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12m EXAMINER TELEPHONES WEATHER FORECAST Circulation 7266539 SUNNY Classified Advertismg 12824 Other Departments 7266537 112th YearNo I98 The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Tuesday August 24 I976 l5 Per COPY Corrie Home DeVGFY 85 W99le 13995 EL BEETON RESIDENTS Will be charged in watering of dusty road em as Cookstown council agreed Monday night to spend $125 to remove the Ilooterville Sign that now graces the pro COSTLY JOKE minent water tower at the east end of the village Oiin Coun Bob Gellen was op posed to the expenditure saying taxpayers should not have to pay because of so meones idea of practical joke Examiner Photo Muskoka Eddie Mortimer honored on 80th birthday BALA Ont iCPgt Almost 700 boaters and eottagers gath ered at nearby lVlortiniers Point Sunday to honor man who has given aid to boaters on Lake Muskoka for more than 00 years Eddie Mortimer wept at celebration held in honor of his 80th birthday and the cen tennial of his familys ow iierr ship of the point ANtOtER CPI The Greenpeace aiitiwvlialiiig ex pedition has decided to use its dwindling fuel reserves to con tinue chasing the Soviet whaling fleet iii the mid Pacific Rob Hunter president of the conservation group said Monday In radio dispatch Mr Hunr ter said the Ulttllpttltt ship the 153 foot eomeited min esweeper aiiies Ray has reached the outside limits of CAIRO ttii Three Arab hijackers whose attempt to pi rate an Egyptair jeiliiier to neighboring Libya was foiled Monday have claimed that Libyan leader Moaniinar Khadafy promised them 8250000 to hijack the aircraft Two of the hijackers offi cially identified as two Palestinians from Abu Dbabi and an Egy tian student were wounded en Egyptian sol diers dressed as mechanics overpowered them The 96 pas sengersmostly French and Japanescgand six crew mem bers of the Boeing 737 were no injured during the incident at the southern city of Luxor No Americans were reported aboard the plane An official said two of the hi jackers carried pistols and the His father was given land on the point 36 miles north of Ori llia by Queen Victoria in 1876 Eddie was born on the point and has lived there all his life Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau GovGen Jules Leger and Ontario Premier William Ilavis sent birthday greetings Many guests swapped stories of how Eddie had earned his Greenpeace continues chasing Soviet fleet the fuel it can spare and still allow for return to port and is also low on food and water But the 37 crew members de cided to use the last of the fuel it can spare to try to catch up with the faster Soviet fleet and continue to disrupt its whaling activity he said trew members estimate that fuel reserves no longer will alv low the ship to reach Honolulu about 1400 miles south or the Illlllllll island Midway BY LIBYAN LEADER Promised $25 000 three hijackers claim third knife and bag believed to contain explosix es Prime Minister Mamdouh Sa lem said the three men Ali Ah med Mahmoud Osnian his cousin Mohaiiiiiied Naguib Ahr med and Ahmed Mohamined SOlIIIlallv told him Khadafy romised them 5250000 if they orced the pilot to fly the plane to Libya Inter=or ministry officials said they also demanded the release of three Libyans and two other Arabs jailed in Egypt and threatened to blow up the plane if their demands were not met In Tripoli Libyan official accused Egypt of planning the hijacking in order to throw the Libyan government into dis repute And earlier the Libyan news reputation as both fisherman and friend during the last 60 years Ontario Health Minister Frank Miller said that the first cottages in Muskoka were built from materials Eddie had brought to the site by boat be cause there were no roads in thedistrict Broadcaster Gordon Sinclair said he met Eddie more than 30 years ago when Eddie rescued him from the middle of Lake Muskoka was stuck in the middle of the lake in boat not only couldnt get to go but didnt know how to turn around even when it was going Mr Sin clair said Eddie came out to me and showed me how to run the boat and over the years he has shown me the lakes and the best fishing spots in Muskoka John Hamlin vicepresident of Imperial Oil gave Eddie scroll as one of the companys longest operating dealers in On tario He has been pumping Im perial Oil products into boats at his marina for 64 years agciic Ariia said Egypt plan ned the hijack to divert at tention from the countys inter nal problems and to demon strate the efficiency of its se curity forces Khadafy broke with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat because Sadat rebuffed his overtures for merger of their countries The split was deepened by the Lib yans virulent condemnation of Sadats second Sinai agreement with Israel and Khadafys sup port of the rebels who recently tried to overthrow President Jaafar el Numairi in Sudan The Egyptian government has blamed Libya for several bomb explosions earlier this month in which eight people died and