Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 16 May 1977, p. 12

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TORONTO CPi Premier William Davis is asking Ontario municipalities to refrain from vertising for Quebec indmtry In letter Sunday to the heads of all Ontario municipalities with population of more than 10000 Davis said his request was prompted by reports that some municipalities had already advertised and others are considering cam paigns to encourage the movement of Quebec in dustry to Ontario centres In Quebec at this point and time there regrettably appears to be climate of un certainty in the business community Davis said To take deliberate advan tage of this situation can only hurt Canada in both the short and long term Davis campaigning towar ds the June election repeated in Kingston on Saturday what he has been saying at every stop in the campaignthat an eco nomically healthy Ontario is vital to Confederation Speaking at news confer ence Saturday on fran cophone rights in Ontario Davis said he did not agree with Liberal Leader Stuart Smiths proposal to legislate bilingualism as an official policy Ontario will continue to de velop francophone policies and government services for Frenchspeaking Ontarians but you dont force these hings on people DEMANDSLEAVLP Also Saturday Davis revealed the contents of message sent to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau asking for an immediate first ninisters conference to avert oil and natural gas price increases this year Davis said that further gas and oil price increase would be damaging to On tarios economy adding that further increase this year of $2 barrel would extract another Shoo million from On Davis asks municipalities to leave PQ we is is Ontario Premier William Davis uses the back of young girl in licton Saturday to sign an autograph The prcmier was in town campaigning for the liiiic it provincial election tP Photo tarios consumers In statement in Lindsay on Saturday Davis accused Americans of foot dragging lll their cftorts to clean up the treat Lakes Uncertain vote is major factor in Israeli vote TEL AVIV iAPt Thc Is raeli election campaign ends today with public opinion polls showmg almost 20 per cent of the voters still not sure who they want to lead the Jewish state into peace negotiations with the Arabs The top two contenders for prime minister capped their campaigns with Israels first televised debate Sunday night It focused on the question of what warwon territory should be retumed to the Arabs at the bargaining table The KnessetIsraels parlia mentwas to meet in special session today for another de bate called by the rightwing opposition Likud iLnityi party on two key election issues rela tions with the United States and allegations that the ruling La bor party failed to supervise the armed forces adequately About 80 per cent of the 33 million eligible voters are ext pectcd to cast ballots Tuesday in what could be the closest and most indecisive election in the history of the Jewish state Lal est polls have shown narrow ing gap between the Labor par ty which has governed Since Israels birth in 1948 and the conservative Likud faction PREDICT LOSTI RACK They predicted Labor would win between 30 and 40 seats in the milmember Knesset while Likud would get between 30 and 38 seats Labor won 51 seats in the 197 election Likud 30 The polls gave the Demo cratic Movement for hange DMCJ new party formed by rebel Laborites 12 or seats which Would give it pivotal roll in postelection efforts to forge giiyeriiiiig coalition Defence Minister Shimon Peres the Labor partys new leader faced Likud leader Menachem Begin before the TV camera for final reView of campaign positions on peace proposals IsraeliAmerican re lations and the inflationrrav aged economy Peres now the acting prime minister niovid to ilic top of the Labor party list when Priiiic llllSltl Yitzhak Italiin stepped aside following rci cla tion of his wifes illegal bank amounts in the In the debate Peics pledged to continue Labor polcy of eX changing sonic tiriTitory tap turcd in the 1967 Arab lsiacii war for peace scltletiicnl llSl KlZlIl Vt liSl HANK litgin said Israel llillnl rctiin all of the West flank of the ior dzin river taken from Jordan in 1907 He itttthiil liliiil of offer ing concession that would put the cities oi Tel Aviv and llziila uithiii range of Arab ariil leiy Peres chaing that litgins policy would block aii VisSt Iiilityoi negotiatinga pinic There has been spvctilntion that hilltllllit kiid govern ment would tlttlt tll5n in relations between iasliington and JtllJNlltllt hit latgin said he would deepen hi lricn lship and understanding with Amerita and accused Laboi of failing