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Barrie Examiner, 7 Nov 1977, p. 1

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AAAAAA4A4 monday Is for SPORTS Kinsmen dump COOPs ORILLIA Orillia Kinsmen dumped Barrie Midget CoOps 102 Sunday in the third game of the Canadian Wrigley Midget tournament playoffs Barrie is eliminated from further com petition in the tournament with the loss Orillia took 40 first period lead and led 50 after the second Orillia outshot Barrie 3224 Barrie had 13 minor penalties two majors and two game misconducts Orillia had 10 minor two majors and two game miscon ducts Dave Mayor scored for Barrie Split weekend games ORO Oro Jets in the York Peel Ladies Hockey League split pair of games over the weekend The Jets were blanked 40 on Saturday in Richmond Hill and then came back Sunday to defeat Agincourt 32 in Cm In game recently the Jets lost 72 to Thornhill Anna Storie scored twice for the Jets in their victory Charlene Chartrand added single Janice Clark and Marg Raycroft scored in losing cause against Thornhill The Jets take on Brampton Sunday at 730 pm at the Oro Community Arena First to themselves MISSISSAUGA Peter Reino Hustlers in the Ontario Senior Womens Volleyball League won two games Sunday and moved into sole possession of first place The Hustlers now have 13 wins and two ties this season The spiking and net work of Gerri Carre Joyce Harrison and Debbie Emms led the Hustlers to wins over Mississauga and the Toronto Patriots Argos can win Jim Corrigall defensive end for the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Foot ball League talked to Werner Bergen Ex aminer Sports Editor Saturday following the teams 107 loss to the Calgary Stampeders Corrigall is native of Bar rle and played high school football at Bar rie Central Collegiate Corrigall said the Argos played well enough to win but luck was not on the teams side He said the Argos could win in Ottawa Saturday in the Eastern Conference semifinal playoff game if everyone plays together as team He said that meant the offensive and the defensive squads See story On Page nine Juveniles tie York RICHMOND HILL Barrie Allan Cook Juveniles tied the York Simcoe Minor Hockey League leaders 55 Sunday Richmond Hill is undefeated in regular league play Richmond Hill led 20 after the first period but Barrie tied the game 22 after the second period Barrie took 52 lead but Richmond Hill came back to tie the game deadfine Bandleader Guy Lombardo poses with New Years decorations in this 1971 photo The famed orchestra leader whose Auld Lang Syne became New Years Eve mainstay for nearly half century died late Saturday night in Houstons Methodist Hospital He was 75 AP Photo Lombardo dies NEW YORK AP There will still be New Years Eve this year but it will not be the same for tens of millions of North Americansfor the first time since 1929 Guy Lombardo will not lead his Royal Cana dians in Auld Lang Syne The Canadianborn creator of the sweetest music this side of heaven died Saturday night in Houstons Methodist Hospita of breathing problem associated with the pulmonary artery trouble for which he was admitted Oct 27 His wife the former Lillibelle Glenn of Cleveland Ohio whom he married 51 years ago was at his bedside funeral service is to be held Wednesday in Freeport Long island where the banleader lived The body was flown to New York on Sunday Lombardo was 75 and had led band for 63 years He started at 12 with four other youngsters playing for womens clubs in London Ont his birthplace He was named Gaetano after his father an immigrant Italian tailor Lombardo and his brothers Carmen and Lebert moved their band to Cleveland in 1925 and Chicago in 1927 younger brother Victor and sister Rosemarie also were with the orchestra Continues hunger strike KITCHENER nt IP Erhard Kienitz today completed the third week of his hunger strike to protest actions of the Ontario Workmens Compensation Board His wife Gisella said Sunday that her husband who had some chicken broth Sun day is getting weak and she is trying to per suade him to stop his protest Kienitz 49 head of local injured workers group said he is protesting the boards failure to compensate him for lung ailment he sa he suffers from working in meatpac ing plant in 1970 The hunger strike is Kienitzs third in his dispute with the board He has hearing scheduled in December previous hearing scheduled for Sept was cancelled by Kienitz or his represen tativve said spokesman for the boards Kitchener office Skeletons age tested BOLTON Ont CP The centuriesold skeleton remains of middleaged Indian man found on nearby farm early this year are undergoing tests to determine the exact age However Dr Howard Savage research associate at the Royal Ontario Museum and professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto said Sunday preliminary examination indicates the remains are good many centuries old Will marry chauffeur LONDON AP Ei htyyearold Philadelphia heiress Rache Fitter will marr Mike Wilson the husky 32yearold son Welsh miner three years after their first engagement broke up The Sunday Ex press reports The couple was frontpage news when they planned to marry in 1974 Wedding plans later were called off after the publicity The Sunday Express says the couple will marry in the Bahamas at Christmas and honeymoon in Florida and go on Carib bean cruise The couple first met when Wilson was working at Palm Beach Fla hotel Miss Fitler later engaged him as her chauffeurhandyman Miss Fitler shared an $8million family fortune in 1931 She is the aunt of Mrs Nelson Rockefeller wife of the former US vicepresident Energy before trip WASHINGTON AP The state depart ment announced today President Carter has decided to postpone his foreign tour set for later this month because he wants to remain in the US capital while Congress considers his energ program The announcement confirmed earlier reports that Carter would scrap the nine country tour Carter indicated in his postponement message to the nine foreign governments he hopes mutually convenient date can be found for visit in the near future State