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Les 753 friday is for business VTravelways loses bid Hockey fans will not be watching Junior hockey in Orillia this fall The OperatOis of the Orillia Travelways Junior hockey club learned Thursday they cannot compete in the Ontario Hockey Association Provincial Junior league Travelways has operated successful Junior club since the early 1970s and ap plied to the league for either new club or the right to purchase an existing franchise Due to the fact that eight of the 11 clubs in the provincial league are located within 30 miles of each other in the area surroun ding Toronto those teams felt that they couldnt stand the financial burden of extra travel for the year ahead said Don Dale lravelways general manager was told that the league thought expan sion was not in the best interests at this time but that does not close the door for the future he said The travelways application was one of two reviewed Wednesday Belleville also applied for new franchise Dale said the operators of Travelways were committed to Junior hockey and would apply again for Junior team next season Hydro raising $300M TORONTO CP Ontario Hydro said it is raismg $300 million in the largest financ ing it has ever done in the Canadian bond market Underwriters have begun offering $275 million of 30year bonds to general public in vestors and $25 million of the bonds has been placed within pension plan for public employees Chrysler announcement WINDSOR Ont CP Chrysler Canada Ltd announced new fiveyear or 80000 kilometre warranty plan for buyers of 1979 cars and trucks The program called the 580 protection plan covers specified drivetrain com ponents such as engine transmission drive shaft the cost of alternate transportation and towing The buyers must pay the first $50 of total repair costs The plan is available on 1979 model vehicles sold for personal use on or after April and applies only to the original owner Chrysler said the new plan will be given free through May 10 with the purchase of certain model cars and trucks as promo tional scheme deadline Mrs Martha Mahlangu breaks down In tears Wednesday as she talks about her son Solomon who was scheduled to hang in Pretoria central prison ear ly Friday AP Photo Didnt shoot victims but youth hanged JOHANNESBURG Ali Solomon Mahlangu 23yearold black South African guerrilla convicted of killing two white men somebody else shot was hanged today despite appeals for clemency from world leaders Mahlangu was executed inside Pretorias central prison at am with four other con victed murderers spokesman for the prison announced Three were coloreds the South African term for persons of mixed race and the fourth was black But their cases apparently had no political overtones and there were no appeals from abroad on their behalf Mahlangu fled from South Africa after Liberals told to pray HALIFAX Prime Minister Trudeaus offhand remark in Sydney NS on Wednesday that Gtxl is Liberal pro voked response in the Nova Scotia legislature Thursday James Mclilachern tNDPCape Breton Yentrei introductd resolution saying that if the Liberal party is the party of God it should get down on its knees before the altar of the people and beg forgiveness for its sins of the past 10 years Barrie man charged Barrie man is charged with attempted murder in the March 31 stabbings of his wife and 11yearold daughter Robert Bruce Mayer 39 of Wesley St will appear in Barrie provincial court April 18 The three were taken to hospital March 31 suffering from stab wounds Margaret Moyer 33 is being discharged from Torontos Wellesley Hospital today Trial date set Trial of the Travelways bus driver involvv ed in the Jan 25 bustruck crash in which four Toronto students died will beheld May 18 Steven Ross 29 of Mississauga charged with carless driving did not appear in court because of the storm Ross was driving bus carrying students of Weston Collegiate on ski trip when the bus collided with tankertruck carrying flour on Highway 400 about km north of Barrie About 35 students and the truck driver were injured in the crash Police officer shot MONTREAL 31yearold Mon treal oliceman was shot by an unidentified assai ant early today while guarding fellow policeman at city hospital Norman Lecavalier is in serious condition after undergoing emergency surgery He was shot in the abdomen by man who jumped him from behind as he was return ing from washroom Lecavalier was watching over Constable jured earlier this year during robbery in the suburban Town of Mount Royal third Corns home to The Examiner Call 7266539 for home doiiiibry Rejcan Bastien one of two policeman in the bloody rioting in the black township of Soweto in 1976 He was recruited by the African National Congress tAN mili tant black organizatiion given military training in Angola and Mozambique and then returned In 1977 he and two other blacks rushed iii to Johannesburg warehouse to escape police search and one of the others opened fire on four white men drinking tea killing two of them SENTENCEDTODIE Although it was found that Mahlangu didnt fire any of the fatal shots he was sentenced year ago to die for being equallyliableandguilty policemen Constable Rene Vallee was kili ed by the escaping thieves Police spokesmen were unable to suggest motive for the attack on the hospital Miracle saves plane HUMULUS Mich AP TWA airliner carrying 87 persons survived bar rowing barrel roll and apparently exceeded the speed of sound in nose dive before be ing brought under control by freak manoruvrc US federal inspectors said Thursday They called it miracle that the plane survived and no one was killed cant think of any other incident where commercial passengercarrying plane has done complete EGOdegree rollover and survived said Langhorne Bond head of the US Federal Aviation Administration The miracle is that it held together under stich extraordinary speed and cir cumstances Bond spoke with reporters at Detroit Metropolitan Airport where the TWA Boe ing 727 landed at 10 pm Wednesday night It had