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arac4 They still won 74 Gary Lyte of the Barrie Flyers knocks Vladimir Prokofyev Soviet Union player to the ice during an exhibition hockey game Friday at the Barrie Arena Traktor heljabinsk First Division team in Russia dominated the game and came away with 74 decision Phil Branston scored two goals for Barrie Paul Regan and Steve Sly had singles For details see todays sports page Examiner Photo Nothing left to live for says man who lost family TORONTO CP Toronto man whose wife threw her 20monthold daughter from bridge Thursday and then jumped herself says he has nothing left to live for The 28yearold man who asked not to be identified said in an interview Friday that he cannot understand why his wife acted as she did If Jimmy Gartar can get back on time why cant you srde local llfestyle entertainment business won comics 13 classified 14 to 17 supplements National Sclence of Canada 98908 Contract awarded From The Ottawa Bureau Of The Examiner federal contract worth $14390 has been awarded to Irvine Decorating Centre of Barrie to provide the defence department with carpets at Canadian Forces Base Borden the department of supply and ser vices announced this week It was one of 220 unclassified contracts worth $10000 or more that were awarded by the department to Canadian companies ear ly in December Total value of the contracts amounted to 39622354 New Horizons grant From The Ottawa Bureau Of The Examiner The Little Lake Social Group of Senior citizens in Midland has been awarded $2955 New Horizons program grant by Health and Welfare Minister Monique Begin The award was contained in the latest list of New Horizons grants totalling $1126272 that will benefit 153 organizations for senior citizens About mortgage rates TORONTO CP Canadians may face tspercent residential mortgage interest rates and annual mortgage renewals if the federal government outlaws closed mor tgages major money lenders said Friday closed mortgage cannot be paid off before its maturity date without penalty Len Rosenberg president of Parfor Grou Ltd mortgage company said the legis ation may mean revamping of mortgage lending and the homeowner may not have the security of knowing what his interest rate is It means interest rates will go up and the lenders will start shortening the mortgage term to one year he said The rate was at 13 per cent once It could be there again samrday Is for BUSINESS Get yours everyldsy Cell The Elmmlner at 726659 for hqme dellvery Everything is gone he said Ive lost whole family Police said the 29yearold woman took the baby walked across the street to the bridge from the couples apartment threw the child over and then jumped The woman died im mediater and the child died later in hospital They said the woman left note in the apartment for her husband which said simply Goodbye Police also found note in pocket addressed to the baby saying she was sorry she could not do her job as mother Her husband said the woman had been highschool science teacher in her native New Delhi India and had joined him three months ago here after he found job and place for them to live relative of the woman said she was homesick depressed and could not adjust to life in Canada But her husband said he believed everything was fine and they had planned to go shopping Thursday night He said he returned home Thursday to find the apartment locked and started searching He then saw police lights flashing on the bridge and policeman carrying his wifes coat Who can understand what has hap pened he said dont believe it Men women are eligible TORONTO CP Applications will be accepted from both men and women for three days next week to fill between 40 and 50 openings for firefighters There are no women in the department at present woman just because she is woman will not be rejected said Fire Chief Ben Bonser But they should know that there can be an unpleasant working environment on occasion Bonser said recruits must be able to drive fire trucks haul hoses climb ladders handle life nets and clean up in the firehall We are not going to dodge the issue Bonser said There could be women around who could perform the job of firefighter At least 21 have died Gordon Craig owner of Craigs Barber Shop on Dunlop Street trims around the ear of Pat Corrigall of Barrie Craig said that about 70 per cent of his customers are senior citizens We dont see many of the young people anymore he said For details see todays business page Ex aminerPhoto Traditional setting The trip to the traditional barbershop with two chairs in corner is an ex perience Gordon Craig owner of Craigs Barber shop Dunlop Street has just such tradi tional setting My favorite part of being barber is meeting the public Craig said Over the past 30 years there have been lot of changes but have some customers who have been coming in ever since started Story and photo on todays Business Page Expects flu to start tailing off By THE CANADIAN PRESS While the number of flurelated deaths in Ontario climbed to at least 21 by Friday Dr Susan Tamblyn Perth County medical of ficer of health said she expected the flu to start tailing off fairly soon Perth County reported four flurelated deaths It is one of several areas in the southern part of the province hit hard by virus known as Texas flu Medical officials reported two more flu related deaths Friday one each in Simcoe and Oxford counties 1141b year No Saturday January 1978 he exam Medical officials said Thursday that six deaths four in the Hanover area and two in Waterloo Region might have been caused by the influenza One flurelated death was reported in Belleville Despite Dr Tamblyns predictions Stratford General Hospital had 37 flu patients Friday up by seven from Thursdays figures assistant director Terry Fadelle said REMAINS CLOSED