more than 70 were iii jureda charge which Libya has denied OTTAWA CP Finance BEETON Eleven residents of this village will be charged because they watered dusty road in front of their homes on Sunday bylaw enforcement of ficer Peter Urbanski said today Mr Urbanski said the residents broke bylaw which restricts outside water use dur ing the dry summer months conviction would bring fine of $25 for the first offence $50 for the second and $300 thereafter Resident Gerald Hendricks said he watered the road with garden hose to protest lack of dust control He said the road is not to be paved unless sub givision plan is approved near The road received one treat ment of calcium chloride this year but it has worn off Mr Hendricks said The residents may not have broken the bylaw Mr Hen dricks said because it specifically prohibits water use for gardens car washing and swimming pools without mentioning roads Mr Urbanski however said the intent of the bylaw is to restrict all outside water use Residents are allowed to use water outside only between and pm each Wednesday Friday and Sunday The road watering demonstration took place Sunday afternoon Preposed Bank Act changes would boost competition ations here He also proposed due to start But the proposals outlined in tered banks for the next 10 And limits on bank holdings Minister Donald Macdonald proposed measures Monday that would force commercial bankers to become more com petitive but rejected imposing direct controls over the size or operations of the chartered banks In 21000word policy state ment outlining proposed changes to the Bank Act Mr Macdonald put forward meas ures that would make it easier for new banks to be formed and for foreign banks to begin oper that provincial governments be permitted to help form new banks by holding up to 25per cent share interest Later he told news confer ence the main theme running through the proposals is con cern about the concentration in the banking industry The five biggest banks control more than 90 per cent of the $100 bil lion of total banking assets the paper said There are 11 chartered banks now in business and two more The finance minister asked how he thought bankers would react commented The oft stated position of Canadian bankers is that they would pre fer more competition Well see how they like this more com petitive environment WORSI BITCHERS The bankers have been criti cized for earning large profits and recently were labelled by Prime Minister Trudeau the worst bitchers of all iii US magazine article Kent County youth 16 has encephalitis MOH CHATHAM nt CPl 16yearold youth from nearby Dresden is suffering from the St Louis strain of encephalitis Dr Brown medical offi cer of health for Kent County said Monday The name of the youth who is in Chatham Public General Hospital was not released Dr Brown said the ailment has been confirmed It is the second case of en ccphalitis reported recently 56yearold Amherstburg Ont woman with encephalitis was admitted to Grace Hospital in Windsor Ont earlier this month Her condition was re ported as satisfactory and Move to ordain women clergy stable Monday Dr Joseph Jones medical of ficer of health for Essex Coun ty reported the womans case to the health ministry in Town to last week We dont consider this iso lated case as cause for alarm he said The St Louis strain of en cephalitis is an inflammation of the brain resulting from the bite of mosquitoes carrying the virus The infection killed four per sons in Essex County last year Random blood sampling among 827 persons in the Wind sorEssex area shows 121 per cent carry encephalitis anti bodies iii their blood Herbert Smith director of the health ministrys central laboratory said Monday Mr Smith said the results in dicate about six persons in cv cry 500 have been infected with the virus without becoming ill Antibodies are the human systems defence against in fection Their presence in dicates person was bitten by mosquito carrying the virus but did not contract the infection Mr Smith said the findings are preliminary and more test ing is planned to determine whether Ontario residents were exposed to St Louis encepha litis before last years out break dcfeated at church assembly OTTAWA CP resolu tion calling for the ordination of women ministers was firmly defeated Monday following lengthy debate at the 30th bien nial conference of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada Rowbotham remanded Robert Rowbotham has now been in custody in Barrie Jail for 10 months This morning he was remanded in custody until next Tuesday Rowbotham 23 is charged with three counts of drug traf ficking in the Barrie area preliminary hearing is now in progress and is scheduled to resume Sept 15 Two weeks ago Rowbotham was granted bail at $10000 but only one of the two necessary sponsors has appeared in Bar rie to sign The RCMP plan to rearrest him for failing to appear in Brampton court Jan Row botham was in Barrie Jail at thattime The vote 174 to 128 means that the about 180 women