Barrie Examiner, 24 Apr 1979, p. 1

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vI 15 Fr PCs crusade swee CHARLOTTETOWN CP time in 13 years The 64yearold blueberry farmer who today IS this provinces premierelect had youthful campaign aides who said that in MacLean they had leader who respected the stumped across PEI with his provinces lifestyle and social traditions RhOdesians get first black PM SALISBURY AP Bishop Abel Muzorewa was elected Rhodesias first black prime minister today as his party easily swept majority of seats in parliamentary elections The United African National Council led by the diminutive 54yearold Methodist bishop won the right to inherit the troubled leadership of Rhodesia after nine decades of white minority rule when his party swept all 15 seats in Mashonaland east province This assured Muzorewa at least 38 of 72 black seats in parliament With 21 more seats still to be counted Muzorewa was assured of an overwhelming majority But the uneasy alliance of Muzorewa and two other moderate black leaders collapsed under the pressure of election reverses The Rev Ndabaningi Sithole trailing badly charged gross irregularities and demand ed an investigation The Zimbabwe United Peoples Organza tion of Chief Jeremiah Chirau the third moderate black leader had no seats so far Sithole on Monday declared that the five day election last week expressed the will of two million people But few hours later after first unofficial returns put his party in third place in both Salisbury and the second largest city of Bulawayo Sitholc accused the internal affairs ministry of stagemanag ing the voting He said his party ill not con sider the results the verdict of the people until his charges are investigated willie iCKS You want the premium expenswe or the regular expenswe inSIde today lifestyle entertainment county page sports 101 oomlcstv guide 12 classified swpIement Sears tuasday Is for county Barrie trustee resigns One of the three Barrie trustees on the Simcoe County Separate School Board has resigned citing personal reasons Tony Decarie tendered his resignation this week and the board initiated the pro cedure required under the Education Act that will be employed to replace him An ad hoc committee of the two remain ing Barrie trustees and third board member will recommend replacement who will be appointed for the balance of the twoyearterm Decarie retired from Zellcrs in Barrie several years ago He served first with the Barrie Separate School Board and later the Simcoe Board Board director Bill Bolgcr termed Decaries contribution to the cause of education in this area substantial Psychiatric cases up OTTAWA The five hospitals and in stitutions with psychiatric inpatient facilities in Simcoe County reported total of 172l admissions during 1976 according to Statistics Canada The Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie claimed 501 admissions but reported only 33 patients in its psychiatric facilities at the end of 1976 the last complete year for which statistics are available At Edgar the Adult Occupational entre reported 128 admissions during the year and 289 on the books at Dec Ill while the Mental Health Centre at Penetanguishene recorded 907 admissions and 198 maintained at years end Markham man remanded OAK RIDGES Staff Markham man charged with criminal negligence in the March 24 traffic death of 79yearold East Gwillimbury man was remanded to June 18 in Newmarkct provincial court Monday George Hill 26 is also charged with im paired driving and having bloodalcohol level of 08 mg ErmtnFVIW$EFWTVTTTfiT Angus MaeLean capped twayear struggle which at times had the air of crusade Monday as he swept aside Prince Edward Islands Liberal government and put his Progressive Conservative party in power here for the first The Conservative victory wiped out the only remaining Liberal provincial govern ment in Canada Conservatives are also in power in Newfoundland New Brunswick Nova Scotia Ontario Manitoba and Alberta The Parti Quebecois forms the government in Quebec the New Democratic Party in Saskatchewan and Social Credit in British Columbia Final standings PC 2i l5 Lib I7 Total 32 32 In scoring his Victory over Premier Bennett Campbell 35 MacLean struck an apparent blow for those who believe province can prosper if it clings to the land and the sea as the source of its wealth The most responsive chord MacLean struck with the electorate apparently came when he slammed the government for what he said was drift away from the mainstream for island thinking think Islanders know themselves what direction they want to go and there was tendency by this government to take high 115th year No 97 Tuesday April 24 1979 the exam 15c Per Copy and mighty attittidc that officialdom knew better what was good for Islanders than Islanders knew themselves the premier elect said in an interview lslaiidcrsjusl dont buy that The onscrvativcs came within hairs width of forming government here in 1978 when it lost 1715 to the Liberals who soon after that lost their leader and found themselves headed into second lIection in less than year 01 Machaii the successful election ner serving borrie andsimcoe county ps aside PEl Libero Monday was not new campaign but an extension of the last one Premier Campbell ran an excellent campaign but he had an impossible job to do MacLean said He took over the leadership of his party at time when it was foundering and it would not be reasonable to expect that he would be successful Campbell has been the Liberal leader since late last year and said in an interview Mon day night he has no intention