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115th your No 224 Saturday Sept 29 1979 20¢ Per Copy Carrier Home Deriverv95°WoeRIy the examiner serving barrie and simcoe county win Pope begins tour with Mass stimoted 12 million Irish greet messenger of peace Irish eyes aresmiling The eyes of Lisa Dromgoole shine as she looks up at Pope John Paul while presenting him with bouquet of flowers at Dublin Airport Saturday at the start of his threeday visit to Ireland Also presenting the Pontiff with flowers was russell Gleeson AP Photo Fear of radiation part of living in Port HOpe PORT HOPE Ont lCPI This town livewiththerisks But people in this Lake Ontario communi faces the dilemma of many oneindustry towns if you want the job you may to Victim dies after crash Barrie man involved in single vehicle accident on Highway 11 early Friday morn ing died in Toronto General Hospital Friday night mothy Twa 19 0f 98 Holgate St was travelling northbound on Highway 11 when he failed to negotiate curve at the junc tion of Highway 93 and 400 His car skidded struck two posts rolled over and Twa was thrown out He was taken to Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie and later transferred to Toronto inside story He knows TV Sanderson Layng bought his first televir sion set when he was 16 years old Since then hes become recognized authority on TV particularly its effect on children and thats why he came to Barrie on Tues day to talk to librarians in daylong seminar sponsored by the Georgian bay Regional Library System See story page 13 Starts music school Arthur Burgin music teacher and con ductor of the Huronia Symphony has started the first instrumental music school in Barrie The Barrie School of Brass may only occupy one room right now but Burgin has ambitious plans for the future See story on the entertainment page Recalls war years As special feature for Nurses Week in Barrie todays Lifestyle page features an interview with Grace Bauldry head nurse at the Royal Victoria Hospital She recalls her first years as student at RVH during the war years when being in hospital really was matter of life or death index today 13 Itfostyte entertainment window on the world comicsTV guide classified 2023 ty of 10000 are beginning to talk openly about their fears after years of complacen cy over the potential threat from radioac tive wastes The radiation in and around Port Hope has come from two sources dumps of mining waste dating from the 19405 from the uranium operation of Eldorado Nuclear Ltd Crown corporation that is the areas biggest employer and radioactive landfill trucked into town for house construction sites and road building in the 1950s Radiation was discovered in hundreds of houses and several public buildings in 1975 and about 25 houses were demolished Most of those who speak out say they can not be sure whether they are overreacting because they say they have received little but bland assurances from government of ficials and Eldorado Peace talks slow LONDON Reuterl Peace talks on the future of Zimbabwe Rhodesia went into weekend adjournment today with delegates complaining of the slow pace of the laday old negotiations We want to get moving and the British are holding things up said Joshua Nkomo coleader of the Patriotic Front guerrilla alliance Britain is chairing the meetings between the guerrillas led by Nkomo and Robert Mugabe and the biracial government led by Prime Minister Abel Muzorewa The conference has two stage agenda discussion of new constitution to bring Zimbabwe Rhodesia to legal independence and then negotiation of transitional measures leading up to new elections based on the revised constitution Canada tops in golf PERTH Australia Reuterl Canada won the Commonwealth womens amateur golf title today when they beat Australia 42 at the Lake Karrinyup course Britain and New Zealand also competed in the tournament Ambassador sworn in WASHINGTON tCPt Kenneth Curtis will move to Ottawa next week after being sworn in today as the new US ambassador toCanada VicePresident Walter Mondale is to swear Curtis in during visit to New England Mondales office announced Fri day The brief ceremony was scheduled to take place in Augusta Me Curtis 48 former Maine governor and confidant of President Caner is expected to present his credentials late next week Correction statement by Russ Beach president of the Canadian Owners and Pilots Associa tion in the Friday Examiner that tragic crash which recently occurred in Yugoslavia wouldnt have happened wrth bilingual controls is incorrect The statement should have read that the crash wouldnt have occurred with uni ingual controls DUBLIN Ireland AP Pope John Paul beckoned by the voice of the Irish calling to me opened pastoral tour of this island by celebrating Mass today before an estimated 12 million worshippers on the vast green of Dublins Phoenix Park It was the largest gathering in Irish history onethird of the nations population You come as messenger of peace to troubled land Irelands Cardinal Tomas Fraich told the pontiff on his arrival from Rome The pope made no direct reference to the sectarian hatreds that have plagued Ireland for centuries but he described himself as pilgrim with message of peace and told the multitude he was living moment of tense emotion Like St Patrick too have heard the voice of the Irish calling to me and so have come to you