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new nuvm Gold soars to new high An unidentified clerk at Sharps Pixley Limited London bullion dealer marks up the fixing for gold bullion and sIlver in London Thursday as the price of gold climbed to an alltime high of $254 Londons live malor bullion dealers which include Sharps Pixley fixed the price for the morning trading session at $254 per Troy ounce AP Photo Woman wins action in gorilla court suit TORONTO iCPt civil suit before the Ontario Supreme Court involving man man and gorilla they both loved ended Wednesday Mr Justice Donald Keith ruled in favor of Wasting food irks Whelan EDMONTON tii Federal Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan picked at his car rots passed on the strawberry shortcake and timed into the rest of the country for wasting food The minister who has embarked on an ef fort to melt away 32 of his 42 pounds told local Liberal luncheon Wednesday that most Canadians waste about as mueh food as he is currently allow ed to eat He said they should start worrying more about the food they iste and the energy ex pended to produce the waste than they do about food prices Toronto study has estimated Canadians waste between 23 and tui pounds of food year he said Canadians seem to feel waste is in their heritage the minister said from behind his Dont Fwd Me button And they complain about the cost of food hen they can eat for as little as St day by consuming more cheese soybeans rid vegetables Whelan said he is collecting pledges on poundslost basis as he diets The money goes to the Canadian Save the Children Fund None of the Editionton Liberals signed up But if they had been watching closely they would have seen at the end of the meal the sligitest evidence that Vhelans will pow cr is notunbendable When steaming cup of coffee was placed in front of him he looked around shrugged and dropped in teaspoon of sugar thursday is for background News Quiz As leader of the largest communist party in Western Europe Enrico Berlinguer is playing crucial role in the politics of his native country Can you name that country What is Progressive Conservative Leader Joe Clarks position on negotiating sovereigntyassociation with Quebec For what sport is new Hall of Fame member Willie Mays famous Know the answers Want to take guess and find out Then turn to the quiz on Background Ruth Howman who had brought action against Dr Sidney Solway asking to be found an equal partner in Magpie Menagerie Holdings Ltd and to be entitled to half tht companys assets Before he brought down his ruling Mr Justice Keith had to listen to details about the company the couple and the gorilla named Angel Dr Solway Richmond Hill general praclt titioiier said he met Mrs Bowman after treating her husband and their relationship evolved been of their iiitiial love of animals During the course of their relationship Dr Solway bought house and did $80000 worth of renovations to accommixlate the gorilla When lipound Angel outgrew the house Dr Solway had patient renovate the garage for his pet Over the years the couple also owned monkey chimpanzee cats poodles ten man shepherd Doberman pinscher wolfhound and another gorilla lltllSIiHAS DEAL Dr Solway said he formed the company inained after his nickname for Mrs Bowmarn Magpie and bought the house in nearby Thoinhill becaUse he thought it was ideal for the animals He testified that he bought the animals and gm Mrs Bowman gifts of rings and furs to take care of them During testimony Mr Justice ltll1 asked Dr Solway why he would buy Mrs How man such expensive gifts give her shares in the company and then maintain she never had any direct ownership it was sloppy all right the doctor agreed Everythingwedid was based on our great love for animals Dr Solway said the relationship soured when Mrs Bowman became involved with oneof his patients National Aeronautics and Space Administration released this pic ture Wednesday and said this im age of Venus was obtained Jan 18 from the Cloud Photopolarimeter aboard the Pioneer Venus Orbiter spacecraft The image was taken from an altitude of 40000 miles during orbit number 45 com plete orbit takes about 24 hours NASA Photo via AP Photo Venus strange planet MOlNTAlN VlEW Calif AP New data from Pioneer spacecraft show that Venus is hellish planet of hot clouds sulphuric sleet crashing lightning swirling winds and strange glowing fires The nature of earth forbidding neighbor became little less mysterious Wednesday as scientists discussed the findings of Pioneer Venus and ii which reached the bright planet last December It all pretty complicated said Dr Lawrence Coir of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration There is no one spectacular result But it all helps us understand more abou Venus and its at 115th year No 34 Thursday February 1979 Par Copy Carrier Home Dollvory 90 Weekly the examiner serving barrie and simcoe county Meets with Trudeau Leves ue Touchy FranceCanada talks expected during Barre visit Bakhtiar defiant as mob marches TEHRAN AP An estimated one million people marched through Tehran today in sup port of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini but Irans prime minister remained defiant and MP5 briefed on tax issue WASHINGTON li group of Cana dian MPsis being briefed here this week about the pros and cons of permitting tax deductions for home mortgage payments topic