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tuosday Is for county Timlbrell avoids questions PENETANGUISHENE While Dennis Timbrell minister of helth toured Penetanguishene General Hospital with George Taylor MPP Simcoe Centre and members of the media concerned citizens and council members from Tiny Medonte Penetanguishene and Midland waited anx iously to speak with him But Timbrell had little time for them Timbrell answered less than 10 questions before being whisked away to closed 90 minute board meeting We didnt get chance to ask him anything or explain things to him said Anne Murphy concerned citizen who waited about 45 minutes to see Timbrell He doesnt know about the community force thats working behind this hospital to keep it together feel frustrated about the whole matter Joan Brooks concerned citizen and hospital staff member also waited about 43 minutes to see Tiinbrell He just came and went said Mrs Brooks He didnt have any time to speak with us Its all rather disappointing as Pharaoh AP Photo WASHINGTON Pi President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel having led their states into signing peace treaty faced the task today of convincing critics that it will lead to general settlement Recognizing the problems confronting the two leaders President Tarter appealed Monday night to Aral states to follow Egypts example as the first Arab state to make peace with Israel We hope that others will join us in our cf forts to make this treaty the cornerstone of comprehensive peace true and lasting peace for the entire Middle East the president said at White House banquet celebrating thctrcaty signing During the signing ceremony on the White Student fee hikes urged TORONTO rPi The Ontario Eco nomic Council says university and college students should pay higher tuition fees In report released Monday the council said fees have not kept pace with inflation up about 20 per cent since 1973 and due to rise five per cent this fall Increases should be greater in profes sional courses such as law and medicine because graduates of such programs stand to earn more the report said The council wants universities to set their own fees without government regulation to reduce their reliance on government financ ing The average university tuition fee now is $800 year the report said The report prepared for the councils an nual conference next week also recom mends an increase in community college fees now set at $325 year to bring them intolinc with university fees Woman dies in blast JERUSALEM tAPi woman was killv ed and 21 other persons were wounded today when bomb exploded under vegetable stand in an outdoor market in Lod 23 kilometres east of Tel Aviv police said Two of the injured were reported in serious condition It was the second explosion believed set off bv Palestinians angered by the EgyptianIsraeli peace treaty signed Mon dav in Washington hand grenade wound ednine persons in hostel in Arab East Jerusalem Monday night Amin still at front NAIROBI Kenya tReutcri lganda Radio today denied report that President Idi Amin has fled Uganda saying he is busy on the front commanding his troops against invading Tanzanianforces The radio station said military spokesman normally taken to mean the president himself dismissed BBC allegations that Life PreSIdent Amin has fled the country WIN Front cover of Egypts October magazine which depicts US President Jimmy Carter as the Statue of Liberty and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat Sadat Begin face treaty critics today Board wont get truck The Simcoe County Board of Education decided Monday it doesnt need new half ton pick up truck after all At meeting two weeks ago the boards administrative council recommended seven vans halHon pick up and oneton pick up be bought for 343707 At the time trustees complained that the price exceeded the $40400 allotted in the 1979 budget for vehicle replacement The motion was postponed At Mondays meeting the recommenda tion left out the halfton pick up and sug gested the board buy seven vans and one ton pick up for $38211 The motion was car ried The vehicles will be bought from Centen nial Plymouth Chrysler of Barrie which of fered the loweSt of seven tenders Trustee Bill Straughan of Barrie asked why the vehicles had to be replaced at all Tom Schultz head of business said it is customary to replace board vehicles when they are three years old or have travelled more than 50000 miles OMB hearings continue The Ontario Municipal Board hearing into oldwaters proposed annexation of 1635 acres from Medonte and Tay townships resumes today in Coldwater The hearing is expected to last another three weeks mealvs House lawn earlier in the day the chants of about 2500 protesting ArabrAmcrican students could be heard in the background as Sadat and Begin sealed the treaty with artcr as witness And as Begin and Sadat wcrc meeting members of the US Congress today to discuss the treaty and the next steps foreign and economic ministers of the Arab League met in Baghdad Iraq to decide what sanctions to impose against Egypt