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ltW Elie Tfiarrir Examinrr Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited 16 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario Robb PublisherGeneral Manager Walls Editor Emeritus 4The Barrie Examiner Thursday June 17 1976 Nuts and bolts session as council winds down slow night at city council this week as aldermen wind down for the summer vacation and concen trate on the routine nuts and bolts business of running the city The only excitement came in the discussion of the dental plan offer to the citys 72 outside workers represented by the Can adian Union of Public Employees Ald Alex Arthur finance com mittee chairman opposed offer ing the CUPE members basic dental health care plan It must have been that or something because one of the sillier exchanges at council then took place Ald Arthur said the concessions were similar to the ones offered by Neville Chamberlain the Prince of Peace from Birm ingham remember before the Second World War to Adolf Hitler Ald Val Brucker was quick to jump to his feet objecting to he comparison of CUPE and Hitler The exchange lays bare one of the great faults with the present system of labormanagement relations It is too much an adversary systema system in which it is them versus us The CUPE demand may be the first indication of what organized labor is going after next den ticare Atd Janice Laking had pe culiar thing to say The city should not offer its employees more benefits than the majority of industries in Barrie areoffering Most peculiar From teacher Henshaw Managing Editor Odd too that so many people find the idea of denticare difficult to swallow yet dont find the fact of medicare at all difficult to han dle Whats the difference You can be forgiven for wonder ing what on earth council is up to with the policy on the Eastview athletic facilities Council wont charge groups us ing the baseball diamond or soc cer pitch But organizations using the fa cilities can charge admission to games If that policy is extended as it logically might to the two arenas the results might be very inter esting If group or organization used public facilities and charges ad mission then the city should get cut of the gate That is only com mon sense There is price for living in Barrie The geographical location of the cityon an almostbowllike area means there are many water courses in the city flowing to the lake And that means storm sewers all the paraphernalia that goes with storm sewers Council added $75 to the $1500 lot levies for Residential District this week to cover the extra cost of improving drainage facilities in the area Perhaps council should scrap the set lot levy fee and charge lot levies depending on where the de velopment is located and what problems and additions can be ex pected QUEENS PARK New Democratic Party getting taste of power By DON OHIIARN Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO The New Democratic Party is beginning to get the taste of power It can see the possibility of holding office as the govern ment after the next election as more than dream This was evident or at least to be interpreted from its bien nial meetings in Kingston Ont last weekend APPROACH MILD On all sides the meeting was characterized as an ex ceptionally placid one for the offiCial opposition party Missing were the often bitter confrontations and extremist motions which have character ized former biennial assem one Where farout proposals such kid motion on id come before Hz took the as pretty £3311 for ga As Iillrilw of their lead Ital Tif of UN fi lib three lib 439 or 51VJJTH10HI Irit ti uf Ehr Burro Examinrr 16 Hayfield Street Barrie Ontario Telephone 70537 Registration Number 0404 Second Class Mail Return postage guaranteed Daily Sundays and Statutory Holidays excepted Subscription rates daily by carrier 85 cents weekly $4420 yearly Single copies 15 cents By Mail Barrie $4420 yearly Simcoe County $3400 yearly Balance of Canada $3600 year ly National Advertising Offices 65 Queen St West Toronto 8644710 640 Cathcart St Mon treat Member of the Canadian Press and Audit Bureau of Cir culations The Canadian Press is ex clusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches in this paper credited to it or The Associated Press or lieuter and also the local news published therein The Barrie Examiner claims Copyright in all original adver tismg and editorial material created by its employees and reproduced in this newspaper Co yright Registration Num cr 203815 register 61 the party today could have been its position on litter and nonreturnable bottles Two years ago at its last meeting