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ilk AI Midst TELEPHONES WEATHER FORECAST Cool today with wet snow or showers Low tonight near freezing Sunny Saturday With afternoon cloudiness high arounle Details on Page Circulation 7266539 Classified Advertising 7282414 All Other Departments 7266537 ll2th YearNo 79 Robbie Howitt sixycarold was one of the lrade 12 students from Angus Public School attending tour The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Friday April I976 ITS SYRUP LICKIN GOOD the Maple sugar bush at the Iifteii onscrvir tion area Ihursday Robbie got in good lick when it through came time to sample the raw materials as members of the Nottawasaga onservation Authority conducted the tour through the sugar bush tICx aminer Ihotoi McKeough warns of tax increase unless program isn replaced OTTAWA iCPi ntario Treasurer Darcy McKeough warned Thursday that the prov inces will have to increase their income tax rates in future years unless the federal government replaces an ex piring revenue guarantee program Following the first day of twoday federalprovincial fl nance ministers conference Mr McKeough told reporters the federal minister Donald Macdonald stuck to his position that the revenue guarantee program will not be replaced when it expires after the 1076 tax year Mr McKeough said the prov inccs intend to continue their fight for replacement of the fiveyear program under which Ottawa has transferred several hundred million dollars year to the provinces to replace revenue losses Kempenfelt monster no threat to regatta Recent sightings of monster in Kempenfelt Bay dont have organizers of the annual Kempenfest regatta too wor ried We arent planning on arm ing the guard boats yet said Bob Hollywood manager of the Greater Barrie hamber of Commerce Perhaps though we could ask the Barrie Subs aquians for some help in locating the monster He expects monster in Am ULAN CE SER VICE TELEPHONE NUMBER new telephone number is now in effect for ain bulance service in Barrie rillia Midland and sur roundingdistricts The tollfree number is h8tX4617505 and should be used by anyone who would previously have called the ambulance service in any of the three centres The new number has been established by the newly formed leorgian Bay Ame bulance Dispatch which will handle dispatching for all three centres from an of fice in Barries ivic Square Tower on ollier Street The organization will be responsible for dispatching ambulances in an area stret ching from New Lowell to the Brechin area and from Honey Harbour to the southern border of lnnisfil Township Officials say the new system will provide more ambulances and more effi cient service for less money The organization will be responsible for dispatching only with management of the ambulance services in the three centres remaining in local bands Remember thats Him401750 ut this out and keep it near your phone Kempeiifelt Day would be bit of boost to the tourist industry in Barrie Youve got to to admit that tigopogo tin Lakc kanagan in British olumbiai didnt do any harm to the tourist business there he said Monte Barnes chairman of the Kempenfest regatta coin mittee says he doesnt ex cpect the monster to interfere with the races Well probably get more sightings though he said notably from the area of the beer garden Dr llarild ffyfeJones anadian Institute of Advanced leratology teratologist ex pects there is little to worry about with the regatta since the monster would be afraid of boats teratologist studies monsters Monsters of this type are known to be especially fcaful of power boats said Dr ffyfe Joiics Similarly any large body such as sailboat would still frighten the monster enough that it would stay well clearn He also said it is possible the Kempenfelt Iiay monster is related to the Loch Ness MoiisteiinScotlarl Driver of death car told girl he would kill himself in crash MILIUN nt CI Beth Thomson testified Thursday that Eric James Couture 18 of Acton nt said he would kill himself by taking car and racking it up if she broke up with him Miss Thomson was testifiying at an inquest into twocar headon collision March on Highway 25 just south of Acton in whicl seven young persons including outure were killed Couture was being chased by llalton regional police when the car he had stolen in Acton about 30 miles west of Toronto crashed into another auto car rying six people Miss Thomson said that when she broke up with Couture about two weeks before the ac cident he said to her You know what will hap pen She said she lid not associate this vague comment with his mrlicr death threat EXAMINEIOLTITRE Meanwhile psychiatrist Dr Robert Hayward testified he had examined Couture in 1072 at the request of juvenile court following the youths con viction of break and enter He said that at that time Touture often dreamed of being in car accident being so riously injured then recovering in hospital Such dreams were not unusual for boy of 14 Dr Hayward said In testimony Wednesday Constable Tom Roduck who chased the stolen auto at speeds up to 100 miles an hour said that faced again with situation where driver was fleeing stolen car he would still give chase have given this very much thought and if the same cirv cumstances arose again Would take the exact same ac tion he said The inquest which continues is being held in Milton about 20 miles west of Toronto because there is no suitable hall in Ac ton John Ackroyd deputy chief of Metropolitan