an the examiner Sammy Nov 19 1977 ExKlansman gets life for church bombing BIRMINGHAM Ala AP Former Klansman Robert Ed ward Chambliss 73 was con victed Friday of firstdc ee murder and sentenced to in rison for the death of one of our girls killed in church bombing 14 years ago that em bittered the civil rights move ment of the time State AttorneyGeneral Bill Baxley who prosecuted the case told re rters after the verdict that mbliss was the leader of group involved in the bombing and more in dictments are likely The bombing occurred on Sunday morning Sept 15 1963 after several months in which the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church had been used by the late Dr Martin Luther King Jr as headquarters for civil rights demonstrations King was ab sent thatday The girls all of them black were in basement changing into choir robes when dyna miteofficials said it may have been 15 sticksexploded in nearby outside stairwell The bombing was one of about 50 that rocked Birming ham in the late 19505 and early 19606 Chambliss still faces charges in the deaths of the other three girlsAddie Mae Collins Carol erlibertson and Cynthia Wesley 14 Robert Edward Chambliss 73 right confers with his lawyer Art Hanes Jr shortly before Chambliss was con victed of firstdegree murder and sentenced to life in prison in 1963 Birmingham Ala church bombing AP Photo Rent payments are withheld TORONTO CP The prov ince is withholding its rent pay ments on the Thunder Bay courthouse until the owner un dertakes certain repairs George McCague minister of government services told the legislature Friday In reply to question from Jim Foulds NDPPort Ar thur McCague said the prov ince will not pay the $928515 monthly rental until the lessor John McCormick Ltd of Burlington Ont makes the re pairs In addition the province deducted $1500 from previous rent Foulds said the building lists like the Leaning Tower of Pisa because it was built over an ar tesian stream McCague said his staffs opinion is that the building can be salvaged Foulds said outside the house that it would cost $250000 to re pair the structure The founda tions have been undermined by the stream he said Meanwhile Health Minister Dennis Timbrell said contract for ambulance service in Thun der Bay already has been awar ded although apparently through an oversight the suc cessful bidder has not been an nounced Sunsational EDENISM Your invitation to nonstop party Youve got all Nassau including the gambling casinos at your beck and call Air fare meals every day scuba sailing tennis secluded beaches and more wk from $559 Dear Friends In an arena of changing attitudes towar ds ecology government morals religion and law it is difficult to find standard that doesnt change We are in one of the most affluent societies on Ear th yet even with better health and living standards people still arent at peace With thoughts of an unstable economy separation striving to divide our coun try the ups and downs of personal relationships and pollution ever 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of an average threebed room bungalow increased in 54 locations from December 1976 to October 1977 But in only 18 of those locations was the in crease equal to or greater than the rate of inflation of about eight percent Average prices declined in 12 locationseseven of those in uebecand remained un nged in 19locations The survey demonstrated continuation of trend towards moderate house price increases which started last ear in stark contrast to the our ear period prior to 1976 ere prices quadrupled in some cities MANAGEMENT SEMINAR FINANCIAL TERM LOAN ALYSIS This seminar proposes set of simple tech niquas which all small businessmen can use Across nation in last IO months HouSe prices show slight raise spokesman for the Cana dian Real Estate Board said in telephone interview from To ronto the trend shown by the Royal Trust figures is likely to continue report on third quarter prices soon to be re leased by the board would show few increases There are quite few prop erties on the market he said The province of Quebec showed the highest increases in average prices as well as the largest price reductions The Royal Tmst survey is the only citybycity price com parison for houses of similar Size and with similar amenities The price com parisons are made for two types of houses three bedroom bungalow with one car garage and twostorey fourbedroom house with two cargarage Following are the October prices for the bungalow with the December 1976 prices in brackets Toronto areaThornhill $83000 $76000 Central $80000 $76000 Scarborough $67400 $65000 Mississauga $68000 $66000 Richmond Hill $65000 $60000 Oak ville $65900 $65900 Bramalea $65000 $63000 Brampton $65000 $63000 Burlington $62500 $58500 Oshawa $56000 $54500 Ottawa $62400 $60300 Hamilton $60000 $58000 Guelph $57000 $55000 Sud bury $55000 $52000 Samia $54500 $57500 Kitchener $53000 $53000 Chatham $52000 not available Win dsor $50500 $49000 London $49000 $46000 Sault Ste Marie $49000 $49000 Kingston $48500 $45500 Cornwall 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READTHIS FIRST Introducing another ï¬rst for Letitia Heights birthday Exactly one year ago today we welcomed our ï¬rst home owner in Letitia Heights And opened the doors to over 300 new homeowners since It took lot of people to help make our ï¬rst birthday happy one People like the Council Planning Board and Staff of the City of Barrie All our new homeowners Our suppliers Our trades men The people at CMHC Our bankers Our mortgage lenders And our builders Bay ï¬eld Chapelton Chieftain North Haven Strathmore and Whitehall People who helped lus introduce few ï¬rst things ï¬rst Like the ï¬rst nofrill housing in Barrie The ï¬rst noncondomin ium street townhomes Your home on your land The ï¬rst underground connection Townhomes built to look like semis The ï¬rst link singles And last but still ï¬rst few more things like rolled curbs Saves tires Low maintenance sodium lighting free YMCA day camp program community recreation program In co operation with the Recreation Department of the City of Barrie Even our own community newspaper the Letitia Heights News Thanks again for making us ï¬rst