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Jobless picture Canadas unemployment rate hit the highest point since the Great Depression last month but one Barrie employer says he iant find enough workers to sell his pro uct Chris Garrick sales manager for Filter Queen says he could use 20 salesmen im mediately to give home demonstrations of the companys vacuum cleaners But four years of newspaper advertising and job orders placed with Canada Man power have proved fruitless Weve run help wantedt ads every day for the last four years Garrick said but nobody wants to work Garrick said he needs people both full and parHime to give home demonstrations of Filter Queen vacuum cleaners Salesnien do not have to bang on doors because the company employs booking girls who make the calls and set up demonstrations he said The vacuums sell for $340 and salesman can make from $150 to $600 week he said On the average Garrick said salesman can sell three vacuums for every 10 home demonstrations onsidcring the income salesman can make Garrick said he feels the lack of response to his firms job offers is due to lack of enthusiasm There are too many givcrouts he said There are lots of jobs Garrick said and all people have to do is go look for things llill tuft aiiada Manpower supervisor said he thinks people shy away frotii sales jobs where they have to push the pro duct Not affected Although 70000 Honda motorcycles Wlll be recalled starting in midFebruary aiiada will not be affected by recall of Honda automobiles in Japan and the 178 spokesman of the Canadian company said this week samrday is for BUSINESS deadfine Happy New Year Finances low few pennies saved the motto of 1977 Restraint and conservation marked the year both in business and personal spen ding habits Rising prices and declining value of the anadian dollar combined with rising unemployment left bleak financial picture Review of 1977 in business oti todays Business Page Ex aminer Photo The Honda Motor Company of Japan has insituted recall of two million motorcycles and 825000 passenger ca IS Tom Faulds national service manager said the automobile recall was instituted by Honda Tokyo due to defective exhaust control switch thermosensor in the engine which weakens at high temperatures causing increased exhaust emission The sensor is not safetyrelatcd item and there is absolutely no threat of driver hazard The recall was necessary in Japan and in part of the US due to more stringent government emission controls Emission levels are still within those set by the ana dian government New Years Eve just wouldnt be the same without the festive gilmocs that go with it tto Hischof of Toronto estimates hell sell about 50000 balloons and about 30000 party hats noisimakcrs bells and whistles to bring in the New Year He also rents out canisters of Officer honored Warrant officer Ernst Kenneth llonuniuk 13 of Ianadiaii Forces Base Borden is one of 17 menibeis of the Tana dian Forces recently appointed to the Order of Military Merit OMM Members of both the regular and reserve force they will receive their decorations helium gas to fill the balloons and decorates some hotels for the festivities llioloi tion on 1077 sales and trends say employees at Harrics two lB outlets Were not allowed to give out any lll formation because last year one guy in town opened his mouth little too wide one employee at the Mary Street outlct said Fri day Any information will have to come from head office he said If Quebec tried illegal separation Would invoke War Measures Act PM OTTAWA CthPrimc Minister Trudeau says he will invoke the War Measures Act and keep Canada together by force if Quebec tries to separate illegally There cannot by any unilateral declara tion of independence Trudeau says in yearend interview with Bruce Phillips tawa bureau chief of the CTV television net work lm not going to be shy about using the sword if something illegal is attempted in the province of Quebec Trudeau says he does not expect Premier 113th year No 305 Saturday December 31 1977 5° Per Copy Carrier Home Dollvery 90° Weekly 20 Pages the examiner serving borrie and simcoe county Rene Levesques separatist Parti Quebecois government to act illegally But if it attempted to take Quebec out of Confederation by breaking the law of the constitution or of the land obviously we will have to take the kind of action we took in 1970 when the law was broken That year Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act suspended civil liberties and called out armed troops to deal with the Front de Liberation du Quebec terrorist group that kidnapped and killed in the cause of Quebec separation Shortly after szesques government was elected Nov 15 1976 Trudeau told Canadians that he would never use force to keep the country together But in the interview taped Dec 20 releas ed in transcript form Friday and to be shown Sunday night he said he would if Levesque forced his hand and attempted to take the province out of Canada illegally Trudeau said he does not like to speculate about the possibility of force Levesqucs par ty was democratic one it had acted within the law it had respected the judgment of the courts But if it did decide to break the lawwhich now makes no provision for provincial separationTrudeau says my answer is quite easy Ive given it already once before by action in 1970 when some group of Canadians the then FLQ attempted to take Quebec out of Confederation by breaking the law In thehounlong interview Trudeau also