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MWg Elie Ifiarrir Examiner Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited 16 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario SEVICK Advertising Manager ELIO AGOSTINI Publisher anJGeneral Manager The Barrie Examiner HENSHAW Managing Editor Little brother tilts at pinball machines We all know who big brother is Thats the federal sometimes provincial level of government This week little emerged at city council commit tee meeting But thankfully proposal to licence pinball and other coin operated amusement machines was sent back to the drawing board It appears someone wanted not only to licence the machines but also wanted to have hours establish ed so they would not be available to youngsters Licencing is one thing the and brother brother of so readily municipality might have good argument for that but restricting hours smacks of big read little City clerk Ben Straughan said there are no controls on hours But Ald Bill Knowles said he might have the need to fleboard at hotel around midnight Should council be in the business regulating hours youngsters are not tempted away from school We think not play shuf so that Sending the matter back for study was wise move by the committee DOWN MEMORY LANE The Barrie Examiner 1967 said in Barrie that the stand in Vietnam has enabled the free nations of Southeast Asia to ward off Communism and begin to develop economically discussed by the Barrie Chamber of Commerce holding of County Cavalcade of Color for fall received en dorsement by the Georgian Bay Development tourist promotion Regional cil Harold Pro trout taken during this fishing season Robert Thompson leader of the Social Credit Party phet Hawkestone caught 23 pound trout on Lake Simcoe It was the largest Postmaster Thomas Kerr announc ed that higher postal rates will come March 23 former American Marine An idea Simcoe Coun of key years ice YOUR BUSINESS W111 car buyers see the By VINCENT EGAN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Canadians are buying big cars as if they were going out of style says Bill Pickett And they are William Pickett is the blunttalking president of American Motors Canada Ltd Brampton 0f the four Canadianbased carmanufacturers American is the one that has long been the most committed to trim fuel efficient cars As result it has had to buck what Pickett believes is long standing preference of Cana diansespecially in the West for big gasguzzlers Now however the era of the trim economical car is just around the corner he argues We have one more model year and then the big car that the public has come to love will be thing of the past says Pickett The North American manu Ghr Barrie Examiner 16 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario Telephone 7266537 Registration Number 0484 Second Class Mail Return postage guaranteed Daily Sundays and Statutory Holidays excepted SubscriptiOn rates daily by carrier 85 cents weekly $4420 yearly Single copies 15 cents Mail Barrie $4420 yearly Simcoe County $3400 yearly gator Throw Off $3900 yearly alance of 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are irreversibly com mitted to building small cars largely because of government milespergallon requiremen ts he told meeting of the Toronto Board of Trade Under United States lawi which will probably be appli cable in Canada he believes gasoline consumption for all cars sold by single manufac turer must average at least 18 miles per imperial gallon in 1978 That average must increase annually until it reaches 311 mpg in 1985 This is sensible transition that has to be made simply be cause we are going to run out of petroleum and theres no sense in hastening that day Pickett contends But that doesnt mean that the public is going to be driv ing around in little square boxes with sewingmachine en gines he adds The downsized cars of the future will be comfortable and accommodating or we will end up with fields of small cars predicts the American Motors president think you are going to see beautiful cars dont think the customer is going to be asked to sacrifice anything in the area of erformance Pickett oesnt hold out any hope that smaller cars will be cheaper One reason is that car markets are having to invest heavily in the development of this new generation of cars And another factor is that new models become more com entered strong bid Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology Brigadier Edit Barrika of Nigeria told meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel that he was highly impressed by the work done by the Salvation Army in Canada Association MidgetJuvenile Hoc League swept hockey season undefeated to their third straight beating the Typhoons 50 at the Bar rie Arena into affect in June The eight unit Confederation Caravan will be making stopover in Barrie May and 10 One hundred marine dealers from around the province met in Barrie for the annual Esso Orillia to obtain Conference Mustangs of the RCAF through the playoff title by pact they become more stylish and sophisticated One of icncral Motors first moves in the direction of down sizing was the introduction of the luxury adillac Seville car with such strong cycappca that it sells well although priced higher than larger Cadillac models And Ford of anada will shortly introduce its Lincoln Versailles smaller but still expensive addition to its top priced line The publics renewed love af fair with fullsize cars after brief infatuation with smaller cars three years ago rehas caught all North American manufacturers offbase be iicves American Motors Pick ett We find idle capacity in the smallcar area he notes Plants are down not just at American Motors but General Motors Ford and Chrysler But that conceivably could be just shadow