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COMPOSING ROOM The Examiner is member at The Canadian Press CP and Audit Bureau at EDI vans ADVER ISWG uusr tEss Published aanyexcept bush or in Craig Elson managing editor Len SeVickr WWW Marian Gouoh account °°° 50M crcumm $¥Ltpiiiecivpr°n Reuters or Aoence Stan Didzbalis city editor SALES Delva Mills 59 KM 395 loema statutory holidays this newscaster fizelfllfinafsyorm Wins in The Examin Biit McFarlane wire editor Aden Smith Vikki Grant 0° saundes wEEKL or carrier Franc use on original news and aayeisin mygyial REPORTERS Wayne Hay Connie Hart LOnG W355 95 MS The Examrner ClaIMSCODV Md Stephen Nicholis Steve Skinner John Shunk Wilt Cadogan YEARLY by cam created by its employees and pub is is newspape Stan Wray rvin and simcoe count Dennis Lanthter Marion Hearty snmn number 703815 no study Dec 1979 59 Nancy Figueroa Calvin Feteocnuk CIRC Bill Raynor CWYW pate mark Ham manage Ron Gm av MAIL same National advertising ottices 65 Queen St Toronto 564 CB Puoltsned by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited ggycggzgw Andy Haugmon aSSIStant manager EdAnenby mm St Montreal CLASSFED mug II the at for dama saris Rchard Thomas Janie Home The advertiser agrees that the pub isher sha no ta 99 BOYheld sweet Borne ontano T6 SLIE Bowen camera oocrator 99 Chapell Superwsor AIvavbaPlame Susan Kitchen SlMcoSggoUNY inc out of errors in advertisements beyond the amount paid for the Space as Bruce Rowland ublisher Terry Field raga sMhmTe Elsa arrv Yvonne Sierps tualty occupied by that portion at the advertisement in which the error oc Cathy Heather Eleni Chane on PRESSROOM MOTOR THROW OFF curred whether such error is due to the negligence of its servants or other Mary Delaney WC on Al Hanson foreman wise and there shall be no liability tor non insertion at any advertisement Start thinking on convention centre Federal MP for Simcoe South Ron Stewart has suggested convention centre be built in Barrie on the site of the old Barrie tannery The advantages are clear enough to bring more business and espcial ly tourist business into the city area Theres no doubt Stewart is on ftrm ground in his thinking Tourism is Ontarios number two in dustry and its fastest growing in dustry At present Barrie does have con vention quarters but they are limited in size and number Certain ly theres ample room for major convention centre to take up the slack And the site overlooking Kempenfelt Bay would be ideal What Barrie needs is to attract private developer to build the cen tre If Stewart helped get this message across he will have done service Public involvement in such centre however would not be ap propriate at this time The new civic centre new public library and the need for industrial development rule out costly public convention hall Mr Stewarts suggestion is something the city can work active ly towards by promoting the idea and making sure developers know it would be welcome in Barrie Santas on his way Santas winding his way through Barrie Sunday We should try and be there Not only will involvement in the parade get city residents in the holiday mood itll also be vote of thanks to hardworking Jaycees and Jaycettes Again this year the Barrie Jaycee Club is organizing and runn ing the annual Barrie Santa Claus parade Sure theyre getting few bucks from city hall to help defray expenses but the clubs member ship has devoted lot of time and et fort to make the parade successful The route has been changed somewhat this year but the downtown area isnt that far away that people wanting to go cant reach the parade route Thereil be about 700 people par ticipating in the parade which should make it one of the most col orful in recent memory Santa will of course be the main attraction Starting time is pm Remember its for you We cant really help this scoring of people By TRAYNOR MIARINE Crepe Silent crepe Our elderly mother used to say hear mans heels when he walks One hardly hears heels any more as The Shod crcep about on crepe rubber or some composition Theres something unmanly about the thud thud of the composition hccl seldom the clump clump of the leather or the click of the steel tip insert Instead people are sashaying around in the silence that is crepe and frightening some people half to death When we walk to work in the little hours of the rim we feel like wraith or creepy burglar as we pad along the silent streets It isnt the first time weve sneaked up on blearyeycd dogwalker standing half slceping by the dark sidewalk while his charge sniffs around As we loom out of the darkness and mutter phony good morn ing we are quite upset to see the dogtaker outer stiffen with alarm and fear He mutnbles something in quivering monotone as we glide past like some tall hovercraft Behind us we leave cringing shell of man accompanied by trembling dog whining with fear like to FOR ALL SEASONS Another morning we almost frazzled lit tle old cleaning lady as we rounded quiet street corner She was coming round from the other direction and as we met tacetotace she screamed loud Aaaagh just like in the comic books put her hand to her mouth and literally jumde out of her skin with fright Wed never seen anyone jump out of their skin before and she looked so funny standing there all red and glistening Gallantly we helped zipper her back into her epidermus said our sorries and ambled on We dont know what to do we could get job where we start later in the day or buy pair of stainlesssteel shoes or Do bare feet make noise when you walk Environmental Rights Act deserves public attention Queens rarx By DON OIIEARN TORONTO bill before the house in private members period this Thursday deserves some watching It probably will not go very far at this