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rr the 35+KZwLI we vv ur lt gt wt wi xvltreva assav 7Y11VV mu LJ in Tips for gardeners Barbara Ewing and Edna Caldwell have some tips for the novice gardener They recently participated in an information day at the Guthrie Community Hall How to treat the ground before you plant and what to do about those frail little seedlings youve been raising so carefully for the garden are some of the subjects discussed in garden ing story on Page Montreal tax slap MONTREAL CP City taxpayers were slapped with special Olympic tax Wednes day which will require them to pay from seven to 72 cents on each $100 of property evaluation in releasing details of Montreals $8413 million budget for the 197778 fiscal year executive committee chairman Gerard Niding also announced that the city had maintained its 19767 general tax rate of $227 on each $1000f evaluation But Niding said that property valuations had been increased an average of 11 per cent with the result that tax bills for most property owners will be substantially higher The special Olympic tax is necessary because Montrealers must begin this year to repay $215million share of the Olympic Games debt Annual payments will be about $21 million over 20 years Owners of residential homes will have to pay an additional seven cents $100 of evaluationor 828 for 840000 home as well as general school and water taxes Owners of vacant lots who pay 73 cents on each 3100 of evaluation are hardest hit by the special tax Mortgage rates up TORONTO iPt Provincial iiank of Canada Montreal and Canada Permanent Trust Toronto have announced in creases in mortgage rates Provincial Bank has raised it rates on Na tional Housing Act mortgages to 105 per cent from to per cent and on conventional mortgages to 105 per cent from 1025 per cent Curtain career Three Harrie women have launched on new career They are running cottage type business from their own homes anadiana Curtains specializing in colonialstyled curtains with tiebacks frills or plain tiers has recently started up in Barrie and is already doing very well Pat Souter Aileen arroll and tile Palmer got the idea from woman in the lnitcd States who did the same thing After some investigation they decided to give it try We feel we have the ideal situation Aileen said We get to be with our children most of the time and still operate ourowii business its really been fun so far Samples of their product may be seen at the Old Fashioned lce reani Parlour on liunlop Street West For more on the story see Page spokesman for Provincial Batik said the increases wcre the result of an except ional ly strong demand for mortgage funds in Quebec anada Permanent said its prime moit gage rate has been raised to 1023 per cent from 10 35 per cent eadline ILill lllllO giggles Says that word on TV NEEDHAM Mass vAP Fashion model Lauren Hutton said in livc tclcvir sion intcrvicw that just around when askcd hov she had tllllit so well in her career Oh shouldnt hate said that she said giggling and covering her mouth Were very sorry it happened Robert Bennett station executive vice president and general manager said of Miss llutions use of the fourletter obscenity Some of our viewers were oft ended as we were Miss Hutton 29ycarold actress cover girl and model for wellknowii cosmetics firm made the slip while being intci icwcd by Janet Langhart Wednesday morning on the WtVlSl program iood Do Bennett said up to 400 ittiplc station to protest or to try to they had heard Weve done that show livc tor it years and in that time weve never had any language that would slitidly be offensive Bennett said think it wastiiifortunatclor Miss lluttoii not good for her image Maybe she said it bccausc shc wasjust comfortable and relaxed lic added Shc may not have known it the shovvi was live Crematorium opposed lOitONlO li The Ontario Associa tioii ot cinctcrics is attempting to stop woman from building crciiiatoriuni in Smithvillc 20 miles southeast of Hamilton saying it will be as dignified as an in cincrator in warehouse Donna Powell 30 ot aynga Ont said that crcmatoriums arc glorified in cinerators anyway and that Smithville iiccdsonc The association has scnt letters to its 000 cciiictcry membership urging wrilcin campaign to stop the proicct says iltfil liiiiiicy tlic zitsocizitioiii secretary trcasurcr lht directors lccl that this is not crcinatorium that is being optncd but an in cincrator liinncy said in an interview For more than 00 years the association has strivcd to impart dignity to the burial and cremation of human remains He said the assmiation also opposes the crcmatoriuin bccausc it approvcd it would be the first in Ontario not on ccinctcry grounds Nosaccharin warning OTTAWA ttlt No warning labcls will be rcqiiircd on saccharin sold in drug stores because studies show that only oiic iii fivc persons read such labels health depart incnt official said lliursday lie was commenting on reports that the US Food and Drug Administration has pro posed to allow sticcliariii to be sold in drug stores it the artificial swcctciici carries the warning that it may iiicrcasc your risk of cancer MPP eiected lOltONlO ttli lllll Foulds NDI Port Arthur was cjcctcd lioiii the Ontario lcgislat urc lhursday night when he ydled the erity what refused to withdraw remark that Leo licrr nier was liar Bernier minister of northern affairs had said in reply to the governments speech from the throne that the NDP was not coin mitted to Northern Ontario loulds objected to licinicrs comment that New Democratsdoiiot care that people in the North are SttcttlltltlilSS citizens When he says we dont