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CIRCULATION 7266539 NEWSROOM 7266537 the examiner senn9 borne and simcae county Publisned by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited I6 Baytield Street Barrie Ontario LAM 4T6 Bruce Rowland publisher ADVERTISING 726 6537 CLASSIFIEDS 72824 Shouldnt neglect bus safety checks The Simcoe County Bus Operators Association is jumping the gun in blasting provincial government requirement for bus operators to conduct daily inspec tions of school buses Transportation and communica tions minister James Snow recent ly announced plan for bus operators to keep daily inspec tion log of vehicles beginning Jan The move is made as an attempt to ensure safety of vehicles carry ing very valuable passengers our children There are about 25000 students in Simcoe County using school buses high percentage of the countys entire school population The bus operators association is saying the safety checks will be fruitless waste of time for drivers They are entitled to an opinion and its good it has been registered well before the regulations come into effect However this time the ministry has valid intentions in ordering the regulation Until now school buses were checked semi annually by ministry inspectors This is hardly often enough con SIdering the high mileage these buses register in six months Perhaps differences between the ministry and bus operators can still be worked out One thing bus operators want is for the province to supplv logbooks This is valid request so bus operators wont be out any money Also standard logbook would be easier to monitor and would give the ministry control in mak ing sure all necessary equipment in the buses is being checked More rigid inspection of school buses are necessary One tragedy would be enough to hammer that point home Now since theres still more than full month before regula tions come into effect bus operators and the ministry should come up with an agreeable for mula After all both should be working for the cause of bus safety MPPs reforestation ploy neot trick on Conservatives Ry DEREK NELSON Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO MPP Elie Martel tNDP Sudbury East has dreamed up the neatest play so far this session to embarrass the Con servatives by introducing subamendment to the Crown Timber Amendment Act What he used was phrase indicating that forestry companies will have to plant two trees for every one cut and regenerate every acrc harvested It just so happens that those are exactly the words Premier Bill Davis uttered in his 1977 election campaign promise about reforesta tion in what is known as the Brampton Charter Promising two trees for one seemed silly to me at any rate at the time but on vironmcntalists and the political opposition were up in arms then about the governments reforestation failures Presumably the promise was meant to blunt that attack Now it has come back to haunt the Tories IlSTOVIIItSIGIlI Martel cunningly noted that he had no FROM THE LEGISLATURE choice but to enshrine the Premiers words in piece of legislation am sure that was intended and just forgotten MPP Albert Roy Ottawa Eastt said innocently Martel agreed Yes just an oversight Thats what felt You can call this the MartelDavis amendment Natural Resources Minister James Auld one of the best verbal stickhandlers on the Tory defence found himself trapped away down ice with nowhere to go He offered the lame explanation that Davis words in the Brampton Charter were really symbolic statement that indicated major effort was going to be made regenerating the Crown forest Doityourselt industry fastestgrowing in Canada By STEWART MacIJIOl Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service Its bit late for this now but it really is pity that former prime minister Pierre Trudeau in his diligent pursuit of par ticipatory democracy didnt invite the na tions handynien to participate in home and office dollyourself project The nation as every Saturday shopper knows is just crawling with doityourself handymen You can see them in hardware stores every Saturday looking suitably con fused as they linger live light socket while enquiring whether there is anything that will remove contact cement from broadloom Doingityouisclf is probably the fastest grow ing industry in Canada with the possible ex ception of nationsaving And of course the hardware industry has come up with suitable response everything now comes with stockon tape But before digressing any further should mention that this belated suggestion for Trudeau ca me to me the other day while ship ping for dimmer switch which managed to get for $378 plus tax And it was that day by sheer coincidence read that Trudeau when he was prime minister had spent $13300 having dimmer switches installed in hisoffice FAST JOB Now have no idea of the complications in volvcd in dimming the prime ministers of fice but carefully timed my labor in dimin ing my dining room arid the installation of the switch look exactly seven minutes along with one cut finger brief temper tam trout and milk electrical shock would have completed the job in even less time if the Guincapig hadnt escaped