of stepping down unless the party pushes him out Carrier Home Dellvory 90° Weekly Council asks judicial probe into commission chairman By DENNIS INTIIIER Of The Examiner Barrie city council has requested judicial inquiry into the Barrie police COIIIIIIISSIOII City council decided Monday to investigate the commission chairman burglar alarms at the police station and the closed commission meetings Ald Gord Mills said it appeared Eldon Greer commission chairman had con sidcrablc financial interest in Georgian lio tection Services Ltd which operatcs about 100 alarm systems at the Barrie police sta tion Greer told council at deputation that of 10000 shares in the company his son Robert owned 993 He said he owned the other share so the company could continue to operate it his son became ill LOANEI SON MONEY In response to question from Ald Mills Greer said he had loaned his son some money to buy the company The commission chairman said that when any matters pertaining to thc burglar alarm company had arisen at commission meetings he had declared conflict of interest Mills said the minutes of Dec 1977 meeting revealed Greer had not declared conflict when the commission decided to install system at an Innisfil sports storc Did you declare conflict asked Mills Yes did said Greer Is it an error by the secretary responded Mills Yes it replied Greer Paul Jamicson of Iauls Lock Ltd said the Georgian company had monopoly on burglar alarm systems in the police station and on the systems in the fire station COMPETITION TROIHIJII He said his company had trouble competing against such monopoly He said Georgian could keep its prices at lower level becausc of the revenue it received from the city for the system suggest all the monitoring systems lit removed now he said There are times we wind up lll painful situations Ald Alex Arthur told council But there are answers we can only git from judicial inquiry Ald Fred Rlicmpcr agreed It the motion fails 4to ask for an llltlIl we will be left with flurry of questions and doubts he said If it is defeated wc arc left with possible conflict of interest and burglar monopoly and we did nothing IOll RAISED Mayor Ross Archer said there was cloud of suspicion raised but added that he did not believe anything wrong had been done liar ric has been well served by this board and by former boards he said 728pound woman dies TIPTON England Reulcrl 728 pound woman who fell last week and could not get up again died Sunday night in the home where she fell group of five firemen thrcc policemen and two ambulance workers could not get her into an ambulance police said The l0 men who had tried in vain to take her to an ambulance had to roll her in carpet to lever her on to bed The 48yearold woman had not wanted to go to hospital anyway authorities said because she feared doctors would stop her from smoking and would starve her Her 42tlponnd husband left home last week saying his wife would not stop eating Fire damages lodge GRAVENHURSI Ont firc arly Monday destroyed building at lodge owned by Toronto man The Wigwam Lodge owned by Henry Skritek had not opened for the season and the building which housed dining room lounge play room and dance floor was empty fire official estimated damage at more than $00001 The Ontario fire inarshals office is investigating About 20 cottages for overnight guests were not damaged at the lodge on Kahsag Lake near this community about 40 kilometres north of Orillia Gravenliurst Fire Chief Art risp said 22 firefighters fought the blaze for four hours The building was completely engulfed by the time we received the call he said Dynamite truck explodes BUFFALO NY AP The ground shook for distance of about 24 kilometres Monday when truckload of dynamite exploded at Lancaster quarry wrecking dozens of cars and shattering windows Nine workers were injured none seriously at the site few kilometres from Buffalo Its miracle nobody was killed said town supervisor Stanley Keysa But fortunately this happened at an isolated area Leonard Rinkler driver of the dynamite laden truck knew there was trouble when Aldermen Doug laggcs Eriiic Rotmaii lid Thompson atid Ie olc voted against in lll quiry Ald Ed Thompson said the surprising attack by Add Mills on irccr at last weeks meeting was most regrettable He said the questions by Ald Mills Hlt pot torward in an accusing toiic Students at Barrie North Collegiate took od vantoge of the warm temperatures to take in bit otsun during their lunch hour The front lawn and the cab of his truck caught firc He said lic ran from the truck shouting warnings to other workers Assassination bid flops lEllltAN ttll man in an air lorcc uniform made an unsuccessful attciiipt to assassinate lrcmicr Mchdi Ilaorgan and members of his cabinet today as they walked in the funeral procession foi general who was assassinated Monday The man tried to throw grciiadc at llalargan and his colleagues btil ariiicd guards accompanying the procession knocked it from his hand cycwitncsscs reported Then they said the man raised submachincgun and tried to opcii lirc but the guards kicked him to the pavcmciit and took him away His identity was not learned iiiiincdiatcly and later reports said that sccoiid Illilll also was arrested Wayne in hospital NlIWlOltl lllIAtll alil iAli Actor John Wayne who is lttlllxltlllllfi from cancer surgery has been admitted to lloag Memorial Hospital for bronchitis hospital spokesman says Administrator Douglas Myers said Monday the 71yearold actor entered the hospital last week after iiifluciila developed into an irritating attack of bronchitis Wayne who will