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Barrie Examiner, 12 Jun 1976, p. 1

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wMmmn uh Ae EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation Clossulied Advertising All Other Departments walkout TORONTO CP Negotia tions to prevent strike by 20 000 nonmedical hospital work ers will resume Tuesday two days before the walkout is to begin it was announced Friday Jeffrey Sack lawyer for the Canadian Union of Public Em ployees CUPE called for an immediate adjournment of hearings being held before the Ontario Labor Relations Board into countercharges between the hospitals and the union to free the two sides to meet ear lier than Tuesday However Michael McKeown lawyer for the 59 hospitals re 7266539 72824l4 7266537 jected the suggested adjourn ment agreed to have the labor board issue an uncontested order for bidding strike Rabbit charged for ride OSHAWA Ont CP An Oshawa man probably will think twice about taking his rabbit for bus ride young man boarded an Osh awa Transit bus Thursday de posited his fare and began mov ing to the rear of the bus The driver called him back and pointed to rabbit the youth was carrying and said What about him The youth replied what abouthim How about his fare driver said The youth looked at the driver incredulously reached into his pocket and paid the fare Al Cathmoir spokesman for Oshawa Transit said Thur sday that animals are allowed on the buses if they are under complete control and do not bother anyone He said the driver probably did not understand the rules We will inform him there are no fares for animals said Mr Cathmore Documents pack rooms VANCOUVER CP Tons of unused Habitat documents have created an avalanche of paper in three downtown cen tres for the United Nations con ference and more bales are waiting at the airport to be claimed Few of the delegates whose governments supplied the docu ments knew where in the city to find them of those who knew fewer still bothered to pick them up The result is deluge of pa per estimated at eight tons taking up three rooms in the Hotel Vancouver and additional rooms in the YWCA and the Habitat media centre Well the Joey Crawford one of the 24 pupils of Oro Station Play School enjoyed being spectator Thursday after noon when the mothers and children took part in races and games at their picnic ending the year The unless the union first ENJOYS PICNIC Walter Inkis develop ment engineer with Ontario Hydro sticks his tongue on the Wire of typical farm fence located under two parallel 500000 volt transmission lines at the Titanic Examiner TONGUE TEST TELLS TALE companys demonstration centre six miles west of Barrie Friday Ontario Hydro held special demonstration for reporters to show the static uJ electricity found in the electrical field surrounding the wires would not be dangerous to farmers More photos Story on Page 11 Examiner Photo Hughes will No 30 mailed from Ontario LAS VEGAS Nev AP Another purported Howard Hughes will was filed here Fri day this one naming the How ard Hughes Medical Institute as the sole beneficiary Like most before it the 30th such document was handwrit ten It was postmarked at K0 moka Ont just west of Lon don Ont and was in an un marked envelope with no return address The document consisted of two pages of yellow paper with writinginink Assistant Clark County Clerk Elda Hanks said the will named Chester Davis Summa Corp chief lawyer as executor of the Hughes estate Summa is the Personal reasons for resignation OTTAWA CP Beryl Plumptre formally announced her resignation as vicechair man of the antiinflation board Friday citing persr nal reasons rather than disagreement with federal wage and price control policy She told reporters she had planned to stay only for about six months with the board after it was set uplast Oct 14 But she stayed eight to help the board reorganize price con trol policies before the Mav 25 federal budget it school which has been operating at the Oro Sta tion Community Centre since September Will resume in the fall More pictures and story on Page Examiner Photo The 67yearold controversial former chairman of the 197274 food prices review board dis missed suggestions by opposi tion MPs that she was quitting because she had become dis enchanted with the restraint program or its chairman Jean Luc Pepin She was leaving because the controls board is well estab lished and for very strong per sonal reasons which dont wish to release to the public There are reports her husband Wynn lecturer at Carleton University and former assistant deputy minister of finance is in ill health details corporation which oversees the late billionaires holdings Most of the wills just try to be funny Mrs Hanks said Thisoneisnt Arlo Sederberg spokesman for Summa said he could not comment on any legal action that might be taken by the cor poration in connection with the latest will He also declined to speculate on whether or not it is authentic If it is forgery its care ful forgery he said If its not authentic it is certainly wellresearrhnd tlffnrt Sederberg said the will makes accurate references to Hughess holdings and associatesfldetails that many of the purported wills previously filed had listed erroneously In neat form the dOCUment how the Hughes holdings should be probated It said the money should go to the medical foundation except in the case of Hughess death at the hands of another person If that happened the will ad vised onequarter of the holdings should be set aside in trust for payment of at tempts to apprehend the per son who may have been re sponsiblc for his death Hays is improving his own self again IIARNESVILLE Ohio AP Representative Wayne Hays rapidly improving from an overdose of sleeping pills was on his feet and complaining about everything his doctor said Hays centre of congres sional payrollsex scandal was moved Friday to private room from an intensivecare unit Dr Richard Phillips said Hays took an overdose of sleep ing tablets that may