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Barrie Examiner, 16 Sep 1976, p. 3

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MOMENT TO REMEMBER Prime Minister Trudeau presents Team Canada cap tain Bobby Clarke with the Canada Cup following wir over Czechs Wednesday night Between them is for mer Montreal Canadiens coach Toe Blake CP Photo Robertson quits CBC goes to CTVnetwork TORONTO CP Lloyd Robertson veteran CBCTV late evening newscaster has jumped to the CTV network and will join Harvey Kirck in new evening newscast on the pri vatelyowned network next month it was announced Wed nesday Robertson decided to make the move after 22 years with the publiclyowned radio and television corporation when the CBC could not promise him op portunities to report important news events personally instead of simply reading newscasts written by CBC newerOm staf fs The switch was an embar assing one for the CBC which had invited reporters and radio TV critics from across the country to Toronto for three days of previews of shows in the new fall network schedule Robertson had recorded promotion piece for The Na tional the CBCs major evening newscast and it was shown as part of the previews Then Knowlton Nash direc tor of news and current affairs for the CBC said Thats the last time youll see Lloyd Rob ertson on the CBC Robertson goes on leave until his old con tract expires at the end of the month SAYS OFFER BETTER Nash said CTVs offer to Rob ertson far exceeded anything the CBC could meet hinting that his total packachsalary and fringe benefitsmight be doubled at CTV Robertson however said the CBC had met his money de mands for the first five years of new contract which would be renewable for another five Ne gotiations broke on the second fiveyear term and Robertsons request for more live reporting assignments The CTV network and Rob ertson refused to disclose his new salary Robertson said he has been making in the neigh borhood of $50000 with the CBC But money was not the princi pal point at issue Robertson said It was question of re porting assignments He said the CBCs news setup has long been troubled inter union disputes with Ca nadian Wire Service Guild in sisting that he merely read the news not report it fEVERYTHING ELECTRIC NEWS ROUNDUP Dates for metric conversion announced HALIFAX CP The Metric Commission announced metric conversion timetables Wednesday affecting automobiles schools and real estate As of Jan all new automo biles sold in Canada will be re quired to have metric speed ometers Road signs are to be con verted to use kilometres in stead of miles by December 1977 Gasoline pumps are to measure in litres instead of gallons by Jan 1979 All land measurement sur veying and town planning is to be in metric measure by the end of 1978 Students from elementary school through postsecondary schools will learn only metric measures within few years Teaching in elementary and secondary schools is expected to be predominantly metric by September 1979 Teaching in postsecondary nonuniversity schools is expected to be pre dominantly metric by Septem ber 1980 The timetable for univer sities is expected to be ready for commission approval by nextMarch Four other timetables are ex pected to be approved today the end of the twoday meeting here Sixteen conversion time tables for various parts of the economy have been approved since the commission began work New chairman OTTAWA CP Bruce WilI son of Thornhill 0nt retired business executive will take over this weekend as chairman of the Committee for an Inde pendent Canada Mr Willson 55 is the only candidate for the post at the groups annual meeting in Lu nenburg NS second candi date withdrew from the race He is former president of Union Gas Ltd and Canadian Bechtel Ltd and still holds di rectorships in several com panies Mr Willson involved in the energy industry since 1945 will direct the committees partici pation in the current hearings on northern natural gas pipe line Women in MINNEAPOLIS AP The House of Bishops of the Episco pal Anglicani Church voted Wednesday to admit women to the priesthood step that would alter church tradition of more than four centuries Quasar See all the action in color UNTZ CENTRE NO PAROLE Richard Speck above who was convicted in 1966 of murdering eight eight stu dent nurses in Chicago was denied parole Wednesday See story on Page AP Photo Expressway TORONTO CP City coun cil passed motion Wednesday asking the province to close the recentlyopened extension of the Spadina Expressway until Premier Davis honors promises made last May Council