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Roads in mess after snowfall storm which dropped about 15 cm over night on the Barrie area left roads in mess across most of Simcoe County Area police reported no major accidents linked to the storm Snowfall was expected to end by afternoon Plows block fleeing truck ORILLIA Ont CP North Bay Ont man has been charged with criminal negligence following highspeed chase Saturday night involving tractortrailer truck provincial police say Police said when the tractortrailer did not stop for pursuing police car two more cruisers joined the chase which continued for 40 kilometres along Highway 11 near here The truck driver was arrested after his vehicle ran into two provincial government snowplows called out to block the highway just north of Gravenhurst Ont Charged with criminal negligence in the operation of motor vehicle is Glen Elwin Maxwell 44 He will appear in Orillia provin cial court Jan 16 with cloudy milder weather persisting through Tuesda Davis Arnold patrol supervisor for the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Com munications said this morning provincial highways across the county ranged from snowcovered to snowpacked and ministry crews were plowing sanding and salting Theyre not in good condition thats for sure he said You have to drive careful City police and area Ontano Provincial Police detachments said there were number of minor accidents but no serious mishaps on city streets and rural roads All schools were reported open though some bus routes were running late Gray Coach officials said all routes operating out of Barrie were on schedule and Penetang Midland Coach Lines reported normal ser Vice The 15 cm of snow reported by the provin cial Tourist Information Cent re in Barrie was well above the four cm recorded at Muskoka Airport between Gravenhurst and Bracebridge Airport officials said they expected another three to five centimetres in the next 12 hours Elsewhere in the province temperatures hit record lows for the date at Toronto Inter nation Airport 1251 Kitchener 1EH Hamilton t19i Windsor can and Kenora 34 Crash inquest starts Wednesday coroners inquest into the air crash Sept at the CKVR television studio on Highway 27 km south of Barrie which claimed five lives opens Wednesday at 10 am at the Sim coe County courthouse fivemember coroners jury will hear evidence from department of transport in vestigators and witnesses in an attempt to determine cause of the crash twinengine Beechcraft Baron owned by Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd of Toronto crashed into the television stations 30480 metre transmitter tower in light rain and fog Sept Killed in the crash were John Mather of Toronto preident of Fanconbridges ana kJI LS If had the power to give people what they wanted for Christmas do you think Id be doing this stupid job inside local lifestyle ontortnlnment sports 91 comics 15 classified to supplements Camadlan Tlro Stops all but one Dave Johns Barrie Flyers goaltender faced 36 shots Sunday night and stopped all but one as the Flyeis edged the Whitby Iroquois 21 in the Ontario Senior Hockey League Johns shutout bid was lost with less than seven minutes remain ing in the game See story and photo on to days Sports Page Weather cancels tourney The eight annual Wildcat Midget Boys Basketball Toumamcnt scheduled Saturday at Eastview Secondary School was cancell ed because of bad weather Another date for the tournament has not been set Three for Robertson SUTTON Stroud Prosscrs BP Peewecs got two goals from Scott Robertson in the first period on the way to 61 win over Sut ton in hockey game Sunday Robertson got hat trick with goal at 528 of the second period dian Nickel Division and vicepresident of Falconbridge Group Gordon Allen of Scar borough 61 vicepresident of the Canadian Nickel Divison and general manager of Falconbridges Sudbury operations Kenneth Dunn Toronto 56 assistant viceprcsidcnt of corporate affairs and controller for Falcon bridgc Nickel Roy leland 19 of Onaping manager of engineering and process technology for the Canadian Nickel Division and Armand Hollinsworth 41 of Mississauga chief pilot of Falconbridgcs aviation department DISINTEUHATED Witnesses said the aircraft hit the middle of the tower about 630 pm and disintcgratul on impact Dr John Hicks Barrie coroner said today he has summoned lengthy list of in vestigators and witnesses to testify at the in quest Among those summoned are harlcs Bat chelor an investigator with the DOT in Toronto who was in charge of investigating the Barrie crash Stcvc Musson DOI inr vcstigator who worked with llzilchclol on