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Barrie Examiner, 18 Oct 1976, p. 1

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EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation 7266539 Classified Advertising 7782414 All Other Departments 7266537 112th YearNo 243 The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Monday October 18 I976 LEGION HOCKEY PARADES INTO NEW SEASON Barrie Royal Canadian Legion Minor Hockey of ficially kicked off new season with its annual parade of teams Saturday Players of the many teams involved in the minor hockey organization gathered at City Hall for the morning parade which eventually ended at Public accepting swine flu shots By THE ASSOCATED PRESS Health officials in the United States say public acceptance of the countrywide swine flu vac cine program is increasing again after sharp drop follow ing the reports of 35 deaths among persons who received the inoculations Federal health officials have said the vaccine had nothing to do with the deaths Nine states cancelled their in oculation rograms last week after the eaths in Pennsylva nia of three elderly persons who received the vaccine Thirty NEWS QUIZ Have you been keeping up with national and international news in recent weeks You can test your grasp of current news by taking Your News Quiz on Page Ti Each week the Quiz has interesting questions on the people and events in the news Why not take it now and see how highly you can seore Your news quiz is published by The Examiner as service to the students in our area Rev Walter Lee of St Pauls Church lnnisfil and two young members of the con regation Louise loft and im Harrison admire the two other deaths were later re ported However all of the states have since announced the re sumption of the program and almost all public health centres involved are to resume oper ations today Friday the US Centre for Disease Control CDC said that the vaccine was not responsible for the deaths of 35 persons most of them elderly after receivingthe shots It is clear to us that there is no basis to conclude that there is any increased mortality be cause of the flu shot program said Dr Donald Millar of the AVOIDSSIIOTS In Pennsylvania health offi cials said there was sharp de cline in the number of persons getting the shots shortly after the death reports but by the end of the week the rate was rising Officials in some states in cluding Wyoming Kansas Montana and Maryland said the inoculation program ran on schedule last week CHUICH CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY birthday cake made to celebrate the 125 anniversary of the church Members of the congre ation held din ner Satur ay night at St the Barrie Arena Following the official puck dropping ceremonies conducted by Mayor Dorian Parker and EH just got Ehrlichmans autograph China reports nuclear test TOKYO AI China has announced its 19th nuclear test explosion and in the process underlined the ascendancy of Premier llua Kuofeng Hsinliua the official hinese news agency said on Sunday that the success of the underground test was due to re cent decisions of the om munist party central commit tcc headed by onirzidc llua Kuofcng This was the formula previously used to at tribute the success of everything accomplished in China to the teachings of the late Mao Tsetung Georges Parish Hall in Bar rie to roast the church and their minister Examiner Photo legion president Bob Dun can players participated in skating session The Legion Minor Hockey schedule has MONTREAL lheGa games slated each Monday and Saturday at the Barrie and Eastview Arenas Ex aminer Photo Date of election expected tonigh Language Act passed two zctte says lrcniicr Robert flour with Hill It LUV Pllmll l0 rassa will announce Noycni her provincial election tonight on television in speech filmed during the weekend Quoting cabinet sources the newspaper says Mr liolilnssn will likely say he is calling the election year early because he needs it mandate to nigo tiatc terms under which final authority on the anadian con stitution would be brought home from Britain Meanwhile the prcniicr spent part of the weekend trying to rccovcl lost support from nonlieiicli tlltls alienated by lllt tlii ml li cnch in Quebec Armed robbery ends in death SEDlJIi Sask Tl Two persons were shot and killed during an armed robbery at church supper Sunday night in this community about miles southeast of Regina lit ll said two armed men entered the catholic church here about titl in and took an lllllllst loser amount if livll Board chairman argues against making centre LEFRHY lnnisfil council may be establishing too many community centres in the south part of the township says led Corner chairman of the South lnnisfil community centre lxnird Three groups who want to use the former chroy elementary school as community centre are to meet council in private tonight In letter to council Mr or ner argued against turning the former Hell Ewart school into community centre onncil re ccnlly obtained both schools for SI each from the Sinicoc ounty Board of Education Councils proposal to establish the old Hell Ewart school as community centre will conflict with the use of the South liiiiisfil community cen trc Mr orncr said in his let ter The South lnnisfil centre built two years ago includes an auditorium and skating arena