The Toronto Star du lieu suivant : Toronto, Ontario, Canada • 16

A16T0R0NT0STAR MONDAY SEPTEMBER 24 1979 Toothless tots are tooth care targets Etobicoke dentist Sam Green has got his teeth into an innovative dental pro gram for called Infant Dental Meditation Green a dental innovator respon sible for introducing the Tooth air Soci ety to Etobicoke four years ago is aiming the program at new parents Even though new born babies don't have teeth Green says they still need den tal care parents start worrying about their teeth until 6 or 7 years Green said they should start seriously thinking about it be fore the first teeth come Green said babies are born with their primary teeth already formed under the gum They began to take shape before birth Green said he hopes to be able to take Infant Dental Meditation IDM for short to maternity wards of hospitals when public health nurses visit new moth ers Practical questions The IDM message will be transmitted through a 20 page brochure that answers practical questions about infants and their dental needs The brochure contains some practical' information about such things as teething pacifiers thumbsucking and bottle mouth syndrome On teething for example parents are advised to show some patience because a trying time for the baby too Parents should clean the gums by brushing them with a piece of gauze wrapped around a finger At the age of 2 brushing can start Infants should also be brought to the dentist for an inspection and suggestions on weaning babies from the bottle are also given in the brochure Parents of babies born this year in Etobicoke York Peel and Halton will get a kit containing the brochure as well as a gol de em bossed tooth brush bearing the words International Year of the Child and a bib with the slogan Hassle Me Teething What to do Parents who want to start their babies on the IDM program should send the name their address date of birth and name of the hospital to health depart ment of the area they live in In Etobicoke i The Borough of Etobi coke Community Health Department Civic Centre tobieoke Ont M9C 2Y2 or telephone 626 tl KEITH BEA rrTORONTO STAR 'f if 1 4s A st If 00j 4 i or York Borough the Borough of York Health Department 2700 Eglinton Ave Toronto Ont M6M 1V1 Tele phone 653 2700 In Peel all Peel Regional Health Unit The Brampton Mall 160 Main St Bramp ton Ont L6W 2E1 Telephone 453 6820 extension 38 In Halton call Halton Regional Health Unit PO Box 7000 1151 Bronte Rd Oakville Ont L6J 6E1 Telephone 827 2151 extension 290 Sex for hire wives nabbed 100 tomorrow but 75 of John kin threw a big birth day party for him yesterday in Scarborough Smith who lives at Vai Del Manor Nursing home is father to six grandfather to 17 great grandfather to 26 and great great grahd father to two keep job with Etobicoke son Smith for century BROOKHAVEN NY (UPI) Many Long Island housewives staffed a office based prostitution ring to supplement their incomes police said yesterday They arrested four women in a raid on an office which they said was the sex for hire headquarters More arrests are expected authorities said They refused to disclose the location of the office until their case is completed A number of women working part were involved in the operation police said They live over Long Is By Tom Kerr Toronto Star red Stockwell has decided to keep his $9000 a year job as mail room clerk with the Borough of Etobicoke even though his seem to want him out done anything wrong and lawyer says he done anything wrong so not going to leave home or the job at this the 19 year old son of Controller Bill Stockwell said yesterday He may have to make that choice at a later date if council adopts a motion presented last Monday that would prevent immediate family members of elected officials from holding jobs with the bor ough suggested last week that red consid er resigning now because of the innuendo that something is said Controller Stockwell decided to tough it out and so will I because not fair to turn his life upside down over The senior Stockwell maintains the mo tion is and was present ed by Aiderman David Sandford in an ef fort to and board of control our of the five members of the board of control had sons or daughters for the borough this past summer and Sandford claimed this put them in poten tial conflict of interest situations that could have crippled their board Declared conflicts The affected members had declared conflicts of interest where decisions touched directly on their kin Stockwell for instance declared an interet and re frained from speaking or voting on pay increases for non union staff because his son was a non union inside worker It was common knowledge however that he was as opposed to giving the non union staff cost of living allowances as he was when he spoke out sharply against COLA for the unionized outside workers Sandford argues Stockwell had no right talking or voting on any wage settlementor on any matter dealing with personnel no matter how far removed from di rectly benefiting his son If that argument was accepted then controllers with close relatives working for the borough would be hamstrung since 75 per cent of the budget is spent on or spent by staff The provincial conflict of interest law is so vague right now it is difficult for any one to say where elected officials should draw the line But in the opinion of borough solicitor John Reble Sandford has taken the con flict interpretation too far Acted properly our he wrote Stockwell is a clear cut conflict of interest where a wage settlement would di rectly benefit a relative of a member of council Aside from that we can see no other situations in the present case where a conflict of interest could arise In our opinion general policy decisions in cluding the budget are not such mat ters as would give rise to a Stockwell said he feels that he has acted properly and has always put the interests of the municipality first borough solicitor 'agress