Barrie Examiner, 14 Mar 1977, p. 1

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By JOHN VINOCUR PARIS AP Frances left wing has won its biggest election victory since the Second Worl War underscoring the strong posSibility that the SocialistCommunist alliance W111 win the National Assembly elec tions next year In nationwide municipal elections Sunday leftists won control of nearly four times as many Cities as the Gaullists and supporters of Presxdent Valery Giscard dEstaing won Agence FrancePresse the French news agench said city councils were elected by majorities in 156 of the 221 cities of more than Frgnch leftists lead in municipal elections population leavin 65 to be decided in runoff elections next Sun ay 0f the 156 decided AFP said 116 went to the CommunistSocialist alliance and three to other leftists while the Gaullists won 14 Giscard dEstaings Independent Regublicans and the Centrists each took six an other tickets favorable to the Gaullist CentristGiscardist majority that controls the National Assembly got eight Two others were won by nonpartisan tickets and one by independents WILL ELECT MAYOR In Paris where the new municipal council will elect mayor for the first time in 106 years the SocialistCommunist ticket won only 40 per cent of the vote But this was no comfort to Giscard dEstaing since ticket of his su porters headed by Industry Minister Michel Ornano ran behind the Gaullist ticket headed by Giscard dEstaings rival for leadership of the centrist and conservative forces former premier Jacques Chirac Chiracs slate got 28 per cent of the vote dOrnanos got 20 per cent and new ecology party received about 10 per cent This eliminated the ecologists from the runoff because they did not get 1212 per cent of the vote In the second round victory will go to the ticket that gets the largest Vote But the lef tists will win Paris also unless dOrnano with draws and Chirac gets enough votes from his supporters and the ecologists HELP LEFTISIS The leftists were helped by continuing in flation and unemployment Chiracs break with Giscard dEstaing which split the con servative vote and the formation of oint SocialistCommunist slates which unit the leftist vote Giscard dEstaings closest political ally Interior Minister Michel Poniatowski tried to minimize the Ieftists victory by pointing out that their vote of about 51 per cent was less than the 53 per cent they got in regional elec tions in 1976 Leftist spokesmen replied that only half of Frances 303 million voters were eligible to vote in the 1976 elections and local issues were the decisive factors then But this com parison was clouded because about 30 per cent of the voters stayed home Sunday It was the biggest abstention since the war Francois Mitterand the Socialist leader said that now Giscard dEstaing must realize the extent of his troubles Communist party chief Georges Marchais said the results demonstrated the deep discontent existing in the count about the disastrous economic and social po icies of Giscard dEstaing The presidents term does not end until 1981 But if the left wins control of National Assembly next year it might be im possible for him to continue to govern At stake in the voting were 475000 councd seats in 36575 municipalities m1 of them with more than 30000 population EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation 7266539 Classified Advertising 7282414 All Other Departments 7266537 113th year No61 Ohgoflyatree Tim rease felt like telling this tree to fly kite by the time be untangled the strings of his own kite which he was CAPSULE NE WS McMurtry says no to grand wizard TORONTO ICP AttorneyGeneral Roy McMurtry of Ontario said Sunday it would be an insult to the people of the province for him to meet with grand wizard David Duke of the Ku Klux Klan McMurtry made the remark after Duke who arrived here Sunday said he planned to ask for meeting with the at torneygeneral Duke the most senior Klansman in the US said he did not expect the attorneygeneral to agree to see him Hes quite right McMurtry said in an interview These people are beneath contempt Duke 26 of Jefferson La said the group wants to enter Canadian politics to overturn the race laws which dis criminate against white people He accused McMurtry of trying to suppress free speech of white people who were opposed to the takeover of Canada by nonwhites He said the Klan sees Canada as the last bastion of white supremacy because it is too late to save the US flying along irove Street Saturday morning It took two friends more than US study boosts solar energy WASHINGTON tAPJ Solar energy will be the cheapest way to warm homes and heat water in many parts of ht United States by 1980 study prepared for US congressional committee concludes And the study made public Saturday says solar heat Will be economically more practical in colder northern parts of the country before it is in the sunbelt states Prepared by computer research team at the University of New Mexico and released by the SenateHouse ol Representatives joint economic committee the study says solar heating will be cheaper than either gas or oil by 1980 in Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Wyoming Wiscon sin New York Rhode