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Barrie Examiner, 12 Jul 1976, p. 1

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EXAMINER TELEPHONES WEATHER FORECAST Mosll cloudy iintl cool with it iitulotion 1260530 We mmy and rvum ClassliedAdyerimq mi jg duy lusty northerl wintlii if both days Low tonig it 12 All Ollioi Depoi innMs 726 6537 112th YearNo 162 The Barrie Examiner Barrio OnlOllOC01l0dO Monday July l2 1976 IS Pm Copy Cniiim Home Dolivmy 85 Weekly high Tuesday 20 14 Pages Company sale 0K by CR TC FROM THE OTTAWA BlREAl TillI EXAMINER OTTAWA The Canadian RadioTelevision and Telecom munications Commission has approved the sale of Couir tryside Holdings Ltd the owner of radio stations in Woodstock Stratford Hunt sville Parry Sound Orillia and Midland Total control of the company all 1000 of its common shares will be transferred to Eastern Broadcasting Co Ltd and Gor don Marratto Eastern will hold 850 shares and Mr Marrat to 150 shares Countryside now holds so per cent of the shares of Oxford Bramdcasting Co Ltd owner of Clle in Wixidstock tilt per cent of CJCS Ltd in Stratford 879 per cent of MuskokaParry Sound Broadcasting Ltd owner of CRAB Huntsville and CRAB1 Parry Sound 1011 per cent of Orillia Broadcasting Ltd station CFOR and 51 per cent of MidlaiidPeiietang Broadcasting Ltd operator of CKMP At the same time the CRTC authorized the new owners of Countryside to pick up the re maining 50 per cent of the shares of Oxford Broadcasting which are now held by Ferris Agencies Ltd The commission explained it is expecting the new owners to ini rove the technical quality overall performance of the radio stations and has ordered them to maintain one local director on the boards of each of the companies On the subject of tin provements Guy Lefebvre secretarygeneral of the CBTC mentioned only one station specifically The commission he said has noted the assurances of the new owners that CKMP in Midland will be taking steps to improve coni munications with the various cultural groups in the com munity Mars site may be too rough PASADENA Calif AP Early photos show third pro posed king landing site may be too rough for safe touchdown But sctentists say later pictures and other analyses might uncover smooth landing surface along the dee ly cratered western front Mars spokesman for the Jet Pro pulsion Laboratory said Sunday that preliminary pictures of the latest site revealed rough ground similar to the rugged terrain at two previously re jetted landing sites But be emphasized that more photos and radar studies might reveal safe spot Smentists said other new pic tures obtained Sunday showed some sites in the previously on charted region similar to the broad plants on the nimn that accountdated earlier space craft landings US storms kill three Bv TIIF SNKIATED PRESS Three pemms wen struck and killei by lightning during thunderstorms that spread across New York State Sunday Robert Nrnbell 52 of Toron to was struck and killed by bolt of lightning aboard Pics 27 foot sailboat in the Mohawk River liCesaid mm II and his family had been watching bicentennial fleet of Dutch sailing ships police said His wife and the couple ZSyear old son were not in ured Ru birth of Him and alter Jinienski of Batavia were killed when bolt of lightning struck them as they picnicked beneath tree VA HUNDREDS CELEBRATE SCOTTISH DAY The skirl of the bagpipes echoed throughout the grounds of the Simcoe Coun ty Museum Sunday as him dreds of people turned out to celebrate Scottish Day With the weather cooperating the event had its best turnout ever Features included Highland and country danc ing pipe and drum music Ciaclic choir and deni onstration of sheepherding Examiner Photoi AntiInflation Act ruled constitutional OTTAWA iCPt The Su reme Court of Canada ruled that the federal Anti lnflation Act is constitutional The court made the decision in to judgment however it ruled that the OttawaOntario antiinflation agreement is un constitutional The ruling against Ontario was unanimous at9to The judgments mean thatOt tawas antiinflation program which last fall placed the coun try under threeyeats of selec tive wage and price controls is legal and will continue However the OttawaOntario agreement which placed pro vincial public servants under the wage jurisdiction of the federal antidnflation board is invalid This means that Ontario now with minority Progressive Conservative government must have legislative approval for the agreement if it wants it to remain in effect The Antilnflation Act CAPSULE NE WS Workers obey strike call DN liY Australia Renter About million workers including Prime Minister Malcolm Frasers chauffeur obey ed call today for tistriliis first national strike which govern ment Oflltlll estimate will cost Silt million in lost production and iv ages Nonmedical workers out ll llr tl Non medich workers at ll Nova Scotm hospitals cut on strike toda to back wage demands Ready for convention NF YORK Jimmy Carter rapping up his icc pnsidential lllltflt