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54 Flyers whipped Barrie Flyeis were thumped 104 Monday in exhibition hockey play at the Barrie Arena by the Rochester Americans Flyers play in the Ontario Senior Hockey League while the Americans are in the American Hockey League Flyers came up with their second con secutive win Saturday as they defeated the Mississauga Golden Arrows 52 in regular league action in Mississauga Reg Henry gave theGolden Arrows 10 lead in the first period on powerplay with the Flyers two men short Bob Wasson scored in the second period for Barrie The Flyers broke loose in the third period With Jon Hammond scoring two goals Wayne King and Robbie Ralph added singles The Flyers had 52 minutes in penalties while Mississauga had 29 Each team had 33 shots on net Story and Photo Page 11 Title for Elmvale It took long time coming but an Elmvale softball team has finally won an allOntariotitle The Elmvale Merchants won the Ontario Amateur Softball Association Intermediate title by beating Hurst on the weekend and they did it the hard way in Hurst Elmvale took the opening game of the bestofthree series 20 in 10 innings Carl Edwards earning the shutout Hurst came back to take the second game 43 in 12 innings but Elmvale won the title with 41 win in the deciding contest Chuck Jordan was the big man at the plate for Elmvale as be connected for threerun homer in the final game AllOntario win Thornton Village Inn won the allOntario Baseball Association Peewee championship Saturday with an 83 win over Paris Girls murdered ELVATON Md AP The discovery of the bodies of three missing girls stabbed repeatedly through their parkas and left 1y ing face down in creek near their homes has stunned the Southgate neighborhood here The bodies of Theresa Hogan 10 her sister Deborah Anne and Ann Marie Brzeszkiewicz also were found Monday The schoolgirls had left house early Sun day evening to play and were last seen on bridge over the stream which runs through wooded area near the subdivision where they lived State Medical Examiner Russell Fisher said two of the girls had been stabbed about six times and the third victim had more than dozen knife wounds Fisher said the murder weapon was probably hunting knife with blade at least five inches long The girls were found fully clothed and there was no evidence that they had been sexually molested authorities said Thats some pumpkin HALIFAX CP One of the big attrac tions at the Atlantic Winter Fair which opened here Saturday is Howard Dills pumpkin which was officially weighed at 2875 pounds Fresh from his Windsor NS farm the pumpkin exceeds by 615 pounds the largest previous weight reported in the United States in 1884 This is the second year in row Dill has grown larger than usual vegetable In 1976 he set Canadian record by growing 336 pound squash He said squash currently growing in his fields may top the world record of 451 pounds He plans to exhibit the squash at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto in November New military posts UNITED NATIONS AP Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan says Israel will not give up any of the West Bank or the Gaza Strip and his government has announced plans for 10 new military posts in the West Bank Da an told the UN General Assembly on Mon ay that Israel for the last 10 years was willing to surrender occupied land for ge nuine peace with the Arabs but to no avail Now our view is that redivision is not the answer he said Nowhere is it possible to draw dividing line which will satisfy not only the security but also the historical economic and social needs of all sides Dayan said proposals for Palestinian state made of the West Bank and Gaza and govemedpby the Palestine Liberation Organization PLO are futile exercise in wishful thinking totally unacceptable to us He said any peace agreement should be based on our living together with the Palestinians in those areas and not on parti tion of the territory Teddy lifesaver teddy bear may have saved the life of threeyearold Cristal Hearst of Tynan Armagh County in the south of the British province Sunday The childs mother was shot to death In her bed Sunday but the child was apparently saved from bullet when the gunmen fired into the teddy bear the youngster clutched to her body police said The militant Provisional wing of the outlawed Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for the killing AP Photo deadline wooI Victory bath Craig Nettles Yankees third baseman is doused with champagne in clubhouse at Royals Stadium Sunday after the New Yorkers defeated the Kansas City Royals 53 to win the American League cham pionship AP Photo Gayles the best Crystal Gayle beams after being selected as Country Musics best female vocalist of the year AP Photo Workers off job VANCOUVER CP The board of direc tors of the British Columbia Ferry Corpora tion turned to the provincial cabinet Mon day for assistance in ending the strike by ferry workers defying BC Labor Rela tions Board LRB backtowork order Following the decision earlier in the day by 2600 members of the BC Ferry and Marine Workers Union to remain off the job the Crown ferry corporation issued the following statement The board of directors met this morn ing and have resolved that as the lieutenant governorincouncil determined to proclaim in force the Railways and