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the examiner va Jan 1978 Canadians iump and swim into 1978 New Year starts wit By THE CANADIAN PRESS The year 1978 began with gaiety for many Canadians and wrth tragedy for some Three men in Moncton NB floated into the new year after Jumping out of an airplane sec onds before midnight at an alti tude of 7000 feet They are members of the Moncton Sky Diving Club In Hamilton however Wayne Van Every 18 was electrocuted early Sunday when after leaving party be scaled hydro tower and came in contact with hightension line number of Canadians started the year with swim Eight members of the Nova Sootia Polar Bear Club in Hali fax went for frigid oneminute dip in the Atlantic About 20 members of Hamiltons Polar Bear Club braved the air tem perature of degrees Celsius fcra dip in Lake Ontario Vancouvers 58th annual polar bear swim at English Bay attracted about 1000 par ticipants with the youngest rmmber fiveyearold and the oldest 81 Air temperature was FEW TURNED OlT Hockey was expected to be major attraction in Quebec but in Quebec City promoters of the SovietCzechoslovakian world junior hockey game had cases of free beer and souvenir badges left over because only about 1200 spectators came to the game at the 13000seat Coli seum In Montreal where no free gifts were handed out about til went to the 17000seat Fo rum to watch the CanadaSwe den world junior hockey game At exactly midnight Saturday night EST Gisele Levesque of Montreal gave birth to boy at Ste Justine Hospital in Mon treal Thirty seconds after mid iugiti JST Sandra Betchuk of Edmonton give birth to boy Disturbances were reported at two provincial prisonsthe Bordeaux jail in Montreal and the Guelph Correctional Centre in Guelph Ont At the Bordeaux jail outside police reinforcements had to be called in early Sunday to per suade prisoners to return to their cells after New Years Eve celebrations got out of con trol Little damage was done STAY IN ELLS In Guelph 44 prisoners spent the first day of the new year in their cells after smashing tele vision sets chairs and win lows causing an estimated 53500 damage In Toronto 390 people who spent $14750 couple to cele crate 1978 at the the revolving restaurant near the top of the CN Tower welcomed the new rear minutes early because of an incorrect wall clock The tower is 1815 feet high Besides the restaurant festivities the $14750 included hotel room for the night On downtown Yonge Street motorists caught in the first traffic jam of the year honked neir horns at the stroke of mid night Metropolitan Toronto police said nine persons were arrested on the subway for liquor related incidents but none were charged Fifteen cyclists participated in the third annual New Years Day ride in Woodstock Ont travelling 16 kilometres through snow and gusting winds to Embro In Edmonton police report they arrested nine drivers on impaired charges Vancouver police said that of the 3300 drivers who were stopped in spotchecks two were charged with beingimpaired Provinces win in Rose parade PASADENA API The 89th Tournament of Roses parade went ahead despite fires and threatened rain Monday to pro vide almost 15 million parade watchers with the traditional flowery splendor Nova Scotia and British Columbia won prizesfortheirentries The 2lghour parade with the theme On the Road to Happi n65beganontimeatttflmam PST under partly cloudy skies and went off with hardly hitch There were problems with preparade fire aboard the Occidental Life lnsurancc float depicting an oldfashioned newsroom but it was qu1ckly extinguished Nova Scotia won the inter national trophy for its float Voyage Home which depicted lighthouse scene and scale model of the provinces famous racing schooner Blucnosc Black croton leaves gave the ship wet look and blue and white irises and white car nation petals formcd the lighthouse and ocean water British Columbia won the Ambassadors Trophy for its floaty statue of British navigator Captain Cook in bottle The float won the award for exceptional merit for entries outside the territorial limits of the United States It included Captain Cooks two shipshthe Discovery and the Resolution built to scale in full sail in the bottle BC Travel Minister Grace McCarthy said it was spec tacular sight and she was proud of the provinces float The City of Mission Viejo took tie parades top sweepstakes prize with flowercovered Mexicantheme float The Day of the Fiesta Senoritas ma riachis and tropical birds rode atop the float against