Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 19 Nov 1979, p. 1

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Parry Sound downs Oro Barrie Minor Hockey Association teams competing over the weekend were suc cessful taking the majority of the games ey participated in The Oro 775 made te comeback bid but were downed 55 by Parry Sound Sunday night The Edmonton Eskimos and Montreal ouettes will again be the teams com peting in the Grey Cup The Eskimos defeated the Calgary Stampeders in the West final while the Alouettes took care of the Ottawa Rough Riders in the East championship game See Sports pages Innisfil police moving MlSSlSSALGA Ont iCPi Mississauga city council will sit down today over long list of legal and financial problems stemm mg from Canadas longest evacuation in cluding an estimate that the disaster cost $25 million in lost business and salaries for each of its six days Mayor Hazel McCallion called the special meeting Sunday while cleanup operations continued at the site of the Nov 10 CP Rail train derailment which forced evacuation of icials sa Evacuation cost ma more than 220000 residents of this city just west of Toronto Another 3000 residents of nearby Oakville Ont left their homes when of ficials feared the spread of deadly chlorine gas would extend over 130 squarekilometre area from leaking tanker car More than 150000 evacuees were told they could go home Tuesday The rest were allowed to return by Friday night The estimate of Sismillion day in 105ses was made by Richard Spence Peel Regions director of business development He said in an interview that the figure does not include cost of police and firefighters on the scene ambulances to evacuate two hospitals and other emergencv measures Mrs McCallion has also ordered municipal officials to start gathering in formation for Dec inquiry by the ana dian transport commission into the derail exceed $150M merit The mayor said Sunday she has asked the Peel section of the Law Society of tppcr Canada to provide free legal clinic for those seeking compensation likely from CP Rail dont want my citizens wandering off and going to the expense of hiring lawyer Mrs McCallion said Whoever is found responsible for the mishap should have to pay all expenses including business losses she said The big move is on lnnisfils potice department is moving its headquarters from Stroud to Barclay this week in an ticipation of the buildings official opening Saturday For more on whats involved in the move of equipment and furniture see the Today page waxes say 74 Nsswss 95 Week 115th year No 284 Corner Home Delivery the examiner serving barrie and simcoe caunty Acadia Axemans Bill Little un winds in the dressing room follow ing Acadias dramatic 34l2 win over Western Mustangs Little is from Barrie and is used to playing on championship teamshe played for Barrie Central Senior Redskins when he was in high school For story see todays Sports pages to and ll Examiner Photo by Randy Winter index today lifestyle entertainment sports comicstv guide classified v4 10 more ma tolow toda Three American hostages fly home following release The students occupying the US embassy in Tehran released three of their 62 US hostages early today and were expected to hand over 10 more later in the day for expul sion from lran Looking fit and well young woman secretary and two black marine sergeants ar rived in Copenhagen on Scandinavian airliner and were transferred to US military plane They were flown to Frankfurt West Germany for medical checkup at military hospital it was the first break in the embassy siege that began Nov But Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini leader of Irans revolutionary regime threatened to put some of the other 49 captive US citizens on trial as spies unless the US government delivers the deposed shah to Iran for trial The first hostages freed were Katherine Gross 22 of Cambridge Springs Pa secretary in the economiCs section of the em bassy and Sgts William éfiuarles of Washington DC and Ladell Maples 23 of Earle Ark TO GET REST The state department said US authorities in Germany will question them about the con dition of the rest of the hostages An official said those freed will be given decompres sion time to themselves during which reporters will be kept away from them But he said he does not know how long they will be kept in Germany Miss Gross Quarles and Maples were put on display at news conference at the em bassy Sunday and she told several hundred reporters We havent had any problems Weve been fed more than fairly There havent been any problems physically Maybe people have been mentally upset but other than that we havent had any problems The most difficult part was having to sit on hard chairs 16 hours day with my hands tied Their captors said earlier that they would deliver total of eight black men and five women to the lranian foreign ministry today for expulsion from the country Tehran Radio said the 13 had been absolved of espionage ac tivities following Khomeinis instructions to free women and blacks who were cleared But two women and two black men apparently were not being released along with 45 white US men and eight nonAmericans held in the embassy for two weeks Pleads guilty to kidnapping MONTREAL CPJ Jeanne Valence