the party was on the warpath against litterand it took the position that all non returnable containers should be phased out within two years This time the whole tone on this question was much more subdued and the final position adopted was that nonretur nables should be phased out within five years And along with this there were warnings that banning of nonreturnables would put lot of people out of work the bulk of whom were probably NDP CAN ADAS STORY The Maritimes land of giants By BOB BOWMAN History should record that the Maritimes are the land of the giants Relics have been found that indicate that giant Indians once lived there It is wesible that they travelled weal deal and may have been wiped out by flood tide that trapped them at presentday Savage Harbor PEI In any case there are legends about giant called Glooscap who even changed the course of the St John River and caused the famous Reversing Falls at Saint John itooscap and the iant In dians may be legends ut there is no doubt about two giants man and woman who were born in Nova Scotia One was Angus McAskill who grew up in St Annes Bay Cape Breton There was nothing ab normal about him as baby but he grew to be seven feet nine in ches tall and weighed about 600 pounds He was gentle giant and never threw his weight around professional wrestler once came to his village and challenged him to fight McAskill refused but the wrestler called him coward McAskill picked him up and threw him over wood pile Later McAskill worked in the PT Barnum shows with the midget Tom Thumb who dan ced on McAskills hand When the act ended McAskill put Tom Thumb in his pocket McAskill made enough money to retire and went back to his village in Cape Breton where he organized his own church The lady giant was Anna Swan who was born at Tatama gouche She grew to be seven feet nine inches tall and also worked in the Barnum show as the tallest woman in the world She did an act with an ti supporters It is not hard to vision the process of party thinking It would have occurred that if the nonreturnables were to be phased out it well could be the NDP itself which as the gov ernment would have to do thc phasing And the reality of this would have caused sober second thoughts It was agreed that if there were phasing out jobs would be found for any workers dis placed But there was no detail or apparently much thought as to how this might be accom plished other midget called Com modore McNut who was sup posed to be the smallest man in the world Anna also made enough money to retire and returned to Tatamagouchc Later she Went to London where she met an American giant Captain Bates They married June17 1871 and had two children both of whom wei bed 20 pounds at birth but die young Evidently being so big and strong did not result in long life McAskill was 37 when he died in 1863 and Anna Swan was 42 Queen Victoria met both the Nova Scotian giants and en joyed their company She gave them gold watches OTHER JUNE 17 EVENTS 1616Sir William Vaughn bought Avalon Peninsula ld 1673Jolliet and Marquette discovered Mississippi River 1899Steamer ra arrived at Dawson during Yukon gold rush 1919Winnipeg strike leaders were arrested miTornado at Windsor 0nt killed 16 people 1958Sec0nd Narrows Bridge at Vancouver collapsed WE WANT YOUR OPINION Letters submitted for publication must be original copies signed by the writer Please include your street ad dress and phone number although they will not be published Letters which can not be authenticated by phone cannot be published For the sake of space public interest and good taste The Examiner reserves the right to edit con dense or reject letter THE WRLIIODAY Women of world are exploited and its worse in poor lands By JOIIN IIAHHIION Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson Ncw Scrvicc Laura Sabin perhaps an adas best known and ccrtainly most VOLéll feminist has just callcd International Womens Year last 1Il £1 fukc cvciit and uccuscd Irimc Ministci Trudinu of conning Canadian women during that cvcnt and it othcr timcs Nothing iiiw Snbius blasts arc mndc frequently lot of woinin thought thcir big £II was phoncy promotion stunt And thosc who know Iicrrc Trudcziu cvcn as Illllllltil man With Itllllll of llllll youngsters still idcntity him is malc chuuvinist Hut it was IIIIIXIIltilll to lltill again from Mrs Sabin sincIlhc men of this country who opposc the Womens movcincnt un dotibtcdly wclcoinid thc arrival of New Years 1976 iiid tin coil to that drug llililll grcatcr womens roles llltll rs Mrs Sabin and her other vocul sistcrs spcak mainly for thc problcms ol womcn in the rich countries like Canada And goodness knows