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VENICE Utaly AP About 300 persons were believed killed in an ear th uake that jolted northeast Ita Thursday night Strong tremors were felt in at least SIX other countries causing tunic among millions but there were no reports of casu alties or major damage out Side of Italy In addition to the area of Italy rocked by the quake there were tremors in sec tions of Yugoslavia Austria Czechoslovakia West Ger many the Netherlands and Belgium Hundreds of Belgians fled from apartment houses Italys quake devastated dozens of towns and villages in the Tagliamento River Valley near the Yugoslav bor der Major Italian cities did not suffer heavy damage or EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation 7266539 Classified Advertising 72824l4 All Other Departments 7266537 12ft Year No l08 casualties National police headquar ters in Rome said 187 bodies have been recovered in 19 towns but several villages nestled in the foothills of the Alps were still cutoff police spokesman said most of the damage was in towns and villages along both sides of the Tagliamento which flows from the eastern Alps into the Adriatic about The Barrie Examiner 40 miles northeast of Venice MORE TREMORS HIT Two more tremors struck the area today but there were no reports of casualties or damage fsw chimneys were knocked down in Venice and thousands rushed to the Piaz za San Marco and other open spaces seeking safety but no casualties or major damage was reported there or in other 300 feared dead in Italian quake ma or cities woret casualty toll was reported in Maiano town of about 1900 about four miles from the river where of ficials set up command cen tre Police said series of sharp tremors killed 58 injured 300 and destroyed half the homes in Maiano The towns ma or said the dead include young girl crushed when Barrie Ontario Canada Friday May I976 Renaissance bell tower fell Italian army trucks carried troops into the area to begin digging through the rubble They were joined by firebri gade vehicles and com mercial bulldozers pressed into service The national police in Rome said the quake levelled Forgaria town of 4000 and destroyed quarter to half of the buildings in the towns of Buia Osop San Pietro di Ramogna an Collaredo po ice officer in Forgaria said the situation there was catastrophic MANY MISSING Many are dead and many are missing We lack equip ment for rescue work We have no power It is not possible to make an estimate the number of dead but it must be high WEATHER FORECAST Cloudy and cool today with showers or flurries this after noon Sunny with cloudy periods Saturday Low tonight near freezing high 0112 Barrie Examiner Saturday 11 15 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly 20130965 twosided mirror per forms tripleduty backstage during first night production of the THE Bo FRIEND musical comedy The Boy Friend at Banting Memorial High School Alliston on Thursdav night Preparing for the show are Ron Riley Elaine and Katheryn The students Ellison Brinkman TO COVER EVCREASING COSTS Hydro going up for next few years By RICHARD DUNSTAN Examiner Staff Reporter Your annual hydro bill will have to go up by at least one seventh each year for the next few years in order to cover Ontario Hydros in creasing costs Robert Taylor chairman of the corporations board of direc tors said Thursday during visit to Barrie And if rates do not rise by this figure which is the retail reflection of 22 per cent an nual increase in the wholesale cost of electricity he said Ontario Hydros cur rent crash conservation pro gram will prove failure While Mr Taylor awaits word from Queens Park on this years rate increase Hydro is gearing up for drive to cut Ontarios annual seven per cent increase in electricity consumption to six per cent cut Mr Taylor says is necessary to avoid blackouts due to power shor tages by 1985 Our central mission is conservation of all forms of energy but especially of elec trical energy he said The goal of one percen tage point cut small as it seems will by 1985 mean savings of twice the generating power of On tarios half of Niagara Falls he said or more than is needed to serve Metropolitan Toronto Voluntary conservation is Hydros goal he said and variety of measures are in prograss or planned to stimulate cooperation by in dustrial commercial and residential Hydro customers MEASURES INCLUDE Among them are conservation seminars such as that held for Barrie industrial firms Thursday heav advertising cam ign ue to begin in the all urging customers to waste less energy and major organizational change soon to be an nounced to administer the conservation program Another possibility is campaign to smooth out the peaks and valleys of power demand by charging more for hydro consumed during peak demand periods We may well be moving to institute timeofday meter ing for industry he said If voluntary conservation doesnt work he said the next step is government regulation which by 1985 will likely mean rotating 15 minute blackouts each day in Ontario Communities The need for conservation Mr Taylor said lies not so much in shortage of fuel he is convinced nuclear power will be able to meet the provinces needs but shortage of money The provmcial government decided this year to reserve for itself onequarter of the $2 billion annual borrowing capacity Hydro had been counting on to finance capital expansion projects to meet the projected seven per cent annua growth figure Available capital will limit expansion to the six per cent target Ontario Hydro has recon ciled itself to living with that constraint but covering operating costs is another matter HIKE NECESSARY This year Hydro officials calculate 297 per cent hike in wholesale rates is necessary to meet rising costs The Ontario Energy Board has approved 27 per cent increase but the legislatures Select Commit tee on Hydro Rates com Egsed of MMPs of all parties set 22 per