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Barrie Examiner, 21 Aug 1976, p. 1

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EXAMINER TELEPHONES WEATHER FORECAST Circulation 726 6539 SUNNY Classified Advertising 718 2ll4 All Other Dopnitmools 776 6537 Ulric Eartha Examiner 15 Pet Copy Conici Home Delivery 85 Weekly l2th YeorNo 196 The Barrie Examiner Pages Barrie Ontario Canada Saturday August 1976 COOKSTO WNMEETHVG Subd1v1s10n dlspute 1s t0p1c tll lIS llttlSSlle of the thitario Provincial Police reminds Paul Hodgert of the llatttc laycccs the best to prevent car theft is to take the keys out of the ignition and secure the doors and windows The Barrie lay cccs in co operation with the local police forces tli ltiiltic and liinisfil are embarking on Lock it and pocket the keys campaign Examiner lliotoi Lock it pocket key is campaigns theme ll SUICII lctltllIlt Fuiniincr Staff Reporter Sleazy Sam and his gang of hardened criminals haie iiist robbed the citys largest bank and are making their getan iy They run tltll the dark il in find car unattended pick flit lock llltl lltl itt tlii cllguit The lime to work last Ko jack lroiiside Coliiiiibo and lanni are all on their trail The scenario makes for good tcleisioii ieuiiig but ac cording to the Ontario lroyiii ciiil lolii tlic Harrie city police and the Barrie liycces that is not the cars are stolen The inaioiitx oi cars are stolen from neighborhood tllltl lecaiise the owner was too careless 01 too laxy to lock the car and pocket the key This month laycces all across Canada ill cooperation llll local site dopaitiiieiits are launcliitn ock it tllil pocketlhekcy campaign slide piesentation the iliitario lrminczal lolicc diir iiig iii IiXlWlt press conference indicated cat Thet is iiicreas mg is rosin and tr many cases car he pici entcit lit the ot liariic iloiie Jll ll iti suitl lll lflI ll tutti ll pr cent had the keys the on said lii2 lloicci liiec panel cha tirzii oi statistics itxi zios lttl been slim Thai tt Voter Ic unlocked lltl the is inaorh had Tltt key iet ititttiigiioz lNll it llllil Lli by the liar rie aniss Silittt to pi ex Kis li poi 1c of ll ilt to te is la ii it down The results concur with the statistics pio ided by thetlll Cpl Wes lltlSStl community seii ice coordinator in this aim said car theft should not be erlooked and considered iiiiiiorcriine Cpl Prossei said his sta tistics are bt out of date and probably should be higher The figures showed that lit vestigatiiig car thefts cost the tipieis 5500000 iii police salaries iloiie Since large number of thefts end in colli sions another $6 million in damages can be added siatistics showed that 72 per cent ot the ehicles were stolen at night and met 30 per cent of them were taken from the ic tiiiisowndrieyiy startling is per cent of the stolen ehicles ere not locked Farl Snider chief of Barrie police said one of eery three cars stolcii here has the keys lett in the ignition JtH lllllt Cpl liosser also pointed out small wicciitage ot ehicles ltc stolen during the course of crime oiit three percent The niaiority ot chicles per cent are stolen for the purpose of ioyriding or trans poitatior The bulk are taken inst tor the inn of It he said and tom im the keys ll the car is only tempting the would be thict loekeii car iiso takes longer to get into he sid and there is greater chaice ot the person benig seen The would he thief knows that too lr llisigert added that over 19ft and till better than 11 per ittil iii litc sfiiiir ilitilts tli taken by iiyoiiics lie said neg cc teziipting iii PM illii tlt PS LE NE WS Four dead in crash ill lili It utiK iiil xim oiirlt is nr lynx lttllil ll gt simkenici said lliiw Ziiil fi on st lily ilsi uisoithioils rsix mi it cast Christians near Tripoli cc siiliii iy iiif id ih stiai iill Bus plunges into Danube lb3 Rcuei llls tIIl1 Miiygta yes Il rimny plunged into the laiiiibc tin or ill here list in 914 sons ere tcarist diou iin iistiian poicc said NEW CURFEW Tori HENE1 llie Jaycecs are embarking on their campaign in an at tempt to reduce car thefts Mr llodgert agreed the caniiaign would not eliminate car cfts but could greatly reduce the number by having everyone lock their vehicle The ampaigii is being funded by local companies with assistance from the lnsurance Board of Canada Mr Hodgert said some in siiiaiice companies are already refusing to honor claims when vehicle was left unlocked or with keys in it Chief Snider said the city of Toronto has municipal bylaw which requires motorists to leave their vehicles