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COMPOSING ROOM Jack Kcrnoy foreman ivnn Kwnn isst foreman Don Saunders nrm Wass iNill fltinuin taii Wm nlll Raynor Um Gilriii Allllhy BUSINESS Marian cough accountant Dclva MIllS The Barrie Examiner Is member at The Canadian Press CPI ow Audit Bureau at Circulation ABC Only the Canadian Press may republish new stories In this newpaper credited to CF The Associated Press Reuters or Agence France Prone and local news stories publllbed in the Barrie Elaminer ADVE lsl NG Lcn Sewrk manager SALES Bur1 xiivins Wayne Hay Aden Smith Stove Skinner Part Boullon Cdlvm Fclcpchuk Di raiu Isnn mannumq ridth Ian Miilutfw iitv criitm 111M iiltm wuvcilitm nvr filter tfhlt la mtilm lamina it illlJ itosiylc llil01 Pllllk ll Fl Iintirn Nii liiill Drumsl mitimv Nmti uniHim on nttvn Ru tinnt ltionin Published daily except Sunday and Statutory holidays WFFKLY ovcarrer vicenis YEARLva carrier $49 40 BYMAILBarTI9 CIRCULATION tan mi 59 Bill HrlkOS manager iisan il ruin SIMCOE COUNTY Steve White asmstant manaocv 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claully or reiect an advertise Ct ASSIFIED Pnuqv Chapell superwsor Freda Shinncr Dana Homewood Janice Morton wllnluttlvflltvt tlllVfrlllltnl ncttv Av mcr iivwr inununy SSH AI Hanson foreman Don Ncar asst inn11 tl Prinrc lirivl Itlt lllti HRH NEWSROOM 26 653 CIICULAHON 76 6539 ClASSIFIEDS 728 2414 BUSINESS 7766537 The worl today Villagers still in state of shock The tightly knit community of Creemore buried four of its own Friday after special service at the villages arena It was sombre affair which half the village attended Stephen Price 14 Calvin Hare 12 John Gabriel 12 and Stephen McLeod 11 died while sleeping in cedarpole hut that caught fire Police and fire marshal investigators are still looking into the blaze There are about 1100 people in Creemore it typical small Southern Ontario town Its people are not used to tragedy and the deaths have hit them hard But they have not let it get the best of them charitable fund was established soon after the incident to collect money from people wishing to offer something to the family on their bereavement Already that fund has more than $1200 It is still growing Death is never an easy thing to accept regardless of who you are When it strikes down four young boys before theyve even had chance to really live it is even harder These deaths have forced Creemore to withdraw and become introspective At the funeral people openly wept and were unwilling to talk to the media about the situation They wanted to be left alone with their grief While this incident has deeply touched probably everyone in Creemore it is unlikely it caused ripple anywhere else in the province except in relatives homes It seems more and more of our young people are dying and the reports of deaths are all too frequent This freuency seems to be leading to indifference And thats unfortunate Whats always made Ontario great is the closeness of the people the feeling everyone has for each other We can only hope it continues to remain that way in the face of misfortunes and deaths As the population grows ac cidents such as the fire in Creemore will become more and more frequent It is sad but inevitable When it happens though we must be strong We must find the inner resources to rise above it no matter how senseless it appears The citizens of Creemore have shown fine exam ple out of personal tragedy has come hope The money rais ed by the fund will aid the living We hope others can be as strong in their time of need BleOHN HARBRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service ACanadas Conservative Party returned to power on May 23rd for the first time in 16 years and with no firm foreign policy Indeed the Conservative Party in op position since 1963 was understandably more concerned with domestic policies to reduce taxes and the size of government which is the promise of all conservatives seeking power these days Last January Canadian conservatives did hold twoday foreign policy seminar But no new Tory foreign policy emerged from it Instead the shape of pressing events the Tokyo Summit the future of Vietnamese refugees and recognition of Zimbabwe Rhodesia have forced the new Prime Minister JoeClark and Miss Flora Macdonald his en thuSiastic but untried external affairs minister to comment ad hoc about quickly changing events But there was one exception to the Con servative lack of foreign policy This was Clarks election promise repeated by him in his first press conference as Prime Minister last June 5th thatfcanada would move its embassy in Israeli from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem The Arab world do iders Jerusalem to be an Islamic city an future capital of Palestinian state The storm against Canada was immediate Arab nations with whom Canadian firms have about $7 billions in major engineering and consulting contracts threatened to cancel many of these Individual Arab countries made their own threats against Canada And in the final analysis Clark was forced to back down by appointing oneman factfinding study on the advisability of thchmbassy move Backgrounder Thatcher might try pressure Given this gaffe Clark and Miss Mac donald will tread very carefully at the Com monwealtn Heads of Government conference in Lusaka Zambia in the first week of August where the future of ZimbabweRhodesia will be major agenda topic At this point it looks as though the new British Tory government may move in the direction of recognition of the controversial newlyelected black government in Salisbury by ending British trade sanctions against Rhodesia British Tory Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who is ideologically more to the right than either Joe Clark or Miss Macdo nald might try to pressure their fellow Canadian conservatives to follow British lead on Rhodesia At the start of Canadas last Tory govern ment in the fall of 1957 then very strong British Tory government