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is to the future of thumday Is for LEISURE Rovers popular The demand for tickets for the Irish Rovers performance at Georgian College Jan 29 has led to the scheduling of second show at9pm The Georgian Foundation for the Per forming Arts which is presenting the concerts announces that the 630 pm show is completely sold out gt All tickets for the pm show are $6 and available from the foundation office 103 Dunlop St Box 454 Barrie 1AM 4T7 Telephone reservations will not be ac cepted For sports buffs Sports enthusiasts in Barrie have wide variety of events at their disposal this weekend At Horseshoe Valley the Canadian National CrossCountry Ski Team is holding its mens and womens trials Saturday through Tuesday Competitors from across Canada will be trying for spot on the national team which will take part in in ternational competition Saturday and Sunday the Barrie Minor Hocke Association will be holding its 12th armua Minor Hockey Day There will be 16 teams from across Southern Ontario and New York State taking part The event starts at 215 pm Saturday and continues all day until 10 pm Games start at 815 am Sunday and will end at 1030 pm The Huronia Snowmobile Association will be holding trailgrooming clinic and disRlay of uipment Saturday The display wi be hel at Hendrie Forest Midhurst starting at am The clinics and seminar will be held at Murray Hall at the Willow Creek Campground starting at am The display will have the top trail gooming manufacturers on hand ex plaining what their uipment will do Some manufacturers wil be unveiling their 15778 models Spacecraft linkup MOSCOW AP Four Soviet cosmonauts performed scientific ex periments in an orbiting space lab today after an historic threecraft linkup The Soviet news agency Tass said the experiments will continue for five days then two of the cosmonauts will return to earth with scientific materials and mail from their comrades It was not known how long the two other CEmonauts would stay aloft The linkup occurred Wednesday when the twoman Soyuz 27 capsule docked with the Salyut lab where they were awaited by two cosmonauts sent up month ago aboard Soyuz 26 It was the first time two space capsules were connected with the same space station The smiling newcomers brough newspapers to the occupants then all four drank cherry juice toast squeezed from small tubes telecasts beamed to earth showed Hearing put over The preliminary hearing of two men charged with robbery with Violence against 17yearold Barrie youth was put over Wednesday to Feb 15 in provincial court The case was heard Wednesday to set date for the hearing to continue It began with more than three hours of testimony Dec 28 Douglas Aaron Casey of Barrie and Steven Joseph Ouimet of Toronto both 20 have elected to be tried by judge and jury if their case is committed to trial The two being held in custody are charged in connection with robbery Oct magainst James Hill 17 of lniiisfil Street Assistant Crown attorney Tom Cleary says he expects the hearing to take at least another two hours once date agreeable to the lawyers involved is found ban on publication has been issued lri uni MICHAEL CASSIDY Sun Life issue Urges Bennett resign TORONTO CP Michael Cassidy candidate for the leadership of the Ontario New Democratic Party said Wednesday that Claude Bennett provincial minister of irdustry and tourism should resign because his attitude in welcoming Sun Life Assurance Cos announced intention to move to Toronto from Montreal Cassidy MPP for Ottawa Centre told about 400 persons attending an all candidates meeting that even though on tario is experiencing serious economic poblems he does not want to see the province taking business out of other parts the country especially out of Quebec He Bennett seems prepared to win Sun Life for Ontario and lose country in the bargain Cassidy said Any minister who cannot grasp how symbiotically important the Sun Life affair Quebec and of Canada should no longer be tolerated in office The Enmlnor nieene newe call 7200539 for borne deiivery deadline tmail and day on the slopes little snowfall dosent upset skiers all that much not when you live in Siincoe County the heart of skiing in Ontario The snowfall of the last few days has greatly improved skiing conditions in the county look at day on the slopes in photos is featured on Todays Leisure Page Ex aminer Photo On Sunday at Willow Creek Campground the snowmobile association will hold pancake breakfast and guided tour of 50 miles of snowmobile trails The Huronia Winter Games Ringette Tournament will be held Saturday and Sunday at the Oro Township Community Centre HENRY KISSINGER first suggestion Sowet financmg claim WASHINGTON AP Former US state secretary Henry Kissinger says the Soviet Union is financingat least in directlyterrorist training in Libya and Lebanon Many of these terrorists are being trained in camps in Libya and Lebanon by rganizations that themselves are inanccd by the Soviet Union Kissinger said in docmentary to be broadcast Friday by NBC Previous accounts have pointed to oilrich Libya as staging ground for terrorists Libyas leader Moammar Khadafy is an archfoe of Israel and has ties to Palestinians opposed to the Jewish state While other accounts have noted that some violent Palestinian elements are trained in and make their forays from Lebanon Kissingers statement was the first suggestion by prominent Western figure the terrorists have common money base in the Soviet Union and the Eastern European bloc New trial set new trial has been set for 36yearold Angus businessman charged with arson in connection with fire which caused swoon damage to his Brentwood Road home after it bumedto the ground May 12 1976 Ralph James Daveys case appears sixth list of criminal cases to he tried in the first county court sittings at the Barrie courthouse which begin Monday Daveys first weeklong trial in October ended with hung jury after nine hours of deliberation