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Barrie Examiner, 23 Feb 1979, p. 1

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Sacred leader quits Lorne Reznowski leader of the Social Credit Party tells an Ottawa news conference Thursday that he is bowing out as leader on Parlia ment HIll Reznowskl has been leader for i0 months but never get elected to the House of Commons CP Photo Parents advised what to tell school system ORiLLiA Special gt7 We set the educa tional objectives and you assist us in carrying them out is what parents should be telling schools said Dr Blair Shaw Shaw an Oakvilie psychologist and author told 250 people here last night there is forest fire of concern across the country over human relations programs like the one being introducedin Simcoe ounty Last nights meeting was the second large gathering held in the past two weeks to discuss the controversial program Ron Stevens chairman of the meeting said parents must approach the Simcoe tounty Board of Education with their concerns in forthright and logical manner We have to do it without name calling ridiculous letters intimidation and threats he said What are we We are anXious but were also smart enough to guide our own destinies Shaw stressed that schools should not be allowed to assume the role of the family There is an unprecedented uprising ot parents across Canada against the centralizv ed bureaucracy of raising children he said He drew distinction between educational theorists and administrators and teachers Shaw has withdrawn his children from the public school system on various occasions He said that not all parents are prepared to deal with the legal consequences of such move Parents concerned about the Simcoe oun ty human relations program should make themselves aware of its contents he said The danger of children or parents being branded as oddballs is apparent in the prc sent situation because opting out is the only choice the local board offers Shaw said Shaw claimed teacher needs doctoral degree and five years experience to be qualified to teach the human relations course Aircraft firm gets big order MONTREAL Iflt anadair Ltd has received multimillion dollar contract from Boeing ommercial Airplane of Seattle to build rear fuselage sections for the new Boeing 767 aircraft the Montrealbased firm announced Thursday Canadair President Frederick Kearns said in statement the deal is the largest single commercial aircraft subcontract that Canadair has entered into in its history ffiday is for business Job grew from ambition VICTORIA Pi parttime college lii structor has turned burning ambition into small successful manufacturing opera tion Fred Francis of Victoria has made Seefire Products the largest manufacturer of wocxlburning stoves on Vancouver island with plans to crack the larger market on the British olumbia mainland Francis said Washington Stove Works the largest manufacturer of wtxxlburniiig stoves in the western llnited States is plan ning to put the stove into production although technical and production details are not complete Success did not come easily for Francis whose avocation is industrial design He had his share of design problems legal obstructions and technical difficulties ill putting together two models of stoves that have sold more than 800 units in the last few years most of them in Victoria My main interest in designing the Seefire stoves was the independence they mean he said PROVIDE SiXlitiTY An efficient woodburning stove and large pile of wood provide security against increases in oil or electrical prices or power outage Francis said the Seefire was designed to fit into fireplace its shape crowds fuel on the bottom while leaving larger area on top for combustion to take place There is large top which can handle up to six large pots The inside is lined with fircbrick and replaceable steel liners ne of the most important design features is the glass door technical achievement that involved two years of experiments with more than 40 different substances and designs The stoves have payback time of two or three years on the average making them good investment 115th year No 48 Friday February 23 1979 the examiner Copy Carrier Home Dollvery 90 Weekly serving barrie and simcoe county Chinese attack deep into Vietnam Sovietmade missiles target of air strikes Improper parking Lou Stapley of Kingston says he is tired of people dropping in on him unex pectedly Thursday night he was asleep in his Pine street home when taxi smashed through his front door it was the third time since Mr Stapley pur chased the home that car has come calling in similar fashion This time the taxi had been stolen prior to the accident and teenagers ran away from the crash No injuries were reported CP Photo Hospital might best serve as chronic care facility Penetanguishene General Hospital might best serve the community by converting to chronic care facility for senior citizens says Dr Allan Dyer assistant deputy minister of health in charge of institutional health ser vices Dr Dyer said ihursduy by keeping ienetanguishenc iencral tully operational with active treatment beds senior citizens are being denied the chronic care facilities