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background inquiry needed Dempster BARCLAY Innisfil council should find out exactly how far the Nottawasaga Drainage Works could extend in the future andhow much it will cost Innisfil residents before accepting the engineers report says Its superintendent of roads and public works The drain which originates in Tecumseth township and extends through Innisfil Essa West Gwillinbury and Cookstown is decayed and upstream owners have peti tioned for repairs The original drainage report dates back to 1925 Mike Dempster the superintendent said only apartion of the 72 mile drain is dealt With in the report prepared by EH Uderstadt an Orangeville land surveyor The estimated cost of repairs $113000 breaks down as follows $45775 for 48000 cubic yards of earth excavation clearing of brush and trees fence repairs and general cleaning $24000 for engineering expenses and $43225 for damage allowance to proper ty owners More than 500 Iiinisfil residents are af fected by the drain and they are not being told how much they will have to pay for completion of the drain says Dempster TORONTO ifPi 77 Herbie Qumones Jr didnt have much to say to reporters but his parents broad smiles told the story hen he left hospital Wednesday The eightmonthold infant from New York came to Toronto on Feb 34 for life saving operation at the Hospital for Sick Children He will stay in Toronto with his parents for about five days at hotel within emergency reach of the hospital where he underwent surgery which doctors said was success Dr Robert Filler who performed the operation said the fiveday period would allow the baby and his parents to get to know one another and would allow doctors to see how Herbie responded to normal family situation Basket safety move TORONTO PI Store managers of Mart Canada Ltd have been ordered to remove imported Easter baskets from shelves after spider larvae were found in similar shipment in the lnited States Kerbert vicepresident of merchan dising for the anadian division said Wednesday the company is checking the stock to determine whether the tanadian shipment is part of the same stock from Taiwan Ann Wolff of Mart torp said Monday from Detroit Mich that the larae were discovered when the shipment was unpack ed last Ihuisday ma Mart store Store managers were ordered to burn the ammo baskets Miss Wolff said Mart had been using the Taiwanese firm which made the baskets for 12 years and that this was the first problem with any of its goods Weather hits traffic By TIIE Dl PRESS Two persons were killed Wednesday in the Sarnia area here provincial police reported hazardous weather conditions nearLero visibility and warnings to stay off major routes John Pedden the reeve of Warwick Township near Sarnia was killed along with his wife Marie when the car driven by their daughter was involved in three car pileup on Highway 22 about l5 kilr otiietres northeast of the city Provincial police said three others were admitted to hospital as result of the acci dent In the London area police said cars were abandoned throughout the late afternoon and evening as blinding snow and poor visibility made driving almmt impossible Held in firebombings VANCOLVER tlt City police hope series of firebombings has ended with the apprehenston Wednesday of an suspect held Herbie Quinones has big smile for nurse Kay Upton before leaving Toron tos Hospital for Sick Children Wednesday The tiny Brooklyn NY baby underwent lifesaving operation at the hospital l8 days ago and doctors report he is in great shape now CP Laserphoto Smiling Herbie released from hospital Flying doesnt mean going up The thrill of flying can be inexpensive and is within the reach of most people even those who like to keep their feet firmly planted on the ground The sport of flying radio controlled model planes is on the increase across the country and has an enthusiastic following right here in Simcoe County says Stuart Pearce president of the Huronia Radio Control Club The professionals may spend several thousands of dollars on models but begin ner can get started for about $100 says Pearce In todays background section Pearce describes some of the thrills and spills of the sport and some of the heights to which the pros climb in their attempts to recreate perfection and authenticity City hall reporter Dennis Lanthier takes look at how city aldermen keep in touch with their constituents and lend an ear to their problems also on todays page Telephone calls and personal meetings are the most common methods and Ward Alderman Bill Knowles says he receives about 10 calls week People are finally beginning to realize aldermen are there to talk to he says In an indepth piece on two of the Barrie OPP detachments finest police reporter Stephen Nicholls introduces Constable Gary Penley and his partner Max cop with bite Herbie had never really been home in his life The surgery relieved pressure on lllt babys windpipe that caused him to lapse in to severe choking spells Filler said Herbie has not had