he waits triumphantly in the wings for tonight opening of the ltllltlfdllt lldllOllJl convent ion Deplores Tanzanian move lIllltiltl Prime Minister Hubert Mul doon dltl today he deplonw laiixaina withdrawal tron the ilviiipic iilfllt lfl pmtcst igiinst cvi eilind rugby eam tour of South trici Technicians walk off job lil IRl tl Techno lill of Teleglote tiidi walked oft the job todav tor itll hours and union ottn 211s llMlltJlttl the strike may be extended Llhltllfllltl pain does not move to reopen talks llt itifl oversteps provincial powers outlined in the British North America Act the countrys con stitution However the RNA Act allows this in emergency situations which require Ot tawa to act to maintain peace order and good government The key point in the constitu tional argument was whether an emergency did exist when the antiinflation program was introduced Chief Justice Bora Laskin writing the majority deciSion said Ottawa prixceded from legislative power bases which entitle it to wage war on infla tion He said the circumstances justified its using general power to extend its embrace as it has done Home run kills hopes home run in the ch inning dashed the hopes of the Slessor ind liriiird Juniors at the On lillltl llltlltllf Softball Associa llOll iliiiiiimtion tournament in iiriinsliy Saturday The homer bv St Paul pit clier Bob tirecn eliminated the Barrie cliili ironi further com petition Ill the 17 lttlfll touriia men The regulation seven ining game was tied it and stretched into seven evtra um 11 lmliitt tirivl iltthltflil llitl lt was the totiitl game at the lt tot Barrie and the second JLIJHli lmils Harrie opened the tournament in the morning ith in over St lauls lhi lllfliivl lost liivslivck ii the siiiitlil Lillie hci innin hack or ii if win over the urivrii ltlllltll This Lilllc wiit lvkittll1llfllllfl kivni lclennii the llliL pitcher vLJlIl St Pauls lttiit strong ptlfitrllitllltt Ill CONVERTIBLE POOLS TAKE CONSOLATION DIVISION SEPTICTANK ISSUE Council asked not to approve application All application to install septic tank in Barrie isnt receiving ti favorable recom mendation from the public works committee The committee is asking city council not to approve the ap plicatioti by and Enter prises Ltd for the old Wonder Bakery property at 274 Burton Ave The reason for the request is that one of the partners in and has also applied for re zoning to permit multiple fami ly dwellings on the site The committee says ap Contract negotiations are piireiitly the application for septic tank is to satisfy the Sim coe District Health Unit re quirements for sanitary fll cilitics It seems the other partner in and It wants to convert the building into dance hall Council meets tonight at pm in the council chambers tit city hall oti Collier Street The public works committee is also recommending the city purchase $10000 worth of playground equipment from Creative Playgrounds for Sun iiidale Park and selfloading course of action for the Simcoc earth mover from Capital Equipment Ltd for 36685 The city development coni mittec is sending ti letter from the Barrie Canadian Progress Club to the Barrie planning board The clttb is interested about the revitalization of the downtown business area The board is holding ii public meeting Thursday July 22 on the downtown The development committee is giving bad news to the owners of liranks Seafoods at 196 Blake Street The owners asked for perniis sioii to install aluminum siding on the west side of the building put up properly iii its and ighting complete tic west roof overhang and paw lllt parkinglot But the city can not give per mission until the Ontario Municipal Board OMB ap proves ti site pliiii bylaw for the pro erly lo owners tip licd fora siti plilll bylaw for ic lot west of the store The vacant property was 11 zoned to commercial from residential to permit parking lot Frank lcklciiburg owner of the store had problems earlier this year when he was ordered by the city to tear down some renovations on the west side of the building The roof overhang was infr inging on the vacant pro erty which he did not own til the llflll The committee told the lcklenhurgs they could pl to the Barrie committee of jiistmcnt for minor variance to finish the west side biit not for the parking lot paving still stalled at the Simcoe Coun ty District Health Unit as both nurses and health board of ficials await word from Ontario Nurses Association headr quarters in Toronto on resump tioii of talks Lilian Fralick president of Local 37 of the association said today officials at headquarters appear to be occupied dealing with more serious negotiation problems at other health units County Unit Nurses at some health units have been locked out pending settlement of contract disputes and the association has filed badfaith bargaining charges against some health boards Here all is going smoothly Boss Stephens chairman of the Simcoe County District Health Board said today Btit he said there would be no point in the the gonhead from