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gtvbvl inside story Wrote poems in Barrie Toronto poet NancyGay Rotstein has just published her second volume of work and among the poems in the new book are many written in Barrie Mrs Rotstein has divided her time between Toronto and Barrie since childhood and Barrie continues to be an in spiration for her work See story on todays entertainment page Stages games day The Junior Tivitan lub of Barrie staged games day at Springwatcr Park near Midhurst on Tuesday to mark Senior itizens Week For photo see todays Lifestyle Page Cuts through attrition cut iii Simcoe separate school board teaching staff necessary because of the decline in enrolment was achieved through attrition says hoard director Ray lilolger For storyturn to the Today page Scotty has new method Scotty Bowman new general manager and head coach of the Buffalo Sabres says Roger Neilson former coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs will be one of two associate coaches for the National Hockey League club Bowman said the European coaching method will bring sophistication to the league See story picture on todays sports page Brewery expanding Expansion plans for Molsons Brewery in Barrie will almost quadruple its current permanent employee status within the next five years For more on the story turn to the Today page index today 13 lifestyle entertainment 14 sports 10 oornicstv guide 16 classified 1719 extra Leo hits town young Montrealer gets hug from costumed lion during Lions Club parade in Montreal Wednesday An estimated 35000 Lions Club members are in Montreal from threeday convention CP Photo Cash cheques recovered OTIAWA 1ll Five persons have been arrested in Quebec ity and Miami Fla after travellers cheques stolen here during the Sitsmillion postal robbery Easter Sun day were cashed city police said Wednes day spokesman said Montrcalcrs Michael Allard 25 and hristian ypilot and Lynne Ducliaine both 22 were arrested in Quebec ity Monday and lace 12ft charges of fraud and possession of stolen property lcanwliilc Flll in Miami arrested Sylvia DAmour 21 of Laval and iillcs lailllziiit tS of Montreal on liiiie 13 the spokesman said He said police recovered $215H1 in American Express travellers cheques and $3500 in cash Buys ancient charter LONDON iAli One of the two surviv ing copies of Westminster Abbeys founda tion charter dating from the 11th century and bearing the Great Seal of Edward the onfessoix has been bought by New York dealer II Kraus bought the It liylTiiitli parchment at an auction Iuesday at Sothebys for 5121800 It was sold by the Earl of linchilsca and Nottingham whose family inherited i1 iii 1764 The other copy is in the British Library Nurses get increase TORONTO itli The award of seven per cent wage increase to nurses at Kingstunticncral Hospital may set prcct dent for the granting of increases to about ioooo nurses in the province say the chair man of the arbitration board responsible for lltc contract lrof Kenneth Swan said cdncsday that thc Ontario Nurses ASStxlilllOIl hicli represents nurses in about to public hospitals and the Ontario Hospital Associa tion appear determined that the result of the present arbitration be extended to 13H public hospitals 111 Ontario The twoyear agreement brings the star ting rate for registered nurse to Sljtoo month increasing to $1450 Oct 1979 After seven years of experience the rate $1573 month increasing to S1 676 Wine beer in stores OlTAWA itli There are encouraging signs wine and bwr will ci entually be sold iti Ontario grocery stores says Frank ir nock the president of Loch ltd Speaking to American Marketing Association members the head of the food wholesale firm said the proposal which should go to the Ontario cabinet in few wccks would restrict such sales to indepen dent stores This would make smaller operators more coiiipctitwe with larger chain owned outlet Of pork and ground beef OTTAWA lf Frank Warnock presi dent of food wholesaler Loeb Ltd and also allergic to pork says he wont believe federal government findings of 40 per cent pork in some Ontario ground beef samples until he sees the data think speak for the entire ntario supermarket industry when say we have no knowledge of any specific case of pork being found in ground beef If the findings were as strong as the government first suggested they would be prosecuting It cant be nearly as bad as first thought But government officials should react strongly against anyone mixing pork with ground beef he said consumer affairs department official said no prosecutions will begin until testing in Toronto is completed in about two weeks Want grounding reverse tASHINGION iAli The LES airline industry says studies show there are no pylon problems in several models of Ilos that are even heavier than the I71f that crashed in hicagoMay 25 Industry officials are asking the Federal Aviation Administration to reverse its grounding of all l10s or in the alter native the I11f3tl and 411 series The plane that crashed in hicago killing 373 persons was Iltrltfltl model It was later found to have crack in the pylon holding the engine to the wing Similar cracks have since been found on other DCllim models City gets new mayor WINNIIFH itli Bill Norrie member of the dominant political group on city council was elected mayor of Winnipeg on Wednesday easily defeating his nearest rival tominunist Joe Zukcn Norrie Soy ear old lawyer ho has been acting mayor since Robert Stccn died of cancer May In drew 101299 votes while Zukcn titsyear old veteran of civic polit us had 266w Norrie who was runucrsup to Stetn in the 19 civic election fotitid support in cry part of the city Norrie and Zukcn crc the main contenders among 12 candidates for the mayors job weather few showers or thunderstorms to day Gusty southerly winds Sunny Friday with