that I have acted he said I am being cited (by Sandford) for speaking out so strongly against COLA against giv ing my son or other staff such a generous benefit at great cost to the taxpayer then something is Sandford's motion has been sent to the personnel department for study Subway stemmed flood of cars on expressway: Shiner Increased ridership on the Spadina sub way line has done nothing to alleviate traffic congestion on the Allen Ex pressway North York Controller Esther Shiner said yesterday Because of blocking tactics by city of Toronto politicians the expressway only goes south to Eglinton Ave from Wilson Heights Blvd Here traffic bound for downtown spills on to suburban streets in the borough of York In April this year a traffic count showed the number of cars using the Allen every day was 55150 The same time last year it carried 47000 cars daily vine south of St Clair Ave which would be in the path of any future extension can still take it down to St Mrs Shiner said we have it in the offi cial plan Toronto will have to go along with it support for public transit is all very well she said because have a fantastic public transit system But what about the people living in the sub urbs? city (of Toronto) wants to have re serve bus lanes but if you ask anybody to widen these roads they give the thumbs down If you widen roads you can't have reserve bus she said Spadina rapid transit link urged for Vaughan Markham rom a slow start ridership on the' Spadina subway line completed two years ago has built up and Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) officials have told Mrs Shiner about 100000 now use it daily The Allen expressway has only four lanes to carry 55000 vehicles she said The Don Valley Parkway with six lanes is used by 1 40000 to 1 50000 each day Mrs Shiner is prepared to support Metroplan the draft plan for the future of Metro if completion of the Allen express way as originally contemplated is in cluded in the scheme Mrs Shiner will put forward a motion to that effect when Metro Toronto Council next discusses Metroplan and will be sup ported by York's Mayor Gayle Christie Traffic on the Allen has to spill out onto already congested streets at Eglin ton Mrs Shiner said City of Toronto politicians who are op to any extension that leads down Spadina Rd have obtained a 99 year lease on part of the land in the Nordheimer ra By Harold Hilliard Toronto Sta Extension of rapid transit service north on Dufferin St from the Wilson station of the Spadina subway may have to come much faster than most people think says North traffic commissioner In an interview Syd Cole said that Metro Toronto government so busy solving its many problems it may not be aware of happening immediately beyond its Steeles Ave boundary But we in North York are keenly aware of the fast growth immediately to the north of happens if Vaughan and Mark ham townships end up with 500000 people and we provide for he asks are 30000 people moving in now to the area just north of Many of them will travel 'to jobs in Metro he said the only public transit they have at present is the GO train serv ice in the Leslie St corridor and a GO Transit bus service on Yonge are high volume transit The only such serivce on the horizon at present is a rapid transit line up Dufferin St from the Wilson subway It is most logical because of the spare passenger capacity on the Toronto Transportation Commission's (TTC) Spadina subway line Cole said be cause no point in extending the Yonge St subway any further north Cole said some politicians think a Duf ferin rapid transit line a pipe dream But who 25 years ago could see the Yonge subway going up to inch Ave? politicians probably sneered too when the City of Toronto in its wisdom decided 60 or 70 years ago to provide for a deck for subway trains at the time the Bloor St viaduct was The commissioner made his comments after a transportation committee meeting which approved his request to protect North York's rights on Dufferin at Steeles in the event of a rapid transit line from Wilson to Steeles Guerrillas to accept UK peace moves LONDON (AP) Guerrilla leaders at the Zimbabwe Rhodesia peace talks reluc tantly conceded to British demands today and proposed the white minority be al lowed 20 per cent of seats in a new parlia ment Calling it a racist proposal a spokes man for guerrilla leader Robert Mugabe said it was being offered Edison Zvobgo spoke at a news confer ence after an hour long negotiating ses sion with the British at the start of the third week of talks He said pointedly: shall of course seek the abrogation of these provisions as soon as constitutionally British officials welcomed the change in the proposed constitution as towards getting the guerrillas and the opposing black white administration of Prime Minister Abel Muzorewa to agree to proposals for a new constitution for the war torn country Muzorewa the first black prime minister has announced accept ance of the of the British draft The British proposals strip the white North York tries to curb its bad boys on council By Warren Potter Toronto Star Sensitive to press reports concerning lack of decorum at North York Council meetings 10 of the 19 member council have signed a petition insisting that had behavior be stopped immediately The petition was circulated by Aider man Howard Moscoe and was signed by Controllers Irving Paisley Barbara Greene and Aidermen Pat O'Neill Mil ton Berger Mario Sergio Marie La batte Barry Burton Michael oster Betty Sutherland and Moscoe Recently Mayor Mel Lastman laid much of the blame for deteriorating conduct in the council chamber on Moscoe and oster Moscoe is out to make this council look he said in an inter view? is not contributing anything to this council He is not being con structive He is totally destructive technique is to come up with something ridiculous and make wild stupid accusations get members of council mad and then sit back and the mayor said In