llSth EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation 7266539 Classified Advertising 7282414 All Other Departments 7266537 year No26 The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Tuesday February I977 he Earth Examiner 15 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly WEATHER FORECAST Still awaiting word on flu immunization By THE CANADIAN PRESS No cases of swine flu have been reported in Canada and it is not known whether swine flu immunization programs across the country will be resumed Mass immunization programs were suspended in December when United States health officials disclosed possible link between vac cinations and GuillainBarre syndrome which can cause paralysis or death survey by The Canadian Press shows that health offi cials in most provinces are waiting for advice from the fed eral government before decid ing whether to resume immuni zation Officials in several provinces said resumption is unlikely in any case In Ottawa Health Minister Marc Lalonde is waiting for report from national com mittee on immunizing agents which is meeting in Toronto thisweek However Mr Lalonde said last week that even if swine flu programs are resumed the pub lic might stay away from them because of the paralysis scare In Quebec one health official says he fears that hundreds of chronically ill and elderly per sons may die from diseases re lated to other strains of in fluenza because they have not been immunized against them Dr Aurele Beaulnes director of Laval Universitys Armand Frappier research institute in Montreal said in an interview this week that about 3000 per sons died in Canada last year from flurelated ailments such as pneumonia and cardio vascular and lung diseases He said flu normally becomes more prevalent at the end of February and the beginning of March Across Canada 12 cases of GuillainBarre syndrome have been reported since swine flu programs were suspended But at least four of those involved persons who had not received immunization shots and health officials are not certain whether swine flu shots caused some of the others In Newfoundland about 20 per cent of 42000 eligible el derly and chronicallyill per sons have been immunized against both swine and Victoria flu Dr RG Mathias medical health officer said he does not expect program of mass im munization will be resumed in the province Health Minister Harold Col lins said there would be no mass immunization unless confirmed case of swine flu oc curs In Nova Scotia public health official said swine flu shots are still available to those who ask but nobody has asked since the suspension KEN Slla uses various means to protect himself Monday afternoon as he walks down the middle of one of downtown Buffalos streets The protection was necessary because the high winds made the low temr peratures feel as if they were in the minus 407dcgrec area Ihtitor Wind the major problem in stormSwept county Wind is the major enemy today as Simcoe ounty en deavours to rid itself of the clut ches of yet another bountcous storm Butch Williams operations supervisor for the citys public works department said work on Barrie streets was progress ing well today with not too many problems The citys five snowplows two graders and one snowblower have been on the streets since am when the wind died down said Mr BOBBY tiltlt his future IScolugctii Williams Theyre to be on the go all day clearing the main streets first and then proceeding to resident ial areas The major problems he said are in the outside areas The wind with resultant drif ting and whitcouts continues to pose major difficulties for residents of outlying comr munities Gordon Mylchreest coor dinator of transportation for the Simcoc County Board of Education said approximately threequarters of the tilt buses it employs were not running today If the wind would let up and let the plows do some work We would be qudc happy be com mentcd Mel Oxby transportation coordinator for the Simcoc County Roman Catholic Separate School Board said most of its 14 buses made it to destination today but not with all of the usual 750 passengers because we couldnt cover all thcareasout in thccountry Gordon Davis of ookc Carr tage and Storage said company drivers have reported blowing snow on each of Highways 400 401 and 11 North The 400 south to Highway tilt is described as quite slip pery though from 88 on its not too bad hcsaid Highway 40 west to Kit chcncr is particularly troublesome with several vehicles in thc ditches said Mr Davis The company has been adr vised by customers not to bother trying to get into St ThomasorGodcrich iary Hollywood dispatcher for the ministry of tran sportation uld communica tions confirmed that roads in the county were snow covered and slippery No highways are closed he said though Highway 27 from Waverley to Midland and fligh way 20 for three miles west of Stayner are reduced to one lane Many concession and county roads are still blocked by drifts Now the bad news snow