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Barrie Examiner, 24 Jun 1976, p. 3

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ywfi rrw vrawwvrqTi The Barrie Examiner Thursday June 24 19763 City firefighters watch as mans home destroyed EDMONTON CP Fire merely grass fire Chief Louis Day said Wednes Bub In fad the fire was PCS plck an dld ate day that war Bowes home was with tlthe city and itbalso 60 sum owes arn two sheds truck and tractor The fire began by the barn but attempts by Mr Bowe to destroyed by fire as the result of series of unfortunate events The blaze destroyed the home Most commercial air traffic grounded nomination at Central tonight Lloyd Pridham left reeve of Sunnidale Township for 14 years and former Simcoe County warden added his name to the list of candidates for the Progressive Conservative in the Simcoe Centre provincial riding at Tuesdays meetthecandidates night The nomination meeting will be held tonight at Central Collegiate George Taylor Bill VernonBrowne BElOW Hot dogs after the allcandidates Provincial Other and other were available from candidate Bill candidates are Knowles and Derek refreshments Knowles meeting in Springwater Park tar contestants for the Simcoe Centre Progressive Conservative nomination for the next provincial election Photos Examiner despite PM pitch for settlement It IIIIC II PRESS Most commercial air traffic remained grounded again today despite nationally televised pitch by Prime Minister Trudeau Wednesday for settlement of the chaotic dispute over the use of French in Quebec air eoinmunications Iim Livingston president of the 2200member Canadian Air Traffic ontrol Association tfATfA said flatly that most members of his assocuition are opposed to proposed expansion of bilingual air traffic control beyond the small Quebec air ports where it already is in ct feet And Ken Maley president of the anadian Air Line Pilots Association VALPAL said the striking pilots will not return to their jobs until they receive as surance from Mr Livingston that the air traffic control sys tem is safe lr Livingston and Mr Ma Icy key men in the messy con frontation did not have chance to see the speech or read text of the prime minis ters appeal because they were meeting Transport Minister to Lang in Ottawa to discuss the appointment of new twoman commission to study the safety aspects of bilingual air traffic control Air safety inspectors would go back on strike OTTAWA ifPt Federal aircraft safety inspectors an nounecd Wednesday they will go back on strike Friday unless an antiinflation board wage re duction is overturned The board said Tuesday that the Itdt members in the air op erations group primarily safety inspectors but also in eluding government helicopter and air plane pilots should be limited to annual increases of $2400 including pension and other benefits under two yearcontract The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada which represents the group said it had no option but to call strike to back demands for implementation of an arbir trarion award which would have provided wage increases the board said were excessive report in May issued by ar bitrator Mr Justice Emmett llall called for salary increases of 196 per cent and 94 per cent under contract retroactive to July 28 1075 The board said this would have resulted in av erage pay increases of $25700 in the first year and $2218 in the second year without taking pensions into account It was the appointment of Mr Hall as arbitrator on April 28 that ended sixltweek strike by safety inspectors in Montreal and Toronto The inspectors are respon sible for all pilot testing and in spection of aircraft safety equipment The previous strike caused little disruption of coins mereial air traffic because the government extended pilot Ii cences that expired during the work stoppage Commercial air traffic is cur rently at standstill because of strike by pilots who say it is unsafe to fly during dispute between the government and the air traffic controllers over the use of French in air traffic control in Quebec More fighting in Beirut both sides claim success NIfUSlA Cyprus AP Fires raged in five Beirut sub urbs today as lighting in tensified between rightwing Christians and their leftist Mos lem and Palestinian foes Leba nese radio broadcasts reported The fighting knocked out tele phone aiid telex cominur nicatioiis between Beirut and foreign capitals for the second day But broadcasts by both sides claimed success amt both said casualties Wtlt heavy The leftist Beirut radio re ported niglitelong mortar and machincvgun exchanges be tween Christian attackers and the Palestinian defenders of two refugee camps on the eastern side of Christian controlled eastern Beirut The camps Iisr elBasha and lal Zaatar have been under at tack for three days by 5000 ini litiamen with more than 100 tanks and armored ears Beirut radio said The camps are the last major Palestinian positions between Christian Bast Beirut and the Christian coastal enclave north of the city Joint Lebanese nationalist did nothing wrong eXtribunal chief says OTTAWA tCPi IIC iPatJ Gauthier who quit as chairman of the federal anti dumping tribunal at govern ment request luesday said Wednesday he did nothing wrong during his more than five years on the government board He said that during the last part of his term as chairman he