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Ambulance crews try unsuccessfully to revive one of four bodies pulled from the Bow River in downtown Calgary Tuesday night after bizarre murdersuicide CP Photo Mother daughters die in murdersuicide CALGARY CP Four bodies were recovered from the icy waters of the Bow River in downtown Calgary Tuesday night after what police believe was bizarre murdersuicide involving mother and her four young daughters Witnesses told police the mother threw two of her daughters over footbridge before leaping into the water with an infant in each arm Mike Woodlock supervisor of the fire departments ambulance division said the hands of one of the children had been bound with some sort of glove but he would not elaborate Police have identified the mother as Harjit Kaur Bhuller Brar 32 of Calgary The three daughters whose bodies had been recovered are Sukhjit Amrit and Savinder fourth daughter sixyearold Ravinder was still missing early this morning Rescue workers waded through the fast moving water for three hours aided by spotlights and two fire department boats The search was called off shortly after am MDT am EDT when weary searchers decided it would be futile to continue George Murray fire department division chief said the first body was recovered less than 10 minutes after the incident was reported No drug problem in schools here Fisher police chief Barrie Police Chief Earl Snider and Stewart Fisher chairman of the board of educations moral education committee said today local schools do not have drug pro blem despite statements made by OPP and local police to the contrary Its drugs not problem Chief Snider told The Examiner Just because we live together doesnt mean were married inside today 331er 57 entertainment sports 2023 oanlcstv guide 31 classified 3235 supplements Daninlon pages Woolworths pages Bayfleld Optical page Food City pages Lnblaws pages Wednesday is for women Square dancers meet About 900 square dancers gathered at Barrie North Collegiate on the weekend for the 11th annual Barrie Promenade spon sored by three local square dancing groups The annual event has an interesting history beginning with the first Barrie Pro menade held to raise money to save the site of Barries Sunnidale Park Each year tickets sell out far in advance of the event which draws square dancers from all across Ontario For story and photos see Lifestyle Page Given $80000 unit Royal Victoria Hospital In Barrie has received an $80000 ultra sound diagnostic unit through donation from the Barrie and district unit of the Canadian Cancer Socie tv The unit was financed through part of an estate left by Dr Hugh Arnley Quacken bush who joined the hospital staff in September 19m For story and photo sec todays Lifestyle Page Homemade music An unusual program of homemade music will be held at Barrie Public Library childrens annex on Saturday at pm Tickets are free but are limited must be picked up in advance Using spoons washboard light bulb and other assorted household items Toronto musician Rick Avery will create hand clapping footstomping music Avery believes in audience participation both during the program and after when he will hold brief questionandanswer period todays Theres probleml dont think anyone here feels the problem in this area is out of proportion to the problem in society as whole said Jack Ramsay Simcoes director of education Last fall Sgt Bob McKenzie of Barrie city police told group there was drug problem in Barries schools An investigation into the problem by the board of educations moral education com mittee is nearly completed and report says Fisher will be ready within few weeks But he said there is nothing to report that was not already known If the police were to make statement to day doubt they would make the same state mentl think the problem exists but in my conversation with police and teachers in general the problem here is not as severe as in urban centres Fisher said McKenzies remarks were blown out of all proportion Snider agrees with Fishers assessment TAKE OUT OF CONTEXT It McKenzies statement was taken out of context and blown out of proportion Snider said the city may have had problem several years ago but not today Constable Keith Pinkney of the Barrie OPP told The Examiner the provincial police are concerned about drug use in the schoolswed be crazy not to say its pro blem Pinkney has replaced Cpl Wes Prosser as the Barrie detachments community services officer while Cpl Prosser is on holiday Presser said last fall marijuana is readily available in Barries schools Spokesmen for three of Barries high schools said today that there has been no in crease in the incidence of drug use that they are aware of Im not saying it the problem doesnt ex istcertainly in any situation like this its problem but as far as affecting the daytoday workings of the schoolit doesnt said Jim Edwards principal at North Collegiate In reality we always have social problems in our society dont think the problem is any more acute or less acute now than at any other time Ron Mossop principal of Eastview Secondary School said Lion kills girl LEINI Italy AP lion killed the two iyearold daughter of an Italian couple who ad raised the animal at home police in this northern town reported