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wednesday Is for WOMEN Needs discussed Poor attendance by local service clubs at meeting held to discuss the needs of seniors in Barrie has prompted repeat in vitation for clubs to attend meeting at Parkview Centre for Seniors Professionals and service clubs are in vited to expreSS their views to the commit tee working on seniors needs Thursday beginning at pm The final in the series of four public meetings on this topic will be iield March and is designed for volunteer groups organizations and citizens who wish to voice their concerns Blood donor clinics The Barrie branch of the anadian Red Cross Society is holding blood donor clinics on Monday and Tuesday at Trinity Parish Hall Collier Street Anyone in good health from 18 to 65 years old may donate blood With written permission of parent or guardian l7yearolds may also donate iood Hours are to pm and to 830 pm 319 Fla Keeping fit its easy Dr Dick Lauzon fitness consultant with Health and Welfare Canada said as he fed 24 public health nurses in an exercise break during lifestyle fitness con ference Tuesday to Sunday at Geneva Park on Lake Couchiching Dr Lauzon was one of speakers who participated in the conference sponsored by the department of health and welfare and coor dinated by the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada For story and photos see todays Lifestyle Page Examiner Photo Openair phone booth Hello operator Wheres the phone booth No Gerry Cooper didnt lose phone booth Actually hes Bell Canada servicemen and yesterday was checking circuit lines behind stores on Dunlap Street in Barrie trying to find an open line for the bus terminal to hook into Examiner Photo Boy tells of ordeal liiANi alif Aii An llrycarrold boy recalled lucsday how he slid down an icy mountainside on the seat of his pants to seek help after plane crash tiiat resulted in the death oi his father and two other per Stills tSce also Page tit was JLlSl sliding down on my butt and every time got going too last stuck stick in the snow Norman illiestad of Pacific Palisades talit said at news conference after he was released from San Antonio omniunity llospital Sitting in wheelchair with tiis mother Doris at his side Norman told of how he and Sandra ressniair lo survived the crash high in the snow covered San iabricl Mountains about it in Monday Norman covered about one kilometre of his threerkilometre descent by stop and go sliding said Lt Richard Smith of the San Hernardinoounty sheriffs office in Tuesday police recovered the bodies of the boys father Norman illlestad Sr and the pilot Rob Arnold 27 of Mar Vista They were killed when the single engine essna suddenly hit tree the boy said Charged in collision ilISiRiS hit 41 The driver of truck involved in collision with school bus in which the bus driver and six children were injured has been charged with careless driving provincial police spokesman said David Madill Slit of Rockwood iit was charged Tuesday day afiera truck was in collision with the bus as it stopped to let off students on Highway 17 near lesbarats about 50 kilometres east of Sault Ste Marie tint car driven by Mitijiillt Mills 37 of lhcssalon nt also collided itti the bus Harlem seven slain NEW YORK tAii Detectives today searched the bloody mess of Harlem brownstone for clues to who slashed the throats of six men and woman in what police said appeared to be drug related incident bltxxicncrusted knife was found on bed next to three of the victims said James Sullivan chief of detectives All but one of the victims reported to be Dominicans between the ages of 20 and 33 were found with their hands and legs bound with rope Dont blame beef Tt Rttklt li lteel consumption and heart disease are unrelated doctor and biochemist says No relationship between the intake of these foods eggs butter and beef and the changes in coronary disease inortaiity is apparent ltr Robert ttlson chairman of the department of medicine at St Louis lniycrsity said in speech prepared for delivery today to the ttntario tatilciiicns Asstxiation leopie concerned about cholesterol should stop smoking control their weight and exercise more he says Olson added that dietary factors are not the only contributors to heart disease dietary risk to one person often was no risk toatiotlicr TV personality charged WINNiilIti Itli Allen Spraggett host of the liit television program lieyoiid Reason has been charged with two counts of gross indecency following an investiga tion iiito homosexual activities police spokesman said today Staff inspector llerb Stephen said Sprag gett is to appear Feb 27 in provincial court in liniiiixg The it year old broadcasting personality was served with warrant Tuesday night at his home near Toronto and xreieased on his own recogiiiaiici Earlier Tuesday three Winnipeg men ap peared in court to face homosexual related charges laid after five month iiivestiga tion by police larraiits have also been issued for two other men The three lillllptgflJlS were remanded without plea to Feb 27 ixxlcwyk Joseph llubeitus Savelsbergh 47 was charged with two counts