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Barrie Examiner, 22 Sep 1976, p. 1

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EXAMINER TELEPHONES CirCulotion All Other Departments 12th YearNa 222 7266539 Classified Advertismg 7282414 726 6537 The rifles will be turned in for shotguns this Sunday at the Barrie and District Hunters and Anglers Turkey Shoot Avro Pauli of Phelpston shown here was Condominiums preposed for Bayficld St 10storey 57unit con dominium apartment building is proposed for Bayfield Street south of Wllington Street Bernhard to get raise THE HAGUE AP Prince Bernhard in disgrace for his in volvement in the Lockheed scandal will get pay raise from the government next year The 65yearold prince will be paid 872000 guilders r$335400 16percent increase over his 1976 salary His wife Queen Ju liana will get 44 million guil ders $17 million next year sevenpercent increase The royal pay raises were an nounced in the Dutch govern ments annual budget which each year provides the royal family with salary increases to meet rising living costs The salaries are taxable Two hunters missing NORTH BAY CP pro vincial police tracking dog has joined search for two North Bay hunters missing since Sun day Police said Ronald Huard and Brent Roy were reported miss ing in the McConnell Lakes area near here but search Monday by police and ministry of natural resources personnel failed to find any trace of the two men Temperatures in the area have dropped below freezing at night but police said the men have matches No plans have been made for an aerial search But the developer needs committee of adjustment ap proval for minor variances before construction can start The committee has scheduled meeting Thursday at pm to discuss the application by Popov Construction Co Ltd for the variances The building is planned for the east side of Bayfield Street between the Armstrong Real Estate building and Arnold Funeral Home and Chapel The variances include 23 fodfdeficit on rear yard setback 603 foot deficit on south side yard setback 9032 square feet extra on the gross floor area balcony projections in the rear and south yards and part of the parking garage at the rear is above the driveway grade The developer is proposing mixture of twoand three bedroom apartments in the building including twostorey parking garage for 87 cars The 25134 square foot lot is zoned for restricted commer cial which does permit apart ment buildings CAPSULE NEWS Cabinet decision secret SALISBURY Reuter The Rhodesian cabinet has reached consensus on proposals for ending the countrys constitutional problem Prime Minister Ian Smith said today at the end of 212 hour cabinet meeting He would not disclose the cabinet decision US bans use of dyes WASHINGTON AP The Food and Drug Administration FDA today banned the use in the United States of the ar tificial dyes used to make maraschino cherries red and jelly beans and licorice black saying their safety is questionable Korean issue set aside UNITED NATIONS AP The alst annual session of the UN General Assembly got down to housekeeping chores today after smooth opening Tuesday in which the Korean question one of its most troublesome perennial issues was set aside New contract for seamen LONDON Reuter Union leaders and ship ing employers reached agreement today on new contract pac age for British seamen and strike set for midnight Sunday night appears to have been averted Will boycott ceremony BEIRUT AP Leftist Moslem leader Kamal Jumblatt and his supporters will boycott the swearingin Thursday of Presidentelect Elias Sarkis because it is being held in Syrian occupied territory umblatt announced today Tremor rocks Manila MANILA Reuter moderate earth tremor shook Manila today but there were no immediate reports of damage the Geophysical Observatory here said runnerup in the shooting this past weekend which featured riflemen taking rounds of JIM ROE seated vice president of the Barrie and District Conservation Club checks over the score of Bill five shots each at small targets 50 yards away using different firing positions Bartko eventual winner of the clubs rifle 22 calibre shooting contest this past weekend Examiner Ihotoi Goaltender trying out with Barrie Flyers Theres new face at the Barrie Flyers training camp Gord Woolnough 22 goaltender with the now defunct Chicago Cougars of the World Hockey Association is trying out with the Senior club That brings to four the Minesweeper death toll 10 LONDON Reuter The Royal Navy has started an operation to lift the sunken minesweeper Fittleton believ ed to hold the bodies of 10 seamen from the bed of the North Sea off the Dutch coast number of goaltenders the Flyershaveincamptodnte Back is Ron Patterson who earned the leagues most valuable goaltender award last season Barry orby of Stayner Bill Harper of Barrie and Woolnough of Toronto Flyers will be using Fridays exhi ition game at the Barrie Arena against Dallas Black Hawks of the Central Pro League to help in further trini ming of its roster Flyers have still to announce the signing of coach Last seasons playingcoach Darryl Sly is the likely candidate Sly has been handling the on ice practice drills since the Flyers veteran players opened campSaturday Zoning bylaw comes up against poser Barrie Ontario Canada Wednesday Sept 22 I976 Clip 13am Examiner The Barrie Examiner 15 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly IPages WEATHER FORECAST SHOWER ANOTHER HEADA CHE FOR DEPARTMENT Barries 1969 zoning bylaw is causing few headaches for the city planning and development department Kevin Hiles wants to put an indoor miniature golf course in an area zoned for restricted in dustrial use According to the bylaw