now licensed as ministers and per forming most of the same func tions as male ministers remain unable to hold any of the elected positions in the church because they are not ordained The resolution needed two thirds majority to pass Rev Bernice Gerard who was ordained as Pentecostal minister in the United States said the vote could be at tributed in part to the churchs male members trying to pre serve their power Its partly also reaction against radical womens libera tion Miss Gerard said lot dont understand veii the Bequest for Queen PONTNGWYNYDD Wales Reuteii Flint pro jcctionist Cecil Spear 71 left the Queen five pounds 1391 in his will when he died Said his wife He had high regard for royalty CAPSULE NE WS Naval force claim by Korea HONG KONG chuteri North Korea today charged that second US naval group including the aircraft corner Enterprise was heading for weeks border clash Korean waters following last Day for prison strike ATTICA NY tAPl grievance strike by prisoners at the Attica prison entered its second day today with prisoners ap parently living on food they had stockpiled Cosmonauts ready to return MOSCOW Reuteri The two cosmonauts aboard the Stiviet space station Salyuts are preparing to return to earth aboard the ferry vehicle Soyuz21 Tass news agency said today Uganda deports priests NAIROBI Reuterl Two Canadian Roman Catholic priests were deported from Uganda for unknown reasons 11 days ago Canadian High Commission spokesman said here today Lebanese death toll soars From APReuter BEIRLT tCPl An increase in fighting here and in nearby mountain towns and villages sent the death toll in Lebanons civil war soaring today Many of the casualties were non combatants in residential areas of the capital best part of womens liberation means She said the church members pressing for the policy change are not radicals who are trying to tear up the family Were all con servatives she said In arguing against the resolu tion one male delegate said since man is unquestionably the head of the househole would it be ssible for woman to lead er husband in the church At the previous conference in Regina similar motion was passed by simple majority More riots in Africa JOHANNESBURG tCPi Fresh violence erupted near Cape Town today and thou sands of blacks stayed away from work in Johannesburg on the second day of an unofficial threeday protest strike Police sealed off the African township of Guguletu near Cape Town after students stoned bus injuring the driver and one paSsenger Together with Cape Towns other townships of Langa and Nyanga Gugulctu was the scene of rioting earlier this month iii which 29 blacks were killed In Johannesburg thousands of blacks in the Soweto township stayed home from their jobs in protest over the South African governments racial poliCies ttacks woman skunk is shot NORTH BAY Ont CPi Carsteii Jorgensen biologist with the natural resources ministry was forced to shoot skunk Sunday after it charged his wife an Agriculture Canada official said No one was bitten or sprayed by the animal but Dr Lockton of the health of animals branch in North Bay said it showed Signs of having rabies Mr Jorgensen noticed the skunk biting at the corner of his house When Mrs Jorgensen appeared on the porch steps the skunk twisted and turned It then ran at Mrs Jorgensen and forced her back The skunk Wlll be tested to determine if it was rabid the policy paper which are part of the regular 10year review of the Bank Act before new regulatory legislation comes to Parliament actually give the banks more powers in some areas Submissions from the in dustry were invited before Oct 15 New legislation setting out operating rules for the char try fails NIAGARA FALLS Ont CP libor Hctcnyi Zfiycarold cosmetics shipper front Edison NJ was rescued today by heli copter from the Niagara River ending his bid to go over the Horseshoe Falls in barrel Hetenyi was lifted from the barrel converted propane gas tank by crew members from Canadian Forces helicopter af ter the barrel caught on ledge about 400 yards above the falls He was taken to hospital in Niagara Falls NY WATCHDOGS James Ham commissioner who conducted the Royal Commission In uiry into the Health and Sa ety of Mine Workers discusses his reports in Toronto Monday Commissmner Ham pro posed that experienced workers should be employed by mining companies to act as parttime health and safe ty watchdogs for the general work force For reaction story see Page8 tCP Photot years is expected to be ap proved by Parliament before nextJuneBO Among new powers for banks is the right to participate direc tly in buying and leasing out equipment They also will be permitted to enter factoring which basically means bill c01 lecting under contract for other firms of home mortgages are to be lif ted because more residential mortgage funds are needed the paper said The only restrictions are on the spread of bankoffered data processing services in order to give private data processing companies chance and an end to banks power to