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not aa Ellie Barrie Examiner Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited 16 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario Robb PublisherGeneral Manager Walls Editor Emeritus DM Henshaw Managing Editor 4The Barrie Examiner Friday October 1976 To the nittygritty We finally have it On the record Treasurer Darcy McKeough says the province will make funds for services available upon successful grosecution of Barries annexation pplication now before the Ontario Municipal Board That should allay some fears People in townships surrounding the city certainly do not want to pay pitylike taxes that run to $1000 per annum or higher How much and for what provin cial tax relief funds will be ear inarked is good question Already burdened city ratepayers certainly do not want to pay more And those in Cm Vespra and In be affected by an nexation are not looking forward to doubling or tripling just how nisf it who may come the funds show much for What much would it be anywayl of pro perty taxes We hope the province has learned after Ontario taxpayers paid through the nose how to set up ser vices in large area such as Barrie would encampass You see the funds are coming from the provinces regional priori ty budget And we have read the horror stories about establishing regional governments It appears Barrie will be region in sheeps clothing We hope the powers that bewill realize many people in the Barrie the costs of area are happy enough with the ser vices they have careful integration of essential services is in order bigdaddy regionaltype setup is something we can all do without Because it costs too much DOWN MEMORY LANE i5 YEARS AGO IN TOWN The Barrie Examiner Oct 1931 Mrs John Walker of Barrie Country Club won county ladies Simcoe County won challenge horseshoe pitching match over Grey County at Ravenna Among Simcoe players were Ells worth Crawford Lorne Wingrove Fire at Craighurst threatened whole village before golf title Minesing brought under control council asked federal government for $150000 enemployment relief Due to local situtation town council told treasurer Arthur defer tax payments Barrie Lions Club formed with Henry McInnes Officers were Frank Dobson Dr Ray Hughes charter president Hugo Lilja Gordon Longman John 11 Town Ness Smith to Club RPRETING THE NEWS Hodges Cleland Alvin Luck Art Pugh Steve Stack Bill Cole Tony Saso Thomas McCarthy Burton Avenue United won church league baseball title beating Bap tists in finals John Begg pitched for winners Dalton Corbett for losers Barries new box lacrosse team in TriCounty League lost 21 to Pe netanguishene in opener Coach is Arthur Smith Lineup goal Jack Walsh defence Jack Arm tage Cotty Tribble centre Sandy wings John Dobson Ken Walls Alternates Earl Marshall Harold Park Roy Wiles Art Rich ardson Jimmy Simpson Chuck McDonough elected president Barrie Badminton Gordon Reeve US defence spending the policymakers bind By GARRY FAIRBAIRN KASIIINGIUN The question is simple Is the Soviet Lnion arming its forces faster than the United States The answer which may make difference of billions of dollars in US defence spen ding in the next 10 years seems at the moment to be lost in shifA ting intelligence estimates and complex disputes over methods of comparison This week the Central ln telligence Agency CIA pub lished new estimate of the So viet Unions defence spending The CIA previously estimated that six to eight per cent of the Soviet gross national product7 value of goods and services producedwent to the armed forces Its new estimate sets the percentage at 11 to 13 The US spends about six per cent of its GNP on the armed forces Such radical revisions in as sessments of SoViet activities may increase uncertainty among US policymakers as they weigh defence needs against inflationary pressures and judge the credibility of their intelligence agencies The CIA gave little ex planation for its change of mind although CIA Director George Bush asserted that the revised estimate does not mean Soviet defence programs are larger than previously esti mated He said the defence programs are no bigger but the CIA has found the programs cost more Soviet defence industries are far less efficient than we be CANADAS STORY Gabriel Dumont colorful figure By BOB BOWMAN Gabriel Dumont is one of the most colorful figures in Cana dian history He was Louis Elir Barrir Exaniiiur 16 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario Telephone 7206537 Registration Number 084 Second Class Mail Return postage guaranteed Daily Sundays and Statutory Holidays excepted Subscription rates daily by carrier 85 cents weekly $4420 yearly Single copies 15 cents By Mail Barrie $4420 yearly Simcoe County $1400 yearly Balance of Canada $36 00 year iv National Advertising Offices ff Queen St West 8641710 640 athcart St Mon treat Member of the Canadian Press and Audit Bureau of ir culations The Canadian Press is ex clusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches in this paper credited to it or The Associated Press or Reuter and also the local news published therein The Barrie Examiner claims Copyright in all original advcr tising and editorial matcril created by its employees and reproduced in this newspaper Co yrigbt Registration Num r203815register6l Toronto Riels military leader during the Northwest Rebellion in 1855 but managed to escape to the US when Riel surrendered to General Middleton Riel was hanged but Dumont was pardoned and returned to his home at Batoche katchewan where I906 Dumont was one of the Metis who left Red River after the up rising in 1869 he did not take part and went to live in katchewan He became leader of the buffalo hunts and president of the St Laurent Mission which was founded on October 1871 It was Dumonts ability leader of buffalo hunts that en abled him to organize about 500 Metis and hold back the Cana dian army of perhaps 3000 men for wecks during the Northwest Rebellion The Metis fought un til they were forced to fire stones from their guns Dumont was marvelous shot with bow and arrow or rifle During his exile in the US he became member of Buffalo Bill Codys Wild West Show which was famous in its dav When John Diefenbakcr was boy he saw Dumont give an exhibition of pistol shooting Few people on the Prairies had time pltttS lll linnonts day but luv always knew when it was noon by the lcngtii of his shadow thcr hunters always asked him to let them know As man who knew the Prairies and how to survive he died in lieved This years US budget for defence is record $1145 bil lion but few experts would agree on comparable Soviet figure Problems in comparison in clude Soviet secrecy artificial exchange rates and such fac tors as higher US pay rates for armed forces personnel The CIA estimates that the Russians are spending 85 per cent more than the United States on military procurement if the spending is measured in the number of dollars it would cost the United States to dupli cate the Soviet effort second public CIA estimate is that the Russians are out spending the United States by 25 per cent not counting man powerexpenses Dumonts only equal was prob ably Jerry Potts the NWMP Mefis scout OTHER ll EVENTS NHLJeanne Mance opened hospital at Montreal 1901 Edmonton and Prince Albert were incorporated llltltkTransAtlantic wireless opened for public service Okaq final for gal Hares mg FROM PARLIAMENT HILL Clark is feeling bit overlooked By STEWART MaclJflOl Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service As Liberal thinkers try to de termine why their party is so unpopular at the moment on servative Leader Joe Clark is obviously feeling just bit overlooked No one seems to be talking about the fact that while the Liberals have been going into popularity tailspin the Con servatives have been climbing to dizzying heights The last Gallup Poll indicated that 47 per cent of Canadians favored the Tories compared with 29 per cent for the Grits But you never hear any can versation about this 47 per cent All the chatter is about the un popularity of the Liberals which is perhaps an indication of how we have come to identify Grits with government Its not that surprising suppose since the Liberals have been in power for 35 of the last 41 years When Liberal MPs met in Of tawa last month to examine their own unpopula rity sources said no one offered the slightest suggestion that it might be due to the increased popularity of the Conservatives or Mr Clark Prime Minister Trudeau at that time attributed his partys un popularity to the governments antiinflation program Weve been stomping on peoples expectations he said Were telling people they cant charge what they want earn what they want and bargain for what they want Were re straining liberty and people all is not rosy You cant be popular that way BOVIIRNMIINIS IfllllAR Tony Abbott the Liberal MP from Mississauga said the gov ernments unpopularity was part of universal anti govern ment attitude itizcns are made at their governments all over he said And he added that there is also the fact that weve been in power for while Meanwhile Paul Mcllac the MI from Fort William who is chairman of the partys policy committee was talking about the complexities of govern meat It takes longer to make the changes you want to make and people run out of patien ce And most Liberals agree that the backlash against bilingual ism has played significant role But no one was talking about the Tories So far as the Liberal Mls are concerned you would never know thcrc was another party in the country Its bit unfair because the Tories often talk about lllt Grits Even when Trudeau went to Toronto shock his followers with that ourparty isrin shambles speech he managed to avoid mentioning that part of the problem may be that Con servative popularity is going up into orbit In fact he managed to avoid mentioning the Con servatives at all telling YOUR BUSINESS Savings bonds the