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Barrie Examiner, 16 Nov 1979, p. 3

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news roundup Zimbabwetruce talks to start shortly LONDON AP With the IIIJJOI political difficulties in the Zimbabwe Rhodesia peace talks oyercomc ceasefire iwgotiations are due to start between black and white com niaiiders hose irniies have been fighting for seven years Foreign Secretary Lord arriiigton on Thursday secured Ingiiient troni the Patriotic Front guerrilla alliance and tishop Abel Murorewas bi racial administration to Itriaiiis plan lor direct rule during preindependence IleI lions Iiie limelight in the talks then switched today to the Iiiiliary commanders whose armies have fought an ll1 ieasiiigl blood war which has cost more that ZIHXJII lives lliitish sources eauioned late Thursday there are still plttliltllls Itut Ila sources said if all goes well ceasefire can be agreed to itliiii week and British governor might lltllli ltl way to the territory early in December Lt lien leter Walls supreme commander of quorewas iiiiij police and air force and Iosiah longogara head of the larger of the Patriotic Fronts two guerrilla armies liit both been in London Ior most of the conference that began to weeks ago longogara heads Robert Mugabes Luei rilla army in Molambique Wants elderly assured of fuel IHltUNllt WI Liberal member has called on the Hntario government to urge energy suppliers not to cut off me this winter to any elderly person unable to pay heating litllr dont think we should turn off heating fuels to anyone but Isiwcially senior itilcis or those on low or fixed in comes Iternie Newman IWindsor WalkerVilleI said IIiui lay The Liberal member also asked the government to ask oil IIIiiipaniIs gi mg Toronto consumers discount of between two IIIII three cents on each gallon of oil to extend this dis count toothercommunities He said the discounts by liiiperial Oil Ltd Shell Canada Ltd and Icxaco anada Inc amount to saving of $20 titl Energy Minister Robert Welch promised to bring New mans suggestions to the attention oI representatives of the energy Industry in meetings later this year Willing to be punished itllVA Ili Justice Minister Jacques Flynn says he is illiiig to be incarcerated in Parliament Ieace Tower as punishment for violating Senate rule Iliit he told the Senate on Thursday he feels confident fel low senators would not want him confined to parlia iiiIiitaiy prison when they would prefer to be firing ques tions at Iiiiii iii the upper chamber Such was his response to Senator Bud Olson Liberal deputy House Icadcr whoaccused Flynn and his two cabinet colleagues in the Senate of being subject to imprisonment for ignoring crucial Senate rule The rule states that no senator can appear before the Com iiioiis or oniiiions committee without first seeking per lltlssltitt from the Senate Reluctant on right to strike ban lt IttttNlt itli The parliamentary assistant to Educa tion Minister Bette Stephenson says teachers right to strike should be removed II satisfactory alternative plan is pro vided Doug Kennedy ilt Mississauga South1 said in an inter view lIiiirsday that he is reluctant to call for banning the right to strike for teachers since that right has never been taken away than group last month Stephenson told the legislature that existing legislation which gives teachers the right to strike actually discourages tcacliers strikes and no changes are needed in the legislation However Opposition Leader Stuart Smith told the legislature lliursday that Kennedy was quoted in news report as say ing teachers shouldnt have the right to strike Theres got to be better system Kennedy was quoted as si ini Taken to task on severances TORI INTO itli gricultiirc Minister Lorne Henderson is encouraging farm smerances despite the Ontario govern iiiciits drive to preserve farmland iack Riddell I1 HiiroiiM iddlesex said Thursday He said Henderson has made iiuincious statements encouraging severances on the best agricultural areas of this province for retiring farmers farm laborers and family members He asked Housing Minister laude Rennett if the state iiieiits contradicted the governments foodland guidelines llltll say farmers should be encouraged to retire in nearby tow ii Ilciiiiett said the ministry tries to assess each case adding that local groups have the right to comment on the sev eraiiceas well WHATS Oil workers march Iranian oil workers march in front of the US embassy in Tehran Thursday to show their sup port for Iranian students who have invaded the embassy and have taken about 60 US citizens hostage The students want the shah of Iran who is undergoing cancer treatment in New York to be returned to Iran AP Photo Clark doubts Oil price timing OTTAWA PI Prime Minister Clark said Thursday he doubts there will be an oil price agreement with the producing provinces by the end of the week as he had hoped Clark told reporters he is examining some complex ques tions raised with him by Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed at meeting this week in Saskatoon He said another meeting with Lougheed might be needed before final agreement can be reached Clark said last week he was ready to use federal powers to impose an agreement if one couldnt be negotiated and said an agreement would be preferable by the end of the week doubt it now Clark said He also doubted that he would act unilaterally to impose an agreement Clark and Lougheed are still at Ioggerheads over who gets the extra billions that consumers are going to have to pay for oil