the investigation and Robert llcbdcii KVR employee who lives next to the studio Hebden said he saw the plane hit the tower Trudeau confident MONIREAL 17Pi Prime Minister Trudeau says that if Parti Quebecois mem bers become involved in the next federal elccr tion they will do no harm to the federal Liberals The prime minister said in radio in terview Sunday he told Premier Lewsquc at their recent meeting to go right ahead if he wanted to see his proseparatist supporters roundly beaten Trudeau said that such IQ involvcmcnt in the federal election next year might be seen as referendum for or against Quebec in dependence and if thats what he wants well hes welcomc it wont be worth having provincial referendum after that The prime minister also said he has not met one provincial premier who believes Levesque would be willing to compromise on the separation issue Ken Bland Kevin McNabb and David Gallant scored the other Stroud goals Ed Vanattan replied for Sutton Sutton took eight of the games penalties including game misconduct to Jim Riddcll and gross misconduct in the coach Two wins for Giften Giffcn Farm Equipment Bantams came up with two wins in York Simcoc Minor Hockey League action on the weekend Saturday at Eastvicw Arena the club scored two unanswered goals in the second period and then held on to beat lhornhill 53 Sunday in rillia Barric pounded rillia 81 Randy Bobbctte scored two goals and assisted on one other to lead Barrie to the win Saturday Mike McDonald Jim Walker and Rich Whittle scored the other goals Mike Mallon Greg Bertram Rob Rinncard Kel ly Cummings and Eric McConnell had assists Barrie took four of the games seven penalties Sundays game against Orillia was never in doubt as Barrie jumped ahead In in the first period and then fired five unanswered goals in tlx next two periods Bertram was the top man for Barrie as he scored two goals McConnell Steve Lcinay Mike McDonald Cummings Rinncard and Jim Walker had the other goals The win left Barrie with record of 14 wins one loss and two tics and sole posses sion of first place in the YSMHL Assists for goalies By THE CANADIAN PRESS An evening of National Hockey League recordchasing was capped Sunday night when goaltenders Dan Bouchard of Atlanta Flames and Tony Esposito of Chicago Black Hawks each collected two assists in vic tories by their teams Bouchard set up goal by Tom Lysiak in the first period and one by Tom Simpson in the second period of the Flames 51 victory over Pittsburgh Penguins Esposito was credited with assists on scores by Stan Mikita in the first period and Darcy Rota in the third of Chicagos 113 triumph over Minnesota North Stars Every day Opedl In The Exnmlnor Call 7266639 for homo dollvory 113th your No 290 Monday December 12 1977 15° Per Copy Carrier Home Dollvory 90 Weekly 24 Page the examiner serving barrie and simcoe county Barries mail moving deSpite Toronto strike Victorian Christmas at museum la is Martin left Morris Roworth and chdy llicks drcsscd as Vic torian carollcrs Sunday afternoon as part of tlic Siiiicoc oiinty to share SUDBIRY Ont Pi Veteran mcm bcrs of the Mine Mill and Smelter Workcrs l7niltiii voted Sunday to share the burden of unemployment with younger members Lady Churchill dies in London LONDON AP Baroness Spencer Churchill widow of Britains wartimc lcadcr Sir Winston Churchill died today at her home here following heart attack She was 92 Her grandson Winston Churchill any nounccd her death He said she was lunching with her secretaiy when she suffered the heart attack 35 die accidentally By THE ANADIAN PRESS Eight persons killed Friday night in plane crash near hunhill Falls Nfld were among at least 15 persons who died ac cideiitally in Canada during the weekend survey by The Canadian Press from pm Friday until midnight Sunday night local times also showed 14 traffic deaths six firv deaths and four persons died of ex posurc lhrcc persons dicd in snowmobile ac cidents bringing the seasonal total to five The crash of the executive jct occurred in wooded area near the Churchill Falls air port Ontario reported six traffic fatalities two fire deaths two snowmobile fatalities and one death from exposurc Six persons died in traffic accidents and one in snowmobile accident in Quebec Chamber saves driver TORONTO CP Paul Ellis 21 ofam bridge Ont was in fair condition in hospital Sunday after he was given emergency decompression treatment for acute carbon monoxide poisoning Police said they believe Ellis was knocked unconscious when he struck the windshield of his truck after it hit snowbank on Satur day During the five hours before he was found he suffered acute carbon monoxide