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Barrie Examiner, 9 Jun 1976, p. 11

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The Barrie Examiner Wednesda June 197611 NEWS ROUNDUP Budget noncanoe mation fails OTTAWA CP The gov emment defeated Tuesday nonconfidence motion proposed by Progressive Con servativeslabellin the May 25 federal bud et as eeply disap pomting an discouraging Moved by Conservative fi nance critic Sinclair Stevens the motion charged that the government had done nothing through the budget to boost eco nomic growth increase em ployment or restrain its own spending The nonconfidence motion was the second in week as MP5 debated the budget third vote is scheduled Thurs day but Liberals who hold majority of the seats in the Commons should easily defeat New Democrats and Social Credit MPs voted with the Con servatives but the government turned back the threat by vote of 121 to 90 Standings in the 264seat House Liberals 139 Con servatives 95 ND 16 Social Credit 11 one independent and two vacant The budget contributes to uncertainty in that it is silent on the important question facing Canadians now in terms of economic policy Con servative Leader Joe Clark said before the vote MITCHELL SHARP TV call Budget TV OTTAWA CP Privy Council President Mitchell Sharp called Tuesday for live television coverage of federal budget hes to end the cur rent eplorable situation that allows reporters rather than finance ministers to first inform Canadians of tax and spending changes The time has come to put an end to procedure which be lieve is an affront to this House Mr Sha told the Commons during de ate on the May25budget For about the last 30 years reporters have been locked up in room with advance copies of federal budgets to prepare stories and broadcasts for re lease when the finance minister begins to read his budget speech in the House Aim of the procedure Mr Sharp said was to give report ers an opportunity of doing more thorough job of analysing the budget proposals while pre serving the necessary secrecy But it meant that reporters were able to disclose budget contents before finance minister uttered word May sue OTTAWA CP Larry Stop forth the senior public servant bounced by Suppl Minister JeanPierre Goyer rom an as signment to help buy new mil itary patrol plane says he wan ts the minister to retract critical comment about him or he will sue Mr Stopforth who repre sented Mr Goyer on an inter departmental project group for purchase of longrange patrol aircraft for the armed forces was criticized in the Commons last Tuesday by the minister Mr Goyer said he had been misinformed by Mr Stopforth about financing details of nowaborted plan to buy 18 Lockheed Orion planes The minister complained in the Commons of gross negli gence and said Mr Stopforth had been removed from his job as deputy head of the project group In formal statement Tues day Mr Stopforth called for retraction by Mr Goyer ad ding that his lawyer has been instructed to launch libel ac tion if the minister fails to retract Farm talks TORONTO CP Premier William Davis said late Tues day that discussions will be held with farm groups before his minority Conservative gov ernment decides what action to take on the threatened defeat of its farm income stabilization bill In su rise move earlier Tuesday Li ral Leader Stuart Smith crossed the floor of the legislature minutes before the bill was to be debated in rin ciple to inform Agricu ture Minister William Newman that the Liberals would not support it The Liberal move surprised New Democrats who also op pose the legislation introduced June They called for adjourn ment of the house when they learned the government did not intend to proceed with the plan ned debate on the bill The bells calling MPPs to vote on the adjournment motion rang for more than two hours while government leaders met Mr Davis was called from his home in Bramp ton and House Leader Robert Welch returned from dinner in St Catharines To trial ORILLIA Ont Douglas Tompkins 20 of Ori llia charged with murder pun ishable by life imprisonment was committed Tuesday to trial in Ontario Supreme Court in Barrie at later date after he waived preliminary hearing in Orillia provincial court Tompkins resident of the Huronia Regional Centre for the mentally retarded is charged in connection with the April death of Hilda Irene Sturman 38 also resident of the centre No talks LAMBETH Ont CP Un ion officials said Tuesda no ne gotiations are schedul to end strike which began Thursday by 48 hourlygaid employees at the Alcan anada Products Ltd aluminum plant in this community about 15 miles nor th of St Thomas The workers members of Local 27 United Auto Workers have been without contract since April 10 Negotiations broke off May 28 Funds sought THUNDER BAY Ont UP Lakehead University has be gun threeyear campaign to raise $18million for capital construction books scholar ships and research funds Grant Thompson vice president of finance said the universit which has about 2300 stu ents needs the money to supplement revenues from the government and student ees Resolution BOWMANVILLE Ont CP Newcastle council passed resolution Monday suggesting that officials in vestigate the possibility of processing future radioactive waste from Eldorado Nuclear Ltd into fertilizer Councillor Kirk Entwisle said he un derstands that the wastes con tain nitrates an ingredient of fertilizer Mayor Garnet Rick ard who owns fertilizer proc essing plant said the plan wouldnt work Floral clock NIAGARA FALLS Ont CP James Allan Niagara Parks