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EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation 7266539 Classified Advertising 72824l4 All Other Deportmens 7266537 Il2th Year No140 FIRST TO PASS RAD Nancy Arnoldi was the first Barrie woman to pass the federal department of com munications shortwave radio operators test She along with six other members of the Georgian College Amateur Radio Club were presented their certificates of competency Monday Also Theresa Frechette was the first 10 OPERATORS TEST Simcoe County woman to complete the 10month course and pass the test Presenting Mrs Arnoldi with her certificate is Dean The Barrie Examiner Tom Owens of Georgian College right In the background is her hus band Dan Arnoldi Ex aminerPhoto Statement on housing policy gets approval from Chamber By RICHARD DLNSTAN Examiner Staff Reporter The Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce ap proved today statement on housing policy calling on city council to investigate land banking encourage the pro vincial Assisted Home Own ership Program AHOP and rental housing and ex amine its plannin and engineering standar and development approval pro cedures with view to pro mote affordable housing for all Barrie residents But the Chambers board of directors backed way from proposal by the Chambers civic affairs committee call ing on the city to develop policy on land banking The statement took the form of review by the civic affairs committee of last months housing policy state ment pre ared by the citys housinga visory committee The civic affairs commitee criticized the housing com mittee for having neglected the private sector and many of the causes of higher hous ingcosts TOOK ISSUE The civic affairs committee also took issue with the hous ing committees recommen Barrie family to seek aid in fighting eviction notice By PETER LESNIAK Examiner Staff Reporter Barrie family which has been looking unsuccessfully for two weeks for an apart ment it can afford is going to the Simcoe County Legal Aid Society to fight an eviction notice Jim Howes his wife June and their threeyearold son Robert were told to leave their 15 Dunlop St apart ment witnin 30 days on May 31 The apartment for which they pay $130 rent month is owned by Paul Perri Since he got his notice to be out by the end of June Mr Howes has been looking for acCOmmodation he can afford on his takehome pay of about $140 every 15 days He is janitor at the Canada Manpower offices at night and is paid the minimum hourly wage of $265 he said He can afford to spend up to $160 month for rent but hasnt had any luck in finding an apartment forthat He is being evicted so the landlord can make renova tions to the apartment Mr Howessaid However under the On tario Landlord and Tenant Act landlord must give minimum of 120 days notice of eviction to do renovations an official of the Ontario rent review office in Barrie said Also the renovations must be extensive enough to re quire building permit before it is valid reason for eviction N0 PERMIT ISSUED As of this week no building permit has been issued Mr Howes has searched newspaper want ads and checked with local real estate agents without success Theres nothing he said Either they wont take kids or when go round to see get refused Ive tried everything Theres nothing that low All they want me to do is buy buy buy Mr Howes 36 has tried the Salvation Army The Red Cross and the city welfare department for help in fin ding an apartment So far they have all come up May break fire cycle By THE CANADIAN PRESS Weather conditions were expected to be perfect again today in Northern Ontario for breaking fire cycle that has caused more forest fires beween April and June 14 this year than for any full year in the provinces history Miners strike planned OTTAWA CP planned strike 2800 miners at ul Thompson Man will proceed as sch ed at midnight tonight spokesman for the United Steelworkers of America said Monday after lastditch meeting with Finance Minister Donald Macdonald Richpoor controversy OTTAWA CP After failing Monday to agree on new ways to split the cost of financing the countrys health and education programs oontroversral issue poorer ones ovemment leaders turned today to how rich provinces should support Kidnap victim freed ROME AP Police raided an empty government building near the Colosseum today and freed cattle im porter kidnapped by extreme leftists who demanded the revolutionary sale of 71 tons of meat at third of the market price in exchange for his life Meeting site changed BONN AP The West German government announced today that US State Secretary Henry Kissingers meetin with South African Prime Minister John Vorster next wee has been switched from Hamburg to another site in West Germany emptyhanded Hed like an apartment with either front or back yard some place where growing child can play in safety Now the