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history It shows the man in the street with just case can take on one of the biggest corpo rations in the country and still win satisfaction Mr Lyons said he estimates the compensation program will affect as many as 200000 cars and cost Ford between $30 mil lion and $50 million However Ford President Roy Bennett said he expects the owners of 6000 cars will come forward and the compensation program will cost the company less than $1 million The Automobile Protection Association APA said it will monitor the compensation pro am If the program is not ef ective the APA will withdraw its endorsement endorse the principle of getting some money to people right away said APA Presi dent Phil Edmonston on Friday But if people do get an un just compensation from Ford we want them to contact us and well bring the case before Ford again Mr Bennett said Owners ap plying under the plan would ave to sign form releasing the company from liability un der proposals of class actions Mr Edmonston said con sumers who refuse the plan are free to go to small claims court or initiate their OWn actions The Montrealbased associ ation headed campaign in the past six months which has re sulted in suits totalling $400 million against Ford Whether the number of appli cants is 6000 or 200000 Ford is giving them less than three months to make appointments to have their cars examined by both dealer and company representatives Further all appointments must be made through its Oak ville Ont head office ORIGINAL OWNERS ONLY Only the original owners the first $200 for damages on 1974 models and $100 more for each year before 1974 back to 1970 for maximum deductible of $600 The company also announced new threeyear warranty which applies to 1977 models built in North America cov ering parts damaged by corro qualify for payments and they must pay compensation sion Parts will be repaired or replaced within the first three years of use regardless of mile age Ford is the first automobile company to offer such war ranty which will take effect when the new models go on sale Oct The warranty is in addition to the present 12month or 12000 mile warranty EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation Classdied Advertismg All Other Departments ll2th YearNo 225 7266539 728 2414 7266537 The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Saturdo Sept 25 I976 Ultra Titanic Examiner lTllllllIlllllllIllllllIIllllllllllIIllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllIllllllllllllllIlllllllllIlllltllllilltlllllIIIllIlllllllIIllllllllllllIIIIlllIllIIllllllIlllIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllIllllIlllllIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllltlllllllllllllllllllIlIllllllllIllIlllllIllllllIllllllllllIlllllllllllIlllllllIllllllllltlllllllltllltlllll WEATHER FORECAST snowEns IS Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly IUPages Keep this up kid and youre gomg to get my goat might be Jeffrey Bonis remark to his nanny goat as she gives him trouble during com Husband depressed over reports petition in the junior division of the 0m Worlds Fair About 1000 children took part in the opening of the first day of the 124th annual NO THIS WA ID event Livestock shows chariot races and dog show are on the schedule for today The fairgrounds are located on the 7th Line of Oro mile Wife tells coroners jury PENETANGUISHENE There should be more emphasis on clearing persons name after he has been questioned by police and released coroners jury recommended here Fri day Arlene Cordes 25 told the jury her husband Kenneth 27 became depressed over radio reports linking him with the disappearance of Cindy Knowl ton 14 of Midland He shot and killed himself on July one day after police questioned him about the miss inggirl Miss Knowlton was found near Ottawa on July un harmed but apparently suffer CAPSULE NE Ws Seeks political asylum FROM APREUTER TEHRAN CP Soviet pilot flew light singleengine mail plane into Iran Thursday and asked for political asylum in the United States the Iranian government announced today Birthday for Pope Paul VATICAN CITY Reuter Pope Paul head of the worlds 650 milion Roman Catholics will be 79 years old on Sunday On campaign trail By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS President Ford leaves Washington today for his first long campaign trip jaunt that will cut path through the South while Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter is touring the West Coast Smith plan the topic LUSAKA AP The leaders of five black African nations were expected to meet here today to discuss the plan accepted by Prime Minister Ian Smith for black rule in Rhodesia Zam bian government sources reported See earlier story on New offensive mounted BEIRUT AP Palestinian and Moslem leftist forces opened new mountain offensive today against two christian Villages 10 miles southeast of Beirut breakin unilateral Palestinian ceasefire Christian spokesman sai Kissinger back home WASHINGTON AP Back from his political safari through Africa Henry Kissinger was hustling today to solidify peacemaking deals in Rhodesia and Namibia before the US presidential election Nov Auto talks breakthrough ETROIT AP Bargiainers for the striking United Auto Workers planned to meet is weekend with an optimistic Ford Motor Co amid speculation that breakthrough in their stalled contract talks was close Renamed Thai PM BANGKOK AP King Bhumipol Adulyadej today signed royal decree renaming Seni Pramoj as prime minister ending twoday leadership crisis in Thailand the palace announced ing amnesia Police said Mr Cordes had driven her to Wasaga Beach and friends gave her ride from there The fivemember jury made its single recommendation after sevenhour inquest and one hour of deliberation