Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 10 Feb 1979, p. 1

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saturdoy In for window on Pizza is belissimo Today The Examiner begins new Theme Page Window on the Worldwhich will feature the weeks best photographs of local national and world events it will also be showcase for photographic essays by Examiner photographers Todays feature Is photo essay on pizzamaking by Lori Cohen Speeches are such bore Dustin Covey of Ulysses Kan yawns as he sits beside his grandfather Hamer Evans during session of the Senate Agriculture Committee Friday in Washington The panel is probing the price farmers receive for their food The farmers have been in the Capital since the first of the week protesting what they say is inadequate payment for their products AP Photo Dont panic dogowners TORONTO CF The medical adviser of the Multiple Sclerosis Society ot anada says an observation by Dr Stuart took New Jersey neuroligist iii possible link between canine distemper virus and multr ple sclerosis should not cause alarm among dog owners lr WilliamJ Mcllroy chief of neurology at Toronto Western Hospital said in news release Friday that the current view among researchers is that multiple sclerosis may be caused by any of several common viruses lt has not been shown that the canine distemper is the virus that causes multiple sclerosis but it might be one of the viruses that starts the disease in susceptible per son Dr Mcllroy said that Dr ooks remarks should not cause alarm because dog owners should have their pets vaccinated against distemper and keep them in good health Multiple sclerosis is disease of the cen tral nervous system that may cause balance visual and mobility diiiculties 1r ooks remarks were made Thursday at meeting of the Royal ollcge of lhysi clans and Surgeons in Montreal ISee story on Page Shanghai has problems HONG KONG tlteuteri Disturbances have broken out in Shanghai thinas largest city in the last few days the Hsinhua news agency said today The trouble apparently involved groups oi former students who have returned to the city after having settled in jobs 111 other parts ot the country The agency reported ai appeal on teilnes day by Yan Youmiii Shanghai municipal par ty secretary to young people In the city to maintainstability andunity There has been small group oi people blocking traffic damaging public property in the downtown streets assaulting police and stopping moving trains Yan was quoted as saying Strike appears over NEW ORLEANS tAPi With the Mardi iras season only few days away and tourists already cancelling hotel rescrva tions New Orleans gave in to striking police today and recognized Teamsters local as their bargaining agent The agreement still must be ratified by the policemen but picketing stopped and policemen started to report to work authorities said Between i350 anti 1000 of the citys 1500 policemen had been on strike many since Thursday night At one point there it you had called for patrol car to be sent out there would not have been anyone there to send it said department spokesman Neil urraii We thought it was in the best interests of the city to recognize Local 333 of the Teamsters tnion Mayor Ernest Morial said atter meeting with Police Supt James Parsons The local is known as the Policcmens Association of New Orleans Morial said the city will not try to disciplinetinstrikers Queen to MidEast LONDON iAPi The Queen flies to the Arabian Peninsula on Monday to shore up ties with the oil rich Persian Gulf states once shielded by the might of the British Empire The Queen is making the 22day showrther flag tour at the urging of Prime Minister James allaghan to bolster economic and political relations She and Prince Philip will visit Kuwait Bahrain Saudi Arabia Qatar Abu thabi Ilubai and Oman The royal couple cancelled planned stop in lran at the request of Shah Mohammad ltcla Pablavi who was forced out of his own country iaii 111 by widespread political revolt against his authoritarian rule Some British experts believe the shahs decision to try to replace Britain as policeman of the Persian Gulf helped fuel the current turmoil in lran As seen from London the shahs program went too far and too fast for his own people sowing the seeds oi the opposition rebellion BlSINESStiOOl Britain removed its military umbrella from the gulf in the early 1070s because of its high cost Screening for parents lt iltONlO I1i All new and expectant parents should be screened to determine whether they are suitable to raise children says prominent Toronto doctor lir Robert Bates director of the child abuse program at Torontos Hospital for Sick hildren said Friday that mandatory screening clinics to determine how well person can care for child should be re quired whenever child has been born Speaking at workshop on child abuse lr Bates said some cases might only re qiiire discussions between doctor and an expectant parent Other cases might need the involvement of psychiatrist or social worker weather Variable cloudiness with flurrles turning mainly sunny today Sunday sunny with cloudy intervals