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NES ROUNDUP Town shocked by slayings HOLLANDSBURG Ind AP Talk in the Raccoon Lake bar usually runs to fishing olitics and country music That was gone today shattered iiy shock at the slayings of four young brothers in town where crime has always been something that happens somewhere else This is supposed to be nice safe community said Virginia Tyler whose husband owns the bar and restaurant on the fringe of the Raccoon Lake recreation area Everybody is just shocked They were superfine boys Ralph Spencer 14 Reeve Spencer 16 Raymond Spencer 17 and Gregory Brooks 22 stepbrother were found Mon lday facedown on the bloodsoaked floor of their mobile ome Each had been killed by shotgun blast to the head Their mother escaped by playing dead after gunshots tore through her wig police said Betty Spencer 43 Gregory Brookss mother and step mother of the three teenagers was wounded in the back head and shoulder She managed to walk to neighbors and summon help Transfer airport moneyStevens OTTAWA CP Pro gressive Conservative front bencher Sinclair Stevens sug gested Monday that Transport Minister Otto Lang transfer some federal money earmarked for new Torontoarea airport into railway commuter traffic in stead Mr Lang did not reply to the suggestion in the Com mons after Speaker James Jerome said Mr Stevens was making only request Mr Stevens MP for YorkSimcoe described the proposed new airport at Pickering as white elephant and noted that se cond Montrealarea airport hadaS47million deficit He said there is severe commuter traffic congestion on trains computing in the Toronto area and $57 million is needed very urgently to relieve congestion in the Toronto shunting yard alone SINCLAIR STEVENS commuter traffic Hustler publisher freed on bond CINCINNATI tAPi Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt was freed on bond Monday after threejudge state appeals court set bail at $5000 for his conviction last week on obscenity and organized crime charges Flynt was found guilty of the charges on Feb and sentenced to seven to 25 years in prison He and Hustler Magazine Inc were fined total 0f$22000 His conviction is being appealed Brakes failed says trainman CHICAGO AP The motorman of an elevated train has told federal investigator that all brakes failed shortly before his train rammed the rear of another Feb killing 11 persons Stephen Martin 34 denied Monday night that he was in possession of four marijuana cigarettes that police said they found in his shoulder bag after the downtown rushhour acci dent Nearly 200 persons were injured in the crash of the Chicago Transit Authority CTA trains Martins statements were in taperecorded interview conducted by his lawyer and witnessed by Gerald Strawser National lransportation Safety Board investigator Martin said he applied brakes on his train when he saw another train stopped just short ofa transit station Nothinghappened he said The train didnt stop CTA officials have said the crash was caused by man failure and blamed Martin Crosland dangerously ill LONDON tAPt The foreign office reported no change today in the condition of Foreign Secretary Anthony Crosland who is in coma after apparently suffering stroke two days ago Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford announced Monday night that the condition of the Silvyearold Labor party leader has gradually deteriorated and he is now dangerously ill Want end to controls this year OTTAWA CPI The Cana dian Labor Congress tCLCi failed Monday to convince the New Democratic Party premiers of Manitoba and Saskatchewan to withdraw their support of the federal antiinflation program by March 31 But the premiers agreed that mandatory con trols should end this year Following 42htiul meeting between leaders of the NDP and the 23million member congress Manitoba Premier Ed Schreyer said it is unlikely that Manitoba will withdraw its support for the program when agreements between Ottawa and the pro vinces expire at the end of March But his province wants the program lifted certainly before the end of the year Saskatchewan Premier Allan Blakency said he would like to see the period of decontrol commence in April On criminal laws and drugs VANCOUVER CP retired lieutenantcolonel sug gested Monday night that Parliament take serious look at abolishing criminal laws on heroin and marijuana Robert Richards executive director of the John Howard Society of British Columbia was testifying before special Commons subcommittee on prison