Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 7 Oct 1976, p. 8

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8The Barrie Examiner Thursday October 1976 Blood streaming from his face leftist student wounded and captured by special warfare police is helped to an ambulance by trooper and girl Authorities assaulted the campus of Thammasat DRAMA IN BANGKO University in Bangkok itxiiiesday to suppress lef tist student protest against the return of lhailands former military dictator lhanoin Kittikachorn AP lliotiit Public hearing call on pay TV TORONTO iPt Four groups representing anadiaiis involved in the entertainment industry have callerl for public hearings to discuss pay TV which they say has the poten tial to harm the industry The groups say in joint sub mission to the Canadian liéttlltt television and lele communications ominission iltli that the impact of pay TV must be studied caretullj before licences are granted Details of the submission from the American Federation of Musicians the ssoittioii of Canadian Television and ltadio Artists the tanadiaii Actois Equity ssociation and thet nadian Lahor ongress xi ere lt leased at news cttilfttitztt Vkcslnesday lhe etlect oi pal on existing broadcasting enter prises is not fully determirnd the submission says What is known presents bleak picture for the future of the broad castingindustiy It says public hearings must deal with programming and dc livery ot the sciviee which would plltVltfl subscribers ith firstrun movies and entertain incnt specials The last thutgthnada needs is yet another vehicle for the distribution of foreign television programs the sub mission says We believe that payTV pro gramming iiiiist be controlled by nonprofit public agency llll exclusiw authority to ac lllllt produce and schedule payTV programs The stiliiziissron says the group support payfor pan system which would allow the neuter to pay only for those programs iatchwl The carrier of the service should he the collection agency it say illl should have no re sponsihilit for production or programming Spaceage prospector TORONTO tPi Dr David Strangway chairman of geology at University of To ronto is prospector of sorts spaceage prospector Dr Strangway and his col leagues are planning ex periments for lunar orbiting satellite mission he has been fighting to establish for seven years If financing can be obtained from the United States on gross by the National Aeronaut ics and Space Agency the satel lite might be in orbit around thi moon by 1980 or 1981 Dr Strangway says the pro ect will only cost fraction of the Apollo program $60 or 87o millionurroughly the amount of one of the instrument packages left on the moon by Apollo as tronauts The missions purpose is to help scientists gain an insight into the history of the moon and other bodies in the solar sys tem Instrumean on the space craft will also search for radio active materials such as ura mum and minerals such as iron and aluminum OPERATE SHUT llr Strangvtay says that if thrse are found and earthor biting space colonies are estab lished mining would he the big attraction of the moon lhesc colonies of people Would be situated in space at various points between the ears th and the rrioon and as the moon has only onesixth the gravny of earth it would be less expensive to launch mate rials to them from the moon Although only five per cent of the m0on was mapped during the Apollo mission Dr Stran gway said all of it could be mapped during the satcllites projected onesyear lifetime The satellite would measure the flow of heat from the moon as well as its magnetic and gra vitational fields Cameras would take pictures of surface features especially regions never seen before Two played Robin Hood WAKEFIELD England Itili couple in this Yorkshire town played Robin Hood with goods they bought through slo len credit cards it was stated in Wakefield frown ourt Malcolm llignett 33 and his wife Julie 34 were found guilty of using the cards to get ex pensive toys which they sold cheaply to poor families at Christmas vice Proprietor Ron MICuulUy dunrinl Pork 3154424 mm let HALIFAX CP Fenders the large rope buffers that go between tug and ship re ceive little attention from vis itors to HMC Dockyards But they represent work of art that requires great deal of skill to construct The tenders are made in the rigger shop section of the boatswain division at the dock yard They are completing the largest one ever made which will go on the Oceairgoiiig tug St Charles Michael llackett 62year old rigger now in charge of the gear shop said the fender will McCauley Tractor Eniiiiimerit Sales Farm industrial Sales Parts and Set Hwy No It South of Orlllia it the In own tum530 pni Mon to Fri Set in fairytale sort of way they had the satisfaction of seeing other people happy said lawyer flifford Norton who defended the couple He said the hushaiid told him We did not want to see their kids go without The couple admitted receiving two stolen credit car ds and obtaining two coats bv deception be 24 feet long The first phase in construct ing tender is to provide an in chthick chain as the central base The chain is layered with manila rope tied onto it then it is hitched The tricky part is the hitch ing Two riggcrs work together one using id or wooden spear likc tool that lifts up one knot so the rope can be pulled through to make hitch They begin at one end and ta per the fcnder so it is much thicker in the centre than at both sides Finally it is covered with shredded rope kn0wn as whis kers PROTECTS VESSELS The whiskers make the fen der sott so it will not damage the ship when it touches it Mr Hackett native of Eng lish Harbor East Nfld has been rigger for 23 years and spent another 22 years at sea went to sea at 14 he said back in the days when it was long hours hard work and the food was mainly fish potatoes and bread Twice shipwrecked he said he did not know the meaning of fear in his young years When he made his first tri with an uncle they sailed wit the late Capt Reuben Elms on small fishing vessel It was cold and wet and he developed pneumonia which laid him up for 18 months Two days after his 18th birth day in 1932 he was sailing on the Leopard 20ton freighter It was cold snowy and windy Nov 30 as they entered Dead Mans Cove near Armitage Bay Ntld The mast broke in the gale and the boat filled with water All four crew members had to get into an old dory to get to shore spring mattress box Sizes 33 or 46 Reg 11999 Choose Your Savings Ship rope buffers represent work of art RaCket helps olumnist cal themand sold tlongt half price to the rapidly BOMBAY CP There is literacy explosion in India and thieves are making money out of it With more young men and women attending schools the reading habit has vastly in creased The result is greater demand for books magazines and newspapers But few people in India can Choose Your Size On mattresses and box spring FREE LAYAWAY UP TO MONTHS YOUR CHOICE OF CREDIT Mattress Box Spring Mattress Box Spring Mattress Box Spring BARRIEBayfield St North 7285511 Mon Tues Sat 10am530pm Wed 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