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EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation Classlied Advertisin All Other Departments pl I2th YearNo 246 Wednesday was hat day at Barrie Central Collegiate and students without head gear had to contribute ivecent fine to the Barrie 7266539 72894 7266537 PASSING THE HATS and District United Appeal campaign Amon those put ting head rat er than nickel into hat were Bob Hollet top Grade 12 Wes Slavik Grade 11 and Janet Blanchard Grade middle row and Roy Watson left Grade 13 Bob Noordhoff DISQQYERED BY UK RESEARCHERS Enzyme might lead to new ways The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Thursday October 21 I976 Grade 11 and French teacher Margaret Dobson bottom row Examiner photos by Rolf Kraiker of preven tiny heart attacks LONDON Reuter team of researchers announced today that it has discovered com pound formed in the walls of healthy human arteries which might lead to new methods of preventing strokes and heart attacks The enzyme which the team has named PGX inhibits the blood in healthy vessels from forming clots which lead to strokes The discovery was disclosed today in the scientific journal Nature and announced by the Wellcome Foundation Ltd It opens up the possibility of developing new treatments and methods for preventing strokes and heart attacks says the foundation drug grou for which the researchers wor Dr JR Vane head of the team said It is important to realize that although we have made fundamental scientific discovery we have not pro duced medicine MAY LEAD TO DRUG However the discovery might lead to the development of drugs which either reinforce the PGX produced by the body or inhibit related enzymes that provoke clotting Dr Vane added Even when we have new product we still have to learn all about how it works in the body Necessary tests of the efficacy and safety of any new compound in cluding its longterm effects mean that there is necessarily long gap between the discovery of any new drug and its availability for general prescribing by doctors PGX belongs to group of compounds known as prostag landins which among other functions are converted by the tiny white blood cell platelets into substance which encour ages these platelets to stick to gether and form clot This is supposed to happen to stop Pilot had only 154 hours on plane type inquest told KAPUSKASING Ont CP The pilot of singleengine Otter that crashed last month killing the 10 persons on board had logged only 154 hours of flying such an aircraft before the fatal flight coroners in quest was told Wednesday Staner Deluce president of Austin Airways of Timmins owner of the aircraft said Douglas Clifford 28 was safe and cautious pilot who had flown about 2100 hours Mr Clifford 28 was among those killed when the aircraft crashed Sept near Fraser dale Ont on return flight from fivedav tour of Indian communities He had flown 21 hours in smaller airplanes but had been tested in the Otter only month earlier The Otter chartered by the provincial ministry of natural resources for group connected with the Ontario royal commis sion on electric power planning struck power lines near Fraser dale about 100 miles north of Timmins LAWYER KILLED Robin Scott 45 lawyer for the commission and Dolores Montgomery coordinator of citizens group funded by the commission were among those who died in the flaming crash IASULE NE WS Spillane ban lifted JOHANNESBURG Reuter South African censors lifted the ban today on Mickey Spillanes novel The Long Wait20 years after it was imposed Smith warns on talks GENEVER CP Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith said today his delegation to talks on transferring power to Rhodesias black majority may walk out if black nationalist demands undermine the whole concept that brought us here Shaky start for ceasefire BEIRUT AP The latest ceasefire in the Lebanese civil war got off to shaky start today with few explosions and scattered volleys of machinegun fire in Beirut during the mor ning Tobacco workers on strike GUELPH Ont CP About 750 workers at Imperial Tobac co Ltd went on strike at midnight Wednesday in contract dispute Crippled ship reaches port HALIFAX CP The Dutch freighter Gabriella abandoned by her crew during fierce storm off Newfoundland earlier this week reached St Johns under her own steam early today In 531 Also killed were Dick Hous ton 55 an Ontario Hydro law yer Wes James 54 and Brian Isbister 36 Hydro engineers Douglas Sheppard 34 Bur lington Ont and Xavier Suth erland and Harry Achnepines kum both of Timmins were also victims They were em ployees of Grand Treaty No Northern Ontario Indian group Joseph McClelland 50 re porter for London Free Press the only re rter on the tour was also kil ed Lawyers for families of the victims and companies in volved in the incident spent most of the first day of the inquest questioning Mr Deluce on navigating procedures safety of the floatequipped air craft and such things as radio communication during the flight The aircraft crashed in heavy fog after striking hi htension Ontario Hydro power ines near hydroelectric dam at the Abi tibi canyon Mr Deluce said the