Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 7 May 1979, p. 11

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Actress Speaks out on nuclear power Jane Fonda backed by her husband Tom Hayden speaks to crowd on the Capitol Washington DC grounds Sunday estimated at 65000 gathered to protest nuclear power AP Photo Morris floods peak recede WINNIPEG CP Flood waters in the southern Mani toba community of Morris have peaked and receded good 15 centimetres below the flood lev els of 1950 and plans are under way for the return of citizens to their homes throughout the Red River valley although Premier Sterling Lyon is urging caution Following meeting with municipal officials and Emergency Organization EMO people Sunday in Morris Lyon said he realized the desire of people to get back into their homes Naturally people want to get back but its still very unsafe for people to get back into the ringdiked areas he said Measures ADULT DRIVER EDUCATION Driver education course for anyone interested in learning to drive and lowering their insurance cost will begin Tues May 700 pm at Georgian College Business Building Room 223 Further information may be obtained by calling lOUGHEED 7286871 Crown to seek prison terms for five Dredging case accused convic TORONTO Pi Crown At torney Roderick McLeod says he will seek prison terms for five prominent businessmen convicted Saturday of con spiracy to defraud govemment agencies by rigging bids for dredging contracts An ntario Supreme Court jury deliberated 12 days before returning with verdict in which it convicted five of 11 ex ecutives and eight of their nine companies charged The 11member jury 12th member was excused last Octo ber because of ill health 77 re turned 49 verdicts acquitting five of the defendants outright but failed to reach decision on four other counts lt neither ac quitted nor convicted Peter Kicwit and Sons Ltd of To ronto and its vicepresident and general manager lohn Hahen The rown must now decide how to proceed on those counts The nitdecision finding means there has been mistrial on that count lNllTElSS onrt was told the executives hail inflated the cost of dredg ing jobs by agreeing in advance among themselves how much each would bid The winning company would then pay off the others Associate Chief Justice Wil liam Parker who presided over 36 weeks of testimony three weeks of defence and Crown ad dresses and his own 11day charge to the jury will pass sentence on June Hopefully every sector of Canadian business will look at the results of this case and learn something from it said McLeod an assistant deputy attorneygeneral and director of criminal law for the province Cost of the trial the longest ever tried by Canadian jury has been estimated at more than $7 million making it the most expensive trial in Cana dian history The executives and the nine companies went on trial on Feb 13 1978 charged with con spiring to defraud public agencies of about $43 million between 1967 and 1976 FIVE CONVICTED Convicted were Harold McNamara 65 of Toronto for mer president and chairman of the board of McNamara Corp 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Toyota Corolla before the end of the contest youll also get 10 extra bonus chances at the contest plus bonus discount of$500 $250 or $50 The Small Print Contest closes July 31$t 1979 so youd better hurry Winners will be required to first correctly answer time limited test of skill plus meet conditions including be 18 years of age or over possess valid drivers licence provide auto insurance and maintenance to lease agreement standards and others Full contest rules and conditions of prize are at your Toyota dealer TOYOTA BET YOU CANT FIND BEITER BUY RY Maiaoh 140 Bradford Street vac notmow400mwmmmwmfiuwzmnw¢mo vm mva roth rs ltd Tel72£0288 3623585 Toronto ueipeueg 2110103 Sydney Cooper 57 of Toronto former president of Pitts Engi neering Construction Ltd Jean Simard 57 of Lavalsur leLac Que former vice chairman of Marine Industries Ltd and JP Porter Ltd Frank Hamata of Vancouver president of Sceptre Dredging Ltd and Albert Gill of Van couver senior vicepresident of Sceptre The men face maximum of 10 years in prison and substan tial fines on each charge They remain free on bail until sen tencing Acquitted were Gerald Fi lion 69 of St Bruno Que for mer president of Marine In dustries Ltd Hugh Martin 64 of Vancouver chairman of the board of Canadian Dredge and Dock Co Ltd James Jar rell of Toronto vicepresident of Pitts Engineering Louis Rochette 54 of Quebec City former executive vice president of Marine Industries and Bruno Desjardins of Baie the examiner Monday rigy Logo 11 dUrfe Que former director of JP Porter The charges arose out of an RCMP investigation into kick backs taken by former Ham ilton harbor commissioner Ken neth Elliott who was sentenced to six years in jail for master minding three schemes that netted him more than $250000 in kickbacks During the trial the jury heard key Crown witnesses al lege that several dredging com pany executives wanted to di ted vide Canada for bidrigging purposes how the bids were rigged and the payoffs made They also heard some defend ants testify that unknown to them executives in their com panies including the three Crown witnesses perpetrated the deeds for which they were put on trial Horace Rindress Albin Louis Quinlan and Robert Schneider all testified under protection of the Canada Evidence Act Ontario Ministry of Health Minister Dennis Timbrell Immunization is as easy as rolling up your sleeve Its astonishing how few people realize the importance of immunization Yet it should be so obvious Not that many years ago there was no way to immunize for polio Its only recently that there has been protection against many other diseases such as measles and mumps in the case of children Or rubella German measles which is serious for pregnant women But now that protection is available it only makes sense to take advantage of it If you cant recall when you were immunized contact your doctor or local health unit Protection against disease could be only an arms length away Lets keep Ontario healthy it 1979 International Year oi the Child WITH GEATER REDCTIONS GEORGIAN MALL 726 7463 GRILLIA SQUARE 32521

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