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EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation Classified Advertising All Other Departments 112th Year No 115 7766539 7282414 7266537 Families lose homes in fire Three families lost their homes early this morning when fire severely damaged an apartment building on Bayfield Street Fire chief Jack McAllister said the fire parently started in shed ehind the twostorey building Juliette Hiemstra who lived at 162164 Bayfield Street with her husband Peter called the fire depart ment at about am after noticing red glow at win dow Mrs Hiemstra is pregnant with her first child It took firefighters about an hour and half to bring the fire under control There was no insurance on articles that were lost but some furniture was saved Mrs Hiemstra said mat tresses were stored in the shed But Ken Craggs pro gerty manager for the ndlord Barcor Ltd said he didnt know about them He said very unofficial estimate of the damage would be $35000 The homeless families have been offered alternate ac commodation Mr Craggs said Judy Scott who lived in the building with her husband James and 17monthold son said not much of her furniture was damaged but lot of clothes were burned The third apartment was occupied by Mrs Pat Braden and her four children They have moved to friends house Mono taxpayers could complain Ry KEITH PEIRSON Special to The Examiner ORANGEVILLE Offi cials of the Dufferin County board of education have ad vised Mono township tax payers to complain to local members of the Legislature about the high education levy in this years tax bill George Breckinridge and Bill Irwin trustees represen ting Mono on the county board blamed the tax in crease of 459 per cent on the provincial government which reduced grants to the board of education this year after expenditures had been committed The meeting between tax payers and trustees was called by the Mono Perma nent Residents Association The education budget in Dufferin County is up about 19 per cent this year to more than $10 million with the most significant increase be ing salaries up 124 per cent The AntiInflation Board ruled in favor of 27 per cent increase for Dufferin County teachers Mr Breckinridge said pro perty taxpayers will suffer because of the reduction in government grants Year on probation follows theft of bus Robert Douglas Hines 18 of Dunnville was sentenced to probation for one year in provincial court Wednesday after pleading guilty to charge of failing to remain at the scene of an accident Hines stole Gray Coach Lines bus in August of 1974 from where it was parked in the Barrie bus terminal He rammed utility pole causing $300 damage then taxi cab doing $800 damage The bus received $3000 damage Charges of possession of stolen property and failing to appear in court were with Students of Johnson Street School filled their auditorium Friday morn ing as the Eastview String Orchestra played selec drawn by Crown Attorney Thompson The original court date was in October 1974 and bench warrant for Hines arrest was issued when he didnt appear Hines had moved to Ot tawa then to Dunnville where he has been for over year He was traced by police two weeks ago and has been in custody since then In giving probation instead of jail term Judge Woodliffe took into account Hines otherwise clean record the fact that the offence was two years ago and Hines two weeks ofjail tion of tunes The orchestra made tour of Codrington Steele and Johnson Street schools to give students an idea of what the The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Saturday May 15 1976 TRAFFIC AT Wellington and Bayfield Streets was held up by detour this morning as the Barrie Fire Department battled blaze on Bayfield Street It took firefighters about an hour and half to bring the fire under control Three families were left homeless as their apartments were heavily damaged in the mrly morning blaze One estimate placed the damage around $35000 Militant Indian groups warn of drastic action CALGARY The Mackenzie Valley pipeline ill quiry ended public hearings in Calgary on Friday after leaders of militant Indian organization warned of drastic action if Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline is built before native land claims are settled Ed Burnstick of Edmonton Canadian director of the American Indian Movement Chamber type of music is like and perhaps give any students interested in music the opportunity to AIM told Mr Justice Thomas Berger commis sioner of the inquiry that his organization supports the land claims of the native pew pleoi the north He rejected algary Mayor Rod Sykes statement that the inquiry is providing platform for the politics of blackmail and intimidation through threats of terrorism and violence but added that ORCHESTRAINTRODUCEDTOSTUDENTS think about joming the or chestra when they