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EI- "liiliriatil;erillloo Ghmnicle if}? said that the area was '"lirtel. “of: three which would be Meston charges distorted coverage of water restriction implementation Waterloo Mayor Don Mes- ton accused the Kitchener- Waterloo Record of "munici- pal character assassina- tion" as a result of a headline in last Thursday's city . which read "Wa- 'ti' doubles use of water itchener cuts back. ., "I'm not finding fault with the story," the mayor said at a news conference Friday," but I think the headline was distorted and all a lot of people will re- member is the headline. " The story pointed out that the consumption of 4_6 million gallons Monday had climbed to 7.6 million gallons Wednesday and then droooed to 6.68 million galidns Ttyrsday - Mayor Meston said the Monday figure actually was v x ' Ir, , 332* " " l, _ "We're at the same a; P. ’" ’ I. iii, ' E, -',:.:" _ point we would normally i.; L . ','4 _ "ki/i:", , Fr"iira' ' be at the middle of next f a I (d,, /"rs' K, , Id _ a- week," said H..Cail Vinni- _ '.r-'" ' “ _ r 4 A kkd B' T ‘ '_,', combe, housing director ' ' F " cc". N at UW, Monday. Children attending summer classes at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waterloo are asked to construct Mrs. Margaret Lippisrt, mobiles with symbols that remind them of God's presence. Left to right they are Brad Good. 9. Michael housing director at WLU. LeBlanc, s. Shayne Ackerl, 9, and Lisa Benkner. 9. ' said students were having _ a great deal of difficulty q finding apartments this Meston c urges istorte coverage wear because a lot of land- lords do not want to rent q . .. . - . - n -- A - tostudGts. 'taf the application for rum: be tabled FCou neil d'iikiti3'iiii'ii L e.):, _.',' WW i'caiLiii _ _". t _. ' in designating land residential 'ettnqrrrirttr nil-meaty“ Muhammad ttt mm} de- 119TH YEAR NO. 35 City pt-eil apt-undo- 1-,. :5- Mayor Meston also point- ed out that' the one-half million gallon saving in Waterloo in Thursday's figure compared favorably with the two million saving in Kitchener after the re- strictions were announced because of the difference in poptifation in the two cities. Mayor Meston felt the headline for the Home edi- tion of Thursday's paper which read "Twin Cities respond to save-water plea. .. taken from 11 a.m. Sunday until 11 a.m. Monday. The Sunday figure is always considerably lower than a weekday figure, he explain- The Wednesday figure would have been taken be- fore the restrictions were announced. “According to our was! projections we will, need approximately 1,500 acres of residential [and outside of the existing oftleial plan area. to take care of our housing needsmtil m1," he said. “If we designate the entire block residential now. it will mean there ‘will only be approximately 1,100 acres left to divide between - “alum fortitude- tel',',','.",',','.',,',',".'-'),"':','.',"." be peematrtre in dad'- theentimNoeh 'rt"l',t 'ttttit the,” rt- 'mrttudatemtiietttV ttiratrititro6dmrekttirtgt" areaaso-dtottteottter tmams. , WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1974 “I got a call from Young shortly after Wednesday.“ Mayor He admitted there had been a breakdown in com- munications between the region and the local munici- palities regarding the re- strictions. however. "m Hempohbiodtht ”mum” MIMI-lingui- erstmdrertori-tettte armarsttthe-- are. wild would uneasi- m-_ . tatetttee-tmetitmotart. M.eadhrdtutttteettrstitt dented Intel-tout. Ind tmttmt - the area _ Richard “all. " "it atsetremutattetrordeveiotr. gin: and Amos. no meat. pnpnndasmdyoltheam - Mr. Hank pointed otrt for Helm Holdings said tttatthe region Ind mom- tteeoa1dseemtteomtfor mestdedtrtiitgahead%tto thedetayingivingthearm seemtdaryttlanirttheatt offie!ittl plan mm which in effect supported He pointed out that both gnrtrttr the "M'- official the city ind the region planuatns. - thatthearea "ulna Mr. Dunner pointed out Mayor Meston also felt a television report on CKCO Wednesday night which pointed out that the water sprinklers at the Kitchener City Hall, the Kitchener fire hall and the Waterloo Drop-In Centre were still in use after the restrictions