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Barrie Examiner, 16 Nov 1976, p. 1

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mgt EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation Classified Advertising All Other Departments 112th YearNo 267 RENE LEVESQUE last chance win 21 acclamations 726 6539 728 2414 7266537 MONTREAL CP Parti Quebecois leader Rene Le vesque made the most of what he called the lastchance elec tion Monday leading his pro independence forces to power in Quebecs 3lst general elec tion since Confederation At least half of the 22 Liberal cabinet ministers who entered the race including Premier Robert Bourassa lost their seats aving the way for leadership convention within the next few months When the counting stopped Monday night this was the pic MORE ELECTION STORIES PHOTO 0N PAGE BULLETIN SALT LAKE CITY Utah AP Convicted killer Gary Iark Gilmore attempted to take his own life with drug overdose today medical technician at the Utah State Prison reported to school boards Twentyone of 36 positions on public and separate school boards have been won by ac clamation When nominations closed Monday at pm 11 of 16 separate school wards and 10 to 20 public school positions had only one candidate seeking of fice the Simcoe County Board of Education chairman Bill Brown of Orillia and vice chairman Lloyd Fletcher of Vespra and Oro have been ac claimed Also acclaimed to the public board were Frank Prothero Tecumseth Beeton Tot tenham Adjala Bruce Cumm ing Alliston Tosorontio Essa Cookstown Dr Bill Ives Not tawasaga Stayner Creemore Sunnidale Bill Black Mat chedash Orillia Twp Gerald AWestcott Rama Mara Alvin Gravelle Penetanguishene Tiny and John McCullough Midland Joe Whelan the separate school trustee elected to the public school board in the south half of the county has also been acclaimed All acclaimed to the public board are incumbents On the Simcoe County Roman Catholic Separate School Board vicechairman Vincent Eagan has been acclaimed in his ward of Tecumseth Tot tenham and Beeton Chairman John Brennan is competing with six candidates for one of three positions in Barrie NEW FACES Three new faces have been acclaimed to the separate board there are Anne Lynne Murphy in Matchedash Orillia Twp ro Coldwater Me donte Mara Rama and Mor rison Michael Ronan in Adjala and Alliston and Joseph McNeil in West Gwillimbury and Cookstowii Incumbents acclaimed clude in Maurice McFarland Orillia Donald DAuost and Gabriel Marchand Tiny Penetanguishene Mary Jo Quilty Midland Lloyd LaPlume Tay Port McNicoll Victoria Harbour Baxter Mildred Woolner Innisfil Essa and Bill llodgins Coll ingwood Nottawasaga StayA ner Crcemore Sunnidale Tosorontio ture in comparison with results of the October 1973 electon 1976 1973 Parti Quebecois 66 Liberal 27 102 Union Nationale 11 Creditiste Popular National Party The Parti Quebecois were leading in three ridings and the Liberals in one The Parti Quebecois cap tured about 41 per cent of the popular vote while the Liberals won about 34 per cent The Union Nationale wiped out in the 1973 election made stun ning comeback under rookie The Barrie Examiner BarrieOntarioConodogTuesdothoyllh1976 Levesque leads his Parti Quebecois to power leader Rodrigue Biron and picked up about 18 per cent Despite the close split in the popular vote between the Liber als and the Parti Quebecois the latter is assured of clear ma jority in the 110seat national assembly About 59 per cent of the vot ers cast their ballots for feder alist partiesLiberal Union Nationale Creditiste and Popu lar National Partyapparently confirming recent opinion polls showing that majority of Quebecers are not prepared to take Quebec out of Canada Among elected candidates touted as cabinet material are The six party members who formed the official op position in the last assembly They are lawyers Robert Bur ns JacquesYvan Morin and MarcAndre Bedard teachers Lucien Lessard and Claude Charron and businessman Marcel Leger Clauuc Morin con stit ionai adviser to four Quebec premiers since the early 19605 leading light who is credited as the architect of rtys stepbystep program or independence and the man who toppled former federal SKIINGS HARD ON THE ANATOMY Although there was enough snow on the slopes over the weekend to provide for ski ing there wasnt enough to make the landings as soft as Mayor stands alone on parkin parkway By IlL DELEAN Examiner Staff Reporter Mayor Dorian Parker be lieves in discontinuing parking on Barries main street and doesnt believe in parkway around Kempenfclt Bay On both counts she stood alone at Mondays mectthemayor altyAcandidates meeting at the Kiwanis Tlubof Barrie Mayor Parker was asked dur ing the meetings question period where the cars were go ing to park in the event of parking ban on Dunlop Street She suggested that the