thcrc hzivc liccn ciiough put downs against womcii in privileged countrics look it the poor or dcvct oping nations and we scc thc womcn of thc world still cx ploitid in ways which are as old is humanitys basic ways of raising thi family and giving priority to mans rolcs in very old socict ics rcccnt onfcrcncc on tonicii ind Dcvclopnicnt was hild iiirly in Jlltlt it Vtcllcslcy ollcgc II Mnssuctiusctts one of thc niorc famous clitc col lcgcs for woincii in thc Initcd Sizilcs tDIlSI IN ItNllt LANDS It had nnothci look tit thc litfl ging rolcs for womcn in under dcvilopid nations whosc popu lotions makc up most of thc pcoplclivingonthisciirlh Ilcrc discrimination is much LIGHT IN THE DARKNES more subtle and much harder to erase The Wellesley conference cited the example of the sudden drop in production of staple farm crop in Kenya because men were suddenly being paid for crop gathered by women As soon as they saw the money payments going to the mcn the women of Kenya sim ply stoppcd working in the ficlds In other developing nations rural women moving to the city with thcir men have often done worsc in the socalled magnet of the affluent urban commu nity Ihcy lose menial and low paying jobs to become uncm ploycd in the big city They are exploited where they czimc from and where thcy go to It is one more of thc scv Iill Vicious circles of poverty which afflict the poor couritrics Unfortunately the first major world conferencc on women under the auspices of the UN last year in Mexico City dis PRISON REPORT the same mindless ArabIsraeli politics which helped make shambles of Habitat in Vancouver last week integrated from That womens conference ad ded nothing to solving the plight of poor women in poor countries Their role and place remain as desperate as their housing The two of course are intimately interrelated Along with these go reac tionary male attitudes against birth control measures since many working hands are al ways nccdcd in very poor Third World family to survive Meanwhile back in affluent Canada Mrs Sabia also charges that Beryl Plumptre was not appoinch chairman of thc AntiInflation Board in spite of all her experience on the Food Prices Review Board because shc was woman And she could be right Pierre Trudeau who appointed man will never admit it Canvas shop is the end of the line at Stony Mountain Institution HyIiIIIIIUIIIZN WINNIIIIH lili Ihccon vas shop is thc cnd of tlic linc zit Stony Mountain Inst llltl ion This is whcrc thcy sind illl thc rejects sziys our giiiilc as he lczids us through thc hot stuffy workrixiin on IIltfllii tour of thc fcdcrul pciiitcntiniy eight milcs north of Winnipcg This is whcrc lhc prisoncrs are sent whcn they can work in any otlicr shops says lllt guidc himsclt scrving it fivc year tcrin for thcft Most of tlic workcrs in thc canvas shop irc young ind In dian llic pcintciitiiiiys 111 prisoners Iiii pcr cciit irc In dian Thc avcrugc ugc is 23 The canvas shop is whcrc mailbags from tlic post officc arc rcpaircd Thc work is monotonous iiid givcs lhc pris oncrs no training that would bc uscful in thc oiitsidc world Prison dircctoi Itziyinond Dcsrochcrs says thc nuinbcr of prisoners at thc iiicdiiiin sccur ity institution lizis liziiiipcrcd training Wc how 454 cclls ziiid wc had 452 prisoncrs not too long ago We haivc bccn running close to 450 und thzits not Work able WOULD IltIIIltIt 250 He says tlic prison should op erutc at about twothirds of its current population To bc cffcctivc wc should have 275 to 300 250 Would be bcticr lhcn wc could cnsurc cinploynicnt and conccntrutc on training lhc cgiiiviis shop is on popular lhc instructor says Lind tlic tuiiiovcr rillt is high lint you sec that guy ovcr thcic tic says motioniiig to in cxprcssionlcss Indian working with iiinchinc that stitchcsbiigs This is lhc third how hes lNtll in hcrc ltc likcs thc joli itlllllllHSIllVitlll1Illlll lltSlHlt thc tcdious work the canvas shop must bc coir sidcrcd luxury by othcrs lockcd up in thc sandy colorcd building SlllltllHl zitop gliicizil inorninc the only clcvzitcd point for milcs Iior prisoncrs who cannot gct along with lhc rest of thc pimululion in thc Words of one guard 1011 is Scction 230A known by prisoncis and guards ilikc us Thc Itolc IOIIDINIIIIS Itcrc thc prison has its light cst sccurity llic cclls zirc thc sziiiic Sllt is all lhc oilich rsix by 10 tccl but prisoiicrs in 2210A nrc aillowcd little inch inciit tixccpl for stiowcr and an cxcrcisc period in thc tiftcr noon prisoner stays in his ccllc No picturcs urc allowcd inciils illt scrvcd inside and l£lllllt is rcstrictcd to rcligious or iczidcmic material prisonci is scnl to 230A for Indias tax