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Barrie Examiner, 28 Jul 1979, p. 1

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gt ééjm WW 13 Per COPY Carder Home Dollvory 95 Wookly 1181 your No 178 Soundy Preparingofor big antique show Ellen Reinhardt salesperson at the Treasure Chest Antiques shop on Yonge Street in Painswick rearranges the crystalware in window display Local shops are preparing for the seventh annual Antique Show and Sale sponsored by the Gryphon Theatre Guild to be held Sept 20 at the Barrie Armory Examiner Photo by Peter Hsu Queen arrives in Zambia despite guerrilla threat LIISA KA Ali The Queen flew into Zanr bia on Friday despite the threat posed by the nationalist guerrilla war in lttlflllltollllL Ziiir babwe Rhodesia Security was tight as the monarch landed in Lusaka the capital to the beat of African tribal drums The main fear of violence centres on pessi blc raids by the new government of Zinr baliwe Rhodesia against suspected guerrilla bases in Zambia Zimbabwe Rhodesia accused the guerrillas of Joshua Nkomos Zimbabwe African leo ples Union on Friday of violating their pledge not to provoke encounters din an the Queens visit communique claimed 13 union guerrillas crossed into Zimbabwe Rhodesia from 7mm hia on Thursday night Zambiabased Nkomo hail declared border truce front July 23 to the end ot the Ionimonwealth meeting Aug Zimbabwe ltltodesias blarktnajority government headed by Prime Minister Abel Mllltilttt has said it would do nothim to en danger the Queen or other tommozmealth leaders but did not rule out the possibility ot cross border raids during the conference it provoked Mirorewas whiterled security forces have staged number of assaults nito Zambia some near Lusaka since he gained power in elections in April The elections ended history of white minority rtile lllll the guerrillas and black African states claim ltiorexis government 127r13cmi inside story Draculas charmer Why does ioimt llraciila hold siith fascination tor North American moviegoers llr James Henderson liar rie psychiatrist says that despite ltracuias reputation for monstrous deeds hes really may seductive and appealing character Examiner reporter Lori tolien Illltltts llr Henderson Stllkilllltsstwl Dracula fan in story on the Today page Bad sister returns tanadian horn actress liidi Wiggins makes living playing the bad sislei on VHS soap opera produced in New York in She gets chance to play sympathetic heroine in the lryphon Theatre production of Night Watch opening lenday at Georgian tollege lllt1llltl tllltllllllllltll editor Stephen tiauei lllltlltttl the ar tress lhiirsday during break in rehcarspis at the college See page it Off to New Zealand Ann Simpson has been chosen by the liar rie lliironia Rotary Club to represent the ct tv and Canada iii oneyear trip to New iealand Miss Simpson leaves Aug 24 and shes so excited about tlte trip she can hardly watt See story on the Lifestyle page index today lifestyle entertainment window on the world sports canlcstv guide classified 41 still is controlled by whites The Queen wearing brilliant yellow dross aitd yellow hat adorned with while and yellow flowers was welcomed by thousands of Zainbians some waving banners hostile to her gowrnments position on the guerrilla war iii neighboring Zimbabwe Rhodesia No sellout on Zimbabwe in your address to the Commonwealth conference read one Welcome to Zambia the boundary bet ween democracy peace freedom and apar theid oppression and slavery said another iii reference to white minorityruled South Africa which is the prime supporter of the new 7a inbahwc Rhodesian government The Queen who is on nineday visit will be here for next Wednesdays opening of the heads itgovernment conference of the Com monwealth The Pittyeanold monarch arrived from Botswana third stop on fourcountry African tour aboard her white RAF VClt jetliner accompanied by Prince Philip and their lftsyear old son Prince Andrew The Queen disembarked to the sound of traditional African music and shook hands with line of dignitaries including Zambian President Kenneth Katinda Joshua Nkomo Zimbabwe Rhodesian black nationalist guer rilla leader who is based in Zambia was not there though he said earlier he had been in vited by the Zambians Nkomo told news conference he refused to go to the airport to greet the Queen because of references to him in Britain as terrorist leader An unidentified woman uses walker to make her way through tloodwoters of the Blue River in southern indiana after heavy rains caused the river to overflow Hun dreds were left homeless with the flooding but there are no reported deaths AP Photo Texas rains diminish lltllSRW Tex AP The rain has let up in southeast Iexas since tropical storm Claudette soaked the region with more than tit centimetres of water and left behind damage estimated at $750 million But some residents were having tough time Friday returning to their water logged homes following the worst storm in more than decade Houston Mayor Jim MeConn inspected the floodstricken