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at the examiner sowing barrio and stmcoo ourin Wednesday Dec 19 1979 galss rts Poolisned by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited lb Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario LAM 116 Bruce Rowland publisher CIRCULATION 7266539 NEWSROOM 7266537 ADVERTISING 72696537 CLASSIFIEDS 7282414 Reevaluate stand on mini school Midland trustee John McCullough should be heeded when he says the Simcoe County Board of Education should reevaluate its position on the Penetanguishene French high school question As McCullough recently told meeting of the county board Educa tion Minister Bette Stephensons proposal for mini high school is obviously not acceptable to the francophone people and it vyould be folly to further consider t1 The Penetang high school ques tion has remained problem for more than two years Last June the Simcoe board decided after much study that separate French school was not feasible given the cost and number of students involved The Stephenson proposal for mini French school was designed to give the francophone students its own French language entity without the high cost of new building The solution hasnt worked and with little wonder The mini school idea is not much different than the French annex originally suggested by the Simcoe board and subse quently rejected by the francophone community In recent weeks arguments against the mini school have mounted Advocates of the separate French language school continue to say that the mini school wont satisfy the need for French milieu which they say is needed to keep the culture from assimilation Others in the Penetang communi ty notably the Citizens for Bilingual Unity are also against the concept which they say would separate the French and English communities Its time the county board came up with an acceptable solution If the board or Ontario government are not prepared to establish separate French school at this time it should look for better alter native than that suggested by Dr Stephenson One suggestion would be to create truly bilingual Penetanguishsne Secondary School This could be done by hiring more French language teachers and expanding French programs to give the language equal prominence at the school The money the government has promised for the mini school could be used to make this possible In addition French cultural ac tivities at the school could receive financial backing including French club French theatre French student newsletter or any number of cultural projects truly French high school may or may not be the answer in Penetanguishene Indeed the answer may be separate French language school or at least move in that direction But there should be recognition that the Stephenson proposal recognizing that is no longer viable solution The board should begin again by meeting with the government to straighten out just how much money is available and under what circumstances for new Penetang alternative Either way the board should im mediately sit down and reevaluate its stand on Penetang and chart new course to end this endless and divisive debate Ietters to the editor Sir am glad to see in your issue of December 11 that our city council has seen fit to defend its decision on the new Barrie airport My delight is not based on concern for the propos ed site but rather on the larger question that appears to have been ignored Assuming that our elected officials are cor rect in assessing that the taxpayers of the community can afford to contribute $800000 to transportation improvement project that data or criteria has led them to conclude that new airport is the best buy for our money With gasoline heading for $2 gallon and the bqu of our local commuters unlikely to solve that problem by switching to planes in stead of cars perhaps council should put their concern and the taxpayers money behind improving the mass transit facilities of bus and rail Yours truly Ian Caunce RR Barrie World oil uncertainty major concern for 805 By JOHN IIARBRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Ihe uncertainties of world oil supply and prices continue relentlessly inspite of such crises as the Iranian diplomatic hostage taking and in Canadas case the downfall of government The two constant worries into the 1980s will be oil price and availability of supply While the former will continue to increase the latter will decline Many of the major oilproducing nations are announcing price hikes and cutbacks in production more or less at the same time Two weeks ago Venezuela indicated it would drop oil output by 150000 barrels per day and last week hiked the price per barrel by $6 to new high of $24 Venezuela was jomed in this latest price hike by SaudiArabia the worlds largest oil producing country Qatar and the United Arab mirztt es The member nations of OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries usually agree on common price hike then proceed to break it indctxndendy for reasons which are often more ideological than purely economic The revolutionary and strongly anti Western government of Libya is case in point This time it has announced price increase of $30 barrel for its crude oil even before the current OPEC meeting opened in Caracas the capital of Venezuela UNIREDKTABLE LIRYA The Moslem fanatic and military leader Col nel Ittuhamtnar Quaddafi who is the President of Libya seems determined to wreck the economies of the industrial world with very high oil prices All this is complicated further by the cut off in Iranian rude going to United States we want your opinion Something on your mind Send Letter to the Editor Please make it an 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 edit condense or reject letters Letters to the Editor are run every day on the editorial page Send yours to letters to the Editor The