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mg roundug Tourists killed as Etna erupts CATANIA Italy Reuterl Italian tourist authorities are being criticized for exploiting Mount Etna as tourist at traction One of the volcanos craters exploded Wednesday killing nine tourists and injuring 23 As the government arranged meeting for Saturday in Catania to discuss Europes mostactive volcano one of Italys top volcano experts accused the authorities Thursday of profiting from Etna without paying proper attention to the risks Wednesdays disaster was the price paid for exploiting the volcano as tourist attraction said Prof Letterio Villairi director of Italys International Vulcanology In stitute About 150 tourists were climbing the slopes of Etna when the explosion occurred showering rocks and solidified lava onto them Each day about 800 persons pay up to $13 to make an ex cursion by cable car and Jeep or bus to the craters near the summit hope authorities will now give more thought to the ques tion so that when they describe the fascinating natural spec tacle of Etna they also give an accurate description of the dangers there Prof Villairi said Ends bid to have charge dismissed WINNIPEG CP The lawyer for former CBC television host ended efforts Thursday to have one of two charges of gross indecency faced by his client dismissed The motion filed with the Manitoba Court of Queens Bench by the accuseds former lawyer said details of the charge did not show an offence under the Criminal Code The motion was withdrawn by new lawyer DArcy Mc Caffrey at brief hearing before Mr Justice Guy Kraft McCaffrey said he and his client Allen Spraggett of To ronto will now decide whether to continue with preliminary hearing halted when the motion was filed or go straight to trial on the charges Spraggett is one of group of men charged earlier this year with sexual offences involving juveniles the examiner Friday sun 14 1979 Cheques go all colorful OTTAWA CP Starting next month some recipients of government cheques will be getting goldenyellow greeting instead of the old basic green Roch LaSalle supply and services minister said Thursday He told reporters the cheques will be introduced into all government payment programs including the family allowance Canada Pension and old age security plans by April I980 The cheques which show waving goldenyellow Canadian flag shading to ochre at the edges will be less susceptible to counterfeiting and more clearly identifiable as government cheques he said Revenue from alcohol $194 billion OTTAWA CP The average Canadian spent $17090 on liquor last year Statistics Canda reported Thursday in cluding $8060 for spirits $2360 for wine and $6680 for beer Total sales of alcohol for the year were $401 billion an 89 percent increase from the previous year and 544 per cent higher than 1974 Government revenue from alcoholic beverages for 1978 was $194 billion sevenpercent increase from 1977 This figure includes not only sales and taxes but also funds from licences and permits as well as fines There were 1632 liquor stores across Canada Ontario had 36 per cent Quebec 20 per cent British Columbia 13 per cent Alberta 12 per cent and all other provinces less than five per cent each Gold hits record $34575 LONDON AP Gold rocketed $12 to hit record $34575 an ounce in Europe today breaking the previous high by $4 The United States dollar posted impressive gains in Tokyo and Japan but was mixed elsewhere Gold hit the record in both London and Zurich from Thurs day closings of $333875 and $333375 respectively Alberta prepared to lend money EDMONTON CP Alberta is prepared to lend money from its $5billion resourcebased Heritage Savings Trust hind to Quebec and to consider financing national energy bank to keep Canada strong Premier Peter Lougheed said Thursday Lougheed said the change in provincial policy came after several unidentified prominent Canadians advised his government to reassess its position on the issue Trudeau speaks out on energy Opposition Leader Pierre Trudeau said in Ottawa Thursday Joe Clarks government has abandoned its duty to speak for all Canadians on energy issues Trudeau is shown at news conference with Jim Flemming Ontario Liberal caucus chairman following twoday conference CP Photo See story Page Mitchell merchants angry at treatment of their chief MITCHELL Ont CP Merchants in this community about kilometres north of London are mad about the treatment their police chief is getting and theyre not going to take it any more Downtown storeowners are circulating petition demand ing that town fathers stop the inhumane treatment of Chief Stewart Stark The troubles between Stark and the towns council surfaced last week when the 53yearold chief was denied an increase in his $17160 salary for the third year in row blow to any mans ego but an added insult to Stark because he earns less than his deputy and two of his constables Kennedy zeros in on economy NEW YORK AP In choosing President Carters handling of US economic woes as criterion for whether he will seek the presidency Sena tor Edward Kennedy has fo cused his potential candidacy on the issue US voters per ceive as Carters biggest fail mg Right now the public doesnt think much of Carters efforts to battle the twin demons of in flation and recession nor of his work in general An Associated PressNBC News poll this week found Americans giving Carter the lowest overall job rating in almost three decades for US president Only 19 per cent of those in terviewed Monday and Tuesday rated Carters work excellent or good That is down seven points from the APNBC News July poll which was his previous low Fortynine per cent said his efforts were only fair and 30 per cent said they were poor Two per cent of the 1600 adults interviewed by telephone were not sure 408 PRIZES OF 4131 PRIZES OF 5049 PRIZES OF 3672 PRIZES OF PRIZE OF $100000 so PRIZES or 1000 403 PRIZESOF 4131 PRIZES or 5049 PRIZES OF 3672 PRIZES OF PRIZE OF 50 PRIZESOF 408 PRIZESOF 25 mlt 100 $10000 10 PRIZE or 50 PRIZESOF 408 PRIZESOF 4131 PRIZESOF 5049 PRIZESOF 3672 PRIZESOF FIFTH pmzs NUMBER 10 $100000 1000 Its not right said the head of the towns fiveman force but theres nothing can do about it The towns police committee had offered Stark who has been chief since 1974 10percent increase last month if he im proved the departments oper ation We just didnt think he was worthy of any increase in salary so we didnt grant him one said Don McKerlie town councillor To add insult to injury the council also ordered that Stark committee sperfid IIS tenltire hour ogf duty COME AND on 00 pa ro urm your tours of duty you will enforce DEMONSTRATIONS all federal and provincial stat COURSES utes as well as municipal by laws The order also said while on foot patrol Stark at no time shall smoke or Ioiter in AT BARBIE YWYMCA places of business or any place to indulge in idle conversation or gossip Many of the towns 2800 resi dents disagreed with the order Caustic letters have been writ ten to the towns weekly news paper And theres the petition The merchants call the order making Stark pound beat violation of his rights and an in sulting action which has drawn unwanted attention to the towns internal affairs The petition asks Mayor Har old Jordan who was quoted publicly as saying Starks fate doesnt really involve me to exercise leadership by dis JOHNDUPAIN Home Auto Lite Business sarjeant insurance IOO Boll Farm Rd Barrio Ont September 30th showing eligible films Canbdian feature film All you do is endorse your tickets on the back with your name and address and then take them to participating record store or movie theatre showing Canadian film missing the councils police CA TCH THE DISCO FE VER IOWEEK DISCO COURSE BEGINNERS INTERMEDIATES MONDAY SEPT 24 For further information Call 7265421 Over the past four months more than quarter of million people have already used the Ontario HALF BACK program for discounts on Canadian records or admission to Canadian feature films But time 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