The jury of five women and seven men reported they were deadlocked when county court reconvened 1155 pm Oct 25 They had begun deliberations at 250 pm Crown attorney John Murphy said today he expects to prosecute the case which isnt expected to begin for at least week Murphy conducted the Crowns case in October which alleged Davey set his $60000 house on fire after sending his wife and son to Toronto New contract ratified MONTREAL CP Air Canadas 3000 flight attendants have ratified new contract after rejecting two previous ten tative ageements spokesman for the company said Wednesday The oneyear agreement is retroactive to last June 30 and provides for sixpercent wage increase The airline agreed to permit pregnant flight attendants to continue flying providing they obtain their doctors approval every two weeks after the 20th wee of pregnancy Bonus disallowed MONCION NB CP Air Canada president Claude Taylor said Wednesday that the federal antiinflation board has dis allowed the airlines yearend bonus of free passes to employees weather Variable cloudiness today with occasional light snow Highs to Lows overnight 12 to 10 Snow and strong northeasterly winds beginning Friday morning with accumula tions of to 10 cms Highs to Motorbike accident while on honeymoon Mercy flight for injured Canadian TORONTO CP 24yearold St Catharines Ont man with severe head injuries suffered in motorbike accident was in critical condition in hospital today after being flown from Merida Mexico to Toronto on mercy flight spokesman at Toronto General Hospital said Timothy Bergen was unconscious and has concussion and fractured neck He said xrays were being taken to determine whether surgery was necessary Bergen was on honeymoon with his wife Janice on Cozumel Island off the Yucatan Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico when he was found unconscious beside his rented motorbike last Friday 114th your No Thursday January 12 1978 private chartered flight was arranged for him by the Canadian department of external affairs and he was taken to hospital after his arrival here at am EST today The flight was delayed when the private Cessna jet blew tire while landing to refuel in Atlanta Ga officials at Toronto In ternational Airport said Bergen was flown to neurological clinic in Merida capital of Yucatan province about 300 miles inland from Cozumel where he underwent brain surgery for double frac ture at the base of his skull WAS IN COMA Mrs Bergen the former Janice Smith of Calgary said in telephone interview With William Andres Liberal MP for Lincoln riding in the St Catharines area that her lusband was in coma and that heart complications had developed following surgery She said the medical staff was doing everything possible for her husband but that intensive care in the clinic was below Canadian standards Doctors at the clinic agreed that Bergen an employee with the Steel Co of Canada in Hamilton had better chance of survival in Canada Andres said the flight was arranged Per Copy Carrlor Home Dollvery 90° Weekly Page through the Canadian embassy in Mexico Cit Ile said the costexpected to be in excess of $10000will be borne by Bergens father who lives in NiagaraontheLake near St Catharines Andres said the embassy issued letter authorized by the department of external affairs and approved by the prime mimsters office guaranteeing the pilot payment for the fli ht The Bergens were married Dec 30 and were to have returned to St Catharines on Monday Janice Bergen said police on Cozumel are investigating the accident he examiner serving barrie and simcoe county PO misleading public about code CUPW Diana helps out When fiveycarold Diana Lord 167 Essa Road saw her father shovelling their driveway she decided to lend helping hand even though her shovel wasnt quite as big All that snow gets heavy after while but Diana seemed determined to finish the job Examiner Photo Cobble fears his attacker may seek him out again TORONTO Il taxi driver who fought for his life with knifewielding passenger on Saturday says he fears the attacker may strike again Stuart MacDougall 44 of Mississauga mt said in an interview in hospital ch nesday that he refuses to have pictures taken him because his attacker is still on the loose MacDougall who was taken to hospital in critical condition with stab wounds in the face and stomach said he fought with the man for at lleast an hour before he took MacDougalls ca He wanted to come in close but every time UK firemen accept offer BRIDLINGTON England AP Britains 33000 firemen voted overwhelmingl today to end their bitter nineweek strike an accept lopercent wage increase far below their de mands he did hit him with my hands or kicked him MacDougall said MacDougall said they became so worn out by the struggle that they ended up sitting in the snow and talking told him take the $12 the money MacDougall had on him take the car just get out of here and leave me alone MacDougall said that instead of taking the cab right away the man stabbed him in the face and tried to blind him told him was blinded and he finally got in the cab and drove up the road MacDougall said he hauled himself 100 yards to the nearest house and crawled under car in the driveway when he heard the cab turn around and come back After the cab passed MacDougall said he staggered to the house and pushed the door open MacDougall was the third taxi driver to be attacked in Metropolitan Toronto in less than week and Lewis Bend president of the Independent Cab Owners Association says mb drivers are going to have to start turning down fares to revent attacks Times are ad Bend said in an interview Wednesday Were just going to have to say no more often By SHEILA MCGOVERN Examiner Staff Reporter The Barrie local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers says the Post Office is misleading the public about the advantages of using the postal code in this city Dan Westwood president of the Barrie Local which represents inside postal workers