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W5 75 inside story Retired busybody Being retired is keeping Ethel Clifton verybusy One of her biggest projects to date is program for helping newcomers to Canada to leam the English language in all its complextty Turn to todays Lifestyle page for profile of this Barrie woman Winners in curling Grace Oughs rink and Willard Kinzies rink captured to the top trophies at the Bar rie Country Club schedule one finals last weekend Barrie llyers came up with solid per formance against Part Elgin despite having only three defencemen Barrie won 64 For stories and pictures sec todays Sports pages Index today 11 lifestyle entertainment 13 sports 10 comicsw guide 16 classified 171819 Gillespies out TORONIO ttli Alastair Gillespie energy minister in the former Liberal government said Sunday he will not seek rcelect ion for the Feb 18 federal election was there for ll years and four elec tions Gillespie said Its somebody elscs turn Ive done my share Gillespie was defeated in the May 22 elec tion in Etobicoke Centre by onservative Michael Wilson later named minister of state for international trade 30 flee chlorine SARNIA Ont ll Thirty people were cvacuted from their homes for about four hours Sunday after chlorine gas leaked at chemical factory here fire department spokesman said the chlorine gas was being pumped from railway tank car into factory owned by Welland Chemicals Ltd when the gas started to leak inside the factory Five firefighters were taken to hospital and given oxygen Police set up roadblocks around the area until it was declared clear about four hours after the leak began The cause of the leak is not yet known the spokesman said But theyre sexist TORONTO ttli Sometimes even the loft iest motives can get you in trouble concert in Toronto sponsored by group called Rock Against Racisnn was disrupted Sunday by women in the audience who complained that some of the songs were sexist There had also been telephone threats from person who said he was member of the National Socialist Underground warn ing that his group planned to teach racial traitors lesson Quute party IIAMIIIION Itli Organizers werent sure it was the worlds largest but 35300 people stuffed themselves into waterfront warehouse Sunday for what was not your average company Christmas bash It was the animal Dofasco Christmas par Against airport Holding torches helmeted anti airport demonstrators march near the New Tokyo International Air port at Narita Sunday Earlier they rallied at park near the airport to oppose planned airport expansion AP Photo Come home to The Examiner Call 7266539 for home delivery Looking for Christmas ideas Looking for an unusual gift How about $50000 Austin Mini It isnt goldplated but it does have an unusual paint job Its covered in 85l7 old English pennies Owner Moshe Marienburg of Vancouver says he hasnt had any takers yet CP Laserphoto Thats all for San Francisco 49ers running back Simpson looks over his shoulder Sunday before the Atlanta Falcons game at fans in the stands calling for his attention Simpson has announced his retirement from football after this season AP Laserphoto ty and this year Canadas second largest steel company kept its employees and families entertained with everything from trained bear to trampoline act in building the size of two football fields Blizzard cuts power OTTAWA tCPi snowstorm which at times reached blizzard proportions struck some parts of eastern Ontario and western Quebec Sunday making driving difficult and knocking out electrical power in large sections of Hull and nearby Aylmer Que About 4000 residents of the two cities have been without power since pin HydroQuebec spokesman Marcelle Legros said Sunday night Fuel kills ducks SIMCOE nt CP 77 Leaking nnace fuel from city fuel depot fouch the Lynn River and killed about 400 ducks in city park Saturday spokesman for Rid dle Co Ltd which owns the depot said the spill occurred when an underground tank that was being filled from truck overflow ed and spilled about 300 gallons of light fur nace fuel into the river Hit by $90000 blaze TORONTO tCP 890000 blaze set by an arsonist Saturday has thrown the Salva tion Armys local Christmas gift program into chaos The fire damaged the building that houses the Armys family services department and destroyed toys food and hampers However the records of families on the Ar mys gift list were found intact fire department investigator said the blaze probably was started by burglar who broke in through skylight countywide Condition improves Big Bay Point woman who was in serious condition with head injuries follow ing an accident Dec has been removed from intensive care and is listed in satisfac tory condition spokesman from Royal Victoria Hospital said today Heather Aspinwall 24 was headed east bound on Con 11 when her car left the road went into ditch and struck hydro pole Ms Aspinwall was thrown from the vehicle Damage to her car is estimated at $4000 Area blacked out About 50 homes in the Sunnidalc Road Letitia Street area suffered temporary blackout Sunday evening after hydro pole in the area was knocked down by car Bill Elson manager of the Barrie PH said today pole was knocked down just north of the Suniiidale Road overpass about 15 repair crew from the PU was on the scene within 15 minutes he said and the blackout lasted about three hours Elson said the homes affected were on Sunnidale Road Letitia Street and Shirley Avenue weather Variable cloudiness and cold with few flurries today possible snows qualls in few localities high to day l0 to low tonight I5 to l3 Tuesday cloudy with sunny periods not as cold high to Vvav 411 lrrldhnvrJm Hampers Barrie manufacturers By LORI COHEN Of The Examiner The biggest problem facing Barrie manufacturers in their search for employees is the low quality of applicants and