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Barrie Examiner, 8 Sep 1976, p. 1

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an wt um rfi Mai2 sum EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation Classified Advertising 112th YearNo 210 BARRIE JEWELLER Bill Le Boeuf holds the rocks which were thrown through any kind Until this morning risk Mayor Dorian Parker has fi nally made public information from closed session of city council last week In press release Mayor Parker says the general government committee will probably be recommending change in the merit increase and salary policy of council The mayor said in future all council members will vote on merit increases and salaries for department heads The old policy was that only general government members 7266539 72824i4 All Other Departments 7266537 In 18 years as Dunlop Street jeweller Bill Le Boeuf had never had breakin of At about am two individuals threw rocks through display window and made off with about dozen diamond rings worth total of about $2000 None of the loss is covered by insurance Mr Le Boeuf said this morning as he straightened up his store Premiums for theft insurance are very high he said and it has always seemed cheaper to take the th his diSplay window on Dun lop Sreet early this morning The smashandgrab the Nothing before he said Mr Le Boeuf was called to the scene by police who responded the the alarm set off by the smashandgrab ar Barrie first suffered by Mr Le Boeuf in his 18 years in the location netted about $2000 tists should have say in this mat ter she said opposed this policy The policy started while Mayor Parker was an alder man in the city in 1971 The change is necessary because all council members are held responsible for depart ment head wages she said ad ding they should therefore help to establish them The general government committee members are al dermen who are either commit tee chairmen or vicechairman CAPSULE NE WS UK sailors plan strike LONDON Renter Leaders of Britains 38000 merchant seamen decided today to call national strike for midnight next Saturday night in support of pay demands Boston police attacked BOSTON AP hurled bottles at police near About 175 whites most of them teenagers Charlestown High School today as classes resumed in Boston for the third year of courtordered in tegration See earlier story on Page Attacks termed suicide BEIRUT AP Moslem and Christian forces said that their forces made suicide attacks on each others positions today after another night of heavy shelling Spadina extension to open TORONTO CP fourlane extension of the Spadina ex ressway is to pen today unless the Metropolitan Toronto rough of York is granted its appeal to delay the opening Zulus killed in blaze JOHANNESBURG AP Africas Soweto township set found in the ruins Victims of Zulu attacks in South fire to an eightblock hostel for Zulu migrant workers early today and two charred bodies were FOUND IN FR When he arrived at about 430 am he found both the outer armorplate window and the inner window of the display case broken One of the rocks had also made dent in the stores interior wall and some figurines in the window and some clocks on an interior shelf were broken The rock was sitting on an unbroken glass shelf Noise from the breakin was loud enough that the woman across the street lllllllllllllIIIlIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllillillllIlllllllllllllllillllIlillllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllIIllllllllilllllllillllllllllllllili including Aldermen Jim Perri Paul Wessenger Ross Archer Val Brucker Alex Arthur Ed Thompson and Mayor Parker The committee meets behind closed doors THREE TRIES Mayor Parker said she has tried to change the policy three times but has not met with suc cess from general government committee members At the closed council meeting last week she said consid erable time was spent discuss ing general policy relating to the replacement of em ployees who had left their jobs Replacements as well as new positions will be con sidered according to strict like this has ever happened worth of diamond rings from the display case in the City breakin nets thieves diamonds By RICHARD DUNSTAN EXAMINER STAFF WRITER cleaner hard to sell his plans public mesh he said criteria of need and tin municipalitys ability to pay she said The policy will be governed to some extent by the cxtsting economic conditions of the country she said Mayor Parker said individual salaries of dcpartmcnl heads are available to council members and the public as in the past but other salaries are only available in ranges In August the Barrie Ex aminer printed story making public the salaries of all employees of the city ex cluding the police department ranging between $11000 and $37000 This was the first time the salaries of city employees were ever printed Urges resignation of AIB chairman HAMILTON CP Ed Broadbent national leader of the New Democratic Party Tuesday called for the resigna tion of JeanLuc Pepin chair man of the federal anti inflation board Mr Broadbent told news conference