cloudy periods Highs to day 26 to 29 Lows tonight ll to Highs Friday 24 to 28 Comth to The Einmlner Call honsefdellyery th will hit heating OTTAWA tCPi It will cost more to drive your car or heat your home this winter because of the government decision to go ahead with $1abarrel increase in the price of domestic oil July Energy Minister Ray Hnatyshyn made the announcement Wednesday following one hour meeting with Alberta Energy Minister Merv Leitch Hnatyshyn announced an extension of six months of the existing natural gas pricing agreement due to expire Aug The exten sion will include the price increase which in turn will raise natural gas prices by 15 cents thousand cubic feet Domestic oil prices will rise to $1375 bar rel July at the wellhead natural gas prices will climb to $215 thousand cubic feet Aug as priced to Toronto distributors The decision means consumers will pay an extra three to five cents gallon for gasoline and home heating oil beginning in September when existing oil supplies have cleared the refining and distribution system Hnatyshyn refused to say whether second $labarrcl increase scheduled for Jan will go through as planned Talks would begin soon with the provinces on future increases he said Alberta has been pressing for more rapid increases to allow domestic prices to move up to international levels The July increase was negotiated by the previous Liberal govern ment and was postponed from last Jan Lcitch told reporters at separate news 115th year No 148 Thursday June 21 1979 conference Alberta remains committed to more rapid domestic price increases But he refused to comment on the likelihood of higher rate Jan Hnatyshyn said he had consulted the con suming provinces and received an understan ding reaction to the decision The last domestic oil price increase was in July 1978 meeting next week of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is likely to result in further increases for importing countries Alberta is also to continue talks with On tario and Quebec on an incentive pricing agreement for natural gas The idea is to set up pricing system that would provide dis counts for purchasers in new markets in Canada Cyril Symes energy critic for the New Democratic Party blasted the decision say ing the price increase will only make worse an already troubled economy bulletin SHANNON Ireland AP An American Airlines Boeing 707 hijacked in New York landed at Shannon airport on Irelands west coast today and the hijacker accompanied by his lawyer gave himself up to police the airport duty office reported See earlier story Page Quebec vote set for spring of 80 QUEBEC CP The referendum on sovereigntyassociation for Quebec will be held next spring Premier Rene Levesque an nounced today in the national assembly No specific date was given The Parti Quebecois government had nar rowed the choice down to vote either this fall or next spring Debate on the exact question to be asked in the referendum should take place in early 1980 Levesque said The coming fall will be period of reflec tion time to proceed with important legislation and also time to try to settle con tract negotiations with public servants the premier said document clarifying the governments option of sovereigntyassociation will also be published in the fall Since there was division within the Parti Quebccois on whether to call fall or spring vote tactical considerations were set aside in order to consider only the public interest Levesque added cabinet official said Wednesday that the decision on the season was reached in cabinet meeting earlier in theday That followed efforts by the government to sound out the various levels of the party the membership at large the caucus the na tional council which groups members of the Suddenly its summer It feels as though its been here for several weeks now but summer officiallv arrived today and with it the prospect of showers according to one longtime weather forcaster The anadian Farm and Home Almanac forecasts fair bit of stormy and unsettled weather during the next two anda half months to go along with the hot humid days summers around here are notorious for lt predicts rainy weather for the latter portion of this month several stormy periods in July and more in August The Almanacs weather forcaster gives On tario residents few sunny and hot days at time followed immediately by rain as pattern for summer 1979 There are no official summer forecasts done by any go ernment office In order to figureout the future the ministry of the environment looks to the past The workers at the Ontario Hydro Essa Township Haiitlll ha recorded temperature lttillllt tor the past 31 t£llgt for the meteorological division of the department of transport In June itliH the highest recorded temperature was 1ft degrees ctlcius li degrees in July and in August it was fairly wet summer with more than 23o mm of rain including la iii in August The Ontario Hydro workers take the lttlllXlLllUll readings voluntarily and won an award of merit last cai for their efforts government and of the party executive well as riding and regional representatives on their preferred season Both the PQ government and the party were split on the issue Environment Minister Marcel Leger wide ly recognized as master organizer and member of the premiers referendum com mittee said fall vote would not allow enough time to fully acquaint the public with the ins and outs of sovereigntyassociation Others suggested that next spring is too far away and that delaying the vote would only give the federalist opposition more time to mobilize IIOLI CONVENTION The opposition Quebec Liberal patty for in stance plans to hold policy convention in the fall to come up with clear definition of the renewed federalism it plans to offer as an alternative to sovereigntyassociation The party has rallied