This area cannot support IA more than onc community ccnr re is evident by the present dctn it of the South liinisfil community ccntrc operating bnihw for 1173 To Mr ornei siiirl An alternative considerzr lll would be to sell these pro perties the old Hell Ewart community hall and former school and the funds could be used by the South lnnisfil coin niunity centre to accommodate smaller group activities eg senior citizens Guides Brownies and Tubs We are concerned with the future operating expenditures if the Hell Ewart proposal is adopted Mr orner said flaring already decided to establish the licll Ewart coin niunity centre council merely filed Mr orncrs letter At tonights meeting will be icprescntatives of the chioy senior citilcns club the LefroyBell Ewart Legion and Killarney Hcach school group all of whom want use of the former Lefroy school Calm after rampage JOllANNESliUltti Al Talm was restored in the black South African township of Soweto early today after 700 blacks went on rampage following the funeral of 16ycarold youth who tied injail Value of mark is up FRANKFURT Al The price of the West lcrman mark in US dollars went up one twenticth of cent today after revaluation of the West icrinan money against six European currencies linked to it Forces maintain ceasefire BEIRUI AP Syrian and Palestinian forces maintained their ceasefire east and south of Beirut today summit meeting in Saudi Arabia sought peace formula for the Lebanese civil war Officials hold little hope NEW YORK AP US oast Guard officials held out little hope that lananianian cargo ship reported missing with 37 crew members in the Bermuda Triangle section of the Atlantic Ocean will be found afloat THUNDER BAY CP Dan Goodwin forestry student working his way through uni versity as prison guard was terrified Saturday night The 21yearold Lakehead University student had taken parttime job at the district jail two weeks earlier to pay for his education was amazedit just flip ped me out he said after being held hostage with eight others from shortly after pm EDT until about 1220 am by knifewieldingprisoncrs The hostages were released unharmed when officials prom ised to meet the prisoners de mands Four others were later discovered to have hidden in cell or barricaded themselves in the prison pharmacy during theordeal felt uptight but it doesnt Clip Earth Examiner 15 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly EPoges Terflfylng initiation greets parttime guard faze me now Mr Goodwin said in an interview He said he was leaving the jail chapel with Father William Maurice the prison chaplain when three or four risoners jumped on guards lea ing them from church service to their cells LOCKED IN ELL With another guard Mr Goodwin ran to an empty cell and locked himself in But pris oners took keys from the guar ds they had overpowered and forced the pair from the cell to the office vault Mr Goodwin said man identified as Larry Hogan who acted as spokesman for the prisoners became concerned as almost 70 prisoners ran loose in the jail and caused minor damage in the kitchen Survey finds peoples choice Barrics next mayor doesnt have to be patient good look ing male or university ed ucatcd But that person better be able to communicate listen and understand people At least thats the results of survey by supporters of one of the four candidates running for mayor in the Dec election Ald Ross Archer and his sup porters held press conference this morning at the Bayshore Inn to make public results of the survey taken Oct the 337 Barrie residents surveyed fewer than 10 people were looking for male good looking patient university educated candidate There were 78 people looking for someone to listen to the peo ple understand the people communicate and be open minded Another 77 replies said the mayor must have business in sight and business experience while 63 people are looking for someone who can unite council and lead the people TEN QlESlltNS The survey which was cori ductcd by about 50 volunteers asked people 10 basic questions from abilities and char acteristics of mayor to the biggest problem facing the city There were 131 people asked downtown and at the shopping malls 174 at their homes and 12 by telephone Most 158 were between 30 and it years old 82 were under 30 33 were over it and 52 were unrecorded Ald Archer said according to the survey the major loeal issue in the election is not an ncxation or development of an airport in ro Township but rather development of the waterfront answers and change of the present mayor 51 He said even though annexa tion and the airport issues are getting lot of publicity most people dont see them as great issues When asked if the people might be concerned if city council made public the estimated costs of both developments Ald Archer said it is possibility He said the city does not know how much the airport will cost to develop and the federal and provincial governments have promised to support the project Annexation he said will also receive provincial support for any capital projects needed Also he said the cost of the ci tys annexation study is known $tooi but the legal fees are not While only 51 answered its time to change the mayor substantial 70 per cent 237 said they are not happy with the present leadership and am bassadorsliip provided by the current