Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 16 Jun 1976, p. 3

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NEWS ROUNDUP Six believed killed in South African riot JOHANNESBURG At least six persons $32 lieved killed today as police opened fire during an antigov granitent rigt in the Soweto Afri OWnS nea Mimi cityp this South in ulance officials said removed the bodies of Illa schoolchildren and two black policemen from the riot scene Two other persons are re ported to have died one of them white administration official who was believed dragged from his car and stabbed to death senior police officer told re porters here It was necessary to fire on the rioters on several occaSions He said the 300member po lice squad began by firing over the heads of the rioters but was compelled to fire into the crowd when the lives of policemen be came endangered Police warned all white people to keep out of the sprawling township which houses about one million Afri cans HOLDING BODIES group of about 100 school children protesting against the enforced use of the Afrikaans language in their schools were reported to be refusing to give up the bodies of the two dead blacksbelieve to be pupil and an elderly man Brig Le Roux direct ing operations in Soweto told reporters by telephone The Situation here is very bad Ev erything is in such an upheaval dont really know what is go ing on Arena unsafe FORT ERIE Ont CP The 30yearold Memorial Arena has been ordered closed by town council because it does not meet minimum safety requirements An engineering report re leased Monday said the arena in this community about 15 miles southwest of Niagara Falls might collapse The building conSists of series of wooden arches on which walls and the roof were laid The design developed in the 19205 in North Carolina was brought to Ontario after the Second World War and used in the construction of number of arenas Bo BERYL PLUMPTRE lack evidence Antiinflation TORONTO CP The fed eral overnment has not in spir much confidence in its antiinflation program Beryl Plumptre former vicechair man of the antiinflation board said Tuesday Mrs Plumptre who resigned from the antiinflation board last week told University of Toronto graduating class that Canadians still lack con vincing evidence that the monetary and fiscal policies of the federal government are suf ficiently restrained to ensure success of the antiinflation program Mrs Plumptre who received an honorary doctor of law de gree at the ceremony said more than 75 per cent of wage settlements voluntarily reached since the antiinflation Egggram began last fall have within the eightto 12per cent range indicating that many Canadians are willing to contribute to the restraint policies But at the same time the fed eral governments spending plans will result in the govern ment pouring out $5 billion more than it takes in taxes Man dies LONDON Ont CP BRASS GLENN LTD oomovm uni BRASS MENS WEAR mun mu BARRIE George Crowe 25 of London died in hospital Monday from injuries received in twocar collision at city intersection May Another man in the same car Brian Stephens 25 also of London died at the time of the mishap Joins ships NIAGARA FALLS Ont CP The 582ton Maid of the Mist IV was lowered Tuesday into the Niagara River to join her three sister ships erating from the Canadian si of the river The new ship which can carry 200 passengers is the largest of the fleet and was built at Wheatley Ont 30 miles southeast of Windsor It was built transported and lowered into the river at cost of $400000 On tower SIMCOE Ont CP re port released Monday by To ronto consulting firm blamed the Feb 13 collapse of the Dun nville water tower 30 miles east of here on poor construc tion of one of the concrete but tresses which supported the 127 foot structure More than 750 000 gallons of water spilled over the area when the tower col lapsed but no injuries were re ported Responsibility for the collapse is yet to be deter mined Three companies were involved in the towers con struction Salary hike NIAGARA FALLS Ont CP City council approved con tract Monday which gave the citys 966 firemen salary in crease of 94 per cent The one year contract gives firstclass firefighters an annual salary of $16235 retroactive to Jan Under the old contract first class fireman earned $14840 year Is director TORONTO CP Canadian novelist Graeme Gibson has been named the executive di rector of the Book and Period ical Development Council The council is made up of Canadian bookseller library writer and publisher associations and is in