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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 28 Mar 1973, p. 1

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An effort to bring a halt to spiralling meat prices gained momentum in the Twin Cities last week. Waterloo and Mrs. Vivian Henderson of Kitchener In a special meeting of Waterloo council Monday night Kitchener Buildâ€"Rite Limited was given the building contract for Waterâ€" loo‘s fire substation. Local jogging enthusiasts set out from the Waâ€" terloo post office on Bridgeport Road Friday at noon to jog four miles along King Street in supâ€" port of Federated Appeal. From the front the Eight bids were received by the city with the highest being $131,000 and the lowâ€" Construction already underway Women protesting price of meat Merle Weinstein of Waterloo Chronicle 117TH YEAR NO 13 became fed up with the high costs of supplying meat to their families and embarkâ€" ed on the idea of a boycott. It was a little over two weeks ago that the women sent out over 50 chain letâ€" ters but have only been able est and accepted bid $115,â€" Work started yesterday on the site of the new buildâ€" ing on Westmount Road North between Erb Street and University Avenue According to city treasurâ€" WEDNESDfiY MARCH 28, 1973 WATERLOO, ONTARIO, CANADA Federated Appeal drive is ahead of last year _ movement has by what they hear from their friends and from the phone calls and letters they have received. The meat boycott does not include all types of meat. Mrs. Weinstein explained joggers appeared to be just out for a jog but a look at their backs (below ) illustrated their purâ€" pose. At the end of the third week of campaigning, the Kâ€"W Federated Appeal has received pledges of $194,671. This is $51,221 afead of the same elapsed campaign time of a year ago. Campaign â€" officials â€"re ported the inflow of monâ€" ey from the industrial canâ€" vass is increasing rapidly. Appeal President Joseph Connell said: *"Up to the moment, our request for increased giving to meet the increased objective of $730,357. is meeting with encouraging response. We are looking forward to sucâ€" Mr. Connell paid tribute to the efforts of manageâ€" ment and labor at the Budd Automotive _ Company, where givings there have climbed to a record $60,000 â€" a 20 per cent increase over 1972. ‘ The employees of Doâ€" er Don Schaefer it was imâ€" portant work begin imâ€" mediately since the buildâ€" ing program has received an LIP grant of $20,000. The terms of the grant stipuâ€" lates the work should be ‘"‘substantially _ competed" by May 31. that her own purchases had been limited to fish, liver, hamburg and chickâ€" en, the quantity of each amount varying with speâ€" cials. These â€" selections served with fresh frunt, vegetables eggs and cheese minion _ Life Assurance Company have increased their donations by 18 per cent for a record contribuâ€" tion of $9,500. Campaign officials noted the contributions of employâ€" ees of Superior Sanitation Services, where donations have doubled for both com:« A â€" request for flood lights on a baseball diaâ€" mond in Waterloo Park was made by the president of the Waterloo Junior Expos and was rejected by counâ€" cil Monday night. Request for lights rejected Mr. Champ Glassford, president of the baseball team had made the request in the early part of Januâ€" ary of this year. After doing research on the â€" subject, _ community services director Ken Pflug suggested to council the request be turned down beâ€" cause the poles for the lights in the outfield would conâ€" flict with the other two nearby diamonds. He also said the creation of a lightâ€" ed ball diamond in this loâ€" cation would only add to the existing congestion in Waterloo Park. Mr. Pflug did suggest (Chronicle Photos) Strangling suspect was Ontario scholar think it is all the fault of the supermarkets either. There‘s an awful price inâ€" crease between the packing bouses and the supermarkâ€" et and we‘re wondering just A 19 year old Sudbury Youth was remanded Monâ€" day on three charges of atâ€" tempted murder in connecâ€" tion with attacks on three Waterioo boys last Septemâ€" have kept her family on a well balanced diet. ‘‘We are not boycotting the farmer," Mrs. Weinâ€" Kenneth "Koski of the former town of Copper Cliff near Sudbury is a resident of 91 Longwood Drive in Waterloo and is a computor science student at the University of Waterâ€" Koski _ had _ graduated from Copper Cliff High School last June as an Onâ€" tario Scholar. Several forâ€" mer Copper Cliff police men said they knew the men said they knew the youth and that he had nevâ€" er been involved in any acâ€" ‘ Some 500 secretaries will be in Waterloo this Saturday to participate in the Dartâ€" nell Personality Plus proâ€" gram being held at the Theâ€" atre of the Arts building at the university. pany and staff over 1972. Other increases of an outâ€" standing nature were recordâ€" ed by the company and emâ€" ployees of Omamental Mouldings; the company and employees of Enrico Manufacturing, and the emâ€" ployees of the Toronto Dominion Bank. Weber. however that the city look to establishing an illuminâ€" ated baseball field in the future and offered various alternatives. He said such a project could be done by redeveloping the existing lighted softball diamond Secretaries flock to Waterloo The Kâ€"W chapter of the National Secretaries Assoâ€" ciation is sponsoring the event and have received The seminar lasts from 8:â€"30 a m. to 3:30 pm. and emphasizes the other asâ€" pect of the working woâ€" more than the amount of registrations reqpired for it Mrs. Weinstein has alâ€" ady received a couple of is getting the differâ€" 13,460 copies delivered by carrier to every household in WATERLOO PRICE 10 CENTS complaints about her acâ€" tions in promoting the boyâ€" cott, one from a man who claims he was laid off work Mrs. Weinstein and Mrs. Henderson are determined to continue however and urge others to boycott on their own. There is no need to contact either of the woâ€" men unless they have quesâ€" because of it and another from a person sympathetic to farmers. tivities that brought him to their attention as policeâ€" men. They described him as a "‘quiet boy*"‘. Waterloo Regional police are continuing their inâ€" vestigation into whether or not Koski was also involved Sudbury newspaper as sayâ€" ing the events of the last few days had been a nightâ€" mare. Kenneth had phoned his parents Wednesday night and told them he was ‘"in trouble‘"‘. Mrs. Koski said this was her son‘s first involvement with the police. Waterloo Regional Police Chief Wilfred Heinrich anâ€" nounced the charges Friday after Koski had undergone a routine check following a dangerous driving charge laid last Wednesday. Brampton police also isâ€" sued a charge on Koski after they learned of the attack made on a 11â€"year old boy with the four assaults on boys in Cambridge made into a multiâ€"sports field complex, combining with the two universities in deâ€" veloping a lighted baseball field or including the deâ€" velopment of such a facility when the Bechtel Park area is developed. man, that being appearance. Mrs. Jo Mercer said business women today are not judged by most people by the work they do but by their appearance. Nine subjects will be disâ€" cussed during the program which is designed to help ofâ€" fice women improve their personality as well as their job performance. Women â€" attending will be from Windsor. Hamilton, Toronto and St. Catharines as well as the surrounding Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo area Police are also investiâ€" gating an attack on a Bresâ€" lau boy last fall, one on a Brantford youth and two incidents involving Metro Toronto boys earlier this year. Patricia Koski, the boy‘s

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