have been up to 10 times the normal do sage Dr Phillips said he did not know whether the overdose was suicide attempt or accidental He said that the 65yearold Democratic congressman stood at the edge of his hospital bed Friday and asked for his bed room slippers Hays is his old self again complaining about everything the doctor said WILI RESUME DUTIES Dr Phillips said that it is ex pected that Hays will remain in the hospital another week and then will spean an additional week to 10 days at home and will be able to resume his duties in Congress CIVIC HOLIDAY WEEKEEQ 25mile canoe race swim across Kempenfelt Bay display of up to 50 anti que canoes and variety of novelty events will highlight Kempenfest Regatta 1976 to be held in Barrie July 31 to Aug under the direction of the Greater Barrie Chamber ofCommerce The annual event sche duled for Civic Holiday weekend will get underway Saturday with human kite flying contests 2000meter swim from Minets Point to Government Dock and the firefi hters skiathon for muscu ar dystrophy Canoe events the great water walk underwater cha riot races and the second day of kite flying will be held Sun day and water ski slalom and sailing events are scheduled for Monday Men women and novices are invited to enter kite flying in flat and delta slalom hollywood and aerial delta categories Competitors in the flat categories will cut loose from their tow while aloft man euver through opposite 360 degree turns and land as close as possmle to floating beachball Entrants in the other categories will main tain their tow and perform tricks in the air FOUR GROUPS The crossbay swim will be The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada saturdqy June 12 1976 WEATHER FORECAST Sunny and warmer Sunday after showers overni tonight 15 high tomorrow 29 ght Low l5 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly 20 Pages Lang would eliminate OTTAWA CP Transport Minister Otto Lang said Friday the government wants to elimi nate politicallyinspired sub sidies which have built an un necessarily costly trans portation system Mr Lang defending the fed eral policy that users of trans port services should pay their costs said the old policy of pil ing one subsidy on top of an other led to mess of patch work in the national trans portation network He ke in the Commons as MP5 ebated Conservative motion criticizing the govern ments transport policy Op position MPs said the policy would not help eliminate regional disparity Transportation costs are real and someone must pay them Mr Lang said Those who do not think the user should must relaize they are in ef ect saying that someone else should pay If you do not like the ex pression user pay you have to defend the proposition that the nonuser ought to pay for trans portation costs Another word for nonuser would be the taxpayer be ad ded Mr Lang said politicians who ca Are you sure this is what wealthy westerners do in their spare time make it appear that by fighting the userpay concept they were eliminating high costs were de luding themselves Transportation would only be improved if politicians would be pregared to stand up and tell the pu lic what the government is trying to do by removing sub sidies National egroductivity would be improv if lowestcost al ternatives were selected and if businessmen made decisions without basing them on arti ficial rates supported by sub sidies Conservative transport critic Jack Horner said the govern ment had received few results from variety of commissions studies and tests done since 1974 Government policy had raised uncertainty among the public especially in parts of the country remote from Ontario and Quebec he said The government should clearly explain what it meant by the userpay policy he said Ray Hnatyshyn PCSaska toonBiggar said the govern ments policy seemed to be de voted to the userDav concept This suggest is one of the problems we face with this gov ernmentwthey only see things in black and white and have no flexibility in their approach to transportation policy he said John Rodriguez NDPNickel Belt also said trans rt policy should be used to uce regional disparity He accused Mr Lang of re neging on federal promise at the Western Economic Oppor tunities Conference in 1973 to support processing of raw materials in the West People will be discriminated against because of where they live The freight rate structure which discourages processing in Western Canada will only wor sen regional disparities Cemetery board offering 81 PAULS reward of formation leading to the convic re ward $200 is being offered for in Hill of the person or persons who broke headstones in the St Pauls Innisfil cmctcry last week The cemetery board has put up the reward asking all in formation to be directed to the Innisfil police department 4362141 All calls will he treated confidentially Damage estimated at $2800 was discovered at the cemetery on June Eight sandstone headstones dating back to the 19th cen tury were broken off their braccs and four others were tip ped over Sales of city homes running ahead of 75 The Barrie home sales market settled down bit last month but continued to run ahead of 1975 according to statistics released this week by the Barrie and District Real Estate Board Board members sold 36 homes for $1672500 in May down from 51 for $2465933 in April but up from 35 for $l485970 in May 1975 Average home sale price for the month was $46460 compared to $48350 in April and $42460 in May 1975 Total for the year through May 31 is 159 homes for $7424473 compared to 116 homes for $5185870 at the same time year ago Average home price in Bar rie so far this year is $46750 Average for all of 1975 was $44500 Other May figures are 34 residential sales outside Bar rie for $1409200 and 13 non residential sales outside the city for $512420 There were no nonresidential sales in Barrie in May divided into four age groups the youngest of which is 10 and under The canoe race will be run from Orillia to Barrie in 25 foot sixman north