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EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation 7266539 Classified Advertising 7282414 All Other Departments 7266537 l3th year No 38 The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Tuesday February 15 1977 Cite titanic Examiner 15 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly wwyyvayvr WEATHER FORECAST Barrie local to discuss P0 dispu to The Barrie local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers is meeting Sunday to discuss illegal strike action or some other method of solving dispute with management Union and management are swamped with pile of grievances that keep growing from disagreement at Christmas according to Dan Westwood local union president The original dispute came up during the Christmas mail period Dec to 24 when posties were told they could only work two hours of overtime day he said We feel management took this stand because any employee who works more than two hours overtime is entitled to receive $250 for meal allowance Mr Westwood said Local management claims it was following directives sent down from tis head office in North Bay he added We find this hard to believe because other offices in the area worked more than two hours overtime Mr Westwood said Workers at the North Bay office put in more than two hours overtime Al Cooper assistant postmaster in Barrie said to his knowledge no office in the northern region worked more than two hours overtime The workers were entitled to work 70hour wfeéeks he said two hours overtime per day plus their days They were timeandahalf for regular overtime and double time for working their days off he added However the union contends the overtime restriction is violation of its contract and 25 workers filed grievances for each day between Dec and Dec 20 total of 375 Mr Westwood said management has only held one grievance hearing concerning one employee and workers have now filed grievances against management for failing to answer their original grievance The are also unanswered he said The grievance procduerc is our only legal recourse Mr Westwood said and now management is refusing to answer our grievances at first level where we are entitle to an answer within seven days according to our contract Mr Westwood said the union has now moved to second level filing grievances in Toronto To late the has filed or is preparing to file 1125 grievances and the number of grievances keeps growing Mr Cooper said the grievances are being dealt with but the large volume of grievances has overloaded the post office Ser vice to the public would suffer if the office were to try an answer them all at once Mr Westwood said back in December we felt that the best way to find solution to the problem would be the grievance procedure instead of taking illegal strike action City Halls share of tax up City Halls share of your property tax hill will only go up two per cent this year about $6 on home assessed at $20000 if city councils general com mittee has its way But city services will have to be cutback nearly four per cent to meet that target according to city staff And your actual tax rate could go up considerably more than two per cent even if the target is met because education costs over which the city has no control take nearly half the property tax dollar General committee voted Monday to aim for two per cent increase in the citys tax rate compared to last years target of eight per cent The city tax rate actually went up 68 per cent in 1968 The figure approved Monday is to be used as guideline by city staff in preparation of budget requirements for presentation to council Staff is expected to bring in proposed budget in four to six weeks and the budget and tax rate will be further debated by council at that time According to figures presen ted to the committee by city adr ministrator Gerry Tamblyn two per cent tax bike will mean the city can increase its budget by 02 per cent with an in crease in assessment making up the difference But inflation and an in creasing population to serve mean that amount of money will only provide service level equal to 902 per cent of the level provided by the city in 1976 Worth $20 to Creemore man Humane group up in arms RE MORE WANTED ALIVE re ward of $20 will be paid for each and every live dog caught loose within the Village of Creemore upon delivery to Don More 29 George St Creemore No Questions Asked This advertisement was in last weks reeinorc Star and the Barrie Humane Society is up in arms about it An natario Society inspector will Ill vistigatc Mr Mores offer said Barrie society presi dent Allan Froom this mor ning Mr Froom said if Mr More is mistreating the dogs or accepting stolen animals he could be prosecuted Ihe humane society umanc he Hijackcr sentenced VIENNA Reutch 20 