been on flight from New York to Minneapolis NO SERIOUS INJURY Bond said three persons were injured none seriously Though investigators had not finished their work Bond said it appeared that the plane was flying at 39000 feet over Flint Mich very routine in clear weather when for reasons so far unknown it began to vibrate yawed to the right lid barrel roll and went into nose dive At that point the pilot identified only as Gibson tried to slow the descent by deploying his wing flaps spoilcis and leadingedge slats But that did no good and the flaps started being torn from the plane weather Flurries and heavy snowsqualls to day and strong westerly winds gusting to too kph causing drifting and blowing snow High to Low overnight ll to Sunny with cloudy periods Saturday Highs to 118th your N6 82 Friday April 1979 the examiner Storm snarls traff iS Par Copy serving barrie and simcoe county Carrier Home Delivery 90° wooieg lC 60car pileup on 400 By RICHARD THOMAS Of The Examiner storm rushed back into Ontario Thurday night and is taking its toll on Simcoe County putting stranglehold on many highways spokesman from the Ministry of Transportation and Communication in Owen Sound said provincial police have reported 60car pileup on Highway 400 and Highway 88 south of Barrie The spokesman said Highway 400 between Barrie and Toronto has been closed Minor accidents have been reported on several of the other highways in the area but no words has been received by the MT as to whether they too are closed he said The spokesman sid motorists are recom mended to stay off all highways as visibility is poor to nil and there are high winds In Adjala Township Highway 50 has been closed between Highways 89 and and pro vinciiil police in Stayner said Airport Road from asiitown to Stayncr is closed In iillia 10 power line poles were downed last night causing blackouts said Fred Klie linc supcrwsor for Ontario Hydro rangcville was also hit badly he said Wasaga Beach Fire hicf Russel Kenwell said high winds had blown down television aerial causing the television inside the house to hit up There was no fire the chief said Stan Robbcttc of the Harrie Public Utilities ioiniiiission said there have been no major problems in the ity Elsewhere in thc province at least eight persons are reported killed during the storm which left rash of accidents stranded cars and downed power lines all over Board staff reach accord Ry TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner tentative agreement aided by provm cial mediator has been reached between thc Simcoc ounty Board of Education and strikr ing public schools support personnel meeting between the board and Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1310 ended at it today but no details of the settle mcnt have been announced Todays storm prevented vote by lIIt locals nicmbeiship to ratify the settlement told The Examiner the mcmlxrship would vote on the pact Saturday at pm Details of the contract will be made public at that timc he said If the local votes to accept the contract they would be back at work Monday said Frank Irothero board trustee from lottenham anti the chairman of the bargaining Olllnllb tcc Irothcro said the bargaining committee recommend acceptance by the board at iLs meeting Wednesday board meeting could bc called earlier if that was deemed necessary he added Property damage heavy in truck blast The remains of truck and the damage done to homes when the vehicle exploded Wednesday in Keystone Va are shown in this photo The truck carrying load of Same for lnnisfil offer dynamite apparently caught fire and its dangerous cargo exploded damaging property over wide area At least to persons were inlured in the blast AP Laserphoto Council split on annexation Ry DENNIS LANIIIIIIR Of The lZxaiiiincr Barries city council has split on the annex atton issue Aldermen lim Shirley Meg lonal Doug iaggcs Bill Knowles and lord Mills want to accept lnnisfils last offer on the boundary line The five aldcriiicn have been sccrciiy meeting in the past two weeks in an attempt to resolve the issue Ald Shirley told The Examiner he had ap proached Mayor Ross Archer and aldermcn Dorian Parker Alex Arthur and Ernie Rot man to try and change their minds Aid Shirley and Peter Howden Greater Harrie liambcr oi tommcrce president say they met sccrctly with lnnisfil Reeve Hill Healer holds servnces Healer and evangelist Van Johnson of Cambridge Ont bows his head in prayer as he lays hands on Freda Bremner of Stroud who had been complaining of post operative pains in her stomach Johnson head of the David Burcsik Miracle Centre church headquarters in Welland will hold services tonight and Saturday at the Continental Motor Inn See picture and stories page Examiner Photo by iibbins also The alderman says lnnisfil would probably now be prepared to lift its conditions imposed on the annexation settlement if Barrie agrees to the boundaries HOLDING OlT The older council members are holding out because of pride Ald Shirley said Thursday Whats an additional 500 acres when youve got 10000 acres already Were going to be getting all kinds of in dustrial land so what are we arguing about asked the alderman Aid Shirley said housing is in slump and its unrealistic of council not to strive and create job opportunities Aid Donal said Thursday she would ac cept boundary terms despite lnnisfils stonewall attitude to negotiations She said Barrie would have enough land to begin industrial expansion and could try for more in the future if growth predictions became real Im for the line as it is drawn agreed Ald Mills We can negotiate other points later Industries interested in the area now Could be gone forever with another two year delay on annexation said Ald Mills Ald Jaggcs also confirmed Thursday he would agree to lnnisfils terms provided cer taiii requirements were dropped from In nisfils plan hams Why would anyone want to read this rubbish Listen to this inside today lifestyle entertainment 10 business page 13 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