The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Ol¢ Ifiviiuvhv nJA minor number The Candie Pros CP imdAudtt lotcu EDITORS ADVESIG mums corzosmatgrognfin Publlsnoddailv 699 AKlfignty the Cored Pm rrioy ropbblkh new storm In Craio Eben managing editor Len Sevictc manager accountant 30 fiftys mam Sum Ath In of ham iitnhllicggfllriefwlrzdediior 555 Vittlti Grant Don Saunders statutory holidays Prayand local new norm publishod in Tho lam Examiner Connie Hart LorneWass 5stny on of and °°° 19 =°9°°d°°v 39336 3350292252 wsmu gm grow mm °i£wsm momma mm op it on flV Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Dem Lam gyzurncmzpcnuk my YEAR LL byo carrier Mwbwm mm mm Nancy Figueroa Roast CMW 16 Boyfield Street Barrie Ontario l4M 4T6 Cohen Ian MncMurchy ea Allenbr av Miatgame new 99 not 15031 tormdomogos error Tony Panacci on Janie Hamel out at orron in odvortliomorm am po were actto Bruce Rowand pUbIISher Richard Thomas ltlmanager Susan Kitchen SIMCOE COUNTY mica by that portion at tho adventnos in which the org stanzai mm mammoth matters ma Terry Field cussmso Do 30 555 FF NEWSROOM CIRCULATION ADVERTISING CLASSIFIEDS BUSINESS Cathy Heather Peggy cnapeiisupervisor vfummm Hanmlwrem More 25453er trh9i$11suchintuziZaimiio may or servos iéyfinviaararym mu2caesst foreman ELSEWHE RE CANADA Mlnu 04 ism Mekel cu BW Cheryl Aiken Kim Pattenden too Y9 lslam world Ontario natural gas scandal of the fifties awakening giant Amidst heightened world tension over Iran somr facts are emerging about the volatile Islam world Stretching form Morocco in North Africa to Pakistan the Islam world is an awakening giant It is also society to which the West has paid pathetically little attention Suddenly as the Iran criSis deepens we are realizing the crucial need for understanding and way of living with the Islam world Its little more than generation ago that most Islam countries were under colonial rule After the end of World War 11 one by one the nations gained independence Libya 19531 Sudan 19561 Tunisia and Morocco 1958 Kuwait 1961 Algeria 19621 South Yeman 1968 Bahrain 19711 and Somalia 1974 are some of the recently independent Islam nations In Algeria and elsewhere the struggle for independence was ac complished only after bloodshed and war with western powers Still the independence question is not ended The question of Palestine potentially the greatest threat to world peace remains unsolved Along with political changes are the immense social and economic changes in the lslam world Once poor and totally undeveloped the Islam world is very different place today Sir Thank You Thank You Thank You to the students and stall of King Edward School in Barrie in Thursday evening December 13 sat in the audience at Georgian College Theatre and truly enjoyed myself The Christmas Concert performed that night was thing of joy and happiness to all who attended From the traditional Christmas carols to the most modern disco routines performed by the entertaining kindergarten classes every routine and choral rendition was per formed by people who have love for their work It was truly an evening of fine entertain ment and am already looking forward to being in attendance at the 1980 King Ed ward School Christmas concert JEAN JACOB Barrie ir The hypocracy of the American ruling class In regard to Irans taking of American hostages seems to have been overlooked The CIA engineered the coup financed by US dollars that restored the Shah to power in 1953 and for 25 years the US government supported and supplied with billions of dollars worth of arms the Shahs regime of repression and terrorism do not condone hostagetaking but American support for the Shah and its har OTTAWA CPI The New Year brings slight increases in takehome pay for most employees because of reductions in incoim tax But the tax gain will lt parly offset for many Canadians by hghcr ifluttllifl for unemployment insurantc and pension premiums Monthly pensions baby borin and benefits for the jobless also rlw unlitr federal welfare prograir anth 111 come taxes are éldeSttfll lfif last years inflation The adjustments result iron riJW mulas based on 197 about nine per cent raising SOCial benefits by But experts are prion increases of uptoll pnrrstr Fio For start basic on pr barrel Jan WhKh will heating Oil and gasolirit one cent lllrt thlw gallon with natural no equivalent margin Food prices also arr pit1 tw sharply in the New Your 2w our more energyprice inciiaa mer regardless of whim par rm Feb 18 federal election Tax increases arnouncul tfii richmm Progressive onscrvatiic budge of 11m 11 also depend on the outconw of the elm