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Happiness Miss Saskatchewan Marlene Flaman beams with joy alter being chosen as Miss Grey Roughrider Cup in Montreal Photo Friday CP Fiery speech by Broadbent liiltilNlO itl The New Democratic laity is willing to fight an election to save letio aiiada as the national oil agency Ed ltroadbcnt said Friday in fiery Speech that called for getAtough approach to multinationals tlis plcilgc for battle against the Tory plan to put the ttIrOtitfl oil company in private hands brought the Him delegates at the Nlils national policy convention to their tict lt capped two days of debate front which emerged challenge to the party hicrar cliys policies on nuclear energy and public mvncrsliipol industry Militant groups calling for ban on nuclear energy and tougher public owner ship policy madc lichindthescenes plans tor battle against the party establishment during lull convention debate today and Sunday Itioadbents vow to save PtfttrCitanlI troni prnatc control came day after the onscrvativc government said it hoped to steer the legislation through the oninions soon while the Liberals avoid an election until they find new party leader llroadhent said Canada is losing billions ol dollars iii potential profits and tax revenues to four major foreignowned oil companies Shell Imperial Gulf and llritisli letrolciiin Instead of telling Shell to split the Con servatives are splitting Ietroanada Broadbent said inside story CAS changes welcome Sinicoe county director of Childrens Aid siys recently announced changes will help the local respond better to the area lion Jackson says AS officials have wanted tliesc changes for cars The changes announctxl this week by Keith Norton mean more provincial restmnsibility at the local level For more on this see page Colts tie Cougars the Barrie Colts came up with their best showing of the young season Fnday night when they battled the Cougars to 55 tie in Burlington Burlington was tied for first place going into the game Willie tlassen boxer from Iuerto Rico is battling for his young life today after suf fering seiious injuries in fight Friday night Classen was punished in one round and his ring handlers forced him back into the ring in the next one He as defenceless against an unbeaten fighter The Atlanta Flames defeated the Pitt sburgh Penguins lt last night but goaltender liaii tiouehard was not at all happy with the way his mates pttltllttttd They didnt play smart the goalie said For more see Sports pages index today lifestyle entertainment 12 sports comicstv guide 14 classified 1517 115th year No 270 Saturday Nov 24 979 If US threats continue Hostage trials soon Iranian students warn Two sisters found guilty of assault Two sisters were found not guilty of rob bery with violence but guilty of lesser in cluded charge of common assault following weeklong trial in county court The jury composed of nine women and three men found Patricia Rose Gogucn 28 and Wendy Linda Rodgers 30 guilty of the lesser charge in connection with an incident Dec 30 They were released out of custody until sentencing Dec 21 There was some initial confusion over the jurys verdict after the foreman announced conviction for robbery with violence for Goguen and common assault for Rodgers When the defence was granted poll of the jury there was confusion as to what charge the jurors were responding to After several minutes of discussion Iudge AM Carter confirmed that the jury found both women guilty of common assault He said this confusion as to the jurys verdict was new experience for this court During the trial the complainant 40year old Midland man testified he went to bedroom with the women for sexual activities and while undressing he saw Goguen search his pants pocket and Rodgers remove $225 from his sock He said he retrieved the money but lost it again when the pair assaulted him and his private parts were squeezed by someone he could not identify In his charge to the jury Judge Carter said the testimony of two defense witnesses was thoroughly discredited and they were deliberately not telling the truth He said there was suspicion concerning the money alleged to have been stolen It was never recovered Da VlS rapped on minority MONTREAL iPi Ontario Premier William Davis is disregarding the plight of the Frenchspeaking minority in his province and should change his attitude if he intends to take part in the debate on national unity the Freiicthanadian Association of Ontario said Friday Association president Jeannine Seguin said at news conference that Frenchspeaking Ontarians have only obtained minor conces sions from the Ontario government Actress Merle Oberon in scene from Wuthering Heights the I939 classic that brought her fame shown with Laurence Olivier Miss Oberon died Friday in Los Angeles after suffering stroke AP Photo Actress Merle Oberon dies LOS ANGELES AP Actress Merle Oberon who partayed her clamic