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EXAMINER TELEPHONES CirCulotion Classified Advertising All Other Departments l2th YearNo 240 ABOUT 350 union members marched past City Hall this morning to protest the 7266539 7282414 7266537 federal governments anti inflation program The hour long parade organized by the Barrie and District Labor Council began at Centennial Park and followed police The Barrie Examiner escort along Lakeshore Bayfield Clapperton and Collier to city ball then SCBE faces same restraints in 77 budget sags trustee Bill Straughan trustee for Barrie has been appointed chairman of the Simcoe Coun Board of Educations ad hoc budget committee for second year and says the situation doesnt look encouraging There are no indications that things are going to be any better than last year Mr Straughan said The 1976 budget was the most critical for the board since its ince tion he said and this year the ard will face the same restraints time and effort in drawing up the budget But he said restraints are necessary The ministry of education has released grant information and while ordinary expenditure grants are higher there is no indication the board will be receiving greater assistance for extraordinary expenditures Extraordinary expenditures include transportation and debenture costs both major items for the local board The ministry has offered in creased assistance in this area but the formula used for deter mining who gets the extra money eliminates the Simcoe Judge reject lawyers motion BRAMPTON CP mo tion by the lawyer representing Robert Rowbotham 25 charged with six counts con cerning drugs that county court judge disqualify himself from the trial was rejected Wednesday by the samejudge Judge Steven Borins told law yer Moishe Reiter feel can approach Mr Rowbothams Oro woman killed Anne Emms 57 of Oro Township died about noon Wednesday when struck by northbound CNR train The incident occurred at the Fifth Line of Oro where Ridge Road crosses the tracks Police say the train consisted only of an engine and caboose BY RESIDENT case with an open mind Mr Reiter made the motion after four other coaccused pleaded guilty to conspiracy to trafficking in hashishone of six charges against the five men The lawyer argued that since the judge had accepted the guilty pleas had subsequently heard evidence and had refused to order publicity ban con cerning the pleas he should not preside overthe trial Judge Borins ruled that since the trial would be judged by jury the motion had little merit He adjourned the case until today to let Mr Reiter de cide whether to appeal the rul mg Crown prosecutor Patrick Duffy spoke against the motion saying Mr Reiter who had op posed publicity ban during Rowbothams bail hearing last month now wanted ban in in Rowbotham drugs case view of the guilty pleas The five are also charged with conspiracy to import hash ish conspiracy to possess hash ish for trafficking importing hashish trafficking and posses sion of hashish for trafficking Layoff WINDSOR Ont CP Pro duction workers at Chrysler Canada Ltds truck plant were told Wednesday they will be laid off Oct litNov union of ficials say The layoff notice is the third received in month by the 850 members of Local 444 United Auto Workers of America the spokesman said Plant chairman Gary Parent said company officials blamed motor shortages and inventory adjustments for the layoff 3centres plan criticized STROUD The plan to have three community centres within two miles of each other at Lefroy and Bell Ewart was roundly criticized by resident at Wednesdays meeting of In nisfil council Jack Torrens said conversion of two former schools for com munity use doesnt make sense because the new South lnnisfil community centre in Lefroy is standing empty Mr Torrens said later he of fered to buy the former schools for $50000 so they could be turned into senior citizen apart ment buildings Despite the protest council is moving to convert the buil dings which were acquired this year for only $1 each from the Simcoe County Board of Educa tion Deputy reeve Blake Con stable told Mr Torrens that continued growth in the township will result eventually in full use of three centres PUBLIC MEETINGS An advisory board which will Many hands make light work this was proven Wednesday when farmers of Mldhurst donated equipment run the Bell Ewart Hall is to call public meeting soon Board member Sid Paine and senior citizen club president Eileen Johnston appeared at the council meeting Wed nesday To discuss use of the Lefroy hall council will meet next Monday with three groups the Bell EwartLefroy Legion the senior citizens club and the Killarney Beach School As sociation The Legion wants to lease the building but the two other groups are opposed What they want two more halls for dont know think theyre crazy Mr Torrens said after meeting with council He is retired construction contractor and former township councillor Mr Torrens said the present Bell Ewart commmunity hall should be renovated not demolished as is planned If able to buy the two former schools he said he would spend HELPING OUT and labor to Ralph and Leighton Smith whose brother Paul was killed last week They managed to store more than $100000 to create 12 or 14 apartment units Rent would be about $150 month He said he is not interested in buying just one of the former schools Reeve Bill Gibbins said On tario Housing Corporation is now studying the township to see if gearedtoincome housing for senior citizens is needed If it is OHC would order con struction of new building The Bell Ewart advisory board has agreed with three suggestions