yearold Polc who hijacked an airliner with dummy grer nadc carved out of loaf of bread was sentenced today to four years in jail GREMLINS AT WORK Alan Tooley stands on top of the mast of his 47foot schooner Norseman which is sitting on the bottom of Toronto harbor The vessel sank at her moorings Mon day and Tooley says he has no idea what happened the vessel was fine when be checked it Saturday CP Photo BENEFITS ONLY THE RICH PLEA FAILS New tax bill is OKd despite Rodriguezs protest OTTAWA Cl MPs passed tax bill Monday night after NDP backbencher lohn Rodriguez made history with the longest speech in modern day Canadian Parliament His sixhour 10minutc speech during which he said the bill benefits only the rich was surpassed only by former Liberal prime minister Sir Wil frid Laurier with 15hour speech in 1910 The 40vearold MP who rep resents the Northern Ontario constituency of Nickel Belt easily passed Prime Minister Irudeau and former prime ministers Lester Pearson Liberal and John Dieteribakcr Progressive Conservative who all spoke just more than three hours on different occa sions since 1000 Despite Mr Rodriguezs singlehanded protest during tWoday speech broken by fixed Commons sitting hours the bill was approved by 135 Liberaiv and Conservatives Onc Social Credit MP voted against the bill with 12 NDP members who applaudul Mr Rodriguez as he made his final stand against the bill with theme One good loophole dc scrvcs another APPROVESCHANGES The bill gives Commons ap proval to tax changes an nounced in last Mays budget Among them are increased do ductions for childcare cx pciiscs and registered retirement pension and savings said is concerned about possible results from the $20 adogoffer It could lead to people gathering up animals for money he said Its nice way of making about $100 day Reg Westbrookc and publisher rccmorc Star said this morning he believes Mr More ran the advertisement to make an impression on people who let their dogs run loose Mr Westbrookc said the ad is not running again this week Asked if he was concerned about the legality of the ad Mr Westbrook said not really Mr More reached for morning editor of the be this could not com nicnt lrs disgusting They should be made to get ajob IRA torture claims denied DUBLIN AP National Police Supt Ioni KcIIy bran dcd as totally and absolutely untrue allegations that special squad called the heavy gang used psychological tor turc against suspected IRA guerrillas WE WANT OPINIONS We want to know what you think about The Examiner On Page III of todays Examiner there is question naire about The Examiner and it is your chance to tell us what you like about your newspaper and what you dont like Readers are invited to an swer the questions and return the questionnaire to us plans and 10perccnt surtax on incomes higher than $30000 in the 1976 tax year alone The only pledge Liberals and Iorics have taken in this House is to make loopholes in the act so large that elephants could crawl through them Mr Rodriguez had said when he began his marathon speech week ago Between nearly dozen glasses of water and pauses while other MPs httkletlthe quoted the Bible repeated HEA VYFLO 01 APPLI CA ONS SEEN New c1tlzensh1p rules now in effect OTTAWA CP heavy flow of applications for citizen ship are expected under new rules which take effect today Secretary of State John Rob erts said in an interview Mon day that citizenship offices across Canada report heavy flow of immigrants who are anxious to take advantage of thenew act The new law reduces the resi dency requirement to three years from five takes the sex ism out of the requirement rules and changes the definition of Canadian citizen to inability to influence local citizen of the Commonwealth rather than British subject The bill passed by Parlia iment last July and proclaimed today reduced the age for inde pendent citizenship application to 18 from 21 It takes effect im mediater and affects all legal immigrants The act also removes the spe cial status previously enjoyed by British subjects applying for citizenship Also ended is the special citi zenship edge previously given to alien women who married Canadian citizens Alien women who married Canadian men had to reside in Canada for only one year before applying for citizenship while alien men who married Cana dian women had to wait five years Now it is three years in all cases The act allows women to ap ply for citizenship on behalf of their children under 18 Pre viously only the father could make such an application Children born abroad now have the choice of adopting the nationality of either parent Former law did not allow chil dren born to Canadian woman and an alien man to adopt the mothers citizenship unless the child was born out of wedlock Prospective citizens will no longer have to be of good