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EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation 7266539 Classified Advertisnng 7289414 All Other Departments 7266537 112th YearNo I33 The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Monday June I976 Uh rrir Examiner Mostly sunny today Tuesday Low mm high Tuesday 28 WEATHER FORECAST and ght 14 15 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly l6 Pages Ii mmkswmmmw JOAN LEBOEUF of The Barrie Art Club paints the Dunlop was Saturday afternoon Street scene as it during this weekends mall She was just one of Barrie weekend mall IT WAS BEER in the street at the Wellington Hotel and elsewhere Friday and Sa turday during the Dunlop Man held in shootout OIIAWA CP City police have man in custody following brief automobile chase in the downtown section of the city today and shootout involving the man and at least three city police officers UK MPs ordered home LONDON AP Britains governing Labor party and the opposition Conservatives have ordered their members home from trips abroad to be ready in Parliament this week for what might be the showdown for Prime Minister James Callaghans government US candidates ready Presidential candidates made lastminute pitches today in three states for votes in the final United States primaries of the 30state marathon leading to the party conventions Street mall as crowds of merrymakers gathered to enjoy the sun and the freedom from traffic Burton set for divorce PORTAUPRINCE AP Actor Richard Burton has ar rived here to get divorce from actress Elizabeth Taylor the Haitian office of tourism and information said Orr in team talks ST LOUIS AP Emile Francis the new St Louis Blues eneral mana er says he will meet tonight in Montreal with reeagent Bob Orr about obtaining the services of the Boston Bruins defencema Anticommunist appeal NEW YORK AP John Connally former US treasury secretary is heading committee that is appealing to US citizens to write friends and relatives in Italy urging an anti Communist vote in that countrys June 20 elections downtown The dog ap parently preferred the shade Examiner Photo Breakthrough seen in heart issue CAPE TOWN Reuter team of South African doctors believ it ha made breafi throu towar preventing su den heart attacks by dis covering what causes them spokesman for the Groote Scbuur Hospital said Sunday The team led by Dr Lionel Opie said it has identified the chemical in the body which causes ventricular fibrillation the medical term for the type of sudden heart at tack which kills 25 per cent of all white South African men before they reach the age of 50 The chemical is cyclic adeno number of artists from the club who demonstrated their techniques during the mall Examiner Photo rated success This weekends Dunlop Street mall was rated huge succes by nearly all mer chants contacted this morn ing in random telephone poll It was the busiest Friday night weve had in five years said Ron Armstrong of Armstrong Hardware For an initial effort it was just stupendous said Ross Stephens of Stephens Store forMen It was howling success as far as we were con cerned said Larry Torpey of the Wellington Hotel whose outdoor beer garden was one of the malls most popular attractions Even Jack Bartholemew of Whitfield Office Outfitters which suffered broken win dow Friday night was en thusiastic They threw padlock through it would you believe that he said but added it was great to see all the people down there The only dissenting vote came from spokesman for Camera Craft who described the mail as just beer rab ble party and said his regular customers were harrassedtodeath We want no part of that he said describing the Downtown Improvement Boards action in setting up the mall as dictatorial and cummunistic and as likely to ruin the downtown area Sexchange MORE DRUNKS Mr Torpey and Mr Arm strong said they had no pro blems as result of the mall and city police said today their only problem was an in crease in the number of drunks Peo le were very well behav Mr Torpey said Gord Roach of Card Roach Mens Shop business as sensational Shoebridge manager of Woolworths half block from the mall said business was very good and only parking was problem The amount of activity downtown was Tremendous said Harold Eaton manager of the Toronto Dominion bank at the corner of Owen Street He said the mall should be run all summer Frank Canceilla said busi ness was not affected at his fruit store half block from the mall but he described the mall as great and said he might well benefit from in creased pedestrian traffic it the mall is repeated Mr Roach who was active in organizing the mall said he would consider seeing the mall lengthened but would be concerned that it might create problems if it went on toolong He said the mall was good way of relaxing people Everybodys so uptight these day he said think it was fun weekend for ev eryonc trucker described super and Keith to sue her employer DETROIT AP truck driver undergoing sex change to female from male says she will file sex