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Barrie Examiner, 28 Sep 1976, p. 5

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PATRICIA HEARST arrives at the Alameda County Court House in Oakland Calif on Monday morning where she is scheduled to testify before the grand jury Patty was brought to Oakland frOm her cell at the Federal Youth Correctional Facility at Pleasanton AP Photo Hearsts home resembles college campus with fence PLEASANTON Calif AP At first glance Patricia Hearsts new home seems to be modern college campus with casually dressed young men and women lounging on patios sunbathing on lawns or reading on dormitory steps Prisoners But surrounding it is tall wire mesh fence designed to make sure that the forgers air irates drug smugglers and Bank robbers dont leave the re laxed surroundings before their graduation date The US Bureau of Prisons set cells afire MONTREAL CP More than 280 prisoners spent Mon day night and this morning bi vouacked in chilly autumn tem peratures in the courtyard of Laval Institute after setting fire to their cells in one wing of the maximumsecurity prison We are oing to try tonget some tents or them wa en Bienvenue Marcoux told reporters as wisps of smoke still puffed fr0m the century old grey stone structure just af ter midnight dont think they can go back to their cells because the damage is quite heavy We will decide later today where they will go He said there were no other cells available at Laval and he was not certain whether the men could be accepted at other prisons in the area Mr Marcoux said it is too early to place an estimate on the amount of damage It took more than three hours to evac uate prisoners out of the cell block and get firemen inside to bring the fire under control The warden said two prison ers were taken to hospital with injuries suffered when they ap parently fell from one tier of cells to lower level FIRE CAPPED PROTEST The fire followed three days of peaceful protest which began when 286 prisoners barricaded themselves in their wing of the institute at the end of recrea tion period last Friday night Wont be retaliation union tells workers WINDSOR Ont CP Indi vidual workers at General Mo tors of Canada Ltd need not worry about company retali ation if they take part in the Oct 14 day of protest United Auto Workers UAW union spokesman said Monday Alix Sinkevitch president of UAW Local 1973 said the union has warned the corporation any retaliation against individual workers or locals will prompt confrontation with the entire membership The Canadian Labor Congress has called on mem bers of organized labor to stay off the job Oct 14 to protest the federal governments wage and price controls Vote favors strike action MONTREAL CP About 110 sales personnel employed by TeleDirect Ltd the Bell Canada subsidiary which blishes the Yellow Pages ave voted in favor of strike union leader said Monday Ian Ford president of Local 57 of the Office and Profes sional Employees International Union said members of the lo cal voted durin the weekend 863 per cent in avor of giving the union leadership strike mandate He said the local represents TeleDirect employees in Mon treal Quebec City Ottawa Sudbury and Rouyn Que Mr Ford said em loyees re jected company of er which was zero He said TeleDi rects advertising sales were in creasing and the company wan ted the employees to do more work for the same pay Company spokesmen were not available for comment The TeleDirect employees now earn an average of be tween $22000 and $23000 year about half of which is salary and the rest is commis sion Mr Ford said Earlier company spokes man said GM will consider any walkout as violation of the collective agreement company decision on whether to go through the cour ts or take its own disciplinary action has not yet been made Nick Halls the companys news relations manager said But action of some sort will be taken Mr Sinkevitch said he does not antici te any problems for individua workers If they take action it will be against the local or the inter national not the individual he said Ray Lebert vicepresident of UAW local representing workers at the Chrysler Canada Ltd plant here said the one day protest could turn into longer strike if there are reprisals by the company assigned the newspaper heiress Monday to the twoyearold Federal Youth Correction Cen tre at Pleasanton to serve her sevenyear bank robbery sen tence She becomes eligible for parole in 16 months Prison spokesman Bill Meko says that after an orientation Miss Hearst will be given pri vate airconditioned room in one of the four dormitories Each room is equipped with bed