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Barrie Examiner, 16 Apr 1979, p. 1

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Zoeller wins Masters AUGUSTA Ga AP Fuzzy Zoeller ctiifijsiders booming tee shots Godgiven But his free and easy style is of his own making He combined both Sunday to win one of golfs most coveted prizes the Masters championship Hamilton scores twice Hockey fans in Pittsburgh may not know where Barrie is but they are certainly thankful it exists Barrie resident and product of the Bar rie Minor Hockey Association Jim Hamilton proved to be hero for Steel City hockey fans Saturday scoring two goals to pace the Penguins to 43 overtime victory over Buffalo Sabres in the deciding game of their National Hockey League playoff series One of Hamiltons goals set what could be permanent NHL record fastest goal off faceoff The rangy rightwinger fired slap shot past Buffalo goalie Bob Sauve five seconds after the puck was dropped Hotel eiects bowlers TORONTO tCPt About 400 Ontario bowlers attending an Easter weekend tour nament were kicked out of hotel Saturday after night of rowdiness and vandalism that the hotels manager described as nightmare Peter Malchow assistant manager at the east Toronto Holiday Inn said the bowlers were asked to leave after night in which vandals kicked in television sets broke fur niture removed ceiling tiles and smashed light fixtures in the conidors For the protection of other guests in the hotel we had no choice but to ask the bowlers to leave Malchow said adding that number of guests had asked for their money back or demanded to be transferred to other hotels because of the rowdiness We even found human excrement out side two doors and one lady was continuous ly harassed during the night because she tried to put an end to the nonsense Malchow said he had no estimate of the damage The bowlers representing clubs from across Ontario were here for threeday tournament which ended Sunday Uranium was uncovered HARRISBURG Pa tAPt report by Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC staff says extensive damage to uranium fuel elements occurred during the early stages of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident The preliminary evaluation by NRt staff says much of the reactors 100 tons of uranium was uncovered when pressurized coolant water was turned to steam It was during these periods of deficient cooling that exteiistvc damage to the fuel elements occurred the report says The agency says the March 28 accident crumbled and twisted the zirconium alloy cladding which encases the reactors uranium rods Second girl for singer TORONTO rPt Singer Anne Murray gave birth today to her second child an eightpound daughter Dawn Joanne was born about am EST said spokesman for the 34yearold singer awry other day Examiner Photo deadline Elmvale run kicks off festival roximately 70 persons young and old braved cold winds and heavy rainfall to participate in fitness run in Elmvale Saturday morning Par ticipants ran either three or five km at their own pace Organizer Katy Austin said the run which was the kick off event for the Elmvale Maple Syrup Festival was designed to promote fitness in Elmvale George Taylor Most improved curlers Bill Hargreaves centre presents the Hargreaves trophy to the most improved curlers of the year Leo Belcourt left and Howard Steckley at the Barrie Curling Club Club members ended their l97879 season with gala night of curling and awards presentations see more pictures page Ex aminer Photo Birth called miracle TAUNTON England tAFPt 23ycai= old woman without womb has successfully given birth to boy hospital authorities in this Somerset County town IllilOlInCid to day The child was born by caesarean section to Alison Trott 11 months after she under went surgery for removal of the uterus She only realized she was pregnant two weeks before the birth after visiting her doctor with weight problem Bemused doctors at the launton hospital where Mrs Trott gave birth described the successful pregnancy her third as almost miracle The fetus apparently developed inside ii thin pocket of muscular tissuc in the mothers abdomen hospital authorities said Soviet churches robbed MOSCOW APt Thieves are breaking into Soviet churches taking richly orr namented icons crosses and other religious artifacts and selling them to Smict and foreiin collectors newspapers report The Soviet news media is publicizing thc thefts because the gOVernmcnt is Illlllllp ting to bring religious artifacts cvcn those in private homes under its control and to cut off the massive lucrative smug gling of icons out of the country One newspaper proposed Sunday that nil icons be registered with thc government and that churches be more securely locle Bomb smashes windows HAMILTON tlt bomb exploded iii front of sandwich shop early Sunday causing an estimated $1000 damage to the shop and smashing WIIIll in hoiisis tl block away with living debris No one was injured in thc binsi which firefighters believe was caused by nitroglycerine or plastic tkIilUSlHS The type of explosive is undcr investigation it the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto weather Becoming mostly sunny today Highs to Lows overnight to Mostly sunny Tuesday Highs to