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lt On the way to USA Pope John Paul was in lreland over the weekend begging literally on bended knee for an end to sectarian violence While at Boston some two million waited overnight for look today at the Pontiff who is beginning sixcity tour of the United States For photos story see page 15 NDP plan attack WAWA Ont CP Northern Ontario New Democrats met during the weekend to plan action against their two biggest perennial enemies multinational cor porations and the provincial Tory govern ment The 100 delegates to the 10th annual Nor thern Ontario Council of the party vowed to defeat the Tories so they can na tionalize multinationals starting with lnco Ltd and Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd both in Sudbury The Tory strategy seems to be to at tract foreign investment and hand out slush money to companies such as Ford local NDP Bud Wildman said Saturday referring to $24million grant to Ford Motor Co of Canada Ltd to help build plant in Windsor Its not just grab from the private sector Sudbury East MPP Elie Martel added Teamsters settle TORONTO CPI Members of five 0n tario locals of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters ratified con tract Sunday with the provinces major highway transport firms avoiding strike set to begin at midnight Sunday night The threeyear settlement ratified by about 7500 city and highway drivers pro vides increases of 70 cents an hour in the first year 60 cents in the second and 75 cents in the third City drivers had been earning $834 an hour Highway drivers paid on mileage rate will receive equivalent increases They had been earning 22 cents mile Thr companies will also pay $25 month more to pension fund and $10 month more to health and welfare fund Acid detonated by OPP THUNDER BAY Ont CPI Ontario Provincial Police detonated volatile picric acid at dump site Sunday after remov ing it from high school laboratory Bill LaBelle the schools principal said four to six ounces of crystallized picric acid was found Thursday but OPP decid ed to wait until Sunday to remove it because there would be fewer people in the school NATO not up to snuff VICTORIA CP North Atlantic Trea ty Organization forces would have trouble Containing Soviet aggression in Europe Defence Minister Allan McKinnon says NATO forces would barely be able to slow the invasion long enough to enable the president of the United States and the head of Russia to talk on their red phones McKinnon said on the BC Television Corp program Capital Com ment shown during the weekend Were not as well equipped said McKinnon noting that the total forces of each country in the treaty organization are not at NATOs disposal Each nation only dedicates so many of their forcestoNATO He said conventional war in Europe would be nowin situation Taxevasion haven TORONTO Cli The Star says recentlycompiled federal government figures show that Ontario seems to have become the taxevasion haven of Canada No bail in Penetang bust TORONTO CP An Ontario provin cial court judge has refused to set bail for three men on trial for Conspiracy to traffic in controlled drug and possession of nar cotics for the purpose of trafficking Eric France 26 and Peter Morley Lansdowne 42 of Toronto and Stefan Zwara of Stayner Ont were charged last week after police seized chemicals capable of producing methamphetamines or speed worth $50 million Also seized in the same raid were 21 pounds of pure methamphetamine worth $25 million Judge Sydney Harris ruled that because of the amount of drugs involved in the case setting bail would not be in the public interest The defendants are to appear lll court Oct to have trial date set Acar in the boudoir ORILLIA Special An Orillia woman had rude awakening early Saturday morning when car crashed through the wall of her apartment and knocked her out of bed Orillia city police say the driver of the car southbound on West Street lost con trol of the car crossed the lawn of the threestorey apartment building and smashed into the wall of the building Civic centre plans on plan of action for Barries proposed civic centre should be implemented by the end of October inside story countywide come hmne to The Examiner Call 7266537 for home delivery Body checking ban The Ontario Minor Hockey Association decided at its meeting over the weekend not to ban body checking in the Atom and Novice leagues Before the meeting it had been speculated that the OMHA would follow the recent trend to ban body checking in the younger age groups great season has come to an end for the Montreal Exos Steve Carlton and the Philadelphia Philies blanked the Expos 20 yesterday to end any hopes of Montreal making the playoffs See sports pages index today lifestyle 10 entertainment sports 67 comicsTV guide classified 31 supplement Consumers Police peeved About 2000 members of the Metropolitan Toronto police force voted unanimously Sunday to withdraw and reject support for Mayor John Sewell The resolution came from the floor and was one of two passed at threehour closed meeting held in Toronto CP hoto The revenue department report shows that Ottawa has prosecuted 105 major cases of tax evasion in Ontario in the last 12 months and that figure represents about half of all such prosecutions in Canada Among the cases of tax evasion highlighted in the report is one involving Toronto architect who failed to declare $52000 of taxable income and was fined $54000 and another case of Toronto loan shark who hid income of $78000 before be ing caught Five big prizes BROCKVILLE Ont CP Five winn ing ticket numbers worth $1 million