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EXAMINER TELEPHONES Cirxulation 7266539 Classdiod Advertising 728 2414 Other Departments 7766537 ll2fh YearNo 298 Utir Earth Examiner The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Wednesday December 22 I976 WEATHER FQRECAST 15 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly l8 Pages Weather hampers bid to sink tanker half NANIUCKEI Mass AP lhrashing winter seas and 80 kifometreanhour winds today threatened US Coast Guard efforts to sink the front half of Liberian on tanker that broke apart unleashing one of his torys worst oil spills Fifteenfoot waves crashed over the broken Argo Mer chant carrying oil into the rich Georges Bank commerCial fish ing grounds since the tanker split Tuesday morning Massachusetts waited for word from officials in Washing ton DC on the states request for federal aid for businessmen whose livelihoods might be damaged by the spreading oil Oilcoated birds have been spotted by the hundreds on Nantucket but wind and wave were sweeping the oil away from beaches The breakup early Tuesday of the 640foot tanker Argo Mer chant spewed 75 per cent of her 76 million gallons of heavy in dustrial crude on into slick 75 miles long and more than 25 miles wide at its broadest pomt This is the biggest Oil Spill disaster on the American coast in our history said Russell lrain head of the US En vironmental Protection Agen Cy he aged vesselcalled suspect ship by the coast guard because of 19 previous mishaps Since 19647piled onto the Middle Rip Shoals 27 miles southeast of this island resort one week ago today She was 10 miles off course when she hit No one was injured in the pileup and no one was aboard when she broke up Tuesday at 855am Were going to try to lighten the ship by shifting the cargo On Barrie Cable TV and hope there will be enough buoyancy said coast guard Capt Lynn Hein Well pump off part of the cargo then tow it out to sea and sink whats left He said the ship might be hazard to other vessels unless it were removed from the area Had the cargo been gasoline it would have been enough for an automobile to be driven around the world 6000 times at the equator PUPILS FROM the kin dergarten class at Cundles Heights School have worked hard preparing their own Fifty hundred poundsf and other Santa lore By PAUL DELEAN Examiner Staff Writer Barrie may be suffering from Santa Claus saturation Its getting to the pomt where local kindergarten pupils have their reservations about the credibility of the Jolly old men they see around town and in the media saw Santa at the Georgian Mall at firmed one youngster in the afternoon kindergarten class of Mrs Barbara Pipher at Cundles Heights School during ViSit from the press this week saw Santa at the Bayfiefd Mall sat on his lap retaliated another saw The Real Santa on teleViSion said third None of this impressed fiveyear old named Ross The real Santa Claus he Santas ideclared lives at Bracebridge There was Similar disagreement in the kindergarten class of Mrs Willa Wilson at St John Vianney School Some of the youngsters said theyd seen Santa at various local func tions My brother even pulled off his beard said DaVld Morgan Others claimed he never left the North Pole except for his annual Journey Mark Woods had another explanation Santas imaginary he stated though that argument didnt Sit well With his classmates LACKED DETAILS In general both kindergarten classes that were Visited demonstrated strong grasp of the Santa Claus story though the youngsters werea littlefuzzy aboutsome of the details One was Santas age Steven Fisher at Cundfes Heights estimated that the Jolly old fellow was 15 classmate named Laurie thought 20 was more like it Mary Manning at St John Vianney thought 25 Taylor McAleer couldnt be sure about the number but felt Santa would be the same age as grandpa The last word on his age went to Craig Ziegler whos emphatic answer was 142 Santa told me last year Claus of if ty hundred pounds MARK WOODS another explanation weight was another issue laylor McAleer started the guessing at 40 pounds It ended With one shouted estimate Christmas gifts for their parents Steven Fisher and Karen Smith display items however Village Rudolph was far and away the favorite reindeer Mary was one childs favorite but Mary Manning contended that because he was so much more important than the others he goes fast Hes got to line all the other ones up then ties them up wasnt much support for her interpretation According to most children Santa travels alone although one Cundles Heights pupil made mention of Chicker the rabbit to the piizxfemenf of her classmates for their parents on Christmas morn Examiner Photo There companion called FROM DOMINION Where Santa gets his wares was tough make them up at the North Pole but some