Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 11 Jun 1979, p. 1

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run vvvrvlt lt1 mm A4A 54 than 44 inside story Comporee successful Handicapped scouts from near and far in vaded Canadian Forces Base Borden on the weekend for their annual camporee From all reports the event was success and the scouts enjoyed themselves See the full story and picture on the Today page War ends enemy routed Canadian forces special service units finished off the last of the enemy Sunday and brought the mock war theyve been having over the last week to an end Although the units are still training in the Meaford area the actual games are over See story on the Today page New feature beginning The men that fight fires in Barrie are curious breed They live and work in an at mosphere charged with tension Starting to day Examiner reporter Stephen Nicholls presents look at Barries firefighters and the jobs they do Read the first piece of the series on Chief Jack McAllister on the To day page Club looking around The Kiwanis Club of Barrie is looking at two proposals to make use of the clubs special savings fund One is community centre the other is group home for the mentally retarded For story see todays Lifester page City does well at OFSAA Barries track and field athletes perform ed well at the Ontario Federation of Schools Athletic Association championships on the weekend and brought home some of the dozens of medals For story and pictures on Barries best see todays sports page index today Illuster 10 mminment sports to comicsw guide 12 classified 1315 extra Newman in at LeMans Actor Paul Newman centre celebrates with large bottle of champagne after finishing second in the 24hour auto race at Le Mans France With Newman is his codriver Rolf Stommelen second from right and his team owner Dick Barbour right AP Laserphoto Gold hits new record LONDON AP Gold hit record $282875 US an ounce today pushed up by alarm over oil supplies and high prices The US dollar registered slight gains and losses The gold record was set in Zurich where the metal closed Friday at $280125 the previous alltime mark In London gold also opened at record 3232J25 and within an hour was trading at $282623 new high for that bullion market Kennedy in I980 BOSTON AP The Boston Globe quotes US Senator Edward Kennedy as saying he would probably run for president in 1980 if President Carter withdrew The newspaper says the remark came in an interview with Globe associate editor Robert Healy longtime Kennedy ac quaintance Asked whether he would run if Carter were to withdraw the lilassachusctts Democrat is reported to have answered Probably Id certainly have to think about it terribly seriously Leave Bahamas irons deposed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlovi and his wife Empress Farah walk near the house they were staying in at Paradise island in the Bahamas last April with their two sons Prince Ali Reza second form left and Crown Prince Rezo right The Shah who fled iron in January was reported Sunday to have left his refuge in the Bahamas and flown to Mexico City He and his entourage landed at the interna tional airport and drove off toward the capital for an ulndisclosed loca tion AP Laserphoto IO charged in protest BANGOR Wash AI Ten Canadian antinuclear protesters were charged with trespassing Sunday and booked into Breinerton city jail after scaling the fence at the Trident nuclear submarine base Thev were later released with letters war ning of $500 fine six months in jail or both if they enter the base again The 10 had entered the base Saturday in an attempt to get themselves arrested to publicize their opposition to the lrident base Three other Canadians who entered the base Sunday were also issued warning letters and released Cane home to The Examiner Call 2286539 for home ddivbry AA Man shot by police TORONTO CP Metropolitan Toronto Police shot and killed man early today after he refused several requests by police to surrender his gun and to come out of midtown home Torcato 50 was shot by member of the emergency task force after refusing to drop gun he had pointed at police police spokesman said Police were called to the house shortly after am EDT after they received com plaint from one of Torcatos neighbors The police spokesman said Constable Rick Dunford was hit in the chest with few shotgun pellets when he investigated the complaint He was not injured seriously the spokesman said second policeman suffered second degree burns to his hand when teargas grenade went off prematurely Police fired teargas into Torcatos house and tried to communicate with him through Portuguesespeaking policeman but the spokesman said all efforts failed Police said they have discovered no motive for Torcatos actions and are conti nuing their investigation Rescuers to testify DULUTH Minn AP US Coast Guard inquiry into the fire that killed six crew members on Great Lakes freighter will hear testimony Tuesday from the members of rescue vessels Lieut James Koehler of the coast guards Duluth office presiding over the inquiry says