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WEATHER FORECAST Freeze warning continues Cloudy and cold with snowflurries today Windy with snowflurries Tuesday Low tonight high Tuesday4C EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation 7266539 Clossrtied Advertising 72824l4 AII Other Departments 7266537 Thump hafnium l5 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly Pages Uh 112 year No 97 The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Monday April 26 1976 IX TH PEN TEN TIAR zania THE OLD CITY fire truck was used Saturday to break the ribbon to start the buckabead fundraising campaign by the Friends of the Fireball Today the FOF learned that it had been given $75000 grant for restoration of the fireball as an arts centre Examiner Photo Winter in comeback area residents shiver Barrie residents joined the rest of Ontario putting away bathing suits this weekend for winter boots Temperatures in the Barrie area dipped to the freezing mark as 06 inches of snow fell Freeze warnings are con tinuing for the next two days The high today should reach between and with the lows tonight to Tuesdays weather should be windy with few snowflun ries or showers Temperatures will increase to between and The cold temperatures and CAPSULE NEWS UK pound hits new low LONDON AP The British pound fell to new low of $18070 US in early trading on the London foreign ex change today Vietnamese regime pledge BANGKOK Thailand AP Vietnamese leaders pro mised today socialist regime for the people by the peo ple and of the people after election of National Assembly for reunified Vietnam Electioneve battles rage BEIRUT Lebanon AP Street battles and artillery duels flared today as Lebanon prepared to elect new president in an attempt to end its yearold civil war China not interested WASHINGTON AP China is not interested in buying US weapons or forming any defence alliance with the United States says congressional delegation just back from weeklong visit to China Soviet minister dies MOSCOW Reuter Marsbal Andrei Grechko 72 Soviet defence minister and member of the communist partys governing politburo died today the offiCIal Tass news agency announced Socialists stay on top LISBON AP The Socialist party stayed on top as returns were counted today from Portugals first free parliamentary election in 50 years but there was no chance of it getting the majority it parliament 0N BLAQKMAJORITY RULE sought in the new 263seat snow did little damage in the Barrie area Few minor ac cidents were reprorted by local police Neil Fox public works superintendent said the snow was not problem in the city Mr Fox said few crews were patrolling the streets Sunday night salting any slippery areas Most of the streets he said had enough warmth in the pavement to melt the snow as it fell Bill Groves superintendent of parks and forestry said the cold weather is blessing for the parks and recreation department Mr Groves said the weather will help the ci tys treeplanting program The trees were maturing too fast in the warm sunny weather he said The cold dark weather is just what we needed Mr Groves said the cold weather will not bother the parks department very much He said most of the bulb plants which are star ting to come out of the ground can withstand temperatures ofaboutBC Farmers in the area were also not affected by the sud den cold temperatures says Bob Cowan secretary of the Simcoc County Federation of Agriculture Mr Cowan said the farmers are concerned about the continuing freezing temperatures which could doconsiderable damage He said most crops will be slowed by the frost but should not be damaged The hardest hit he said were clover and alfalfa which are used to feed cattle The cold weather could slow growth or retard it dependin on how long it stays colt he said It all depends on what happens during the next few dayshesaid NEW WESTMINSTER BC CP An investigation was under way today into the sixth hostagetaking incident at the British Columbia penitentiary in 14 months It was the second time this year that prisoners had taken guards hostage in the protec tive custody unit of the max imumsecurity prison on the banks of the Fraser River but Canadian Penitentiary Service officials said it was the first time prisoners being held in special area for their own protection had instigated such move Andre Therrien federal penitentiaries commissionsr said Sunday in telephone in terview from Ottawa that the Farris inquiry intoa 41hour hostage incident in June In that siege prison emtployee was fatally shot an risoner seriously wounded when tactical squad rushed the area where 15 prison employees were be ing held by three prisoners The most recent incident which lasted 13 hours began at 930 pm local time Satur day when three guards were seized by four prisoners There were 52 prisoners be ing held in the 44cell area at the time Prisoners involved were Jean Marc Gariepy con victed in 1975 of the November 1974 murder of 15yearold girl whose decom posed body was found in Van couvers Stanley Park John Lucas of Vancouver serving time for drug offences Serge Rarrette serving seven years ostagetaking action probed for rape and unlawful con finement of 15yearold girl Nov 1974 and Leonard Pa quette of Prince George BC serving seven years