Monday The lion also severely injured the childs mother Piera Amelia 31 who vainly tried to free her daughter Mariangela from the animals claws Mrs Amelio was hospitaliz ed in serious condition Police reported that the lion held in cage grabbed the girl as she walked Jailed for manslaughter NEWMARKET Ont CP Michael Paul Cain 16 of Newmarket has been sentenced to 21 months in jail for manslaughter in the death of an elderly woman whose purse he stole Edith Bev ington 72 died last November three days after falling and breaking her hip when Cain snatched her purse containing $12 Newmarket is just north of Toronto Snow hits UK LONDON AP Five centimetres of snow fell in northern England and Wales to day in the coldest start to May since records began in 1831 Frost and slick roads made driving dif ficult throughout the country Weathermen predict the cold weather might last through Thursday polling day in the British general election Meteorological Office spokesman said an arctic weather system is responsible for the frigid weather Temperatures fell to near freezing over night and are expected to rise to only seven degrees today the spokesman said The average temperature in Britain for May is about 19 degrees Blasts rock Paris PARIS Reuter series of bomb ex plosions shook the French capital early to dav The blasts caused heavy damage but no casualties police said An anonymous caller telephoned French news agency and said the attacks had been made by hitherto unknown revolutionary 11se yoar No 104 Wednesday May 1979 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 90° Wooioy the examiner serving barrie and simcoe county Ma haveto rovincial Police commission probe city has no jurisdiction By DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner The city may have to go through the On tario Police Commission for its inquiry into the Barrie commission Thecity solicitor said city council does not have the jurisdiction to proceed with the in quiry through the municipal act Mayor Ross Archer said Tuesday The mayor met with Ossie Rowe city solicitor Tuesday afternoon to discuss the matter Last week Barrie council decided to seek judicial inquiry into possible conflict of in terest between Eldon Greer Barrie commis sion chairman and an alarm company he owns stock in Ald Gord Mills said it appeared Greer had considerable financial interest in Georgian Protection Services Ltd which has about 100 alarms at the Barrie police station It appears that it is not within the jurisdic tion of the county judge to act on the council motion Mayor Archer told The Examiner The Barrie commission is appointed by the province therefore alternative action must be discussed at Mondays general committee session he said But Ald Gord Mills has already decided to ask the Ontario Police Commission to in vestigate the matter The Police Act says that the commission can investigate the administration of any police force The alderman said however he would not be as pleased with this course of action think the commission may be quite similar to the Ontario Municipal Board 0MB Ald Mills said Tuesday think the government may have the thumb on them The alderman said the proper thing for commission chairman Eldon Greer to do would be to resign To me its pretty bfisic thing he said It would save all of is Mayor Archer said an inquiry would also be possible if one third of council or 50 ratepayers wrote letter asking for the in quiry Ald Mills told The Examiner Monday he was bitter at some members of city coun cil who had put my head in basket over the controversial case Ossie Rowe city solicitor and Eldon Greer were unavailable for comment this morning Hydro proposes rate increase TORONTO CP Ontario Hydro is pro posing rate increase which would cost the average residential customer an additional $3 month in 1980 Hydro Chairman Robert Taylor said Tues day the proposed increase in bulk power rates averaging 95 per cent has been sent to Energy Minister James Auld and to the On tario Energy Board for review this summer The proposed increase is considered the minimum to cover costs and to avoid further deterioration of Ontario Hydros financial soundness he said The proposed increase assumes continu ing high level of profitable export sales and continued high costs resulting from an in ability to transmit some of the power available at the Bruce nucleargenerating station movement the Coordination for Revolu tionary Action CAR Police said the explosions between mid night aiid am local time in various Paris districts severely damaged two police sta tions bank finance ministry office staterun employment agency garage and an electricity board office The police stations were closed for the night when the blasts occurred DAMAGE HEAVY Damage to the finance ministry office was particularly heavy police said Dozens of windows in nearby buildings were broken Dies in accident RIO DE JANEIRO Heuter Sergio Fleury Brazils most controversial policeman and the reputed head of the coun trys notorious Death Squad died Tuesday in fishing accident For some he was the hero of the military governments campaign against guerrillas and Communist subversion Others alleged that he personally tortured political prisoners The Death Squad macabre organiza tion of offduty policemen is