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Cosmos dump Blizzard New York Cosmos showed why they are the number one team in the North American Soccer League Thursday beating the Toron to Blizzard 31 at Exhibition Stadium The wtn gave Cosmos 10 lead in the twogame play off series In local action Starr Electric resumed its charge for the championship beating Barrie C00 107 in Barrie and District In termediate Fastball League semifinal playoffs In the other game of the night anfield Furniture beat Mr Transmission See story and pictures on todays Sports Page Coping with loneliness With 40 per cent of marriage ending in divorce these days Collier Street United Church members in Barrie have started group for previously married singles wh want to help coping with feelings of loneliness and fear after marriage breakdown For story see todays Lifestyle Page gle AP Photo Pill workers complain WINDSOR Ont iCPi The Ontario labor ministry has ordered Windsor plant that manufactures birthcontrol pills to improve its ventilation system following complaints of sexual and medical problems by workers Ministry spokesman Andy Paul said Wyeth Ltd was sent report Wednesday ordering improvements in its tablet press area where birthcontrol pills are made He said the ventilation problems are not major and are easy to remedy The investigation prompted by com plaints from male worker who developed enlarged breasts and two female workers who reported irregular menstrual periods continues Paul said the ministry believes the womens problems are not related to their work at Wyeth company spokesman said Thursday the company had not received the report Halifax firemen out HALIFAX iCPl This citys 271 firemen went on strike today the first firefighters walkout in the midyear history of Halifax Offduty firemen who packed the local fighters club applauded pulled out picket signs and went to man the picket lines as Greg Smith president of international Fire Fighters Association local 268 declared the strike was on Smith reiterated that the firemen ill not fight any fire even major outbreak during the strike Thereis no point in our withholding our services and then telling the public we will fight fire he said in answer to reporters question We will not respond to any fire fighting situation Airfare boost asked MONTREAL ltPt Air Canada has applied for permission to raise domesiic fares effective Oct the airline announced Thursday Blaming rising fuel and operating costs for its decision Air Canada said it has asked the Canadian transport commission for the right to increase fares by ap proximately per cent on longhaul flights and per cent on shorter trips In its submission to the commission the national airline said rising fuel prices will drive its operating costs up by site million over its forecast figure for 1979 The fare increases are expected to generate an addi tional $6 million this year it said Come home to The Examiner can 7266537 for ma delivery inside story Verdict sparks demonstration Mrs Margaret Warren mother of Cornell Warren 20 who was shot and killed by Philadelphia police officer while handcuffed last Sept 23 screams at cameras as her daughter shakes fist after jury returned ac quittal verdict in trial of officer Thomas Bowe Jr Thursday Bowe had testified the shooting was an accident when his gun went off during strug And all that jazz Al Mote has good news for young jazz oriented musicians in the Barrie area hes organizing the first Georgian Bay Stage Band Festival to be held next March Mote jazz trumpeter and leader of the Barrie Stage Band says the festival will help promote and develop stage bands in Simcoe County and points further north See story on todays Entertainment page Residents concerned PenetangMidland Coach Lines wants to build bus garage on Seaforth Avenue but local residents are concerned about traffic and noise problems that could result For story see the Today page index today lifestyle entertainment sports 10 comicstv guide 12 classified 1418 an was we utdw Cost rate lower OTTAWA ICPI The cost of living rose last month at an annual rate of 81 per cent the lowest 12month inflation rate since December 1979 iovernment figures released today show ed the annual inflation rate for July dropped from the June figure of 89 per cent in spite of sharp increase in food prices and traiismrtation costs Happy suspect This young man seen being led in to the FBI office in Miami Fla allegedly tried to hijack an Eastern Airlines plane bound for Miami from Guatemala to land in Cuba He identified himself as Allah Roland Kagan of Holyoke Mass to the FBI and was charged with air piracy Further details of the hijack are not yet fully known AP Laser photo vveather Mostly cloudy today Showers by evening Cloudy Saturday with few showers Highs both days 2i to 23 Lows tonight lOto i3 Public opinion the problem By DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner The Canadian post office is running at 95 per cent proficiency rate says Secor co ordinator of priority services for the Ontario postal region Secor in Barrie Thursday for Rotary Club of Barrie meeting told The Examiner more than 30000 pieces of mail have been put in the system across the country for testing Results of those tests show the 95 per cent proficiency said Secor Proficiency is judged by how long letter takes to get from one point to another The standard norm is two days for acrosscountry mail said Secor Mail sent from Barrie to Simcoe County points should take day to arrive said the former Barrie postmaster Mail sent to 115th year No 94 Friday August 979 the examiner wervin9 berrieqndsimcoe scanty Toronto from Barrie should take two days and mail sent to Vancouver from here should also take con le of days he said There is real no problems with mail low but there are problems with how the public perceives the service he said DELIVERED ON SCHEDULE If the public would look at mail received over 10day period it would see most of the mail was being delivered on schedule he said Its usually an important piece of mail such as personal cheque which has taken longer than usual to arrive that people remember Secor said One small mistake however can create diversion in mail service he said One letter can be needle in haystack in standard bag of 2000 pieces of mail he 5° Per Copy PC running at 95 proficiency rate said All clerk has to do is put wrong label on it and all the mail can end up in the wrong city said Secor Few problems are being encountered with persons using the postal code system Secor said Across the country 75 per cent of mail has postal code on it enough to make the system work he said During his address Secor said the past few ears had not been an easy period for anyone ecause of Post Office Act restrictions the post office is not permitted to do anything lucrative he said An example is the inability of the post of fice to negotiate special rates for large scale customers he said Conflicts arise because post offices respon sibilities are divided among different depart ments he said Staff PM POY respeds Carrier Home Delivery 95° Weekly blc works department is responsible for facilities and the public services commis sion