Ferries Bargain ing Assistance Act the board anticipates that the cabinet will take such actions in the public interest as it considers appropriate for enforcement of this legislation so that meaningful negotiations can be resumed as soon as possible However Labor Minister Allan Williams who proclaimed the Acts 90day coolingoff period shortly before the strike began at midnight Thursday had said he expected the ferry corporation to pursue appropriate legal action to end the strike That would mean seeking BC Supreme Court injunction to back the LRB order Papers in trouble MONTREAL CP strike by reporters and photo raphers at La Presse might lead to the eath of the afternoon newspaper and morning tabloid printed in the same building an official of the strike bound Frenchlanguage daily warned Mon day La Presses 200 editorial workers walked out last Thursday because management has refused to consult sports writers on the ap pointment of new rts editor Management spo esman Femand Roy said the demands of the reporters are threat to traditional management ri hts which the newspaper is not prepar to bargain away he said The strike has prevented publication of La Presse with circulation of 180000 and of the 130000copy MontreaIMatin Both newspapers are owned by Gcsca Ltd company in the financial empire of Paul Desmarais Tracks reopened MONKLAND Ont CP Both tracks of the CP Rail main line between Toronto and Montreal were reopened Monday after work crews removed 43 freight cars that were derailed Sunday near this community 10 miles north of Cornwall weather Cloudy today with the chance of rain Wednesday windy and cool with occasional showers Highs today 13 to 15 Low Wednesday to May get lnnisfil council support Antiannexation petition coming By RICHARD DUNSTAN Examiner Staff Reporter BARCLAY Innisfil Township Council will probably endorse petition by ratepayers asking the provincial cabinet to set aside last weeks Ontario Municipal Board annexation decision Innisfil Reeve Bill Gibbins said today But he said he has asked wouldbe peti tioners to wait until petition can be organize ed and worded properly The 0MB gave Barrie about 13850 acres of Innisfil along with about 1100 acres of Vespra Township in its decision following hearing which stretched over nearly 11 mon ths 113th yearNo 235Tuesday October 1977 The annexation is to take place Jan but ratepayers in the areas to be annexed or in Barrie have until Nov to petition the cabinet to set the decision aside Cabinet will entertain petition only if it bears the signatures of 10 per cent of voters in the areas scheduled for annexation in either township or 10 per cent of Barrie voters If such petition comes in the cabinet may either uphold the OMB decision or order new hearing Leaders of both opposition parties in the provincial 1e islature said Friday they too plan to ask cabinet to have the decision set aside Reeve Gibbins said today Innist council Steven iazlard was in good mood Satutday and no wonder While everybody else in the Elmvale Fall Fair parade was being drenched by heavy rains he rode in the dry comfort of whales mouth The float depicting Jonah In The Whale was entered by St Johns Lnited church Because of the rain several floats and marchers withdrew from the parade Fire being investigated Fire broke out in storage shed at the NR railway tracks Monday afternoon causing minimal damage says Barrie fire Chief Jack McAllister Chief McAlIistcr says the fire was spotted near 228 pm Monday and firefighters re mained at the scene until 320 pm ausc of the fire is under investigation Singlecar accident 17yearold Stroud youth escaped injury Monday when he lost control of his car on the 20th sideroad of Innisfil Township between Concessions and say Innisfil police The singlecar accident occurred near 1052 am when Stephen Guest of RR Stroud drove his 1969 car into nearby field say police Damage is estimated at $800 Constable Vye investigated For Innisfil police Commission clears way think this is what you had in mind One bedroom two bathrooms and three mortgagesl nsude local lfloatyle entertalnment sports oomlcs 16 classified 17 18 for salary increase By JOHN BRUCE Examiner Staff Reporter TORONTO The Ontario Police Commis sion OPC has approved Innisfil Townships 1977 police budget clearing the way for 77 per cent salary increase for the township police departments officers and ciVIlian employees The townships Board of Police Commisr sioners ap ealed the budget totalling $527926 to OPC after the township dectd ed to remove $7500 contingency fund from the budget You could be millionaire SHERBROOKE Que CP Loto Canada held its fourth draw Sunday at the University of Sherbrooke featuring 12 winning numbers of$1 million few minor delays occurred during the live television broadcast as the link between the universitys computer and the auditorium broke down The following 12 numbers each won $1 million The last five numbers in each series won $1000 the last four $250 and the last three $100 1132229 6283414 1072711 8341802 3269867 1886305 1726769 3376795 3923027 1473587 2678949 5655610 The following eight numbers won $100000 each The last five numbers in each series won $1000 the last four $250 and the last three $100 5239574 3619308 3539466 1461618 2053055 2623737 3745398 2269016 The OPC decision forces the township to leave the $7500 in the budget There is