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c4t Thuraday Doc 1977 NEWSROOM 7266537 CIRCUIATION 7266539 the examiner serving barrio and simcoe county Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited l6 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario LAM 4T6 Elio Agostini publisher ADVERTISING 7266537 CLASSIFIEDS 7282414 Another win for the punks The punks keep on winning The Ontario government is banning alcoholic beverages completely in some provincial parks The tyranny of irresponsible minorities continues Most people who use provincial parks use the parks well They dont litter they remember other people also use the parks and they dont get drunk and rowdy Because few immature people think weekend at provincial park means weekend drunk then the ma jority who behave are punished There are countless other examples of the same thing the actions of an irresponsible few forcing government to take measures which affect everyone small percentage of gun owners misuse their weapons The government decides to restrict gun ownership and there is serious doubt that the restrictions will ac tually do anything to stop misuse of firearms The end result is that those who use firearms properly most of the people who own firearms are the ones who will put up with the red tape and the other nuisances so they can continue to use their guns properly Most people drive their cars carefully obey speed limits and avoid driving when they are drunk The minority who think driving is really freeforall who scoff at speed limits and think they are better drivers after three drinks they are the ones who are forcing government to set traffic laws and they are the ones responsible for high insurance rates Why should the peaceful lawabiding majority suffer because of the actions of the punks among us The easiest way for the government to control drunken rowdiness in some provincial parks is to ban alcohol completely But there has to be better way Allowing the misdeeds of punk minority to dictate to the peaceful majority is form of terrorism Perhaps we have tolerated the punks too long perhaps we have turned the other way when the punks misbehave just once too often The governments decision to ban alcohol in some pro vincial parks is classic case of the tail wagging the dog But dont blame the government for the decision blame the socalled silent majority which allows this sort of thing to happen down memory lane Dec 1960 Mayor Willard Kinzie said Barrie had the lowest per capita tax rate in the province and the third lowest per capita deben ture debt Per capita taxation in 1959 was $73 compared to the pro vincial average of $102 Eleven vehicles were involved in collision on Highway 400 at the Thornton cut off Only one person was injured William Hinton was elected first president of the Kiwanis Club of Kempenfelt Bay Wally Smith public relations officer for the Bar rie Canadian General Electric plant was named chairman of the Barrie chapter of the Simcoe Muskoka division of the Industrial Accident Prevention Association MPP Art Evans announced that the first driver examination centre in Your business By VINCENT EGAN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service The official visit to Canada of Denmarks Prime Minister Anker Jorgensen is serving to focus the attention of Canadians on one of Europes least understood countries As one Dane living in this country com plains all that most Canadians associate with Denmark are beer and cheese por nography and Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales Heres something else that Canadian in vestors should find far more interesting Its possible to buy goodquality Danish debt securitiesemortgages government bonds and the likeyielding upwards of 16 per cent The going interest rates on comparable Canadian mortgages are about 1037 per cent and on longterm government of Canada bonlt dsabout915 per cent Why such high interest rates in Denmark we want your opinion Something on your mind Send us letter to the editor Please make it an original copy and sign it We dont publish unsigned letters although pen name Will be used upon request Include your address and telephone number because we have to verify letters but we wont print your address should you prefer Weve found that short letters are the best read Because of space limitations public interest and good taste sometime have to edit condense or reject letters lllffb lo the rlitor run Wednesdays and Saturdays Send yours to 1151IITIIIII editor The IZJIIllIllI ltox 3170 Harrie tirt IAM It Simcoe County was to be set up in Barrie on south Anne Street boneless round steak roasts were on special for 79 cents pound at Domi nion and Sitpound bags of potatoes were being sold for $135 the Vespra Horticultural Society an nounced plans for Christmas LightUp contest in the township Earl Brown of Beeton was awarded $6500 contract for tile bed and septic tank for flush toilets at In nisfil Township Park grand jury report