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Hg LIL li 411 rs Carrier Home Delivery 95 Weekly 115th year No 287 Friday Dec 14 1979 200 Per Copy the examiner serving barrie and Simcoe caunty MT MW vw is aminer Photo By STEPHEN NICHOLLS Of The Examiner Barrie child is blamed for setting fires in neighboring Barrie apartment buildings Thursday that resulted in an estimated $50000 damage city police said today Insp Ron Pickard said police are not contemplating charging the youngster for setting fires in two buildings on Grove Street East near St Vincent Street Insp Pickard would not release the name or age of the child because he is child of tender years and is entitled to protection of his identity under law This chiéd is not resident of either building he sat Police and the Ontario Fire Marshals Office were called in to investigate after two fires broke out within minutes of each other in the storage rooms of the two buildings Firefighters responded to third floor fire in Highview Apartments at the corner of Grove and St Vincent Streets at 118 pm At 215 another fire was reported in the basement of the neighboring building at 178 Grove St SWEPI THIRD FLOOR Fire in Highview started in locker storage room and swept through the thjrd floor causing extensive damage An open window and door at the end of the hall provided chimney effect for the fire which crept along the corridor burning doors and charring walls IntenSe heat from flames melted metal solder causmg two water pipes to break said Chief McAllister h1Tehran Barrie firefighters prepare to enter the Highview Apartments at 278 St Vincent St Thursday during blaze which caused extensive damage Ex Child blamed for fires in two city buildings Deputy Fire Chief Jim Lemieux estimated the open pipes poured water for two hours before they were discovered and turned off While the extra water may have helped firefighting it added to flooding from fire hoses Water was ankledeep on the third floor and it leaked to floors below Chief McAllister said the first and se cond floors suffered heavy water damage The fourth floor had minor smoke damage Seven tenants lived on the third floor said the chief Everyone was cleared out during the fire he said REMAINED AT SCENE Police guarded the third floor throughout the night so it would remain undisturbed until an Ontario Fire Marshal investigator could inspect the scene Insp Pickard said most tenants found their own overnight accommodation At least four were housed at the Continental Inn he said Fire in the second building was spotted early and extinguished by the building superintendent and tenant said Chief McAllister Someone apparently set fire to tar paulin stored in the basement wooden lockers he said Damage to that building is ettnriaied at few hundred dollars said the chief Police solved the fire cause after four to five hours investigation Chief McAllister commended the investigators for an ex cellent job of interviewing witnesses Pictures see Page 13 Ambassadors may visit hostages TEHRAN AP Observers predict team of Western ambassadors will visit the 50 Americans held hostage at the US Embassy in Tehran in the next day or two as Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeinis regime steps up its ef forts to woo the international community Ambassadors from dozen countries met Thursday with Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh to discuss the visits only hours after Khomeini gave the goahead for in dependent observers to see the Americans held captive since Nov The diplomats were from Australia Austria Canada Denmark Finland Greece New Zealand Norway Por tugal Spain Sweden and Switzerland The Khomeini regime also announced it was sending full ambassador to represent Iran at the United Nations UN spokesman inside story Gold attracts customers High gold values are attracting traders to new Barrie downtown outlet For story see page Named top athlete Canadas top athlete for 1979 Meanwhile ing streak by downing Quebec Nordiques Seepage Dressing in style Men wanting to buy fashionable clothes for the women in their lives need not be put off by changing styles or uncertainty in their own tastes few simple rules such as long dresses are out and basic black is in will help the gentlemen in deciding The people at Irene Hill staged fashion show for men during the Business Mens luncheons this week They say if man knows his wife or girlfriends height and hair color the pros at the store will do the rest in choosing the perfect gift Turn to to days Lifestyle page for photos and story index today 13 business fostylo entertainment upon micsv guide classified 41 Quebecs Gilles Villeneuve is named Philadelphia Flyers kept alive their winn said the arrival of Ambassador Mansour Farhang will facilitate negotiations bet ween SecretaryGeneral Kurt Waldheim and Iranian authorities OPPOSED TO SEIZURE Farhang is an associate professor of government at California State University in Sacramento William Dorman university colleague said in an interview Thursday that Farhan has been deeply distressed