desk dresser and toilet She can decorate any way she wishes and is responsible for keeping it clean The room has window without bars Miss Hearst has been in hospital room here since her sentencing last Friday She was taken Monday to the Alameda County Courthouse for secret testimony before grand jury investigating her Feb 1974 kidnapping Another witness was Steven Weed Miss Hearsts former fiance who was with her at the time of her abduction TREATED LIKE OTHERS Prison officials here say Miss Hearst will be treated just like the other residents of the 10 acre campus as the staff calls the prison The progressive facility is de signed to be as close to the out side world as possible mainly so prisoners can readjust smoothly to society when re leased The former University of Cal ifornia student can wear street clothes In her spare time she will have access to the dorm recrea tional facilitiestelevision shuffleboard and billiards She will get job assig ment Meko says It might be for example in the kitchen as clerk in the business office in the mechanical services as plumber or electrician depend ing on her interests and our needs If she wanted she could take college courses here to continue her education or correspondence courses And she will be free to social ize with the 100 men and 135 women residents between the ages of 18 and 26 listening to the juke box in the recreation centre playing tennis on cov ered outdoor courts attending weekend dances and picnics She can do almost anything she wishes as long as she doesnt break the three car dinal prison rules no drugs no sex and no escape Follow te Great ROOT BEAR to 347 Buyiield St A8 728094 M2 NEWS ROUNDUP Progress repo DETROIT AP Union sources say some progress has been made in ne otiating an end to the twowee old United Auto Workers strike against Ford Motor Co in the United States but not enou to bring about an imme iate set tlement union source said Monday he did not ex ct settlement until next wee at the earliest My guess is Ill still be here next Monda the source said outside the argaining suite at Fords headquarters in subur ban Dearborn Negotiators held morning subcommittee session on health insurance and formal maintable session for about an hour Monday afternoon The group later held another subcommittee session to dis cuss group life insurance be fore recessing for the day UAW spokesman said to days schedule remains open Ford and the UAW are trying to forge master threeyear agreement covering 700000 workers at the Big Four US auto companies Bargainers have said publicly they have not resolved any of the major issues which sparked the Sept 14 strike by 170000 Ford workers in the US But union and company sour ces indicated Monday that weekend of informal talks in volving only handful of top ranking negotiatiors for each side was constructive and may provide the basis for an immi nent settlement The strike has forced the lay off of almost 13000 Ford work ers in Canada because of par ts shortage and brought Fords North American production to halt The firm has lost 160000 units valued at about $1 billion from its September production schedules and is scrapping production through at least the irst week of October Is named LONDON Ont CP Gra ham McKechnie University of Toronto professor has been appointed as factfinder to in vestigate contract dispute be tween 408 elementary school teachers and the Middlesex board of education the Educa ti0n Relations Commission an nounced Monday Settlement SARNIA CP Represents tives of the Lambton board of health and Local 1291 Canadian Union of Public Em ployees have reached set tlement in contract dispute union spokesman said Monday The union members voted to ac cept the terms but the board still must ratify the pact Details of the contract were not released Charges laid NORTH BAY CP local man and Toronto woman have been charged in con nection with two separate stab bing incidents Joseph Thomas McLellan of North Bay was charged with assault with in tent to wound after Saturday incident here while Jean Milner of Toronto was charged with attempted murder after stabbing Sunday in Burks Falls Car recall DETROIT AP Chrysler Corp is recalling 1650 Newport and New Yorker 1975modcl passenger cars to find out whether an improper right lower control arm was installed on the cars officials said Mon day Officials said the cars pro duced late in the model year may have been built incorrectly with front suspension lower control arms that may be sub ject to fatigue failure Chrysler officials said that failure might result in partial disengagement of front road wheel INESI llinc in an cIcgunl alinosplicrc