persuaded former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker to try and switch fifteen per cent of Canadian trade from the United States to Britain At the now longforgotten Mont Tremblant Conference the Canadian Tories agreed But of course they were unable to persuade Canadian industry to switch from nearby American equipment and services suppliers to distant and nottoo efficient British ones Rhodesia as an issue on which British and Canadian Tories might see the same way is much more crucial than trade switch But the Canadian Tories with strong populist element in the party shared by both the new Prime Minister and the External Affairs Minister are unlikely to fall under Mrs Thatchers spell Miss Macdonald has been lifelong sup porter of human rights and the needs of Can adas native peoples she is not likely to change the firm position of the previous Liberal government of Pierre Trudeau This was refusal to recognize Rhodesia or end trade sanctions against her Consumers get wary good news OIFAWA CP Consumers got some good news and warning Friday with thexeleaseof figures showing inflation slow ed to an annual rate of 89 per cent in June down from 93 per cent in May Statistics Canadas monthly consumer price index showed that lower beef prices and continued slowdown in the rate of increase in other fond costs were mainly responsible Former finance minister Jean Chretien commented that the decrease in inflation had occurred just as he had predicted earlier this year But he wamed that higher inflation in the US now running at about 13 per cent could mean higher prices for imported goods and higher consumer prices Bob Raid New Democratic Party financial critic suggested that the June inflation figures could be the last good news thisyear as Consumers begin to feel the bite of higher rices enAlg$y1iabziirel increase in the price of western crude July win be felt by con sumers this fall with lhrtthtorflveCenl in crease in the price of gasoline and heating oil The next 31 incriusc negotiated wnh western producers hv flic former Liberal government is scheduled for Jan but thc Conservative government has indicated it may raise prices faster to bring them closer to world prices Economists say 51 increase can add about one percentage point to the inflation ratc after the costs work through the economy Finance Minister John Crosbie was not available to comment on the latest price figures or the outlook for the rest of the year Statistics Canada said food prices in June were 117 per cent higher than year earlier This is down from peak of more than 17 per cent in March The federal agency said food prices rose one half of one per cent in June the smallest increase since last November By com parison food costs rose 25 per cent in both March and April The food component is given weight of 215 per cent in the overall consumer price index which measures the price of constant basket of goods and services purchased by the average consumer The price of that basket rose to $190 60 in Junc compared with $18911 in May and $17510 in June1978 Parliament Hill By STEWART MacliEfll Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service After giving the matter great deal of consideration have decided am getting tired of that McDonald Royal Commission into alleged RCMP wrongdoing It was great idea to establish the come mission and no doubt its findings will be valuable addition to our rcfcrciicc librarics but after two years of testimony am beginning to look clscwhcrc for my kicks With all due respect to the participants some of their material is beginning to sound rc petitivc In fact havent raised an eyebrow sincc we were given that Kcyslonc Kops Version of the Mounties trying to burn burn Willi motor oil Its been downhill cvcr sinci What finally inndc mc rczililc was becoming bored with thc commissions proceedings was my rciiciion or lmk of il the lulcsl rcvvlation that llll ltfMl milll be violating mlcrniilionul liciily ll bugging ltmign cmbiissics UllilWiI inc hcudlinc said thc rcvclzilion shocked lllt espionagc community and lllll published Comments llltlltftlttl lllfll llic ncws was being greend Willi it grand outburst of oiitlzltl tricd my bcsl to bccomi indignant bill ll just didnt work The lsicl 131 zilunys ussunud tlizil lorcign tIIllll wcic bcing bugged And to bc perfectly humst It has never bothered Ill Vcry 11lll but the It Ml limit bc Violating Illlflllillltillitl irciity SCOOPS IOJRf ADVISER 0N FORHGN AFFAIRS 1W1 WHAT Y0 RECOMIENV HI 4141 riilnlll Hull rm Pnttrmtvn the process BUGS ASSUME When Canada ratified the treaty two years ago doubt whcllicr anyone really believed that all diplomatic bugging would cease We automatically assume that our embassies in nonzillch countries are bugged just as these countries assume that their embassies in Ottawa irc bcing buggcrl We know thatwii ubiiggixl says spokcsmmi in the ltus rm embassy There is proof And TaWhn diplomats in Moscow irc cquzilly mccd that their con vcrsul ions arc bcing monilorcd know it would be much nicer if everyone obcycd laws and lltilllts but thats 1101 the way things arc donc in international cspionngc In fact lcslimony prcsciitcd lo the commission ovcr llic last two yciirs make it prclly clear that it isnt llic way things are dom Ill domestic llt work citlicr Wc liiivc lltil1l all about tliixsc illcgiil cn tiiis cIictronic cavcsdioppings thefts of ltKllllltlllS and ollicr shady activities and we llilvt liciird cndlcss quiilificd accusations and denials about what ministers if any kiicw about lhcsc inclivuics But its all so vugui onsidcrmg the cxnctmg nature of polici work its amazing how many witnesses full to rcnicmbcr llic spccifics of con Vtlhillltillh vcr mid chI again the com mission has been told that it tllillll minister must have Iiiiii told might not have been told probably was not lllfilllllttl likclv was merit Some of Royal Commissions material sounds repetitive briefed in all probability was kept in the dark should