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Barrie Examiner, 11 Sep 1976, p. 1

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Li IRK Ffir yr mwwrwn 78 EXAMINER TELEPHONES WEATHER FORECAST Circulation 7266539 Clossdied Advertising 728 24l4 All Other Departments 7766537 nmh YearNQ 213 The some Examiner Barrie onmrio conOdo smurday semi 1976 15 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly IBPoges Brenda Lynch tleft and Tammy Petit examine set of walkie talkles displayed as one of the many prizes available to Barrie Ex aminer carriers during the sixweeklong Ilorne Reading Club offer Carriers will receive points for new sub scriptions that will entitle them to various pIIZtS that were displayed at file HEAR YOU HEAR YOU meeting held at the Army Navy and Air Force Club on George Street Friday The offer will enable Examiner subscribers to select several Barrie men involved in highvoltage tests Two Barrie men will be among 30 Ontario Hydro em ployees taking part in year long study of the biological ef fects of working in highrvoltagc electrical fields Dori McGinnis is foreman of highvoltage regional man tenance crew and Doug Raymond is lineman with the same crew The two men and their colleagues all voulnteers will travel to Toronto at intervals for extensive medical and psychological testing under the direction of Dr Dales Black Hydro staff physician They will be compared with 30 other llvdro employees similar to them in age physical condition and other factors whose work does not place them in contact with high volt age fields The study arises out of con tinuing controversy resulting froin Russian study more than to years ago which suggested that workers in volved with high voltage suffer biological effects Hydro officials say the study was quite unscientific in its approach and involved workers exposed to much higher voltages than is possible in Ontario survey of aoo research papers on the subiect found that only the Russian study and another involving only handy ful of Spanish workers men tioned biological effects But the question keeps pop ping up and good sclid Canadian study is needed Dr Black says think were quite certain that there are no effects Ted Johnston public relations of ficer for Ontario Hydros Georgian Bay region said today Mr Johnston said the volun teers will not be subjected to any experiments but will con tinue to do their regular jobs and will be examined 32 suffer minor injuries in Windsorarea rail mishap TECUMSETH Ont CPI At least 32 persons were treated for minor injuries after Jana dian National Railways pas senger train headed to Windsor from Toronto was derailed Friday in this community near Windsor There were no deaths Officials said two persons were admitted to hospital and the others were released after treatment The most serious iri jury was thought to be broken arm or leg IN official said those in jured were all passengers 69 passengers None of the five crew members were hurs when the train was derailed at switch at 9103 pm the time it was due in Windsor the official said He said the train carrying 69 passengers left Toronto at pm with seven passenger coaches two locomotives and steam generator car loco motive and the steam gener ator car were damaged severe CAPSULE NE Rebel bishop meets Pope CASTEL GANILF Italy AP Rebcl Bishop Marcel Lefebvre rnet Pope Paul today seven weeks after the Vatican suspended the French prelate from his priestly functions because of his defiant rejection of change in the church African violence continues CAPE TOWN Renter Violence flared throughout the night in the Tape peninsula despite gowrnrnent concessions to South Africas colored and Asian tlllllllltlllifi Tito has liver ailment BELGRADE AP Presidcnt Tito has an acute liver disease and needs several weeks of treatment and rest the official Tan jug news agency reported today lito in has led Yugoslavia smge 1945 and has the official title of president for life Iy he said although all cars re mained Upright INVIISTIGATIJS The official said CNs iri vestigation of the derailment would include the possibility that the switch was tampered with McFarlane first en gineer said it seemed switch was thrown that should not have been Uninjured passengers went to Windsor by bus Hospital officials said number of persons had gone to their destinations in Windsor before deciding to go to hospital for checkup The number treated would increase if passengers continued to show up at hospitals officials said Don Campeau of nearby Belle River said he was driving down road running parallel to the railway line when he heard crunching noise looked in the rear mirror and saw sparks coming from underneath the engines and then they went flying by he said It all seemed to happen in split instance minor fire reported to be in the steam generator car of baggage car was extinguished quickly iriagaxines from total of almost popular magazines for nominal weekly fee tSec story photo on Pitt Examiner Photo hawvistas If ll ll UNIT Mb tiiwtfi to tvtiili ztiitt lflti erlrrrt Mm Four killed