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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 13 May 1981, p. 1

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FLUORIDE FIGHT *"I‘m really disapâ€" pointed," says Jim Colâ€" ley, organizer with the WSWS. ‘‘It‘s not proper. Once they (the By Philip Jalsevac The provincial government has provided about 13,000 pamphlets for use by the proâ€"fluoride group, the No Means Yes committee, in its campaign to keep the city‘s water fluoridated. And that has raised a protest from the antiâ€"fluoride group, the Waterloo Safe Water Society (WSWS). _ 127th Year No. 19 Wednesday, May 13, 1981 Waterloo, Ontario 25 Cents Patricia scores in competition SEE PAGE â€" 10 Chretien to be honored Ministry aid raises protest Chretien was born in Shawinigan, Que., on Jan 11, 1934 and graduated in law from Laval University. He was first elected to the Commons in 1963 and reâ€"elected at every election since, the last time with an overwhelming majority. He will receive an honorary doctor of law‘ degree at the event, May 31 at 2: 30 p.m. at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium and then address the 800 graduating students of the university. The event is open to the pubâ€" lic. The degree will be conferred upon him by the Hon. John Black Aird, chancellor of the university and lieutenantâ€"governor of Onâ€" tario, who will preside at convocation. His present portfolio of justice is the seventh he has held during 18 years in the House and 14 years in the cabinet. He also is attorney general of Canada, minister of state for social development and the minister responsible for constitutional negotiations. Jean Chretien, one of Canada‘s bestâ€" known political leaders and the man at the heart of the struggle to bring Canada‘s constitution to Canada, will be honored at Wilfrid Laurier University‘s spring convoâ€" cation. THIS WEEK INSIDE government) step in, it gets into the political side of it. It‘s upset a lot of people." The pamphlets, Dr. Beyers told the Chronicle he hopes to obtain several thouâ€" sand more so that every household in Waâ€" terloo will receive one prior to the June 8 plebiscite on whether the city should continâ€" ue to fluoridate the water supply. In an interview, Colâ€" (Continued on page 3) Ministry officials were told in advance that the pamphlets were to be used in the fluoridation plebiscite campaign. Dr. Andrew Glenny, the region‘s director of dental services, arâ€" ranged for 6,000 of the pamphlets for the No Means Yes committee and Dr. Richard Byers, a dentist with the comâ€" mittee, obtained the other 7,000 through a ‘‘personal connecâ€" tion." But an official with the ministry says he doesn‘t know if they‘ve ever been used in large quantity as part of a campaign on a plebiâ€" scite. called Facts on Fluoride, have been used by the ministry of health for some years as part of its informaâ€" tion program. ‘Doâ€"nothing‘ Rotarian Frank Derner helps sixâ€"yearâ€"old Chery! Dawson of Huntington Cres. hoist two of the rainbow trout she caught Saturday at the Holiday Inn swimming pool. Chery! was one of about 70 handicapped kids taking part in the fourteenth annual Fishing Party jointly sponsored by the Rotary clubs of Kitchener and Waterioo and the Holiday Inn in Kitchener. The aiterngtive favours the widening of existing roads to accommodate traffic as opposed to plans favoured by regional consulâ€" tants to build a road connecting Caroline to Park Street. By MARK WESSEL A committee of Waterioo council responded Monday to a two year reglional study to improve traffic conditions in an area beunded by Caroline, Park, and William streets, by favouring the s#â€"called ‘"do nothing alternaâ€" tive." Although the city favours this plan, costing up to $700,000 to implement, the region has THAT‘S SOME CATCH! Randy‘s off and running SEE PAGE â€" 32 final say in what changes will be mage The proposal council prefers would call for the widening of Carol, Park, and William Streets by 10 feet to provide four lane traffic. Were the region to impilement this proposal, two homes and one business building would have to be demolished, and a ten foot strip would be taken off the Alexandra school playâ€" plan picked Council rejected the propmals‘hvoured by the region, because they would mean running a road through the grounds of Alexandra Public

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