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NEWS ROUNDUP Five children perish in morning fire HAGAR Ont CP fire in which mother and five of her eight children died Friday morning probably started in the basement fur nace of their wooden home police said Dead are Virginia Michon 30 and her children Carol 10 Diane Dominique An dre4andJoAnne2 The other children Dennis 11 Ernest and Leo and housekeeper Dora Forest escaped unharmed Neighbors George and Claudette Hutman said they saw flames burst through lntchen window of the two storey home about 45 Mrs Hutman said she and her husband ran across the road and found the three children and Miss Forest on porch roof at the front of the house The Hutmans told the children to jump and caught them as they fell Miss Forest also jumped She was staying with the family while Mrs Michon recuperated from an operation Delay train WOODSTOCK Ont CP An eastbound CP Rail freight train was delayed three hours Friday after it sideswiped two empty cars parked on another line The two empty cars were derailed blocking the CP line No one was injured CP spokesman said the exact cause of the accident is not known and an investigation is underway Body found BROCKVILLE Ont CP Duncan Gillis Campbell 59 farmer whose body was found Thursday in bushland had been strangled pathologist said Friday Provincial police in Perth declined to give any other details The body was found by hunters in bush north of Smiths Falls 30 miles nor thwest of Brockville Bus stolen OWEN SOUND Ont CP Police say Gray Coach Lines Ltd bus was stolen Thursday in Alliston about 20 miles southwest of Barrie and driven to this city where it later was found abandoned The bus has been returned to Alliston to resume its daily run between that community and Toronto Police have no indication who stole the vehicle Earnings up OTTAWA CP Average weekly earnings in industry rose to $21839 during February from $21618 mon th earlier and $19418 in the comparable month year ago Statistics Canada reported Thursday New stations OTTAWA CP The Canadian RadioTelevision and Telecommunications Commission CRTC has granted the Canadian Broad casting Corp licences for three new Frenchlanguage television stations in Ontario andQuebec Lowpower stations to rebroadcast programming from CBLFTToronto will be located at Barrie and Penetanguishene about 60 miles north of Toronto Men freed TORONTO CP Two To ronto men Tom Dunn 23 and Mike Robertson 18 both wrongly convicted of robbery last month have been freed from jail The Ontario Court of Appeal took only 19 minutes Wednesday to quash their convictions They were convicted four weeks ago of robbing Antonio Ponciano of $32 Dunn was ordered jailed Many styles and snzes Fast Installation lso Available ROOF VENTS See Them Now At 5mm Gllll meo 72657 75 Yonge St Barrie for two years Robertson for 18 months Detectives later arrested two other men and woman charging them with the robbery Seek change SUDBURY Ont CP The Sudbury regional police association has asked SolicitorGeneral John Mac Beth to remove two members of the Sudbury police com mission The association wants commission chairman Don Taylor and Mike Solski Nickel Belt mayor off the commission Constable Bob Bastien chairman of the association said Thursday the association voted unanimously to write to both Mr MacBeth and regional council asking for removal of the two men Wage increase TORONTO CP The provincial minimum wage for farm workers has been raised to $265 an hour from $240 Ontario Labor Minister Dr Bette Stephenson said Thursday William Newman minister of agriculture said in statement that he reluc tantly agreed to the increase which he said will cause dif ficulties for Ontario growers who must absorb the increase labor costs Amalgamate LONDON Ont CP Fanshawe College will amalgamate its two London nursing education campuses as the result of provincial directive to reduce nursing ll TRIGGERS IMMEDIATE ACTION Yes the increase in Bank Interest really hurts So Bad Boy would rather sell for less than enrolment The college an nounced Thursday that beginning in September all firstyear students in the Lon don areaabout 170 of themwill enrol at the Vic toria Hospital campus There will be no firstyear students at the St Josephs campus although they will continue to receive clinical experience there Offer reward SARNIA Ont CP The board of directors of Lamb ton Loan and Investment Co is offering $5000 reward for information leading to the ar rest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for an attack and robbery of company employee Police said satchel containing 355000 was grabbed from All items delivered on first open date available female employee Tuesday Police have recovered $2300 of the stolen money Hit by cement TORONTO CP Jimmy Lee 24 of Toronto suffered head injuries and broken leg Friday when hit by piece of cement which fell 60 feet from the fifth floor of building Great cost OWEN SOUND Ont CP It will cost Ontario Hydro between $70000 and $75000 to repair the damage caused by the person or persons who 0t out transformer Iiiesday near Chesley abot 20 miles southwest of here says Hydro spokesman temporary transformer IN BANK INTEREST All items subject to prior sale All items sold with full Manufacturers Warranties No Holds or Layaways possible brought in from Barrie is sup plying power to Six township area of Bruce County Provincial police and Hydro security personnel are continuing an investigation Detect gas KITCHENER Ont CP About three dozen residents next to garbage landfill site received notices Thursday that Waterloo Region has detected methane gas below ground in their area The fin dings in the housing district show that methane gas problems which surfaced last January are more extensive than was first reported Con sultants were asked by the region to test the area in January when the potentially explosive gas was detected inside roup of townhouses and an ementary school on another side of the dump The notices distributed Thursday said the latest findings show no threat to any of the houses sofar EASTER HOLIDAY Morality officers charged with assault of newsman OTTAWA CP Two Ot tawa police morality officers have been charged with assault causing bodily harm following allegations by former television newsman George Duthie that he was beaten last year during ques tioning about his involve The Barrie Examiner Saturday April 17 l9769 ment in teenaged male prostitution ring Sgt Alain Methot 28 and Constable Robert Gervais 27 will appear in provincial court Tuesday charge of gross indecen cy against Mr Duthie 34 was quashed March 16 when SWIMMNGPOOLS Ridge Rd Shanty Bay 7280492 Call John Campbell MONDAY COME SEENORTH AMERICAS MOST FAMOUS BRAND NAMES General Electric Bassett Philips Liberty Westinghouse GSW Broyhill Admiral King Koil Lane House of Braemore Inglis Mottat Panasonic Hespler RCA Sanyo House of Star Lanarkand many many more names you know and trust INCREASE Np phone or Mail orders First come First choice cements HARGEX pay the increased interest on these unsold goods The Bank of Canada The Central Bank has recently increased the Bank Rate charged to the Chartered Banks from per cent to 95 percent The Chartered Banks in turn have increased the interest they charge to their customers the only Crown witness in the case was committed to hospital after attempting suicide SHOPPERS DRUG MART PRESCRIPTIONS DAILY mm to 10 EVERY SUNDAY 11 AM to EM is wentm 10 mo The result is quite clearThe interest Bad Boy pays on unsold goods will be costing morea great deal more Since our prolit margin is rather slim we have decided to sell this million dollars worth of inventory quickly to avoid higher bank interest costs