awe sweat Hal ti Fer3s Cost of living goes up sharply By GLENN SOMERVILLE OTTAWA CP Continuing increases in food prices pushed the cost of living up by sharp seventenths of one per cent during June Statistics Canada said today The federal agency said the 12month in flation rate accelerated to 78 per cent up from 76 per cent month earlier and the highest inflation rate since June 1976 It was the sixth successive month in which food prices have helped push the consumer price index higher The index is the most commonly used measurement of inflation About 40 per cent of Junes index rise oc curred because of 11percent increase in food costs Higher costs for housing including household operation items also accounted for substantial part of the June rise Statistics Canada says that pork prices were the largest single item in the June food Consumer price index I977 I977 1976 All items 1603 1592 1487 F00d27 1791 1772 1673 Housing33 1613 1600 1470 Clothing9 1410 1400 1319 Transportation 15 1534 1530 1423 Health pnl care Recreationreading6 1422 1416 1358 Tobaccoalcoh016 1435 1430 1361 Figures after groups indicate their percen tage weight in the allitems index 1552 1548 1440 price increases accounting for about quar ter of the food index rise But even though pork prices rose 47 per cent in the month they were still below yearago levels ADD TO INCREASE Seasonal price rises for fresh fruit as well as increased prices for coffee tea dairy products bread soft drinks and restaurant meals also contributed to higher food costs Lower prices for beef fresh vegetables and sugar only partly offset the other increases It cost more to own or rent home and telephone rates jumped in Ontario Quebec and British Columbia And it cost more for services such as dry cleaning intercity bus and train travel and parking Statistics Canada said the purchasing power of 1971 dollar had dropped to 62 cents in June The government has already had to con cede that its goal of holding inflation to six rcent in 1917 now is unlikely to be met Peood prices which began rising sharply last November after year of relative stability are the main reason The government announced national food policy last month after repeated opposition party calls for one It promised consumers more say in setting prices for farm and fishery products However these objectives must be balanced by fair prices to producers the government added and there is no sign of any quick relief for consumers in the new policy Conservative MPs outraged at Bastords gun remarks OTTAWA CP Progressive Con servatives expressed outrage Tuesday in the Commons over attempts by Justice Minister Ron Basford to link their criticisms of proposed gun controls with the shooting death of an Ottawa policeman Nova Scotia MP Robert Coates said it was shocking and irresponsible for Basford to say that five Conservatives have blood on their hands because of the incident Coates CumberlandColchester North said MP5 are debating gun controls part of package of proposed Criminal Code amend ments to produce good laws that are ap propriate for all Canadians by regulating ownership of guns in this nation young policeman was shot and killed Monday night and eight other officers woun ded by sniper in downtown Ottawa Frederick Koepke 22 was charged in court Tuesday with first degree murder and at tempted murder and ordered to undergo psychiatric examination Basford told reporters the Conservatives were blocking passage of the bill which would make it impossible for such incidents to oc cur NAMED FIVE The minister named Stan Schumacher Palliser Doug Neil Medicine Hat Gordon Ritchie Dauphin Gordon Towers Red Deer and Bob Brisco Kootenay West Towers said the Conservatives would not accept Basfords attempt to stain them with the policemans death The government had forced the abolition last year of capital punishment which protected our police forces Towers said Ritchie said Basford was using the murder to try to stiffle Conservative criticism of the legislation suggesting that opposition MPs should not be speaking in debate in this House Brisco said Basfords comments to the media were ghoulish callous and ma cabre With new language bill Quebec is now tonguetied QUEBEC CP Introduction of another language bill in the Quebec national as sembly Tuesday has left the province tongue tied with legislation on the subject Bill 22 the Official Language Act passed under the previous Liberal government in July 1974 and still in effect is on the way out It was to be replaced with Bill the sym bolically numbered Charter of the French Language in Quebec tabled by the Parti Quebecois government April 23 But Bill is in limbo at least until Friday yvhen the speaker of the assembly rules on its ate An amended version called Bill 101 was tabled in the assembly Tuesday after almost three hours of procedural argument The opposition argued that the government was abusing the democratic process and tra ditional rules of procedure by tabling Bill 101 while Bill was still on the books Bill referred to committee for public