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EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation Classified Advertising All Other Departments lISth year No35 7266539 72824 7266537 The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Friday February ll 1977 Ultra ifiarrir Examiner 15 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly WEATHER FORECAST 18 Pages ALL TQGETHERN9W Im Margaret Worth childrens the arrie leads pic librarian with Public Library schoolers in Alloiiette lrs Worth and Molly Brown head of the childrens library hold hour long pre schoolcr story hours twice week Tuesday and lhursday at the childrens annex Children read story take part in games and using songs Altilt picture on Page it Examiner lhotosi Interest warning from some banks fllAWA tCli Chartered banks said Thursday they will lower the interest rates paid on savings accounts if they are forced to start paying for mil lions of dollars they now get in terest fretfromdepositors The Canadian Bankers Asso ciation which represents the 12 chartered banks said the cut Could be almost two per cent annually on accounts with cheque writing privileges and more than one per cent on non chequingaccounts The association told the Com mons social affairs committee wiles must confess love all Gods creatures but whats so important about getting the beetes together it objects to section of pro posed consumer credit legislar tioii requiring that interest be credited to accounts at least monthly instead of twice year asiiiost banks do They also object to proposals that interest calculations con sider the daily balance rather than the minimum monthly hat ancc in an account The consumer affairs depart ment says this system gives the deposittakers literally mil lions of dollars of interest free money to work with USIS lflltl But the banks said in their brief on the Borrowers and lie positors Protection Act the in creased costs of administration coupled with the extra amount they would have to pay in lltltlr est be enormous They say they would make depositors pay for it by iedue ing the amount paid on savings accounts Because of this the presumption that the con sumeis position would he iin proud by requirement that interest be based on daily but ances is not valid the associ atioiisaid llie hanks said it is relatively simple to credit interest more frequently to accounts in bran chcs with computers But only about no per cent of all hank savings accounts will he com llltllAtl this year rising to about ttti per cent in the next four or five years Immunity promise then gunman seized INDIANAPOLIS AP Anthony Kiritsis revengeminded gunman who thought he could walk away free by releasing unharmed hostage he held for 63 hours instead faces kid napping charges after police grabbed him in what he called cheap shot Despite promise of immunity from prosecution Kiritsis 44 was seized Thursday night after he freed mortgage company executive Richard Hall from thirdstorey apartment he had fooled police into thinking was rigged with dynamite Kiritsis enraged because he felt Halls company swindled him in property deal was held in lieu of $250000 bail awaiting arraignment on state kidnapping charges Hall 42yearold father of four was taken out by stretcher checked briefly at hospital and returned to his family Authorities said his only physical scars from the threeday two night ordeal were minor abrasions on his neck and wrists Police who had waited outside the building since the siege began Tuesday entered Kiritsis apartment to discover that what he had said was 100 pounds of dynamite wired to explode was nothing more than maze of string weighted to break two glass wine jugspossibly filled with gasoline placed near single burning candle Prosecutors said the immunity offer was invalid because Kiritsis did not keep his part of an agreement to let Hall come out of the building alone Instead Kiritsis shocked police by marching Hall out with the shotgun he used to abduct him still wired to his victims neck Surrounded by police sharpshooters Kirit sis then staged 30 minute performance on live television alternately cursing shouting and joking with reporters and onlookers as Hall stood frozen in fear He repeated his statement that he abducted Hall because he was convinced the mortgage company had tried to cheat him on $130000 land loan Kiritsis listed seven wrongs he said the company perpetrated against him including blocking commercial development on the land where he wanted to build small shopping centre and demanded $5 million he said the project Would have earned him After finally releasing Hall back inside the building Kiritsis walked to an open sliding glass door and fired his sawedoff shotgun into the sky See told you this was loaded he said as terrified llall bolted from the room Then as Kiritsis told police that really pulled one over on you with the dynamite bluff police grabbed him and took him away in patrol car Tony you lied to us Police Chief Eugene Gallagher told Kiritsis You didnt let him go as you said You blew it This is cheap shot cheap shot disbelieving Kiritsis shouted before slumpingdown in the seat in silence ig weekend is now here By iiiciitiiniiissiws lIxaininerStaff Reporter The big weekend is upon us The annual Barrie Winter Carnival which began quiet ly week ago gets going in frenzied earnest tonight with torch light parade bonfire and of ficial opening ceremonies Saturday and Sunday thousands of city residents and guests are expected to throng the ice on Kempenfelt Bay to enjoy bewildering variety of events ranging from brooiiiball to dog sled races and from car nival amusements to skydiving demonstrations Its the first time in three years the carnival has been held on the ice and the wiuitheiiiiins plans for the celebration are tIllttl Your ears wont freee but your boots may get bit yet as predicted above freeing earlier BARCLAY Ratepayers in liinisfil township will make all four property tax payments earlierthis year The payments originally due March 11 June to Sept and llec 13 are now scheduled for March 23 Alay 27 Aug It and Oct ill Egg producers to get more tllAWA