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Barrie Examiner, 26 Aug 1978, p. 1

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Wig moustache foun in wirdh GENEVA AP Swiss police have found Wig false moustache coat and glasses aboard Trans World Airlines plane im mobilized for eight hours by hijack scare and speculated that they belonged to passenger who started the apparent hoax and then shed his disguise Detectives fingerprinted searched and questioned the 78 passengers about the chain of events aboard the Boeing 707 jet which led to major hijack alert at Cointrin Airport here and preparations for pOSsible storming the plane by antiterrorist police But investigators said that apart from the disguise that no hijack suspect has been dis covered and the passengers were let go number of passengers from the New Yorkto Geneva flight were expected to continue on by plane today to the southern French resort city of Nice HANDS OVER LISI The crisis began said passengers and accounts from TWA as the plane flew over the Irish Sea Friday and an unknown passenger slipped rambling 19page statement and list of demands to stewar dess She called the pilot instantly he radioed European control towers the plane was under control by elements and the Geneva airports assistant press chief told reporters the plane had been hijacked But passengers were told nothing until the plane landed in Geneva We didnt know anything was gomg on until we landed and then we just waited on the ground said Mildred Meyers 69 of Southbury Conn who was headed for Europe with her husband Kirt Captain Robert Hamilton told the passengers on the ground that the plane was held by hijackers The flight crew apparently remained safely locked in the cockpit during the entire ordeal passenger from New York Nina Axclrod recalled that while we were waiting on the ground passengers began to look at each other trying to figure out who the hijacker was But passengers said there never was any panic The plane remained on the ground for about eight hours before two negotiators from the airline and the airport police boarded to seek out the alleged hijackers No one came forward to identify himself as hijacker however and passengers and crew soon filed off the plane The hijack note which Geneva Police Chief Guy Fontanet called extraordinarin con fusing was signed by the United Revolutionary Soldiers of the Reciprocal Relief Alliance for Peace Justice and Freedom Everywhere lt threatened that the lane would be blown up by remote control un ess authorities met series of demands including the freeing of the former Nazi deputy fuehrer Rudolf Hess jailed for life in West Berlins Spandau prison Robert Kennedys convicted assassin Sirhan Sirhan imprisoned in Soledad Calif and five Croatian hijackers also jailed in the United States But Swiss police found no bomb aboard Ottawa Airport wait yawning affair for Drew Rutherford to of Florida No date set for talks in Air Canada dispute MONTREAL tlrr Negotiators for Air Canadas 7500 ground service employees de spite holding strategy session here today have given no indication when they might meet officials to work out an end to the shutdown which has halted the airlines operations since Friday As soon as the companys ready and as vJick3 Very impressive Mr Jones but gold teeth are not the kind of collateral had in mind inside lifestyle entertainment 13 business 11 Sports comics classified 15 to 19 saturday Is for BUSINESS Gets federal contract FROM TillJ tIlr BLB IIAl Of The Examiner OTTAWA Barrie Floor and Wall Co Ltd has won $17016 contract with the defence department to replace floor covert ings at CFB Borden the department of sup ply and services has announced At the same time the department an nounced the award of two contracts worth $29330 to Midland Buildall which has agreed to provide the liidian and northern affairs department with construction materials They were among the 343 unclassified contracts worth $10000 or more that were awarded by the supply and service depart ment to anadians during the week ended Aug AMC boosts prices DETROIT tAli American Motors Corp will boost prices an average of 46 per cent on 1979 passenger cars and 65 per cent on 1979 Jeep vehicles the company said Fri day The move will boost prices $235 on the averageequipped passenger car AMC said The company had no dollar figure on the Jeep price increases AMC chairman Gerald Meyers said the price increase are necessary to recover higher costs The new AMt cars go on sale in September and the Jeep vehicles in Oc tober The increases higher than the 41 per cent last week by General Motors Corp partly reflect more accessories as standard eqmp ment than on 1978 models Meyers said The cheapest subcompact Spirit Will wrry suggested retail price of $3899 about to per cent above the base price of $3539 on the 1978 Gremlin which it replaces But the Spirit will have more stan dard equipment Come home to The Examiner Gall 7266539 for homedelivery soon as we re ready well sit down and talk said Barry Shaw chicf negotiator for the employees