cent interim rate while preparing its final report due this month Thus says Mr Taylor with nearly half the year gone we still dont know what our rates going to be group tonight and Saturday at8 pm William Gadsden is COMES TO ALLISTON production director and Ar thur Burgin directs the music Examiner Photo ROBERT TAYLOR left chairman of Ontario Hydros board of directors Garlough manager looks over the text of re cent speech with Phil for Hydros Georgian Bay region Examiner Photo Chairman tries to conserve energy in his own home Ontario Hydro chairman Robert Taylor is trying to conserve energy in his own home but he and his wife Marian have not yet pushed the panic button We havent yet got to the point where we take our showers together he said Thursday in an interview However the couple whose three children are grown and live away from home have taken variety of other measures Weve turned the ther CAPSULE NE WS Danger in Great Lakes GUELPH Ont CP Potentially cancercausing chemicals are being detected throu says scientist from the Cana Waters Workers in walkout MONTREAL CP union spokesman said 80000 non hos ital workers in Quebec belonging to the of3 National Trade Unions CNTU walked ofesslonal nfederatio wt today to protest lagging contract talks Settlers clash with law LISBON Renter Settlers from Portugals former col ailes clashed with police trying hotels they had occupied to pu llClZe grievances to clear them from luxury out the Great Lakes Centre for Inland They worship Beatles and are trying to get them together to sing mostat back to maximum of 68 degrees farenheit Mr Taylor said In addition they turn out lights when they are no longer needed Chrysler plant strike now goes to mediation The strike by 38 employees at Chrysler Canada Out boards Barrie plant and warehouse now in its 13th week has gone to mediation United Steelworkers of America officials announced Thursday The announcement con firmed by company spokesman said negotiators met this week with provincial mediator John Hopper and plan second session May 19 This weeks talks were the first since USW Local 6834 went on strike Feb 12 Union officials say they are asking for raise of $135 per hour on twoyear contract and have been offered 75 cents over the same period an increase of three cents over the companys previous offer The union had previously sought onevear contract Company officials have declined comment on the negotiations Union officials also said Chrysler Outboard dealers in Winnipeg Regina Ed monton and Vancouver will be icketed beginning next week The union called last week for nationwide boycott of Chrysler boats and motors in response to alleged strikebraking tactics by the company Local resident Wayne Green sai today about half dozen dealers have crossed picket lines since the com pany began moving its pro ducts out last week None of the dealers involved are from the Barrie area he said He said there has been no violence on the lines just some namecflling and shaking of fingers and fists TO AID HOUSING SHORTAGE HERE Urges better use of subsidy plans By PETER LESNIAK Examiner Staff Reporter To alleviate Barries shortage of affordable housing bet ter use must be made of government subsidy programs Thats one of the major conclusions of 61page report prepared by Rick Jones of the city planning staff for the housing advisory committee The study released Thursday notes about 2200 families 20 per cent here earn less than $6000 year and face serious hardships finding suitable accommodation At present less than 13 per cent of these families are provided with subsidized housing the study says The other 67 per cent are living in basement apartments slum buildings or in municipalities surrounding the city It also notes that while shelter costs should not exceed 30 per cent of familys gross income there are many cases where families were paying in excess of their incomes for shelter The average house price in the city in 1975 was $40333 two times higher than six years ago To buy such house re OMB rejects township plan to borrow $395 000 for arena BAXTER The Ontario Municipal Board has rejected Fssa townships plan to bor row $395000 to build an arena inAngus The provincial govern ments policy of restraining municipal spending the ex istence of an arena at Thorn ton and the ongoing study of recreation centres in Simcoe County were cited in the six page decision by OMB members Wheler and Alfred Chapman The decision dated May was made public today ex actl four months after public hearing was held in Angus The decision reads in part Considering the restraints that are necessary at this time the fact that perhaps better deal financially for the ratepayers of Essa might be negotiated with other municipalities in the future and considering that study to determine the yearround recreational needs and plans not only of the Township of Essa but of the whole county is presently underway the board has somewhat reluc tantly come to the conclusion that it cannot approve the ap plication The board does not feel that at this time this recrea tional centre is necessity On the contrary we feel it would be nice to have we can understand the people that want it but it is not the time in our view to proceed for the reasons given the OMB said Essa Reeve Eugene Smith said today his council will have to meet to see where we go from here He said he does not know what will hap to about $60000 worth steel partial ly erected on the arena site Council last year issued writ against former members of the arena board to recover the cost of the steel claiming it was purchased without authorization cant say who will have to pay for it Reeve Smith said It is the second time the On tario Municipal Board has re jected Essas plan to borrow money to build an arena at Angus In 1974 the board called for referendum before ap proval but no vote was ar ranged quires an income of $16000 well in excess of the earning power of the majority