of gross in decency and one of buggery lieiii Willy Mertin 43 also known as Henry Martin laces eight charges ol gross indecency and two of buggery Thomas Wright lireen was charged with nine counts of gross indecency and one of buggery weather Wet snow today Accumulations of three to six cm High near Partial clearing overnight with brisk nor thwest winds Lows overnight to Thursday partly cloudy Highs nearO Your day isnt complete without The Examiner Call 7266539for home delivery Between Barrie lnnisfil Annexation talks planned By DENNIS LANTIHER Of The Examiner Barrie council has changed its position on the annexation of 15000 acres of lnnisfil Township land and is planning to negotiate perhaps this week Mayor Ross Archer told The Examiner today Mayor Archer said he will discuss annexa tion with lnnisfil Reeve Bill Gibbiiis and if the talks progress in the right direction he will immediately bring the matter before council expect discussions are going to be held said the Mayor ld like to think we can all get together and have talk Mayor Archer would not reveal specifics of the meeting and would only say it would be general discussion on annexation lnnisfil asked Barrie to reopen negotiations on annexation last week in letter to council Grant Andrade deputy reeve said lnnisfil believed annexation was still matter that could be discussed Barrie general committee discussed the re 115th year No on Wednesday February 21 979 Financial restraints cited 15° Per Copy quest two weeks ago in closed meeting After the meeting two aldermen said they saw no point in discussing annexation with in nisfil lnnisfil council meets with consultants to day to evaluate their chances of winning the upcoming Ontario Municipal Board hearing on annexation The Ontario Court of Appeal ordered the re opening of the MB hearings into the annexa tion after doubt was cast on population figures forecast by Darcy McKcough Ontario cabinet minister The annexation hinges on how much land Barrie needs to support future growth McKeough predicted population of 125000 for Barrie in 2011 AD At the original MB hearing lnnisfil was not allowed to question McKeoughs forecast Barrie won the original hearing however lnnisfil had that decision reversed by Ontario Provincial Court In December Barrie ap pealed to the Ontario Court of Appeal and had the hearing reopened Carrier Home Delivery 90c Weekly the examiner serving barrie and simcoe county Penetangs General Hospital may be forced to close doors Ry ARI iiiilRSlI if The Examiner Financial restraints announced by the pro vincial government may close the lenetaiiguisheiic icncrai ilospital and leave the 5000 residents of the town without medical facilities The closest facility is lluronia District Hospital Midland tint abotit km away The iiillxii hospital is unable to continue operating because of financial restraints air nounced last month by the ministry of health said lIrnest Lalondc financial chairman oi tiic hospital board today The ministry granted lcnctanguishciic iciicral $2 million budget for 1070 tilt the same amount as last year Eighteen other small community hospitals in Ontario will also rccciye no budget in crease Were speaking out for the other lit hospitils too liloiidc said lit telephone in tcrvnw The only choice we have is to cut back on services The trustees feel this isnt right he said The 19 siiiali community hospitals reccived no increase because the ministry deemed the nuniber ol beds in each to be surplus to the needs of thccomiiiuiiity ieorgc Taylor it Siiiicoc tilltti said today he plans to light the ministrys deci sion My prime concern is to get lcnctanguishene the per cent increase given to other hospitals in the proince he said Taylor said he will raise the issue at the party caucus meeting lhursday Taylor said iit is wary oi the method the ministry of health uses to determine the amount of grants Were cottage country and have greater population in summer which requires more hospital beds he said Needs were calculated on the basis of ilillllSllVStl ratio this year of four beds for 1000 people in Southern Ontario and 45 beds in the north with furilier rcduction over the next two years to achieve an ultimate ratio of It beds in the south and tour in the north by illiil The bed ratio of lenetanguisliene with population of about flood is above the four for Low Sister loaii Vhelan liiictanguislieiie ienerai administrator said the trustees hope people in the area will support the hospitals objections to the restraints and force the ministry to reverse its decision The hospital will ollicially announce its ob jections to the restraints and seek the aid of the community at press coiitercnce Thurs day The hospital is for the people in this area guess well now find out what kind of sup port wc have Sister hclaii said today ialoiide said determining hospital budgets by the number of beds is not practical system in the lenctaiigiiislicnc area in small comiiiuiiiiy like this it would be very dillicuit to live with the restraints he said There may not be steady occupancy of all beds but there are peaks because of the slimmer