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ligxtra Town declared disaster area following fire COBALT Ont CP The provincial government Tuesday declared this town of 2200 disaster area and gave an unconditional $500000 grant to begin cleaning up the rub ble left by Mondays fire Leo Bernier northern affairs minister and Rene Brunelle provincial secretary for resources development made the armouncement after meeting for two hours with town officials and then conferring with the premiers office in Toronto Bernier told news conference that in addition to the grant the province will more than match money raised by the towns disaster relief committees The province would likely provide $3 for every dollar raised by the town he said Housing Minister John Rhodes was to tour the town today to assess emergency housing needs for more than 400 per sons left homeless Monday when 60buildings housing about 140 families were destroyed Cobalt Mayor Bruce Lonsdale told the news conference that Rhodes will be asked to provide at least 30 housing units immediately for senior citizens as well as trailer and mobile home units for other tovm residents of the town about 40 miles south of Kirkland Lake CLRB LOOTING Bernier said the province also has agreed to Cobalts request for extra policemen to patrol the towns burnedout north end to prevent looting Emergency welfare assistance is to be made available to all the homeless persons Bernier said Lonsdale who had said he feared election grandstanding by the provincial cabinet said Tuesday he was more than satisfied with the government response He said the estimate of damage in Mondays fire is about $4 million spokesman for the Ontario fire marshals office said it has not been established whether the fire was started by school children but he did rule out the possibility of arson The fire started about noon EDT Monday in partly demolished furniture store At its height winds as high as 97 kilometres an hour blew sparks from building to building making it impossible for firemen to save much of the older section of the town Many of the areas frame homes were covered with tar paper Palestinians topic of talks WASHINGTON AP President Carter says he has told rown Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia that the United States is deeply committed to the security and peaceful existence of Israel and that the Arabs understand this very well artcr and Fahd hold their second day of talks today The emphasis of their talks Tuesday was on solving the problem of the Palestinians At White House dinner for the visiting prince Tues day night the president said hc has also told the Saudis that the United States is dedicated to fair and per manent peace in the Middle East In both these commit ments the Saudi Arabians share our purpose Carter told the dinner party PRESIDENT CARTER LS position Lightning injures children WATERUX nt iCPi Three children suffered minor burns Tuesday when lightning struck tree as they were walking by Mrs John Connolly said she was watching her son Douglas 12 with her two grandchildren Paul Connolly and his sister Laurie when lightning hit the tree The bolt knocked the children unconscious tore their clothing to shreds and knocked off their shoes The three were treated at hospital for burns and kept oven night for observation TV crime drama report TORONTO CPI Television crime drama has been made trivial and sensational by exploitation for commercial purposes report prepared for Ontarios royal commission on violence in the communications industry says The report released Tuesday said crime drama is poten tially powerful means of communication of social values However it questioned whether the amount of violence ap pearing in the programs isjustified by the importance of the messages communicated YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO RETIREMENT PARTY FOR EARL RICHARDSON CLERK OF THE TOWNSHIP OF VESPRA TO BE HELD AT THE MINESING COMMUNITY CENTRE SATURDAY EVENING MAY 28 I977 COMMENCING AT PM George Taylor Knows our problems Works for everyone Gets things done Is the 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