Island Massachusetts New llam pshire Vermont and Maine The study assumes that Congress Will act to remove federal price limits on natural gas now the countrys cheapest fuel and that both gas and oil prices will continue to rise with inflation New hope for some totally deaf SAN FRANCISCO AP Scientists report that ex periments with tiny electrodes planted deep inside the car raise new hope for some totally deaf persons who cannot be helped by conventional hearing aids Dr Robert Schindler of the University of CaliforniaSan Francisco stressed in an interview that widespread use of the devices so far tested only in animals is long way off But he said that the first trial implants in small number of human patients can begin within year or two Conventional hearing aids which merely amplify sound do not help totally deaf persons The implants bypass damaged parts of the car by trans mitting electrical impulses from an external device similar to hearing aid directly to the auditory nerve which carries signals representing the sound from the car to the brain Factory bombers promise more MARLBORO Mass AP More violence has been promised by extremists who bombed factory here partly in rotest of planned visit by President Carter to neigh iring mill town this week the FBI says Richard Bates agent in charge of the FBIs Boston office said Sunday be has no suspects in an explosion Saturday that blew out 1500 windows and damaged the foyer and office of the Ideal Roller and Graphics Co firm making rollers for printing presses minutes and lot of patience to untangle this one aminer photo NUDIE APAR TMEN IS POPULAR AlSTlN Tex tAPi The only lS city with nude living apartment dwelling now has two such dwellings Organizers of Austins 18 tlilx apartment dwelling that began allowing clothing optional living last July opened second such pre mists Saturday This time though man ager Terry Parker 52 is hop ing to hit the big time This time were really scaling up said the nude Parker as he sipped beer under the warm central Texas sun at Saturdays opening festivities Nearby about 25 nude men and women frolicked in the water of the apartineiits swimming pool while rock band blared Parkers tenants must agree to pact which says they wont physically harass their often nude neighbors The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Monday March 14 1977 MONTREAL tCPl Faced with cold trail and few leads police continued their search today for young man who walked into an eastend bar with semiautomatic rifle Sat urday night killed five persons and wounded another three The slayings in the eastcnd Bar Salon de la Gaite were only part of violent weekend which also saw pair of apparent murdersuicide incidents and the fatal stabbing of district fire chief during domestic dis pute police spokesman said iii vestigators have little to go on in the barroom shooting but he maintained we are not com pletely in the dark man in his early twenties entered the bar shortly after 11 pm Saturday and shouted to customers Those who have no business in here get out only want the staff The suspect then went to bar manager Michel Arsenaults of fice and fatally shot him Police say be then turned his Ml rifle on barmaid Monique Hebert 34 killing her and three patrons identified as Jacques Fortin 42 Michael Chorest 19 and Jeanette Adams 25 The man sprayed the bar with about 30 rounds of fire be National cable Big Brotherish proposal for nationwide cable televtsioii which would eliminate networks and local stations smacks of Big Brother Jack Matteiilcy sta tion manager at Barries KVRTV ihaniiel It said to day The proposal made by com munications consultant Stuart Griffiths to Ontarios royal commission on violence III the communications industry calls for 12 iiationwule cable chan nels to be controlled by single agency called Television Canada iriffiths said the system would have seven English chan nels and five French channels would provide total of 200 hours of programming day and could be available to every household in tanada with television set by tom Hes forgetting lot of things morning Mattenlcy said the proposal would create situation com parable to putting all newspapers in Canada under single ublisher and could be abuse by an unscrupulous government The proposal would face practical problems too he said in an attempt to install nation wulc cable television to serve population as widely dispersed as anadas think its great dream he said but dont think it has any practical value Rob Alexander systems manager at Barrie able TV said the proposal sounded reasonable at first hearing but he would need to study it fur ther before commenting in detail Mattenley said this Cookstown water rate public meeting topic tiOKSlOVtN public meeting will be held tonight at swimathon starts tonight The eighth annual Barrie YMYWIA swimathon begins with splash tonight at as various local celebrities take to the water The event which has goal of $5000 will run through Fri day and possibly Saturday as well if we need it says physical director Dave iarner He urges all participants to call the YMCA and check if their name has been slotted in the available times during the week the village hall at 730 pm to discuss the water