their un willingness to make an honest effort ac cording to recent government report Barrie is one of 33 cities surveyed in report by the Ontario Manpower Commission on the requirement and hiring plans of manufacturing industries Nine Barrie firms employing total of 1131 workers responded to the survey and three are facing total shortage of 19 skilled workers including general production assemblers machinists screw machine operators welders sales and accounting clerks plus production foreman vacuum forming operator and quality control in spector All of those positions are in the electrical products and metal fabricating industries 115th year No 289 Monday Dec 17 1979 20¢ Per Copy the examiner serving barrie and simcoemcounty Two of the three employers plan to hire more workers during the next year and expect it to be very difficult to fill machinist and welding positions Barrie employers say they are worried about the long term effects of retirement particularly one who says if screw machine operators were suddenly in demand they would be difficult to find The length of train ing required for this trade makes any unplan ned vacancy serious problem Skilled Workers lacking in industry The main concern of employers in the Georgian College area is the need to upgrade formal training Thirtysix employers employing total of 3876 workers responded in this area mainly from Barrie and Orillia Experienced welders machinists draft smen screw machine operators and operators in the plastics extrusion industry are needed the most Carrier Home Delivery 95 Weekly Trudeau will decide Tuesday if hell lead Liberal OTTAWA CP Pierre Trudeau remain ed closeted today in his official residence Stomoway deciding whether to accept or re ject pleas by the Liberals to continue as party leader during the election campaign Hell be making some calls and seeing some people Trudeau aide said in an in terview today An announcement was possible today but seemed more likely to be made Tuesday fourman delegation chosen by Liberal MPs and senators visited Trudeau for more than two hours Sunday night at Stornoway trying to convince the former prime minister to scrap his retirement plans and lead the party through fifth consecutive election campaign He didnt give them any indication at all last night the aide said Senator Alasdair Graham national party president and member of the fourman delegation left Stornoway on Sunday night in the middle of snowstorm and told reporters Hes now going to take some time to reflect on what we reported to him How long would Trudeau 60 take to make up his mind reporter asked Well we dont know but hell be reporting to us as soon as possible wouldnt think it will be days We have campaign Graham said the political questions involv ed in Trudeau abandoning his plans to retire and attempting to return to prime ministers office have been answered Now it is personal decision for the man who said last month one of the reasons he wanted to step down was to spend more time with his three boys Graham was part of delegation from the Liberal executive and parliamentary caucus that visited Trudeau to plead with him to lead the party in the Feb 18 election The caucus voted to extend the invitation Friday and the 36member party executive did the same thing Saturday Clark called the election Friday after the Liberals and NDP combined to defeat his government Thursday night on vote of non confidence in the budget presented two days before After Clarks announcement Trudeau told the caucus he would consider running only if he had the complete backing of the party which has been divided over his leadership since the Liberals lost the May 22 election Then he picked up his children and flew to Montreal where he kept himself in seclusion while the party decided what to do The executive has cancelled plans for leadership convention in Winnipeg in March He said Saturday that if Trudeau rejects the call successor will have to be chosen by convention that probably will be held in the second or third week ofJanuary PM Broadbent ready to begin campaigning OTTAWA Il As Prime Minister Clark packed his bags Sunday night to begin crosscountry election tour for the Pro gressive Conservatives The betterorganized Conservatives plan to open their campaign today by sending Clark to address party workers in Quebec the pro vince that denied them majority in the May 22 election The first speech by any party leader in the election campaign will be by Clark in downtown Montreal hotel However unless that audience of Conservative footsoldiers can deliver substantially more than the two Quebec seats they did May 22 the chances of the Tories forming majority government remain slim Ed Broadbent New Democratic Party leader begins his crosscountry travels Tues day in Toronto Later in the week he will visit Halifax Montreal Winnipeg and Van couver returning to OttawaFriday night Clark will fly in chartered DC9 across the country this week rest at home during Christmas week and return to the campaign trail Ian Cities to be visited this week by the 40year old Conservative leader after Montreal in clude Kitchener London Toronto and Van couver As well Clark will visit Spruce Grove Alta Wednesday to be nominated in his home riding of Yellowhead Clarks wife Maureen McTeer will again accompany him on most of the travels party officials told reporters Sunday at campaign briefing Clark plans to meet his cabinet weekly dur ing the campaign to attend to government business that must continue despite the dissolution of the 315t Parliament HAS THREE THEMES Conservative campaign strategy as outlin ed by Clark and party officials will concen trate on three themes blaming the Liberals and NDP for the winter election stressing list of unfinished government business as the foundation of Canadas growth in the 19805 and defending the tough