city could deck the Collier Street parking lot and extend off street parking There are she said the finances to do so dont think youre going to lose anything in revenue she contended In her experience as mayor complaints about parking tickets have been by far the most numerous she said Ald Ross Archer said he didnt support removing park ing from the main street People have love affair with the automobile and drive it downtown believe mer chants deserve parking on the main street so that shoppers can get as close as possible to their destination hc stated Aid Archer added that be subscribed to the decking of the Collier Street parking lot to pro vide supplementary parking But he wondered where fun ding Would come for offstreet parking if meters were re moved Former mayor Willard Kin zie cautioned that you cant put the cart before the horse do not recommend the removal of meters from the main street We want to make good and sure we have parking in other places If congestion gets too great then we can have look at it IWO FOR question about extension of the bay road elicited favorable res mscs from Mr Kinzie and Alt Archer and the oppositi from Mayor Iarkcr Ald Archer said his stand on the waterfront hasnt changed The official pliill iiidicatcs thi road Will be lWUlllllt road around lllt parkway lleis hi support Mr Kinw igiHtl iililnn want it the imid cntciiiiiil for Milli Itltl iiiil iii MA YOR llt KER sessed at that point Everyone knows my position on extending the lakeshore Theres absolutely no need to Stated Mayor Parker who reiterated her concern that such road would be larger than two lanes She also took exception to an example given by Mr Kinzie of inaction with the present coun cil Mr Kinzie said that the city purchased three marinas five years ago to establish road way that hasnt started after five years That he con tended had cost $50000 in tax revenue and 34 jobs Mayor Parker responded that the marina question involved an expropriation case still in the courts and you cant blame us for that Nor Would she buy Mr Kinzies claim that nothing had been done in the last four years Ald Archer felt that coun cil over the last four years has accomplished number of things yet has been negligent on number of things deci sion has been made to make the marina selfsustaining facility and it will make money it will pay for itself he predicted Mr Kinzie continued tiis con demnation of the Restrictive Bylaw saying it should be Changed so is to bc vcry stable AIIIIINtiIOtOSl Its adding to the cost of housing repairs and lllt provcinciit to buildings liii against ll it HI inciiiiscs the itiipliczitioii lllll ctrt of doing anything It tlitiltlttllttlit lioi liilii tltltlJllll lll bylaw as control that we as elected people must have We could throw the official plan out the door but dont think thats what we want dont think it involves the red tape Mr Kin zie claims And it can be amended if it doesnt work she said Ald Archer noted that any bylaw is restrictive this is bylaw designed to guide de velopment If it needs amend ment would be the first to amendit question about separation of the municipal and school tax levies drew similar responses from Mayor Parker and Ald Archer Both agreed that it would be too costly process to separate the bills Mr Kinzie said the subject had been well covered and didnt elaborate In response to an inquiry about her support of mall Mayor Parker said she felt mall in Barrie could get by without the woes tvagrancy body rubs of place like Yonge Street those remembered from last year Most resorts in the Simcoe County area ten tatively opened on the weekend suggesting to skiers to get the most out of slopes as early as possible Warming trends in the after noon madc skiing difficult Examiner Photo Cooke throws support behind Archer in race Former Barrie mayor Les Cooke has thrown his support behind Ald Ross Archer in the 1976 Barrie mayoralty race Mr Cooke said today in let ter to The Examiner he likes Mr Archers determination to ut some new life into the ayshore development and the extension of Centennial Park Moreover he understands the need of identifying the core area of the city with Kempenfelt Bay and he is dedicated to this end Since annexation and in dustrial development are close ly associated believe he can achieve success on both counts and in so doing restore con fidence with our neighbors His leadership will concen trate councils attention on policy and community goals He has plans for restructuring the council manager system that will result in better use of our tax dollar He has another important attribute He listens to people He relates municipal decisions as to how they affect people Ive worked with him and have observed this Mr Cooke said hes worked with all three candidates on council and know and ap preciate their qualities