in flooding OCOIILLO alif tAIi flood unleashed by tropical storm Kathleen as it tore through the southwestern United States sent fourfoot high wall of water surging through this tiny desert town and the surrounding area The flooding killed at least four persons two of them in Ocotillo and destroyed homes bridges and railway tracks Authorities said they fear the death toll will rise PSYCHOLOGIST Abby faith courage kept her alive VANCOUVER tCPt A7 Dr Peter Suedfeld University of British Columbia psychologist says Abby Drovcrs courage arid her religious faith kept her alive during her six months in small cell under garage Dr Suedfield who has done research into sensory deprivation and isolation said Abbys experience in the Port Moody BC dungeon can be compared with Patty Hearsts confinement in closet during the first weeks of her kid napping by members of the etliner KEFLAVIK Iceland AI hijacked Trails World Airlines jetlincr and its escort aircraft took off from chlavik Symbionese Liberation Army Dr Suedfeld who has no direct knowledge of 13yearold Abby said he was not surprised she wrote letters to the kid napper who confined her in bomb shelter short distance from her home If you are in someones power it is better to be his friend than his enemy Ir Suedfeld said Abbys faith in God helped her enor rnously If you have faith you also have hope that you will come through he said FATHER VISITS The psychologist said Abby may experience nightmares uncontrollable fears and dif ficulty in establishing close relationships in the future as result of her ordeal Abbys father Cecil Drover of Calgary said his daughter is slowly returning to normal life after being found Monday by police who were in vestigating family distur bance Mr Drover divorced from Abbys mother visiting his daughter Ruth is Generally she is in amazingly good spirits He said he said his daughter walks with limp tires easily but wants to play in the sunshine and visit friends Its big adjustment When she disappeared March 10 it was winter and there wasnt leaf on tree Six months went out other life just like that Now its late summer and LEA VES ZELAND FOR UK airport today and headed for London airport officials said KIIFIAVIK Iceland tCP Croatian nationalists demanding independence from Yugoslavia hijacked New YorktoChicago flight Friday night forced the aircraft to Police storm jettiner ending 21hour siege LAIIORIJ AP Pakistani police ended 2Ihour waiting game early today and stormed hijacked Indian Airlines jet at Lahore airport capturing six skyjackers and freeing seven crew members who had been held hostage foreign ministry officials said The TI passengers aboard the lltllljlllt Rocing 737 com mandeercd while on domestic flight over India had been releasedearlier There were no injuries repor ted among the passengers and crew Itnt it was not learned llII mediatte whether any of the Iiljatkersolpolicewelelitlll lakislani ottleials refused to tilstll tiltdetails ot the raid or Llt the nationalities or other description of the lilléltktl Hut tllltt III New Ilelhi said all of then were Asians and the pilot told reporters the gangs leader spoke Iitlli principal language on the In dian subcontinent NOIIZNUIGIIIVlIII The pilot Iteddy said the hijackers first demanded to be taken to Libya but then changed their destination to Lahore when he told them his fuel supply was too limited Government officials here would not divulge the demands made by the hijackers during subsequent negotiations Officials of the tWo govern ments said the hijackers took over the plane at pistol point shortly after it left New Delhis Palaiii International Airport on flight for Jaipur at am local llIllt Friday 930 pm Fl IIiursdayl Roddy said he was hustled lnto the bathroom of the plane after having touched the con trol panel of the cockpit despite the hijackers orders not totouch thecontrols 27 12OUN CE GINN GAININ IIIIINIHCR HAY itl liittle Ginny Isalrd who weighed 27 ounces when she was born more than three months premature is ex pected to be home from hospital by Thanksgiving The tiny infant born July had to be fed first through her umbilical cord and then through vein in her scalp before starting on bottle feeding Ginnys premature arrival was unexpected Iler mother Mrs lionald Ilaird of Thun der Bay had just returned from vacation when she went into labor Mrs Baird was rushed to hospital and the child her first was delivered after WEIGHT about riilie hours of labor The baby born in the with week of her mothers pregnancy was placed in an incubator and was under the constant supervision of nurse during her first weeks oflife The hospital pharmacy concocted special nour ishing solution for the in travenous feeding which was used until Ginny gained enough strength to switch to bottle feeding The child now weighs relatively strapping pounds 14 ounces Mrs Haird said the child was expected to arrive Oct 15 lnnisfil endorses lakes authority SIIIOIII lnnisfil council has endorsed the concept of establishing one authority to safeguard the quality of Lake Simcoc