Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 27 Dec 1977, p. 2

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Acct thepexgmginier Tuesday Dec 27 1977 51 persons die accidentally Man chokes to death eating piece of turkey Styearold man who choked Sunday while eating piece of turkey in Vancouver was among at least 51 persons who died accidentally in an ada during the hristmas week end survey by The anadian lress from ti pm Friday itiitil midnight Monday night also showed zit traffic fatalities nine fire deaths man who died from an accidental shooting and man killed in hie ele accident lhree persons killed in snow mobile accidents brought the seasonal total to lit The tanada Safety touneil has estimated that between 33 and 43 persons would die in traffic accidents during ltrist nias holiday ending at mid night tonight Last year per sons were killed in traffic acci dents during the tliristmas weekend In Ontario iii persons were killed in traffic accidents and tie persons died in tires lr lieita reported eight traffic far talitiesandonetiredeatli liesitles the death choking lti rtisli toltimhia had three fire deaths one traffic latalit and man killed ill liicele acci dent Quebec reported two trat tic deaths one snowmobile fa tality and the man killed in the accidental shooting Nova Scotia had three traffic deaths and New Brunswick re ported two traffic fatalities in Saskatchewan two persons were killed in snowmobile fatalities One person died in traffic accident in Manitoba No accidental deaths were re ported in Newfoundland or Prince Edward Island The Ontario lead Fridav Angeline orbiere 69 Wikr wemikong when struck by car in this community on Ma nitoulin Island about tit kilo metres southwest of Sudbury William Joseph orrigan 57 Fort lIrie when his car left the road and struck tree in that 11 Roderick McDonald le lherson tti London when his car was hit by Nlt train in that city ltene Sigoum 47 and his son Paul Kapuskasing in car truck collision in Matheson about 33 kilometres north of Kirkland Lake Peter Alan ltees lti EXtltl Police crackdown on fuzzbusters lolttixlii itl Metropolitan loronto police said the charged 71 persons lieween lllli and Stiiitlii tor having ralarwarniiig tltit inthiirwliicles llie detectors which haw lieen banned the pimintiLil gowiiiineiit veii inintisiuitml from the dieis klll were giv en Sis tickets ltlil thief lack tlgttitl stiltl titan lllltlVltW that tiiotoi ists ma settle out of tltllll it il1ltlL the Stir or appear it tilltl llltl risk Illlt lit itl sfioawlswo ltiltti lttiitll eliiiililti lltt next law liiillo It permits tiilllttlllttll without warrant to stop and search tllltlt ll tlie policeman has reasonable grounds to belime it is equip Mens Mr Brief 80 Fare Masks Toques compo 295 99 Ladies Photo Printed Blouses regular and orersucs rm regular Lt iii Arryliz Cardigans Coriiprire 95 Child Acrylic Mitts Gloves lljify Barrie Plaza Wellington St ped with tltltt The legislation received royal assent Dec til but Ackroyd said police gave the public one weeks grace Marilyn Lastmaii manufacr tttiet and distributor of PHI liusiei devices has said she will take legal action against the provinci because she thinks flitlaw isunconstitutional radaixwarning ii lt THOSE HELEIICIS ltlfillllllfl Hnt lv iiiitario lrovmeial Police are encouraging all snowmobilers and passengers to wear helmets although the law does not re quire that equipment in some cases lhe most severe in Juries in snowmobile itttltltllls are blows to the head said police oftitrl volt SD Metal Batteries Compare 19 Boys Girls Bulky Pullovers 00 acrylic Compare lo 95 Ladies Acrylic Bulky Knits Compare 295 99 Boys Toddler Snorkel Parkas furlrimmed hood not regular llll prire PM MEN Green Work Pants Our regular solo guru $4 44 in collision involving two trucks on Highway 83 50 kilo metres west of Stratford Kenneth Thornton 29 St Catharines when his car skid dcd off the Queen Elizabeth Way and hit concrete abut tnent near that city William Roy Jones 62 High gate when the car he was driv ing left country road about 32 