no ap peal Roy Lennox chairman of the police board said today the extra money was included in the budget after the Innisfil Police Associa tion IPA turned down six per cent in crease last March They gave us two per cent to negotiate with he said According to one township source council wanted to take the $7500 out of the budget to hold the police salary increase to six per cent the same increase awarded to all other township employees and councillors this year Lennox said the board and the police association were ready to sign their 1977 con tract when the township moved to delete the extra money from the police budget The township last June 17 accepted the original police budget including the $7500 contingency fund However on July 12 the same day the police association accepted the boards offer of 77 per cent increase clerk Richard Groh wrote to the board informing them of finance committee decision to remove the contingency fund from the budget In its decision the OPC criticized the township for acting only on finance commit tee decision instead of waiting for council to pass resolution outling its objections to the police budget estimates The commission also said the Innisfil Board of Police Commissioners has the duty to in form the council in writing of its position If such an exchange of correspondence is given the UPC said the relative positions of the two responsible bodies are not matters of conjecture or misunderstanding 15° Per copy Carrier Home Delivery 90° Weekly might take the full 28day peal period to decide on its response to decision or might decide at its meeting this Wednesday Council is meeting as committee of the whole today with annexation lawyer John Sopinka and plannin consultant Jerry Jorden to discuss possib action If council decides to support petition Reeve Gibbins said township staff could help draft the document to make sure it is proper ly done The reeve said he has had number of calls from ratepayers pro osing petition and think theres an aw lot of opposition to it the OMB decision Barrie Mayor Ross Archer said today he 72 xii Then the whale and Jonah ran out of gas could not imagine the cabinet calling for another hearing just to change boundary few hundred yards in view of the expense in volved The annexation hearing which sat for 49 days has already cost municipalities involv ed more than $670000 with more bills to come The mayor had little to say about the call by Liberal leader Stuart Smith and New Par leader Stephen Lewis to have the OMB ecision set aside guess its the role of the opposition to be opposed to anything the government has in mind and theyre following true to form the mayor himself Liberal said today 20 Pages the examiner serving barrie and simcoe county Among those which did go on the Jonah float had the dubious distinction of being the only one to run out of gas Rain curtailed few activities but did not dampen the enthusiasm at the Elmvale fair For more on the parade and fair see story and photos Page Examiner Photo Unemployment holds high level OTTAWA CP VA The total number of unemployed during September dropped to 798000 but the seasonallyadjusted jobless rate which indicates trends rose by one tenth of one per cent to 83 per cent Statistics Canada reported today In August there were an estimated 838000 jobless and the unemployment rate adjusted for seasonal changes in the labor force was 82 per cent Septembers actual jobless rate was 75 per cent compared to 65 per cent year ago The unemployment rate rose in six pro vinces and declined in four The 83percent rate continues the high level of unemployment that has hit the coun try in the last six months In that period the jobless rate has averaged 81 per cent Finance Minister Jean Chretien said last week there is not likely to be much improve ment for the next year and half MORE HAVE JOBS During September there were 9906000 persons with jobs up from 9688000 in September 1976 Unemployment increased in September among persons 25 years and older by two tenths one per cent to six per cent while it declined for persons in the 151024 age bracket by threetenths of one per cent to 145 per cent For men and over the jobless rate was 51 per cent and for women it was 75 per cent For men 15 to 24 the rate was 15 per cent while for women it was 138 per cent Newfoundland continued to have the highest unemployment rate among the pro vinces at 158 per cent although there was dropeof one tenth of one per cent from August jobless rate in Prince Edward Island rose by significant seventenths of one per cent to 93 per cent New Brunswickon the other hand saw substantial onepercent drop in unemployment to 133 per cent Nova Scotias rate increased marginally to 104 per cent The unemployment rate in Quebec registered substantial rise of sixtenths of one per cent to 108 per cent the highest since Statistics Canada began monthly unemploy ment estimates in 1953 Ontarios jobless rate rose by threetenths of one per cent to 73 per cent In Manitoba the unemployment rate jumped by threetenths of one per cent to 59 per cent Plane crashes into home killing four Vancouver firefighters cover the cockpit area of light twin engine airplane that crashed into West Vancouver home shortly after takeoff from Vancouvers Pearson Airpark about 830 am Saturday The three occupants of the plane and one person in the home died AP Photo