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WEATHER FORECAST EXAMINER TELEPHONES Mostly sunny today and Circulation 7266539 Wednesday CoolerWednesday Low tonight high WednesdayBC Classified Advertising 7282414 All Other Departments 4266537 Che flame Examiner 15 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly leages Year No 82 The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Tuesday April I976 Smokers drinkers can expect to pay more in budget TORONTO CP Ontarios smokers and drinkers will have to pay more as result of Treasurer Darcy McKeoughs budget tonight The Canadian Press has learned Sources close to the govern ment say Mr McKeough in tends to raise taxes on liquor and cigarettes as part of his program to cut into the prov inces budgetary deficit The deficitmore than $19 billionmight be slashed by about $400 million this fiscal year treasury sources say Mr McKeough needs to raise additional revenue but some government sources said not to expect it to come from an in crease in personal income tax INCREASE POSSIBLE But an increase in the On tario Hospital Insurance Plan OHIP premiums is possible one cabinet source says Skyrocketing health costs in recent years are partially re sponsible for the budgetary deficit Treasury officials also theo rize that an OHIP premium in crease will be relatively pain less for the average taxpayer since most big companies now pay their employees OHIP tabs Continued restraint will be the theme of Mr McKeoughs budget speech to be delivered to the legislature at pm tonight He has already committed the government to limiting its spending increases to 10 per cent MAY MEAN MORE That means some tax in creases since the government will have to raise $125 billion for this fiscal year There has been some cabinet consideration given to an in crease in corporate taxes al though the minority govern ment of Premier Davis has already announced there will be tax rebates for mining ex ploration The bluecovered budget document will also contain note of optimisman opinion from Mr McKeough that the governments restraint program seems to be working He will caution however that the program needs to be continued as Ontarios beleagured economy turns the economic corner The treasurer has already an nounced most of the govern ments spending priorities for this year SPENDING TIGIITENED There will be tighter spen ding controls in the fields of health social services and tran sportation and com munications More money is provided for colleges and universities and more for law and order Treasury officials are pre dicting there will be nothing in the budget which might lead the opposition parties to com bine and topple the minority government Liberal Leader Stuart Smith has already said it would have to be just about the worst budget in history before his party would consider bringing the government down As part of the official open ing of Forest Hill school special cornerstonelaying ceremony was held Monday afternoon with all students attending Above Charlie Guldenstein mason sets the stone in place watched by HISTORIC CEREMONY AT SCHOOL left Bill Bertram of Les Ber tram and Sons Ltd general contractors of the school Murray Faragher School board director to get honorary degree Jack Ramsay director of education for the Simcoe Coun ty Board of Education will be honored with an honorary degree from Wilfrid Laurier University WLU of Waterloo WLU has offered university programs in Simcoe County since 1963 at the request of the Ontario Public School Men Teachers Federation and the Federation of Women Teachers of Ontario which also nominated Mr Ramsay for the honor No date has been given the in vestiture WLUs decision was announc ed Monday night by George Coo er chairman of the teac er education committee while Mr Ramsay was atten ding the official opening of Forest Hill public school in Midhurst where Mr Cooper is rrincipal Mr Cooper said The men and women teachers of Simcoe County feel honored to have had the opportunity to put his Mr Ramsays name forth as recommendation for an honorary degree from Wilfrid Laurier University His demonstrated will ingness to work with any group which seeks to raise the level and quality of education have made him respected by all segments of the academic com munity Mr Ramsay who will be en titled to use the honorary title of doctor after he receives the degree was surprised by the announcement It is not often am speechless he said adding this moves me deeply it SHY OF the camera in his later years Howard Hughes is seen here in an early photograph He died Monday at the age of 70 CP Photo DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION JACK RAMSAY goes far beyond anything have ever hoped for in my career Mr Ramsay thanked the teachers involved saying there are not many boards