secure Mr lodgert said Barrie Jaycees intend to have delegation appear before Barr rie city council asking for similar bylaw to be intrixiuccd here The committee is also looking at alarm systems being de veloped in the hated States it person reaches into car with the key the alarm goes off the horn blares and the lights flash The Jaycees will continue their formal campaign until pril but will continue to pro mote the campaign afterward Around Christmas the club will launch strong campaign warning people not leave their cars unlocked particularly when there are parcels inside Lock it and pocket the key campaigns have been held elsewhere ith good results if Barrie and area motorists lll corotwratc can get similar results here Mr ltmlgert said Simple as the slogan and solution may sound the big iob is to get it into the every habit and notorst practice of When asked any person here obec was speaking to you COOKSTOWN confronta tion involvin proposed 92lot subdivision iere will be dis cussed when village council meets Monday night Planning board chairman Dr William Milligan refused to comment in detail Friday but he admitted there is ii clash posed to Tookslniic said plann ing board will ask council to defer decision on the develop ment until the villages official plan is prepared Dr Milligiin would not verify Mr Stones statement and minutes of planning board meetings were not available to board wants the Ontario Mu iiicipiil Board to postpone its decision on rezoning for Cooksliiiie when public hear ing resumes next Wednesday The public hearing is sche itiilcd for 1030am in the coin iiiuiiity hall Mondays council meeting over the Cookslanc subdivision Mike Stone resident on Mr Stone confirm Mr Stones claim said will start planning at pm in the municipal building Death toll eight in flaming crash CLEVELAND AP Eight ersons died some of them ieating on the doors of their flaming cars after runaway tractortrailer slammed into line of stopped vehicles at the bottom of steep hill Friday night witnesses and police said Seven persons died three months ago in similar acci dent on the same hill in suburr ban Valley View At least three explosions rip pcd through the wreckage Friday night as gas tanks blew up witnesses told police Police said the trucks brakes apparently failed on the heavy ily travelled lriingor ltoad hill near the intersection of later state Highway 77 Last May an asphalt ladcii dump truck lost its brakes on the hill and seven persons were killed There were calls at that time fora ban on trucks on the hill Robert iisick mayor ot nearby Brooklyn Heights said he was in his car at the bottom of the hill Friday night waiting for traffic light to change when he saw the truck jack knife coming down the hill Cusick said the truck ap peared to be sliding sideways and finally at the bottom of the hill it tipped over and slid on itssiilc llircc cars and part of four th were crushed under the truck and station wagon was knocked into the old hio not he said usick said hc jumped into the canal to hpr the occupants out of thestatioii wagon tiin Adams an cltlploycc at nearby service station said he heard the trucks liorii blow three times before the crash Then saw one guy in car which was on fire Adams said And saw this other guy you could sec he was trap pod and lie was cutting tiiinsclt CHILD ABUSE tlltltl tilittsc is on llH iiiiiiinw in inform and Ilyziiiiiiicr rcpoitcr lticliard lliiiistaii takes look at child abuse who loin it why and what can licitoiutopicvciif it til spccial icpoit on Page ii of todaysIZxaiiiilicr Area police head retiring lliitfci Hi oiuity Supt Ktllll oltiiis Is ctiiiiiu After nine years as head of thettiitario Provincial lolicc Ill May hold North Korea accuses US accident inquest Ontario Provincial Police said today an inquest may be held in to the accidental death of 24yearold Barrie man on Friday Douglas Beleskey 24 of Steel Street was killed when four wheel frontend loader he was driving rolled over as it travelled south on the 4th Line of Vespra north of Midhurst The accident occurred at aboutfipm An OPP spokesman said he did not know who owned the frontend loader driven by Mr Beleskey Barrie man dies at 71 John Frederick Woods wellknown Barrie insurance salesman died Friday at his Vancouver Street home He was 71 years old Barrie resident for 41 years Mr Woods worked for local law firm before becoming an agent for Crown Life ln surance He was active in many coin niunity projects and he was once campaign manager for Simcoe Centre MPP George Johnston