Barrie Examiner, 7 Sep 1979, p. 1

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story ANAF winners After suffering through an 81 loss Wednesday night ANAF came back last night to defeat Ivy so ANAF now leads the best of seven Barrie and District Senior Girls Softball League championship series two games to one The Montreal Expos got ninthinning home run from catcher Gary Carter to take 10 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field yesterday The Expos trail the firstplace Pittsburgh Pirates by just one game See Sports pages Daycare look Whats to be found in da care in Barrie and area Whats right an wrong with the day care system Who benefits most Writer Sheila Coo takes look at this sub ject Her report appears on todays Lifestyle page coast to issue an urgent rallying cry to the Canadian people with regard to the aims in Penetanguishene as well as the future of the country Today on behalf of all the fran cophones outside Quebec we join the peo ple of Penetanguishene Lafontaine and Perkinsfield in collective gesture to deliver serious warning to their govern ments The message is We will not be the pawns of your ttiness Comeau sai construction of separate French language school in Penetanguishene is important to the areas francophone population There are documented cases showing that bilingual schools such as Penetanguishene Secondary dont provide From the Examiner Ottawa Bureau The Penetanguishene school crisis is manifestation of the Davis governments deeprooted contempt for Franco The French language advisory commit tee of the Simcoe County Board of Educa tion turned dovm the boards offer of an addition to Penetanguishene Secondary for French language instruction in March The committee turned down the pro posal because administration of the school would be from Penetanguishene Secon dary We want students living in homogeneous surrounding said Michelle Deshires of LAssociation dc Jeunes Canadiens Francais Ms Deshires said separate French language school could expect an enrol ment of 342 students There are now 900 students at Penetanguishene Secondary About one third take at least one of the five courses Ontarians Paul Comeau president of La Federation des Francophones hors Quebec said Thursday Comeau said the onemillion strong federation representing francophones out side Quebec is in complete solidarity with Penetanguishene area residents seeking homo eneous French language seconuary schoo Look at comedy Just You and Me Kid the new George Burns comedy ranks as one of the worst films to play in Barrie this year Burns plays an aging vaudevillean Brooke Shields plays 14yearold runaway and the au dience is forced to play victim to poorly written film that has the look of TV pilot See review on todays Entertainment page Bill Davis only inspires our con tempt Comeau said at news con ference The school crisis in Penetanguishene leads us to believe that this politician has no integrity AP Photo RT REV ROBERT RlNII Archbishop of Canterbury New Anglican leader LONDON AP Rt Rev Robert Run cie Bishop of St Albans was named today as the 102nd Archbishop of Canterbury spiritual head of the Church of England and leader of the worlds 65millionmember Anglican Communion including 15 million Anglicans in Canada The 57yearold Runcie decorated army officer who served in the crack Scots Guards Regiment before being ordained in 1951 succeeds Most Rev Donald Coggan The 69yearltold Coggan who held the post for five years announced in May that he was retiring to make way for younger man Runcies installation as Primate of All England his official title will take place at Canterbury Cathedral early next year The appointment was announced by Prime Minister Margaret Thatchers office All high appointments in the Church of England are made through the prime ministers office by the Queen the temporal head of the church after consultation with church leaders Flea market starts More than 500 exhibitors are taking part in the antique car flea market being held at Molsons Park this weekend The flea market now in its ninth year starts today and continues Saturday and Sunday The market is open from am to pin The event is organized by the Barrie Flea Market Association and draws antique car owners collectors and exhibitors from other parts of Ontario and the United States Roughly 200 of the exhibitors will have cars for sale the remaining 300 will be selling parts for antique cars Profits from the flea market are donated to charity Airfare cut in half TORONTO iCP Air Canada is exten ding its fall seat sale to short flights within the country cutting the fare between Toron to and Montreal in half company officials announced Thursday Previously the sale had applied only to flights of more than 1600 kilometres The sale begins Oct 14 and ends Nov 23 Reservations for these halfprice tickets for places such as Ottawa Winnipeg Halifax and Saint John NB must be made Come Home to The Examination 726653 Nationalists granted clemency Three of the four Puerto Rican nationalists in this l954 file photo were granted clemency by President Carter Thursday The three are from left lr ving Flores Rodriguez Rafael Concel Miranda and Lolita Lebron The fourth nationalist Andres Cordero was granted clemency by