who belong to the International Asstxiation ot Machinists and Aerospace Workers ll Many weekend travellers had to scurry to find seats on other airlines or switched to other modes of transport inc of the 12 union negotiators had to travel through the United States to get here for todays scsSion Air anada normally carrics around 4oooo passengers day Shaw acknowlulgcd that the negotiating team which has twice rcachcd tciitatiyc agreements with ir anadii that wcrc liitcr rejected by the iiiciiibciship hiid number ot problcnis to work out before it could iiicct airline negotiators for third try llc said hc expected thc iiatioiiallyowiicd carrier faced with daily losses of close to $3 million during the shutdown would bi anxious to restart talks and he didnt cxpwt cithcr sidc to post conditions for rcsuiiip tioii Red Cross needs donors The Barrie Branch of the unadiiin ltcd ross Society will hold blood donor clinics Monday and Tuesday from to in and to 830 in Trinity Parish Hall 24 ollicht Mitlllt Moiphy of the licd ross says it is vital to have good supply of blood on hand with the Labor Day weekend coming up Summer always provcs to be drain on blood supplies because pcoplc forget to at tciid blood clinics and there are usually more ac cidents at this time of year she said of we Looks back on 25 years Reg Lachance has been selling In surance in this area for 25 years Hes sold lot of insurance In that time more than million dollars worth And hes seen lot of changes in the Insurance business Lachance has no plans to retire from the business but took some time to look back on his career this week for The Examiner For his story see todays Business Page 114th year No 99 Saturday August 26 1978 5° Par copy Carrier Home Delivery 90 Weekly the examine serving barrie and simcoe county 20 pages What price gasoline ltlltthlt itli biict cut in gasoliiic prices at sonic stations and confusion among oil companies appear to be the result of thc federal govciniiicnis latest cconoiiiic incas urcs lcxaco aiiada Ltd lowcrcd gas pricis at itssclt scry stations by thric coins Friday to reflect three cciit cut in thc gas cxcisc tax announccd lhujsdiiy by liniinci Minister Jcaii hrcticn llicic was no certainty iii lcpciidcni gas dciilcrs would follow suit Alastair iillcspic monster of ciicigy mines and resources announced Friday that oil compiinics will be allowed to iiicrczisc gasolincpriccs by an aycragcot Bccntsaiid licatiiig oil by ccnts nct Thursday to offsct higlicr ictiniiig triiiisportatioii zind nuirkctingcosls spokesiiiiin for iilf iinndii Ltd ltobcit Vallancc siiid lllt company will iiicicisc gas prices next Thursday by four totic cciits lhc cxcisc tax was icdiiccd to oftsct ii iii barrel incrciisc lll iitltlt oil Iltl liil Kcrc battlcd and ii spokcsinan for Shcll aniida Ltd We dont know what tit townstiilkiiigabout SUMlItililcl is Sun till Ltd said Friday it was llll incdiiitcly imposing lllltt cciit lttllltl ioii on new gas dclncicd to tltilltls iltci iiiirliiiitlit lhiirsdiiy night but not on gas tlI dciiici iii cntoiics for which ilic tilt ti has il niidy bccii piiid titlicr iiiiijoi oil tllliilllllt ippnicntly followed thcsiiiiicpolitw The net cftcci at lulfs piiiiips taking into account tlic thru cciit tXtlt tai cut will ftt an liicicusc of tip to two tlll gallon Vallunccsziid llc siiid iillcspios iiiiioiiiicciiiciii of ll pci ccnt iiicrcasc probably did not ilht into account ltltlttllltl oil company applicatioir for higher piittslollitAll Vc haw to ltiHt littlc liititiidcf hc said Slitll official said Vc wish lic itimtomi had donc bcttci job in thinking this through llc should llilU sitl thc pricc Ittllltllttlls dont go into ctloct until next lhursday tlult sjmkcsiiiiin said limiting oil lllllll lcctcd by tlic cxcisc ti ciit will illtltlt iiist lliursdziy by loiir to lic cents ii gallon lcxaco ijikcsiiiaii said thc coiiipiiny able to cut piiccs iiiiiiicdintcly ill its scll sciyc stations bccziiisc it owns tliciii and tilt cxcisc tax on gas is not prc paid Girl to stand trial ltllithlll itli It ycni old girl was ordcrcd Friday to stand trial in thc dcnth ot Toronto taxi tllll Susan Lynn Wood was cliiirgcrl with first dcgicc iiltlitltl illltl tlii scxiiiilly iiilitilatcd body of diivcr ltobcit lcarson til was found in an iipiiitiiicnt April it After protests by taiu drivcis tlntario Attorncy lciicrzil ltoy McMIirtry ordcrwl an appcal of licr iclciisc on bail in liily Shi was frcc for 3k wccks bcforc tlic tintaiio Appeal toutt rcscindml lttt biiil TIC meetings planned ltlltthltl Itli ltcprcscntiitivcs of thc loronto lraiisit toiiiiiiission and thc Ainalganiiitcd Transit lnion nict again with two provincial goycrninciit con ciliators Friday and more meetings are planncd this week spoktsiiicii for both sides said The willingness to continue inccting ndiiccs the possibility of strike which would seriously disrupt ccntcnnial cclc brations of tlic aiiadian National Exhibition which closcs Labor My Sept Madness pays off About to downtown businesses remained open until midnight Friday in Midnight Madness Sale