Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 3 Mar 1979, p. 1

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an or we An lranian military sergeant is tied to tree for execution Thursday by revolutionary committee firing squad in Qazvin Iran Convicted by an lslamic court of killing antl shah demonstrators the sergeant was the l4th old regime official ex ecuted AP Photo Gunmen attack police station in Tehran TEHRAN AP Gunmen described as antirevolutionary attacked downtown police station today but were repulsed the government said Authorities said three persons were kill ed in that incident and one other in clash between rival guerrillas in nearby Shahbaz In other developments the revolu tionary government promised to honor all of Irans foreign debts which it said amounted to about $5 billion The regime also announced the execu tion of another socalled enemy of the peo ple bringing to 15 the number shot so far government statement said anti revolutionary armed elements ap parently seeking arms attacked police station near 24th of Esfahan Square in central Tehran Police drove the attackers off killing three of them it said The police station was heavily damaged lchran Radio said army Warrant fr ticer li llossciii ltaiubar as executed by firing squad in the central town of ltafsan jan after revolutionary court found him guilty of killing two students during anti shah riots Ceasefire in Vietnam BANGKOK AP China was reported to day to have decided on ceasefire in its two week border war with Vietnam after captur ing Lang Son and other Vietnamese frontier cities Tens of thousands of casualties were claimed on both sides Japans Kyodo news service said the ceasefire decision was reported by Chinese government official in Peking who was not identified The report said the official did not say when the ceasefire was to take place or when the Chinese were to pull back their troops to the Chinese side of the border Kyodo quoted the official as saying the decision was made by the central military committee of the Chinese Communist party The Kyodo dispatch could not be im mediately confirmed The report came after Bangkok in telligence sources confirmed that Lang Son 128 kilometres north of Hanoi and l6 kilometres south of the Chinese border was occupied by the Chinese on Friday after the Vietnamese evacuated and took up artillery positions in surrounding hills In addition to Lang Son the sources said the Chinese had taken Ha Giang capital of Ha Tuyen province as well as the towns of Dong Dang in Lang Son province and Lao Cai in northwestern Hoang Lien Son province sathrday Is for window on wth world 33 Close shave Detective Robert Grabowski of the Buffalo homicide squad examines penlight that police say stopped bullet that probably would have hit the heart of Martin Harrington vice squad officer Harrington another officer and l7yearold boy were wounded when gunfire erupted as police tried to arrest the youth See todays theme page for photo feature on news events of the week 11mvour N0 My March 179 1I°Porcopv Carder Home Dollvory 90° Weekly the examiner serving barrie and simcoe county Energybelieved topic at PMCarter talks WASHINGTON CP Prime Minister Trudeau meets today with President Carter for twohour working lunch during which he is expected to push Carter for firmer com mitment toward an Alaskan natural gas pipeline $12billion proposed pipeline to move Alaskan gas south through Canada to the lower 48 states already has been set back about two years by US regulatory delays Concern has been raised that it may never be built or at least may be delayed several more years Trudeau said in the Commons on fiiday he would express his concern to Carter about the slowmoving pipeline project which would mean jobs and investment for Canada if con struction proceeds The US state department says this is private visit by Trudeau and it plans no special ceremonies for him The prime minister flies to New York in the afternoon to attend an evening concert at Carnegie Hall ENERGY SUPPLIES Although there is no official agenda for to days meeting there are number of energy related matters that officials expect to come up for discussion Carter may comment on the decision this week by Canadas regulatory agency the National Energy Board that Canada has additional reserves of natural gas for export to US markets The additional supplies would help relieve US energy shortages resulting from the nineweek shutoff of Ira nian oil exports Opposition MPs peppered Trudeau with suggested topics to bring up with Carter dur ing the Commons question period Friday They suggested bilateral issues like us laws limiting convention expenses questions about unresolved maritime boundaries and fisheries and arctic sovereignty also should be discussed with the president But Trudeau protested that because the meeting is short he wants to concentrate on energy He wants to know what Carter in tends to