Secretary Cyrus Vance said Carter had been scheduled to visit Venezuela Brazil Nigeria Saudi Arabia Iran India Poland France and Belgium from Nov 22 to Dec Carter asserted in his postponement message that his personal involvement is vital to the development of sound energy legislation Vance said Training starts soon TORONTO CP Canadian terrorist force similar to the West German squad which rescued 86 passengers on hijacked Lufthansa jet in East Africa soon will begin training Defence Minister Barney Danson said Sunday Weve all been terribly impressed with the German rescue said Danson who along with SolicitorGeneral Francis Fox will present the federal cabinet with proposals on the nature of the squad its training and the types of hijackings with which it will be concerned Last week the cabinet approved lan to set up squad that could dea with hijackings Danson said the team probably will be made up of Canadian troops and the RCMP The Canadian Armed Forces combat units in Petawawa Ont which he described as the most highly trained to deal with such quickreaction situations probably will form the backbone of the squad he said Will call Trudeau TORONTO CP The chairman of federal royal commission investi ating RC MP activities said Sunday he wil subpoena Prime Minister Trudeau if necessary to determine responsibility for alleged illegal itics committed by the police force The Globe and Mail quotes Judge David McDonald as saying in an interview that Since the RCMPs security service director nay exclusively report to the prime minister it ma be necessary to question Trudeau aboutt eRCMP McDonald said the commission ap pomted July probably will release in terim reports to answer some recent allegations against the force Blue box device TORONTO CP Officials of Toronto based private investigation team which located an alleged bugging device in Pro ressive Conservative Leader Joe Clar office said Saturday the diode device could have been activated by use of blue box directdial call from anywhere in the world However Bell spokesman Ron Devaney said Sunday that to his knowledge the blue box can only be used to avoid being charged for longdistance calls weather Cloudy today and Tuesday with occasional drizzle Low tonight around 10 high Tues day about 15 Rene given heros Icome MONTREAL CP Premier Rene Levesque returned to heros welcome Sun day after spending three days selling the idea of Quebec separation in Francethereby provoking the ire of Ottawa Levesque told the estimated 10000 well wishers who met him at Mirabel airport that French National Assembly members listened with understanding to his plea that no one has the right to keep people from self determination The trip was seen in PQ circles as an im portant step in winning international accept ance for the idea of an independent Quebec theme emphasized by Levesques cabinet colleagues who warmed up the crowd before his arrival Finance Minister Jacques Parizeau described the premiers trip as an im portant event on the road toward in dependence and Social Affairs Minister Denis Lazure added that Quebecers had grown at least six inches in pride as result of the visit The 55yearold premier carried with him more tangible proof of French recognition On his lapel he wore tiny red rosette the insignia of the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor PEIIETIER SURPRISEI The decision to present Levesque with the honor surprised federal authorities Canadian Ambassador Gerard Pelletier told reporters in the French capital during the weekend Pelletier former cabinet colleague of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau added that Ottawa has expressed its astonishment to the French government 113th year No 255 Monday November 1977 Under Canadian law the recipient of foreign decoration has to clear it first with the federal government Levesque did not Pelletier said in radio interview broad cast here Sunday that Leve ues warm reception in Paris is being close examined to find whether it indicates shift in the policy of France An agreement calling for annual meetings between the premiers of Quebec and France is point that will have to be looked at very closely Pelletier added French Premier Raymond Barre shot back It is not up to Mr Trudeau to indicate under what conditions France should treat its guests The French government is sufficiently wellmannered and knows sufficiently well the rules of international courtesy to make up its own mind freely Barre said in an in terview with the 0805 French network UP TO QUEBECERS We believe it is up to Quebecers to deter mine their future said Barre This future is not matter of indifference to us since it concerns the largest industrialized French speaking community in the world outside France We cannot be indifferent to their fate and we are prepared to help them along what ever route they themselves choose But it is not up to us to determine that route Levesque quoted those words to the crowd at the airport and in response to chants of Oui au referendum Yes to the referendum on Quebec independence said he believes his visit is going to help prepare Yes answer to the referendum 15° Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 90° Weekly Qucbcc Premier Renc Levesque speaks to an enthuSIastic crowd of weilwishers at Mirabel In tcrnational Airport at Montreal Sunday on the return of his official visit to France The crowd which filled the airport terminal was estimated at 10000 people CP Photo 24 Pages the examiner serving barrie and Simcoe county Protesters demonstrate against Base deer hunt Hy IAItilIIRUIS Examiner Staff Reporter About 30 men women and children from Tosorontio Township held protest demonstration today at the Lisle barrier out side Canadian Forces Base Borden The demonstration which began at am was staged to protest the fact that hunt by the CFB Borden Rod and Gun lub was being held only on the 58000 acres of township land inside the base Claude Patton longtime resident of Li sic said he helped gct the FH Rod and Gun Club started helped guidc thc hunters when it first started and now cant go on the