influx of tourists lalonde said Answering question he said he doesnt know where patients would go ll the 23 year old hospital closed iidlands at full occupancy itarrics lull they cant take us he said cil inst hau lowait and see Thought father strict man hired to kill him CLEVELAND il loliii White strict failici who made his two tccii agers observe it pm curfew walked into his living room after work and came faceto face with his Ships collide two killed iliiIRQliI France ltcuteri crew member and passenger of French cross channel ferry were killed and loiii persons were llljliitti when the ferry and tanker col lided in the English thanncl today port of licials said They said the collision took place in thick fog between aims and Itouiogiic at about itiiiiani local time They named the tanker as the llillii ton Liberian registered Artadi and said the French ferry the ILttJAlrttill St Germain returned to lunkerque after the accident have disappointing news The Queen has gone on strike inside today lifestyle 51 ontortalnment sports 67 oornlcstv guide 23 classlflod 2427 supplements Kmart page Food City page killer man police say was hired tor $00 by Whites children He wouldnt let us do anything we wanted like smoke pot police detective who ask ed not to be named quoted the children as saying Police said the children lTryearold boy and yearold girl described how they hid their fathers body in back room after the slaying on Feb it then cashed his last paychequc and used his credit cards to go on 10 day spending spicc The teen agers were arrested Monday when they returned to their home in blue collar neighborhixxl in southwest leveiand They were being held in detention home Tuesday police said No charges have been filed because the in vestigation is still goiiigon police said Police issued an arrest warrant for ag gravatcd murder for itrttltlt Watkins 19 of levciand Youre hurtin my neck Cleo Brutus right and Cleopatra half brother and sister gorillas at the Los Angeles 200 embrace during photo session The pair Brutus nine mon ths and Cleo seven months share the same father Brutas having been the second lowland gorilla to be delivered by Cesarian section AP Photo Both sides claim victories Battles rage in Vietnam BANGKOK Aii Vietnam said today that its army put more than 3000 thiiiese troops out of action in major battle on the eastern front of their border war At the other end of the front the hiiiese captured Lao ai northwest Vietnams major coiiiiiiunications and railway centre on the Red River The invaders were said to be If to 20 kilometres inside Vietnamese territory at some points The hincse also said they inflicted thousands of casualties Radio llanoi reported big battle lucsday between Lang Son the major town in the northeast frontier area and the border village of Dong hang 11 kilometres away in assaults near Dong Dang Vietnamese forces put company of hinese troops out of action destroyed five tanks and captured all the eneniies weapons the broadcast said Radio lianoi also reported the hiiiese extended the invasion front eastward to the coast luesday it said hinese division attacked the area of Titan ihung lo lien and ao ila Lanh in the coastal province of Qiiang liiiih but Vietnamese forces trounced three battalions and wiped out 700 hinesc aggressors Kazuhisa lkawa of the Tokyo newspaper Asahi said Vietnamese trucks were hauling 10inim guns toward Lang Son from long Mo 50 kilometres from the frontier and that vehicles carrying soldiers weapons ain niunition and fuel streamed northward on the main road to the border while columns of refugees poured south FIRING iiliICSlI lkawa reported Vietnamese lilomm guns south of Lang Son were firing at the hinese and antiaircraft batteries also have been set up He said Lang Son was filled with troops Security men and government officials and at least 33000 of the citys 46000 civilian population have been evacuated The garrison commander told the reporters hinese troops tanks and artillery crossed the border Saturday morning but moved back under Vietnamese counterattack Saturday and Sunday He said 23 hiiiese tanks were destroyed and one was captured along with many hinese soldiers The fail of Lao ai was reported by the Soviet news agency Tass from liaiioi it said units of two hinese divisions captured the town luesday behind punishing artillery barrage liao ai atowii of 70000 or more is on the liiltlilHKtliltniilg railway as well as the Red River Vietnams ambassador to the lnitcd Nations ila Van laii said that the Vict iianiese killed 5000 hinese troops lit the first three days of fighting The lines lcking correspondent lhllip Short said usually re liable sources told him the thinesc army killed or wounded 101th Vietnamese and had Ilai thl ViEilllll Heavy fighting Is reported at the eastern end of the ChinaVietnam border with Leo Cat falling to Chinese troops Fighting is also reported at Dong Dong and Lang Son AP Laserphoto Map 2000 to 3000 casualties of its own in the first two days The thinese government said it laundied the invasion as counterattack to put stop to ietiiaiiiese attacks across the border