Champion shows his style Brian Orser dazzled the crowd at Barrie arena Friday with figure skating performance during the intermission of the mediapolice hockey game Orser recently won the Canadian Junior Mens title in Thunder Bay For more pictures and story on the game see todays Sports page Examiner Photo Police officer slain by escaping burglars MONTREAL li police officer died early today after being shot by two escaping burglars Friday night Constable Rene allee 28 was declared dead after emergency surgery at Jew ish ien eral Hospital said Real antin Montreal Urban Community police spokesman Another two officers shot while trying to corner the burglars were in stable condition Oil workers back on iob TEHRAN li Almost all of Irans vital oil workers heeded an appeal by religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and reported back to work today after strike of nearly four months oil industry sources said But With the safety of foreigners still in question about 1500 mostly Americans and Britons waited at Tehrans Mehrabad Airport for special evacuation flights Thirty Canadians were also scheduled to leave the Country today leaving RtiCanadians in trail The ayatollahs call for return to normal on the first working day of the Moslem week was seen as major test of the government of Mehdi Bazargan who assumed office week ago when the shahs prime minister Shahpur Bakhtiar resigned Industry sources said almost all the 300w persons employed in oilfields refineries petrochemical and natural gas plants reported to work But the sources said there will be no oil for export yet and only about 700000 barrels day needed domestically will be produced for thetimebeing window on the world rï¬ Bingos the magic word Bingo Players money slips through their fingers like so much water through sieve Is it really gambling One local bingo caller thinks it Is but he also says it is cheap night out You can play here the Huronla Wing Club all night for $2 says Jerry Hand But like the lady above dollar at time slips away and no return comes until the magic word Bingo is cried Win dow on the World todays theme page takes look at bingo with photos by staff photographer David Burcs ik saturday Is for in hospital antin said They were identified as Constables Rejean Bastien 29 and Gary Smith 27 Police were meanwhile continuing an in tensive citywide search this morning for the two suspects but without success fzintin gave the following account of the incident which started Friday night when two armed persons broke into house in suburban Town of Mount Royal and held up its unidentified occupants man his Wife and their daughter lilillTIR IIS POLICE While the husband scuffled with the burglars his daughter managed to pick up the telephone and get through to an operator who called police Two patrolmen arrived on the scene onstable Andre Daigle went to the front door of the house while onstable Bastien covered the ba ck The burglars hearing someone at the front door fled through the back and opened fire with pistols on the waiting onstable Bastien before fleeing in sports car Another patrol car manned by Constables Vallee and Smith intercepted the suspects in nearby utremont but the burglars shot both the officers before they could get out of their vehicle First reports Friday had said the suspects were carrying machine gun but police said they were armed with pistol and revolver search for the burglars who robbed private home of $100000 in money and jewels continued today Police said they still hadnt established how much of the tool was cash Rhodesians bomb Zambia LUSAKA Reuteri Rhodesian warplanes bombed rural areas of southern Zambia today near the border town of Liv ingstone diplomatic sources here reported The Rhodesian attacks were aimed at areas where nationalist guerrilla camps of Joshua komos Zimbabwe African Peoples Union ZAPIH are believed located the sources added The attacks took place from about am local time midnight EST Friday nighti the sources said No details of casualties were ltillittdlliltly available and it was not known whether ground troops were also in volved in the raids in Salisbury Rhodesian military spokesman said We have no comment at this stage Reprisal raids against Nkomos bases have been expected since Rhodesian airliner was shot down on Monday by na tionalist guerrillas killingall 39 aboard Citys worst blaze WILMINGtUN Del Aii This citys worst fire has claimed its eighth victim an elderly man who offered shelter to his sons family burned out if their own borne earlier in the week Harry Alexander Sr who suffered second and thirddegree burns over 80 per cent of his body died early today in the in tensive care unit of Delaware Division Hospital Rosemary Larson hospital spokesman said Alexander 66 also suffered injuries when he escaped the flames by jumping through Stttitldflotll bedroom window early Friday The fire that swept through Alexanders three bedroom brick rowhousc was the worst fatal fire in the citys history said Lieut Stewart McLaughlin Alexander opened his houSe to his sons family after they escaped blaze Wednes day in their nearby home Unique trip planned LONDON Router Prince Charles an nounced on Friday the first expedition around the world by way of the North and South Poles and called it mad and suitablv British idea 116th No 42 Samoan February 979 the War not declared TOKYO AP Chinese forces backed by tanks fighter planes and artillery crossed the Vietnamese border before sunrise today and engaged Vietnamese troops Japans Kyodo news agency said in reports from Hanoi