where the relationship between the board and the federations are as ours Mr Ramsay 52 has been director of the Simcoe County board since its inception in 1969 In 1971 he served as staff member of the provincial governments Committee on the Costs of Education and is past president of the Ontario Association of Education Of ficials Mr Ramsay was born in Van couver but came to Barrie at an early age attending elemen tary and secondary school here After serving with the Royal Air Force Ferry Command as radio officer and navigator dur ing World War II he attended Queens University in Kingston graduating in 1948 with an Honor Bachelor of Arts in biology and chemistry and winning the Near scholarship for the highest graduating average In 1949 he graduated from the Ontario College of Education winning the Bryan Memorial Scholarship for the highest standing Mr Ramsay taught in Toron to and was head of the science department at Bathurst Heights Collegiate He served as principal of Smiths Falls Collegiate and Glenview Park secondary school and George Cooper school prin cipal Examiner Photo job superintendent 15 Wfi 331 WECOMe 10 RE JIXXXZEXXXL wr Soldier killed in shooting BELFAST Router parttime soldier has been killed in the worst wave of violence in Northern Ireland this year highlighted by an at tempted mortar attack on the residence of Britains highest ranking officer here The parttimc soldier member of the Ulster Dcfcncc Regiment which is attached to the British Army was shot and killed late Monday night by three gunmen who broke into his home in Ncwtownhamilton No indoor pool time has run out By PETER DEPODESTA Examiner Reporter The Ontario Municipal Board OMB Monday effectively destroyed any chance of con struction of an indoor swimm ing pool in Barrie The board did this without hurting anyones political career in the city Blake and Speigel OMB representatives told about 30 people attending the hearing Monday morning it would probably take two ses sions to present all the evidence Many of the people opposing the construction left the hear ing At 430 pm the board asked three remaining objectors if they wanted to give evidence now or wait until the next hear ing The people decided to wait until the next hearing which Mr Blake said could be about two months away Rowecity solicitor realizing the city needs deci sion before the next Simcoe County Board of Education meeting asked if the hearing could be continued ANOTHER DAY The board implied earlier today that the hearing would go on another day Mr Speigel said Judging from the size of the audience left Id say most of the people have left Its 430 now and thats good time to adjourn an out of town hearing added Mr Blake With that statement the fate of the proposed indoor swimm ing pool was decided No go this year The swimming pool was plan ned as part of fourth high school in Barrie at the corner of Little Avenue and Bayvicw Drive MONEY SAVER The purpose of combining the two was to save taxpayers capital costs in construction an doperating costs over the Is named Citizen of Year Ethel lifton was named Bar ncs Citizen of the Year M0n lay and presented with the William Wright Memorial Trophy by the Barrie branch of the Royal Canadian Legion Mrs Clifton in her 70s was nominated by the Soroptimists international Club of Barrie and the Catholic Womens League Government survives TORONTO CP AA Ontario Liberals delivered their prom ised support to the minority Progressive Conservative gov ernment in nonconfidencc test in the legislature Monday night They voted with the govern ment to turn down an NDP amendment to the speech from the throne in l7to81 vote clearing the way for Treasurer Darcy McKcough to bring in his budget today NEWS doc Train hearing on today OTTAWA CP The Canadian transport commission begins hearings today on overhauling the transcontinental train system without any preconceived plan commissioner David Jones said Metro beer stores closed TORONTO CP Twentythrcc of the 98 bccr stores in Metropolitan Toronto were closed Monday when about 125 truck drivers and store clerks walked off the job in dispute over work schedules It was not immediately known whether they would be back on the jot today Warning issued on riots PEKING Router The Chinese leadership warned today that political violence that has rocked Peking for the last 24 hours must not be repeated New threat in Lebanon HEIRUT AP new threat of Syrian military interven tion in Lebanons civil war was reported today as Kamal Assaad the Moslcm speaker of parliament scheduled session Saturday to begin the process of replacing Christian President Suleiman Franjich BILLIONAIRE INDUSTRIALIST DIES Howard Hughes mystery in life and death HOUSTON AP In his death Howard Robard Hughes was as much mystery as he was in life Hughes billionaire in