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Maw 121 Aftti 5r Staff Sgt Gerald Stephenson left and Sgt Robert McLean leave court Wednesday Examiner Photo by Lori Cohen Officers found guilty Two Metropolitan Toronto police of ficcrs were found guilty Wednesday of us ing false affidavit during the investiga tion of the Bruce Lorenz murder but were granted an absolute discharge which means no conviction will be registered ln passing sentence on Sgt Gerald Stevenson and his former Metro homicide nartner Sr Robert McLean ounty Court Judge James Clare said he had not considered discharge until rown At torney John Murphy requested it had initially taken completely cone lrary view and considered that an exam but granted discharge During his address to the jury Murphy said the motive or why the officers did what they did is irrelevant He said it was question of how far police can go in their effort to apprehend criminal Are they above the law Can police of ficers break the law without the same fear that any of us have Murphy asked the ur Bbth defence lawyers argued throught out the threeday trial that the officers did not intend to mislead justice by their ac tion and the word use referring to the affidavit should be taken to mean use 115th year No 280 Thursday Dec 1979 the examiner 20¢ Per Copy cision servina barrie and simcoe caunty lt Carrier Home Delivery 95 Weekly Radio Shack ordered to compensate union GABRIEL MAIICIIANI By LORI COHEN Of The Examiner TORONTO In precedentsetting deci sion the Ontario Labor Relations Board has ordered Radio Shack to compensate the United Steelworkers of America and its members for damage caused by bad faith bargaining and interference in employee rights In decision here Wednesday the board ruled that Radio Shack had bargained in bad faith with the union at the companys plant in Barrie the site of bitter strike since August The board said the company had tried to coerce employees into withdrawing support from the union and went to lengths to under mine the unions status as bargaining Among the remedies ordered by the board were ORadio Shack was ordered to reopen con tract negotiations with the assistance of ministry of labor mediator and make every reasonable effort to make collective agree ment OThe board said the company must pre sent complete contract proposal at the first unionmanagement meeting that the union is willing to accept as collective agreement OThe company was ordered to withdraw its insistence on voluntary dues checkoff which will mean the imposition of the Rand Formula one of the key union demands leading to the bitter four month strike that began Aug The board decision states Radio Shacks twities through imormers and other means may have inhibited other forms of com munication the union could have used POST COPIES The company was ordered to post copies of notice stating its violation of the Labor Relations Act and List of employees rights as ruled by the board and mail copy to each mamhnr It must also publish copy in WattsUp the company publication The board said this ac tion is to counteract the im ct of earlier im proper statements in the pu lication Radio Shack officials are refusing com ment in Barrie today spokesman for Jerry Colella vicepresident of Radio Shack in Bar rie said local officials were meeting today in Toronto with their lawyers to discuss the 35 Pl mUSl he made iml Tong dISIIPPmVHl Willi the Intent mlSlead board chairman agent ri id osition on union securit was art of matter shown for the conduct of these two of Murphy argued the word use had AS Part Of the Compensalmm 19 bOPIFd has antiguing scheme to divide tile joyajpties of hTheTe 1015 beda SlafTegl Itomorrowhtim ficcrs the judge said Until the rowii nothing to do with the intention to mlsltittl ordered the company to pay all negotiating its employees and was adopted with the at wou lfpen on wda awyer sai SIWIUPIhullrllllllhllghl PitfPI justice and in his address to the jury COStS t9 datev the amount 0f WhICh be tent to avoid collective agreement The a¥fithozpig esnéan saedR Sh tothclcngth of scntciiccto bcimposcd Judge lare supported this lt and said determmd bythe board board said the position was also aimed at con$22 atiaono iifine fincfrffi The officers admitted to signing the this intent was not necessary for guilty Rad Shack SUbsldafV 0fTandy Corp undermining the trade union in the eyes of pntlaefllt te tfie union and disuibu nilmt 0f Mum 1490 lrorinIv Wile 0f the verdict Thejudgc said in his opinion all Texas had nomtemwnoflrymgto read the emplovees in order to foyer its early f9rmams of rd ihe union as dead man on statement present to Gorv aspects oi the offence had netii pronn first agreement With the union the board rul demise tion of lea lets enouncmg don Allen who was charged witlt murder in an attempt to trick him into confessing to the murder of Lorenz FAMILY IIIIIS The jury of eight men and four women look just over an hour to decide on guilty tllll When it was announced Steven sons sister Patricia Abbott and his son Mikc started to cry In his remarks before sentencing Mitr phy said he normally does not ask for discharge but said the two officers came before the court with the highest possible character references and had led ex emplary lives He noted that the officers committed the offence with the highest motives