Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 3 Oct 1979, p. 22

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Wants full rights for citizens rights in the corporate and economic world He Tom Hayden the former head of Students for Democratic Society told crowd that packed an auditorium of Central Connecticut State College in New Britain Conn that citizens should have full On their doorstep Not worried about nuclear plants LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK NJ lAPi This marshy pastoral enclave on the banks of the Delaware River is destined to become the nuclear capital of the United States East total of four nuclear plants is planned to provide New Jersey with one third of its energy needs With much of the country trembling at the prospect of no clear disasters citizens of this muskrattrapping town of 1600 couldnt care less Just plain not worried is their laconic answer So the timetable progresses One plant is operating Another will be by the end of the year and two more are slated for the mid19805 Two days after the March 28 accident at Three Mile Island Public Service Electric and Gas 70 which operates the nuclear plant here held public meeting to reassure residents Fewer than 60 showed it In 1967 this tranquil commu nity was virtually bankrupt Most of the residents had lived here all their lives and wouldnt live anywhere else but their taxes were triple their mort gage payments and municipal services were barely visible GENERATES MONEY Since then some say taxes paid by the utility have pro vided the town with more money than it knows what to do with That and the nature of the community contribute to the attitude Muskrat trapping has been way of life here since the Amer ican Revolution There are 150 fulltime trappers and dozens more parttimers Many take their children along during the trapping season which runs front Dec to March 15 The pelts sold to New York and Philadelphia fiirriers bring about $6 apiece and one auctioneer sells 5000041 year The muskrat water animal abounds here since If theres in your future Welcome Wagon is planning Special Party for bridestobe and their mothers Monday April 1979 Continental Inn Barrie ed the Lower Alloways is surrounded by water crossed by creek and bordered by river More worrisome hcrc than nuclear powei is proposed legislation to outlaw the onibear traps which break lllt muskrats neck usually killing it instantly Partly because oi its at flucnce Lower Alloways has become progressive in municipal services The local school property tax rate Slit per $100 oi assessed valuation in 1907 was cut to zero sixvman police force with the most modern equip ineiil available replaced the and his wife actress Jane Fonda appered Mon day in the second week of their nationwide tour AP Photo parlrtimc police chief who used to patrol the town new municipal building and tire house were built Addi lions to the local elementary school would make even high schools in other affluent iIll mumties envious tlIIIllVllllSllllllS Iolrholed country roads LIlt rcpaved and the town is plan ning senior citiciis housing project There are six nu en nis courts which are rarer in use And there is surplus of $21 million dont care it they build dozen more nuclear plants here Is the centre diamond secure Are the side diamonds loose Is the band worn thin as long as the taxes stay down says alvin Hill 57 owner of farm produce pack mic1 house and the towns chief auctioneer for muskrat fur Its so qutet here that if the whole town were cvacuatul you might not notice it says another resident nice you get that lower Al Ioways trcek mud between your tocs you just dont want to lILZ it out says Mayor Samuel lionelson 30 another lifelong resident who rails against so called humanists who attack inuskrat trapping in Indian iunglg Buffaloes attract tigers tourists By GRANVILLE WATTS BANDAJHOLA ISLAND Nepal Reuteri The soup is ready sir said the Nepali ser vant in thejungle tent camp But as guests began moving from their tents to the central eating area two breathless men came running into camp Tiger on the bait they stilt Dinner was forgotten and ithin minutes the foreign tour ists led by their guides were padding in single file through the jungle to the tiger hide where live buffalo had been staked out earlier that evening As the group neared the spot the guides asked for absolute si lence and torches were doused except for the red ones carried by the guides Tigers appar ently cannot see red light Once everyone was settled in the hide sort of bunker with small observation holes pow erful light was switched on il luminating the scene of an al mostrthreemetrelong Itoyal Bengal tiger devouring the dead buffalo EASY TO RECOGNIZE nylon rope around the buf falos neck was tied to stake which remained lillatl while the tiger continued eating This was Mahile Bhalc tSec ond Soni one of the two male tigers on Bandajhola island in the river Narayani Mahile fully grown at five years of age weighs 400 to 450 Officials comb camps for refugees HUNG KONG ilri There are six of them including the lather Ila lion Quoc 30 plastics factory mechanic in Saigon who got out when there wasnt any more work Theres hi wife and four children He is of Chinese origin speaks hinese only and is among the 82 per cent of the refugees arriving here who are Chinese The notation on this Cana dian immigration application Relative in Lethbridge Children have good basis in English Will dojust fine Canadian immigration of ficers are efficiently combing the 13 refugee camps her to pro vide the people to meet the government target of 50000 in 1981 half sponsored by Cana dian individuals or groups Few would qualify under rigorous application of normal anadian immigration stati dards but those standards were lifted by the government for these special victims of the continuing turmoil in Southeast asia caused by Communist Vietnam either inside its own territory or by its invasion of neigboring Cambodia and Laos Its ejection of Chinese ancestry citizens was ac celerated after the China Vietnam border war some months ago Are the prongs worn thin Is the base of the setting worn restyling specialist and factory representative of Corona one of Canadas leading jewellery manufacturers will be in our store to clean and check your ring freeofcharge He will show you how modest investment in an attractive setting can give new life to your diamonds Bring In Your Diamond Rings for Inspection on Thursday Friday and Saturday on all mounts during this clinic Donit miss it Many Designs to Choose From SPECIAL SELECTION OF LOOSE DIAMONDS Specially Reduced for this Clinic pounds The tiger is easily rec ognizable by distinctive facial markings Tigers cover huge areas and Mahile is no eXCeption Charles Chuck McDougal one of the worlds leading experts on ti gers says Mahile has an area of about 100 square kilometres The beast regularly patrols this territory to keep out other male tigers and to visit with tigresses he currently is consorting with no less than three McDougal says Mahile recently encountred an even larger male tiger who controls the neighboring territory in the Royal Chitwan National Park in Nepals Terrai jungle The ti gers fought and Mahile lost re treating with limp NLMBER SIIARPLY DOWN There are about40 tigers in the Chitwan Park and Mc Dougal an American anth ropologist knows them all He began by hunting tigers 9th oxamlnor Wodnoodoy Oct 1m and now has become one of the prime advocates of their con servatiom Since 1961 he has spent most of his time in the tiger country of Nepal and India and now is director of wildlife activities at jungle tourist lodge in Chit wan Park called Tiger Tops An international conference on tigers in New Delhi last Feb ruary was told there probably are fewer than 6000 left in the world compared with boon lation of about 40000 in India alone at the beginning of the century Tigers are not easy to spot They are cautious animals with keen senses They move about mainly at night and do every thing possible to avoid contact with man At Tigers Tops the natural ists stake out small buffaloes to attract 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