PCQSlmcoe CONN said the run was easy since he runs at least km Thousands sleep in open Earthquakes hit Yugoslavia coast BELGRADE CP Tens of thousands of Yugoslavs slept in the open Sunday night after an earthquake which devastated the Adriatic coastline in southern Yugoslavia and Albania At least 235 persons were killed and hun dreds injured in the quake which hit the Adriatic resort region just before dawn Sunday sending parts of the coast tumbling intothe sea Aftershocks continued night Belgrade Radio said there were more than 200 known dead in Yugoslavia It said the Albanian news agency reported at least 35 persons killed and 350 injured in Albania Yugoslavias southern neighbor Doctors flown in from across Yugoslavia treated hundreds of injured in makeshift through Sunday 115th your No 90 Monday April 16 1979 relief centres Rescue workers using specially trained dogs searched more than dozen coastal towns and villages for sur vivors or bodies buried in the rubble Frogmen searched coastal waters for persons whose homes slid into the sea REVISES FIGURE The Seismological Institute in Belgrade said today that the original quake registered 65 on the Richter scale revising previous reports that gauged the quake at 72 on the ground motion scale It was the strongest quake ever recorded in Yugoslavia although the tail was far less than that of the 196 quake in Skopje 160 kilometres to the east in which more than 1100 persons were killed Officials at the institute said the quake had the power of 10 million tons of explosives Hardest hit was coastal strip in southern Thieves miss ransom 5° For Copy Montenegro from the town of HercegNovi on the north to Ulcinj 16 kilometres from the Albanian frontier The initial 50second shock tore open hotels hospitals factories and homes along the coast Buildings and roads slid into the sea There were waves of violent aftershocks and by evening more than 80 tremors had been reported There is not single house that has not been damaged in one way or another in HercegNovi said Dusko Seferovic mayor of the resort town on Kotor Bay DESTROYS BlllllNiS Local officials said the quake levelled nearly all older buildings in 11 towns along the coast popular sundrenchcd tourist area Carrier Home Dollvory 90 Weekly the examiner serving barrie and simcoe county All roads and most rail lines in the area were damaged and telephone water and power lines were broken The blow was tremendous said the captain of ship anchored off the coastal town of Bar when the quake struck At first thought some other ship had collided with us or we ran aground saw the Bar port sink slowly and from over the hills large boulders rolled into the sea Vojislav Savic who was riding in bus near Petrovac said he saw church wall crumble and others followed Smoke rose as if from volcano The sea turned red from the Earth President Josip Broz Tito who was on vacation near HercegNovi visited the stricken area and ordered aides to mobilize rescue and relief operations Postal heist largest tllW itli Thieves made the big gest haul iii iinadiiiii history Sunday lifting goods valued at between $5 million and $6 million from the main city postal tcriiiititil But they left bchiiid ti shahs ransom post office otficial said in an iiitcrvicw between Silo million and SM iiiillioii iii bullion stamps icwolry ctish and drugs lhcy wcrc like kids iiisidc ciiiidy storc tinofiicizil said They didnt know what they wcrt looking tor With policc sharply critical of security iii the block long building in tttnwas southeast sccioii tlic official obsciud that any part time tIIItlttf thrisiiias hclpcr would know the sccurily ziriangciiiciits on holiday wotktiitl iiid what was iii ilic registration Iltltlll ihnt ilic llllt police tic iotiviticcd tlitrc were three pcoplc involved iii what they tiriiiiiig an inside Job got was lictwccn $12 iiiillioii and Si iiiillioii iii iicgotinblc iiioriciii llxprcss Illitllt ordcrs tlIll traitlions tlllqlltS along with cash jcwclry iiiiiitcd coin scts illlil iiitidinii tiiid forciin passports ttiic unarmed member of the orps of oiii iiiissioiiiiircs drawn exclusively from the ranks of retired military MISiiillltl pro tictcd tlic building without even the aid of liurguliir lilitlill system ISlil llllllll iltNlIli Ihc commissioiiairc was located at the troiit door of the budding in the southwest corner so the thieves entered by breaking the glass window beside it door in the northeast corner and pushing the pililltrltiil to optii the door There normally are two coiiiiiiissioiiaircs on duty but this was reduced to one for the Easter holiday wcckciid Once inside kiiowiiig just where thcy were going the thieves thcn walkcd tip to tlic third floor cut the lock oil the registration ofticc door and went through sliding glass indou into the working iiltit whcrc the goods wcic stored in canvas bags and cartons Taking thcir liiiic ripping optn ihc illlttll and slicing opcii the mail SitikS tlic thieves spent about two lltiIlI gathering ill cstiinntttt too pounds of loot iii in bliic iiniy sti lc nut lcl bags bcforc carrying thciii luck tlowit ilic stairs and otit tlic opcn back door lhc thcft which took pincc in llii cnil hours oi Sunday morning vim discoicrctl it about ltt in by an tIlijtltiVH tclhilltllt