childs playground is rooftop Because Mr Howes doesnt own car he must find an apartment in the city within walking distance or bus ride ofhisjob He said he has always paid his rent on time and has $100 to put down on an apartment if he could find one thats suitable So far hes met only with frustration and closed doors Hes lived in his present dwelling for three years Mr Howes is steady worker according to friend Vivian OToole who says Mr Howes despite having belowaverage intelligence has never ta en any form of government handout such as welfare or unemployment in surance His wife would like to work but cant because shes undergoing medical treat ment for an acute asthma condition she said dation that all construction in five municipal zones be re quired to conform to AHOP specifications and that 10 per cent of units in all new rental develo ments be made avail able or the provincial Rent Subsidy Program Instead the statement ap proved today calls on the city merely to encourage AHOP and the development of new rental developments stating that mandatory AHOP could interfere with other planning goals and that the housing committees recommenda tions on rental units Would do little to encourage the pro duction of new rental units Todays statement calls for the city to review approval procedures for subdivisions severance Consents minor variances site plans zoning bylaws and official plan amendments as well as plan nin and engineering stan dar and lot levies with view to avoiding delays and reducing housing costs The statement cites two housing studies which sug gest that judicious lowerin of municipal planning an engineering standards could lower the price of building lot by as much as $8000 ALSO APPROVEI Also approved today was clause ca ling on the cit to investigate its land he ings to determine their suitability for immediate housing development The clause calling for land banking policy was amended in the face of pro tests by director Bill Mc Cullough who siad it con tradicted other clauses in the civic affairs committees report calling on the city to work more closely with pri vate enterprise in promoting housing Simcoe Day try rejected again TORONTO BUREAU THOMSON NEWSPAPERS MPP Gord Smiths annual attempt at having the Civic Holiday proclaimed Simcoe Day failed in the legislature again Monday His private members bill to honor the provinces first LtGovernor John Graves Simcoe was popped out not passed durin the hour of discussion devote to it Municipalities at present can name the Aug Civic Holiday Simcoe Day if they wish but it is not compulsory Of the eight MPPs who rose to speak on the bill seven said they favored it although their reasons diverged Sharp thGov Simcoe estab lished solid political and social framework upon which our present socrety has evolved Mr Smith PC SimcoeEast said pointing out that most other countries honor their historical figures by reserving public holiday intheirname We in Ontario have no such tradition and in my view it is time that we did Rhyming off the names of about 80 municipalities and organizations which support the change Mr Smith said he agreed with those who asked why Simcoe should have day and not the other his torical figures Others should too Mr Smith agreed But MPP Jim Foulds NDPPort Arthur had an opposing vieWpoint saying the lieutenant governor has been honored by the nam ing of one county three pro vincial ridings one lake and downtown Toronto hotel what more can man ask for inhislife If the Civic Holiday is to change its name he prefer red other candidates in par ticular Agnes MacPhail the first Woman elected to On tario and federal par liaments leading feminist and socialist and renowned for her platform wit and her compelling demand for social reform in this country and peace abroad His fellow opposition member MPP Doug Moffatt NDPDurham East said hed support the name change to Simcoe Day If we dont do it now we will never get another chance flame Or Exam Barrie Ontario Canada Tuesday June I5 I976 DA GHTER IN DRAM 121 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly gOPoges WEATHER FORECAST Man threatens pelice in kidnap try TORONTO CP Police were threatened by man with high powered rifle early today as they arrived on the scene of man attemp ting to kidnap the 14yearold daughter of John Craig Eaton chairman of Eatons of Canada Ltd Police said the girl Signe was released Unharmed by the man who was confronted by two policemen as he at tempted to leave the house with her She ran up the stairs of her home where her father and his wife had been tied up by the intruder The man ordered con stables ShaWn Clarke and David Linney to drop their revolvers They refused and jumped to cover behind some bushes See photo on Page The man fled with the policemen chasing him number of shots were fired but the man eluded them person was apprehended about an hour later