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dumpma uu 14 Daycar No10 ImmyJuIyM 1070 Theyre off and flying again United Airlines Flight 338 DC l0 takes off from Chicagos OHore Air ort Fri day afternoon for Baltimore It was the first DCiO flight since al of the planes were grounded June Federal Aviation Administrator Langhorne Page AP Photo Bond lifted the ban Friday See story inside story Tragic deaths mourned Memorial services were held Friday at the Creemore Community Arena for the four boys killed in tragic fire last weekend Examiner reporter Lori Cohen provides firsthand account of the services in story on the Today page Abuse study jeopardized governmentfunded examination 01 the prevention of child abuse may be jeopardiz ed by the Simcoe County Board of Educa tions decision to postpone implementation of the controversial human relations pro gram The committee working on the child abuse studybased on section of the human relations programsays its work will be used to design course to help Skylab beauty Miss Austria Kerrie Ann Dunder dole poses of pool in Perth this morning in Skylab tee shirt The Miss Universe contest will iudge the bathing suit competition tonight AP Photo Bandit makes history TORONTO CP welldressed bandit wearing sunglasses made off with $3000 from downtown branch of the Canadian imperial Bank of Canada on Friday the 13th the first holdup on the unlucky day that Metropolitan Toronto police can remember police kesman said bank robbers have avoid Friday the lzlth in the past but this one apparently wasnt super stitious He presented teller with note saying he was armed then took the note back with the money police said Police official shot ROME AP Authorities blanketed Home with riot soldiers but were unable to track down the Red Brigade terrorists who killed highranking national police officer The terrorists shot Ltltol Antonio Varisco member of the arabinieri police in crossfire oi rifle and pistol shots as he was driving to work Friday Authorities said Variscos brown BMW car was cut off by smaller Fiat two blocks from the famous Piazza del Popolo in the centre of the city Varisco 52 who had only two months of active duty left until retirement died from wounds in the face and neck police said The assailants used tear gas to mask their flight as they blended into the crowded morningtraffit extra abuse See story on the ay page Sire Stakes tonight Some of the best threeyearold colts in harness racing will race tonight at Barrie Raceway in round of the Ontario Sire Stakes Post time is 745 pm Clifton Hotel is one of the first round win ners in the annual Barrie and District Fastball tournament which continues today at Queens MacMorrison and Shear Park In baseball the South Simcoe League All star teams were announced for Sundays pm game at Ivy See stories and picture on todays Sports page ndex today lifestyle entertalnmant Sports 10 comicsw guldo classlfled 41 TV starts fire fire which began in television set caused extensive damage to house at 98 College Crescent in Barrie Friday after noon Within minutes flames and smoke spread through the house sending 12yearold boy and his dog into the street Todd Ells was watching television when he smelled smoke squiggly line ap peared on the screen he said Then the whole TV exploded neighbor at the scene described what she saw was having bath and smelled smoke she said rushed out of the house and saw flames shooting out of the family room Someone was yelling Get out Get out The boys parents were working at the time and his two younger brothers were out swimming with babysitter when the fire occurred The boys father Douglas Ells rushed from Toronto when he learned of the fire According to Mr Ells the television color set was three years old We have never had any trouble with it before he said The fire gutted the entire downstairs liv ing area of the backsplit home leaving the E115 family with the prospect of shopping for such necessities as clothing and spen ding the next few nights at motel until alternative housing can be arranged Despite the misfortune Todd Ells still sees the bright side of things While Mom and Dad are shopping for clothes get to see the James Bond movie he said have been waiting for long time to see it Lands in lake 22yearold Barrie man went car and all for an unexpected dip into Lake Simcoe early this morning Malcolm Jackson of County Rd 13 was driving eastbound on Concession 11 in In nisfil Township when he found himself in unfamiliar territory said spokesman from the Innisfil Police Department Jackson smashed through dead end sign and into the lake The body of the car 1970 Pontiac was not damaged The interior of the car and the motor however are wet Jackson was charged with failure to pro duce drivers licence Workers walk out MONTREAL CP Bell Canada technicians stepped up their strike action against the utility with 2+hour walkout Friday in Toronto and Quebec City union official Rene Roy said About 4000 workers including 3600 in Toronto were off the job weather Mainly sunny hazy and humid to day Highs 29 to 32 but cooler near the lokeshore Cloudy periods with few thunderstorms overnight and Sunday morning Lows l8 to 22 Clearing late Sunday little cooler with highs of 26 to 29 children understand the roblem of child 1rmcww the examner QEJEED Qne dies in thirdfloor fall WHWDMHWOOHV serving borrie and simcoe county Hostages leap to freedom in Egyptian embassy siege ANKARA AP Two Egyptian diplomats dropped to the ground from thirdfloor win dow of their besieged