ISSlE NOT SETTLE United Nations SecretaryAGeneral Kurt Waldhciiii said in London that he is glad Egypt and Israel have signed peace treaty but said that the crux of the Middle East problem the Palestinian issue has not been settled Iranian battle rages TElIRAN IAPJ Heavy fighting broke out today between Turkoman tribcsmen and government forces over land rights in the northeastern city of Iomhad Kavous and at least eight persons were killed and many wounded reports reaching Tehran said It was the second major challenge in week to the rule of Ayatollah Ruhollah Kho nicini the Shiite Moslcm leader of the revolution that ousted the monarchy six weeks ago lombad Kavous is about 50 kilometres from the Soviet Union border and close to thc aspian Sea The city in Gorgan pro vince is surrounded by fertilc valleys much of it large agricultural estates belong ing to retired military officers and top civil servants Backyard compost heaps City residents should have compost heaps in their backyard says Irant Harper of the environment commit tee in Toronto Residents could save tax money on expen sive garbage pickups if they made use of organic kitchen wastes which account for about 30 per cent of all trash But compost heaps would likely save Barr rie residents little money says Neil Fox superintendent of public works Fox said the heaps are good for the cnvir ronnicnt but there wouldnt be enough of the waste to make it worthwhile for Barrie taxpayers compost post will transform potato peels tea bags and even egg shells to pretty good allpurpose fertilizer as well as possibly reducing the frequency of garbage pickups said llarpcr weather Rain and milder temperatures are forecast for this area Wednesday Becoming sunny today with highs of to Clear overnight Lows IO to Becoming overcast Wednesday with occasional rain Highs to 51 West Germgn town flooded 73 missmg as canal dike bursts NUERNBERG AP At least 73 persons were missing today after dike burst on the RhineMainDanube shipping canal and flooded suburban West German town Nuernberg police said Nineteen families each with two to three members and 35 other residents were unac counted in the disaster but we hope that most of them are staying with friends and havent been able to report in yet because of 115th your No 73 Tuesday March 27 1979 the exa telephone and power outages police spokesman said The Bavarian radio network urged residents to telephone their whereabouts to special offices manned by the Red Cross and police The body of 12yearold girl was recovered Monday night after the flood swept through the town of Katzwang Per Copy miner serving barrie and simcoe county Two hundred policemen city work crews and soldiers were conducting searchand cleanup operations in the town south of Nuernberg where several houses were swept away by water up to two metres high police said Helicopters rescued at least 300 persons from the town Monday afternoon plucking many from the roofs of their homes where they fled to escape the flood police said The water spurted from 20metrewide section of the dike that burst without warn ing The canal is still under construction and not yet open to barges The cause of the break has not been deter mined but police said the dike may have burst under the pressure of water flowing into the section for the first time in test Announcement startles Commons Its May 22 election Board OKs revamping program By ARI IcilRSE Of The Examiner There will be 33 additional fulltime teachers for exceptional students in Simcoe ounty beginning in September The revamping of the public school special education program was approved Monday by the board of education in an effort to stem situation which trustees say has reached crisis proportions Exceptional students including gifted children and those with physical and mental handicaps are defined as those who have trouble learning in ordinary classroom set tings committee of the Simcoe ounty Board of Education that studied the situation conclud ed there is large gap between the number of exceptional students in the county and the number of special education teachers avail blc The committees report estimates 4093 students need special education services and 2568 of them are not getting it When go into school and sec 10 or dozen kids sitting around the principals of fice because teachers cant handle them something must be done said Mary ErichsenBrown chairman of the special education committee Under the boards decision each of the 14 high schools in the county will get special eduction teacher and 10 others will cover elementary schools Jack Ramsay director said the lack of special education in Simcoc ounty is as bad or worse than in other rcas of the province Any principal will tell you Its crisis we cant handle Ramsay told the board The 33 additional teachers and two special education consultants are the first step in up dating special education using guidelines drawn up by the committee and adopted in principle by the board Currently there are 140 special education teachers but the guidelines say there should be more in