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ll ll li My Inform coumv Session delayed MlDHURST Staff Simcoe County councillors will hold their first regular ses sion in two months at the administration building here on Tuesday June 28 starting at 10 am Gordon Watson clerk said the meeting was delayed from the usual third Tuesday by the warden reeve Allan Glassford of Tecumseth to clear the way for reports The agenda has not yet been prepared and it was not definitely known whether county planning or restructuring would be discus sion topic There will be more than the usual routine reports to catch up he said referring to the cancellation of the May meeting Creemore to celebrate CREEMORE Staff puppet show art workshop for school children public art show and concert will be highlights of two day program in the village this coming weekend The celebration was organized to com memorate the silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II The puppet show is planned for 1030am on Saturday and art show will be open for exhibit Saturday night and Sunday afternoon Seine 21 artists will be showing their work The childrens art workshop will be held at noon Saturday and closing jubilee con cert on Sunday evening when film of the queens coronation also will be shown Warminster growing WARMINSTER Staff This Medonte township community which dates back to the stage coach era will be the scene of fur ther new development Twentysix new homes are planned at the John Preston property following approval ea Girl Scouts slain LOCUST GROVE Okla AP Flood lights powered by thumping portable generators lit 610acre campground as police searched through the night for clues in the murder of three young Girl Scouts Weve got maniac somewhere around said Sheriff Glen Weaver Monday This thing is horrible its the work ot demented person The night before in contrast was dark and silent as 100 Scouts began weeklong outing at Camp Scott an isolated retreat about 45 miles east of Tulsa Camp director Barbara Day said no one reported hearing anything unusual between am and am the time authorities believe lone assailant beat and strangled the girls then dragged their nude bodies in bloodsoaked sleeping bags to the intersec tion of two dirt roads 150 yards away SCREAMS HEARD But newspaper reporter said he overheard scouts telling others Monday that they had heard screams at about am Michelle Case and Lori Lee Farmer who would have celebrated her ninth birth day on Saturday were apparently killed by blows to the head authorities said Doris Denise Milner 10 was apparently strangled by length of cord her cries probably mill fled by towel found alongside her body Her hands were bound behind her back with adhesive tape one investigator said Apparently from viewing the scene and the bodies the little girls were beaten to death said Ted Lempkc state in vestigator There is also some evidence of sexual molestation of at least one of the girls Autopsies were scheduled to determine the exact cause of death of the trio who had been sleeping in 12bys1lfoot tcnt pitched in wooded area after arriving at the camp on Sunday Police said the tent was 150 yards from one in which four camp counsellors slept Other scouts and their 30 adult leaders were sent home after the murders were discovered Student iobless rates OTTAWA Pi Statistics Canada has published information about jobless rates for students during May that show 13 per 7th of those aged 15 to 24 unable to find jo The federal agency includes in its student survey only those who were in school full time during March and who plan to return to school this fall Out of total student labor force of 682000 Statistics Canada found 94000 without jobs Among male students 52000 or 134 per cent of those wanting work were unable to find jobs total 42000 or 142 per cent of the women students were out of work in May Students are also included in the regular labor force survey Al JOHNSON unveils report Threat to unity OTTAWA CPI CBC president Al Johnson unveiled today major report that said one of the chief threats to national uni ty is the rape of Canadian culture by the United States with the CBC partly to blame The 8page report believed the first of Contract awarded lnnisfil township has hired new garbage collection service which will collect gar bage once week throughout the town ship Deputy Reeve Blakc Constable says he feels the new service will result in 10 per cent cost reduction and improved ser vice for township residents For more details see story on county page of the proposed new subdivision by council Plans call for 13 new homes to be built in the first phase with work due to start shortly Named after an English town Warlt minster was once tavern centre when stage coaches transported passengers from Orillia to Coldwater before extension of the railway lines nearly 100 years ago Mourners Weeping South Moluccan womcn walk ahead of the hearscs carrying the remains of South Moluccan extremists Monday killed in shootout with Dutch Marines last Saturday The South Moluccan gunmen hi jacked train between Assen and ron iiigcn on May 23rd in the Netherlands taking more than 50 passengers as hostages This photo was taken in Boveiisinilde Netherlands where several of the killed extremists came from AP Photo its kind by the governmentowned corpora tion said the country faces its greatest crisis because of two principal challenges to Canadian nationhoodthe agonizing dilem ma of our FrenchEnglish solitudes and cultural domination Johnsons report which has the support of the CBC board of directors said all ana dians are to blame for the relentless swam ping of the countrys culture by the in cluding Parliament governments federal agencies private broadcasters and the IBC It is confession in that believe we in the CBt have failed to play our proper leadership role in the national battle for Canadianismwfor our nation heritage Johnson wrote But the failure of all Canadians to muster the money and the willpower to protect our