behind the govern ments plan of attempting to negotiate political sovereignty simultaneously with an economic association with the rest of Canada PQ government would have to return to the people for mandate to declare Quebec in dependence unilaterally the partys latest of ficial program says Atkey remark angers Arafat KUWAIT AP Palestinian guerrilla leader Yasser Arafat lashed out at Canada Wednesday threatening retaliation if the Canadian government moves its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem Addressing news conference following talks with Kuwaiti officials Arafat also ac cused the United States of being the head of the snake which masterminded and blessed this conspiracy against the Palestinians and the Arabnation Commenting on statement by Canadian Immigration Minister Ron Atkcy that the Arabs bark but do not bite Arafat said Our Arab nation must teach the anadian scounr drels lesson that would ensure the protec tion of our dignity rights and lands Referring to the Arab League meeting in Tunis later this month he said present the Canadian ministers statement as present to the conference As for us Palestinians we let deeds speak and Canada is well aware of this Earlier Arab sources said Arab banks and financial institutions would find themselves bound by decision by the Arab Monetery Fund to stop financial dealings with anada The sources who declined to be named said all the central banks of the girllltllilftt fund states will copy the decision and com municate it to local banking and financial networks Gee Why would anyone want to limit amis 15c Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 95° Weekly labarrel increase in oil car costs ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart left lies down in street in front of National Guard roadblock as National Guard trooper approaches him in this photo made from television monitor from footage shot by ABC News Ann Limongello Moments later Stewart was shot in the head and killed Wednesday AP Photo Slain by Nicaraguan patrol Newsmans death murderCarter BILLSTFJVART shot in head Near Sioux Lookout WASHINGTON Reuteri President Carter has described as murder the death of an ABCVTV reporter who was shot by government patrol near rebelheld area in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua Bill Stewart 37 of the American Broad casting Jo was shot in the head at close range Wednesday after he approached National Guard roadblock The killing was filmed by AB col leagues and shown on television news pro grams It showed several uniformed guards surrounding Stewart who was forced to lie on the ground and then shot The murder of American newsman Bill Stewart in Nicaragua was an act of bar barisni that all civilized people con demn Tarter said Journalists are in no nations army the president continued When they are made innocent victims of violence and war all people who cherish the truth and believe in free debate pay terrible price know the American people share my sense of outrage and loss at the death of this gifted dedicated young man he said State Secretary Tyrus Vance asked the Nicaraguan government and the US em bassy in Managua for report on the shootings Stewart New Yorkvbased correspon dent had been sent to Nicaragua on June It to report on the fighting between troops jv loyal to President Anastasio Somoza and Sandinista guerrillas who are tiying to overthrow him DRIVER Sllfll ABC officials in New York said Stewarts Nicaraguan driver Juan Espinoza Castro as taken out of View of the cameras before he died Reporters said they heard gunshot and later saw Tastros body Jim Tefalo sound engineer who witnessed the shooting of Stewart said the reporter had left his van to approach guard position and was waved away Forest fire threatens villages TIIINIER BAY Ont CPI raging outofcontrol forest fire may force residents of three small hamlets near Sioux Lookout to flee their homes Smoke from the fires had reached the hamlets of McDougall Mills Ghost River and Robinson about 251i kilometres northwest of here and plans have been made to evacuate residents who have not already left Late Wednesday James Auld minister of natural resources declared 28m square kilometre area restricted travel zone In the area east of Sioux Lookout public travel has leen forbidden ministry spokesman said the action taken under the Forest Fires Prevention Act was designed to assure public safety He said denw smoke made road travel difficult The spokesman said the restrit ted area bounded on the south by Nlt line on the east by Highway 599 and on the north along line to Sioux Lookout He said the ban will affect few tourist camps but stressed that the area is relatively small Several forest fires one larger than 20000 acres are burning out of control in the area Firtflgllltts were hoping showers and thundershowers predicttd by Environment anada would help the situat ion The forecast for Friday is for more showers and cooler temwraturcs which should hclp the lricdrout region recover Most of the fires were started by lightning after prolonged dry spell Ministry spokesman Hill Buchan said train is ready to leave on two hours notice to evacuate the remaining residents of the three hamlets The fire covering about sumo acres is one of to burning between the Manitoba border and White River about 1300 kilometres east of Thunder Say About 17m persons were involy ed Wednes day in the battle against the fires In the area between the Manitoba border and Atikokan about 21 kilometres west of Thunder flay more than 11 persons 22 helicopters and three giant IL215 water bombers were battling 21 fires Residents of the lull Lake Indian Reserve are threatened by the largest fire in the pro vince esimated at 251Miacres near Hollin shead Lake about too kilometres north of here examiner serVing barrie andsimcoe county