Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 24 Jul 1979, p. 1

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Beet carcases block traffic Truck driver Douglas Day of Des Moines Iowa walks alongside his over turned truck In Boston early this morning The truck was loaded with 38000 pounds of beef and some carcasses were spilled onto the highway blocking traffic Police said the truck was headed for Roxbury meat wholesale ter minal when the accident happened on oftramp of the Massachusetts Turn pike AP Photo Music ban asked by Iranian ruler TEHRAN AP Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Irans spiritual and revolutionary leader demanded Monday that all music be banned from the airwaves because it is as stupefyingasopium The ayatollah immediately ran into op position from music lovers and shopowners who sell records and tapes of all kinds of music Eastern and Western In other developments four policemen were executed Monday after Islamic revolutionary courts found them guilty of murdering antishah dissidents last year The executions brought to 358 the number of persons who have lied before firing squads since the February revolution In Tehran music store owner critical of Khomeinis ban said If people have guts theyll come out and oppose the ban If the ban goes into effect our already booming business will increase tenfold ShootoUt in home The public is already complaining about how terrible the situation is with our national radio and television not having any good musicial programs Its impinging on our personal freedom He cant stop me from listening to music no matter what my tastes are Khomeini called for the ban at an audience with employees of Radio Darya which broad casts in the summer to the touristpacked Caspian coast At his residence in Qom 160 kilometres south of Tehran the capital the 79yearold Moslem clergyman told them Music should not be broadcast over the radio and television Music is something that everybody is attracted to naturally but it takes them out of reality to futile and lowly livelihood Like opium music also stupefies persons listening to it and makes their brain inactive and frivolous Surveyors slain in bloodbath EVERGREEN Va AP bloody shootout among four surveyors who shared small home left three of them dead and the fourth critically wounded the Appomattox County sheriff says It all occurred between the four people in housef said Sheriff JE Richardson olice found the men in their home early Monday morning after fellow workers from the American Engineering Co of Atlanta came by and heard shouting and gunshots Bodies were scattered everywhere said Richardson There was blood on every wall Two of the victims were identified by Deputy Richard lanner as Robert Dentsch iii of Atlanta and Stephen Perry You can stop swearing You have the wrong Carter story Midland mayor attacked Midland Mayor Moreland Lynn continues to be the subject of controversy because his company was awarded contracts by town council It was revealed Monday hearing on conflict of interest charges made against the mayor will take place in Barrie Both the provincial government and council are supporting Lynn and claim the allegations are unfounded Read about it on the Today page Nurses guaranteed iobs Wayne Busch Georgian ollege presi dent told graduating nursing students on Saturday that their training practically guarantees them employment for their lifetimes For story see todays Lifestyle Page Filming children tough Taping childrens television show isnt always easy Steve Mosley and Joanne Buckley community programmers for Bar rie able TV found that out last week when they took their videotape equipment to Sun nidale Park to shoot footage for At The Treehouse show to be broadcast on the new childrens channel in September See story on todays Entertainment page Index today lunaton entertainment county spam micsw guide classified mlements Towers Scan Philgreen of Georgia Philgreens hometown and age were not available The third victims name was not released The sheriff said he interviewed the sur vivor James Michael Hardy of Stone Mountain Ga at hospital Hardy was in critical condition with his jawbone broken by gunshot Im satisfied the answer will come from the survivor said the sheriff who did not say what Hardy had told him Police said two 45calibre pistols were used in the exchange The four men were in Virginia surveying pipeline rightsofway for the Colonial Pipeline Co Parliament recall date set OTTAWA CP Prime Minister Clark has decided to recall Parliament Oct the minority Progressive Conservative gov ernment announced today The 31st session of Parliament will be opened by GovGen Edward Schreyer deliv ering his first throne speech The speech will outline the priorities of the first Progressive Conservative government since John Diefenbakers administration was defeated in 1963 The last session of Parliament ended March 26 when former prime minister Pierre Trudeau called the May 22 election which the Liberals lost Diefenbaker has urged Clark to hold brief session of Parliament next month to deal with worsening economic situation But Clark is sticking to an election promise not to summon Mls and senators until fall Abduction charges laid TORONTO CP Three Toronto teenagers were charged with abduction after Tim Scott 16 was handcuffed and car ried from his home to $40000 motor home After struggle in the motor home Scott was pushed against door and tumbled head first out of the moving vehicle He was in hospital Monday with