Culture has allowed and indeed invited the American electronic rape of that culture particularly in English Canada he said And the problem will only get worse unless there is concerted effort more money and commitment to anadianize the countrys culture especially the influmitial medium of television Johnson said Raps jubilee coverage OTTAWA P1 The CBC television net work was criticized in the Commons on Monday for not providing live coverage of Queen Elizabeths silver jubilee tlthlir tions in London last week Donald Munro vP lisquiniiilt Saiinichi called for an investigation into lllt Bs bureaucracy to determine where respon sibility lies for thus downgrading and Ollltfv wise undermining one of anadas most revered and honorable inst itut ions The British oluiiibia ll said other television networks it tanatla and the 15 had managed to proVide live coverage of the events And when HC lid provide some live coverage it ran into technical troubles he said Students on separation TORONIO Cli Twenty nine per cent of 12000 Grade students from 190 schools in Ontario outside Metropolitan Toronto say they would not mind if Quebec separated from Canada study by the Ontario ln situtc for Studies in Education has found Mark Holmes leader of an llnian research team which conducted the study said Monday the results may be true in dication of what adults feel Holmes said the students are probably reflecting their parents views thtncsday in the Barrie area will be main ly sunny Highs today 21 to 24 Lows tonight to 12 llighs Wednesday near 23 From 9l4000 in April to 824000 Unemployment figures down in May OTTAWA CP The unemployment pic ture brightened during May as the number of jobless eased to 824000 from 914000 month earlier Statistics Canada reported today The unemployment rate adjusted for seasonal factors decreased to 79 per cent of the labor force from the record 83percent jobless in April Actual unemployment in May was 77 per cent down from the 88 per cent out of work in April but still ahead of the 69 per cent of the work force unemployed in May year ago While the May jobless totals are an im provement from record levels reached earlier this spring they are still above levels of City counci votes in favor of fireball 113th yearNo 138 year ago The 824000 unemployed last month represents an additional 115000 out of work this year than in the same month in 1976 It is well below the record of 944000 jobless reached in March this year however The number with jobs last month rose to 9882000 from 9425000 in April rise of 457000 Statistics Canada reported that the seasonallyadjusted unemployment levels declined in Ontario and in the previously hardhit Atlantic provinces except Prince Edward Island where it increased The jobless rate also rose in Quebec and in Saskatchewan Tuesday June 14 1977 How to treat head wound OPP iiiiliary constable Keith Romplif attends to simulated head wound on victim on stable Lorne luslcy of the as part of the fiistiil demonstration put on by the PP aux iliary Monday night at the Barrie Arniorics The dcinonstmtion was part of the inspection piograiii of the Ontario Provincial Police auxiliary Barrie detachment Inspecting officer was chief superintendent Welsh of Toronto Examiner Photo Emissionlevel spot checks are now in force in Barrie Barrie police in cooperation with the On tario ministry of the environment on spot chccking Barrie vehicles tor emission levels from this week at the Barrie Arena on Dunlop Street Vehicles will be given an analysis of the ex Needs not met by earnings OITAWA 111 More than 500000 anaj dian workers do not earn enough to meet thcii basic needs the National ouncil of Welfare said Monday in report on the working poor haust gases and engine inspection to check for missing or malfunctioning pollution con trol devices The ministry of the environment says many car owners believe that disconnecting the ollution control devices on car will give etter mileage In fact they say the mileage may be decreased because the control systems are designed as an integrated part of an engine for maximum combustion of fuel which in turn leads to greater fuel economy Owners who tamper with the pollution systems on their cars are subject to $5000 fine The ministry says that the mobile auto emissions units main purp05e is to tell car owners whether or not their pollution devices are operating correctly The unit will operate from 930 am to pin Of the 824000 unemployed last month more than onethird306000had been searching for work for more than 14 weeks Statistics Canada said The easing in the jobless rate last month applied across all age categories measured by the monthly survey While young people between 15 and 24 still had 145percent unemployment rate it was down from 148 per cent in April And for those 25 and over the unem ployment rate was down to 57 per cent in May from 59 per cent in April May was the second successive month for an improvement in jobless rates in the Atlan serving By RICHARD DUNSTAN Examiner Staff Reporter City council reaffirmed its support for the controversial Collier Street firehall restora tion project Monday in the face of 3402 signature petition asking that the disused building be demolished Council voted 76 to receive and file the mamoth petition which means no action will be taken on it The vote upholds councils vote three weeks agoalso by 76 marginwto grant $30000 from the city budget for restora tion of the 100yearold building as an arts centre Voting in favor of the grant and of filing the petition were aldermen Janice Laking Bill Knowles Alex Arthur Gord Mills Fred Rueniper Ed Thompson and Ross Stephens Voting to consider the petition at next weeks general committee meeting were Mayor Ross Archer and aldermen Ron Lynch Del Cole Nelson Garrett Ernie Rotman and Bill Campbell all of whom also voted against the grant three weeks ago The vote followed sometimesheated discussion with petition organizer Bob Holt and supporter Bill Caldwell both of whom made presentations in