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Can have balloon mister The wonder of little boy it was at last nights performance of Shriners Cir cus in Barrie that Chris Block of the Student Employment Centre here hand odout balloons promoting the centres hireastudent program for the sum mer This young spectator seems enthralled with it all Examiner Photo Mortgage move hits homeowners TORONTO CP House owners ex pecting tax break from the new federal government received bad news Wednesday from some major mortgage lenders Iwo banks and trust company raised key mortgage rates quarter point Economists had predicted the Progressive Conservative election promise on mortgage interest deduction would raise mortgage rates The Conservatives have promised fouryear program under which home owners might deduct up to $5000 year on their mortgage interest and $1000 on property tax Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Bank of Montreal and Canada Trustco Mortgage Co of London Ont were the first to announce increases Effective immediately the banks rates on closed fiveyear and threeyear National Housing Actapproved mortgages increased to 11 per cent from 1034 per cent The rate on fiveyear conventional and Despite differences NHA open mortgages at 11 and 11 respec tively were not changed The trust company raised its rates for one through fiveyear mortgages to 11 per cent for NHA mortgages and 1114 for conventional mortgages Kinross Mortgage Corp subsidiary of Canadian Imperial increased its fiveyear debenture rate by onequarter to 10 per cent Canadian Imperial said the increase reflects the continuing high cost of funds to the bank The mortgage rates had to rise because money costs have risen to the level that lending rates could not be sustained at current levels Lenders were unsure of how widespread the rate increases would be although the Cana dian Imperial spokesman said other lenders would be right on our heels An official of Canada Trustco said his company has been lending at pretty rapid pace Clark attheready predicts 4year reign OTTAWA CP Joe Clark officially served notice Wednesday that he is ready to form minority Progressive Conservative Shshsh liquors up TORONTO CP Ontario drinkers received another jolt in the pocketbook as prices on 54 brands of liquor wine and li queurs were quietly raised Olga Cyhanenko an official of the ministry of consumer and commercial relations said today the Liquor Control Board of Ontario is dispensing with any fanfare in announcing price changes and will quietly pass along in creased costs to customers when new con tracts are negotiated with distributors The latest increases were made during the weekend Prices of 16 brands however decreased For example 520unce bottle of Andres Baby Duck dropped to $595 from $610 Among brands raised in price were 26 ounce of and Graves popular French white wine rising to $890 from $595 and 25 ounce bottle of Ballantine Scotch up to $1015 from $930 inside Story Busch taking risk Georgian colleges announced plan to gain money by increasing enrolment isnt without its risk President Wayne Busch told The Examiner hes taking chance Read about it on the Today page Coaches on the go Howard Forbes coach of the Barrie Colts for the past two years said Tuesday he will not be back Don Cherry former Boston Bruins coach signed with Colorado Rockies for 8150000 year and Scotty Bowman coach of the Stanley Cup champion Montreal Caiiadiens says an offer to become Toronto Maple Leafs general manager is attractive See stories on to days sports pages Answers awaited Answers from Barrie Simcoe County and the province are now awaited after the board of directors of Simcoe County Childrens Aid Society decided Tuesday to reaffirm its request for $21 million or 24 per cent over last years costs to cover its 1979 budget For story see todays Lifestyle Page index today Mattylo mlmnon background mlcstv guide choolflod 91 Implement Car Car page Lot Holghu page government predicting it would survive fouryear term despite policy differences with opposition parties During private meeting with GovGen Ed Schreyer Clark accepted an invitation to replace Pierre Trudeaus defeated Liberal administration and made plans to be sworn in with his cabinet at precedentsetting televised ceremony Monday at Government House Although short of 142member majority in the 282seat Commons Clark later said the country is fatigued of politicking and that he expects to govern for the normal fouryear parliamentary term However as he spoke there were signs of brewing quarrel with one of the smaller parties that could help keep his government in office New Democrat Leader Ed Broadbent who met Clark earlier in the day told news COII fereiice he would bring Conservative government down if it followed through with plans to dismantle the government oil company PetroACanada Clark said he will do just that It will remain priority although cant say whether well get to it in June or July he said referring to cabinet study of dismantling procedure to be worked out by trustee group sownr No 123rhundy May31 1979 15 For Copy Cantor Horn Dollvory 95° Weakly the examiner serving barrie and Simcoe count But argue extortion char Trudels plead guilty in Cross kidnapping