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Dr Gilbert Furman of Queen of the Valley Hospital in West Covino Ca talks with Jennifer Lara who is resting in cool mist tent at the hospital The heavy smog that has plagued the Los Angeles area for the past week has aggravated her respiratory problems AP Laserphoto Californians hit by eyestinging smog LOS ANGELES AP Southern Califor nians were hoping today that change in the weather might help break up layer of eyestinging murky smog that has hung over the area for more than week Sunday looks good better than Satur day said Bill Faulkner spokesman for the air quality management district who said there was good chance that the nine dayold air inversion layer that has sealed in pollutants would disintegrate The problem has been caused by number of factors chief among them temperature inversion in which ground level layer of polluted and cooler 77 air is trapped by warmer air above it The situation has been been caused in part by an increase in the number of drivers on the freeways due to bus strike which stranded some 600000 commuters The reddishbrown pall caused city school officials Friday to canCel 25 preseason foot ball contests and sent more chronic respiratory sufferers to hospitals Firstand secondstage alerts were issued one after the other Friday while inspectors cited 40 smogrule violators out of 253 businesses checked Most offences were traffic abatement violations an official said No deaths have been blamed on the smog Angry at airlines strike passengers seize ietliner PARIS AP Passengers aboard French jetliner enraged at their pilots deci sion to go on strike few minutes before takeoff seized the aircraft and forced the company to find them an alternative flight airline officials said The plane was on the tarmac ready for takeoff its 280 passengers in buckled scat Winds postpone Arnhem drop ARNHEM Netherlands Reuter Strong winds prevented British paratroopcrs frotn landing here today to commemorate the Allied airborne assault on the lower Rhine bridge at Arnhem during the Second World War Two Royal Air Force Hercules aircraft car rying 119 offiCers and men of the 10h Rat talion of the Parachute Regiment circled overhead but it was decided not to make the jump because high winds would have carried the men too far from the target area city council spokesman said inside story l8 Wheels rolls in 18 Wheels is country and western truck ing musical thats played to audiences across Canada since it first premiered at the Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto Tarragon Theatre production of the John Gray hit starts 501in tour next week and Barrie is the first stop on the tour The Gryphon Theatre Foundaton is sponsoring Tuesdays performance of the play at Georgian College Theatre See story on to days entertainment page Blue Jays win The Blue Jays might be lowly but they proved they still know how to win by edging Cleveland Indians 13 Rookie pitcher Dave Stieb was on the mound for the Jays Locally the Barrie olts still have whil to go before their season opener but they looked to be in good shape last night against Owen Sound Barrie won the exhibition match their first preseason contest 74 despite 16 penalty minutes assessed to Bar rie players Barrie Garner Sports Major Bantams begin their series with Sault St Marie for the Ontario Bantam baseball title to day For stories and pictures see todays Sports pages index today lifestyle entertainment window on the world sports carriesTV guide classified belts when the pilot told the travellers he had just decided tojoin strike by his companys ground crew the officials said The AitOtt Airbus of Air Inter the French domestic airline was to have flown Friday night from Orly Airport outside Paris to Marseille on the Iediterranean Officials said group of passengers crowd ed around the cockpit door and told the pilot they would hold him there until he agreed to take off Air Inter officials boarded the plane and tried to soothe the passengers by handing out packaged meals and drinks Air Inter usually serves no food and charges about $1 25 for an inflight fruit juice Meanwhile an alternative plane was found to take the passengers to Lyon where buses were laid on to transport them the remaining 320 kilometres to Marseille The majority accepted the compromise but 100 passengers refused to leave the plane until they were given flight to Marseille So Air Inter chartered an aircraft that flew them to the Mediterranean city five hours after the incident began Air Inter ground crews are on strike to fight the dismissal of colleagtte on charges of theft The strike is scheduled to end Monday JEAN SFllFltG died in France Spread rumor FBI WASHINGTON AP The FBI admits it tried to neutralize actress Jean Seberg as supporter of black nationalist causes by publicizing rumor in 1970 thatshe was pregnant by member of the Black Pan thers The FBI confirmed allegations by fortner husband of Miss Seberg Romain Gary that the agency tried to ruin her reputation ith rumor which appeared in gossip column After the FBI acknowledged the report Friday agency director William Webster said The days when the FBI used derog atory information to combat advocates of unpopular causes have long since past We are out of that business forever Miss Seberg committed suicide with an overdose of barbiturates attd her body was mnu vc t4 arvv awryem teamvdthéstégm 115th your No 212 Saturday Sept 15 1979 the examiner 20¢ Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 95° Weekly Euaka edits21 are sauLru 91 are In xe are were as browser erES3f5K $£G9 serving barrie and simcoe county Equalpay gap still with us in menwomen setup Davis TORONTO CP Society is not having great deal of success in narrowing the wage gap between men and women