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THURSDAY, MAY.¢, 1971

Terrace

Business Address: 4613 Lazelle Ave.,

POMZE~-~FoO

EDITOR KAYCE WHITE
Phone: 635-6357" ;

OUR OPINION

One policy needed |

Many Americans are refused
landed immigrant status in Canada for
no apparent reason other than their
political views.

The most recent case was that of
Gabriel Kolko, a 38-year-old American
and outspoken critic of the war in
Vietnam. He was hired last May as a
full professor to teach U.S. history at
York University, Toronto.

It did not occur to him that he
would have trouble getting into
Canada. So he gave up his tenure at the
State University of New York at
Buffalo. He sold his house there, He
purchased another one in Toronto.

When he applied for landed im-
migrant status he was refused entry on
the grounds that his presence in
Canada would be “contrary to
Canadian national interest.”

His application was made outside
the country. But when he hired a
Toronto lawyer he was advised to’
make a second application from within
the country. There’s a marked dif-
ference between an external ap-
plication and one that is made in-
ternationally, The Department of

Manpower and Immigration does not
have to show any reason for refusing
entry on an external application, but on
an internal application the department
can be made to show cause why an
applicant is refused entry.

It is time, long past it for that
matter, for the government to state
clearly what its policy is regarding the
entry of Americans who actively op-
pose U.S. war policies. Too many
mistakes have been made. It is time
for one just policy that will apply to
those who can and cannot defend
themselves. .

On the day the department
reversed its decision, Kolko’s lawyer
was ready to file a writ of mandamus
against the department. It all goes to

‘show that a little legal pressure and a

little publicity goes a long way. It did at
least for Kolko who could afford a
lawyer. But what about those
Americans who cannot afford high-
priced lawyers? How many of them
must there be? How many have been
refused entry to Canada without ap-

‘peal or explanation?

A toast

Three years was a long time for Bill
Bruce to be left wondering whether
he'd made the grade or not. But then
again, the chairmanship of the B.C,
Liquor, Control Board is-unlike other).
government posts. A hasty decision-
say, after only two years surveillance
of the candidate--and the boss might
have found himself saddled with some
crazy maverick who thought he ran the
show. - .

The iob demands qualitications that
might seem simple but aren’t. It can’t
be easy at all to consistently behave
illogically, arbitrarily, arrogantly and
covertly without hitting the bottle,

dressing up as Napoleon or breaking
into hysterics at church. It's not
enough for the government to think it
has landed a jewel; it’s got to be sure.

_. By, mercifully ending Mr. Bruce's

three years acting-chairmanship and

- confirming him as the real thing, the

government has signified that it’s as
sure of its man as it will ever be. And
while the record of the board’s conduct
during those three years suggests
forlornly that no rash mistake has been
made, the kindest wish one can extend.
Mr. Bruce is that, this time, the boss
has guessed wrong.

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Life is to Live by

Charles was seven when it
happened, He hada new bicycle
and his mother’ had warned
him, her fear thinly disguised in
the tone she used: “Now don’t
race, Charles. You're sure to
have an accident if you do,
Especially with your father
away. It would be sure to
happen then!"’

It did happen; that evening

two blocks from Charles’ home,
In defiance of his mother's fear
he had ridden as fast as he could
down the narrow street as soon
as his mother had closed the
front door, The young doctor,
their next door neighbour, had
been unable to avoid him when
Charles, seemingly unable to
stop, had gone through the red
light at the carner,
_Thrown violently to the
ground he was conscious: when
his mother tore to his side, ‘‘]
told you, ! told you!” she cried
out, holding his head in her lap.
He looked into her eyes and saw
again the fear.- now almost
panic - that lay behind them.
The young doctor’ was bending
over him, ‘You've broken your
leg, Charles,” he was saying
quietly. ‘And I think perhaps
your arm, We're going to have
to take you to the hospital."

The hospital.’ Unlil this

“moment the word had meant

‘lite to Charles, Or so he’

tiought, But now, as he lay .in
the .half-light awaiting the
ambulance, he remembered a
conversation between his
mother and her sister when he

was five, “It's terrible. what .

she's going through in that

' “nto tears. His “father stood”
there, large and’ tall, and told
“him not be bea baby. There was

by Cay Wade

“Is it really bad in the
hospital?” he asked his mother.
“Of course not,” she replied,
“it's a lovely place. The doctors
and nurses, they’re really
wonderful, [twon’t hurt, and I'll
be there all the time.’’ He didn’t

’ dare ask why her reply now was

so different from the things she
and Aunt Jane had said that
night. He wasn’t supposed to
have heard. “You'll be there all
the time, really?” “Of course,

of course. Now don’t talk —

anymore, just lie still until we
gel there.”