support of the petition Ald Arthur charged petition organizers with mobster tactics in connection with an Examiner advertisement giving home and business phone numbers of the seven pro firehall aldermen and urging residents to phone them to protest their decision on the grant Holt said he had obtained the numbers from pamphlet handed out at City Hallthe pamphlet is also displayed on bulletin board at the front of City Halland judged from the pamphlet that it was acceptable to call coun cil members at work Holt also defended petition organizers against suggestion by Ald Arthur in an Ex aminer interview that developer with his eye on the fireball property lies behind the petition Holt identified himself as an auto parts dealer and Lloyd Ferguson the other main organizer as car salesman arrie and tic rovinces Even in Newfoundland which tra itionally has the highest jobleSS rates it eased to 147 per cent of the work force unem ployed last month from 168 per cent in April In Nova Scotia the rate declined to 106 per cent in May from 97 per cent month earlier Unemployment eased to 122 per cent from 13 per cent in April in New Brunswick But in Prince Edward Island the jobless rate jumped to 106 per cent of the work force last month from Aprils 97 per cent Ontarios unemployment at 73 per cent of the labor force was only fractionally less than the 74 per cent jobless in April simcoe county The people signing this petition come from all walks of life in this community he said They are the community Caldwell chairman of the Georgian College board of governors told the meeting the col lege has ample lowpriced readilyavailable facilities for arts crafts drama and music Holt said after the vote he plans no further action on the issue Ninety per cent of the people in this city dont want that thing and those dummies seven of them do he said lhcyll have to answer to the people Key vote on the issue was that cast by Ald Mills who told council more than 1000 of the petitions signatures came from his own Ward and he would be very unpopular Ald Mills said last week he was in vestigating his position in the light of his obligation to represent those who elected him He said Monday after the vote he came to his decision on the basis of what is good for Barrie Maybe Ill get thrown out over it he said but maybe in coming years people will say that council did something good iin supporting the fireball Ald Rotman said the petition bore out his own prediction that councils support of the $30000 grant would be very unpopular He said it would be bad taste to ignore the petition Ald Cole said operating costs of the propos ed arts centre are going to be fantastic Ald Knowles who said last week he believ ed he had duty to represent majority opi nion said during debate Monday the petition was impressive but did not establish the ex istence of an antifireball majority It took nearly two weeks to get 3400 signatures he said and firehall supporters once get 2000 signatures in day The firehalls board of management hopes to undertake $200000 restoration contract this yearmost of the funding is to come through various provincial grants and have the arts centre in operation by the fall Lewis decision blow say riding candidates Stephen Lewis will be hard act to follow The three New Democratic Party can didates in Simcoe County ridings said today that Lewis resignation announced Monday is blow to the party But Bill Fox Roger Pretty and Paul Wessenger added that they sympathize with Lewis desire to have more time for himself and his family Fox party candidate in DufferinSimcoe riding said he was very surprised and disappointed that Lewis is stepping down found that he did good job as leader Fox said and dont think the decision to resign was based on lack of support in the last election can see what he is talking about Fox said referring to Lewis desire to get away from the long hours and the pressures associated with being party leader But Fox also said he hopes Lewis will reconsider his decision The DufferinSimcoe riding NDP associa tion will meet Friday night and Fox hopes the members will agree to send telegram to Lewis asking him to reconsider Roger Pretty who ran unSUccessfully for the NDP in Simcoe East said he was not sur prised by Mondays announcement Stephen and talked on the phone Sunday so knew about his decision well in advance he said Pretty said he felt Lewis decided last fall to resign after the next provincial eleBtion The decision he added is the result of committment to himself and his family When he learned of Lewis decision Pretty said he told him while didnt want him to go the party couldnt make anymore de mands on him When new leader is chosen Pretty said the party will have to make some internal changes For example he said the party should look at the way it drafts policy so that the new leader will not get caught in the awkward position of having to advance par ty policy he does not go along with Lewis got caught in such situation over the $4 an hour minimum wage plank in the partys platform he said We have to be more cautious about how we develop policy he added Pretty said he feels that MPPs Ian Deans NDPWentworth Jim Foulds of Thunder Bay and Michael Cassidy Ottawa Centre are the leading contenders for the party leadershié He sat he prefers Foulds because he is from Northern Ontano and is little more sympathetic to smalltown Ontario Paul Wessenger Simcoc Centre MDP can gciidate said he is unhappy that Lewis resign He has provided excellent leadership for the party Wessenger said Lewis has had rough time as leader he said recalling the scare tactics used against him in the 1971 provincial campaign the leaders fight with the radical Wafflex ele ment of the party and losing the status of the official opposition in last weeks balloting amiss noun DOD lts either campaigning candidate or Margaret Trudeaul inside local llfoatylo ontemlnmont county sports 12 oomlcs 18 clanslflod oupllomonts 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