administration Ald Archer said 46 people or 14 per cent said they are happy nine people did not give answers and 11 people gave an answer with extra comment Ald Archer said the results of the survey are very interesting and will be used in developing his election platform based on the peoples concern He said there is possibility of another survey next year because the answers were very revealing Rookie cosmonauts land in snowstorm MOSCOW Al Soyuz 23s two rookie cosmonauts have been praised for their courage heroism and will during their aborted space flight and their landing on lake in Tentral Asia during snowstorm Moscow television said 7m dr Vyacheslav Zudov 34 and flight engineer Valery Rm hdestvensky 37 were in good condition They landed Saturday night after spending nearly 48 hours in space Plans for them to dock with the orbiting Salyut space station were cancelled because of failure in the spacecrafts automatic approach system No details of the equipment malfunction were given Tass said the cosmonauts lan tractortrailer carryin concrete pipes overturne this morning at about 845 sending its driver to hospital ded on Lake Tcngiz 121 miles southwest of Tselinograd and about 1350 miles southeast of Moscow The landing took place at night night of very bad condi tions said Vladimir Shatalov veteran of two space flights and an official of the space pro gram lt was cold down to minus 17 degrees 40 persons among toll Three youths believed to have died of carbonmonoxide poisoning Sunday in Griiiidc Prairie Alta were among at least 40 persons to die ac cidentally in Canada during the Weekend and blockiii the southbound ramp to Hig way 400 at Essa Road for over two hours The POLICE INVESTIGATING ACCIDENT FlVEYEAROLD Denise Dobson of Coldwater smiles her thanks at her 7yearold brother Michael who is credited with saving her life when she took an uneXpected plunge into Lake St John near Orillia on Saturday Photo by Cyril Martin SISTER PULLED FROM ICY WATER By SHIRLEY JENNETT Special To The Examiner You dont have to be any par ticular age to become hero and it seems 7yearold Michael Dobson of Coldwater has joined the ranks Michael and his 5ltyearold sister Denise Dee Dee children of Mr and Mrs Garnet Dobson of Gray Street East were at the Orillia Air Services on Lake St John Saturday while their father took flying lesson Tired of being inside so long the children left their parents chatting with Joe Rzepeki while they went out to explore The lure of the water beckoned and they raced to floating dock where Denise lost her balance and fell from the end of the dock into an estimated 810 feet of water Their mother Marie coming out of the office saw only Michael standing on the dock but before she could even call to him was horrified to see him leap into the water Frantically she raced to the dock Mr Bob son realizing by her reaction US citizen that something was wrong was only moments behind Meanwhile Michael has has had two summers and one winter of swimming instruction at the YMCA in Midland swam out to his little sister who had been pushed out about 10 feet by the strong winds She was able to grab his coat and they started back with great dif ficulty By the time their mother reached the scene they were close enough to the dock that she could hold onto them while their father jumped into the icy water and lifted each child out Michael in his strug gle had lost high top boot What had started out as pleasant afternoon family adventure almost ended in double tragedy Michael is Grade Two stu dent at Coldwater Public School where his sister attends Kindergarten Mr Dobson has his own catering business in the Midland area Mrs Dobson just last week obtained her private pilots license from Orillia Air Services to hang Tuesday for murders NASSAU AP Mil waukee handyman is to be hanged for murder at Fox Hill prison shortly after sunrise Tuesdaywthe first US citizen Progress being made DETROIT AP Bargai ners for the United Auto Work ers UAW and for Chrysler and General Motors say they are making progress in con tract talks and hope to avoid further strikes in the industry this year There was minor progress said UAW VicePresident Douglas Fraser after daylong subcommittee meetings Satur day with Chrysler wouldnt call it terribly significant but it was progress No meetings were held Sun day Discussions werc to re sume today 93 name of the driver and the extent of his injury were not available at press time The executed in these tropical islan ds in 15 years Micliiah Shobek 22 admitted killing three US tourists If we didnt hang people oc casionally the society would fall apart commented Bahamian government spokesman Shobeks mother Juanita Spencer who has fought to gain her son reprieve decided not to attend the execution and has remained at home No Im not going she said in telephone interview Theres nothing can do now to save him ADMITS KILLINGS Shobek who changed his name from James Michael Shoffner was convicted of the January 1974 stabbing death of New York accountant Irwin Borstein During his trial Sho bek confessed and also admit ted slaying Paul Howell 50 of Massillon Ohio and Katie Smith 17 of Detroit The three murders occurred within two month period truck is owned by Interim tional Carriers Ltd Malton Examiner Photo of

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