squall warning is still in effect for southern Georgian Bay CAPSULE NEWS Major storm on way TORONTO Tli Weather conditions developing in tthulf of Mexico might set the stage for major storm in Ontario about 10 days from now says supervising forecaster at Toron to International Airport Wins special ski race MARIBOR Yugoslavia lAlt Claudia iiordani of Italy won the Golden Fox special slalom ski race in Womens World Cup competition today clocking minute 40 44 seconds for two heats Buffalo emergency move BUFFALO tAIi With the death toll at 12 Mayor Stanley Makowski declared Buffalo in state of emergency today from one of the worst storms in citys history More fighting in Lebanon TEL AVIV Itcutcri Shellfirc and the rattle of automatic weapons were heard inside southern Lebanon today by Israeli boner residents All aboard plane safe LONDON Rouleri Ugandan planc missing for nearly three days with 10 Britons aboard has been located inside Sudanese territory and all aboard are safe the British foreign office reported today Twenty Simcoe ounty residents are getting shots for rabies Bill Straughan chief of inspection for the county health unit said this morning Four of the 20 are from the Barrie area six from rillia and 10 from CollingWood We do have rabies in Simcoe County and it is on the in crease says Mr Straughan In January 17 positive cases of rabies in animals were iden tified savs Mr Straughan In 1976 36 cases were reported 21 in December Thirty seven cases were reported in 1975 Included in the 20people now being treated is family of five suspected of having the disease after the family dog lied of rabies and another person who handled puppy which died of rabies Two other people are suspected of having the disease after handling dead foxes while one man skinned fox without wearing gloves girl was bitten on the finger by baby raccoon which she was looking after and man was attacked and bitten on the ar ms and legs by some dogs Two people are being vaccinated after being attacked by two cats believed to have rabies Two farmers who handled cows which later died of rabies are also being treated People should never try to break up fight between their pet and wild animal warns Mr Straughan If wild animal is anywhere near dog or human theres good chance it is rabid Rabies apparently runs in Midyear cycles The peak of one cycle happens to be moving now The disease is caused by virus carried in the saliva of rabid animal The virus attacks the central nervous system and finally reaches the brain Symptoms for humans are tingling or burning sensation around the site of the wound followed by fever headache sore throat and loss of appetite This is followed by muscular spasms especially around the mouth and in the throat The spasms spread through the body eventually causing failureof respiration and death Mr Straughan said people can also get rabies by handling rabid animal and touching the salvia The best way to avoid rabies is not to touch an animal suspec ted of having rabies and not to touch any animal believed to have been in contact with another animal suspected of having rabies Wash immediately and contact doctor for further advice says Mr Straughan if you believe you have touched an animal who might have rabies The doctor he said in consultation with the health unit medical officer Wlll decide if rabies vaccinations are needed Mr Straughan said if people believe rabid animal IS in their area they should contact the health of animals branch of lllt department of agriculture 170101 The Simcoe ounty health unit becomes involved when human hascontact with rabid animal We cant take anything cry lightly at all he said We treat all cases as if there is possibility of rabies Mr St raughan said the vaccinations which includi oncaday for days and boosters after 10 and 20 days are effective Man he said is also not as susceptible to rabies as some animals If person receives no treatment for the disease he said there isonly 333 per cent chanceof contracting rabies But he stressed people should contact their doctor as soon as possible following any handling of rabid animal or animal which has had contact with rabid animal Lost in storm four rescued MIDLAND Four people were rescued this morning from cavc in the snow miles northwest of here after being lost in storm since Saturday Ontario Provincial Police Midland said iordon Ilunr mcr 40 of Willowdalc and his daughter Tanya nine and Don Nicholl 45 of Scarborough and his son Kenneth 25 are in lluronia District Hospital in Midland after being rescued by helicopter and snowmobile search team Police said the four left Cedar Point on snowmobiles at about 630 am Saturday heading for their cottages at Christian Island Early Monday police were asked to see if their vehicle was still at Cedar Point It was the spokesman said so the special police detachment on the island was asked to check their cot tagcs The special detachment could find no sign that the four had reached the cottage and the WP