Murphy said this landmark case where the jury has stated that police of ficcrs are subject to the law of the land like anyone else He noted the verdict niiiv result in tho ltllTIllIilllOlI of the officers careers int Iwould be monumental deference to any iother police officer Defence lawyers David Humphrey and John Hamilton said an appeal would be file ed this week Neither police officer had any comment During testimony Wednesday Sgt McLean 38 native of Collingworvl and police officer for 18 years said in an effort to obtain more evidence against Allen whom he believed to be the murderer of Lorenz there was no question he was justified in using the phoney affidavit He said pattern leading to Allen had developed in the investigation and if he hadnt followed it tip he would not have fulfilled his duties as police officer INSTRICTSOFFICERS Glenwood Scaftlcld an Ontario Police ollege lecturer testified he instructs of ficers that statements obtained by tricks are acceptable evidence in court lili ltlttl they do not constitute an lllllllttllltl the suspects mind He said that did not advotxitc that ficers break the law Stevenson 47Ayearold veteran ol the Toronto police force testified tvrlll the false affidavit as used to obmn iii llt after he became Convinced ch was OltlhlttOflel killer Humphrey said in his address it liv of ficers had not used llll word cwimt but merely used lilllliitlll the illlltl not be in cotirl til Police commission selects By STEPHEN lIIOIlS Of The Examiner llarrics board of police commissioners have sclectcd four new officers for the city force and are reviewing applications for fifth Eldon Irccr board chairman told The Ex aminer today the board interviewed 19 ap plicants Wednesday before selecting two of ficers tostart work Ian 1980 Roth men have experience as policemen on the Metropolitan Toronto police force One man works for Toronto force but lives in Bill ric The other Toronto resident recently resigned from the department Those two officers vill start work in Barrie nside story Gartner speaks out Mike tiartncr native of the Harrie arcii four new officers for city as second class constables The men must first pass intd imma tions before they may be ottmaily hired and tlrecr said he did not want to We we their names until the medical results kmi The board chose two minr id can didates Wednesday the llli non works on the Elliot Lake police torcc The other is student of sociology and limiter ii testtlli University Greer said those men will tuciii duties about May and will start as ourtli tlilt con stables All new officers to the llatic torcc are hired on an 18month pioltidtwniil period said Greer Pleads guilty to arson TRENTON Ont itPr lltll William Riggers of Barrie pleaded cinly in lttnllt cial court Wednesday to foui charges of ar son Judge Jackson asked that Rig gers undergo psychiatric examination before being sentenced Feb Two other counts of arson against Riggcrs 2y crc lltll ped The charges resultol from fires deliberately set in Trenton lclEmilc and in arca township Gabriel Marchand chairman of the Simcoe County Roman Catholic Separate School Board for 1979 and vicechairman Michael Ronan were both reelected to their positions for 1980 at the boards inaugural meeting Wednesday Marchand 47 trustee for Tiny Township and resident of Lafontaine has been member of the board since its inception in 1969 Ronan 38 is in his fourth year as trustee for Alliston and Adjala Township and is resident of Tolgaii He was also chairman of last years budget committee Both men were elected by secret ballot Without nomination according to the boards election bylaw Neither will be eligible for re election next year as they will have served the maximum of two years in row In his remarks Marchand thanked the trustees for his rcelection stating it was an honor The chairman also said he was doubly proud to be the first French speaking chair man in the boards history Marchand told the board that as trustees they should take some credit for the system of education in the separate schools as well as give credit to the principals custodians and teacheis involved He also said the records speak for themselves in terms of the separate school systems success when increasing enrolment in its schools is viewed in the light of general overall decrease in student enrol ment In other appointments made during the meeting Ed Malcom trustee for Bradford was appointed chairman of the budget com mittee along with new members Maurice McParland trustee for rillia and Mary Jo Quilty of Midland Library board appointees were Douglas Hamilton Barrie Public Library Rita Smith Midland Public Library Robert Goncz ollingwood Public Library and Anne Van Wieringen Innisfil Public Library Lloyd LaPlume trustee from Tav Township was also named as the boards representative to serve with the ministry of natural resources in the development of an outdoor education complex at the Copeland Forest Resource Management Area hear Col iwatcr hunghec who was assassinated on Oct 26 The term has five more years to run but hoi said earlier he does not plan to keep the office that long Kim Itiligrpll who succeeded Park as head of the Democratic Republican party and is considered future presidential can didate prtdicted in an interview Wednes day that thin ill serve about two years l30 Bell staff