Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 8 Aug 1979, p. 2

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news roundup Legionnaire cases confirmed TORONTO CP Two patients at Toronto hospital have confirmed cases of the mysterious legionnaires disease and nine other persons are being treated as suspected cases of the pneumonialike disease An official of Humber Memorial Hospital said Tuesday the confirmed cases involve 72yearold woman in fair condition and 51yearold man in serious but stable con dition in the hospitals intensivecare unit The two diagnoses were reached by blood tests performed by the provincial health ministry which is continuing further tests Five other patients at the hospital are being treated for suspected legionnaires disease and three other persons with suspected cases have been admitted to two other Toronto hospitals Another patient with suspected case checked himself out of hospital last week but says he is doing well Symptoms of the disease are similar to pneumonia shortness of breath high fever headaches chills vomiting diarrhea lung congestion and lung pain Legionnaires disease caused by rodshaped bacterium was the name given to mysterious flulike illness that killed 29 persons who attended 1976 American Legion convention in Philadelphia Sr Lightning bolt starts blaze lightning bolt struck and ignited this 50000 barrel gasoline storage tank in Texas City Tex Tuesday morning The tank at Texas City Refining Inc began burning of about am Firefighters managed to control the fire in the tank in the refinery farms east end No injuries were reported and refinery production was not affected The tank held about 36 million gallons of gasoline worth about $29 million AP Laserphoto Crackdown on drinking starts TORONTO CP Football fans enjoying nip or two will have to be careful tonight as Metropolitan Toronto Police start crackdown on drinking drivers leaving major sporting events and concerts Supt Ken Schultz said police will be using breathanalysis l5litre safety standards Silence greets bottle order OTTAWA CP Consumer Affairs Minister Allan Law rences announcement of new safety standards for 15litre pop bottles coupled with an ab solute ban on containers that do not meet them has been met with silence from most industry spokesman But while officials with Coca Cola PepsiCola 7Lp Wilsons and Crush beverages had no comments on Lawrences announcement Tuesday that all ultralarge bottles must now meet department tiptest standards John Bull president of Canada Dry called it punitive deci sion Lawrence who had resisted pressure from the Consumers Association of Canada and MP Herb Gray Windsor West to ban the bottles last month said containers that explode with enough force to send glass fly ing through foursided alumi num foil shields may not be im ported sold or advertised in Canada But Bull said the ban which provides $1000 and six month jail terms for offenders goes too far and blamed the media for hysterical overreaction to what he called few incidents Were dealing with small numbers in terms of bottle fail his request few have chosen to keep their products on the ures he said The industry market maintaininga severe has sold 350 million bottles there has to be some allowable level of product failure Canada Dry bottles have not been marketed since early summer but were among those government researchers considered unsafe during tests conducted in June About 54 persons have been injured here in the past year while more than 32000 persons in the United States have re ported bottlerelated injuries to hospitals since 1970 The big bottles have 20per cent share of the softdrink market and officials say ban would mean losses of about $20 million Lawrence said the standards will eventually be extended to cover all pressurized glass con tainers and urged consumers to return any of the hazardous 15 litre bottles they may possess to retail stores The decision comes month after retailers and bottlers were asked to voluntarily take the hazardous bottles off the market and although Lawrence said most had complied with threat to the safety of the con sumer CocaCola officials were con fident their product would pass the new standards since only and Schweppes soft drink bottles had explosion rates con sidered acceptable by the de partments product safety branch researchers The tests in June confirmed study by Professor David Bar ham of the University of To ronto whose tests showed the torpedoshaped narrownecked bottles used by Pepsi 7Up 7265333 SWIMMING Phone Royal Crown Cola Wilsons Canada Dry and Crush pop bot tlers exploded violently when casually tipped over onto wnylcovcred concrete floor Department tests also showed the bottles which are pressurized to threetimes the air ressure at sea level could exp ode spontaneously In two of the most widelyre ported accidents here woman at KitchenerWaterloo Ont supermarket was seriousy in jured when bottle exploded as she passed shelf and young Calgary child lost an eye when one exploded in his former home in Toronto 7261322 units to test drivers leaving the Canadian Football League game between Toronto and Hamilton at Exhibition