lines were not shown as crossing the canyon on maps supplied by the company for pilots bleeding when blood vessel is cut PGX however apparently counteracts this process to pre vent clot formation inside healthy vessels In introducing the discovery Nature magazine said the generation of PGX by vessel walls could be the biochemical mechanism underlying the unique ability to resist platelet adhesion If arteries are damaged by inflammation of fat deposits PGX production could be inhib ited leading to thrombosis7 clots in arteries or veins To recommend prosecution TORONTO Cl The tario correctional services mini istry will recommend that prise oners involved in the Oct 17 hostagetaking incident at Thunder Bay jail be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law John Smith correctional services minister said Wednesday He told news conference that the ministry will not be intimidated by violence or other irresponsible actions by prisoners in provincial jails He blamed an increase of such incidents in provincial jails on the spillover effect of widely publicized incidents in federal penitentiaries He said the incident in Thun der Bay where four prisoners some of them armed with knives held seven persons hos tage in an office for five hours is cause for gravest concern The hostages were released unharmed after officials lis tened to the prisoners griev ances The taking of hosta es and other actions which reaten the lives of innocent people are clearly illegal he said Mr Smith said the matter has been referred to Crown At torney CB Devlin in Thunder Bay who will will proceed with prosecutions ALEX BINLKEY OTTAWA CP The federal ovemment should be taking eading role in seeking ways to halt the loss of the countrys vi tal farm land and the influx of large corporations into food production New Democratic MP said Wednesday The growth of cities and towns has swallowed thousands of acres of prime farm land and if the trend is not checked Can ads may run out of the land needed to grow food for its own people Lorne Nystrom York tonMelville said Wednesday Doubling Canadas population without any land controls will mean the loss of onethird of the current farm By PETER DEPODESTA Examiner Staff Reporter Georgian College needs stu dent residence but the provin cial government does not plan to build one says Dave Warner NDP education critic Mr Warner who visited the college Wednesday said hous ing is critical problem at Georgian College and most other postsecondary institu tions Ile said students are forced to live in places most people would not inhabit They have to pay high rents and are often excluded from certain residential areas which is discrimination he said There is very serious hous ing problem here he said Mr Warner said housing should be concern of the minister of housing and not the minister of colleges and univer ANIIIONY MANCINI phone calls Candidate for reeve Essa Township Councillor Anthony Mancini announced today he will be candidate for reeve in the Dec municipal election Coun Mancini had an nounced earlier this month he would not seek reelection to councu Ive had few phone calls he said this morning Currently finishing his first term on council Mr Mancini is chairman of the townships parks and recreation commit tee and vicechairman of its finance committee He is also member of the Angus Parks Board and vet eran of seven years on the former Essa Board of Educa tion An Angus resident Mr Man cini is married and has four children and three grand children He is employed as creditsu rvisor Incum ent reeve is Eugene Smith who has made no an nouncement as to whether he will seek reelection He could not be reached for comment today UP TO 82 PASSENGERS FEARED DEAD try to raise capsized US ferry Disaster crews LULING La AP Usinga giant crane disaster crews worked through the night to hoist commuter ferry that capsized Wednesday in the Mis sissip River after collision that eft up to 82 passengers dead Sheriff officers said 22 bod ies had been recoveredmany still in their cars They said as many as 60 more bodies might be found either trapped on the overturned vessel or sunk in the 10 feet of mud on the river bot tom From crane on barge workmen extended lines to the 120by55foot ferry which set tled upside down 200 yards off shore with its rusty hull prot ruding after it was rammed by the 664foot Norwegian tanker Frosta At sunrise today divers using electronic equipment resumed the search for Victims Eighteen persons were re ported to have survived but it was unknown exactly how many were on the Gear Prin ce ferry when it was hi broad side just before dawn Wed nesday Many of the dead were fac tory workers en route to jobs on the west bank from Destrahan and other eastbank towns about 20 miles upriver from New Orleans TOOK SHELTER IN CARS Some passengers were on foot but others had remained in their cars with windows rolled up to keep out the cold The impact of the collision dumped cars and screaming passengers into the cold swift land he said Meanwhile large food corpo rations such as US grain com panies were moving into rural Canada threatening to dislodge the independent far mer and the way of life he