during critical stage The point is even as tenthumb hanr dyttian would have welcomed an opportuni we want your opinion Something on your mind Send Letter to the Editor Please make it on original copy and sign it The Examiner doesnt publish unsigned let tors but if you wish pen name will be used Include your telephone number and address as we have to verify letters Because of space limits public interest and good taste The Examiner sometimes has to It condense or reject letters Latter to the Editor are run every day on the editorial page Send your to letter to the filter Extuh Post Office lo 370 MIME Out $86 000 washroom jestically above the $62 marble soap dish There was also the $593 bill for recuttmg and PARLIAMENT HILL ty to take crack at the prune minister dimmer switch And even without surveying the scene my bid would have been well below $18380 But would be unlikely to get the con tract since hundreds of other potential perhaps even proven handymen would be liti ed tip ready to do the job free They might even pay for the privilege And under my proposed system we could also become physically involved in the whole democratic process we could be brought closer to the seat of power we would be mak ing our personal contribution to our national dream and Trudeau wouldnt be suffering this embarrassment of explaining away an threeyear repair bill for his parliamentary office Perhaps its something for Prime Minister Joe Clark to consider notice that in just two months he has spent 349000 fixing up his of ficial residence and his office And while he may not be much of hammeiswinger himself he surely wouldnt mind group of the fellows coming in for bangbang weekend But it was Trudeau who missed the glorious opportunity particularly since he was on participatory kick at the time OSILY DESIGN am sure he could find dartyourself ar cliitcct who would have redesigned his office for less than the $4900 that Trudeau paid out So far as could see the only structural change involved placing some waitingmom furniture in corridor and would have cheerfully designed this move for $50 Then there was the S2tH for installing mirror lights which sit tita resetting the marble in the washroom dont know what the original installation cost and it took another $840 to apply fabric to the washroom wall and then another $290 to install the minors Naturally the washroom needed new toilet and this little option cast $lSl There is no need to go into all the grubby details of Trudcaus office ltpllll projects except perhaps to mentioned it cost 52800 to rtmmc fireplacc and panelling but do know that could rustle up bunch of tcllows who would happily do it for fraction ol the cost And have nut little plastic soap tray Id throw in absolutely free And think of the satisfaction hen tht to was completed All Canadians would feel at home In that prime ministerial bathroom they helped rebuild And the country not to nwnlm he bathroom would be stronger for If BUSINESS 7266537 in rm Fismma13tJingchI0 =Drtmals city editor SALES WW Aden Smrih Wayne Hay Steppe NCIOIIS Dav ms anthinr Nat QUEOr rmrn Peter Clark Yam Fanavv hart Thomas but Pwcn ramnraoODFHOV CLASSIFIED ifVy talc fa Htatbe Mar iEIBNI ADVERTISING Len Sevick manager Steve Stunner Manon Hardy Calvin Felcocnuti Peooy Chapen supervwa Freda Stunner Janice Morton tan MacMurchy BUSINESS Sunday and milsaw hdflwman Glenn Kwanasst foreman sIatutory honours VikktGrant Bangaxgzs WEEKLV 0V come Hart 00 959 Stan way YEARLY by carrier Bill Raynor Ron Gilder av MAIL Barrie atmlmmi Ed Altenby Montreal cincuunon jam Ham IMCOE COUNTY Bill Mattias manager Susan wen Andy Haughton assistant manager ymm 5mm 00 Doug Boni PRESSROOM MOTOR THROW OFF Pl 3327 AI Hanson tareman 50 nose and there shall DonNearasst foreman ELSEWHERE IN CANADA be an Fred Prince SALOOaYear Cheryl Aiken Investment Funds Institute president recalls scandal By JR DUPUIS CP Business Editor Watching Keith Douglas operate in his office in an obscure downtown Toronto building gives no clues to the hectic days decade ago when he found himself caught up in the IOS Ltd international mutual fund scandal Douglas the younglooking 42yearold president of the Investment Funds Institute of Canada gets animated when he recalls those days when he was young trust of ficer trying to protect the interests of in vestors in Canadian fund ITT largest of the international IOS funds Like jetsetter he constantly flitted bet ween exotic places such as Switzerland Paris Frankfurt London Nassau and San Francisco At the time he was an officer for Man treal Trust which acted as custodian of securities for ITT which as Douglas said is another way of saying we were trying to keep them securities safe from harm Ours was the only fund that had ready cash available Douglas recalled had to go to Paris three times in one week to work out mortgage agreement BACK TO NORMAL Douglas life is not quite as hectic these days but IOS was lesson to him and the industry that performance should not be the beall and endall for the making of the market IOS was the Genevabased giant with mutual funds in several countries that became rent with scandal and severe finan cial problems Douglas