Carter in l977 The four were jailed in the mid19505 after shooting assault on the House of Representatives in which five congressmen were wounded The nationalists have been imprisoned for 25 years and are expected to be freed Monday at least 14 days in advance Passengers on these sale flights are required to stay at least three days at their destinations or return on the nearest Sunday to the day they leave Gold coin popular TORONTO CP Canadas first gold bullion coin was popular in Toronto on it first day of sale but as quick money maker it was flop On Thursday the bullion price set by the London market was at record high in the morning Londons morning By Torontos afternoon however the Toronto market was $1485 US an ounce lower And that does not include the premium which is add ed on by the dealers Theoretically if you bought early and sold late you could have lost about $20 Canadian on each coin depending also on which dealer you bought from No dealer wants to give sales figures but it was apparent that the 1979 Canadian Maple Leaf $50 gold piece was outselling the internationally accepted South African Krugerrand Robbed says Kennedy David Kennedy the 24yearold son of the late Sen Robert Ken nedy says he was flagged down and robbed by two men as he was just riding through Harlem Wednesday But police Narcotics Division source says Kennedy was known in the area and was ap parently there to buy cocaine AP Photo weather Mostly cloudy Much cooler with brisk northwesterly winds Partial clearing overnight Mostly sunny Saturday Highs both days near l5 Lows overnight to r2 home defivory II the examiner serving barrie and Simcoe county Controversial armed forces issue McKinnon names group to probe unification setup OTTAWA CP Defence Minister Allan McKinnon has named fiveman group to in vestigate armed forces unification an ex plosive issue that split the forces more than 10 years ago McKinnon told news conference Thursday he will support whatever conclusion the study group reaches either for or against an in tegrated military force The report is to be submitted to McKinnon by Jan 31 next year The minister said he will then discuss the document with cabinet and table the report in the Commons before next summer George Fyffe executive vicepresident of Digital Methods Ltd and former naval of ficer will head the independent inquiry Other members include Albert Legault head of the Quebec centre of international studies at Laval University Harriet Critchley University of British Columbia professor retiring MajGen PA Neatby deputy com mander of Canadas mobile command at St Hubert Que and retired LtCol Earl Olmstead of Ottawa An internal defence department study this year pronounced unification success The military is more efficient than it was although some still question whether unifica tioni would stand the test of war the study sai McKinnon said the departments study was selfserving in that it was carried out by people in favor of the status quo The government was carrying out the in dependent review to find out the advantages and disadvantages of unification and receive proposals for changes if any The Conser vative party has long called for such study he said Paul Hellyer who introduced unification when he was defence minister in the Pearson government said in an interview he thinks the majority of the people in the armed forces wouldnt want to turn the clock back to separate services army navy and air force Cornered rats hold hostage Fernand Desruisseaux milkman in Adamsville Que 90kms east of Montreal tells reporters his wife Claire was making deposit in the Caisse Populaire when two gunmen tried to rob the teller The 4lyearold mother of six children is one of the seven hostages being held in the credit union CP Photo Quit Ulster warnin ADAMSVILLE Que CP Two gunmen who have likened themselves to cornered rats continued to hold seven persons at gunpoint today in credit union they tried to hold up Thursday Negotiations resumed this morning following short break but police would not say how close they are from peaceful settlement of the drama Asked whether an end was in sight pro vincial police spokesman Ronald Brunet said wouldnt say so Brunet said the curtains in the small bungalowsized Caisse Populaire dAdamsville were opened this morning but he did not specify what could be seen inside The duo took nine persons hostage when the incident began Thursday Two were later released unharmed It was the third holdup at the same credit union this year and police said they suspect the two men may have been in volved in at least one of the other rob beries Among the remaining hostages was manager Pierre Blanchette who had tendered resignation Wednesday effec tive later this month There are also 20 yearold female teller and five customers Police spokesman Pierre Lemarbe and Montreal radio crime reporter Claude Poirier assisting in negotiations at the re quest of the hostagetakers said Thursday night that everyone was calm and the hostages were in good shape Police have refused to disclose the gunmens demands but one of them said in telephone interview from the credit union that they wanted drugs and cigaret tes lRA promises many more deaths LONDON AP The Irish Republican Ar my vowed many more