The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited to Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario UM 4T6 Bruce Rowland publisher ADVERTISING ClASSlFllDS 7266537 7282414 NEWSROOM 7266537 CIRCUUNON 7266539 Barrie jail priority item The ministry of correctional services says new Barrie jail is priority item Any new jail however still appears years away In the meantime the government is adding tw0 new por tables to the jail The portables will provide sleeping accommodations for an additional 32 prisoners That should offer some breathing space to overcrowded con ditions But its shortterm solution at best and everyone recognizes that The fact is the l35yearold prison was built to hold 40 prisoners Yet the average number of prisoners in recent times is about 60 Coupled with overcrowding is the age of the jail Any time jail grows so old it creates enormous problems Recreation and education facilities become hopelessly anti quated Both prisoners and jail staff alike feel the pressure It is hoped the additional portables will improve to some degree conditions at the Barrie jail That is essential to prisoners and prison staffalike But the solution to the Barrie jail remains the same Ihat solution is for new jail And fast The following letter is addressed to Barrie Mayor Ross Archer to backs are plagumg every level of to 698 per cent At time when cut members of city council Ladies and Gentlemen have been grieved by the long and bitter struggle between Barrie and Innisfil over annexation It has cost the ratepayers many thousands of dollars most of which has been unnecessary understand there is now less than 1000 acres in so far as acreage is concerned between the two sides Of course realize that there are other considerations But Innisfil must be left viable township It must not be cut up into bits and pieces It seems to me that you must be like those ancient Hebrews stiff necked people understand that Innisfil is con sidering taking the case to the Supreme Court of Canada If they do feel sure they will win Darcey McKeoughs pronouncements are not infallible Think it over again and let us our government all social services and health care programs the SCBE demands illustrate ir responsibility and exorbitance This political body should be reminded that the well runs dry They should be made directly responsible for the increase in taxes or the municipal govern ments should be allowed the right to veto these requisitions Yours truly Bobin Talbot Reeve Port McNicoll DearSir in Sunday March 25 the CBC English on French networks televised the exhibition hockey game between the Winnipeg Jets and the Finland team During the national anthem Canada sung in English the French CBC network substituted musical interlude Bilingual arena announcements never made at games were added to have peacefm and reasonabl placate the French Btf telelvison agreement llowevcr proving bilingualism is YWrfimflyv oneway street in Canada French MW television did not see fit to include Canada in its plans bear 33 French nationalism in Tanada or ark rxreear tithes by has come long way but when it in tor if maid of wolves ignoring Canada for ir er rr musical interlude it is time to say orer rnough If enough The govcrnmcnt cl czpcllt many roiiccsioiis fioin Izrigtish speakers to thc Fran our age ophonr bu the reverse is rarely frttoab Cour ffl WM 14¢ Ha Brian llarbcrlc ind iit ice or Winnipeg Ontario election test for May 22 Dinilnr iiiBOW any in proint oil and fltlilrtl Wings that Queen Var nulicu car rmii tin ll own way thornsor rw in the lit in in long been one ot the key fillijllrttli irlrral llll21lVillV1 havc lcvcl l1iiillltltlIIIIIIHtitlttltlltltlllilllh lllltN lllll Man at out tcrlii at clcr lions cupccirilly during thc fohii ltobart cia liiic itJtil li whrii lotin IHIitllllrtktl lirt tlic tuftrat or II till liavc look different lack when he lfll IIHH Untai to piiiincr in llill backing llob atanfirltl in his unsuccessful lorays at IrurlIaii iii lftIA and WM ltut the unanswered question is how well the provincial organization mrshcd witli the federal campaign Some reports say it didnt This time around it could be different loc lark not only has united party behind him tWagncr and Homer gone Diefcnbakcr quiet but has put life in the Conservative organization across the country And provincial Conservatives appear ready to back him to the hilt which could be plus for the federal party this time In the 1974 federal election Davis couldnt help Stanfield much in political sense since this was near the height of the antiDavis Frorr the legislature lll for irlwt fiuugti ri guiI or it JP144 iIlfi rtrltlt hf ar rr im VJJ in 11 no promu MlufliultIJ for iii1 myr Apr Before ILIni vlici lmrc Illlifial decided to finally that the rltrttor nani most observer were railing for