maintains that IOS investors in Canada were not hurt by the upheaval only those who panicked In those freewheeling days he said it got to the point that demand for stock per formance overrode all other considera tions Brokers went wild selling lot of what Douglas called the ic stocks elec tronics aerodynamics But investment has to be made for its tangible value as opposed to what its per formance might be he said LOOK AT OBJECTIVE To back this up Douglas and the institute promote what they call performance by ob jective where the emphasis is to make sure the risk is identified and equate it with the customers ability to accept risk Born in North Bay Ont Douglas lived for the first eight years of his life in the lit tle village of Kiosk in Algonquin Park His father was superintendent of lumber mill He went to high school in North Bay and then attended the University of British Col umbia but left after two years without his commerce degree In 1957 he joined Montreal Trust in Van couver the start of an 18year career with the company that led to postings as branch manager in Kamloops and Prince George In May 1970 he was transferred to Toron to to special division of the company established to provide service to the fund in dustry in Canada and abroad He came to the division as comptroller then trust officer and finally as assistant director SETTLED IN JOB Four years ago he took over as president of the institute formerly known as the Canadian Mutual Funds Association He took over the institute job after the death of its president Michael Bell It has turned out to be good fit guess by nature am sort of public relations and sales oriented individual he said It seemed to fit my character With small staff of four including himself he relies heavily on the sevento eight institute committees staffed with volunteers Its really up to us to be expediters In the last decade membership in the in stitute which manages professionally in vested funds designed primarily for the small investor has grown to 82 from 44 Five new funds were added in the last year WIDE REPRESENTATION The institute accounts for about twothirds of the total assets of all investment funds Of particular interest is the way the in stitute has broadened its membership to in clude this year its first trust company organization Guaranty Trust Co of Canada Douglas recalled that one of his first jobs with Montreal Trust was to post ledgers for AllCanadian Capital Fund Soviets also supporters of Third World economies By JOHN IIARBIION Foreign Affairs Analyst very detailed study of the Soviet economy released by the joint economic committee of the US Congress tells us good deal about the USSRs own Third World burdens These include purchases of Cuban sugar far above the world price sale of Soviet petroleum far below the world price and large handouts of equipment military sup plies and loans to Vietnam North Korea and again to Castros Cuba The Soviet economic support of Cuba outlined in the Congressional document is revealing making Castros cause as leader of the socallcd nonaligncd movement mean ingless in terms of his abject reliance on the Soviet Union In 1977 for example Cuba bought 92 million tonnes of oil and petroleum products from Russia or about 185000 barrels per day at fixed price of $740 barrel The world market price at that time was $1250 barrel According to the report this represented Soviet subsidy of $328 million and hard currency loss in export earnings of about $850 million Next year these deliveries will increase to about 200000 barrels per day to Castros needy island which has no oil whatsoever or about ten per cent of total Soviet oil exports to the countries within its economic community called Comekon LOSING ON SLGAII In 1975 when world sugar prices were close to 60 cents pound the Soviet Union agreed to base price of 30 cents pound for buying about 60 per cent of the total uban sugar harvest The Cubans were known to have complain ed at the time But during the late 19705 the world price of sugar plummeted to the pre sent tt cents pound which makes the Rus sian price look very good But now the cost of everything Cuba must import has gone up including Soviet oil and the Cubans would presumably like better price for sugar their largest selling com moditv The authors of the study using sources they have not directly identified estimate the Cuban connection has cost Moscow about $13 billion in the period 19601978 from the time of the first SovietCuban trade agreements During the 20 years which preceeded the Vietnamese victory in March 1975 over the Americans Russian aid to the former North Vietnam came to an estimated $22 billion Now with the removal of Chinese technical and food aid from the proSoviet and unified Republic of Vietnam the Russians are taking on almost the entire burden of aid and sup port to stillbattered Asian state The rest of the Communist aid is coming from Sovietbloc partners Poland East Ger many and yes to small degree even Cuba Moscows satellite central Asian nation of Mongolia set between the angry Communist neighbors of the USSR and Communist China has received about $17 billion in Soviet aid between 1965 and 1975 