start high school Examiner Photo SIMCOE COUNTY BOARD OFEDUCA TION if native northerners are forced to take violent steps then the American Indian Movement will back them Nelson Small Legs of the Peigan reserve and leader of AIMs southern Alberta chapter said his people do not condone violence but we are trained in the art of guerilla warfare Do other Canadians want to coerce and corner the native populace to point where once again they will see no recourse other than violence Clip Emir Examiner Cloudy WEATHER FORECAST with showers later today and on Sunday Low overnight high Sunday 20 l5 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly 20 Pages killed by police MONTREAL CP An armed man was shot and killed early today by police investigating the $28million Brinks truck robbery March 30 Police identified the dead man as John Slawvey 38 but added We cant say he was involved with the robbery itself spokesman said five man squad was sent to Slawveys westend apart ment building to question him about recent assaults on several policemen in vestigating the Brinks rob bery Swawvey was not at home and the police waited for him in the buildings garage When he drove in at about 330 am EDT and got out of his car he was approached by Det Sgt Andre Savard who identified himself and told Slawvey to halt Slawvey did not obey and instead brandished 38 calibre revolver the spokesman said The policemen then opened fire getting off at least four shots and Slawvey fell DIDNT FIRE BACK The victim did not have time to fireany shots Police said earlier the vic tjm well known to criminal authorities was believed con nected with thecrime Four policemen involved in the investigation including Det Sgt Savard have been the objects of violent attacks since the beginning of the month Det Sgt Savard and his partner Det Sgt Pierre Gilbert were unharmed when shots wore fired through the windshield of their patrol car Constable Kevin McGarr is still in hospital recovering from being beaten un conscious May by four peo ple while making phone call in westend bar Four days earlier he had to jump out of the way when motorist tried to run him down just before raid in connection with the robbery GUN GOES OFF Constable McGarrs part ner Constable Ross Trude escaped injury May when boobytrapped shotgun he picked up in police raid went off Police have conducted more than 30 raids in under world haunts and questioned more than 500 persons in con nection with the robbery the largest in North American history The armorea truck was hi jacked while parked by the side entrance of Royal Bank branch in the financial district Three guards were inside the bank main cash clear ing house for the city when the robbers threatened the driver with 50calibre Browning M2 machinegun and forced him to open the truck door The truck and driver were taken to nearby Nuns Island where the robbers abandoned them and made their getaway Brinks and an insurance company have offered $125000 reward for informa tion leading to recovery of the money and conviction of the bandits Union recommends coun trywide strike of traffic controllers OTTAWA CP country wide walkout of air traffic controllers was recommended by their union leaders Friday setting the stage for another bitter battle over federal policy on using French in Quebec airspace Jim Livingston president the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association told reporters the union leaders are recommending the 2200 controllers reject federal conciliation board report released Wednesday Union members are being asked to authorize strike Results of the strike vote should be known by midnight ltiesday night he said The earliest strike can begin is midnight Thursday night as the association has promised to give air travellers 48 hours notice nationwide strike in 1971 halted commercial air traf fic The major issue in the con trollers dispute is the use of French in airground com munications in Quebec Some Frenchspeaking controllers in Quebec oppose the national imions stand against exten ding bilingual air control throughout the province So the unions national leaders may find themselves Canadian troops move to help out in Italy OTTAWA CP Jobs are rolling in for Canadian troops in earthquakedamaged nor thern Italy and plans to neduce the force have been halted the defence depart mentsaid Friday We now have little bet ter communication with their people and the jobs are star ting to flow in spokesman said Nationalism is increasing MINNEAPOLIS Minn AP Jack Warren Canadas ambassador to the United States said Friday Canadians are finally embracing spirit of nationalism Crash takes six lives CORNWALL Ont CP Six persons were killed early today in twocar collision on Highway 138 in the nearby Bonville district provincial police said Names of the dead were withheld Survival questioned JERUSALEM AP Relations