do to speed up start on the pipeline construction MIDEAST INTEREST But White House attention this weekend is on Carters continuing efforts to act as mediator for Middle East peace settlement Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin ar rived on Thursday and he and Carter are holding talks If original plans had held Trudeau might have had chance for longer discussions with Carter The two were to meet in New York but the White House cancelled Carters trip there because of the priority attached to the meetings with Begin bulletin Simcoe ounty public school support staff workers Canadian Union of Public Employees CUPE Local 13I0 voted 90 per cent in favor of strike in vote held this momlng said Bruce Land union represen tatlve we will be in legal strike position in three to four weeks he said Of the 200 workers who voted 178 were in favor of the strike is were against and four spoiled their ballots Hostage to wed abductor VANCOUVER CP woman held hostage after an abortive escape attempt at the British Columbia Penitentiary in January 1978 plans to marry one of her ab ductors Sandra Meadley 23 said in telephone interview Friday that she is engaged to marry convicted murderer Andy Bruce 30 but they are awaiting approval from prison officials Bruce is serving life term for the contract killing in 1970 of nightclub dancer and has been involved in several other hostage incidents Bank holds fire sale REGINA CP The downtown Regina branch of the Royal Bank of Canada has held fire sale on money For 97 cents the bank sold onedollar bill For $489 it gave $5 bill The sale which began Thursday and end ed Friday had limit of one bill per customer bank spokesman said the sale was lit tle special for customers because the bank was forced to close Wednesday following fire in nextdoor department store The fire caused some smoke and water damage to the bank although the money and other valuables were not damaged About 50 customers took advantage of the sale Thursday Ceasefire ordered ADEN Reuter President Abdul Fattah Ismail of South Yemen ordered his countrys forces today to observe ceasefire with North Yemen it was an nounced The ceasefire between the two Yemens which each accused the other of launching military attacks was reached after inten sive Arab mediation efforts In Amman North Yemeni diplomat said South Yemeni forces were continuing their bombardment of North Yemeni positions in the border areas of alBaida and Damt Charge dAffaires Ahmed alRawdi said he received cable from his foreign ministry saying North Yemen was observ ing the ceasefire But the South Yemenis were still using artillery and tank fire in the border areas mother tucks her children in on classroom floor in southeast Edmonton school Friday night The three were among about l8000 forced to evacuate their homes in the Edmonton subdivision of Mill Woods ollowmg series of explosions set off by iqmd permown leak from mp tured pipeline CP Pbolo 18000 evacuated from Edmonton as natural gas pipeline leaks EDMONTON iPi What started out as crack in natural gas pipeline sent sewer workers scrambling away from river of fire Friday and forced the evacuation of about H000 persons from the citys newest subdivision 22yearold truck driver hose name was not released was caught in the explosion that triggered the exodus lie was listed in critical but stable condition in hospital is truck had been block away from the leaking pipeline its tires and aluminum fit tings melted Many residents of the south Edmonton district of Mill Woods found teinimrary shelter with friends and relatives About mo spent the night in schools while an uiidctcr An emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers was due to convene in Kuwait on Sunday to discuss settlement of the dispute Decides against medicine WELLANI nt WIN father who had said he would pay any price for an In dian herbal remedy called Essiac now has decided not to give the medicine to his two yearold daughter who is dying of cancer Tony Gerada said Friday he and his wife feel its too late for Kimberly who was sent home from hospital week ago after doctors said there was no point in coiitinii ing treatment The Geradas were given the herbal medicine last week by St atharines Ont man whose wife used it until her re cent death However after consulting with Toronto doctor who says he has used variation of the cure for It years with some success the leradas decided it was pointless to try to stop the cancer because so much damage has been done think Kimberlys place is with the Lord said Gerada Kimberly who suffers from rare form of cancer called neuroblastoma is parzilyl ed from the waist down missing kidney and is unable to digest food Suffers eye damage DRYIEN nt Pi tfiayearold boy in this northwestern Ontario town has suf fered extensive eye damage after watching Mondays solar eclipse without eye protec tion Dr David Adams local optometrist said Friday the