However police said he refused tell them his name Police said rifle and car believed used by the kidnap per have been found The two constables arrived on the scene after police received telephone call from neighbor of the Eatons who reported pro wler in the area Police said neither the girl nor her parents were harmed Mr Eaton who took over as chairman of the family department store business in 1973 has been an executive of the Toronto Argonaut Foot ball Club in the Canadian Football League and the Toronto Toros of the World Hockey Association Mayor Dorian Parker has sent letter to the the residents of the Donald Street townhouses but now the peo ple are trying to decide what to do with it Mike Lee president of the condominium corporation which represents the res idents said this morning the mayor sent each resident letter apologizing for the bad publicity the subdivision received two weeks ago Reception tonight at new store Fifteen hundred specrally invited guests will attend reception tonigit in honor of the opening of Barries new Canadian Tire Corp store in theBayfieldMall Guests will come from all over Canada and will include the founder of Canadian Tire Billes of Toronto who was recently made member of the Order of Canada Arch Brown CTC owner said today The reception will be held in the new store which is the largest retail outlet north of Toronto and has the largest sporting goods and recreation department of any store in thecountry The new twostorey store will open to the public at 10 am Wednesday after rib boncutting ceremony by Ald Ross Archer He is standing in for the mayor who is in Vancouver to attend na tional convention of mayors Honeymooners rescued NIAGARA FALLS NY AP honeymoon couple was saved from being swept over Niagara Falls when Niagara Frontier state parks police rescued them After tossing rope to Mr and Mrs David Mattson of Minneapolis Minn police boat pulled their drifting cabin cruiser to shore about onequarter mile upstream from the brink of Niagara Falls Monday The newlyweds who police said arrived here Sunday for their honeymoon were not injured Their boat had drifted about as close to the falls as you can get and come out alive and talk about it police spokesman said Nursesstrike in second day By THE CANADIAN PRESS About 1100 public health nurses in Ontario are in their second day today of strike which their association says will last week But some health boards say they will not allow nurses to return to work unless the nurses sign new contracts Kay Lewis associate ex ecutive officer for the Ontario Nurses Association ONA said the strike is in support of the associations demands that the provincial govern ment legislate compulsory arbitration to settle contract disputes Ti Why can you be like this at home FROM MAYOR PARKER Townhouse residents get letter of apology He said the residents are meeting tonight to discuss what action they should take Mayor Parker was quoted in the Barrie Examiner as describing the 82unit eight monthold subdivision as slum and disgrace to the city The development by Kan eff Developments Ltd is the citys first major Assisted Home Ownership Program OHOP project Mayor Parker said the pair of baby shoes almost resulted in tragedy for Barrie family this week The family purchased the shoes complete with bells on the laces This week the mother found her fivemonthold son sleeping with the bell in his mouth Apparently the infant had managed to untie the shoes remove the laces and free the bell The mother has con tacted the Barrie Rramh of Harold Sargent gives some guidance to Lillian Scott as she prepares to laWn bowl The tWo were learning about the sport at the Bar rie LaWn Bowling Clubs LEGION CALLS FOR CTION NEAR TRA GEDY FOR CI TY FAMIL PLAY BOWL comments were taken out of context from nUmber of remarks she made during planning board meeting Junel The mayor said she was preparing public statement which would outline the se quence of events and com ments she made during the meeting The statement has never been given to The Examiner Her statements she said the Consumers Association ofCanada Margi Young of the CAC told her to write to the Consumer Protection Bu reau and the Footwear Bureau of Canada Mrs Young said in cases such as this fair bit of responsibility lies with the parents to use common sense when buying clothing forinfants You have to forsee these things can happen shesaid house on Essa Road ew members are invited to visit the club any Mon day this month Examiner Photo were made about some town house developments but did not list any specific areas Mayor Parker also threat ened legal action ainst Ald Jim Perri candi ate in the next mayoralty race because of his comments describing her statements as disgrace and irresponsible The mayor said she wanted Ald Perri to make public retraction of the comments Residents in the subdivi sion did not push for