character The government said such requirement could result in unfair subjective deci sions Another provision makes it possible for Canadian citizens who have been residing abroad and have lost their citizenship to resume citizenship after re siding only one year in Canada During parliamentary EV HIGH WA MEDIAN ISSUE Oro residents revive businessmens group By JOHN BRUCE ExaminerStafflteporter GUTHRIEAbout 60 Oro reSidents frustrated by their and provincial government decisions Monday night revived the 0m Businessmens Association OBA The group will fight putting boxbeam median on Highway ll from gasoline alley to the northern boundary of the town ship Howcvor the members stressed Monday night that there arc other issues they plan to tackle lhose include increased safety on school buses carrying township children better police protection on weekends and lower township tax rate Leo Westra association president said he hoped potential members who favor the boxbeam median proposal would not be scarcd away from joining the associat ion There are many other issues the association will take on he said Ihisjust happens to bcthe first on the list The primary objective of the BA Mr Wcstra said isto have more influence on the decisions of township council We want more say in council he said We are tired of being pushed around Mr Westra claimed the association has good 60 members adding that there remany more who are prepared to join Io attract as many members as possible Mr Wcstra said the group will distribute pamphlets to each home in the township outlining the groups stand on the boxbeam median project and other grids of the association Though the groups name implies that it is strictly for businessmen any township resident is welcome to join Director Rocco De Fazio said the association would welcome anyone who is concerned about the futurcofOro township We wont reject anyone he said The ro Businessmens Association was originally formed in thc1950s It wasactivc in defending the interests of the business and farming community in ro township until it died out in the late 1000s $700 raised for battle GUTIIRIE Oro businessmen Monday night raised $700 in less than 10 minutes to finance fight against the proposed in stallation of boxbeam me dian on Highway 11 from gasoline alley to the north township Iinc Eighteen members of the 0m Businessmcns Association OBA donach the money toward the cost of retaining Barrie lawyer Kevin arroll to take their case against the me dian to James Snow provincial minister of transportation and communications and to court is necessary The BA opposes the median because the members who operate businesses along the highway feel they will lose about half their business if the median is installed The me than would prevent motorists from making left turns off the highway The BA also claims safety improvcmmns made to the highway three years ago are working and more time should be given to determine if further improvements are necessary Mr Carroll in letter to the OBA asked for $1000 rctaincr by the end of this week If retained Mr Carroll said he would to the Ml projects office in London next week to study the plans for the highway project and set up an interview with Mr Snow as soon as possi ble Some of the members at Mon day nights meeting were less than enthusiastic about hiring Mr Carroll to plead their case because they felt he was not completely convinced the BA could succeed in stopping the project However BA president Leo Westra said Mr arrolls at titudc changed after 10 minute conversation with OBA director Barrett Muir Mr Westra also defended Mr Carrolls estimated fee of $1500 toSZtlt To raise the rest of the money to finance the fight the BA plans to canvas all busi nessmen and residents of 0m township within the next few weeks Authorities mystified in slaying of five NEW ROCHELLE NY AP handfulof facts and dual Xrsonality of gentle man and Nazi worshipper were all authorities had ttxlay in their search for why 33year old Fred Cowan shot and killed five persons at the warehouse where he worked The army trained shar pshooter wiped out chances to newspaper editorials reamed off statistics and rliymed off the words to working mans song MPs attendance dwindch during the speech but the public galleries were busier than usual Mr Rodriguez launched the attack on the advice of NDP House Leader Stanley Knowles who informed him of seldom used Commons rule that allowod him to speak for an un limited amount of time provide an answer himself when he put bullet in his brain Monday and ended 10hour siege by 300 police and federal agents Although owan appeared to bc mot ivatcd by rcvcngc mi in st his employer over tWt wetk suspension from his job he issued no major demands on cc inside the warehouse IIe unsuccessfully fought government motion last