another choking spell since thc threehour operation The Qumones who are Puerto Itican said they were extremely happy with the results There is big change said Herbert Quinones 21 When he eats now he cuts like baby It will be great to have baby around the house Quinones and his wife Leticia 24 who does not speak English said little else but beamed happily while photographers and television crews filmed their baby in the hospital lobby by member of citizens band radio group until police arrived CB volunteers had been helping police on overnight stakeouts of banks and govern ment offices the favorite target of the at tacks for about two months Julius Bela Demjan 47 of Vancouver was charged with two arsonrelated offences after Vic Eaton on stakeout at anada Manpower office spotted man throwing Molotov cocktail through window in the building The budding suffered slight damage Police seize drugs TORONTO police radar trap netted more than speeding drivers early Wednesday morning when police seized car loaded with more than 30 kinds of drugs worth an estimated $23m Police said check of the car in the citys west end revealed cocaine heroin morr phine demerol seconal and at least to other types ofdrugs Alfred harles Sukis 21 of Guelph Ont and Gladys Beverley Powstego of Toronto have been charged with eight counts involving possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking Censorship imposed TEHRAN API The Iranian govern ment imposed censorship on news films and photographs being sent abroad today and said it will deport feminist Kate Millet who called Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini male chauvinist Deputy Premier Abbas Amir Entezam said committee was set up to review news films and pictures before they are sent aboard to ensure the government is depicted objectively and in good light weather Warmer weather is forecast for this area Cold and windy with flurrios today Highs to Flurrios ending overnight Lows overnight l2 to Mainly sunny Friday High to Come horns to The Examiner Call 7266539 for home delivery 115th your No 83 Thunday March 15 1979 5° For Copy Carrier Horne Dollvery weakly the examiner serving barrie and simcoe county Egypt OKs treaty proposal gton signing awaited Woshin Search on for crash victims TOKYO tAPi Troops continued search ing today for victims of the plane crash in Peking factory that killed about 200 persons most of them workers in the plant Western diplomats in the hinesc capital reported The sources said about dozen of those kill ed were aboard the Britishbuilt Trident jet transport when it crashed into the factory in the western suburbs of Peking about 845 am Wednesday The plant was reported in ftill operation but it could not be learned what it was producing hinese sources in Shanghai said the plane which can carry tip to 180 passengers was military aircraft Diplomatic sources in Ie king reached by telephone said the crash took place about two kilometres from tramr iiig airfield and there was speculation the plane was on training flight Kyodo the Japanese news agency reported from Ieking that the crash occurred shortly after the plane took off The dip loniais said witness reported the plane slowed before it crashed The hinesc government issued no report on the crash and neither Peking Radio nor Xinhua lIsiiihua the official hinesc news agency said anything about Il Dover area still in crisis HATlLtiM Ont itli Officials in near by Dover Township were being hampered to day by wind and cold as they worked to pump water from areas still inundated from last weeks flood But oiistablc tolm Brittan of provincial police district headquarters said the cold may be blessing in disquise As long as the ice pack on the lake iSi lairi doesnt break up we dont have to worry about repeat of the flood Hrtttan said Some of the dikes still havent been repaired along the lakesliorc and if the ice breaks tip and the wind changes to the west the township could be in more trouble because the water will flow back over the land During the weekend crews from the township which officially was declared disaster area eligible for provincial aid Wednesday breachtd lakcshore dikes to allow water covering more than 80m acres of farmland to drain BELOW LAKE LEVELS Much of the township is reclaimed mar shland below normal lake levels Water that cannot be drained was being pumped from the lowlying areas The flood occurred when the Thames River blocked by an icijam kilometres from the lake breached dikes III places Most of the breaches wcrc minor but one in an old like was more than 13o metres Me About liiii homes and toll farm buildings were damaged and too head of cattle lost Brittan said damage has been estimated conservatively at St million to property and Shroud to dikes roads and farm buildings Diner Township officials were receiving aid in the form of manpowcr and equipment from neighboring thiithiiiii Tow nship the ci ty and Kent otinty he said Officials of the Ontario natural resources ministry were continuing investigation to determine