coast guard officials who inspected the burned Canadian freighter Cartiercliffe Hall in Thunder Bay Ont last week also will testify Air search called off SAULT STE MARIE Ont CP An air search for three teenage boaters missing oti Lake Superior since Friday was tem porarily called off Sunday night because of poor visibility Roger Tonon 18 Perry Dale Robinson 18 and Tammy Paquette 16 all of Sault Ste Marie told friends they planned to cross Whitefish Bay to Brimley Park in Michigan about 33 kilometres away They were last seen at about pm Fri day heading out in 14foot aluminum boat Flora flies to Paris OTTAWA CP Flora MacDonald may find toplevel economic meeting in Paris this week relief after her first hectic days as external affairs minister time spiced by the Jerusalem uproar She leaves tonight for Paris and twoday session of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD ex pecting energy issues to dominate talks The OECD conference will lay the groundwork for the Tokyo economic sum mit later this month and Miss MacDonald says these two meetings may set the tone for the Conservative governments foreign policy Judges rule on French OTTAWA CP The nine judges of the Supreme Court of Canada will sit in judg ment today on the controversial law of the Quebec National Assembly that makes French the official language of the pro vinces courts and legislature Two Quebec courts the Superior Court and the Quebec Court of Appeal declared the law unconstitutional But it remains in effect pending the decision of the Supreme Court weather Mainly cloudy with few showers or periods of drizzle ending this morning Partial clearing this of ternoon Brisk northerly winds gusting to 40 kph High today 14 to l7 Low tonight to Tuesday sunny high I7to l9 Lo¢L By STEPHEN NICHOLLS Of The Examiner MIDLAND Staff 14yearold Penetanguishene girl who died after being beaten stabbed and run over by car was picked up by her killer minutes before she was to meet friends and return home said provincial police Sunday Elizabeth Whelan was last seen walking along Midland street about 1145 pm Friday She was to meet friends at mid night Her battered body was found by passer by about am Saturday under Hardy No 137 Monday June 111919 Body found near Midland Girl 14 stabbed run over by car stolen car on country road about six kilometres northeast of town Insp Tom Hill said the girl had been beaten and stabbed He said he could not say if she had been sexually assaulted without test results from the Centre of Forensic Sciences The car apparently was driven backwards over the girls body and was parked on top of her Insp Hill would not say if police have any leads or if more than one person was involved in the murder Police believe the killer or killers walk ed about onequarter mile south from the Five businessmen ailed Dredging sentences include imprisonment $65M fines TORONTO CP Five prominent Cana dian businessmen were sentenced to jail terms of two to five years today for their roles in defrauding public agencies of more than $43 million between 1967 and 1976 by rigging bids on dredging contracts Mr Justice William Parker associate chief justice of the Ontario Supreme Court also sentenced eight companies to pay fines totall ing more than $65 million for the parts they played The five businessmen had been charged along with six other businessmen and 11 of their companies with conspiracy to commit fraud by rigging bids for government dredg ing contracts The eight companies and five businessmen were found guilty May following one of the longest most complicated and costliest cases estimated at $7 million ever tried by Canadian jury Harold McNamara 64 former president of McNamara Corp Ltd of Toronto and former sports writer for Montreal Gazette was sentenced to five years and his company was fined $2 million Both had been found guilty on all seven counts handed down in the Crowns indictment GETS PRISON TERM Jean Simard 57 former vicechairman of Marine Industries Ltd of Montreal and mtmber of the family that played major role in Quebecs shipbuilding and construc tion industries was sentenced to threeyear prison term Simard was found guilty on three counts The company acquitted on one count was fined $650000 on the other two Sydney Cooper 58 former president of Pitts Engineering and Construction Ltd of Toronto drew threeyear prison term for three guilty verdicts he faced The jury could reach no decision on fourth count Albert Gill senior vicepresident of Sceptre Dredging Ltd of Richmond BC and Frank Hamata the companys president each received reformatory terms of two years less day Both men and the company were found guilty on one count The company was fined $450000 In View of the Jerry Brown Lynda Ronstadt in Africa publicity how do you feel about taking Barbara Hamilton to Tokyo Testing the water Grace Butler takes cautious step into the waters of Kempenfelt Boy off Johnsons Beach Saturday during final testing of students in the Georgian College scubadiving course The dives were the first In open water for the students Examiner Photo by Garry Forbes 15° Per Copy area