said that among promises not kept was that traffic control sys tem would be worked out if the extension in the citys nor thwest end was allowed Horses unhurt BALSAM CREEK Ont CP tractor trailer hauling load of horses for circus went through guard rail Wed nesday on Highway 73 plunged down an embankment snapped utility pole and rolled over on its side Police said the driver and 10 horses were not injured Damages to the truck were esti mated at $9000 Balsam Creek isjust east of North Bay Gets 60 days MORRISBURG nt CPI Walter Zahrebelny 40 Wil Iiamsburg pharmacist was sentenced in provincial court Tuesday to 60 lays in jail and fined $1000 on charge of defrauding the Ontario Drug Benefit Plan of $5000 between September 1974 and Novem ber 1975 Sentenced COLLINGWUOI nt Tl Frank Haourt 25 of olling IBAYFIIELD MALL BARRIE wood was sentenced to 18 mon ths in jail and his brother Gerald 23 of Wasaga Beach Ont received 90 days and was fined $250 when they appeared in provincial court Tuesday The two brothers were charged with assaulting two policemen and two citizens who attempted to he the policemen during distur ance June 13 Was first BRIGHTS GROVE Ont CP plaque com memorating the founding of Canadas first commune will be unveiled Sept 23 in this com munity about 15 miles east of Sarnia The plaque is being erected by Ontarios Historic Sites Board to mark the site where Henry Jones retired navy pursor established the commune in 1829 Donates beans TORONTO CP Ontario will donate $156000 worth of white beans to the Red Cross for distribution in North Africa Agriculture Minister William said Wednesday The minister said in statement that the beans which are high in protein content and nutritional value will be purchased from the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board for $13 hun dreweight Prince dies PARIS Reuter Prince Paul of Yugoslavia who ruled his country for several years before the Second World War as the regent of King Peter II died at the American Hospital here Tuesday after long illness family friends said Wednesday He was 93 Paul who lived in Paris for many years was the eldest brother of King Alexan der of Yugoslavia who was assassinated by Croatian nationalists in Marseilles in 1934 May use TV THOROLD Ont CP Town council is investigating the possibility of using closed circuit television in an attempt to stop vandalism at local cemetery council spokesman said infrared cameras might be borrowed from the St Law rence Seaway Authority Last week more than $5000 damage was done to memorials in the Lakeview cemetery near the Welland canal Ships collide WASHINGTON AP The aircraft carrier John Ken nedy and the destroyer Borde lon collided during refuelling operation 100 miles north of Scotland on Tuesday night the US Navy announced Wednes day Bordelon crew members were injured navy spokes man reported Two charged LONDON Reuter mil lionaires daughter and her hus band were committed Wednes day for trial on charges of forg ery Felicia Cough 18yearold daughter of Canadianborn George de Chabris and her husband Richard both charged with 17 counts of forging and ut tering forged National Savings bank books and obtaining money by deception were re leased on bail pending trial Pilot stabbed TOKYO AP An elderly couple on an aerial sightseeing trip stabbed the pilot and cameraman in the fourseat plane while flying south of Tokyo Wednesday then jumped into the sea from an altitude of more than mile police re ported The plane made an emergency landing at Tokyo In For detaiIs see page Sears CORRECTION There is an error on page 10 of our Sears days tIyer The error states brushed peignor sets value $500 to $2000 for $999 should have read value of $1500 to $2000 for $999 We regret any inconvenience this may have caused you our customer SEARS BARRIE Georgian Mall 509 Bayfield St San Andros Lovers Band In uctlon IF YOU WOULD LIKE SOME The Barrie Examiner Thursday Sept 16 19763 ternational Airport The pilot and the cameraman suffered stab wounds from knife and scalpel Pool bylaw ST CATHARINES CP Judge Burridge of Kitch ener fined man $2 in provin cial court Wednesday on two charges of failing to comply with swimming pool bylaw mmammvmmmnotos nun mqu mnd mo mu imam mu mum aqnmu Md mi 1m mnnv mi man HINIJ ISIIN $3lt0 fling Worth looking into Pete Si 2nd Fluov Onlha 32 2601 B0 A1 $4500 cow Qpnca THE San Andros Lovers Band ENJOY TIIEIR ISLAND MUSIC AND CHARM AT THE BAYFIELD MALL Saturday Sept 18th 304 30 IN FORMATION ABOUT OWNING PIECE OF CANADA SOUTH ON TROPICAL ANDROS 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