week limiting the rest of his speech to another three hours and 35 minutes Monday Ihroughout the speech he or gucd that only the wealthy can afford to invest in the special tax deductible plans and most of them do so to avoid taxes Sonic instills were saved for Conservatives whose refusal to start Opposition debate on the bill at third readiqu gave Mr Rodriguez the chance to speak ICIGIIIIIIIN MEMBERS of the 0m Busiiicssmcns Association Monday night donach $700 toward the cost of hiring lawyer to argue Elected president lllIIIRIIC Lco Westra owner of the River iardcns Restaurant in gasoline alley was elected president of tthro Businessmcns Association Monday night Don liiclding who presented the busincssmens case against the median to township council three weeks ago was elected secretaryrtrcasurcr Four directors were also chosen at Monday nights in augural meet ing They are Barrett Muir owner of the Shanty Bay iolf and ountry Club Icrry Wat son Ron Cunnington and Itocco Ic Iazio The association will inch at it pm next Tuesday at the Shaii ty Bay iolf and ountry lub Arabs ease twoday siege BICIltlIItAIt Arabpcace keeping forces today cased IWOII siege in which tanks surrounded Palestinian guer rilla strongholds in Beirut until doomsday if that is what it will take to bring home to the minister of finance that some thing is seriously wrong with thcsystcm Well before Ilic end of his speech Mr Rodriguez took time to empathize with his Iis tcncrs know how boring it must be to sit in the back and not be able to participate in the dis cussions that guide the dciny of our country debate Progressive Con servatives opposed the proposal to reduce the residency requirement Some said the lower residency period would lower the value ofcitizenship Some areas reported last minute rush of British subjects trying to get their applications in before todays deadline which removes their special status Previously British subjects were ableafter meeting the residency requirementseto be come citizens byfiling an appli cation and having it certified its case against the proposed installation of boxbcam median on Highway 11 Above an unidentified town ship residcnt left gives his CAPSULENE Shutdown surprise for workers OSIIAWA iPt Employees of liiibricatcd Metals and IInginccring Oshawa Ltd reported for work Monday to find the company had gone into receivership during the weekend Security guards turned away 70 members of Local 1112 Iinited Auto Workers Most of the men had worked Saturday Abe Iaylor union local president said the shutdown came as sur prisc threeycar contract between the company and the union was in its second year Skilled workers were being paid $7 an hour and semi skilledSt Kiritsis bond now $15 million INDIANAPOLIS INd tAI Bond for Anthony Kiritsis was raised to $15 million on Monday after prosecutors filed new criminal charges resulting from the threeday abduction of real estate tXttlltht Marion county Prosecutor Iames Kelley said the higher bond is prompted by fears that if Kiritsis is freed he would seek vengeance against authorities who rcncgcd on their promise of immunity last week Kirilsis 44 has been held undcr$tk30000 bond since Friday lie is to appear in Marion county criminal court today for arraignment on the new charges kidnapping armed robbery and armed extortion Vance heads for Middle East WASIIINtiION MN US State Secretary yrus ancc is heatch for the Middle East to sec whether the Palestinians are prepared to accept Israelscxistcncc mcc also intcndstopro motc an arms reduction in the region and to encourage resumption of thc icncva peace conference before the end of the year His first stop today after rcfuclling in the Azores was Israel contribution to secretary treasurer Don Ackroyd while president Leo Westra tallies the contributions Ex aminer Photo Buf alo beating snow menace BUFFALO tAI Ihc plows began to give out in Buffalo but most of the snow has been cleared from city streets Authorities said 40 per cent of the citys snow fighting equip mcnt was sidelined Monday because of mechanical breakdowns iirl Beltz in charge of Buffalos motor equip ment said there are two reasons for thc brcakdmrn of the 28 vehicles One is the unprcctxicntcd weather the area has receiv ed since November requiring vehicles to be on the road 24 hours day for more than I0 weeks he said Saiijay to run for Parliament NEW DELHI India AI Prime Minister Indira laiitlliistitl yearold son Saiijay whosc emergence as political leader Iias become dominant issue in the campaign for the March general elections will run for Parliament the ruling Congress party an nounced today In rebuff to congress party dissidents whoop posed Sanjays increasing political role party elders nominated the young industrialist for parliamentary seat from Uttar Pradcsh Indias most populous state