Conti nuing cold Highs today l5 to 20 Lows overnight 25 to 30 Sunday l2tol6 You day isnt complete without The Examiner Call 7266539 for home delivery Gunman passing motorist killed in Edmonton shootout EDMONTON CP gunman and passing motorist were killed in shootout with police at downtown gunshop which ended early today Another gunman was wounded Names of the dead and injured were not released immediately Police responded to burglar alarm at Shokal Gunsmith Ltd 10726 101 St about 11 pm Friday and were met by gunfire from inside the shop Bullets killed young man as he was driving by the shop in his van His female companion was injured by flying glass 115 your No 36 Saturday February 10 1979 the examiner serving barrie and simcoe county In rapid sequence shots were fired from within the gunshop and young man driving north on 101 St was hit in the upper body and died immediately said Const Bob LePage police spokesman Police yelled at motorists to take cover as they exchanged shots with the gunmen STORM THE BUILDING At about am today police tac tical unit lobbed teargas into the building stormed it and found one suspect dead and another wounded There was confusion in the street as police reinforcements arrived and moved motorists to safe area Trudeau urges Canadians Dont export problems OllAlA Pi Prime Minister Trudeau urged Canadians Friday not to drag France into the domestic spat over national unity Apparently aiming at the Quebec govern ment the prime minister said at dinner for French Premier Raymond Barre that he hopes anadians will have the good sense not to export our problems and not to look far away for solutions hicli can only be found within ourselves Barre virtually ignored the Quebec in dependence issue in his reply to Trudeau at the gala dinner given by the anadian prime minister in fact the French prime minister stepped carefully through the national unity minefield throughout his Ottawa visit He avoided taking stand on Quebecs political future telling reporters that was something for aiiadiaiis to settle Barre who is meeting Quebec Premier ltene Levesque in Montreal tonight said at news conference France naturally has close ties with Quebec but does not want to damage the respect we have for the anadian state and also the goodwill of the anadian people themselves PPHOH lilFIIIIUCNI His diplomatic style was ill marked con trast to that of former French president tharlcs dc laullc during the presidents 1967 Id like sex change please 15 today llfootylo ontortnlnmont vvlndow on the world sports oomlcstv guide classified 1417 Plans to raise Marvin suit to $28 million LOS ANGELES tAPi The lawyer for Michelle Triola Marvin says he plans to raise the stakes to $28 million in her loverand money suit against Lee Marvin claiming the ilCltil defrauded his client with lies about we Lawyer Marvin Mitchelson who plans to rest his case next week said the amendment to the original complaint will seek punitive damages of$l million ile defrauded her emotionally and with the promises he made Mitchelson said Mr Marvin misrepresented to Miss Marvin that he loved her and cared for her He iisreprcsentm what he was going to do for er Proof of that alleged fraud he said was ob lained through Marvins testimony in which he swore he was lying whenever he told his former mistress that he loved her Mitchelson cited testimony in which Mar vin compared love with the gasoline tank on car and said he never loved Michelle more than quarter tank full TO IIIEIINEII The amended complaint which Mitchelson said he will file when court resumes Tuesday can be accepted or rejected by Superior Court Judge Arthur Marshall It 10li 1th ignores Quebec issue 15 Copy threeblock area was cordoned off and several empty transit buses stood within the zone of fire their passengers safely evacuated However spectators gathered in subzero temperatures to catch glimpse of the tactical unit in ac tion Police kept the curious away as the squads members surrounded the building Tenants in apartments above the shop were evacuated when the tac tical squad arrived to comb the building An earlier report that policeman had been killed in the incident prov ed untrue visit to Quebec and Montreal At that time de iaulle shouted ive le Quebec libre seriously straining relations with Ottawa for many years After lunch with Trudeau at the prime ministers country residence at nearby Lac Mousseau Que Barre is to leave for Moir treal later today He will go on to Quebec Monday before leaving for Paris luesday After making another strong pitch for anadiaii unity Trudeau said in his dinner toast to Barre that thcanadian crisis tempts people to seek help abroad But aiiadians should avoid this temptar lion he said He was apparently referring to Quebecs wooing of French support in diplomatic struggles with Ottawa If it is difficult for anadians to agree on the true significance of what is happening in tlt own country we ought to understand the problems of interpretation risks of misuiiderstanding and uneasiness our situa tioii must cause for our friends abroad lrudeau said At the news conference earlier Barre seemed