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Homesupport program TORONTO CP Up to 700 jobs will be created in Ontario to employ young persons in developing homesetilpport services for the aged and handicapp Keith Norton com munity and social services minister said Thursday The minister said in statement the program expected to cost about $26 million will provide needed jobs for young persons and valuable service to those who are confined to their homes Treasurer Darcy McKeough announced in his budget earlier this week that 250 jobs in this area would be created Painting problems If youre planning to paint your home ex terior coatings specialist has some sug gestions for correcting problems from the last painting and for preventing them from happening again Common problems such as peeling blistering cracking alligatoring and wrinkling rarely occur if quality paint is ap plied to wellprepared surface ac cording to Ben Trail General Manager Trade Paint Sales Canadian Pittsburgh ln dustries maker of Pittsburgh Paints But this doesnt mean that the homeowner who made painting mistakes the last time round is stuck with these pro blems forever he stated Blistering and peeling are the most com mon exterior wood paint failures Trail said In both cases moisture is generally to blame Blistering results when moisture locked in siding is drawn from the wood by the suns heat Moisture under tight paint film also will vaporize and expand to form blisters Peeling occurs for several reasons ac cording to Trail Again one cause is trap ped moisture drawn out by the suns heat Oilbase paints also can peel if they are applied to surfaces that are moist because of rain dew or high humidity However the increasingly popular waterbase paints can be applied over damp surfaces without con cern for peeling Trail added Sunday Rat Race Annual Beaver River River Rat Race is slated for this Sunday near Thombury not on Saturday as reported in The Ex aminer Thursday The race starts at 1pm at Heathcote up the Beaver Valley from Thornbury To get to Thornbury take Highway 26 from Collingwood west 14 miles Given probation BELLEVILLE Ont CP Murray John Kirkpatrick 24 former Guelph police officer was given sixmonth proba tion term Thursday for committing an in decent act Mareh at the international police hockey championships in this city Kirkpatrick sentenced by Judge JL Clendenning of provincial court was found guilty of standing on the boards and urinating on the ice during hockey game The former policeman had pleaded not guilty to the charge Kirkpatrick resigned from the Guelph police force March He joined the force in June 1972 and was firstclass constable at the time of his resignation Margaret to France PARIS AP Margaret Trudeau wife of Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau flew to France with two freelance journalists sources said She left Paris today on her way to southern France to attend promotional function sponsored by mineralwater company Sources said Mrs Trudeau flew to France on Thursday with two freelance jour nalists photographer Oscar Abolafi and writer Robin Leach Mrs Trudeau avoided reporters and photographers when her char tered plane left Le Bourget Airport today Family benefits raise TORONTO CPOntario will increase allowances for recipients of family benefits and general welfare assistance by eight per cent effective July Keith Norton com munity and social services minister said Thursday Norton said in an statement the increase will affect about 100000 persons receiving family benefits and about 60000 on welfare couple with three children between the ages of 10 and 15 will receive $475 month as of July compared with $441 month he said New Belgian cabinet BRUSSELS Reuter King Baudouin named outgoing Premier Leo Tindemans as premierdesignate today and asked him to form government the royal palace an nounced Tindemanss Soc1al Christian Party rein forced its position as the largest single par ty in the Belgian parliament in last Sun days general election But it remains short of majority in parliament and Tindemans will begin negotiations on new coalition cabinet Think of victims WINDSOR Ont CP Judge Joseph McMahon says courts should look at per sons affected by crimes and spend less time worrying about the accused Judge McMahon of the county court made the remark Wednesday while post poning sentencing of three La Salle Ont ouths until he is satisfied reparations have made to victims of the crimes or to the community The youths Grade 12 students at local high school were to be sentenced for series of breakins last year Maybe this is the int where we should forget about reha ilitation and start treating them like the criminals they are he said The judge said he was concerned after reading resentence reports that the three had mad no attempt at restitution Wins language right TIMMINS Ont CP member of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers Won the ri Thursday to refuse to sign form sagyling he was willing to take French deadflne Simmons would be Remodelling iob Wood beams from nearby farm search for cherry stairway fireplace with one square side and one rounded side are all part of the remodeling job on The Village Inn at Thornton being done by Don and Muriel lliles The lliles adventures and problems in remodeling The Village Inn are on the Home page of todays Ex aminer on Page 11 Water behind wood also will cause paint to peel Trail said the average family puts about six gallons of water into the air daily Moisture often leaves the house through ex terior wallsand carries part of the paint film with it Gotta keep dry Minnesota Twins Rod arew dips down to keep the ball from touching the ground dur ing game of flip while holding an uin brella during the reain delay before night game against the Kansas ity Royals AP Photo language training course in order to qualify