Examiner Post Office Box 370 BARRIE Ont MM with much of it offered in what the industry calls the spot market asking whatever that market will bear This means that some Iranian crude is selling for as much as $50 barrel twice the current world price and often to countries which need all the oil they can get The United States has been very critical of the Japanese purchases of this Iranian oil at spot prices as well as their very sub stantial imports of oil from Iran at con ventional prices The Japanec economy one of the worlds most dynamic relies totally on offshore sources for its oil supply with about 40 per cent of the total coming from Iran To cooperate with the United States during the current crisis the Japanese have an nounced they will try and diversify their supply The second constant worry is the growing propensity of the big oilproducing nations to cutback permanently on current output levels The reason is clear These are non renewable resources going into the world for consumption When they are gone or nearlydepleted unless such nations have wellrun industrial diversification plans in the works they run the risk of sinking back into the economic mo rass of the preoil era What politicians and planners in Japan Western Europe and North America must face is the possibility of going onstream with domestic energy alternatives before the crude oil source runs dry SELFSLFFltlENtY FAR OFF This is much harder said than done even in countries like Venezuela or Canada which could be selfsufficient in oil from the resources of it found in difficult places like the oil tar sands The 1980s will require many international bal balancing acts like the old familiar one of armament and disarmament But the newer and perhaps nastier one will be all about oil and its substitutes what will these be and when bible thought Jesus stood in the midst and saith unto them Peace be unto you John 20 19 In our mtst trying hours Jesus the author of peace comes walking across the trouled waters of our lives to give us 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THROW OFF The Examiner is member of The Canadian Press CPI and Audit Bureau of Circulations ABC Only the Canadian Press may re publish new stories In this newspaper credited to CF The Associated Press Reuters or Agence France Presse and local news stories published in The Examiner The Examiner claims copyright on all original news and advertising Material Created by its empIOyees and published in this newspaper Copyright registration number 2039 regular 61 National advertising otiices as Queen Toronto I64 1710 Mo Cathcort St Montreal The advertiser agrees that the publisher shall not be liable for dbmooes aris ing out oi errors in advertisements beyond the amount pond tor the space ac tually occupied by that portion at ttv advertisement which the error oc curred whether such error is due to the negligence 04 its servants or other IUSINESS 7256537 Mm ltrlnnrr TIIll Rolwt Album Mrt hrt Carol Bowlos WHATS ON JAUREL AN HARDY PERUNS AI Hanson toreman Don Near asst tortman Fred Prince mi Pattenden NO RERUNS OF OUR ELECTION PROMISES Time is running out to cut your tax bill By VINCENT EGAN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Time is running out for many of those decisions that could help you to cut your 1979 tax bill Income tax experts recommend that taxpayers review their affairs at this season to see for example the possible advantages of either accepting or deferring certain ex penses or receipts Lets say your charitable donations exceed the standard $100 deduction and you intend to make further donations early in 1980 You could minimize this years taxes by making the anticipated donation before the end of 1979 But if your 1979 donations have been less than $100 you could improve your chances of exceeding $100 next year by postponing any contemplated donations until Jan In similar way if your medical expenses have been high do some calculations to see whether you could trim your taxes by prepaying your anticipated medical bills The rule is that medical expenses in excess of three per cent of your net income are de ductible You may use the total for any 12 month period ending during 1979 DEADLINE NEAR The same principle applies to tuition fees They are deductible by the student as paid in respect of any 12month period that com mences in the taxation year Fees to investment counsel are deductible only in the year paid Contributions to Registered Home Ownership Savings Plan are deductible for amounts paid in the calendar year including the year in which the taxpayer or spouse acquires an owneroccupied home Contributions to Registered Retirement Savings Plans or premiums on Income Averaging Annuity Contracts are deductible if made any time up to Feb 29 1980 However the rates of return on IAAC and certain types of RRSP almost always decline in January and February so its prudent to act earlier Some other expenses that must be paid by Dec 31 if they are to be deductible from 1979 taxable income include professional or union BUSINESS dues political donations childcare costs and moving expenses Make careful note of the other conditions that have to be met if such expenses are to be eligible for deduction PENSION PLANS If your employers pension plan will accept it you have until Dec 31 to contribute up to $3500 for years of past service in which you didnt contribute to the companys plan Such deduction if available to you would be deductible from 1979 income and would not reduce your 1979 currentservice con tribution which also has $3500 ceiling You are allowed to receive $1000 of in vestment income before incurring income tax This could be interest dividends and half of any taxable capital gains The total isnt affected by any claims of capital losses but it is reduced by the interest you pay and deduct on funds that you borrow to earn