Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 28 May 1979, p. 2

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the examiner Monday May 28 1019 news roundup Victims probably saw crash on TV CHICAGO AP Passengers aboard Flight 191 probabl watched their DC10 jetliners death dive Friday on closed circuit televison Mary Rose Noel of American Airlines said Saturday The plane was equip with television camera mounted behind the captains oulder allowing passengers to get cockpit view of the takeoff in this case fisecond death ride that killed 271 persons Ms Noel said series of short films had been scheduled for the CtiicagotoLos Angeles flight Ms Noel said She said there were several screens in the passenger sections Passengers on DCIOS can see the takeoff on television monitors and hear conversation between the cockpit crew cfland the control tower Province moving Hooded town FIELD Ont CP The Ontario government plan to ijmove this community is highly appreciated and Were ooking forward to the future with optimism says Reeve Nicol Portnaude Leo Bernier minister of northern affairs announced last wireek that owners of the towns 94 homes flooded earlier this kmonth will be given new serviced lots on site above the flood plain of the Sturgeon River In exchange the government Ljhomcowners current lots Owners will be able to move their homes to the new lots at the governments expense Bernier said If their homes are 1oo badly damaged they will be purchased at fair market value fftAge difference means nothing TACOMA Wash AP It was love at first sight says 70 year0ltl Myrtle McNeil will take title of The minuute saw Tony walk through that door knew he was the one Ive been waiting for she said Friday after the couple applied for their marriage licence ller future husband Tony Bailey is 19 The planned June wedding in Seattle hasnt really caught in with Mrs McNeils four children She was widowed year before Bailey was born They think Im very foolish she said grasping Baile by his arm But Ive never had anyone like Tony and with Lite few years have left if can be happy Im going to be appy Mrs McNeil and Bailey an unemployed laborer met month ago during visit to the guest home she operates and soon embarked on whirlwind courtship Bailey said the couple share numerous interests and get along perfectly despite the differences in their ages Reported oil find not new CALGARY CF reported 600millionbarrel oi find at Norman Wells in the Mackenzie Valley area of the Nor thwest Territories is not new but development work on the pool is under way Jack Underhill external affairs manager tor Esso Resources Canada Ltd said Sunday We havent made new discovery said Underhill What weve done is drill to confirm the existence of the oil pool under the Mackenzie River report said the discovery by Imperial Oil Ltd was one of the largest finds in Canada in decade and could amount to 10 per cent of Canadas conventional crude oil reserves More executions in Iran TEHRAN AP Five more men were executed by firing squads over the weekend bringing to 228 the number shot since Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeinis forces toppled the monarchy in February Two were convicted of raping man who later committed suicide The others were policeman convicted of torturing In at least 60 people and another police officer and an army icolonel convicted of murder New machine tremendous TORONTO CPI Pocket novels on thebestseller list magazines right off the press and newspapers depending upon the quality of print have become available to the blind because of machine that reads printed matter aloud Ed Brown of Toronto who is blind calls the Kurzweil read ing machine tremendous If he has his way Brown chief of special services for the Canadian National Institute fit the Blind CNIB wi be oneof the first Canadians order reading machine if theCNIB can afford the $19400 price QThe first model installed in several libraries in the United states cost $50000 each lowerpriced desktop model now is being sold by Kurzweil Computer Products of Cam bridge Mass The use places the printed page of or magazine face down on theglass top of the unit and camera scans it line by line HIhe mactflies miniaturized computer ogrammcd with 1=000 linguistic rules and 1500 exceptions to the rules figures out how words should be pro nounced according to the rules then produces speech in sounds Youll find friend where you see this sign Unlt Immns ILIIJIIUI call Month of Mn 1979 Only PHOTOCOPIES 5c ea Smmnnucltn oath Coonun ii on Mm 20 In none paw mgmu mum Mutable Mm order 20 