But Castros distant island no more non aligned with great power than it was in the years before 1958 when the US bought most of the sugar crop remains Moscows biggest burden INTERESTFREE LOANS Some of the $13 billion in total aid and assistance mentioned above almost half of it in fact represents interesffree loans to be repaid over 25 year period But this does not begin until 1986 Meantime the Cubans are privately very angry that much of their sugar is sold at spot market prices around the world by the Rus sians to bring in hard currency which never teaches Castros island COMPOSING ROOM Jack Kerney foreman Kim Pattenden Published daily except tisement MANAGUA Reutert Nicaraguas San dinista government which took over after leftwing guerrillas ousted dictator Anastasia Somoza in civil war four months ago is hav ing problems rebuilding the country The main problem is money Although the government estimates it needs about $28 billion to put the economy on its feel it has received little international aid more subtle problem arises from the fact that old habits die hard including living under dictatorship Power in this Central American country which was wielded by the Somoza family for more than four decades now is spread over ninemember directorate and the resulting bureaucracy seems to be slowing things down Our people are not accustomed to dealing with an ordinary honest bureaucracy com merited one Nicaraguan businessman Despite the red tape inflicted by numerous new checks and balances diplomatic observers say the Sandinistas are laying the groundwork for future democracy The government has said that presidential the Examiner is member at The Canadian Press CF and Audit burnout Circulation Aaci Only the Canadian Press my reputation new stories in this credited to CF The Associated Press Reuters or Adena France Press and local nmstories published in The Examiner The Examiner claims copyright on all original new and advertising mama created by its employees and published in this newspaper Copyright registration number 203815 register 61 sing otticcs Queen St Toronto WIND Cam The advertiser agrees that the publisher shall notbe liable for damages arts to out at errors in advertisements beyond the amount paid tor the rpm oc tualty occupied by that portion at the advertisement in which the error at curred whether such error is due to the negligence of its servants or other be no liability tor non insertion at any advertisement rend the amount paid for such advertisement The Publisher reserves the right to edit revise classify or FeiKt IN Government has rebuilding Nicaragua problems elections will be held although it has not specifiedadate The national directorate appeais to be set ting policy guidelines while the fivemember ruling junta stniggles to feed four million Nicaraguans and reactivate the countrys economy which is based on coffee and sugar In the first days that followed Somozas removal last July 19 Commander Tomas Barge seemed to be emerging as kind of strong man He was named to the post of in terior minister Borge 49 the sole surviving founder of the National Liberation Sandinista Front snat ched the attention of the world press with his flamboyant personality and persuasive oratory However Daniel Ortega Saavedra the only member of the national directorate who also belongs to the fivemember junta now has emerged as leading spokesman There have been no known clashes within the government Two other members of the junta Sergio Ramirez Mercado and Moises Hassan Morales have long been closely link ed with the Sandinista Front while Alfonso Robelo Callejas former Social Democrat busmessman represents the private sector City streets have become NY drapouts playground NEW YORK AP New York City streets are playground for fifth of the citys million or so schoolage children who dont go to school The games they play these days are deadly 13yearold boy with an older youth see 17yearold with radio They want it They take it at gunpoint The 17yearold is left shot dead in the street Two 15yearolds boy and girl and five older youths are charged with the torture drowning of 47yearold man They wanted his money They took his life The ugly recital goes on In nine months in the boroughs of New York City 18 youngsters Inter reting the news under 16 were arrested for felony murder and 36 for attempted murder The city is shocked at the senselessness the easy way even 13yearolds kill As result the state has passed law allowing juveniles as young as 13 to be pro seemed in adult courts for violent and capital crimes Among those who have to deal with this epidemic of violence by youngsters is District Attornev Mario Merola of the Bronx He says it is not New York City problem alone Kids are committing 50 per cent of all the crimes not only in New York City or the Bronx but throughout the nation Scandal of nearWatergate proportions rocking Britain LONDON 4C The cry Coverup is echoing in Britain and newspapers are ask ing how confessed Soviet spy of top rank was allowed to remain at the Queens right hand for 15 years aftei his cover was blown The disclosure at Sir Anthony Blunt was afiowed to retain royal honors only as