The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

stageful of ukelele players from Hillcrest Public School strumméd out selection of tunes NEWS ROUNDUP Japan hit by 72hour natienal strike TOKYO Reuter line of cars packed bumper to bumper stretched for nine miles on main highway into Tokyo today at the start of 72hour national transport strike All main rail services were crippled by the walkout which affected about 40 million people more than onethird of the countrys population Only fewlocal trains were running The pay strike which started at midnight Monday night was called by the two powerful unions of the state owned Japan National Railways JNR to spearhead this years annual spring labor offensive They were joined after few hours by workers on 11 of Ja ans 15 major private rai com panies Municipal transport staff in 39 cities halted bus and sub way services for few hours until am About 10000 police were mobilized to pre vent any confusion at bus and rail stations as well as to guard against possible ac tivities by leftwing and rightwing extremists Find tear gas HAMILTON CP Police said Monday they are in vestigating the discovery of tear gas and literature on how to make bomb in an apartment searched last week The search was carried out after $2700 worth of goods were stolen from city home Richard Ferrier 21 Donald Wayne Cummins 27 both of Hamilton and John Bielak 27 of Oshawa have been charged with break enter and theft and possession of stolen goods Ship arrives THUNDER BAY Ont CP Thunder Bays 1976 shipping season was officially opened Saturday with the ar rival of the Wanderer the first overseas ship to arrive this spring The British registered vessel with cargo capacity of more than 27000 tons is taking on grain bound for the Soviet Union It is expected to sail later this week Station blast HUNTSVILLE Ont An explosion levelled IMPERIAL UNEMA sewage pumping station Mon day and seriously injured station worker in this com munity about 60 miles nor thwest of Orillia provincial police said police okesman said Ed Diplock ief operator of Huntsvilles water pollution control plant was blown through door by the blast Mr Diplock is in hospital in satisfactory condi tion Cause of the explosion isnot known Boy drowns OMEMEE Ont CP Kevin Lloyd Bell drowned Monday when he fell into waterhole on neighbors farm near this community about 15 miles west of Peter borough Gets apologies TORONTO CP Randy Caldwell an inspector with the Toronto Transit Commis sion TTC says he has received letters of apology from two youths who tried to rob him at knifepoint when he was driving bus year ago Mr Caldwell 32 said in an interview that the youths vowed never to try anything like that again County Judge Hugh OConnell had ordered the youths March 19 to write the letters as part of their sentence They were placed on suspended sentence and probation for 18 months Boom to go NIAGARA FALLS Ont CP The ice boom will be removed from the Lake ErieNiagara River area by late today Vin Johns field of ficer for the federal depart ment of the environment said Monday Work began early Monday with 10 of the 22 spans being removed Each span is 400 feet long The re maining sections will be removed today Mr Johns said The boom stretches across the river from Buffalo NY to Fort ErieOnt Police issue SAN FRANCISCO Reuter Charles Gain San Fran ciscos new police chief has appealed to policemen on his force who are secret homosexuals to come out into the open so the force can be more representative of the community If they come HELD OVER 2ND WEEK 905 In every street in every city In this country IIuus nobody who dreams being snnuImdy loll IO Him IIAILU A0 VII tilIIJMIA tum vn ROBERT DENIRO TAXI DRIVER Itll PI III II Iruulm hull in MAI IN VI Uuyl SI Ilm ioniiiosiikj ALHI RT room it inn llARVlY Klllll IirwARm watts Illllk HUYII it Wizard ind YBIIL SHEPHERD as Betsy can Thursday during the final day of the second annual out it will help everyone he said It will be hard for them know that but theyll have the full support of the policechief Soviets ready UNITED NATIONS Reuter The Soviet Union has said it is ready to enter negotiations on complete nuclear weapons test ban under General Assembly resolution adopted last December In note to UN SecretaryGeneral Kurt Waldheim published Monlt day the Soviet Union said the conclusion of such trea ty would make major con tribution to the limitation of the arms race and would thereby help develop and deepen the process of detentc still further Makes offer NEW DELHI Reuter Indian Prime Minister In dira Gandhi has offered to discuss the restoration of diplomatic relations with Pakistan severed in late 1971 an official spokesman said Monday The spokesman said the offer was made in letter April 11 from Mrs Gan dhi to Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Greek protest ATHENS Reuter About 300010ftwing Greek students protested in an Athens theatre Monday against an agreement on the future of US bases in the country Police stood