litl work In an iiitcryicii toitoiiing in no cicning ncws confciciici Sunday policc otttcinls Silltl piisscrby sit lHllIllt1ltlilH tlittll with Qiicbcc licciicc pintos parked at lllt luck entrance of thc post oilicc nhoiit hc tiiiic ot the earlymorningbrmk in They said they had good lend on what they thought were thrcc SIISIHIIS troiii the Montreal area and only liopcd they could gct to them before tlic goods cspccizilly lllc American Exprcss goods and lllt passports went into other hands Passports cspccially lnnadian hznc it high value on illegal innrkcts bcciiiisc tlicy arc accepted by most coiiiitrtcs Islanders watching volcano anxiously KINtiSIttilN St iiicciit tlicutcrt lhoiisaiids ot St incciii islanders waited IilSlttllSly today in sec if Soulrtcrc volcano would cxplodc again wttli rcncwcd violence or stay dormant Ihcrc are conflicting assessments among scisniologists about likely developments fol lowing in official statciiiciit that there has bccii no significant activity of ihc volcano which cruptcd Friday forcing the evacuation of 15000 pcrsoiis Stcani has been rising continuously from the volcanos cratcr sincc the first eruption which spewed ash and liiii ovcr the slopes of thc tiotimctrc high volcano Iiispitc the reassuring official statement Arab grenades iniure IO BRUSSELS AP lltour Aral terrorists hurled hand grenades into the arrival hall of Zavcntcrii International Airport in the Belgian capital today just after an Israeli airliner landed police said At least to persons were reported injured Police said the terrorists engaged in gun battle with police after throwing the grenades and the four were captured Witnesses said the terrorists stood on mezzanine overlooking the arrival area and threw the grenades into the crowd below No group immediately claimed responsibilty for the attack In Tel Aviv Israel radio said terrorists opened fire on passengers in the main lobby of the Brussels air terminal and that security guards of the Israeli Ill AI airline returned fire wounding one of the attackers The terrorists wanted to reach El Al Flight 334 which was waiting at the airport to take off for Tel Aviv Israel radio said But Belgian police said the plane had just arrived Belgian businessman who was at the airport during the attack to pick up his children from the llight said he heard ex plosions then there was smoke everywhere and everybody hit the floor heard two explosions behind me said the businessman who asked not to be iden tified Canadian Mario Possamai Broadcast News reporter who had just arrived in Brussels from Toronto on route to vacation in Italy said he heard burst of gunfire then saw smoke in the hall leading to the arrivals area sonic volcano watchers say it is likely tlic volcano will crupt again In the southern part of tlic island cmcrgciicy camps sct tip in schools churches and othcr buildings are ovcrtlowiiig Helicopters and boats from the toast Guard cruised up and down the coast Sunday collecting persons who refused to mow vthi the evacuation was first ordcrcd on Friday The statcowncd radio constantly broad casts appeals for aid and donut ions There have been no confirmed rcports of casualties aiiadian rcsidciits and tourists arc reported iii no danger from thc volcano which is on the northern spansciy populittctl end of the British island in the Windward chain The island is about lit kiloiiictrcs long and I7 kilometres wide The volcano last brought disaster to thc island in I902 when an cruptioii killcd ooo persons Have gone lioiiic to Mothch You can read all about it in my book inside today lifestyle 10 entertainment sports 57 cornicew guide classified 31 uppiomont $0078 24 pages Thieves who broke into the main in Canadianhistory post office in Ottawa early Sunday and took goods valued at between $3 million and $5 million left behind some of their tools including blue armytype duffel bag bolt cutters and two 38calibre pistols being displayed at news conference by DefSgt Wayne Milloy and lnsp Lou Ullricht right of city police CP Photo Minority government it necessaryPM PIERRE TRUliEAU minority government disservice tlIAWA itPt Prime MlIllSltI Iriidcuti says he will form minority government if necessary after the election but anyone advocating minority goveriiiin nt now is doing disservice to his country In Global television interview taped tor broadcast Sunday Trudeau also said he does not know if he will serve full term if the Liberals are elected with majority but he feels compelled now to battle my iirch enemies the separatists Trudeau said he was able to govern with minority after the 1972 election and if were called upon to be minority government again will But he said voters setting out to elect minority government on purpose are making terrible mistake are not serving tanada well intellectually and are doing disservice to the country Trudeau said minority government is undesirable because the government who is going to be elected in May is going to deal with the separatists pretty strong and wily people and theyre using their great lillllll of communication to get Quebec out of Canada The new government will also have to deal with strong provincial premiers such as Peter Lougheed of Alberta

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