deaths of both British and Irish people will follow the slaying of Earl Mountbatten if Britain keeps its soldiers in in Northern Ireland the wartom territory where about 2000 already have died in decade of violence The Irish Republican Publicity Bureau propaganda section of the lRAs Sinn Fein political wing issued the ultimatum Thurs day in statement delivered to the British Press Association An address to the British people the waming began Now that you have buried your dead and the understandable emotional responses which followed the events of last week have begun to subside we sincerelv hope that you can now begin to understand the immense problems your governments presence has created in our country We sincerely believe that you the British people must now honestly and logically begin to reexamine the role of your government in Ireland and realize that continuation of the occupation of part of Ireland is sure recipe for further heartbreak and suffering You the British people must understand that while Britain continues to interfere in the internal affairs of the Irish riation there will be many more deaths of both British and Irish people BOAT BLOWN UP The IRAs Provisional wing blew up Mount batten and three others aboard his fishing boat in Donegal Bay Aug 27 and hours later killed 18 British soldiers across the border in Northern Ireland in double bombing PAUL COMEAU Comeau said the federation is Justified the type of education francophones are offered by the school French in forming common front from coast to looking for said Comeau raps queen Park today Rewew wanted lifestyle The Simcoe County Childrens Aid Society emeralnme 1° will be asking for review hearing now that spans Y9 N° 205 Fldav 53 1979 20° copV Gamer Home Denvew 95 week its learned the provincial government is set 13 to trim its proposed 1979 budget For story maglance see Today page classified 14 15 16 17 Big day for moppets Eric Brown put on the clown costume Thursday much to the delight of youngsters at the Tiny Tots Nursery on Bayfield Street Barrie Brown ap pears regularly at schools and local events dressed in his colorful attire For another photo see Today page Examiner Photo Hospitals await word an appeals for funds By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner Several Simcoe County hospitals are awaiting the outcome of their appeals for ad ditional funds for 1979 and while hopeful denial of the appeals by the provincial health ministry could force cuts in service The financial problems being experienced by many of the provinces hospitals is the result of percentage increase in operating budgets for the current year that fell short of the inflation rate Though health minister Dennis Timbrell has said more money would be made available through the appeal process none has been alloted Royal Victoria Hospital Barrie has predicted its deficit for this year would be some $350000 and it has initiated an appeal Huronia District Midland has pegged its deficit at $100000 says administrator Ted Pritchard while the shortfall at Soldiers Memorial Orillia was termed substantial by assistant administrator RG Kehoe Both have appealed and both hospitals say preliminary talks with the ministry suggest the outcome of the appeals will be favorable None of the three have experienced any have of Lots of pea 1e neglected to buy go at $150 problems nor have they been forced to cut service spokesmen say However without an increase in funds problems will inevitably result they say So far there are no problems but looking down the road there will be says Royal Vic toria administrator Donald Cameron Obviously if the appeal is unsuccessful well have to take long look at our whole operation Kehoe told The Examiner today The smaller hospitals in the county are do ing little better Penetanguishene General has been doing well and expects deficit of some $30000 says administrator Sister Joan Whelan Stevenson Memorial Alliston was forced to close one operating theatre and seven beds but has not experienced major problem says administrator Arthur Consaul Most of the countys hospitals will be af fected by the Ontario Nurscs Associations new contract and Consaul said the retroac tive increase of eight per cent to October 1978 could put real strain on available resources He said the ministry will meet with small hospitals September 29 to discuss funding dif ficulties Bell strikers vote on offer TORONTO CP Most of Bell Canadas 15000 striking telephone installers and technicians could be back on the job clearing huge backlog of installation orders by next Wednesday union leader says Voting on tentative contract settlement by union members throughout Ontario and Quebec ended Thursday and the count of ballots will be completed by Sunday Peter Klym vicepresident of the Communications Workers of Canada said Wednesday Its not the most wonderful settlement you ever saw Klym told 500 members of union local It falls short on some key points But we decided to recommend it because on balance its adequate Local president Steve Karpowcch said the agreement does not offer enough protection against compulsory overtime and there are no improvements in vacations or hours of work

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