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No 158 Thursday July 1979 Carrier Hm Delivery 95° Wookly the examiner serving barrie and simcoe county 115thyoo 5° Per Copy Articles go to forensic lab May have weapon used in slaying WHITBY nt iCPi Durham Regional Police were waiting Wednesday for results from the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto to see whether any new light would be shed on the death of 16 yearold Kathleen Wels Police sent to the laboratory some ar ticles found Tuesday at the scene of the death hoping the results would determine the age sex and hair color of her attacker We believe we have murder weapon but we dont want to disclose what it is Inspector Dave Fleming said Carl Wels found the body of his daughter Monday about one kilometre from their home in this community just west of Oshawa She had been jogging as she did every night and when she did not return home after dark he called police He found the body before police arrived There was evidence the girl put up fight before she was beaten to death police said and the person who attacked her may have been scratched or scarred An autopsy showed Kathleen was not raped investigators believe the attacker may have hit the girl in the head to subdue her for rape but panicked after discover ing she had died MAY HAVE WAITEI Police said Miss Wels jogged along the same route each evening often ac companied by her mother and that so meone may have been waiting for her Fleming asked any persons who think they have any information about the murder no matter how trivial to call police All calls will be treated confidcn tially This town of about 28000 was shocked by the death of the nrettv popular teentiger Truckowner cleared Penalized too severely Jail guards suspension cut by settlement boar By STEPHEN NICHOLLS Of The Examiner suspension imposed on Barrie jail guard Randy Ralph for his part in hosing incident at the jail last October has been reduced by the Ontario public service grievance settlement board The board reduced Ralphs suspension to five days from 20 days without pay In written decision released to day the board ruled the ministry of correctional services penalized Ralph too severely The decision follows lengthy hearing before the board The 30 yearold guard sprayed prisoners Kathleen Wels i6 was murdered near her home in Whitby Ont Monday night while she was out jogging The girls savagely beaten body was found by her father when she did not return from her run after two hours CP Photo WHIIBY nt Ii Police haVe cleared the owner of rcddishorangc pickup truck in their search for the killer of 16 yearold Kathleen Wels whosc bat tered body was found Monday after she failed to return from jogging expedition Durham police spokesman said Wednesday the possibility the truck seen in the area where the girls body was found was not involved in the murder was suspected before the owner was found However Supt avc Edwards said marked up he said Were checking hospitals doctors offices anywhere so meone might have gone for treatment Edwards said the tall athletic girl pro bably put up violent struggle before she was killed about one kilometre from her home broken fence rail was one of several articles sent to the entre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto after police combed the area where Carl Wels found his daughters body with fire hose and left them with wet clothes and bedding overnight Oct Ministry officials said Ralph used the hose to punish prisoners for deliberately triggering smoke shift Sergeant ordered him to spray the detector Ralph said his corridor walls and floor The board ruled Ralphs respon several other leads were being in SVOVC gag Sewlrlalllcgll Wigml sibility was not as heavy as his Shift vestigatcd $8 As 0m ser eant who was sus nded We think her attacker was probably Edwards Sadt daygs pe 20 The hosing of the corridor was either an entirely improper response to misconduct by the in mates or gross error injfiai ment followed by callous inun ference to the health of inmates said Prof Swan board vice chairman One board member Simon disagreed with the boards decision He said Ralph carried out his duties as correctional officer to the best of his abilities Not railroaded by merchants says owner of city hotel Aid Fred Ruemper said Hamilton likely felt peer pressure when the petition was sign ed to reopen the street Not bit Hamilton told The Examiner From what gather some of the merchants were not contacted about it He said many of the businesses along the street do not lend themselves to distributing outdoor wears It the malli was not organized quite as well as it could have been he said But Hamilton said he doesnt agree with the criticism of the downtown board See Page 11 for results of Examiner downtown survey riticism comes from those who usually By DENNIS LANIIIIER Of The Examiner Rob Hamilton owner of Queens Hotel says he wasnt railroaded by merchaan in the area Halnilton was the only mcrchant who took advantage of the miniinall and set up beer garden outside his establishment The beer garden is still there though Dunlop Street has been reopened because of merchants objections 304815 Susans sailboat fan Sailboat fan Susan Bogardis checks the finish of her newlyacquired boat the Dolphin ii at the Barrie Yacht Club Wednesday The Dolphin is shark class racing boat and will be one of many competing in races here this weekend For more information drop in at the Barrie Yacht Club Examiner Photo by Peter Hsu Car insurance rates going up Oro Station woman Sentenced for her part in death dont have anything constructive to offer TORONTO CPI Motorists face another said Hamilton increase in insurance rates this year Some of those persons wouldnt get off Industry spokesmen say increases will TORONTO An Oro Station woman ment Miss Wilson was found not guilty as your own safety and he might still be alwe their butts to go to the Last Supper he said average 10 to 12 per cent starting in Ontario described as blind follower of convicted Charged blIt W35 COHViCtOd On said Mr Jusuce Grange Therc are some of us who do appreciate and spreading to the rest of the country by the their the boards efforts said Hamilton fall Meanwhile Dave Smith chairman of the Royal Insurance Co of Canada the largest board told The Examiner the