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New way to beat the heat Its not new way to beat the heat but rather body exercise that was part of the theatre workshop Monday at St Vincent Park for youngsters enrolled in the Barrie Public Librarys Creative Arts Program Tammy Petit foreground Heather Lynch and Sarah Graham stretch for instructor Vladimir Ruzilo The program sponsored by Young Canada Works grant started Monday It involved 30 children in three age groups in the weeklong sessions of textile theatre arts and audiovisual work and study There are only few vacancies left all in the 12 to 14 group For further information call Mrs Margaret Worth at the library childrens annex Examiner Photo UIC benefits changes OKd OTTAWA CP Changes in the unem ployment insurance program to lengthen the amount of time person must work in order to collect benefits were approved Monday night at report stage in the Commons Under the changes persons must work at least 10 weeks and up to 14 weeks in any year in order to collect benefits Workers in areas where the unemployment rate is six per cent or less must work 14 weeks Those in areas where the rate is more than nine per cent must work 10 weeks Under the current program workers can collect an average $92 weekly if they work eight of 52 weeks The government estimates that up to 50000 claimants will lose benefits under the changes to the Unemployment Insurance Act Also approved Monday night were govern ment plans to reduce the number of weeks persons can collect benefits These also vary in areas of high unemployment After report stage the bill must get third reading in the House and then get Senate ap proval The government says the bill is one of several that must be passed before the Comlt mons takes its summer holidays Before the final vote several amendments proposed by Progressive Conservative and New Democrat MPs were defeated proposal by Derek Blackburn NDPBrant to keep the minimum ualifying period down to eight weeks was de eatcd by combined vote of Liberals and Conservatives To improve safety ELMVALE Staff Approval has been given for installation of new traffic light system providing an advanced green for traffic turning left onto Highway 92 at Queen and Yonge street intersection Rccve Ken Knox confirmed the plans for the new system which was proposed by the Ontario ministry of transportation and com munications which will pay the major part of the cost The new system was designed to reduce traffic congestion and improve safety at this busy corner Car tour at marsh BRADFORDiStaff family cartour of the Holland Marsh has been organized here for Sunday July 17 with Dr Larry Barcza and Leo Kleiss the chief organizers Badges will be given to each competitor taking part in the first annual event which is to start from the parking lot at John Street West and Moore street around9 am Registration of cars is currently beingac cepted through the Bradford salad festival box 476 Essa Centennial ParK ANGUS Staff Plans to observe the 10th anniversary of the opening of Essa centennial park by the Nottawasaga river opposite No 20 sideroad are expected to receive earl attention Records show the park was ficially opened by George MacKay then county warden on Sep tember 1967 The late George Davis who was reeve of Essa at the time resided The park has been popu ar recreation centre through the years since flawless QTapEuvi ct Gan lm majoring in unemployment inside local lifestyle entertainment county sports comics classified 17 18 19 Fair levy move Moves to check further rises in taxes to keep levies fair for all ratepayers should be the major aim of property tax reforms it was maintained by Deputy Reeve Allan McLean above of Oro township The chairman of Simcoe County property com mittee discussed proposed tax changes in an lntcrvlew with the Examiner Old village park COLLINGWOOD Staff Former depu ty reeve Bob Bush and noted hockey coach Eddie Bush were among speakers at the of ficial reopening of the updated ld Village Park on ntario street here Reeve Don Spooner who also attended recalled play ing hockey in his youth at the site on the ice of an old mill pond 113thyearNo 149 Tuesday June 28 1977 15° Per Copy Carrier Home Dollvory 90° Weekly the exam Pam ner serving barrie and simcoe county Now tobacco taxes go up after preelection respite Come on out and enjoy Barrie Day at the game The Examiner is getting ready to take you out to the ball game Sunday Aug 28 is Barrie Day at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto as the Blue Jays play the Oakland As and city council agreed Monday to cosponsor The Examinenorganized event along with the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce Beneficiary of the event will be the Barrie and District United Appeal which will get all proceeds after expenses For tentative price of $750 apiece residents will get return bus ride seat at the ball park admission to the Canadian Na tional Exhibition and even chance to watch Mayor Ross Archer or Ald Gord Mills who is Scfing mayor for August throw out the first Barrie band is expected to be on hand to play the Canadian and American national an thems and the city will present mementoes to the Blue Jays in pregame ceremony Tickets will go on sale at The Examiner in about two Weeks and deadline for purchase is Aug 15 Those who do not wish to take the bus the game may purchase tickets still good for both the ball game and the exhibition or tentative price of $550 crowd of at east 500 is expected Buses will leave Barrie at 10 am on game day and return about pm Rainout date will be Sept the following Sunday Robbery suspect killed following police chase ORILLIA Ont CI Provincial police shot and killed an armed man Monday who was suspected of robbing the home of Gord Smith Progressive Conservative member of the legislature for Simcoe East The man has not been identified Smiths wife Jean who was home when the robbery occurrcd before noon said the man was in his early She said about $55 in cash an estimated $2000 in jewelry and some travellers cheques were taken The man stole the Smith car and was spot ted