hi dil to retain both seats onl in mm or onto and thi otherskirtingllarnilton What is fascinating about the byetertioria as recorded by canvasscrs for all three parties is the almost completi lark of emotional issues exciting the electorate What may bewilder them is to have two campaigns running simultaneously for week although what affect it will have on voting patterns is unclear ne sentiment that does exist if not to the same degree as last fall is resentment against that man in Sussex Drive Ottawa Trudeau is still good target If an thing this should hurt the pmvincial Libera even though their campaign liter ature and signs stress they are Ontario rather hostility that helped produce Tory minority than federal Liberals in the provincial election of 1975 For the Grits this separation is recent But the antiDavis feeling has now deVPIOPmemv and twin the Iail 0911910 of dissipated to the point where theres mild years under Stuart Smiths leadershi have liking for the man asa kind of solid skipper to the provincial Liberals tried to estabish an have at the helm in todays troubled 11 Hot identification apart from their federal economic waters cousins That could help lark They still arent distinct in 10 electorates And it might even help the Tories in the two mind byelections on April or at the very least The ConservatiVes on the other hand have hurt the Liberals serving barrio and slmcoe county BUSINESS 7266537 NEWSROOM Craig Elson managing editor tan Mularew city editor ADVERTISING Len Sevlck manager SALES Bert Stevens Peony Kovonagh Wayne Hay Aden Smith Steve Skinner Barb Boutton Bill McFarlane wire editor Dave Fuller sports editor Claudia Krause Lifestyle editor FORTE Carl De Gurse Stephen Nicholls Dennis Lanthier Nancy Figueroa Lori Cohen Stephen Gauer entertainment Gary Forbes sports Belly Armer camera Operator Dave Burcsik photographer CLASSIFIED Freda Shinner Peggy Chapell Dana Homewood Janice Morton Ruth Blais supervuor GUSINE SS Marlon Cough accountant Delve Mills Gail McFarland Vikki Grant Don Saunders Lorne Wass Brenda Wooas Wilt Carlogari btan Wray CIRCULATION Bill Raynor Bill Halkes manager EdAIIenby Steve White assistant manager Andy Haughton Alva LePtante Lisa Worry Elaine Porter Cheryl Aiken Janie Hamel Susan itchen Ron Gilder Barbara strigt PRESSROOM Don Near foreman red Prince asst tortman Harris Blanchard Brian Marr Parliament Hill By STEWART Had it Thomson News Service Being politician Ed Broadbent is entitled to dabble in overstatcment by predicting that his New Democratic Party can wm up to 70 seats in the May 22 general election After all we have even heard Social redit Mls predict they would form government But Broadbent can be forgiven for sounding unusually optimistic at this early stage in the campaign Not since the party was formed back in l9til has there been such cause for cur thusiasni The world today Hy IUIIN IIAIIISHUN Foreign Affairs Anal st lhomsoii News Service Perhaps the major difference bctwccn llll pcacc treaty and most made in our time is that the signatories and the world at large knows it does not guarantee pcacc torcvcr lhc ultimate peace treaty between Israel and all her Arab neighbors which is called ciimprchcnsivc may never be signed But tiiitil Israels olllcl bitter tncmics trait and Syria ever come toa pcacc table and lor dun tht ilovc finally decides to do so peace iii the Mirldlc IIast Will not have come Nevertheless the event signcd and sealed in tlic back garilcri of thc Whltc llousc on Morality afternoon With mtcnsc tlllttllttll from the three matoi participants is it massive IVtlll Lcl us now enjoy the adventure of Iiicoining human said IsraiII lrtinc Mttltxlil Minacliiin llcgm an cmotional and cxtriiiicly moving survey ot tlic way iii which lngpttans and Israelis killed each other ssonsnitouiiiinjorwais today is the day to lltrllll the ultimate diirim said IIgypts lrisirlcnt AnwarSadat who spoke first but who matched Irimc Mllllhltl llcgin for truly moving words trimming the ultimate dream for botli men primarily nitans the final resolve toni truly hesitates to use the word solutioni tor the Arab populations of West llank andttam licsidciil Sadat has virtually been declared traitor to the Arab cause for beginning the process by iccogiiImg Israel AN AIIIZAI Mr ltcgms emotional outburst in the sunny back garden of the Whitc House of havmg been of the generation of the Holocaust and the Redemption recognized the splits among his own people on the West Banks tuturc SCOOPS SURE YOU WILL AGREE GENERAL IVANOVSKY ultimate peace llr Finally the ll has some money enough to charter campaign jct just like the Tories and Liberals And finally an NDI lcadcr finds himself in the encouraging position of campaigning against two othcl leaders hose personal pttplllitlllltS arc under constant questioning