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EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation 7266539 Classdied Advertising 7282414 All Other Departments 7266537 113th year No59 Clip Titanic Examiner The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Friday March 11 1977 15 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly WEATHER FORECAST 16 Pages that will involve more than 100 children There will be two performances at the Oro omniimity Arena Sunday March 13 at and pm with tickets available at the door ABOVE Yogi Bear takes part in routine set to the Thursday evening was the dress rehearsal for the Oro Figure and Power Skating Club annual skating car nival Step Into the Suri shine The Carnival features wide variety of costumed musical routines oil industry makes profit hostility to defence agreement with dispute over human rights human rights may prove to be an enduring States the institute repor the US have tried marijua drug fears its widesprea 191 mu CAPSULE NE WS Oil profits not that large TORONTO CPi The president of Sun Oil Co Ltd said Thursday the public appears to have mistaken ideas about oil company profits Ross Hennigar told the Toronto Society of Financial Analysts the average public estimate is that the He said Sun Oil made profit of about three cents on the dollar in 1976 You can readily understand the publics troleum price increases if they think we are already ma ing such inordinate profits he said Hennigar said Sun Oil plans eventually to become public company é= The foreign ministry handed note to 118 Ambassador John Crimmins advising him of the action The US em bassy said the the decision was one made by the Brazilian government acting within the terms of the mutual defence agreement signed in Rio de laneiro in 1952 The dillomatic crisis surfaced Saturday in an exchange of notes in which the Brazilians rejected more than $50 million in US military assistance because it was linked to observance of Marijuana US popular habit WASHINGTON AP Despite its illegality marijuana be following alcohol and tobacco into the US catalogue of popular habits says the National Institute on Drug Abuse Marijuana is more than fad and may well Thursday Dupont who sa marijuana is an intoxicating of 26 cents on each sales dollar but he did not elaborate Brazil cancels defence pact BRASILIA AP Brazil cancelled to ay its mutual the United States following cultural pattern in the United ted About 36 million persons in na Director Robert Dupont said use may increase the rate of serious automobile accidents ust like drunk driving He said marijuana reduces physica coordination and longterm use causes possible lung damage that may resemble the harm done by heavy cigarette smoking iii Why not Step into Sunshine music of Allan Shermans Hello Mother Hello Father Here Am At amp Granada BELOW Middle East dancing girls are one of the many costumed routines featured in the show Ex aminer Photos The Concorde isgoing Angus arena resurrected by council By BEVERLEY ANDREWS Examiner Correspondent ANGUS The Angus arena has been resurrected by Essa Township council with the Angus Lions Club over the responsibility of taking fund raising Township officials hope to have local residents on ice by October Essa Reeve Charles Pridham presented the fund raising roposal to the club Thursday nig it at special meeting The club accepted but legal document will be drawn up outlining the particulars of the agreement The Angus arena has been con troversial issue for over two years and lawsuits have been against the old arena board Township council ordered its solicitor to settle all outstanding lawsuits and to pay still owed by The moton to proceed was ac cepted by 31 vote by council Maurice Miller was the dissenter and Eric Binns was absent The steel frame now standing will be checked and tested Officials hope to begin construction again in issued about $56000 the old board for steel about one month Township ratepayers may get tax break BAXTER Essa township ratepayers may get break on their property taxes this year according to clerk Arthur Roth Roth said Thursday his staff hopes to keep the 1977 township budget in line with last year and there may even be slight decrease in the general opera tions and administration budget which could mean lower taxes Last year Roth said the township mill rate for general purposes increased to 883 coni pared to 560 in 1975 He blamed the increase on quite few capital expenditures which the township will not face in 1977 Those expenditures included higher fire department budget and slight deficit from the 1975 budget The biggest expense Mr Roth said was $80000 for the Thornton arena 45 Ask wolf bounty be abolished KINGSTON Ont Cll Some Grade students at Bay ridge public school have sent letter to Reeve Peter Recman of Kingston Township asking for the abolition of the town ships bounty on wolves The letter was sent this week after one of the students accom panied her mother and grand mother to township council meeting where she