Later his leg in traction, his
arm ina east, Charles asked for
hig mother, “She had to go
home,” said a nurse, looking at
her watch. “It’s quite late, you
know. She'll be here first thing
in the morning.” “First thing?”
asked Charles. ‘That's what
she said," replied the nurse,
“Now suppose you try and get
some sleep,” . ;

Bath his leg and his arm were
hurting him, and his mother had
said he wouldn't hurt, Wouldn't
hurt at all, she'd said. She said
she'd be with him all the time,
and she wasn’t here now, The.

_ Sights and sounds and smells

around him were very strange.

. “Gee,-he thought, they might.

have left something in me." His

- sleep was fitful. At six o'clock in-
“fhe morning he was wide
awake. It was ‘first thing in the -

morning,’ and he lay waiting for
his mother, never taking his
‘eyes off the door. —

She didn’t arrive until: ten
o'clock. His father was with her.
“I’m sorry darling,” she said,-

“I just had to get Daddy at the™
__ airport. [had to be with him as -
- goon as he arrived:. 1-was-se.,:
* seared - 50 geared,” wee

‘Charles could: withstand ‘his .

own fears no longer. He burst

"nothing ‘to be scared about.

¢ the neighbour

“Completely. confused -by._now, -

“: Charles'‘wept more fiercely than

‘ever: and could riot stop: when -

ine : octop dropped.
CE by to visit him.

Half an hour later when the
three of them left, Charles was
not to know that the young
doctor turned to his mother
outside the door and handed her
a little blue and white booklet.
“] wish you'd read this, Kit,” he
said. “It's got a lot of good

advice.” Itli not get Charles .
mended any faster physically, -

of course, but it will help you to
help him over the fears and
hurts he’s bound to go through.”

The booklet was called:
Suddenly It Happens - Your
Child is 111, “It’s put out by the
Canadian Mental Health
Association,” the doctor said.
“One of many they put out to
help in times like this. This one
is written as much for parents
as it is for the kids. Anyone can
get a copy from. their local
CMHA ~ free, by just asking.”

The only thing Charles did
know - and that very afternoon -
was that. his mother told him
exactly when she would come to
see him again, why she could

‘not come earlier, and just. how

long she would be able to stay;
and that yes, she knew he was in

pain; that it was tough not to be -

able to move about; and that
yes, he wasn't going to come out

_of the hospital right away; and
_ that no, it wasn’t being a baby to

ery sometimes, and, that. yes,
Daddy’ had really felt’ like

,erying himself this. morning,

that's why he sounded so-mad;
and tried to look so talk and big..

Charles stept well that night,

’ and waited patiently until

eleven the next morning to see
his mother. And when he cried a

little on‘seeing-her, she put her
: arms around him, the fear gone

.” front her eyes, and'cried a little

also, «..

- y[Letters to shi editor inust be

signed by and bear the address

"of the writer. “The shorter. the-
better. A'pen-name may :be

used only-in apectal:cases: The

’ Terrace Herald may edi{ letters:
. for brevity, clarity, legality or.
ct || eo

‘Terrace Herald

“But why, for instance, would the RCMP want a dossier
on you, sir — you’ve never done ANYTHING... .”

CHICAGO'- Wine is good for

one’s health, a team of- 30 of

doctors concluded.
"It is good for the spirits, the

“appetite, digestion, the heart

and.social tension according. to
a year-long examination by the

. national study on the medical

importance of wine, .
Thestudy was financed by the
wine advisory board, an agency

_. of the California agriculture
: + department, The

doctors
selected by the chairman, Dr,
Salvatore Lucia, a professor

_ emeritus of medicine at the |

| University’ of California, were
.. not paid for their research.

Dr. Robert Stepto, professor

and chairman of obstetrics and ~

. . gynecology, Chicago Medical

"-- powerlessness and

IN_MNY_ VIEW? seine sone

Many of you met gerbils for
the first time when your
children brought the
classroom pets home as
holiday or weekend guests.
Guinea pigs in my opinion are
nondescript, mice are-
orwould be-nice if their fur
extended to tail-tip, turtles are
trifling and tropical fish have
no personalities, But gerbils
which are a desert family of
digging rodents - now popular
in schools for the edification of

. pupils and at home as: pets for .:
- Mary or Johnhy*+-are’a ‘non--
smelly, interesting group of
mammals who are a joy to

have around the house.

But for those of you who
haven't yet had the pleasure of
Meeting gerbils, please let me
introduce you.

Mickey and Minnie were
just two lively small bits of
brown life about five weeks
old or three quarters grown to
their full size of six to eight
inches long exluding their
tales when they came to stay.