kilometres northeast of Chat ham Darryl Scott Causley 19 Al lan George lnkster 15 Marcel Syrette 14 and Warren Vis conti 13 all of Sault Ste Marie when the car in which they were travelling collided with pickup truck about 50 kilo metres southeast of that city Gerald Grant Cavers 39 Car leton Place in twocar crash near Ottawa Saturday Kevin Venne 22 and Janet Kerss 20 Hamilton in fire at their city apartment lerry Ferguson Mat tawa in carpedestrian ac cident in that community about 34 kilometres east of Nor th Bay Edward Charles Remark 50 Kingsvillc in twocar crash near that community about 50 kilometres southeast of Wind SUI Wilfred Trudeau 4t Mani touadge and Leo Tapanila 33 his fivoyearold son Eric and daughter Amanda all of Whitefish in twocar crash near that community 28 kilo metres west of Sudbury Monday Effie Lees 79 and her son ilen 41 in fire at their home in Perth Road 40 kilometres north of Kingston An unidentified man was killed in house fire at pasa tika about 130 kilometres nor thwest of limmins BOOKLETMHIHT HELP BELLEVIIJJJ nt CP 77 Booklets on winter driving are available from offices of the provincial police and the minis try of transportation and com munications Aside from providing information on how to adapt to winter conditions telephone numbers are available for persons to obtain road and weather conditions for any area of the province Lodies Teens Girls Hand Crochet Knit Hats Our regular sale price lBB Ladies Nylon Warmup Pants Compare 795 99 Mens Heavy Down Filled Jackets our regular sale price 3138 Mens Bulky Cardigans Compare $1295 Ladies Acrylic Herring Bone Tweed lclintn Barrie Plnzn Ailing wife allowed to die SALEM Mass AP Walter Piotrowicz has given the order that doctors say will allow his ailing wife to die The 57yearold millwright told Salem Hospital on Monday to disconnect the lifesupport machine at the bedside of Es ther Piotrowiczhis wi of 34 years Mrs Piotrowicz in coma for two years was put on the lifesupport device about week ago Mr Piotrowicz went to the hospital at oclock this morning the familys lawyer Phi ip Roy said Monday He gave them his directions They carried out his direc tions Seaway closed OGDENSBURG NY AP The St Lawrence Seaway closed for the season Christmas Day The last ship about 245 pm EST Christmas Day was the Westwind US Coast Guard icebreaker The Westwind had run round near Sault Ste Marie Ont on Dec 13 She was re loated and brought up the rear as more than 80 ships raced to beat the winter ice Four escape TORONTO CP Four men escaped from an Ontario ministry of correctional services detention centre by prying apart the bars of their cell with wooden bench police said ristmas Day Police said Raymond Leonard Beyries 21 Ronald Eraldo Hariczuk 24 Thomas Evon Stevenson 21 all of Toronto and Carl Joseph Pennick 31 of Richmond Hill Ont have been missing since Friday Escapes injury TORONTO CP The pilot and passenger of single engine Piper Cherokee aircraft escaped injury Monday night after the plane made crash landing at Woodbine racetrack Jack Sheldon Ontario regional director for the federal transport department said the plane was making landing approach at nearby Toronto lntemational Airport when it developed engine trouble and landed at the racetrack Sheldon said the aircraft was badly damaged The area of the crash was cordoned off until today when federal officials will investigate Out of hospital TOKYO AP Japans Kyodo news agency said Mon day that Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev has been dis charged from hospital after recovering from an undisclosed illness The agency said Japanese foreign ministry officia were told Foreign Minister Sunao Sono that the remark as made last Wednesday when he met with the Soviet Ambassa dor to Japan Dmitri Polyanski The report did not indicate the nature of Brezhnevs illness 364 die in US LEONID BREZHNEV CHICAGO AP Traffic accidents during the threeda Christmas holiday took 364 lives in the United States to less than preholiday estimates and last years threeday 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