mom of nth oule FLIERS $12001000 hummer wow coovs Blocl at Min 20 Lb Bond Plow LETTERHEAD $30001000 leihhhiusl Elk Bot6P BUSINESS CARDS mm rmmu CARBONLESS INVOICE SETS $75001000 PRINURS INK 67A COLLIER ST BARRIE 7285838 MN SATURDAVS TILL NOON $2000500 whoa DUBLIN run vawg New in Town For more information Repair cost of millions in Hydro boiler contract TORONTO CP con tract to supply boilers for the Darlington nuclear generating station has the same per formance guarantees as an earlier one which could cost taxpayers millions for repairs an Ontario Hydro spokesman said Sunday Harold Kennedy Hydros vicepresident of supplies and services said the wording of the contract with Babcock and Wilcox Canada Ltd is similar to one Hydro had with the com pany for the Pickering sta tion Last week Energy Minister James Auld said Hydro may be forced to go to court to avoid paying $35 million to repair faulty boilers at Pickering Snakeman quits after 50 days HARTBEESPOORT South Africa AP Peter Snyman emerged from snakepit Sun day after 50 days of hell with 24 deadly snakes and vowed never to try to beat his world record Its one thing to catch snakes and another to have them creeping all over you and sticking their tongues in your nose said the new holder of the Guinness Book of World Records title for living with poisonous snakes There were times that closed my eyes and thought to myself Now there go This is it said Snyman who could have died within minutes had he been bitten by any of his cellmates Black mambas puff adders Egyptian cobras and boomslangs slithered freely on to his bed and around his glass walled cage at Hartbeespoort Snake Park about 64 kilometres northwest of Johan nesburg The 25yearold South African carpenter stayed motionless through most of his stay despite snakes winding themselves around his body The need to keep constant guard proved the most nerve wracking part of the exercise When he finally stepped into freedom at pm Sunday large crowd stared with curiosi ty wondering how anyone could remain inside 50 days Thank God its over in the final countdown was very ner vous Id get bitten he said Zulus will rise again if not given freedom ULUNDI South Africa AP Looking out on the battlefield where British army destroyed the Zulu kingdom 100 years ago Paramount Chief Gatsha Buthelezi warned that his peo ple will rise again if South Africas white rulers refuse to grant them freedom Buthelezi speaking at the end of threeday weekend ceremony commemorating the 1879 AngloZulu war told an au dience of 10000 that we are spoiling for new and more ter rible replay of the events of Isandlwana Rorkes Drift and Ulundi the battles of the AngloZulu war We are proud people When our manhood is subverted when our dignity is sullied we will not stand by We have shown our bravery in the past We can show it again King Shaka the first Zulu monarch built tightly disciplined army One hundred years ago the Zulu empire was the Sparta of southern Africa its warriors the most feared men in the region Inevitably they clashed with the Boers the Dutchorigin farmers and ranchers who set tled in South Africa but the major confrontation came with the arrival of the British who succeeded the Boers as rulers of the Zulu territory in Natal in eastern South Africa Home Auto Life Business sarjeant insurance 100 Bell Farm Rd Barrie Ont Hundreds of dents and cracks were found in tubes leading into the boilers after installation The 32 boilers are being sent back to Babcock and Wilcoxs Cambridge factory for repair In the legislature last week Liberal Leader Stuart Smith asked why Hydro did not obtain performance bond for the Pickering boilers to assure compensation for any pro blems Kennedy said none of Hydros boiler contracts with Babcock and Wilcox has contained per formance bonds However the manufacturer must guarantee that the boilers will meet the utilitys specifications over certain period He said negotiations are under way with the company to improve any future contracts but be doubted performance bonds would be required He believes the boilers were damaged during process used to work out welding stresses mothers grief TALLAHASSEE FlaLois Spenkelink mother of electric chair victim John Spenkelink wipes tear from her eye during memorial service for her son that was held in the First Presbyterian Church of Tallahassee Sunday afternoon AP Laserphoto SHURGAIN MASTER DERBY SIMCQE PLAZA FOR PETS VSAKE DISCOUNT PET FOODS AND SUPPLIES KENL GAINES OPUSSBOOTS BLAKE ST today SimpsonsSears Ltd Reg and 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