helicopter was brought in from Toronto to begin an air search At about pm Monday an officer from Toronto headquar ters and two Midland con stables who knew the area began the air search but were Exchairman sentenced TORONTO Cli Jean Paul Lebel former chairman of the Laurentian Hospital board in Siidbury nt was sen tcnccd Monday to six months in jail after he pleaded guilty to corriiptly accepting secret benefits to rig bids to build the hospital forced down because of high winds At it this morning OPP Midland organile search party of 25 snowmobiles and the helicopter The four were found by the helicopter at 020 on the nor thwest side of Bcckwith Island which lies two miles east of Christian Island They had dug hole in the snow and built fire to dry their clothes the spokesman said They were Wlllllllllll but happy to see the officers he added They told rescuing officers they had become lost in storm Saturday spokesman for the hospital said all four are in satisfactory condition suffering from mild exposure Tanya IIummer has been transferred to the Hospital for Sick Children in Ioronto for further observation The other three will be released after they are treated the spokesman said HILL STRAIUHAN chief of inspection for the Simcoe ounty Health Init is con cerned about the increasing number of cases of rabies in Simcoe County Twenty Sim coe County residents are tak ing rabies vacinations Ex amincrlhotoi Ci tycouncil meeting held without notice ity council held an unan nounced meeting Monday fol lowing closed committee scsr sion The full council session dealt with local improvement dispute and two other less con trovorsial matters which re quired immediate council ac tion to avoid delay until counv cils next shcdulcd meeting Feb 14 Vespras costs climb in annexation issue espra townships struggle against Barries annexation proposals has cost township taxpayers nearly $100000 so far and the cost will continue to climb as lawyers planners and accountants continue to prepare for resumptionof the Ontario Municipal Board ltMBi hearings May lcrk liar Richardson said lucsday bills from the town ships lawyers Perry Farley and Onaschuk of Ioronto the accounting firm Price Waterhousc of Toronto and Marshall Macklin Monaghan Ltd the Toronto planning firm total 399086 to date That figure Mr Richardson said does not include Voters in Cr miscellaneous expenses such as staff time to prepare in formation advertising and special council meetings to discuss annexation Those costs as yet undetermincxl he said will take you up to $ltttt0ti Perry Farley and naschuk have submitted bills totalling $62215 to date The bills froir Marshall Macklin Monaghan Ltd come to $Zl6ttl and Price Waterhousc has submitted bills for$lftl79 At Mondays council meeting two councillors were lIlv crcdulous about the costs of fightingannexation just cant believe it said oun Lorne Wilson shaking his head eemore elect new council Voters in Crceinore returned to the polls Monday to elect the 197778 village council 56 days after other municipalities in Ontario Ilarold McArthur Carmen lowan George Ransier and Wesley Rowbotham will join Reeve Ralph MacDonald on village council Mr MacDonald was elected Dec over Ruth later and Carmen lowan The council vote scheduled for Dec was postponed until Monday following the death of council candidate William iowan Five candidates had been nominated for the our member council and Mr lowans death would have meant acclainatioii for the other four candidates However under the Mu nicipal Elections Act council seats cannot be filled by ac clamation due to the death of candidate The results of Mondays voting as released by village clerk Ed UnderWood are Harold McArthur 292 Carmen Gowan 253 George Ransicr 249 Wesley Rowbotham 243 Douglas Gill 237 Patrick Prime 165 Barry Crawford I39 and Roy Enierton 109 PLUS TWO YEARS PROBATION Longet sentenced to month in Jall ASPEN Colo AP Claud ine Longet went home with for mer husband Andy Williams at her side to tell their three chil drcn that their mother must spend month in jail for killing her lover Im not sure how Ill tell them Miss Loiigct said as she left her lawyers office Mon day Miss Longct was also ordered to pay $25 as the cost of pro bation report She could have been jailed for two years and fincd$50ttl Her lawyers said they were preparing motion to ask for new trial but they stressed it would be her ultimate decision whether to fight 30din jail term and twoycars probation ordered by state district court judge Slï¬li IS0 IAtiH Ti nun who visited Miss Longet after the trial said she appeared to her beaten woman The Iltiycai=old lircnchlmrn entertainer was convicted lan 14 of criminally negligent homi cide misdemeanor in the shooting death of champion skier Vladimir Spider Sabich last March Miss Longet said she will stay in Aspen regardless of the out come of her case Because of the cards and letters Ive received and the prayers fch vci good about everybody she said outside the courtrtxmi