rate increase authorized by council last week Coun Martin Connolly chair man of councils water com mittee will chair the meeting Youn Connolly last lhrusday said he called the meeting to explain to residents that the higher water rates are needed to pay off $204000 debenture issued by the 197576 council to finance improvements to the village water system The improvements include new pumphouse and well lo catcd in the southwest area of the village The new rates up an average 66 per cent over last year apply to all residential and commer cial users in the village They will take effect April fore fleeing MOST SAW LITTLE Constable Normand Couillard said that police in terviewed about 12 persons who were in the bar but found most of them didnt see anything because everything happened too fast Some people said their backs were turned when the shoting started and they dove for the floor Others say they were in the bathroom Some of the witnesses did give us very accurate report of what they saw and we are working with what they gave us but its too early to make Mr Callaghan asked was for advice on how to avert strikasl Old fireball on the agenda The future of the old Collier Street fireball will be back before city council members tonight as councils general committee meets with the Friends of the Fireball to discuss the FOFs plans for the building The discussion will follow councils regular meeting scheduled for pm at in Hall The council session is ex pected to take about 90 minutes Main items on councils ageir da arc approval of general com mittees recommendations from last week and considera tion of bylaw which would prohibit parking on Wellington Street West between Maple Avenue and Toronto Street at all times and on Toronto from Wellington to irovc Street bet ween am and pm Monday through Friday After the meeting council will reconvene as general coni mittee for its talks with the POP The organization is look ing for $30000 from the city toward proposed $200000 con tract for renovation of the old fireball which is to be turned into cultural centre Margaret returns home but may be off again OTTAWA CP Margaret Trudeau is back home againrv at least foratime The 28yearold wife of the prime minister slipped into town Saturday after con troversialand highly publi cized rrweek in Toronto and New York The prime ministers office declined to confirm whether she joined her husband at private dinner Saturday night with British Prime Minister James Callaghan and Mrs Callaghan There has been talk that she will be off again to visit her merits in Vancouver But no yisconfirmingthateither Mrs Trudeau went to loron to on March to attend two rock concerts by the Rolling Stones From there she flew to New York where she stayed at the home of Princess Yasmin Ali Khan and granted three inter views which indicated she is go ing to retire from the public eye and public functions fora time For most of Saturday nobody could be found to say whether she would accompany the Cal laghans to the prime ministers country cottage at Harrington Lake about 15 minutes from Ottawa ARRIVEDHOMIC Finally she arrived here on regular Air Canada flight Two RCMP plainclothesmcn whisked her to car The prime minister told news conference Thursday his wife is cancelling as many of her official engagements as possible to become more of private person think she realizes that when she does things publicly she has to expect to be re ported he said then Perhaps that is why she is cancelling lot of these public engagements Mrs Trudeau told New York Times reporter on Friday Im going to be acting independently Im just going to be working with my photography not shaking han ds and smiling in crowded balls Im tired of that sort of thing She said in another interview that she has unique and fine relationship with her husband and she depends on him But dont depend onand dont needthe role of prime minis terswife In television interview last year the prime minister said this about his sixyear mar riage think weve worked out an arrangement where she does what she wants And at periods in her life it is being very in volved with my political career and another periods its turning her back on it com pletely TIIATS FINE And thats fine with me Its sometimes bit difficult to guess what the particular rules are at the particular time but as soon as theyre clear thats fine He said as soon as his wife wants to have life of her own whether as photographer writer or just Bohemian traveller then she sort of falls into the news and people photo graph her So in sense its when she wants to live her life freely that she no longer is private Its kind of paradoxical In Mrs Trudeaus latest in terview she said think if oplc cannot see what kind situation what kind of life have had to lead for six years if they cant un derstand and appreciate why would choose not to live it any more mean Im not sayin lm notliving with my husban lm not saying Im not being mother to my children but the whole expectation the judg ment the role Im not going to devote my time to that any more Im going to devote my time to other interests That may be selfish but think every woman every human being has right at certain time in their life to be bit selfish Uhr