and capabilities In his view the expression fulltime mayor needs clarification The most effective leaders in any community are those who know how to manage time There is no evidence that those with lots of time accomplish more than busy people When Willard Kinzie was mayor he was actively in volved as president and general manager of his own company So was Bob Bentley and so was During my last three years as ma or was not actually in volv in my business but did have other activities that feel contributed to my capability and capacityto serve It is not the time you put in but what you put into the time that counts Ross Archer is man who has shown he can con centrate his time on the impor tant and get results Utir Barrie Examiner 15 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly 16 Pages cabinet minister Jean Mar chand in the Quebec City area riding of Louis Hebert Lise Payette opular tele vision talkshow ostess who defeated the Liberal member in Montreals Dorion riding Camille Laurin psy chiatrist and the partys leader in the assembly from 1970 to 1973 JeanGuy Cardinal educa tion minister in the Union Na tionale government from 1966 to 1970 who resurfaced this year as Parti Quebecois can didate in Prevost riding stealing the seat from Liberal member Bernard Parent mayor of St Jerome about 30 miles north of Montreal While the Liberals may be due for leadership con vention one of the top con tenders for Mr Bourassas job industry and commerce minister Guy SaintPierre also went down to defeat in Cham bly riding Other mooted candidates are Finance Minister Raymond Garneau reelected in the Que bec City riding of Jean Talon and federal cabinet minister Andre Ouellet Liberal ministers defeated Monday include Education Minister Jean Bienvenue JeanPaul LAllier cultural af fairs minister Revenue Minister Robert Quenneville Labor Minister Gerald Harvey Jean Cournoyer natural resources minister Com munications Minister Denis Hardy Paul Phaneuf minister responsible for youth recreation and sports Agriculture minister Normand Toupin and minister of state Bernard Lachapelle Peaceful way By RICHARD DUNSTAN Examiner Staff Reporter move is afoot to find peaceful way out of the battle over Barries annexation pro posal Lawyers for Simcoe County and Innisfil and Vespra townships met Monday night in an attempt to hammer out compromise annexation pr0 posal which they hope to pre sent to the citythis week Earlier Monday the Ontario Municipal Board set 18 addi tional nonconsecutive days for its hearing into Barries ap plication The hearing was originally scheduled to end Friday after three weeks but is far shert of completion Robert Lawrie lawyer for the county said this morning Mondays meeting was con genial but would give no fur ther details The townships and the county have or posed the citys applica tion ich calls for 13500 acres from Innisfil 4600 from Offers to wed Gilmore SALT LAKE CITY CP The girlfriend of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore says she has agreed to marry him before the firingsquad execu tion he has been striving to have carried out told him today Yes will and he got very sur prised look on his face Nicole Barrett 20 told reporters as she emerged from the prison where Gilmore was to have been put to death Monday His execution was stayed and will be decided Wednesday by the state board of pardons Mrs Barrett divorced mother of two added she did not believe prison authorities would agree to the marriage Gilmore and Mrs Barrett met in May soon after he was released on parole from prison in Ore on to come to work for an unc es shoe business in Pro voUtah They broke up in June when Mrs Barrett returned briefly to her 19yearold husband She said in an interview she believed the breakup con tributed to Gilmores troubles HE WENT RAZY He flipped out he just went crazy she said But after he was arrested for burglary and murder she returned to his side Despite her claim Lieut Fagan superintendent of maximum security at Utah State Prison said Gilmore told him after Mondays visit that he and Mrs Barrett were not engaged Candidates keep to strategies Barries three mayoralty candidates arent straying far from their earlycampaign strategies statements and literature Mayor Dorian Parker Ald Ross Archer and former mayor Willard Kinzie for the most part expounded upon and reiterated positions taken at two meet thecandidates meetings last week when speaking to the Kiwanis Club of Barrie Monday at the Holiday Inn In her five minute address Mayor Parker vowed herself to the protection and preserva tion of all our amenities in cluding our jewel Kempenfelt Bay She used the phrases full time mayor and mayor of all the people to describe her commitment in office and said she has been proud and privileged to have served in that capacity for four years