dustrialist and aviation pioneer died of stroke Mon day on private jet en route from seaside Mexican resort to hospital in Houston where his parents are buried and where he was born 70 years ago From the age of 19 when he inherited his fathers tool com pany until his death Hughes was an enigmatic figure Even after Hughess death the staff in the beachfront Aca pulco Princess Hotel could not say for certain that he had been there though he was said to oc cupy the entire top floor The pilots who flew him on his final flight did not know he was to be their passenger until shortly be fore takeoff And an unmarked ambulance met the plane Hughes amassed an empire valued at more than $2 billion His holdings during the years included hotels gambling ca sinos airlines movie studios spacecraft and electronics As Hughess body lay under guard in Methodist Hospital board of directors continued to run his fareflung financial em pire as in the past said Arelo Sedcrbcrg spokesman for Sum maCorp Summa was the umbrella corporation that was wholly owned by Hughes TO CONTINUE WORK It has been run by the board of directors and threeperson executive committee Scder berg said It will continue to be run by that group The com pany will continue to bc com pany The committcc is composed of Gay executive vice president of Sunima Nadine Henley Hughcss longtime secretary now senior vice presidcnt of the firm and Chester Davis general counsel for Summa He said he does not know who will be named executors of Hughcss estate or whether the elusive billionaire has left will Sederberg said that Hughes died of strokea cerebral vascular accident After fling in Hollywood and stint as an daredevil pilot during the 1930s and 19405 Hughes became more and more retiring He disappeared from public view in the 19508 conducting his businesses from series of scaledoff hotel suites Others nominated wcrc Jean Hobson Dobson Isobel ETHEIJIJFTON years The school board was delay ing action on the school con struction until an answer from the city was available But all indications are that the next school board meeting was the last day to answer The two 0MB represen tatives tore into the citys witnesses supporting the pool construction Both members were easily sidetracked onto topics not per taining to the need of the pool or the citys financial ability to payforit CITY WITNESSES The city called eight witnesses including Gary Stoner director of parks and creation Wayman Fairweather director of plann ing of parks and recreation Wayman Fairweather director of planning and development Herb Kirk city treasurer Gary Alex superintendent of plant for the board of educa tion Edith Tikkala mother Margaret Kelly and Muriel Stephens Mrs Clifton was honored for her many community in volvemcnts including long scr vicc with the St Marys Catholic Church Womens league the Red Cross Blood donor clinic Parkview Centre for the elderly the social plann ing council director of Royal Victoria Hospital the RVH womens auxiliary the Inter faith Social Action Group the Barrie Horticultural Society and the Barrie Public Library Board She has contributed high level of community service mostly behind the scenes and out of the public eye not just for the past year or five years but continually for years and years in the city of Barrie ac cording to her sponsors Now in her 70s hcr pace would keep many of us in our 305 and 405 hopping Worldrenowned DR IENFIELI Methodist Hospital in Houston was told Monday mor ning at am that Hughes was flying there for treatment lwo doctors two nurses and four assistants came to Houston Intercontinental Airport in an Immarked ambulance to await Hughes The pilots who flew the ailing Hugth from Acapulco to Hous ton were hired Sunday night in Fort Lauderdale Fla PILOTS IN DARK Roger Sutton and Jeff Abrams said Florida doctor chartered the Lear jet from an ambulanceaviation service tor 85 dies MONTREAL CP Dr Wil der Pcnficld whose discoveries about the human brain won him international recognition died Monday at the age of 85 lenficld who once deter mined not to enter the medical profession went to Princeton University at 18 with desire to play college football and to avoid following in the footsteps of his fathera frontier doctor from Washinton state The one thing became positive about was that didnt want to study medicine Dr Pcnfield later recalled That made Princeton good college for meit didnt have medi cal school However even before receiv ing his Bachelor of Literature degree in 1913 he had changed his mind and decided to pursue medical career They arrived in Acapulco early Monday morning but only af ter sitting on the runway for five hours were they told that their passenger would be Howard Hughes Hughes looked like tired wornout old person when he was carried aboard the plane on stretcher