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Barrie Examiner, 31 Aug 1979, p. 1

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Square dancing popular The six square dance clubs in Barrie have total membership of more than 250 people Dr Glen McLean an enthusiastic square dancer whos progressed to the advanced level says square dancing is great way to meet 0Jaeople and have good time See story ont aysentertainment page Starr evens series Starr Electric evened up their Barrie and District League Championship Thursday night with convincing Wm over Mr Transmission Meanwile Barrie Adanac are 1979 cham pions of the York Simcoe League For these and other stories turn to the Sports pages index todav 13 litutylo Ontortalnment lashes page 390713 comicsw guide classified others are missing AP Photo Airport dispute heightens By THE CANADIAN PRESS Radio operators walked off the job at some Canadian airports and were working to rule at others today causing flight delays but no major problems Members of the Union of Canadian Transport Employees went on strike in Regina Saskatoon Toronto Montreal and smaller airports in Ontario Saskatchewan and Quebec In British Columbia and the Atlantic pro vinces the operators were working to rule Faces rape charge TORONTO iCPl Police charged Toronto man Thursday with the rape of nineyearold girl and the indecent assault of second nirieyearold girl More than 100 police officers have been searching for man they had dubbed the jogging pervert because he was wearing jogging shorts dur ing both attacks The first girl was raped Aug 20 and the second was indecently assaulted two days later Charged is Tony Argue 27 Plea to kidnapper TORONTO iLP The wife of abducted Toronto businessman Frederick Johnsen made public plea to the kidnapper late Thursday to contact the family On behalf of Lisa Johnsen lawyer Ted Horton told reporters the kidnapper is being asked to call telephone number at any time night or day No communications have been received Since man abducted Johrisen 43 wealthy auto dealer at gunpoint in front of his ammo home on Tuesday Police have been puzzled by many aspects of the case including the fact that the un masked nian alloyted himself to be seen by Mrs Johnsen No motive has been established Crisis in spuds HAMILTON iCP Potato growers are scrambling to prevent skidding spud prices from driving farmers out of busrness Pnces have plunged to 50 hun drtxlweight and farmers say they need at least $4 to break even Growers say American potatoes and simultaneous harvests of Quebec and Ontario spuds are the cause Wally andersieli head of newly tSlJbllShfil pirate marketing board said Itsjust beena dogfight Decides to pay OWEN SOIND On Eric Big gins convicted for not wearing seat belt has change his mind about serving 15 day jail Sénlmn and has dwided to pay the fine The Canadian Press reporte erroneously Thursday that Biggm ya sentence was threedays Bicgins who says seat belt legislation violates mistitutional rights had said after his third LtlAZCJOR for the same offence Tuesday that he would go oyai Salaries $1 year DETROIT AP Thetwotopexwutixes at financially troubled Chrysler Corp said Thursday they are cutting their salaries to St yearfor om years effective Saturday If the company stirs price does no mnng that me Ill get the money back It gces up they will earn Chairman John Riccardo am Fresnent LR lamma no earn salaries of $3833 year In addztyar Lhysie paying lacuna $15 milky he had tee cum mauses by Ford Max Co where tx was Come house totlhe Ex Lc inside story Four killed in ship Fire boats spray water on the burning Peruvian cargo ship Inca Tupac Yapanquigt Good Hope Lo Thursday following an explosion and fire after collision with butane carrying barges At least four persons died and three Ozzie Flynn Barrie volunteer firefighter displays new pocket pager used to call firefighters For story see the Today Page Ex aminer Photo blast president until last October He gave up that money by joining Chrysler Those payments will continue because lacocca is not being punished nor should he be punished for what he earned at Ford said Chrysler spokesman Chrysler paid bonuses for 1976 and 1977 but has paid none since Riccardo earned 3548700 in bonuses during those two years to be paid from 1977 through I981 Those payaments will continue the spokesman sai SALLY RD fan dance pioneer Dancer dies at 75 GLENDORA Laizt AP Saily Rand whose peekstui fan danczng scandalized and delightal aud1entes for more than 45 years died today ageTE The petite biondeliazred dancer and her ostrich plumes were me hLI of the Chicago Worids Fanr and just emu everyuhere else lntil last year when ill health forced her to curtail her pearanees she was still waving the flu WhilElanSllplo¥3NKSS€3I People ask me What the hell are you doing it its she told The Asstriated Press Web its lot better than dozng mailng in Lhe patio Born Helen Gmin Beck or Apr 121s she started reforms age and worked her way from Missth to Hollywood in the Ist There irectcr Cecil De Siffre cas her in The Rag of KLth as Sally Fund namehe itfteci from RarxHEcNaliy 4115 weather Mainly Sunny today ths 23 to 25 Chance of thunderstorm over night Lows 25 to 18 Hazy and warm Saturday with isolated thunder storms Gusting southwest Winds Highs 2710 30 iner Call 7266537 for bovine delivery 115th year No 200 Friday August 31 1979 the examiner Per Copy serving barrie an Believed to have detonated bomb irish policeintensify hunt for two more IRA terrrisis Three iniured BC plane crash claims lives PRINCE RUPERT