tax and energy pricing measures in the defeated budget as essential for longterm economic recovery Panama officials promise protection for Shah wife ONTADORA ISLAND Panama IAP Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his wife settch down on heavily guarded Panama nian island and the deposed monarch said he hopes to stay Panamanian officials said they can protect him and Panama from his former subjects would like to express our deep gratitude for the very generous invitation of the Republic of Panama and President Royo the shah told news conference Sunday day after arriving from Texas with Empress Farah Diba Since we set foot on this soil we have felt at home Asked whether he plans to stay in Panama the sixth country to receive him since he fled from Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomciiiis revolu tion in January the shah said This is ob viously within our minds because such sur rounding and such hospitality is not very easy to match in very many cases HELP IIOSIAGES He also said he hopes his departure from the Inited States will help secure the release of the 50 US citizens held hostage at the US suites CHRISTMAS 1979 Embassy in Tehran since Nov by students demanding his return to Iran for trial When we left the United States for this beautiful country we hoped it would help solve this problem so lets hope this will help he said Asked about his health following cancer treatments and gallbladder surgery in New York in October and November the 60 year old shah said Well have to wait wa weeks but for the time being much better thank you President Aristides Royo appeared at the news conference and said his government agreed to give the shah home to contribute to peace in the world He also said his government has no fear of Irans revolutionary government or terrorists that might try to kidnap or murder the shah Thatcher arrives for US visit WASHINGTON AP President Carter is learning firsthand how far Britain is prepar ed to go to help put pressure on Iran to release the 50 US hostages Carter was meeting today with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who was paying her first official visit to Carter at the White House Mrs Thatcher arrived at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington Sunday night greeted by State Secretary Cyrus Vance She made no public statement Affter Carters decision Saturday to lift economic sanctions against Rhodesia the question of cooperation against Iran was first on the agenda for Mrs Thatchers two hour talk with the president She also planned to visit Capitol Hill hold news conference and attend state dinner in her honor this evening cry Ontario colleges split on tentative contract By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner Union representatives at 10 of Ontarios 22 community colleges are asking 6400 teachers to reject tentative contract agreement reached with the province following Dec mediation talks Doug Gaukroger president of the Georgian College local of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union supports the settlement and will recommend the 200 teachers at Georgian accept the pact The offer from the council of regents the governing body over the colleges is the se cond that will be taken to vote The first was turned down by the membership in November Wages were the only outstanding issue when talks resumed and the new offer calls for seven per cent increase in year one of two year deal Negotiations will reopen in May to set wage increase for year two NOT SATISFIED The union representatives at the 10 schools are not satisfied with the wage proposal Gaukroger said the seven per cent was the minimum the teachers could settle for Brrrr By RICHARD THOMAS The Examiner Barrie felt the first real bite of old man winter early this morning as the temperature dropped overnight in the city toabout 21 Temperatures well below freezing were par for the course for the area spokesman for Environment Canada in Toronto said to day with Muskoka reporting an overnight low of 24 while Wiarton and Mount Forest registered 19 and 17 on the thermometer respectively Barrie residents can expect low temperatures of between 13 and 15 again tonight said Ray Redford supervisor in the Toronto weather office but the cold snap Barrie feels bite of 2l temperatures More importantly he said the open second year allows the teachers to bargain according to economic conditions at the time rather than accept fixed increase now The pro vinces initial offer was 55 per cent for year two Representatives from each of the schools are to meet Jan to discuss the contract which is retroactive to August 31 member ship vote is scheduled for Jan 15 Gaukroger said he expects the teachers to vote according to the recommendation of their bargaining team and accept the latest offer Following rejection of the regents first of fer the teachers also voted against strike ac tion to back demands Gaukroger said so cond strike vote could be called for if the teachers turn down the new offer The inital offer was for 65 per cent in crease in year one along with the 55 for the second year The union wanted 10 per cent in the first year and eight plus costofliving allowance in year two Average salary for teachers is $24000 The top wage is 328200 per year The low is 314500 will be fairly shortlived Tuesdays outlook calls for sunny skies with warmer temperatures of between and with Wednesday warmer still Red ford said The low on Wednesday will range between and with high of to Skies will be partly cloudy with some chance of snow Thursdays weather picture shows windy but mild conditions Redford said with lows near freezing and highs of to 10 Friday will continue mild with low of and highs of to The snow is going to melt away again and there is 5050 chance whether we will have white Christmas or not Redford said Nx