the cleanup effort, which he said will probably take a week to 10 days. Oil booms were successful in keeping the oil from reaching wildlife preserves at Goose Bay and Chippewa but Alexandria Bay waters were coated with a heavy sludge.

The barge, which contained eight million gallons of fuel oil before the spill, was anchored at Mason's Point, where fuel from its damaged tanks was removed Thursday. The ruptured tanks originally contained two million gallons. The fuel oil belonged to the New England Petroleum owned by Edward Carey, brother of New York Gov. Hugh Carey. The petroleum company agreed to pay the cost of the clean-up, coast guard officials said.

Foley said most of the oil would probably be removed within a week to 10 days. K.u.usu uj uis i-urpuraie uuo me recent Ontario government for its study in which they dls- PS PCOTlftmiRtaX ri ui iiuaavu UUi uniunu lur iiiV pip; (lv, ill supplied. win bid ing commuter rail a six- for A breakdown in negoQa tions between governing statisticians and treastjM? board has resulted in the alP "True that may not be for another five or even 10 years," admitted Mr. Howey, "but surely it makes more sense to develop our already existing railway facilities as an interim means of improving commuter service rather than spending many more millions on roads that will become redundant in a decade or less." Mr. Howey charged that the local transit planners did not take the province's proposed trail commuter system month trial," said Mr.

He noted that the NCC and regional government's claim that such, a trial would involve a cost of 93.6 cents per passenger mile was, "such a ludicrous exaggeration that it exposed their anti-rail bias. "Our research shows conclusively that a commuter rail system in the Ottawa area could be operated at a cost of only 15.4 cents per passenger mile and would proval to appoint a Public Service Staff Rela tions Board Chairman Jacob Finkelman said the conciliator would be appointed as soon as possible despite strong opposition from tree- sury board. PS promotion rule stupid9 partments not the Public. Service Commission -rr; should rule on Judgment was reserved. The case was brought be, fore the court by the Public Service Alliance of Canada on behalf of Robert Delanoy, a revenue department em ployee in Calgary.

About 15 appeals hang on" the outcome of the case, sev--" eral involving Ottawa public servants. The Public Service Commission said in a bulletin issued in January that federal employees In three job categories must hold a position for at least one year before being promoted. The job categories are; administrative and foreign service, scientific and professional and executive. The chief justice, one of three judges on the federal court, said the federal de A regulation that limits promotion of many federal employees is an attempt to reduce mobility in the public service, a Federal Court of Canada judge said Thursday. Chief Justice W.

R. Jackett condemned a public service commission regulation as "not only not understandable, it is stupid. "What business is it of the commission to reduce mobility in the public service?" Fran Dorr (left) and Tad Clark of Clayton, N.Y., lay out booms Thursday to contain oil spill on St. Lawrence River. (CP Photo) Modern battle grounds require new system Gen.

Haig BuMmt Mm $2 billion proposal for NATO gets boost DEVELOPMENTS PROPERTY FOR ALL SEASONS In the Gatineau Hills, 18V2 miles from Ottawa-Hull. Gen. Alexander Haig, supreme Allied commander in Europe, will cost an estimated $2 billion if fully put into effect. It was endorsed this week by the command, control and information systems committee, an arm of the NATO By JOHN BEST Special to The Journal A comprehensive plan to upgrade NATO's command and control system with modern, computerized equipment received a boost this week. The plan, a pet project of A BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED MOUNTAINSIDE SUBDIVISION OF LARGE WOODED LOTS SURROUNDING A SECLUDED SPRING-FED MOUNTAIN LAKE The concept of th subdivision it to provld you with th finest aspects of year round country living at a distance closer to Ottawa-Hull than many of the city's high priced subdivisions.

Burnt Hill sprawls ovar SOO acres of soma of th Gatineau most beautiful scenery. We offer property owner the opportunity to stroll through our nature trails, alongside beaver ponds and dams, creeks and mountain streams. All this Is part of the natural environment which will remain at. a vital part of our development. Council.

The group, comprising senior military and civilian representatives of the alliance's member states, wound up three days of closed-door meetings here Friday. It was the first time the committee had met in Canada. Gordon Ocken-den, director-general of management information systems at defence headquarters and Canadian representative at the conference, said the committee decided to get behind Gen. Haig's plea that command-and-contrtil improvements be expedited. The improvement program involves modernized operations rooms, computerized data processing, and' improved communications facilities for senior command- volved in NATO command and control operations.

