inside story Cdeing local club Citizen Band radio is losing popularity and may be dying says the vice president of the Bay International Radio Club The club held coffee break at Molsons Park Satur day to raise money for the Royal Victoria Hospital Read about the break and CBs problems on the Today Page good buddy 104 Guard lawyer claim win Randy Ralph Barrie provincial jail guard and his lawyer claim Thursdays grievance board decision to reduce his penalty for spraying prisoners in the jail with fire hose was victory They say the decision vindicates Ralph Read about it on the Today Page Boat people fund set up fund has been established in Barrie to aid Vietnamese refugees For now the fund is set up only to collect cash donations but will accept food clothing and furniture later its founders say Read about it on the Today Page Search for boy may end EDMONTON itl Hope of finding nineyearold Kevin Reimer of Edmonton in nearby Elk Island National Park has all but vanished as the search for him enters its tenth and possibly last day today RCMP officers military personnel and park wardens will meet later today to decide whether to continue the search for the youngster who has been missing since June 29 RCMP lnsp Reg Broughen said about 270 volunteers combed the bush Sunday They worked with more than 124 armed forces personnel who arrived Friday night to join the search The youngster has all but vanished The forbidding terrain of the park with waisthigh thorn bushes and waistltdeep stagnant pools make searching by even fullyclothed persons difficult Kevin was clad in only bathing suit and running shoes when he was reported missing Khomeini announces amnesty TEIIRAN AP Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini an nounced general amnesty today covering all those people who committed offences under the past regime but excluding those involved in murder or torture Khomeinis announcement read over the state radio said the measure also applied to armed forces members He said those ex cluded from the amnesty were those who have committed murder or issued orders for murder or those who have tortured our revolutionary prisoners Actor dies Michael Wilding the debonair British Actor once married to Elizabeth Taylor is shown in 1978 Wilding who was 66 died Sunday after fall In his home in Chichester 65 miles south of Lon don AP Laserphoto Bites the dust Paul Farley of the Australian rodeo team gets hung up on Pumper Joe after hgwas thrown during the bullriding events at the Calgary Stampede rodeo Sunday The Australian team lost to Alberta 5446 CP Laserphoto Come home to The Examiner Call 7266539 for home delivery Optimists sweep finals Jackie Rocchio and Ian Llewellyn led the Barrie Optimists to sweep of the Royal Canadian Legion district track and field finals Saturday The pair were among 11 members of the club who qualified for the provincial finals July 28 in Burlington In Ontario Cup minor soccer playoffs Barrie Peewees survived the second round with 20 win over former Cup finalists St Andrews See stories pictures on todays Sports Page Plant begins operating new experimental waste treatment plant started operating in Barrie today The plant will use electricity to purify industrial wastes before they are dumped Read about it on the Today Page index today lifestyle ontoruflnmont sports comicsw guide detained 31 near 24 page Khomeinis regime has executed 299 men by firing squad since coming to power five months ago Most of those executed were found guilty of murder or torture and thousands of other suspects are believed held in prisons around the country Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan said two months ago that he had requested Khomeini to issue an amnesty so that things would begin to go back to normalPolice and military officials had pressed in particular for an amnesty for their men to restore the morale of Irans security forces Fibre hair can infect TORONTO CP Toronto doctor says men who have synthetic fibre hairs im planted in their heads to combat baldness are risking serious infection Dr Walter Linger skin specialist who performs natural hair transplants said some men are so desperate to have perma nent hair they are going to US clinics and spending thousands of dollars for the surgical implanting of hairs Fibre implan ting is not done in Canada In most cases the fibres fall out because infection sets in Unger said But he said he heard of one extreme case where man had his infected scalp lifted surgically and the fibre hairs plucked out Other methods of attaching hairpieces permanently include having metal sutures punched in the scalp or having pieces of skin cut out and grafted as loop to hold hairpiece Israelis battle terrorists TEL AVIV AP An Israeli army patrol intercepted Palestinian terror squad heading for Israel and killed all three raiders in brief firefight inside Lebanon the military command said An army spokesman said there were no Israeli casualties in the Sunday shootout near the western flank of Mount Hermon the mountain straddling the Israeli LebaneseSyrian frontiers Beirut radio reported later that Israeli ar tillery opened up across the border but there were no immediate reports of casualties Israel did not confirm the shell mg The military command said troops sear ching for Palestinian commandos in southern Lebanon Sunday night blew up two homes used by guerrillas in the village of Qabrikha eight kilometres west of the border communique described the sweep as part of Israels deterrent action again the terrorists and their accomplices It said the village was in sector patrolled by Irish troops of the UN peacekeeping force but they did not interfere with the operation Quakes hit Quebec OTTAWA Pi Earthquakes were recorded in two westem Quebec regions during the weekend but Bob Wetmiller geophysicist with the federal energy depart ment said today it was unlikely any damagewasdone Both quakes registered four on the Richter scale which means they could be felt 80 to 100 kilometres away weather Sunny with increasing cloudiness to day Chance of showers tonight Becoming mostly sunny Tuesday Highs both