point Being private members measure the government can kill it and probably will But the measure is not going to die It will certainly lead to some action in the future OPENS PROTEST The bill is known as the Environmental Rights Act and its broad purpose is to ensure provision for public voice in all en vironmental matters in Ontario It provides that anyone opposed to any measure on environmental grounds will be able to object before some board or other tribunal or as last resort the courts This will present responsible legislators and particularly the government with problems There can be no opposition to the broad principle of the bill In the state and climate of society today nobody is going to deny there should be place for public voice on the environment But beyond this broad prin ciple potential dangers exist which if not guarded against could be alarming NOT PLATFORM The two greatest dangers are that if such environmental rights protection is not up proitcltcd carefully and cautiously it cou we want your opinion Something on your mind Send Letter to the Editor Please make it on original copy and sign it The Examiner doesnt publish unsigned let ters but if you wish pen name will be used Include yOur telephone number and address as we have to verify letters Because of space limits public interest and good taste The Examiner sometimes has to edit condense or reject letters Letters to the Editor are run every day on the editorial page Send yours to letters to the Editor Tito Examiner Post Office In 370 Mllll 0M out no mean high confusion plus damage to the econ omy The approach being proposed now ap parently would open up hearings to anyone who wanted to appear before them even on the most minor environmental matters This would mean platform not only for regular ublic interest groups And today these are becoming practically cottage industry but to every professional griper hypochondriac and just plain nut in the province This could and probably would mean that the most minor environmental questions could become high emotional issues Then it would greatly complicate the process for obtaining environmental ap provals meaning not only substantial exe pense on practically any new project Some say down to new outhouse but even more importantly considerable delay And this delay can be economically much much more significant than is normally rec ognized For example the biggest single factor in the extravagant housing and land prices of today as any old real estate hand can tell you has been the extreme delay in getting development approvals through the bureaucracy So this bill is important It may lie quiet briefly fora while after the Thursday debate But its question will be back again and probably shortly The NDP has been beating loud drum for public environmental rights for couple of years Now the Liberals have joined the campaign reflection of the importance they are placing on it is that their bill is being carried by leader Stuart Smith It remains only to be seen how wisely the question is handlcd bible thought ThciycattytI shc and wMiuipcd himfisay lug Lordthht me Mattltcw 15325 Kecp looking up and the Lord will never let down Prayer changestltings Attend the services in your church and pray fur Gods servant The Lord will bless you for it Canadas oil consumption tops per capita in world By JOHN HARBRON Foreign Affairs Analyst The energy crunch is really coming know you still dont believe it Most Canadians dont as they continue to consume more oil per capita than any other country in the world The latest sign of change are the brace of announcements this week from Venezuela to SaudiArabia that these major oilproducing countries are cutting back their production Venezuelas cutback announced Nov 29 will be 150000 barrels per day from country whose crude imports are almost the sole major source of oil for Atlantic Canada Just behind SaudiArabia the worlds largest oil producer are the Persian Gulf states of Abu Dhabi and Kuwait who have also announced production cutbacks The Saudi Arabian government is also very angry and has said so at the huge windfall profits which the multinational oil com panies have made this year from gas price in creases as well as from government sub sidies and tax writeoffs Add to this ominous development is the fact that Iranian oil production is down from its prerevolutionary record highs and the United States has terminated its Iranian imports Then there is the very confusing cost picture what politicians in North America refer to without any explanation as the world oil price TRUE MEANING This expression is now used as widely and with as little understanding of its real meaning as the word inflation In effect there is no single world price for oil nor has there ever been one depen ding in part on the quality of crude oil or the semirefined petroleum products which we import Our total vulnerability to world price is nevertheless clear Three years ago that price stood at about $15 barrel bbl compared to the unheardof high at $25 bbl today Most of the experts had assured us this price would not be reached until the mid 19808 INTERPRETINQ THE NEWS And on the international spot market oil can be bought by the truly desperate users for up to $50 barrel Even the member states of OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries the cartel formed in 1960 to present uniform prices to the big usernations cannot stay within their agreed increases Revolutionary Libya with violently anti Israeli leadership has increased her prices over OPECagreed levels to embarrass major users like Canada the USA or Britain who support Israel All this adds confusion for Canadians who have been told by Liberal and Tory federal governments alike