pleaded guilty today to extortion in the 82day kidnapping of credit union official Charles Marion in 1977 The surprise plea which came minutes before lawyers were to have started choosing Jury members for her trial cut short pro ceedings that were expected to last several months Parked at library Louise Kirk disregarded the sign above her and parked herself at Barrie Childrens Library for few hours Saturday demonstrating wool spinn ing The display was one of series held thr0ughout county libraries this year by the Huronia Spinners Guild Examiner Photo Sadat visits Sinai CAIRO tAPi President Anwar Sadat journeys to the heart of the Sinai Peninsula Illegal strike begins QUEBEC iii Picket lincs went up to day ll about 200 Quebec hospitals and 150 other institutions such as homes for the rig ed and community clinics as 83000 non medical workcrs began an illegal strike March Gilbert of llic Confederation of National lradc Unions NIUl to which the Strikers belong told rcportcrs csscntial scrviccs will be maintainth in thc institu lions Israelis engage PLO JERUSALEM IAiI An lsriicli patrol boat fought sea butilc today with Palesti nian guerrillas appurcnlly heading toward lsracl for terrorist raid killing two gucr rillas and capturing two othcrs the Israeli military command Stlltl lii Jcrusulcm two bombs exploded on buses and hospitals reported 11 woundcd The incidents were part of gucrrilla of fetisive marking the second illlliltlSllr of Egyptian Prcsidcnt Anwar Saduts visit to Jerusalcm The visit launched it pcucc drivc that resulted in the signing last March of thc Egy ptiaulsmcli pcacc trcgity which the Palestinians condcmn lKtullSt Sadat did not got 1911 tlic indcpcndcut Slitlt they want today to celebrate the second anniversary of his pcacemaking trip to Jerusalem at the mountain where Moses got the Ten om mandmenls Sadat was scheduled to raise the Egype tian flag deliver an address to the world and visit the Greek Orthodox monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai which the Arabs call Gcbcl Musa or the Mount of Moses Pope to visit Turkey VATICAN CITY AP The Vatican says the visit Pope John Paul will make to Turkey next week will launch serious talks on the reunion of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches county wide Canoeist drowns BHAtEBHllXiE An 18 ycarvold Bccton area mun drowned Saturday tllltl his canoe capsized Ill Three Mile Lakc about 24 km northwest of herc limiucial policc said David Askritt of Hit lieeton drowned when he tricd to swim to shore uftcr his cuuoc flippcd over about 65 mctrcs from shore His companion tilcurrold Brad Kuowlton of Alliston clung to thc bout and was rcscued minutes latcr by auothcr canocist Police said ll livtrs rccovcrcd Askritts body Sunday morning from 10 fch of atcr police spokesman estimated thc lukc tcmpcruturc at two to four dcgrccs No autopsy was held and no inquest is ex pcctcd said policc By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner The election to fill vacancies of the coun tys French Language Advisory Committee created when the six representatives of francophone ratepayers resigned will likely be held during the second week in December lrving Harris director of the Simcoe County Board of Education said the dates Dec 10 and Dec 11 are being considered The election would be staged in the cafeteria at Penctanguishene Secondary School The six members resigned following ministry of education announcement that no separate and distinct high school would be established for francophone community sur rounding Penctanguishenc Last week the ministry told the county school board it could replace the six through an election after several weeks of delibera tion concerning the resignations and wor ding of the Education Act Harris said the forced idleness of the com mittee caused by the resignations has made it difficult for the board to act on ministry proposal intended to answer the French school question We cant really make any concrete plans without the committee he said today The French language committee is charg ed under the Education Act with advising the school board on matters pertaining to the education of francophones Six members of the nine man body are chosen by ratepayers and three are ap p0inted by the school board from among the trustees Two byelections crucial test Federal byelections today in farflung parts of the country could be critical to the future of the Progressive Conservative government In the Saskatchewan riding of Prince Albert about 44000 will decide successor of former Conservative prime minister John Diefenbaker who died earlier this car at B3 in the Newfoundland riding BurinSti Georges about 37000 electors will be replac ing former federal minister Don Jamieson With the Conservatives in minority posi tion in Ottawa holding only 136 of the 282 Com mons seats losing both contests would leave them with bare onevote edge including the support they have so far been given by five Social Credit MPs The Liberals have 113 seats including the nonvoting Speaker and the NDP has 26 Former spy welcomes full inquiry in case Ron Olivers heart is about as big as his talent Hes providing his wit and magic for nominal fee to cover his expenses in the seventh annual Sears night for shutins Hes seen above rehearsing at Sears