be 72 on May 28 is ex pected to be released in few days Myers said The actor underwent tit hours of surgery Jan l2 to rcnich his caiiccrous stomach He had entered hospital for an elective operation to remove his gall bladder when doctors discovered cancer in his stomach and surrounding lymph nodes Fifteen years ago Waynes left lung was removed because of cancer and last year he underwent open heart surgery Since his latest surgery Wayne has been nreuperatiiig at his home in Newport Itcach His only major public amicarancc was April when he presented the Oscar for best picture at the Academy Awards ceremony How will we be ablc to crasc thc tarnish from li tircci said tlic zildcriiiaii lts lit tlc woiidcr tcw scll icijwtiiig pcopli submit llnllisilusltiltitllilltiifllic lil lillllt ltotiiitiii said he had received nmmroiis phonc calls from residents who thought If would bc disgrace tocall an in qiiiiy Sure beats lessons students Although Greer asked fora public apology from Ald Mills during the deputation Voting for the inquiry were Mayor Ross Ar cher and Aldermen Fred Itucmper Dorian larker Alex Arthur Gord Mills Ross Stevens llill Knowles and Meg Donal parking lot were occupied by number of temperatures some students found it warm enough for short dldnt SOOF sleeves Examiner Photo deadline Overdoing the strong handshake PC Leader Joe Clark gets warm welcome from St Johns New foundland Tory after speech here Monday CP Laserphoto ANGUS MACLEAN twoyear struggle PM record under attack by candidates The record of Prime Minister lierre Trudeau came under attack Monday at the first allcandidates meeting held in Simcoe South Ron Stewart progressive conservative can didate told Elmvale District High School students the Trudeau regime was the most inept government in Canadian history Gaye Lamb NDP representative also at tended the morning meeting Ray Ramsay Liberal candidate was ab sent from the session Stewart said the government was rod derless ship run by an arrogant socialist He said the prime minister openly flaunth his distain for the parliamentary sy SltIIl and was resorting to prolanity in recent talks One million unemployed thats what Trudeau has brought Stewart told the students from grades nine to 13 JEERING STlDENTS Stewarts remarks did not sit well with many members of the sometimes jicring stu dent body One student said Stewart should not in sult the intelligence of students by directing personal attacks at the prime lIllIllsttI How about talking about the issues shouted another The country has to be revitaliod by research and development said Stewart It would include developing relict policies for the small independent businesscs who are be ing swallowed up by larger Ilitllll national companies he said Gaye Lamb called for more anadian ownership in industry All the proi it are be ing taken out of the country and not lltlllg put back in she said She said it was important to sci up an in dustrial strategy that would set fair prices ADVOCATE MEDICARE The NDP candidate said she advocated medicare system which would be more if fordable She said she was disticssid by We number of doctors now opting out ol the plan in Ontario Mrs Lamb said she also advocated tree dental system for all children up not il the age of 12 She said more programs III the social ser vices field was needed in the country She also told the students farmcrs rn git ting raw deal with soaring costs lcr tilizers and farm machinery Mrs Lamb said she didnt want Quebec or the western provinces to separate from Canada believe in strong unified Canada she said Janice Laking South Simcoc liberal associaton president said today llltlt had been an apparent mixup at campaign head quarters that prevented Ramsay lroiii atten ding Bread price gonng up TORONTO CP Frank Drea minister of consumer and commercial relations said Monday the price of bread will go up again and that the monitoring of food prices by the government can do nothing to roll back prices Drea was asked in the legislature li Nlll Leader Michael Cassidy what had happened to the monitoring of prices promised lll ilic speech from the throne The minister replied that report on monitoring would be presented soon Allen trial ordered TORONTO ICP Gordon Richard Allen acquitted of the murder of Toronto lawyer Bruce Lorenz was ordered Monday to stand trial on charge dating back to bail hearing last May Allen 37 an Orillia Ont insurance agent will appear in court June to set trial date on charges that he attempted to fabricate evidence and prevent the coursc of justice and that he perjured himsclf at bail hearing Allen is charged in connection with an at fidavit he signed May which was introduc ed as evidence at bail hearing May 15 Crown Attorney Bill Donaldson agreed to waive preliminary hearin Allens murder trial end Saturday when an Ontario Supreme Court jury of seven women and five men found him not guilty of the March 20 1978 killin of Lorenz The lawyer was found shot to eath in his car at an eastend Toronto subway station Lauralee Lorenz the lawyers wife had been Allens lover and lived with him for about 18 months She was living with her husband at the time of his death Mrs Lorenzs original first degree murder charge was dropped She then was charged with being an accessory after the fact when she told olice 10 months after the killing that she su denly remembered Allcii had confessed to murdering her husband weather Increasing cloudiness today with In termittent rain overnight Wednes day cloudy with showers Highs both days to to l9 Lows overnight to

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