discrimination suit against the Wayne County road commission after being suspended for refusing to wear mans uniform The driver Sharon Swank began the lengthy sexchange process last August and asked the road commission in October to change the name on her em ployment records to Sharon Kelly Swank from Steven Keith Swank But commission officials say they still consider Miss Swank man Our department is looking for something that shows he is female Until we get that we will not tell our troops super visors in the field he is to be treated as female said di rector Thomas ORourke To us he is still man le gally and medically change sine monophosphate or cyclic AMP one of thousands present in every living cell in the body The level and activity of the chemical rose during ar tificallyincued heart attacks in animals mainly pigs rats and baboons We appear to have found the cause of heart attacks but this does not mean we have found the cure Dr Willem Lubbe member of the research team said in an interview We have found the mecha nism which causes attacks and when propriate drugs are de velo it will probably be sible to prolong life he sai Dr Lubbe said that the team had no reason to doubt the dis covery but that it would take at least tw0 more years of re search to conclusively prove the link between cyclic AMP and heart attacks of name does not mean change of sex Miss Swank was barred from her job May 26 when she re fused to wear the regulation male uniform She was told she would be fired if she continued to refuse The commission said the problem began when Miss Swank reported to work wear ing baremidriff halter and refused to wear regulation male uniform She was barred from herjob Miss Swank who claimed she wore the halter attire only after work hours finally agreed to wear the uniform in order to get her suspension lifted so as not to jeopardize her prosurgical sex reassignment program She also said she cannot afford to be out of work She said however that she will file discrimination suit against the commission FROM HEALTH UNIT HERE Nurses to join oneweek strike By RICHARDDUNSTAN ty District Health Unit will 14 Lilian Fralick president ExaminerStaIf Reporter join in oneweek province of Ontario Nurses Assoc1a Nurses at the Simcoe Coun wide strike beginning June tion Local 37 531d l0daY Few in city affected Ontario Housing Corpora tion OHC tenants in Barrie wont be affected by the re cent decision to exclude OHC housing from the rent review controls Margaret McKever hous ing manager for OHC in Bar rie siad this morning most of the tenants decided to pay the rent increase while waiting for decision concerning OHC and the rent review con trols Miss McKever said few residents in Barrie will be af fected because they did not want to pay the extra money hawks And at this time our hearts go out to the Antilnflation Board UK gets big loan By KEVIN DOYLE WASHINGTON CP The United States today announced it will cooperate with inter national agencies and other countries in the socalled Group of 10 to provide large emer gency loan to save the sagging British pound treasury department an nouncement did not mention Canada as one of the creditors llowever Canada is member of tthroup of 10 Credits totalling $5 billion are to be made available imme diately under the plan Metro workers back at work TORONTO CP Subway sewer and watermain con struction workers returned to work today after ratifying set tlements Saturday that include shorter work week major issueinthcdis ute Subway wor ers had been on strike for five weeks and sewer and watermain workers walked out two weeks ago John Stefanini business man ager of Local 183 Laborers In ternational Union said the work day for subway workers will be reduced to hours from nine hours Sewer and watermain work ers will have their weekly hours reduced to 45 from 50 in two steps during the twoyear agreement he said Subway workers received about $246anhour increase raising the hourly rate for tun nellers to $1095 by Nov 1977 and $958Iorothers Mr Stefaiiini said sewer and watermain workers received pay increases of up to 32 per cent in 21 years ARET IRUDEA IN MARCH Habitat turns to tackle VANCOUVER CP In somewhat festive atmosphere the United Nations Habitat con ference turned Sunday from in ternational politics to highlight critical world water problem To underline its commitment to solving the problem the Ca nadian delegation promised clean water in every commu nity in this country by 1980 and called for similar effort by the rest of the world Delegates observers and hangerson marched 1500 strong with Margaret Trudeau hauling water buckets to Habi tat Forum in World Water Day parade Habitat Forum is an unofficial arallel con ference design to spur the main UN meeting to make bold statements on major social problems like water quality andhousing At the Forum site on English Bay they supported rCSolu tion demanding clean water in all world communities by 1990 and spending by governments of $3 billion year for 10 years on water projects MAKES PLEDGE And they heard Justice