were sure that be picked them up at store One little girl was even more specific completely his marital toys He has key for doors so he can get in said one little girl When another insisted that Santa comes down the chimney she explain ed wedont haveachimney lhe kindergarten classes disagreed about status group figured he was alluding to Mrs Santa The St John Vianney youngsters werent so sure Hes not married It has to be in church contended one fiveyearofd Asked what Christmas meant most children from both classes started With and went Christmas trees candy and reindeer DaVid Morgan was the only one from either group to mention its religious significance Dominion is where Santa does his shopping As for who gets the goods there was coir sensus that Santa Visits every home around the world But one youngster wasnt sure he ViSited the poor and ruled out outer space question Most agreed that he and his elves lhe Cundles Heights to them from there to Santa Its the day Jesus was born in manger he said birth of Mary and Joseph of shepherds Wise men and camels followmg star of the infant contentious Prom classmates patched together the story of the receivmg presents of perfume and gold there DaVId and his once the topic had been broached DAVID MORGAN riligion Without leading question lhe Cundles Heights pupils did the same MARY MANNING grandpas age No relationship established between flu shots syndrome lORONfO tCP One On tario man is in hospital suffer ing from UuillainBarre syn drome and another is under ob servation for suspected symp toms of the illness following their inoculation With swme flu vaccine the pIOVInCIal ministry of health said Tuesday The ministry said in state ment that both men received shots of monovalent swme flu vaccine last month but cau tioned that no relationship has been established between the syndrome form of temporary paralysis and the vaccine Donald Ball 35 of Blind River was in serious condition Tuesday in Sudbury General Hospital The ministry said his condition is improving 62yearold Burlington man who has not been iden tified is being observed by his phySiCian for possible symp toms of the syndrome The man inoculated Nov 16 has not been admitted to hospital Earlier Tuesday the ministry said in statement the if unidentified man was suffering from the syndrome and had been admitted to Burlington hospital It later issued correction Mr Ball inoculated at pub lic health clinic Nov 15 be came ill Dec and was admit ted to hospital in Blind River two days later He was trans ferred Dec to Sudbury len eraf Hospital The syndrome appears two or three weeks after an acute ill ness caused by an infective or ganism Channel Will not be taken off the Barrie cable teleViSion system and Tom Delaney of number of Barrie drivers arent buckling up according to Barrie City police Sgt Ralph Berry said to day almost half the 60 drivers stopped in seasonal spot checks luesday were warned about seatbeft use Drinking drivers still arent venturing out on Barrie streets he said There have been no im pairment charges laid in the first two nights of checks being conducted by safety officer Constable Gary Crowley and Cadet Gary Sommcrs lhirty cars were stopped the first night as both cars and the police were plagued With mechanical problems While the number doubled luesday Of those stopped 25 were warned about scatbcfts while another five received warnings for faulty emergency brakes total of 38 warnings Were given With 48hour period given for $0435 if iv at Thats $199 for Silent Night plus seven caim tax the Barrie Branch of the Con sumers Assocation of Canada is happy the drivers to report in With repairs or the information they didnt have at the time of the check the fit stopped only 33 liv cdinthecuy Police are checking horns Windshield Wipers emergency brakes headlights directional Signals seatbelts impaired drivers and marker and brake lightsinthechecks lhose getting clean bill receive small stick bought by the Barrie City police through the Ontario Motor League enabling drivers to reach to the passenger Side of the car and unlock the door Without remov ing their scatbelt Its about 18 inches long and Mr Delaney called Barrie Cable TV Ltds deCIsion not to remove the popular Buffalo Many Barrie drivers not using seat belts you can reacfi over in most domestic cars and Just fill up the lock With tfic hooked end of the stick said Sgt Berry This is the second year police have handed out sticks in tfic spot checks which run during two weeks of tfic holiday season hccks Will be made every night until after New YearsDiiy The program began Monday night to clamp down on drink ing drivers and cars Witfi mechanical problems The annual safety program has run since the force began in 1934 and is conducted in con Junction with an alcohol safety prgraiii