violence Mr Richards who retired in 1968 after 35 years of military service was asked by Leonel Bcaudoin tSC Richmond about drug offenders Mr Beaudoin said the committee had been told that 60 per cent of prisoners are in for drugrelated offences Mr Richards said decriminalization of nonmedical drug use would cut the profit motive ending associated crime and reducing the prison population He said later in an interview that the LeIain royal com mission into drug abuse may have backed away from the issue in the face of public opinion It recommended less severepenalties for illicit drug use The John Howard brief was presented at public meeting here that drew an audience of about 200 the largest in the subcommittecs national tour which ends Friday Line open after derailment THORNIALE Ont tCPi The CNR reopened its main line between London and Stratford late Monday about 20 hours after 11 flatbed freight cars and caboose were derail ed on spur line next to the main track There were no injuries in the derailment Sunday CNR officials said the derailed units were at the end of 27car freight train on route to Stratford from London All cars and the caboose remained upright but the spur line was badly damaged The crew of the train was able to continue into Stratford with the engine and leading freight cars CNR spokesman said Cause of the derailment was not known Thorndale is about five miles northeast of London El SIIREYER unlikely FORMER BOXER Tommy Burns hangs on to heavy weight George Chuvalo as he tries to get prcfight shot at Pretty Boy Felstcin right who called Chuvan Georgie Jello at press conference in Toronto Monday Promoter Jello quip upsc ts TORONTO iCP press conference to promote the Man ch heavyweight fight between George Chuvalo and Bob Prel ty Boy Felstein broke up quickly Monday when Felstein poked fun at the former Cana dian champion Felstcin poked huvalo in the stomach and called him Georgie Jello an obvious reference to huvalos over weight condition about So pounds over his previous lighting weight of 13 huvalo pounced on Felstein and it took promoter Adam Sunoca and former boxer Tom my Burns to separate the two But huvalo was still angry and Adam Sunoco second from righti tries to separate the pair ttllhotol Chuvalo chased Fclstein out of the hotel where the news conference was held huvalo 39 was stripped of thc anadian heavyweight boxing title two years ago for inactivity He has said thc Mar ch bout against IIilll will liehis last Tried to hide wiretap move RCMP officer tells court BRAMPTON Ont Ii An RCMP officer told Peel County court Monday that he authorized the use of wiretaps in 197 drug investigation then tried to keep the matter iroin his superior officers SSgi James Porter said that Keath Barrie coming to Barrie Barrie is coming to Rarric The firstmentionml is Kcath Barrie anadian singer whose middlevoilthcrroad com positions have gained wide appeal in the last three years Hell be performing in coir cert at the Georgian ollcgi Awaits report on Levesque accident MONIRlCltli oroncr Maurice Lanicl will have to wait until later this week for full police report on the fatal car accident in which lrcmicr Rene Levesque was involved thccoroncr said Monday Mr Lanicl said in telephone interview he needs the policc report to complete his study of the case After rcvicwing the report and the results of an air topsy on tizrycar old victini lid gar lroiticr lr Lanicl will dc cidc whether to hold public in quest Mr Lanicl had earlier told reporters he expected to receive the report by last Friday but police said Monday it would not be ready for anothertwoorthrcedays It is not unusual fir an invcs tigation of this kind to last to daysor longer Mr Lanicl said He did not think the report was being delayed simply because Premier Levesque was in volved But member of the police accident investigation squad said officers are being particu larly careful about the report because statcsiriaii is in volvod lhcatrc lteb lit at is as part of National llcritagi VHk lxo tut llii program are anzidian Zephyr and Killih uiGrait Harrie native of Alberta released his first single Apalachicola in 107 An album Keith Barrin Sings of Love and lIaccs iollowcd ill liiTl and sold well ill tanada On lalkin To The Wind his follow up was rclcascd in 1973 He now has third record on lhemarket Reach tut His is primarily an adult aii dicncc ont attracted to songs mellow and ioiiiqintic Mitch oi Barrios material is self penned UIC to pay $20 million OllAWA tilt lhc Incni ploymcnt