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friday Is for business New theme page starts Today The Examiner features Business on its theme page Fridays will be for Business from now on Saturday new theme page will begin Called Window on the World this pa will feature the weeks best photographs rom local world and na tional events It will also be showcase for photographic essays by Examiner pho tographers Homes which has been replaced by Business will still be carried although it will no longer be theme page Instead ar ticles that would have found their place on Homes will be printed on the Lifestyle pages or on general news pages The build it feature will be run in the Lifestyle section of the paper Wednesday Jean Gables Garden Notes will be carried on the Lifestyle theme page Argus directors warned MONTREAL CP Argus Corp direc tors associated with Domtar Inc were that they are persona non grata on the Longplaying pot MONTREAL CP The RCMP has made record haul of topquality Jamaican marijuana 350 pounds of the goldcolored drug pressed into the shape of longplaying discs Three boxes containing 1200 phoney discs in regular album covers were seized in raid on record shop in Montreal following twoday investigation RCMP drug of ficers said Thursday at news conference They estimated street value at 3225000 Two Canadians and two Jamaicans have been arrested in connection with the smug gling scheme while warrants have been issued for the arrest of two other suspects both Jamaicans Between 190 grams and 235 grams of the compressed drug were enclosed in each record cover among them covers for albums by singer Englebert Humperdink as well as for classical records Custom officials discovered the shipment of marijuana earlier this week in routine check of cargo arriving at Mirabel airport from Jamaica Cookstown reeve quits Citing business reasons and the need to move to Alberta Cookstown Reeve George Hefford resigned through letter read at the Feb council meeting The letter contained no detailed explana tion of the move Absent from council for the past month Hefford said he would be back for the first February meeting Coun Jim Currie acting reeve told coun cil Heffords resignation was no surprise and he had known the Iteeves plans for sometime Coun Currie said he would act as reeve until new one was appointed or elected but he would not be candidate for the posi tion Hefford was part owner ofthc Village Craftsman until last October when he sold his interests Although not village resident he owned property in Cookstown He became rceve by acclamation in last Novembers municipal election Only two zeros but ST CATHARINES Ont Pt What difference couple of zeros make Doris Went received Bell Canada bill Thursday for $10007 22 know made some long distance calls last month but not that many she said check of the computer printout at Bell Canada showed Mrs Wents bill should have been $10722 Would like wine tests LONDON Ont CPi The chief chemist for the Liquor Control Board of Ontario says wines to determine whether they contain possible cancercausing agents but cannot justify the expense Clarke said Thursday in an inter view that the minimum cost of $80000 to $100000 for such tests is too high without written evidence to justify proceeding issued thinlyveiled warning Wednesday answerer Action fast and furious in series opener National Hockey League teams Ulf Ntlsson foreground battles Soviet Na tional Teams Vladimir Golikov 25 for control of the puck Thursday evening at New Yorks Madison uare Garden The Garden is of course the homegrounds for NtIsson W10 normally wears New York Ranger uniform See page for the story and another photograph AP Laserphoto authorities said he would like to run tests on variety of Argus board as infighting for control of Canadas forests products industry heated up In statement signed by Argus secretary Harry Edmison the Toronto holding com pany charged that Domtar went ahead last week with bid for MacMillan Bloedel in the abscence of two directors with Argus connections The whole Domtar procedure is inex plicable by normal business criteria it ad ded Argus will not support any further in terlocking of directorships beween Domtar and Argus Corp and its associated com panies the statement said It added Domtar was fully aware of events leading up to the sale of Argus holdings in Domtar Domtar announced last Thursday it would seek control of MacMillan Bloedel and in surprise move MacBlo as the company is known coloquially came back with an offer to buy control of Domtar on Friday Argus fanned the flames on Friday by an nouncing it had sold its 25 million Domtar shares to MacMillan Bloedel Labrador Mining and Exploration Co Ltd another firm controlled by Argus sold another 300000 shares giving MacBlo 20percent chunk of Domtar Canadian Pacific Invest ment then entered the fray this Wednesday with an offer for MacMillan Blodel We are essentially quality control lab and dont have the funding or facilities to do this type of research hesaid