the investment income If you havent enough investment income to claim the full $1000 exemption you might be able to maximize your total but youd have to act immediately For example you could sell stocks or bonds on which you have an unrealized capital gain up to $2000 But the final date is Dec 20 for transaction that is deemed to be settled in 1979 If you miss that deadline and still want to do trade that will apply to 1979 try for cash sale one that is completed payment made shares delivered on the same day the transaction goes through the stock exchange Another possible way of taking advantage of an otherwise unused part of the exemption would be to clip and cash bond coupons in stead of letting the interest accrue but if you switch from cash basis to receivable basis you have to stick with that basis in future years Unwanted Shah Empress find refuge in Panama CONTADORA ISLAND Panama AP Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi took walk along winding hilly road and then dined in public at this resort islands only hotel He ate melon and ham steak and vanilla ice cream The deposed Iranian monarch was ac companied on his slow stroll to Contadoras main beach late Monday afternoon by eight bodyguards on foot sedan full of security men behind him his Great Dane and his poodle Hes feeling pretty good much better said his US spokesman Robert Armao He needs to tone up his muscles but that will take several weeks He was weight lifter you know The spokesman added that the shah whois 60 has no fixed schedule but probably Will take daily walks The shah and Empress Farah arrived on the island off the Pacific coast ofPanama Saturday They came from US air base In San Antonio Tex where he had been recuperating from gall bladder surgery and cancer treatment in New York This may rot be his permanent home said Armao He may move to the mainland and come here on weekends That is not clear This is very very volatile situation You can assume that he will be here for some time EATS AT HOTEL The dining room where the shah and his party ate was filled with guests at the hotel including reporters who acceded to request that they not approach the Iranian party or photograph it during dinner The shah is staying about 12 kilometres from the hotel at residence overlooking the Pacific owned by former Panamanian ambassador to the United States Gabriel Lewis Galindo Lewis Galindo once owned the island but it is the property of government tourist corpo ration now The shahs refuge is on bluff overlooking small bay Panamanian gunboat sits 200 metres offshore national guard speedboat is on patrol in the area and at least dozen guards patrol the rocky shore below the house Meanwhile there were small student demonstrations on the mainland against the decision by Panamas strongman Gen Omar Torrijos to give the shah asylum after no other country but Egypt would admit him Some radio commentators also expressed anger We do not need millions bathed in blood said one commentator referring to rumors that the shah agreed to make substantial investments in Panama Sdl 50a year ELSEWHERE IN CANADA $11 00 year tnsement wise and there shall be no liability inr non tnvrtton at any advertisement beyond the amount paid tor sur fidvhmn The Publisher reserves tho right in unit row Inuin or reject an adver Federal election outcome totally unpredictable By STEWART MacLeod Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service What makes this general election cam paign so unique is the absolute un predictability of the outcome Sure all elections are to large degree unpredictable But no other recent election has been quite like this one Confusion reigns supreme as politicians fan out from Ottawa hoping sympathetic electorate will send them back on Feb 18 Most of them when asked will offer the considered opinion that their own particular party will pick up vast quantities of seats and that this same enlightened electorate will vent its wrath on the other parties Liberals will tell you that the Canadian people are enraged over the budgetary of ferings of Finance Minister John Crosbie and that they can hardly wait to hit the hustings on this particular issue Tories and they include Mr Crosbie himself tell you that the Canadian people are enraged over the un necessary defeat of the government and that this anger will spill over onto the ballots on Feb 18 New Democrats will tell you that the people are enraged at both oldline parties and that NDP candidates will be the ben eficiaries on Feb 18 NOT UNUSUAL You expect these type of contradictions in any campaign but this time even in private there are more of them The events leading to the defeat of the Tories all happened so quickly and at such crucial moment that no one has had time to assess the reaction The Liberals have been too busy trying to reassess their own leadership situation to think about other things To indicate some of the highlevel confusion that exists one Conservative MP has bet that the New Democrats will win 50 seats Our budget will hurt us he reasoned and the people will take it out on the Grits for bringing on this election Even though the governments defeat came at the hands of an NDP motion he figures the Liberals will take the gap Another Conservative told me privately that he was confident the Tories would pick up few more seats and possibly get majority third said he would bet on majority government but didnt know what party will get it It depends he said on how the publics anger is directed in the next two months The Liberals dont have any great con PARLIAMENT HILL sistency Ive talked to some of their MP5 who sincerely believe that Prime Minister Joe Clark will be rejected as national em barrassment Another has expressed the fear that Grits because of this nonconfidence vote will pay dearly for being too op portunistic too greedy for power DONT