Mr Woods is survived by his wife the former Gertrude Hayden his son Dr John Woods of Calgary and daughters Barbara iMrs John Rolandi and Joan iMrs Ken neth Moranl both of Tomato and brothers Frank Woods of Toronto and Edward Woods of Kansas City Mo Friends may visit the Steckley Funeral Home 30 Worsley St after Sun day Funeral arrangements are to be made later trying to get out of tliccar in treecu tting incident SEOUL APt North Korea accused the United States of Man charged in stabbing OWEN SOUND Ont TP John Farrow officially died of stab wound to the heart but at least two other wounds might have been fatal coroner Edwards said Friday Dr Edwards said Mr Farr row 57 found dead in his Owen Sound home Friday suffered stab wound in the heart an other that severed the pul monary artery and third in the livch any one of which might have been fatal The man was stabbed more than20times licesaid His wife sie was in fair but stable condition in hospital Friday after being stabbed four times David Peter Gagnier 19 of Mount Hope hit has been charged with seconddegree murder in connection Willi Mr Farrows death Police said the dead man up parciitly had struggled with an intruder URDOW DOWN UP ST PAULS Two teen agers here have been on teeterrtotter for more than 24 hours in stunt to raise money for muscular dys trophy research Alan Anion and Dean Taylor 13 began their see sawing marathon at in Friday hoping to keep at it for 30 hours They have collected pledges based on how long theylast Chips in needed hits as Ivy the Winners George lIllis has prtltd himself capable manager and now one of the better clutchhitters on the ivy Leafs baseball team Friday he chipped in the needed hits to help the Leafs defeat Newmarket 87 and clinch the South Simcoe Baseball League quarterfinal series It was the deciding game in the best of three series Newmarket had won the first games2 with lyy taking the se cond2o One other game had been tossed out and ordered replayed Detroit like town with streets rolled DETROIT iP Detroit has toughened its new curfew in an increased effort to stop vio lence by youth gangs Police Chief Philip Taiiniaii said the city looks at night like small country town with its streets rolled up Meanwhile the Red Cross volunteered to patrol the city freeways to aid stranded motorists and free policemen for street ditty and group of women calling themselves Women Against Punks mar ched on City Hall with picket signs and applied for gun per nuts The city council oted Friday to strengthen curfew ordi nance passed earlier in the week for youths younger than 18 The original ordinance had allowed them on the streets af ter the to deadline if on emergencies or legitimate busi ness The council amended the law to forbid youths from being out after that hour for any reason without parent or guardian The new wording was re quested by police officials who said the ordinance had loop holes that would let violators escape Red Cross spokesman said the organization would be ready to begin its freeway patrols before Sept if the of fer is accepted Robberies rapes and assaults on drivers whose cars break down on the citys due to wrong ruling inter pretation by an umpire Reg Westbrooke secretarytrea surer of the league said Friday It was this suddendeatii game which was played Fri day The win now pits the Leafs against the tlrillia Mayors in semifinal action Monday Lin at lvy Leafs host the Midland ln dians Sunday in the semnd game of the Ontario Baseball Association playoffs ivy won the opener of the best of three series EH GametimeisSp up freeway system have been in creasing this summer police said The Red Cross kesman said volunteers woul patrolin marked vehicles equipped with radios and firstaid kits and their role would be to provide comfort and communication for those stranded on the free ways committing grave military provocation today by cutting down tree whose trimming provoked the deaths ot tWo US officers Forces on both sides of the demilitarized zone DMZ dividing the two Korias were on alert as 118 Navy task for ce steamed toward Korean atcrs But the 15l mile DMZ was reported uict Pentagon ficials continued to emphasize that military moves including the reinforce mcnt of jet fighter forces in Korea are preautioiiary and do not foreshadow military rc taliation The US rled United Nations Command tllNCl here said Late notice on hearing BAXTEB With reniarka bly late notice Essa township council has announcisi that public hearing of the Ontario Municipal Board will be held Monday Anyone