made by council the hall should be established under the Community Centres Act to make it eligible for pro vincial grants $2000 on hand should be used for renovations and the old hall property should be sold and the proceeds used on the new ball But Mr Paine said the board disagrees with councils sug gestion that the hallbe named after resident William Ruffett He said Bell Ewart com munity centre is preferred 30 acres of corn in six hours See Page 11 Examiner Pho to County board said Steve Musy assistant superintendent of business The 1977 ordinary expen diture grants per pupil quoted by the ministry are $1197 for elementary 108 per cent in crease over 1976 figure of $1080 At the secondary level the grant is $1712 an increase of 10 per cent over 1976 After applying all weighting factors Mr Musy said the ac tual figures for Simcoe County will be $1252 for elementary up to 12 per cent from $1118 in 1976 and $1759 for secondary up 97 per cent from $1603 in 1976 Legislative grants for the whole province will total $1800 million $165 million or per cent increase over last year The board expects to have its budget prepared by early March but is still waiting for assessment figures Barrie Ontario Canada Thursday 0Cl°b9714l 1976 11 returned to its starting point Examiner Photo Uh ifiarrir Examiner 15 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly mpages WEATHER FORECAST Barrie workers in protest march Participation was mixed but enthusiasm ran high this mor ning as the Barrie and District Labor Council took to the streets in support of the Canadian Labor Congress national day of pro test against federal wage controls Morning rain let up just in time to let about 350 protesters stay dry as they paraded from Centennial Park to city hall Led by pi and carrying such signs as fuddle duddle on Trudeau an Trudeaus just society is just for Trudeau and his friends the group appeared in cheerful mood and oca sionally burst into song or chanted one two three four kick controls out the door Labor council president Bob Dennis who marched at the head of the parade wearing sign which said what happened to price controls said the turnout was better than he had ex pected in view of the weather Calls for general work stoppage in support of the protest got mixed response in Barrie Plants reporting normal attendance this morning included MansfieldDenman General the citys largest industrial employer with about 640 union members DeVilbiss Canada Ltd Centre Molded Plastics and RobsonLang Leathers Plants where all unionized workers were reported off the job included Molsons Brewery Hill Refrigeration Plastomer Ltd and hrysler Canada Outboard Twothirds of workers were Canadian General Electric and Corah Ltd both reported good attendance at work but union locals from both plants United Electrical Machine and Radio Workers Local 545 and Textile Workers Union of America Local 1937 respectively were well represented in the parade Diebold Company of Canada Ltd reported about half of its workers out and Cooper Tool Group spokesman said there were some workers in the plant but declined to name figure Barrie Postmaster Tom Ker said about half the offices 53 unionized inside workers stayed off but all letter centers were on the job Ontario Hydro Consumers Gas and Barrie Public Utilities 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nsiiv as i0 quvv have one of them and one of them and one of them and Viking move success PASADENA alif Reuter Viking has successfully scooped Mars soil from the ground beneath the rock it pushed aside last Friday ll was announced cdncsday More provincial aid sought for centre STROUI With the phi Iosophy that the squeaky wheel gets the grease Innisfil council is applying for more provincial funds to help pay for the StroudInnisfil recreation cen tre According to what we hear there are significant funds look ing for home said deputy reeve Blake Constable Earlier this year the ini nistry of culture and recruit ion approved Wintario grant oi $180000 based on the fitriud Curling Clubs contribution to the recreation centre In addition the $lmillion centre qualified for three itinr munity centre grants totalling 51141000 ouncils ncw action based on the Illlliil governments pledge Ill Scptembir to help finance arena repairs with grants of up to TS per cent of total cost The old itroud arena was declared unsatc Ill 1074 and council decided in 107 to build new iecrcation compch Ill stead of cpniring the old struc iurc lownship clerk Richard iroh said 11in iiii grants would pro bably be bascd on the cost of arena repairs Renovations and repairs to the complex were estimated to cost at t$1lt0000 in 1074 IA Actress dies at 88 LONDON AP 77 Dame Edith Evans thc IIiighsh actress whose career spanned more than six decades on the stage and screen died at her country home today after short illness hcr lawyers announced She was 88 Union records subpoenaed DETROIT AP federal grand jury investigating the disappearance of former Ieamster union boss James Hoffa has subpoenaed the personal and union records of lcainster Iresi dent Frank Fitzsimmons published report said today Syrian planes in action BEIRUI Reutch Syrias air force went into action in Lebanon today for the first time in the 18month civil war the Voice of Palestine Radio station reported Moluccans battle police VAASSEN AP About 30 heavily armed South Moluccan exiles fought gun battle today with police trying to evict them from former army camp in this Dutch city authorities said Plants producing again TOKYO AP More than 70 per cent of the factories and mines destroyed or damaged in the Tangshan district of China