concussion The three charged in the weekend incident were David Geoffrey Moore 17 Jeremy Michael Dale 16 and Martin Ian Smith 17 Hope to Hong Kong TORONTO tCP Ald Ying Hope of Toronto has been appointed the semi official representative of Immigration Minister Ronald Atkey in Southeast Asia to help speed the processing of refugees Hope said Monday Hope said he will leave for Hong Kong on Wednesday aboard the first Canadian mili tary plane to be used for transporting refugees Atkey couldnt be there himself so he said should study the processing situation how refugees are being handled and if the immigration officials are working at their peak efficiency Hope who will pay $750 for his seat on the oneway military flight and his other ex penses offered his services to Atkey last week at meeting of Operation Lifeline group seeking sponsors for ref ugees US denounces raids WASHINGTON Reuter The United States has denounced in the strongest terms the latest Israeli air strikes on Lebanon but Israeli Ambassador Ephraim Evron reiterated Israeli policy that the raids were in selfdefence Evron told reporters Monday The policy of the government is quite clear here that we shall do everything possible in self defence to protect our citizens We shall hit the bases of terrorists wherever they are he said The US state department in one of its sharpest rebukes of Israel said in statement The United States strongly condemns the Israeli air attacks up and down the Lebanese coast on Sunday Selected over Barrie company Hamilton firm given iob contract By DENNIS LANIHIER Of The Examiner Hamilton company has been selected over Barrie firm to complete improvement work at the pollution control centre even though the local company had the lower bid Environment Technical Services Inc of Hamilton was awarded $499867 contract early today to complete the work ETR of Barrie came in with bid $18000 less than éhat Ald Alex Arthur told The Examiner to ay It was close 05 vote thatwon it for the Hamilton company Voting in favor were 116th year No 74 Tuesday July 24 979 Mayor Ross Archer and aldermen Ross Stephens Alex Arthur Ernie Rotman Ed Thompson and Del Cole Aldermen Bill Knowles Gord Mills Dorian Parker Fred Ruemper and Meg Donal were in favor of giving the contract to the Barrie group The decision followed 90 minute discus sion by committee of the whole behind closed doors The discussion centred around the ability of the companies to handle the job Ald Fred Ruemper said today The Hamilton firm is larger than the Barrie one and has had experience at larger jobs 5° Per Copy said Ald Ruemper But the local group has completed some significant work for Barrie said the Barrie alderman didnt hear the administration or con sultants say the local group couldnt do the job said Ald Ruemper It boiled down to question of confidence suppose How do you measure that he added Ald Ruemper said there was no oven whelming evidence to favor the Hamilton group Its unusual for company with the higher bid to be selected over one with lower bid said Ald Arthur But in any tendering pro Part of international mercy mission cedures other factors have to be considered said Ald Arthur who voted for the Hamilton group He said the confidence factor facilities and past performance can be measured in any deCision The Hamilton group now takes over from Preston Ltd which did about $43000 worth of the work before going banknipt The work involves completing an ad ministrative building constructing new sewer and inlet works and installing of elec trical ductwork systems on the site Carrier Home Delivery 95° Weekly the examiner serving barrie and simcoe county US throws in 7th Fleet in move to save refugees WASHINGTON AP The United States is throwing the 7th Fleet into an international effort to save thousands of Vietnamese boat people adrift off the coastlines of Southeast Asia The expanded airandsea search by the US Navy comes as other countries bolster the attempt to save the refugees jammed in boats tossing in the South China Sea Longrange patrol planes are flying daily missions in the South China Sea to locate and seek help for refugees in distress LtCmdr Gordon Peterson said Monday night And US Navy ships are being ordered to alter their routes as feasible into the areas where the refugees are likely to be located and to spend the maximum time in those areas while still meeting operational requirements he said The latest US commitment is part of the international push to save the thousands of persons leaving Vietnam without place to go Those who arrive in Malaysia sometimes are towed back out to sea often in leaky boats and many drown Efforts to save the refugees continue on many fronts In Geneva Switzerland participants at the recent international conference on In dochinese refugees pledged to resettle 260000 of the estimated 400000 refugees now in Southeast Asian countries They also promised $190 million to the relief effort Canada has pledge to take 50000 refugees by the end of 1980 half governmentspon sored and half privatelysponsored Canadas contribution to the relief program is $500000 And in Singapore an Italian navy task force took on fuel Monday for mission in search of the boat people In Malaysia the West German embassy said two West Ger man commercial ships picked up 371 Viet namese refugees French hospital ship which already has rescued several hundred refugees is in Sing apore preparing for another mercy mission The exodus of refugees from Vietnam is estimated to be about 60000 people month