for or against 9tilot estate residential development south of Angus may speak at the hearing scheduled for 11 am in the municipal building at Baxter The proposal was referred to the OMB by the ministry of housing Developer Arthur Minn has calmed that he received ap proval from Essa council in 1974 but nodevelo meiit agree nient has been ma The subdivision lands are on lots 22 23 and 24 Con wgt man Friday was the last day of recreation department ac tivity centres 0n the sports side of the centres the senior boys team from Prince of Wales school did fair bit of briefly that UNC work party fellcd the tree 40foot Nor mandy poplar in the joint security area at anmunjoin in the DMZ and got safely out it did not say whether North Korean forces reacted to the move and gave no details North Korean broadcast said more than 300 soldiers in cluding US troops in full combat trim entered thejoint sccurit area and cut down the tree destroying posts of our side and smashing bars by large truck The broadcast did not elaborate but sources said it might be referring to road barriers or fences in the area FORCES PREPARED South Korean President Chung Hec Park met with his National Security Council spokesman said after the meet ing that and Korean forces are fully prepared to meet any contingency Capt Arthur Bonifas flit and Lieut Mark Barrett 25 died in melee that broke out when North Korean guards objected to attempts to prune the tree Wednesday Both sides have ac cused the other of starting the brawl The command has said the trees branches blocked the view of North Korean positions from lYNC checkpoint The fittttttiston aircraft carrier Midway left the US naval base at Yokosuka Japan for an undisclosed destination today Sources in Washington said the ship and its 73 aircraft were headed for Korea The Midway was accompanied by heavierthan normal escort of four frigates and guuicd missile cmiser Simcoc oiinty Miiskoka ind SllT COLLINS 0II slti lll At hr Httaway Strch hoiiie ltl Bari to today Supt oilins said he is looking forward to ciiioviiig lilc Willl his Wife liciti ittii Itf years Willi lllt yllh ltc iillll he entered prc ictirciiiciit on Nttltlthlltl and hcwill iclirc officially iicxt spr mg The new supciiiitiiidcnt for lllllltl of the till Will lN lloy ltiirkctt toiiiicily inspcc lot at lHtltttl liczidqiiarlcrs Ill ltllvttW ltc is now stii tiinicil in thc Illsti ict tillttt Ill llaiiie Supt tolhiiu tirt we iii in spcctoi it lntltlt foi one year iiitore iiicommit siipciiiitcn dent in Hill Below that he scivcd as in spcctoi it loiidoii hit Itc has also iillttl iii toioiito Sim iii and ciitlt Hutzirio tltliltllttltlll of lhcflll Girl died of asphyxiation ST AltlAtthlIS till li Five ycar olii Stephanie Hallo whose male body wastoundstiittcdinarliif flt bag tit lwciitj Mile ticck near here chiiiwiay liva ot asphyxnitioir poliii ftltl Friday It was isplivxmtioii by smothering said lltlttlHt Inspector traig oi the criminal investigation branch of hitiirio Provincial Police The girls father Zli year old Jon Hallo has iiien charged with second degree iiiiiirlii lti New postage stamp issue tlll ili the post officc announced Frida llt issue of ttl million litu lowiii stamps dcpiitiiig dittiiiii aspects of toiiadian llllilfi Clllltlrt ENDING SEASON 0F SUCCESS cleaning up They managed to take first in baseball first in basketball first in flag football second in floor hockey second in track and second in golf Team members pose for photo from left Randy Milburii Scott Saunders Shawn Saunders Todd Arkell and Ken Dube Absent at time itillllttlllill with thi childs death lhc man city hall cui ptoim in Hamilton was re iiiaiiitcd ltl custody to Aug 37 afth iii apiwaraiiic iii llatii iltoii pioviuciat court li iday lcanvthilc police have picsted concern over lllt its appearance of ltallos Wife tti ttl old Siiiidivi Hallo and the ioiiplc KM ycai oldsoiiJasoii The two ltrll not been seen sitiiciiiliiltlit lll addition to scouring lll tlillll wattrs of lwcnty lili ticck Klltlt llic 1th liuly tm ftIlllIl under highway llllltl polirciitsoiicrlizigging iiiiili ittccii Milc Creek and Styttwti lill tttk lioi tilt ii police ihicis fiotii tiiiiiiiiloii iiid ltaldiiiiand oitoik rIiioii were litllffl iii to it1tillicstuitili ift pharm body was irtciiti ftlil to he giaiidfxithci lliliili lollitigton llllf of the fitfltttlllLt Hut fitl itcpait iiitnt when photo was taken were Steve Aiist Chris Harris Paul Dousctte Dave tagg and Henry Sienkwicz Ex aminer Photo

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