that one organizer says was resounding success Peter Mclntyre cochairinaii of the events promotional coinmiltcc of the Downtown Improvement Board says response was good if one mans sales are any indication know of one merchant who madc $300 between tin and the close of the sale he said am the new Downtown cntrc had the best business it has had since it open ed Mclntyre says response from the mch chants topped last years effort Id say we had at least five or six more stores take part this year he said Mclntyre drove up and down downtown streets during Friday nights sale to monitor public reaction and says people came in two waves one between 830 and 930 pm and another between t0130 and 11 pm Ambulance attendants arrive on the scene of mock airplane crash Friday at Collingwood Air Piper Navajo and Piper Seneca collided The exercise was part of drill designed and supervised by the Ontario No real victims in this crash port in which NobOdy seems sure Ministry of Health to evaluate the areas emergency ser vices Preliminary reports indicate the minis try was satisfied with the performance of all units but complete and detailed report wont be released until next week For additionaldetails see Page Examiner Photo RCMP officers taken to task Police actionhorrifies judge llillltlilltltltt li llorritying disgusting and nauscating was tbi dcsciiptioiP givcii Friday by provincia court judgc commenting on the actions of lllltt New Brunswick lttMlofficcrs Judge James llaipci iiiiidc thc comment tollowiiig it prcliiiiiiiaiy licailng into first dcgrcc nnirdcr chargc against Mary Norm lilltillllttll iiciirby Maligcrvdlc NB ilc granch the accused full dischargc on scvcriil grounds including insufficient lllltt to warrant it trial Ihc jiidgc said attcr thc licaiing most of which was held in oii dirc procctxling which prohibits publication of testimony while nearing or trial is in progress that he has nothing but disrespect and scorn for pl Howard Brenton amcron and tpl James tanol and he said Sgt Raymond Ronald Renaud is anything but an honorable man Iudgc Harper was referring to the way the thrcc lttMl officers treated the accused aftcr aiTcsting her late on the night of March 38 and questioning her into the early hours of March 29 He called the treatment given Mrs lalointe cruel and he said he could never liavc imagined such thing happening on this side of tiic Iron turtain Testimony during the hcanng showed that deadie Wrong distance call Conservative Leader Joe Clark holds the speaker of telephone to his ear Friday in his Parliament Hill office in Ottawa Clark was speaking into microphone on his desk while monitoring the response on the telephone The Air Canada strike forced Clark to speak vIa telephone to the Halifax Chamber of Commerce rather than appear in person CP Photo Mrs LaPointe had been interrogated for seven hours at the end of which she was admitted unconscious to the Dr Everett Chalmers Hospital here suffering from an apparent overdose of sedatives That was on the morning of March 29 She was kept in hospital overnight and questioned by RCMP officers the following day thejudge said Testimony also showed she was refused on more than one occasion permission to contact her lawyer LaPointe 27 had been charged following the March shoot ing death of Richard Budd Lhe man she lived with at Maugerville Swimmers sent home WESI BERLIN CP Two Canadian swimmers including the son of senior swimming official were sent home today from the world aquatic championships for breaking team ban on drinking Ion Talbot anadian mens team coach told reporters that George Nagy 21 of Toronto and Jay Tapp 18 of Winnipeg reported back to their hotel after 930 pm curfew Friday with the odor of alchohol about them They were put on plane for Frankfurt today where they were to catch con necting flight for Toronto Iwo British swimmers Jimmy Carter and Paul Naisby also were being sent home by their team for the same reason Tapps father Larry president of the Aquatic Federation of Canada is here as meet official but was not available for comment It wasnt just one drink and it wasnt only beer either said Talbot If we hadnt taken action with those guys it would have been licence for others to do what they want Both Nagy and Tapp had one more event each Nagy was to swim in todays 10o metre butterfly and Tapp in the 4le medley relay at the windup of the cham pionships on Monday Transplant first WASHINGTON tReuter US doctors have performed the worlds first successful testicle transplant The magazine Fertility and Sterility says Using delicate microsurgery techniques they removed testicle from soyearvold man and im planted iii his twin brother identical except that he was born without testicles Dr Sher man Silber of St Louis Mo reported that the recipient has normal hormone levels and normal sexual drive and activity weather bright weekend is in store for this area with sunny skies forecast for today and Sunday Highs today 20 to 23 Overnight lows to ti Sunday highs of 2i to 23 iickig

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