said Simcoe County jail although neat and clean and in good repair for its age was hopelessly outdated and inadequate Gerry Blacksburn reeve of Coldwater an nounced he was not seeking rc election He has suffered heart seizure How the Danes tight inflation The Danes have been suffering the same economic problems as other resourcepoor inr dustrialized countries especially since the in ternational oil cartel quintupled crude oil prices four years ago Danish inflation is about ll per cent uncm ploymcnt about 66 per cent of the labor force although the Danes themselves consider it to be more than 11 per cent because of dif ferent method of calculation and foreign trade in large deficit position TIGIII MONEY The minority socialdemiwralic govern ment has therefore been maintaining tight domestic monetary policy in order to keep in terest rates high in relation to other counr tries Denmark has thus become substantial borrower on the international capital market Just few weeks ago it received $200 million sevenyear Eurodollar loan that was underwritten by eight Canadian char tered banks led by the Batik of Montreal as syndicate manager The Danish loan bears floating interest rate that will fluctuate about one percentage point above the London interbank offered rate The need for foreign borrowing is un derlined by the unfavorable trade figures Denmark has no natural resources and even its famed farmlands iii Jutland and elsewhere must depend upon imported fer tilizers bible thought If we shall ask any thing In my name will dolt John l4 l4 How many real prayer meetings have you ever attended The most powerful thing at our command usually has last place or no place Lord teach us to pray BUSINESS 7266537 NEWSROOM ADVERTISING BUSINESS Sean Finlay managing editor Len Sevlck manager Marian Gouqh accountant Randy McDonaldclty editor SALESMEN Betty Armer Sheila McGovern assistant city editor Dan Gaynor Dorothy Bowiand Bill McFarlane wire editor Werner Bergen sports Claudia Krause liiestyle Marina Quattrocchi photographer RE PO RT John Bruce Paul Delean Richard Dunstan Pat Guerois Scott Haskins Rudleigh MacLean Sue Burke Parliament hill By STEWART MatIEOI Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service Write something funny says the lady in Sudbury as she pens some complaints about thc dreary heavyhandth news coming out of Ottawa these days Okay Maam lets see what we have here How about that story on the RCMPs feathcrbed file There must be something funny in allegations that the Mounties main tained file that was so sensitive it couldnt be shown to either the prime minister or the solicitorgeneral In fact the Montreal iaztt lc quotes fortncr RCMP officers as saying that the members of government who would normally gain access to the file were the very The world today By JOHN IIAIIIIRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Ihoitisoii News Service For the first time since Itidcl astros hemispheric conferences of the 1060s which encompassed delegates from around the world Third World country is taking the lead in global diplomacy The country is Egypt and the leader is of course President Anwar Sadat who is still taking the lead he tiiade with his acceptance of the Israeli visit Sadat has called for major summit con ferencc iii Cairo to take place no later than this Saturday and to which he has invited most of the Arab powers Israel the US and tthSSIt This summit would precede the long delayed icneva sumniil at which the Middle Eastern crisis would be discussed again The United States and the Soviet Union are invited as lhc two world powers most inter ested in Aravaewish teacc So far only Israel accepltxl the Egyp tian invitation and several of tlic extremist Arab states Iraq Syria Sotttli Yemen led by Libya may hold their own antiSadat con ference itt Tripoli Nevertheless Sadat has taken away the lead from Washington and less so Moscow for the time being attd has made it essential for Israeli Prime Minister Mcnachem Begin to come up with art answer to his continuing in itiutive It looks as though Begin is aware of this and has already agreed that Israel will partici pate and senior persons have been appointed to do so The bitter Arab reaction to Saduts original visit to Israel has not subsided to the extent this was anticipated about it week ago Lyatl Johnson Barb Boulton Dona Graham John Zarecky CLASSIFIED Ruth Blots supervisor Freda Shlnner Karen Atkinson Peooy Chapell Dana Homewood Gall McFarland Vikki Grant CIRCULATION Jon Butler manage Linda Halkes asst naper Andy Hauphton Judy Hickey Alva LaPIante Elaine Porter Gary Pringle ones being studied and at best were unreliable Dont like that bet the prime minister doesnt either Well how about the one involving the leakage of confidential information from the revenue department There must be giggle in the fact that two Toronto broadcasters were able apparently through one individual to get information from the tax returns of three ople including Conservative