AGREE There are others who feel the latest Gallup poll which shows the Liberals in massive lead over the Tories is of great significance There are others who feel very strongly that it was mere aberration There are some who think Pierre Trudeau is still the Grits greatest weapon others who feel he is spent force There are some who feel that Clark government in office for just six months will be able to convince Canadians it deserves further opportunity And there are others some of them Tories who worry that the gov ernments embarrassing string of broken election promises will entice voter disdain And what makes this precampaign mood so unique is the fact that MPs are changing their minds by the hour probably under the in fluence of just few phone calls One Liberal MP who during morning coffee was saying that the party could never win with Pierre Trudeau was taking the very opposite position by midafternoon Of course some were still in state of shock from the governments defeat an event that still attracts more conflicting scenarios than the election itself There are some who think it was brilliant Tory strategy to engineer their own defeat others argue it was brilliant Trudeau strategy to create draft movement to en courage his own resurrection Ive heard it was brilliant NDP movement to defeat the government while ensuring the Grits took the blame Ive also been told that in the search for strategies we are overlooking great many stupidities suspect there is some truth in this But in any event these are fun days in Ottawa Russian economy stumbles against consumer demand MOSCOW Renter Even by Moscow standards the line outside the small hard ware shop near the Bolshoi Theatre was extraordinary It stretched three or four deep for about 50 yards suggesting some soughtafter luxury might be on sale The crush at the door parted and out came triumphant woman shopper with her pur chase several boxes of imported washing powder The look of triumph was understandable for washing powder had been unobtainable in the Soviet capital for months For millions of Soviet consumers such shortages deficits in Soviet economic jargon are the most obvious evidence that all is not well with the worlds secondbiggest economy Their grumbles have been confirmed lately by President Leonid Brezhnev who described such shortages as unforgiveable in speech on Nov 27 Brezhnev said consumers were often unable to find simple items such as medicines soap washing powder tooth paste toothbrushes needles thread and diapers Although his list stopped there any Soviet consumer could have reeled off any number of additional deficit items from toilet paper to light bulbs Interpreting the news By GLENN SOM ERVILLE Kissinger plots comeback WASHINGTON CP Henry Kissinger The 72yearold party leader told the ministers in charge such shortages would have to be eliminated in 1980 and officials guilty of causing them would be punished Brezhnevs speech avoided any suggestion of largescale reform of the economic system but stressed the need for more discipline and tighter central planning People who could not cope with the tasks allotted to them should be replaced by ener getic creative comrades with initiative But threeday session of the Supreme Soviet which followed the speech brought no changes in the government The session revealed the grim statistics behind the waiting lines In virtually all respects they were among the worst since the Second World War The Soviet national income roughly equivalent to Gross National Product grew in 1979 by only two per cent the lowest figure since the war The main culprit was agriculture which makes up onefifth of the economy The grain harvest plunged to 179 million tons from 237 million last year and the value of agricultural production fell by 33 per cent from 1978 Growth in industrial production was also the lowest since the war 36 per cent com pared witha target for the year of 57 still manoeuvring to regain his old job of state secretary if Republican wins the 1980 presidential elections is stepping up his attacks on the Carter administrations foreign policies Senior Carter aides denounce him as devious and dishonorable man for his tactics but Kissinger has unquestionably become political problem KiSsinger has remained prominent and authoritative voice in international affairs even though it is three years since he was last in government Now that he is angling for possible comeback the Carter ad ministration is wary about his power to affect key initiatives that must be passed by Congress Some White House officials think for example that Kissingers support for the SALT II treaty to limit the spread of nuclear arms is crucial to its prospects for Senate approval That makes the White House eager to avoid alienating Kissinger Last month Kissinger went before Republican governors group in Texas and later to Republican fundraiser in Indiana to blast the Carter administration for its handling of Iran DESCRIBES DISASTER Other countris have learned there is no penalty for opposing the US and no reward for friendship to the he charged The fall of the shah of Iran was disaster and should be warning to Carter not to elevate impotence into political doctrine Kissinger added That drew Kissingers critics into the open including longtime diplomat George Ball who said Kissingers obnoxious pressure to get the shah into the US was partly responsible for the Iranian hostagetaking crisis Ball now an investment banker in New HENRY KISSINGER eyes formerjoh York was appointed by Carter last Decem ber to study the situation in Iran at that time Subsequently the shah was deposed and the Khomeini regime came to power Late last month State Secretary Cyrus Vance met privately with Kissinger to smooth his feathers about the White House criticism and to obtain commitment from Kissinger to tone down the attacks or Carter