Barrie Examiner, 25 Oct 1977, p. 1

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Jr Warble action urged The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food office in Alliston is urging area farmers to end the feast warble flies are having on their cattle ne of several warble systemics may still be used on beef cattle and dairy heifers this fall September October and November are the recommended months of treatment The products nearly all available local ly will kill off tiie warbles before they migrate through the animal and cause poorer cattle and carcass damage HerdWinterizing Simcoe County farmers who are involved with cows in any way will have the op portunity of attending Winterizing Your Beef Herd meeting at the Holiday Inn Barrie Nov at pm Several speakers will stress the benefits of warble fly protection for each and every beef herd The amount of money 1051 each year throtigb carcass and beef damage is unnecessary if proper protection is given now As well talk will be given on choosing the most economical beef rations in light of current costs and supplies The meeting is joint effort on behalf of local oOps New highway link TORONTO The Ontario government is planning to build new eastwest highway south of Lake Siincoe to connect Highway 400 to Highway 12 The new highway is needed according to the government to improve local service in Sitncoe County and ill York and Durham Regions and to provide highway link bet New York stopover Britains Princess Margaret leaves ter minal at New Yorks Kennedy Interna tional Airport Monday The princess stayed overnight in New York before pro ceeding to the West Indies Tuesday AP lliotoi Church may sell move Planning board will hold public meeting tonight on proposal by the Barrie Optimist Club to turn the Northside Bible Chapel into clubhouse The meeting will begin at pm at City Hall if the proposal is approved by planning board and council the church will sell the building to the club and move elsewhere in thccity Among other items on tonights agenda are proposed 3H1 home subdivision on 78 acres on both sides of Grove Street east of the unopened Johnson Street road allowance by Metro Developments of Toronto and proposal by Argosy In estinents for an apartment zoning on acre parcel on the northwest corner of llake and Steel streets Citizen of Year Slltt tll tStaff The lnnisfil Chamber of Commerce will honor Orrie Tollins the chambers 193 Citizen of the Year at banquet at the Stroudlnnisfil Community entre Friday night The banquet starts at with happy hour followed by dinner at pm Collins will be presented with the Citizen of the Year award at in followed by dancing until Admission is $1211 euple Dollar is 898 cents US MONIItEAl ICPr The Canadian dollar plunged to 89 88 US cents on New York money markets Monday the first time since Septtmlxr 1939 that it has closed below the 00 cent level The drop caught many analysts by sur priso the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and deadfine Crosbys estate Special proiect Whats urban planning student Rene agenais of Montreal doing in Wasaga Beach cutting up driftwood on the banks of the Nottawasaga River He is one of 30 young people from across anada who are participating in Katimavik project in town until ec The participants wear ing their bright blue hard hats have become familiar sight to local residents For more on the project turn to todays County Page Examiner Photo ween the Peterborough and Lake Huron Georgian Bay areas The project endorsed by the two regions and Simcoe County council last year calls for the extension of Highway 89 from Highway 400 to Highway 12 along existing routes where possible Annual meeting set The annual meeting of the Simcoe County Cream Producers will be held Wednesday at pm in the basement of St Peters Anglican Church Minesing Simcoe Countys Dairy Princess Brenda Simpson will be on hand along with representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food REDWOOD CITY Calif Ali Bing Crosbys will lists cash gifts of 3400000 to relatives and friends but guarantees secrecy for what becomes of the bulk of his estate The ninepage document was filed for pro bate Monday in San Mateo County Superior Court The singer died Oct 14 in Spain lie was 74 The will was filed by lawyer Richard Ar nold of Los Angeles who said the bulk of the Crosby estate is governed by living trust drawn up along with the will last June 27 The living trust essentially private will designates how the singers estate will be distributed it also offers tax benefits and guarantees privacy Robber still sought Barrie city police are still searching for masked man involved in holdup Saturday at the Beckers Milk store on ollier Street says police spokesman The man robbed store attendants of about $65 at knifepoint at approximately 43 Saturday and then disappeared Witnesses have described the man as bet ween 20 and Zlyearsold heavyset with fair eyebrows and lashes and between 53 and He was last seen wearing burgundy toti que to hide his face brown ski jacket and bluejeans says police Constables Fred Nishman and Stanley Jessup are investigating the holdup Fire damage $70000 fire which destroyed the Vespra balct on Highway 93 Sunday caused an estimated 370000 damage says Vespra Township Fire Chief BobByers Chief Byers who spent Monday at the scene of the fire said no cause has been determined but says the fire is not going to be investigated by the Ontario Fm Mar shais office The cause is still undetermined but was on the phone to them yesterday and they said there was no need to call them in he said today Theres nothing suspicious about the fire hief Byers says Joseph lilla of lhor nhill