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ST EXAMINER TELEPHONES WEATHER FORECA Circulation 7266539 Chance of shower today and Classified Advertising 72a2414 Sunday Low tonight All Other Departments 112 year No97 gt FOUR GIRLS are spending the weekend teeter tottering in Tollendal Park to raise money for the 7266537 Cancer Society Linda Shawarski and Mary Ann Rumble left and Sheryl Ihorpe and Marjorie Rum The Barrie Examiner ble right plan to spend total of 50 hours on the teetertotters So far they have $200 in pledges but are hoping for more Anyone who wishes to en courage the girls and perhaps donate some money to the Cancer Soc1ety is welcome to come toiTollendal Park It Government calls off negotiations in Quebec teachers contract dispute MONTREAL CP The Quebec government called off negotiations in the teachers contract dispute fiiday and 155000 teachers and supporting hospital workers openly defied an tistrike laws by staging 24 hour walkout The walkouts left an 6timated 15 million elemen tary high school and junior college students without classes and closed 98 hospitals to all but emergen cy patients Union leaders called the strike when efforts this week Foreign tourists benefit in drop of British pound LONDON CP The fall ing value of the British pound has turned London into bargainbassment for foreign tourists while putting crimp in plans many Britons had for an overseas vacation The tourist invasion already is promising record earnings for shops hotels and restaurants as visitors delight in the number of pounds they are getting in ex change for their dollars francs marks and other cur rencies The exchange is so attrac tive that many continental residents are coming to Bri CAPSULE tain specifically to shop some of them on oneday ex cursions Only last June for in stance Canadian tourists paid about $230 for pound The rate is about $183 and people from such strong airrency countries as West Germany and Norway get an even better deal TRIPS DROPPED But the dro in the pound brings no joy or residents of Britain still lumbered with an inflation rate of about 22 per centmore than twice the Canadian rate And the beating they take in exchang WS Meany raps leadership WASHINGTON AP AFLCIO President George Meany said today that seven years of Republican leader ship have produced only recession unemployment infla tion and the biggest budget deficit in United States history Princess recuperating LONDON AP Princess Anne who suffered hairline crack to vertabra in riding accident Wednesday was up and about today and expected to go home from hospital in day or two US support in Rhodesia WADDINGTON RAF BASE England AP State Secetary Henry Kissinger said today the United States will fully support new negotiations aimed at giving Rhodesias black majority control of the country Show halts French traffic PARIS AP Heavy snowfall was reported throughout eastern and central France today Some mountain roads usually open all winter were temporarily blocked by snowdrifts as temperatures plunged Two bomb blasts in Oporto LISBON Reuter Two bombs exploded in the northern city of Oporto toda on the eve of Portugals parliamentary elections Sunday ut lice said there was no immediate indication that politica motives were involved Christian head steps down BEIRUT AP Christian President Suleiman Franjieh has stepped down under pressure from Moslems and his own supporters and preparations are under way to convene parliament to choose new president officials said today PEACE AND SECURIIX LEGISLATION ing their money abroad has caused 20 percent reduc tion so far this year in book ings for overseas holidays But one Swedish visitor said she had purchased at least three times as much clothing as she could get for the same money at home Even taking my air fare into account would have been $100 warse off if had bought these things at home she said spokesman for Harrods the Knightsbridge luxury department store said We reckon we will take 20 million pounds in year from visitorsthey are even uite gepared to pay 100 poun to ve quite ordinary suites of furniture shipped over to the continent While visitors revel among the bargains the fall in the pounds value has the op posite effect for British residents Some economists have calculated that five percent depreciation in the und leads to an increase of tween one and and one half per cent in the retail ggice index over year cause of higher import costs In the north Newcastle and other centres are crowded with Norwegians coming by ferry to buy in bulk Wins his $6000 bet ANCHORAGE Alaska AP Honolulu man trfing to prove that tropical isander can survive in the frozen Northhas won $5000 bet by trekking 750 miles from Anchorage to Keno Hill in the Canadian Yukon Paul Roberts arrived in the small Tukon Territory town late Thursday Anchorage radio KENI reported in time to meet the deadline set in the bet with group of Alaskans Under terms of the wager he had 48 days to reach his destination with 78pound pack on his back and $100 in his pocket He had to pledge he would not use skis or hit chhike failed to reopen negotiations Talks broke off April after Quebec introduced legislation to strip strike rights from 100000 teachers for 80 days Union leaders said at least 155000 workers including more than 50000 non profes sional hospital staff rallied Friday to the common front walkout call It was the second walkout since the antistrike law was enacted April 12 and one union spokesman said more may be scheduled The public service unions face fines of up to $50000 day for defyin the law Spokesmen sai they will resist any moves by Quebec toprosecute Oswald Parent public ser vice minister said Friday bargaining will not resume while teachers and non professional hospital staff continue to defy the law 3500 MILLION APART The minister added that unless negotiations succeed in the short term the govern ment may legislate settle ment and restore labor peace The unions have made ma jor compromises in all con tract areas in recent months this week paring 15 per cent if total salary demands for 1975 1976 move which could save Quebec $127 million The unions initially sought total increase in the wage package of $840 million while Quebec offered $230 million increase However under the new union proposals gap of nearly $500 million remains between the two sides In all 98 hospitals were struck and at least 20 lacked essential services Boycott planned against company CLEVELAND AP With no immediate settlement in sight leaders of the striking United Rubber Workers are making plans for an interna tional boycott against the Firestone Tire Rubber Co Negotiations were recessed for the weekend after some progress was made Friday on side issues in new three year master contract for the 60000 workers who went on strike against the four big gest US tiremakers Wednesday But federal mediator Gayle Weinriter who reported the progress said that lot of issues complex issues re main tobedealtwith URW and AFLCIO of ficials will be busy this weekend in seven US cities and Toronto setting up boycott of Firestone products which will begin with in formational Dicketing May Firestones last offer was for $115anhour wage in crease during three years French studentspmurch in reform protest PARIS Reuter French student leaders are deter mined to continue their pro test against government plans for universit reform despite signs that move ment is losing strength Friday less than 10 per cent of Frances 800000 students turned out for pro test march in Paris Some student leaders say that support for the protest is falling However the leaders said they are determined to kee the movement going in ful gear until May the date of the traditional parade here But President Valery Giscard dEstaings warning that students risk forgoing final examinations if they continued the strike may workers havehadits effect After last weeks violent clashes students took pains Friday to prove their move ment is responsible About 500 students tried to keep group of demonstrators clear of about 1000 disorderly persons in the front of the march They were largely responsible for keeping clashes with police to minimum and avoiding other trouble Police made about 20 ar rests compared with 150 last week The government plans to make degree courses reflect more accurately jobs available to graduates Students say this would put the universities in the hands of French management of ficials Gunlicensing provisions attacked CHATHAM Ont CP Gun licensing provisions of Bill 083 part of the federal governments peace and security legislation were at tacked at public meeting niday Only Robert Daudlin Liberal MP for KentEssex spoke in favor of gun licens ing at the meeting sponsored by area conservation clubs at the Kentcloverleaf Conserva tion Club He said he had voted in pinciple for provision of the bill which received second reading in the Commons last Feb 24 The legal and justice com mittee will hold hearings in Ottawa April 2728 on public submissions Mr Daudlin said later the final form of the bill will be changed He suggested for example that the age of un handlers would be reduc to 14 years from the proposed 17 years Nicholson retired RCMP commissioner and now chairman of the fire arms committee for the 250000member Canadian Wildlife Association said his grou wanted the bill thrown out cause of its licensing stipulation He called the bill plan ned attempt to keep young people away from gun use He said more than 28 regulations are undefined leaving us blind to the final intentions SAYS LAW VAGUE Bill Jones president of the 25000member Firearms and Responsible Ownership Inc citizens lobby group said the proposed legislation is full of ambiguities and should be relegated to the past tense Robert Holmes Pro gressive Conservative MP for lambtonKent said Bill C83 should have been divided into two sections as had been pro posed in the Commons with gun licensing dealt with se ratel saidygun licensing is an infringement of civil liber ties serves no purpose and will penalize awabiding citizens He said if gun licensing becomes law bureaucracy employing more than 900 per sons would come into being The legislation would have massive effect on the natives of the North to whom gun is way of life like carrying lunch bucket is to the southern worker Mr Holmes said Ethnic groups have pro tested the move suggesting the denial of the right to have guns leads to other denials hesaid Barrie Ontario Canada Saturday Apri24 1976 TEETERTOTTERIN FOR GOOD is on Minets Point Road just past the Tollendal Marina Examiner Photos Militias Its called OlympicsWe tag it at $698 then charge you $2750 REWMBER THE TIME Therell be little more sunshine in all our lives Sunday when daylight saving time returns Clocks move ahead an hour at am Sunday to am and Sunday evening there will be an extra hour ofdaylight Standard time starts again Oct 31 Four die in crash STURGEON FALLS Ont CP Four Montreal area residents were killed early today when their van was in volved in headon collision with tractortrailer on Highway 17 about five miles