Toronto police told the fivemember jury he believes onstable Roduck ac ted properly whcn be increased the speed of his cruiser in an at tempt to apprehend the stolen car He described the commu nications system employed by Metro police for higlrspeed chases hascs are monitored resulting from 1972 tax refor ms The meeting turned today to review of the federal wage and price controls program and discussion of high electricity rates in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward lslaiid The two Atlanr tic provinces are seeking sub sidies for high oil and coal prices their two main fuels for power generation PROVINCESNlllil All provinces were united Thursday on the need to coin peiisate for the revenue guaran tee program No deaths on Mill St Karen Taylor of Mill Street Angus says no animals have lied on her property and no pigs are kept there contrary to letter read to Essa township council in March In the letter Dennis Wintcr Zil Mill St said eight large horses are kept in neighbors shed horse and dog had died there recently and pigs were about to be kept on the property Mrs Taylor said no pigs are kept on the property anc no animals have died She said she has received no complaints from neighbors Planning at one time to keep just one horse she said one horse cant dirty any more than twoSt Bernards by dispatcher under the con trol of supervisor who can call off the chase at any time He said Metro supervisors would not have ordered Con stable Roduck to abandon the chase Deputy Chief Ackroyd said guidelines have been set to help policemen decide whether to give chase 110 said public and personal safety weather and road conditions and the volume of traffic are all taken into con sideration Ken Skerrett chief of Ilaltoii regional police said he does not agree with Deputy Chief Ack royds rccmimendation that the decision to continue or abandon chase be left up to supervisor He said the authority should remain with the policeman at the scene City hous By PETER LICSNIAK Examiner Staff Reporter Rumors and rumblings of the imminent death of the citys housing advisory committee are greatly exaggereated Discussion by the eight sur viving members at Ihursdays meeting were more productive and livelier than ever despite the surprise resignations of four members this week Members Marg Duncan Leon Garrick Eileen arol and Bob Trossan submitted resignations to committee chairman llelen orbett They cited disillusionment and dissatisfaction with the role of the committee formed year ago January to advise the citys development committee on ways to alleviate the shortage of lowcost housing new militancy and radicalism possessed the com iiiitce last night as it for the first time scrutinized developers plan of subdivision and passed number of moi tionsofrevision In taking this active role in the criticism of subdivision plan the committee is to some extent stepping on the toes of the city planning board The plan of subdivision which the committee looked at was for ltiltacrc site off Little Avenue at the south end of the city owned by Frank Stollar The plot for which HT lions ing units are pioposcd is adja cent to small tract of city owned land which the commit tcc hoped to use for an ex perimental housing project NOVRIIJ The housing committee recommended that planning board ask the developer to in corporate 20 per cent norfrill style houses in the plan and that these ltSStXptIlbiltt houses be dispersed throughout the sub division It also asked the city to swap some cityowned land for some land ow ncd by the dcyelopei at the south end of the subdivision This will consolidate the city property so that it could be put to better use for housing The site is adjacent Assikinack Public School Another mot ion passed by the group asks planning board to reconsider the alignment of the subdivisions collector road At the meeting wre Rick Jones planner Ald laul Wessenger Fred Ruemper Paul Arbour Hob Dennis Paul lhompson Norm Shelswell and Don Ruggles Real estate salesman Joanne Thomson sat in on the meeting although she is not yet an of ficial member LIVIZNLINIISS Mr Wessenger said the meeting last night was such success because the group was looking at concrete things rather than philosophizing about housing in general terms Mr Shelswell also said he was encouraged by the res newed livelincss of the discus sion noting he feels more confident now that the commit tee is getting its teeth into some important things We were trifling little he said iut tonight we discussed things that make this committee more meaningful to me lion Rigglcs agreed saying the committee must now stay with specifics We have several complex projects going he said And theres lots to keep us busy Mr Ruempcr said reports of the death of this committee are premature Mr Shelswcll argued the committee to get the city to commit itself to providing moi=e no trill houses ltscsscntial that we tell the city where they are built and how many should be built Mr Shelswcll said For seventy five per cent of the people who buy houses lttlt thats all ttfi Qtl ivito il to Naming policy is turned down suggestion by city hous iiig committee member lhursday to have streets in new subdivisions named after pro minent members of the coin think Ive got human flu munity rathci than dewlopci was given short shift Fred ltiicinpci said he was concerned and ottcndid that so many streets in Harrie arcnaiiiedafterdevelopers He asked the ioiiimittec to recommend that the city