sponsored by tfic Bar ric Safety Association Minister reveals plan on East Coast fishing OllAWA iCP Fisheries Minister Romeo LcBlanc un veiled his departments plans Tuesday to keep the East Coast fishing industry in operation throughout next year The announcement came 11 days before the Jan extensmn of Canadas offshore fisheries Jurisdiction to 200 miles Mr LcBlanc constders 1977 key year for Canada to show it can manage the new zone under conservation objectives and inaXimuin use by Canadian fishermen The plan cuts into the amount of fishing large trawlers from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia Wlll be able to do on traditional waters and offers them help to swnch their attention to little used fisheries off Labrador It also proVides more fish in the 1qu of St Lawrence for Hijacker surrenders after 15hour drama SAN FRANCISCO Al disgruntled airline mechanic surrendered today after taking two persons hostage and com mandeering DCH Jtlllntl at most 15 hours before author iticssaid Hydro demand below peak llydro demand did not reach the alltime peak forecast by Ontario llydro officials lucs day according to Ted Johnston public relations officer for the Georgian Bay llydro region Mr Johnston said demand reached 15980000 kilowatts while officnils were predicting demand of 16175000 He said no reason has been given yet for the drop in actual demand from the anticipated pcak No problems are ex pected today CAPsUZE WS Palm lfinnant 37 was quietly removed from the plane shortly after 630 bringing to an end the tense drama that began fuesday afa ternoon One of the hostages Richard Punk was taken hospital The 38yearold United Airlines shop manager earlier told authorities over the planes radio that lfiniiant had slashed him several times after forctng the two hostages to board the empty airliner The other hostage United Airlines mechanic erry Dusen berry 42 was released un harmed by lliniianf about an hour earlier after two of the hi Jackeis friends boarded the aircraft Everybodys coming off and we got the gun Lincoln Jones one of Ifinnants friends told authorities shortly before the disturbed hIJHCKOI surren dercd Beirut curfew ordered BEIRUI AP The Lebanese government ordered curfew in part of Beirut at sundown today in preparation for meeting of parliament of which Premier Salim elHoss and President Elias Sarkis were expected to ask for emergency powers to rule by decree Spanish engineer safe SAN SEBASTIAN Spain Router An industrial engineer who disappeared in the Basque country Monday and was feared kidnapped turned up drugged but sale today sources close to the mansfamily said Bank rates lowered MONTREAL CP The Royal Bank of Canada said today that effective Friday its prime lending rate will be lowered by onehaff of one per cent to per cent The move follows the Bank of Canada announcement Tuesday that it was lowering the bank rate by half pomt to 812 per cent the second such drop in the central banks interest rate in month fishermen who work in boats less than 100 feet long The large trawlers are being cut out of the cod fishery in the southern section of the full and only being allowed to take red fish as bycafch in their cod fishing iii the northern part of theUulf Mr LeBlaiic told reporters that the department is prepared to offer financial assmtancc to large trawlcrs which Will fish cod and rcdlish off Labrador iii the Winter inoii ths IIEISlltOINDHSlI The plan affects the Atlantic groundfishery for species such as cod redfish flounder had dock and pollock It followed three months of talks With repiescntativcs of the fishing industry and tfic we Eastern provmccs Will move to Ontario OTTAWA training school for airforcc parachutists and parachute service centre Will both be moved to Ontario from Edmonton at the same time in 1977 defence depart ment spokesmen said liiesday defence spokesman con firmed thaf botfi would be moved at the same time Nothing spreads the feeling of Christmas better than some oldfashioned Christ mas carols and reSidents of Painswick were treated to channel and Channel With replace it triniph for tfic people of Barrie they havc finally had their voices heard Bob Alexander cable com pany manager said today his company has written to the Canadian Radiotelevision and lclccommuiiications ominis sioii Rlti asking it to canch the channel change rctiiicsf pendinglurthcrstiidics Mr Delaney said lllt cable company Was caught With its hand in the cookie jar and has had its knuckles rapped He suggested the company be more sensitive to the peoples Wishes tfic next time it plans change in operation and sug gestctl hlS association is well qualified to represent the con sumcrs The company has been granted Rlt approval for 75 cent month increase and Mr Afcxaiidci said people who did not pay the increase