area by boat Friday and described the situation as tremendous disaster lot of people have lost everything their homes their cars Mctonn said the examiner serving barrie andnsimcoe county Two killed three wounded WINDSOR Ont CP An unidentified man firing 22calibre semiautomatic rier through doors of downtown apartment building killed one man and wounded three others Friday before turning the weapon on himself said police Dead is Arnold DeSilvers 48 resident of the apartment His brother Harold 53 who occupied room beside his brothers secondfloor apart ment was in critical condition in hospital this morning with six gunshot wounds Lloyd St Pierre 54 identified as resident of the building suffered head wound and is in hospital in serious condition under police guard The two other victims Lawrence Burns 65 and Carol Christou 33 from another apart ment in the building were in critical condi tion Police said they do not know motive for the shootings REMOVAL DELAYED The outburst of gunshots through the three apartment doors was reported to police shortly before 930 Friday night but the four victims were not removcd for Enrolment drops almost an hour while the gunman bar ricaded himself in an apartment Police said the gunman had full view of the second floor hallway from the apartment and ambulance attendents had to be escorted to the wounded by of ficers wearing flak jackets Constable Ken Powers member of the Windsor police tactical squad tried to negotiate with the gunman but received incoherent responses police said As the constable continued his negotia tion attempts he and other police officers inched their way to the apartment and opened one of the two doors to the hallway The constable said several garbage tin lids were thrown into the apartment to see where he was and if he had weapon Each time the gunman asked the police what they were and they determined his position But when police finally entered the apartment they found the man lying in pool of blood in the bedroom with the rifle beside him after apparently shooting himself University professors big layoffs predicted TORONTO CP The average education level of the unemployed in Ontario may soon take big leap upwards Enrolment predictions indicate about 2550 professors or 20 per cent of the faculties at Ontarios universities could lose their jobs within five years Up to 500 may be laid off this fall The Council of Ontario Universities has predicted that enrolment will drop 25 per cent in the next 20 years With government fun ding linked to enrolment hundreds of teaching positions are in jeopardy The one thing we all have in common to day whcther were at large universities or small is fear says David Inman president of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations Some jobs are made more uncertain by the AKKIAGE Gun DANCE CouActc What seems to be the problem At least six persons lost their lives in the flooding five of them when church van was swept into swollen creek about 200 kilometres northwest of Houston No one came to aid LEAMINGTON Ont CP 14year old boy says his screams for help went unheeded as he watched his older brother drown Witnesses said Cornelius Wolfe 16 of Leamington was riding bicycle along the Leamington harbor pier Thursday when he apparently lost his balance and tumbled into Lake Erie He did not resurface saw him in the water his brother Isaac said He was swinging his hands but he never came back up was going to jump in and help but my swimming isnt very good called to some of the other people fishing on the dock but they wouldnt go in About 10 persons were on the pier at the time of the accident said John Toewes who was fishing nearby But no lifesaving equipment is kept at the pier Divers and rescue squads recovered the body about 15 metres from the dock about five hours after the accident in this com munity about 40 kilometres southeast of Windsor Quarterback sacked TORONTO CP The private promotional scheme called Quarterback was sacked Friday in the face of opposition from the provincial governments Half Back program In an outofcourt settlement Quar terback agreed to end its business involving used lottery tickets and turn over all its ad vertising material including the printing plates to the government Under HalfBack losing Wintario ticket can be used by the holder to obtain super cent discount up to maximum of four tickets on the price of Canadian records ta and films Quarterback was private sc emc modelled on HalfBack Come hOm increasing number of students switching to jobrelated courses such as business and engineering from arts and sciences courses Mort Paterson of the department of philosophy at Laurentian University in Sud bury earns $28500 year and is afraid of 105 ing his job Paterson had 12 fulltime students last year far below the 60 he had in his first term 11 years ago In desperate effort to survive be attracted 50 parttime offcampus students in correspondence course to build up his studentteacher ratio But it is still too low Im 44 and in midcareer Paterson