We made them a home from

a long wooden box with a
hinged wire mesh top and one
detachable end for cleaning
purposes. In their box we
placed a couple of pieces of
driftwood, two long, thin,
glass olive jars and a large
piece of towelling,
- To supplement _ their
commercial gerbil food we fed
them dandelions - flowers and
leaves - which they devoured
immediately and wholly,
walnuts, bread, celery “(no
frozen foods), and lettuce and
other things which they either
accepted with relish or left
entirely alone. Gerbils have
very definite tastes. Within a
very short time, two days, the
entire towel was shredded and
rolled into a corner for a nest,
Leisure time was then spent
crawling inside the jars and
scratching as thought their
lives depended on it or just
darting around, over, and
under the driftwood.

The little mites were

_ friendly sorts and loved to be
handled and talked to. Like

‘gophers or squirrels or their

larger cousins the kangaroo,

gerbils have very fully

developed hind legs and can

balance their bodies upright

while holding and eating food
in their front hands. | Like
squirrels they can also tuck
food into their cheeks and
pack it around until they hide
or eat it.
When they were about two
months

When theyt were about two
months old, Minnie and
Mickey became lovers as well
as friends. Like all males,
Mickey found it difficult to be
discreet about his desires and
had a habit of stamping his,
rear feet in a loud drumniing ‘

Sound’ when’ he wished ‘to:

assert his ardour. Minnie
tolderated his advances and in
about three weeks it was
evident that their love-making
produced resulls.

Two days before she gave
birth Minnie retired to their
nest and locked Mickey
outside. Lf he tried to enter
she whistled him out at the top
of her lungs, If he didn’t
retreat quickly enought she bit
him. Mickey took refuge in an
olive bottle where he scratejed
awau his. rejection and
‘frustration. ;

Minnie and Mickey were the
best parents I have ever met.
-They completely cooperated

-with one another. If she
‘whistled at their children to
run and hide, he rounded up
the slower ones and herded
them into their nest.

Minnie had five tiny brown
babies each about the size of a
quarter of a cigarette the first
Hitter. Mickey baby-sat at
Minnie’s request while she
came out of the nest to eat but
after ‘two days of
intermittened baby-sitting the
father was allowed to join the:
family permanently. . .

The babies learned .

everything from parental

example, Mickey taught them
‘to climb under and over the
driftwood and how to race for
cover at the first sign, of
;danger. ‘Minnie taught them -
-how to-forage for food and
what and what not to eat. She |
‘seemed to need to show them
only once and the babes were:
Self-reliant within one and a
half .weeks,° Se,
«When the five youngsters
“were about three weeks ald we
found happy homes for thern.:

The Editor. |

Terrace, BC, ae

Dear Sir: »

- On behalf of myself, and the

Hope Rotary Club, I wish:-to
write a few: words.of praise Re:
the. Terrace Roadrunners. for
whom i have had the pleasure of
catering too while on their treck
to Vancouver, '. ne
- [have been in the restaurant

_ business: for quite.a number of

years but I have yet to find 4
“nicer. group of boys ta serve
than ..the |.group

ie above’
- mentioned, :E have found found
them ‘without,exception, clean, &F

polite,.and courteous, : well >.

YOUR OPINION __

WHILE uphold ‘the motto of their
’ gentennial greeting, There’s
space where mian:can be alone.

with God to give thanks for the

‘progress we have made and for
_ the peace’ we now enjoy...
cD: feels .compelled- . to
* congratulate. the. organizers

some whom,I met-for the effort ~
that. they. put into. it, and’ the .

.Tanter that they had the boys

Organized. It has-been a’...
” pleastire for me to have you, 1.

»Wish you-all. much success in

“your endeavours, and with the,

‘attitude that you have you can't
“tolss, believe 'me, ag you have
ted:a'great impression:

‘manneréd; “I-belleve that they: ~-

“are a credit ‘to ‘their ‘parents,
their school, and their. teachers, .

as well-as the.town-of Terrace.

I-sincerely believe: that. they

_ inch . a .. year,

Time in the life of a gerbil
fleets fast and after an hour or.
so of looking for their children
they gave up the hunt and
carried on like a young
childless couple, After an
indecently short period of six
Weeks or so Mickey began his
drumming again and one
more Minnie produced a litter
for him. This time her
children numbered six.

