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I great number (figures aren't available) of these trucks travel on many major Twin City streets like King St., to name one, ac- cording to.Bert Camp, head F r several years now Waterloo Region's emer- geng planning officials have. been prepared, on paper at least. to deal with a train derailment much like that which occurred recently in Mississauga. Ont. But a new element has crept into the situation that may force planners to re-evaluate their present rgency evacuation policy. are are numerous poorly marked trucks carry- ing potentially dangerous chemicals on streets in the Twin Citieg. ff ith Year tlo. 4_8, Cauld’it happen here? Waterloo Ciilrlrirlttiirl5 The 12th annual Naismith Basketball Classic at University of Waterloo last weekend had more than its share of exciting plays. Bill Loos (30) of University of Victoria Vikings flies through the air on this play as he drives to the basket against Acadia Axemen in the tourney Tinale Saturday night, Vikings withstood a late Acadia charge to win 86-78. Complete story and other pictures on page IA (Photo by Rick Campbell) By Stewart Sutherland Choniclo sun writs of emergency planiirig in the Region. “There exists a great po- tential for a major catas- trophe/rcaTp said. Camp's office has been laying groundwork for se- veral years to deal with an accident as potentially'dan- serous as the Mississauga incident on Nov. 10. The scheme. completed in June, 1978, was put on paper after much consultation with the Regional police force and the major fire de- partments. l The plans are almost iden- tical with those used in Mis- sissauga. according to Camp. Camp said Waterloo Re- gion (not Waterloo as much and Cambridge and Kitchener) is especially sus- ceptible to a similar train Wednesday, November 28,71g73 accident because it falls within the heavity-travelled rail corridor for chemical shipments between Sarnia and Toronto. _ Camp called the danger from a spill of hazardous chemicals "the most com- mon and most dangerous peacetime emergency." Planning officials have at- tempted to determine the extent to which hazardous materials are passing through the Twin Cities. Camp says there are no fi- gures available but it would amount to at least one train a day and several trucks. “We have been predicting this kind of thing happening for years. because it is per- fectly obvious," Camp said. "There are literally thou- sands of trains with hazar- dous chemicals going through any part of Canada at any one time." . Legislation todeal with the situation was introduced by, the federal government last year, but was allowed to die on the order paper. City 'in the dark' over tax reform plan "What they did in Peel Region (Mississauga) is thatpf the 600 (police) of- ficers they have, they had 300 working at any one time. We'd do the same thing if anything happens in the Chronic) writer Waterloo will Join with the Region of Niagara in calling on the province to imple- ment market value assess- ment and property tax re- form for 1961. At its regular Monday night meeting. Council voted to support a resolution proposed by Niagara in an effort to end "stop-gap mea- sures" and force the provin- ce to indicate what action will be taken in 1981 Council said it was “tired of being left in the dark" and it was time some action was taken or at least they should support the proposal put forward by Niagara. Council will forward a copy of the resolution to Premier William Davis along with other members of parliament In other developments. Council voted against sup- porting a resolution from Barrie Council supporting Premier William Davis' op- positron to Rene Levesque's White Paper on sovereignty association, The resolution called on all municipalities to oppose the White Paper and "in- dicate to the province of Quebec that we believe in a Waterloo, Ontario Comment.............6 Columns..............7 Business.... .........9 Entertainment. . . . . . . . ..11 Sports.............12-19 Classified. . . . . . ... . 21-22 Community Calender. . . ..23 Inside "In the first hour of the emergency, we'd have no to 100 men evacuating people and more would be brought in later." ' Under the Region's emer- gency plan, the evacuation would be ordered by local fire officials and carried out by the police. who would warn people to leave the af- fected area with loud- speakers and by going door 'to door when necessary. Warnings would be broad- cast over local radio and te- levision stations. 1Region),"famir said. United Canada within the framework, of Confedera- The motion was vetoed by a four to three vote. Full ambulance service should be restored to the Twin ('Itles by tomorrow following a contract settle- ment on Sunday which ended the 12-week strike The 26 ambulance workers. members of Cana, dian Union of Public Em- ployees, Local 791 voted to accept a one-year contract that gives them parity With ambulance services el, sewhere in the provmcc The contract. which ex- pires March M. i980_w1ll see the workers' pay In- crease an average of 9 4 per cent Funds for the contract still must be approved by the provincial health mm- Istrv If everything goes ac- (Continued on page Al 15 Cents