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114th year No 28 Frlday February 1978 15° Per Copy Carrier Home Dollvory 90° Weekly Page friday is for HOMES Decline noted The ity of Barrie report on building per mits for the month of January indicates decline in the total value of new construc tion when compared toJanuary 1977 The January 1078 figure is 3779662 drop from $1446313 year before More permits however were issued this year Ar 50 as compared to 31 in 1977 The total number of dwelling units created in January 1078 was 24 up from 11 year before There Were 10 commercial additions this January the same number as last year The biggest single difference between tht two months was $750000 permit securec for new industrial facility in January 15777 There were no permits for new in dustrial buildings issued last month Lure to tenants MONTREAL Pi Free rent color television sets and even cold hard cash are being used to litre tenants into this citys increasingly empty highrise apartment buildings The overall vacancy rate has increased to 36 per cent from tight 06 per cent in April 1976 with the result that rental agents must outdo each other to attract new tenants to expensive buildings ne downtown building has contest offering the lucky winner free rent for one year To date 2000 people have responded The same building now mainly inhabited by young singles also offers 1percent discount to senior citizens Rents range from $220 to 5430 Sonic rental agents are offering residents $100 for each new tenant they recommend who moves into the building while others are trying to hold tenants by cutt ing rents Rentals are not keeping up with the number of people moving out says James Met arty marketing manager for the Nuns Island Rental Board Queen of Carnival Diane licher 22 of Montmorency Que is crowned arnial Queen by Bonhoinnie after Diane was chosen the first night of the Quebec arnival in Quebec ity Thursday HP Photo Two men injured Two men are in satisfactory condition at Royal Victoria Hospital today recuperating from injuries suffered in twocar collision early this morning on Highway 00 between the I2 and Ilith concession roads of Vespra lownship Involved in the collision which occurred at 1233 in were vehicles driven by Frederick Nurse of Hamilton and Keith Simpson of Stroud Both men were rushed to hospital Damages are estimated at 544000 to the Nurse vehicle and $1 300 to the Simpson car spokesman for the Barrie detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police said that Nurse has been charged with failing to share half the roadway Collapses dies BRADFORD Staflr titycarbld Hamilton man was pronounced lead on air rival at York ounty Hospital in Ncwmarket after apparently collapsing on the ice of ooks Bay while fishing Thurs day Arnold Lindmanis was fishing with part ner Zanis aldmanis of Hamilton at the time of his collapse about pm spokesman for the Bradford detachment of the ntario Provincial Police said today aldmanis drove Luidmanis ashore on snow mobile and he was then transferred to hospital The tPl spokesman said post mortem will be conducted Miss Canada visit Miss anada of 11178 atherinc Swing Will visit West Bend pplianccs ompany in Barricon Monday at in Bill Longhurst marketing manager at West Bend says the purpose of Miss anadas visit to the plant is so she can tannharize herself with West Bends new liiic of prixlucts West Bend has hired Miss anada to be the companys chief hostess at its booth at the Hardware Show at the anadian Nar tioiial Exhibition from Feb 1271 Rumors unfounded Roy Gordon the mayor of Bradford said rumors that he may oppose Janice Laking for the Liberal nomination in the federal riding of Simcoe South are unfounded lordon said Thursday night he is not seeking the nomination Ive got three kids have to spend some time with he said The Simcoe South Liberal Association will hold its nominating meeting Tuesday at pm at the Continental Inn Guest speaker for the evening will be Norm afik the Liberal member of the federal riding of hit ario deadline The recent Toronto Furniture Show is recognized as the showcase for retail buyers from across Canada Spread over two floors of the International Centre the annual event offers something for everyone from Victorian Brass beds top photo to modem tables in brown ash from Montreal Examiner Photos Variety of displays There was something for everyone at the recent Toronto Furniture Show The show stretched over two floors of the International Centre and attracted manufacturers from throughout Ontario with large contingent from Quebec The show presented each January by the Canadian Council of Furniture dCSigners is regarded as showcase for retail buyers from across Canada Displays everything from recreation rmm accessories to nursery eqmpment to expensive handcrafted furniture So and photos on todays Homes Page Back in hospital Michael Shawn Rockwell who was stabbed several times at Barrie public school Dec 16 is back in hospital today Rockwell of 10 Scott Cres Letitia Heights was found by school mates Dec 16 and taken to Royal Victoria Hospital where he was reported to be recovering from the wounds The boy was reported in poor condition when first admitted He was later released after his condition improved It is not known whether his return to hospital Thursday is linked with the stabb ing incident 10yearold Barrie