days 26 to 28 Lows tonight to l6 1151 your No 161 Monday Juiv 1979 Pitfire suspected Four boys burn to death as mak By STEPHEN NICIIOLLS Of The Examiner CREEMORE homemade fire pit may have been the cause of the weekend fire that killed four local boys as they slept in make shift cabin about one km west of here An Ontario Fire Marshals investigator visited the scene today trying to determine what started the cabin fire which claimed the lives of Stephen Price 14 Calvin Hare 12 John Gabriel 12 and Stephen Alexander MacLeod The boys bodies charred beyond recogni tion were found late Saturday night by neighbor who had been summoned by an older brother of one of the boys Adrian Hare 15 went looking for the boys after his brother Calvin did not return home from the camping trip in time for dinner Saturdaynight Adrian visited the campsite Saturday night and found the burned cabin said his neighbor William Sinclair 41 Sinclair said the boy sensed something was wrong when he saw the burned cabin and the boys bicycles nearby Adrian called to the boys but no one answered said Sinclair Sinclair said Adrian could not see much because of the dark and not wanting to disturb his parents asked the neighbor to return to the scene with him Using flashlight Sinclair and Adrian in spected the charred remains and found four blackened shapes they suspected were the boys bodies We found objects that didnt appear to be from the collapse of the building Sinclair told The Examiner You couldnt tell if they were bodies he said Sinclair called the police The bodies haVe been taken to the Centre for Forensic Sciences in Toronto to determine cause 01 death and for identification said Stayner OPP today Officials believe the boys died late Friday night or early Saturday morning No inquest has been called by Dr Ross Bell coroner but police hope to learn what caused the blaze after todays site inspection bythe fire investigator Corp Ed Zilotto said the fire may have spread from homemade fire pit located in one corner of the cedar pole but about three metres by four metres in size It was just pile of bricks built up in one corner in little square said Corp Zilotto Theyd use it to cook on or to heat the place There was pipe that went up through the roof hesaid The cabin located in bush area about 20 metres from the Mad River was used by many Creemore area youngsters for camping trips and outdoor activities said Corp Zilot to Over the years its been knocked down and rebuilt several times he said It was used by lot of little kids Creemore residents say the shelter was built of cedar poles nailed to four trees Local children were still working on its construc tion said Sinclair The four boys left on their campltout Thurs day night but were seen in town Friday said police One boy ate dinner with his family Friday night before heading back to the cabin said Corp Zilotto The boys probably died Without Knowing what was happening said the corporal Cadet dies at Borden CFB BORDEN 16yearold Fergus Ont cadet collapsed and died Sunday hours after he arrived here for six week summer training program Douglas Maxwell Watt member of the Guelph army cadet corps was sitting on clothes dryer when he just keeled over said Capt Richard Shaftoe information of ficer The boy had been washing his newly acquired cadet uniform in the cadet quarters when the incident happened about 1015Sun day night Capt Shaftoe said Watt was given artificial resuscitation but he did not respond He was pronounced dead at the camps hospital after doctors tried for 40 minutes to save him An autopsy is to be done today in Barrie but officials suspect the boy may have been electrocuted said Capt Shaftoe Military police an electrician and coroner inspected the scene after the incident but no details of their findings have been released hesaid Capt Monte Snider said the dryer had been used by other men before without incident and there was no hint that there was something wrong with it Military police continue to investigate the incident and board of inquiry will also look into the boys death said Capt Shaftoe board president has not yet been named he said Woman parachutist killed WAINFLEET Ont CP Toronto woman plunged to her death Saturday while parachuting at Burnaby Airport Police said Lynn Patricia Edwards 35 was parachuting with three other friends at an altitude of of 2200 metres and that the four opened their main chutes at 780 metres The woman then cut away from her chute police said releasing it from her harness Her auxiliary parachute did not open and she fell to the ground She was pronounced dead at the airport in this community about 10 kilometres southwest of Welland 15° Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 95° Weekly eshift cabin blaies William Gibbins and Police Chief William Brown break the sod Monday at the site where the new police station at Barclay is to be built Among those attending the ceremony are members of the innisfil Town Council The station close by the municipal building is estimated to be finished in l6 weeks Examiner Photo Skylab watch in earnest as deadline approaches WASHINGTON AP The Skylab death watch began in earnest today as the huge sta tion neared the end of its long space journey and headed for flaming plunge back to Earth probably on Wednesday Representatives of several federal agen cies gathered in situation room here to keep track of Skylabs final hoursand to take emergency action in case pieces of the laboratory cause death injury or damage The situation centre is in windowless room on the sixth floor of the National Aeronautics and Space Administrations headquarters Down the hall NASA has set up newsroom so the media can alert the world when Skylab comes tumbling in The North American Air Defence Tom mand which is tracking the 775ton station predicted Sunday the spacecraft will fall out of orbit in 30hour period between 728 pm EDT Tuesday and 128 am Thursday The midpoint is 1028 am Wednesday If reentry occurred then most of Skylab probably would fall in the Atlantic Ocean But the midpoint has jumped around each Wilkins Any sign of as station yetg Rebommended for bravery