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inside story CanadiensRangers duel The York Rangers attempting to capture ir first Stanley Cup in 40 years visit defending champion Montreal Cana diens in the cu opener Sunday at pm The final Worl Hockey Association series started Friday and the Winnipeg Jets hung on to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 31 For details on both championships see todays Sports Page Womens goals overlooked Women are often so busy helping others that they lose sight of their own needs and goals discussion Monday sponsored by the YMYWCA and Mental Health Barrie will tackle the subject See page Bouquet for mother Ever since Mothers Day began back in 1907 flowers have been the traditional and most popular gift But some are skeptical The day is too commercial they say See pageii Cave art on display series of mostly color photo at the Barrie Public Library presenmgaavllelw of cave art dating back to 25000 BC For more on this pure simple art See todays Enter tainment page The great debate An estimated six million viewers will be watching tomorrow night for the live televi sion debate between the three federal leaders This story and other election news appears on page 14 Window on the world The faces and events that made the news this week are pictured in todays Window on the World See photographs on page index today lifestyle entertainment vvlndow on world sports cornlcetv gulde classified 61 extra BARBARA HUTTON Woolworth heiress dies LOS ANGELES AP Barbara Hutton 66 the FW Woolworth heiress known in childhood as the poor little rich girl has died of cardiac arrest spokesman for CedarsSinai Medical Centre said She was married seven times and was princess three times yet she was symbol of the cliche that money doesnt al ways buy happiness She said it herself once hadnt very happy childhood Though had millions of dollars had no mother and no home In later life one marriage after another failed sometimes at great expense to her Her mates included Cary Grant They were all rich or titled In recent years her health declined and she avoided publicity On Friday she was brought to Cedars Sinai and pronounced dead on arrival at 510 pm said hospital spokesman Tess Griffin The millionairess had been released from the hospital only eight days before havmg been treated for pneumonia HEIR TO FORTUNE Miss Hutton was born in New York Nov 14 1912 Her parents were Franklyn Laws Hutton and the former Edna Woolworth daughter of FW Woolworth who founded the Woolworth chain Thieves steal rings GENEVA AP Thieves stole two diamond rings worth total of $350000 this week from two auction houses On Monday at Christies man examined $117000 519carat diamond ring switched it for worthless copy then melted into crowd authorities said Late Tuesday from heavilyguarded Sotheby exhibition aboard paddlewheeler on Lake Geneva someone opened locked case and removed 942 carat diamond ring valued at $206000 Liberal lead down TORONTO CP The latest Gallup Poll shows the Liberals are down four points across the country since the April poll and now lead the Conservatives by just one point The new poll taken May 35 by the Canadian Institute of Public Opinion shows the Liberals with 39 per cent of the decided voters the Conservatives remain un changed with 38 and the NDP is down one to 16 The poll shows significant drop in the level of undecided voters to 11 per cent from 32 per cgnt early in April Hunting fees raised TORONTO CP James Auld Ontario natural resources minister said Friday the costs of 14 hunting licences have been raised to bring in about $65 million in additional revenue over the next three years With the exception of moose licences this time home to The Examiner Call 7266539 for home delivery is the first time hunting tees have been raised since 1970 Residents of Ontario will now pay $15 for deer licence $20 for moose licence and $10 for farmers deer licence an increase of $5 each Licences for nonresidents will increase by proportionately greater amounts It now will cost someone from outside the province $200 to hunt moose an increase of $25 smallgame licence will cost $40 and combined deer bear and small game licence will cost $80 Out of hospital Barrie man was discharged from hospital today after suffering injuries in car accident Wednesday morning on Highway 27 about km north of Barrie Ronald McKay 45 was admitted to Royal Victoria Hospital after his car collided with truck driven by Russ Leonard of Wyevale McKays car suffered $6000 damage in the accident Three shot to death LITTLETON NH AP Rev Joseph John Sands was filling in for the vacationing priest of the St Rose of Lima Church when man and woman arrived shortly after noon demanding to see priest Five hours later Father Sands was dead and former mental patient and his wife armed with handguns and claiming to be king and queen of the church had committed suicide police said The couple was identified by police as Peter Linsley 35 and Jane Linsley 28 both of Concord Assistant AttorneyGeneral Anne Cagwin said the Linsleys died of gunshot wounds to the temple while Sands was shot in the head and stomach state trooper received minor wound in the arm Ms Cagwin said the couple made no demands in telephone conversations with police except to ask for cigarettes which were supplied Brought to his knees MONTREAL CP Yvon Lamberts winning overtime goal brought thousands of Montreal Canadiens hockey fans to their feet Thursday