by the hostagetaking in Tehran and is totally com mitted as human being to helping to resolve it Tehran Radio said Thursday that Khomeini instructed Ghotbzadeh to invite an indepen dent team of observers to visit the hostages to confront adverse US aglt Eressive orooaganda Barrie man charged Barrie city police say their headquarters were attacked Thursday afternoon by man who drove into the Vespra Street sta tion and then smashed inside window with hockey stick Insp Ron Pickard said today man drove his car into the large overhead doors at the rear of the building causing $1000 damage to the doors and about $300 to his car Then the man entered the front portion of the building where he smashed glass win dow outside the radiodispatcher quarters Damage to that window is estimated at less than $200 said Insp Pickard Charged with dangerous driving and two counts of mischief is Bruce Douglas Saunders 24 ofAnne Street Saunders is in custody to appear for bail hearing today Killed in collision STAYNER 61yearold Glencairn man died Thursday in traffic collision on County Road 42 about km south of here said provincial police Stayner OPP said James Henry Helmer died when the car he was driving collided headon with another car driven by Mervin Grant of Stayner Grant is listed in good condition in Coll ingwood General and Marine Hospital Police said the Grant vehicle was involv ed in collision with another car seconds before the collision with Helmers car Police are investigating Oil pricebottle on WASHINGTON APCP The latest 30 percentplus increase in oil prices by Saudi Arabia Venezuela and several other 011 exporting countries is the opening salvo In price battle that will climax next week If the increase stops at the new levels set Thursday it will be definite victory for the price moderates within the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and one the industrial countries can cheer OPEC holds its annual pricesetting meeting Dec 17 in Caracas Venezuela Moderates led by Saudi Arabia and hawks such as Libya and Iran are expected to clash over whether there should be Wit all14 Clark asks for dissolution of Parliament as first step OTTAWA CP Prime Minister Clark asked for the dissolution of Parliament today in the first step toward putting Canada into winter election He made an earlymoming visit to Gov Gen Ed Schreyer after his sevenmonth minority Progressive Conservative govern ment was defeated Thursday night on vote of nonconfidence in the Commons He left after 45 minutes and refused to make any announcement until he appeared in the Commons at 11 am EST But Conservative officials said Clark asked for dissolution and that he is prepared to hit the campaign trail as early as Monday They said the prime minister will start campaign ing as soon as he can charter an aircraft The government was defeated 139 to 13 on New Democratic Party motion of non confidence that condemned the budget that was introduced Tuesday Clark met the governorgeneral for 50 minutes but made no statement as he emerg ed He would make an announcement in the House of Commons at 11 am EST Most probable dates for an election are Feb 11 or Feb 18 given the 60 days required by the chief electoral officer and the custom of holding federal elections on Monday The surprising defeat came at the end of tensionfilled day as the Liberals and New Democrats combined to outvote the Pro gressive Conservatives 139133 on an NDP sponsored motioinhcondemning the govern ment for its first budget introduced Tuesday Pandemonium broke out on the Commons floor as the result was announced and MP5 roared and threw their papers into the air The spectator galleries were jammed and the outside corridors were filled with television crews Clark whose Conservatives won minority May 22 attacked the oppositon parties at brief news conference following the vote for deciding to disrupt the nations business BROUGHT TO HALT From the first day the opposition parties showed no interest in making Parliament work he said Instead they have systematically obstructed its business Now they have brought it to complete halt NDP Leader Ed Broadbent said it was Clark who had caused the defeat by attemp ting to govern as if he had majority and yet insisting on pushing ahead with unpopular measures such as the dismantling of Petro Canada bulletin OTTAWA CP general election has been called for Feb 18 1980 it was announc ed just before noon today Travesty of justice Stewart By DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner The overthrow of the Progressive Conser vative government has been called traves ty of justice by Ron Stewart MP Simcoe South The Conservatives werent given chance to govern he told The Examiner today Canadians were ready to face that budget There is now no difference between the Liberals and the NDP group said Stewart and both parties were irresponsible to force another election Its hard to decipher public opinion Stewart said But most of the people talked to seemed to feel we were ready for restraint program Stewart said he expects to