conducted some exploratory talks of possible future business but no transaction was made and none was completed He added he thought he had an understanding with the gov ernment that he would conduct exploratory talks on future business during sixmonth ex tension on his term which star ted Ian do not feel have done wrong he said Mr Gauthier was iii terviewed lay after Finance Minister Donald Macdonald an nounced in the Commons that Mr Gauthier had resigned at government request because he had devoted too much of his time to his private interests WANT ADS PHONE 72824 and Palestinian forces inflicted heavy losses on the Christian isolationist forces that tried to assault Tal Zaatar and lisr el Basha Beirut radio said Their losses included three tanks destroyed by defending gunners Palestinian and Lebanese gunmen were locked in ditelr foditch fighting and huge fires were spotted in Ial Zaatar and nearby areas the radio said AITIIMIVIS ItIIAIEN BACK In later broadcast it said repeated attempts by Christian militiamen to overrun the two camps were beaten back At the same time Christian gunners in East Beirut and Moslems in West Beirut traded artillery and mortar shells the broadcast said SA YS SYSTEM lNSA FII Mr Livingston said after the meeting that the air traffic con trol system is unsafe even though all controllers are re ported working because mem bers of his union are upset and preoccupied by the bitter fight over federal plans to expand theuseof French The prime minister said Ill his television statement broad cast at in EDT that the government has guaranteed no new air traffic control proctk lures will be adopted unless commission of inquiry conr cludes that current safety stan dards will be fully maintained And with that guarantee am hopeful that the parties to the present dispute will aban don suspicion and distrust get the airplanes moving gain and work together for the improve ment and enhanced safety of aviation in fanada Mr Livingston told reporters that even if he personally ac cepted the ginernments word that it would abide by the find ings of the commission am not sure could convmce the membership of it Controller suspended IVIUNIBICAL ttPi An Englishspeaking controller at Iorval International airport has been temporarily suspen ded as result of dispute over the use of French in air traffic control Ion Kelso said he was sus pended Tuesday with pay until next week because of request he made last Friday that his fellow air traffic controllers at lorva speak only in English He said he walked off the job after his shift supervisor re fused to order other controllers in the centre to stop speaking French when issuing instruc tions for instrumentAcontrolled flights Mr Kelso who has 13 years experience in air traffic con trol does not understand Fren ch The French language was being used exclusively in flight planning cooitlination felt it was imperative that remove myself from there before there was an accident DISCUSSED IRUIIIJCM He said the management told him that if he was brought to trial in the case of an accident SHOPPERS DRUG MART CORRECTION In our ad of Wednesday June 23 1916 the coupon for GARBAGE BAGS was described as Package of 20 It should have read Package of 10 We regret any inconvenience this may have caused Friday as city firemen watched few blocks away Everyone in our department just feels bloody awful about this Chief Day said in an in terview adding that the first of the unfortunate events con cerned the nature of phone call Friday to the department xv yrl tu uv cH wA at Il si Il II 11 5v it IL rt 15 reporting fire at the home of Wilf Bowe There was confusion over the boundary by city firemen The telephone directory lists Mr Bowes address as 12023170th Ave but the citys assessment roll and taxation department lists it as 12717167th Ave The tI twin as gum 7y ui iI HI 170th Avenue address conforms with the citys road signs in the area while the 167th Avenue address is roughly what it will be once the area is subdivided The area was annexed by the city in 1970 and Mr Bowe has been paying taxes to the city ever since Sooner or later Everyone Drops Into BETTER VISION OPTICAL If you are the type of person difficqu choosing frame to com Better Vision Optical can solve the problem who has time plemenf your face For the economy minded per son our bargain bar carries frames from $8 to 35 which also includes personalized ser vice and one year guarantee all manship on frames and work Also readily available and in wide range of styles and colors are high fashion frames from Europe Drop in soon to our convenient downtown location and see the largest selection of frames in the area BETTER VISION OPTICAL 30 Dunlop St mw vLI at can lt41ls4 rihrlu in Chief Day said the call from neighbor near Mr Bowes home in the north end of Ed monton just reported grass fire out there somewhere The city fire crew answering the alarm did not fight the blaze because they though was outside the city limits and tit put it out failed and the blaze spread quickly over poplar fluff and straw ba es on the ground causing the house to catch ire Chie Day said the fire crew went to 127th Street and 170th Avenue adding the officer saw smoke off to the east called in and said it was outside the city vu 4i £936 mm 5WKL170JWWWNWnIK1WMMw 1K ncuwmmmmibmmxnmimmrzme

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