night and Boston Bruins fan Alain Laflamme to his knees Friday Over lot of beer Laflamme had bet $50 or streetlong crawl that the Bruins would beat Montreal goal by Lambert sank the Bruins in overtime in the seventh game of the National Hockey League semifinal series Friday Laflamme donned Bruins sweater and dog collar strapped on some homemade kneepads handed his leash to winner Yvan Plante and crawled away to pub 212 blocks from the garage where they both work Tired of wine beefs LONDON Ont CP Donald Ziraldo says he heard so much about Canadian wines being bad that he decided to do something about it He teamed with Karl Kaiser who made wine in his native Germany and in 1974 they started making wine in southern Ontario Ziraldo founder and president of In niskillin Wines small producer of table wines in NiagaraontheLake east of St Catharines told 120 business executives and managers at conference Friday that he is tired of hearing complaints that Canadians are not able to achieve the same business success as Americans or Europeans Its time we stopped saying things and started doing things he said He said that when he and Kaiser went into the winemaking business they were turned down for loan by major bank He said bank officials told them there was no market for Canadian wines Sentenced in death MILTON Ont CP Burlington Ont man was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for beating to death the woman with whom he was living William McDonald 38 was convicted of manslaughter for killing Patricia Arnold 39 Court was told that McDonald beat Mrs Arnold for about 112 hours last June 11 while both were drinking heavily tenant in an apartment abovc Mrs Arnolds listened to cries for help pleas for mercy and something being slammed against the wall or floor Then the tenant went to sleep Mr Justice Patrick Galligan of the Ontario Supreme Court heard Friday Testimony showed Mrs Arnold had several broken bones and died of internal injuries McDonald was originally charged with murder but the charge was reduced to man slaughter after it was learned McDonald was so drunk at the time of the beating that he did not remember it He telephoned Mrs Arnold several hours after the beating and expected her to answer weather Cloudy with sunny periods today and Sunday Highs today to i7 Overnight laws to Highs Sunday to Swarm out of city excavation NEW YORK AP Hundreds of rats that threatened to overrun block in lower Manhattan were foiled again this time by health and sanitation depart ment team and gigantic rat trap Hordes of the filthy rodents some of them onehalf metre long and the same type that carried bubonic plague in Eu rope during the middle ages swarmed out 115th year th No 13 Saturday May 12 1979 of an excavation Friday and attacked pedestrians and cars police said woman pedestrian was bitten as several of the animals wrapped them selves around her leg and nibbled at her male witness said he saw blood stream down the womans leg as she screamed Moments later in state of hysteria the woman jumped into car and fled the exam 5° Per Copy man told police Another passerby said he saw dozens of the rats jump on to car and gnaw at the windshield wipers and the cars vinyl roof Health department officials said they do not know what roused the rats from their breeding ground in the Lshaped ex cavation at Park Row and Ann Street block from city hall The excavated lot Wt tag Carrier Howellvery 90° Weekly ner serving barrie and simcoe county had been the site of bar and grill until nine years ago when it was levelled by an explosion which killed nine persons and injured 40 others The rats had been there ever since he said Work crews from the health depart ments Bureau of Pest Control cleaned the site Friday morning spread poison bait and rigged mesh fence to keep the rats from fleeing Rough seas rain hit search formissing oil rig workers Skipping into summer Despite the fact that it is only early May summer was here Friday afternoon as temperatures soared to almost 30 degrees Celsius in Barrie Local residents did everything they could to keep cool Above Trisha Hamilton left ioins Dana Morrlsion in skipping rope during recess of St Monicas School Examiner Photo Tax cuts PCs first move to boost growth Stewart By LORI OIIEN Of The Examiner MINESING Reduction of taxes is the first step Progressive Conservative govern ment would take to stimulate growth in Canada Ron Stewart PC candidate for Simcoc South said today Speaking to 75 members of the Vespra Township Progressive Conservative Assoma tion at Springwater Golf Course Stewart said people must have personal stake They need to own it not through govern ment takeover he said Its meansto let people participate directly in the budding of the country He said conservative government would be committed to the competitive private sec tor SEES LIMITS Trudeau believes central government can solve all the problems he said Clark says there are limits to what governments can do Government is the servant of the people not the master We all know nothing happens until something is sold He said the economy would be the conser vative governments prime concern and that the Canadian economy is capable of an an nual five per cent growth He noted the economy grew 34 per cent in 1978 and only two per cent in the first three months of this year This is the third year of insufficient growth and this is what causes industries to function below capacity and unemployment He said