care about the North thats lie and thats whet lll call it Deputy Speaker lack Stokes iNDP laikc Nipigoni named Foulds when the Mll refused to withdraw the remark Car auctioned in error WINDSOR Ont The Windsor police commission has dccidcd to pay $300 to the owner of stolen car that poicc itic tioncdotl by mistake The owner wanted $300 for the car but commission members said Wednesday the were not resixuisiblc for the iiiistakc and agreed to pa only $300 The car tlltlttl tip on tllt police auction block alter it had becn stolen some months belorc in Hamilton and was later found in Windsor toininissioii mcinbcrs said check by police ot the niiadiaii lolicc liiforiiiatioii Tcntic computer showed the car was not stolen ilicr the check with the computer the car was scizcd as unlit and towed to thc police auto pound tiiitil it could be claimed by its owner thii tlicowiicr lltHl showcil up thc car was lllttlltllttl off lOlltt thiel loliii lilliaiiisoii said such mistaktcanhappen Swimtimes the wrong number is typcd into the computer and llttlttlut result coincs back Soviet ship freed ltOSlt 1N Alt Soviet transport ship sailed back to sea lhursday attcr it tons ol scicd rivci herring were put in dccp ltt by government prosecutors he 301$ toot Antanas Sncchkus was forced into lioston llarbor by the CS oast filltlltl on Tuesday because it allegedly chriiHl fish forbidden to toreign fishermen lllitltl the new 200 mile fishing limit The government has seized 111 metric tons of catch made up of perch cod and her ring tint on lhursday the coast guard said most ot thi cargo is legal because the Soviet csscl caught it outside US wattrs Grim souvenir Marshall Drew 73 of Westerly ltl holds the only thing be salvaged from his experience as survivor of the sinking of the Titanic 65 years ago today its thin black sailors hatband The liner carried over 2300 people on its maiden voyage in 1912 from England to New York when it struck an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic Records show about thl of the 790 survivors are still living AP Photo weather 11 bc sunny today in the liairic arta biil mostly cloudy with few showirs Saturday lligli today it 14 Low tonight lit lligliSatiirday litltH 113th yearNo 88 Frlday Aprll 15 1977 15° For Copy Carrier Homo Dollvory 85° Weakly exam serving barrie 18 Page nd simcoe county Death legislation vote historic one for MPPs lhe ttntral ollcgiatc Drama liib will be presenting Thornton ildcrs fouract comedy The latchmakcr in two performances tonight and Sat at p111 sliglitly intoxicatid ornelius Hacker wiles lts coffee W9 re rich inside locals sports lifestyle entertainment homes Carter favors more summits kASllthllON tAPi Prcsidcnt artcr said today liehopes to mch Soviet lcadci lttilltl ltichncv later this year taitcr told news conference he favors our imal summits or even more frequent mettings but thinks it could be counter productive to tic tlltlll to the expectation ol dramaticigrcciiicnts At tllt some imc artcr appeared to try to soften the impact of an assault by the Soviet toininunist party newspaper Pravda on ltnitcd Slates nuclear arms control proposals aitcr said it was very encouraging to scc that the Soviet leaders were publicly exr plainiiig their position to the Soviet people and said the response has been predictable llicics very important distinction that ought to be drawn between negotiations which are being pursued and the cducat ion of thcpublic sci no reason to changcour piopoiials The editorial lliursday in Pravda said the US proposals lacked any constructive elc mcnt and cannot be the subject of serious discussion The US proposals were rejected by the Soviet lllIlOllOll March 30 llic lrnvda editorial reaffirmed Moscows ilctciiiiiiiatioii to negotiate only along the lines ot iliitl understanding to limit cacti sidc to 18400 long range missiles and boni litrs llic artci administ ration has proposed morcdrasiic cuts Now lishen to me Examiner Photo played by Mark Kostandoff performed antics to please the public school students who attended the matinee performance Thursday Government planning annexation statement Provincial treasurer Darcy McKeough will make statement on liarrics annexation in the Ontario legislature perhaps as early as today The Examiner learned Thursday that MiKeough had planned to issue the state ment lhiirsday night in the legislature llowcvcr McKeoughs special assistant Iom MatMilton said he was prevented from doing so by other longavindcd MPls Ken Phillip McKeoughs executive assis tant said however that the treasurer might not be able to deliver the statement until next week because of ministry business and backlog in the legislature liic timing of McKcoughs statement is significant in that judicial review of the On tario Municipal Board tOMlii hearing on the citys annexation application opens Monday at Osgoodc Hall in loroiito lhc OMB hearing was thrown into an uproar last December when the board rcceiv ed let ter from McKcougli supporting annex ation of about 20000 acres of land from in iiislil io and Vespra lownships Killed holdupmen Ihe provinciai treasurer has been under fire from annexation opponents because of the letter They say it amounts to interference with the OMB Thursday in the legislature McKeough agreed to table letter he received from the Ontario Ministry of riculture and Food reportedly protesting loss of farmland south of Barrie if the annexation is approved Opposition Leader Stephen Lewis strongly criticized the provincial treasurer on the an nexat ion question Thursday Lewis said recent report indicated that the population of the Barrie area originally estimated