each were drawn Sunday in the Provincial lot tery draw The $1million ticket numbers are 7612287 6126232 2114110 9479548 and 7608241 Winning ticket numbers for the five special $100000 Sunshine prizes are 904E143 904D260 658C399 919A782 and 588D465 There are no subsidiary prizes for the Sunshine numbers weather Clouding over with showers developing by evening Cooler to day with highs 1517 Showers will end overnight but it will remain cloudy Tuesday and cool with highs ofbetween l2 and 13 So says recommendation by members of Barries finance committee which will bring report to general committee tonight report by Ald Ross Stephens commit tee chairman says the civic centre was discussed in various aspects during meeting in late September Discussions centred around phasing aspects financial requirements for im plementation of the concept and im portance to the reinforcement of the downtown core Other topics of discussion included the projected square foot requirements time frame for implementation of the pro ject and the cultural aspects of the pro ject Arrests for arson Six Newmarket area men have been charged with arson in connection with fire that continues to bum 1800 acres of marshland northwest of Queensville Fire in the marsh was reported about pm Sunday Firefighters from surroun ding areas battled the blaze Sunday night and managed to bring it under control For Better or For Worse Starting today look for new comic feature in The Examiner Called For Better or For Worse the comic strip reveals womans view of the con temporary family and will delight readers with its homor honesty and insight Please turn to page l2 vya gt No 115th your No 225 Monday Oct 1979 20¢ Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 95¢ the eXaminer serving barrie andsimcoe county At Radio Shack MPP Ed Ziemba arrested forassaulting police officer Police place Ed Ziemba inside squad car after the NDP member of provincial parliament was arrested and charg expandit WINNIPEG CP PetroCanada should be expanded to include more retail opera tions providing jobs for Canadians and bet ter control of domestic energy resources federal New Democratic Party Leader Ed Broadbent said Sunday He told about 50 delegates to an NDP na tional council meeting that PetroCanada gasoline stations should be established across the country happen to have Gulf and E550 credit cards But think every Canadian ought to have the right to have PetroCanada card and use it from coast to coast Broadbent said He compared the Progressive Conser vative government proposal to sell portions of the publiclyowned energy corporation with the 1959 decision of former prime minister John Diefenbaker to scrap plans for the Avro Arrow jet interceptor Design and construction of the Arrow would have been one of the most suc cessful and potentially farreaching projects in Canadian manufacturing history Broadbent said Instead Diefenbakers deci sion drove hundreds of skilled Canadians to take aerospace jobs in the United States and other countries SUBJECT TO WHIMS Canadians will be even more subject to the whims of multinational oil corpora tions if PetroCanada is dismantled the NDP leader said The multinationals stag ed an exploration strike in the early 19705 because they disliked Canadian royalty and tax policies Crash kills one SECHELT BC CPi The pilot was kill ed but 15 other persons survived Sunday when floatequipped Twin Otter aircraft cart wheeled into trees while landing at this com munity 50 kilometres northwest of Van couver Brian Rodney Craven 35 of Richmond died when the West Coast Air Services plane he was flying from Vancouver to Powell River veered sharply to the right at about 40 metres in the air and plunged to earth killers Hold it He may be the Pope ed with assaulting police officer during Radio Shack picket line incident this morning Ziemba was later releas ed after he agreed to appear in court Examiner Photo Dont drop PetraCanada NDP urges Broadbent said the Conservative attention to sell only the profitable parts of Petro Canada would leave the country with another Crown corporation that isnt pay ing its way And he accused Prime Minister Clark and the Conservatives of not providing economic leadership in their first four months in of fice Two increases in the Bank of Canadas lending rate wiped out any benefit homeowners would get next year from the proposed mortgageinterest credit program he said The govemments only response to the slow rate of economic growth has been to single out jobless people by promising reduction in unemployment insurance benefits Broadbent said he said the Conservatives have betrayed Canadians by condemning patronage while they were in Opposition and then endorsing it once they came to power They have now established patronage as veritable first principle of Tory govem ment the NDP leader said He also called for the abolition of the post By NANCY FIGUEROA Of The Examiner Step by step thats how John Lawford 26 of Angus plans to climb the CN Tower 17 times in one day The tower the worlds tallest free standing structure has mere 1760 steps to the main observation deck Lawford plans to climb each step 17 times in hopefully less than 12 hours No Lawford isnt nut or physical fitness fanatic Hes trying to raise money for the Barrie and District United Way He sayS however he hopes the achieve ment will be listed in the Guinness Book of World Records The present record for nonstop climbs up the tower is four says Lawford He should know hes the recordholder T0 TACKLE TOWER Lawford gas station attendant plans to tackle the tower at am sharp Oct 20 He practised for the