Clarke said he is not aware of documented evidence that cancercausing proiwrtics such as carcinogens are present lIl lllf but agree there is good possibility In Feb letter to Joseph iiiiiiiiiiis plant sctences professor at the Inivcrsit of Western Ontario hcrc Clarke said there is now evidence that carcinogens do occur in beer Fire damage $100M VIENNA tAPi fire that started in an escalator raced through Viennas largest department store Thursday causing an estimated $100 million damage despite thc efforst of 200 firemen and io trucks No injuries were reported Fire Chief Anton Santyr said welders were working on the escalator at the four storey Gergross department store when the stair lining caught fire Ihcy failed to con tain the fire with manual extinguishers he said Gold slumps to $24375 LONDON tAP Gold prices slumped lIl early trading today after hitting record $254 an ounce in London Thursday lbc dollar fluctuated within narrow limits Gold was quoted in London at 324117 an ounce fall of $6 from Thursdays close In Zurich gold was quoted at $243 30 fall 01 $7 No holiday again OTTAWA Clt The country gets no February holiday again this year Iarlia ment has turned down the idea of national statutory holiday in February for the sixth year running Instead the propole Heritage Day on the third Monday in the month will be marked Feb 19 mainly through postcr campaign and contest in the schools by Heritage Canada an organization that promotes awareness of historical traditions and preservation of historic buildings Heritage Canada financed by member ship fees and income from 1072 federal grant of $12 million has campaigned in vain for the holiday with some support in Parlia ment An allparty parliamentary committee first proposed the February holiday in 1073 and it has been pushed annually ever since in perennial campaign by Stanley Knowles NDPWinnipeg North cntre weather Very cold weather will prevail here for the next two days Sunny with cloudy periods and very cold today and Saturday Brisk northwesterly winds with flurries onshore Highs both days 13 to l7 Lows overnight 22 to 26 use your No as Friday February 1979 the examiner 15° Per Copy serving barrie and simcoe county Carrier Home Dolle 90° w°ddV Ottawa has emergency plan to ration fuel if necessary OTTAWA Pt Energy Minister Alastair Gillespie said Thursday the federal govern ment has an emergency plan to ration gasoline and fuel oil it world supplies are fur ther restricted Gillespie told the Commons Canada is bound by 1974 agreement to reduce imports into Eastern Canada as part of an interna tional system to share available supplies dont think at the present moment that it is any more than possibility however just in case we have contingency plan Gillespie said under questioning from Conscr vative Ml Allan Lawrence Gillespie later told reporters temporary arr rangcments for sorcallcd oil swaps with the United States should bring needed supplies to eastern refineries caught short by reduced imports from strifetorn Iran Basically the swap involves Western and dian oil exchanng for US oil for Eastern Canadian refineries Gillespie said applica tions now are bclorc the National Energy Board to import up to three million barrels of cmdc Oil The arrangements although temporary would provide degree of security for Eastern Canada he said The minister said if supplies remained cut off from Iran whcrc tanada currently llll ports about 20 per cent of its domestic re quirements then the terms of the intcrna tional agrccmcnt may haw to be invoked MEASlRlIS POSSIBLE Energy Secretary James Schlesinger says conservation measures also may be needed lll thc KS if Iranian production docs not resume soon It was during the 1071174 Arab oil embargo that Canada drew tip its contingency plan and signed an agrccnicnt with other Western dustiial countries to set up the International Energy Agency and supplysharing plan Gillespie said in the omnions that anada is not being callcd to maki iip any shortages that may bc felt by the or other Western count iics If the IICA agreement were lIlOktl aiiada and othcr agcncy members would bi asked to reduce imports from overscas anada now uses about vo mtilion barrcls of oil daily with 000000 barrcls imported from foreign sourccs Iranian oil madc up about 20 per cent of imports 120000 barrcls day to Quebec and the Atlantic provinces which depend mainly on imports to hcat their houses and fuel their cars and factories Bazargan makes big promises llIllltAN ltli llic lllt11 chosen by Ayatollah Huhollah Kliomcini to take over the govcrnmtnt ot lran said today he will in troducc God into all phases of Iranian lifc revamp the economy and hold fric clcctions bcforc resigning to make way for an Islamic rcginic Speaking to 100000 of NW religious leaders supimrtcrs at mosque overlooking Tchran liiiicrsitv Mchdi Ilaorgan also madc an llliplltfl new appeal to thc armed toiccs to abandon Ircmicr Shahimur ltakhtiar and support llllll Hill plays to full house here Dan Hill the Toronto singersongwriter