at 125000 by 2011 would be only about 55000 With this discrepancy Lewis asked McKeough why are you prepared to go ahead with this annexation which will chew up some 9000 acres of prime farmland McKeough replied that the government has not accepted the latest report as some sort of manna from heaven Bounty offer is refused NEW YORK AP lwo shopktxpers who shot and killed holdupmen in their stores say they will refuse $200 bouiin offered by New York gun club to encourage citizens to arm for self defence icrald lrcisci head of the 500tHneinbcr licdcration of ireater New York Pistol and little lubs said in offering the award Were at point where the city has gone so far downhill that there are too many illegal guns and too few legal guns We feel people should be encouraged to defend themselves There has been lot of applause whenever citizen strikes back Strikers defy leaders pleas LONDON tltcutcri ltour thousand maintenance engineers defying pleas by their own union leaders voted overwhelming lv today to continue crippling strike against liritains stabowned airline liritish Air ways An airline spokesman said that in the 13 days of the dispute there has been net lossof about $15 million Face it youve got war going on here in New York City Preiscr had singled out as an initial winner Arthur Atlas who shot and killed robber and wounded another in his Harlem clothing store last Friday after one of the gunmen seriously wounded his mother Asked if he would accept the bounty and Scroll from the federation Atlas replied would prefer to be left alone dont want anything All care about all think about is my mother dont want to get in volved family friend said Atlas would not accept the money Another designated recipient of the $200 bounty was Amando Acuna who killed two holdup men in his East Harlem jewelry store llis partner Antonio Picado said Hes not going to talk to anyone Hes very upset about the whole thing This is not the kind of experience you can be happy about He just wants to be left alone He isnt going to accept the money However the 23yearold son of Queens pharmacist who teamed up with his father Nov 29 to kill one robber and wound second in their store said he would accept the bounty if its offered It was meant to let you know that people were behind you to say we agree with what you did who feel stron ly enough to give you something because ey agree with you said Steve Holman TORONTO CP Legislation which would allow dying patients not to have their life prolonged by artificial means won ap proval in principle in historic vote in the On tario legislature on Thursday The legislation roposed by Lorne Maeck PCParry Soun was the first private members bill to be debated under new set of rules introduced for the present session of the legislature Allowing what was in effect free vote the bill was passed 50 to 41 in the 125seat legislature with 34 MPPs absent Members from all three partiesthe Pro gressive Conservatives New Democrats and Liberalsdivided on the bill which under the new rules is not considered vote of con fidence in the government Under the new legislatiOn private members bills which almost always die before coming to vote now stand chance of passing Maecks bill now will go to legislative committee which will allow members of the general public to make submissions on its merits Basically the bill would allow persons to decide whether they want life support systems to prolong life artificially when there was no hope of recovery person would be able to sign consent form similar to will which would instruct doctors after getting two other independent doctors opinions to remove artificial sup port systems in terminallyill patients Maeck emphasized that his bill was not in favor of euthanasia and did not support it ALLOW DIGNITY The bill be said would allow patient to meet his inevitable end with dignity and degree of comfort Opposition Leader Stephen lewis who voted in favor of the legislation was the only party leader on hand for the vote Premier William Davis and Liberal Leader Stuart Smith were among the 34 MPPs absent for the vote Among prominent members who voted against the bill were Treasurer Darcy McKeough house leader Robert Welch minister of culture and recreation former Liberal leader Robert Nixon and Pat Lawlor the NDPjustice critic Maeek said the legislation would make it easier for families attending physicians and clergy of terminallyill patients by relieving them of the agonizing decision of when to disconnect lifesupport systems Stevedores reject offer NEW YORK AP strike by long shoremen in parts from Maine to Texas entered its second day today with dock workers rejecting an offer from seven shipp ing companies Details of the offer were not released but longshoremens source here called the pro posal completely unsatisfactory The workers who belong to the 35000 member International Longshoremens Association went on strike at 1201 am Thursday because of contractual dispute over wages and diminishing job security as result of containerization of cargo One of their chief complaints concerns makework provision in their contract with the shippers which the national labor rela tions board struck down as illegal The clause permitted longshoremen to open cargo con tainers empty them and then reload the con tainers before they were transported Judy winner Judy LaMarsh appears little bewildered after winning the Gordon Sinclair Award at the annual ACTRA awards show in Toronto Thursday night Miss LaMalsh former federal cabinet minister won the award which is awarded for outspoken opinions on controversial subjects See story photo on Page Photo