tion As if to underline thc declining buying power of cash the Royal Canadian Mint making 1980 pennv that is llLlllll and fi rw we want your opinion Something on your mind Send Letter to the Editor Please make it on original copy and sign it The Examiner doesnt publish unsigned let ters but it 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 Milli Ont MM 416 letters to the editor The difference is oil First discovered in 1932 in Bahrain on the Persian Gulf oil has fuelled the Islam nations to world power to day The wealth from oil is enormous almost unbelievably so The book The Arabs People at Power points out that Saudi Arabia will soon have more monetary reserves than the United States and Japan combined In short the West must face reali ty and come to grips with this new and powerful force We must change and listen to the hopes and grievances of the Islam world in cluding all the unanswered ques tions that divide us If we must change the lslam world is changing too Traditional Islam values are under pressure as newfound wealth spreads through their society Included in that change is their view of the West and the material benefits it can bring Right now all eyes are focused on the crisis in Iran Its time for clear thinking by the West neither to overreact to threats nor to turn away if those threats are carried out After Iran however there will still be the need for knowledge and understanding of the awakening giant that is the Islam world today boring of this tyrant is what provoked it The main concern of American capitalism is not human rights or safety but its capital in vestments and its spheres of influence in its imperialist rivalry for control of world markets and resources Extradicting the Shah to stand trial for his crimes would have negative effect on USsupported dic tatorial puppets elsewhere The false patriotism and demand for military action now being whipped up will be used to bolster American imperialism and militarism James Minal Burnaby BC Sir Thank you to the Barrie and District Christmas Cheer Organization It being the day after Christmas words cannot express my sincere thanks for helping us enjoy Christmas when we have loved ones in British Columbia whom we cannot sit down with at their Christmas dinner but only give them their Christmas wish by card or telephone Your kindness hard work and organizing will not be easily forgotten To one and all very Happy New Year because you helped us have beautiful Christmas Mrs Miller Sanford SL Barric Predicts consumer price to rise 11 next year thinner because the copper in onecent coin is costing more than one cent INCOME TAX DOWN income taxes are reduced because undcr an indexing system introduced in 1974 ex emptions rise by almost nine per cent anti so do the income brackets subject to in creasing tax rates under the graduated IaX anon system For cxamplc the amount of an individual taxpayers income free of tax rises by $240 in 1990 to $2990 and the exemption for titpruidants by comparable margins The upshot is to reduce the average tax or emglc pcrson earning 313000 year bv zboit 32 23 week and on S251X10aycar Ifl twrson with two children by about IHl 117 rates and saving vary according mm pcrsonal allowances and the pro ftllfift Provincial taxes vary fm so tilting increase in takehome pay hauntr at least partly offset by bigger CHI for unemployment insurance of writs morc week anti for Canada im Man of up to 13 cents extra week lfllll increase in taxable familv ddjliiilit ia also adds few pennies week to 11 tinlffllfill IttltlJiSS PAY IIoffilfitf subjch emp suraiirc diductions rise i0 $290 kttn lll Januarv from $203 in I979 The rate of dHluctionK remains the same 31113 for rach of $100 of employee earnings $1 99 pcr $100 of payroll charged to the employer The result is that the employees contribu tion rises by maximum 34 cents wcck 10 $3 92 from $358 on incomes of at least $200 aweek At the same time unemployment in surance benefits for thc 750000 jiililtss IlSt to maximum $174 week from $139 wcck ly an increase of $13 wcck for those who have lost toppaying jobs bible thought After this manner thcrcforc pray yr Our Father which art in heaicn llallowcil be thy name Thy kingdom come They will bc toni in earth as it is in hcavcn Give us this day our daily bread And forgiu us our debts as we forgive our debtors And lead us not into temptation biit dcliur us from ii For thine is the kingdom and thc powcr and 11 glory lormcr Amen Matthew fiz9lil Repeat it once again as you release all of your needs to God in the name of Jesus His Son Tongan Stikl Three former PMs among notable deaths in