beauty and exotic eyes into toyear acting career that included such films as Wuthering Heights once said she worked at her looks and lied about her age Carrier Home DeliverVSSe Weekly ls Police move in on moslem demonstrators who raided the American Con sulate in Calcutta on Friday alleging American Governments involvement in the siege of the Mecca mosque AP Photo Barrie must be allowed to fight some Vespra fires By NANCY FIGIEROA of The Examiner The Barrie Fire Department must be allowed to fight Vespra fires occurring just outside Barrie say Vespras Fire Chief the Barrie Fire Chief and Vespra residents These comments follow fire Friday on Little Lake Side Road that claimed the lives of two elderly people Everybody knows that if there is fire here you might as well forget it said Pieter Marsman neighbor of the people who died Vespra cant get here quick enough Vespra Reeve George Buie told The Ex aminer today there is problem There would be faster fire service it we had an agreement with Barrie he said We have given this consideration before but annexation is problem Mayor Ross Archer also dragged annexa tion into the issue We had offered to take over that area before but they rejected our offerhe said If residents are concerned they should speak with their elected representative said Mayor Archer Tell them hey you cant give us the protection we need he said Ask them what they are going to do about it think there is very obvious answer Chief Jack McAllister estimates it would take about three minutes for Barrie Fire Hall No on Bell Farm Road to reach fire at No one was quite sure how old she was when she died Friday after stroke Her family said she was 62 while various movie reference books gave her age at 60 to 68 Miss Oberon will be buried privately Wednesday after memorial service at All Saints Episcopal Anglicani Church in Beverly Hills Born in Tasmania and educated in India Miss Oberon moved as teenager to Eng land where people encouraged her to get into the movies think it was because had unusual coloring for England white skin dark iair and slanted eyes said Miss Oberon of English Dutch and French ancestry Headon collision Two men were taken to Royal Victoria Hospital with minor injuries today follow ing an early morning headon collision on Highway 90 between County Roads 28 and Ill Rex Patterson of Utopia and James Day of Barrie were treated for lacerations and released Police said the two vehicles collided about am and resulted in $4100 damage Day has been charged with careless driv ing Valence sentenced MONTREAL CPI Jeanne Valence has been sentenced to three years in prison for participating in an extortion attempt during the 82day kidnapping of credit union of ficial Charles Marion Mrs Valence 44 pleaded guilty to the extortion charge Monday while the Crown dropped more serious charges of con spiracy kidnapping forcible detention and second extortion count Her husband Claude Valence was found guilty of the same extortion charge after threemonth trial last year But Quebec Superior Court jury found him not gu1lty of the more serious charges Mr Valence was sentenced to Six years but is free on bail pending an appeal There has been no indication whether his wife ill appeal her Sentence Little Lake Side Road We are just around the corner he said Certainly it would take Vespra longer than that maybe twice as long Marsman and other neighbors say however the Vespra Fire Department do good job once they get to fire We have no complaints about Vespra said Marsman know Vespra is trying their best and once they get here they do good job But just cant see why Barrie canthelpatfires here Vespra Fire Chief Bob Byers agrees 100 per cent that Barrie should be allowed to help in Vespra fires like the one that occurred Friday But it is matter of drawing up an agreement between the two councils iBarrie and Vespral he said think its mat ter of waiting until annexation is over But residents want action now According to Marsman there have been numerous fires at Little Lake Side Road and unless an agreement can be reached there will be more destruction and death cant see why Barrie and Vespra cant have reciprocal ageement he said In times of distress the nearest fire depart ment should rush to the scene Provincial police have not yet released the names of the two people who died in Fridays fire The Fire Marshals Office lists the cause of the fire as accidental the examiner 3111 asc sssissstimnssmm serving barrie and simcoe county TEHRAN Pl Students occupying the lts Embassy have repeated their promise to try their US hostages for espionage and said the trials will start sooner than planned if Washington continues to threaten Iran President Carter in his latest statement on the IranianAmerican conflict over the ex tradition of the deposed shah said that Iran would face extremely grave constxjuenccs if single hostage comes to harm In response student leader said