takes care of em loyees he said Despite these problems three major labor contracts were negotiated this year without interruption of service he said new postal service is telepost where messages can be telexed anywhere in Canada he said Next day delivery service is guaranteed for any message received before pm he said Mailing of letters is still good bargain for Canadians Secor said The average Cana dian only has to work minute to afford the price of first class stamp he said Residents in Australia would have to work three minutes and 15 seconds for such stamp while those in France would need to work two minutes and 50 seconds gs my as Dief lies in state OTTAWA CP Prime Minister Joe Clark bowed his head and said prayer today over the body of John Diefenbaker who died Thursday Clark and his wife Maureen McTeer stood in front of Diefenbakers open casket lying in state in the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings for couple of minutes before moving away and expressing their con dolences to Diefenbakers stepdaughter Carolyn Weir and her family The prime minister was preceded by Gov Gen Ed Schreyer the Queens represen tative in Canada and Mrs Schreyer As the official mourning began armed forces representatives set up guard of honor around the casket But before the official state ceremony began today House of Commons janitors and security guards the common people paid their final respects Security guards saluted and janitors filed past The Commons staff members had come to know Diefenbaker well over his 40 years in Parliament Mrs Weir the daughter of Diefenbakers second wife Olive arrived at am EDT with her husband and children for the first official visit to the casket of Diefenbaker who was Progressive Conservative prime minister between 1957 and 1963 He died of heart at tack at the age of 83 still holding some parliamentary papers he had been working on Diefenbaker made the extensive prepara tions for his own funeral He will lie in state in the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings until Sunday afternoon when there will be funeral service at Ottawas Christ Church Cathedral Then special train provided by Via Rail will take the political warrior to Saskatoon with whistle stops at Capreol Ont Winnipeg and Prince Albert Sask The entrance to the Commons was draped in black and the crowd gathered outside Members of Parliament elected in the May 22 election which saw Clark form the first Con servative government since the Diefenbaker era waited their turn to pay respects to the grand old man were escorted to the casket by Commons Speaker James Jerome and Senate Speaker Renaude Lapointe In the tributes from old friends and foes Diefenbaker was praised as man with sommon touch and great concern for Cana ians Man killed in 400 crash 69yearold Ohio man was killed early to day after the car in which he was passenger went out of control on Highway 400 about 16 km south of Barrie and skidded backwards into guard rail Dead is James Hessin of Cleveland The driver leyearold David Scott Dickerhoff and another passenger 1year old Laurie Ann Parsons both of Vermillion Ohio suffered minor injuries About $3000 damage was done to the car 1979 Pontiac Firebird Police said the car northbound on the highway went out of control in the passmg lane and skidded across the northbound lanes The car travelled backwards into the righthand guard rail The street cable between the rails came up over the rear end of the car and ripped off the back portion of the cars roof striking Hessin who was in the back seat The wire did not harm Dickerhoff and Par sons who were in the front seat Hessin was pronounced dead at the scene but the cause of death has not been determin ed Dickerhoff and Parsons were treated and released from Royal Victoria Hospital Police are investigating the accident which occurred about am Prime Minister Joe Clark and wife Maureen McTeer pause at coffin containing body of John Diefenbaker at Ot CP Photo tawo Friday The former prime minister is lying in state for Smallest gir7dies fififidghope for of octuplets NAPLES Italy iAPi Five of the seven surviving layold octuplets born to Neapolitan woman have been given little chance of life because they are so tiny but doctors say there is some hope for the two This time when they told me there were eight felt pain rather than joy said the father Stefano Chianese an in surance company employee beget 14 children and maybe none of them surlt largest yives Pasqualina and desperately want The mother 29yearold Pasqualina baby good and healthy one not all Chianese who lost sextuplets shortly after these together they were born three years ago is re happen again ported in satisfactory condition physically but despondent that the same thing might Mrs Chianese who has been taking fertility drugs for several years gave birth Thursday to five girls and three two days in the Hall of Honor of the House of Comm boys The babies were two months pre mature and ranged in weight from 14 ounces to two pounds three ounces The smallest girl died 10 hours later The babies were delivered in the space of 20 minutes at the Hospital of the In curable by Dr Salvatore Scala assisted by three nurses Quadruplets had been ex pected and when eight arrived some had to be rushed to incubators in other hospitals Premiers wont stand idly by while problems beset Canada POINTEALAPIC Que CPi The 10 After the session host Premier Rene Levesque of Quebec said the premiers agreed provincial premiers told Ottawa Thursday that they wont stand idly by while serious economic and energy supply problems threaten the future of Canada But they paused before the start of their 23th annual conference to pay tribute to former prime minister John Diefenbaker who died earlier in the day In joint statement they said Diefeir bakers passtonate commitment to his country and his pursuit of justice and human rights inspired enormous respect and af fection The premiers then discussed possible solutions to two major concerns energy and theeconomy to ask Ottawa to allow the provinces to control their own emergency oil and gas rationing They also want the federal government to drop out of home insulation programs at the request of individual provinces to avoid confuswn among the public DISCLSSED RESOLCES Levesque said they also discussed the energy resources of Canada and plan to urge the federal government to encourage energy conservation through tax incentives Despite this agreement the premiers could not decide who owns resources and how quickly the price of Oil should rise The major split is between Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed who wants the price of domestic oil increased to world prices quickly and Bill Davis of Ontario who refuses to accept increases beyond the Sla barrelriseplannedforJanuary Alberta also says it has exclusive owner ship of energy resources while Ontario says revenues from an increase in oil prices should beshared Nova Scotia Premier John Buchanan supported Loughead saying any oil and gas discovered off Nova Scotias coast should belong to the province and we should be able to set the price for these resources just like we do for coal and flash