as she blinked back tears feel very good about Aspen People are very warm and sensitive realize Under the Municipal Act council meetings though not meetings of general or other committees 77 must be open to the public However neither the press nor the public was iii formed of Mondays meeting since firm decision to act as council was not made until the end of the general committee session Most general committee meetings are open to the press through not to the public but Mondays general committee session was closed because items involving litigation and labor negotiations were on the agenda During the council meeting council voted to ask the Ontario Municipal Board to proceed as quickly as possible with hear ing into proposed 329172 water main on Brock Street Council had received five ob jections to the project to be constructed under the Local Improvement Act from adjoin ing landowners Under the proposal the 16 landowners in the area bet ween Lorena Street and Dy nicnt Road would pay for the project at the rate of $825 per frontage foot However four of the objeclt tors properties also front on Tiffin Street where there is already watermain City clerk Ben Straughan said today city policy is to grant 50 per cent discount on local improve ment charges in such cases The fifth objector is Hill Refrigeration which occupies the north side of the street UIC orders fingerprinting OTTAWA GP 77 The Unem ployment Insurance Commis sion UIC has ordered more than 1700 of its employees to be fingerprintcd for security rea sons Manpower Minister Bud Cullen disclosed Monday people are very beautiful But Judge George Lohr said much of the publicity given to the case was hostile toward Miss Longet and added It appears the talk in this commu nity has also contained an ele incnt of hostility in it He noted that Sabich was proch sional skier greatly admired in this Rocky Mountain ski resort Lohr said he feared that let ting Miss Loiiget off without jail term might undermine re spcet for the law But the judge expressed com ii VHk How about one for the mad lll czty MONTREAL banks planned to implement CP City special security measures today following rash of armed robberies Monday the first day of work slowdown by Mon treal Urban Community police Fifteen banks were robbed of more than $20000 Monday and police officials said there were 50 armed robberies setting oneday record During an average day 12 robberies are committed on the Island of Montreal they added Bank officials announced that armed guards would be sent to many bank branches and in number of cases em ployees were ordered to keep the front door locked allowing only one customer to enter at time Bandits taking advantage of the police slowdown over lag ging pension fund negotiations also struck commercial estab lishments credit unions trust companies delivery men and messengers Quebec Justice Minister MarcAndre Bedard appointed Montreal North Mayor Yves Ryan interim head of the urban community police public secur ity council to negotiate with the 5200 policemen Mr Ryan replaces council president PaulEmile LEcuyer who left for weeklong vaca tion in Barbados last Saturday after saying he didnt think there would be slowdown Mr Bedard met today with council members and Gilles Masse president of the Mon treal Policemcns Brotherhood Mr Bedard who was asked to intervene in the dispute by Mayor Jean Drapeau and other area mayors said exploratory talks would start today if the of ficers agree to end their slow down Tiiion leaders met early to day to discuss the ministers proposal The MIT forces chief de mand is for uniform pension plan that would include cost oflivingindexforofficers retir ing at The security council has agreed to the indexing Fire razes area home The home of Fred Bowers at sidcroads 18 and 19 in Sunnidale Township burned to the ground Monday night Ontario Provin cial Police Stayner said fire broke out at the homearound 10 pm but the Bowers do not have telephone and could not get their car started Mrs Bowers ran quartermile to neighbors to make the call Firefighters were further delayed by snowdrifts along the route Eight perish in blaze WINNIPEG Pt Eight persons lied in fire that spread quickly through west central Winnipeg tenement house early Monday Firefighters sifting through the ruins of the westcentral Town and Country Lodge apart ments found an eighth body late Monday morning Fire Chief Cam Shewan said four men three women and an litnionthold baby died in the blaze Their names were being withheld until relatives were notified passion for the tlllldlll Noelle 13 Christian 11 and Bobby and said Miss Longef can choose any time before Sept to spend tier month in jail That provision would allow her children to spend their sum mer vacation elsewhere while their mother was in jail he said Miss Longct was arrested the night Sabich was stain with single 22ltcalibre bullet in his stomach She told jurors that she accidentally shot him as he taught her to use the gun