of Barrie citizens This trend hits the firsttime homebuyer especially hard as he lacks the inflationary hedge of previouslyowned house It also puts additional pressures on the rental market So many people are bein forced into renting that the vacancy rate last July was slig tly less than one per cent the report says Its very evident that currently bad situation is in danger of becoming even worse without the massive in tervention of subsidy programs to counteract this trend the study warns The report was commissioned by the housing committee last spring and was paid for by $10000 Ontario housing ministry grant It is the most comprehensive report on Bar ries housing situation ever prepared and it is hoped it will be incorporated into the city Official Plan Once this happens the work of the housing committee is finished and members said Thursday the committee will disband More stories on Page 11 The project has badly divided the township the OMB notes in its latest deci sion The township has perated without communi ty recreation centre up till mw and while there was some evidence of increased cost of transportation and some inconvenience in lost time there was no evidence that anyone who really facilities reviously men tioned ha been prevented from doing so The board said the most im rtant factor is the recent announced government policy to restrain municipal spending and eliminate any frills from municipal fiscal trograms debentupe of $395000 would have cost the average ratepayer in Essa about $12 wanted to use the existing WartheOMBsaid Mrs Snider plans moving from Flos after pool hassle CRAlGHURST After ser ving 10 days in jail for break ing Flos townships swimm ing pool fence bylaw Sheila Snider says she will move out the township Im fed up with the whole thing The house is for sale Mrs Snider 34 said Friday inaninterview Its not that Im giving up the battle just cant take the hassle Craighurst is 10 miles north dBarrie Mrs Snider was sentenced to 17 days in jail when she refused to pay $200 fine for failing to erect fence around the family swimming pool as uired by Flos townshipl by aw With time off for good behavior she was released from Torontos Don Jail on April 29 She is the registered owner of house and property oc cu ied by her husband Raph 38 and their eight yearold daughter Mrs Snider said the pool is still not completely fenced but no more charges have been laid by the townships bylaw enforcement officer Expecting charges within KIWANIS MUSIC FESTIVAL Elmvale girl sets tap mark The highest mark of the piano classes was awarded Thursday night to Susan Jay Elmvale Adjudicator Carl Duggan has leaned towards lower marks at the Orillia Kiwanis Festival which is sometimes more realistic His first 90 was awarded in the Bach Prelude and Fugue class Open Amateur or Professional The teenage Elmvale musician who at tained this mark has been entering Festivals for some years although in terms of concertartist could be called latestarter Unlike many giganists Susan Jay did not gin at the age of or However the talented pianist has ra idly climbed into the senior evel and is making mark there Results of Thursdays classes were Solo 15 yrs and under An 2part Invention Bach El on Price Elmvale 80 Ann Stephenson Alliston 78 Solo 16 yrs and under Patricia Richardson Orillia 80 Christine Kemp Orillia 78 Solo 17 yrs and under Michele Couroux Orillia 82 laurel Pollard Parry Sound t1 two weeks she said We hope to sell the house and itll be someone elses problem Mrs Snider is critical of what she calls Mickey Mouse bylaw as well as justice system which jails people for minor crimes But her experience in jail she said was rewarding and interesting The bylaw they have is not worth boot and holler If you are talkin about protec tion of chil ren with fence lets have good law fourfoot fence around any swimming pool as now required in Flos and most ur ban areas can cause trouble Mrs Snider said First child wonders whats behind it And you cant see through it to know if achildhas fallenin fivefoot verticalbar than the jail term But she agrees with Ontario AttorneyGeneral Roy McMurtry who after hear ing about Mrs Snider said penalties other than jail should be used for people who break municipal bylaws After you get out its lit tle upsetting Mrs Snider said You are sensitive about what people think n0w that you are jailbird That can be very devastating She said she didnt mind at all her stay in the Don Jail There has been more has sle since got out got very good rest there cant talk about the mens section but learned whole lot about the different pes of groups helping the grls Mrs Snider said It wasnt lot different from the two years spent in fence should be required she said Dont come up with something Mickey Mouse and expect me to comply Come up with good law or dont bother Mrs Snider said the pressure from township of ficials was more unpleasant dormitory at college in Alberta and four years at camp mainin Flos While the Sniders plan to move from their Craighurst residence Mrs Snider said the family business Snider Drilling will probably re Solo 12 yrs and under Bach Michele Maddison MacTier 81 Michael Thomp son Barrie 80 Betheny Hunt Rosemont 79 Solo 14 yrs and under Contemporary Brian Robin son Orillia 86 Lynn Langford Barrie and Karen Wright Gravenhurst tied 84 Nancy Walker Barrie and Marie Thomas ookstown tied 83 Solo 17 yrs and under Christine Dragoman Midland 81 Lynn Langford Barrie 80 Anna Kramp Midland 79 Solo Open any Associate Composition Susie Jay Elmvale 89 Nena Kac zanowski Barrie 88 Blair Bailey Orillia 85 Solo Open Bach Susan Jay Elmvale 90 Paul Boughen Gravehurst 86 Carol Ross Beaverton 84 Two Pianos 14 yrs and under Gloria Fralick Mary Dell Orillia 84 Two Pianos 18 yrs and under Michele Couroux Douglas Page Orillia 86 Julie Yorke Murray Oliver Orillia84 Two Pianos Amateur or Professional Haydn Piano Concerto in Douglas Page Gerald Death Orillia 88