The hospital situated in Perth County remains closed to visitors ministry of health spokesman said only one of the 21 deaths can be attributed posi tively to the Texas flu strain but he declined to specify which death Dr William Butt medical officer of health in Oxford County said Friday none of the nine deaths in his county could be linked definitely to the Texas strain influenza Eight of the nine cases involved elderly persons he sai He said that although all were victims of influenza at the time of death some cases were complicated by lung or heart problems Dr Butt said most died due to 5° Per Copy Carrier Home Dellvery 90° Weekly hemorrhaging and congestion of the lungs FEVER IS SYMPTOM Symptoms of the Texas flua variant of the betterknown AVictoria straininclude high fever headache chest pains and coughing Most of the fatal cases have been elderly although the deaths of 12yearold Tavistock boy and 15yearold Picton girl in Belleville have also been attributed to the flu Dr Butt said most died due to hemorrhaging and congestion of the lungs iner serving barrie and Simcoe county RCMP officers among slain in New Brunswick shooting Condemned apartment building Some find other accommodation NORTH BAY Ont CP number of the 300 residents of Lakeview Towers threeyearold apartment building can demmed Thursday said Friday they had already found alternative accommodation Within three hours of receiving notice from the city Thursday Margaret Roselle said her family found an apartment in anotherbuilding The city distributed lists of available accommodation in the city to the tenants of the Iiistorey building One new apartment building broadcast advertisements on radio specificall of fering accommodation to LakeView ower residents However man of the Lakeview Tower residents are el erly citizens and couples with young families who said they found it financially difficult to move immediately Its tough on the older people said Florence Mitchell 70 who lives on the 13th floor She said many people were crying after they received the notice We havent much choice so why cry about it she said Its better than having the building coming down around our ears The citys chief building inspector said Friday the building was designated as unsafe because of the settlement of soil under the building or from inadequate design and construction City administrator CE Armstrong said the city ordered the owners to vacate the building immediately and issued list of repairs needed before tenants could return The word immediately was used for reason said Armstrong The building is unsafe Our primary concern is the safety of thepeople Mayor Merle Dickerson said in an in taview he had received several calls from residents who said they could not afford the cost of moving and would remain If they want to stay in that building thats their business he said Louis Anzil who heads Surcom In vestments which owns the building said Friday he had known about the roblem since the building was construct in 1974 and there was no danger He said he did not know how long it would take to repair the building or how much it would cost The city has given him until June 1978 to complete the repairs Serious fighting seems to be over with lull in Indochina battle BANGKOK AP Border fighting bet ween Vietnam and Cambodia has tapered off and Hanois forces may be consolidating their positions inside Cambodia Thai intelligence sources said today The serious fighting appears to be over one source said Other sources said Cam bodian civilians along the border have welcomed invading Vietnamese troops and are helping them Cambodia has claimed major battlefield successes against the Vietnamese but Western analysts say these reports are exaggerated and may indicate sense of des ration Western sources say their reports indicate that the vastly superior Vietnamese have badly mauled the Cambodians and may have seized key Cambodian town Knievel is late LOS ANGELES AP Stuntman Evel Knievel returned to jail today five hours late after an allpoints bulletin was issued for his arrest He was booked for investiga tion of escape when he surrendered to deputies atthe Hall ofJusticea1240 am Knievel who had not returned to the cen tral jail on time under terms of his work furlough program told deputies he sur rendered because he would be in lot less trouble Knievel 39 is reported to have telephon ed his probation officer shortly before 11 pm Friday when he was already 90 minutes overdue and said he was not going back to the jail said Sheriffs Sgt Nelson Rucker Knievel serving sixmonth term after pleading guilt to felony assault charge for his baseballbat attack on television ex ecutive Sheldon Saltman spends only nights and weekends in jail in the work furlough program Threeton blast JOHANNESBURG AP Almost three tons of nitroglycerine exploded in dynamite factory northeast of this South African city today killing one person and injuring 22 officials said spokesman for the Modderfontein Co said the cause of the blastthe second in three monthswas unknown Caught in machine PETROLIA Ont CP five earold boy was in fair condition in hospita Friday after being pulled free from the grip of an augerlike graindrying machine Charles Litchfield apparently was play ing near the machinery at the Petrolia Grain and Feed Mill on Thursday when he became entangled Glen Dailey who had just delivered load of corn to the mill said he was wandei ing around the yard when he saw these lit tle boots underneath piece of equipment wiggling around and kicking Dailey said he grabbed the boy and hung on while the machine kept munching away at him and pulling him in fire department rescue crew eventually had to use cutting torch to free the boy They responded after Cambodia said Friday its forces killed or wounded more than 40000 Vietnamese in four