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the examlnor Mond Fob201979 Blasting oft Soviet cosmonauts Air Force Lt Col Vladimir Lyakhov 37 background and flight engineer Valery Ryumin 39 wave Sunday before boarding the Soyuz 32 space craft shortly before blast off Lyakhov is flight commander of the Soyuz 32 which is scheduled to dock with the space station Salyut which has been orbiting the globe for 16 months AP Photo Predicts better Canadian TV liltl ili The president of tfie tanadian lelevision lrixlticers and Directors ssociation said Sunday his organiat ion ill ptit pressure on its members to produce better programs ltoii Williams said at news conference hes satisfied with current taitadtan content quotas fot television progratitm mg lttit closer look shotild be taken at how the quotas were filled His remarks tollowed ommumcations Minister leaniie satives charge Friday that broadcasters are filling the 60 percent Iinadian programming quota with cheap easy to produce programs She said anadian broadcasters have become the biggest iniportersot television programming illiams said the association which represents staff and freelance producers and directors outside Toronto and Qlltl cc who make televtsion programs for the Bl is tonceriml abotit the large amount of American programs on lanaihait screens ltiit he said the onus is not only on broadcasters to air bet ter laiiadian programs bill on aitadian producers to improve the quality of programs they make 3i killed during weekend It lIIlCt PRESS lour persons killed iii fire in Saint John home earlj stinday were among at least itl persons killed aceideii hilt during the eekend survey by The anadian Press from ii in Friday to midnight Sunday night local times showed 19 persons killed on the roads nine in fires one in stiriviiiiiliile accident one from exposure and boy who stiffocated in snow ttiiiiiel Liberals ahead in CTV survey ldltiNlli tl survey by TV News on party pretereiices tor the forthcoming federal election puts the Liberal party in the over all lead btit lagging behind the tilt set at es in some areas The poll indicated 42 per cent of anadians would vote Liberal the Progressive lonservatives were favored by It per cent and the New lieiiiocratic Party by per cent in of 20m people conducted in the first week of lrbrtiary The Liberals were well in front in Quebec and had subsanlial lead in the Atlantic region btit fell behind the lonservatives iri tintario where the voting sometimes is an indicator of the national trend the Prairie provinces and Brit ish olumbia IV News said the margin of error in the survey was plus or minus two per cent l9 times out of 20 til those polled 20 per cent said they were undecided and per cent refused to answer the question If federal election were being held today which party would get your vote in Quebec it per cent said they would vote Liberal while lt per cent would vote onservative arid seven per cent in tlantic region it per cent favored the Lillirob per cent theonservativcs and it percent the NDP The picture was reversed in intario where per ceiil said they would vote for the rinservatives tli per cent for the Liberals and 20 per cent for the NIH gtllt Airbubbles weaken ice lvl lint iIi lrovtncial police in this Muskoka re sort town are warning cottage owners that tlrlillliltlt sltttts used to prevent ice from forming around boat lioiiws reharardous tosnowmobiledrivers police spokesman said Saturday the air bubbles could weaken ice in 50 metre area surroundinga boat house He said clause in the riniinal fode makes it criminal offence to install an airbubble system without protecting it and pitittfl from its effect FOR THOSE INVESTING IN REGISTERED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN EXTENDED HOURS FEB262728 and MARCH 1ST OPEN T09PM Advocates mandatory French OTTAWA tCPl Treasury Board President Judd Bi chanan says the provinces are primarily to blame for the failure of bilingualism in Canada In an interview taped by Standard Broadcast News for French language training be mandatory for all Englishspeaking weekend release Buchanan advocated that students The only reason French is not on the curriculum of many schools is because Englishanadians have stubborn and retrogressive attitude he said adding that even if the students did not use French in daily life the training would be far more useful than some subjects already taught think with all respect our provincial governments have fallen far short Weve got to start right at ground zero in our school system and