represented Later the government quashed Progressive Con servative nonconfidence motion 117 to 85 The Con servatives received support of 14 New Democrats and five Social Credit members for their motion attacking the Liberals for allegedly failing to solve agricultural problems NDP MOTION DEFEATED An NDP attempt to amend the Conservative motion to sities The government he said should put residence at Georgian College to help ease the rental market in Barrie But this is one area the government has left vacant he said He suggested the government could use students to help build the residence The students he said would not only get an education but also practical experience in the construction business Students at many colleges and universities he said are also bothered by the delays in provincial approval of Ontario Uhr Eadie Examtater 15r Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly bring all grain marketing under the jurisdiction of the wheat board was defeated by the other three other parties Mr Nystrom said both con sumers and farmers are threat ened by the loss of farm land and corporate takeover of food production Companies would engineer higher prices to consumers Food is too important to be left to private industry In stead there should be more aid for small and young farmers The governments farm in come stabilization legislation has proved inadequate he said There was also need for system of orderly marketing to ensure consumers cheap food Student Housing Assistance Program OSHAP grants Mr Warner said students must rent accomodations buy books and ay tutition without knowing the grant is ap proved The problem could be solved he said with decentralization of the program from Toronto to the local community colleges and universities Another major concern at Georgian he said is the lack of swimming facilities Mr Warner said an indoor swimming pool could be con structed at the college for the students and community use and farmers an adequate in come Saskatchewan and British Columbia were the only provin ces to take legislative steps to protect farm land Mr Nystrom said Government agriculture pol icies were attacked also by Ray Hnatyshyn PCSaskatoonBi ggar who said Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan should be given another portfolio because he managed only one promise for farmers in the throne speech NO REST FOR JOKER The cost of operating farm was growing by leaps and boun ds and it was no time for Mr Whelan the great joker the Interested students and facul ty members could work to col lect money for the project and apply for Wintario grant The NDP member from Scar borough Ellesmere said his visits to various postsecondary education centres will help in any discussions about educa tion Mr Warner who was teacher for 11 years said he believes Grade 13 is not needed in the education system He suggested education should change to meet the needs of the individuals and people involved in the change should be innovative Conspired to defraud elderly 0f sa vinys TORONTO CP Twelve Ontario men were convicted in provincial court Wednesday of conspiring to defraud senior citizens of their savings by pos ing as police officers or bank in spectors Judge Claude Morrison allowed 11 of the men to remain free on bail pending sentencing Oct 29 He ordered them to re port to jail Oct 27 Magazine has plans on ownership rule MONTREAL CP Readers Digest announced Wednesday intricate plans to meet Canadian ownership re quirements allowing it to con tinue its Canadian edition by retaining tax concessions for Canadian advertisers Paul Zimmerman president of the Readers Digest Associ ation Canada Ltd described to shareholders arrangements which include numerous long term operational ties and poin ts of control between the maga zines former publisher and new corporate entity The 33percent publicly owned Readers Digest Associ ation Canada retains control of its other profitable lines of business most of which depend on magazine circulation lists The company is 67 per cent owned by the American parent company Readers Digest Fire damage estimated at $18 000 Barrie Fire Chief Jack McAllister estimates damage in fire Tuesday at $18000 The fire at 211 Blake St gutted an apartment occupied by Winnie Kennedy Mrs Kennedy and two grandsons who lived in other apartments in the twostory house were not injured Chief McAllister says he doesnt know the cause of the fire yet but is satisfied that it was accidental water which reached depths of mfeet Divers searching for survi vors Wednesday reported hear ing tapping from the hull but found only bodies bumping SEE PIIUTO 0N PAGE around No one was injured aboard the Frosta which was heading to Baton Rouge to take on car The freighter remained anc ored miles upstream while the coast guard launched 41st Look on the bright side If Association Inc of New York Circulation lists will remain as assets of the public company The parent companys holdings will not change under planned reorganization new firm Readers Digest Magazines Ltd was established to control writing and editing of Readers Digest and its Frenchlanguage coun terpart Selection NEW COMPANIES FORMED To meet