months of border fighting between the two ancient enemies REPORT DOUHTEI Cambodias official Phnom Penh radio suggested in broadcast that Russian ad visers were with the Vietnamese in Cam bodia The Western analysts said they were skeptical of that report too The radio admitted that Vietnamese troops have penetrated 32 kilometres 20 miles into Cambodia and that fighting was continuing It said heaviest action was in the Parrots Beak Cambodian region that juts into southern Vietnam about 65 kilometres 40 miles from Ho Chi Minh City formerly Saigon Thai intelligence sources say the Viet Raps force threat Former Prime Minister John Dlefenbaker tells reporters at news conference in his Parliament Hill office Friday that Prime Minister Trudeaus threat to use force in the event of an illegal separation bid by Quebec seriously undermines Canadian unity Diefenbaker characterized Trudeau as the man who has done more to destroy Canadian unity than anyone in history CP Photo namese may have advanced to or already captured the key Mekong River town of Neak Diong 58 kilometres 35 miles from Phnom Penh The fighting between the two Communist neighbors was first acknowledged last weekend It is believed to result from long standing rival territorial claims and old hostilities between the two peoples Each country claims the other started the recent fighting CLAIM MANY DEATHS Phnom Penh radio said Cambodian soldiers in one area alone near the border killed or wounded 18000 Vietnamese while 15ng only 309 of their own men Sources in Washington and Bangkok have expressed strong doubts that Russians are in volved in the conflict Seven die in crash MARTIN Ohio AP Seven members of the same family died in cartrain colli sion Friday morning near this northwestern Ohio village Killed instantly when west bound Conrail freight slammed into their sedan were George Baker 67 his wife Gladys their son William 34 and his wife Helen 30 and the two young sons of William Baker Terry and William Debbie Baker 20 daughter of the elder Bakers died later in hospital Proposed to Barbra LONDON CP Minister Trudeau had asked Barbra Strei sand to marry him in 1970 but was turned down by the US movie actress the British tabloid Daily Mirror reported Friday Trudeau married Margaret Sinclair of West Vancouver the following year The Dail Mirror said Miss Streisand had fallen fort bachelor prime minister while she still was married to actor Elliot Gould Their marriage was in difficulty and she also was linked with Omar Sharif before divorcmg Gould in July 1971 the newspaper added It quoted Miss Streisand as saying that she seriously had considered Trudeaus pro posal but realities intervened and that the gulf between their careers was too great Police obey injunction MONTREAL CP City police reported fir work under their old schedules today after their union recommended they obe court injunction orderin them to aban on the fourday work wee they adopted week ago An officer said operations were normal as police began returning to the official schedule posted by police administrators But another officer said morale among the men dropped with the order from the police brotherhood He said he would be working till Saturday to finish his shift and woul be back at work at 11 pm Canadas Prime HOYTNB CP The daughter of couple who died of gunshot wounds along with two RCMP officers late Friday was being treated in Fredericton hospital today for gunshot wound to the foot Officials at Dr Everett Chalmers Hospital said Wanda Crombie daughter of Mr and Mrs Leslie Charles Crombie is in satisfac tory condition RCMP have not released details of the shootings which occurred about 1045 pm while the officers were trying to quell domestic quarrel Dead are Cpl Lidstone33 and Const Brophy of the Fredericton detachment of the RCMP and the two Crombies both in their 305 Cpl Lidstone is mersidePEI MOBILE HOME Their bodies and the wounded child were found in the couples mobile home on back road about three miles from this south western New Brunswick village One report said the couple had son who was not living at home Police said an investigation showed the two RCMP officers did not use their weapons Both RCMP officers were married and Lidstone had recently been transferred tot Hedericton detachment RCMP said Lidstone and Brophy were in the Hoyt area when police were summoned to the Crombie home They said that after an initial shooting police were summoned to the mobile home They declined to say who made the second call Lidstone was on his first patrol since being transferred to the Fredericton detachment Pilots fined under seal law CORNER BROOK Nfld CP Four helicopter pilots each were fined $200 in provincial court Friday for breaking federal seal protection regulations during the annual seal hunt last march Heinz Limpert of Lincoln NB Francois Perras of Sept Isles Que Robert Masson of Orsainville Que and Nelson Bentley of Ottawa each were charged with landing helicopter within half nautical mile of seal on the ice native of Sum Welcome for Jimmy President Carter is embraced by his mother Miss Lillian following his arrival at the White Ilouse Friday night The Chief Executive has just returned from nineday 16000 mile journey overseas See story on Page 18 AP Photo to take up the new shift posted by manage ment Its going to be tough Brotherhood president Gilles Masse told members in taped telephone message the decision to obey the injunction served Fri day was made to save our union and to prove to the entire population that policemen have no intention of setting up police state in Quebec Wrarather Cloudy with occasional snow today High to 10 Snow tonight and Sunday possibly mixed with freezing rain Sunday morning turning windy and colder late in the da Temperatures rising to to overnight and falling to Sunday afternoon