he said His homily delivered under bright clear skies and before 36metre steel cross painted in the Vatican colors of yellow and white was primarily tribute to the in violable and unbreakable loyalty of Irish Roman Catholics to the church in Rome TREASURE THE CHLRCH You Irish Catholics have kept and loved the unity and peace of the Catholic Church treasuring it above all earthly treasure he said He called himself pilgrim for Christ to the land from which so many pilgrims for Christ went out over Europe the Americas Australia Africa Asia The 59yearold John Paul who will leave Ireland Monday to begin weeklong tour of the United States is the first pope ever to visit this overwhelmingly Catholic country Escorted by Italianmade Marchetti jet fighters of the Irish Air Corps the Aer Lingus Boeing 747 carrying him touched down at Dublin airport at 951 am 491am EDT As the papal plane landed church bells pealed out throughout Dublin and the rest of the country Ships in Dublin harbor sounded foghorn salute Descending from the jetliner the Polish born leader of the worlds 700 million Catholics knelt and kissed the Irish ground Escorted by Marchetti jet fighters of the Irish Air Corps the Aer Lingus Boeing 747 carrying the first pontiff to visit this over whelmingly Roman Catholic country touch ed down at Dublin airport at 951 am local time 451 am EDT As the papal plane landed church bells pealed out throughout Dublin and the rest of the country Ships in Dublin harbor sounded foghorn salute After the playing of the Irish national an them and inspection of guard of honor of Irish soldiers the pontiff told the dignitaries assembled at the airport It is with im mense joy and with profound gratitude to the most Holy Trinity that set foot today onlrish soil come to you as servant of Jesus Christ herald of his gospel of justice and love as the bishop of Rome as successor of the Apostle Peter And in the words of St Peter offer you the greeting of my heart Peace to all of you who are in Christ 450 Metro police hurt performing duty chief TORONTO CP Four hundred and fif ty Metropolitan Toronto Police officers have been injured this year while investigating routine calls for assistance They told me the Pope addressing the UN but had no idea was The champ takes one Harold Adamson chief of the 6700man department said Friday that of the 15 million cases handled by police this year there have been 126000 involving criminal activities In 3000 of those cases weapons have been used against police The people using these weapons against our men are representative slice of our society here but many of them are young people Adamson said Of the 450 men hurt so far this year and that figure is more or less constant from year to year some have been stabbed or clubbed or shot at and all of them required some medical attention or hospitalization doubt that many people out there realize how much is going on In spite of the apparent constant danger Adamson said he doubted there was any evidence of jittery nerves among patrolmen nor did he see any evidence that officers were backing down from confrontations MORALE AFFECTED Whats happening though is that morale is at lower ebb because were getting con stant and in my view unfair and un justified criticism Challenger Earnie Shavers drives right hand lead to the head of heavyweight champ Larry Holmes during their title fight Friday night in Las Vegas Shavers knocked Holmes down but the champ retained his title with an lth round TKO AP Photo Successor to Meany WASHINGTON AP The stewardship of the US labor movement appears certain to transfer this fall from the gruff George Meany to the reflective Lane Kirkland who has been Meanys apprentice for 30 years With Meany 85 and ailing yielding to his infirmitia labor leaders say they see no obstacle to the almost automatic elevation of Kirkland at the AFLCIOs midNovember convention Kirkland 57 is Meanys handchosen secretarytreasurer of the labor federation and his choice as its next head Rejects island claim HONG KONG Reutert Vietnam has rejected Pekings claims to sovereignty over large group of islands in the South China Sea which are reported to have potential as source of oil the Vietnam News Agency reported Friday It quoted statement issued by the Vietnamese foreign ministr Thursday which said the Paracel Islan have been part of Vietnams territory for many centuries Hanoi can produce facts to prove that it has indisputable sovereignty Silver almost double NEW YORK AP The gold rush which brought bullion prices to spec tacular $400 US an ounce this last week has added sparkle to other precious and nonprecious metals Silver prices for instance have climbed to about $16 troy ounce almost double their price in June and up 52 per cent since the start of the month Platinum rose to record $565 an ounce this last week up from $420 an ounce less than two weeks before Even copper nonprecious metal has experienced phenominal spurt jumping to about $2400 ton rise of more than $200 in week The most common explanation for the sudden burst of trading in metals leads back to gold as the engine that has fuelled interest in all sorts of metals But it did not follow last week that gold prices suffered as interest in other metals grew On Thursday the price of gold in Zurich Europes leading bullion market prices jumped $2050 an ounce in the single Gold rush infects price