unidentified high school stu dent has only 10 per cent clear vismn after viewing the entire eclipse Dr Adams said the boy must be 90 per cent closer to see letter on an eye chart than someone with normal vision He said the boys vision may improve slightly but most of the damage is perma nent mined number stayed in hotels which offer fii special rates At ltcnford Inn on Whyii guests included cats birds and dogs sairi iiiiifold Inns president Al iiinun lcuiiwratiirc in this city of almost fiooooo was it clsius The truck driver apparentl drove owi pool of evaporated liquid Klliiiillli gm but ing from one of smcral pipeline ll iililiy corridor said liiii Viesnci llll iil disaster flltti ordiiialoi lipeliiics serving local ltlllitl li cross tli subdivision man as run dov one not ty corridor The ruptured linc as later identiiicd fire department spokesman fiill liissctt as an inch line owned by Itimbcv Pipe Line deadflne Ltd in Hun 12 itditli inaliiifi llll and it tiult thinrlu liif tciiiinii iidinoiilon this ii lick dim pm ler gm ignited and iliilii Iii 1i vI Lootiilrxski tll1fftl Emw ill tiis cvplosion iiti titili Kari xii iiw iwn iik ficii llIlI inokm up if wiildcii illnit lighting 1lilillil oi ll sewer imiw li Ii iii lii bottom of liuli itlii ruii oliltoii Orinlion liil iii Mi it Iilal sliccl ll illv Mint lil lliitil it really got lili lit iliv it iliHlV ini ill wi tiliiiltli out through imlio IV in li 2ltl pasud the dzi iltltlt From here to eternity skier leaps from rock ledge on snow run near Jackson Hole Wyoming in the Grand Teton Mountains The region offers some of Americas highest and longest ski runs AP Photo Come home to The Examiner can 72648539 for horns delivery Nothing against Thomson bid says Ottawa OTTAWA 17Pi The federal govern ment may not have the clout to stop the Thomson familys proposed takeover of Hudsons Hay To Canadas largest retailer if its combines investigation team decides the deal is not in the best in terests of the country Prime Minister Trudeau said Friday in the ommons the proposed $1lii5milhon deal was such huge transaction that an immediate examination was ordered But he acknowledged that existing corny bines legislation has serious shortcomings and cast doubts that new stronger bill would be passed quickly onsumer Affairs Minister Warren All mand has promised new legislation to deal with mergers monopolies and unfair market practices He says this will in crease competition in the marketplace and help hold down prices Government officials say they have nothing against the Thomson proposal now but would not speculate on what con clusion the combines investigation might reach WONT INTIIRFIIRIG Kenneth Ihomsoii head of the familys business empire says he would not in terfere with The Bays management or sell oft any of the retailers assets if his of fer goes through The Bay is fabulous organization and extremely well managed he said iur objective would not be to start stripping it off but to add to the assets We are look ingat this as long term iiivcstnicn Ilioiiison said it was obvious why anyone would want to invest in The Hav lifestyle entertainment vvlndow on the world sports 10 oornlcstv guldo 13 dasslflod 14 Held in bombing ANtHlVlIlt itfi Two young men were taken into police custody early this morning after someone threw Molotov cocktail through the front window of City bank the 17th tircbomhing meident in greater Vancouver in the past to weeks Police said branch of the anadian Im perial Bank of onimercc was attacked ear iy today when rock was thrown through the window followed by bottle filled with flammable liqmd but the wick fell out and there as no damage Two men were later picked up after witness gave police the licence number and description of vehicle They haw not been charged but vehicle was impounded The recent rash of bombings has been directed lililllll against banks and govern meiit offices in Vancouver The bank branch that was this mornings target also was attacked early Wednesday causing some damage and forcing it to close tenr poraril Amin defends regime Nlltlll iAPv tgandan rebels and in vading lanzanian soldiers are threatening the eightyear rule of Igandan President ldi Amin who has mobilized police prison guards and retired soldiers to defend his regime Amin told thousands of police and prison officials in broadcast Friday to defend the counln and tlViiloll trucks and buses were reported carrying soldiers from northern areas to reinforce hampala the capital The attackers were reported striking from the east and south tightening ring around Amin but residents in Kampala said life was normal and there was no move to evacuate thc 3000 lOICILIltYKJhPlt weather Cloudy with sunny periods today Rain heavy at times and brisk southerly winds developing tonight and tapering all later Sunday Highs today to Temperatures rising overnight to to and remaining steady Sunday

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