Ontario Premier William Davis said Friday Davis told the first fall meeting of the On tario Status of Women Council that numerous studies have examined malefemale wage differentials in Canada In all cases having taken into considera tion various human capital differences significant wage gaps remain attributable to sex The premier said it is disturbing to realize these facts prevail in province which has law requiring equal pay for substantially the same work and Human Rights Code that prohibits discrimination in hiring training or promotion because of sex And might add where women are in fact slightly better educated on the average than men Davis blamed the disparities on widespread assumptions in society These assumptions are founded on net work of myths and notions based more on tradition or convenience than fact We must continue to destroy the notion that women dont work for the same reason as men We must erase the idea that women arent interested in challenging careers or promotions DISCUSS BENEFITS He said employers have talked of the benefits an affirmative action program can give them One company estimates it has cut its tur nover rate by 20 per cent since it started its program and thats the kind of message we want to hear and spread to others The status of women council has been given new mandate that allows it to make greater contribution to legislation and policies before they become law Lynne Gordon council chairman said the group pleased with the mandate and will continue to monitor existing legislation and policies She said the council will act as adviser to the government on issues related to women identify areas needing government attention and issue policy statements to stimulate public debate At Fridays meeting the council heard the introduction of 11 new members and the reap pointment for three more years of Ms Gor don as chairman and Olive Ritchie of Hamilton as vicechairman for one year New members include Linda Dranoff Beverly Salmon Dr Josephine Somerville and Michael McManus all of Toronto William Kelloway Ottawa Muriel Beatty Hamilton Joan Maw Petrolia Georgian Calder Kenora Marguerite Martel North Bay Maud Turner Perth and Roberta Jamieson of the Six Nations Indian reserve near Brantford All Jerusalem capital mayor tells Stanfield MONTREAL CP Prime Minister Clarks special envoy to the Middle East Robert Stanfield has been told by Jer usalems mayor that that city is Israels capital not only West Jerusalem but the total united capital Stanfield probing the ramifications of Clarks campaign promise to shift the Cana dian embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv met Friday with Mayor Teddy Kollek In telephone interview Stanfield said the meeting was frank and useful Kollek in another phone interview said he told the former Progressive Conservative leader it was unpardonable that the total Manley speech shock to US WASHINGTON AP The Carter ad ministration is reviewing US policy toward Jamaica after speech by Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley in which he brought his country to the brink of an open break with the United States One official expressed shock over the degree of antiUS and proCuban sentiment in Manleys speech delivered 10 days ago to summit conference of nonaligned states in Cuba The speech is causing lot of consterna tion here believe me one US official said The speech was indicative of problems the United States had with the summit con ference in Cuba found this week in car near the fashionable Paris apartment where she lived with an Algerian actor She was buried Friday Gary blamed her death on the FBI contending that the rumor caused her to have miscarriage from which she never recovered psychologically Birth rate drops OTTAWA CP There was 13per cent drop in Canadas birth rate and 62 percent drop in the marriage rate for the 12month period ending June 30 compared yvith the corresponding period one year ear ter Statistics Canada reported Friday that the number of births in the 12month period fell to 354830 from 356830 the previOUS year The number of marriages dropped to 17958t from 189040 Trudeau to Peking PEKING AFP Former prime minister Pierre Trudeau is expected to arrive here Sunday to begin weeklong pri vate visit to China Canadian source said Friday Trudeau was invited by the Chinese government visit to Tibet is included He last visited China in 1972 as prime minister Better in tropics SIOUX LOOKOUT Ont CP Canada has done its share of taking in Vietnamese boat people anu now should help them locate in countries with more temperate climates says the former moderator of the United Church of Canada Dr Robert McClure said Thursday that the cost of between $10000 and $12000 to bring refugee family into Canada would be better used in helping tropical countries accommodate them We speak of the cultural shock associated with these people but can you imagine the physical shock when these people face the winter climate and snow of Canada McClure here to address the Nor thwestern Ontario Chamber of Commerce convention said in later interview that Canada has done its stuff in helping Jerusalem not be accepted as Israels capital Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin told Stanfield Thursday that based on verbal and written assurances from Clark he was relying on the commitment to move the em bassy Dongding wrong thing LONDON AP Engineers hurried to Big Ben Saturday when the famous clock towering over Westminster struck wrong chord and lost its first note It struck dongdingdong instead of ding dongdingdong The strange sound was noticed in the quarterhour chimes preceding the 11 am am EDT signal We dont know the explanation yet and otherwise the clock is going normally said an environment department official Big Ben was