poisoning He was flown by an Ontario ministry of health helicopter to Toronto where he was rushed to the decompression chamber at Toronto General Hospital The chamber primarily used to save divers who suffer the bends was used to dissolve the carbon monoxide in Elliss body Recovery iob resumes CHURCHILL FALLS Nfld CP RC MP resumc the job today of recovering the bodies of fight persons killed when an executive jet crashed Friday about two miles from the airport in this isolated La brad or town Among the dead are four executives of Churchill Falls Labrador Corp the only in dustry in this town of 1100 site of huge hydroelectric plant luscunis sci cntli annual Victorian liiistiiizis The three along with other iiicinbcis of St iilcs liuich ili Harrie sang carols during the cut liicli ran from to pm ltlllllltl lhotoi Veteran union members unemployment receiving layotl lIOlllt tioni lilcoiiiiirlgc Nletl Mines Ltd Following spoiial liltlilllllSlllll intcling l0ctil lllllOll picsitlciil lzick ligiinc said all 3000 mcmbcrs ciiiploycd by llilcoiibiidgc arc prepared to work lt1llliilll to pltVtlll the layoff of 730 lllpltlyfls lll The work sharing proposal would miolvc thrcc wccks of work at full pay and mo wcck off work on unemployment llISlllJilttt benttits ach month lignac said he hopes to lakc Ilic llipOStll to the company and thc lcdcral and pioiiicial govcriinicnts bcforc thc cnd of tlic cck Falconbridgc aiiiioiiiiccd lhursday ll would have to cut the work toici by 73o iiiciiibcis in April bccausc of wcak intcinntional nickcl markets itgnac said lllOlt than Too lnyolt not iccs have been sent to union iiiciiibcis llic layoffs would aftcct workers with up to six years of scrvicc with thc company Gignac said that although the layoffs are on the basis of seniority the older members are in full support of thc worksharing proposal It was the older members who were somewhat optimistic that it might work he said iignac was cautious about predicting suce ccss but said if the company rejects the union proposal well find ourselves in pretty bad situation llnion officials said they made similar proposal in 1963 when there were layoffs at lillCOllDlllL At that time it was accepted by the federal government but rejected by the company If Falconbridgc rejects the proposal again pressure might be put on the company ac tions on thc job might be taken Gigiiac said deadfine Speedy approval expected llzWA li Willi lctlcrnl election on their minds Mls from all HtllltS arch pcctcd lo givc spccdy approval to niiada Elections Act illlltlltlllltlllS in thc oiiiiiions this week Sonic of the amcndmciits aroused tlic op positions irc and promptcd Waller Bzikci Progressive onscivativc lioiisc lcadcr to accuse the Liberal govciiiiiicnt of trying to buy the next clccl ion But the gchrniiiciit has indicated willingness to scrap lllt ollciidintI amciid mcnls The opposition also was supportcd Friday whcii tomiiioiis commiltcc talilcd changes it wanlcd in tlic govcrniiiciits illlltlltlllltlllS lhc oppiisition expressed its displcasnrc with an nmciidnicnt which would havc pci initlcd inoiiymous political donations Many Mls also ohjcctcd to proposed amciidmcnt which would have pcggcd par tics llltltuSttl spcndiiig lllllllS to inflation ratcs sincc 11174 Leaves army for farm LONDON tAl lrinccss Aniics husband Capt Mark Phillips is resigning froiii the British army to bccomc gen tleman fallncl Phillips 29 will farm Gatcombc Park in Gloucestcrshirc lhc homc Quccn Elizabeth bought for her oiily laughter and son in law after their wedding in 1973 The old estate is being refurbished for them Buckingham Palace announced the change in Pliillips career plans today and said he will leave the army next spring Really dont think he felt that then was much future for him in the army said Phillips father Peter Phillips 14 guerrillas killed WINDIIOEK South West Africa tAl liourtcen gltcrrillas and two South African solidcrs were killed in fighting along the Angolan border the South African military command reported today Vote for confederation MONIREAL li One of the original leaders of thc separatist movement in anbcc licrrc Bourgault says the Parti Qucbccois may seek vote for con federation in its referendum on in dcpcndcncc Bourgault former president of the Rasscmblciiiciit pour lIiidcpciidance Natioiialc said in weekend radio iii tciyicw that vote for confederation would actually be vote for Quebec sovereignty That is because anada now is not con federation but federation he said titic cxnmplc of conftxlciation he said is the European Common Market where number of sovereign states have pooled thcii interests Walkout supported WINNIPEG