tCli The price paid to producers for trade large eggs will increase by one cent dozen effective Monday the anadian Igg Marketing Agency announcedlhursday In statement the agency said this months price is four per cent higher than producers were receiving at the same time last year Each month the agency re views the cost factor formula for eggs to determine whether production costs excin prices paid to producers it then ad justs that price accordingly An increase lll feed and labor costs is given for the current iii crease tta temixrratures preserve the thin layer of slush on the surface It shouldnt be too bad says Bob Hollywood general manager of the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce spon soioftlieelll liven showers wont mean financial bath for the carnival this year because there will be no gate receipts to lose Adinis sion is free to the carnival grounds and draw ticket sales are being counted on to finance the event along with concessions and dominations from businesses The chamber took it on the chin financially last year when rain wahscd out gate receipts on the final day of the carnival lllllllillllRIII lhe torchlight parade will begin at the Wellington Street shopping plaza at and proceed yia Aime and Duulop oiiii William lipple chair man of the general government and finance announced the changes two weeks ago How ever the dates were not made public until lliursdays council meeting Council in making the changes cited the need to reduce bank borrowing to meet operating expenses until taxes are collected This year alone ii Streets to Memorial Square where bonfire will be lit on the bayviard side of Siincoe Street and Mayor Ross Archer will declare the carnival of ficially open About 20o youngsters in the to to 13 age bracket including city safety patiollers will carry for ches in the parade At the Sheba Shrine Club and the Knights of oliini bus will host Klondike night at the ltarrie Armory Admis sion IS Sit person and the even ing will feature games of chance dancing and refresh ments Saturdays events begin with pancake breakfast at 730 am at thcarmory troomball gets underway on the ice at it along with registritioii for motorcycle races Most otliei events get going between loam andiioon Property tax payments tta the township has been forced to borrow Stamina to pay its hills untiltaxescoiiieiii ty reducing borrowing ta payers will save the ieiige time per cent interest rates charged on loans to the town ship ouii lipple also said the changes were made to chm iiiatc iatcpayeis complaints about the litsl lt payment be iiigduesoclosctoChristmas Tentative agreement in CGEunion talks tentatiye agreement has been reached in contract talks between Canadian General Electric and the lnited lIlic trical Workers union spokesman said today liiion members at EIIs ltarric plant and dozen other plants across the province are to vote on the companys offer next Iliursday Bill Woodbeck coordinator for the unions negotiating team said today details of the agreement reached Thursday inI not he iiiailc pilhlic until the offer is presented to itiiioii members Sunday company spokesman at the Barrie plant confirmed that the companys final offer is being taken to union members but did not describe the offer as tentatiyesettlement Negotiations iniolying too workers at the Barrie plant and 6500 across the province hau bccn iin mediation since last week The preyious contract pired ltcc PX Special events include snowiiiohile skill displays at 1230 230 and 330 pm and skydiving at and in Also on the schedule are midway rides helicopter rides log skid ding ice boat races and operating blacksmith shop snow sculpture displays and on aiidoii Snowshoe fastball played ac cording to regular softball rules begins at to am and feiturcscight local teams Away from the ice tohoggaii races will beheld at Sunnidale lark from it am to about and the Barrie Cross Country Ski Club will have its clubhouse at the park open from to to as it unites the piiblictoeiiioyitstrails lootrrccs through city streets yaryiiig lltilti two to five miles in length according to agegioiip will begin at noon starting and ending at Memorial Square Barrie Alderman lord Mills is pro iiiiiiciit entrant in the over to category Drivers are warned to watch forriiiincrsonthcstiects lhe taii lt Art Club will hold snow time arts and crafts show at the ltilllltl Canadian lirc store at liiinlop and High streets and 312 teams liltllll across Southern Hiitario will compete in minor hockey tour iiaiiicnlsinbotharciiasallday full piograiii is also on tap forSiinday itli many of Satur dayseventscontinuing To pay twice for addition Siincoe toiinty residcnts will pay twiceforaSitfilttiooaddition to Nottawasaga and trecmorc eiitial liiblic School Interest rates at ft 33 per cent year fora 120 year period boost thcfinalcosttii$7tffi71l3tl lhe Siiiicoe County Board of lIducatioii approved the loan applicationWednesday night lom Scliiilt superintendent of business said the intcrcst rate may be slightly lower than it 23 per cent because of recent changes by the tank of Can ada Mr Schult said the board decided not toiisecurrent funds to pay for the addition because of government strands The addit ion is already built funding re After hard day at school theres nothing like crossing fourlane highway to get home About to students of ltuthrie Public School on Highway ll cross the road to STUDENTS SAFETY AT STAKE get to school rather than tak ing an hourvlong bus ride every morning and after noon llarry Hughes prin cipal is one of many ro lownship residents who are concerned about the stu dents sifety if the province builds box beam median along the middle of the highway The Siincoc ouiity Board of idltcation sent letter from the ho lownsliip council expressing concern to its transportation commit tee and the Area committee for recoininendations tlilx ainincr lhotoi ANTHONY KlRllSlS takes drink of water offered to him as he held shotgun to hostage Richard llalls neck after bringing him to police headquarters at CICSlWOle apartments in Indianapolis late Thursday night Hall was freed short time later AP Photoi Laws