the slow growth rate is un forlgivable because of Canadas great poten tia On unemployment Stewart said the coun try invests millions of dollars in education just so young people can fill out unemploy ment forms It is not their choice he said and it is the duty of the Canadians govern ment to create proper working conditions Stewart commented on the Toronto Stars editorial support of thc New Democratic Pare ty The NDP is splinter party that can destroy the country he said It cant form the government He termed the Star as rag and said thc last time it supported the Progressive Con servative Party it had gained only two seats in Metro GALVESTON Tex AP High winds rough seas and rain were in terfering early today with search for eight missing workmen feared trapped in an oil rig that collapsed and was mostly submerged in the Gulf of Mexico As divers waited for break in the weather the unstable rig bobbed perilously in the gulf 20 kilometres west of Galveston Our last report is that the divers still have not gone in and we have not received any word when they will US Coast Guard spokesman said Thirtyfour men were aboard the rig preparing for drilling when one leg of its tripod stand gave way late Thursday night and tilted the plat form at tiedegree angle In the hours that followed coast guard and private vessels rescued 26 men four of them requiring hospital treatment But by early today rough weather had suspended diving efforts and each passing hour was increasing fears that the eight men still miss ing would not be found alive The compartments inside the top pled rig were flooded but coast guard officers still held out the hope that the missing men had reached trapped air pockets that would sus tain life HOPES FOR BEST We are still hopeful that the men are alive said coast guard Lieut Gabriel Kinney am sure the rig is full of air pockets that could keep them alive On Friday divers swam around the edges of the platform but left the water when it became apparent they would need more air hoses to get inside the flooded compartments of the rig By the time the extra equipment arrived however 45knot winds had whipped the seas and raised the spectre of divers being trapped in sinking rig Early today coast guard officials did not know when the search would resume 66 of 1732 pieces Xray equipment needs repairing TORONTO CP About 66 of 1732 pieces of xray equipment used in Ontario hospitals need immediate repair to lower radiation levels that are up to 60 times higher than they should be University of Toronto radiation expert said Friday Dr Kenneth Taylor said that based on survey of 20 hospitals during 1977 and 1978 about five per cent of hospital xray machines or 86 machines emit exceptionally high doses of radiation because they are not adjusted or operated properly Taylor said the estimate of 86 machines is based on preliminary findings and so far 20 machines have been identified and repaired He said each piece of equipment which his research team finds to be faulty is repaired on the spot These machines have been given the highest priority in the effort to attack the pro blem of patients being exposed to excessive potentially hazardous levels of radiation he said study by Taylor and two colleagues based on their survey estimated that on average machines in the province give off about 10 times the amount of radiation actually re quired for the xray US ponders oddeven plan for gasoline sales WASHINGTON AP Cartcradministra tion officials thcir plan for standby rationing authority scuttled by the US Congress are debating whether to draw up nationwide 0dr deven plan for gasoline sales Unlike rationing which would be used only in case of severe oil shortage the oddeven sales plan would bc dcsigncd for use on short notice The plan already in use in parts of California limits gasoline sales on even numbered days to cars with evennumbered licence plants and on oddsnumbercd days to those with odd numbers It is still unclcar whether the president has authority to impose an oddeven plan on na tional scale And it is not yet clear whether White House officials will decide to draw one W435 It says Mothers Day is on Sunday up sources say But it is clear artcr will not propose another rationing plan After rewriting his own proposal scveral times the president won standbyrationing authority from the Senate But the House of Representatives rejected the plan in 241 to159 vote that Carter said left him shocked and embarrassed for our nations gmcrir ment Plant strike in third day United Rubber Workers local 722 are no closer to contract settlement with Plastomcr Ltd today as workers began the third day oi their strike Harvey Andrews union local president said neither the company nor the union bargaining committee has attempted to resume negotia tions after the union turned down tentative contract offer by Plastomer ThursdayThc main issues are wages and health benefits The strike was uneventful Friday except for an incident involving truck from Daal Specialties in Collingwood that tried to cross the picket line to pick up mould The driver of the truck member of the United Auto Workers Union called his union representative in Collingwood then informed the strikers he would not violate their pickct line Vic Cosic United Rubber Workers representative told strikers to have their signs clearly visible when someone attemp ted to cross the picket line We want peaceful picketing he said picket line is to inform not to fight