of coming disaster The whole North American automotive industry could be shut dowu Pickett says be cause it hasnt yet found way to comply with the US govern ments cleanair emission control requirements for 1978 cars For the current model year the American Motors chief pie dicts that Canadians will buy one million cars and 300000 trucks And almost four out of every five of those cars has big V8 engine SPEAKERS BODYGUARI Whole thing sometimes seems little stuffy TORONTO tCP Thomas Stelling gets $20000 year for arrying two symbolic weapons and sitting in ceremonial chair but says the job is more difficult than it sounds As sergeantatarms of the Ontario legislature he is the of ficial bodyguard of the eaker of the house and responsi le for enforcing the Speakers orders Stelling who calls himself the swordcarrying bad guy makes sure members leave the cham ber when the Speaker orders them out The sword partof Stellings oldEnglish costume is never used as weapon Neither is the mace he carries to and from the chamber in the brief procession that begins and ends each sitting The mace gold staff sym bolic of the Speakers authority at one time was used as bishops weapon Stelling 30 says the most dif ficult part of his job is sitting motionless at attention in an or nate chair near the chamber doors while the Speaker is in the house The whole thing sometimes seems bit stuffy he said have to strap the sword to my waist and wear thcoIdfash ioiied deputysherifLofEng lands coat Most of the time like the job and feel honored though The braidtrimmed coat is worn open over black trousers and vest and white shirt and bow lie The sword is never drawn now although it was brandishcd frequently in the early days of the British Parlia ment These days were more po lite he said Stelling appointed by an or derincouncil last October said MPPs are always co operative about leaving when named by the Speaker Usually quite few mem bers catcall for me to draw the sword when approach the named man and ask him to ac company me Luckily the only gentleman Ive ever had to es cort out of the chamber was really quite nice about the whole thing IIIIIITh 11111111 ii 11 iii lllllli nIlllllliillliiiMIIIIII Hill BMWW is 1IESIMIIEEQI we llfll yliiiiiiiia Iii3 Setters 3332 rs It fifii lVuiiil llljllsm 41 amino lll ll And few of these poor devils may get bladder tumors PARLIAMENT HILL Can we afford the luxury of attempting to be frugal By SIIHVARI MatLICOI Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service dont want to appear unduly cynical but am not convinced our beloved bureaucracy can go on saving money Its just be coming too expensive There is no way of detcrmiir ing how many public servants are employed for the express purpose of protecting us again st excessive spending but there is no doubt thc numbers are growing rapidly Entire enr pires are at work on the problem and am not sure we can afford the luxury of being frugal Hy pox oiimnx Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO It appears new star may be rising in the Tory fold In the recent round of cabinet changes there was one that was quite surprising and probably didnt get the comment it dc served This was the shift of Dennis Timbrell from energy to health HIGHESTSIIINDICR This was moving the youngest and most junior mem ber of the cabinet from the smallest portfolio in the gover nment to one of the most senior Health is the biggest spen ding ministry we have Timbrell will be responsible for the spending of some $35 billion Whats more it has recently been one of the big troublespots in government And in giving him this pore tfolio Ireinicr William Davis is Berrys World QM ©1977byNiAlnc YOU LITTLE NERD GET OUT OF THERE You may not recall this but about three months ago wrote about how licasury Board was cracking down on travel exr peiiscs for Illilli servants There were pages and pagcs of guidelines tltilllIlL itli the ne cessity tor economyclass travel the mileage being paid for the use of private cars the number ot telephone calls per mitted on outrif town travel and every conceivable area in volvingexpenses figured that would settle the problem for ten tl1 So really did doubletake when someone slipped me copy of brand new missive from lriasury Board entitled New star rismg in the Tory fold showing remarkable fidenccmhiin IIIIIII KNO It would seem that ill the pro miers mind at least he is marked as young man with big future As yet it is hard for the ob server to assess him Still only filo and bachelor he entered the house in 1971 and in the last few years has had quick rise And he leaves an impression of strength Ilc apparently did good job of handlingenergy But still it is hard to gauge him on the experience of this ministry He didnt have all that many policy decisions to make and he had Treasurer Darcy McKcough an old hand on energy on hand to guide him Most of his public effort was spent on conservation pro gram And though he did good job OH lrcasury Board travel and re locat ion directives It begins brief review of travel practices undertaken in few departments indicates that internal controls over ex penditures need to be im proved Rlitill AIIONS GALORE And then thcrc are five pages of regulations guidelines and helpful hints for the travelling bureaucrat There is even sample expense account where the employee is expected to in dicate whether he travelled economyclass or firstclass We may be losing ground here few months ago first class travel was out on this it was hardly test on which to form judgment When he comes under fire in the Iiousc and in health he cer tainly should be in for lot of it we will know more about him MATERIAL In the meantime however he has to bewatched as potential future Icadcr With his youth quick rise and physical presence the has the