to Midland Point Road after the murder An autopsy performed in Toronto Sun day by Dr Hans Sepp showed the girl died from stab wound in her back She had been stabbed several times and had blunt force injuries said the autopsy report Police are seeking the publics help in their investigation Anyone who saw Miss Whelan after 1145 pm Friday is asked to contact the OPP Police are also in terested in talking to anyone who was in the Midland Point area early Saturday morning Carrier Home very 95 gt Miss Whelan is described as being five feet three inches tall weighing 120 pounds and having blue eyes and red hair She was wearing blue jeans denim jacket rustcolored sweater and yellow and blue running shoes The car stolen from Midland was 1971 green twodoor Buick Insp Hill in charge of the investigation said today police have had number of responses from persons with information on the case He said police are actively pursuing the investigation the examiner serving borrie and simcoe county Debris lies scattered around car dealership in Brampton swept across southern Ontario No injuries were reported early Monday morning after tornado struck l6 buildings in on Industrial area during severe thunderstorm that Fatality at Honey Harbour Storm batters southern Ontario severe thunderstorm that engulfed southern Ontario Sunday has claimed the life of Midland man Bruce Jarlette 21 of Midland was killed when lightning struck the aerial of the citizens band radio on his boat as it cruised in Georgian Bay near Honey Harbour Provincial police said the man was stana ding beside citizens band radio when lightning struck the aerial Only minor problems were reported in the Barrie areas as result of the storm At Brampton 16 buildings in an industrial park were damaged when tornado struck the area Sunday night Million VATICAN CITY AP Pope John Paul II returned to the Vatican from Poland leaving behind groundswell of hope among Polish Catholics that his triumphant homecoming strengthened their church in its continuing battle with the Communst regime In an emotional close Sunday to the nine day visit one million or more Poles turned out for farewell mass in park in Krakow the pontiffs former diocese Never lose your trust do not be defeated do not be discouraged do not cut yourselves off from the roots from which we had our origins John Paul this Polish Pope this Slavic Pope as he described himself told his countrymen At least six million of Polands 35 million people saw the pontiff along the route of his pilgrimage through Warsaw Gniezno Po lands first capital the shrine city of Czestochowa Auschwitz and Krakow COVERED BY TV Crowds of 300000 to one million prayed with him as he celebrated mass in city squares and open fields The government television OHearn series begins today Don OHearn in his 35m year of covering the Ontario Legislature today begins series of articles about the people and meals of that time His introductory articles appears on the To day page No injuries were reported in Brampton but police closed off the industrial area tem porarily to allow Ontario Hydro workers to repair electrical lines The storm stretched from Georgian Bay to Windsor About 20 millimetres of rain fell within half an hour at Toronto International Airport Winds of 80 kilometres an hour were recorded at London Ont Moustapha El Hassani of Brampton nar rowly escaped death when lightning flashed over his head as he put buckets under the eavestroughs of his house He then watched as large tree at the rear of his home went up in flames service gave the visit extensive coverage enabling millions more to see him and follow his triumphant progress Although the trip was billed by the Vatican as spiritual pilgrimage the Pope from the outset spoke up for human rights and religiousliberty Addressing the Polish bishops at Czes tochowa where he prayed at the shrine of the Black Madonna he set forth the churchs con in Brampton but Midland man was struck and killed by lightning at Honey Harbour CP Laserphoto The firemen came and put it out said El Hassani should be dead The sky looked very black just like smoke it sounded like bomb or something said Emenuel Aguiar of Brampton who was drivr ing in lane adjoining his automotive business when the twister struck Police said industrial buildings in 100 metre by BOOmetre area were damaged They did not estimate the amount of damage caused The twister smashed windows ripped up roofs and blew out section of wall 30 metres long at Chubb Securities Ltd building Pope farewell ditions for normal relations with the govern ment full respect for believers and the right of the church to conduct its activities without government interference Speaking Saturday in model socialist workers suburb of Krakow where he and public opinion forced the government to allow new church to be built he denounctxl lln view of man asa means of production Pope John Paul ii kisses Polish soil moments before he departs from Krakow airport to Rome Sunday afternoon ending nineday visit to his homeland Poland AP Wirephoto fits

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