class voyageur canoes The Barrie Orillia and Collingwood chambers have entered crews and at least one in dependent crew will also compete An entry from the Midland chamber is also expected In addition larger Montreal class canoe will accompany the entrants on what is ex pected to be threetofour hourvoyage Other canoe events include the single blade tandem for seniors 10 and up of both sexes in 1000metcr obstacle Total for sales by board members as of May 31 in cluding both residential and nonresidential sales in and out of Barrie is 356 proper ties worth $16215543 Total at the same time last year was 303 properties for $13103482 Ratio of sales to listings so far this year is 2579 per cent on 1380 listings Last years ratio at this time was 25 per cent on 1216 listings Shorts spark walk ou THE ONLY WAY TO TRAVEL Chuck and Brenda Taylor arrived in style at the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerces Fiftieth An niversary Dance Fridav aucmmw lt This 1927 Packard owned and driven by Don Hanney carried Charles Lindbergh in New York tickertape parade to mark his solo transportation subsidie flight of the Altantic Ocean More photographs story on Page 11 Examiner Photo Possibility of swapping prisoners is discussed MEXICO CITY AP The possibility of swap of US citizens imprisoned on drug charges in Mexico for Mexican drug offenders held in the United States has been raised in talks here between State Secretary Henry Kissinger and Mexican officials The idea it was learned was one of number of rather in genious and interesting propos als Kissinger said he received Friday from the Mexicans In tensive discussions on the prisoner exchange are to begin shortly Mexican authorities have been accused of mistreating the 500 US citizens imprisoned in Mexico and of preventing ac cess for US consular officials andlawyers Kissinger told news confer ence that an evenlarger num ber of Mexicans are in US by 30 assembly workers KITCHENER Ont CP About 30 assembly line workers walked off the job Friday at one of MTD Products Canada plan ts after four Women workers were sent home for wearing shorts Helmut Mitic president of Local 1524 United Auto if Something for everyone at Kempenfes and flat races 1000meter mixed doubles obstacle and flat 500meter obstacle races for junior boys and girls 1417 and for parent and child under 13 and 500 meter race for children 13 andunder Novelty canoe events in clude juniorsenior gunwale bobbing and senior jousing The great water walk will take intrepid entrants out from shore on floating dock made of tire tubes to blow whistle at the far end and return to shore in the shortest time possible IIARIOI RACE Underwater chariot races will see two divers with 30 minutc air supply pulling driver in tube Teams Will Workers said the women were wearing shorts because of the extremely hot weather Jack Hannenburg vicepresi dent of the company said the walkout was the result of mi nor situation that Would be re solved quickly tRegatta attempt to negotiate 300 ard triangualar course fore their air runs out Water slalom events call for trophies in three age groups Sailin events in clude the Cham Challenge Cup and special Laser event forjuniors canoe handling safety display will join the antique canoes some of them from Candlelore Museum in Mus koka The regatta will also feature $1000 lucky draw with proceeds to meet ex penses for the event and buy voyageur canoes for future events Chairman of the chaian regatta committee is Monte Barnes jails He said the objective of negotiations with Mexico is to alleviate the general situation of individuals being held in prison in foreign country In joint communique the talks between Kissinger and Mexican President Luis Ech everria were described as warm and friendly focusing on the urgent need for inter national economic co operation They were in agreement that the gap between the rich and poor countries is danger to peace as ominous as an un bridled arms race the state ment said At the news conference KIS singer said The United States has not yet obtained conclusive con firmation that Cuba intends to withdraw its combat forces from Angola The Yugoslav news agency Tanjug reported from the Angolan capital of Luanda that another unit of Cu ban troops has left for Havana as part of continuing with drawal There is no evidence of Cu ban military intervention in Ja maica Guyana or elsewhere in the hemisphere He Would not make any judgment on the future of hu man rights in Chile until Chiles military government publishes promised constitutional act dealing with the subject Trial focuses on chief LUANIA Reuter Angolas trial of 13 white mercenaries for fighting in the civil war here turns its full focus today on the chief accused Cyprusborn Tostas Gcorgiou alias Col Callan described by the prosecution as hired killer and sadist Missouri delegates remain SPRINGFIELD Mo AP President Ford and Ronald Reagan battling delegates to gain hold on the each other for uncommitted and unchosen Republican presidential nomi nation sought Missouris 19 remaining delegates at todays Republican state convention Refugees anxiety increases BUENOS AIRES AP political refugees today dozen persons the latest in Deep anxiety spread among after armed men seized at least two series of abductions and murders of foreigners seeking asylum in Argentina Grenades miss president NAIROBI Kenya Router President Idi Amin of Uganda was unharmed in an assassination attempt in which three gre nades were hurled into crowd as he was leaving policein spection parade Promotion system changed OTTAWA CP new contract settlement ratified by 15 430 federal government secretaries eliminates the old promo tion system which classified secretaries according to the rank of their bosses Ford to address Baptists NORFOLKNH AP President Ford will address the Southern Baptist Convention at its opening June 15 the first time in its history that US nual meeting president has spoken at the an

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