future years The boards decision to boost its special educaton staff comes after ministry of education promise in 1978 to give school boards additional funds for special education The extra teachers will cost $445880 in 1980 of which $260317 will be paid by the province Ilowever after 1981 the special government grants begin and will pick up 3419050 or about 94 per cent of the expense Not interested says Chrysler MONTREAL CP Chrysler Corp is not interested in selling its anadian affiliate to the federal government spokesman for Chrysler Canada said Monday The idea is so farfetched that it doesnt merit comment the spokesman said in an interview See Page OTTAWA iCIi Prime Minister Iicrre Trudeau called May 22 general election Monday and asked Canadians to guarantee strong national government by giving him fourth term in office Trudeau got Deputy Prime Minister Allan ltIacEachcn to announce the date to startled House of oninions during evening debate on government spending plans Then he launched his campaign at hationallytclcviscd news conference where reporters Wt not allowed to ask questions Opposition reaction Page Opposition Ieadcrs greeted the news with pleasure and relief predicting roughrand tumblc campaign that has been going on in all but name since last spring when Trudeau backed away from federal campaign in the face iif public discontent with his govcrn llltlll We are not embarked tonight on tea par ty Opposition Leader loc lark told Pro grcssivc oiiscrvativc party lulltlrlitlSlllL din ner in Regina before returning to itawa on chartered executive jet We are going to be in one rough cain paign Polls suggest Irudcaus Liberals and Iarks Conservatives could cincrgc from the election virtually tied leaving New IciiiKratic Leader Ed Broadbcnt with thc effective balance of power in the new Iarlia ment AS IT SEATS Bioadlxnt who now holds 17 of 2m seats in the Commons predicted Nlll gains from campaign that would hit issucs concerning the ordinary working family OlS prices and the preservation of universal medical care lttaclilachcns announccincnt in the om nions came moments after two bills were given final parliamentary approval One would give the government power to ration oil and gas in times of shortages The other would extend for year laws governing banks Mons Its Israel and KP Can the have itt tame Il18lde today foster ontortalnment county sports oomlcstv guide 10 classlflad 1113 complement Sears 20 pages Penetanguishene General Hospital will sta By NANCY FIGIEROA Of The Examiner PENETANGUISHENE The Penetan guishene General Hospital will remain open said Dennis Tirnbrell minister of health Monday following tour of the isbed hospital Im very disturbed by suggestions we want to close this hospital he said Nothing is further from the truth We have no intention of forcing the closure of any hospital In February the hospital announced it may have toclose in March 1980 because of finaii cial cutbacks announced by the ministry Yet Timbrell insists the closure will not hap pen Hospital administrators however dont share Timbrellsoptimism If the funding isnt there how do you keep the hospital open asked Dr Jim Young president of medical staff He can make all the statements he wants but without funding standards will drop and well have to close The ministry granted the hospital $22 million budget for 37980 the same amount as last year All other hospitals with the ex ception of 18 small community hospitals were given 45 per cent increase The ministry said an increase was not given to Penetanguishene because the hospital has more beds than the community needs Needs were calculated on the basis of 1972 ministry set ratio of four beds for 1000 peo ple Ilospital administrators and Penetanguishene town council say the ministrys ratio is not practical in the Penctanguishenc area because of the areas numerous tourists lr Young said his prime concern was to get Pcnetanguishcne the 45 per cent increase given to other hospitals We cant run on what we had he said The ministry says if we cant run on the same amount of money we have to cut back services But dont think were running adillac now According to Timbrell the hospital has utilization rate of only 70 per cent while most other hospitals in Ontario have utilization rates of 90 per cent IlliltltII Iltl til big sctict now out Carrier Home Dellvory 90° Weekly Meanwhile Trudeau walked across the street from his official residence to Govern ment House to get GovGen Edward Schreyer to sign the formal proclamation dissolving the countrys 30th Parliament Then he left for the National Press Building where he outlined skeleton Liberal cam paign program which he said would em phasize the preservation of national unity in the face of Quebec separatism economic development in the 1980s job and income security government deficits and energy supplies The election call came something of surprise to country hardened for more than year to speculation over the timing of campaign By law Trudeau had at least four months before his fiveyear mandate expired and there were persistent rumors