that the govern ments decision to ease controls on profits leaves Mr Pepin no choice but to resign Commenting on revisions to the controls program an nounced in Ottawa on Tuesday Mr Broadbent said Mr Pepins power will be more limited in requiring companies to reduce prices on speci ic products Earlier Mr Broadbent said loopholes in the wage control program are allowing doctors lawyers and top business ex ecutives to receive salary in creases far above the $2400 yearly maximum set by tht government The NDI leader said doctors earning an average of $41000 year will receive an average of $5000 more this year Mr Broadbent accused lawyers as group of openly challenging the government by claiming no excess revenue even though their average ear nings of $42800 have increased by more than $2400 Executives he said can in crease their salaries by as much as they want through profitsharing and bonus ar rangements Controls on professionals and executives under the program are just sham he charged TED CONDITION Girl 13 entombed in PORT MOODY BC CP 13yearold girl held prisoner for 181 days in cramped un derground dungeon apparently was convinced she would be saved and even told her captor she hoped he would be her friend Donald Alexander Hay 43 is to appear in court Thursday charged with kidnapping rape gross indecency and unlawfully taking away female person against her will to have lined sexual relations with her Abby Drover disappeared from her home March 10 while walking to school Police feared she had been kidna ped and mounted search for er usmg helicopters tracking dogs and volunteers in an effort that prov fruitleSs guesses of psychics as to the girls whereabouts On Monday two police offi cers investigating reports that man living in the girls neigh borhood was planning to com mit suicide stumbled across an bunker under garage in which the girl was bein held The two star in disbelief as the frail emaciated girl craw led out of sixbyfivefoot con cretewalled pit STILL COMPOSED She was weak and barely able to walk but was com sed enough to tell the two officers know theres lot of people who are going to be glad to see me Abbys mother said the girl was tortured and tormented she had been threatened with Allan Imam on cubby hole She said the five footthreeinch blueeyed girl who weighed 100 pounds when she disappeared had lost 10 or 15 pounds during her ordeal Abby was examined and re leased from hospital then taken to relatives home for some rest Mrs Drover would not say whereAbby was staying Shes going to be retired kept out of the public li melight she said My daughters are much more reli ious than am but we all pray Mrs Drover said Despite her fear Abby was convinced she would survive In note scrawled on pink paper in the dungeon she had written GOD IIELIEI add has helned me so far cellar and he will help me to the fin ish God works in mysterious ways but what he does is right know you think Im stupid and like you say everybody is entitled to their own thoughs but believe in God and do believe in friends just wish you Would be my friend also know will get out of here so Im not worried know you dont believe in God but lll Just say that God will be with you the girl had written She is having tough time walking without assistance said Mrs Drover tears stream ing from her eyes as she told of her daughters ordeal Abbys going to need lot of tender loving care right now and were going to have to play it by car she said adding that the familv plans to takexi holi background Photo heard it he said The incident was also observed from distance by city street Mr Le Boeuf said he could probably identify the rings if he saw them but the thieves will probably not find them too suppose there lot of citizens out for nice bargain he said Mr Le Boeuf said he planned to open for business at am as usual today and ex pected to have the glass replaced by noon Well have to increase our security some way he said but declined to make hope we dont have to put up steel The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Wednesday Sept I976 Examiner You mean you have solution for Africas color problems and youre from America Firm studies auto rusting MONTREAL CP report commissioned by the Automobile Protection Associa tion AIA suggests Ford automobiles tend to have twice as much rusting as General Motors cars The report prepared by the Montreal engineering firm of llclplace Ltd involved study of 220 Ford and 234 GM cars in the 1970 to 1974 models AIA President Phil Ed monston said Tuesday the report was commissioned to determine if Ford automobiles operated in Quebec have poor resistance to rusting He said second report is be ing prepared to show why more rusting takes place in Ford cars The report underlines the need for federal authorities to pass class action legislation and for provincial authorities to enact strong warranty legisla tion he said Class act ions are civil suits in the name of class or group of persons having common grievance They are not recognized under existing civil lawin Canada day Mrs Drover said however one difficult chore