Harrie she said has not stood still during those four yciirs Weve had the highest growth tlI linritcs history in dirtiiill llltl coinincrciiilly Wow lliltl lllitt iniiior job niivniiil Illtlllll II ttillll ll lllt last three months Who can argue with that in these reces sional times Mayor Parker once again voiced her support for elimina tion of par ing on Dunlop Street flat rate offstreet park ing downtown minimall one garbage collection per week and sidewalks on one side of the street when requested People deserve tax rate they can afford have tried to spend your money carefully and wisely as would my own she told the audience of about 65 SOME MISGIVINGS Ald Archer expressed some misgivings about the imper sonal tone of the cam ign to date All the talking said has been about commercial in lllSlIllil and various other forms of development Where are we talking about the people of Harrie Ad Archer said that his aides hiid gone out into llltttill miiiiity and asked residents Wlltlt they stood on issues lhcii Itiltlltlll llt said was Inostly iiillJItllltlil Mont lind lltitl lltlll Itlittl llii responded with pleasure and pride they had something to say How can we represent the people who put us there if we dont talk to thscs people Ald Archer said that as businessman he knows the pro blems of meeting payroll and allocating funds City management is similar in lot of res ects We have to be carefu with the capital budget to make sure debenture debt doesnt get out of hand Any way of reducing operating costs is important and should be ex amined carefully He added that his entire cam paign has been based on the conviction that the mayor should translate the wants and needs of the community into ac tion for the common good Mr Kiiizics address centred on his eight principal goals for thctity of Harrie They include greater in iiistrizil and coiiiniiicial growth stiiniilzitioii of the downtown coic Iltlt efficiency and productivity Ill iiiiiiiiiipiil govtiiiiiiciil lllt extension of tiiitinnml liil titli too hinc piilmi illtl llil Htltll ing of Bayfield Street Barrie in his view needs sensible orderly growth Bar rie is planned for growth Its very important for elected officials to encourage anyone wishing to start something be it ever so hum ble principal part of my pro gram is to offer encouragement to someone starting something which will employ people Mr Kinzie stated he would make the slogan Beautiful Barrie Ontarios most pro gressive city much more than an empty slogan One of his aims will be to in spire residents and staff to be real proud of their city and tell the World about it The question facing the voters he said is who can best institute this program We can all have great ideas and say great things about the future feel liarric needs leader capable and willing to put these goals iiito lttloll lllltl get llltlll doni for lliiiric llit issiic rests lll voii llltll Vt liii oli lttl tll ltl in tllltt llltHl iimiill ltll Hiii ilt litlltl ROBERT LAWRIE Vespra and 2100 from Oro Since the hearing began Oct 28 the city has announced it no longer wants the Oro land but the application remains tech nically unchanged ro township representatives attended Mondays meeting but did not participate in discus sions OSTlTIlNG Mr Lawrie said Monday the drive for compromise solution Flights called off EDMONTON CPI Ward air Canada Ltd has cancelled all charter flights and tours to Jamaica because people are afraid to vacation on the sunny resort island airline president Max Ward said Monday originated with the county and is aimed in part at cutting the huge cost to the public of fighting the hearing through to the end Estimates of legal and con sultants costs to the city the townships and the county have ranged as high as $1 million Any compromise reached by the opposing municipalities would be presented to Barrie ci ty council for its response before presentation to the board Mr Lawrie said The hearing if allowed to go to completion will adjourn next week and resume Nov 29 Dates set are Nov 29 through Dec Dec 13 through 17 Dec 20 through 23 and Jan through 71977 The 18 extra days fall short of the time the numerous lawyers at the hearing have estimated it will take to present their evidence Last week lawyers said they needed six more weeks including this week Carrying the hearing over in to January would also shoot down the citys goal of annex ing its new lands as ofJan In addition it is ex ected to be some time after end of the hearing before decision is given ANOTHER PROBLEM If the hearing is not cem pleted by Jan yet another problem will arise On Jan 10 mammoth hearing on planning and zoning in downtown Toron to begins scheduled three month run and at least half dozen of the lawyers now wolk ing on the Barrie hearingare expected to be involved in it Todays session began with