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Barrie Examiner, 15 Mar 1976, p. 1

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EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation 7266539 Classified Advertising 72824 All Other Departments 7566537 112th Year No63 Don Near left press room foreman and Jay Robb publisher and general manager of The Examiner IN WITH THE NEW look over copy of The Ex aminer from practise press run on The Examiners new press Today marks the first issue of The Examiner printed by photoroffsct For stories and pictures about the new process see Page of todays Examiner Photo by Rolf Kraikeri MidEast setback for Soviets Sadat would tear up treaty CAIRO AP The Soviet Union has suffered another set back in the Middle East with President Anwar Sadats an nouncement that he is tearing up the 1971 SovietEgyptian treaty of friendship and co operation The Egyptian Peoples Assembly meets today to discuss Sadats proposal that it nullify the 15year treaty The Assemblys approval is cer tainty Among the results might be an end to the use of Egyptian ports by Soviet naval ships and competition by the United States Britain and France to supply the arms Egypt can no longer get from the Soviet Union There was no immediate reaction from Moscow But the ANWAR SADAT makes proposal controlled Soviet press has long been critical of Sadats co operation with lKS State Secretary Henry Kissingers negotiations to foster peace bet ween the Arabs and lsrael In threehour speech to the assembly Sunday night Sadat said the Soviet Tiiion is excr ting military and economic pressures on Egypt to force me to bow to their demands something that will not do All the Soviet arms in Egypt including aircraft will become mere scrap in year or 18 months because the Soviets refuse to supply spare parts in View of all this the treaty has become scrap of paper and propose its cancellation he said The Egyptian president said the Soviets rejected and con District family homeless after fire guts bungalow Nottawasaga Township family is homeless after fire gutted its bungalow Saturday morning on the townships four th line just north of Highway 91 northwest wind fanned the flames of fire that started in garage of the home of Murray and the fire had moved into the house by the time Stayner fire department arriv ed Chief Clarence Martin said the garage roof was gone and flame had moved through an open door when his 14 men and two trucks got to the scene The door was left open when one of the children opened it to go into the garage and was driven back by wall of flame CAPSULE NE WS Two dead in Windsor crash WINDSOR Ont CP Four persons remain in hospital today after twocar crash that killed two persons and injured 10 Saturday night near the Windsor Raceway All were from the Detroit area Tankers oil leaks into sea BREST France Router Five tons of oil have escaped from the supertanker Olympic Bravery that snapped in half on kaS near here during weekend gales but the risk of major pollution is small maritime officials said today Couple helped plant bombs BELFAST AP couple posing as honeymooners helped lant three bombs that di considerable damage to luxury tel near the centre of Belfast early today The boy suffered minor burns and also suffered from smoke and heat inhalation He was taken to Collingwood General and Marine Hospital and treated there The brick bungalow was gut ted but find Martin couldnt make any estimate of the damage because everyiiig was burned beyond recognition There must be something wrong with the guy even his wife won use his name BULLETIN OTTAWA The Supreme ourt of taiiada refused today to allow the rown to appeal the second acquital of Dr Henry Morgciitalcr on an abortion charge deiiiiicd his participation in Kissingers negotiations for Arahlsraeli peace but whether we like it or not whether the Soviet Union is angry about this or not the fact is that 99 per cent of the cards are in the hands of the United States Citizens fear arsonist TORONTO UP An ar soiiist set fire to 12 homes in four days in the Richmond Gardens area of Etobicoke one of the Metropolitan Toronto boroughs Fearful residents have begun patrolling the area at night and some are talking of carrying guns Police warn against the firearms Police and firemen believe the fires almost all of them started in garages are being set by neighborhood teenager longhaired youth was seen fleeing after one fire broke out The latest fire came Sunday night at the Linstead Iourt home of Johnson Gillelan from which seven children were helped out unhurt Seven homes on this small street have been set ablaze So far no one has been in jured and total damage amounts to only $60000 0hr 13mm Exa Barrie Ontario Canada Monday March 15 1976 miner today WEATHER FORECAST Mostly cloudy with flurries and Tuesday tonight 15 high Tuesday Low 15 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 WEEKLY 16 Pages NEW LOOK NEW PRESS NEW COMPOSING ROOM The Examiner has large stake in Barrie and Simcoe County and today marks the start of new era in our association