cnjo ing the finest ICuropcun spcciulv tics prcparctl In pcrfcctiun Vinc list includcs choicc importcd and dmncstic wincs and Ilunlpilgllts licscruiiions rcconinicndcd Coll CONTINENTAL CUISINE 726907 DINING ROOM 63 Collier St DON IAMIIISON raps boycott New policy OTTAWA CP External Affairs Minister Don Jamicson said Monday that Canada finds repugnant and unacceptable Arab boycott0flsrael measures that can affect Canadian business The minister speaking in the presence of Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allen said new Canadian policy on the matter will come out of cabinet shortly He did not indicate what if any penalties or sanctions the government plans against those who obey such Arab boycott measures as insisting that corn panics that deal with them un dertake not to deal with Israel Mr Jamieson spoke after he and Mr Allon signed memo randum of undcrstanding under which new CanadaIsrael joint committee for the development of trade and economic cooperation will be created Found dead BAINSVILLll nt Provincial policc arc in vestigating the dcth of Fran cis Robinson 75 of Buillsvillc who was found dead Sunday of gunshot wound in bed at his home in this community 20 miles east of ornwall The body of Mr Robinson retired armed forces colonel was found by his wife policc said Monday Suit filed TORONTO IP Polaroid Corp said Monday it has filed suit against Eastman Kodak Co and Kodak Canada Ltd for alleged infringement of 10 Canadian patents owned by Polaroid spokesman said the suit was filed Friday in the Federal ourt of Canada charging that Kodak instant cameras and instant print film infringe the Polaroid patents For sale LONDON ni Lon don Arena recently pronoun ced unsafe under certain wind and snow conditions by the provincial labor ministry is up for sale Owner Joc McManus said Monday he decided to sell the 52yearold arena used for roller skating various shows and bingo games after deter mining it would cost $100000 to reinforce the structural Steelwork and renovate the in srde Sale price is $275000 Dies at 76 LAGUNA HILLS Calif AP Cecil Underwood producer of the Fibber McGee and Molly radio program and 40year yeteran of the entertainment industry has died at 76 The broadcast veteran began his ca reer at radio station KHQ in Seattle Wash in 1925 Chosen one LOUISVILLE Ky AP week ago William Summitt told friends he might live forever Perhaps he said in good humor he was Gods chosen one Summitt suffered heart attack Friday morning and died Sunday night He claimed to be 124 years old born on farm in Spencer County on March 1852 More doctors WASHINGTON AP The shortage of physicians in the United States is ending the House of Representatives de cided Monday and moved to halt the flow of foreign physi cians into the country The House approved 1976 Health Manpower Act which would end the preferential immi ration status the United States as ac corded foreign physicians Atrocities UNITED NATIONS Reuter former South African con script told the UN Council for Namibia Southth Africa on Monday that he had wit nessed atrocities carried out by South African troops in the disputed territory The con script 21yearold Bill An derson first made his charges In the British Guardian newspaper in August and was xaking Monday on the eve of 10 UN Security Council debate on Namibia Held up SIDON Lebanon Renter Armed men held up United Na tions observers near the Israeli Lebanese border Monday wounding UN soldier in formed sources reported car belonging to the United Nations lrucc Supervision Organization was travelling to an ob servation post at Manara Lebanon when it was stopped and seized by the men the sour ces said Talks held IEKING Reuter Former US defence secretary James Schlesinger had 2lglthour meeting with Chinese Defence Minister Yet Chicnying hcrc Monday United States sources said the two men had thor ough and serious discussion of international defence questions with particular cm phasis on Asia IMPERIAL CINEMA MANDINGO THE Fussf Deserter EDINBURGH Scotland Reuter British soldier who deserted to the Irish republic while serving in Nor thern Ireland was dismissed from the army Monday and sentenced to six months deten tion in military prison Fusilier Gerard Burns 21 Roman Catholic admitted leserting in May 1974 Hard labor TOKYO Reuter An ex convict was sentenced Monday to 14 months hard labor for dis tributing obscene pictures rep resenting Emperor Hirohito and other members of the im perial family Kenzo Okuzaki 56 passed out 3600 of the pic tures in the capital last April JOE LARK new policies Ready but OTTAWA CP Progressive Conservative Leader Joe Clark said Monday that he is