he would wait to call June election AIHISERSSIIJT His advisers were split on the timing Some wanted the election now before the right wing Social redit rump could muster new strength in Quebec and while polls show the Liberals with slight edge over Conser vatives Others wanted more evidence of sup port in voterrichOntario The election call comes less than month from lrudcaus 11th anniversary as prime minister he formally replaced Lester Icarv son on April 20 1968 And it apparently came three days after lnidcau initially planned to open the camr paign Sources said he intended to set the date Friday thus allowing full today cam paign Aftir appcaring on television Trudeau gau Liberal Alis pep talk in House of ioiiimons lobby telling them Its been great experience for me This brotherth and sisterhood is something will always remember Local ridings gear up for election activit It Itll IIIIICII Of The llllllllll Ihc illllltlllllltllltlll ol it Iiiy 31 federal clec tion has spaikcd flurry ot activity in local ridiiigs lhc South Siiiicoc lilnii 11nd NIJI organiations iic niallug iniiiiidiatc plans to hold iioiiniitioii iiicctiiiits ltX Maniuris candidate tor the Sinicoc South Iilicriil noiniiition says the nomination mccting which was slated to lic lltll later Ill April said II will likely lic moved to next week llt said lllt lXIltl date would be decided at the general committcc inciting Wednesday night Marijuiis said llt not surprised at the announcement although Iic thought the clccr tion would be licld at latcr date Manjuris told The llVitlllllltl llt had not heard ot anyone in Siiiicoc South contesting lllSllOllllllJtllOll He wants to sec the nomination niccting completed as quickly as possible l10tl cant campaign until the nomination meeting is Iicld said Manjuris Walter tonncll ltllllitl broadcaster with FOIII Seasons adio Ltd was recently declared thc federal candidate for llll Sinicoc Northorganization Iwocandidatc are about to be announced in the South Simcoc riding for thc NIIs says Paul ttsscngcr campaign manager One of the candidates is cxpccted to an nounce his intentions to run later today Wesscngcr said The NDI meeting originally scheduled to be held April IT will likely be next week said Wesscngcr The election announcements earlier then usual but surprised no one said Wesscngcr Its going to be long campaign so dont really think the element of surprise was fac tor iri the announcement said Wessenger think everybody has been ready for it for long time Theres lot of running around going on right now said Wessenger That always happens at the beginning Wessengcr said he expects the campaign ing will not reach high gear until after the Easter break In Sinicoc North Iayne Bullen an Orillia high school teacher was nominated last year for the candidacy Progressive onscrvative Simcoc South Ron Stewart and Bruce Peacock campaign manager were un available for comment this morning Stewart was declared Simcoe South can didate at meeting last year Dr Rynard present member for Simcoc North was also unavailable for coin ment this morning Ir Rynard said he would not announce whether or not he would be running again un til an election announcement had been made candidate for open Timbrell Those figures were later discussed by Timv brell and the hospitals board members dur ing 90 minute closed meeting Following the meeting Tiiiibrell said he would take look at those figures again During the closed meeting limbrell discussed converting some beds to chronic care beds to increase the hospitals utilization rate The hospital used to have an 80 per cent utilization rate said Dr Young That is until we made concerted effort to get it down he said Thats what thc ministry wished Ir Young said the board was in favor of llic introduction of sonic chronic care beds but said that would mean increased costs The ministry will have to come through with some money for chronic care beds The ministry has suggested 33 of the hospitals beds be for chronic carc pa tients The board however would prefer oiin It to 13 beds be deemed chronic care beds Dr Young said many Icnctanguishcnc and area residents fear the ministry wants to make the hospital silcly for chronic care pa tieiits Im opposed to just chronic care hospital he said During his visit Ray Baker etanguishene town council presented Iiiiibrell with petition The petition objecting to the hospitalbed ratio and to the shortage of funds granted to the hospital had 11244 signatures and weigh ed nine pounds The signatures camc from the communities of Penctanguishcne Elmvale and Midland which have combined population of about 185le Following the presentation Baker said am pleased Timbiell came But hope hes not here just to quiet us down hope hes got the feeling the whole town is behind this Timhiell said he plans to review financing of the hospital but said he would not make any promises Pen member The hospital board plans to meet with ministry officials again within 30 days to an nounce final decisions on funds allocated to the hospital the number of chronic care beds and the hositabcd ratio