officials scrutinizing paupers BOMBAY CP Indian tax officials are taking closc look at some apparently impovcr ished citizens as potential source of revenue Im not cynical said scn ior tax official but thc poor are going to enrich our treasury enormously In Calcutta police caught up with man who had proclaimed himself 1i pauper Investigation showed he owned fleet of taxis two buses and hundreds of acres of fertile land Another pauper was found to be the landlord of multi storeycd zipzirtincnt building Bombay beggar wzis levied tax of $80 month on his in comc but announced that tic in tends to keep on begging It brings in ii lot of money rcgu lziity and pcoplc sympathize with you hc cxpluincd cherul holy men have come under scrutiny Some of them have lot of money said West Bengal state tax official There is no reason why they should not be made to pay their dues to the government One holy man in Banaras is reported to be worth more than $250000 He has about 100 dis ciples moves about in posh United Statesmadc limousine and is said to have highlcvcl contacts who help him escape his curtth obligations Some holy men have volun teered to pay their taxes An orangerobcd monk waited four hours in queue outside thc Bombay internal rcvcnuc office to pay tax irrczirs amounting to $175 gross violation of prison rcgu lotions The maximum stay is usually 30 days but our guidc tells us he has heard of prison crs who have stayed in longer thcr prisoners serve thcir cntirc scntcncc in what arc known as prolcctivc custody units Occupants of the 17 cells in this zirczi arc usually in for scx crimcs Prisoners of this typc irc subjch to abusc and some times violence from the rest of thc prison population ur guidc tells us the cells arc usually full and 28 men arc waiting to get into the protccr tivc custody units COMPLAINTSONTINIE nc prisoner in this area complainth of lack of proper mcdicul treatment one of scvv crtil grievances that led to fiveday protest last year when prisoners refused to work ur guide says the medical facilities are adequate but the scrvicc is not too good The prison doctor is supposed to be thcrc but he isnt always prison official says later the doctor is on call 24 hours day Anotticr prisoner watching tclcvision in the institutions hospital says he suffers from migraine headaches but cannot obtain medication aside from llillltlllllllZCIS Out on the street got some grccn pills that hot Cd but they said they were too angcrous ur guide says television is usually not allowed during the day but concession was made for thc bcncfit of reporters NO ItllITIIRING lit Other than that there has been no buttering up for you guys Another source of complaint was thc quality of food prc pared by prisoners under the direction of prison employees Members of the tour organ ized to allow the media an in side look at prison life were given sample meal for lun chua hambur er patty mashed potatoes read salad dessert and cof ee Its not the kind of food you get at home says the head cook But not many go out of here skinnicr than when they camcin He says prisoners consume about 5000 calories day but need only 2700 for the work they do As in the rest of the prison workshops workers in the kit chen are paid on sliding scale based on job classification The top wage is $1 zi day The lack of sports programs and facilities were mentioned during the prisoners protest last year Outdoor facilities include an area used for skating in winter and tennis or handball in sum mer 21 baseball diamond and room for playing football Sports and recreational no tivitics are allowed inside in the gymnasium from about 7p in until lightsout tit 1030 For most prisoners the day is spent working in the prisons lll dustrial shops laundry or an tomotive repair shop Sonic prisoners attend school part of the day Last year onc earned bachelor of arts dc grcc in cooperation with but versity of Manitoba About 70 are enrolch in educational programs ranging from reading and writing to university courses The institution built in 1913 staffed by some 200 guards and guarded by six 35foot lookout towers 30foot walls and stch mcsh fences topped with bar bed wire is not too bad com pared with others our guide says But lhcrc is lot of tititc and txrsccution mainly bctwccn prisoners and guards Gets advice on spending ST PETER PORT Guernsey AP Businessman David James who had asked for ad vice on how to spend £1 million $175 million said Saturday he has received 28000 letters in one month and new insight into human crankincss and miscry James 56 who made It for tune from office equipment be fore retiring to the hanncl Isles had asked the public to