MONTREAL CP Jacques and Louise CossetteTrudel pleaded guilty today to kid napping conspiracy and forcible detention in the abduction of former British trade com missioner James Cross in October 1970 The couple refused to plead guilty to fourth charge of extortion arguing through their lawyer that demand for ransom issued to the Quebec government for Crosss safe release was just negotiating tactic But Crown prosecuter JeanPierre Bonin refused to withdraw the charge and Chief Judge Yves Mayrand of sessions court entered guilty verdict on the extortion count The verdict judicial oddity in the absence of trial was based on series of factual ad missions by defence lawyer Serge Menard Menard told the court his clients were ready to admit they conspired to kidnap Cross participated in the actual kidnapping and forcibly detained him But in the case of exortion he said they issued ransom de mand only to gain negotiating power with the government The demand was later withdrawn and Cross was eventually releas ed unharmed with no ransom paid Menard maintained the ransom demand should be considered part of the strategy to forcibly detain Cross rather than being listed as separate charge Judge Mayrand rejected the argument and directed the guilty verdict Presentence arguments began immediate ly following the pleas RETURNED FROM EXILE The CassetteTrudels were appearing today five months and two weeks after returning to Quebec with their two children following eight years exile in France and Cuba Their guilty pleas appeared to have buried the prospect that court proceedings would lead to any new revelations about the 1970 Oc tober Crisis which was sparked when ter rorist cell of the Front de Liberation du Quebec kidnapped Cross Another cell kidnapped and murdered Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte think ca ital punishment should stopped Officials examine wreckage of the Downeast plane crash on Wednesday night along the Maine Coast that took l7 lives One survivor was found at the scene AP Photo Youth sole survivor in Maine plane crash OWLS HEAD Me iAPi Downeast Airlines commuter plane from Boston crashed near the Maine coast killing 17 of the 18 persons aboard authorities said Seven bodies were found late Wednesday and the rest were discovered early today in or near the wreckage said William Reinhardt Knox County deputy sheriff Passenger John McCafferty 16 of Sears mont was in serious but stable condition at Rockport hospital The youth who suf fered broken leg and head injuries was shouting for help as rescuers arrived Police and sheriffs deputies searched through the night for survivors in the mud dy heavily wooded area where the tur boprop DeHavilland Twin Otter went down Wednesday night on flight from Boston to Owls Head Flight 46 carried 16 passengers pilot and c0ltpilot on the 45minute trip from Bostons Logan Airport The Canadianbuilt aircraft crashed shortly before pm EDT after the pilot made routine request for permission to divert the flight to Augusta because of poor weather conditions at Knox County Airport in Owls Head said the Federal Aviation Ad ministration But the air traffic controller at Brunswick Naval Air Station lost radio contact with the pilot at 843 pm said administration spokesman Mike Ciccarelli and the next thing we knew we got word of crash Sheriff Carlton Thurston said the plane lost its wing when it hit tree on Otter Point and crashed about 400 metres from the beach Thornton girl is Canadas youngest pilot Debbie Skaer l7 of Thornton became the youngest licenced pilot in Canada today Miss Skaer l7 today ob tained her pilots licence in special ceremony this morn ing at Barrie airport She has been taking flying lessons Motion goes to vote next week Study programs for MDs proposed TORONTO CP Canadian colleges of physicians and surgeons will vote in Jasper Alta next week on motion suggesting doc tors take continuing education programs to retain their licences Dr LHleRiche secretary of the national association of the colleges and registrar of the Alberta college said in telephone inter view Wednesday that Canadians haVe inade quate protection from imcompetent doctors He said colleges have been considering pro grams to audit private medical offices or to encourage doctors to keep abreast of ad vances Many doctors arent keeping up leRiche said We dont know the answer But he also said he has doubts about forcing doctors to study after having met some US doctors who attend scientific conferences on ly to while away hours in hotel bars He also has met US cardiologists who sign up for dermatology courses The vote next week on continuing education will represent statement of principle and wont force the colleges to take action he said The Manitoba college became the first in Canada to introduce the requirement and extra l6 teams compete Sixteen teams will compete in the first an nual Dr Pepper Juvenile Girls Softball Tournament starting Friday at Queens and Mac Morrison parks Championship and consolation winners and finalists will be awarded expense money in the threeday event All teams are guaranteed two games and action is set to begin Friday at 15 pm In the opening games at Queens the host Bar rie Treasure Chest Antiques club will meet