prepared now to take on Prime Minister Trudeau in general election But he said he didnt expect an election battle at the mo ment and the Conservatives would take advantage of the next 18 months to consult Cana dians and solicit their help in forming new policies Mr Clark spoke to reporters before entering planning ses sion with key Conservative MP5 The session to be contin ued today will plot strategy to be followed by Conservatives when Parliament resumes next month The Conservative leader said he doesnt go along with those who believe the Trudeau gov ernment is so unpopular that all the Conservatives have to do is to bide their time until the next election Opinion polls Show Liberal popularity with the voters at record low Recovers VATICAN ITY AP Ar chbishop Agostino Casaroli the Vaticans foreign minister NOW PLAYING 710 905 PM Drum Is THE EXPLOSION DRUM WARREN urns salon KEN NORTON PAM BRIER YAPHEI KUTIil JUHII CULICUS fIIlIII LEWIS Piuu KELLY BRENDA svns runAV RN IHh tnmin Scream Jy NORMAN II lino will our Irv Illll IMPERIAL NOW PLAYING 705 PM The most powerful famin film of our time1 cum Rncm FARNON OJWEL BLANCH BRENDA VENUS aux may MAN DAIIDN Dom mun MEL BEHAMY rlani um Mun In unimurmurs DOIKIMS SILVA ELEANOR 1AM Inm um IIW ll out on mum mun mm Alannaw nmrmnawn uu The Barrie Examiner Tuesday Sept 28 19765 rted in auto strike talks resumed work Monday fully recovered from sickness that caused him to faint during an embassy reception two weeks ago There is nothing wrong with me doctors say the pre late told re rters It was due to an iceco drink Twin cities MOSCOW Reuter Baku the Soviet Unions fifth largest city has agreed to become the twinned city of Houston Texas Tass news agency reported Monday Houston delegation was being invited to visit Baku to work out joint program Tass said Chess by TV MOSCOW AFP World chess champion Anatoly Kar pov has played his first move an English opening in game against West German television viewers which is ex pected to last until March next year In an interview with Tass news agency Monday Karpov said the match will be on West German television each week for 10 minutes Viewers will see Karpovs move and their joint reply will be decided by group of experts sifting moves sent in on postcards Airman dies TOKYO Router Japa nese airman has died after collision over the Pacific Ocean in an exercise to test defences against enemy intruders the defence agency said Tuesday Two other airmen in Mondays collision between F104J Star rfighter plane and T33 fet trainer aircraft about 100 mi cs off northern Japan were res cued Tuesday the agency said Both were injured fourth air man had been rescued shortly after thecollision Now lawyer WALLINGFORD Conn AP John Downey im prisoned for 21 years by the Chinese Communists as spy said Monday he expects to begin general smalltown practice as lawyer here next month Downey 41 was con victed of espionage after his plane was shot down over Man churia in 1952 46 OUNLOP ST BARRIE mizléai FAMOUS PLAYERS THEATRE HOWARD pep Me clotted and fell Me null CASTLE OE rename LIVING DEAD JEAN CllRETlEN made sales Pact signed OTTAWA CP Jean Chre tien on his first selling mission as federal industry minister announced Monday he has suc cessfully sold heavy equipment and skim milk powder to Vane zuela In telephone news confer ence from Caracas Venezuela Mr Chretien said contract had been signed for the sale of five hydroelectric power gener ators worth $60 million to the Venezuelan government They are to be built at the Peterborough Ont plant of Caéiadian General Electric Co Lt In addition Venezuela is buy ing 1500 tons of skim milk pow der from surplus stocks in Can ada over the next three months If the delivery and uality are acceptable Venezuela may be come permanent market for the powder he said Nordiques seek support MONTREAL CP Quebec Nordiques have been asked to represent the World Hockey As sociation in the lzvestia Hockey tournament in Moscow in Des cember but general manager Maurice Filion said Monday the team wants other WHA teams to provide reinforcements They have asked us to rep resent the WHA in Moscow said Filion But we are not go ing there as tourists to see the Kremlin or Red Square GER ON WHEELS HE WIPES THEM OFF THE ROADS SHOWN DAILY AT 700 850 PM Eat My Dun 855 only Win Place or Steal 7l5 iiu nouns mm 05le smzusou al in IKrDIN own what an STEAL wrth Ictwl DEM RUSS WILLS SIIVEIISOII SIOCKWEU TWIN Giant Spider Invasion 345 Castle of living Dead pm LESLIE PARRISH mi ALAN HALE directed by BILL REBANE DISTRIBUTED BY GROUP EWING COLOR THE memo 55 III ITEIIMM

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