decade By THE CANADIAN PRESS Three former prime ministers John Diefenbaker Lester Pearson and Louis St Laurent were among the prominent Cana dians claimed by death during the last decade Diefenbaker loomed over the Canadian political scene even after his Progressive Conservatives were defeated by Pearsons Liberals in 1903 His impact was reflected in the extremes of admiration and dislike he caused among Canadians When the train bearing his remains wound its way to Prince Albert Sask from Ot tawa in 1979 many people stood silently beside the tracks paying tribute to the col orful indefatigable Chief The former Prairie trial lawyer led the Tories to victory in 1957 and swept the coun try in another election the following year Cabinet dissension and voter disaffection caused his defeat Pearson winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 was prime minister from 19m until he handed over the party to Pierre Trudeau in 1908 The 14th prime minister diplomatpolltician scholar writer atid athlete died in 1972 of the cancer that had cost him his right eye two years carlicr St Laurent Uncle Louis to many ana dians died in 1973 at the age of 91 From 1948 until 1957 he was Canadas prime minister and saw Newfoundland join onr federation as the 10th province VICTIM 0F TERRORISIS The death of Pierre Laportc at the hands of terrorists of the Front dc Liberation du Quebec during the 1970 October Crisis stunn ed Canada and the world The body of Quebecs 49yearold minister of labor and immigration was found in the trunk of car in Montreal week after he disappcarcd Canada lost one of its most colorful parliamentarians when Real aoucttc died in 1976 The committed federalist had stcp ped down from the leadership of tlic Na tional Social Credit party month bcfori his death from heart ailment Grattan OLeary journalist and orator who was appointed to the Scnatc III 190 after retiring as editor of the Ottawa loiir nal died in 1976 at the age of 97 Provincial politics lost such stars at Bennett whose Social rtxlit larty dominated British Columbia for 20 ycais iui til it was upset in 1972 by the NDI licn netts son Bill avenged the defeat thrcc years later leading the Socreds to another provincial election victory LEI FEDERAL TORIES George Drew died in 1973 having ushcrcd in an era of Conservative political domina tion of Ontario 30 years earlier He served premier from 1943 until 1948 and was na inal onscrvative leader from 1949 until 1930 Mr Ontario Leslie Frost was that pro iccs prcmicr for 12 years after Drew riigned Stuart Garson was the Liberal premier of Manitoba for five years and federal minister of justice and attorney chcral from 19411 until 1957 cw JOHN DIEFENBAKER died in W79 Ross Thatcher had been Saskatchewans premier for sevcn years when he died in 1971 at the age of 54 He had served as member of Parliament for both the operative Commonwealth Federation and the Liberals Eaton Molsoii Weston Stcinberg men bcaring those wcllrknown names were lost during thc 1970s SlltttNllQllNlDIES In 1970 Maric lloulc 33 was the second of thc ttllltllillllttlls Dionnc quintuplcts to dic llicir fatliciitlivu dictl in l979 ltcadcrs of anzidian literature mourned tlic loss in 1979 of Hugh Garner one of thc countrys bcst known and bestselling authors and ircgory Clark the veteran lltSptltilllllll and niagiiinc writcr lllltllttl tor l1 warm liczirtcd storytclling wliorlicdin1971 tiny ltlllllflltlt lllt jxisonitication of New Ycars lvc who dicd in 1977 was born in London hit Although lic performed in tlic llnitcd Stairs toi most of his carccr hc ittllllllltttl to call his band The ltovnl ana iliuns For more than 210 tl bandleader Don Mcsscr 01 and his iiiiisicnl group The Islanders tllltltfllllttl tanada on radio and tclcvision The Group of chcn Canadian artists dcdicatcd to portraying their countiys stark splendor lost its last thrce members Lawrcn llarris its died in 1970 AY Jackson died at 91 in 1974 and Edwin lleadlcy llolgatc 93 died in 1977 Sports figure who died in the 1970s in cluded Fred iCyclone Taylor one of the greatest professional hockey players ever to lace on skates and Dr Phil Edwards 04 who won five medals for Canada in Olympic track events Bread and butter issues prevail over protesters litltltNltl ltlt 1n the 19605 and early 70s thousands marched to protest the Viet nam war racism and anything else they felt needed to be called to the attention of the world But protests arent what they used to be and there have been fewer of them as the years have gone by city officials say We had couple of good protest years in 75 and 77 says SSgt John Bcavens in charge of