heard pctilt tion asking for the removal of the bounty The childrens letter said the bounty should be abolished be cause wolves are shy and harm less animals They blamed the killin of sheep on foxes and wild ogs Tired of the public Margaret cancels public appearances NEW YORK CP Marga ret Trudeau says she has can celled public appearances scheduled for Ottawa and Nova Scotia later this month because she is tired of the public Ive had enough she told reporters Thursday following an announcement by Prime Minister Trudeau that his wife has cancelled the engagements in hopes of taking some of the pressure off and becoming more of private person She had been scheduled to visit the Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa on March 15 Halifax on March 24 and an opening of an Ottawa art exhibit at the end of the month Mrs Trudeau who came to New York on Tuesday after spending few days in Toronto was besieged with questions from reporters as she emerged from sixhour visit at the stu dio of fashion photographer Richard Avedon whom she met on it previous New York visit More reporters surrounded her at the entrance to the apart ment of Princess Yasmin Khan daughter of actress Rita The general purposes budget in 1976 Roth said amountcd to $447099 The township had revenues sugar last year and raised $109000 through local assessment to cover costs This year lic said he expects the situation to remain about the same Ihcre wont be any terrific change he said We dont foresee any major cxrxinditurcs this year The road budget for 1977 Roth said will be about mum up almost $50000 from last year However part of that in crease he said will be cowrcd by higher subsidies from the provincial ministry of raiispor tation and communications tMTti Thc subsidies wcrc cut back last year but have increased this year to 1975 levels he said This years MTC subsidy is $225500 compared to $196500 in 1976 Roth said however that road maintenance costs could in crease because of the severe winter weather The frost and water damage to township roads has been quite heavy this year he said But even with the higher pro vincial road subsidies he warn ed that ratepayers might have to pay more for road repairs Were trying to repiar 1977 road systcm with 1975 money he said Roth also said he ex budget to bc complctt end of April cts the by the Lake pollution reply awaited Ninc arca municipal of ficials including ltarric Mayor Ross Arcbci mct lliursday with provincial cabinct ministers to express concern over pollution oflakc Simcoc Mayor Arcticr said after tlic tuohour mcctmg thc ministcr promised to icply to thc groups coiiccins withiii four is ccks llicy 500111th to lavm plan to appoint task torcc to study the lakc and to idciitify pro blcnis offenders and possible solutions be said llowcvcr no dcfinitc statc mcnts on such task force wcrc madc lic said Among the officials mcm bcis of tlic Lakc Siincoc Iollu tioii onlcrciicc stccimg coin niittcc wcrc Oro Township Recvc Howard ampbcll icprcsciiting Simcoc ouiity and Illakc oiistablc lniiisfil Township dcputyrccvc oiii niittcc clitiiiiiian Howard Shill iiigtoii of Georgina Township in York Region was spokcsiiizin Ministers at the meeting were Darcy McKcough treasury lcorge Kerr en viriiomciit Frank Miller natural resources William NiWlniili agriculture John Rhodes housing James Snow transport and Rene Brunclle cabinet chairman Also present were DufferinSimcoc MPP icorgc McCague recently namcd McKeoughs parliamen tary assistant and provincial staff members Last year Harrie joined with other municipalities in endors ing Lakc Simcoc Pollution oiifercncc resolution calling for special legislation to counteract dramatic dctcriomlion in water quality in the take over the past dcctidc Current weather been in area roadclearing This weeks clcar warm weather has been boon to road maintenance departments in the Barrie area Spokesmcn for thc city and county roads departments and the ministry of transportation and communications tMIC said the weather has lessened the threat of floods on area roads by breaking up the ice in area watercourses allowing runoff waters to dissipate Jerry Taylor an engineer with the Simcoe Tounty roads department said there have been few minor flooding problems but no major wash outs on county roads The minor flooding he said was caused by water backing up in ditches jammed with ice Davis Arnold patrol super visor at the Barrie MTC yards Haywoth and Ali Khan where she is staying ASKS ABOUT MARRIAGE When asked by British re porter whether she felt her marriage was in jeopardy be cause of re rts of involvement with mom rs of the Rolling Stones rock group she said am absolutely not going to make any comment about my husband or about my life As reporters tried to hold open the door of an elevator so they could ask her more ques tions she told them You people are so rude and nasty said his department has had no problems with flooded roads Weve been ve lucky up to the present time said The weather has been really good for us he