feat by weightlifting 112 thours da for the past three months and roller ating during the past two weeks in hopes of strengthening his ankles On the day of the trip Lawfords diet will include only bran muffins and orange juice The juice he says gives him energy Hell likely indulge in juice and bran muffin following each climb Lawford has no doubts about successful Iy climbing the tower Last year after climbing it four times he was more than ready to go again He says however he couldnt because he would have been late for work pointee Bryce Mackasey was recently fired from the $80000ayear job The NDP national council met in Winnipeg during the weekend to prepare resolutions for the partys national conven tion in November Broadbent took time out from the closeddoor sessions to main street with NDP candidates running in three pro vincial byelections in Winnipeg ridings By CRAIG ELSON OfThe Examiner Ed Ziemba NDP member of provincial parliament for High ParkSwansea was ar rested and charged with assaulting police officer during picket line demonstration this morning at Radio Shack on Bayview Drive Ziemba was charged and taken to police headquarters where he was later released He will appear in court Oct witness said he saw man touch police officer while asking to see the of ficers identification Ziemba with NDP MPs Bob Mackenzie Hamilton Easti and Tony Lupusella Dovercourl were on the picket line along with about 200 members of the United Steelworkers Union Also on the picket line was Cliff Pilkey president of the 800000member Ontario Federation of Labor Pickets began massing before am in front of the Radio Shack warehouse and grew to about 200 in number Many pickets came from outside Barrie it private cars and on speciallyuchartercxl us Labor spokesmen said about 150 pickets involved in the demonstration were from United Steelworkers locals in Brampton Hamilton Oshawa Ajax and Mississauga As nonstriking Radio Shack employees lined up outside the plant gate police rein forcements were called in police dog was also brought in but the dog was kept inside police van About 35 officers with Barrie City police supported by six OPP officers were called Chief Earl Snider of Barrie police stood directing cars into the plant while pickets jeered Police kept tight control on the situation which although tense did not get out of hand Chief Snider said outside agitators were involved Police were there to main tain order the chief said Inspector Pickard inspector of opera tions estimated all but about 15 of the pickets were from outside Barrie Bob Mackenzie NDP labor critic said the strike was another example in the pro Vince of companies like Radio Shack thurn bing their nose at the Labor Relations Act It Radio Shack is playtng games with the workers Mackenzie said Its classic example of the workers trying to get first contract and the company defying theunion Gerry Colella vicepresident and manage ing director of Radio Shack said todays demonstration was the largest since the strike began August They the United Steelworkers would like to close us down but they wont suc ceedColella said Mr Colella said the number of outside pickets indicated weakness by the local union He said about 105 to 110 Radio Shack workers are continuing to work because they want to Mr Colella praised the work of police They the police did an outstanding job and showed restraint he said No decision an injunction From the Toronto bureau of The Examiner TORONTO Students at French language high school in Penetanguishene can continue their classes for now hearing on request by the town of Penetanguishene for an interim injunction against Centre Dactivities Francaise of Penetanguishene was delayed in weekly court in Toronto today because of an ad joumment The adjournment was granted at the re quest of Pierre Genest representing the high school who wanted time to crossex Its long way to go tower walker determined Although it is considered easier to go down steps than up it is only up that Lawford will go When he reaches the top hell rest while 58second elevator ride returns him to the bottom only to begin all overagain OFFICIALS T0 COOPERATE Officials at the tower say they will co operate with Lawford in every way they can Although he hasnt asked yet he hopes theyll agree to his request for private elevator He doesnt want to wait until one is ready and he doesnt want to crowd into one with other tower visitors For the feat Lawford will don the same running shoes he wore last year and clothes that wont make me stand out he said Last year Lawford didnt acquire any aches pains or blisters He did however gain seven pounds dont know how that happened he says At the bottom and top of the tower of ficials will record Lawfords progress He hopes that if enough people sponsor him hell be able to present the United Way with bundle of money He chose the United Way because as he says Its worthy cause Some day may need their services Lawford is making the trip 17 times simply because want to match my girl friends age And wnat wui Lawford think about while he makes the long lonely climb Ill think of my girl and hope dont disappoint her amine town officials who requested the in junction Paul Devillers representing the town said the injunction was requested because the school was breaching zoning bylaw The school is in the old post office which is zoned commercial property Genest argued the site could be used for personal services and questioned its possible use for teaching guitar but not mathematics According to Devillers approximately 50 students attend the school QIrfVWnWMsaM JOHN LAWFORD upthe tower