hunt Were all sportsmen we live in the same township and we should be in on the hunt Jim Elder Reeve of Tosorontio Township was at the scene this morning and said the Excusa me Captain We have fuel cnsis Five of the rowers just died ns ide local llfostyle entertainment sports 10 comics danslflod 12 to 14 Supplements Canadian Tire page hunt looks as though it is just fora choscn few The ministry of natural resources came to us and asked if we would have an open season We asked that it be residents only and they said no way Now they are having residents only hunt on the base and wc cant take part Brig Gen flay Ilcattie Base Commander said the numbers of hunters had to be limited according to numbers set out by tiic ministry INVITED TU II Thtsc men who have bccii demonstrating have been asked to join the hunt this morn ing When we knew we would be having it we contacted several Rod and Gun Clubs in the area and invited them to send several representatives Major Ross Mooney Base operations and training officer said the ministry had set limit of less than 30 decr for the harvest This means we can only allow so many people to hunt If we let the rest of the township in then the other two townships ad joining the basc would want in also and rightly so Its unfortunate we have to limit numbers but for safetys sake and the object of the hunt which is controlling the herd it has to be that way Mooney said Rolly llaskctt Glcncairn said he phoned to ask about getting in on the hunt and was told he would have to have an invitation Pat Byrne Lisle said he had phoned Ot tawa and Queens Park but had not gotten through to anyone want to find out who is responsible for letting Base Borden have hunt for residents Strike ends workers quit An eightweek strike at Central Optical Inc on Morrow Road has been abandoned Marshall Reid organizer for the Optical and Plastics Technicians Union said today strikers voted late last week to end pickcting and seek other jobs He said the decision followed meeting with Barrie and District Labor Council officials Jim Applegatc labor council president said today union locals in the council will pay the wages of the five workers still on strike at the end until they find other work 20 children amon Rick Wilson holding the family puppy Sheba stands near the spot where his family mobile home once stood in Toccoa Ga His home and many others were lost when an earthen dam broke early Sunday morning At least 31 peopie are known dead Photo only and not for the rest of the township Were not mad at Base Borden we just want to know why we cant hunt he said Beattie said he had at no time intended to exclude civilians All we asked was that they be sponsored through local Rod and luritlub Mooney says half the hunters taking part are armcd forces personnel while the other half are civilians who work on the base and live in the surrounding community meeting to discuss the problem further will be held tonight at the Tosorontio Township offices in Everett at 1030 pm At that time respresentatives of the ministry of natural resources CFB Borden CFB Borden Rod and Gun Club township council and protesters will have their say Demonstrators appeared early this morning at the Lisle barrier outside Canadian Forces Base Borden to protest threeday deer hunt being held Inside the base Pat Byrne centre says the protesters arc trying to find out who is responsible for allowing FB Borden to have hunt for rcsidciits oiin when the rest of the township outside thc base cannot be hunted meeting will be held in Everett tonight to discuss the matter Examiner Photo 37 dead in flood IOttOA AP The campus of small nortlicastcrii Georgia college lay in ruins after an earthen dam broke and sent torrents of water rushing through the sleeping community of Toccoa At least 37 persons including 20 children werc killcd in flooding that followed the darn break Sunday morning Two others wcre reported missing believe that sometimes God allows Satan to do things hoping to discourage us and we are tested in that way said Bob Harner of Ravenna Ohio who gathered with other mourners for candlelight service on the ravaged Toccoa Falls Bible College campus His wife and twoyearold son died in the flood Gov George Busbee inspected the damage and said later that the dam that broke above Toccoa Falls was one of 84 such earthen cm bankments in Georgia that had been declared highbazard dams by the US Army Corps of Engineers DANGER INDICATE The hazard designation does not mean the dams are structurally unsafe but that if they broke damage would be significant corps spokesman said Rosalyiin Carter wife of President Carter and Georgia native flew to the community from Washington Sunday She told Toccoas 9000 residents and the Bible College students that Carter has promised federal assistance The community was without electricity or natural gas because of damage to major dis tribution lines Water was scarce some of it carried into the city by neighboring residents Officials said they expect the college to remain closed for at least week Weakened by two days of heavy rain the damuwhich held back tons of water in an 80 acre lake above the scenic Toccoa Fallsgave way about 130 am HOMES DEMOLISHED The water picked up speed as it pad over the falls and smashed into the va ey demolishing or severely damaging at least dozen houses and about 15 mobile homes Most of the damage occurred in the lowlying campus housing area There was this awful screaming and the ripping of metal said Bill Stacy 19 who lived in mobile home with his parents two brothers and sister it is miracle but we all got out and my parents helped hunt for the bodies later The college established in 1907 had about 450 students living on campus Another 100 commuted to classes The faculty numbered about 50 About 250 students lived in the cam us area piping Toccoa Creek fed by water mm the Flood waters swept through the lower floor of the fourstorey mens dormitory killing several of the 40 residents The waters were described as blowing out the windows by one survivor

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