to orplain adequately Israel posit ion on peace terms to the lnitod States But polls shows that the key issues of the campaign are cco iiOiiiic and internal political scandals that have cut into La bor party hacking In addition to ltalnn icsiu nation the former controller of foreigncxchangi and top par ty official hii been sent to prison for corruption the foi mer customs director has been charged with taking bribes and the housing minister com mitted suicide in January after he was accused of divprting government funds to the party campaign chist At least tom of the 21 pilllllr are caiinxiigiiiiig soliIj on iii temal ISSlltJw of inflation and the gap between the rich and lhtlptiiil Somalia will fight if Ethiopia invades MtXlADlSlIU tlteuteri So malia will go to war if Ethiopia invades the strategic French territory of the Afars and lssas tDjiboutii after it becomes iii dependent from France next month Somali President Mo hamed Siad Barre said Sunday Speaking to group of vise iting reporters the Somali president said that in the event of aggression from Ethiopia against Djibouti which over shadows the vital sea lanes to the Red Sea and the Suez canal Somalia will not hesitate to go to war if the people of the area ask us Ethiopia and Somalia have longstanding dispute over rival claims to huge slice of terri tory around their eastern bor ders Djibouti is sandwiched between the two rival socialist states in the Horn of Africa The Somali president said Tubaii lresidcnt Fidcl astio had arranged secret meeting between himself and Ethiopian leader llaile Mariam Mcngistu in Adcn during the Tuban leaders African tour in mid March but no agreement was reached Askcd if he thought Djibouti would form federation with Somalia after lnfltlxllfltlllt Si ad Barre said The people of the area are Somalis iy tradi tion by language and by birth We tried our best to help then become llltltlptlltltlll It now depends on them If they want to come they are we come If they want to go any where else if they want to go to Ethiopia okay we salute them ldlltS should be in the mil lions of dollars for states and provinces which do not live tip to agreements in stopping pollution he said The provision should he lll TORONTO CP 0p position Leader Stephen Lewis said Saturday that Premier William Daviss call for first ministers con ference on the subject of petroleum price increases is not likely to accomplish much Speaking to campaiin Workers at local riding Lewis said no one wants to lUELPIl nt CP iicorgc Kerr Ontario en vironment minister says team of university students will work this summer to locate sources of mercury that are poisoning Ontario lakes Interviewed Saturday after opening campaign headquar ters for Doug Auld Progressive onscrvativc candidate in the June On tario election in Wellington South Kerr said no source has been found for inercuiy poisoning in some rccrear tional lakes Students analyse and from will test samples TOltONlO Pi special enumeration begins today and continues until Saturday for qualified On tario voters who were missed during the initial enumeration and for those whose names are not posted on voters lists in the clec eluded in the lrcat Lakes Water Quality Agreement which shortly be llltti by anada and the lnlted States Davis said Castros sisterprotests cruise ship visit lidcl tnstros sister Juanita iiitiring dark glasses leads protest rallv Sunday that drew some sour notes into the leI sindoft of the first cruise ship from the liiitcil States to uha in It cars Dilly illltSplt liar Ftitliii Mines and Itlti tourists were on hoard the HTS Daphne owned by turns Line of London tI IIiotol UAW Carter confrontation this week LUS ANGIIIJIS lAli gas guzzling cars and give rc batcson liicl efficient inodcls artci is scheduled to ad dress the 43000 lAW iiiciiihers attending the six day con Vention hcre Iumday lli lill mect strong opposition front officials who say his energy progrniii will cost them jobs Retiring UAW President Leonard Woodcock urged tnr ter to withdraw the taxrrcbatc plan at the opening session of the unions national convention Sunday saying it is alxsolutely unnecessary AlillJt IS FAMILI IIS Sometimes pmplc in Wash ington seem to forget what the gasguzzling family is the man and his iioii working wife and five kids with nine pas sengcr station wagon but no other cars or the family of four with both father and mother working that has three efficient cais sitting in their driveway which when they move usually carry only one person The liiilcd Auto torkci and lltSL dent tiiitcr are headed lOl fact to Inci tonlrontzitioii this week ovir artcrs plan to tax You Can be Winner When You Shop at Bayiield Mall gaygrotto ga ooou Iiytll Moi an