run again and Stay on Trudeau urged OIIAWA CP Several leading Liberal MPs started campaign Thursday night to press Pierre Trudeau to stay on as party leader for the anticipated election We hope to have draft Trudeau move ment at the caucus tomorrow former cabinet member Francis Fox said moments after the minority Progressive Conservative government went to down to defeat 139 to 133 on nonconfidence motion have no problem going into an election with Pierre Trudeau added Eugene Whelan another former cabinet minister who had been toying with the idea of running for his partys leadership Trudeau announced last month he was step ping down as leader Preliminary ar rangements had been made for leadership convention in Winnipeg next March AVOIDS REPORTERS The former prime minister had no com ment on his plans Thursday night He walked through mob of reporters photographers and television cameramen as he left the Com mons and did not answer questions And unlike the two other major party leaders he did not hold latenight news con ference Going into an election campaign with Iameduck or interim leader is one thing the party would like to avoid at all costs Liberal House Leader Allan MacEachen said he did not want to speculate on the possibility Trudeau would refuse caucus draft moderate increase or larger increase that would create new problems for industrial nations Shot seven times TURIN Italy Reuter Red Brigades ur ban terrorists shot and wounded Fiat manager today while thieves believed also to have been terrorists raided two of the car companys factories and escaped with $600000 Police said Adriano Albertina 37 department chief at the Mirafiori body works was hit in the legs by seven bullets fired by two men as he arrived at work Thieves tried to hijack security van con taining wages at another Fiat factory but failed They took two guards as hostages when they fled The guards were released later with slight injuries Faces $46M loss MONTREAL CP Management and labor are working together on campaign to rescue Canadian Nationals express divi sion which faces $46million loss this year on sales of $150 million Company officials are considering closing CN Express unless business improves and the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Transport and General Workers which represents more than 5000 employees has agreed to sit on joint committees to look at ways of saving the operation avoiding 400 layoffs Shah decision overruled SUVA Fiji Reuter The Fijian cabinet has overruled decision by Prime Minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara to allow the depos ed shah of Iran sanctuary in Fiji The cabinet met Thursday to consider the issue because of wide publicity given to the prime ministers statement that he would allow the former shah to stay in the South Pacific islands The cabinet decided that although no re quest has been made it would not give the former monarch permission to live in Fiji if an approach were made that the election trail will begin in the new year He expects the election will be held Feb 18 An election in the middle of Canadian winter is unrealistic Stewart said ONSIDERS RUNNING Paul Wessenger vicepresident of Simcoe South NDP said an executive meeting will be held Saturday to determine nominations for the new election Wessenger said he is con srdering running Gaye Lamb who represented the NDP in May was unavailable for comment today Wessenger said he was surprised at the government defeat and says the election issue will not revolve around the budget Support By TERRY FIELI Of The Examiner People are divided on who to support in the pending federal election and the price of gas and oil is key issue according to an in formal poll conducted today by The Ex aminer along Dunlop St Five of 11 interviewed favored the action of the opposition in bringing down the govern ment over budget that did nothing for the working man Four people said the government of Prime Minister Joe Clark had presented realistic budget He should have been given time to implement it before decision was made on its worth they said Two of 11 believed the budget was in itself worthwhile but doubted whether they would support Clark again next time Those professing support for the Conser vatives also expressed anger that an election was called at all UNHAPPY AT ELECTION Im unhappy an election will take place Al Otto of Barrie told The Examiner Clark deserved chance and he only had 60 days to try Otto and other supporters of the Prime Minister said the increase in oil and gas through an excise tax was necessary though harsh The increase in taxes however angered others The budget was tough on people in this area who have to work in Toronto and com mute said woman who preferred not to be extra The NDP wrll place emphasis on industrial strategy and inflation The Conservatives will be pressed on their energy policy and its stand on PetroCan Wessenger said If Pierre Trudeau is leader of the Liberals it will likely hurt their cause he said If Trudeau runs it will make it easier for both the NDPs