hearings which lasted through June to last ï¬iday has to be brought back before the assembly before it can be killed the opposi tion said The way to do that is to have the commit tee file the traditional report on its findings to the assembly the opposition said OMEN Life is brighter At least 15000 Albeitans live in some form of institution But life for those people is much brighter these days Page 15 the types of care provided are discussed and residents describe their outlooks Still agonizmg WASHINGTON AP The US National Cancer Institute is not close to decision on whether to test the controversial substance Laetrile on human victims of cancer fed eral health officials say Dr Guy Newell acting director of the federal institute said today that the agency is still agonizing over the ethical questions involved in testing Laet rile on humans But he said Weve got to stop agonizing and make decision soon In testimony Tuesday before Senate subcommittee advocates and opponents of Laetrile agreed that govermnentsponsored clinical tests are needed to settle dis ute over the substances value in the ight ainst cancer Both sides said they would ide by the results of such goveniment testing In telephone interview Dr Newell depicted institute officials as sharply divided over the ethics of offering Laetrile to humans This has been subject of lively debate and great soulsearching in all honesty he sai Laetrile derivative of apricot pits is being used by many as cancer treatment It is banned in interstate commerce under federal law but 11 states have approved its use The issue was debated Tuesday before the Senate health and scientific research sub committee Senator Edward Kennedy Dem Mass chairman of the sub committee lpledged that if the government conducted inical tests prove Laetrile is ef fective as cancer curehe will lead move in the Senate to legalize the substance Deputy Speaker Louise CuerrierSauve who said she would rule on the question by Friday overruled opposition objections to the tabling of Bill 101 While some opposition spokesmen said thev See reaction story on Page saw little change in Bill 101 Cultural Development Minister Camille Laurin main tained that it contained several significant amendments We went as far as we couldor should go he said Major amendments provisions in Bill include Elimination of section giving the language law precedence over the Quebec human rights charter which bans dis crimination on the basis of language Firms that do not meet Francization requirements will no longer face the threat of loss of government permits business grants and other advantages but will be liable to court action and stiffer fines than provided for in Bill Native people living in northern Quebec are guaranteed the right to continued edu cation in their own language and in English to the original Gymnastics school Jimmy Greavcs is learing the basics of gymnastics at special day camp going on this summer at Forest Hill public school in Midliurst There are three more sessions scheduled for this summer See Page 13 Examiner Photo Thyroid cancer warning WASHINGTON AP United States of ficials are intensifying program to warn more than million persons that they might be susceptible to thyroid cancer because of head and neck xray treatments they had in the past The effort announced today by National Cancer Institute officials is to warn those who have an increased risk of irradiation related thyroid gland tumors to be examined by pehysicians regularly The institu said more than one million persons are believed to be in the group ex posed toxrays up to 40 years ago as treat ment for variety of problems such as ringworm inflamed tonsils and acne They feel guilty Nurses in New York say wives of heart at tack v1ctims often experience unnecessary feelings of guilt They describe the situation in an article on Page 15 Christa Perry seems quite interested in the sand castle under construction by Cindy LcMay 10 Christa and indy were among those fortunate Banie reSIdents able to escape 113th yearNo 181 the exa By SHEILA MCGOVERN Examiner Staff Reporter Between 750 and 800 people filled Eastview secondary schools cafeteria Tuesday at the Wedesday July 1977 largest rent review hearing held since the provincial program was held The hearing involved residents of 637 mobile homes at Sandy Cove Acres who are Black Muslims Nazis in prison death war SAN QUENTIN Calif AP Black Muslim and Nazi prisoners battled with clubs and knives in racial clashes that killed three convicts and injured five at San Quentin prison authorities said The lidsflying off Mike Luxford acting hairless 13 no Notmeataganl msude local 15 lifester sports entertainment 10 comics 19 classified 20 to 23 fudas pages woolworth 98908 Cooper Tool settles Cooper Tool Group Ltd and Local 6709 of the United Steelworkers of America have reached new one year agreement pro viding general wage increase of 23 cents an hour The contract also offers increases in pen sions vacations and accident and sickness benefits The last contract between the company