by to prevent possible march on the US embassy three miles away and the students later dispersed peacefully Greek opposition parties have criticized the agreement for the operation of US bases in Greece and the granting of $700 million in military aid by the US Loan losses SAN FRANCISCO Reuteri Bankamerica Corp said Monday its netloan losses for the first quarter rose to $29 million from $188 million year ago with twothirds of the chargeoffs resulting from Real Estate Investment Trust loans However the Bank of Americathe largest bank in the world announced firstquarter IMPERIAL CINEMA STRUMMIN ON THE OD UKELELE spring music festival at Barrie Central Collegiate operating earnings of $102 share up from 95 cents last year 16 injured LOWELL Mass AP At least 16 persons were in jured and damage was estimated at about $1 million Monday in fire that destroyed two frame apart ment houses and several shops in small business district nearby Fortyfive familes were left homeless fire department spokesman said five of the injured per sons were firemen All were treated in hospital for either smoke inhalation or minor burns or both Snake kills JOHANNESBURG Reuter minister and two of his congregation were killed by threefoot snake during weekend riverside baptism service in the black township of Soweto Rev Sydney Kunene was standing in the river Sunday about to baptize woman when the snake attacked and they both fell under water witnesses said As rescuers tried to reach them the snake slithered up the river bank and attacked and killed another member of the con gregation before escaping Air express MONTREAL CPI Air Canada announced Monday the inauguration of air ex press service between all Canadian cities and the 10 cities in the United States served by the airline Shipments to and from Canadian National rail points will also be routed via Air Canada destinations here and in the US The new transborder ser vice should generally pro vide nextday delivery on shipments the company said On drivers CHATHAM Ont CP Ontario could be moving towards legislation denying driving licences to uninsured drivers Provincial Treasurer Darcy McKeough said Monday Mr McKeougb told group of students at the Thames wmpus of St Clair College that he can see move in that HELD OVER 4TH WEEK 645 91 wonderful sad funny boisterous sensitive movie nex Reed Dally News angina on Jiuililiy ItIllh rrurrli IIIIIIIUt It tVIIl l4 llltmtll Illuttlllt In um dmnAIUI llflt IiicmuIIIIiu HillIII mnlllui 1qu lllIllI xiimuunm Ilium4mIInnmrIuAIHVI ItmuIlumwulvlImMIIIXll iw uh IlMlI IImuirtHwXII in II tll Ilmilulln um It um Examiner Photo direction in the next couple of years During the informal gathering Mr McKeough said preliminary signs ap pear to show the wearing of seatbelts is decreasing the number of serious injuries in accidents He said he does not an ticipate reduction in car in surance rates because of lower speed limits and use of seatbelts The biggest problem he said is the everincreasing number of cars on the roads Drinking age TORONTO CP Ontario AttorneyGeneral Roy McMurtry said Monday he supports recommendations of fines for underage drinking and thinks premises where li quor is knowingly served to minors should automatically five their licences suspend Terry Jones Conservative member of the legislature for Mississauga North and chair man of the governments youth secretariat released report Monday which said the legal drinking age should be raised to 19 from 18 and that use of identification cards to purchase alcohol should be mandatory between the ages of 19 and 25 In top 100 LONDON AP The Beatles are again dominating the British popular music scene six years after the rock group disbanded As result of rcreleases by the groups record company EMI they now have 23 records on Britains top 100 chart Four of them are in the top30 Is w1nner WASHINGTON AP Virginia Kasel producer and creator of The Adams Chronicles television series was named the winner Mon day of the American Women in Radio and Television special US bicentennial award The highlyacclaimed 13 part series was carried by the US public television net work Fredericton police The Barrie Examineriuesday April 20 19765 on duty but only for emergency calls FREDERICTON CP City police are on duty today but plan only to answer emergencies calls which in volve danger to people not property They began strike at midnight Monday night to back wage demands in con tract dispute with the city In Moncton the 117 member police force votes today on whether to go on strike Graham Walker Hotweather system lingers but rain enters forecast By CANADIAN PRESS Residents across most of Ontario were still enjoying summerlike sunny skies and abovenormal temperatures Monday as the weather system that brought record breaking temperatures to the province during the Easter weekend lingered However weather officials said the sunny skies and warm temperatures will be replaced by rain today Officials were predicting high Monday of 25 Celsius at Toronto