Insurance tonimis sion will be paying $20 million to almost 2tititltii persons who lost their right to benefits be cause of legislative changes last year Nlanpowcr Minister Bud Iillcn announced Monday IIiicctivc Ian 1976 all claimants it years and more lost entitlement to benefits At the same time claimants rc cciving benefits calculated ac cording to their number of do pcndents began receiving bentL fits at rate in which the mint ber of dependents was not taken intoaccount Subsequent test cases in the Federal Tourt of tanada ruled that those eligible for the two classifications of payments iin oicdiatcly prior to Jan 1976 should have continued to re ceivc benefits until they nor mallyexpircd at the tune hc authorile the wiretaps they werc against it Mlpiilicy lie was testifying at the trial of Robert llowbothain 23 for mcrly oi Betton Ont charged with possession of hashish con spiracy to import IIlt drug and conspiracy to possess it for iral licking Rowbothani ii charged if tcr police scied one ton oi llllllll lll nearby NIISSIKSJHILHI Ont inJaiiuary ltlTi Asked to explain why in ills pcrsonal notebook llt lint no Holes Oll Illt llilllt lltll had been tiillillliti ci ltltlitt Sgt Ioriir iirst said it wto be cause thc taps We not major step in the invciign ion Then he lilti he was iiraid lil tliitllltlri might look through the nonhook ind liiin that IIEIIIII1IIIlIlIIIIllIllli Minister went to spiel by plane OllAiA tli lriiipoil Minotcr Otto Lang unid ii uoi crnnicnt airplane to tioiil to Liberal party cuiling lionpitl in Regina carlitr tin nonlli Lornc Ny st roin ilI YorkionMclvtilt iid Monday He asked ihc inini Itl to plain to the toniniiin nah lli made thi ihghl at public pcnsc Mr ystrorn id toi nitiiistcr who ha ccntrc ot contiovtivv in volving the us of ilttlllitlll planes flew to lvtczgino lIlt weekend of lcli to attciid lionspicl and reception by thi Assiniboia Sask Illttlitl ivo ciaiion Mls denied the rcqitcsi for ominons explanation lllltltl iomnions rule that requires unanimous llousc consent ior such moves Late last year Mi Lang told thctotninoir ill rilttn reply that he spent about Siiolloti us ing government inplanis dur ing ihrceycar period ended early in 1976 littl lii NE WPOS FOR M412 TEL Lew1s changes shadow cabinet TORONTO CP Stephen Lewis Ontario Opposition leader announced changes Monday in his shadow cabinet naming Elie Martel MPP for Sudbury East as NDP critic for the recentlycreated ministry of northern affairs Mr Lewis said in statement that Jim Foulds MPP for Port Arthur replaces Mr Martel as critic for natural resources and that Evelyn Gigantes MPP for Carleton East takes over Mr Foulds spot as education critic The NII leader was in Ot tawa for private meetings staff member said In other major changes in portfolio assignments in the NIP caucus Mike Cassidy MPP for Ottawa Centre moves to treasury Mike Beaugh MPP for Oshawa takes on Mr Cassidys former job of housing critic and Marion Bryden MPP for TorontoBeaches Woodbine moves to environment critic NEW POSTS Charles Godfrey MPP for Durham West and former envi ronment critic becomes urban transportation critic Bud Wildman MPP for Algoma be comes critic for the ministry of industry and tourism Bill Fer rier MPP Cochrane South takes on Mr Wildmans job as northern transportation critic and Floyd Laughren MPP for Nickel Belt becomes occupa tional health critic with addi tional responsibility for the Workmens Compensation Board Filling two newlycreated posts are David Warner MPP for TorontoScarboroughElles mere as spokesman for Metro politan Toronto and Fred The Barrie Examiner Tuesday February I519777 Burr MPP for Windsor Riverside as watchdog on the governments senior citizen policies In other moves Iain Angus MPP for Fort William becomes culture and recreation critic Bob Bain MPP for Tim iskaming becomes critic of the resources development secre tariat Ted Bounsall MPP for WindsorSandwich becomes colleges and universities critic Monty Davidson MPP for Cambridge becomes correct tional services critic doardo di Santo MPP for Toronto Downsview becomes man power and employment critic OTIIIIR IIANGIIS Bob Mackenzie MPP for Hamilton East is the Nlls new labor critic Mac Makar chuk MPP for Brantford takes on the revenue ministry Doug Moffatt MPP for Durham GUARD TELLS FIRE INQUEST Couldn open jail cells owing to respirator fault SlRAlFORl ttli er An ini propcrlyadjusted portable res pirator prcvcnlcd jail guard Jo seph Graham from using key to release five prisoners from their locked