by provincial policc at about pm on Highway 11 about 12 miles south of Bracebridge Police chased the car to sideroad near Bracebridge about 33 miles north of Orillia where it struck tree Further details have not been released by police Policc said the man was carrying no iden tification but that his description matched that of the man involved in the Smith rob berv Payasyougo policy saving taxes warden MIDIIURSI Staff Keeping clear of debenture debt has been key factor in enabl ing Simcoe County council to hold down its share of property taxes in an era when in creases are general Warden Allan Glassford stated today The warden was discussing the annual autitors report from Jarrett Goold and Elliott which was presented to the county councillors at their delayed June session which opened here this morning You will notice we have the unusual record of not having any bonded debt said Warden Glasslord who is reevc of Tecumseth township pointing out the saving in interest and carrying charges has been of con sidcrable help in maintaining the countys ex cellent financial record The pay as you go policy is sound and has paid off he said The financial statement showed an excess of revenue of $22086 at thc end of the year This was added to the reserve fund which was shown at 3301884 Burned by 2400 volts TORONTO Doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children were trying late Monday to save the badlyburned hands of an 11yearold Oshawa boy who fell 35 feet to the ground after touching 24trvolt line on hydro tower Durham regional police said Kevin Bren nan was climbing the tower with friend when he touched the live wire and fell Robert Saiiiiiier 10 passerby applied mouthtomouth resuscitation after the ac cident and the boy was conscious when an ambulance arrived police said Leafs get new coach TORONTO Toronto Maple Leafs announced today they have signed Roger Neilson to multiyear contract as coach of the National Hockey League team Condition serious KlltHENER Ont ttl 64yearold Kitchener woman remains in serious con dition in hospital after an intruder entered her apartment early Friday and used knife to gouge out her eyes hospital spokesman said Wilhelmcna Yundt is under constant care in the hospitals intensive care unit William Moir 24 who lived in the same apartment building as the woman has been charged with attempted murder Second officer charged BUFFALO NY AP second city policeman was charged with firstdegree manslaughter early today in the gang beating death of Buffalo teenager Gary Atti 25 was jailed overnight fellow officer Phillip Gramaglia 30 plead ed not guilty to the same charge Monday and was freed after posting $5000 bail Both officers are suspended Richard Long 18 was pulled from his sports car by group of six to nine well dressed men who beat and kicked him in front of his north Buffalo apartment early Saturday police said Long died shortly afterward lpreiiditures in the roads department for the first five months of the year amounted to $86178613 Reeve Ken Knox of Elmvale chairman pointed out $56250 was spent on urban roads $46331068 on maintenance and $2928878 on new machinery With most of the construction work having just started the expenditure here was shown at $22830 24 out of the $505000 total budget for the purpose Main road construction pro jects include on No in Flos No south of Lisle No from Highway 29 south and No at Grey ounty boundary Warden Glassford welcomed Vcspra rech Alan Johnston home after three weeks vacation in the west during which he visited Victoria BC He also announced the annual wardcns picnic will be held at Beeton on Fri day July The county session today was the first since March The warden announced there will be no July meeting unless some emergency develops PAUL MARTIN criticized Art show closure TORONTO CP Canadian conceptual artist Noel Harding said Monday the decision by Canadian High Commissioner Paul Martin to close his London show was absurd and childish and indicates his in capacity to deal with the notion of art Hardings display in Canada House was closed June 16 by officials after only two days of showing Harding an instructor at the Ontario College of Art and the Univer sity of Guelph said the decision was taken by Martin because the lOminute film iii cluded threeminute segment showing female nude On June 21 Canadian House spokesman said Some e0 le found it offensive and we got severe ca ls TORONTO CP Tobacco users start paying higher taxes today as the Ontario government reintroduces measures first proposed more than three months ago Treasurer Darcy McKeough produced budget in the legislature Monday and it was virtually an identical document to the one tabled last April 19 but which fell by the wayside when general election was called He told the legislature increased taxes on cigarettes were to go into effect at midnight Monday night while other tax changes such as revisions in salestax collection fees will be retroactive to April 19 McKeough said the twomonth delay in im plementing the budget will cost the province about $25 million in lost revenues Uftimatum on unity TORONTO CP More than 400 delegates were told Monday that Canadians must make up their mindsdraft new constitution for single political nation or face the alternative of separation Many delegates in workshop sessions at the threeday Destiny Canada conference were in favor of unified Canada with ac commodations necessary to preserve and protect ethnic cultures Ian Macdonald president of York Univer sity which with the Ontario government sponsored the conference said his im pressions of the first day were that delegates used the workshop sessions to air their grievances and anxieties It seemed the delegates were pre occupied with the EnglishFrench question he said in an interview There was not the same degree of interest in the economic aspects People are saying what they believe and people are listening he said WANTS REPORT Macdonald said he hoped delegates would return to their respective regions and report to the conferences organizing committee in about six months then maybe we can start to draw up