International Airportaone degree lower than the record for April 19 set in 1915 By midiafternoon it was 24 at the airport Sunday Petawawa was the Ontario hot spot reaching 32 by midafternoon Ottawa broke 1933 record of 18 president of Moncton Local 490 Canadian Union of Public Employees CUPE said Monday strike is possible thisweek Justice Minister Paul Qeaghan said RCMP will respond to emergencies in cluding those involving danger to property Mr Creaghan said he did not want the federal force to be used against the bargaining climbing to 30 while Toronto International Airport record ed 28 five degrees higher than the record set in 1952 Record high temperatures also were reached in the southwestern Ontario cities of Windsor Sarnia and Lon don RIVER OVERFLOWS At Kirbys Corners about miles north of Sault Ste Marie the Goulais River overflowed during the weekend following three days of high temperatures which caused snow to melt rapidly Highway 552 was closed to traffic late Monday after road crews erected bar ricades on 600foot section covered with two feet of water Floodwater also was covering nearby forest and 118 Ontario hospitals lay off 1400 workers TORONTO CP survey by the Ontario Hospital Association shows that 118 Ontario hospitals have laid off about 1400 workers including 420 registered nurses since the Ontario government an nounced its reduction in health spending an associa tionofficialsaidMonday Peter Wood said many of the associations 250 members are appealing the restraints ordered by the ministry of health earlier this year and did not reply to the survey However nurses are likely to lose the most jobs because they form the largest category of hospital workers Mr Wood said He said that at the end of last year there were 250 vacancies for registered nurses in Ontario Anne Gribben of the On tario Nurses Association said that Canada Manpower reported last week it had only one nursing job listed on April Ministry of colleges and universities said it expects about 4500 nurses to graduate from the provinces community colleges in June Laura Barr executive director of Registered Nurses Association of Ontario said the Ontario government has asked the community col leges to reduce nursing enrolment next year by 15 per cent Miss Gribben said enrol ment may drop 30 per cent when students realize nursing jobs are not available This may lead to shortage in few years Miss Barr said committee involving the hospital association the health and labor ministries and the registered nurses associa tion is studying the situa tion Few TTC fare boosts seen deficitfactors TORONTO CP Few fare increases and other at tempts to help the Toronto Transit Commission TTC compete with the automobile are among reasons for the commissions operating deficitaTTCofficialsays Michael Warren chief general manager said in an interview that there were no yn Nu 44 fare increases between 1969 and 1975 and that it was con sidered in the broader public interest to if you like artificially price public tran sit TTC operating deficits covered by the province and Metropolitan Toronto rose to $385 million in 1975 from profit of $19 million in 1970 in ANAIIIAN IMIANV Kentucky filed filiiokeii Colonel Sanders and his boys make it finger lickin good BAYFIELD STORE ONLY 315 BAYFIELD STREET BARRIE 7267220 position of the 77man municipal force but agreed to their use after meeting with Mayor Elbridge Wilkins Monday Det Sheldon Geldart president of the police union said the policemen want pari ty with police in other New Brunswick cities That would mean 27percent increase in one year to catch up with Edmundston or40 cent in one year to matc rates of $15325in Saint John Moncton police earned an average of $11000 under their old agreement which expired Dec 31 and are seeking $14000 year City and provincial officials were to meet today to discuss the impact of the strike The police are seeking more money twoman trols and variety of fringe nefits farmland but no homes were affected Lawrence Pallot road supervisor for the Ontario ministry of transportation and communications said late Monday the waterhad crested and it did not seem likely the river would rise three feet to the highwater level set in the floods of 1961 Weather officials said weekend temperatures in the Sault Ste Marie area ranged between 26 and 28 breaking the previous record of 22 set in 1933 Communities in Northern Ontario recorded temperatures in the mid20$ including Kapuskasing 200 miles north of Sudbury where the thermometer climbedto24 RRIE SII FIIB KEEPS in hilanou run CHINESE FOOD WANT QUICK SERNICE fry our hot fast delivery Free on orders over $600 in Barrie l0 Discount on PickUp Orders over $600 Phone 7288811 405 BAYFIELD sr WALT DISNEY No iiiiiiiis no RETURN HAREM KEEPER OF THE or SHEIKS DVANNE THORNE lleSA FrankCorsentino 15111 HajiinBLAZING COLOR WALKING BC presentation ln Color PUSSE me his saith firearms as items is 31 it its stow Buford Passer wanted told Slim ADULT uluummu WALKING All In Colo