Coroner John MacKay of Parry Sound banned publica tion of testimony by Miss Knowlton and her family too tor McTavish The jury was told that Mr Cordes at first lied to police saying he had been at the home of friend when Miss Knowlton was last seen During 10 hours of question ing by police he admitted driv ing Miss Knowlton to Wasaga Beach Although police believed Mr Cordes story and he was released he was referred to as suspect in reports over CKMPRadio Midland Paul Brent former CKMP newsman said Mr Cordes was not named over the air but he and his truck were described The radio said police suspected foul play in the girls disap Paisley goes home TORONTO CP Rev Ian Paisley moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church in Ireland flew home Friday on ding his IIIday gospel cam paign in Toronto Mr Paisley who describes himself as Gods 49ycar0ld cr rand boy spoke to congrega tions of about 200 each night Mr Paisley told the group which gathered for his last ser mon Thursday to be happy and laugh Itll not do you harm he said Your false teeth wont fall out True happiness lies in coming toChrist Mr Paisley refused all inter view requests from the media during his stay here saying his only purpose in coming to Can ada was to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ The controversial minister who formed his church in split with the regular presbytery in Ulster more than 20 cars ago was recently call racist demagogue by Ontario At torneyGeneral Roy McMurtry north of Highway 11 and 10 miles east of Barrie Exv aminer Photo by Rolfe Kraiker pearance The inquest did not deter mine the source of the descrip tion given to the news media It was acknowledged that Mr Cordes with blond hair and red truck would be easily recognized by the public One of the witnesses called Dr Roland Lauzon said Mr Cordes suffered from anxiety He worked at the Mental Health Centre in Penetang uishene and he was in proba tionary period after being pro moted as an attendant at Oak Ridges maximum security sec tion of the hospital flawless around those humans EDMUNDSTON NB CP Prime Minister Trudeau says he is going to get tough with organized labor for fighting wage and price con trols Mr Trudeau ended fiveday tour of Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick here Fri day by tearing into labor move ment critics of the restraint program and by tonguelashing group of Frenchspeaking Acadian students for not know VER ON TR OLS Trudeau to get tough with organized labor ing enough about the Official Languages Act He told news conference he could not win over organized la bor with soft words and appeals to reason so maybe Ill have to try bludgeoning them now However he expressed hope that the strong anti government mood over the restraian will soften after the 22millionmembcr Canadian Labor Congress CLC has had its day of protest ct 14 Provincial labor federations in PEI and New Brunswick and several local labor organ ixations in both provinces re fused invitations to meet with Mr Trudeau to thrash out their differences during the tour The prime minister appeared to want to separate the provin cial and local labor organ izations from what he described as their bosses at ILC head quarters iii Ottawa ELF execu tives were willing to discuss Students professors split on strike issue QUEBEC CP Students and professors at Laval Univer sity began to split into rival camps Friday over strike by professors which has left 20000 students without classes since the start of the school year group calling itself the Movement of Undergraduate Students announced its un conditional support for the teachers walkout and said students would demonstrate their solidarity with march ANGEL GORILLA RICHMOND HILL Ont CP fullgrown African gorilla was taken Friday by the Ontario Humane Society from the garage of private home in this community just north of Toronto The society said the male gorilla named Angel was suffering from eczema amoebic dysentery and was losing weight rapidly The society said that in the last few months it has tried to persuade the gorillas owner who kept it in the garage for six years to find more suitable home for the animal Widespread inquiries have been made to try to find new home for the gorilla at zoo with adequate ac commodation the society said The gorilla was taken to private zoo where it will remain under the control of the society CORRECTION Thomas Lewis 22 of Barrie convicted Wednesday of one charge was sentenced to seven days in jail and is to be sent to Pcnetanguishcne for three months The Examiner reported in correctly that Lewis had been sentenced to Brampton correc tional institute for three mon ths Lewis pleaded guilty to variety of charges but was sentenced on one theft charge He will come before the court in three months and could be put on probation depending upon the success of rehabilita tion next week The group was formed year ago and claims to represent students in 22 faculties and schools of the university Meanwhile anotherasmcia tion going under the name Assembly of Fedup Students told news conference they want to get back to class as soon as possible recent survey found that 603 per cent of undergraduate students support the professors walkout Delinquency plan shocks policemen EDMONTON Cl Cana dian policemen agreed Friday to ask federal SolicitorGcncral Francis Fox for time to prepare formal brief before the white aper on juvenile delinquency omeslaw Many of 70 delegates to thc annual convention of the ana dian Police Association said they were shocked at the pro posals which they said could undermine public security if ado ted Tic association represents 40000 policemen across an add Lcuis Foray director of the Police Association of Ontario and author of recent informal report to thc solicitorgcncral