public apology by the mayor of her description of the subdi vrsron Wayne Beatty vicepre sident of the condominum corporation said the mayor did owe an apology to the children in the subdivision who had their neighborhood labelled slum Mr Beatty said some of the children were ridiculed by classmates at school $1500 levy doesnt cover all services $1500 levy for each building lot charged against developers does not cover the cost of necessary services caused by new developments city council was told Monday Council approved an addi tional $75 lot charge for houses in Residential District bounded by Anne Street St Vincent city limits and Highway400 Ald Ross Archer public works committee chairman said the $1500 charge levied by the city is allocated for other purposes in the city The special charge he said is to improve drainage fa cilities doWnstream from the developments and prevent possible future flooding Ald Archer said the drai nage facilities including storm sewers culverts and catchbasins have to be enlarged because of the development in the district He said the $75 is only por tion of the total cost for the necessary work The $1500 lot levy is charg ed by the city to pay for variety of services includin sanitary sewers roads an parks Last year council ap roved an additional lot levy or residents in Residential District bounded by Sandy Hollow ravine Anne Street city limits and Highway 400 for similar problems May get grant of told The Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce should investigate the possibility of Wintario grant to help pay for its annual winter carnival chamber treasurer Don Coulson told the chambers board of direc torstoday He said the chances of ob taining Wintario funds look good in view of the variety of projects which have been financed by the lottery The chamber is an es timated $9500 in the hole for winter carnivals at pre sentabout $3000 for the 1976 carnival plagued by rain and thaws and $6500 from pre VIOUS years Chamber president Ed Harper told the board today last weekends roaring 205 dance appears to have made money despite having drawn crowd of only 320 He said 400 had been con sidered the breakeven point but the efforts of dance chair man Ed Tschirhart at keep ing costs down appear to have enabled the event to break even on ticket sales and make money on the bar Hearing for deadstock dealers is adjourned KINGSTON Ont CP preliminary hearing for eight Ontario deadstock dealers join tly charged with conspiracy to defraud the public by selling meat not fit for human con sumption resumed briefly Mon day but was adjourned until Wednesday Three witnesses two of them policemen testified Monday at the hearing recalled following twomonth delay while one of the accused Gordon Elson 44 of Jasper underwent stomach operation Provincial Judge Ronald Delisle has imposed ban on publication of evidence Others charged are Arthur Lorenz 52 Durham William Burrett 52 Peterborough Richard Collins 45 Nor wood Russell Coupland 60 Pembroke John Megens 41 Woodville Nicholas Mon tague 46 Orillia and Hans Rhul 45 Vankleek Hill Lorenz elected trial by judge and jury but all others elected trial by judge alone Facilities sought for aging veterans WINNIPEG CP The Royal Canadian Legion wants immediate action to provide Specialcare facilities or aging veterans but the most the federal government has offered is an assurance the problem is being studied As the service veterans association opened its golden anniversary convention Mon day several among the 2500 delegates rose to urge Legion action in improving and building more facilities One of the first resolutions urged the Legions Dominion Command to work with governments to initiate con struction program for special facilities Daniel MacDonald minister of veterans affairs said the nature of treatment required by veterans has changed dramatically since department hospitals were established primarily for the care of veterans who re quired treatment as result of war service The greatest need has changed from acute to chronic care he said and needs of the presentday pa tients are being studied WANT INCREASE Another resolution urged establishment of new single scale of standard income level for war veterans allowance and civilian war allowance The resolution said existing maximum monthly income levels should be increased by $15 month for single persons and $30 for married couples Meanwhile the Soviet War Veterans Committee and Royal Canadian Legion signed an ayeement Monday aimed at further developing detente Admiral Zakharov member of the presidium of the Soviet War Veterans Committee and Legion presi dent Robert McChesney of Kirkland Lake 0nt con ducted the signing ceremony legion elegation headed by Mr McChesney had at tended celebration in Moscow last year to mark the 30th anniversary of the Allied victory over Germany in the Second World War