set of proposals for new con stitution Ontario Premier William Davis opened the conference saying Canadian politicians will be listening with keen interest to proposals put forward Authorhistorian Ramsay Cook in setting the theme for the days workshops said dele gates must accept that there cannot be unified culture but that there might be unified political nation if accommodations are made to ethnic minorities Todd remains are stolen FOREST PARK 111 AP Elizabeth Taylor has told police she can think of no motive for the bizarre graveyard theft of the remains of her husband movie producer Mike Todd The actress now married to former Navy Secretary John Warner has been in contact with the police there Forest Park and will remain in contact with them John Springer spokesman for Miss Taylor said by telephone from New York on Monday She is very upset he added line Body was alive BREMERION Wash AP Four hours after he was swept beneath the swift flowiiig waters of the rockfilled Skokomish River Charles Wamock surfaced alive alongside diver looking for his body The diver darn near swallowed his air hose said George Bowen Olympic Na tional Park ranger Warnock 18 survived because of freak air pocket in concave boulder under which he was pushed by the currents He was unconscious for four hours but recovered long enough to swim out of the air pocket when he heard sounds of searchers above said Bowen He was wearing wetsuit jacket and that kept him warm and buoyant said Bowen He would have died from hypo thermia if he hadnt been wearing that wet suit jacket On Ziemba issue TORONTO CP AttomeyGeiieral Roy McMurtry moved Monday to clear the way for Ed Ziemba member of the Ontario Legislature to get out of jail In statement to the legislature Mc Murtry said the cabinet will ask the Ontario Court of Appeal for an opinion on whether communications between member and constituent are protected by privilege The Toronto New Democrat was sent to jail last week by provincial Judge Robert Dnieper after refusing to answer uestion put to him by the judge Ziemba re used to reveal the source of information which led to fraud charges against Abko Medical Laboratories McMurtry noted that Ziemba will be questioned again by the judge Wednesday The member then will have chance to an swer McMurtry said but if he still refuses Crown counsel will ask the courts to con sider the pending submission to the court of appeal in considering any further in carceration The treasurer also said he has had to revise his estimate of unemployment for the prov ince this year forecasting an average unem ployment rate of 67 er cent up from the 63 per cent he estimatetfin April FORCE VOTE The new session of the legislature was only an hour old when the NDP forced vote on the minority Progressive Conservative governments attempt to introduce five cent tax on softdrink cans Both the NDP and the Liberals have oppos ed the measure but in the recorded vote on first reading the Liberals voted with the Con servatives downing the NDP 85 to 28 Standing in the legislature is Conservatives 58 Liberals 34 NDP 33 The measure is to go into effect Aug if it is approved by the legislature The Liberals want fivecent deposit on cans while the NDP wants the use of cans eliminated over five years The Metal Container Manufacturers Ad visory Council says 800 jobs in the metal con tainer industry would be lost if the measure becomes law EXEMPT FARMERS One new proposal outlined Monday was change in the Land Speculation Tax Act which would exempt farmers from paying tax if they sell their land McKeough said that to ensure that only bona fide farmers benefit from the change the vendor would have to farm the land for at least 10 years to avoid the tax Other tax benefits in the budget would in clude small cuts in personal income tax and reduction in motor vehicle registration fees in Northern Ontario to flat $10 Licence fees are to increase in southern Ontario Garbage issue debate seen Garbage collection is shaping up as topic of debate at city council following complaints by two aldermen Monday that Baxter Dispoal Services trucks are in deplorable condi tion and their breakdowns are disrupting pickup service Ald Gord Mills said he has had complaints of trash being picked up after 10 pm in Ward and has seen disabled trucks towed away Are we facing defunct garbage pickup system he asked Theres no doubt we have real pro blem said Ald Alex Arthur He said the firms trucks have left oil spills in the road as well as breaking down Neil Fox city public works superintendent said today he has had only slight increase in complaints about garbage pickup He said he is preparing status report on service for next weeks meeting of city councils general committee The contractor is running little late he said but the garbage is being collected though not necessarily to the standard we would like Baxters fiveyear contract with the city expires Dec 31 The firms contract with In nisfil Township was to expire the same date but was dropped by the township effective Ju ly following complaints of late pickups missed pickups and garbage left in road ways Ald Arthur said after Mondays council meeting Barrie may consider similar step Baxter officials could not be reached for comment this morning Road hazard Larry Olsen 112 and Paul lloiron both representing the North Mcdford Mass Track club sidestep growling toothy obstacle while running the annual 10mile road race in Walpole Mass on the weekend AP Photo Fined for rustling LONDON Ont CP Two men were sentenced to day in jail and fined $150 each in provincial court Monday after they were convicted of cattle rustling Gerald Ward 18 of Arva and Vernon Robberecht 18 of Ilderton were charged last Jan 28 after steer disalpéieared from the barn of Robert Sumner of erton The pair testified they did not steal the steer and intended only to ride it They said it escaped after it bucked Ward off and drag ed Robberecht across the barnyard and rough barbedwire fence Showers and thunderstorms beginning late today in the Barrie area They will continue Wednesday Low overnight 13 to 16 High Wednesday 24 to 28