for promotion in the post office Postal clerk Richard Simmons filed grievance against the Canada post office about 18 months ago claiming he had been denied wicket postim because of his refusal to sign the form Grievance adjudicator Ed loliffe of Ot tawa said Simmons must take French language knowledge test before bidding for bilingual position in the post office but will not be forced to take the language training course Although the languagetraining course for paid by the federal government he would have to travel to Nor th Bay 180 miles south of here lmmigrants pensions LONDON CP Pension increases for British immigrants living in Canada have been agreed to in principle by the British government Canadian Welfare Minister Marc Lalonde said Thursday But he added that British authorities still must approve the spending of about $225 million to financethcincreases The British government now pays about $9 million yearly in pensions to former British residents living in Canada Lalonde told reporters that officials will meet in July to work out details of an agreement on social security cooperation between Britain and Canada Until now British pensioners in Canada have had their British pensions fixed with no increases to keep pace with inflat ion There are about 23000 British pensioners in Canada who are seeing their pensions going down in real terms every year Lalonde said Charged in robbery New Lowell man has been charged with armed robbery in connection with holdup Thursday afternoon at the and Takeout and Delicatessen on Brentwood Road in Angus spokesman for the Barrie detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police said today that Thomas Alexander McNabb 18 has been charged The OPP spokesman said the call came in Thursday at 353 pm from Mrs Ruth Mac Donald who said she had been robbed by man about feet three inches tall with long blonde hair weather Cloudy today with few showers clear ing this afternoon Saturday sunny and cooler High today 17 to 19 Low tonight to High Saturday 13 to 15 OMB hearing will continue Court supports annexation By JOHN BRUCE Examiner Staff Re orter TORONTO Barries bid or annexation of land frm neighboring townships has been sup ported by Ontario Divisional Court The court said today in unanimous decr sion by three Supreme Court justices that an nexation is government policy This week the court has been hearing arguments by opponents of the annexation bi about letter sent to the OMB hearing Barrie Dec 15 The letter from Darcy McKeough provm cial treasurer said the province has accepted as policy population of 125000 for Barrie by 113thyoarNo 94 the year 2011 and wants to deal with single municipality in planning Alex Arrell chairman ofthe OMB hearing accepted the letter as evidence saying it was government policy Arrells decision was supported today by divisional court Barrie had applied to the OMB to annex 20000 acres from Innisfil Vespra and Oro Townships The city said early in the hearing it did not want land from Oro Mr Justice Sidney Robins said today His ghs involvement was one that is McKeou within his responsibilities Friday Apr 22 1977 5° For Copy Carder The ruling contradicted arguments by John Sopinka Innisfil Townships chief annexation counsel Sopinka had argued Arrells decision on the McKeough letter constituted pre judgement on the evidence before it was presented and thatthe board must reach its decision based primarily on the merits of the annexation application Sopinka declined to say whether he would appeal the decision to the Ontario Court of Appeal James McCallum Barries annexation counsel said he is very pleased with the courts decision omo Dollvory 85° Wook He said the judicial review has taken lot of time away from the OMB hearing We are anxious to get back to the hearing He also said the decision represents complete vindication of the position taken by the minister and that taken by the boar The court maintained that only in fthe most clear cut jurisdictional Situation should the parties to involved in case before an administrative tribunal is not required to stop its hearing because notice of an applica tion for judicial review is presented to it The 0MB hearing on annexation resumes in Barrie May 20 Paco examiner serving barrie and Simcoe county School slides history seen key inques Schoolyard rocks worry dead students father Republicans are ready for Carter we have own energy program WASHINGTON AP Senate Republicans are ready to take on President Carter with an energy program of their own You insist on doing an inside story on unemployment Okay youre firedl inside local now lifeston home apart daaslfledt 14 to ontortalnmont ooqu 20 that wont include all the proposed new taxes that are drawing fire in the US Congress What is being called the Republican alter native may be spelled out when party spokesmen get their equal time offered by the three US television networks perhaps sometime next week lt will contain some of the same conservationincentive programs recomr mended by Carter such as tax breaks for home insulation but will allow energy prices to rise with freemarket competition rather than through new taxes say Republican Senate leaders Food prices are up 66 OTTAWA CP Higher prices for dairy products fresh produce coffee and sugar pushed retail food prices up by about 21 per cent in the four weeks to April 15 the anti inflation board said today The boards regular monthly survey con ducted in su ermarkets in 12 cities shows food prices wt 66 per cent higher than ywr ago Dairy products showed sharp rise mainly due to higher butter prices following recent increase in the support price paid to farmers by the Canadian Dairy Commission The new federal dairy policy will also push cheese ice cream and skim milk powder prices higher the board warned From New York gun clubs On Ilnirsday arter told reporters that he felt