responsibility for the flood MOST ll Ellll HO All btit down residents have been able to return to their homes and it the weather holds allot them should be back iihiii lllftt or four days said Brittan who has been ac ting as toordiiiator of the cleanup operation Irovincizil police were maintaining securi ty in the area and providing communication seryicc lelephoncs still were out in many parts of thc area and crews from lnion ias Ltd ori orking to restore service No gaslincs were broken although one home burned to thc ground Sunday when itcr mtmgutsbcd pilot light allowing the building to fill ith tilllUIill gas and explode hairless we Mr Swartz at the deli thinks Einstein was overated inside today lifestyle entertainment 12 Background canlcstv guide classified 51 Concentration plus When you are the last one in your row writing an exam and you iust cant think of the right answer the pressure is on This unidentified Barrie North Collegiate student was only one of hundreds in local high schools writing midterm ex aminations They all have time to unwind starting Friday afternoon the signal for the beginning of the March break Examiner Photo by David Burcsik Trustee favors easier format for report School board trusicc lrank Irothero says he fayors publishing the boards annual linan cial report in format easier to understand than the one now used He says lllt report should continue to be publisliwl in paid advertisements in Simcoe toiinty iiiwspaixrs as prescribed by the ministry oi ttllltiillttll but explanations or guides should also he published to help new spapci icadirs understand the report liotiiiro says story Iii The Ilaininer March niasinciprccd his position on the issuc Thi sioiy iiiadi inc appear against lctting the public know aboti thc financial dealing of the board lrothcio said at meeting hflllflld llc say the story and subsequent letters to seyiial newspiqwrs resulted in vicious and iiiiwariciitul attack on me throughout thccotiiity Irolicro the story was aciurac in saying helmls lic liliiilll liil rcport is hard for the ayctiigi iiiwspiiisr rcadcr to undcrsand as it is now publishcd iii format dictated by the tiiiiistiy of education Hc says howcyir it was not made clear that he wants the report published in way winch would make it easier for readers to understand the boards finances Trustees lohti Mctullougii and Joe thlan stippcrtcd Prothiro and said they felt the negiiivi publiiiy he rltltl on thi issuc wastiiiiusiiicil Chinese troops being harassed BANtiKt Vietnams troops were reported to bo hariissing withdrawing thinese troops today as Hanoi accused the thinesi of moving border markers south into icraniesc territory to alter the frontier Kyodo the Japanese news service said thinese official lit Ieking told it the bqu of the hinese invasion torce has withdrawn from Vietnam and the pullout will take anothcrday or so oconiplctt thua llsmhtia the official hmesv news agency said the withdrawing forces were being harassed by Vietnamese troops Part of the enemy troops were wiped out and the rest scuttled said Xinhua AIHO AP The Egyptian cabinet today approved the proposed peace treaty with Israel and President Anwar Sadat said he hopes the pact can be signed in Washington next week Sadat who was at his Nilesidc villa during the cabinet session praised US President Carter for having mediated the peace negota tions in such marvellous way The fizzmember cabinet unanimously ap proved the treaty clearing the way for con sideration and almostcertain approval by the Egyptian parliament The Israeli cabinet is expected to give ftill approval to the document Sunday and the Israeli parliament soon afterward Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin are to travel to Washington for the first signing of the treaty followed by similar ceremonies in Jerusalem and fairo Meanwhile Palestinians fearing their chances for statehood will be eclipsed by the treaty demonstrated in Ilalhoul and five other town in the occupied West Bank Halhouls Arab mayor said Israeli troops opened fire in his town killing two Palestir nians 21yearold man and l7yearold schoolgirl and woundingathird The Israeli army had no immediate coni mcnt It was the second day of demonstrations against the peace treaty in the West Bank Palestinians closed their businesses in Itamallah on Wednesday stoned Israeli cars shut down schools and blocked roads in three other towns Hundreds of Arabs shouted antiIsraeli slogans as they milled around Jerusalems Temple Mount holy site for both Jews and Moslcms and troops fired into the air to disperse the crowd Wednesday The protests erupted after Israels cabinet approved the last two compromises proposed by President Carter for the treaty draft This along with support voiced previously by leaders of the opposition Labor party assured the treatys approval next week by the Knesset the Israeli parliament Carter estimates pact to cost US $5 billion WASHINGTON tAIi President arter estimates an EgyptianIsraeli treaty will cost TS taxpayers about 83 billion Key members