And most important of all the NDI is finally getting unqualified support and backing from organized labor Whether all this leads to an NDI breakthrough remains to be seen But ttu party certame has all the necessary in rd East lacks There are lcwish sclllcmcnts winch will have to be moved when the Sinai llllliltll is complctc within three years But the So odd new settlements In the West propose ll Bcgins toughest futuri crisis with his own people It is truc as Sadat says that this is Jimmy artcrs treaty lhatcvcr bclalls the dc out hristian president who appears to litany of his countrymen to stumble he may go down as great because of what he has brought about this month in the Middle Fast Antonil the many many expressions and thoughts made public perhaps the most telling was President Sadats comment to the foreign press when it was announced peace treaty would besigncd at last He told lis of his strong ally among the Israelis who will defend the need for lllt peace treaty the lSlltl mother lltl perhaps the most poignant of it the many tclcvision reports were those of ttS TV camera teams who visitcd an old mother in auo who had lost two sons in the IllJ and ill Israeli couple hose two young sons were killed in tlic litti war No more war no mon bloodshed sholom saltIii tpcucc lll Hebrew and Arabici peace unto you forever sand Mr llcgm Not qtntc the last word goes to hairimin Yasscr Arafat of the Ialestmlan Liberation Organization which could hold longtcrm Middle East posttrcaly peace in its hands With cruel allegorical outburst calling for cutting off the hands ofSadat llcgin and ar tcr Arafat used the imagery of lhc Koran to suggest Islam must only be cruel uvcngcl UMIASSIUN ltNl But the self same Koran in another piece ot imagery admomslics the believer to seek reconciliation if his enemy offers it This is what Anwar Sadat amt Mcnachcm Begin have done together THE AMERICANS IEFT IOT TO BE DESIRED COMPOSING ROOM Jack Kerney toreman Glenn Kwan asst toreman published daily except Sunday and statutory holidays WE EKLY by carrier 90cents YEARLY by carrier S46 80 BYMAIL Barrie $46 80 SIMCOE COUNTY $36 50 MOIOR THROW OFF S393 year FLSFWHERE lN CANADA $38 50a year Broadbent exudes optimism forecasts 70 seats for NDP grcdicnts to produce more than the 16 MP5 it managed to elect back in l974 Il llliII Fvcn it the NDI could rccliinb its 1972 heights when ll Mls were elected to wield the balance of power in Parliament it would bc considered caiisc for celebration But the party has set much higher goals this time And the most important factor in this optimism is the outpouring of support from Dennis McDermott the relatively new president of the anadian Labor Congress There is every indication that the will be more involved in this campaign than any other election since its formation in 1957 The New Democrats have always enjoyed some degree of support from organized labor but Illl Illllt says McDermott we have our necks on the line in national blitz to defeat the lrudeau government Its the biggest and most XIOHSIVC per sonalixed votcr education campaign ever tltltii in this country says the president hope to reach majoritv of our million members directly in their homes lhis parallel campaign by the tli ill also be augmented by McDermotts personal appearances with Ed Broadbent at union halls factory gates and downtown rat lies The bill on members homes will be the most interesting aspect of the Lt campaign lxcause party officials have always felt they have been singularly unsuccessful in winning the support of spouses StN tTDRS have no statistics to support this says one senior NDI Ml but its my ex pcrtcncc that the wives of union members often otc lory or Liberal as part of their social status They want to leave the trade union association to their husbands lhc tlt campaign will go beyond its 23 million members and their spouses taking the message of the shrinking pay cheque to most of the countrys to million wage car ncrs Meanwhile ltrruidbent will be trying to present himself as the most acceptable alternative to lrunc Munster Trudeau and locllik lnideau cannot be trusted as man he declares lle broke his promise in 1974 ttWtl price and wage controlsl and there is no reason to trust him now tiod protect us from Joe tlark he goes on Joe tlark has not only one foot on either side of the fence but with his policy on Petro anada he has plunked himself right down in the middle as well Its nothing new for NDP leaders to attack the Torres and Grits David Lewis and Tommy Douglas were masters of this art but they were always up against reasonably popular individuals This time both lark and Trudeau may be more vuncrable Anything can happen during twohionth election campaign but in these early days its understandable that Ed Broadbent should feel bit more buoyant