Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 21 Dec 1977, p. 2

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the examlnor Wodnosday Doc 21 1977 gxtra Iranian quake tall at least 512 TEHRAN CP The death toll in an earthquake in Iran has risen to at least 512 as more bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of three devastated villages the newspaper Ettelaat said today The injured number at least 670 as result of the earth quake which rocked the southeastern part of the country in Tuesday predawn hours and sent villagers fleeing their homes in reezmg weather Rescuerscombing ruins in flattened villages feared the toll might rise The official Pars news agency said air force planes and helicopters are ferrying doctors medical equip ment food and tents to the area 700 kilometres from here The tremors registering 62 on the openended Richter scale struck the town of Zarand and four surrounding Villages in Kerman province known for its copper deposits The armed forces rushed relief supplies to the quake area The injured were taken to hospital in Zarand Wreckage of helicopter found THOMPSON Man CPI The wreckage of helicopter that disappeared Wednesday with two persons aboard was located Tuesday Canadian forces okesman said Coroner Al Rich of Thompson visited the heavily wooded crash site said there were no survivors The helicopter was found about nine miles south of Thom son On board the missing helicopter were Tom Lam 23 of Thompson and Gerald Moreland 24 of Winnipeg Mitchell to be released WASHINGTON AP Former US attomeygeneral John Mitchell will be released from federal prison next week because of his arthritic hip the justice department announc ed Tuesday Mitchell 64 has been confined in the minimumsecurity prison at Maxwell Air Force Base near Montgomery Ala since June 22 He is serving oneto fouryear term for con spiring to cover up White House involvement in the Watergate affair Wants rail service to stay NORTH BAY Ont CPI member of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission said Tuesday residents should campaign to keep the Northlander passenger train service operating between Toronto and North Bay Emphasizing that he was speaking for himself and not the commission Gordon Carr told news conference People should send Christmas card to Premier Bill Davis asking politer that the train continue to operate until it is necessary to change it Rodar can mean fine TORONTO CPI Persons driving motor vehicles equip ped wtth radar warning devices are liable to fines ranging between $50 and $500 under new legislation SolicitorGeneral John MacBeth said Tuesday the legisla tion received royal assent on Friday PAINTER Expensive Saudi Arabias King Khaled is having yacht built in Amsterdam at cost of about 8l2 million AP Photo Came close to death REXTON NB CP More than 12 hours after six of her hockey teammates died in car crash late Monday Pier rette LeBlanc said she came close to being among the vic tims It was like an explosion the 17yearold said Tuesday from her home in Buctouchc It was fate alone that kept me from being the seventh The six girls were on their way home from hockey game against high school boys team at Richibucto Monday when their car ran through highway guardrail and plunged into the frozen waters of the Richibucto River Police were told of the acci dent by members of the Rich ibucto team that was following the car in which the six victims rode Police worked for more than four hours in belowfrcez ing temperatures to get the car ashore Dead were Marie Rina Le gere 19 Diane LeBlanc Diane Richard 14 Patricia Fontaine Rolando Jaillct 15 and Marcia IleBlanc 15 single funeral mass is to he held for the victims Thursday at Ste Anne Roman Catholic church in Ste Anne De Kent Session was marked controvers 34day Christmas break for MP5 OTTAWA CP MPs ad ourned for 34day Christmas reak Tuesday after 44day Commons sitting marked by controversy over illegal RMl activities and economic trou bles Only handful of MPs sat through to the bitter end of special twoday debate on for OlgnpOIlLy issues the first in 17ycars that ended at 10pm Many Mls rcturncd to their constituencies for tough work preparing for the ncxt federal election cxpcctcd in mm but not before spring thcr Mls have planned var cations in the sunny south or on the ski slopes Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau says he has three holiday choices one of them outside the country and he told reporters at his last weekly news conference of the year That is the one you will get indignant about even if dont go there During the session so far Mls passed three of 14 bills in troduced by the government Four of them were proposed in the last two days Mls spent 21 days debating long complex incometax bill CHANGES RULES thcr hills passed would rcorganiac administration and financial structure of Air Can ada and change rules of finance ing federal election cam igns The Senate changed te Air Canada bill and it will have to be considered again by the Commons Bills to be dealt with after the holiday include measures to write off $808 million in Cana dian National Railways debt overhaul ports across the coun try give protection to nonun ionized workers under federal jurisdiction regulate nuclear energy and exchange prisoners with other countries Others would permit removal of wage and price controls star ting April 14 establish comp trollergeneral to oversee federal spending Holiday Tops For Pretty Noél Delicate easyrcare 65 poiymtvr $151 97 crittnri peasant blouse With Me neck White bciqn blue in This years fashion iavourite the cuwiiiuck It holi day hit in the rich soltness oi briisiird washable 100 acrylic ChOIce OI pink or blur 3trpe urritziiatwws Special Purchase Wm Thurs Fri Sat Dec 2224 We Reserve The Right To Limit Quantities Luxurious EA Solt pretty full length robes of washable 80 acetate20 nylon Choice of styles mumu quot trimmed 0r belted Pink blue peach yellow in SM Limited Quantities No Rainchecks gtilt The Best In Dress Hose Distinctive styling at low low price Mens 60nylon40 wool dress hose in choice of plain rib or rib with side panel 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