Two Cobden Ontario men are being recom mended for bravery awards after pulling Canadian Forces Base Borden man from the burning wreckage of his car Master Corporal Donald MacDonell 35 of Base Borden was helpless in the burning car after being involved in headon crash on Highway 17 at Haley Station Robert McLeod 20 and Graham Ronald Peever 22 both of Cobden pulled MacDonell out of his car remember trying to get out of my safety belt and then realized why was having trou ble said MacDonell from his hospital bed at Ottawas Armed Forces Medical Centre My arm was broken Cpl MacDonell said he saw two men on their hands and knees looking in the other car which was also burning called to them They hurried over and told them didnt care what they had to do but to get me out of there and not to worry about hurting me dont remember much after that but the fact Im here means they took an awful chance Cpl MacDonells car blew up moments after he was pulled free He said he wants recognition for McLeod and Peever Renfrew OPP say they too will recommend bravery awards for the two men day On Saturday it was 430 pm Wednes day Most of the station will burn up from at mospheric friction but NASA estimates about 500 pieces weighing between 45 kilograms and 2250 kilograms will reach the earth scattering along MOOkilometre cor ridor Officials insist the odds of anyone being hit are slim NORAD has been making daily predictions on the fall Starting Tuesday it will update them every few hours and these and the course of Skylab will be marked on large charts lining the walls of the situation room The final prediction will come about two hours before the expected fall But that will be only 20perccnt accurate on where the pieces may land It will alert people III strip about 19000 kilometres long and 160 kilometres wide that pieces may strike here Bell offer rejected By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner Fifteen thousand Bell Canada technicians and tradesmen are still without contract following the rejection of Bell otter Suns day by some 70 per cent of the members who voted As of today the bargaining committee has resumed meetings and contact with the com pany could come late this afternoon or early tomorrow morning said Duncan Beattic president of the Barrie and area Local 40 of the Communications Workers of Canada Beattie said some 90 per cent of the 300 members of Local 40 voted to reject the con tract offer Going against the recommenda tion of conciliator 718 per cent of the 10919 employees in Ontario and Quebec who marked ballot voted down the proposal that would have ended the rotating walkouts that have created backlog of telephone installa tion and repair orders conciliation report recommended 30 month contract with wage increases of 105 per cent retroactive to Dec an additional eight per cent Dec 1979 and final eight per cent in September 1980 The union wanted 17 per cent in the first year alone to give Bell technicians who cur rently earn top rate of $33950 weekly pari ty with their counterparts in Western Canada where top rates vary from $440 to 811 litl pil week Cameron Campbell member of local 40 said last week that the contract offer would be turned down by some 8090 per ccnt of the employees despite claims to the contrary by the company Charles Harris Bell anada spokesman said the company is disappointed It looked like very fair settlement to us Harris also said the company would return to the bargaining table whenever theyre ready Andrew Bergeron viieprcsident of Quebec local said the series of rotating one day walkouts conducted by the union would likely continue Beattie said some 97 per cent of the union members voted in favor of the rotating walkouts while some 921 per cent said they would support full strike it the executive called for one Without contract since December the union also wants action on obligatory over time which it objects to and an increase in vacation time Sundays contract offer included compeir sation clause if the cost of living was to rise by more than eight per cent during the final year of the pact Dryden retires from hockey MONTREAL CP Ken Dryden the 31 yearold allstar goaltender with Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League announced today he is retiring from profes sional hockey Dryden who had indicated year ago that he wanted to move on to other things had delayed making his retirement official at the request of Canadiens management His retirement leaves Michel Larocque as the teams No goaltender status Laroc que has been seeking for number of years The No2 position on the team is wide open Winner of the Vezina Trophy along with teammate Larocque as best goaltenders in the league for the last three seasons Dryden earlier sat out the 197374 season while he ar ticled with law firm in Toronto To have lived in Montreal to have played in the Forum layed before the people of Montreal and to ave played with the kind of people Ive had the opportunity to play with makes for really remarkable experience Dryden told hastilyconvened news con ference He said retiring was lot easier yesterday thanit is today Drydens retirement comes at timewhen the team fresh from its fourth consecutive Stanley Cup victory last May 21 has lost key personnel 0th on and off the ice Veteran centre Jacques Lemaire has left the ana diens for post in Switzerland Coach Scotty Bowman has gone to Buffalo as coach and general manager and director of player per sonnel Al MacNeil has gone to the Atlanta Flames as coach Dryden gave no idication what his im mediate future plans would be He joined the Canadiens for the last six games of the 197071 season and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the outstanding player in the playoffs that year as Montreal won the Stanley Cup with Dryden in the nets for all 20 postseason contests The Canadiens had finished third that season The following season he was named the leagues outstanding rookie and in 197273 won the first of five of his Vezina Trophy awards In all the Canadiens won six Stanley Cups while Dryden was goaltender the examiner serving barrie and simcoe county