said There is no job for an outofwork philosophy professor to go to and its going to get worse Nicaraguans seek US aid MANAGUA AP Nicaraguas junta established diplomatic relations with Cuba got pledges that Fidel Castro will send plenty of doctors and teachers and prepared to go to Washington next week to ask for US aid to help rebuild its warravaged economy The diplomatic pact was signed Friday at the end of twoday visit to Cuba by junta members Alfonso Robclo and Moises Hassan and Culture Minister Ernesto Cardenal to commemorate the attack on the Moncada Barracks on July 26 1956 that started the Cuban Revolution Robelo told reporters on returning to Managua that the visit showed Nicaraguas appreciation for Cubas moral and political support during the sevenweek Sandinista guerrilla offensive that ousted dictator Anastasia Somoza July 17 ending 42 years of family rule An unidentified Windsor man is removed from downtow in Windsor apartment siege apartment following shooting incident One person is dead and second is in critical condition Two others who were shot are in the hospital Police reported that man shot four people through the doors of four separate apartments The man barricaded himself in an apartment on the second floor of three storey building before shooting himself police said Determination The obstacle is bigger than she bargained for but this little gym nast sticks out her tongue and hangs grimly on in the obstacle course race of junior gymnastics demonstration at Barries Central Collegiate Friday For another pic ture and story see page Ex aminer Photo Statuesque beauty Dressed in Japanese summer kimonos Miss Canada Brigitte June Hofmann left and Miss American Beauty Lonni Lynn Jones of Sacramento Calif im itate pose of statue behind them as they pose for pictures this morning in Tokyo The two girls and other contestants In the Miss Young interna tional beauty contest campaigned for the Aug 3rd beauty pageant AP Photo to The Examiner Call 7266537 for hom deliver standing structure in the world Bodies sought in shipwreck CHANDLER Que CP Police are hunting for debris and maybe bodies from sunken luxury yacht to explain the mystery of young woman whose body was found floating off the Gaspc peninsula with $3000 stuffed in her bathing suit Provincial police said the woman between 20 and 30 years of age had been in the water for two or three days before tourist boat found her body Tuesday floating 700 metres off Bonaventure Island Police say she is fivefootone 87 pounds with long brown hair She had on an orange lifejacket Pathologists told us she had given birth to at least one child and had recently undergone up to $10000 worth of dental work said Constable JeanPierre Desgagnes In her chic brown Christian Dior bathing suit were three $1000 bills five $100 bills and five $20 bills She also was wearing ring with three large diamonds valued at $4000 FOUND EBRIS On Tuesday morning fishermen discovered some boating paraphernalia eight kilometres from where the body later was found The fishermen only told us about the debris Wednesday when they heard we had found body said Desgagnes The debris was mainly chairs mattresses and other boating equipment There was no debris from the boat itself The officer said he believed there was link between the objects and the woman The only item the fishermen picked up from the debris was an orange life jacket It was similar to the one we found on the dead woman We suspect there were other persons on the boat with her $78000 compensation JOHANNESBURG AP The South African government will pay the family of the late black leader Steve Biko $78000 as result of his death from brain injuries while in police custody the familys lawyer said today The government had no immediate comment on the statement by lawyer Shim Chctty Car fire electrical Seven people narrowly escaped injury Friday when an electrical fi re occurred in car on Highway 400 Sheila Yearwood of Agincourt was driv ing southbound on Highway 400 just south of Innisfil Beach Road when she heard bang and noticed smoke coming from the front of the vehicle She pulled over to the side of the road and when she tried to open the hood found it too hot to handle She told her six passengers including three children to vacate the car and seconds later fire started Damage is estimated at $1000 Egg didnt scramble TORONTO tCP Patrick Baillie stood at the bottom of the CN Tower on Friday morning and caught an egg dropped from the observation deck It didnt break The Grade large landed in net rigged by Baillie 17 of Toronto and cushioned inside with shaving ceam and cotton bat ting Baillie thinks he has established worlds record that will be hard to crack The present one in the Guinness Book of World Records an egg thrown from helicopter at 184 metres is mere shell of the 352 metre drop from the tower the largest rec weather Sunny periods this atternoon Highs 23 to 26 Sunny Sunday with few cloudy periods Highs 25 to 28 Lows tonight 13 to 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