mild of halfback and grip on himself which is very ma ture for his age you have to think of him as possible future leadership material Which incidentally illus trates strong difference be twoen the thre parties in the house With Timbrell to be consid ered the PCs have at least five members who must be consid ered as leadership material McKeough AttorneyGeneral Roy McMurtry Natural Re sources Minister Frank Miller and Health Minister Bette Stephenson While on the other side of the house there is dearth In the NDP ranks only Jim Renwick could be seriously con sidered as suitable successor to Stephen Lewis and he was defeated once when he ran And the Liberals though they do have some young members who could have potential as of now really only show David Pe terson as an alternative to Stuart Smith WE WANT YOUR OPINION Letters submitted for publication must be original copies signed by the writer Please include your street address and phone number although they will not be published letters which caii not be authenticated by phone cannot be published For the sake of space public interest and good taste The Examiner reserves the right to edit condense or reject letter Anyway if further informa tion is required on saving money employees should write to Employee Expenses Standards Group Ad ministrative Standards Division formerly the Em ployee and Administrative Ser vices Iivision Administrative Policy Branch Treasury Board Secretariat And with handle like that you can see how the moneysav ing empire is growing was still digesting this latest memo when came across letter written to various de artments by JC Corkery eputy postmaster general This one begins If offered the tname of department an opportunciy to assist the gover nment in reducing our operating costs by many millions of dollars would you be interested You probably would Despite the fact it was begin ning to sound like an advertise ment in pulp magazine read on And what Mr Yorkery was offering was presentation on how departments can cut costs by getting to know more about the post offices mechanization program GOVERNMENT IARHY The general public and the business community are willing to cooperate with the mecha nization program says the letter However they are quick to point out that the federal government does not conform 100 per cent to stan dards and code found this bit peculiar in view of the seminar organized by Mr Corkerys predecessor last November Heaven only knows how much that resentation cost but that ourday Third Canadian Postal Users Con ference was held at big Toronto hotel and all govern ment dc artments were in vited An in letter urging fiili participation John Mackay the deputy postmaster general of the day said the meetings were timely because the new postal coding and mechanization program is nearing completion across Canada 28 different clinics workshops and panel sessions have been carefully lanned to present you with the acts about postal service improvements Again dont want to appear unnecessarily cynical but it seems to me that most ques tions about postal codes and mechanization should have been answered in those 28 dif ferent clinics But if as Mr Corkery says there now is an op ortunity to save many mi lions of dollars by getting acquainted with mechanization perhaps we should assume that the entire system has changed in the last four months Or perhaps all the bureau crats who went to that Toronto conference were so confused about their expense accounts they couldnt concentrate on postal mechanization THE WORLD TODA Gandhi deserved to be defeated By JOHN HARBRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Indias Prime Minister Indira Gandhi deserved to be defeated She had subverted democracy in one of Asias largest nations the only one to attempt it by turning her coun try briefly into dictatorship The atrocious behavior of her ambitious selfseeking son Snajay may have contributed as much to her defeat as her own actions His antics had be come as much symbol of the harsh regime imposed in 1975 as his mothers control over Parliament the media and per sonal movements Many of the leaders of the nata Party the union of major opposition groups to Mrs Gan dhi had been in prison few months ago one of them for 20month period while the de feated prime minister went through the same motions prac ticed by all authoritarians the need for stability He is Raj Narain and he ran against Mrs Gandhi in her own riding to defeat her by about 50000 votes Sanjay Gandhi in his rural riding was swept out by an even higher opposition majority of about 75000 votes The rural regions of India have been the places of tradi tional strength for the now de feated Congress Party which has ruled India since independ encein 1947 BIRTH CONTROL ISSUE But the enforced birthcontrol measures especially vasec tomies for Indian men in which Sanjay Gandhi played major part were carried out mainly in the villages of India This too helped to reduce the Congress Party agrarian vote The faces about to assume power as well as their names will be unknown to publics in the West although they are as well known in Indian politics as Mrs Gandhi The two most likely candi dates to succeed her as prime minister are political rivals al ready They are Morarji Desal former deputy prime minister under Mrs Gandhi until ht abandoned her over the end of democracy and agjivan Ram head of the Congress of De mhocracy formed only ast mori In addition the results of the election appear to have divided this huge country in the eled toral sense with the Congress Party still strong in the south and the Janata and smaller op position parties sweeping much of northern India Mrs Gandhi is joined in de feat by many of her key cabinet ministers so that Congress Party opposition in the Indian