Your community daily newspaper has undergone weeks long and expensive conver sion from the old standard hot lead type opera tion to modern more efficient system that uses computers and photographic reproduction Today is just as significant to The Examiner and our readers as the day in 1958 when this newspaper became Barries daily The largest newspaper between Toronto and North Bay we are also the most modern In keeping with our policy of local employ ment our entire plant is located at 16 Bayfield St Two phases of the operation have undergone the most significant changes More than half of over $1 million The Ex aminer has spent on converting went toward new unit Goss Urbanite offset press And its the latest model available The rest went into modern composing room that revolves around three large phototypeset ting machines and two smaller ones Robb publisher and general manager said the conversion reflects both the faith The Examiner has in the community and the faith of the community in us It means readers will have newspaper with easytoread type and clear sparkling pictures It means advertisers will have the best display space possible so they can tell our readers what they have to offer he said One of the significant aspects of the conversion will be change in format for the newspaper Starting today The Examiner went to nine column size This combined with additions in the newsroom will enable us to provide even more Barrie and Simcoe County news The people of Barrie and district Will have brighter more modern newspaper We at The Examiner are proud of what we do proud of the people we serve proud of the communities we do business in Were hopeful The Examiner reflects that pride every day he said The history of The Examiner goes back to 1864 when Barrie was small town just 14 years old First publisher of The Examiner when it was launched as paid circulation weekly was William Nicholson The paper remained under his control until 1869 when Andrew Hunter became publisher In 1895 James Alexander MacLaren purchased the newspaper At that time The Examiner was one of three weeklies serving the community Frederick and William Walls two brothers from Elmvale launched fourth paper The Barrie Saturday Morning in 1909 Two years later William took over full interest in Barrie Saturday Morning after his brother decided to go west to Edmonton during real estate boom The Barrie Examiner and Saturday Morning were amalgamated in 1914 The MacLarenWalls partnership was launched and carried on suc cessfully until Mr Walls death in 1939 His 50 per cent interest in The Examiner was assumed by his only son Kennethwho has been active in the newspaper business in Barrie for almost 50 years The Examiner absorbed The Northern Ad vance in 1940 Mr MacLaren became president of the reorganized Barrie Examiner and Mr Walls vicepresident and business manager The paper began twiceweekly publication in 1948 and went triweekly in 1951 HONORS AWARDS The Examiner received the Masontrophy as the best allround weekly newspaper in Canada on six occasions the latest being 1952 The Examiner was sold to Canadianowned Thomson Newspapers Ltd in 1959 Mr Walls continued as publisher until 1971 and continues his association through sports and editorial page columns and the prestigious editor emeritus title Our long history and conversion to offset shows The Examiner is confident of the future of Barrie and area Mr Robb said The current flatness of the national economy has not shaken our faith in Barrie and the county know you will find The Examiner better Examiner and will continue to read the best newspaper in Simcoe County Barrie Cable TV plans to be outlined Tuesday Barrie able TV will hold press conference Tuesday mor ning to outline its position on new television regulations Bob Alexander Harrie ablc TV manager says the press conference will include discus sion of the companys iii troduction of Thannel 25 Frenchlanguage channel and hannel 79 lTY TV Toronto Mr Alexander said plans for Introducing multiple channel converters and microwave antennas to improve American stat ion reception will be presented New aiiadian Radio lclcVision oiiimission tCltTCi regulations on deleting commercials from American stations will be presented New anadian Radio Television ommission it7itli regulations on deleting commercials from American stations will also be discussed said Mr Alexander Tom Delaney of the Barrie branch of the Canadian Association of oiisiiiners says 510 replies have been received Garage blast wounds two BUENOS AlltES IAli powerful bomb exploded today in the garage of the 20storey lwadquarters of the Argentine army command wounding at least two persons and destroy ing 20 automobiles The building is close to lrcsident Isabel ferons office Army reports said the blast wounded soldier and at least one civilian truck driver so far to questionnaire about Frcnchrlanguagc television published in The Examiner We have tiger by the tail said Mr Delaney The response has been over whclmingly against losing an existing channel said Mr Delaney Most