said Levesque government attacks on the federal government are becoming less sure and their attacks on Canada are weakening Microvue spokesman estimates Firm wi ll l0$e $500000 in business because of fire An international manufacturing company burned out in Thursdays fire at Odyssey ll dance hall Burton Ave will lose an estimated halfmillion dollars in business says spokesman liin laiincr The fire destroyed two important shipments headed for chdcii and icriiiaiiy and means llilttllltttll1ltliiy in pltxllltlltlll for Microvue Products Ltd lic said Friday The fire destroytxl the dance hall and licavi ly damaged the Microvucs oft ices Well have office space again by Wedncsr lay and our files came out tairly intact he said but our manufacturing end will be shut down at least thrcc months iii aiiiida llic dclay will bc created by the length of time it takes to import lirroviics parts troiii Japan said laiincr We get all of our parts tiiiiii Japan and what we had we lost iii the tnc he said Fire cause undetermined Harrie tirc hict Jack McAlhstcr says the cause ot tirc which destroyed the idyssc ll dance hall lliursday rcniains iiiidctcriiiiiicd Hut llltlt is no suspicion ot foul play he said Ill aii iiitcrvicw Friday Theres no suspicion of any wrongdoing it tho lllt it all licsaiil thicf MtlllSlt says an bpttlltill ot thc lcbris Friday and interviews with tlllt1st indicates the fiic bcgan in wall cavity iii of ticcs occupied by Microvue Products Ltd Four people working in the budding siiicll iil siiiokc and ran out to alert us and get help said hicf MtAlllSltt Hy tbc tiinc llicy got back to the building Il was com plctily tlltltl iiiflaiiicri liict McAllistcr says firefighters tlt called at 12 13 in and the dance hall roof had collapsed within 10 iiiiiiiitcs of their ar rival It went quickly he said lhcrc were explosions from the building as pnssurc building from thc tiic exploded win low panes throughout the offices hcsaid Damagi estimates in the fire which heavi ly damaged Microvucs ot ticcs while dcst ioy ing the dance hall liavc rcaclicd $200000 but could go higher says hicf McAllistir lhcrc arc four or five insurance coin patties involvcd at this point he said and it will be next wcck before any concrctc ideas are developed on figure He says the Ontario Fire Marshals office has been called about the fire but wont conic up to Harrie until lic dccidcs thcy are needed Microvue which had been in operation in Barrie lit months and internationally for 27 months manufactures microfilm viewers and was getting its first two major shipments icady when the fire broke out he said Were relatively new company with new type of system and we were just really getting started he said laiiiicr says Microvue is producing far more compact typc of microfilm viewer and Ill first one to be made totally in plastic Our aim is mass production he said Were looking forward to doing for thc microfilm viewing industry what develop ment lid for the calculators in four or five years well be producing compact viewers pcoplc can afford to have in their homes The molding and tooling of the viewers is done in Toronto whilc restarch and the fabrication of the viewers was being done in Barrie says Tanner laiiiier says he is hoping international buyers just becoming interested in Microvue products will wait out the threemonth delay without sending their ndcrs to other com panics Were hoping theyll see the value in our product and wait it out with us he said Taiiiicr had praisc tor the work Harrie fircfiglitcrs did to save licroucs files and important papers told hicf IJackI MtlllSlll tojay what an excellent job they lid to save what tlicv could hc said don care what the union says Christmas is over and he has to go inside Area PCs spent more than election rivals The three Simcoe ounty Progressive Ion servativc candidates in last Junes provincial elcctioti spent nearly twice as much money to win their seats as their Liberal and New Democratic Party tNDli rivals Election expense figures released Friday showed George Taylor Gordon Smith and George McCague spent combined total of $105532 to win the Simcoe Centre Simcoe East and DufferinSimcw ridings The NDP candidates Paul Wessenger Roger Pretty and Hill Fox spent total of $5322 during the campaign wiiilc Liberals Jim Corneau Eiiiior Bingham and James Wales spent $131002 George McCague who was later named minister of government services was the big gest spender in the three Simcoe tounty iaccs with total expenses of $42558 more than either the Liberal or NDl candidates spent in all three ridings Mcaguc defeated Liveral candidate Jim Wales who spent $11384 by about 6100 votes NDP candidate Bill Fox spent $4996 and finished about 9000 votes behind Mc Cague Ontario Social Credit Party leader Regent Gervais received 438 votes in the Dufferin Simcoe race but his election expenses were not available In Simcoe Centre riding Tory candidate George Taylor spent $36710 to win his seat by more than 5000 votes over NDP candidate Paul Wessenger whose campaign expenses totalled $14717 Third place went to Jim Cor neau Liberal candidate who spent $12593 to collect 9555 votes Gordon Smith Simcoe East Tory can didate spent $2634 on his campaign as be confounded the pundits defeating Roger Fret ty of the NDP by about 13600 votes Pretty spent 515609 on his campaign Liberal candidate Elinor Bingham spent $7075 on her second consecutive provincial campaign But she finished third in the race about 7000 votes behind Smith Tonights spot