Richmond Hill and at Mac Morrison Shut terbug will take on North Bendale Championship and consolation finals will be played Sunday at Queens beginning at 12 15 pm Floods hit England LONDON AP Torrential rains swept huge area of southern England on Wednesday leaving trail of disastrous flooding and death Three persons were killed and four were critically injured in crash of four cars and truck during thunderstorm on the highway linking London and the West Coun try Floodwaters up to 15 metres deep inunr dated homes roads and rail lines disrup ting Britains rail service between London and the West Country The storms broke in the West Country then fanned out into the Thames valley the Midlands and parts of northern England Managua battles rage MANAGUA tAP Government troops battled Sandinista guerrillas in the sobth north and northeast of Nicaragua today as the rebels said they were fighting their final offensive against the Somoza fam ily dictatorship The fighting raged between Nandaime and the Costa Rican border in the south in Leon the countrys second largest city 100 kilometres north of Managua and in Puerto Cabezas an east coast port 400 kilometres northeast of the capital Corne borne to The Examirlser Call 7266539 for hornedeliveryi Quake kills l8 JAKARTA APi An earthquake measuring 67 on the Richter scale has killed at least 18 persons and injured 44 others on the Indonesian island of Lombok east of Java and Bali authorities said today The quake late Wednesday afternoon which was centred along the western coast of Lombok sent residents and tourists fleeing out of doors on the holiday island of Bali 40 kilometres to the west There were no reports of casualties on Bali however Nudity not proven TORONTO CP county court judge has overturned the conviction of dancer because the Crown failed to prove her nude performance at downtown bar offended public decency Judge Lloyd Graburn ruled that Valerie Sidey could not have been considertd nude becauso she was wearing either top or bottom during her performance Had she been completely unclad the Crown might have proved its case without presenting further evidence But the law is different for someone partlyclad thejudge said Graburn said Judge Robert Dnieper of provincial court made an error in law March 15 by ruling without supporting evidence that Miss Sideys performance had offended public decency Two remanded VICTORIA ICPi Two of 23 persons charged following the seizure of 35 tons of marijuana on the west coast of Vancouver Island were remanded in custody for possible bail hearings when they appeared in provincial court Wednesday Paul Oscar Nelson 26 of Montesano Wash and William Francis Perka 34 of Port Townsend Wash surrendered Tuesday afternoon after spending seven days in dense bush and surviving on raw frog and handful of fiddlehead ferns Nelson and Perka along with 21 other since she was l5 and hopes eventually to become pilot with commercial airline Miss Skaer hops aboard Cessna 150 to take her father for ride Examiner photo by Dennis Lanthier said registrar Dr Morison as of next January doctors will be required to complete 100 hours of study every two years reporting their courses of study to the college as licen sing condition Morison said he has found that doctors who become problems tend to lose contact Really compulsory education is just move to keep them involved with other doc tors he said Some doctors are isolating themselves and they just deteriorate Dr Henderson deputy registrar of the Ontario college said he prefers auditing medical offices to mandatory study persons are charged with importing marijuana possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking and conspiracy to import marijuana All are to appear in court Friday Aided in suicide TORONTO rCPi young Chinese immigrant who became part of his fathers suicide plot last fall was given suspended sentence Wednesday by judge who said the accused was bound to the command of his father Wai Kee Hui 21 pleaded guilty to helping his father Ka Kwan Hui 53 kill himself last Oct 31 The judge was told that the elder Hui an international trader was deeply in debt and had decided to kill himself so his family could collect $164000 in insurance Sergeant Jack Press of Metropolitan Toronto Police said the man tried to make it look like murder so his wife and four children could collect under double indemnity clause Judge Hugh Locke of county court was told Wai Kee Hui university student stole jar of potassium cyanide from uni versity laboratory last August Two months later his father died after apparently stuffing cyanidesoaked rag into his mouth on parking lot in front of hotel where the family was living Wai Kee Hui admitted getting the poison because never question my father Death toll now 274 CHICAGO AP The death count has risen to 274 in the worst air disaster in US history Authorities said Wednesday the discovery of part of babys torso in the wreckage led them to believe there was an infant aboard she American Airlines jet that crashed Fri ay No babies were listed as passengers on the flight to Los Angeles weather Becoming cloudy today Highs l9 to 22 Lows overnight to l2 Cloudy Friday with sunny periods showers or thunderstorms developing Highs 22 to 25