that they will keep the domestic cost of oil below the world price beI3fpt does this mean below $23 bbl or $30 Moreover Albertas wish to sell its oil to the rest of us at the elusive world price as Canadas largest domestic oil supplier is entirely unacceptable to the Clark govern ment Albertas Premier Lougheed and Prime Minister Clark have nevertheless agreed on the highest oil prices in Canada to meet the constantly mounting world price This could result through regularly phasedin increases in $250 gallon for gas in this country by 1983 There is no guarantee that even these highestever gasoline prices will slow down our consumption after 1980 Western Europeans have not done so with gas already at $250 gallon and higher CHANGE BY DECREE If we dont change Ottawa has approved legislation and wartime controls ready to go if need be overnight US Congress unwilling to raise gasoline tax By Al OLLETTI NEW YORK CP While the Canadian government prepares the way for stiffer federal taxes on the retail sale of gasoline the traditionally low tax in the US has remained unchanged during the 1970s In the past CongreSs has blocked every US government move to raise the federal excise tax on gasoline But fear of future oil shortach makes conservation more im portant and congress is taking fresh look at proposals to tax gasoline as high as 50 cents US gallon fivesixth Canadian gallon For every gallon consumed the US motorist pays four cents in federal and an average eight cents in state taxes the lowest tax rate in thc Western world But Americans are the worlds greatest consumers of gasoline more than 15 per cent of it imported mainly frorn the Middle East where an international oil cartel can raisc prices at will Statistics on gasoline consumption in the Western world for 1977 compich by the Dr ganizauon tor Economic Cooperation and Development show the US consumed 1132 billion gallons The 1977 OECI figures show Americans consumed 513 gallons per capita Canadians were second with 395 gallons and Australians third with 265 gallons In Toronto New Democrat leadcr Ed Broadbcnt disclosed that the Clark govcrn ment plans to increase the federal tax to 30 cents for one Canadian gallon from seven cents This would be in addition to provincial taxes which vary but are as high as 19 ccnts in Quebec Congressional supporters of lurgcr gasoline tax feel that by increasing the cost of gasoline by about 50 per cent Americans would be forced to curtail their driving habits This would decrease consumption by about 17 million barrels of crude oil day and make the US less vulnerable to foreign turmoil as thc Iranian hostage situation so vividly portrays Bright children neglected says education report OTTAWA CP Continued neglect in school common denominator for many bright children who end up in correctional centres will persist unless there is more government support and some changes in education report on learning disabilities says The yearlong study by the Canadian Association for Children with Learning Disabilities urges governments to spend more or at least not to cut funding for Spears education programs designed to help children with learning problems The association represents the interests of at least one million Canadian children who are described as having aboveaverage in telligence but whose teaming is impaired because their method of learning is different from that of the maioritv Peter Roberts Do Near 3551 toreman SLSEWHE RE IN CANADA beyond the amount paid for such advertisement ammo cmcuuttott onmrstttc cussrtttos BUSINESS Mm Fm The Publisher mm 9d mm mm 72824 7266537 Kim Pattenden sentent By STEWART MacIEOD Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service Its sort of fun being around Ottawa these days listening to all the relaxed scuttlebutt on the forthcoming Liberal leadership race Its far cry from just two weeks ago when all politicians seemed tense and tightlipped about possible election There is no election talk now none at all Instead its all about Pierre Trudeaus liker successor as head of the Liberal party And who do you think will win has become the common Parliament Hill greeting replacing inquiries about ones health or idle comments on the weather The answers of course are more fickle than health or weather As public service we will bring you up to date with some of the latest corridor specula tion But it should not be carved in granite since at this stage in the 1968 Liberal leadership race just about everyone was placing bets on either Paul Martin or Paul Hellyer There was no money on that fellow Trudeau the young relatively unknown swinger who was famous mainly for his sandals TWO CONTENDERS The situations may not be parallel but at this stage in the 1980 leadership race it would appear that the only two serious contenders and neither has announced he will run are John Turner and Don Macdonald who now toil as corporate lawyers and company directors just few blocks from each other in Toronto Sure you hear other names such as Jean Chretien Bryce Mackasey Andre Ouellet Herb Gray Monique Begin Art Phillips Lloyd Axworthy Marc Lalonde Eu gene Whelan and even Francis Fox But so far havent heard anyone predict likely winner apart from Turner and Macdonald There are dozens of fascinating scenarios being offered by the political insiders who make career out of aligning the assorted philosophies and personalities of various politicians You know the type They were the same ones who said that Sinclair Stevens could never vote for Joe Clark Well to condense the various cafeteria gossip on what may happen next March in Winnipeg the current betting would appear to favor Don Macdonald if indeed the big gangling Baptist decides to enter the race There is no doubt