Leader Joe ark Considering all the fuss the de partment makes about secrecy there should at least be faint smiie in the fact that this information seems to be available by telephone ho Sadat has made it clear no bilateral problems will be discussed such as the return of the vast Sitiai to Egyptian rule but those issues that affect the entire Arab world chiefly the creation of Palestinian state have corn ared Sadats initiative of 1977 to that of Fitel Castro decade earlier At that time Cuba was still on world revolutionary route determined to influence as many Third World nations as possible with its own moch for socialism and change At that time the emerging countries of Southeast Asia Latin America and Africa fascinated with Cubas success and its ability to survive next door to the powerful United States won many Cuban converts Where Castro was developing form of Cuban imperialism expansion of his revolutionary ideology Sadats present func lion is entirely different The Middle East knows all about con flicting ideologies and societies since the Arab and Jewish ones have fought each other about them four times since 1948 But like Castro the Egyptian leader is doing it largely on the basis of his own per sonality and ability to shift the course of events from base that does not include great economic or military power ECONOMY NEEDS SAVING Economically Egypt is not only poor but bankrupt The countrys national budget ex ceeds its gross national roduct which now sits at low $12 billion or country of 40 million Sadat needs the initiative to bolster his ad ministration and to give his country time to necoup economically and reduce the vast ar ms expenditure without danger to his state Published daily except statutory holidays WEEKLY by carrier YEARLY by carrier MOTOR THROWOFF ELSEWHERE lN CANADA Sunday and 90 cents $4680 copyright registration number 203815 register 6i BY MAIL Barrie 34630 National advertising offices 65 Queen St Toronto nu ma 640 Cathcart St SIMCOE COUNTY Montreal $3650 $39 year $335 year Write something funny asks woman so he does But if you are really dour and difficult to please you might be forced to look into the post office before you get full bellylaugh And after hearing all those serious denials from PostmasterGeneral JeanJacques Blais who could resist breaking up over that disclosure of his that postal employees helped the RCMP intercept and presumably open private mail for more than 40 years Personally found this particularly amusing because used to worry about having friend mail my income tax returns would hate to think that he might snoop to see just how am before the returns reached the confi ential confines of the post office and Revenue Canada Little did know that the two departments were probabl bidding on publication rights Again ho ho Oh yes Maam Ottawa is just chocka block with funnies these days You did hear didnt you about the examination of that bugging device found in the office of Conservative MP Elmer MacKay It was rather amusing that in their search for fingerprints police discovered that some 25 reporters had handled the device before they got to it It could on happen in Ottawa you say Oh no it couldlhappen anywhere Why if you follow events in Edmonton you will see that the revenue department allows its investiga tors to use wiretaps to trap taxevasion ar tists VARIETY ACTS You see Maam in Canada we like variety in our comedy In the United States there is tendency to concentrate on one issue until it doesnt seem funny anymore but here we just roll out one act after another suppose you heard that the Social Credit Party had drummed out MP Gilbert Rondeau just because he has been convicted of tax evasion and still faces an arson charge and 24 fraud char es That takes your mind off the Mounties oesnt it Then there is the case of the post office refusing to let the Canadian Union of Postal Workers put newspaper clippings on the union bulletin boards And that rather nicely think takes your mind off the illegal open ing of mail over the last 40 years But for grand finale think you will agree that we have pulled out all the stops to bring you real class comedy and refer of course to that $153milliongive or take fortunethat Atomic Ener of Canada Ltd paid to an agent to help sel nuclear reactor to South Korea This apparently included $2million advance on expenses which by my calculation should permit the agent to take contract out to decent lunch or two What particularly liked about this story was the statement by AECL Chairman Ross Campbell that the agent has so far submitted only one invoice for ex nses for $295000 He obviously had difficu ty getting restaurant receipts But what really struck me funny about the $2million ex nse advance was that this money could eat 4000 Canadian homes this winter Ho ho ho The Examiner is member of The Canadian Press CP and Audit Bureau of Circula tlons ABC Only the Canadian Press may re publish news stories in this newspaper credited to CF The