that she dreaded having to do is no longer necessary The family had been planning to move With Abby gone we couldnt really stay here she said It was pretty hard But well be staying now Mrs Drover said the man with whom Abby was found sometimes drove neighborth children to school and had vis ited her home frequently even when her daughter was miss it The mans wife and her three children by previous mar riage were apparently unaware of the cell and its contents Mrs Drover said of her daughters abduetor My own Uh Itiarrir Exminrr lS Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 WeekIy WEATHER FORECAST 14 Pages A1122 passengers on plane escape injury in fiery crash BROCKET Alta CP All 22 persons on board chartered DC3 owned by Kelowna Flights Ltd of Kelowna BC escaped without injury Tuesday night when the plane crashed near this community about 50 miles west of Lethbridge transport department spokesman in Edmonton said the plane carrying members of Vernon BC lacrosse team home from tournament in Winnipeg left Lethbridge in the evening en route to Vernon The pilot reported fire in the tail section about 30 minutes after takeoff and told the control tower at Calgary In ternational Airport he was go ing to return to Lethbridge The spokesman said the tow er suggested the pilot try to land at Pincher Creek about 10 miles west of here and the plane then disappeared from the radar screen The next word received was from the RCMP about half hour later that the plane had crashed The spokesman said the plane was the crash On board were members of the Vernon Lodge Tigers who won the Canadian senior lacrosse title Monday Don Kendall reporter with the Vernon News and member of the lacrosse team said in an interview Tuesday night the plane crashed in field five miles east of here Mr Kendall said pilot Barry Lapointe of Kelowna was war ned by an overheat light on the control panel about the fire and heavily damaged in MULCASTERCODRINGTON Wo rs crossing no guard The intersection of Mulcaster and Codrington streets is the worst one in the city says Bar rie police officials But the public works com mittee isnt ready to recom mend using adult school cross ing guards there The committee Tuesday delt ferred decision until its next meetingin two weeks Aid Del Cole said the com mittee could not take any ac tion this year because of the cost involved hiring and equip ping guard The citys 1976 budget was set in the spring before area parents complained about dangers to children going to St Marys elementary school Earl Snider police chief told the committee Tuesday he was surprised by the number of vehicles using the intersection The police took traffic counts for five lays Monday June 14 to Friday June 19 The counts were in excess of 400 vehicles during 30 to 45 minute periods ITS BAD That is bad intersection and dont know what the answer is chief Snider said It might be advisable to put one an adult guard there Chief Snider attended the meeting with Constable Gary Logan police safety officer Constable Logan said the MulcasterCodrington intersec Township will ask OMB for look at secret report STROUD lnnisfil council today will ask the Ontario Municipal Board to make vailabie Barrics secret annex ation report Reeve Hill Gibbins said Tuesday night He said council will make two requests at special meeting of the MB in Toronto lnnisfil wants to examine First game in series set for next Saturday Beatrice Foods and Peter borough continue on the Orr tario Amateur Softball Associa tion OASA playoff trail Satur day at Queens Park Tom Thompson manager of Beatrice Foods said this morn ing that the OASA confirmed the Saturday opening of the bestofthree series Game time istipm No date has been set as yet for the second game in Peter borough report filed with The Ex aminer earlier this morning lists the OASA series as star ting Thursday at Queens Park Pagel4i This changed following the later confirmation by the ASA Earlier this week the OASA threw out protest by Streetsvillc lodged during the second game of their playoff series with Beatrice Streetsville protested what they felt was misinterpreta tion of the rules by the plate umpire Beatrice eliminated Streets Villc in two extra innings games 65 Peterborough eliminated Belleville 10 75 Carter meets anger in Scranton WASHINGTON AP President Ford stayed on home territory Tuesday while his political rival Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter took his campaign to the northeast United States and to an angry group of anti abortionists Carter met the demonstrators aShe arrived Tuesday night in Scranton Pa They lined the route Carter took from the airport to his hotel waving antiabortion signs and shouting at the Apologizes WASHINGTON AP Claude Wild Gulf Oil Corps former chief lobbyist today repudiated his claim that he had given $2000 in 1970 to Senator Bob Dole the Republican vicepresidential candidate 81 days heart reached out for his wife and his children They had no idea just cant imagine what they must be feeling She said Abby is not dis obedient child but shes stron en shes ill she always