under write corporate security issues Most bankers favor policy By THE CANADIAN PRESS Banking officials have reac ted favorably to the federal governments policy paper on banking by welcoming propos als designed to encourage more competition in Canadas finanr cial system JP Wadsworth chairman and chief executive of the Cana dian Imperial Bank of Com merce said in statement Monday in Toronto that the white paper appears to be an important step in the direction of an open and competitive fi nancial system lORIOAIREATION siziz PAGE Finance Minister Donald Macdonald revealed plans in the policy paper Monday to ease regulations governing the entry of foreign banks and the creation of new domestic banks Rowland Frazee president of the Canadian Bankers Associ ation CBA and executive vicepresident of the Royal Bank of Canada said he is pleased with the proposal to bring all financial institutions performing banking functions undersimilarlegislation He said in news release in Toronto the CBA has been seek ing more competitive system in which all institutions carry ing on banking business are subject to the same set of rules LIKES PROPOSAL Mr Frazee said he applauds the proposal to bring in stitutions such as mortgage and trust companies and credit un ions together into clearing as sociation with them main mining reserves with the Bank oftfanada On the other hand we are somewhat disappointed to see no proposed reduction in the level of those reserves he said The government proposals in clude bringing all financial in stitutions into new Canadian Payments Association to re place the clearing system now operated by the chartered banks They will be required to maintain specified minimum reserves with the central bank The paper invites sub missions on the proposals by Oct 15 before changes to the Bank Act which sets out the rules under which the 11 char tered banks currently operate are introduced in Parliament ALREADY COMPETITIVE Allen Lambert chairman of the Toronto Dominion Bank said in an interview in Toronto he felt Canadian banking al ready was competitive Was kidnapped says taxi NIAGARA FALLS nt tCP city taxi driver missing for more than week told po lice today that he had been kid napped by three men he had picked up Aug 16 SEEI ARLIER STORY ON PAGE Reginald Smith 47 owner of A1 taxi turned up early today at the QueenstonLewiston bridge between Canada and the United States He told police that he had been held in house since his Holidays cut in drought LONDON lReuteri Senior British cabinet ministers cut short their vacations today to attend an emergency meeting on the economic effects of the countrys worst drought for 250 years The meeting called in the middle of the parliamentary re cess by Prime Minister James Callaghan comes iii the wake of warnings that Britains water shortage will bring severe reductions in industrial output Troops and firefighters are stretched to their limit as they fight fires that sweep daily across the parched British countryside Police free hostages OMAHA Neb AP Police stormed into tavern here early today and ca tured pa tron who had hel three hos tages at knifepoint for nearly 17 hours Authorities said they found one hostage stabbed to death Another was injured Mayor Edward Zorinsky said Joe Culbertson 59 tavern pa tron was found dead of stab wounds when about 10 police men rushed into the tavern to arrest Jimmy Green 31 of Pawnee Okla driver disappearance but managed to descape from his abductors Mon ay Sgt Morley Griffen of Niag ara regional police said Mr Smith was obviously very tired to the point that he almost fell off the chair several times whiletalkingtous Sgt Griffen said Mr Smith was ragged looking and unsha vcn but appeared healthy He said that Mr Smith would be interviewed later today by himself and Peel regional police in an attempt to get more details on the inCideiit In his statement to lice Mr Smith said he ha been picked up by two men at the Niagara Falls bus terminal early Aug 16 The men had paid him 37 to drive them to Thorold Ont but half block from the terminal they told him to pick up third man who was standing on the street SliiIISTED PARTY This man who said he was friend of the other two sug gested they go to Toronto and have party Mr Smith said fter Mr Smith told the men it would cost $50 one of them pulled knife pointed it at him and ordered him to drive to wards Toronto Mr Smith said he was then directed to deadend dirt road in Mississauga Ont just west of Toronto where his aban doned taXi was found SIX hours later Mr Smith said they trans ferred to another vehicle and he was driven to house where he was robbed of his wallet watch and rings and locked in room He said he was held there un til midnight Monday night when one of his abductors opened the door Mr Smith said he kicked the man in the groin and escaped He ran to the Queen Elizabeth Way where he was given ride by truck driver to the QueenstonLewiston In ternational Bridge near St Catharines Ont He called his wife and she called police