off iob ed In an 80page report the board stated that broad range of remedies is required to at tempt to redress the persistant and flagrant unfair labor practices involving several violations of the Labor Relations Act by the company Its conduct during negotiations which began in Jan 1979 after the Nov 1978 cer tification were described as surface bargaining and going through the nio tions What did you bring me Call to Iran step forward TERRAN AP Ayatollah Ruhollah Kho meini said today the UN Security Councils call for negotiated settlement of the US Iranian crisis is step forward the official Pars news agency reported The news agency said that Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh met with Kho meini in the holy city of Qom and they notic ed that this is not resolution condemning us Observers noted that the comments are the most moderate yet from Khomeini or Ghotz badeh during the monthlong crisis Last week Khomeini rejected in advance any steps taken by the Security Council alleging that it iscontrolled by the United States Radio Shack must also provide the union with an updated list of names and addresses of all bargaining unit members for one year In this sense our direction is based on need for the employer to rectify the distortion it has caused in communications between the union and these people it represents the decision says The board savs the companvs misconduct including improper surveillance of union ac flagrant violations of the act Radio Shacks distribution of Tshirts identified nonstriking employees as scabs was also condemned It noted that Radio Shack started to bargain after having dismissed two employees threatening to move the company out west giving tacit support to an anti union petition and refusing to reinstate an employee at the boards direction OSee FIRST CONTRACT Page Things back to normal at jail as strike over By STEPHEN NICHOLLS Of The Examiner Operations are back to normal at Barrie Jail and Penetanguishene Mental Health Cen tre today as striking corrections officers returned to work after accepting an agree ment Wednesday between their union and provincial government Larry F012 president of Barrie Local 313 of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union said the agreement permits the union to help choose an arbitrator to resolve the dispute between the union and government Both parties agreed to go to arbitration said F011 but now we are party to the selection of an arbitrator Normally the government chooses the arbitratoi and usually the decision goes in the government favor We also will have five people sit in on ar bitration sessions to give input We have much better chance of obtain ing what we want said F012 buiietin TORONTO Sean OFlyhn presi dent of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union was sentenced to 35 days in jail today for contempt of court after deliberately defy ing court injunction against an illegal strike by Ontariojail guards extra No comment by shah SAN ANTONIO Tex AP Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi resting and playing chess in the unseasonably warm Texas sun has ruled out four countries often mentioned as possible havens Egypt South Africa Panama and the Bahamas spokesman says Students in protest TORONTO CP Some high school students in the Metropolitan Toronto city of North York boycotted classes Thursday to protest worktorule campaign by their teachers About half the citys secondary schools Folz said the union is willing to abide by the decision of the arbitrator WANT OWN UNIT The guards want their own bargaining unit separate from the 6000 other members of the union Arbitration at this time will concentrate solely on the separate bargaining unit issue said Poll The guards whose contract ends Dec 31 also want wage parity with provincial police constables who earn an average of $5000 year more union spokesman said guards voted 1460 to 636 in favor of the agreement One of the first prisoners the guards might watch could be the man who called for the strike in the first place their union leader Sean OFlynii SENTENCING TODAY OFlynn will be sentenced today in Ontario Supreme Court on contempt of court charges He pleaded guilty Wednesday to deliberate ly defying an injunction against the illegal strike Blenus Wright lawyer for the Attorney Generals off ice suggested sentence of two months saying OFlynn had played dominat role in the strike and had the same powers to stop it as he had to start it OFlynn told the court the decision to strike came only after the most anxious rolonged and deliberate consideration and internal struggle May be tax boost It became more apparent Wednesday that Canadians may be ying higher taxes as the result of the eral budget due to be tabled next week in Parliament Earlier in the week John Grant Toron to economist predicted in speech in Ed monton that the federal budget would be shocker What mean by this is your and my taxes are going up is in his rookie year llll the struggling ishington Capitals of the National llockcy League and last Saturday hc had his biggest SIDRIRY nt PI Inthe latest of series of illegal strikes to hit Bell Canada gt more than 11k operators and nierical staff reported their attendance was down from On Wednesday Richard Thomson normal chairman of the Toronto Dominion Bank But the shah is