checks here to be extended say police Harrie city police arc gearing up for the an nual onslaught of New Years Eve revellers with extended spot check patrols tonight says Sgt Ralph Berry Trapper eaten by grizzly bear MAYO Yukon 11 58 yearvold trap per was killed by starving grizzly bear and devoured by the bear and wolves near this remote Yukon community Mayo coroner Simon MasoniVoixl said Frir day that Ed Wilkinson apparently had gone to clicck trap about 200 metres from his cabin and had been attacked by grizzly bear Its hard to say who iiiunchcd him up He says the two constables operating the checks will be out on city streets by pm and will operate until about or am Our men will be out as long past midnight as they judge necessary he said Despite the extended hours police arent expecting many problems says Sgt Berry We arent expecting any increase over New Years in the number of impaired drivers as people tend to use the free bus services and taxis They keep impaired drivers away from their cars he added think most people are sensible enough to have someone else do the driving if they have had too much to drink Spot checks wont run New Years Day he said but regular patrols will watch for im paired drivers Police charged one impaired driver and said the coroner He was probably eaten by from ovcrnorGeneral Jules Lcer at an Abpfkfbmdn 9mitdUll41994 local not we ri their ment of the board in Toronto said publishing 13 gitll llh ll 01 Clidllniw an foub pople caughl inustituii to ix held at Government lloust ks nd mnd mm is Moster wardg belts in Friday nights checks which ran esa as 10HMNdddu mm Imunud SdW entertainment 87 All that remained of Wilkinson was his fmmttpm lOQDnl llii rdcr was created in 1972 misleading and has ntVl bun dom rfttt11117p mpnmnouc WW and demmm because figures do not explain what has ac business 11 shi eddcd clothing and ooi stains iii it snow Anumer we drivers and four passengers to rliitv by members of the aiiadian 0011mmfWhltihfrWIIWWSHIPS sport 39 ltfifllllfllitl were charged Thursday night With breaking WW The local outlets just cant assess the The Examiner will not publish Monday 17 mm itlS flirtlily mild the twoyearold seat belt law bringing the The order has thrce grades of incmber Situation am Barri l0 combs ilxtm kllfi if mil total number charged with the offence in the Ship C0mmundr Office and member stance who can say what percentage of Publication willresunic Iiiisilaylaiit classified 14t° 16 lldlttlltlttilmh HIV8U checks 1082 as of today lloincniuk native of anora Sask was one of 1H appoiiitcd as members There were thrcc commanders and 10 officers lloiiicniuk has been in the Canadian Forces for 23 years and at YFH Borden suitc1075 Not made public The Liquor Control Board of Ontario was givcn dircctivm in December from the loronto head office not to rclcasc informa Doomed dog Molly fourycarold Siberian husky sled dog is comforted by vctcriiiary assistant hris Smith in Anchorage prior to undergoing heart operation this week Molly was flown 1000 miles from her hoiiic at rcmotc village on the Bering Sea to undergo delicate operation to in stall heart pacemaker in her chest Hut jlhl five hours after surgery she went into sales are due to the tourist trade Figures wont tell you if people in ltarric are drink ing more or less he said dont know if that information is even worthwhile He said local figures and financial returns for Ontario are not released because of the Ontario government policy which prohibits making public financial information from separate government dcpa rtments We can tell you wines are more popular and sales are st rong cvcry year but everyone knows this already Theres not hing can add he said Injured in accident Barrie man is listed in stable condition in the Royal Victoria Hospital after bciiig involved in single vehiclepedestrian ac cidcnt Friday near 725 pm Robert Weatherill lenetang Street was rushed to hospital after being struck by car as he crossed Collier Street near Mulcaster Barrie city police are investigating the in cident Bad year for dollar lttltONTt Jl The Canadian dollar finished the years trading at 0142 cents US down more than seven cents from its closing price year earlier weather Heavy snow warning issued Cloudy with sunny periods today isolated flurries Snow heavy at times beginning late today or tonight and continuing New Years lav Strong northeastcrlv winds Accumulations up to 20 centimetres eight mchest Highs tixiay to 10 lows overnight 10 to 15 June accident In retros icct ii few of the maor news storics of 1977 have drawn to close the niaor Barrie area look at fastfading year Ls August dip December storm murdered and ollingwood policeman was killed 0n the bad side there was high unemployment economic strain and the Barrie and District United Appeal failed to reach its target But there was much good The Barrie Winter Carnival made profit looking back 1077 was mixture of the good and the bad It was also year of tragedy 0n Ktmlmms fill 0m lKfl StiVfllS Wtlt Slltttfisful Th9 Barri YMYWCA Opened its ex Scpt fivc mcii lost their lives in serious plane crash Two Barrie residents Were Palldfd fileltWS City held ml SWNSSU Barri Day at Bl Jays New businesses opened and new houses were build For review of 1977 in Barrie see Page 19 stories annexation the saving or demolishing of the old ollier Street fireliall and Sim plrdim mm and diml AP mu coc ountys often cruel weather will continue to dominate the news pages in I978 But Highs New Years Day to 12