protect citizens rights during winter It may be bad winter but according to city bylaws you should at least be safe from freezing to death breaking your neck slipping on an icy downtown sidewalk or being blinded by snowblower as you drive down the street Landlords are required to maintain tcintxraturc of tilt degrees fareiiheit yearround for thcir tenants Those who refuse to do so can be final as much as $1000 The same fine applies to met chants in the downtown Brad ford Street and Allandale business districts who refuse to clear snow and ice off their sidewalks The snow must be gone by am and if it isnt the violator gets one 24hour warn ing before city staff the work and adds the cost to the violatorstaxbill Another bylaw forbids mov ing snow from private property to city streets or other mu iiicipal property whether by snowblower shovel or any other method Again violators canbcfinedasmiichasSltloo Complaints about under licating should be directed to the Siiiicoc oiznty District Health Unit which will check the temperature with recor ding thermometer before tak ing the issue up with the landlord If the situation is not corrected charge will be laid in provincial court omplaints about icy side walks or snow in the street should go to City Hall City bylaws do not cover residential area sidewalks which are cleared by city staff as much as possible Nor does the city have any control over private walkways front steps of apartment buildings and the like Appears certain Canadian elected to US Whigh office lt th Nlt li Lynn Wit liams joined the giant lnited Steelworkers of America 30 years ago by signing union card at Toronto appliance factory whereheworked llis unbroken association with North Americas largest industrial union has reached new pinnacle now that the 32 year old Williams appears almost certain to become the first Canadian elected to in tcriiatioiial office in the Steelworkers Members across the our tiiient voted luesday to choose new executive and made the Springfield nit native their choice for international secre tary traditionally the number twojob in the union Mr Williams and the rest of slate headed by Lloyd McBride fio appear on the basis of unof ficial returns to have beaten back challenge by insurgent lid Sadlowski who charged during an icrinionious Clllll paign that the union estab lishment headed by retiring president lW Abel has been indifferent to litllkttlldlllt con ccrns Members of the McBride team polled more than to per cent of the vote in unofficial ic siilts compiled by major news agencies tfficial results will he released by the union in several weeks The McBride slate was cir dorscd by Mr Abel and other influential members of the American labor establishment who viewed possible Sad Horseowners beware BARCLAY lhey shoot horses dont they Apparently not in liinisfil township They have to catch them first and find place to put them Township council in response to numerous coin plaiiits from residents about horses running loose on onccs sioii will draft bylaw giving the township animal control of ficer the authority to capture and impound roaming horses ltut first the township must find place to put the horses once they are caught Roy Bridges bylaw enforce incnt officer told council lhursday it has the authority to establish horse control bylaw but until place is found to keep the animals there is no sense in passing such bylaw So far he said his depart ment has been unable to find anyone willing to operate horse pound lowski victory as potential catalyst for similar rankand file uprisings throughout the CS labor movement 7A PS ULE NE WS Exfire chief on arson charge MUNClttN Cl former loncton fire chief now serving as deputy chief in charge of fire prevention was suspended indefinitely lhursday after he was charged in pro vincial court with arson The suspension of Murray MCKie 32 year veteran of the department will remain in effect until this whole thing is settled one way or the other said Fire ChiefJim licrs lclie fire chief for 22 years was remanded to the pro vincial jail until Monday No plea was entered lie was charged with wiltiilly setting fire to threestorey apartment building and boarding housc Wednesday McKic was arrested Wednesday within an hour after the fire broke out Two per sons one of them fireman suffered minor cuts in the fire and nine people were left homeless The top floor ofthe building suf fered the most damage Could be fuel for autosreport ROME LERLANC report released OTTAWA Pt Methanol or wood alcohol which can be used to help power automobiles and other fonns of equipment could be produced in large quantities from Canadas sur plus forest materials says preliminary report released lhiirsday by Romeo beBlanc federal fisheries and environ ment minister The report pre pared for the ministry by inter group Consulting Economists Ltd of Winnipeg says that with favorable tax treatment me thanol could be manufactured profitably at price com petitive with that of Methanol an be used alone or as blend with gasoline Unblended its use would re quire basic design changes in motors but in blends of upto 20 peiccnt methanol only minor inexpensive alterations would be necessary ouncil Delays Grant Decision BARCLAY lhc lnnistil Optimist lubs annual Summer Festival will be held at lnnisfil Park July 16 and 17 Township council lhuisday agreed to let the club hold the event in the park but deferred until next week decision on the clubs request for $500 grant Bruce Russell member of the Optimist Club said the grant is needed to cover costs of the Summer Festival laradc Just Trying To Increase Grants BARCLAY An unscheduled addition to lnnisfil township councils agenda Ihiirsday was the announcement that treasurer George Novakovich became the father of twins last Saturday morning Mr Novakovichs wife Eileen gave birth to girl and boy at loroiitos Mount Sinai Hospital The new additions to the family have been named Anne Marie Hazel and Joseph James UMcara Asked how he felt about being the father of twins the recentlysapimintcd township treasurer said We re just try ing to llltltt ti ise the townships pci=ciipita grants gasoline