pros and cons By VINCENT EGAN Business and onsumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Canada Savings Bonds are the most widely held security in this country The key word however is savings Only in the narrow sense of the term can they be called investments 0n Series 31 which is about to go on sale the yield is 913 per cent if the bond is held to maturity As Government of Canada bonds go thats not bad On nonparity Canada bonds maturing any time before 1992 current yields are below that level But an investor seeking max imum return could do much THE PICK OF PUNCH He lost declined and tell better on wide range of high guality lowrisk corporate bon currently yielding upwards of 10 per cent The corporation bonds how ever dont have the features of the CSB that appeal to savers 100percent instant liquidity and safety If you havent bought Canada Savings Bonds for few years you sboultmotc that as in 1974 and 19753this years bonds have no compounding feature or cash bonus as an inducement to hold them to maturity You should also understand clearly that the 1970 and 1975 Canada Savings Bonds pay ex actly what they promise and no more That is they arent eligible for the cash bonus announced in 1974 payable on outstanding older bonds of the 1902 to 1973 series to increase the average annual yield to at least 105 per cent older issues maturing Nov 1979 or earlier the bonus is paid at maturity bonds maturing later one bonus will be paid in 1979 and second one at maturity These bonuses to increase the yieldtomaturify 10105 per cent are over and above the 153 BIBLE lll llt illl But when they saw him walk ing upon the sea they supposed it had been spirit and cried out and he went up unto them into the ship and the wind ceased and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure and wondered Mark 624951 The lessons here are obvious Stop trying to be the captain of your own ship the clippy waters are too much for youdont let your pride keep you from calling for helpand there will be no real peace and calm until He comes aboard He might have explained why when he said that perhaps its become almost too customary for us Liberals nationally to be the government and say well were doing the right thing and were good administrators But having acknowledged this he then turned around and plated the survival of the Lib eral party with the survival of Canada He said that the gov ernments success in selling policies surrounding inflation and bilingualism will or will not be the salvation of the Liberal party and if can say so without too much pietcnsion perhaps also that of anada And at another point he said that only the Liberal party had an idea of the kind of anada we will want for our children in the year 2000 Its not surprising if Mr Clark feels slightly neglected He must be wondering what he must do to get some credits Hes trying himself but its not the same am not pre pared to concede that thc single reason for Liberal unpopular ity is dissatisfaction with the government says the Con servative leader There is growing recognition that the Tories offer strong alter native government Now if Mr lark could just convince his opponents on this point the Liberals could forget all these painful selfexam inations and get on with the business of fighting the Tories compoundintcrest coupons on Scries2l to 28 If you hold anada Savings Bonds in those series 21 to 20 you should check to make sure that they dont become fiscal timebomb ticking away until they zap you when you cash them in at maturity That could happen if you have been leaving the interest coupons attached but not reporting them as taxable in come cach year At maturity each $1000 bond with its interest and bonus cou pons attached would be worth say $1500and you would have to pay income tax on the full $500 interest at your top marginal tax rate for that year Therefore if you dont need the interest each year but pre fer to see it compound you should nevertheless be report ing it year by year Remember that $1000 of interest and di vend income is exempt from tax each year LOWER CEILING As if to underline the fact that Canada Savings Bonds are designed for savers of average means the finance department has put ceiling of $15000 on the amount that any individual can buy Thats 40 per cent below the maximum of $25000 on last years Series 30 As always the bonds are dated Nov Sales will be cut off Nov this year The question of exchanging an old CSB for new one comes up every year The 1975 CSB yields 938 per cent to maturity and the 1974 issue yields 975 per cent so obviously they should be retained and not traded for the loweryielding 1976 bond People who hold 1971 Slls with all intcicst coupons attached and who expect to need cash before those bonds mature might improve their yield by switching into the new 1976 series READER FOR UM The annexation sale What does the public know Dear Sir Barrie city council has made somewhat less than magnificent effort to inform