Abrams said Sutton said Hughes had thin beard long grcyish hair and looked very wasted and very very pale He moved his lips little bit when they put him on the plane but couldnt hear anything Sutton said with children involved in com petitive swimming Duncan Daniels representing the Bar rie Neptune competative swim club Joanne McCurdy chairman of the Barrie Red Cross Water Safety program and Millet Salter architect for the project Two other residents Gord Coutts and Mike Douglas also supported the citys bid for the pool As recreation director Mr Stoner said the pool is needed in the city because there are not municipally owned all year swimming facilities He said the only indoor pool in the city is owned by the Barrie YM YWCA There are six reasons he said why the pool cannot fill the needs of the community The limited size of the facility The geographic north of Grove Street The private agency can notation Some people prefer an alternative to the swim pro 38m Lack of sufficient public swimming opportunity In the growing community the cannot fill all the aquatic needs WATER SAFETY At the present time there is little yearround interest in water safety because of the lack of facilities he said ad ding the city stresses water recreation in the summer The provincial guidelines publish ed by the ministry of culture and recreation is one pool for every 20000 people Mr Stoner said the district coroners office has in vestigated 10 to 15 drownings in the past five years in the area Three of these were last year Im trying to emphasize the importance of water safety he said Maybe these wouldnt happen if people knew the dangers around water Plan change The Simcoe County Board of Education will likely proceed with its fourth high school in Barrie minus the citys swimm ing pool The school board and city had originally agreed to construct the school and swimming pool as one unit reaping financial saving of approximately $82490 but the Ontario Municipal Boards decision to hold second hearing two man ths away is expected to change that plan Jack Ramsay director of education had earlier stated the board must open the new school in September 1977 and cannot afford any lengthy con struction delays Bill Straughan trustee for Barrie and member of the committee involved with the oint development said today is disappointed with the out come of the OMB hearing and does not think the school board can wait any longer cant see the board waiting two months for decision when the answer could be no he said Mr Straughan said he ex pects the boards committee will be meeting soon and will reach decision At an earlier board meeting trustees agreed that should the swimming pool be delayed to any great extent the boards committee would have the right to proceed with the new high school separated from the swimming pool Lockheed deal in difficulty OTTAWA CP The future of the $1billion Lockheed Orion deal was in question Monday following reports of continued difficulty over financing Prime Minister Trudeau told reporters he did not believe weekend reports that the deal was in jeopardy but added he could not say whether attempts to find financing for the project will be successful location DARCY MCKEOUGH checks budget 49 survive plane crash KETCHIKAN Alaska AP Orvil Holum says he had no time for fear during the actual crash of an Alaska Airlines jet liner but minutes seemed like hours while he wondered whether he could fight free of the burning wreckage The first thing everyone wanted to do was to get away from the plane because we knew it might explode said Holum passenger from Ket chikan Holum was coming home early Monday when the Boeing 727100 jet overshot the runway at Ketchikan International Air port and slid into 60foot ra vine bursting into flames woman identified as Ruth Foster of Juneau was trapped in the burning wreckage and killed the only fatality of the first major aircraft accident at the airport Fifty people were aboard the plane 1353 JAMES CALLAGHAN in office Callaghan takes over LONDON CP Prime Min ister James Callaghan started his first full day in office with the pound slipping to record lows and with the death of colleague removing his major ity in Parliament As the new leader moved into his official residence at 10 Downing Street word came from the foreignexchange markets that the pound had dip ped sharply from the low reached at Monday nights close In opening trading the pound stood at $18580 US During the night it had fallen below the 318500 mark in New York And the effective devaluation of the pound against other main cur rencies reached an unprece dented 365 per cent below the 1971 rate The colleague who died was Brian OMalley minister of state in Britains health depart ment OMalley 46 underwent neurosurgery after collapsing in the House of Commons last week