and Peking Kyodo said in dispatch from Peking that the Chinese Communist Party had formally decided to launch an organized attack of selfdefence against Vietnam Kyodo quoting dispatch from Hanoi by the correspondent of the Akahata the official organ of the Japanese Communist Party said Chinese forces had penetrated about 10 kilometres into Vietnamese territory Kyodo said the Chinese forces had crossed into Viet nam at various places along the border Chinese attacks were mounted from Lang Son near the Gulf of Tonkin to Lai Chau near Laos Kyodo quoted the Hanoi dispatch as saying UNDER ATTACK Kyodo said the Hanoi report said regi ment of Chinese infantry supported by about 30 tanks had invaded Lai Chau Province it said Vietnamese guard posts power plants shops and farms also were attacked by the Chinese Chinese regiment consists of about 3000 men and division 12000 Kyodo said Kyodo quoting an unnamed Chinese government source said China had not declared war on Vietnam The agency said the Chinese appeared to have launched an organized attack on the Vietnamese but this could not be independently confirmed Kyodo quoted Chinese Communist Party bulletin issued today as saying China had decided to battle Vietnam to punish the Wet namese for violence against Chinese border residents Vietnam and China have been involved in escalating border skirmishes for the past year The fighting started in response to Way paved for fuel cuts OTTAWA CP The government paved the way Friday for oil and gasoline rationing down to the consumer level as controversy mounted in power struggle between the government and multinational oil suppliers Energy Minister Alastair Gillespie in troduced bill in the Commons that would authorize the cabinet to impose rationing if it was found that emergency allocation of available supplies was not sufficient to over come any energy crisis The rationing plan and quarrel with im perial Oil Ltd vA subsidiary of the United Statesbased Exxon Corp centred on the possibility of shortages in importdependent Eastem Canada Gillespie repeated earlier statements that there is no immediate danger of shortage But he said the government would watch for any attempt by the oil companies to use supply crunch for profiteering The legislation is scheduled for debate Monda as opposition party spokesmen in dicat willingness to set aside all other om mons business The bill approved Thursday by cabinet is revised version of one that failed to receive approval during the last session of Parlia ment Previous rationing legislation passed in 1973 expired in 1976 There were number of developments Fri day in growing struggle between Ottawa and the multinational oil firms over who should control supplies in the wake of shut down of shipments from strifetorn lran Sir Randolph TwistletonWykeham Fienes is leading the team of five men and one woman on the threeyear trip by boat Jeep and powered sled Charles said Nobody has ever been around the world on its axis somebody has got to do it first and there is chance it might be us Charles said the team would be following traditions of British Antarctic explorers Sir Ernest Shackleton and Captain Robert Scott it is mad and suitably British sort of idea the prince said The team goes through Europe western Sahara southern Atlantic and South Pole then through Auckland Sydney Fiji Los Angeles and Vancouver up to the North Pole Seven hanged for murder HARPER Liberia Reuteri Seven men were hanged Friday for the ritual murder of man whose mutilated acidscorched body was found on beach two years ago The men the largest group to be executed at once for single crime in Liberia sang the hymn Jesus Lover of My Soul as they mar ched to the gallows Police records say two of the men directed the killing because they wanted to use parts of the victims body for potion to help them achieve political am bitions Gets piggyback heart CAPE TOWN South Africa AP Dr Christiaan Barnard implanted iggy back heart in the chest of Smit Ville M0 man Saturday in fivehour operation at Cape Towns Grooteschur Hospital hospital spokesman said Rick Anderson 26 was reported domg fine after Barnard and his surgical team implanted second heart beside his diseas ed organ The hospital would give no details of the heart donor Ihevoperation ended months of waiting for Anderson who was told by US doctors more than year ago that he had only 18 months to live Anderson and his wife Cathy arrived here last November after friends in Smithville raised $30000 to help pay for medical and travel expenses Chinese claims that ethnic Chinese were be ing mistreated in Vietnam FOUGHT AMERICANS Kyodo also said in separate dispatch from Peking that Gen Yang Techih commander of the Chinese volunteer forces that fought against US troops in the Korean War had taken over command of the Kunming units that are facing Vietnamese border troops Quoting military source in Peking Kyodo said Yang was urgently ordered to take com mand of troops on Chinas border with Viet nam after the tension between the two former allies began to mount The Chinese military source said China has about 10 divisions near the border including Kunming and Kwangchow units Kyodo said and that they are considered the elite forces of the Chinese army The two countries have accused each other repeatedly of violating the border Hsinhua the official Chinese news agency reported earlier today that the border town of Hokou had been the site of an endless series of Vietnamese provocations The Chinese say that the Soviet Union through the Vietnamese want to exercise control