help him in an interview last month with the London news paper Daily Mirror He said he has received up peals to bankroll search for Inca gold in Peru and to build fishsha submarine to lure the Loc Ness monster into 11 false sense of security man in Malta asked for cash to buy wig for his wife and piano for himself por ter at Londons Ritz Hotel asked for cigar An Italian whose irlfriend had spurned him in avor of entering nun nery wanted James to invite them to his home where he was sure love would rcziwziken By VINCENT EGAN Business and onsumcr Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Whatever heights the Olym pic athletes might achieve next month one record has already been set by the Montreal Sum mer Olympics Thats the record for free spending from standing start and the championmby coun try mile is the citys regal mayor Jean Drapeau The projected cost of the 1976 summer games has risen now to at least $13 billion or an even billion dollars more than Mr Drapeaus first estimate made in 1973 That $13 billion figure let it be noted is the current cost of the Games installations alone The previous record of about $1 billion was set in 1964 in Ja pan but it included the cost of railway line between the two major sites of the sporting events Tokyo and Osaka Mexico City in 1968 paid out some $500 million and Much in 1972 spent about $850 million In both cases there was sub stantial investment in access roads and publictransit facil ities however The cost of Montreals main Olympic stadium has reached staggering $6fo million Thats about four times the cost of the New Orleans retractableroof Supcrdome reject the Americans c0nsi or to be glaring example of waste and inefficiency SIIINDINGSIHICII Montreal city councillor Nick Auf Der Mar fills in some of the background to this in credible spending spree in his book The BillionDollar lame recently published by James Lorimcr and Co 1144 pages S1 95 paper According to the author Mr lillll lC ll It ICHI And Jesus answered and said crily say unto you There is no man that hath left house or brethren or sisters or fathcr or mother or wife or children or lands for my sake and thc gospcls but he shall rccciu an hundredfold now in this time houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and children and lands with per secutions and in the world to come eternal Iifc Mark I09ltl What you give up will never match what you are going to get for surrendering everything to His good band Only trust Ilim Drapeau had halfhour to kill in Lausanne Switzerland in 1963 Wandering into the mu seum of the International Olympic Committee he was in trigued by the concept of the Olympicsand thereupon de cided that Montreal must have the games as an encore to Expo 67 In 1970 Mr Drapeau per suaded the IOC to award the 1976 games to his city promis ing that they would be in expensive and selffinancing That promise could have been kept even in an age of in flation Mr Auf Der Mar shows Montreal built cycling track in 1974 for $400000 vs $70 million for the justcompleted Olympic velodrome and the Expos baseball stadium at Jarry Park for about $4 million As it is Montreal will derive little longterm benefit from the Olympic installations Despite Mr Drapeaus con tention that the Olympic Village can be converted into public housing the author argues persuasively that it is an all but useless $95million pyramid monument INSPIRING AWE Its too late now to suggest how the $14 billion Mr Auf Der Mars version of the Games cost might have been spent more usefully As others have been pointing out for years he notes that Montreal still has no water treatment plantprobably the only major city in the world without oneand faces des perate housing shortage For two weeks beginning July 17 Montreal will have the dis tinction of being the world cen tre of amateur sports People all around the world will be aware of Montreal through television Ithe rights to which were sold by Montreal at ri diculously low price and of its rts facilities which will be viously unfinished On the morning after how ever there will remain defi citor gap as Mr Drapeau prefers to call itof perhaps $800 million or more That will leave the credit of the city and the province in tat ters Even the task of paying the interestmuch less paying off the deficitwill be major burden for many years to come Mr Auf Der Mar depicts the mayor as one who is convinced that aweinspiring monuments are what the people need The Montreal Olympic iii stallations will stand as monument to one mans unpar alleled extravagance THE PICK OF PUNCH tod hcs so finalized and then becoming succcss spiteful waiting until our divorce was