Parliament will have difficult time recuperating its resoun ces The uncertain political future of India may therefore be the kind of situation which Mrs Gandhi said she had to forestall with her restrictive measures of 20 months ago Whatever happens this elec tion and the fact that Mrs Gan dhi relaxed her controls to hold it will be watershed in the history of political systems which rely on the ballot box for their existence WHY HANGE There was much talk during the election that results in any case would be meaningless sin ce so many of the electorate are illiterate What appears to have hap pened on the other hand is that some of Mrs Gandhis plans sterilization tough economic measures and the many impris onments under the emergency periodaffected tens of thou sands of Indians Population control remains essential in this country teem ing with humans How the new government will deal with it and not offend traditional atti tudes about family size re mains crucial INTERPRETINGTHE NEWS Will chaos follow the unity in India By HAROLD MORRISON Foreign Editor WASHINGTON CP By delivering devastating defeat on Indira Gandhi and her Con gress party the huge electorate of India has demonstrated its opposition to dictatorship and forced sterilization of males But it also has introduced the possibility of political chaos in vast country where central administration has experienced difficulties at the best of times What appears clear from the election is that after 21 months of emergency rule by Mrs Gandhi and her hitherto unde feated Congress party is that democracy has been restored by the surprising unity of di verse opposition under coali tion whose sole goal was the de feat ofdictatorship SPLIT POSSIBLE Now the question arises whether the coalition repre senting virtually all colors of the political spectrum can re main united as controlling government The danger is that once the euphoria of victory gives way to hard political deci sionmaking the coalition may start splitting at the seams tur ning national stability into political chaos It is therefore possible that Indira Gandhis political life may not have reached an end although her party has been sharply hit by voters who not only ejected her from her own seat but spurned her son San jay widely promoted by the party as Mrs Gandhis political successor The electorate not only voiced opposition to the suspen sion of civil liberties under Mrs Gandhis emergency rule but oANAn AS STORY Natlon was slow with railways By BOB BOWMAN Canada was slow getting into the railway building business In 1850 there were 9000 miles of track in the United States but only 66 miles in all of British North America Then federal and provincial governments began guaran teeing railway bonds and the ef fect was magical Railways sprang everywhere some of them en inginthebush Nevertheless Canadian rail ways made great progress and initiated some outstanding de velopments For instance the first sleep ing cars were made in the Great Western Railway shops in Hamilton and night service BIBLE THOUGHT And when he was come in he saith unto them Why make ye this ado and weep The damsel Is not dead but sleepeth Mark 39 There is raging sea in each of 315 that comes in on the waves of fear apprehension worry and many 0t er thingsbut He has come to put them all to rest Let Him You dont have to beg just believe no argument just accept the strongarmed tactics of her officials who sought to reduce Indias heavy population through socalled voluntary sterilization which led to com plaints that in fact force was used in smaller villages away from public view Strong resentment of Mrs Gandhis policies came from the bedrock of her national sup port the lowincome groups formerly known as the untouch ables who not only opposed sterilization but also the government policy of forced removal of certain slum dwellers into new development areas which did not have proper facilities or even shelter for newarrivals NEEDSHIILP But the accumulation of com plaints against the government may pale under the accumula tion of problems by the new ad ministration India is not country of great wealth Over the years it has sought and ob tained aid from the super powers from the West as well as from the Soviet Union Moscows increasing interest in India raised questions over the years whether the Commu nists would eventually control India One of the most inter esting aspects of the election is that voters generally spurned Communists as well The elec torate voted for freedom and democracy Undoubtedly the new ad ministrators will seek outside aid to strengthen their financial ability to cope with Indias great problems It may be that their first appeal will be to the West and the nature of the response may provide test not only of the new government buta the future of democracy itself between Toronto and Montreal began March 23 1857 Two years later the Great Western Railway proved that coal could be used successfully as fuel for the locomotives and it came into general use on practically all railway lines by 1878 Until then wooden logs were the usual fuel for locomotives and they were so bulky that it was not always possible to store enough of them for trip There were many instances when passengers had to get off the trains and go into the bush to help crews cut enough wood to continue Until railways were built most transportation had been by water so it was natural for some nautical expressions to be used on the trains Even today conductors shout All Aboard but they lick much development also used to shout All ashore at the end of trips The Great Western Railway that was responsible for so was amalgamated with the Grand Trunk in 1885 OTHER MARCH 23 EVENTS 1633Champlain left France for the last time 166¥rJean Talon became In tendant of Canada