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iii 3442 7i fiftyIsa mo friday is for HOMES Problems aired Problems of preserving the unique character of older downtown areas was discussed at recent Downtown Symposium in Toronto Stephen Otto executive director for heritage conservation with the ministry of culture and recreation said many downtowns have the advantage of being built when the conventional idea of what downtown should look like was more broad ly shared and have unity of design Some 700 delegates from across the pro Vince representing municipal governments ministries and businesses attended the two daygsymposium Otto pointed out some 100 years of piece bypiece unrelated restructuring has plac ed downtown areas at distinct disad vantage when compared to new shopping centres which have unity of ownership common design and development which took place all at one time along with com mon management and promotion Information kit An information kit for present and pro spective owners of mobile homes is now available from the province The kit contains such items as the policies of six provincial ministries housing revenue consumer and commercial rela tions natural resources environment and the attorneygeiieralt Development of the kit resulted from col laboratioii of ministries whose jurisdictions overlap in this field The kit is designed to provide the public with central source of basic information Kits are available free of charge from any of the ministries listed or from the Ontario Government Bookstore 880 Bay St Toron to Ont MTA thi Award winner Kaufman of olliiigwood was an award winner and major attraction at the Toron to Furniture Show held recently at the In ternational Centre The company dis played its Reminiscence ollectioii solid oak furniture reflecting the early l900s including the fourposter bed abm For more details on the show see todays Homes Page Evaniiner Photoi deadline Police escort Frederick Joseph tiaudei of Relyin tiroye in Sumnierside after he was charged with the seconddegree murder of Harold rsenault of Suninierside lr rseiiault was shot and killed in his small store here ediiesday itP Photoi Murder suspect held SthlhlbIRSlDlI Frederick Joseph Gaudet of nearby Kevin Groi was charged with second deng murder lauixda after fatal shooting arid htszage aking incident here lednesday He is betas held tr custtxiy The charge followcxl tresgaor into hrtx separate incidents Weanesda et er Illil Awhzch the operator of small TZury £12 store was killed department store cotiee shop attress as injured bile gunman and cred ployees of second tie store it ere held hostage Harold operator gut sore dza after be tar as Slat the ytik iITC ci Drank fluid dies uTTMtx CP Artie ral thicket ofthe Cari ftfiawawa Ottt died Tl after inking cxvsov 338 Sczt 8F res Der si sees cut ses arc trey sgr same the 21 Ealer reports sagges the so ers Iiit 719 yirar Sci tam div5 raus is sayx ici fine tefry cobsh xrras hi Ricx Rt itas tae aroseran save was H7111 ninesclay ragutg Peiawawa as about is arreires 7101 wts Wilda Call for help ci Stat The rcer 1e Pa Strict insm mas puff pies fix support for the 547 lea ard Ferguser Jl rigus nos and 33 erg iiigs were lost in fire here Thursday The Ferguson family which includes four children ged tir lti ere awakened at about ti am lhursday by smoke apparently coni ing from the utility room near the furnace Essa fire chief Earl Cunningham said the fire damage is extensive but an estimate is not yet avilable Donations of any household equipment and clothing may also be left at the Simcoe Street School Angus The children and their sizes are David 16 sizes lit to lit Shane 13 size Butch ti size it and Shelley Ann size six totix No action planned OTTAWA ltP Government restraint measures have prevented the extension of home mail delivery to new housing subdivi sions PostmasterGeneral Jeandacques Blais said Thursday in the Commons Blais denied there are plans to cut ex isting doortodoor delivery service But he said government restrng measures and $530 million deficn iii the post office operations this year make it dif ficult to expand home delivery sery ice to new areas David Orlikon NDPMinnipeg North asked Blais when the tens of thousands of homes in new urban areas are going to get doortodoor mail sert ice Blais did not give date in the commons Earlier Blais said tr news release that home delivery service lS an iniporanf asset to the Canadian postal serx ice He said the post office vuld not consider cuts in existing serxice without full min sultation with the 191 member Letter Carriers man of Canada lttt spokesman for Bla1s said secret report preparai for top postal officials recommended gradual rtducion of door todoor deltxer but here In some lobe any actzoii or Last weekend Prime ter Trudeau suggested in Toronto na ada migh one day have to abandon home delnery the interest of restraint To rebuild inn PENETANQLISHENE iint CP Sandy Bay lnr destrayed cg fire Monday will be rebuzl at ts present loca owner son says Paul Fra ptxr