certain to be an issue in Canadas next general election The Progressive Conservatives have already announced they will make limited form of tax deduction for mortgage payments plank in their election platform Were already sold on it Jean ligott Progressive Conservative member for OttawaCarleton said Wednesday night at Canadian embassy reception for the group But Ed Lumley Liberal member for Storrnontlundas and parliamentary secretary for Finance Minister Jean hre tien said he is much more skeptical in talks Wednesday with treasury of ficials the group was given the impression that the government would not choose the home mortgage tax deduction Scheme again if it had choice Lumiey said accused Khomeini of depending on the mob rather than democracy New political violence was reported in the Caspian Sea town of Gorgan where the state radio said four antigovernment demonstrators were killed and 21 injured The broadcast said security forces opened fire when protesters set fire to shops banks and other buildings Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar speak ing at news conference condemned Kho meini for putting people in the streets and giving them slogans they dont even unders tand He challenged the Moslem religious leader to form legitimate political party to seek control of Iran Khomeini had called for massive turnout in the streets today to keep up the pressure on the prime minister to give way to Mehdi Bazargari longtime political foe of Shah Mohammad Reza lalilavi named by the ayatollah on Monday to head new provi sional government stream of lranians nearly three kilometres long flowed through central Tehran waving pictures of Khomeini and Bamrgan chanting Hazargan Baztirgan you are our prime minister and Bakhtiar Bakhtiar you take orders from the SA Organizers of the demonstration mustered thousands of volunteer marshals to control thecrowds miracle lovely miracle OTTAWA CP French Premier Raymond Barre arrived here at 1030 am EST today with the touchy issue of French relations with Quebec and Ottawa expected to highlight talks with Prime Minister Trudeau Barre will be in Ottawa until Saturday when he leaves for Mon treal He goes to Quebec City on today lifestyle entertainment 10 background page sports 12 comicsiv guide 14 classified 1517 Monday for discussions with Premier Rene Levesque and other provincial leaders before leaving the country Tuesday He is expected to stress the French governments policy of non interference in Canadian affairs in talks with Trudeau Trudeau indicated in recent inter views with French journalists he will emphasize the importance of united Canada The prime minister will be host at lunch with several provincial premiers during Barres visit Federal officials have said that is designed to show something of the Canadian reality making clear Canada is more than just Quebec and Ontario In Quebec Barre will speak to members of the Quebec National Assembly Booze banned at two parks PlCTON Ont CP Liquor will be bann ed this spring at Sand Banks and Ferris pro vincial parks and park wardens will be hired to curb rowdyism parks supervisor Chuck Mathcson said Wednesday Matheson said the decision to impose the bans followed highlyeffective liquor ban last year at nearby Outlet Beach provincial park fne number of occurrences was down drastically Matheson sai It was beyond our expectations Born blind woman 18 gains sight GLASGth itli leading Scottish surgeon Dr Charles Macliwan of Edirr burgh has brought sight to young Swtswornan who was born blind 18 years ago Its miracle lovely miracle cx claims Marie Queen cornea from an eye donor was grafted onto her left eye in Glasgows Gartnavel General Hospital Now can see everything my mother my brother my friends the flowers the trees Oh there is so much want to see After the bandages were removed Marie said she first focussed on mans finger Then she saw blue and red tie and above that the face of the surgeon who had given her sight mmphere From that we learn about what cases the earths weather The Venus orbiter detected lightning which apparently occurs as often as it times in five minutes Seientists say similar flashes were recorded by Russian spacecraft that arrived at Venus after the craft The fiery glows were detected by two of Venus IIs probes on the side of the planet facmg away from the sun Screntists called them mysterious and unexpected saying they could come from chemical fires on the surface or in the very hot and dense lower atmosphere near the surface Baby freezes to death NEW YORK iAPi Her relatives lined the windows with cardboard from diaper boxes to keep out the cold But they didnt pay their gas bill for 18 months and nine monthold Cynthia Feliccea clad only in diapers was found frozen to death in her crib Her twoyearold brother Tommy was found swollen wrth frostbite when police were called to the basement apartment of the twostorey house that utility company officials said had been unheated since July 1977 The temperature was about 10 below Celsius Authorities said they are consrdering charges against the babys parents Thomas Feliccea 21 and Eileen leliccea 21 Thirteen others in four generations lived in the house in the South Ozone Park section of Queens Advised autopsy NEW YORK AP The Citys chief medical examiner says he advised an autopsy be performed on Nelson Rockefeller but the procedure would not have pinpomted the time of