and Conservatives said Wessenger Traditionally the NDP vote rises when the Liberal vote goes down he added WILL DECIDE In sense the election announcement is good he said Canadians can decide which way they want to go Janice Laking president of the South Sim coe Liberals said the election call had to be done Their first mistake the Conservatives named will never give them the Conser vatives my vote again Claude Watt of Barrie said the Con servatives deserved chance to govern but he will not automatically support them Well have to see what the other parties have to offerhe said Joseph Smrke resident of Toronto labell ed the Clark government hypocritical yet the was not calling the government together until September she said We have lot of work to do said Mrs Laking Were not as ready as they theCon servatives were guess they must have realized the eventuality of it an election Mrs Laking said she does not anticipate running again at this point in time have mydplate full as president of the riding she Sal An executive meeting will be held Sunday afternoon 130 to determine nomination meeting which will likely be held early in the new year she said Ray Ramsay ran in May as Liberal can didate but both he and Mrs Lamb were soundly defeated by the Conservative Ron Stewart reactions here mixed budget but for the steep increase in fuel was realistic he said If the Conservatives had told the people they were planning such strict budget they would never have been elected in the first placethey lied to everybody The poll also showed that Pierre Trudeau still commands personal respect while Clark is not highly thought of County council shouldnt endorse Barrie resolution By RICHARD THOMAS Of The Examiner Simcoe County council should not Andorse resolution from the city of Barrie supporting the Province of Ontarios oppositim to Quebecs white paper on sovereignty associa tion county councillor said Thursday Robin Talbot Reeve of Port McNicoll warned council members that any such resolution from Simcoe County with its tradi tional identity as Upper Canada would further alienate Quebecers The government in Quebec will be defeated by the people of that province he said not by outside resolutions Reeve Talbot said the issue belongs at the provincial or federal levels of government not the municipal level do not think the people at the municipal level have an adequate understanding of the white paper nor do thev understand the in Fun at Christmas concert The King Edward School presented its annual Christmas concert at the Georgian College Theatre Thursday night Here the three shepherds gesture during the Kindergartens Greeting Examiner Photo tricacies of confederation he said This is blind endorsation of something we do not know anything about ask coun cil to seriously consider not supporting it Reeve Talbot drew fire from several coun cillors who claimed the petition would be an effective way for council to express support for united Canada Bruce Tinney deputy reeve of Penetan gurshene said he took exception to Reeve Talbots comment that councillors are not qualified to deal with the issue You dont have to have degreeto want united Canada he said During the vote Reeve Talbot was the only one who did not support the recommendation He later told The Examiner however that he knew other members of council who voted in favor of the resolution had opposed it at their own local council What about gasoline OTTAWA CP Finance department of ficials met today to decide whether an in crease of 18 cents gallon in the federal ex cise tax on gasoline and diesel fuel will re main in effect following the defeat of the Progressive Conservative government in the Commons on Thursday department spokesman said decision will likely be made today on whether the threedayold tax increase can remain even though the the government was defeated over its budget Gets suspended sentence LINDSAY Ont CP Lindsay man convicted of possession of explosives and dangerous weapons and described as paranoid and potentially dangerous by psychiatrist received suspended sentence Thursday Michael Robert Fraser 25 was also put on three years probation by county court Judge Lloyd Woods who ordered him to get psychiatric treatment Fraser was charged in March 1978 after he and group of men talked about blowing up the Parliament buildings and bridges connecting Ottawa with Hull They had been conducting militarystyle manoeuvres in the Ottawa and Lindsay areas since 1971 Earlier psychiatrist Juan Tejeda told the court he found Fraser paranoid and schimid when he examined him in 1977 in an unrelated incident Teachers strike ends BRANTFORD Ont CP Brant County elementary school teachers voted 74per cent in favor of ratifying twoyear con tract Thursday ending strike that began Nov 14 Under the agreement also ratified by the county board of education teachers average salary will increase to $20861 by the end of the agreement on Aug 31 weather Becoming portly sunny this after noon Cold Highs to Lows tonight to Partly cloudy wln dy and milder Saturday High near plus