mth Mm Al on mm In Mi In tunr Vlbll NJllll Ui Al ilhKltl tillldl Aunt il lllll It HtHlIIlt MAtt wuottiwili iNItItIttllll nwuui OVER 60 T0 Still 00 ontario election Oil hike talks woste of time LeWis suggests see the price of oil and natural gas rise by as much as $4 barrel over the next two years as suggested earlier this week by Alastair Gillespie federal energy minister He also said he wondered at the timing of the premiers suggestion noting it comes in the midst of the campaign for the June 9election Says team to work on mercury sources streams tributaries rock formations and abandoned mining arms in an effort to locate mercury sources so the ministry can control the problem Kerr said mercury might always have existed in the lakes without affecting native persons because fish was not the main part of their diet He added that healthy body can absorb lot of mer cury but information and warnings about mercury poisoning is causing most persons to reduce their fish mnsuinption Special enumeration toral area where they live Voters are required to have their names on lists by May AT People whose names are spelled incorrectly on lists can have them changed during revision hearings that begin May 23 r=i day Smith later made visit to the cam sri Liberal leader Stuart Smith left met with morning shoppers in downtown Ottawa Satur paign headquarters of Ian Kimberly the Liberal candidate for Ottawa Centre CP Photo Smith says energy crops one reason to save farms HAMILTON CPi Liberal Leader Stuart Smith predicted Sunday that On tario will be growing energy crops such as timber and milkwced on prime agricultural land within few years He told about 250 persons at candidates meeting in church basement in his home riding of Hamilton West that he expects major ex perimental programs in volving such crops to begin in five years In an interview Smith said the fuel methanol can be ex tracted from such crops at cost of about $130a gallon The price of gasoline is ogroce fatality among weekend deaths By THE gtIHAN PRESS Thornhill Ont man killed Saturday when the camper trailer in which he was sleeping caught fire and British lumbia man killed in stock car drag race were among at least it persons who died acci dentally across aiiada during the weekend survey by The Canadian liiss from pm Friday to midnight Sunday night local llllltS also showed ltl traftii lav talitics to drownings and six other firi deaths British toluinbia had live traffic deaths and four fire fa Newlilcstylc Country Estate Homes Croat talities in addition to the race dwth in Mission Nova Scotia had three traffic fatalities and two drownings ln Quebec five persons died in traffic accidents Ontario had two traffic deaths three drownings and one other fire death Alberta had three traffic deaths and one fire death Manitoba and Saskatchewan each had two drownings and Prince Edward Island one There were no fatalities in Newfoundland or New Brunsr Wick Box 2060 Orillia0ntario 7033257100 hostess BARRIE 7280700 AND going to reach that level fairly soon anywayhe said And these ants are renewable sources of fuel Smith cited the production of such crops and the possibility of exporting large quantities of food to an in creasingly hungry world as the main reasons for preser ving prime farmland envison that in the future food exports for On tario could be something along the lines of what oil is for the OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries nations he said Smith added that Liberal government would designate prime farmland and set up tribunal to oversee it Those wanting to use prime land for any other pur pose would have to prove to the tribunal that what they wanted to do couldnt be done anywhere else he said And that would be pretty hard to prove In response to question about the distribution of Win tano lottery funds Smith criticized the present system of using the money to promote itness and sport He said the money should be used to combat severe social problems and proposed that Wintario mat ch private donations to charities Wednesday Florida Mobile Home Seminar Whats it like to live in Florida in an adult mobile home community Learn about renting vs buying your own lot What are the costs Represented in Ontario by CALL MISS EDITH PAGE NORMAN HOLME REAL ESTATE LTD 97 MISSISSAGA ST EAST ORILLIA ONT 3259555 Refreshments and Colour Film Adults only OA 240376 INFORMATIVE SEMINAR2 SHOWINGS Wednesday May 18 1977 230 PM 7730 PM Holiday Inn ORILLIA YOU ASKED FOR and now youre going to get it RETURN FARE TO TORONTO with us is only $6 We offer so much more than just bus ride TRAVELWAYS Stock Bros Bus Lines Ltd For complete information schedules 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