Commission chairman and BS Griffin Ontario Hydro manager for the region an nounced Tuesday that the tw0 organizations have agreed to continue operating Niagaras floral clock tourist attraction about six miles north of the Ca nadian Horseshoe Falls com mittee studying the clock was formed earlier this year after Hydro announced that budget restraints might affect oper ations of the horticultural dis play Suffers burns PORT LAMBTON Ont CP Linda Jean Park 15 was in satisfactory condition in hospi tal Tuesday after suffering fir stand seconddegree burns to 40 per cent of her body in gas explosion at her home Monday Police said the girl went to water pumphouse to release gas which seeps into the water system from the ground but when she turned off an elec trical switch that war the pump spark caus the gas to explode Port Lambton is about 25 miles south of Sarnia JOHN MACBETH appropriate Answers query TORONTO CPSolicitor General John MacBeth said Tuesday that Ottawa police conducted an appropriate in vestigation into breakin at the apartment of Don McNeil CBC parliamentary reporter Mr MacBeth was replying in the legislature to question last week Liberal Leader Stuart Smith who asked whether Ot tawa police waited until there was threat of publicity before investigating the breakin The solicitorgeneral said report by Ottawa police on the incident indicates the Ottawa police force conducted this in vestigation in an appropriate manner Cashes cheques LONDON Ont CP Wayne Foster 22 of Lea mington Ont was sentenced Tuesday to three months in jail for cashing more than $500 in welfare and unemployment cheques which had been ad 25 HAPPY BURGER Reg 35c AGTN Beyiielcl Sh Barrie MAKE THE 1980 OLYMPICS YOUR GOAL FOR UNIVERSITY DEGREE IN YOUR SPARETIME This summer Canada hosts the XXI Olympiad Do you realize that by the time the application forms call 3264682 Telephone Orillia 3264682 dressed to other persons at his residence Provincial Court Judge Alan Baker directed Foster to try to find job as requirement of his 12month probation term Recover body NORTH BAY Ont CP The body of one of two men drowned in Lake Nipissing dur ing the May 24 weekend was re covered Monday Police said the body of Thomas Lee Fisher 27 of North Bay was found floating 500 feet off shore Po lice continue to search for the body of Paul Webster 22 Pleads guilty LONDON OntCP James Nicholas McCracken 16 of no fixed address pleaded guilt in provincial court Tue ay to 11 charges of false pretences The charges were aid after he cashed cheques for $130 at two local stores Judge Alan Baker delayed sen tencing until June 16 Is charged TIMMINS Ont CP Is tvan Pecsi 37 was charged Tuesday with murder punish able by life imprisonment in connection with shooting in cident at Texmont Mines Ltd near here Pecsi was charged after Charles Reece 17 of Co balt Ont was killed Monday in shooting incident in bunk house To close HAMILTON CP Claude Neon Ltd announced Tuesday it will close its electricalsign manufacturing plant Aug and transfer operations to its To ronto plant company spokes man said sales and service op erations will continue in Ham ilton but about 14 of the 60 workers will be laid off Re maining workers will be offered Try Our GREATEST SALE this THURSDAY 25 FRENCH FRIES Reg 30c QUANTITY Our Portion Sizes Not Reduced Big as ever QUALITY We use name brand products preparing them to your order not cooked ahead SERVICE We are happy to serve you at the counter or in your car FEED THE WHOLE GANG DURING THIS GREAT SALE 1980 Olympics roll by YOU could have earned university degree through parttime studies WLU is now taking registration for its next parttime studies session Summer Session which begins on July YOU CAN APPLY NOW If you are 21 and have two years work experience you may be eligible even it you dont have high school diploma For more information on your status as an Adult Student for calendars or Make the 1980 Olympics your target for BA degree through parttime studies at Twin Lakes Secondary School Birch Street Orillia Wilfrid La urier University co Twin Lakes Secondary School Birch Street Orillia obs in Toronto or the service department Sentenced HAMILTON CP Hugh Garlow 22 was sentenced Tuesday in county court to threeyear prison term for wounding with intent in the knife wounding of George Hob bs 22 last September Garlow who pleaded guilty will serve the sentence consecutively to fiveyear term he is serving for his part in the knifing death of Joseph Dunn 65 Kurds arrive CAMBRIDGE Ont CP Seven Kurds from northern Iraq who have settled here are part of group of about 30 Kur ds who arrived in Canada recently Political refugees and guerrilla fighters in their own country the group fled to Iran where they stayed until Cana dian authorities arranged for them to come to this country Not hazard NIAGARA FALLS Ont CP Fire department officials said Tuesday that form of methyl alcohol leaking from plastics company no longer poses hazard to about 150 homes in the city Danger en ded when sewer was flushed Methacrylate substance manufactured by Chemacryl Plastics Ltd was discovered Monday in the sewer serving the plant and subdivision Telegram sent ARNPRIOR Ont CP The Presbyterian General As sembly has sent telegram to the UN Habitat conference in Vancouver urging the Canadian delegation to commit Canada to national human settlement policy Native peoples in Can ada must have aboriginal rights and government must maintain the needs of the poor the telegram said 25c MILK SHAKE I4 01 7280941 SOemp 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