the taxpayers regarding the financial implications of the Barrie annexation pro sal Two copies of the v0 uminous report are on view in the public library one copy for each 16000 of population It seems the public will be left to its own devices to smoke out the finan cial implications of the proposal For instance it is proposed that Barrie will make an up front investment in the proposition The report says Present reserves of $3400000 have been applied to new debt in the period 19771981 The report goes on to say subdividers contributions after 1976 are deemed to be used directly to assist financing of new capital works What these sums are and whether this is realistic assumption can be open to doubt Note the word deemed and the word assist rather than the phrase to pay for The report warns Page 183 the summary suggests the im Dact of debt which mav be im plicit in the extensive growth of flame to 2011 and illustrates the exceedingly careful plan CANSAVE and ThanksgiVing Dear Sir Oct 11 is Thanksgiving Mon day and many of us will take moment as we sit down to traditional Thanksgiving din ner to feel thankful for the hap pincss and good health that shines from the faces of our children As Chairman of the Barrie branch of the Canadian Save the Children Fund am aware of the faces of other children marred ly hunger and fear of the future Seventyfive million children in the Third World will die before the age of five through malnutrition and lack ning which will be required In 1974 population 31000 Barrie compares favorably with other cities of 35000 population but as expansion occurs some very careful critical steps appear to emerge eg 1981 population 50000 It may not be until some time in the 19772011 period population 125000 that debt charac teristics will drift downwards to levels comparable with other cities of comparable size Priority works must be water sewer drainage roads All other works of general com munity nature must be deferred until such time as financial capacity permits WE WANT YOUR OPINION Letters submitted for publication must be original copies signed by the writer Please include your street art dress and phone number although they will not be published Letters which cari not be authenticated by phone cannot be published For the sake of space public interest and good taste The Examiner reserves the right to edit con dense or reject letter of health care Many who survive will suffer damage to their normal physical and mental develop ment For over 50 years CANSAVE volunteers and supporters have been fighting these grim statistics CANSAVEs social development programs in more than 30 countries have enabled many to reach healthy adulthood This is achieved not by han douts but through efforts directed from their own com munities by their own leaders These programs are vital to The impact of school taxes is not covered in the report except to say that such are the respon sibility of the countyboards but Barrie must pay its share so this leaves quite gap in the projections because in 1976 475 per cent of our total tax bill is for educational purposes The projections appear to be designed primarily to sell the project For instance the total assessment goes from $315 million in 1974 to $513 million in 1981 and to $1300 million in 2011 yet the assessment per capita only increases from $10038 to $10400 An ap proximate fouifold increase in population while the per capita assessment increases only 36 per cent Searcely believable in this dayandage To some considerable extent we are being asked to buy pig in poke Maybe given todays price of pork it may turn out to be tomorrows bargain However council is only paying lip service to the publics right to know If one really wants to know one is invited to go to the public library and find out for oneself Yours truly NEIL IIIJYVIONSTONE ShoreviewDrive Barrie the worlds children the inno cent victims of hunger poverty and illiteracy CANSAVE needs the support of the citizens of Barrie to continue this work Please share little of your own familys health and hap piness with other less fortunate children by making donation to itNSAVlis special appeal for funds this November Please contact me Yours truly Mrs Wendy Hicks chairman Barrie branch Canadian Save the Children Fund Muscular DystrOphy thanks carSir would like to express my personal thanks in an open let ter of appreciation to the citizens of Essa Sunnidalc and Vespra townships and the mer chants of the Angus area on behalf of the Essa Township firefighters ur Muscular Dystrophy Drive was conducted in the Angus Plaza and the and Food Market parking lots the weekend of Sept 18 by the Essa Township Firefighters AngusNoZStation Due to the response from all persons who helped support this THE WORLD TODAY Most Basques fear the ETA ByJOIIN HARBRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service My visit to Bilbao in the heart of the Spanish Basque proviir ccs and to that region itself two years ago convinced