Minis ter Ron Bastord head of the Canadian delegation pledge clean drinking water in every Canadian centre by 1980 This is not meaningless gesture he said as many natives north erners and people in other re gions are without adequate sup plies of clean water Mr Basford also said the Ca nadian delegation will ask the conference this week to back resolution setting target of 1986 for clean water everywhere in the world This was goal outlined by British environmentalist Barbara Legally she said the tenants only had to pay an eight per cent increase but most decided to pay the higher rents in case OHC was excluded from rent controls OHC manages 150 senior citizens units and 74 family units in Barrie on rent gearedtoincome basis she said The units were included in the rent review controls from Aug 1975 until special amendment in the provincial government May 21 Tenants in some muni by OHC rent decision cipalities saved money from rents while OHC was covered by the rent review because the review only permitted an eight per cent increase but OHC charges rents based on the tenants income In some situations in the province rson paying $50 rent mont moved out of an OHC unit and was replaced by someone who could pay $150amonth But according to the review controls OHC could only charge $50 plus an eight per cent increase Minister elected church moderator ARNPRIOR Ont CP of Ottawa The Rev Allan Lorne Mackay min ister for 24 years of Central Church Hamilton has been elected moderator of the 102nd General Assembly of the Pres byterian Church in Canada Dr Mackay 61 was elected Sunday at the start of the chur chs fiveday assembly in this community about 30 miles west CLEANING UP THE BAY Divers Dave Ferrier to and Pat Barrett hand load of garbage from the bottom of Kempenfelt Bay to Hugh Donnelly during the Barrie SubAcquians post is the highest office in the church native of Prince Edward Island Dr Mackay graduated from Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown and University of Western Ontario in London Ont before studying theology at the Presbyterian College in Montreal He was ordained in 1942 on nix ii ie annual cleanup of the bay around the Bayfield Street dock Club officials said less garbage was found this year than usual with gas tank tire and propeller About 30 nurses are employed by the unit here She said 27 locals across the province are expected to join in the walkout intended to make the public aware that public health nurses cannot have disputed issues in con tract negotiations submitted to binding arbitration as hospital nurses can The strike is also intended to support nurses at Hal iburton Kawartha Pine Ridge Health Unit locked out sinceMay 10 She said the strike vote passed by majority Satur day at meeting of delegates from chartered association locals at Toronto head quarters The decision was made public today after health unit officials were in formed Mrs Fralick said further meetings will be held to discuss possible emergency coverage during the strike The strike will last through June 18 Gerry Skipwith business administrator at the health unit said possible emergency measures will be discussed at Wednesdays health board meeting in Midland He said statement on the strike will probably be issued after the meeting Contract negotiations at the Simcoe unit broke down March 12 after one session with provincial conciliators Issues here are arbitration and wage parity with hospital nurses Nurses have been of fered six per cent increase and health unit officials say it would take increases of 24 to 27 per cent to grant wage parity the most spectacular items in the haul In previous years shopping carts park ing meters and bicycles have been found Ex aminer Photo world water issue Ward in her book for the con ference The Home of Man The Canadian delegation criticized by observers for in decisiveness so far in the con ference is likely to make the water issue its main thrust in this weeks meetings The water problem however could be overshadowed by in ternational political problemsthe iddle East dispute demands for new in ternational economic system and issues like internment of Philippine citizens by President Ferdinand Marcos PROTEST INTERMENT grou of expatriate Fili pinos an supporters demon strated Sunday against Presi dent Marcos recent internment of 2000 squatters in Manila Imelda Marcos the presidents wife and governor of Manila was to speak to the Habitat con ference today after arriving un der tight security this morning from the Philippines The group of 77 body of de veloping nations pressing for new international economic or der is to present its own set of general rinciples to confer encewor ingcommitteetoday The original draft prepared Saturday contained references to multinational corporations and controversial Iraqi reso lution on racism Informants say the document has since been altered but thes are unable to say what the changes are But Sunday was water day and Mrs Trudeau wearing khaki shorts and shirt led jostling closelypacked crowd in Ilamile walk