said Its freezing up at night and the water is getting away during the day The amount of flooding that occurs he said will depend on the amount of rainfall in the next few days If the rain holds off another cotiplc of days and the ice breaks up he said the water can get away without backing up But they are calling for rain tomorrow he added Neil Fox Barrie public works superindendent said city crews have been following normal spring operations Rumors about Mrs Trudeau and the Rolling Stones surfaced after she watched two Toronto weekend recording sessions by the British rock group one on the night of her sixth wedding anniversary Two members of the oup Mick Jagger an Ron also came to New York on Tuesday but not with Mrs Trudeau When asked whether she was having an affair with either man Mrs Trudeau said Cer lainly not SAYS GOSSIP CRAZY She described gossip about Skateboarding into spring The current finc springlike weather brought out youngsters by the hundreds in Barrie streets yestcrday The skate boarders above are no excep tion The Examiner pho tographer caught them in iiiidfliglit as they skimmed two daring PM ready to talk on Quebec OTTAWA tCPi Prime Min ister Trudeau said Thursday he is ready to negotiate new deal in Confederation for Quebec but is wary of bear trap in the moderate tone of Quebec Pre mier Rene Levesques recent statements about separatism It is possible Mr Levesque is prepared to discuss new form of contract in Canada without going the indeiwndence route Trudeau told his weekly news conference If that is so Im very happy He said it was premature to judge whether Levesquc was modifying his commitment to Quebec independence but ad ded the Quebec rcinier is mistaken if be thin hes going to get independence first and then negotiate an association Trudeau also all but ruled out an early election said his wife Margaret had every right to at tend Rolling Stones rock con cert iii Toronto and renewed his criticism of alleged prosepara tist bias in the Canadian Broad casting Corp Trudeau said He has no intention of call ing an election before the tradi tional fouryear term runs out in mid1978 but wouldnt sign blank cheque saying so Margarct has to expect news media attention when she attends rock concerts or other public events as she did last weekend in Toronto but she is cancelling several official ap pearances to make her private life as private as possible for while her and the musicians as crazy Mrs Trudeau said one reason why she came to New York without her husband was to pick up photo tips from Avedon photogrpahy student at the Algonquin College in Ottawa she spent Thursday afternoon watching Avedon work with model on an advertising layout for Revlon cosmetics At times she helped the photographer studio spokesman said later Mostly she just observed and had leisurely day the spokesman said Friends and relatives of hostages being held by ter rorists at the Bnai Brith In ternatioiial headquarters in down Grove Street The two are lioiig lioni loft and Ashley Taylor TXtilflfl Photo Washington wait for word on street corner iicarby Thurs day No idcntifications were tnailulilc il Photo 12 gunmen surrender WASHINGTON AP band of 12 Hanafi Moslem gunv men early today ended two day reign of terror in the United States capital After they surrendered peacefully and freed their 134 hostages their leader was released without bail The release of Khalifa Ham aas Abdul Khaalis was part of an agreement that ended the in cident during which he re at edly threatened to cut of the heads of his hostages if his de mands for revenge against Black Muslim leaders were not met Abdul Khaalis and his 11 fol lowers who held the hostages in three buildings were charged with kidnapping while armed Chief Judge Harold Greene of Superior Court set the following conditions for Abdul Khaaliss release He may not keep or possess firearms he must re main in Washington and he was barred from discussing the case before trial The court is mindful of the events in this city of the last three days said the judge Nevertheless the safety and release of the hostages le pcndcd on the release of the de fciidaiit He said This court is not in position to second guess the lawenforcement authorities Judge Greene said he would release Abdul Khaalis on the recommendation of US Attor ney Earl Silbert He said that he would reassess the situation if there is grandjury in dictmcnt Greene asked the terrorist leader whethci he understands the conditions of his release Yes do Abdul Khaalis replied iii barely audible voice The hostages were released unharmed by the Hanafi gun man following threehour negotiating session with police and ambassadors from three Is lamic nations who read the gun men poetry and passages from the Koran The Egyptian ambassador said he and his diplomatic col leagues set the stage for the surrender by reading from the Koran songs of com ission forgiveness understani ing the things our lord orders its to 10 Police were booking the ter rorists on charges of armed kid napping