me that even the strongly separatist Basques do not want their au tonomy in Spain as result of terrorist activities The ciuelcst terrorist group in Spain is the Basque IIIA ini flats for the Basque independ ence movement who struck again this week and assassi nated Juan Maria dc Araluce member of the Council of the Realm in midday parade in downtown Bilbao This is senior appointive body of the stillnew Spanish monarchy established in 1947 by the late dictator Gen Fran cisco Franco to administer the changeover to future mon archy and presumably then guidethe newking Its appointees represent con servative Spanish leaders all loyal to Franco in his lifetime some of them many Spaniards insist still in that frameof mind in the postFranco era Juan Maria de Araluce was no reactionary no operator of Spanish prisons nor purpose ful oppressor He was one of many promi nent Basques who cast their lot with Gen Franco because their orientation in Spanish politics was conservative Catholic Perhaps the most prominent Basque in the service of King Juan carlos is Jose Maria de Arcilxe who quit as his first foreign minister earlier this year when the king appointed young leader of the Falangist party as his new prime minis ter Sr Areilza had served in many vital ambassadorial posts in the earlier years of the Franco era one of these being Spanish ambassador to the United States during the crucial negotiations over the bases and economic assistance treaty of September 1953 Without that agreement Spain in deep economic dis array in the early 1950s would have sunk into genuine and dangerous economic decline But the traditional Basque position visavis the late Fran co regime had ben strong and resolute opposition with their priests jailed for being in the political opposition It should be repeated that the four northern Basque provin ces representing much of the industrial heart of Spain and devoutly Catholic fought against the Catholic rebel Gen Franco preferring to serve with rthe SpanishRepublic which Francos followers sim ply called RED The Basques are and were strongly QUEENS PARK Eliminating risk is false hope By DON IIEARN Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO When the first man drew the first breath there was risk That is fact of life This was the blunt expression that Labor Minister Dr Bette Stephenson used to describe the risks and harards that are in tegral to our complex society of today and particularly the risk to health and safety in the viiIiit In USA llt litr Limeagi was that we are doing much more in the field of occupational health the question which has been of so much concern in recent years but that any hope of ever eliminating risk would be falseone NOW PROTECTION Dr Stephenson outlined program that at least sounds impresswe Most striking is the claim that her ministry has developed enforceable standards for con trolling hazards in the work place These standards are based on threshold limits Formerlyr for about 10 iy lIfl ln lzcitl l=l have been lilstttlil guide lines Now they are being made on forceable standards If an in dustry doesnt follow them it can be compelled to worthy cause we are happy to erlllli collection of $1700 to Eac lll monies will be handed over to the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada at dan ce to be held in the Lions Hall Angus Nov 13 Yours truly Earle Williams not Reds lhesmall but erful lll pow undoubtedly Marxist ii idmlogy and intent But most Basques who have prospered mightily from the economic policies of Franco which brought the Spanish boom of the 60s are bourgeois middle class and deathly afraid of the ETA remembcr talking to several Hourits citizens of Bilbao about this at breakfast in fine hoth dining room in 1974 Their main complaint was the irresponsibility of the ETA attacks which had killed the in nocent along with their in tended victims One of them had friend who had just bought new Sist the Spanish version of the Fiat which was destroyed in an ETA bombing attack on building liic friends cr was parked in front The monarchy in its program of slow but inevitable liberalism had again allowed the use of the Basque lan age in public documents en ing disgraceful restriction of the tough Franco years and the flying of the Basque flag also forbidden One hopes the king and his angry advisers now will not re vert to the socalled state of exception of the Franco years to try and keep the Basques in line If Wlll work less now than under Franco these And whats more standards are being teutionally set low They are not being estab lished at level which would bring on quick and serious ail meat in for example the ura nium or asbestos fields But at level which might cause injury after long ex posure This she explains can mean control by prevention rather than the crisis intervention ll libtdktf in tliitil now SHIFT UNUS Still despite this progress the minister doesnt hold out hope that hazards in the work place can ever be curtailed 05 hitIM In