between ministers in Israels cabinet have become so strained in recent months that political analysts are questioning whether the cabinet can survive Guerrillas kill policemen BELFAST AP Irish Republican Army guerrillas killed three policemen and seriously wounded fourth in small village on the border with the Irish republic early today police said Snipers dampen ceasefire BEIRUT Reuter Sniper fire along the ragged line dividing Beirut dampened hopes today that the latest ceasefire in the Lebaneee civil war will be more durable than the more than 30 previous abortive truce agreements He was giving an account of the efforts of Canadian force that has increased to almost 300 since the first men arrived May following the most devastating earthquake tohitttearea Earlier Friday the defence department was talking of reducing the force by 83 But the spokesman said that While the cut might come at later date it has been decided to keep the force at its cur rent strength fighting some Quebec members as well as the federal government on the bilingualism issue Some Qiebec controllers and pilots have said they would not sup port strike against bilingual airtraffic control IS ONFIDENT However Mr Livingston said he is confident that dissidents in Quebec would swing behind the majority and strike if most controllers vote for walkout Transport Minister Otto tang said in Vancouver that he thought the conciliation board report was acceptable hula I7 wll The new guy Oh thats the warden Hes been taken hostage to the union both in wages and in airsafety aspects He described as quite misleading union criticism of the terms of reference of an inquiry he named this week to look into the bilingual air control issue Angus Morrison president of the Air Transport Associa tion of Canada said the strike recommendation was com pletely uncalled for as air carriers controllers pilots and the government are working together in several studies on the safe use of two languages in air communica tions He suggested that before the safety issue is judged these studies should be allowed to finish Juveniles are charged Police have charged six Barrie juveniles in connec tion with three thefts this year Three of the youths were charged Friday after an elec tric guitar pickup was reported stolen from locker atBarrieCentral llegiate The two other thefts took place earlier this year Expanding programs for emotionally disturbed The Simcoe County Board of Education is expanding its educational pro rams in institutions for emotionally isturbed children The board approved eight recom mendations which permit the ad ministration to start negotiations with Cir cle Ranch at Cookstown Ausable Springs Ranch at Big Chief Lodge and Blue Hills Academy at Everett The board will hire two and half teachers for the institutions with full reim bursement from the ministry of education There are existing agreements now with lamarac in Orillia BrowndalcwBarrie and BrowndalevMidland These agreements were reviewed by the boards administration The agreement with lamarac is being renewed subject to approval by the ministry and rcorganized with one class located at rillia entral School The purpose of the class is to help the re entry of Iamarac students into regular classrooms Agreements with the two Browndalcs are also being renewed With an additional teacher hircdat Barrie and idland The board also approved the hiring of liaison teacher for work among the stat fs of all the special agreement schools All recommendations are subject to an proval by the ministry of education which reimburses the board for all salaries classroom supplies furniture and equip ment Irving llarris superintendent of alucational services said the liaison teacher is necessary because the special agreement staffs feel isolated and not part of the system Mr Harris said because of limitations at lllt adiniiiisti auou level it is difficult to provide enough support the teachers need The teachers at the special agreement schools work on closer relationship with the students with maximum pupil to staff teacher ratio of to The reason for including the new in stitutions he said is to enlarge the services for emotionally disturbed children in the schools while distributing services more equitably across the county The three institutions he said are smaller than the three which now operate under agreements with the board full tirne teacher will work at Blue Hill and Ausable Springs while halftime teacher will beat Circle There are now 22 students at Tamarac 55 at Itiowndalcw Barrie and 27 at Brown dale Midland 9r Qumran AHUG Karen Wadge hugs Barrie Junior mascot of Junior Achievement of Barrie at the Future Unlimited ban tee quot Friday night at the Barrie Country Club Karen was chosen presi dent of the year for treading model company called Lumber Jae which pro duced toy trains Ex aminer Photo