ll Mcteorologists at Winnipeg International Airport voted Sun day night to support series of rotating walkouls and probably will walk off the job sonicl iiiic this week Spokesman lony Keck said the walkout will last less than 411 hours The orccastcrs are protesting the failure of contract negotiations on the issue of time off for overtime and shift work The meteorologists part of the professional institute of the Public Service Alliancc of Canada have been without contract since June ls France helping TORONTO tCP The Sunday Sun says it has learned that France has been working for years to hpr the separatist cause in Quebec The newspaper says it was told by sources close to the current inquiry into RCMP ac tivities that Parti Quebecois spy network operated by Jacques Parizeau now Quebec finance minister gave information on anadian and Quebec government operations to France and that the network explains in part why the French govern ment has expressed support for Premier Levesque and his ministers Keep those cards and letters coming Thats the word form Al Secor postal area manager who said today that labor dif ficulties with inside workers in Toronto are having little effect in Barrie He said mail is still moving through Toron to destination of about 75 per cent of Barries outoftown mail and the Barrie office got mail from Toronto this morning Secor said Barrie residents should continue to mail normally Canadian Union of Postal Workers CUPW members went on strike Thursday at the Eastern Avenue sorting plant Toronto to protest suspension of nine workers CUPWs Toronto local voted Sunday to extend the strike to all Metro Toronto postal stations The nine employees including four union stewards were suspended on the grounds that they helped to instigate sitin after dispute involving the use of casual Christmas help The Letter Carriers Union of Canada iLCUCi voted Thursday not to cross CUPW picket lines Ed Roworth Post Office spokesman said Sunday mail should be backing up across Canada because of refusal by truck drivers members of the LCUC to cross picket lines However Secor said some Toronto workers are still reporting for work and some drivers are crossing picket lines and while mail is moving slowly its still moving He said Barrie has no more backlog of mail than is usual during the Christmas rush Mr Justice Cromarty of the Ontario Supreme Court was to decide today whether to grant an injunction forcing CUPW members back to work Postal officials and CUPW representatives negotiated for nine hours Sunday without resolving the dispute and more talks were planned for today The union has said it will not call off the strike until the suspended workers are reinstated Tuesday is the suggested deadline for posting outoftown Christmas mail while local Christmas mail should be posted by Fri dav Secor said local postal officials hope to be able to devote the days before Chrismtas to handling incoming mail addressed to Barrie rcsidcnts He also reminded residents to include postal codes 77 very important part of the address on all mail Letters now every day Think somebody deserves pat on th back Do you have an opinion about somethin you think should be shared with others Why not write Letter to the Editor Weve been getting lots of Letters to the Editor lately Starting today Letters tot Editor will be published every day no just Wednesdays and Saturdays Your opinion is important and should shared with others The best way to do it is Letter to th Editor Every day on The Examine editorial page Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Ronianenko left and Georgy Grechko smile at TV camera after boarding the orbital space laboratory Salyut6 The cosmonauts boarded the Salyut after successfully docking it with their spaceship Soyuz26 Sunday This photo was received through the Tspace communication system in Moscow AP Photo Cosmonauts unpacking MOSCOW AP Ar Two Soviet cosmonauts began unpacking equipment for their ex periments aboard the orbiting Salyut space laboratory today after breakfast and medical check the official news agency Tass reported TASS said LtCol Yuri Romanenko 33 the flight commander and Georgy Grecliko 46 his civilian flight engineer were in good health on their second day aboard Salyut6 and all systems were working normally weather Snow ending by this afternoon with cloud milder weather expected today and lues ay in the Barrie area Low tonight around high Tuesday about Milder air entering southcentral Ontario today was expected to put an end to the recordbreaking cold spell 0f the past few days with temperatures returning to nor mal or slightly above normal by Tuesday