Tragedy struck the young -

family this litter. One of the

offspring: who was more..
adventurous than. his.hrothers :.
’ and sisters. wiggled -under: the.

driftwood and knocked it down
on top of -himself. Loud
whistles of anguis could be
heard in the cage as Minnie
dislodged her dead child fram
under the wood. She wrapped.
it meticulously in part of the
shredded nest and pushed it in
its shroud to the far end of the
cage. It hada spendid funeral
at the incinerator, | -

We had bequeathed the first
five children to our better
humored friends. and were
hard pressed to find six more
friends ‘who were gerbil

minded. ;

When Mickey and Minnie
produced their third litter of
seven children we felt that
perhaps it was time to end
their career as parents before
the city was overrun with
gerbils, 4

Minnie and Mickey were
separated and henceforth
lived a life of abstinence with
thier memories to sustain
them in the sorrow of their
separation. __ a

They soon forgot, their love

!

and spent.their time trying to.
“scratch "their “Way! ati dee

boltles which they may still Be |
doing. Their seven children

were donated to the school

board for distribution to

primary classes.

Minnie and Mickey were
entertaining houseguests.
They were quiet, clean, -
respectable types. Pillars of
gerbil society I might venture’
tosay. I often hopes their time
Spent with us was as pleasant
for them‘as it was for our
family who is now much more
knowledgabe in the ways of
gerbils, - TO, ,

When Terra:
isn't firma

_ ST.LOUIS POST. DISPATCH

When preachers”
politicians warn us from pulpit
and podium that our nation is
adrift, their social analysis may
be subject to question but their
science is impeccably precise.
The North American continent
is drifting westward at the rate
of slightly less than one-half
two. U.S.
government geologists reported
recently...

‘Those alarmed to learn ‘that

terra isn't as firma as they
. thought may be consoled - to
' know that things are moving at

a more rapid pace elsewhere:

Iidia and Australia‘are racing -

north at the headlong speed of
four inches a year. .

It all began 20) milifon years

‘and

ago, the scientists say, when the
world’s single huge continent
was split in two. by movements

‘deep within the earth's crust,
.The splitting and drifting

continued. oVer the ages,
resulting in the | present
alignment of six major land
masses, most of them still
looking for a place to-settle
down, ~ .*

We . leave. to the
mathematically proficient the

~ chore of figuring out how Jeng it

will: be before California .is
contiguous to

observation that East may be
East.and West may be West but
Sooner or later they won't.

‘WARNED

ERNE M
GOIN' IN

he

Hawaii, *
‘eontenting ‘ourselves. with the

ONE COMING-< |
QUT C' THERE!)

‘School and Mount. Sinai

Hospital, and member of the
study group, sald that until the

~ turn of the century wine was
used freely in compoi ing

drugs and: in therapy but
during . prohibition its used
‘decreased, .
“Twould highly recommend
wine in hospital diets,’’ he said:
. Dr. Stepto said that for use in
calming patients wine is

-recommended over. sedatives,

“For normal utilization a food]
product is highly recommended
over a drug product,’’ he said.

Dr. Stepto said six or seven
hospitals in Chicago are serving),
‘wine with meals.

The study,

wine relieves emotional
tensions arid serves as a force
against alienation,
social
isolation, .

Wine aids the heart patient by
Telaxing the smaller blood
vessels, by lowering the
concentration of cholesterol in
the blood. Dr. Stepto said there
has been a decrease in clot
formation when wine is ‘used.

Wine provides supplementary
amounts of vilamin B to a
therapeutic diet.

Wine aids in the recovery of
patients who have undergone
surgery, especially of tne
intestinal tract. . -

Wine, of the very dry type can
be used by diabetics for energy
without the need for. insulin.

Wine, when added to a
Tutritious diet, can provide an
added supplement of iron.

‘Wine is a known stimulator of

chairman of gastroenterology
Michael Reese Hospital in
Chicago, who also served on the
study committee, said that his

. first impression when asked to

serve on the study group was
that wine was basically an
alcoholic beverage.

“Actually itis only 10 to 20 per
cent alcohol, and has many as
200 other ingredients,”’ he said.

The study, he said, was. not
concerned with people. who
drink an excessive amount of
wine. “We are taking about the
effects of allowing patients to
drink a four-ounce glass per
meal.”

The study which consisted
largely of an evaluation of the
existing scientific literature on
the subject of wine, showed that
there are many gaps in the
medical knowledge of wine's
effects. : :

THORNY TWIG.
KNYSNA, South Africa (AP)
— Golfer Max Hulett thought a
snake had wriggled into. his

“pants when something sharp

stabbed his leg. Caddies gawked
as he pulled off his trousers and
jumped four feet away. The

“ shirt-tailed golfer thumped the

pants with a stick, but nothing
moved ‘inside. He inspected. the
trouser. leg. and found 4 thorny
twig stuck inside it, :

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