BC CP Trans Provincial Airlines plane going out of its way to make an extra stop crashed Thursday killing seven persons and injuring three others The injured all men were reported in stable condition in hospital in Vancouver where they were flown today spokesman at Shaughnessy Hospital said today The twinengined amphibian Grumman Goose was believed to be carrying construc tion workers from the isolated molybdenum mine at Kitsault about 160 kilometres north east of here to the Seal Cove seaplane ter minal here But the pilot apparently decided to stop first at the Prince Rupert airport on nearby Digby Island New county MOH named new medical officer of health has been appointed for Simcoe County an official with the countys board of health announced Thursday Dr David Korn 38 of Toronto will replace former medical officer of health Dr Peter Watson who died May 29 said Jerry Skip worth secretarytreasurer of the board Born in Toronto in 1942 Dr Korn obtained his degree in medicine in 1967 from the University of Western Ontario in London Ont In 1971 he obtained diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine at the University of London England Dr Korns medical experience includes the practice of family medicine in Toronto and appointments as consultant epidemiologist with the World Health Organization in Ethiopia and govemment medical officer for the Republic of Zambia He has also served as assistant professor of preventative medicine at the University of Cincinnatis college of medicine Dr Korn who has been serving as acting medical officer of health for the county since June 13 was chosen from six applicants Skipworth said Our economic outlook gloomy OTTAWA CPr As Prime Minister Clark ended strategy meeting with his inner cabinet Thursday in Jasper Alta federal statistiCians made public two strong indica tions of coming economic problems For the three months that ended June 30 the production of goods and services ad justed to accomodate inflation dropped at an annual rate of per cent Government spokesmen said this does not mean recession But it indicated the possibility of further production decline which could lead to widespread layoffs such as those taking place in some parts of the economy recession is not offiCially recognized until the economy of country fails to grow for two successive calendar quarters This was the first nogrowth quarter for Canada Airport manager Howard Merth said pilots often stop first at Digby to allow passengers to make connections with other flights Two passengers were to make connection with CP Air flight Thursday Merth said The loseat aircraft with nine passengers and one pilot aboard crashed near British Columbia Hydro rightcfway in isolated bush on the island boat radioed and said that it saw smoke so the airport radio operator tried to make contact with the plane Merth said When he couldnt he hit the alarm button NOSE BURNED person who had talked to helicopter pilot who flew to the scene said the pilot reported that the planes wings had sheared off and its nose was burned Merth and RCMP spokesmen said they did not know whether the plane hit power line Power was cut in lines through the area leav ing several villages on outlying islands without power until later today Merth said the airport has been closed and ministry of transport investigation was to start today CP Air flight due at Prince Rupert shortly after the crash was diverted to Terrace about 200 kilometres to the east As result of the crash radio operators who had planned to go on strike today decided to stay on the job We consider this an emergency and therefore we are not going to walk out said one operator who would not give his name 1rsz If we dont recognise Israel and the dont extst who the hell is mbfng our bases Examiner price adjusted Effective with the issue of Saturday Sept the single copy or newsstand price of The Examiner will be adjusted to cents per copy In the face of substantial increases in newsprint costs and all other phases of production and distribution The Ex aminer has found it necessary to follow trend established by numerous Canadian newspapers The carrier or home delivered price of The Examiner will remain unchanged at as cents per week Heading for Dominican Republic Killer Davids toll reaches l7 Gale torce wrnds from Hurricane David one of the most dangerous ever to threaten the Caribbean lash palm trees and churn the surf new the slum of La Perla The irfi sy houses lie in the shadow of San Juan famous El Torro fortress The storm has claimed or least one in Puerto Rco ano severai others or other Caribbean Stands AP Pnoo SAN JUAN Puerto Rico AP Hurricane David headed for the Dominican Republic to day after killuig one persor as it skirted Puerto Rico and at least 16 on the devastated island of Dorrintca Police in the southern coastal City of Santo Dommgo capital of the Dominican Republic are reported to have evacuated residean frorr lowlying areas The National Weather Service in its madman advisory said Davids centre was about 130 kilometres southwest of Puerto RECO It was st1ll moving westnorthwest with maxzrnum sustaued we of 24 kilometres an hour but the speed of its advance had drop pec slightly Humcaneforce winds ii 12 an hour and more extended for It kilometres out from thecentre The hurncanes centre stayed more than 13 itziometra south of Puerto Rico as pass ei Thursday and the island experienced only Lcptcal storm Polzce said one mar was lulled or the with coast by tree iunb tori lease by the storrr The national power company said am