says mail originating in Barrie for delivery in Barrie is not sorted by code Barrie mail is sorted by street and number or by box number Westwood says In order to take advantage of the code the necessary automated equipment must be present in the office and there are no plans present or future for letter sorting machines in Barrie he said Albert Eccles Barrie postmaster said the postal code is an important part of all mail and any mail not carrying the code is in correctly addressed Eccles said the local Post Office does use the code All bags of mail leaving the 051 office are tagged by postal code not ace namehe said Mail destined for outside locations may be sorted in automated centres such as Toronto he added ENCOURAGES USE Eccles agreed however that mail originating in Barrie for delivery in Barrie is not sorted by code The Post Office encourages people to use the postal code on all mail so they will get into the habit of using the code he said Eccles added that it would be inconsistent to have partially coded mailing list and Barrie residents should get into the habit of using the code on their return address Return mail may be processed through automated centres he explained The union also argues the Post Office in their blind rush to automate the postal system have created not more efficient postal system but system that has been prone to delays in the automated sections Westwood said coded mail has been delayed for days and placed in storage while automated uipment was being repaired Eccles said there were problems with the machines in the initial stages but weaknesses have been ironed out He said as far as he knows automated centres now have backup equipment Eccles also disputed Westwoods argument that automated equipment is experimental wont process manv items of mail and damages mail The equipment is not experimentalEccles said He said however any mail with staples paper clips or containing an object like key will be rejected and could be damaged by the automated equipment Should hire more staff says CU PW report The Barrie Post Office should be using the money it spends promoting the postal code to hire more full time staff according to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers In news release Don Westwood president of the Barrie Local said the Post Office nt more than $3700 promoting the postal at time when the office was short four full time iiside postal workers The money should have been spent on the new positions so that the public could be given the service that it deserves Westwood said Albert Eccles Barrie postmaster said that during that period Oct to Nov 22 the Morg snow fgrecgst union was entitled to five new jobs Three of those jobs have now been filled he said Eccles said he does not know how much money has been spent promoting the code in Barrie The figures have not been added he said The campaign has been 62 per cent effec tive he said About 70 per cent of the business sector and 54 per cent of the private sector are using the code he said The Post Offices program of coding Christmas card lists free of charge was not well used by the public Eccles said The office is now starting household blitz asking people to bring in their address books or mailing lists for coding Storm blamed in deaths By THE CANADIAN PRESS The deaths of three persons have been attributed to storm that hit Ontario earlier this week The storm accompanied by high winds and heavy snow loosened its grip on the province Wins damages in hairvsuit LONDON Ont CP county court judge awarded $25 in special damages and $400 in general damages Wednesday to woman whose husband said she returned from beauty salon looking like secondclass whore Linda Rupert 36 brought $6000 lawsuit against the Robert Simpson Co Ltd when her brown hair which she had wanted streaked did not turn out to her satisfaction Connie LeMesurier hair stylist at the store testified she told Mrs Ru rt her hair was too dry to be streaked an recom mended treatment using henna coloring instead She said she told Mrs Rupert her streaked hair would turn red particularly where already streaked Mrs Ru rt said the stylist did not give her the ormation She said most of her hair turned out red with the streaked por tions vivid orange after the henna treat ment The defence said Mrs Rupert was shown chart indicating her brown hair Would turn reddish and her streaked hair would turn golden red Judge Joseph Winter said The plain tiff went for particular serviceand was advised that was inappropriate and that she should have something else When that happens the person who proposes the alteiiitiative shoul be responsible for the resu Wednesday and better conditions with warmer temperatures are expected for the remainder of the week However weather forecasters are expec ting more snow by Friday Joseph Bailey 63 of no fixed address was found unconscious Wednesday ina snowbank near motel in Kitchener Ont where he had beenliving for two weeks Attempts to revive him in hospital failed Earlier this week the storm claimed the life of workman in Toronto who was blown from the roof of the Church of the Holy Trinity man died of asphyxiation near North Bay when his car went off the road and help did not arrive for several hours snowsquall advisory remains in effect today for the southern Georgian BayLake Huron region as well as Sault Ste Marie Algoma and southern White River regions spokesman for Environment Canada said RECEIVES MORE SNOW He said some areas of the province received an additional 15 centimetres of snow Wednesday At the height of the storm winds up to 90 kilometres an hour created snow drifts that blocked highways and forced snowplows off the road The airport at London Ont ciosed Monday evening and did not reopen until Wednesday morning weather office spokesman said Sault Ste Marie Ont has received 167 centimetres of snow since the start of winter about 40 centimetres above normal Ins ide local lifestyle ontomlnmont 10 Hour comics chasiflod 13 to 15