father tanbbg mi best tins Thats some cake Werner Schmidt orth ancouier BC baker had Easter on his mind Thursday when he completed 65inch high cake The cake which weighs minds is made of marzipan chocolate Inddcourse loLsoficing Photo weather Heavy smmsqua to sunrises winds 4th your No 22 Friday January 27 1978 16° Par Copy Carder Home Dollvory 90° Wooklv xaminer serving barrie and simcoe county the 16 Page Snowweary area residents fflir iar Lawson of Barrie had his work cut out for him when he tackled pile of snow in front Tamhlyns Drug Mart this morning major winter storm hit Barrie early this morning dosing schools and making travel treacherous lExaminer Photor RCMP would get power to Open mail legall UTTAVA CP Prime Minister Trudeau said Thursday hts government has deczded to RCMP legal pow ers to oper and read dectsmn reached whzle gned to advtse or polce derwa nce Trudeau also apr win Superior Court deczor 51 language law as comparable to earlier land pholdzng the righs of in the powers of pokes and The Cana ntrvxzuce come as any as next AetKr gmng the iiazmna police force pow er under certain defined le omistanceto open prinati mazl It was power he sazd that polzce haw every other derrich ra On the Quebec languagebzll question he the ccur decision knocking doun sections making French the only language of law as Civil libertzes nictorj airmlar to ha involved in the quas ing of the socalled Qaebec padlock laws of 153 The gate police power to shu drytr premises the gmerrunent of htaurzce Duplesszs COCSIdETEd ravensfor suhver es The Quebec emu iodgmer he said is nndication of the spurt of Canada one of tderance towards minoritzes Gunman surrenders quietly following fourday siege armed 54 Bruce Donald be surrendered as placed the back Veerseer ac plaznclothes officers yer to temporary polce corn up local hgt school and alter Brandon General Hospital were invite drecor Dr Stuart Hampton SdJI rad teer admtted as peter The nixtagesrritephante Scherz of Oak Lace Dave Penny trden Mar Truanczpai emleewere reported be tr gm sandman but were alter for medical examinations The hostages were released hours after Ms Scherz usband Dr Markus Scherz amLZ 33 was released unharmed late Wednesday The doctors combined office riome was fine acus of Te drama UREED TU TERMS Supt Corie commanding cfftcerof re Brandon RCMP SubthlSlm told usy arranged news conference in he owr ra may the breakthrough in coattnuous ezeprire egorators came at am EFT when Lze gunman agreed comm 53 are erttis NCJLT ended one of the lmgest hostagetaking inCidenis in Canadian history ncluded permission for the mar to nstt hts Wle for an hour guarantee of defence counsel guaranteed personal safety and the dropping of all charges wistandtng agatrs ie man and Ontario Supt Ccrley said he had no kmutedge of an charges in other provinces He said the key factor the negmamrae was time Over time an individual 325 orr down and it just matter of weanrig dawn the will If he got any sleep it was only in shor mtnaps We tried to keep him awake Carley decibed the gunman earlier which included an airplane flight to aneutrai country as ludicrous After theftrst day they didn tseern 501m pnrtant to him Once in deCided to go we were Wile rushed making me arrangements Supt Carley sad Dr Hampton said officials at the iovaptta teae worried that the gunman was about tr toid am they were concerned for his health The gunman had beer giver amphetamines by Dr Scheri to help keep him awake Dr Hampton sazd the star was visxng ms wife Police were restrictrg erfrv to the lupus again harhif by storm It might seem hard to believe but Barrie actually fared well in Thursdays blizzard compared to other places But the snow caught up to us early Friday morning making driving treacherous clos ing schools and banks and forcing this areas snowweary residents into another few days of struggling digging and scraping Barrie was in the of the storm Thurs day and missed the high winds that wreaked havoc on northern and southern Ontario But as the storm moved out over Georgian Bay late Thursday ni the snow moved in Snow began fa ling shortly after am and is expected to continue falling throughout the day The blizzard warning was lifted at 630 am The weather office is calling for 40 to 45 kmh winds from the west all day with ex tensive driftin in all areas The high ay will be to lt8 and the low tonight to 12 Saturday will be mainly cloudy windy cold with occasional flurries The barometer hit low of 2838 at 10 am Thursday but now reads 2932 and rising MOVED SLOWLY Despite the weather area residean showed their growing expertise at coping with snow The city did not grind to halt but moved along slowly By midmorning most highways in the area were reported open but in poor condition On tario Provincial Police urged motorists to stay at home Highway 400 had only one lane open City road crews were on the street at atm plowing sanding and salting according to Neil Fox public works superintendent Main streets were covered he said but they will be slippery because