held responsi ble for executing more than 3000 alleged petty criminals during the last decade At the time of his death said to have oc curred when he slipped and fell when stepp ing from one boat to another hitting his head on one of them he still faced several more trials Killed at rally MANAGUA AP Three persons were shot and killed at an outlawed May Day ral ly in the Nicaraguan capital during clash between troops and opponents of President Anastasio Somoza The rally was held in soccer field on the west side of the city When troops arrived to break up the rally people started running and when they arrived at section called La Fuente other guard patrols shot at them one witness said urban Scott Wilson left Jim Macmillan and Beatrice Lipp set up camp on the outskirts of Barrie on their way along I50 yearold route to Penetanguishene The three set out from Fort York Toronto at om Sunday and 72 chilly miles Explorers quit canoe for wheels By STEPHEN NICIIOLLS Of The Examiner Bonechilling cold and dangerous winds on Lake Simcoe forced three young ex plorers to abandon their 80yearold canoe in favor of motorized transportation Hoping to gain feeling of how it was to travel the old supply route from Fort York to the naval establishment Penetanguishene the three set out from Toronto Sunday to follow the 150yearold path Scott Wilson 22 of Fonthill Ont Jim Macmillan 23 of Midland and Beatrice Lipp 24 of Brampton arrived in Barrie about pm Tuesday after 115 km trek Inclement weather however forced them to take slight detour from the original route The three travellers hiked 26 km from the fort to just south of Oak Ridges on Highway 11 Monday morning they set out in the rain and made it as far as Bradford about 25 km in nine hours deadline Burczik At the Holland River they took to the canoe and headed downstream into Lake Simcoe After paddling about 14km to iilford they degidcd weather conditions were too severe to continue ABANDONED ANOEING Wilson said the group thought about con tinuing but decided the high winds on the lake and the icy water were too dangerous to risk any further canocing in the lake The travellers used car to take the canoe from iilford to Harrie where they pitched camp Tuesday evening They will continue to Willow Creek today and tiicn down Notlawasaga River to ieorgian Bay If winds remain strong they will not venture into the bay said Macmillan Although unable to follow exactly the old route the purpose of the trip has not been lost Wilson said the long hours of travel have helped them to better understand what it meant to travel in those days Flames shoot from drilling rig in marshes about 50 miles south of New Orleans where natural gas exploded and caught fire Tuesday severely bur ning four crewmen At the time workers were pulling up drill on the Tex aco rig AP Laserphoto Corne hometo The These young adventurers may actually be roughingit more than the original travellers said Wilson In the old days he said there were inns all along the route Travellers would not camp out but would stay in the inns he said Wilson Macmillan and Miss Lipp sport heavy packs for carrying their belongings but they say 150 years ago luggage along the route was carried by horsepulled carts Hiking the route today may even be tougher on the feet Wilson said the asphalt makes walking harder and pciu sons hiking on pavement are more pront to sore feet If all goes well Wilson Macmillan and Miss Lipp hope to complete their voyage by Friday night Wilson and Macmillan are interpretive guides at the Naval and Military Establishments at Penetanguishcni Gets three years Terry ltoy James Lee 31 was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for IlllnL 74yearold Barrie man at knifepoint in his home April Lee pleaded guilty in provincial court to entering William Bowens McDonald Street home holding knife to Bowens throat and demanding money Lee robbed him of $140 locked him in the bathroom and cut telephone wires before fleeing Police arrested Lee in Barri lltlltl later that night He was also given an additional thrm months for possession of stolen property worth more than $200 and one month for theft under $200 for two other incidents said police today Jury recall expected lOlIONIO Staff Jurors arc Xpiclcil to lJ recalled to the courtroom Monday for the second degree murder trial of lirian mm Lauruar and Gwendolyn Judith Wilson An ntaiio Supreme Court office spokesman said the jury was llSIIllSslIl aitcr being selected Monday morning rown Attorney Frank Armsi wig and defence lawyers could discuss 105311 of introducing certain CVlant faiirier 21 of Barrie and ilson if of io Station pleaded not guilty to tin iiwcimber 1977 murder of Brynartful William Hughes of Toronto The court offiCial said the crown is argo later arrived in Barrie about pm Tuesday They hope to gain added insight into Canadian history by tracing the supply route used in the l820s Examiner Photo by David ing with Lauricrs lawyer Harold Linden and Wilsons lawyer Ronald Manis over the means used to obtain evidence for lhi case Hughes was stabbed after he and friend accepted ride from Ollpl they ITitl on downtown Yonge Street weather Sunny with cloudy periods today Highs ll to l3 Becoming cloudy overnight with lows of to Periods of rain Thursday Highs 12 to