with his Lit tle Brother Larry Humphrey of Barrie Examiner Photo Giant Christmas party magic for shutins Hy MARY DELANEY Of The Examiner Sears Department Store in the Georgian Mail will be magically transformed into giant Christmas partywith the hard work of all its employees and the touch of magic wand by Ron Oliver of New Lowell All the main entrances will be closed off bands will play and Santa will appear for the seventh annual Sears Annual Night for Shutlns on Tuesday Nov 27 Once again the Sears employees are donating their time and energies and Sears management is providing the setting for night of Christmas fun and shopping for all those residents of Barrie who cant normal ly do their shopping because of some disability Contact has already been made with ittn homes for senior citizens and for thc disabl ed but all those shutins living privately in also invited to attend Guests must providi their own transportation to the Store as wcll as wheelchairs but once there Sears employees will assist them through the store As well they are asked to enter by thi employees entrance at the back of the store Over 600 shutins came to the party last year and the Sears employees arc hoping for an even bigger turnout this year to sci Santa and his elves the Barrie onccrt Band the Mellow Tones Rarhcrshoprxrs Sears own jazz band and of course Hon Oliver the magic man of New Lowell $10000 police reward fails to produce call Charged with theft lw lttlllt Hench mcn arc ctiurgcd with thc theft of goods valued at $13000 from in msfil Tow nsliip homcs Kcu Doylc and Timothy lry uic wcrc LONDON ilteuteri Anthony Blunt the Queens former art adviser who spied for the Soviet lnion has said he would welcome full official inquiry into his case Britains From hideaway in England where he is staying with friends the 72yearold pro fessor told his lawyer that he is also prepared to discuss the general principles of the affair Lives in squalor Silent screen actress Mary MocLaren 79 holds copy of l92l Photoplay magazine having her picture on the cover in her home in Los Angeles Authorities will go to court next week to seek oonservatorship of MacLaren con tending she is living in sub marginal conditions and is unable to provide for her own basic needs AP Photo charged with nine counts of break enter and theft following twomonth uucstiga tion by lnmsfil Township Police said police spokesman todii Deputy Chief Al Martin Stittl policc scar thcd two Barrie secondhand stores Thursday and recovered soooo iii stolen pro perty Most of the stolen property was iewclrv said Deputy hief Martin lnnisfil police also searched thrcc homes in Alcona weather Mostly cloudy this afternoon with few evening showers highs today it to l3 lows tonight to Partly cl0udy and not as mild Tuesday with brisk westerly winds Highs to lo Come he to The Examiner Call 255537 for home delivery biggest spy scandal in years How do know you ne pot the Ayotallah Khomeini at news conference Everything will have to be cleared with the authorities lawyer Michael Rubinstein said Should there be tribunal or any sort of official inquiry would certainly expect that Prof Blunt would go willingly to give evidence Politicians have been pressing for some kind of inquiry since Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said in Parliament last Thursday that Blunt was given immunity from prosecution in 1964 after confessing he had been Russian spy Blunt admitted he had acted as talent spotter for Soviet intelligence before the Sc cond World War she said and had passed in formation regularly to Moscow while he was member of Britains intelligence service between 1910 and 1945 He was close friend of diplomat Guy Burgess who fled to the Soviet Union in 1951 with another agent Donald Maclean third spy in the diplomatic service Kim Philby went to Moscow in 1963 and Blunt was named as the fourth man By STEPHEN NHHOLLS Of The Examiner 510000 reward offered by provincial police last week has failed to turn up any more evidence in the investigation 0f Michael Traynors murder said police to day Constable Kenneth Wilson told The Ex aminer Barrie OPP have had no calls since they offered the reward Thursday We feel sure that somebody in Barrie knows something said Constable Wilson but theyre not saying anything We hoped the reward might jog their memory little But we havent had Single buzz Not single thing FOlNDSHOT Police sa 27yearvold Traynor was the victim of an executiontype murder He was found shot to death with his hands and feet bound by copper wire The Painswick man disappeared Sept 12 1978 His dead body was found in bush area few km north of Barrie Police want to talk to anyone who saw Michael Richard Traynor after Sept 12 Anyone with information is asked to call Barrie OPP at 7266484 or contact the local police Relives memory of Jonestown GEORGETOWN lReuteri Opposition politicians and newspapers in Guyana mark ed the first anniversary of the Jonestown tragedy Sunday by vivid remembranres and allegations against the Guyanese govern ment The main opposition the Peoples lro gressrve party put up display outside its headquarters with photographs of scenes at the Peoples Temple commune where more than 900 people died in mass murdersmcide ritual

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