long as his score was made public has erupted her3 in stance of nearWatergate proportions Experts say that had the new oiciil recres bill in Britai ltevome law heft rtlurl was exposed the aliair might nevei have come In light There is even an echo of Canadas py scandal to the situation onill fchormick wh wrote the book Ii British Connection published last spr in quotel in one netrspaper risizi investigation would have iden Tch him just at ter the wax when the Soviet spy Igor Gouzcnko detected in Canada and said hi had sevn rer rts saying his cotiir trys intelligence had wall placed man in MIF win was responsi icior diplomatic bags That was Anthony Blunt SP DEFT IElt Covrnkc Rv=sian cypliei cIer in the Soviet Uniors tawa embassy alt no blow to Suvitt spying in not th Ai Ierica when he decclPd in 1946 is believe he now is living in the Toronto area unri at as med idtntity and govern ment protecton British press comment 0n the Blunt affair rang rmr lidtohysterical lhe imcs said editorially It is bit late to strip man of his honors when he has been knowingly permitted to hold royal posts as retired traitor for 15 years The Evening Standard said It is sober ing thought that if the governments propos ed freedom of information act had been in force six months ago Blunt would have gone to his grave loaded with honors from the country he betrayed The Daily Express said editorially How many other intellectuals from the 305 still combine high office with that of mole for Soviet Russia BLUNT KNIGHTEI Blunt an expert art historian had been under investigation for five years when he was knighted in 1956 the Daily Mail says The stench of hypocrisy and of establish ment coverup is overpowering Blunt was surveyor of royal pictures and drawings to both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth It was the Queen who made him Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order In most cases knighthoods and similar honors are accorded by the sovereign on the advice of the prime minister However the Royal Victorian order is reserved for the monarch alone to award for personal services to the Crown He confessed to his spying role in 1964 on promise of immunity from prosecutio nand says Prime Minister Margaret Thal cher the Queens private secretary was in fOrmed at that time If dogs friendship desired we must stoopand scoop By ALEX MANJLRIS There are many words which mean love but only one which designates endless love that word is Dog mans most faithful com panion The dog has evolved into one of the most common household pets in the world Most of us at one time or another have longed for the com anionship of dog and having been intr uced to this fourfooted canine have become enthralled with the endless avenues of pleasure it opens up for us But we are not always willing to accept the responsibility that goes with owning dog If we are going to continue to be permitted to have pets we must educate ourselves to the fact that each one of us must ensure that our dogs develop into good canine citizens not just another polluter of our environment and that means we must accept the fact that we must stoop and scoop or be legislated out of existence It is appalling to go into park tennis court any public area or any area where children are playing and see all that dog ex crement laying around Is this beautiful Bar rie No wonder there is an antidog feeling CANT BLAME DOG You cant blame the dog it has to rid itself of this waste and is not as discreet as cat in hiding its mess so where do we place the blame Yes the general dog owner is the culprit whether it is the after dark walker who says he is exercising his dog when in reality he is only exercising his dogs bladder and bowels or the breeder who is held in con tempt because of the unacceptable conduct and management of their dogs in com munities where dog shows are held We need the education vet our shortcom ings reflect on the poor dog he gets all the abuse In order to improve the public image of our dogs dont get me wrong have dog and love him dearly we must move to control dog populations The Kennel Clubs and the Municipal Government must take positive steps educate the public further legislation against dog owners will not help Our Municipal Government must designate certain areas where dogs can run and do whatever they have to do and provide some kind of cleanup program for the area Dog owners pay taxes like anyone else There is an easy way to stoop and scoop you dont have to lug around some fan dangled contraption all you is plastic sand wich bag several fit easily into any pocket or purse Just stick your hand inside the bag pick up whatever your dog left behind turn the bag inside out tie and deposit in the nearest garbage can Itsjust that simple bible thought When once the master of the house is risen up and bath shut to the door and ye begin to stand without and to knock at the door say ing Lord Lord open unto us and he shall answer and say unto you know you not whence ye are Luke 1325 Etemity will be too late to get acquainted with the bard Seek ye the Lord while he may be found Now is the time You will never relive today make it good one with Gods hele