and Lake ouchiching Youncil supported resolution of an antipollution committee which met in Kcswick last month The committee which iii cludes lnnisfil deputy rceve Says 400 ro residents oppose industrial park RO STATION Four hun drcd residents of Oro township have pledged opposition to proposed industrial park at Guthrie according to Dave Hill of RR LOroStation He said Friday that he is member of group which has hired lawyer to fight the in dustry proposal on Monday at an Ontario Municipal Hoard hearing The hearing starts at It am in the township hall on the 7th Lineoftro Mr Ilill said 400 people have signed declaration authorizing lawyer Lloyd May to represent them at the hearing ro council is in favor of the industrial proposal which requires amendment of the township official pland arid rezoningof agricultuwl land Ray Campbell holder of Convertible Iools franchise plans subdivision of 30 iii dustrial lots amt one com mercial outlet Beatrice OASA series today Willi any cooperation from the weatherman Beatrice Foods and Peterborough will meet in the first game of their Ontario Amateur Softball Association OASA In termediate playoff tonight at It pm at Queens Park Beatrice grand champions of the Lahatts Labor Day softball tournament are the defending Ontario Intermediate chain pions Blake onstable said special act of the Legislature may be needid to preserve the quality of the lakes The committees recom mendation is being circulated among 15 municipalities bor dering the lakes According to Howard Shillington councillor in Georgina township and chair man of the iiiitipolltltitiii corri inittee provincial alid federal agencies now deal Willi lakes in an uncoordinatcd fashion Harrie has been asked to ap point representative to the committee which now has five members The copilot Captain Yadav told reporters the hijackers then turned to him and one hit him on the back of the head with pistol butt threatening to shoot me if did not follow his instructions He said two of the hijackers carried hand grenades Sources here said they also had rifles The hijackers ordered Yadav to circle low over this city 250 miles northwest of New Delhi so they could verify it was Lahore Then they landed Long hours of negotiations ensued involving the Indian ambassador to Pakistan Bajpai and Pakistani Foreigh Secretary Shah Nawaz The gunmen quickly released West German couple and their child and several hours later they freed three Indians who wcreill Late Friday after continuous bargaining with authorities the hijackers allowed the reiriaining 65 passengers to leave the plane keeping oiin the seven crew members aboard After several more hours of futile negotiations police raided the aircraft at 505 am today 805 pm EDT Friday The crew and passengers most of whom were Indian were returned to New Delhi today aboard second plane Education changes urged IEIICRBOROUGH nt CP Some schools must be closed and grades courses and teaching positions eliminated if education costs are to be re duced says Rae Linton direc tor of education for the Peter borough board of education Mr Linton in report released Thursday to board committee said Ontario may no longer be able to afford the education system enjoyed in the past Some of the changes sug gested in the document can be carried out locally but others require changes in provincial education policy he said The document said more ef ficient education system may involve redrawing school boun daries closing some schools reducing or eliminating courses which attract small number of students and dropping kin dergarten and Grade 13 Techni al and special educa tion classes should be reduced while home economics and in dustrial arts should be elim inated Mr Linton said The document also suggested that the salar costs for elementary an secondary school teachers be reduced by eliminating the requirement for degree ALW Two wouldbe burglars shot to death BLUFFION SC AP Two US marines who ap ircntly swam across river to hiirgle the isolated island home of millionaire were shot to death by the owner of the estate authorities say Henry Harry Train 69 yearold plantation owner describml by neighbors as an avid outdoorsman and profi cient with firearms fired two shots from lltlcalibrc revolver killing the marines Coroner Roger Pinckney said Friday The men were identified as Sgt John Adams 20 of High Point N1 and Cpl Lawrence Powell 21 of Union Town NJ Pinckney said they apparent ly swam across the May River from Bluffton to reach Crams estate on 40acre isolated island in the southeastern cor ner ofSouth Carolina third marine who au thorities said also was believed to be involved was in custody on burglary charges Police iden tified him as Sgt Robert Nunez 34 of Trinidad Colo and said he was araested in ijack Canada and then to Iceland where it landed early today for refuelling on its way to London After commandeering the plane Friday night the hi jackers directed New York City police to bomb planted in midManhattan The bomb ex ploded killing policeman Iceland civil aviation authorities said