recreational establishments such as bowling alleys curling rinks dance halls theatres and billiard parlors are allowed But miniature golf courses are not They have to go in areas zoned for either general or heavy industry The bylaw does not specify indoor or outdoor courses Mr Hiles asked the city development committee for some action on his building per mit for the indoor course The committee decided it is up to the planning and develop ment department to interpret the meaning of the bylaw Mr Hiles asked about the dif ference between an indoor miniature golf course and theatre or bowling alley Ald George Harper commit tee member said when the bylaw was prepared in 1969 ci ty officials probably had never heard of an indoor miniature golf course think we have to be flexi ble enough to recognize it as recreational use indoors he said Theres no question about it understood it to be recreational use Ald Jim Perri city develop ment chairman said his com mittee members are sym pathetic with the developer Its judgement call he said Mr Hiles said the course one of three developed in Canada would be located on Bayview Drive It will take about 6100 square feet of space for the 18hole course which uses artificial grass The cost he said is between $40000 and $50000 OPP homes seen safe from takeover by OHC By PETER DICIODICSIA Examiner Staff Reporter There seems to be little possibility that Ontario Hous nine Ontario Provincial Police homes in Barrie OHC was told to keep its ing Corp OHC will take over employees the hell out of there says Howard Leach capital construction chief for Rowbotham bail set at $50000 by court BRAMPTON CPI Robert Rowbotham 25 formerly of Beeton Ont was granted $50000 bail Tuesday by coun ty court judge Judge Dunlap said he found the circumstances sur rounding an earlier bail hear ing rather peculiar and com plicated Rowbotham is charged with several narcotics offences in cluding 1974 charge with five other persons of importing ton Bawdy house charge brings $2000 fine Greg Marshall 29 of Barrie was fined $2000 by provincial court judge Don Inch today Judge Inch found Marshall guilty of keeping common bawdy house Dorthee Sachadc and Jea nette loetghcluck were found not guilty of thesamc charge Judge Inch said it appeared the two women were inmates of the bawdy house and were paid forgiving extras to clients He said Sachade and Goctghcluck had nothing to do with the actual operation of the bawdy house The bawdy house was located at Mans World nude body rub parlor at 69 ollier St which Marshall operated since last spring Marshall told Judge Inch he is selling the business after the judge warned him not to con tinuc bawdy house business Marshall had pleaded not guilty of the charge during the court case held two weeks ago in Barrie thurges were made after police raid on the establish ment April 30 May seek wardenship MIDIIIIItSl lnnisfil town ship Reeve Bill Gibbins said Tuesday he may run for War den of Simcoc ounty in Jan uary He said in an interview he will seek rcelection as reeve of lnnisfil and if elected with strong township council will run for Warden The municipal election will take place in December Marg Pilcher of Barrie was one of the many people registering for extension courses at Georgian College ENROLLING FOR EXTENSION COURSES Tuesday night Registration continues until 10 pm tonight although there is still time to register during the day until the courses begin in October Examiner Photo of hashish through Toronto In ternational Airport His trial on that charge begins here Oct In January 1974 he was released on $15000 bail on the importing charge After being charged in Barrie in No vember 1975 with trafficking in hashish oil he was detained in custody In January 1976 Peel County court issued warrant on the 1974 charges However the warrant was not executed by the RCMP until last month when Barrie judge decided to release Rowbotham on $10000 bail after committing him to trial on three trafficking charges During the twoday bail hear ing which ended Tuesday Judge Dunlap banned publica tion of the proceedings on re quest from Crown prosecutor Harry Coomaraswamy who said he would introduce trial evidence at the hearing SKELETON F0 UND CHAINED TO TREE TAMPA Fla AP Be fore he died Douglas Hay Sumner spent two weeks chained to tree He built leanto for shelter dug hole to collect rain and ate palmetto leaves and bark chips while he struggled in vain to free himself police say Sumner 21 had not been seen by his family since he left home to go camping two years ago telling his mother lll be back in three or four days or maybe never When his best friend saw him year ago and asked what he had been doing police say Sumner replied Im just trying to get my head screwed on straight Dont tell anybody youve seenme Pierre Kennedy Baptist pastor who knew him said Sumner had gotten involved in wayout religious group and might have will ingly allowed himself to be anchored to tree by 15 foot logging chain attached to 20inch metal collar around his waist Two hunters found his bones in dense thicket mile from the Gulf of Mexico last month Investigators say Sumner had been chained up about seven months before that and had managed to sur vive about two weeks before dying of either starvation or exposure Police call his death murder but have not speculated on possible motive No arrests have been made At the bottom of the pine tree was gash where Sumner parently tried to cut the ick bark police said They said scars 10 feet up showed where he tried to work the chains up and over the top of the tree Core meeting closed to Examiner reporter Barries steering committee studying downtown revital ization closed the doors on The Barrie