volved in bringing more Cana dian content to the publishing industry Inquest KENORA Ont CP An inquest is to be held June 29 into the death of 22yearold Ke nora woman who was found hanged by her own clothing in jail cell Town police said Diana King was found dead in the cell at 235 am Friday less than an hour after her arrest for being intoxicated in public place Elected NEW ORLEANS La CP The new presidentelect of Rotary International is native of Foxboro Ont just north of Belleville Officials said Jack Davis of Hamilton Ber muda 68 was raised in Fox boro but received his education in the United States before es tablishing business connections in Bermuda He was elected to his new Rotary post at meet ing Monday Mr Davis who be comes presidentelect July and president year later is retired senior partner of Pear man Watlington and Co of Pembroke Bermuda Those pests TORONTO CP Cold weather few weeks ago pre vented major outbreak of for est tent caterpillars expected in Ontario spokesman for the ministry of natural resources said Monday Wilf Peck district manager for Parry Sound said local outbreaks of the caterpillars which eat har dwood tree leaves will end within 10 days He said the only areas that suffered noticeable damage were those south and east of Parry Sound Badge seized TORONTO CP Peel re gional police seized Mis sissauga police staff sergeants cap badge Monday from coin dealer here who had it for sale for $25 Mark Drake one of the operators of the store Dress Shirts Sport Shirts Golf Shirts °Slacks Shorts Socks MEL BRASS CLOTHING IAYFIELD mu um LOUIS MENS WEAR nowmowu 0mm MARC LALONDE on reform ritiasm TORONTO CP Marc La londe federal health and wel fare minister charged Tuesday that Ontario failed to provide single si nificant proposal for reform uring the threeyear review of social security by the federal and provincial govern ments To be brutally frank he told 500 delegates at the annual meeting of the Canadian Con ference on Social Development CCSD the analytical power which Prince Edward Island brought to bear in our deliberlt ations was substantially in ex cess of that brought to the table by Ontario Mr Lalonde criticized the Ontario representatives for failing to be active par ticipants in useful dialogue By contrast Quebec de veloped an alternative supple mentation program proposal led in many of the Canada Pen sion PlanQuebec Pension Plan changes participated actively in discussions of social services and developed an interesting variation on the Family Allow ances plan Benefit TORONTO CP Folk singer Gordon Lightfoot said Tuesday benefit concert he IAS Theres just so for Fathers Day shop where youll find the largest selection of mens wear in Simcoe County Drop into any Brass Group Store theres sure to be one near you and youre sure to find just the gift thats sure to please On June 20th give Dad the best from the Brass Group GIFT SUGGESTIONS TO GIVE organized last week at Maple Leaf Gardens has netted $135 000 for Canadian Olympic ath letes The total was raised through ticket sales and contri butions from industry and the general public Lightfoot classical guitarist Liona Boyd and folksingers Sylvia Tyson and Murray McLaughlan also turned over their fees for per forming in the concert Compensation ORLEANS Ont CP The Ontario Criminal Injuries Com pensation Board has awarded $1100 to Sharon Johnston whose eightyearold son Rich ard was strangled to death year ago Helen McPhee the boards chief clerk said the money is to cover funeral and legal costs to the family Pay boosted TORONTO CP Prof Kenneth Shaw of the faculty of law at Queens University Kingston Ont has awarded in creases averaging 1386 per cent to 4900 employees of the administrative services cate gory of the Ontario govern ment spokesman for the On tario Public Service Employees Union said Tuesday The em ployees who include most government inspectors and in tax auditors property assessors and social ogram field workers had vestigators been earning $26235 week LSD seized BRAMPTON Ont CP Michael Charles Jain 23 of To ronto has been charged with trafficking in restricted drug following police investigation at Brampton shopping centre spokesman for Peel regional police said Tuesday Insp Des Rowland said police seized 101 ortions of blotter acid lotting paper soaked with LSD during the investigation last Friday The inspector said detectives found the drug was being sold for $2 portion or three for $5 EXAMINER WANT ADS PHONE 72824 no two the YOUR DAD TIes Swim Suits Cabana Sets 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