his petition Moscoe said the cur rent state of decorum a laugh ing stock of North York Council and serves no member of council well demands the City of North York in the eyes of persons outside North York as well as in the eyes of our own citizens" The indecorum includes private con versations among councillors when people are attempting to address coun cil shouted interruptions intemperate asides and jokes when other members of council are attempting to speak per sonal attacks on members and childish temper tantrums Moscoe told The Star that Lastman himself could improve the decorum of the next meeting of council by being present 1 would say he is one of the worst offenders the last meeting of council Last man threw a temper tantrum not be cause of lack of decorum but because he get his Moscoe charg ed minority of its present 28 seat allowance which gives it power to block constitution al change and also eliminate white con trol of top military and civilian posts 1 Observers believed the Patriotic 1 move today after a weekend of meetings with envoys from black African states that harbor guerrillas made a constitutional agreement very likely Viet troops sweep into Cambodia BANGKOK (Reuter) Vietnamese led I forces in Cambodia have launched a new offensive against troops loyal to deposed Cambodian Premier Pol Pot reliable sources in Bangkok said tonight The sources reported that the offensive began about five days ago in areas north and northeast of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh and consisted primarily of large sweeps which so far had met only light resistance They said some of the military action appeared to be moving west in the gener al direction of the Thai Cambodian bor der The' sources said the attacks could not yet be described as a major offensive something that has been widely predicted by the ousted radio station and also by Thai sources Meanw'hile United Nations efforts to: ease the famine in Cambodia are a drop in the ocean a UN omciai said yes terday 1 The amount of food available is tiny compared with the desperate need' throughout the whole of the country said arouk Ahmed Abdel Nabi of the UN World ood Program He said the famine in the war ravaged country is the disaster facing the world in my The food program last week delivered 1000 tons of rice and other food to points along the Thai border for distribution to starving Cambodians Another 2000 tons will be transported to Thailand during the next two weeks Nabi said Unedited movie upset audience at Cedarbrae More than 100 people lined up outside the office last night at Cedar brae theatre to demand their money back after seeing Mr Mondo Video Billed as TV show that be shown on (also playing at the Uptown 2 North York Sheridan Mall Towne and Countrye Bramalea 1 Pickering Sheri dan Regent Oshawa and Cinema Hamil ton) it turned off a lot of Scarborough customers last night They came away from the made for TV movie feeling bilked and as sistant manager who asked not to named handed them complimentary tick ets for any showing in the theatre for the next two weeks don't do this as a rule" she said? we've had some very irate customers' for this show Tonight (Sunday) has been the worst night but had demands for refunds during or after every showing of Disgruntled movie goers who wanted their money back complained that the movie wasn't even edited for the big screen All the spots for commercials were left in Wells says mending job needed on constitution An outdated constitution has become a serious threat to national unity says Tom Wells intergovernmental af fairs minister or later we in Canada have to realize that our constitution as it now stands is an underlying problem that is literally fraying the edges of our nation al Welles warned in a speech to the Ontario Chiropractic Association at the Inn on the Park on the weekend fall suddenly apart be cause of he said for sure the ties that bind have been weakened A mending job is needed and Wells said the public perception in Canada is that Parti Quebecois is the only real threat to Canadian But while he conceded that Quebec presents most serious challenges to our feder ation not just years we in central Canada have heard jue grumblings out of the West about the perceived inequities and isola tion felt by westerners toward the rest of Canada the big difference is that these loosely defined dissatisfactions have a much sharper edge The Western voices are now much more articulate and force ful in pushing for changes to the constitu Wells said the Atlantic provinces also have a desire for constitu tional change He said Ontario's position some where in the middle ground We can appreciate some of the legiti mate goals of other provinces and we can certainly see the need for some constitu tional changes to accomodate those goals position has also been strongly stated on our belief that no matter what changes are achieved on the constitution Canada should act to bring its constitu tion home to our native soil where it should properly reside now" Wells said clear that the provinces are more and more adamant about the need for changes in the constitu tional rules of our But he said despite thai urgency been little progress in the constitutional talks because Canadians have been dis tracted by economic and energy issues and because Trudeau's approach to re form was He said approach didn't work We shouldn't bite off more than we can chew at one Wells said the new Clark government has already shown signs a more con ciliatory and realistic to federal provincial relations and power sharing example was the decision to trans fer responsibility for lotteries to the prov inces Another was to affirm provincial rights over off shore mineral resources such as Wells said the momentum has now been created that can result in towards a new constitution provided Ottawa and the provinves it smart" by adopting what he called a agenda at the constitutional conference.