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Newmarket Midland and Orillia were off the job Christmas and Boxing days as pickets were stationed outside the office on Bayfield Street Operators in Ontario and Quebec are now working to rule with no over time and 25 per cent reduced job efficiency Examiner Photo Union asks operators to refuse overtime Bell Canada operators in Ontario and Quebec have been asked by their union to refuse overtime work for the duration of the holiday season and reduce overall ef ficiency by 25 per cent Bill Howes negotiator for the Com munications Workers of Canada said he is telling the operators to work to rule because neither Bell nor the union which represents 7400 employees has agreed to resume contract talks The implication of the slowdown means service will not be at its normal speed said Caroline Wise manager of operator services in Barrie She says it is difficult for the operators to judge what 25 per cent is No overtime means if the volume of calls is higher than estimated no operators will be available for work and management cannot take over as it did during the Christmas walkout she said You may dial the operator and there wont be anyone there said Mrs Wise The main problem in negotiations ap pears to be Bells claim that 22 clauses in the federal conciliators report are nebulous The union aCcepts the report and has suggested that the clauses be re submitted to conciliator Roland Tremblay for further ruling that would be binding on both parties Bell said the approach would be unacceptable Ottawa operators defied their union to day by voting to continue 48hour walkout that began Christmas Day Workers in Hamilton also stayed off the job today after an apparent misunderstan ding between employees and manage ment Union officials there said operators were returning to work at midnight but were refused entrance to the building They then reestablished picket lines But Bells Hamilton manager Marnie Spears said the operators werent barred from returning they just werent needed until later in the day In Montreai union officials announced policy that would have operators speak in French only although several operators said English service is continuing In Toronto operators were refusing to speak French but company official noted that few calls are actually handled in French Operators in Barrie are back on the job today Green not favorite color of area resort operators By STEPHEN NICHOLLS of The Examiner The green in Simcoe Countys green Christmas is only on the ground not in local cash registers say tourist resort operators It has been totally disasterous as far as in come goes says EdMembery of Ski Haven in Gilford We cant make snow we cant use our crosscountry trails were complete ly out of business Bev Philip assistant marketing manager at Blue Mountain in Collingwood said that area is losing $500000 day while the mild spell continues Lola Leggatt accountant at Nottawasaga Inn said business at the Alliston area resort is down 15 to 20 per cent this year Judy Delaney advertising and promotion coordinator for the Huronia Tourist Associa tion said tourist businesses across the area are suffering from the unseasonably mild temperatures Expresident to stand trial SEOUL Renter Former South Korean president Yun Posun and 17 other dissidents will stand trial at martiallaw court in con nection with antig0vermnent demonstra tions last month the martial law command announced today inside story Greenhouse beauty The doors were open at Ilarries greenhouse Wednesday The open house one of two to be held over the holiday season allowed city residents to take close look at the operation which provides all those flowers and plants in city parks For story on the cityowned greenhouse and the man who runs it see the Today page Education changes The 1070s saw constant change in educa tion in Simcoc County schools Ihroughout the decade the county two infant school boards attempted to keep thc quality of education high For closc look back at the decades trends in education health and social matters see page ti Gartner stars Barrie native Mike Gartncr playing his first game at Maple Leaf Gardens as pro fessional recorded three scoring points ledncsday night and was selected the games third star as the Washington Capitals thumped lorontofifl For more see Sports pages index today the seventies lifester entertainment sports cornicstv guide classified supplements Letitia Heights Ironically she said tourist inquiries this fall were up by 10 to 15 per cent We had lot of Americans requesting in formation said Mrs Delaney Many of them wanted to stay within 250mile radius of Buffalo They figured theyd have to come this far to get snow We had all kinds of letters and phone calls from September to November from people planning their winter vacations Mrs Delaney read one letter from resi dent of Kerwood Ont west of London who said he wanted to spend his Christmas vaca tion in this area for snowmobiling She said 50 per cent of skiiers who come to this area are cross country skiiers Membery said on good day wed put through 500 to 600 people The crosscountry season locally has only 10 to 12 weeks on good cross country conditions he said Uusually you can depend on running from Dec 15 to the first part of March said Membery Were behind good three to four weeks or weekends at least Gibb Montgomery Horseshoe Valley manager said the Boxing Day trade usually the heaviest of the season was off by 80 per cent He said it is estimated that clubs are losing about $1 million week because of the weather But the impact on tourism itself is much more said Montgomery Weve had bad season see Lake page It Collides with tree STAYNER 20yearold Dunedin man was taken to hospital Wednesday after the car he was driving struck tree in the village about 10 km southwest of here Provincial police said today William Daniel Ilainiiiill was taken to ollingwood General and Marine Hospital and treated for minor injuries Hainmill was kept in hospital overnight for observation said police llanimills car 1972 amaro was demolished in the collision with tree beside tounty Itoad in Dunedin Police are investigating the incident Gold hits $510 LONDON iAl Gold soared to more than $310 an ounce in Europe today amid concern over reported Soviet military buildup in tghanistan the conti mung Embassy siege in Tehran and higher oil prices The dollar was lower almost every licic Gold was up as much as Silii from pre holiday prices in Europe following the metals surge through the $300 barrier in New York on lednesday Islamic nuclear bomb KlWAll ilteutcr Kuwaiti news paper says Pakistan has reported to Saudi Arabia and Iran on the advanced stage it has reached in producing an Islamic nuclear bomb The newspaper Iltttl quoting diplomatic sources says this is one reason behind the visits of Pakistans martiallaw ruler Gen Zia ulHaq and his foreign aft tairs adviser Agha Shahi to Saudi Arabia and Iran repectivcly Libya has greatly helped Pakistan in pro ducing the bomb and it may be ready before the middle of the next year the newspaper SJVS Zia ended threeday visit to Saudi Arabia iednesday during which he held talks with King Khalid and offered thanksgiving prayers at the Grand Mosque in Mecca which Mosleni extremists had oc cupied for two weeks last month 115th year No 297 Thursday Dec 27 1979 Confusion ver 20¢ Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 95 Weekly the examiner serving barrieand simcoe caunty Clergymen urge compromise 1282 arrested in Turkey sx group of high school students lie face down on the pavement on street in Istanbul Monday after they were arrested during studentled protests marking the first anniversary of bloody rioting that left III dead last year in the city of Kahramanmaras Turkey Authorities in Istanbul said L282 people were arrested as result of martial law crackdown on the protests AP Photo IbmzsandLLeehm Quakle EDINBURGH Scotland AP One of Britains strongest earthquakes in years jolted parts of southern Scotland and northwestern England before dawn Wednesday toppling chimneys cracking walls and sending thousands of people from their homes in panic No major damage or casualties were reported At the Institute of Geological Sciences in Edinburgh the quake recorded between hits UK 45 and five on the Richter scale tremor of 45 on the scale is considered moderate earthquake Although moderate by world standards it still damaged the institutes seismographic recording machine The quake which lasted about 30 seconds struck while most people were in following Christmas Day festivities nousands were awakened and rushed in to the pre days Tartrues 1r confusion Current water levels here could worsen spring floods Water levels locally are near the spring flood marks and although no immediate pro blems are expected the unique conditions now may worsen flooding next spring says resources technician Ron Mills of the Nottawasaga Valley Con servation Authority told The Examiner to day water levels in this area peaked Monday night but began to drop Christmas Day At one pomt the water levels came within four inches of spring flood marks he said Minesing Swamp overflowed onto adjacent farmland much of which remains under three inches to three feet of water said Mills While Mills said the crisis is over low lying areas of the county could still be in for troubles if more rain falls on the frozen ground Water cannot seep into frozen ground and if we get any more rain well get very high runoff said Mills Death car marked POMPANO BEACH Fla Battery acid stains may have marked the car involved in the traffic death of 21yearold Barrie man here early Sunday morning police said Wednesday Pompano Beach city police have issued statewide alert fora vehicle with frontend damage including acid marks but so far have been unable to find the vehicle involv ed in the death of David James Woods Woods son of Mrs Irene Woods of Barrie died when the golf cart he was riding collid ed with another vehicle on Pompano Parkway about am police said Patrolman Bart Piacente of Pompano Beach police told The Examiner Woods was pronounced dead at the scene Woods ap parently died from massive internal in juries he said The incident occurred near Pompano Park Harness Raceway where Woods work ed as horse groom DRIVINGCART Woods was returning from local pub and was driving golf cart alongside Pompano Parkway toward the race track said police He was off the roadway said Officer Piacente driver veered off the road struck and killed him and left him lying there He said no eyewitnesses saw the crash but the impact was heard by newspaper deliverers working nearby Police say they have several clues that may help them track down the vehicle Broken glass at the scene indicates the vehicle broke headlight in the crash said Officer Piacente It may also have sustained damage from battery acid The electrical storage batteries explod ed on impact he said There was battery acid all over the place at the accident scene SPILLSACII Acid spilled on the car might cause identi fying marks on the bumper grill and front fender Officer Piacente said he and other of ficers combed the accident scene Tuesday for further clues and police continue to search bush areas where the driver may have abandoned the vehicle Even if the ground thaws its still pretty saturated with water he said That satura tion will not allow rainwater to seep into the earth While melt now reduces the amount of snow to melt next spring that does not mean spring flooding will reduce he said Flooding may increase For example if we get couple of weeks of no snow and heavy frost that means the frost will get further down into the ground said Mills Then if we get heavy snow on top of that we could have problems in the spring The ground is already saturated and the snow melt has no place to go but to runoff This weekend of mild weather may enhance spring flooding said Mills Snow is forecasted for Saturday Sunday and Monday and the weather should turn much colder extra Weve alerted the highway patrol and the sheriffs office said Officer Piacente We were out all day Christmas Day look mg Officer Piacente said police suspect the accident was drunk driver hit and run but there is no proof to support that theory meini talks of war TEHRAN AP Three US Clergymen to day urged compromise in the the US Iranian crisis and French archbishop said he expects clemency for the hostages even as Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini raised the possibility of war There was more confusion over the number of captives Revs William Sloane Coffin Thomas Gumbleton and William Howard flew home today at the end of threeday Christmas mission with messages from number of the captivm to their families and plea for con ciliation by both sides in the standoff If one side gets little more tough it tends to make the other side little more tough Coffin told reporters before leaving Tehran If one side decides to be little more gracious the other side has the freedom to be alittle more gracious The Clergymen who conducted Christmas Day services for the captives at the occupied US Embassy in Tehran left on Iran Air flight 775 via Paris and London and were scheduled to arrive in New York at about pm EST MAY BE LEMENCY During the Paris stopover the archbishop of Algiers who assisted at the Christmas ser vices in Tehran said he found Iranian authorities and public opinion favorable to an act of clemency Though he said he has not received any exact promises Etienne Cardinal Duval told reporters at Orly Airport he has reason to bone for the fastest and broadest possible measure of clemency tor the hostages Duval arrived with the three US Clergymen who remained aboard the flight and did not talk to reporters PREDICTS WAR The US state department had no im mediate comment on Khomeinis latest prediction of war between the United States and Iran In speech Wednesday to an Islamic anti drug addiction group the Iranian strongman said Now we are at war political and economic war It is likely that the military war will also come along Foreigners can easily make us surrender by just closing their exports to us if our economy is dependent one Now they have threatened us with an economic boycott Many governments have approved this But the peoples do not approve While in my view these noises have no reality if we give very weak probability to this we should be equipped You are in war situation an economic war which is in itself struggle between Islam and paganism Khomeini referred to US request that the UN Security Council impose economic sanctions against Iran in bid to force the release of the hostages who were grabbed Nov by proKhomeini militants demanding President Carter send the ousted Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi back to Iran The council is to take up the US request later this week Afghanistan buildup has Carter concerned WASHINGTON AP The Carter ad ministration is calling on other countries to speak out against what it says is rapid Soviet military buildup in Afghanistan The Soviet Union ignoring US warnings mold interiere ii neighbor cg Afghanistan have increased its military presence through twoday airlift which US officials say may have doubled the number of Soviet ser vicemen there to 10000 That would make the Soviet military presence in Afghanistan Moscows largest foreign deployment since soldiers were dispatched to Czechoslovakia in 1968 to end that countrys liberal trend The state department has expressed con cern several times in recent weeks about the Soviet involvement but Wednesdav for the 4ch If you want to know what its like bein held prisoner as me Woman 97 slain ROCHESTER NY AP 97yearold woman found dead in her ransacked home Christmas night was apparently beaten to Hello Im Jumbo circus elephant being delivered this week by flatbed truck through the streets of Rio de Janeiro Brazil introduces itself in elephant fashion to passengers aboard bus The chance meeting came when the bus windows open stopped at red light beside the elephantbearing truck AP Photo one home to The Examiner all 7266539 for hqme delivery firsttime officials called on other states to 10m in protest CALLS FOR ACTION We believe that members of the interna tional community should condemn such bla tant military interference into the internal af fairs of an independent sovereign state stage department spokesman Hooding Carter sai Carter said the DEc 2526 buildup makes it appear that the Soviets are crossing new threshhold in their military support for the Afghanistan governments struggle against antiCommunist Islamic tribesmen Afghanistan borders both the Soviet Union and Iran where Americans have been held captive by militants since Nov Ship disaster seek survivors VICTORIA CP team of Canadian divers was poised to check the hull of the cap sized freighter Lee Wang Zin for signs of life today if raging north Pacific storms gave them the chance Canadian and United States rescue teams have said there is slight chance surivors among the crew of 30 Taiwanese sailors might be trapped in the hull of the Panamanianregistered bulk carrier which overturned in heavy seas on Christmas Day death and sexually assaulted police say The body of Gertrude McFarland was discovered Wednesday night by neighbor whg checked on the woman daily police sai Maj Anthony Fantigrossi chief of detec lives said the body showed signs of having been beaten about the face and head There were also indications that she had been sex ually assaulted he said Four wounded in shooting MONTREAL tCP At least four men were wounded by gunfire in downtown rock club early today police said Early police reports said two of the vic tims were in serious condition with stomach wounds but hospital officials would not con firm the statement No arrests were immediately made but three people are being sought police said adding they dont know what prompted the violence Problems problems TORONTO CP CFTOTV had cou ple of problems Christmas Day It broadcast last years message from the Queen instead of the new one Then when it came time for Ontario Premier William Davis to give his holiday message he was shown upsidedown at least for moment Patient dies in crash NAPLES AFP helicopter taking patient to Naples hospital crashed on hospital grounds Wednesday killing the paient and injuring seven nurses The helicopter had already landed when the pilot made an error that caused it to rise three metres into the air before crashing to the ground The patient who died had been injured ina traffic crash weather Mostly cloudy with isolated flurries today Partly cloudy Friday Highs today to Lows tonight near High Friday near plus