whos beginning to attract wide following In the United States played to full h0use at Georgian College Theatre Thursday night in the first of two Barrie concerts Hill turns concert into cosy evening of love songs and stories about life on the Burcs lk Important for QuebecL hes told roadthe audience responded with standing ovation and enthusiastic applause for every song Hill performs again tonight at pm See Saturdays Examiner for review of the Thursday concert Examiner Photo by Dave arre gets taste of unity itllA it lItlllll lrcmicr ltay iiiond liiirrc got tastc ot national unity issues lliursday from three linglish spcaking prcnucrs at lunch givcn by lriuic Ministcr Trudeau tcdcral source lltl lriiiiicrs iilliani llll of Ontario Richard llatficld of New Brunswick and Allan lilakincy oi Saskat clicwaii told ltarrc it is important for lltlitt uv Mariiuana record seized RCMP Cpl Bob Perrin displays one of L200 marl uana records seized dur ing raid on Montreal record store Perrin to reporters that two Cana dians and two Jamaicans have been arrested in connection with the case during news conference in Montreal Thursday See story in Deadltne CP Laserphoto and French spcakmg minorities outside Qiicbcc for anada to remain united Ilic Frcnch prcmicr rcpcatcd Frances ap parcnt hands oft position on anadian in tcinal problcnis thc informant said Hut ht added tlic lllltl1ilthlIlIlltlll is intcrcstcd ii Quibcc and trancoplionc minorities tilllll lllt proviiicc ltarrc thc first French pltlllltl to visit tanada in 10 til1 arrived lhursday morn ing and was whisked away for Ito ininutc privatt session with Trudeau bclorc thc lunch Hc will go on to Montreal Saturday and Qucbcc ity Monday tor discussions with Quebec lrcmicr ltciic lcvcsquc Hatfield said attir the lunch he told Itarrc tlic licncli fact in New ltiunswick is stroiigcr than it has cvcr been with ttic liclpol the pro iiicial govcriinicnt liarrc was carctul and noiiconiniital in his icspoiisc and showed hc was wcll bricle on anadianaffairs llatticld said In Highway 400 collision He did not consider the lunch gangiugup on the French ptcmicr to get the national uni ty message across but chancc to explain the provincial views and clear up any inisconccp tions About 34 per cent of the New Brunswick population is Ficnchsixaking while Ontario has francophone minority of scvcn pcr cent and Saskatchewan thrcc pcr ccnt federal official said Harre carefully avoided provtxative statements on tanada and Quebec iii dcixndcnce in interviews with aiiiidian jour nalists before this trip But federal source said the lunch was specially arranged to makc Harrc aware of the Canadian reality llc dciiicd it was an attempt to drag the French prcmicr into Canadian politics premiers wcrc invited on lllt basis of thc llllll$tilkIlil minorities and Frcncli investment in their provinces Bus driver faces charge ll SlllllllIN llllll Of Tllt Examiner llic llltl of thc bus involved in tliclan 23 bus truck crash in which fotir Toronto studcnts were killcd is charged with careless driving Steven Ross 20 of Mississauga was cliarg Mics Wanna hear something funny It says here that marijuana causes hallucmations man inside today lifestyle entertainment 10 business page 13 SPOT oounicstv guide 12 classified 1417 Panorama 12 pages cd by tsariic Utl Thursday and will appear in court Feb 13 The students part of group from Viston Collegiate were on lravclways Maple Leaf Itd bus heading for Mount St Louis ski resort when the accident occurrcd Witnesses at the scene said tlic northbound bus collided with thc southbound tankcr truck carrying flour on the Highway 400 ctttcnsion about km north of Harric About 35 students and tlic truck llliil were injured Two students Hob Scracc 11 and an Sandras 10 are listed in Nitnth condi tioii in Sunnybrtxik Mltllt tcntrc neurological intcnsivc carc unit The two have bccn in coma sincc tlic lan 33 accident said hospital gttkihtltriti lttcnt Ncwsomc 17 also badly Iliititttl III the crash is rcportcd in lair condition at TorontoGcncral Hospital ltltlltilil intcii sivccarc unit ll investigators lllltlltttl about 40 witnesses and thccntrcol loriiit Sciences examined the accident wiickagt Results of thc spccial ll1tllii4til1 wcrc turned in to the Ontario ltlllt Montrats ollicc Monday for rcx we The lligbwa Irat tic Act charge was laid Thursday All the charges that arc goriii to 1w lttHl havc bccn laid said pl cs llttfill If convicted Ross could bc tintd too to Sfioo or receive ajil term of up to six months or both His drivers licence could bc llptlltltl for up to two years John IIbbs executive assistant to loIt On tario oroncr II totnani said an inquest will be hcld but ill probany bo dclaycd until lioss casc has bccn lltttltl Mcanwhilc Weston ollcgiatc Instiiutc is working on memorial to honoi the tour students who dch incniorial fund has bccn tltl1ltllttl and now contains $1200 donated ll oni ittIt1K in farm Frank Irving school principal said five member committee has bccn sct up to decide on an appropriate mcniorial