of metals day to new peak of $39550 an ounce and by Friday gold was trading at almost $400 an ounce in major centres around the world Less than two weeks before gold broke the $350 barrier and at the time it was widely predicted that the price would sink for while as speculators sold off to take their profits Only two months ago forecast of $400 an ounce gold would have been unbelievable commented one dealer Gold was trading at about $225 on ounce at the start of the year it passed the $250 barrier in February climbed above $300 anounce in July and with minor fluctua tions has been rising steadily since Some explanations for golds continued rise this last week were tied to new rumors about the possibility that Arab oil rich countries would decide to change their pricing mechanism for oil away from the US dollar which has been the tradi tional currency for oil trades with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Regular bus inspection will begin next month TORONTO CP Public and private bus fleets will be taken out of service for safety checks if government inspectors find pro blems in routine checks scheduled to begin next month Ontarios transportation ministry says Regular inspection of almost every bus in the province will be mandatory by Oct 31 and those without appropriate safety stickers will be withdrawn from service ministry spokesman said Thursday in spectors will start with checks on about 10 per cent of large bus fleets School buses already undergo mandatory inspections But as result of serious bus accidents in the province the government decided earlier this week to expand inspec tions to almost all other bus categories Four Toronto students died in accident involving bus near Barrie last winter The buses require safety inspection every six months and special brake check once year All public transit buses and Tough loss for Expos MONTREAL CP The days have dwindled to precious few in Montreal Expos bid for an East Division title in baseballs National League tough tough loss said manager Dick Williams after Philadelphia Phillies scored 32 11thAinning victory over the Expos Friday night to drop Montreal two games behind the divisionleading Pittsburgh Pi rates The Pirates with 61 triumph over Chicago Cubs reduced their magic number to two Any combination of Pittsburgh Victories and Expos defeats totalling two will clinch the pennant for the Pirates Troops return home TRENTON Ont tCPl The last 17 members of 116 AirTransport Unit returned from Ismalia Egypt on Friday The 47 man unit disbanded in August was part of United Nations peacekeeping force The men serving sixmonth tours of duty in the Middle East since 1974 are returning to bases in Prince Edward Island British Columbia and Trenton for reassignment Dinner believed cause TORONTO CPt Part of dinner served Sept 18 at Scarborough General Hospital is believed to be the cause of salmonella outbreak that caused the deaths last week of two elderly patients at the hospital health officials said Friday Study unification LONDON Ont CP Unification of the armed forces has its good points and they should be kept says LtGen Paradis commander of the army wing of the forces Paradis here for the annual meeting of the Royal Canadian Armored Corps Association was commenting on the task force to review unification set up recently by Defence Minister Allan McKinnon Dont throw out the baby with the bathwater Paradis said in an interview Changes and improvements are needed but they should be done in logical in telligent fashion laid crash of singleengine Cherokee aircraft just west of Highway 400 near Sideroad 16 in King Township Brampton was killed His son Gregory Morris 18 the pilot was uninjured in the crash left King City airport at about 820 pm en route to the Brampton Flying Club Shortly after takeoff it crashed into wooded area most other bus categories about 8000 to 9000 public and private vehicles must be inspected by licensed inspection stations throughout Ontario Assassination attempt fails PARIS Reuter President David Dacko of the Central African Republic who toppled former emperor Bokassa in bloodless coup last week was the target of an assassination attempt Friday un confirmed reports carried by French televi sion said today The correspondent in the Central African Republics capital of Bangui said there were reports than an army officer fired several shots at Dacko but he was not hurt county wide Barrie woman killed An 18yearold Barrie woman was killed Friday evening after she was struck by two trucks while crossing Highway 11 near Con of Oro Donna Lila Mae Currie 328 St Vincent St was crossing the highway from east to west at about 1242 am when she was stri by southbound truck in the drivv mg lane She was then struck by another southbound truck The victim was pronounced dead on ar rival at Royal Victoria Hospital Barrie OPP report no charges will be Dies in plane crash Brampton man is dead following the Walter Morris 50 of Ferndale Cres in York Regional police report the plane Decision put off Bette Stephenson has again postponed decision on support for Frenchlanguage secondary school in Penetanguishene An aide to Dr Stephenson said Friday that the matter was still under con srderation weather Sunny with cloudy periods Highs to day near 22 Fog patches developing overnight Lows to II Sunday mainly cloudy with few showers Highs l8 to 20