head quarters Nurses here began their fourth work back at work today since joining in one wrck provintcwidc strike to back demands for legislation which would outlaw fulurc strikes and provide for compulsory niliilin ill of contract disputes at licaltliunits lllttllt is getting along just fine Mr Stephens said today following one conciliation ses siiiiiwithprovincialofficials At issue are demands by nurses for an arbitration clause and for wage parity with lltllll nurses The 10 full time nurses in volvcd have been offered ii six per cent wage increase llcnlth llllll officials say it hike of 24 to 27 per cent would necessary tnpinviilcpurity Nurses at the unit currently in the province and have not to setting gotten atonnd health boards resume talks before nurses get asking to Contract talks down four months ago today here broki make from $10900 to $13150 fl your health board officials say WW5 Some area phones still out Its an Israeli Commando group Can they use the phone Vandals wreck town church iALLACICBlRti Ont iCPi Vandals ransacked the inside of the First Baptist Church Saturday smashing the organ pushing piano down flight of stairs ripping up bibles and prayer books and setting several fires awful that anybody could even think of doing this to church said Walter Anderson chairman of the dcacons board who added he could not estimate the damage Somebody must be very sick Sunday schices had to be cancelled at the church in this community 20 miles northwest of hatham The Ontario fire officcis inestigiting ma rsha Is About 200 people in Simcoe County are still without telephone service as result of Saturdays sudden electrical storm and other utility authorities are counting the damage Bell Telephone suffered heavy lightning damage to its facilities with the hardest hit areas being Barrie rangeville and Collingwotxl Workmeii are busy today at tempting to restore service in these areas Fire lncf luck McAllisler said the storm was the Worst lll his memory with his depart ment rushing out to three fires in less than an hour The first call came in at 1135 when lightning struck citizens band radio antenna in 94 Sanford Sf followed down the wire and set the bedroom on fire Damage is estimated at lwtwccii$iitioiiaiid$10000 Ten minutes later lightning struck the cliniiicy at the On lurio Provincial Police facility it 44 Newton lilowmg the chimney right off the roof At 1205 lightning struck 1m lowan St setting an electrical junction box in the ceiling on fire hicf NlCAllISlCl said his department usually gets one or two lightning calls year but Taiwan threatens to quit if not given privileges TAIPEI iAPi Nationalist Olympic Committee offictals said today that Taiwan will pull out of the Montreal Olympic Games if not given its rightful privileges Niu Pingyi secretary general of the Republic of Wu tionalistl China Olympic Com mittee told The Associated Press that we will not make further comments on the name dispute until the final decision of the International Olympic Committees ilOCI 78th general session opening Tuesday He said the lt has recognized the name of the Republic of China Olympic Committee and said there is no such member name as Taiwan Olympic Committee inthelOt Another spokesman for 11 PatNixon reported out of critical stage LONG BEACH Calif AP The Nixon famin optimism is rising with reports that Pat Nixon is out of the critical stage if her recovery from stroke that might leave her partially paralysed Former president Richard Nixon said late Sunday as he left Long Beach Memorial Hos plldl that he is encouraged by his wife progress Nixon and daughters TflClJ Cox and Julie Eisenhower spent more than four hours lh Mn Nixon It was the longest visit Since she was admitted to hos pital Thursday the day after she as stricken Earlier Sunday doctors said Mrs Nixon is no longer in the critical stage but he warned that the danger is not past Due to the nature 0f the stroke there is always chance of patients condition sud denly deteriorating said hospital spokesman Mrs Nixons blood pressure is responding to treatment and remains within normal limits Richmond Hill again wins fastball honors Richmond Hill won its second straight title of the annual Bar rie Mens Recreational Fastball league tournament with win over Barrie Op timists Saturday ln the consolation dlYlSIOH it was Convertible Pools of Barrie with 109 Win over Doodys Driveln of the lnnisfil Mens Recreational Fastball League Twentvfour teams competed in the fourth annual tourna ment which was played at truce City ball parks in two days of steady play Gary Oliver was the winning pitcher for Richmond Hill He carrid Town Auto Body throu the nineinning final against Optimists giving up three hits Oliver struck out to of the to batters to faw him at Queen Park Saturday evening Losing pitcher was Jim Angus Richmond Hill sealed the championship and the $125 cash prize with two runs in the final inning Town Auto Body moved in front early in the game with un in the second inning Another run was added