by an earthquake July 28 are back in partial or full operation the official Chinese news agency reported today Two rescued from ship TRAVERSE CITY Mich AP United States oast Guard officials removed two of nine mcn ftom the tug Mary Hannah which ran aground on rocks today and began taking on water eight miles west of the Mackinac Bridge President Ford cleared WASHINGTON AP Special Watergate prosecutor Charles Ruff cleared President Ford today of any wrongdoing in connection with campaign finances in his home county while he was in the US Congress Barries major housing pro blem is high selling prices says Ald Ross Archer And he has plan to make housing more affordable to young familiesinthecity Ald Archer one of four can didates for mayor in the Dec election the city can give firsttime buyers $1000 federal housing grant This grant he said could decrease the down aynicnt bringing the cost housing into line with the financial capabilities of firsttime buyers Production of housing is not problem in Barrie at the mo ment he said Making it af fordableis The federal government through the municipal incen tive grant program pays eligi ble municipalities $1000 for every housing unit built under the Assisted Home Ownership Program AHOP The only requirement for the money is that it is used to assist in the production of housing Citv council decided earlier for young more affordable this year to use the grants for municipal capital purposes in cluding sewers water mains and roads for the benefit of all taxpayers Ald Archer said for many young families in the city the dream of owning home is rapidly slipping into the im possible Anything the city can do to make that dream reality will have very positive and long reaching effect on Barrie as whole he said Paroled murdererauthor is arrested by FBI agents LAS VEGAS Nev AP paroled murderer who wrote the bestselling bo Reason able Doubt while on death row in New li rsey was arrested by FBI agents here Wednesday Acting on tip from con fidcntial source agents ar rested Edgar Herbert Smith 42 at downtown hotel on charges of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution He was wan ted in San Diego on charges arising from the kidnapping and stabbing of southern alifornia Wollltlll earlier this Victims name released Henry Jackson 85 of lalgravc was the second vic tim in twovehicle accident lucsdnysouth of Alliston Iolicc were unable to release his name carlicr bccausc next of kin hadnt been notified The accident also took the life of Bradley ox of RR lot tcnham driver of one vehicle George Rutherford 79 of Bolton was driver of the other Eastview junior Wildcats came within two points of picking up their first points of the high school football season Wednesda Coll ingwood slipped by hosting month said agent Bill Jansen Smith later was arraigned and ordered held on $500000 cashonly bond Smiths return to San Diego will depend on extradition pro cetxlings which must be started in California 11 was accused of abducting liefteriya zbun 23 from Flgers bow to Guelph Barrie Iilycrs of the Ontario Hockey Association Senior League will be smarting when they meet the Whitby Warriors Friday at 830 pm at the Bar rie Arena The Ilyers bowed 82 to the Guelph Platers of the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League in an exhibition game in Guelph Wednesday The score was 50 midway through the second period Phil Branston scored both goals for the locals Bill Harper started in nets and was succeeded by Ron Patterson Eastview 1513 to end threegame losing streak Above two Collingwood defenders are about to bring down an Eastview rusher in fourthquarter action JUNIOR WILDCATS IN ACTION Chula Vista Calif parking lot Oct He allegedly stabbed the woman but she managed to roll out of the car on freeway offramp with kitchen knife protruding from her abdomen Apple Day on weekend The traditional Boy Scout Ap ple day will be held Friday and Saturday Members of the Beaver Tub and Scout sections will be work ing to collect donations to fur ther improve the facilities at their local Scout camp Camp Wildman and also to assist in the financing of new buildings During the late afternoon and evening of Friday boys will be at various industrial and conimcrical outlets within the city The next day they will also be canvassing in the following residential areas all of the ci ty Dalston Innisfil Lefroy Alcona Oro Stroud Churchill Midhurst Sandy Cove Craig hurst and Edgar £w Eastview moved to within two points of Collingwood with late touchdown The twopoint convert attempt was missed Eastview senior ROSS ARCHER price problem Palmer uses tower as golf tee PARIS Reuter Arnold Palmer stopped the traffic Thursday in central Paris when be converted the Eiffel Tower into the worlds tallest golf tee He was trying to set world record for the longest shot from the highest point on structure Unseasonal wind and rain made driving tricky from the 377foot second stage of Paris most famous landmark But Palmer who fired four balls from specially built platform still managed one shot of 276 yards straight down the Champs de Mars Park Police stopped traffic in the road crossing the park as the balls whizzed overhead The stunt was staged by perfume company which is sponsoring golf tournament in France during the next four days Wildcats edged Collingwood 62 Wednesday for their first win of the season Story on Page 12 Examiner Photo llllllllllllllllllllllIllllIllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllIllllllllllllllIllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllIllllllIlIlllIllIIllllllllllIllllIIllllllIIllIIIllllllllllllllllllllll