the Metropolitan Toronto Police division dealing with parades and special events including protests They reminded you of the 605 but now the numbers are dwindling There are fewer protests and fewer people at them Crowd estimates at recent Metro Toronto demonstrations are in the low hundreds if that high and the issues tend to be more local ln Metro they are more likely to in volve controversial expressway than world peace Ald Allan Sparrow says todays causes are bread and butter issues such as police jobs and social services By DON OHEARN Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service The second big political controversy of the Fifties was the Northern Ontario Natural Gas or NONG scandal It was newspaper and political sensation for more than two years eventually resulting in the resignation of three cabinet ministers the removal of Supreme Court judge and the jailing of Vancouver promoter and president of NONG Ralph Farris Yet as with the Highways Scandal one had to wonder and still does just how epochal the whole business was In brief the story of NONG was that with the Trans Canada pipeline bringing western natural gas east all of northern Ontario extending south to Orillia opened up as new customer for gas With this there was an opening for new gas company to serve industry and local commercial and residential users It was big opening but it also called for massive organizing effort One particular trial was that under provincial law franchise had to be secured for every local area from the Ontario Energy Board requirement was that the en dorsement of the local council had to be secured before there could be even hearing Under gas economies the only practical system for the north was one that covered the whole area and this meant getting the ap proval of more than 20 local councils The problem frightened off most potential developers but couple of young promoters Farris and Spencer Clark of Seattle did take the challenge and formed NONG They eventually battled their way through to es tablish the big gas distribution system which today is part of Norcen Energy Resources Limited STOCK DEALING The controversy all centred around stock Farris and Clark put little cash into the oper ation They made their way with treasury stock They issued big blocks of treasury shares to themselves at few cents share As the company developed and began tying up franchises the stock rapidly escalated on the overtheecounter market it wasnt listed on the main exchange until well established Farris and Clark financed the organizational expense by judiciously selling off stock from the treasury at the rising prices They ran into trouble by using stock options on treasury stock of course to ease the way Options to buy stock below the market even when the paper was issued it appeared landed up in the hands of certain key officials and others who might be helpful Trouble broke in two centres One was the Lakehead NONG ran into real threat An Ontario group including La kehead people tried to establish separate local franchise The local fight was bitter Out of the fuss word got out that the Ontario minister of mines Philip Kelly had been in on NONG from the beginning and had been issued an option at few cents on block of 200000 shares This resulted in Kellys resignation in July 1957 The second trouble spot was Sudbury group on councd strongly favored publicly owned local utility This was key franchise as INCO the biggest potential customer in the system was companion in it Leo Landreville was the mayor at the time and after he and Farris had meeting NONG started to move ahead Not long after the Farris meeting Landreville was appointed to the supreme court Later when the Kelly incident broke there was rumor that Lan dreville had made some $100000 or better out of NONG stock This led to an inquiry which recommended that he be removed from the bench which he was year after the Kelly exit two other ministers resigned William Griesinger of Windsor minister of public works and bit later Clare Mapledoram of Fort William minister of lands and forests After Kelly quit Leslie Frost had issued written directive to all members of his cabinet ordering that they absolutely were not to own any NONG stock Griesinger and Mapledoram disobeyed the order They had bought NONG stock Finally after most of the turmoil had settled down Farris was sent to Guelph Reformatory for six ionths for his stock operations BIG BLLNDER The NONG affair of course was scandal Any incident in which cabinet minister re signs through conflict of interest as Philip Kelly did and in which promoter is jailed is