for sex offences Local prison Officials refused to identify the Eisoners or guards involved the names were released in Ottawa by Claude Tessier director of information for the penitentiary service Mr Tessier said the guards were Mr Frew who had heart condition and was released at 530 am Sunday Mike Dobich whose leg bruise during the initial scuf fle with the prisoners was the only injury of the incident and Dale Lengweyl Mr Dobich and Mr Lengweyl were released when the inci dent ended at1130am 1975 mav be published soon Fireball work cheque on way $75000 cheque is in the mail for the Barrie Friends of the Fireball FOF for the restoration of the citys old fireball on CollierStreet Tony Gilsenan FOF chair man said the cbeque is Gatineau Nordiques have asked that the next two games of the bestoffive eastern Canadian Allan Cup final be played in Gatineau The Nordiques applied to the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association Sun day to have the fourth and fifth games taken to Gatineau The Nordiques defeated the Barrie Flyers 33 yesterday afternoon to keep their Allan Cup hopes alive Barrie leads the series two games to one with the next match scheduled for this evening at the Barrie Arena830pm Nordiques were awaiting decision from the CAHA this morning No such deci sion had been reached at the timeof this writing As far as the Barrie Flyers hockey organization is concerned tonights gameisdefinitelystillon Nordiques had wanted to return to Gatineau early this morning but ap arent ly were advised the CAHA that such action could result in suspension of players and team of ficials Home ice call from Nordiques grant from the capital fun ding section of the ministry of culture and recreation Its pretty nice way to kickoff fund raising cam paign he said this morning making the announcement Nordiques manager Yves Rollin said this morn ing that the decision to return was reached follow ing Sundays game Mr Rollin cited lack of fan sup port 684 Sunday and financial gain as reasons for Gatineau waning to take the series home We surprised lot of people Rollin said The two last games were pretty close Nordiques manager said the team lost some $10000 in their last tw0 series before Barrie and stood to gainintbeir homearena He said the Nordiques would like the chance to lay in front of their own ans Rollin was disappointed with the attendance during the first three games Crowds dropped from over 1400 Friday to 850 Satur day He said the twoyearold Nordiques drew up to 1000 attendance per game during the regular season For 13yearold club and one thats well known to be drawing 400500 is ridiculous OLD TEA CHIN BEST REPORT LONDON AP Most pupils especially bright ones do much better at reading writing an arithmetic with oldfashioned teaching than with progressive methods says research report published today Lancaster University research team con cluded after fouryear study of children in 871 primary schools that formal classroom teaching works better because the pupils work harder Teachers were classified in seven categories ranging from extremely traditional to extreme ly progressive Progressiveness was characterized by informality freedom of choice for the pupil less emphasis on tests and blurring of diVlSlOllS between subjects Testing 101 pupils aged 10 to 12 and onhalf at the beginning and end of school years the researchers found that in reading age formally taught pupils gained on their progressively taught counterparts by three to four months year Kissinger makes pledge to AfriCans DAR ES SALAAM Tan AP US State Secretary Henry Kissinger has opened his African tour with promise that the United States will use its political and economic weapons to bring about blackmajority rule in southern Africa But Kissinger said the US government does not plan to give military aid in any form to the nationalist movements inAfrica Kissinger met Sunday in Nairobi with President Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya then flew to Dar es Salaam to confer with President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania Tanzanias foreign minister Ibrahim Kaduma warned Kissinger that where freedom can be ob tained only through violence we have to and must support thatcause To do otherwise is to betray the cause for peace Kissinger replied that it is essential we deal with each inject themselves because sian black nationalists that other not by threats and pressures but by reason and goodwill WANTS OTHERS OUT The secretary told reporters in Nairobi the United States wants non African powers to stay out of the conflict between blacks and whites in Rhodesia SouthWestAfrica Namibia and South Africa We do not believe that it is helpful for outside powers to that could only lead to the division of Africa he said The objective of the coun tries in Africa is that they would like to handle the pro blem of the evolution of southern Africa as an African problem Although he did not men tion the Soviet and Cuban in volvement in Angola and the possibility of this Communist aid being given to the Rhode obviously was what he was talkingabout Kissinger looks to Presi dent Nyerere to play vital role in securing negotiations for peaceful changeover to black rule in Rhodesia But President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia said during the weekend that 10 years of negotiations have failed and that it istoo late for peaceful solution to the Rhodesian problem It will be mainly used to pay the architects fees for preparing working drawings of the restoration when we get permission to proceed romthecity Mr Gilsenan said the money is the maximum allot ment entitled to the project under the application There are two other outstanding $75000 grants for communi ty centre and Heritage On tario which the FOF is waiting for infomation The $75000 grant is divided into $31000 from the ministrys 1975 budget and $44000 from the 1976 budget The FOF started its fund raising campaign Saturday with an art display in the fireball in connection With the Georgian Guild for the per forming arts local artists tour Mr Gilsenan said some Your request for exemption on the grounds of better things to do with your money has been rejected Students clean up The vicinity of Eastview secondary school is much cleaner this week Friday shortly after Eastview students converged on the area armed with green garbage bags and the desire to win houseleague com petition It was the schools second antipollution day and students had 35 minutes to pick up as much garbage as they could from the school grounds surrounding fields and streets No comment at Eatons Eatons catalogue order of fice in Barrie was open for the last time Saturday and it seems the company Was try ing to keep its closing as unheralded as possible According to woman behind the counter at Eatons the store manager was not interested in talking to an Examimer reporter and didnt want any pictures taken of the stores last day of operation The catalogue division of Eatons officiflly closes May and most the emplo cos of the store in Barrie wi be looking for jobs at that time Only one of thw workers has yet found another place of employment Between now an May the workers in Barrie will be cleaning up loose ends of the stores business Eatons stopped ac ceptingordersA ri13 By Saturday store was stripped down to bare counter and sign proclaim ing the simplicity of shopping by catalogue The premises will be vacated by Eatons and it is not known whether another retail outlet will movcin money was collected in fund raising box at the fireball where Andy Nixon bad display The FOF plans doorto door blitz Friday and Satur day in Barrie in its public campign The theme of the campign is buck head Mr Gilsenan said the FOF hopes to collect $1 from every person This money is used by the group to apply for Win tario grant which matches any public donation dollar for dollar Other events to raise funds scheduled by the FOF include an art auction May 28 and an antique auction June 12 The FOF is trying to collect about $500000 in public dona tion provincial grants and federal grants to pay for the restoration renovation and conversion of the fireball Included in the conversion of the building are small theatre and an art gallery The city owns the fireball and is paying the heating hydro and water bills for the building during the interior restration period City council gave the FOF until the end of June to prove it could raise $500000 for the project without using local tax money The FOF applied for pro vincial grants totalling about $300000 including Wintario if the group collects $50000 and about $100000 in federal grants for the project The bell of his horn hid this musicians face at the LIONS convention parade in Barrie Saturday The WAS HERE FIRST It might seem these folks are scrambling into this Montreal phone booth to talk to famous person or perhaps long lost friend Nothing so trivial for these 21 students of College Mont St Louis All 21 squeezed into the phone booth Sun day thn little help from their friends to beat record for the number of people in phone booth The students claim the old record to be 20 in phone booth set in Los Angeles in May 1974 Photo Selling cookware two men charged Two men selling seven piece cookware sets at the corner of Eccles and Dunlop Streets were charged under the Combines Investigation Act by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Andrew Schlesinger of Frankland Mich and Ken neth Demick of Kitchener will appear in provincial court in Barrie Tuesday charged with misleading advertising The men were releascdon$1000 baileach According to Cpl Bob Ben ske of the RCMP his detach ment investigated the sale of cookware from the back of van near the Dunlop Street arena He said the vendors advertised sevenpiece LOST IN HIS WORK parade was the most visi ble part of the three day convention with Lions from over the Barrie area cookware set for $19 reduced from regular price $6950 We did marketing survey of stores in Barrie said Cpl Fenske and found that amount to be misleading representation of the price of the cookware He said the investigation began after receiving com glllaints from Barrie smessmen According to Evelyn Emms of the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers Union the sale of the pots was organized partly by her union for benefit of the union members She said the union decided to provide advertis ing for the sale after determ ing the $19 wasa bargain meeting at the Armouries More parade photos and story on Page Ex am ner boto