flame Examiner 15 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly Cold trail few leads in Montreal murders any statements One witness said people werehowlinginpanic Men and women were fall ing The corpses were covered with blood Others were run ning off while bullets were flyingin alldirections Police noting that none of those slain had criminal recor ds say it is unlikely the shooting was related to under world activity We think the guy had grudge against the manager and went crazy after he fired the first few shots said one in vestigator WEATHER FORECAST Those wounded were Robert Cote 22 shot once in the leg Conrad Theberge 41 hit twice in the throat and once in the arm and Rosaire Saint Amand 46 shot once in the arm None were in critical con dition Cote one of those wounded said he thought the suspect was wearing wig when he entered the bar had just come in and had enough time to drink half bottle of beer when this guy comes in with wig and an um brella he said thought it was pretty funny and started to laugh SHOWERS Pages ThenPow Pow and ev erything went crazy couldnt make it to the door so dove to the floor and was hit just lay there for six minutes or so until the police arrived The guy next to me was dead it was awful Police said the bar had been trouble spot The Gaite slayings and other violent deaths on the weekend raised the 1977 Montreal mur der toll to 34 There had been 19 homicides recorded at this time last year Oro township roads worst hit by flooding While most area muni cipalities reported few pro blems with flooded roads over the weekend ro township mad crews had busy Sunday keeping roads open Harold Caldwell roads department foreman this mor ning said conditions on some roads in the township were pretty grim but be expected all roads to be clear and open to traffic by noon today Concessions and were in the worst shape Caldwell said adding each road has problem areas However he said the situa tion is no worse than in other years This is what we usually get every spring he said Other areas of the county reported only minor problems Neil Fox Barrie public works superintendent said he had not received any reports of serious flooding on city streets Jerry Taylor an engineer with the Simcoe County roads department said short sec tion of County Road in Tiny Township was flooded Sunday but the problem has been Loto numbers REGINA tCPt Twelve tickets Worth 31 million each were drawn Sunday in the se cond Loto Canada lottery draw The winning ticket numbers for $1 million were 5701175 3241430 8091032 4967680 1475995 5009102 2400645 1849124 1959699 541128363829t68nd5128617 The eight winning numbers for 3100000 were 6948307 1091346 2518269 1076206 1211966 7485532 4115118 and 2830158 Holders of tickets having the same last six digits as any of the 20 winning numbers win $10000 Tickets with the same final five digits as the winning numbers are worth $1000 each Holders of tickets having the some last four digits and the last three digits as the number of winning ticket win $250 and $100 respective ly Twenty special prizes of $100000 and 10 special prizes of $25000 also were drawn The winning numbers for $100000 were 2086992 1804407 230984 1175266 4072783 3128137 4969008 2493092 8126686 2287987 8202245 8145112 3938795 4719062 6080374 3976870 7748953 5020992 6784132 and 3825198 The winning tickets for $25000 were 58181211665988 8187257 8353882 6891362 2724876 6593414 2595254 4953872 and 2015325 The main proceeds of the lottery 825 per cent created last spring by the federal government are to help pay off the deficit of the Montreal Olympics held last year and pay the forthcom ing Commonwealth Games to be held in Edmonton cleared up and the road is open to traffic He said the flooding occurs in that area every spring because of high water levels in Lake Sincoe There is nothing we can do about it he added Minor flooding was reported in Innisfil township during the weekend However public works superintendent Mike Dempster said the problem areas have been cleaned up The provincial ministry of transportation and communica tions this morning reported no flooding problems in the area over the weekend The water is getting away quite nicely spokesman said Herman Van Wesenbeeck resources manager for the Not tawasaga Valley Conservation Authority this morning said the authority does not expect any major flooding unless we have lot of rain in short time Angus and Wasaga Beach which van Wesenbeeck said are prone to eiijpring flooding have not flood Town officials in Wasaga Beach said this morning that the ice is clearing out earlier than usual this year Ron Raynor town clerk said the Nottawasaga River is clear of ice from the west town limits to Nancy Island Some minor flooding was reported on town roads he said but public works crews have been working quite hard since Thursday morning cleaning out culverts nice return at the volleyball tournamen In an allout effort member of the Cambrian College Colts womens volleyball team returns drive during game Sunday against Algonquin College Athletic Association OCAA womens volleyball chain plonshlp at Georgian Col lege Story on Page 10 Ex aminer Photo

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