they need Hospital administrators said lmlncsday the itsbed bilingual institution may have to close in March limo because of financial restraints announced by the provincial government lenetangutshcne General and lit lliti small community hospitals in the province will not get budget increase in itiTtiritti the ministry said Penetanguishene lencral is the first in the province to announce the grant allocation may force it to close $2M in gifts to Queen DUHA Qatar tlttutcri ilic Emir ot Qatar presented the Queen with gifts of gold diamonds and pearls Thursday to add to treasure she already has received during her tom of Persian lull states The total value of gifts stowed on board the royal yacht Britannia now is estimated to be worth more than $2 million The Queens host in Qatar Emir Slicikh Klialiia bin liamiid alThani gave her five rows of pearls and lapis lazuli dish encrusted with diamonds Prince Philip was given gold sword encrusted ith diamonds and mines Made it up says Sam AiiitA tAir For months he stalked terrified city as thc Son of Sam the 44 calibre killer eager to satisfy lllt bloodthirsty desires of his demanding demons and talking dogs Now it months after the last of his at tacks in which he killed six persons and Wounded seven calm cohcrcnt smiling David Berkowitl says he made it ah up Ive let people step on inc just once too often and now ivc had enough he said Thursday in his first prison interview its time for the truth to come out not story about demons talking dogs and legions of satans henchmen He said the demon story was invented by his wild imagination so as to find some form of justification for my criminal acts against society Berkowitz 23 said he has no substitute reason for the killings but he added that he no longer has the urge to kill Whatever it is has left me ive mellowed Sentenced to serve ill years Berkowitl will be it when he becomes eligible for parole Stealswith apologies PASADENA Tex MP young irae nian frantic over affairs at home scribbled note on cigarette box then fled self service gas station where he had worked for month Authorities said $600 was missing from the cash register Thursday The in essagc read Dear Sir hope you wont think of me as Dr Dyer said there is an oversupply of ac tive treatment beds in thc Penetanguishenc area but there is shortage of chronic care beds to serve senior citizens They might convert some of the beds Dr Dyer said Thats the message that got through the many communities around the province He said spending restraints in health care are fact of life He said the directors of ienetanguishcnc General and liuronia District Hospital near Midland should meet and rationalize their services to the public Quite frankly there is tlllpllt ation of ser vtccs ibctwecn the two hospitals Dr Dyer said Midland is about five km from lenetanguishene its time parochialisin in communities that size was set aside The taxpayers simply cant afford the duplication of services he said thief point to Sod as my witness that will send your money back as soon as get home iliatc todo it to you hope first of all you and then iod forgive me The reason need this money is to take me home Because got message that my sister and her husband were shot to death in iron And they have four kids have to go and take cartof them probably will leave lioustoii tonight illiursdayr hope you trust me swear will send the money back am ashamed of taking your money but will send it back as soon as ptiSSllilt had no other choice took $000 Charged in collision Stroud man was charged with careless driving today in connection with Wednes days west end Barrie accident in which his wife died Police said Arthur Bromlcy 67 of 532 ireinwotxl is charged with careless driving Betty Broinley 63 was killed when the car in which she was passenger collided with pick up truck at the intersection of undles and Anne streets Accident probe continues PORT Mchll tStaffi investiga tion continues into the railway accident in which Il6ytiiriitl Alliston man was crush ed to death Wednesday Midland ll said anadian Pacific and ministry of labor officials visited the site Thursday to establiin how the accident hap pcned Police said Donald Hood 108 Wellington St was riding the lead car of number of box cars being shunted onto grain elevator siding when it left the rails and slid into metal shed Hood was crushed between the car and the steel building Tl spokesman said the rail company and transport supervisory board will also investigate the inc1dent BANGKOK Ii Soviet ships unloaded missiles and radar equipment at the Viet being refuellcdin flight the sources added namese port of Haiphong and hina launched Heavy fighting was reported meanwhile air strikes deep into Vietnam to destroy the lung 150 kilometres of the custom Vietnam SUPPllfS helm lht mliéhl NMll 1h hfll hina border and Westernmilitarv sources in tlefieldihai intelligence sources saidtoday mg Kong said the provincial capitals of The sources said liinese aircraft struck an Lang Son and 30 Bang have bu captured area northwest of Haiphong on Thursday grimChinese Sllmlly llfr lllf WHOS Ships lxgim lllfll Earlier this week hinesc troops also had lfllveilR Th litlflfrb illillll