of those answering the questionnaire have indicated that if channel must go it should be hanncl Buffalo station on which reception is poor Mr Alexander said he agrees with residents objection to los ing channel fhannel is the channel Har rie able would prefer to drop Mr Alexander says The has proposed broad casting its French TV network programs from new transmit tcrat Holly The ltl will hear the Bt proposal at hearing in Mon tical March Iii if the proposal is approved Harrie ablc TV Will have to drop either an American staa tion or anadian station pro bany lcterborough hanncl l2 Deadline for objections to the proposal is today Harrie ablc TV applied Jan lit to the ltI to introduce microwave SLll for cable subscribers in Barrie Mr Alexander says new legislation iiitroducted by the federal government in January has wreaked havoc with the companys plans forcing the company to speed up its development program at great expense He promised more details of the companys plans at luesdays press conference Sun heat measured at Bell area office Bell Telephone is testing the feasibility of harnessing the suns energy to heat its buildings at Stroud GOOsquare foot plastic panel built in November is measuring the amount of heat given off by the sun liquid flowing through plastic pipes is exposed to the suns rays Don Skelding of Bells Barrie office says Any changes in temperature in the liquid are measured and recorded Bell hopes to be able to know once and for all whether solar energy is feasible way of lieatifig its building by the fall he said Although much study has been done on solar energy and few prototype buildings have been erected there is nothing hard and fast about it he said The solar anel is behind the Bell Tclep one building in Stroud EXCITING CTION GIRLS HOCKE Newtonbrook and r0 Jets traded goals for three periods with Newtonbrook inally emerging on the right end of 54 score in Canadian CALGARY INCIDENT ENDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON Girls Hockey League playoff action at the ro Community entre Sunday The game was an exciting affair with Newtonbrook scoring late in the third period to move into oncgame lead in the cham pionshp finals See story page 10 lIxaniiner lhotoi Drug overdose kills gunman in house siege CALGARY IP city policeman and gunman are dead following bizarre 45 hour weekend drama involving robbery hostages and drugs The incident ended about pm local time Sunday pm EST when police stormed house in the northeast part of thecity lnsidc they found John Frederick Gamble 23 of Vair couver dead and William John Nichols 27 of White Rock B3 in serious condition Both apparently had taken an over dose of drugs received in an Xllitll with police for two female hostages Gamble had beeeii free on bail while awaiting trial on charge of murder punishable by life imprisonment in British Columbis Nichols is also free on bail on charge of atteinp ted murder in the same pro Vince Their attempt to escape those charges resulted in the incident here As police knit the facts together funeral services for StaffSgt Allan Keith Harrison 40 16year veteran on the police force were planned for Tuesday Charges of murder punishable by death in the olicemans death have been aid against Gambles wife Janine lt was shortly after 430 pm Friday when two men robbed credit union of $1600 During the robbery 10 to 12 shots were exchanged and Sgt Harrison was hit once in the abdomen He died later during surgery the second policeman killed on duty in the city during the last months Gamble and Nichols ap parently accompanied by Gainblcs wife and lracev Perry friend of Nichols then made stop at restaurant in an effort to elude police and took two hostages Rahim Kassam and his wife Laila They abandoned their bullet riddled car took taxi Doug Moran thecab driver said he picked up six people at the Thuiiderbird Restaurant on Meridian Road Northeast and pulled into gas station when he becariic suspicious and tryed calling police But he was followed into the station by one of the passengers When he refused to leave his keys were taken It was at this point the third hostage Diane Perry 28yearold schoolteacher not related to Tracey was taken and her car driven to the house where the gunmen and hostages took cover OCCUPANTS FLED Police said several occupants of the house believed owned by David lngram apparently left through back door when they saw the fugitives entering by the front door The family has not been seen since lwo 12yearold girls playing in front were taken inside the house for about 20 minutes but were released unharmed Police sealed off the area setting up command post at one end of the street and ac comodations for reporters at the other Two specuillytrained fivcman teams armed with sniper rifles MlG automatic rifles shotguns and tear gas surrounded the house and negotiations were started via telephone Initially about 30 Sp8lillyllilllltl officers were negotiating with the men but this dwindled to about five ear ly Saturday morning

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