in the fourth with two more in the fifth Glen Laycock boomed two run homer in the seventh for the Optimists Doodvs Driveln had bye into the consolation final against Convertible Pools at MacMorrison Park Saturday Both clubs had been beaten in the opening round of the liUlllu ment on Friday After their ll itial loss neither club could be touched until Convertible Pools nipped Doody 109 for the con solation title and the $30 purse which went with it The winning run came in the eighth inning when lim IZd wards doubled home Jim Quinlan The game was one for the hit tens Convertible Pools outhit 000d 35 to 31 with the runs coming in bunches Pools opened the scoring with tour run flurry in the first inning Ivo more runs scored in the third another in the fourth two in the seventh with final rim inihecighth Dotl scored once in the third collected four more in in eight hit outburst in the fifth before coming back with another tourrun rally in the seventh to tie the game Ed Brown was the winning pitcher with Randy llagel shouldering the loss Despite the freedom enjoyed by the hit ters there was only one home run collected in the nineinning iffair Gary Lyte smashed tworun shot in the seventh for liltls Sl WMR FtruHound ttrillia Turkeys Star Electric Bar rie Floor and Will Phelpsioii Ben tinwelt Holly Town Auto Rah Richmond Hill Convertible Pools Home Optimist Mdhunt Dunn Roman Stables Bradford Firefighters Mansfield Doody Driw In lnnutit Alluinr Sports Reg Smith Motors Orillia Clifton Hotel AlcoaI Tram Canada Pipelines Toronto Jenkins Sand and drum Toronto Motions Kingston Transport Toronto liakr Wilcox all Real Estate lnnixfii It Ainnm first round advance mmpltmhlpfl and losers in trunk Don round Second Round Mmpuinship Bathe Floor and all Ti Unllia Turkey ll Town Auto Boob Bentorswelt Bar no Optimists Ilcnn Human Mables Allistor Sports Mansfield ilitioi Hotel Trans Canada Pipelines Motsuri Hake Wilcox thinners advance while losers are eliminated Second Round it annotation llwlpshin 1sz Elettrit invent hie Pools Hot Firefighirn It Midhuni Donny Driveln Reg 5m 1h Motors Jenkins Sand and unvel Alcma all Bu Estate Kmpw Trumport innen adv ance while losers are elminattd Third Round humpminty Towne Auto Bad Barrie Flow and all Barrie Optimists Allistor spinal Clifton HoteloMolson Winners advance while loserv are eliminated Third round it lllldluoll Convertible Pools Phelpsion Doodv Driveln Firefighters ll Jenkins Sand and tiravel Wall Heal ESLtel winners Advance erminatec wrote tosets are Fourth Hound thunpbnlhlp Barrie Optimists Clifton Hotel Fourth Hound It cowldun Convertible Pools Jenkins Sand tiraveii and committee said We see no reason why we should compete in the Montreal Olympiad if the MC charter is violated and Canada breaks its written guarantee to allow all ltit members to take part The spokesman also pro lncetl copies of two letters from Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Mitchell Sharp former external affairs minister to Avery Brundnge the late president of the It Dated Mn 21 1969 lrn deans letter lll part reads HKEYS MOST sougnl after player was the sourci of much attention this weekend at the llllllhll Bur rte Mens Recreational Fastball League ltiurnii menl Bobby Orr reaches for therefore offer you hear veltoiiic and extend to all who are assmiatid with the Olympic iamcs cordial in vitation to ll us in Montreal in lftTi Sharps lettciiif Nov DB lmifi reads in part would like to assure you that till parties representing lllt national Olympic committees and international sports fedora ions recognized by the It will be free to enter Canada ptir siiiint to the normal rigulii lions pencil to give another autograph itkil pried iiiiiiieiito Orr coached first for the trilliii Turkeys vi tiich made it as far its the second round of ctiaiiipionship round before being eliminated by in wake of Saturdays storm lllltt in one night is extremely nnusal Lightning also loppcd large piece off the old oak tree in tht Sunmdnlc Arboretum The tree may have to be removed Ontario Hydro reports it had no major blackouts in the Bar ric artii only small intervals which are normal with an clecr iriczil storm However the citys Public ltilitics Commission lost power in three areas for about one hour Stan Bohhcttc electrical superintendent said lightning knocked out transformer on Newton Street feeder line on Biiyficld Street and feeder lines in the Brock and Sanford Street areas There were several reports about sparking lines and street light failures but Mr Bohbette said llt lNllfftl the lllf was fortunate not to have en countered any more damage Neil PM of the public works department reported quiet weekend for his staff There were nuiiilwrof trees kc ied down III the storm he said but they were looked after by the parks and recreation depart llltlil H1rtltthll Heal Estate rr rimoily signed longterm contract with the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey Leagui Examiner lboltl

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