embassy under hail of Palestinian gunfire early today and one died later of fractured skull Turkish state radio reported It said the second diplomat escaped though injured and two others earlier in the day fled safely through back door of the embassy which was seized Friday morning by four Palestinian terrorists The gunmen were reported still holding 16 hostages Four Palestinian guerrilla leaders mean while were on their way to Ankara to try to negotiate peaceful end to the siege Egyp tian Prime Minister Mustafa Khalil said in Cairo He did not identify the guerrilla chiefs There were conflicting reports about how the two diplomats fell from the embassy win dow Some said the terrorists shoved the two out Other reports indicated they were trying to leap to freedom They were not immediately identified State radio said one died later in hos ital of skull fracture and the second suf ered broken leg and broken rib Turkish policeman who ran to their aid was wounded by gunfire from the embassy doctors reported READY TO KILL The Egyptian ambassador was among the hostages Since early morning the terrorists had been threatening by loudspeaker to kill one hostage every five minutes if their demands were not met bulletin report of light plane crashing late this morning Into Lake Simcoe near Georgina Island Is being investigated by Barrie OPP said police spokesman The diplomats who escaped through the back door were identified by Anatolia the of ficial Turkish news agency as Ismail Mohammed Abel Khalil the commercial at tache and Halifeh Afi Ced Ibrahim an ad ministrative assistant in the commercial of fice Egyptian officials in Cairo said they had been assured by Turkish authorities that all the hostages still held were all right Turkish press reports indicated the hostages remaining included nineEgyptians and seven Turkish employees The four Palestinians blasted their way in to the hilltop embassy building Friday morn ing killing two Turkish guards and wounding two others in volley of automatic weapons fire Turkish state radio said Ambassador Kemal Olema and the hostages were not harmed in the assault One hostage who was freed Friday afternoon said there were many dead inside the building but authorities said she may have been in shock and confused WANT SAFECONDUCT One of the terrorists told Turkish radio reporter the raiders will blow up the building unless their demands are met note written in Arabic and tossed from an embassy win dow said the raiders want Turkey to sever relations with Egypt and Israel and recognize the Palestine Liberation Organization They also demanded safeconduct to friendly Arab country and the release of two pro Palestinian Arabs imprisoned in Egypt Witnesses said Turkish forces were tighten ing cordon of police and soliders around the threestorey embassy building raising speculation of an assault to try to free the hostages They said an armored car has been moved into the embassy garden and troops have taken up positions in the ambassadors residence beside the embassy Possible rock shift Falls attractions may be closed NIAGARA FALLS NY AP possible shift in the rocks above Niagara Falls prompted the US Army Corps of Engineers to recommend closing two attractions there this weekend Three charged with mischief Three men have been charged with eight counts of mischief and one count of wilful damage following vandalism rampage ear ly Thursday morning says Barrie city police Edwin Hardy 18 of Oro Station Johnathan Kelso 20 of Barrie and Michael Walsh 18 of Barrie are charged with smashing widows at the Brewers Retail stores on Blake Street and on Anne Street Theyre also charged with damaging washrooms at Centennial Park smashing windows at Woolworths Bayfield Street and smashing windows in cars and trucks throughout the city Now lets see How far can we get on half tank of gas The attractions an observation point on Terapin Point overlooking the American Horseshoe tails and the Maid of the Mist boat cruise below the falls were shut down Friday night after seismic alarm located above the falls went off The closings were described as precautionary measure by Hamid Boore of the Niagara Frontier State Parkway Police But Frank Simon manager of the Maid of the Mist said the boats continue to operate adding that Terapin Point is not near the companys loading areas on either the Cana dian or US side Police said engineers conducted tests late Friday to determine whether the rocks had shifted and planned more for today They did not say what the tests had found Authorities predicted the observation point and boat ride would remain closed until tests were completed and the results analyzed But they could not say how long that might take The alarm located off Terapin Point was designed to warn of shifts in the rock above the falls But corps engineers also were testing the device which they described as corroded to determine whether malfunc tion triggered the alarm Two Indian ministers quit NEW DELHI AP Two cabinet members resigned today as Prime Minister Morarji Desai faced vote of confidence in the Indian Parliament to determine whether his government will survive Steel and Mines Minister Biju Patnaik and Deputy Home Minister Dhanik La Manda were the ninth and 10th cabinet officials to resign in three days The resignations came two days before the teetering Janata party government faces vote of confidence On TrentSevern waterway Group wants lockhours extended By STEPHEN NICHOLLS Of The Examiner STROUD The Georgian Lakelands Travel Association