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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 15 Jul 1981, p. 1

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thttt Yeo, No. 28 Two-year-old Amber Buchanan had a ft'mr-fetatttqtred ftoctt of edmirere'before she knew it When she sat down Saturday to eat some popcorn in Waterloo park. Amber decided it was only fair to divvy up the 909d: with her new-found friends, who had a quachirtg-good time. Strike keeps .operators a extra busy THIS WEEK INSIDE SEE PAGE 3 mama-y. ash 15.1981 JUST DUCK w Dr. Alexander _ assesses Velikovsky SEE PAGE , um. Out-No CITES BROWN CASE By Philip Jaluvac Resolution of the Syd Brown affair is one of the reasons Chris Jones says he'll stay on as Waterloo region police commission chairmen for the remainder of the year. Jones, a Cambridge businessman appointed by the province to sit on the commission. be- came chairman last year following the death of his predeces- sor, Bernice Adams, also of Cambridge. He was elected by fellow commissioners to carry on in that capacity at the begin- ning of the new year, but said at the time that he would only hold the post for several months. Jones had said he anticipated one of the new commission mem- bers would have enough experience by then to take over from him when he stepped aside. A But now, about si,t months later, Jones says he'll remain chairman at least "for the balance of this year." And, as to the possi- bility of his seeking another term as chair- man. he said "you might look longer (than to the end of the year), who knows?" In an interview Mon- day, Jones said he ini- tially decided to stay on as chairman partly due to his concern and familiarity with the on- going court battles be- tween the police com- mission and Brown, the former chief who was fired in Jan. of 1979. "That was certainly my original intent," he said. "it was one of the factors in the deci- sion." Jones to stay as chairman Bruce is a big hit in Guelph _ SEE PAGE " (Anybody , gota map? Jones said Brown's case is now scheduled for its next hearing in the Ontario Court of Appeal in September, following a request by Brown's lawyers tor a deferment. The former chief is waging a legal battle to Ottawa has left Jack Middlemass won- dering. Middlemass, manager of the " terloo Chamber of Commerce, has re- ceived two press re- leases from FIRA in the last year an- n o u n c i n g n e w foreign businesses that would be es- tablishing them- selves in the city. The Foreign In- vestment Review Middlemass says the problem could be FIRA is a little confused on what or where .Waterloo is. “l have a feeling they think Waterloo is anything west of Toronto, south of the North Pole. and East of London," he said. Strangely enough, neither of the com- panies have ar- rived. BrtheChroetlcH Last November, be reinstated as head of the region's police force. The next legal move is an attempt to have an Ontario Police Commission (OPC) re- port that led to his dismissal quashed. Jones said the other (Continued on page 3) Middlemass re- ceived word that Glenwinn quppra- c o m p I u y t h a t makes molds for the steel industry would be building a plant here. But When the chamber manager phoned Glenwinn of- fieUis he was told the chosen location was Guelph. And in May, FIRA announced Ogden Fibres Ltd., a textile waste exporter, would be setting up shop in Waterloo. Since then Middle- mass hasn't heard anything from “EA or Ogden Fibres. "It'll probably end up in Guelph or or- angeville ... any place but Water- loo," he said. Middlemass said he is at a loss to explain why FIRA keeps bringing Wa- terloo into the pic- ture. "Maybe the (Commued on page 2)

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