Though the bulk of the Installations affected are in Western Europe, some bases in North America also are involved. For instance, a computerized operations room is being introduced at the Norfolk, headquartes of NATO's Atlantic command. This in turn will require that a computer at Canada's Maritime Command headquarters in Halifax be upgraded to handle a heavier flow of data from Norfolk. The Canadian East-coast fleet would be under Norfolk's operational command should war ever break out. Gen.

Haig has argued that such facilities are required to permit the rapid flow of ill-formation to top command levels in a modern battle environment, and to permit the most effective disposition of forces. Present facilities are "not as good as they should be," Gen. Ockenden explained. Updating of command and control functions had not kept pace with the development of new weapons. The committee's endorsement of the Haig plan will be passed on to NATO's committee on infrastructure, which has authority over financing measures.

About 8,000 people are directly in Former MPP drowns WHATEVER THE SEASON IT'S ALL AT BURNT HILL AND THEN SOME. WE FEATURE THE FOLLOWING: fm A Large wide roads expertly graded giving access to eH points on lot frontage. Fully accessible during all Cross-country skiing on our open spaces and trails with restricted snowmobile traffic Immediate bank financing over 10 year term Quality controlled budding restrictions to protect your Investment No time limit in which to build I Minimal property taxes. Access on two provincial highways, 307 and 11 paved right to the entrance of the development Year round recreational faculties 5 major ski retorts, swimming, fishing, boating on our private lake canoe capsized on Round Lake near his summer residence, 30 miles southwest of here. Provincial police in Killa-loe were called when the overturned canoe was seen by a cottager using field glasses a mile from shore.

Before pqlice reached the lake, Mr. Hamilton's body had been recovered by his wife Isabel and a neighbor, John Baird. Following four years of overseas service as a commissioned officer in the Canadian Army during the Second World War, Mr. Hamilton began a long political career as an Alice Township councillor. He was elected reeve in 1951.

A Progressive Conservative, he represented Renfrew North at Queen's Park for 17 years, retiring from politics in 1975... 'nl'llnMiiri i iri'tfim. i iiiii.M iwiini ihii Vill" t' JHTO" PEMBROKE (Staff) J. Maurice Hamilton, 53-year-old recently-retired member of the Ontario legislature for Renfrew North, drowned Thursday morning when his Algonquin limits trips by canbers TORONTO (CP) In an attempt to hold down overcrowding in Algonquin Park, canoeists and hikers are now subject to limitations on the numbers who can enter off-highway areas in the 1.7- million-acre provincial park. Starting today, the resources ministry will allow only 800 canoeists and 135 hikers a day with a maximum of nine persons at any one campsite.

The restrictions end Sept. 17. The length of the stay will be limited to 16 days on any interior campsite, one night only on certain heavily-Used lakes and a maximum of 28 days in the park. The number of people using the park has doubled In the last five years to more than 65,000 in 1975. MAURICE HAMILTON He farmed the family homestead in Alice Township.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday from Calvin United Church, Pembroke, to the church cemetery. i Burnt Hill DIRECTIONS: Take the Macdonald-Cartler Freeway to Maniwaki exit at St Joseph Blvd. Proceed on St Joseph Blvd. to the Alonzo Wright Bridge.

Turn right and continue to Intersection. Turn left on Hwy. No. 307 and drive 10 miles to Wilsons Corners. Turn left into the Edelweiss Road.

Continue exactly 2.2 miles and turn right at the Burnt Hill Development sign. 236-6090 Alcohol to carry warning Dick's off again plans to amend the food and drugs regulations to require a warning about the harmful consequences of alcohol use in all beverage alcohol advertising and on bottles, packages, carton and other containers," he told an addiction conference. TORONTO (CP) Federal Health Minister Marc La-londe stepped up his war on alcohol abuse today with an announcement that alcohol products will be required to carry a warning they may be hazardous to health. "We are currently making Dick Schieman, better known as Dick the Postle, Is patting his well-known feet the road again. Dick, the Miles for Millions walker.

Intends to walk 15 kilometre non-stop today and tomorrow to raise money to boy wheelchairs fo crippled children. (Arm and LegaultJournal-CP) 7f.