and the union which represents 145 workers at the plant expired June 12 Gil Stebbings local president said the membership ratified the contract by vote of 111 to 12 Don Young manager of industrial rela tions with The Cooper Tool Group said the agreement was signed at the maximum allowable limits under the AntiInflation Board The company manufactures Liifkiii Tape Rule and Weller soldering guns and distribute other Cooper products such as Nicholson Xcelite Wiss and Crescent hand tools No talks yet CUPW OTTAWA CP Executives of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers CUPW have decided not to return to the bargaining table immediately CUPW vicepresident JeanClaude Parrot said Tuesday The post office asked the union last week to resume contract negotiations All they want is meeting said Parrot They dont want negotiations The unions position will be reassessed later be said If the employer changes its attitude that could be reason for us to go back Negotiations for new contract covering 22000 mail sorters and postal clerks broke off an hour after they started May 18 The union said the post office was interfering with intemal union affairs by prohibiting distribution of union newsletter to mem bers Bell might need mare MONTREAL CP Bell Canada might find it necessary to apply for another rate increase by the end of the year because the rate of growth in longdistance revenues is lower than expected the companys prison information officer said after the con flict Tuesday The hospital looks like battleground There was blood and people everywhere Its an incredible mess Prisoners are being kept in their cells in lockdown that officials say will probably last week Luxford said there have been three major racial fights in the last 10 years at the prison But when three people are killed its pretty largescale incident he said Anytime somebody loses their life over the color of their skin nobody wins The climate here is all tension and fear Prisoners attacked each other along corridors in the prisons north and west wings with makeshift knives and clubs before guar ds firing rifle shots quelled the disturbances MUSLIMS ATTACKED The deaths and injuries came in two separate attacks by members of the American National Socialists on members of Black Muslim prison sect officials said The fights took place in the prisons west wing honor block which houses 364 men officials said The first fight in which two white convicts attacked black prisoner was broken up in the morning when guards fired waming shot Prisoners were ordered into cells but Charles Jack Captain 31 black convict from San Francisco was stabbed in stair well Captain serving twoyeartolife sentence for assault with deadly weapon died few hours later Ah yes the cooling beach on sand castles Tuesdays heat with trip to the beach Botli Johnson Street beach where this photo was taken and Ceiitenial beach in Barrie were well populated with Visitors trying to av01d the heat and humidity Examiner Photo 5° Per Copy Carrier Home Dellvery 90 Weekly miner serving barrie and simcoe county objecting to Sandy Cove Acres Ltds decision to raise their lot rent by 10 to 15 per cent Company representatives said the in creases which came into effect Jan are necessary to offset possible $349305 loss brought on by increased costs Max Rice company president and Mary Lewis comptroller presented costrevenue statement at the hearing It showed total revenue from the unit ren tals as $818143 The cost side included $776 for capital expenditures $692976 for mortgages and $473696 for operations total of $1167448 The difference is $349305 The tenants also said the increases were based on maintenance costs but disagreed with the way the company had determined the tenants share of the costs The company also sells mobile homes in the park and operates shopping mall The tenants association through its lawyer argued that costs charged to them for telephone transportation advertising and office salaries also included some of the costs of running the other operations WANTED LAWYER Mike Adams local lawyer questioned the company representativess on the specific details of the figures until Rice indicated he would not answer any more questions without his lawyer present Bob Bentley local rent review officer then began redirecting the questions The basis of the tenants argument was that the figures quoted in number of categories were too high and that all the money spent should not be charged to them Adams zeroed in specifically on transporta tion saying the mileage paid to All Hall park supervisor totalled 19500 miles yet the supervisor had only made the 130mile return trip to the companys head office in Bramp ton three or four times and roads inside the park total five miles He also noted Al Fowler company vice president received $1471 for the use of his car He argued Fowler is involved in the com panys sales operation Adams questioned Ian MacKinnon member of the tenants association and former assistant general manager of crown Remand follows siege clealine Hudson