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71a ffiday Is for business Gold gold gold the worlds most sought after metal Gold Probably the most sought after substance in the world Civilizations have been built on it races have died because of it Today The Examiners Business page features Gold Earlier this week the market price for this metal hit record $250 an ounce Although the price has since dropped it is still valued at over $200 and makes an attractive investment The implica tions of the recent history of gold also make fascinating reading Banks may have drifted away from the gold standard however with the European Monetary System and trends on world markets we may see resurgence in gold backed currency song from Jimmy President Jimmy Carter is about to star speaking the Mexican band is about to stop playing they are not performing duo even if it looks that way it all took place as Carter toured the town of ixtlico El Grande Mexico Thursday AP Photo 24 die in storm At least 24 persons have died in paraly sing storm that has northern Europe hiiried under snowdrifts up to four metres deep Mortsnow Is forecast Four fishing boats were reported to have sunk lhiirsday In the orth Sea electricity was shut ott ltl many areas and thousands of motorists ere stranded least 13 Danish fishermen were reported drowned after four trawlers sank In he gale swept North Sea thousands of cars were stuck in southeastern Denmark and only military halt trackscould moveon tilt If£tl The situation was much the same In the fllLll1 country side where highway traffic and trains were unable to move through heavy snowdritts The conditions were itstllltttl as the worst in 10 years and at least ltotttt deaths were reported in London rloubledeekcr buses slipping on icy stieets rammed into lamprposts and ilttoitiobtlcscollided Judge charged ANttitthlt 111 The chief justice of the British olumbia Supreme ourt says he cannot decide whether Mr iustice Davie Fulton should hear cases until after an impaired driving charge he is facing has beendealt with liiet lustice Allan Mclfiachein said he will not ask Fulton to resign and has not de cided it the fanadian Judicial ouncll should investigate the incident He said lulton or larliament must decide whether he should continue as judge ttther judges have been charged with impaired driving but not asked to resign Attorney tieneral iarde iardoin said he expects Mr Justice Fulton will not hear cases until the charge is dealt with but the province does not have authority to suspend him TH SIII The charge was laid Thursday after police investigation of Feb 10 traffic accident in Vancouver In which Mr Justice Fulton was involved The 03 year old judge is scheduled to appear lll provmcial court March 11 Birthday system urged ttilttiNlt ili Ontarios motorists who Iiiie up each February for licence plate stickers could avoid sore feet and rattled nerves if the provtnce adopted birthday renewal date system member of the legislature says Bernard Newman Liberal member for Windsor Vialkerville said Thursday that 27 American states use some form of stag gered licence plate expiry date The state of Michigan voted in December to begin system for 1980 in which plates expire on the motorist birthday Newman said he has written Transporta tion Minister James Snow about his idea Mitges query answered From the Ottawa Bureau Of The Examiner OTTAWA Ml Gus Mitges has learned that the National Film Board spends bet dead line ween quarter million and half million dollars annually in the production of multicultural films Secretary of State John Robarts told the GreySimcoe Ml that the board has spent between $252000 and $445000 every fiscal year since the program was intrixtuced in 1972 He told the Tory mutticulturalism critic that the NlB spends the money to produce films relevant to mutticulturalism create versions in other languages of emsting films and to distribute the films The information was provided to Mitges in response to written questions the MI had placed on the House of oinmons order paper Supertanker aground WILHELMSIHVEN West Germany AP The sujxrtanker Esso Hawaii carrying 141 million gallons of crude oil ran aground today near the island of angcrooge in the stormtossed North Sea The 2Kttt001on vessel directed by two pilots was on its way from Wilhelmshaven to the south of England when it rammed In to the edge of the shipping channel spokesman for the ow ners lIsso lankcr lnc said five tugs were sent to the scene and it was hoped they would free the ttto metre long ship when the tide runs in later in the day ExPM cleared ll2flt AlI judge has cleared former prime minister iough Whitlam and two of his cabinet ministers of conspiracy charges in connection with litulliiHlllOll petiordollar loan that was never made Magistrate fancy Leo said today there was insufficient cudcnce to order to trial Whitlam who was head of the Labor party former treasurer Jim airns and former attorneygeneral Lionel Muroliv Cossitts drop charges BltUtKllLlCtnt li lomtossitt Progressive tonscrvative MP for Leeds and his wife lohanna said