this month Will have to pay $675 next moiitfi The increase is to cover the cost of microwave to improve reception on Channels and Channel IS operational Mr Alexander said and he hopes to have Channel functioning by midJanuary Converters are not available from suppliers as yet Mr Alex ander said and he will not change channel numbers until he is certain subscribers will be able to use converters He hopes they will be available in stores by mid January Board will decide on date for deoertification vote Union dcccitilicatioii vote by employees at larric lcilbiss itaiiadai ltd plant Will be held cithcr Jan OIJifll 11 With tfic Ontario Labor Relations Board to decide lltl weenffictWodatis George Stevens national representative for lllt nitcd Electrical Radio and Machini Workers of Aiiiciica uflll illt tWo dafts Wiic igiciil on it meeting liicsday of icpicscn talives of tfic iiiiioii manage iiiciif and anti union cm ployccs lhc otc Win tilllfltti fry tfic board at tfic request of 31 of lllt plants 10$ unionized OfktlS The union has icpicscniiif tfic workers since the summer of 197 but union and iiiaiiiigc iiient have failed to reach agreement on contract Mr Stevens said he Ktl comes tfic vote as it Spflf to lht company in Working toward contract settlement think well maintain our certification he said and good Win Will change things icorge hagcnts leader in getting the deccitif ication vote declined luesday to speculate on the outcome its little early or to comment on his reasons for seeking dcccrtifica lion The move for vote is tfic latest chapter in long standing llijllt which has already made Ontario labor history The lift is certified at the plant iii the summer of 1975 and contract talks broke down later in lllt year amid charges of bad faith bargaining by botfi stilts In March the Labor Relations Board ruled in landmark deci sioii that the company had bargained in bad faith and ordered the firm to make all reasonable efforts to reach collective agreement The ruling was the first of its kind smce the board was given Jurisdiction over bargaining fafks resumed the same month and in April the union requested mediation The par ties have met three times with mediator most recently Sept 24 Mr Stevens said Tuesday major issues remaining unresolved are recognition of union stewards grievance pro cedures company demand for supervseniority in some Job classifications proposed fine for public statements by the union Without company ap proval and monetary issues company spokesman de clined comment on the status of negotiations An early Christmas gift for county CAS staffi if If SIIITII lcOI£R IlxaiiiinciStaff Itcpoitci llit tilt tfifploycis of llli Siiii coc touiify thiltfrciis ltl Society icccivcd an curly liiistiims prcsciif Tuesday it tfic Anti liiffaiion Hoard agrees AS social Workers offici and supervisory staff werc given an eight to it per cent in crease iii salary find their an nual five pcr ccnt Xptlfllltt increase reinstated and Will bi getting 1m per cent IlltltftSt in basic tilltllltttlltt Effectch Iaii social workers salaries Will raiigc from loW of $8325 to high of 3418161 lhc iiingc had ltilt $756tlfo$lti31o Office staff Will earn from $7159 to $101 up from Sumo toSStttf some very traditional tllIOH ing luesday evening About 75 students of Waiiiica Public School mounted TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS TREAT lhc lmvcsfpaid supervisor Will caiii $17123 White the ffltlllisi paid suiwrvisor thi lllttliii Will earn max lllflllll of 327719 The range last year was $15855 to $1566 In addition employees Will receive five per cent ex perience increase on tfic an niversary of their employment if tfic supervisor feels they have earned it ljxpeiiciicc increases have not been given Sl1 tlct lt7l llut tfic big pimp Will come in car lfoxvancc NEEDED FOR JOB Jean ililthttll of the board of directors personnel commit fee said because car is an cinployiiienl ieqiiireiiicnt and car costs and gasoline prices have increased considerably the mileage rate should also be hay covered wagon and made circuit of tlic streets of the Village Flashlights made the chore of reading increased She pointed out the Ontario Motor League has calculated the basic cost of running car should be $11250 month for fixed costs and 675 cents per mileforopcratingcosts lhe soc1ety now pays $65 month and eight cents mile The board agreed to increase that amount to $90 month and nine cents mile for social workers only SoCial workers drive an average of 11000 miles year shesaid All other staff Will be paid mileage rate of 20 cents mile up from 18 cents The increase in the basic car allowance amounts to 384 per cent Mrs hadwefl said while the overall increase equals 245 per cent the lyrics easier as the students passed from lamp post to lamp post Examiner Photo