have been aware almost cer tainly gave his approval etc etc know that every hint is vitally important but am afraid am losing interest ENOUGH SAID think the commission has now established the fact that the Mounties like any other po lice force have ndeed broken the law from time 10 time And suspect that if our own interests were at stake most of us would silently approve Why even the responsible minister Allan Lawrence has trouble on that point Asked whether he considers it proper for theMouiifics to bug embassies in violation of an intemational agreement he was quoted as saying havent made up my mind on that yet Hell probably be criticized for saying this but perhaps majority of us would say exactly the same thing After two years of this critical examination the Mounties themselves must be anxious to see the hearings wind up so they can get back to polishing their image They dont need another year of repetitious testi mony But there is great deal to be said for living in country in which the activities of the na tional police force can be publicly rutinized like this It wouldnt happen in many other nations ltsjust too bad its become so tedious Take note Care curbs accident rate By ALEX MANJURIS siren or flashing red light is always an attention getter it is thing in our society which puts us on the alert and tells us that something has happened or is going to hap pen We are familiar with the sirens and flashing red lights associated with fire engines ambulances and police cruisers The one we hear or see most often is the police cruiser This would certainly indicate that they are the most active force in our community Motor vehicle collisions demand great deal of our police forces time Every time you hear police siren you automatically think another traffic accident There is such thing as accidentprone traffic routes Sometimes the reasons are ap parent other times it is mystery as to why so many accidents occur at that particular place In Barrie there are several such areas Bayfield Street north of Hwy 400 having the most accidents Duckworth at Codrington Collier at Clapperton Cundles at Sunnidale Dunlop East of Bayfield and the five points area Wellington at Clapperton intersection has been the scene of several fatalities over the years Grove Street between Bayfield and St Vincent has produced more injuries than any other area FIGURES UP Motor vehicle accidents in Barrie have risen from 1498 in 1976 to 1672 in 1978 In the first quarter of 1979 there have been 531 reported motor vehicle collisions fatality and 88 injuries So we are looking at pro jected figure of over 2000 accidents for 1979 Yes you could be or become part of these statistics You may say there is an easy solution avoid the accidentprone areas This is easier said than done try it Being more aware courteous and careful is the real answer and this means wholesale driver education program even if it is preventative education through more police surveillance But this takes manpower and that is what our police force is short of If you consider the cost of lives pwsonal in jury and property damage involved then the cost to provide preventative force is well worth it We are all potential traffic accident victims You will probably say that the present strength of our Police Force is sufficient 48 police and 11 civilian personnel and that since 1976 they have increased their staff by three This is so but the complexity of our society requires new and more sophisticated pro grams as well as the expansion of eXisting ones New programs such as the Crime Preven tion Program and Youth Bureau have absorb ed two of the added strength and the third had to be assigned to court duty because of the heavy load of cases before our courts This leaves us with the same number of men or street strength to deal with an ever expanding population and the increased responsibility which will come with annexa tion The Barrie Police Force has the lowest per capita cost $3958 of all the Ontario police forces the policepopulation index IS one policeman for every 741 persons rather high ratio When you look at other centres of com parable size their police forces have anywhere from 10 to 15 more personnel am not criticizing our poliCe force or saying that they should go on an empirebuilding spree they should be commended for bein able to provide the calibre of protection an law en forcement which Barrie receives want to be ensured that this high standard is maintained so that our city will be free of violent crimes Only if we have strong adequately staffed modern police force will we be able to come and go as we please Interpreting the news Skylab here so is irony NEW YORK CP Skylab has landed and there is irony in the fact that the greatest space embarrassment came 10 years to the month after the greatest US space triumph The Wston space laboratory that plunged to an ignominous end over the Indian Ocean and across the Australian outback Wed nesday came down as the National Aeronatics and Space Administration wps preparing to observe the 10th anniversary of the first manned moon landing It was July 20 1969 when astronaut Neil Armstrong radioed to earth The Ea le has landed few hours later he climber down ladder to the moons surface as hundreds of millions watched on television The US space program was dominant image of the 19605 Amid racial tensions assassinations and the trauma of Vietnam the space feats engineered by NASA were reassuring proof of American technology For those who grew up in that decade the televised launches and the moon broadcasts are vivid memories the rockets risi majestically on their flaming fails the bulky astronauts striding on the moon The program wns arred twice In January1967 fire on lnudch pad killed three astronauts during test and in 1970 an explosion in space forced Apollo 13 to short planned lunar landing lad struggle back to earth The sixth and final moon landing mulls 1972 NASA followed that with its Skyla spacestation missions