his proposal fora standby gasoline tax of up to 50 cents gallon perhaps the most con troversiat part of his program will win con gressional approval But many key lawmakers issued glooinier assessments over that portion of the energy plan artcr unveiled at joint session of on gross on thlnesday Several said it might be the first part of the package to go down the drain Meanwhile the House of Representatives took first step toward action on the Carter proposals by creating special 37 member coininittec to steer them toward House floor action Under chairman Representative Thomas Ashley Deni Ohio the committee will mould the energy program into single bill after regular House committees with jurisdiction over various elements of the package complete their work The committee includes 25 Democrats and 12 Republicans Most major committee and subcominittw chairmen with jurisdiction over energy or taxes were given seats on the new committee Meanwhile the House of Representatives took first step toward action on the Carter proposals by creating special 37member committee to steer them toward House floor action Under chairman Representative Thomas Ashley Dem Ohio the committee will mould the energy program into single bill after regular House committees with jurisdiction over various elements of the package com plete their work ISSUE By RICHARD DUNSTAN Examiner Staff Reporter The history of the schoolyard slide on which fiveyearold Jennifer Sheardown lost her life March 29 is emerging as key issue as next weeks inquest into the death at Shanty Bay School approaches district couple told The Examiner Thurs day their daughter whose name they have asked to have withheld cracked her collar bone in 1975 in fall from the slide after it wobbled Jack Ramsay director of education for the Simcoe County Board of Education dis counted the story in telephone interview this momingand said the slide described by police as apparently not anchored down properly at the time of the Sheardown death could not have wobbled at the time of the 1975 accident because it was properly anchored He would not comment on when or how the slide ceased to be properly anchored The slide fell over March 29 and either struck or was struck by Jennifers head inflicting fatal skull fracture Ramsay said he could not comment further in view of the approaching coroners inquest set for Wednesday He said school board of ficials have completed their investigation of the death but cannot reveal the results Ramsay said the slide was not mentioned in the report of the 1975 incident and he knows of no connect ion between the two incidents dont think theres anything to it at all he said The childs parents said they were not originally aware of how the 1975 accident oc curred but playmates who witnessed the in cident were reminded of it by the Sheardown death and told their daughter she might have beenkilledinstead of Jennifer They said their daughter has since told them the slide wobbled Meanwhile Jennifers father Charles Sheardown told The Examiner he is not satisfied with the present condition of the playground although the slide was removed by police the day of the fatality He said large rocks and chunks of concrete on the playground still pose hazard to youngsters and he would like to see the area cleaned up and sodded dont want to see some other child hurt or killed he said in telephone interview It the death of Jennifer brings anything it should bring something for that playground Ramsay would not comment in detail on the playgrounds condition prior to the in quest but as far as he is concerned it is safe Shanty Bay principal Ron Sclater could not be reached for comment this morning spokesman for Barries recreation department said crane is necessary to uproot properlyanchored slide and small childs weight could not tip such slide over even in very muddy conditions unless the ground on one side were virtual quicksand The ground cant get that muddy he said Soft ground on the schoolyard has been sug gested by police as partial cause of the fatal accident The recreation spkesman said playground equipment in city parks is checked for safety weekly in winter and nearly every second day in summer and safety checks for slides in clude sending fullgrown man to the top to shake the slide Man 35 killed inshoofing TORONTO CP Police said lan Rosenberg 35 of Toronto was killed and woman injured in shooting incident today They said the shooting occurred at the Toronto home of Joan Lipson 27 who was in critical condition in hospital Further details were not released Gets gift for wounding holdup man NEW YORK AP want to live peaceably said Zygmunt Soroka 67 as he accepted $200 Courageous Citizens Award from local gun club for having critically wounded one of two men who tried to rob him Soroka Czechoslovakian immigrant became the first person to accept cash gift from the Federation of Greater New York Pistol and Rifle Clubs which reinstated its controversial award rogram despite criticism from city officia The club first announced the program last week offering the $200 award to robbery vic tims who shoot and kill their attackers But federation president Gerald Preiser said Thursday that the awards were not for killing but for armed selfdefence including killing only when necessary The first three men offered the cash turned it down Mayor Abraham Bcame and Police Commissioner Michael Codd condemned the program saying that half the citizens who get into gun battles lose The National Rifle Association with which the federation is al fjiliated also dissociated itself from the awar The award program was suspended and the federation tried to give $600 for the three unclaimed awards to the Patrolmens Bftinevolent Association which spurned the er Soroka said he will give the $200 to the National Rifle Association to support its lob by against gun control unaw