withholding comment on enjoy mg his initial year Sports pach Eight rinks opening see the Today page Different celebration for tlit SIOI index classified thrill thus far scoring hat trick Examiner Sports Editor Tony Panacci spoke to hurt lItl Wednesday to find out how the rookie is The Toronto Maple Leafs recorded their biggest victory of the year ednesday night downing the defending Stanley tup cham pion Montreal taniidicns 32 For more see lIight outdoor hockey rinks anti pleasure skating rinks will be offered in Barrie this winter Cross country skiing and toboganii mg facilities are also available For more lodin is Dec ti but for the first time in his 17 years there wont be any candy in Littlgcr Rammcs shoe Back home in Ger maiiy today is Saint Nicholas Day but until lItXlSlllIIlIItl Lodger is living the tanadian way asiin cwhangc student with Rotary lnr tcriiatioual Turn to todays Lifestyle page today background Iifestvle entertainment 20 sports comics guide 22 Strange denominations Religion is alive and well licikclcys lnivcrs1l of California lai it not hat it used to be Some denominations listed liy sltitltnls on llltll religious picfcrcntc cards the Polyester Pagoda of the Palpirating Pulpit the Cosmic YoYo thurch of lIvolutionary Oneness and The Holy Order of tur Lady of Perpetual Motion Rev Gustav Schultz pastor of the Lniversity Lutheran tliurch said other categories included Blue Oyster tult Horn Again Atheist Fat Worship of the High Cholesterol Order Southcrn Pedestrian and Church of tiod the Totally Indifferent Seven die in collision BRtElOI Spam AP Two passenger trains one of them carrying schoolchildren to country outing collided headon today about 30 kilometres northeast of Barcelona killing at least seven persons and injuring more than railway officials said They said many of the injured were in critical condition and they feared the toll might go higher as rescue workers struggl ed to cut through the twisted wreckage in search of passengers still trapped inside the battered coaches Elected Korean president SEOIL AP The electoral college elected Acting President tt ll Kyu hah president of South Korea today and he pro mised to strive for incrcastd freedom in South Korea Chm 60 was the only candidate to coni plete the term of the late President Park walked off the job Wtdncsday here and in Sault Ste Marie Ont One hundred operators in Sudbury left the so itchboards early Wednesday and management staff stepped in to maintain service Later in the day they were joined by 30 operators and clerical staff in Sault Ste Marie Management staff kept the lines open Meanwhile in Quebec Bell spokesman Pierre Marion said all striking operators in Quebec including 13 who walked out in iranby crc back on the job tednesday 24hour licence move ltRtTO tCPr Ontario Attorney General Roy McMurtry said Wednesday he is considering giving policemen the right to hand out 24hour licence suspensions to drinking drivers driver given such suspension would have to make his or her own way home after being stopped by police The car and licence would be returned 24 hours later McMurtry said final details of the proposal have not been worked out Oil to gas switch HAMILTON tCPI The Progressive Conservative member of Parliament for Calgary West says next weeks federal budget is iikely to contain measures to help Canadians switch from oil to natural gas Jim Hawkes said on an openline talk show on Hamilton radio station Wednesday that Ottawa and Alberta plan to cooperate on policy to push central and eastern Canada away from dependence on oil and to en courage use of natural gas the taking of hostages at the US Embassy Satelliteseyeview of our neighbors photograph released by the National Aeronautics and Space Ad ministration in Washington Wednesday is mosaic print of the planets in the solar system photographed by satellites The earth is seen over the horizon of the moon with sun flare on the edge of the earth The first planet above the moon is Venus Top from left to right are Jupiter Mercury Mars and Saturn AP Photo Come home to Theiixaminer Call 7266539 lfor borne delivery added more fuel to the speculation by wam ing that Ottawa may have to increase taxes in order to reduce the federal budget now hovering around the $11 billion mark Canadians must recognize they cannot continue to have more government expen diture than they are willing to pay for in taxes Thomson told the banks annual meeting of shareholders Want own board TORONTO CP Supporters of per manent Frenchlanguage public school here they have given up on the Toronto board of education providing them with school and they want to form their own board of education instead The announcent by the boards French anguage advisory committee followed decision Wednesday by the Toronto board to abandon commitment to provide rma nent site for Ecole Publique Gabrie le Roy by next September Instead the board has offered Gabrielle Roy the first school that closes because of declining enrolment Some trustees have predicted that might not happen until 1929 weather Mainly cloudy today and tonight with few flurries developing near Lake Huron Temperatures steady to today with laws tonight to Wet snow or rain Friday morn ing changing to flurries later in the day Highs freezing to plus but becoming windy and turning much colder in the afternoon