situation had auto insurer has already increased most pres become bitter last lhursday and Friday mium rates in Ontario for new business and murderer was sentenced to two years less day in reformatory Wednesday for her part in the December 1977 stabbing death of 15 yearold Toronto youth Gwendolyne Judith Wilson 20 was also manslaughter charge Testimony during the June trial showed Hughes was stabbed while he and friend negotiated drug deal Hughes died five days after the stabbing having suffered brain Miss Wilsons lawyer Ronald Manes told the court the woman has the emotional maturity of 12yearold and she was on drugs when the incident took place Manes was not available for comment to One of the student downtown ambassadors will raise rates for renewals by midJuly given three years probation by Mr Justice damilfltand Chest woundS day was physically pushed aside from the bar The company plans to implement new Samuel Grangein Ontario Supreme Court At the concluSion of the murder trial V4ng ricadc Threats and counterthrcats came rate schedule for other provinces Sept Miss Wilson and Brian Gerald Laurier 21 Crown Attorney Frank Armstrong told The Laurler lawyer Hamid llndenv 5310 from merchants he said The city was threatened With legal action should the Queens Hotel operation be forced to close before Aug said Smith Warren Crawford company vice president said Wednesday the premium increases reflect higher claims and greater frequency of claims of Barrie were charged with seconddegree murder of Billy Hughes 15 After threeweek jury trial Laurier was convicted and sentenced to life imprison Examiner Mr Justice Grange told Miss Wilson she was wrong because you left boy to die little more concern for him and less for extra Launers conviction would be appealed Armstrong said he has not heard about any appeal action The Examiner was unable to contact Linden today it Did you hear the news Theres good chance that Skylab will fall on land inside Pass war declared OTTAWA CP Via Rail the Crown agency trying to turn moneylosing rail passenger service into moneymaking business has declared allout war on passes Dief out of hosoital PRINCE ALBERT CP Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker was released from hospital in Prince Albert Wednesday and was travelling to Ottawa hospital official said Diefenbaker 83 story Al Gibbs Georgian Bay islands na tional pork chief warden holds an Eastern Massasaugo rattlesnake which has iust been tagged by pork resource managers Park officials hope to learn more about the rat tlesnake which they say is in danger of extinction See story on todays Background page Ex aminer Photo bv Stephen Nicholls index today Monty entertainernon 14 background sports comicsw guide 16 1719 Ben Bella freed it was announce Wednesday that the Algerian government has decided to free former Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella who has been under arrest since he was overthrown by the late Houari Boumedienne on June i9 i965 The official Algerian news agency announced President Chadli Ben iedid has ordered his release to mark the l7th anniversary of Algerian independence was looking very good for person who had spent week in hospital The former prime minister had con tracted bronchitis which developed into mild form of pneumonia The hospital official said Diefenbaker had been prescribed antibiotic medication and he likely would be back at work in two days Mountain face conquered VANCOUVER CPi member of the first party ever to scale the southwest face of Canadas highest mountain one of the toughest climbs in the world returned to base camp to tell about wind driving snow and the numbing fear of avalanche Jim Elzinga lifted from the base of Mount Logan by helicopter said in telephone interview from Kluane National Park in the Yukon that the climb by his fourman party took 11 days on the mountain in the St Elias Range in south west Yukon We encountered strong winds snow and cold said Elzinga filmmaking student at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto Bike gangs watched CHARLOTTE NC AP Police fearful of gang violence kept close watch today on the rival Hells Angels and Outlaws motorcycle gangs following the slayings of five Outlaws Authorities said there were no suspects in the shootings but they noted the two gangs hated each others guts and have ex changed gunfire occasionally during the last few months Three men and woman were shot dead early Wednesday in the twdroom frame house that is the Outlaws headquarters and home to about to gang members authorities said Lioness ioins protest Liontamer Mario Vulcanelli and one of his eight lions during his protest in Rome when he put big cage in front of the Ministry of Tourism and Enter tainment because he was not given permanent permission to install his small circus around Rome Wednesday AP Photo Come home to The Examiner Call 7266539 for home delivery At one time thousand and thousands of Canadians received free passage aboard passenger trains operated by the Canadian National Railways and CP Rail according to Via spokesman In addition to railway employees who received them as condition of work the free riders included dependents of the rail workers newspaper reporters police chiefs MP5 and senators and their dependents customs officials many federal government departments and various others Two students killed NEW DELHI AP The use of policemen to prevent cheating at college in the eastern Indian city of Arrah touched off riots Wednesday during which police shot and killed two students Forty other persons including 30 policemen were in jured the United News of India said Police had been called to Jain College to provide security during examinations The riots began when students attacked them To withdraw troops PEKING Reuter Vietnam told China today that it eventually will withdraw its troops from Cambodia and Laos key demand by Peking for any improvement in relations with Hanoi But Vietnamese ViceForeign Minister Dinh Nho Liem told the seventh session of peace talks that the withdrawal is matter for the three Indochina countries only and has no bearing on the negotiations with China weather Sunny today and Friday Continuing cool today with brisk northwesterly winds Highs near 2i Lows over night near little warmer Friday with highs near 23