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inside story Start course revisions Jack Ramsay director of the Simcoe County Board of Education says work will begin immediately on revising the human relations course that board trustees have decided to postpone indefinitely If approv ed by the trustees the new program could be fieldtested in county schools in the fall See story on the Today page Apartment vacancies Apartment hunters in Barrie shouldnt have trouble finding an apartment re cent survey by the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation revealed 45 per cent vacancy rate See story on the Today Page Private art acquired Sixty pieces of fine art from one of the worlds most private collections are now for sale in Barrie Robert Clark of The Coach of Barrie Fine Arts Gallery is the new owner of the pieces from the private museum of Thomas lawick millionaire inventor from Cleveland Clarks acquisitions include Dresden china and 19th century French furniture and figurines See story on Todays Entertain ment page Terrorist threat The ugly threat of terrorist violence countered by some of the tightest security an international sporting event has ever seen clouds the start of the VIII Pan American Games Openng ceremonies for the games begin Sunday In baseball Toronto Blue Jays lost both ends of doubleheader to the Baltimore Orioles and the Montreal Expos lost to the Pittsburg Pirates 65 The Toronto Blizzard soccer club scored in the last minute of play to beat the San Diego Sockers at Exhibition Stadium See stories pictures on todays sports page index lsAday today 13 lifestyle entertainment 10 window on the world sports cornicew guide 18 classified 2023 extra Great White bagged great white shark 13 feet long is loaded onto flatbed truck Friday evening at Island Sports Marina in Center Moriches NY to be taken to be weighed The shark was harpooned about 15 miles off the coast and took l5 hours to be controlled and towed into Center Moriches AP Photo Two get holesinone Sam Nitsopoulos of Barrie and Walter McGuire of Collingwood both hit holesin one at the Royal Downs Golf Club in Utopia this week Nitsopoulos member at Royal Downs aced the parthree l5vard 11th hole us ing an eight iron for his first ever holein one McGuire member of the Blue Moun tain Golf Club in Collingwood shot his holeinonc on the parthree 240yard third hole ng six iron for his first ever ace Killed on highway WASAGA BEACH 777 pedestrian was killed on Highway 92 here early this morn ing when he was struck by vehicle that failed to remain at the scene of the acci dent The OPP said the driver of the vehicle has not yet been found The victims next of kin have not yet been notified The case is under investiga tioii Radio stations sold Seven Ontario radio stations including CKMP in Midland and CFOR in Orillia have been sold to Phillipe De Iaspe Beau bien of Montreal Northern and Coun tryside Broadcasting Systems announced Friday Systems president Jack Schoonc who would not disclose the selling price said the sales will allow him and his partner Irving Zucker to concentrate on consolida tion of their Atlantic radio stations in the Maritimcs The two IIltll own six stations in New Bnmswick and Prince Edward Island The sale to Bcaubicns lclcnicdia Comr munications Ltd is subject to approval by the Canadian Radio and lclcvision our mission The other stations sold to Itcaubicn are trtH North Bay KATFM North Bay tKGB linimins tFlllli Timmins and tt Stratford An eighth station KBK Woodstock was sold to Gordon larrixtto general manager of that station Crushed to death TORONTO itll teenager was crushed to death against restaurant wall lhursday night car III which his best friend was teaching ltiti0ld girl to drive Police said tatiildo Bonaiini lit was sit ting on curb outside the restaurant eating hamburger when the car hit him and pushed him against the wall Constable Hafiz Qurcshi said Francesco Lotta 18 told him he had ordered the girl to stop but she could not find the brake Qureshi said Lotta who sensed the car might hit his best friend slid his loot over toward the brake but hit the gas pedal Ill stead Bonanni had no chance to jump out of the way Police said the girl juvenile was charged with failing to remain at the scene of an accident and failing to report an accident That embassy move JlDDAH Saudi Arabia Reuterl An Arab newspaper says several Arab coun tries have told Canada they will recognize Come home to The Exominor Call the province of Quebec as an independent state if Canada moves its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem The newspaper the Londonbased Ash Sharaq AlAwsai said the Arab countries have told Canadian Prime Minister Clark they would switch their embassies to Quebec City from Ottawa if Canada moves its Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv The newspaper quotes authoritative sources in Tunis where Arab foreign ministers met this week It did not name the countries Clark said before the recent Canadian election that his government would move its embassy to Jerusalem but said later the question will be studied further Collision kills three PARRY SOUND Ont CP Three persons were killed and three others were injured Friday night in twocar collision on Highway 69 just north of Parry Sound provincial police said An OPP spokesman said David Albert son 26 of Toronto James Marshall 24 of Sterling Township and Herman Bonde 28 of Dorian Township all were pronounced dead at the scene The occupants of the other vehicle Brian Nicholson of Stouffville Ont