In Washington President Carter has promised to resettle 168000 Indochinese refugees year But in Southeast Asia temporary camps hold more than 300000 men women and children and their numbers are growing The Pentagons latest instructions to the 7th Fleet broaden the navys role in helping the refugees Settlement work halted JERUSALEM AP The Israeli Supreme Court slapped temporary in junction on the military government of the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River today ordering halt to preliminary work on new Jewish settlement near Bethle hem The court granted the injunction after Arab farmers complained that soldiers were measuring off 50 acres of cultivated land for the eventual construction of Efrat new settlement half way between Bethle hem and Hebron Radio Israel reported that the lawyer for the military government did not oppose the injunction and was prepared to have the court hand down definitive decision on the legality of such land seizures Tanker still leaking PORT OF SPAIN Trinidad AP Firefighters are awaiting orders to put out blaze aboard the leaking supertanker Atlantic Empress John lnston heading Mobil Oil Co team working to salvage more than 60 million gallons of his companys crude oil still aboard the burning ship said it would be decided today when the firefighters would go into action member of lnstons team said it would take only few hours to extinguish the fire amidships on the starboard side where another supertanker the Aegean Captain crashed into the Empress during rain storm late Thursday night north of the island of Tobago Violence hits reserve RED LAKE Minn AP After weekend of violence police of the US Bureau of Indian Affairs police have agreed to increase their patrols throughout the Red Lake Reservation Bureau officials met with residents after the latest violence in which four buildings were burned and snipers shot at police on the northern Minnesota reservation Police said they had been prepared for further outbreaks of violence Monday after Indian leader Harry Hanson was sentenced to 26 years in prison for his part in an armed takeover on the reservation in May Yes mean you number of motorists found themselves being directed into the Barrie Arena Monday OTTAWA CP Homebuyers who move quickly may be able to save some money on the cost of mortgage but rates appear certain to increase soon as result of the governments decision Sunday to increase interest rates guess youve heard the phrase they are under review said John Macfarlane treasurer of Royal Trust But would an ticipate they will go up Hold it by auxiliary PC Larry Elliot as they sped down Dunlap Street And for about l5 motorists that meant bad news To find out why make right for the Today Page Mortgage rate increase Rates new range from about 11 to it per cent depending on the type of mortgage and area of Canada plentiful supply of mortgage money and resulting stiff competition among lenders are the only things keeping rates from rising quickly Macfarlane said Lenders will be eyeing each other during the next few weeks waiting to see who makes the first move But mortgage lenders will likely have to Sandbox was couples home This sandbox located in the train depot in Salem Massachusetts has been the home of married couple Albert and Helen for four months The couple whose last names were not released by authorities haw also lived in railroad tunnel garbage bin and cemetery The couple who are not considered dangerous but rather misfits in society have not been in any way responsive to the social agencies that have tried to help them AP Photo expected pay higher rates for the money they borrow That will narrow the spreads between borrowing costs and lending charges and push up mortgage rates to homebuvers Higher mortgage costs are just one effect of the decision Sunday by the Bank of Canada to raise its trendsetting bank rate by half percentage point to record 115 per cent the eighth rise in 16 months Metro parking 50 cents TORONTO CP The parking rate at some downtown meters has been doubled to 50 cents an hour but thats lower than the $1 an hour it could have cost as result of mistake by Ald Tony ODonohue The alderman says he changed his stand after unwittingly voting for an increase to $1 an hour at meeting in June The new vote by city council Tuesday was 11 to 10 for 50 cents an hour Heat just too much Temperatures of more than 30 degrees Celsius proved too high for many Barrie residents who decided to abandon their bedrooms and sleep outdoors overnight City police said officers on patrol over night spotted many residents sleeping out doors in their backyards or front lawns guess the heat just got too much said one police spokesman guess the only way they could get any sleep was to move outside where it was cooler Wasnt mosquitoes SIMCOE Ont CP Mosquitoes did not transmit encephalitis to Simcoe woman tests conducted at London Ont hospital have shown Dr Louis Grant medical officer of health for HaldimandNorfolk Region said today all tests for insecttransmitted Viral diseases have proven negative Grant said no cause for the disease which causes inflammation of brain tissues has been identified and that St Louis and California strains of the disease have been ruled out He said the most common causeof en cephalitis is an intestinal virus infection weather Hot hazy and humid today Highs 30 to 32 Lows tonight near 20 Wednesday hot hazy and humid with occasional thunderstorms Highs near 30

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