we simply havent grasped the gt nettle as country Buchanan said he feels the federal government has made significant headway toward its objective of functionally bilingual public service He acknowledged that this satisfaction is not shared by Max Yalden official languages commissioner who last week said in his annual report French as ltlllflllflgtttf work iii the public service has still not come otit of the closet Cessna crashes in Brampton BRAMPIUN nl ltlt lhree loronlo men on pleas ure flight escaped injury Sunday when their light plane crashed in field Peel Regional Police said the single engined tessna aircraft rented from loronlo aviation company incurred between 377000 to $6000 damage when sudden loss of oil pressure caused engine failure and the pilot attempted crash landing Gerald Pipe 30 tried to land the plane in the field but snow bogged down the wheels and the undercarriage collapsed spinning the plane to one side The two passengers were leo litlltlltttll ill and Jerry Meilach Zl Defends liquor increases lttltthllt li official of the lintario lltlltil ontrol Board has defended expected increases iit wine and liquor prices saying luxury items throughout the world are taxed highly Iack totiillard board assistant general manager for stock purchasing and product coiitiol said in an iiiteryiew that consumers are charged what the market it ill bear in lriday he said the board the retailer ol liquor and wine in the province has not yet ttttltll decision from the Ontario government btit board otlicials beliee the decision to grant increases will come because of risiiii prices Provincial wine and liquor profits for tit1ti were sit million tiplrom Slott iiiillioit from the prev ions tiscal year He said litirope has been stittcriiig from inflation and many wine areas are emerging from peisiii economy with unions becoming increasing important The anzidian dollar tust aggrawites the problem he said It ll was at the same level it Is year ago the price increasesi wouldnt be nearly as lill Prices on some European wines are epectid to rise by up to flirt per cent and scotch whisky and most champagnes ill see increases of to to iio per titit Urges use of electricity llllfthlt li The president ot the Iiiiidiiii lleal Estate Association says more homes in Illlllli honld ltt built with electric heating to te other tiiels Lloyd lctcall told the annual conference of lllt ttnlaiio lteal llstate ssoeiation on Saturday that tlttllltl is one type of energy ltntario can produce itself It greaei use of electricity for heating other iticls ciitild llt sltll lot the iiecdsof consumers lintiiinot teasiny use lltlltl It must surely be to the llillllll ot iintgirio iritlllllltl to try to become less dependent on iiiiporls troiii oiiiiliii xi ith rather unstable governments and certainly unpredictable prices Instead of cutting electricity production imam Hytltn should begin stttdjv on producing more Metro cops settle contract llllfltNl til ltllllttl iil lllt lrltiitiiilttali lililiitttii Police Association ottd tindaj to ippiote twoycai contract that provides 07 percent ilt llll icasc lit the first year Mal totinolly president ot the to member Hstitlftllllll said the salary increase for llItll has not yet been negotiated first class constable with three years eperiince now earns 8200 The igrcciiieiit as iititied by ote at in to MT $9383690 AND GROWING LOTTARIO WINNING NUMBERS Saturday February 21 I979 Dying miner pleads with friend Get me out Take me Louis Pilchie first at scene Pope keeps vow weds Italian pair llt lllY wli lhe nerotis groom forgot to kneel and the distracted bride sneaked glances at her beaming parents btit lope loliii Paul II did iiol miss chance to kiss the bride Sunday is the ltoinan stiii shone brightly on the Polish poiilifls tirl llaltanweddiiig lhe poiilill kept the promise he made last month to Vittoria laiiiii 33 year old sales clerk Ill Home slitlHllll shop and iillltltlitl it iltlttltlllli1lti2l yearoldlartoxlaltese lhc seiy ltt termed private allair by Vatican officials was pctloiiiitd iii the Vaticans lftlllittl thapcl tinder Michela intelo frescoes and to the strains of the famed Sistine thoii boiil 130 friends and iela ties attended the mid morning llllttlldl lass III which the ltoinestreet cleaiiersdaughter wed the biiiglar alarm lttllllltlitt The pope co celebrated with the couples twoparishpriesls Reporters were barred and only official photographers BONLS N1 MlilR 13 If Yl il li1flil ll ltlillltl tl lltlliS Iltt 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