Aboriginal rights issue clouded OTTAWA TP decision by the Federal Court of anada on Thursday to allow lnuit to hunt and fish while mineral development continues in Baker Lake NWl has clouded the issue of aboriginal rights says the Mud Tapirisat of Canada Mr Justice Patrick Mahoncy lifted temporary in junction on development in the region located about 16m kilometres north of Winnipeg And he recognized lnun aboriginal rights to fish and hunt over specific area But Ottawa could authorize mining exploration throughout that entire area Tapirisat lawyer Iohn Merritt said It is unclear how large that area is but it appears that mining companies will be able to operate there he said That makes aboriginal title unclear and we are carefully reviewing tbepidgmeiit Faces dangerous hunting charge WOODSTOCK Ont ICII Provincial police have charged Welleslcy Ont man with dangerous hunting more than week after his hunt ing partner died of gunshot wound Raymond Wilfred Iantli to of Welleslcy died Nov after being hit in the face by shot from fliiitlock ritlc Jant1i was trying to flush deer from cornfield when he was shot police said Thursday Rodrick James tastell 31 is to appear in Woodstock provincial court Jan 14 Battling to curb oil slick ISTANRIL 1A1 Firemen and antipollution experts battled an 11kilomctrelong oil slick to keep it from spreading or catching fire along the Turkish coast near the entrance of the Rosporiis Strait today following the ex plosion of Romanian tanker Authorities called on residents in the old section of the city to be on alert in case the floating slick of 30 million gallons of oil caught fire Flames still raged aboard the tanker and there were tears that pockets of fire throughout the vessel would cause new explosions Windows in hundreds of nearby buildings were shattered by the explosion aboard the tanker early Thursday and au thorities closed the worldlamotis lopkapi Palace Byzan tine St Sophia and the Blue Mosque as precaution Calgary airspace gets crowded sometimes as hotair balloon enthusiasts take to the air These two balloons collided over the city this week but pilots Del Michaud top and Dale Ritchie werent injured CP Photo ilESTS ANNOUNCED TORONTO CPI The Na tional Ballet of Canada has in vited three guest artists to per form for one week each at the companys fall season which begins Nov artistic director Alexander Grant announced recently Former National prima ballerina Lois Smith will appear in Sleeping Beauty Royal Ballet star Anthony well will dance roles in The Dream and F0 Schumann Pieces and Erik Bruhn returns in his own production of Cop pelia Home Auto Life Business sarjeant insurance IOO Boll Farm Rd Barrio Ont Balloons collide PLAY THE PROVINCIA the examinarrjfnaay Nov1 1979 helping GERALDTON Ont ICPI Too many people were helping with the deliberatelyset fire last summer that killed six teenagers and woman an On tario government forestry worker said Thursday Claude Fournier 22 of Ger aldton also said at an inquest into the deaths that he was not told where everyone was light ing fire lines at the forest rege neration project And hills and trees made it impossible to see everyone at the Aug 22 prescribed burn he said Fournier said that in five or six other prescribed burns he worked on in two summers in Northern Ontario the land was flat and had no thickets of trees to block vision The inquest is investigating the death of Gordon John Reid and Danny Fitzgerald both 17 and both of Toronto Jane Ann Spurgeon 25 of Oshawa Ont Colleen Campbell 16 Kenneth Harkes 17 and Anthony Glenn Thompson 16 all of Geraldton and Wanda Lee Parise 16 of nearbyJelIicoe Reed and Fitzgerald were members of the Ontario natural resource ministrys Junion Ranger program The four Northern Ontario high school students were with the provin cial governments Experience 79 summer job program and Miss Spurgeon was ministry contract employee TOO MANY PEOPLE Fournier was the second fire fighter at the inquest to com ment on the number of people at the Aug 22 burning of forest debris and balsam trees Last week Robert Lee Aus ut supplies stationery ONLY ON YOUR NOW OPEN The FragPrince Store for Children 205 Dunlap Street East Barrie Telephone 737200I fine toys books records Too many with fire ten 21 of Thunder Bay Ont said the prescribed bum could have been handled by ministry firefighters without the help of Junior Rangers and Experience 79 workers It has not been revealed at the inquest how many people were at the prescribed burn However testimony has shown that 12 Junior Rangers and five Experience 79 workers were in the area Fournier said he was lighting fire when he heard either yell or scream First heard just one scream then it stopped iv SERVICEMASTER THE NAME FOR PROFESSIONAL LEANING AROUND THE WORLD Carpets Furniture Watts Floors or your entire house CALL 4873603 SERVICEMASTER of Barrie 10 discount before Christmas Noun MamSat IoS Eridoy IoQ Against Bell proposal tlllv It Irogiessn tonseiwative back Iiciiclicr loni fossil and lead to tiiiincial gouging oi Hell two public interest groups customers came down lhursday against The motion did not get the re Rell tiiiidis proposed ex qiiired unanimous consent perimciits that could lead to neededtoconietoavote charges for individual ossitt said he had talka to telephone calls ltIlltlIl11l1 flat his own party and had in ratciiioiitlily bills dications the government ip tossitt asked approval of his proved his motion motion saying the omnions op posed the move which would YOUR HOME FOR AS LOW AS IF YOUR 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