back ground of serapecovered cola umns The float was decorated with 16 shades of carnatiorLs calen dulas stock lemon leaf bells of Ireland and Chinese lentil seeds For the second year East man Kodak won the grand prize with nature float This years carnationrand gladiolicovcrtxl entry The Wonder of Color de picted two birds fighting over bird bath The theme prize was won by the city of St Louis which built hayride scene The horse drawn wagon was depicted crossing covered bridge in country setting The parade was led by for mer ITS president Gerald Ford as grand marshal The chilly weatherecight de grees at the paradcs start was emphasized by 18yearold Rose Queen Maria Lynn Caron who lifted her white gown to show yellow boots beneath ne of her princesses wore long on derwear Sixtyone floats 22 bands and 33 equestrian groups travelled along the gmile parade route on Orange Grove and Colorado boulevards In addition to the estimated 15 million people who showed up in Pasadena to watch the event an estimated 12 million others in the US Canada and other countries saw the festivities on television At least 29 dead on long weekend By THE CANADIAN PRESS Two 64yearold women killed Monday in headon collision about 50 kilometres southeast of Owen Sound Ont were among at least 29 persons who died accidentally in Canada during the New Years holiday weekend survey by The Canadian Press from pm Friday until midnight Monday night also showed 16 other traffic fatal itjw The Canada Safety Coun cil had estimated that up to 34 persons would be killed in traf fic accidents during the New Years holiday period The survey also showed that six persons died in fires sevenyearold girl was killed when struck by piece of ice that fell from the roof of her home man was electrocuted after he climbed hydro tower one person drowned after snowmobile went through ice and 7ryear old man and 14 yearrold youth died of ex posure The snowmobile accident hrin to the snowmobile deal total this season Ontario had eight traffic fa Latinos one firm death the led trocutlon and this girl killed by pllftt of The Unta dead HUDY Item gr Norman ltlurm Eli lkttrrlmrouyj when the car in winch hr was passenger wont mt of tontrol and hit parked hullllowI north of Peter hot 1g Rev William George Smith 68 West Lorne when the car he was driving was collided with bus near Watford 40 kilometres east of Sarnia SATURDAY Robert MacDonald 36 St Catharines when struck by car on street in Niagara Falls Karen Elizabeth Stewart Port Elgin when struck by piece of ice that fell from the roof of her home SUNDAY Wayne Van Every 18 Ram ilton electrocuted after be scaled hydro tower in Ham ilton and came into contact with highvoltage line Gerald Arsenault 44 Simcoe of injuries suffered Friday night when hit by car on Simcoe street Veronica Serre 74 Sarnia after being struck by car on city street in Samia on Satur day MONDAY Frieda Waldbauer 64 Port Elgin and Catherine Bachus 64 llanover in headon colli sion near Paisley about 50 kilo metres southwest of Owen Sound Gerald Michaud 49 Miami in house fire in that city Francois Amyot 18 Bourget when he was passenger in car which collided with snow plow near Itockland about 30 kilometres east of Ottawa 34 Ms 40 Dunlop St gaiefy For days only Broadcaster and author Gordon Sinclair sports kill in Hunting Sinclair tartan lie of Dress Sinclair tartan socks as he jokes with Ontario Itov Pauline McGibbon left and Gerry Dunn at the New Years Day ltt at Queens Park in Toronto Monday Photo if Six members of the llalila Polar Bear lnb dash for the frigid waters of the Halifax harbor on their annual tvv Years Day plunge lllowiug snow freezing temperatures and ice did not deter the group it lIltll for tlu first time included womanAmy ole 1I Photo Annual StoreWide Starts Thursday January am STORE FOR MEN 7282566 ARE PRESENTING WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Jan 4th Jan 5th Jan so Jan 7th AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM CLEARANCE OF ALL NAME BRAND QUALITY cFURNITURE oAPPLIANCES oTELEVISIDN REASON oWe mustcreate space for all the new tur niture that we will be buying at the annual January furniture show oSome styles are becoming obsolete and prices are marked down to clear oSome fabric styles and patterns are becoming obsolete Save on the markdowns IS THE TIME TO BUY AND SAVE AT NDW Goldwater village Moonstone Rd Onithe Moonstone Rd angina WOW Just Westot tjighway 400 TELERHONE 8352016 Muummm the signs Local plumt call trout Drillla Barrie and Midland