scandalous But just how atrocious scandal it was is question For one thing again as with the Highways Scandal there was no venality on the part of goyernment The crazy feature in fact was that there was practically no opening for any From the time the gas company was started there was really no jurisdiction within the provincial government in which it could grant much in the way of favors The whole affair was largely blundering by Farris and Clark They were going through an exercise which they felt they had to follow and which actually they didnt have to at all Spencer Clark was important here He had grown up in the world of US energy utilities And widespread greasing of the way was the common practice in American utility life as it was largely in American politics But there was absolutely no need to follow this here The gas system proposal though it called for vision and lot of work was an absolutely solid proposition The only possible roadblock was in the municipalities and they were so hungry for gas they prac tically lined up to get in the system Sudbury was stickler But even it was beginning to work out by the time Farris and Landreville first met The other ministers really werent im portant All they had done was disobey an order and buy some stock Mountaineer has doubts about reports on snowman TORONTO CP Canadian moun taineer recently back from the Himalayas has expressed doubt about fresh reports sup porting the existence of the Abominable Snowman am surprised at these reports Don Hamilton leader of the Ontario expedition that recently left the Hinku Valley in Nepal said thliiesday He was referring to reports from London quoting members of British expedition as saying they had seen and photographed huge footprints on 5200metrehigh slope of the llinku Valley that they took to be those of the bominable Snowman or yeti Quebec based rump in the last decade Progressive Conservative caucus events that toppled the government brief escape from the political twilight that has been gathering around the federal Social Credit party since the 19605 Heading into his second campaign in nine months as party leader Roy hopes to change the partys rural Quebec image to stop its slow decline He has said that as well as his cam paigning in Quebec he will travel to New Brunswick British Columbia and Alberta the birthplace of Social Credit in the 19305 WILL HAVE TROUBLE But Roy 51 will have trouble selling his message in those provinces because he speaks little English Any gains his party might make would be in Quebec About the most Roy can hope for Feb 18 is to get his party off the endangered species list temporarily at least by winning enough seats to regain the party status it lost in Parliament after returning only six MPs all from Quebec last May 22 Even winning the 12 seats necessary to regain party status would be bucking the trend of declining Social Credit support in every federal election since 1962 Socred leader hopes to halt partys demise tllAWA fCP Social Credit Leader Fabien Roy plans to campaign in four pro vinces during the Feb 18 general election with the hope he can win expanded sup port for party that has shrunk to But the political heydey for Roy might have come and gone during the last Parliament when the life of the minority government hung several times on the votes of his tiny And when he announced his caucus would abstain in nonconfidence motion on the budget he set off the chain of That twomonth stint in the unfamiliar glare of the national spotlight was only The reports said that the British crew heard an absolutely amazing scream lasting about 10 seconds which caused their porters to refuse to spend another night on the slope We spent fair bit of time with the British expedition Hamilton said They climbed Mount Merit couple of days after we did They visited us at our campfires and never mentioned the Abominable Snowman The British team still had their Sherpa porters with them am also surprised to hear of snow at the altitude where they were reported to have found the footprints FABIEN ROY troubledluture When Social Credit elected 11 MP5 in 1974 the other parties made special allowance and gave them the rights of party But they werent so generous this fall slight Social Credit MPs never forgave The loss of party status meant Roy didnt get the extra $5300 salary for par ty leader and that the party didnt get $200000 for research staff That wasnt the only humiliation Roy suffered during his first session of Parlia ment He was mocked constantly by the Liberals for supporting the Tories suf fered one defection and was plagued by rumors of others