that John Turner the man Macdonald replaced as finance minister is seen as bigger votecatcher and that ho Liberal leadership race replaces election talk PARLIAMENT HILL would give Joe Clark goose pimples on the hustings but he also has powerful political enemies many of them potentially influential power brokers LONG MEMORIES And these power brokers include Pierre Trudeau who many believe would begin to wield his influence if he felt that Turner was likely to walk off with the leadership The Liberal party establishment tends to be unforgiving and Turtter didnt win many friends by vacating the finance portfolio in times of economic difficulty and then writing newsletters which were critical of his suc cessor Jean Chrcticn From all the educated speculation you hear about the parliamentary coffee tables Turner would havc to havc overwhelmin support frotn the West and from th national grassroots if he is to win th covctcd leadership From what you hca there are no power brokers with large co stituencics who could be depended upon deliver votes to Turner during the balloti He would have to begin with an enormo lead it is argued if he hoped to stave Macdonald who huddch with Pier Trudeau the night before the Icadcr nounccd his intention to resign Such pow brokers as Jean Chrcticrt and Eugcnc thla both with large followings in divcisc areas of the country would go to Macdonald with theirdelegatcs In passing along this updatc on current gossip which points clcarly to Macdonald victory should mention that no one seems to know just how badly thc Libcrals want winner If this becomes thc overriding consideration Turner may stcamrollcr ovcr everyone But as he ponders the various possibilities he must have nightmares about one of them That he enter the racc roar into sccmingly unsurpassable lead and then havc Picrrc Trudeau come before the weeping delegates with maudlin forewcll spcccli and clearly endorse Don Macdonald It could happen too Barrie Colts entertaining but too few enjoy action By ALEX MANJURIS What do you think about when you hear the name Barrie Colts For some it may in duce visions of some new breed of horses but to hockey buffs Jr Hockey in Barrie should come to mind was able to participate in practice and game with the Barrie Colts Just to clarify things my particiption was as an in terested spectator No matter what the sport this is the category into which most of us are slotted Then why is the arena not full of cheering spectators at game time It is very easy to switch on TV set and tune into all kinds of sporting events anywhere in the world The cameras even pinpoint the action for you Have you forgotten what it is like to ac tually be there When the feelings ride high and you are part of the penalties the goals the cheering sometimes jeering crowd the excitement is terrific Just watching coach Gary MacMillan is worth the price of admission It is shame we do not support our teams No wonder Canada has lost its place of supremacy in world hockev TAKE NOTE The Barrie Colts hae forecast budget of $30000 for the 19791980 season Expensive Not really when you take into consideration that everyone works on voluntary basis No one not even the coach gets paid Would you give that much time and effort for nothing The Barrie Colts cannot go out and reach you but you can reach them every time there is home game get out and fill the arena They need your financial and moral support This kind of incentive would encourage the team to win and keep winning It is up to you whether you want just another Jr hockey team or championship team America would support strike against Iran NEW YORK AP Americans outraged that fellow citizens are held hostage in Iran fear the crisis might lead to war an Associated Press NBC News poll says Nevertheless the publi would support military action if the hostages were harmed or putontrial The poll taken Tuesday and Wednesday found extraordinarily strong public feelings tempered by the awareness of the grave dangers posed by tho crisis Here are some of the surveys major points Four out of five Americans said they arc personally angry about the taking of US citizens as hostages in Iran The public is frankly fearful of war The number of Americans who say war is very likcly has tripled since last year Nevertheless the poll found that if the hostages arc harmed or put on trial US residents decisively favor US military strike against Iran On the other hand if the hostages are released unharmed the public over whelmingly opposes any US military retaliation against the Moslem nation By almost three to one the public agrees that the US government should not return the deposed Shah to Iran in return for the hostages And more than seven out of 10 day President Carter is doing all he canto get the hostages freed TRIAL TIIREATENEI The hostages have been held by Iranian militants for 27 days in the US Embassy in Tehran The militants have threatened to kill the hostage if the US attempts to rescue them by force They have also threatened to put the hostages on trial for espionage The seizure of the embassy and the hostages there coupch with the threats against the hosages have made deep im pression on Americans Ninetyeight per cent of the public said they had heard or read of the hostage situation high level of public awareness Seventynine per cent of those who said they knew about the crisis wcrc personally angered by the taking of hostages Sixteen per cent said they were not angry Three per cent of the 1381 adults interviewed across the country by telephone were not sure This unidentified woman leaves no doubts as to where she stands in the USlran confrontation Americans would support action against Iran if harm comes to hostages recent poll shows