overall of lndochina The Russians and the Vietnamese signed mutual defence pact last year wed How about few thousand to prop up my dollar inside today Iiistyle Mlnmont window on the world page spam oanlcstv guide duolflod Cool weekend ahead Severe cold with recordbreaking temperatures will continue in Ontario through the weekend as cell of Arctic air moves over the Great Lakes causing temperatures in some areas to plunge to Ito Health authorities warned exposed skin can freeze within minutes and extra precaur tions are needed if outdoor activities are planned The low temperatures will continue until Monday when they will begin to climb But they will be below normal at least until Tuesday Skies will be clear and sunny today and Sunday spokesman for Environment Canadasaid deadï¬ne Carrier Home Dellveiio xaminer serving barrie and simcoe county China invades Vietnam Trying their luck at the casino Barrie became the Las Vegas of central Ontario last night when the Sheba Shriners hosted Klondike night at the Barrie Armoury Gamblers tried their luck at Black Jack and the wheel of fortune There will be another Klondike Night tonight run by the Barrie Rotary Club All proceeds are divided among the Winter Carnival and charitable organizations Examiner Photo Homeowners renters may get tax shelter ll Itll The federal government is considcrnig sliciiei ti credit for both renters and homeowners to otfset the Progressive oiiseivat ive elect ion promise of tax deductions for niortagi payments government sources said llll£i The sources said the idea would be tili eiled Monday by Andre Juellet minister ot urban affairs in speech at the animal meeting of the Housing and lrban Development Associ atioii ot tanada illlliAtv The plan in the works for several months could form an important plank in spring election platform the sources said Although the llltiils including Prime Minister Trudeau and Finance linisterlean liretien have strongly attacked the mortgage interest plan of the oiiseiatives Liberal strategists think has tremendous popularity The Liberals liaye said the plan ltii eiled by Progressive Conservative Leader Joe Iaik last fall would ttisl billions in lost tax revenue would benefit most those with the highest incomes and would not give any benefits to renters PLANES Il larks total flaw is that he hasnt offered anything to renters government source said The Liberal tax credit plan would otter something to renters and Il would also provide the biggest littltlll tor those with the Not yer average door Sue Dudtck opens 97000pound concrete filled door at the Lawrence Liver more Lab in Livermore Calif The heavy door is used to shield neutron source Its eight feet thick and nearly l2 Come home to The Examiner Call 7266539 for home delivery feet wide AP Photo lowest incomes As incomes rose the ainouii of the tax credit ould be less The lark proposal on the other band would offer the biggest benefit to those with the highest income and with the highest mortgages lark has promised to bring in over tour year period plan to allow up to $5000 in an nual interest for first mortgage on principal residence to be deducted from income tax as well as up to $10m in municipal taxes Since the rate of income tax in terms of percentages rises with income deduction of $5000 would mean bigger tax saving for someone earning $30000 than for someone arningSlStioo PLAN Sllltiltllll lttlA which represents major home builders across the country has thrown its support behind the Clark plan saying it would stimulate the housing industry Officials of lllliAC said Thursday they had talked to iiiellet about proposing similar scheme but he had not been enthusiastic They said he had indicated the government may consider some alternatives The sources said the shelter tax credit ilthough not formal election promise yet is llt of the alternatives iiiellet refused to say what he had in mind it news conference Friday called to unveil new lowincomc housing agreement signed withtmtario Peewees in semifinals Barrie Rotary Peewees made it to the semi finals of the Quebec Winter arnnal ltockey tournament today with win over Wexford of Toronto Shawn Dean tipped in the winning goal at ttiof the third period to break 11 tie While the crowd chanted Dean lieanrti Barrie held off powerplay at tack by Wexford late in the period The semifinal game will take place today at the Quebec oliseum in Quebec in Barrie will meet either Michigan Highlanders or Boston Peewees depending on the outcome of the other quarter final game Barries other goal was scored by Stew at Smith Pacifier stocks seized illA PI Stocks of potentially deadly childrens thermometer in the form of rubbernippled pacifier are being scied by the federal health department statement said Friday the department health protection branch began the seizures after it received complaints the product had broken in the mouths of infants who llltll swallowed fragments of broken glass and mercury branch spokesman said about 4000 of the devices called Thermo Bec have been manufactured by Sotlieime Ltee of Quebec and that most of those have been distributed in Montreal and the Lac St Jean region Although the devices are also patented in the lnited States the spokesman could nit say it they are sold there Physicians do not recommend the use of oral clinical thermometers for infants and persons possessing the devices are advised to return them to the place of purchase the statement said weather Mostly sunny and very cold today Highs l7 to 2l Lows overnight 27 to 3l Sunny with cloudy periods Sunday Highs l4 to l7