his wife Paula and son Peter received minor injuries police said Claims escape record PORT COLBORNE Ont CPI man performed an escape trick Friday which he says even Houdini never accomplished Before crowd of about 500 Gary Schihl 23yearold pipefitter entered in to the ninemetredeep Welland Canal while locked in straitjacket Within seven minutes bobbing to the surface once in awhile to catch breath of air he had managed to squirm his way out of the cloth binding Schihl an amateur escape artist said no one had attempted the straitjacket escape while partially submerged in water Houdini made the straitjacket act famous he said But as far as know no one has ever conquered the escape in water Troy wins Sweeps DUBLIN Ireland AP Troy ridden by Willie Carson won the richestever Irish Sweeps Derby today repeating his victory in the Epsom Derby of June Troy ran away from the other eight horses in the Ilamile race to win by near ly seven lengths just as he did at Epsom Dickens Hill second at Epsom was se cond again and outsider Bohemian Grove was third Haig retires Gen Alexander Haig speaks at his last press conference as NATOs supreme military com mander on his retirement Friday in Casteau Belgium Haig told newsmen he had no immediate political plans but said he intends to speak out on defence issues back home in the United States AP Photo weather Mainly cloudy with occasional showers today and Sunday isolated thunderstorms today Cool with highs both days l8 to 2i Lows tonight l4to l6 66539 home delivery we Idyew No 154 Mymao 1979 1SPorCopy the examiner Well be 12 Sunda serving barrie and simcoe county Weekend of hiiinks ahead Bell walkout one in series of surprises By LORI COHEN Of The Examiner Fridays strike by Bell Canada techni cians in Ontario and Quebec was another in series of surprise walkouts by members of the Communication Workers of Canada The union has welllaid plan of walkouts although Fridays was an instant thing said Duncan Beattie president of CWC local 40 which includes Barrie Orillia Coll ingwood Newmarket and Midland We didnt know until preceding he said He said the walkout was an indication that employees support their union and signal to the company that if workers reject the contract offer Bell Canada and the union should go back to the bargaining table Norma McCall Bell Canada commercial manager in Barrie says the firm is waiting for the votes to come in next week and at that point the company may have to try something else The walkouts come at the companys busiest time of year when large number of requests arrive for telephone installations and repairs for cottages Requests for ser vice orders on strike day have to be rescheduled McCall said and priority jobs are handled by management We recovered quite nicely from the last strike she said The general public is becoming more aware of whats going on They must understand because there are minimal number of complaints Beattie admits the strikes came at crucial time for the company but says it is the best time to get the unions demands across Its the same for the TTC Toronto Tran sit Commission drivers he explained When the Canadian National Exhibition comes on they walk off Beattie is proud of the CWC members in local 40 and calls them men in the true renditions of the word Most stores here dumping big bottles By NANCY FIGUEROA and TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner Barries large food retailers two conve nience store chains operating here and most independent food stores have removed or will remove llzlitre soft drink bottles from the shelves Loblaws Dominion and Miracle Mart stores have under instruction from head of 12 hours fice removed the bottles from their stores following request from the federal depart ment of consumer and corporate affairs Beckers and Mikes Milk stores have followed suit The government will not ban the bottles outright but will study the matter further said Allan Lawrence minister of the depart ment Although Lawrence said he would ban the bottles if he could It is not the govern ments job to dictate to industry how to solve problems The governments decision to regulate rather than ban the bottles was attacked as unsafe Friday by Herb Gray former Liberal consumer affairs minister He said priority must be given to public safety and the government should im mediater ban the torpedoshaped narrow necked bottles which have exploded injur ing at least 54 persons recently The bottles are pressurized to three times the atmospheric pressure at sea level and have tendency to explode spontaneously Last week woman in Kitchener Waterloo supermarket was severely injured when 12 litre bottle exploded spon taneously as she passed by shelf Peter DeVries 0f Fuda Food Centre Oro totinn said the bottles should not be recall ed but redesigned They are good sellers he said Their popularity he said is solely because of their size most people would rather buy one large bottle than two small ones DeVries was amazed to learn the bottles could be dangerous was very surprised he said Weve never had any problems with them here Although Fuda still has some litre bot tles in the store they will all be removed by Wednesday said DeVries At Jeans Variety on Burton Avenue the bottles are still being sold They say theyve never had any problems with them Some Barrie stores like Dycks Food Market on Collier Street never sold the 12 litre bottles The Canadian Retail Council has urged its members to remove the bottles from the stores and some bottling companies have agreed to recall their products