owner of the property had sortie in surance but not enough to cover the damage Vespra firefighters spent about tthmd ahalf hours fighting the blaze which is believed to have started in the storage room and quickly spread to the entire structure Polanski in court Motion picture director Roman Polanski walks past two 05 Angeles County sheriffs deputies Monday as he leaves court proceedings in Santa Monica Polan ski was called to court to explain recent trip to Europe Polanski is facing 90day sentence to prison for psychiatric tests relating to his earlier guilty plea to sex crime involving tilyearold girl tAI Photo weather few showers tonight and Wednesday Mild Lows overnight to iligh both days l5 to 17 Union proposals in Inco crisis Plans aim of easing layoff By TIIE CANADIAN PRESS Union leaders presented Inco Ltd on Mon day with proposals they said might help to ease the impact of layoffs of more than 3800 nickel mine workers Meanwhile Ontario Premier William Davis said he was willing to ask company representatives to meet with committee of the legislature and federal Labor Minister John Munro said he was keeping hands off the private sector Inco announced last week it will begin in February to lay off 2800 employees at Sud swarmziffigrismstpfsgifis 1130 year No 247 Tuesday October 25 1977 bury 0nt and 650 in Thompson Man The international nickel corporation announced last month it will lay off 384 laborers in Port Colborne 0nt this winter Proposals by the United Steelworkers of America presented to the company in Sud bury would eliminate overtime work Dave Patterson president of Sudbury Local 6500 said union members also were being asked to strictly observe all company safety rules The worktorule polic would have miners bypass shortcuts whic might earn them bonus pay The union also wants better deal on sions and severance pay so that older wor ers will retire heading off unemployment among younger workers Im still optimistic something can be done Patterson said Inco officials refused to comment saying further meetings were being planned with the union Earlier in the day 30 Sudbury politicians union leaders and businessmen set up com mittee to deal with the layoffs Their first action was to send telegram to 15° Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 90° Weekly he exa at strifeWis impact Prime Minister Trudeau demanding that gov eminent meet with the union before holding any discussions with the mining companies In Toronto Premier Davis said in the legislature he was willing to ask Inco officials to meet with the legislatures standing com mittee on resources to discuss the layoffs He said he will meet with the chairman of Inco on Thursday Outside the legislature the premier said he cant change the basic realityit is an over supplyit is an international problem 44 Pages miner serving barrie and simcoe county Demolition of fireball voted downfor now By RICHARD IlNSIAN Examiner Staff Reporter The shadow of the wreckers ball fell across the old ollier Street fireball Monday and time appears to be running out on the con troversial building Aid Bill Knowles long supporter of restoring the disused fireball as city arts centre brought surprise motion demolish the building during special meeting of city councils general commit tce Committee voted the motion down but gloomy comments on both sides of the vote left little cause for hope to those who favor saving the century old brick building which was once Barries town hall II HILI KNOWLES Two escaped prisoners charged in connec tion with the Oct 12 shooting death of Coll ingwood police officer appeared in Barrie court room this morning under heavy security to set date for preliminary hearing Jerald hater and William Frederick both 21 were charged with firstdegree murder Oct 111 after Sgt iton McKean of the Co ingwood Police Dept was killed by shotLtI blast in front of ollingwood hotel No date for the hearing was set todiIY however because Edward Greenspan Toronto lawyer who will defend bater Could not be in court Fredericks lawyer William Mackenzie of Orillia acted on behalf of Greenspans client but be said the Toronto lawyer had not sup Armed robber MONTREAL WIN riflewielding rob her who held iii bank employees hostage for three hours was arrested Monday as he fled by car north of the city See photos on page 12 The robber surrendered to police in nearby Lacticriaic without firing shot to end Two murder suspects in court appearance Committee voted to seal off the building from public access and call in structural engineer to see whether the fireball is in danger of collapsing over the winter in addition parking lot next to the firchalls rear wall will be barricaded ity engineer Ray Allen told committee part of the wall appears to be separating from the building Its over said an emotional Aid Knowles as he defended his motion Its all over love it tthe fireball but its over He branded the building deathtrap in an interview after the meeting Most of those who opposed Aid Knowles motion said the timing was wrong The city is currently awaiting proposals rom private investors to renovate and iperate the building and some aldermcn argued that council should make no decision in the firchalls fate until after the Dec ieadiinc for proposals Others wanted report from planning con sultants conducting $61000 core area nvitalization study for the city But only Aid Janice Laking member of the firchalls board of management and coun cils strongest supporter of the arts centre project spoke out loudly for the building She noted that the Citizens advisory com mittee to the core revitalization study has come out in favor of saving the fireball and that council had