Associated Press Reuters or Agence FrancePresse and local news stories published in The Examiner The Examiner claims copyright on all original news and advertising material created by its employees and published in this newspaper The advertiser agrees that the publisher shall not be liable for damages arising out of errors in advertisements beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by that portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred whether such error is due to the negligence of its servants or otherwise and there shall be no liability for non insertion of any advertisement beyotd the amount paid for such advertisement Queen park Frank Drea new star By DON OHEARN Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO Is Frank Drea for real All three of Ontario Premier William Daviss recent cabinet appointments have turned out to be good so far Young Larry Grossman seems to have got quick handle on the ministry of consumer and commercial affairs and publicly has shown both positive and balanced approach in han dling it George McCague hasnt had much op portunity for public display in government services This is essentially an adminis trative ministry that deals with property and internal housekeeping matters But McCague had to pilot the estimate through the house and did capable job Of the three newcomers however there is no question who has been the star It has been Frank Drea in correctional services QUICK STORM aint remember any new minister since the Progressive Conservatives came into of fice in 1943 who has made the quick and em phatic impact that Drea has He been in office only relatively few weeks but already be has announced plans to close down some jails including the old wing of the Don in Toronto which has been talked about for yearst changing use of the facilities in others has substituted tea for coffee because of cost has ordered the use of Ontario produce and generally has whipped up storm He has done more in few weeks than predectssors have done in year and more MADE SENSE It was somewhat of surprise when Drea was appointed to the cabinet former newspaperman trade union of ficial and the originator of the first Action Linc program on Canadian newspaper the old Toronto Telegram he was private member widely noted for his free and in dependent thought It was felt that he probably was too much of his own man to risk taking into the cabinet where solidarity and particularly great deal of public restraint are called for But if there was risk Davis took it and so far it certainly has paid off And chances are that it will continue to do so For there is one thing about Drea Though he was talked about for his free thought there was one point not often brought out This was that his thought usually made practical common sense Canadas story Liquor problem By BOB BOWMAN One of the most difficult problems in early French Canada was trying to stop traders getting furs from the Indians by giving them liquor Bishop Laval waged continual warfare against the liquor trade without much suc cess His greatest help may have been an ear thquake in February 1663 that shook Quebec and caused the St Lawrence River to churn as though it were boiling People thought the end of the world had come rushed into the churches to pray and resolved to go straight Some of them did for while There was another wave of repentance when the Great Comet amieared close to the earth on Dec 1680 It was clearly visible un til the end of February in Canada and some times it came dangerously near One authority said No comet has threatened the earth with nearer approach than that of 1680 Apart from Indians the population of Canada then was about 4000 and many of them were seized with terror Stories circu lated about cries and Iamentations heard from the sky voices of thunder and blazing canoes that moved across the horizon There was another wave of repentance as late as 1833 when perhaps the greatest display of shooting stars in history was clearly seen by people in Canada It began Nov12 when Orion climbed in the sky accom nied by bursts of shooting stars that began in the east and spread to the western horizon People fell on their knees to pray or raced into the chur ches where bells were ringing They felt sure the end of the world was near Fortunately astronomers were able to calm their fears in 1833 Astronomy was making good progress in Canada where it was essential for surveying the huge countn The first observatory was built in Toronto in 1839 followed by Fredericton in um and Quebec iii 1054 OTHER IEl EVENTS 1755 US Gen lttontgotiicr joined Benedict Arnold iii attack on Quebec 1798 There was it public whipping and bur hing iii York Toronlnt 1037 Reward of £1000 was offered for cap ture of Louis Joseph liipittciui Lower Canada rebel leader ltititi Baron Lisgitr succculmi Viscount Moiick as gaveriiorgeiieral 1899 vVItlOIlII Bridge Montreal was rebuilt 1901i Fire dcstroyul central building of University of Ottawa