boy was made tem porary ward of the Childrens Aid Society in connection with the stabbing incident NB siege over IRHESTER NB 17P hostage taking incident at federal penitentiary ended just before dawn today with the sale release of guard Hugh Maloney and sur render of two convicts holding him since last Saturday night prison spokesman said Edgar Rousscl and Bertrand Janvier surrendered after be ing promised transfers to Quebec prison known as special handling unit new shift of guards many weary alter double shifts worked during the incident reported for work to team that week of tension was over There was little evidence from outside that anything had changed at the fortress like prison sprawled atop low bleak hill near the Nova ScotiaNew answick border Rooney wife charged OTTAWA ICP Liberal MP David Rixmey already facing charge of political corruption was charged jointly with his wife Ruth on Thursday with common assault and damage to property The charges arose from fracas at the couples downtown apartment Vledncsday evening involving freelance photographer and newspaper reporter The two were at the Rooney apartment to interview the member for Bonavistar Trinitytonception in Newfoundland about charge laid lednesday by ommons Speaker James Jerome under Section 108 of the riminal ode That section says any MP who accepts or tries to accept money valuable considera tions or employment for person is guilty of an indictable offence As result of the fracas at the Rooney apartment photographer Steve Behal suf fered two small cuts on his hand and had the strap of his camera cut Elvis lookalike Dennis Wise of cala Pla is helped out of wheelchair as he leaves an Orlando hospital following plastic surgery to make his face resemble that of the late rock king Elvis Presley Wises face was covered with bandages which come off next week He wants to tour the country singing and looking like his idol Presley AP Photo weather Variable cloudiness and cold with Ilurries today Highs 10 to 111 Lows overnight 717 to Mainly sunny and cold Saturday Highs IOto 12 1119 Examer moan mm cu 2200539 for homo dollvory the examiner serving barrie and simcoe county Immediate pledge by Blais on mailOpening legislation Bombing probed by RCMP MNION NB CPI The RCMP has started an investigation into the bombing early Thursday of federal offices in the tiny rural village of St Quentin an act an Acadian group has claimed credit for spokesman at RCMP headquarters in Fredericton said today small building housing an employment office was almost destroyed in the attack Much of the damage was the result of smoke police said small Molotov coektail was thrown through the front window of the office at 215 am the spokesman said There are no suspects and it is st ill under investigation Meanwhile late Thursday an unnamed group left letter in telephone booth here and called local FrenchJanguage daily newspaper and RadioCanada newsroom waming that unless the contents of the letter were broadcast and printed the newspaper and Radiotanada would be the next targets of bomb attacks The letter said another Acadian group was responsible for the Restigouche County fire bombing The letter signed by group calling itself the Beaubassin cell said it supported the action that had been taken against the centre by the Restigouche cell It did not explain what either cell represented Angry at board in P0 issue IltNT ttjli The president of the maintenance workcrs local at the Gateway postal sorting plant in Mississauga just west of here said Thursday he will organize march in Ottawa if necessary to picket the treasury board and our own national lxadquartcrs Paddy Burke president of Local 00111 Public Service Alliance of Canada said he is angry that rotating strikes at postal stations in Toronto London nt Montreal and Laval Que have brought no move for set tlement from the treasury board or support from the unions national office in its batttle for bettcr wage package Even my own national headquarters isnt speaking to me Burke said in an interview recent crosscounty poll among 111000 alliance members ended in the memberships refusal to sanction nationwide strike However individual locals can vote on taking their own strike act ion Meanwhile mail service in Toronto was hampered lhursday because of strike by workers at the main postalsort ing station SOME DIILIVIIRIID Nigel Dunn post office information director for the Toronto region said only handful of mail was delivered because of walkout which began Wednesday afternoon and continued Thursday by the southcentral station workers The workers maintain automated letter aiid parcelsorting machines and post office delivery trucks Inside workers at llic plant members of the anadian Union of Postal Workers crossed picket lines but most truck drivers mem bers of the Letter anicrs Union of Canada refused to cross Dunn said Burke said there will be no more 24hour strikes at the Gateway plant because they are too hard to run and they arent producing the result we want Burke said future strikes at the plant where all Iorontorcgion parcels and letters for Mississauga and west Toronto are sorted would be along the lines of twoto fourhour work stoppages Prison crisis nears climax NEW WRSIMINSIER itP Hostagetakers Ralph Saumer Dave Bennett and two unidentified hostages walked out the front door of the fortressrlikc British olumbia