today they have agreed to withdraw assault charges against each other They said in statement that they have reached settlement of all outstanding financial and property matters In their pen ding divorce proceedings and will be living separately The assault case had been adjourned three timer and was scheduled to continue March it Our future assured Barries future has been assured says Millet Salter above developer for the downtown im provement protect Salter was guest speaker at the Barrie Rotary Club meeting Thursday at Mirimar Gardens restaurant See story Page Examiner Photo weather Windy and bitterly cold with flurries today northerly winds gusting to 55 mph causing drifting and blowing snow High 20 to l7 Overnight laws 33 to 30 few flurries Satur day Highs 22 to 19 Your day isnt complete without The Examiner Call 7266539 for home delivery 115th your No41 Frlday February 16 1979 15 Copy Carder Homo Dollvory 90° Weekly the examiner serving barrie and simcoe county By lslamicfirin uad irans feared police chief three generals executed An iranian breaks down and cries at morgue in Tehran as he looked at pic tures Friday of victims of past fighting The morgue furnishes photos of vic tims so friends and families can identify the dead AP Photo Its Barries big weekend as carnival starts tonight The long wait is over The 1070 version of the Barrie wmter ear nival starts tonight and will continue through Sunday charity hockey game between the Police All Stars and the Media NoStars will beheld tonight at lunlop Arena Proceeds will go to muscular dystrophy Tickets are $1 30 each and game time Is it Klondike night will also he held tonight it in at the armoury Games of chance and dancing will be featured Tickets are$ileach The carnival pancake breakfast will be held Saturday morning 730 at the ar Inoiiry The annual carnival parade Ill start at It In Saturday morning The parade will begin at ilIiigtoIi plan and proceed along Death toll now seven Anne Street to lunlop Street The parade will then wind down lunlop Street to Memorial Square The arts and craft festival will be continu tag all day at the downtown centre on Dunlop Street Motorcycle races will be held Saturday as well Time trials will be from 10 am to noon each day with races to be held between noon anti pm Dog Sled races will he held Saturday after noon at 130 The dogs will be on display tomorrow morning at 10 Telebrity snowmobile races will be held Saturday afternoon at 130 The mini world llroomball tournament will lXttiltliltllilttl all day Saturday rugger on snow tournament will he held Sattirday from noon until In Knew of avalanche danger skierstchose run carefully GOLDEN To All avalanche ttm killed seven skiers oii remote mountain south of here was unleashed without warning the guide of the ski party said Thursday ftudi iertsch whose brother died in the slide Wednesday said in an interview that there was no indication the risk of avalanche was higher than usual when the 10 man party set out lttMl said the Ifllllillt which dropped hundreds of tons of snow on the area overran the skiers shortly after they begait their des cent The skiers seven Swiss two Americans and iertsch of Golden were flown by helicopter to peak in the Purcell Range about 30 kilometres from this southeastern Britiin oluinbia community iertsch letcr Maurer of Switzerland and Victor Bradley of Kent Wash surviVed in what was apparently the worst avalanche ac cident in anada in recent years FlilILS lillTlIRNICSS Bradley tityearold businessman said he felt no bitterness toward lcrtschs firm Mountain anada of Banff Alta To improve traffic flow TEHRAN tAP 77 An Islamic firing squad executed Shah Mohammad Reza lahlavis hated secret police chief and three other generals at the headquarters of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Thursday night as the revolutionary government confiscated all royal properties in the country it was reported that 26 other officers and officials of the old regime will be executed Fearful US citizens were packing their bags for an airlift expected to start Saturday preliminary flight took off today with 167 of them Radio Tehran reported that proKhomeini forces appealed for tear gas to disperse an air tacking mob after nightlong street battle in eastern Tehran but that three days of fierce fighting in the northwestern city of Tabriz had ended and the government was in con trol Three other generals were killed last weekend by guerrillas as Khomeinis forces were taking over the country but the government said the four just executed were the first group of traitors to be tried by revolutionary courts It said Khomeini at tended the trial The executions were announced by state radio accompanied by martial music The official Pars news agency said the generals were shot at 1150 pmi Thursday but other sources said the executions occurred about 230am today and that the firing squad con sisted of 10 men The state radio said the generals were convicted on charges of torture massacre of people treason to the country and earthly corruption They were sentenced to death and the