to please Trudeau when he said France is interested in French anadians throughout tanada not only in Quebec Barre said France is ready to consider tederal proposal to establish French lycccs or high schools in Toronto Edmonton and Vancouver Iranian tr00ps battle dissident air cadets TEHHAN IAPI limiaii soldiers battled dissident air iorce cadets and armed civilian supporters of Ayatollah Itiihollali Khomeini today around military base 111 southeastern Tehran Hospitals reported more than loo injured and it dead including newspaper correspondent Hundreds of soldiers ot the crack llll mortals Division stormed the lirahabad training base late Friday alter air force cadets cheered Khomeini iiliii and went on wmdowsmashmg rampage lhey tem porarily quelled the uprising leit returned short time later and opened fire on the base from the ground and rooftops But the dissident cadets broke into the arsenal ar med themselves with revolvers and light machine guns and fought back Premier Shahpour Bakhtiar went before the Iranian Senate with final warning that any aggression will lieiicetorth be repulsed most severely TANKSJOIN FIUIII At midafternoon three tanks their machineguns blaring rumbled up to the Farahabad base One of them later was iiielioinbed and burst into flames Another tired its machine guns at rebels and pursued them down side sireet Ambulance sirens wailed through the area but there was no immediate casualty coiiiit While the two surviving tanks shifted hauled ltlll foiceiiiciits from the air base to the bat positions motorcyclists tlciioiit tiviliaiis then joined the cadets iii building barricades filling sandbags and ltlllltiitlllil rooitop positions Moslcm preachers 11 culated through the rebels urging them to lay down their arms because Khomeini the Moslcin leader of yearlong campaign that drove Shah Mohammad ltea lalilavi from the country did not want them to fight But the preachers were ignored IthPOltlER KILLED loe Alex Morris of the Los Angeles Times veteran foreign correspondent who had served in Athens Beirut and Bonn was observmg the action from firstfloor apaitiiiciit near the base when he was bit He was pronounced dead at the base hospital by lraiiiaiitol Moitea Safibadi As the bullets l1llltl an air force cadet stood on one street giving instructions to about 20 civilians on how to fire an automatic rifle Nearby young boy poured gasoline into bottles making firebombs Hamilton couple sentenced in attempted murder case HAMILlON li Hamilton man was sentenced Friday in county court to nine years in prison and his wile to six years for the attempted murder oi the womans tit yearrold son Judge Joseph Scimc described the case as tragic and horrible On Oct 27 1077 in the living room of the family home Harvey ltoiid shot his wile lion nas son iary Skeddeii in the back iroiii close range with 22 calibre rifle then prob ed the wound with tweezers court was told The Houds lid not call an ambulance for more than three hours Roud 52 was also sentenced to concur rent term of two years for possessing dangerous weapon and one year for failing to provide child with the necessities of lite Mrs ltoud 313 was sentenced to one year terms for each of these offences ln evidence before sentencing ltouds son Harvey Boud Jr tilt of Smith Falls Out testified that his iathcr beat him regularly He ran away from home at 13 couldnt take the beatings anymore he said KEPT PRISONER His father often kept him prisoner without food in darkened room he said He also hit him if he coughed ltoud Jr said his father didnt seem to have any reason for beating him except maybe he enjoyed it rown attorney David arr asked for stiff sentence and called child abuse an evil 11c said cases of child abuse in the Hamilton area aliiiosl doubled between 197 and 1078 During the trial iary his brother larryl Skeddeii now 10 and their halfrbrother luayiic Nuttall 11 testified that itoud beat them several times week with iiietrelong chain and hit them with club then took them to church on Sundays The boys said ltoud lined them up and threw butcher knife at them but they were not hit llouds lawyer Peter Elliott said there was conflict between ltouds religious con Victions and his attitude toward disciplining children Mrs Houds lawyer William Tidball said her first husband was violent man who is now serving long sentence for rape He said she had become accustomed to volatile and aggressive relationship lary has been left scarred on the back said Judge Scime Only time will tell as to psychological and emotional scars and your mistreatment may have caused that child thejudge siad cams Homo Delivery 90° Weekly Survive plunge it was lucky escape for Nancy Paulus and Andrea Tinch after their car skidded off an overpass near Dayton Ohio Friday and plunged down 65foot embank ment into the Mad River in top photo girls sit on roof of car awaiting rescue in centre photo firefighter gets them ready for long haul upwards Bottom photo shows the girls being raised to safety Both suffered cuts and bruises AP Photos by Bill Shepherd Dayton Daily News

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