than usual By BILL KNOWLES We depend on what is called The System to ensure our democracy functions for all the people and not just few One part of the court decisions to higher courts if they believe they have proof of valid need In the battle of annexation between Barrie and Innisfil Innisfil has decided so they have this decrsion An expensive stalling tactic by Innisfil Friday March 23 Examineri It is probably expensive and it does if goes ahead delay any further annexation deci sions for another year at least but to call it just an expensive stalling tactic is going too far If Barrie decided to exercise their democratic right to appeal court decision am sure it wouldnt be termed just an ex pensive stalling action Nuff said the problems between Barrie and Innisfil Theres no simplistic solution says Chamber President Peter Howden Sure there is says this writer Weve had the sim ple solution before us for over years but the stubborness of our Council has prevented any compromise settlement All we have to do is be less greedy and accept the reasonable line proposed by the Innisfil Council ignore the developers who have only totally selfish moneymaking motives and legislate the agreement through Queens Park Mayor Ross Archer says We have reach ed total impasse Of course we have What do you expect when youre so darn stubborn that you wont budge hardly at all on your position despite the cost to the taxpayer The Mayor and some of his fillowers may have reached total impasse but not everybody on Council has reached that impasse you may be assured But the majority rules no matter how misguided But the Mayor is delighted to have the Chamber of Commerce take over where he left off Too bad he left off Nuff said At last comment on that particular newspaper article and the Mayors quotations as reported Because totally disagree with him on not settling the annexation with In nisfil and because believe that it is totally Barries fault for not having it settled by now The Mayor considers my remarks totally irresmnsible and questions public ly whether am doing my duty for the people that elected me in Barrie He goes on to ask Who is be working for the constituents of Barrie or Innisfil Thats very stupid question from someone who knows better but because dont cow tow to his stonewalling decision to not settle with Innisfil on their terms have my in tegrity questioned by the Mayor Some democratic approach that is ldont mind him disagreeing with me just as he shouldnt mind my disagreeing with him but to allude to an elected persons credibility is both improper tin my books and is beneath the Mayors dignity Probably beneath mine to reply to him also represent the people not the Mayor think we should and could settle on reasonable basis He disagrees Hes very wrong He should listen to the people some time Nuff said Interpreting the news Nuclear mishap raises protest By JOHN WARD NEW YORK tPi The controversy in the United States over nuclear power is likely to become more strident following an accident at Pennsylvania power plant The accident at the Three Mile Island plant near Harrisburg the state capital sent ra dioactive steam into the atmosphere and technicians found lmvlevel radiation kilometres away Officials from the federal nuclear regulatory agency are investigating the incident which is being described as one of the worst to hit commercial power plant in the The cause of the accident is not clear but initial reports indicate that valve failed cutting off the flow of cooling water to the hot core of the reactor With the coolant cut off the heat in the reactor cansed pressure buildup and the operators in bringing the situation under control vented off some of the steam front the emergency cooling system The accident occurred shortly after the federal government ordered five nuclear power plants shut down because of doubts about their ability to withstand earthquakes LOBBYGROWING The antinuclear lobby in the lS is vocal and growing The nuclear industry complains that protests have made licensing hearings costly and proton ed and added years to the lead time requir to build plants Opponents say the plants are dangerous and that the waste from reactors presents an enormous problem because of the length of time needed for the elements to decay to safe level of radiation The industry says the plants are built with safety factors and provide an alternative to costly oil supplies dependent on foreign sources The Harrisburg incident will add to the debate and likely will be used by both sides to strengthen their cases The industry will point to the fact that the intricate safety systems built into the plant shut down the reactor without allowing the core to melt Nuclear critics will point out that there was some escape of radiation no matter how low the levels