verdict was immediately carried out by is lamic armed forces It also said their property was confiscated The generals were Nematollah Nassiri chief of SAVAK the Shahs dreaded secret police and one of the most hated men in the country Manuchehr Khosrowdad head of the elite paratroops Mchdi ltahimi martial law governor of Tehran and lteza Naji governorgencral of the central city of lsfa han Radio Tehran also announced that lremier Mehdi Bazargan and his cabinet unanimously approved decree confiscating all properties of the royal family in Iran including palaces lands and stock in banks factories and businesses The cabinet also decreed that properties and wealth of government officials will he examined along with that of former officials arrested on corruption charges KEEP lTSlltlI MONEY There was no official estimate of the value of the royal properties in Iran but unofficial estimates place their worth at several billion dollars The shah and his family also are esti mated to have foreign investments running as high as $20 billion but these are not af fected by the decree Canada wants changes in peacekeeping setup Ottawa tCil Canada facing possibly another peacekeeping operation is pressing increasingly hard for chatth in these Inited Nations missions Defence Minister Barney Danson said in an interview Thursday anadian and Norwegian officials will Ineet June tlvtut in Kingston Ont to discuss ways of making UN peacekeeping more effective lie hoped this would be step to multina tional conference which would recommend improvements Canada wants better military planning improved equipment and money and men from more UN members This comes as anada already workhorse in peacektwping is being con sidered for the proposed peace force in Namibia now Southern African territory The UN has called for 7500man interna tional force in Namibia during the transition to black majority rule anada has been reluctant to commit its communications and logistics troops to still another jxiacekceping force as these specialists are already busy elsewhere How about nice sombrero for your brother big enough to all over his mouth inside today lifestyle ontortalnment 10 bualnoss page sports counlcstv gulde 12 classlfled 1316 upplemont Panorama 12 pages External Affairs Minister Don lamieson said UN Secretary$iieizil Kurt Waldheim told him in New York this week that aua dian battalion will probably titl lc needed in the initial stages of the Namibian force But senior anaoiim officers in other detachments might be asked to help set up the Namibian force Gunned down One of two armed men gunned down by police as he fled jewelry store robbery Thursday in Boston is treated by officials at Boston Common The men held up Homers ewelry store on Winter Street The other gunman died of his wounds No passersby were in ured during the shooting police said AP Photo Widening Dunlop not best way By IIIINNIS LANTIIIIJH if The Examiner Widening lunlop Street to four lanes is not the best way of improving traff flow in the area says Ald Fred ltueinper ity council has Inadc the Widening of lunlop St from Mulcastcr to loyntI Street priority budget item in 1070 ity council is further considering widening the street four lanes to Blake Street Many residents along lunlop Street have told council four lane widening would Hill the residential stability of the area Aid ltueinper said he agrees Willi the assessment and will be offering three alter natives to general committee when the inat ter is discussed Ald RUemper said his favorite alter native is to widen the street to three lanes It would provide two good lanes of traffic and parking lane as well he said he widcnmg would be similar to the recent road widening project completed on trove Street from North Street to Hayfield Street said Ald ttuemper Aid ltuemper said the city could go with that and make improvements over the years to further enhance traffic flow If it didnt work out council could consider closing off Albert Street and Samson Street which run into lunlop Adding bus bays where buses can turn and let off passengers without impeding traf fic flow should also be considered said Aid ttucmper The second alternative would be to make ollicr Street and lunlop Street one way he added lunlop Street would be one way going eat and ollier Street would he one way In the op LXSillilttflttll Two lanes of traffic going in the same direction can handle more traffic altogether than two way traffic said Ald Ruemper The third alternative would be to make reduced one way system on the island around Kemjxnfelt Duckworth Street and lunlop Street Traffic flowing cast on lunlop would go down Kcmpenfelt Drive proceed one way up nuckworth Street back to Blake Street Traffic flow in the opposite direction would proceed one way directly from Blake Street through to lunlop Street think city council will listen to the alter natives said Ald ltuemper llicyrctztting to have to listen lIarlicr this week Barrie planning board said it lacked the extwrtise to recommend alternatives to the road widening scheme The board referred it to geipal utttmitteo