wants operating hours ex tended for locks on the TrentSevern water way because existing hours are interfering with tourism In brief submitted to the CanadaOntario Rideau TrentSevern CORTS Secretariat the association says government officials should survey boaters to determine how many of them would use the system if it was open longer Macdonald TrentSevern waterwav superintendent said Friday the waterway budget will not permit extended hours and present hours are based on past waterway use Judy Delaney the associations advertising and promotional coordinator presented the brief at Friday nights public meeting of the CORTS advisory committee The association wants the committee to support its request for extended lock hours and longer operating season Lock hours were increased by two and one half hours on weekends from May 18 to June 22 but reduced by one and half hours during the summer Closing locks at pm effectively weekend use of the system by lorontomans says the brief They cannot arrive from Bobbingest winners of all Winners of the bobbing endurance contest at Lions Pool Grove St Friday splash each other after two hours and l5 minutes of underwater fun Jeff Long 10 left and Keith Rickman 12 right loin fellow contestants Jean nette Snape l4 Collette Ferguson 10 and Suzanne Pelleter 12 in celebrating the accomplishment Winners received prizes from McDonalds and Stewart Wholesale Ltd of Barrie Examiner Photo Electricity rate boost coming in September By DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner An increase of between eight and nine per cent in electricity rates will hit Barrie residents on Sept15 The increase in electric rates is the first in over two and half years says Bill Elson secretarytreasurer of the Barrie Public Utilities Commission PUC The local PUC is running short of cash and the move is being made to save deteriorating situation Elson told The Ex aminer Frida The PUC has absorbed 20 per cent in creases from Ontario Hydro and it will have to absorb another 10 per cent increase by Jan 1980 The actual increase will range between about seven and 10 per cent de riding on the amount of electricity consum said Elson person who uses 2000 kilowatts of elec For broadcast Sunday tricity would now be paying $5850 every two months That same person will pay $6405 on or after Sept 15 an increase of 95 per cent Someone using 1000 kilowatts of power will pay $3855 rather than $3550 Thats an in crease ot 86 per cent Elson said The increase will apply to industrial users of power as well The increase was forecast back in 1978 said Elson He said the commission could have in creased rates on Jan but that it was not really needed On the average increases come every year Elson said Elson said he doesnt expect to receive lot of calls about the increase because it IS com ing at the lightest time of year in terms of electrical use The increase has received tentative ap proval from Ontario Hydro Formal ap roval from the board is likely to come said son Carter working on maior speech WASHINGTON AP President Carter his domestic summit conference ended with secretive meetings with groups of private citizens has settled down at Camp David to work on what may be his most important speech as US president Carter was alone with speechwriters and other staff aides today for the first time in more than week following trip Friday to West Virginia and an offtherecord luncheon with more than dozen journalists He summoned VicePresident Walter Mondale and domestic policy aide Stuart Eizenstat to the mountaintop compound in Marylands Catoctin Mountains late Friday White House press secretary Jody Powell said the president will be working on the speech for national broadcast at 10 pm Toronto Friday night and make any progress by7pm To make the pm closing boaters must arrive at 630 pm for final locking says the association Macdonald who attended Friday nights meeting said the waterway has limited budget and cannot increase its staff manhours By extending the weekend hours during May and June the system had to reduce hours during the summer he said Ted Hill CORTS advisory committee chairman said lock use figures show that on ly about three and quarter cent of boaters using the system use the ocks during the last one and half hours EDT Sunday time Powell said was chosen to get the biggest possible audience BACK TO OFFICE Powell said Friday that Carter will return to the White House in time to speak from the Oval Office Sunday night possibly leaving Camp David as early as this afternoon or eve ning He said the presidents speech will go beyond outlining proposals to curb oil imports and will deal also with the economy and what Powell described as an increasingly negative mood in the US The New York Times says that during the Friday meeting with journalists Carter in dicated he has decided on the most sweeping of four energy programs presented to him by advisers arch Brown of Barrie said more boaters might use the system during extended hours if the hours were welladvertised The association is also complaining about locks closing at 430 pm from Sept to tober because that penalizes people who take September holidays which are titcont ing more and more prevalent Opening tne locks at 730 or am would be more accommodating and permit Nllllll travel days says the association The association says it will submit further comments to the assistant deputyminister of Indian and Northern Affairs at the end of the season That ministry operates the system through Parks Canada