only voted against the arts centre project at summer meet mg when she and other fireball supporters were on holiday Aid Ross Stephens also board of management member said he has seen his hopes for the arts centre project and for sav ing the building dashed dont think we are going to get any pro posals he told committee lma realist see theres no hope there However Aid Stephens opposed the Knowies motion as premature He was join ed by alderinen Laking Fred Ruemper Ed Thompson and lord Mills all past fireball supporters and Del Tole Ron Lynch and Mayor Ross Archer who have opposed the arts centre project Only aldermen Nelson iarrett Ernie Holman and Bill Campbell all longstanding fireball opponents sup ported Aid Knowles call for immediate demolition plied him With list of possible dates for the preliminary hearing Provincial court Judge Don Inch ordered bater and Frederick held in custody at Bar rie city jail until next Tuesday Security at the courthouse this morning was very heavy There were plain clothes and unifonned officers inside the courtroom including Barrie Police hief Earl Snider and Staff Sergeant Hillman ot the Barrie Olldetachment Two officers stood outside guarding the courtroom door Reporters were allowed into the courtroom withhnly notebooks and pens hater and Frederick handcuffed to each other were brought to the courtroom from the jail through air underground tunnel apprehended drama which began when police answered bank robbery alarm in the Rosemont district of Montreal Before the incident ended journalist became hostage in exchange for three bank customers and then accompanied the robber with three bank employees at gunpoint as he made his escape by car Parents brothers dead in fire United Appeal blitz on The lnited Appeals annual residential blitz got underway Monday night as several hun dred volunteer canvassers knocked on doors hoping to raise $20000 to enable the appeals 13 agencies to continue to serve the community Ellen Watson left of Napier Street receives her receipt from canvaser Ina Tikkala Monday night The blitz will continue tonight and Wednesday night tExaniiner Ibotot Council defeats proposal on capital punishment vote City council backed out of the capital punishment debate Monday defeating on 76 vote general committee recommenda tion to support call for national referen dum on the issue Committee had voted last week to support resolution from the Eastern Ontario township of barlottenburgh asking for direct public vote on the death penalty which was abolish ed by Parliament last year But the return of two aldermcn who were away last week Del Cole and Ernie Rot man both of whom support the death penalty but oppose referendums tipped the scale against the recommendation Monday Budget battle group formed Appointment of special review committee to look into an 380000 budget battle between the Simcoe County Childrens Aid Society and the province was completed Monday when rillia city Council agreed to accept Orville Hughes former county warden and former Children Aid Society tCASt director as municipal representative on the committee Barrie and Simcoe County the other municipalities involved have already ap proved Hughes appointment Student charged in deaths of four BRUNSWICK Ohio Apt university student has been charged with aggravated murder in connection with the deaths of his parents and two brothers Bodies of the VIC tims were found in their home which had been soaked with flammable fluid and set on fire Four counts of aggravated murder were fil ed by Brunswick police against Michael Swibart 19 Medina police said today Authorities investigating the explosion and fire that killed Swiiiarts parents and two brothers in their suburban home were awaiting autopsies The tests were to deter mine whether the family died before or dur ing the blaze Coroner Andrew Karson said Monday three of the victims Brian Swibart 16 his brother Russell and their mother Sue Swibart 38whad been soaked with flam mable fluid Karson said the father Donald Swibart 41 was killed by the explosion His body was found in hallway near the family room Where other bodies were found Michael Swibart had been questioned by police Monday about the explosion Police Chief Clayton Crook said the same fluid used on the bodies probably gasoline had been spread throughout the home Crook said gasoline can was found in the ruins along with device believed to have been use ed to touch off the explosion Autopsies were expected to show whether carbon monoxide was in the blood An absence of carbon monoxide would indicate that the victims died before the fire Karson said xrays of the bodies did not show any gunshot wounds Michael student at Miami University at Oxford Ohio had been home for the weekend Mayor Ross Archer and Aid Ed Thompson also supporters of capital punishment joined aldermen Batman and Cole and antihanging aldermen Ross Stephens Janice Laking and Fred Ruemper in opposing the call for referendum In favor of putting the issue to public vote were aldermen Bill Knowles author of last weeks motion Bill Campbell Gord Mills Alex Arthur Nelson Garrett and Ron Lynch Aid Stephens gave stronglyworded speech to council against both the death penalty and the use of referendums to set na tional policy It has not been proven that capital punish ment deters murder he said most murders are crimes of passion He said the only effective deterrent is higher conviction rate for murderers com bined with longer prison terms facades at 77113 is the last time take cheap flight to Europe msrde local Ilfootylo entertainment county sport comic daoslflod lupplomonts Tower Soars

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