to prevent further injuries Brands affected include products by Wilsons Canada Dry Crush and Pepsi Cola Spokesmen for Crush and Canada Dry an nounced they would collect all their bottles immediately Three sisters in one of Managua Nicaraguas sprawling refugee centres cl ing together for safety Friday Now that the battle for Nicaraguas capital ci ty has temporarily ended it is hoped the population of refugee centres such as this will diminish The problems of the people however will probably re main as they return to their devastated homes with little if any food AP Photo Somoza willing to quit if US meets terms MANAGUA AP President Anasastio Somoza is willing to resign once Nicaraguas bloody civil war is halted if the United States will meet his terms highlevel government source says Somoza who has publicly refused to step down is said to be seeking US assurances of massive reconstruction aid for his Central American country said the source who asked not to be named He also Wants US pledge that it will seek installation of broadbased non Communist government to replace his family dynasty that has run Nicaragua for 42 years the source said The United States insists Somoza resign immediately and without condi tions The source said he sees little chance of compromise In San Jose Costa Rica five mcmber council appointed by the anti Somoza guerrillas rejected US plan for broadbased interim government to replace Somoza The council said it was not consulted on the US proposal and demanded that Washington break diplomatic relations with Somoza and recognize it immediately as the legitimate government of Nicaragua REBELS HOLD TOWNS Rebels of the Sandinista National Liberation Front now hold 20 towns and cities throughout this country of 26 million people and have vowed to keep fighting until Somozas forces are defeated as all Canada celebrates OTTAWA CP Prisoners in Saskat chewan and Ontario are practising the high jump some Nova Scotians are throwing raw eggs at each other and in Kitchener Ont theyre making an 11000egg omelette all in honor of Canadas 112th birthday Canada Week celebrations which have been going on all week in 1500 communities across the country culminate Sunday night with nationallytelevised variety show and fireworks display on Parliament Hill Activities range from softball tour naments to ethnic dances but most have heavy national unity slant Although July will be cool with cloudy periods in most of Simcoe County all out door Canada Day celebrations will be held as scheduled Sunday evening mammoth birthday cake will be served at Centennial Park to 200 people said Ald Meg ODonal alder man in charge of July celebrations The cake will be cut by Mayor Ross Archer and by number of Barrie aldermen The Examiner will not publish holiday Monday Publication will resume Tuesday The festivities mark the first ever evening Canada Day celebrations in Ba rrie At 830 pm the Barrie Central Collegiate Band under the direction of Morley Calvert will present halfhour concert of tradional Canadian and Scottish tunes The evening will be capped with fireworks display from about 930 to 10 pm It will be one night show only because the city wants to encourage other people and groups to perform their own celebra tions during the week said Ald ODonal During the day there will be fun and frolic for the entire family at the Barrie Fairgrounds when the second annual Canada Day celebration gets underway Sponsored by The Examiner and CKBB Radio the program includes pony rides donkey baseball match live entertainment the CKBBOrange Crush Frisbee Fling Off Twilite disco contest and the Miss Bar rie Bikini Contest Len Sevick advertising manager of The Examiner who cofounded the celebration with Jeff Walther CKBB announcer said last years celebration attracted more than 4000 people and should bring more this year Festival Canada the federal government agency overseeing Canada Week activities has avoided controversy over the name for July Dominion Day or Canada Day by referring to it officially as Canadas Birlt thday Prisoners in two federal penitentiaries Millhaven in Ontario and Prince Albert in Saskatchewan are celebrating the holiday with athletic competitions including high jumps running and weightlifting Residents of Mount Uniacke NS will be trying to break the world record for raw egg throwing The record of more than 300 feet seems safe since the Mount Uniacke best sofar is only 180feet Man injured in cliff fall An 18yearold Barrie man is being treated at Bruce Peninusla and District Hospital in Wiarton for injuries suffered after fall from 100foot cliff at Hope Bay located between Lions Head and Wiar ton The man whose name has not yet been released by the Lions Head OPP was ap parently walking along the cliff with his brothers early this morning when he fell Owen Sound OPP dispatcher Jim Taylor said After the fall his companions ran to nearby farmhouse and woman there con tacted the Lions Head OPP Taylor said The victims nextofkin are said to be vacationing on Christian Island Further in formation will be released when they are notified of the accident Trailer overturns on highway ramp The Highway 27 onramp onto Highway 400 south was blocked for more than an hour Friday afternoon when the pup trailer of truck carrying tar pitch overturned Police said the load in the trailer shifted when the driver tried to turn on the ramp throwing the trailer off balance The driver of the truck Norman Swanson of Etnbicoke was shaken up by the accident but was not inlured Examiner Photo by Lori Cohen