Stadium lnsp William McCormack said police hope the action will encourage safer driving as well as reducing rowdyism and the number of drunks at sporting events and concerts Preliminary heori ng date set NORTH BAY nt CPl Two Toronto men charged in connection with the recent seizure of 14 pounds of hash oil with an estimated street value of $300000 will appear in pro vincial court Nov 21 for preliminary hearing Gaetan Trotier 30 and David Rukavina 27 appeared Tuesday in provincial court to set the date for the preliminary hearing into the charges laid July 27 Both men who are free on bail are charged with posses sion of narcotic for the spiracy to import drugs School trustee faces charge LONDON Ont UP city school trustee has been charged with wounding in fight that left one youth in satisfactory condition in hospital with se vered leg artery Paul Yorke 82 member of the London board of education and city transit commission and former city alderman was charged after the incident at housing project operated by the city Police said the fight started late Monday when Yorke who owns several variety stores drove an employee home to the London Housing Authority tow nhouse development The em ployee had been threatened by townhouse youths after he told them to stay out of store During the fight William Cole 15 was stabbed in the leg paddy wagon was called to the scene and about 80 onlook ers gathered with some shout ing and throwing beer bottles at the home of the store employee police said Yorke appeared in provincial court Tuesday and was released from custody He will appear in court Nov 28 for preliminary hearing MOVE ll WINDY Wind cnn dehydrate plants During heavy winds move plants indoors if possible urpose of trafficking and con Ontario NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TAKE NOTICE THAT Public Meeting of The Liquor Licence Board of Ontario will be held at THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION 410 ST VINCENT STREET BAR RIE ONTARIO on TUESDAY AUGUST 28th 1979 at the hour of 1000 oclock in the torenoon at which time the Board will hear an applicationinaccordancewrth TheLiquor Licence Act 1975 and Regulations thereunder The following establishment has applied fora licence of the class indicatedandthe application Will be entertained at the afore mentioned location and time Margueritas Pizza Restaurant Oro Township MA Hawkestone Dining Lounge Licence Patio Dining Lounge Licence Licencee Ms Margherita Varriano AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that any person who is resident in the municipality and who wishes tomake representation relativeto the application shall make their submission tothe Boardin writing priortothe date otthe hearing or in person at the time and place of the hearing Copies of written submi55ions wrll be forwarded to the applicant Executive Director Liquor Licence Board of Ontario 55 Lakeshore Boulevard East TORONTO Ontario MSE 1A4 MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AND COMMERCIAL RELATIONS THE LIQUOR LICENCE ACT 1975 Leger returns home today MONTREAL CP Paul Emile Cardinal Leger is to re turn home to Montreal today after 12 years of working with lepers and handicapped chil dren in the West African coun try of Cameroon The 75yearold former arch bishop of Montreal will arrive on flight from Rome where he stopped on the way Leger native of St Anicet resigned in 1967 after 17 years as archbishop of Montreal to work among the lepers Onlario NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TAKE NOTICE THAT Public Meeting of The Liquor Licence Boagd of Ontario will be held at THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION 410 ST VINCENT STREET BAR RIE ONTARIO on TUESDAY AUGUST 28th 1979 at the hour of 1000 oclock in the torenoon at which time the Board will hear applications in accbrdance with Section 193 subsection of Regulation 1008 under The Liquor Licence Act to increase the capacityoflicenced premises in respect of the following licenced establishment Barkley Square Steak House Tavern lnnisfil Township MA Giltord Additional Dining Lounge Facilities Licencee Helga SchlemmerMrs AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that any person who is resrdent in the municipality and who Wishes tomake representation relativeto the application shall make their submissmntotheBoardinwriting priortothe date ofthe hearing or in person at the time and place of the hearing Copies of written submissmns Will be forwarded to the applicant Executive Director Liquor Licence Board of Ontario 55 Lakeshore Boulevard East TORONT00ntario MSE 1A4 MlNlSTRY OF CONSUMER AND COMMERCIAL RELATIONS THE LIQUOR LICENCE ACT1975 Avoid traffic and parking problems Travel to the RETURN FARE 33 so INCLUDES ADMISSION For schedules and evening performance package bookings $16 or $l8 please call TRAVELWAYS 7264545 Departs from the Continental lnn OPEN DA WEEK Our Experienced Management Team WELCOMES YOU The Shoppe Drmem no vow uwpmrv asol yza i4 rrlt2gzystav GtN 51 rusis fivsvatim 1M 31st 54 il 2192 almmfvvfiwifiajt yr kit as NEW POTATOES PRODUCT OF CANADA emitter 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