cars are glazing the snow and cold temperatures are turning it into ice Municipal buses were running this morn ing Taxi companies were all busy and refus ing out of town calls Mail carriers headed out this moming but were instructed to go only as far as they cmld There will be no rural mail delivery to day survey of local businesses indicated most employees were making it into work today The Hayfield and Georgian Malls and downtown merchants were open today Decir siorLs on whether to remain open all day were to be made around noonhour Banks were open at if but were ex pected to close early An underground cable problem forced 0m tario Hydro to turn on the emergency flashers on the traffic lights at the corner of Maple and Dunlop streets about it mm today Tom Thompson Hydro repair man replaced the light bulbs in the trafflc signal but to no snail Examiner Photo Power went out this morning in the Allan dale area Guy Cluff of the Public Utilities Commission electrical division said the pro blem was caused by burnt out underground cable not the storm Ontario Hydro reported no major problems in the Barrie area Bell Canada asked residents to only use their telephones in emergencies See weather photo roundup on Page 18 May affect Snowa rama Organizers of the Whipper Watson Snowarama for Timmy in Barrie are hoping tint the storm which wracked the city today will not cut into the tumout for the event Sun day Rick Hubbert Snowarama cochairman said local participants Will likely be there snow or shine but that the expected influx from outside the City may not materialize under adverse conditions Hubbert says there IS posmbility of over 600 entries in the lixrmile snowmobile journey which raises funds for crippled children cant believe the way the ve gone he said of the pledge sheets One of the prominent starters in Sundays field will he Alexander Thomson the Faster Seals Timmy for Barrie this year Thomson has over $140 in pledges coming his way if he goes the distance it includes $10 donation whether he lasts the route or mt from John Ellis Cor truction employer of Alexanders father feter He will ride along behind son on the snowmobile Sun 13 Spending the big topic OTTAWA Finance Minister Jean Chretier tried Thursday to walk the fine line between more gmernmen spending to stimulate economic growLs and spendtng ratrain at the opening of twoday federalv prrinmal finance ministers meeting fibretier told his provmmal colleagues sane stimulus to the annomy by govern ments lel be needed for fine next for years an at the same ti ie governments will have hold back or spendmg avoid large defies hich could have an adverse effector hiszness confidence Tina the rnrsers get dour ms one asgtr of gorrrer spen ding tna has maer or their hidgets ny Hasty mm horn upon 10 11 mica 1B dam 1201 Starting time for Sundays Snowarama is between and 11 am Vehicles can be parked at the Towers Plaza with registration taking place downstairs at McDonalds rstaurant The loomile route is from Towers to Coll irgwood and back Via Minesing Wasaga Beach and Elmvale Snowarama is sponsored locally by the Kiwanis Club and the Central zone of the Huronia Snowmobile Associatirm Skiaflion going ahead The Barne Kinsmen Club skiatbon for Cystic Fibrosxs is going ahead as scheduled despite the weathermans efforts to force pustponement Lri Hess of the Kinsmen Club said this more ning that everything is go far the event and tint over 10m skiers have registered for the Zrmile trek at Molsons Park The storm is supposed to pass he said only way we Will postpone it is if the pimple cant get to Molsons because of the weather It crosscountry skiing is Winter so au cant expect perfect conditions he adrle We may lose few of the elderly and young skiers but we have to go ahead if we Jammy can Fourth day in search for radiation BAKER LAKE CPi An around thetiock search for pitable radiatim from fallen Srmet satellite continued inti its fourth day tnday as this tiny Arctic community of about 10m people trial to cope with an unexpected influx of mtors Soldiers scentsts and planeloads of radiationdeterjing mJipment were moved inm the mammary about in kilometru north of Winnipeg following the detection late Wednesday of high radiatim levels about 300 kilometres to the sou armrest But Thursday three missions by Her Giles C471 aircraft with gamma sensing eqm merit maamt further radiation in reported not spot SCICHHSLS thenan that the warns of the radiation may be below mm level coming the rays to be emmiti in narrow corneal pattern hiyi into the air and maxim median difficult The nuclearpowered satellite Cosmos was carrying about films of enriched uraaium when it ta across Canadian shes early Tuesday Baker lakes mowcmered runway was lined with Hercules aircraft late Thursday readying for today nur for traces of the Intellite RUNWAY FLU LP They haven got arr parking space left Imd Canadian ArmadPorces spokesman in Yellowknife about men kilometres to the west Local te offered advice in Visitors and stared wledge about lmai conditima