bounces backpeople are amazed at her determination to get better Mrs Drover said Abby is unable to sleep well and slept only for an hour or so after she returned from the hospital She has eaten ver little She says it hurts her stom ach when she eats guess her stomach has shrunk She said Abby is worried about her schooling She feels shes probably failed Grade Mrs Drover said visit Democratic presidential can didate And they mingled with Carter supporters at the hotel as the candidate arrived making throng estimated by police at 1000 people with one side shouting We want Carter and the other chanting Life life life Meanwhile in Washington Ford made some unusual ap pearances designed to make use of the White House as backdrop for what his cam ggigners hope will show him to working instead of cam paigning $40000 annexation report com missioned by Barrie council In addition lnnisfil wants the location of the Oct 28 OMB hearing changed from the citys small council chamber With all three township coun cils opposed Barrie has applied for permission to annex 20000 acres 13000 acres from In nisfil 4800 from Vespra and 2100from0ro The special report prepared by Proctor and Redfem con sultants has not been made public as Barrie council members said it would be used as evidence at the OMB hear ing Hays injured in car crash BARNESVILLE Ohio AP Wayne Hays the Ohio con gressman who resigned his seat amid allegations of involve ment in sexpayroll scandal was admitted to hospital Tuesday in satisfactory condi tion after traffic accident in nearby Wheeling Va Hayss physician Dr Richard Phillips said Hays sufv fered couple of bruised ribs and will be in Barnesville Hospital no longer than two or three days In Wheeling Deputy Bob Bell of the Ohio County sheriffs of fice said Hays was traveling west on Route 88 about three miles east of Wheeling and had his dog and an antique lamp on the front seat of new pickup truck As he came to turn the lamp apparently started to fall and Hays reached to grab it The truck veered into the east bound lane and collided with an Ogiebay State Park truck driven by William Bauer who was not injured then spotted the fire at the rear near the washroom Mr Kendall said that within four minutes the plane dropped 12000 feet and landed in field on the Peigan Indian reserve Seconds later Wolfgang Gat cher the teams general manager had the rear door open and the players escaped unhurt In two minutes the rear of the plane was engulfed in flames Mr Kendall said The passengers were taken to Pincher Creek by RCMP ct tion is considered the worst one in the city He said the next two worst in tersections are Toronto Sophia and Ross Streets and Essa Burton streets Constable Logan said the city uses about 903 student crossing guards with 250 of them work ing bus patrols According to statistics there has not been one fatality or ac cident in the city thanks to stu dent crossing guards dont think that adult crossing guards can make it any better for crossing he said just dont know how they can make it better Constable Logan works with the safety patrollers during the school year as police represen tative He said he is pleased with the results of the patrols which are working satisfactoryily Some people dont feel theyre working because of the waiting time not because of ac cidents he said Residents he said are com plaining because at some in tersections children have to wait eight to 10 minutes before traffic lets them across They cannot halt traffic The average motorist in Barrie is beautiful person he said On cold or rainy day theyll stop and let the children cross Chief Snider said he is not op posed to adult guards in the city and is willing to assist and train the people As long as it doesnt come out of the police budget dont mind assisting he said He said he is concerned about using adult crossing guards at the MulcasterCodrington in tersection Often he said the guards believe that as soon as stop sign is held up the motorist should stop immediately Im concerned about that in tersection especially with that grade hill there he said On an icy road it could be almost impossible for car to stop without going into slide Chief Snider also said often in other municipalities when the weather is bad the adults tele phone in sick and the intersec tion is left without guard He said the police are called to help but we just dont have the manpower to man cross walks The result of the police traffic count were Monday 830 to am 428 vehicles Tuesday 1140 am to 1205 pm 391 Wednesday 315 pm to pm 408 Thursday 830 to9 am 554 including motorcycles and bi cycles Friday 1130 am to noon 486 REPEAT PERFORMANCE FOR KOLMAR Barb Richards centre of the Barrie and District Ladies Softball League executive resents Linda Hodgckinson eft and Barb Blogg of Kolmar with the trophy emblematic of the league championship which Kol mar earned Tuesday night for the second consecutive year Kolmar trounced Georgian Sports 1243 at Shear Park Tuesday to win the bestofseven series 41 Story Page 14 Examiner Photo

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