by telephone from the embassy Friday night If President Carter and his men continue to speak nonsense and threaten us we will put th hostages on trial sooner The students stormed the mission on Nov to press demands for the former Shah Mohammed Riza Palilavi now undergoing treatment for cancer in New York to be sent back to Iran for trial The students still hold 49 hostages all Americans after releasing 13 IKS nationals and five Asians employees of the embassy earlier this week They combined the release of the Asians with fresh pledge to put the re mainder on trial and execute those found guilty of capitaloffences Our demands remain the same our at titude remains the same and threats do not impress us the student leader said US congressman and Irish statesman who conferred individually with Irans acting foreign minister say they believe the hostage standoff can be settled peacefully Im convinced this situation can be resolv ed by dialogue and initiatives Idaho Republican George Hansen told news con ference Friday after meeting acting Foreign Minister Abolhassan BaniSadr Its going to be very difficult to resolve this but think it is not impossible said Irishman Sean lllacBridc here at Irans in vitation Hansen who arrived here this week on his own initiative said Bani Sadr and other members of the Revolutionary Council reacted favorably to his proposal for US congressional inquiry into Iranian allegations that the shah plundered the country and ordered the mass murder of dissidents fluids Theyre really thankful The Schumacher family of Selkirk near Albany NY sit down to Thanksgivmg dinner of meatloaf with their pet turkeys From left Chris I4 Fred Mary George Mary l2 and Phil Fred and Phil wore special bibs for their meal of thanks AP Photo Come home to The Examiner Call 766537 for horns delivery ss Any moment now welldressed young woman her hands full of eggs stands next to policeman while waiting to pelt truck leaving stike bound Hamilton Ont plant Fri day Britain recalls commissioner LUSAKA APi Britain has recalled its high commissioner after two days of protests at the British High Commission by thousands of Zambian students enraged by his denial of British responsibility for Zimbabwe Rhode sian attacks on Zambia University of Zambia students enraged by Sir Leonard Allinsons denial staged angry protests at the high commission on Thursday and Friday The demonstrators pelted the building with stones smashing windows but no injuries were reported During Fridays protest organizers with loudspeakers egged on the demonstrators with shouts of Britons go home White pigs and We demand the British am bassador now In New York the UN Security Council Fri day night condemned Zimbabwe Rhodesias crossborder strikes and called on Britain the administrative authority for the breakaway colony to stop them Britain which has veto power as perma nent member of the council said it went along with the resolution to avoid jeopardiZ ing the London peace conference aimed at ar ranging independence for Zimbabwe Rhodesia and ending war by guerrillas op posed to the Salisbury regime Shortly after Fridays demonstration the foreign office in London said Allinson was returning to London for an indefinite period to review recent developmean affecting BritishZambian relations USW plans boycott WINNIIEG lCPl The United Steelworkers of America say they will begin boycott of Radio Shack stores in Manitoba next week in support of striking workers at the firms parent company in Ontario Steelworkers representative Brian Hunt said the Manitoba boycott is part of national program to back efforts of about an striking workers seeking first contract at Tandy Electronics in Barrie Ont He said steelworkers will set up in formational pickets at Radio Shacks II Winnipeg stores and one each at stores in Brandon and Thompson Tanker for tourists MISSISSAIGA nt lCPl The mayor of Mississauga says she wants the chlorine tank car that caused the evacuation of 22300ii city residents two weeks ago return ed here to be used as monument The car which contained 90 tons of the lethal chemical ruptured during derailment Hazel Mctallion said Friday that the car would make great tourist attraction Injured in collision Four people were taken to York County Hospital in Newmarket following four vehicle pileup on Highway 400 just north of Highway 88 Friday evening Lawrence Latour of Barrie Murray Kin niburgh of Newmarket Virginia Fleming of Wasaga Beach and Frank Taylor of Calgary Alta were all treated for minor in juries and released Bradford OPP report the vehicle driven by Latour went out of control hit the me dian barrier and stopped sideways on the highway with its lights out transport truck driven by Taylor collided with the vehicle followed by two more cars Totalcstimated damageisfixfll weather Cloudy today Temperatures steady near Cloudy overnight with lows near freezing Cloudy with sunny periods Sunday Highs to