Canadian ownership requirements 75 per cent of the new magazine company is held by the newlyformed Readers Digest Foundation of Canada Readers Digest Association Canada owns the remaining 25 per cent the maximum allowed for Canadian tax status flawless lUNEeegLegl you had job wouldn an investigation of the ac cident Cause of the collision was undertermined Sheriff John St Amant esti mated from reports of missing persons from factories and homes in the area that 96 pas sengers were on the ferry But he said later that the tota prob ably exceeded 100 We dont have any idea said Deputy Sheriff Wallace Friloux of St Charles Parish There were 30 to 35 autos aboard with from one to four or five Deoole per car And we The other man Thomas Mil ler 41 of Toronto already is serving jail term for another offence During fivemonth trial evidence showed that the men telephoned their victims and by using the pretence they were trying to trap dishonest bank em loyee convinced them to wit draw large amounts of money from bank Some of the men would pose as policemen or bank security officers and take the money from the victims as arranged in the telephone calls Court was told that many of the calls to victims throughout Ontario and northeastern US were made using blue box an electronic device that routes longdistance calls through trunk lines so that their origin cannot be traced Convicted were Fred Ga bourie 51 and David Spence 36 both of Mississauga and Clifford John Charmon 48 of Ottawa Others convicted were Mi chael Jerome Groh 25 Roy William Gillett 41 Stanley Mc Pherson 43 Clarence Cook 33 John Box 47 Clarence Kiri ienko 38 William John Hayes 40 and Richard Moran 45 and Miller WEATHER FORECAST 20 Pages Says government should seek ways to halt loss of valuable farm land great kidder to relax The government also let down Western Canada by doing nothing about transportation as shown by the lack of any reference to transportation in the throne speech he said Promises to revitalize trans continental passenger train ser vice have gone nowhere as have promises to aid urban transit Transportation Minister Otto Lang was presiding over the disintegration of passenger train service in Canada just as Mr Whelan was presiding over disintegration of the great agriculture industry The throne speech debate en ds Friday HOWARD CAMPBELL Oro candidate Will seek reeveship retired farmer is throwing his hat into the race for reeve of Oro Township Howard Campbell announced this morning he will be can didate in the Dec election in Oro Mr Campbell who Sold his farm to his son Don has served six years as township coun cillor and two years deputy reeve will have the time to devote my undivided attention to municipal work he said have worked for the steady and good development of this area Mr Campbell is lifelong resident of Oro and descen dant of pioneer family Wallace Key is the incumbent reeve in the township Assessment system urged HAMILTON CP The On tario taxation reform commis sion was told Wednesday that graduated system of assess ment for businesses should be retained in proposed provincial tax reforms In brief to the commission HamiltonWentworth regional council urged the province to keep graduated system rather than introduce uniform assessment for all business property The commission is holding hearings across the province to get reaction to tax reforms pro posed by Treasure Darcy McKeoog Lab conducting tests with flu vaccine TORONTO CP Con nau ht Laboratories Ltd is con ucting swine flu vaccine tests on selected groups in Toronto kesman for the laboratory said Wednesday John Kieran Connaught public relations officer said the vaccine has proven safe in labo ratory tests but tests on small groups of volunteers are needed before mass vaccination is be gun The vaccine has been tried without any ill effects on 54 em ployees of Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd and 200 pro vincial ministry of health em dont know how many foot pas sengers were aboard FERRY KEPT GOING One witness to the accident said the tanker blew its whistle four or five times for the ferry but that the smaller boat con tinued on course coast guard official said that unless there are special Circumstances small boat such as ferry usually is ex ted to yield rightofway to arger vessel ployees The Ontario cabinet has not decided whether to conduct mass vaccination program sim ilar to the one un er way in the United States program of vaccinating people 65 and over and chronicallyill adults is to begin in Ontario in November cabinet decision on mass vaccination program will rob ably be made next week ter meeting between the national advisory committee on immu nizing agents and Health MInIS ter Marc Lalonde health mm istry spokesman said Cmdr George Oberholtzer of the Coast Guard in New Or leans said traffic coming up the river is partially obscured by grain elevator near the ferry landing on the west side of the river He also noted the pre dawn hour and the fact that ship was moored at the grain elevator Louisiana highway depart ment spokesman said Captain Gene Auletta who was amon Wednesdays dead was rate as one of the best ferry masters on the river