the plan was expected to be on the ground about 45 minutes before taking off for London It was not clear where the hijackers first diverted the Trans World Airlines Boeing 727 to Montreal and then to Gander Nfld where they released 33 passengers TWA officials in New York City said earlier that the plane carried 92 persons 85 passengers and crew of seven The release of it passengers would mean 52 passengers were BlLLETIN MONTREAL IiA tran sport department spokesman said this morning that Trans World Airlines plane containing between 30 and 10 persons released today by roatian hi jackers left Mirabel Interna tional Airport at about It am still abord the plan anadian authorities however said there were 54 passengers remaining aboard They did not give the number of crew members GlIIHZI BY 707 Because the jet lacked navigational equipment for the transoceanic flight longer range TWA Boeing 707 was flown in from New York and guided it to the Keflavik air port While at Gander RCMP per suaded the hijackers to release 37 of the passengers aboard Those released waiting at Gander airport for return flight to Chicago said the hi jack band appeared to consist of several men in their 30s and women in her 20s transport ministry shes home again She loves seeing the flowers in bloom and feeling the grass beneath her feet The man charged in con nection with Abbys disap pearance has been remanded in custody to Sept 17 Donald Alexander Hay 48 of Port Moody is charged with kidnapping rape gross in decency and abduction with in tent to have sexual relations spokesman in Ottawa said the leader of the hijackers was identified as Zvanko Busik and the woman is Juliana Schultz believed to be German ex airline stewardess The passengers said the woman acted as spokesman approaching passengers in dividually to explain their pur pose in the hijacking Passengers said the woman was helpful escorting people to washroom facilities assisting youngsters in fastening seatbelts and helping those disembarking with their hand luggage The hijackers handed sengers leaflets entitled Declaration of the Head quarters of the Croatian Na tional Liberation Forces The pamphlets on pink legalsize paper outlined reasons why Creations want independence and freedom from Yugoslavia Ike Fenster of New York who was on his way to Chicago for vacation said one of the hi jackers who had what appearwl to be hand grenade tied to his belt told him am risking my life for it cause Thats how iii believein it The passengers saivl ti hijackers determined i=li among them would get off it Gander by circuiating iron seatrtoseat asking if anyonr was sick if they had children aboard or they had enrerprn cies to attend to elsewhcro Early reports said the tour In jlleOISWWIIIO identified them selves as members of group called Fighters for Free Croatia are bound for Yugoslavia where they are demanding freedom for their ethnic group from the Tim regime Observers in Belgrade said they had never heard of theorganization The group took over tII6iu pm flight from New York as it was about 175 miles Soughwest of Montreal and directed it to Mirabel Airport where it Iandul atabout845pm Carter seems annoyed at Ford staying home WASHINGTON AP Jim my Carter haunted by anti abortion protesters and weary after week on the road ap JIMMY AIITICR week on road car at Bluffton shortly after the shooting Pinckncy said one of the dead marines wore rubber diving suit and the other was dressed in cutoff fatigues He said they both had knives Pickney gave the following account The two men entered the home through an open screen door in the bedroom of Crams son Peter One man wore stocking over his face the other had pillowcase over his head pears annoyed by President Fords refusal to leave the White House for the campaign trail Carter returned home to Plains Ga Friday night on ding an llstate tour in which he was shadowed by protesters who dislike his stand on abor tion But the Democratic presided tial nominee described his in itial campaign trip as success after five days of speeches handshaking and parade through the streets of Chicago President Ford has seen no demonstrators as he concen trates on campaign strategy designed to make him look at home in the White House and busy with presidential chores While Carter was campaign ing throuin the eastern states and deep into the Midwest Ford ventured from the White House only once fora speech to the Jewish service group Hnci Brith at its convention in Washington We have president whos not campaigning among the people Carter said Thursday Im not hiding Im out meeting people The tied up Peter and led hnn to his parents bedroom When they reached the bedroom one of the men stood in front of Peter and the other stood behind him with knife at his back One of the marines said Peter tell your father to throw the gun out the door Peter then yelled to his father that the men iad knives Cram opened the door his son dropped to the floor and he fired the gun hitting both marines in themead

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