of ongress say thats small price to pay for peace Both Republicans and Democrats said Wednesday they foresee little trouble in tip proving new military and economic aid re quests associatcd with the treaty arttr who planned to begin long weekend at amp David today briefed about 30 members of the Senate and House of Representatives on his peace mission Wednesday at the White House Afterward Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker rltcp Tenn said we are talking about something in the rangc of four bulletin Sewnty employees of US Building lto ducts Ltd in Barrie returned to work this afternoon ending an iiglitqlay strike The workers members of lnitcd Electrical Workers Local 582 voted this morning to ac cept threey ear contract To be deported The lranion government said Tues day It will deport American fem Inist Kate Millet who called the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini mole chouvinist AP Laserphoto See AP AAA Wirestory to five billion dollars in US aid over the next three or four years Carter was deliberately vague in his estimates to the legislators stressing that costs could go up if for example oilrrich Saudi Arabia withdraws its military aid to Egypt to punish it for signing treaty with Israel EXTRA AID FOR EGYPT Military aid under the treaty is estimated now to cost the United States about $4 billion divided almost equally between Israel and Egypt There would bean additional $1 billion in economic aid to bolster Egypts relatively backward economy think its worth it Baker said think if this is fair estimate of cost its good buy Baker and others said the lnited States made neither commitment to defence treaty with Israel nor commitment to Us forces to guarantee that the two coun tries abide by the treaty The Israeli cabinet approved key sections of the treaty Wednesday and will meet Sun day to vote on the pact as whole It must still win approval from the Israeli parlia ment the Knesset but Israeli political analysts said that was foregone conclusion Unity still big election issuePM ANfOlVEH IPJ Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau rode in British sports car ate at hinese restaurant spoke at an Italian cultural centre and gave notice again Wednesday that he intends to fight federal election on the issue of national unity On the first day of an ethnicflavored West foast visit the prime minister told crowd of about Boo the campaign hasnt begun He then launched into campaign styli speech during which he said the main task facmg anadians is to build strong unified country We have to work at it he said We have to make it succeed Trudeau said anadians cannot deny that problems must Alberta and Ontario lllltf on how much oil should cost and tliffltntt exist between Quebec and the rest of the country But those problems must not be sob ed with only regional interests in mind So its important that we think of anada first that lhlS country must survive first TESIEDTHEMES The campaign themes that Trudeau ltsttfl suggested mix of the land is strong slogan that thc Liberals used in 1972 and the just society philosophy that Trudeau rods to power in tin Hoping to mingle after the speech the prime minister was mobbed by autograph seekers well ishers and women looking for the kisses that Trudeau made trademark in his first stici essful election campaign He did not say hen the election might in callcd btit he hinted to reporters that it will not be imiiiediaely After inqumng about the cancellation of last weeks World up ski race at Whistler Trudeau said he hoped to ski in the iltl few weeks and that he could think of nothing that could interfere with that plan Electrical problem cause ofMidland town hall fire By STElllIl lilliillS The Examiner MIDLAND Halli Fridays town hall fire here was caused by an electrical pro blem said an Ontario Fire Marshal in vestigator today John McKenIic IdUhfltlHt based in vestigaior said four days of or site inspec tion revealed an electrical problem in thr buildings second storey false ceiling started thcfire The fire was accidentally caused and it was an electrical problem of some nature But we cant be more specific than that said McKenzie Fire broke out in the budding about to in Friday and destroyed the upper level ad ministration offices Most recent figures estimate damage at Summit said Stewart roster fire marshal investigations super visor McKenzie said the fire started between the false ceiling and ceiling on the second floor Theres nothing else there but tltttiltul wiring he said Midland Fire Department spokesman said he believ ed the cause to be malfunction in an electrical distribution box but he said he could no give any details on what happen ed Municipal offices including fire and polii departments have been relocated in diltiUS butldings throughout the town Mayor Mortland Lynn said council has not discussmg replactng or rebutlding the hall Insurance investigators hate not completed inspection of the site tho that report is given to council no ac tion can be taken said Mayor Lynn