named after Sir Benjamin Hall commissioner of works when the clock was made in 1858 It was last stop ped in March 1978 for maintenance Get well cards poured in from all over the country in 1976 when the clocks chim ing mechanism failed damaging the machinery and the clock room Young Olivia Junghenn lies back and sleeps away the ride as mom bikes home from Melbourne Australia shopping trip with the family dog Kamah AP Laser photo Ministers fired ISLAMABAD Router Premier Hafizullah Amin of Afghanistan has fired two cabinet ministers who helped lead the coup that brought Kabuls Sovietbacked government to power in April last year Kabul Radio says In broadcast in Pushtu monitored in Pakistan Friday night the radio said In Rescuers and police carry bodies recovered Friday from the wreckage of DC9 ietliner which crashed Thursday night on mountain near the airport at Cagliari Italy All 3l Italians aboard the plane were killed AP Photo I5litre law enforced Banned bottles seized in store TORONTO CP About $400 worth of banned 15litre softdrink bottles were seized in variety store Friday The law is the law and people have to understand that said Ed Van Zaig Ontario product safety manager for the federal department of consumer and corporate af fairs He said banned bottle was sold to federal inspector before the seizure of 50 cases of soft drinks stacked in the basement hein THEWU we This is the IRA Weve got Margaret Thatcher and either we get what we want or well send her back terior Minister Aslam Watanjar and Frontier Affairs Minister Major Sherjan Mazdooryar have been removed from their posts Out of hospital PARIS AP The Duchess of Windsor who entered hospital nearly four months ago with bacterial infection of the blood was released Friday hospital spokesman said The 83yearold duchess underwent surgery for an intestinal blockage on Feb 24 and was released month later She was readmitted to hospital May 19 with the blood infection Plane crash kills I2 KLAMATH FALLS Ore AP DC plane used to fight forest fires crashed on southern Oregon mountain apparently killing all 12 persons aboard US Forest Service officials said today Officials said no survivors had been sighted following the crash late Friday The plane had been used to drop fire retardant chemicals on small forest fire near Roseburg northwest of Klamath Falls It then stopped to pick up employees of the planes owner Butler Aircraft Co of Redmond Sue Hughes of the Forest Service said loggers saw the plane go down on the 1900 metre Surveyor Peak about 32 kilometres west of Klamath Falls She said all 12 persons aboard were employees of Butler Aircraft Their names were not released The company also has planes helping to fight 900acre forest fire north of Klamath Falls Good news bad news MONTREAL CP Currency expert hanz Pick who claims he has not made mistake in 40 years has some bad news and some good news home to The ExaminertCall 725553756 fidmé delivery waiting for shipment next week back to the bottling company Consumer and Corporate Affairs Minister Allan Lawrence has placed ban on the bot tles which often explode when they break making it illegal to import advertise or sell soft drinks in the 15litre bottles Lawrence has said he will lift the ban if the soft drink industry develops plastic coating or some other way to stop the bottles from ex ploding Charges are rarely laid for violating ban under the Hazardous Products Act but store owners if charged and convicted could be fined up to $1000 and be sent to jail for six months Van Zaig said squads of inspectors visited Toronto variety stores last week to order 15 litre bottles off the shelves We cant hit every store in the province but by now doubt if youd be able to find 15 litre bottles in any more than five per cent of the stores he said Museums largest theft WASHINGTON AP snuff box given as gift by the Russian empress Catherine the Great in the 17005 has been stolen from the Smithsonian Institution museum of ficials say They said the gold box valued at $125000 was the largest theft ever at the museum It was stolen from its display case at the National Collection of Fine Arts dur ing renovation work The bad news is that the US economy willcollapsein18 months Following US currency crisis old dollars will be exchanged for new at minimum rate of 100 to one There will be no stock market boom until after the collapse The good news if you are hoarding precious metals is that the price of gold will reach $500 an ounce from the current $048 and silver will top $18 troy ounce from $13 by the end of the year Get rid of printed paper and bonds and dont listen to bankers or politicians he advised Cyclist killed Collingwood man died when the bicycle he was riding collided with truck on Highway 91 east east of Duntroon at about 645 pm Friday Stayner OPP report Robert Neil 19 died instantly when he collided with the truck driven by John Giffin Giffin was uninjured Claims discrimination PETERBOROUGH Ont CP Beryl Offierski who says she could not become viceprincipal with the Peterborough County board of education because she is woman asked an Ontario Human Rights Commis ion inquiry Friday to monitor the boards promotions in the next two years Mrs Offierski 52 also said program should be set up in conjunction with the commission to ensure that women are given the opportunity of administrative ad vancement She had told the inquiry she was turned down for admittance to principals course and that she was told she needed it to become viceprincipal On Friday her lawyer Allen Millward produced evidence from the education ministry stating that it was possible for teacher to become viceprincipal weather Sunny with cloudy periods today Becoming cooler with brisk winds later in the day Highs l5 to l8 Sun day sunny with cloudy periods