jxnitcntiaiy late Thursday as the crisis now in its seventh day drew closer to climax Saumcr and Bennett the first of five hostagetakers to give themselves up were taken to RfMP cells in the Vancouver area RtMP Inspector Les Holmes said The two hostages who police said were in good condition after 1113 hours in confinement were debriefed on the penitentiary grounds Police said they dictated which hostages would be freed Robert Dcsjarlais Dennis Lavallee Hanna Bauer Mary lildgrubc Betsy Wood Sandra Meadley and lay lloon were held by the pnsoncrs before the latest development Thirteen persons were originally seized am not prepared at this time to name those two hostages nor am prepared to dis cuss the terms of the surrender as it may jeopardize ongoing negotiations Holmes said Police have said the prisoners have handgun No weapons were given up during the surrender The two hostages released brought to four the number freed Ihursday Five remain prisoners of convicted contract killer Andrew Bruce 28 Steven Albert Hall 28 serving 15 years for attempted murder and Richard Wright an armed robber in the prisons visiting area All part of the Minesing MiniFest John Partridge wasnt part of the local entertainment in the Minesing MiniFest talent night Thursday but he should have been While contestants were performing Partridge graciously provided his own music from backstage The talent night was the opening event in the four day MiniFest which ends Sunday Sixteeiiyearold Connie Priest trade 11 student at Barrie North ollegiate was chosen Minesing MiniPest princess at the opening of the fourday event Miss Priest selected over six other contestants will take part in all festivities of the MiniPest including parade snowmobile obstacle course log sawing and snowshoe races Examiner Photos OTTAWA CP JeanJacques Blais took political charge of the RCMP Thursday and immediately pledged to push ahead with legislation that would allow the force to open and read personal mail It was dramatic turnaround for the 37 yearold Ontario lawyer and former post mastergeneral who had disclaimed all re sponsibility for the force less than three months ago during Commons grilling over its illegal mail openings am not responsible for the RCMP Blais told the House in November after first denying the force intercepted private mail then listening while former solicitorgeneral Francis Fox said the practice had been going on since 1954 Prime Minister Trudeau picked Blais to replace Fox in shuffle that also moved novice minister Gilles Lamontagne 58 into the troubled post office portfolio Fox quit as chief law enforcement minister Monday confessing that he once signed another mans name on hospital form to help lover obtain an abortion ASKS FOR TIME As he took over Blais asked for time to become familiar with portfolio that has tested five other ministers since Trudeau came to power in 1968 But Opposition MPs made clear they would not give him much when the RCMP is under investigation for illegal acts by three separate inquiries Illicit mail interception by the force is one area under scrutiny and Blais said outside the Commons he planned to move soon to make the practice legal prob ably before royal commission investigation is finished His plan came under immediate attack by local libertarians who complained that Blais should have stopped illegal mail openings while he was postmastergeneral Blais is Blah the Civil Liberties Association of Ottawa said in news release The ministers appointment almost ensures the further deterioration of civil liberties in Canada Opposition Leader Joe Clark said he hoped Blais would show more sensitivity and competence as solicitorgeneral than he did as postmastergeneral reference to bitter labormanagement problems that plagued Blaiss 16month tenure at the post office Plane incident brings charge ELMVALE Staff William George Bye 35 of Sudbury has been charged by the Elmvale detachment of the Ontario Provin cial Police with taking off in plane from highway Bye was forced to land his light amphibian aircraft Jan 12 on stretch of Highway 93 ap proximater one kilometre north of Hillsdale when he developed engine problems Neither Bye nor his passenger Willard MacDonald also of Sudbury were injured in the incident The plane was taxied down Highway 93 with police escort to ministry of transpor tation and communications storage yard few miles south where it was to be dismantled and taken to the nearest airport for reassembly and takeoff The plane was reported missing between am1pmonJan14 Sgt Mel Gattie of the Elmvale OPP says that Bye has been located in Sudbury and has been served with summons to appear in Elmvale court March 17 Three missing canal searched ST CATHARINES Ont CP Police say five persons may have died in what is to believed to be murdersuicide involving city couple whose car plunged into the Welland canal late Wednesday Police said the car and the bodies of John McBain 37 and his wife Jane 36 were recovered early Thursday The couples three children Andrea 15 Neil John 13 and Jacqueline are missing and believed to have been in their parents car when it went into the canal police said Divers were searching today for the childrens bodies in about 10 metres of water Its fies pass to something called an encounter of the third kind inside lifestyle entertainment homes sports 10 comic classified to 15