piiblic library board be consulted for names of prominent citiens whohavcmadecontributionsto thecoiiiiiiiiiiityovertiiiycars lsing their names for new streets would be way of recogniing their contributions bcsaid tithcr committee members disagree They said that the naming of streets was not within the terms of reference of flitcommittee 15 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly 24 Pages mg committee long way from death LIONS CLAIM OMHA TITLE iariic Lions novice goaltender lreg Smith stops the scoring attempt of Newiiiarket player during recent game of the playoff series of the Ontario Minor Ilockcy Association Barrie defeated Newmarket 1H lhursday to claim the MHA title The series needed six games to complete with Bar ric having to win the hard way on Newmarket ice For story see page 10 Ex aminer Photo Smith wants probe into irregularities ltiliili tllllttlitildlitlfl leader Stuart Smith wants legislative commission to in McCague waits iltltt While con trovcrsy swirls around the liiitlcrinSiiiicoi election IIsllll last Sept 12 pinled winner in that race oiiscr ativc Mll ieoigc Mctaguc sitsonllicsidcliiics obod is challenging that he won or even that he fought clcaiifight really dont know how to sue it up Mr Mctague said 111 an interview outside the leiislatiirclliiirsday He said he thinks the whole answer is that the people runn ing the election in Dufferiir Simcoe were mainly amateurs Meanwhile he has his own position lhe people that voted elected inc not the people who counted the votes EUROPE REMAINS UNDEFEATEI It wasnt all roses for Europe in the deciding game Thursday of the anadiaii Forces international hockey tournament at aiiadian Iiorces Base llordeii lIurope wreiiclicd rugged 11t win from Edmonton to claim the national title The win was the fifth straight for the Selects in the five day roundiobiii tournament llay itself was hard hitting with the bulk of the scoring coming ll the opening period tittawa finished in econd place llll one loss that coming at the hands of llttltipt earlier in the touiiia nieiit Story and photos on Page 10 tIlxaiiiiiierlholo yestigatc election ir regularities that occurrcd in DuftermSimcoe riding in the Sept ltiprovincialelection Part of its task will be to audit tape recordings that Dr Smith says the chief electoral officer Robert Lewis has of conversations with Dufferiii Simcoe Liberal riding presi dent lcn Rocque But Mr Lewis denied in an interview any knowledge of taped conversations saying he had never recorded any in his life He conceded that he lid make taped notes to help him refresh his own memory when Mr Roc que visited him in February lint their conversation was not recorded he said Were not making any ex travagant statements Dr Smith said The Liberals have no intention of challenging the election results Iiut am bit worried that Mr Lewis has changed from being conerned to more than moderater annoyed he said Mr Lewis and Mr Rocques version of the events concern ing conversations between them differ considerably In view of Mr Lewis chnage of attitude there should be an investigation Dr Smith Mid Instant wealth awaits lucky ticket holders MISSISSAUGA nt Pi The winning number for the fir st $100000 grand prize in the Wintario draw Thursday was 52mm in series 34 For the second grand prize of 3100000 the winning number was 80002 in series 41 Winners of third and fourth grand prizes each $50000 are persons holding tickets with numbers 10305 in series 68 and $5115 in series eight Winners of the 68 prizes of $10000 are persons with tickets with the number 59083 in any series other than 34 Persons holding one of the 552 tickets with the final four digits 0083 win $500 There are 5580 prizes of $25 for holders of tick ctsendinginthifi Irizcs of $1000 go to persons with one of the 38 tickets with the number 89002 in any series other than 41 Holders of any of the 552 tick ets ending with digits 9092 win $100 and persons with one of the 5589 tickets with the final three digits 00 win $25 There are 68 prizes of $1000 for tickets with number 16505 in any series other than 08 Winners of one of 552 prizes of $100 are holders of tickets with the last four digits 0565 Per sons with one of the 5589 tickets ending in 563 win $25 WINNERS iIIT $1000 For tickets with the number 43015 in any series other than eight there are 68 prizes of $1000 Holders of one of the 552 tickets ending in 3915 win $100 and persons with one of the 580 tickets with the last three ligits 915 win $25 Workers risk health daily MDNIRIZAL The Gazette quotes judicial inquiry preliminary report into Quebecs asbestos industry as saying that about 15001 workers in the province risk their health daily in mines and factories through employer negligence Irish steelworker is charged LONDON Reuleil An Irish steelworker was charged today with murder in the slaying of train engineer and con spiring to cause explosions following bomb blast on London subway train last month Possession liquor will be legal EIIASSY NARROWS nt li Possession of liquor on this already troubled northwestern ntario lndiaii reserve probably will become legal later this month Former president is in hiding MANILA AP liormei president Diosdado Itlacapagal was reported in hiding in the Manila area today after the US gover iiment refused his request for political asylum lhe asylum at tempt followed publication ol book by Ilacapagal attacking the martialrlaw government of President Ieidiiiaiid Marcos as dictatorial