llll UlSll captured two other provincial capitals Ha the city so as not to risk bombing the Soviet jangand Am 31 Ships and lrlfifltillil Niillfill from MilCOW The sources said the liinesc have opened Dmbl Xlillllilh WOT rePOllUl as new front in the Mung ai coastal sector on Thinese jet combat aircraft bombed near mMm Ufnmkm llillphmfl hlfl OUld lmllfill lh lmml They added that the swift Tliinesc advance WW lflfmilllil XlliSlW malflliilv ll has caused chaos on roads leading nor sources said theastward from the Vietnamese capital of There were no reports of Vietnamese all Hanoi as civilians nod southward Tull riblllt in HM ll hlmbl Will in informed sources in Bangkok said earlier Haiphong iliinoismninport and frequent in he gm hm amnprv duo had begun bet target of raids during the liiltlillitS WM himigo and ilnan35l oni5 near war Lang Son himse planes knockcd out most of Vict no sour smd that with the conflict now nams radar cnplaccnicnts and missile sites Stretching in its seventh day it looks like in air alllkts lit Silllidil imd 5U1d1 ll thcthinise have reassessed thesituation and Thin Stilllim Will want to give the Vietnamese big bash The sources who asked not to be identified Tho sum5 estimated hp Chinese now said the Kremlin is also tiitllilg air transport ugh ha up 300000 tronps in the border heavy weapons to an undisclosed destination rpginn with MN the hanktfrunt and tho in Vietnam lhcv said the airlift was first the1150er detected Thursday morning The planes were Gets Georgions most coveted award The most coveted award of the Georgian College awards presentation held Thursday afternoon In the college theatre the Franklin 89995 Trophy for outstanding contribution in student activities was presented to Bonnie Scott secondyear Business and Administration Student by college presi dent Wayne Busch Almost 90 awards were presented Examiner Photo Mother indicted deaths of children Mrs Kathleen Gradi 32 has been indicted by Dallas Texas grand ury for murder in the deaths of her children Clifford Gradi ii top right and Aimee Gradi bottom right Police reports say that on the morning of January i2 when Mrs Gradi discovered her 5i for bus fare missing she flew into rage and savagely attacked her two young children with screwdriver Clif ford died i7 days later on Jan 29 Aimee died Feb AP Laserphoto Come home to The Examiner Call 7266539 for homedellivery Urge to kill but David Berkowitz the Son of Sam killer who terrorized New York Ci ty smiles during an interview at Attica Prison Thursday with reporters from The Associated Press and two newspapers He said he killed six persons and wounded seven because of some unknown urge to kill but said he made up earlier stories that he was driven by demons talking dogs and Satanic henchmen See story in Deadline AP Photo CAMP C055r€j Peoce envoys Ci w°r nsude today lifestyle 10 entertainment buslness page sports comicsw guide classified 141 pmorama pages Leftist state asked in iron TEHRAN AP The Marxist icoples Fedayeen guerrillas challengtwl Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini today with rally by 50000 iranians demanding that he transform the country into leftist workers state The biggest leftist guerrilla organization held the rally at Tehran llllfil tlS headquarters to demonstrate its strength after Khomeini ordered it not to hold march it had planned through Tehran on iliursday The conservative Moslcm patriarch couv demoed the Fedayeen as oniniunists and enemies of the revolution what itlllitltttd to be complete break Eclipse care taken TORONTO tCPi Many cleiw nlary schools across anada are iiiakiny pcial arrangements to keep pupils out oi danger Monday duringihe expected solar illiSt in Western Canada where the eclipse will start when children are on their iy to classes schools will open early in allow students to stay homcintlicinoining See also Page in Ontario some lioard oi minianun have rearranged lllllllllliilll liili to keep children insidi til tlllilln it to go home and safely watch iti Iiiw on television in the Maritimcs school illlllttii Huts ho changed lunch hours to keep tlllltlittl til doors at least duringpart of the eclipse Most Canadian school boards are siiirhiig notices to parents warning them ot the dangers if children watch llit ttllliV tlll their eyes unprotected Doctors say permanent blinili cw um result from 1irsecond took at the sun tur ing the eclipse unless special wciitcix glasses are worn lSSlEI MEMURANIHNI The height of the eclipse in the loioiito area will be at 1208 The ministry of education has issued iiieiiiorantiuiii to school boards suggesting that students watch the event on television lni ll iills short of asking that pupils be kcp indoors until it is over Torontos 51000 elementary siiiiliiiis will get break from classes during the tilllist Schools will close at l2o and will reopen two hours later board directoi Duncan Green said Thursday weather mixed bag of rain and snow is forecast to fail on the Barrie area over the next two days Rain today ending by evening Highs to Oc casional drizzle overnight changing to snow before dawn Lows to Cloudy Saturday with few flurries Highs 2to

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