on the white paper said most policemen feel the proposals Will leave them with less our thoritv to deal with suspects their objections to wage con trols in the llAmonthold re straint program he said HAVE NO STRENGTH It was corrosive of de mocracy for regional organlt izations to leave all the talking to leaders in Ottawa By doing so the local unions are admit ting their impotence he said Mr Trudeau spent part Fri day stomping through potato fields in northern New Bruns wick whcre the harvest is in full swing Swarms of gradeschool chil dren greeted him at farm near Grand Fallsthey are given three weeks time off from school every year to help with the harvest They told Mr Trudeau they can make up to $30 day picking potatoes Mr Trudeau put on pair of work gloves and did some clowning for onlookers at an other farm He and small boy filled basket and dumped the potatoes into barrel for ship ment to nearby frozen food factory which he later visited At questionandanswer ses sion with students of the College SaintLouis Maillet here Mr Trudeau sounded off about public ignorance of Ot tawas bilingualism program The Acadian students told him the government was wrong in stressing language training for civil servants What is needed they said is greater use of French in places like New Brunswick Mr Trudeau told the students they were wrong and that civil service language training was essential if the country was to remain united They were illinformed so didnt mind kicking their asses bit he told reporters Mr Trudeau returned to Ot tawa Friday night Refuses to fill out Canada census form TORONTO CP Delbert Adams of Toronto says he is prepared to go to court and possibly to jail for refusing to fill out 1906 Canada census form He said he objects to naming the head of the household on the form The 33yearold unemployed credit manager is one of 229 persons who will receive final letters in the next week from Alan Metcalfe regional direc tor for census takers urging them to complete the forms Mr Adams said in an inter view he also objects to telling people ms ousmess particular ly the government Such in formation often gets distorted he said adding that two recent credit reports done on him were contradictory Mr Metcalfe said in an inter view that census officers in On tario have processed about 22 million forms from households in the Toronto Kingston Wind sor and North Bay areas The cases of about 100 per sons who did not complete the forms have been resolved others are negotiating and there are 15 cases for review lic said BARRIE CHAPTER HOSTS CONVENTION The Barrie chapter of Parents Without Partners is the host club of the groups national convention this weekend at the Continental 76 HEALTH SPENDING UP 134 Ontario hospital budgets get $211M boost TORONTO CP Health Minister Frank Miller an nounced 1976 Ontario hospital budgets Friday which gave the institutions $211 million more than last year He told news conference health spendin this year will be about $17 bi lion up 134 per cent from 1975 He said the widespread com laints by hospitals of cuts re erred to reductions in amounts the hospitals had requested from government not in actual spending He said only two hospitals will receive less this yearthe Riverview unit of Windsor Western Hospital which is cut ting back to close and the res ratory disease unit of Chedore General Hospital in Hamilton where there has been some pro gram changes Mr Miller said the $211mil lion increase comes des ite cutbacks bed closures staf re ductions and some hospital closings CITES PUBLIC DEMAND He said hospitals are willing to cooperate with the restraint measures in principle but com plain of increasing public de mand on their services without comparable increases in gov ernment funds The minister said the govern ment earlier expected $482 million saving from the re straint measures but that sav ing has been reduced to an esti mated $204 million by criors in calculations and court ruling on the closing of four hospitals The Ontario divisional court ruled May 10 the government could not close Doctors Hospital in Toronto and hospitals in Clintpn Durham ll Inn Representativw from chapters across anada are attending the threeday con volition From left Millie and Chesley The government is appealing that decision The health minister told rc irters that if the government oses its appeal in the courts he plans to bring legislation before cabinet giving the ministry the right to forcethe closings llc said cabinet had sup ported his original plan and if he did not win support for the legislation he would regard it as vote of no confidence from his colleagues and resign OIIOsEllTO LOSINGS Opposition parties have said they will vote against tie mi Coulson Mildred Aldeison Lydia Hays and Mary Exell of the Barrie chapter take registrations Friday from nority Progressive Con servative government if hospital closing legislation is brought before the house Mr Miller said revisions to his budget will mean he will be back before the legislature seeking another $100 million in supplementary estimates The largest increases an nounced Friday went to Town toGeneral Hospital with $78 million increase bringing its budget to $691 million this year Sunnybrook Hos ital in Toronto with $64mi lion in crease to $327 willion and Elisabeth Taylor of Fred ericton and Isabel McKenzie of Moncton Examiner photo Laurentian Hospital in Sud bury with $55million in crease to $102 million By region the lar est in crease went to hospita in the eastcentral area which in cludes Toronto with $955 million increase to $771 million The eastern region received $296niillion increase to $250 million southwestern $268 million increase to $275 million central west $36million in crease to $316 million and Nor them Ontario $23million in ngireaseto$165millinn