had been announced. "The danger in the first headline is that people will see it and feel there is no point in cutting back in their own use of water if no one else is," he said. magnum.” - Mes- Jack ton said "When he told me about the restrictions, I agreed totally with what he had done. However, when I mentioned it to our staff they said that they had not been informed." Mayor Meston suggested in the future the city clerks of the affected municipal" ties should be informed so they can notify the various department heads. He felt the" Story had been aired before there was sufficient time for everyone In defence of the depart- ments which were continu- ing to water, he said that it takes some time to get the word out to the people and they were doing the job they were supposed to do. to respond to the plea to cut back on consumption. 'atrr-ftrrdolagirtgarttil a honing needs study is A 1f.eatKptttutttteeitrstitt lanthanum“: Mr. Junie pointed at tut9_emtiithttd_reeom- mestdedtrtiitgahead%tto seemtdttryttlanirttheatt which in effect supported Misc?” in s... WATERLOO, ONTARIO PRICE 10 CENTS Housing shortage at universities ’ develop. The situation is compli- cated by a shortage of off- campus housing this year. Housing is in short supply for students .at both the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University thiqear. 7 "sc-es. er-Pe"" On-campus housing at both' universities has been filled for some time and there is a waiting list for temtsottti-uamtotr- We: of the regional oMeialrtttieimPtan.. Aid.Mamkt Wagttersaid new: the area-oak! ttehtgieattttrimtmtriatde. telottmeattttuteitreugtneer Jameswittissaidaei% th Unfortunately that means the students who planned ahead could not get apartments while some of those who left it to the last minute may get one fairlyeasily.“ Mr. Vinnicombe said the situation is very strange this year because there were fewer off-campus listings but the housing bureau has also had fewer students coming in. utoyhetherhew "If l‘was optimistic I'd say that a lot of students actually did what we sug- gest in the material we sent to them and have " tantamount-tented:- 't'etltitrerd-aqtsttrttm an: and of to our “mug angst-tam mammals.“ tttttttttere-ttmed-t Both universities had approximately 100 listings available but they, do not anticipate this will be enough to satisfy the demand. “The situation may loosen up after the first of Septem- ber if they aren't able to rent their apartments to anyone other than students." she said. -reapnettrtoacemttmo. vacancies 14. 290 copies delivered. by canier every Wednesday in BM TERLOO The rooms most in de- mand have cooking facili- ties or at least some kitchen privileges and. if they are not close to the university. at least on a Minute. Both housing bureaus are looking for more rooms. Mr. Vinnicombe said the response to a radio appeal had been quite light so far. Aid. when Hal-y aid tte$ettitmsthere-b. Wudhcnytopmn mnqply at “a. peqteetytmttterpaeHtiii tedertttuqrttttmitteatsts the figure of 1.3m in- eltadeda2spereeettoversup. ply, Aid. Henry said it mum. Aftereoimeiitemteddtt- mstry'suettia that the any but I really don’t think that is thecase," he said. Even if it is the case the ligtirttm .the university has now Will not satisfy the de- mand in the next few weeks. which Would mean there might be better accomo- dation available after school because students should not be accepted at more than one university this year the way theyhavebeen inthe past. Mr. VinnicombeL said there are often a number of “no-shows" for both a The housing directors gave several reasons ifor the housing shortage. she hesitated to count on She added that a number of homes in the area around the universities were con- structed to provide space for student rooms but the families of the owners have grown to the point they need the space for their own fam- ily. dug-1M“ One of the most impor- tant reasons -fttrHtte drop in the number of rooms has been the changejn legis- lation which reqWres peo- pie to declare the income from a mom on their in- come tax. "People who are not in the business feel it is no longer Worth providing a room," Mrs. Lippert sitid. " ., I 13m 'er'