heart attack Dr Michael Baden chief medical ere aminer said Wednesday he told Rockefellers personal physician an autopsy Marie told me my tie was red and blue Dr Matliwan says cant quite explain how she knew this Since birth she has only vaguely made out very very bright light have treated her since childhood and always hoped her sight could be restored with the right equrp munt later this year he hopes to perform similar operation on aries right eye EQUIPMENT NOT THERE it is very complicated operation the surgeon says Lntil we actually open ed up the left eye we did not know if we caild restore the sight Until recently the hint of equipment we needed was not It says the operation was made deadfine hellMun No autopsy was perform the fame viceraided and four th New Yak awenor who died Jan 26 umm Meanwhile Megan Marshack the 25 yerold aide who was with Rockefeller who he uttered his fatal heart seizure from seclusion Wednesday but refused to talk to reporters The New York Times has quoted sources clme to the Rockefeller family as saying an hour elapsed between the heart attack and the first call for medical aid As to any delay Baden said think that it would be foolish to say that an hours delay is irrelevant because thats why we have emergency medical service in the first place Baden said no auto sy was required because Rockefellers octor Dr Ernest Esakof satisfied health regulations that Rockefeller had died of natural causes and had been treated for heart disease PO trouble inside SAINT JOHN iCPi Federal Labor Minister Martin OConnell took hard knock at Canadas militant inside postal workers during brief visrt here Wednesday Inside workers represented by the Cana dian Union of Postal Workers iCLPWi are to blame for the troubled labormanagement relations situation at the post office OCon nellsaidinaninterview While most post office employees are prepared to Sit down and negotiate collec tive agreements with the post office the CLTW workers are not he said The outside people who you see at your door the letter carriers are consulting with management all the time and they Signed an agreement without too great difficul ty the minister said Something is wrong msrde the actual budding where the letter sorting takes place The trouble at the post office is on the insrde possibly with the use of vitrectomy machine costing about £5000 which prevents bleeding when used for delicate microsurgery Manes case emphasizes the need for mire eye donors the doctor urges To be of any use we need to have eyes within fewhours of the donors death Back in her flowerdecked home at Mothcrwell Lanarkshire Marie can see the face of her mother Agnes who has guided her through the dark but formative years She also can see her twin brother Colin who has similar eye problem although he has some vision MacEwan believes the brother and Sister were both hit by virus before birth Dont try it Barry Ayoub waiter in Chatham Ont pub entertains patrons with his balancing act as he carries up to 32 pounds of beer and trays on his head while danc ing He learned the trick when car rying water jugs from well to his fathers farm in Lebanon CP Photo Come home so The Examiner for home delivery There is possibility Colin can be helped with similar operation he says We shall do all possible to help him with the new equipment that is available Marie says she is thrilled by all the bright colors of nature even in winter love the flowers and the trees and the glorious sunsets and am looking forward to seeing many of the wonderful TV musi cians who cheered me with their music While waiting for her operation Marie attended performance of the film Grease starring John Travolta just loved his voice she says Now can go back to the show and see him for the first time What an experience that Will be Contract ratified TORONTO rCPi The 12 week strike by 20 employees at Puretex Knitting Co Ltd ver closedcircuit television cameras used to monitor workers was settled Tuesday when workers ratified twoyear contract Madeleine Parent secretarytreasurer of he Canadian Textile and Chemical Union said in an interview that 90 per cent of the members who voted accepted the new ageement The company agreed to remove surveillance camera beamed at the plant washroom and an arbitrator will decide whether eight other cameras will stay Ms Parent said The other cameras include one in the parking lot three on the production floor and four in the shipping and stockroom area The agreement also includes wage in rease of 35 cents an hour in the first year and 30 cents an hour in the second year br inging the rate for the lowest classification 03 95 an hour immediately and to $4 25 an iour on Feb 11980 About 200 members in the bargaining unit are women Stamps sell for $92500 TORONTO iCP package of four Canadian stamps with upsrdedown centres sold for $92500 at an auction Wednesday at tended by dealers acting for anonymous Canadian collectors Only 160 of the fivevcent stamps called Seaway inverted because the centre portion was upside down were released by the winters in 1959 before the mistake was noticed One used inverted stamp sold for $17000 tweiather heavy snowsquall warning is in effect for the Southern Georgian Bay area Windy and very cold with flurries today and Friday Nor thwesterly winds gusting to kmh today causing drifting and bl0wing sn0w Highs today around 12 Lows overnight 18 Highs Friday around 16