cells during fire last December coroners jury was told Monday Mr Graham said he had the key to open five individual cells in which livc prisoners died from smoke inhalation but he could not reach them because the oxygen in the respirator tank ran out prematurely Mr Graham said he has since learned that the wrong valve had been turned on allowing the oxygen to escape in about in minutes The normal capacity of the tank is3ti minutes He also testified he was not aware the tank was not func tioning properly and said the night of the fire was the first tirric he had ever used the equipment YARDS RIIACIIII The inquest heard evidence that guards reacted iii Judge to hear Indian side in Reed case TORONTO itl Mr lus licc lairick llarti of the On tario Suprcnit ourt says he will begin next month to hear the conccrnr of lndians about the bid by Reed Iapcr for Illlllitl cutting rights on almost llttioo square miles in north xiisternOntario llut the whole inquiry process into thc proposal lll thr lIar halls and lied Lake area of tin IlltillttlllLlliItlktiltttil Mr llilltt llarti appointed lll liiccnilicr ttgt chairman of tilt tiiliOllilltliItl ttgtstgtlliilll board to stud thc proposal said in an interview Monday Ilt lllllii1 II will take hnn at least two years to look II thi pro IOtl expansion ill iorinal hiarin ilit limiting ill licgin only liter itn oi available tnn her and lited crinonnicntil i1Llliilll iii iiicixiil iliotit tocit llc mini tiii iJitvirnnicnt has had no with in lllllitf ol tiw will he wants studying ditlitl tllii ccononiic txlttl ltlltt iactors before making economic decisions Were really putting the whole thing out on the table an educational thing for cvcryonc certainlyincludingnit We have conflicting pcr spcctives on the north conflict trig world vicivs almost see inyscll is going tip thereto ollcct what they think and ex plain what it will mean it dcvcl ipintnt gotsahcad HICIORIMIiIll iIIIl He said it was possible that ll report on social im plications of thc ndlopmtnt night so anger onc faction or inothcr that he will not sit on be final hearing board That ill be up to the govcrnnicnt Mr Justicc llartt has had iand at drawing up an illlltlltl llliil to thc Illlltililiiiliittl As NIIIIIII Act to bc introduced it the lttllttilllt nct niontli itiliilligtiiilioniiistttrk liitzl Illt ainindincnt igt passed he said he could not talk about the lt of his stall and the procedures he would iollow at tinhearings CORRECTION The date of the annual meeting of the Barrie District United Appeal was in correct The correct date is Wednesday February 23 I977 at the Barrie YM YWCA building Time 730 pm 7268946 IF YOU DONT STOP IT YOULL GO BLIND 730 FLESH GORDON 910 DOUBLE FEATURE IS nunmg new gt VD lflll stantantxiusly after hearing the first shouts of fire from pliSOll crs The inquest was told that in sufficient experience under emergency situations resulted in two errors that might have cost the lives of five prisoners in the jail operated by the pro vincial ministry of correct ioiial sevices none of the three guar ds first at the scene of the fire had the key to the individual cells in which the men were confined and none of the guards at the jail on the evening of the fire was familiar enough with portable respirator to use it properly The five man jury was told that when Mr Graham and guards Arthur Walker and Ken ionnolly arrived at the fire they unlocked door into the ccllblock and used handheld fire extinguisher and water hose to douse flames coming iroin bedding stacked in cor ncr Mr Walker said the smoke got much thicker after the wa ter was applied He said he oi dcicd Mr Graham to get rcs pirator kept in doctors office OIlt IIOOI licltiw Mr Walker said hc then ran to the security module on the ground floor of the tilyycar old tail to get the key to open their dividual cells and gangrlock mechanism NEWS QUIZ ANSWERS Ill lr Monilcal ltiic la kl linrt Vi itihitin 5in c1c in iiid III III ii if IItTl iiti liiilja Illl MPERllit CINEMA steisnno ment Tony TorontoDovercourt is critic of human rights policy ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS lNCLUDlNG BEST ORIGINAL SONG EVERGREEN East is the new energy critic Ross McClellan MPP for is social develop critic and MPP for Bellwoods secretariat Lupusella Ed Phillip MPP for Toronto Etobicoke is critic of the ministry of the solicitor gcneral Gillian Sandeman MPP for lgtetcrtwirough is com munity and social services critic George Samis MPP for 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