the horse said goodbye to John Saunders the rider while attempting to leap an obstacle during training session in Toronto Tuesday Both horse and rider came out of the incident uninjured Saunders of London 0nt will ride Hud son iii the Canadian combinedtraining championships July 2124 in Calgary Photo executive vicepreSident ot operations said Tuesday Every indication we have says that were going tohave to go back before the CRTC Canadian Radiotelevision and Telecommunications Commission before the end of the year Frederick Ibey said in an interview They cant compete DETROIT AP US automakers do not have good lowpriced small car to compete with imports because they insist on higher profit margins says Douglas Fraser president of the United Auto Workers Hasers remarks were in the text of speech repared for delivery to sym posium re Tuesday on the state of the autoindustry The General Motors ethic prevails here make profits first and cais second he said OTTAWA CP Frederick Koepke 22 of Ottawa has been remanded for psychiatric examination following down town shooting and siege Monday night which left one policeman dead and eight policemen and civilian wounded Koepke was charged early Tuesday with one count of firstdegree murder and nine counts of attempted murder Police said the shooting which attracted about 400 spectators started about pm EDT when constables David Kirkwood and Terry Lynch approached house at Bronv son and Gladstone avenues to deliver sum mons for assault Police say Kirkwood 22yearold rookie was killed by gunshot through the door of the house Lynch was not in ured The incident started reehour Siege with policemen surrounding the twostorey building Rifle and shotgun blasts came from an stairs window Police returned the fire an tear gas canisters Alcohol part of life WINNIPEG CP Alcohol is mentioned or seen so often on the 30 most popular US television shows that some people may believe its as much part of life and about as serious as brushing teeth says US sociologist Dr Warren Breed of the Scientific Analysis Corp of San Francisco told an ad dictions conference Tuesday that drinking was seen every 10 minutes on prime time shows he studied More than onehalf the drinkin was done by stars or heroes while the ad guys only did 10 per cent of the drinking unin tentionally glamorizing drinking and giving it cultural approval he said The study includes analysis of 150 hours worth of 15 situation comedies and 15 police dramas Breed said story plots would not be hurt if the characters met over coffee or soft drinks instead of liquor 40 Pages Rent review hearing decision waits on review board appeal Assets Corp McKinnon had examined the companys books on behalf of the tenants McKinnon indicated he did not feel he had received qualified assistance in examining the books and questions he had asked had not been answered Throughout the hearing Rice indicated the books are open for the tenants to see Adams also questioned the $5624 in con sultants fees which he said were paid to Fowler He also questioned the $50000 management fee paid to Rirob North company Rice owns with David Robertson Rice said afterward the management fee pays his salary Its paying me for my time in managing the park The tenants also questioned whether they should pay the total cost of depreciation on equipment since the equipment is used out side the mobile home park LOOK AT IT ALI Bentley said his office would examine all the issues raised at the hearing He said would not make decision on the hearing until the rent review board has com pleted an appeal hearing requested by the company The company is arguing that the rent review officer does not have jurisdiction over the increases because the leases were signed prior to July 29 1975 when the rent review legislation came into effect Bentley ruled he does have jurisdiction because the leases are covered by amend ments made to the legislation in April Bentley said he expects the board to uphold his decision but the hearing will be useful even if it doesnt The hearing brought the two sides together and gave them better understanding of the others situation he said The hearing cost $115 $25 for sound system and $90 for additional chairs The school board provided the cafeteria free The hearing lasted four hours and conclud ed shortly after one tenant fainted and was taken to hospital by ambulance Bentley concluded the hearing by sug gesting that in the future the two sides meet annually to discuss the increases in maintenance costs Lakes critICIsm Maxwell Cohen chairman of the Intema tional Joint Commission hearing being held in Sault St Marie 0nt Tuesday criticized the Ontario government for an image of fatness in the enforcement of environmental legislation Algoma Steel Corp Ltd and the provincial govemment were criticized at the hearing into report which blames the steel company and Sault St Marie for the only transboundary water pollution 1n the upper Great Lakes Photo Mainly sunny today and tomorrow in the Barrie area Low tonight 14 degrees High Thursday near 30