Examiner Tuesday evening Bingo halls too costly WINDSOR Ont CP Charitable groups renting large halls for bingo games and raf fles may be paying too much for the halls the director of the lotteries branch of the Ontario consumer and commercial relations ministry said Tuesday Ernie Fisher said in an inter view his ministry is concerned that some hall owners and oper ators are making extra charges to charitable and religious groups licensed by the province and municipalities to run hinges and ra les The committee formed by the Barrie planning board asked an Examiner reporter to leave themeetingatSpm Ken Byles committee chair man told The Examiner he wanted the board members to read the committees report before seeing it in the newspaper Mr Byles and Doug Skelton voted to close the meeting while Ald Jim Perri voted to keep it open Mayor Dorian Parker com mittee member did not attend The committee apparently met to discuss the possibility of an amendment to citys official plan to help the redevelopment and revitalization of the downtown shopping area Members of the public the Downtown Improvement Board and the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce met with the planning board Thursday to discuss the pro blems the ministry of government ser vices Mr Leach told The Examiner this morning there are no plans to turn any houses over to OHC talked to OHC and told them to keep their fellows the hell out of there he said He said any plans for the future of the nine OPP houses are only in the development stages at this time and it might be few months before can tell you anything Id say the people there have pulled the panic button he said Everyone has jumped the gun Four residents of the street north of Grove Street east asked the city finance commit tee to stop the rumored sale of the houses to OHC The residents had petition with 49 names opposing the OHC takeover of the twostorey brick houses owned by the pro vincial government The houses are now under the jurisdiction of the ministry of government services and are rented to Barrie OPP detach ment officers Mr Leach said the OPP of ficers now renting the units will have the first option to buy them at market value He said there is possibility other provincial government departments will want the houses valued at about $40000 each We wont make any decision to sell the houses to OHC until your city Barrie council is ad vised he said OHC is caus ing some problems in this area but theyre not taking any homes on that street Jim Dalgleish area manager for the Central Ontario Branch of the Ontario Housing Corp said OHC does not have any plans right now to take over the houses Mr Dalgleish said the houses are under the jurisdiction of the ministry of government ser Vices If they are offered to us guess we would take them he said There is need for more family housing in the area Barrie He said OHC operates about 50 rentgearedtoincome houses scattered across the ci ty Everything works out plear fectly dont believe weve any complaints he said People in the lowerincome levels need housing and we try to provide it Mr Dalgleish said the government services ministry asked OHC to look at the OPP houses in Ontario to make an assessment on the needed repairs or maintenance He said OHC assessed all the OPP homes There hasnt been anything happen since he said real ly dont know what the govern ment services is going to do with them CLEANING UP Members of the Grey and Simcoe Foresters Militia unit were reviewed in train ing skills during the past weekend at Camp Borden and one of the im rtant tasks that remains ter the HORSES CA TTLE TTA CKED review is the cleaning of equipment used Janice Car rigan is seen here cleaning one of the FN rifles used dur ing the weekend More pic tures on Page 15 Ex aminer Photo Police probe mutilation incidents MOUNT FOREST Ont CP provincial police spokes man says vi ilante groups have been forme in this area follow ing series of bizarre incidents in which horses and cattle have been mutilated Jim Murphy Mount Forest businessman whose 11yearold thoroughbred racehorse was found stabbed and beaten to death in her stall last Sunday said that most people think this kind of thing only happens somewhere else Police believe the horse had been trying to protect her four monthold foal from pitchfork and Sledgehammer blows when attacked by unknown assail ants The Murphy horse lived long enough to see its foal Amid theStorm safely in the hands of its owners before dying in mutilated bloody heap on the stable floor Brogna local veter inarian estimates the mare fought nearly an hour to rotect her foal which receiv itch fork gashes to its legs and lower stomach third horse in the Murphy stable was also at tacked and now is being treated for puncture wounds to the rib cage rovincial police in Mount Forest said they are aware of one other horse killing within the last three months Constable Kenneth Isles member of the Mount Forest police department and owner of the horse said the horse had its throat slashed and tongue removed Constable Isles also said another horse owned by nei hbor was mutilated so ba yithadtobedestroyed but the incident was not reported to police Area horse owners inter viewed estimate about dozen horses have received serious knife wounds within the last three or four months Dr Bro na said dairy cow had its ud er cut off Meanwhile number of horsemen in the area say they are taking their own precau tionary measures Mr Murphy said he now sleeps in separate area of his sigh es with shotgun near his 51 Constable Isles said others are taking similar precautions Mount Forest is about 40 miles south of Owen Sound

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