engineer Christopher Couzens witness for the city facing crossexamination by op ponents of the annexation bid The hearings begin daily at 10 am in the ArmyNavy and Air Force Club on George Street and are open to the public ROBERT BOU RASSA loses out hath Had your swine flu shot yst Vespra council returned MIDHURST Staff Reeve Alan Johnston and his council were returned to office for se cond twoyear term in Vespra township by acclamation it was announced from the municipal office today Now finishing his seventh year on council Reeve Johnston served on the county finance committee during the past year He and Deputy Reeve George Buie received congratulations from col leagues on their reeiection at the Simcoe County council ses sion today Other county councillors who were returned by acclamation and were congratulated by Warden Orville Hughes in cluded Reeve Peter Cameron of Alliston Reeveelect Allan Glassford of Tecumseth Reeveelect Ken Wood of Brad ford Reeveelect Donald Hen nessy of Nottawasaga Deputy Reeve Muir Dack of Mara and Reeveelect Bill Calverley of Orillia township Mentioned among leading prospects for the 1977 warden ship Mr Glassford is chairman of county roads committee He will succeed Reeve Harry Cross as head of Tecumseth council in January Bentley pulls off surprises on last day of nominations Bob Bentley pulled off two major surprises Monday on the last day Vof nominations for the 1976 municipal election In the morning it was an nounced Mr Bentley former mayor and alderman had filed his nomination papers as can didate for Ward alderman But by the afternoon he had filed his withdrawal form Mr Bentley told The Barrie Examiner this morning his decision to run in the election was emotional Im quite concerned about annexation he said Thats one reason put my name in He said one of the aldermanic or mayoralty candidates have made the citys application to annex 20200 acres of land an issue His withdrawal he said is based on his role as provincial rent review officer for Simcoe County and Muskoka District Some people might construe that have conflict with my job he said Its very im portant job and shouldnt be clouded Mr Bentley said some ople might accuse him of deci ing in tenaiits favor because he wants extra votes He said he did not receive any decision from his provincial head office about his desire to run for council have concern about the long range effects of annexa tion he said put in my papers but before left signed my withdrawal forms Mr ltciitlcy was mayor in 1908 iiiid 1909 and fill ildcriiiiiii in 1972 His third bid for iiiizyoi lIl ltlfl wiis llllSlltttNillll when lit lost to iiiciiinbent Iltitltlll lnrkiiliyltilvotis rNOIllll SI lllltlSlV Alltlllltl siii iii inc it lllt loui oi lltlllllitllill ltl il lllltlill iiii to ll ii ilii Uni lli lil mission PUC Ald Brucker has served four years as vicechairman of the public works committee and announced last month he did not intend to seek reelection In news release he said pressure from number of peo ple has forced him to run for less demanding position Mayor Dorian Parker who originally filed her nomination Thursday Remembrance Day refilcd last Monday afternoon There were 15 people asked by the city clerk Monday to re file their nominations from Thursday The clerks office was con cerned because according to the Provincial Interpretations Act Remembrance Day is con sidered holiday To avoid any legal problems the clerk asked the people to refilethc nomination apers Other people who iled late Monday afternoon were Ald Janice Laking Ward Ross Saunders Simcoe County Roman Separate School Board and Joe Whelan trustee at large on the Simcoe County Board of Education Mr Whelan had to refile his nominations That brings the total number seeking election in Barrie to 36 for 22 positions in municipal government This includes three can didates for mayor five for Ward aldermen four for Ward2 four for Ward3 five in Ward four for PUC four for public school board and seven for separate school board All the candidates have until pm today to withdraw from the election but as of early this morning only Mr Bentley had withdrawn For list of candidates seer Page9 Severe quake hits city PEKING Reuter China officially confirmed today that another earthquake had hit the devastated industrial city of Tangshan following one in July that killed more than 100000 people Win sparks panic selling NEW YORK Router The Parti Quebecois victory in Men days Quebec elect ion sparked panic selling of the Canadian dollar before full trading opened on foreign exchanges here today dealers said Leaders reject proposal llINlWA tli Two of him block nationalist lenders rtL lttltll who ioiiipioiiiisi otlircit in llllllSll chairman lvor ltiiliiiil iiiil tt illdtl llllll oli lllltll 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