too mrres in 19 cues and tours were blacked cu About 35 Canadiar toerrsts are reported to be the island The tartmeans navigated the stand of Defiance fine Winds and chain as entered the Caribbean The Caxbcear News Service repsrte 15 wires had beer recovered and said feared rm ucre blamed the deans Amaze trxcgrepher an flew over he starid afterrwr um DUBLIN AP Irish security forces step up the hunt today for two Irish Republican Army terrorists they believe detonated the bomb that killed Earl Mount batten official sources said They said Irish security chiefs believe two men already charged with murder planted the bomb and drove off leaving it to be detonated by remote control by the other pair However government spokesman said The position is still very fluid The in vestigation is continuing despite the charges brought yesterday Two alleged members of the IRAs Provi sional wing were charged Thursday with Mountbattens murder and police source said at the time he believed at least six IRA men were involved At least 100 IRA activists were reported questioned Thursday Most of them were later released sources said but some were held for further interrogation Mountbatten and three other persons were killed when an explosion ripped apart fishing boat in Donegal Bay on the north western ooast of Ireland As anger over the killing continued to mount John Taylor Protestant politician in Northern Ireland and one of Britains representatives in the European Parliamait said Protestant guerrilla grou should stage attacks in the Irish Republic they felt com pelled to avenge Mountbattens death STUDIES STATEMENT Roman Catholic leaders in Northern Ireland immediately accused Taylor of in citement to hatred criminal offence and Northern Irelands director of blic prosecu tions was reported to be stu ying his state ment The two men charged with Mountbattens murder Francis McGirl and Thomas McMahon were stopped at roadblock in western Ireland several hours before the ex plosion The arresting officer testified that McGirl was shaking like leaf and gave false name and address Both men were taken to police station and held McGirl 24 and McMahon 31 reputed to be timebomb expert were charged at five minute hearing in West Dublin Thursday and then returned tojail under heavy guard They were ordered held without bail until Oct on charge of murdering Lord Louis Mount batten oontrary to public law and were not In Simcoe County and simcoe county Carrier Home Delivery 95 Weekly Francis McGirl 24 arrives at Dublins Special Criminal Court Thursday where he was charged with the murder of Lord Mountbat ten of Burma McGirl and Thomas McMahon 3i were both remand ed in custody on murder charges until October AP Photo required to plead Neither one said anything in the courtroom The two men face life imprisonment if eon victcd Ireland retains the death penalty for murders of policemen soldiers heads of state and ambassadors as well as for murder committed in furtherance of the activities of an illegal organization Lords Prayer stays in schools Unlike the Toronto Board of Education the Simcoe County Board of Education has made no consideration whatsoever to have the Lords Prayer removed from opening ex ercises at the countys schools Irving Harris girector of education told The Examiner to In Toronto the board decided to replace the prayer with minute of silent meditation in city public schools The Toronto boards move supported by the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews came last week after an unsuccessful year long search for prayer that would suit all pupils religions At least one member of Simcoe Countys Jewish community thinks this county should follow the actions taken by Toronto The schools should be representative of our multicultural society said Alex Finkel stein of Barrie Public schools he said shouldnt be used as medium for religious beliefs Both Finkelstein and his wife recall being students in Toronto and having to listen to the Lords prayer every morning Finkelstein said his parents werent terribly en thusiastic about him having to say the prayer Today the Finkelsteins plan to viSit the the capital Roseau town of 18000 was vir tually flattened The root of the Pnncess Margaret Hospital was ripped off The big school their son who Will be entering kindergarten Tuesday will attend to discuss matters such as the Lords prayer Harris said parean can remove their children from any part of the curriculum that they find offensive Some parents dont want their students to sing the national anthem he said In the history of almost every school at least one parent has objected to having their children recite the Lords prayer he said Crush uprising Khomeini order TEHRAN ReuterIranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini accused Kur dish insurgents today of trying to form Communist state in western Iran with foreign backing The unofficial head of state of Iran ordered troops to crush the twoweekold Kurdish prising as scan as possmle and said the rebel aders had to be executed hieanwhile senior member of ruling clergy of Iran hinted for the lllSl time at Soviet involvement in the Kurdish conflict gest Roman Catholv titurcr in whim many pmplr had taker reige and the central warehwse for the new crop were wreck Woves driven by Hurricane David batter beach homes of Puerto Rico secondlargest city Ponce located on the south coast The huge hurricane packing winds of lSO miles per hour passed lOO miles somh in the Carib bean Sea AP Photo

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