wstofhere Dead are Robert Nault 28 Jocelync Lagace 21 her son Benoit all of Montreal and Gerard Leduc of Lake SaguayQue Police said the four were burned badly as the vehicle burst into flames upon im pact and was dragged about 150 feet along the highway The two occupants of the truck both of the Huntsville Ont area were treated in hospital for minor injuries and later released ATE Lions Club members from Simcoe County and parts of the surrounding area began registering Friday night for the cluhs district Uhr Earth Examiner 715 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weeklyj42OPage$ VANDERHOOF BC CP Police had teenage youth in custody Friday night following fivehour shooting siege which left one woman dead The youth was arrested after shots were fired in residential area of this com munity 60 miles west of Prince George in central BC The incident began about 730 EST when an arme man fired three shots through windshield of truck parked ata home Police arrived about 15 minutes later During the siege shot was fired through the window of neighboring house near ly striking 16yearold boy sitting in the living room After the siege ended police discovered that at least one of the random shots had struck and killed 64year old woman in another house She was not identified An armed man was sub dued after tear gas was lob bed into the house Police said he had broken into the high Sunday 12 Woman killed in siege youth held house and fired at passersby with 22calibre rifle Seven police officers in cluding dog team from Prince George were in volved There were no other in juries The same youth was charged last year with possession of weapon dangerous to the public peace after 11 shots were fired in Prince George on July 22 1975 No one was injured in thatepisode 2week African tour latest for Kisi LONDON AP He Kissinger begins twowee tour of black Africa today with stop in Kenya after conferring with British leaders and President Fords special envoy to Lebanon Officials said the United States state secretary will of fer vigorous US support for blackliberation movements including the sibility of in directUS mi itary aid Kissinger planned to talk with British Foreign Secretary Anthony Crosland about chances for renewing the United Nations mandate for peace force on the Golan Heights between Israel and Syria They also were ex pected to talk about China which Crosland is scheduled tovisitin May Officials said Kissinger also was likely to see Prime Minister James Callaghan an old friend Callaghan HENRY KISSINGER US support visited southern Africa last year and was ex ted to pass on the latest ritish in FALSE BOW THREA TS ger formation about events inside Rhodesia Mozambique Angola and elsewhere Kissinger said after talking Friday with Dean Brown Fords special envoy to Beirut that he expects Syria to withdraw its troops from Lebanon once the yearlong civil war has ended and new president is elected to replace Suleiman Franjieh This is question that will have to be negotiated bet ween the Lebanese and the Syrians Kissinger said But it is our impression that these troops are there as part of the immediate situa tion and not as permanent feature Syria has moved an $timated 6000 troops into Lebanon in an attempt to halt the fighting between leftist Moslems their Palestinian allies and rightwing Chris tians Boston violence continues BOSTON AP After tens of thousands of people mar ched in milevlong Proces sion Against Violence in Boston police reported series of false bomb threats and scattered stonethrowing incidents Cars were re rted stoned in several the citys neighborhoods Friday even ing There were no reports of arrests or injuries In the racially integrated Collapses offstage actor 47 later dies TORONTO CP Ronald Radd 47 member of the cast of the musical Great Expec tations died Friday in hospital of cerebral hemor rha spokesman for the production said Mr Radd who layed Mr Jaggers in the ow which began an 11day run at the OKeefe Centre on Tuesday collapsed offstage Thursday after finishing his last speec in the play The spokesman said Mr Radd born in Northampton Eitwv A12 convention at the Barrie Armory In rear John de Crombrugghe registration chairman and Bruce Brown convention England started work in the theatre at 15 and la ed the father of Eliza Doo itt in My Fair Lady for four Broadway Mr Rad also ap peared in films and on televi son cremation service is to be held in Toronto and memorial service in England the spokesman Understudy James Taylor will take over Mr Radds role in the play 44 NDING LIONS CONVENTION chairman both of Barrie were on hand to welcome visiting Lions Andy Welsman seated handles ears on Jamaica Plain section several windows of church were smashed by rocks Priests and police said they could not determine whether the rockthrowing was racial ly motivated or another type of vandalism And as officials in vestigated the bomb blast that injured 22 people in Boston courthouse Thursdaytrying to deter mine the authenticity of let ter claiming responsibility several reports of more bombs were phoned to police and newspapers One threat forced the evacuation of the undamaged older wing of the courthouse There also were warnings of imminent explosions at two state office buildings the John Kennedy federal building the StatlerHilton hotel several banks and the station house of the police district investigating the courthouse bombing No bombs were found at any 0f the sites HERE the registration of Lion Carl Young club vice presidentlrom Claremont Examiner Photo