{9 sul } nesswonan a mother.’ . more sales in her. first year
And she. wanted to buy it from someone she trusted."
.» ‘Tofind that special salesman, she went “fron | ‘one car
© (@ another wearing Jeans, adress or a mink coat.”
. “Every place’. .”. the sales people made assumptions ott
- my car needs basedori how Twas dressed,” she aald. “Sales
- People should + never take assumptions. ae

aot TOWS

Man. town a few Kilometres from’ - were’ closed: by Manitoba
the US. border.” ‘Pool Elevators at the same -
a "CP Rail'pulled iip the rails.
_ overgroin.the right-of-way’ and sold or: Stockpiléd ‘the ©
where frelght trains used-to” ties three. years’ ago. The:
roll inte this seep farming, a town! s twin. eral elevators.’

-by farmers for storage. .
But. the - 250° people . in
Snowflake and surrounding:

OTTAWA. (CP) _ - Some of the necomisy'e
leading .consumer “advocates , hope the. .
‘appointment of Judy Erola as consumer
and:corporate affairs minister: will result":

inmore emphasis on the. consumer, rather’
‘than-the corporate, side of the portfallo.

The Consumer and Corporate Affairs
Department was considered a prime force |
- behind: “consumer advocacy in the 1970s.
But more ire recently, consumer groups have’.
the department listens.more __
' borcorporations thari their customersand °.
has shunted off responsibility for con:
.Bumet: profection to provincial govern-
_ ments and under-funded consumer groups.
Moments after’ being sworn in last .
Friday ‘ asthe new minister, replacing —.
Andre Ouellet, Erola promised to. give -
more attention to consumer issues,
‘But she could face an uphill struggle.
Cabinet’: colleagues ‘such as Finance
Minister’ Mare. “Lalonde . vere actively -
courting the private sector as the economy *-
is) pulley: out of recession Jand: appear...
_ teluetant to antagonize business, Q:

' "0F guess Judy. Erola can prave. that.
blonides are. more- fun,” Geoff . Scott,

: Progreasive Conservative consumer af-°
’ fairs critic, said: Monday in a telephone
interview from. hia. Dundas, Ont., home. :

' | “Dye been dealing with: Ouellet the

Public’ Interest Adioeacy Centre. sald»
increased funding of ‘consumer _BTOUpE
should be a top priority for -Erola. -
As well, Erola ‘should become more.
involved in. consumer-related issues ‘that
- are normally ‘handled by. other ‘depart-
. ments,
- For example, Erola should Join Health™:
Minister Monique _ Begin in defending .
consumer interests in the battle over
hospital : “user fees and extra billing ‘by:
doctors, Romaui sald. .
- We heed someone to do as much: for.
7 consumers as Agricultire Minister
"Eugene: Whelan did for farmers." -
: rola, who won. high praise from the «
; business: community when she waa mines:
- minister, “faces several controversial
“jasues, many af them long-standing, in her |
new job.
“Phe | government has promised for years.
to:bring ina; competition. bill because of
‘perceived inadequacies with current anti: .
combines legislation. -
., But the apparent pro- “business stance of
the governmenit and a vigorous: ‘business: |
lobby . could once. again Postpone dh".
troduction’ ‘éf that bill.
INHERITS MESS

another part-of Erola’ 's inheritance,

Y Waly, ‘indore what naked od:
was a Royal Trust real éstate agbsi Calgary stie'm

tian anyo

ape there. She Tater. became. ene directot:

e.elsé, in thi

‘comtinunities are: ‘still bitter.
‘about : the “city. ‘decision”:

‘time’and now they are used {that was another blow toa.
on ‘rural area that has-been |
in steadily ‘declining since i the,

“First World War.

Snowdlake, - about -
kilometres southwest .
Winnipeg, ts. one of: many
_ Prairie towns that have fost”.
rall service in the Inst fiye"
years.

“In Manitoba alone, . oN

Rail’ and CP’ Rail. -have /

‘pulled up 832 kilometres. of
“branch lines. that used to”
‘ink ‘small. communities’ ~
. with:. main - Jines,— foreing -
“grain elevators to close::
. Mervin Lyne, a Snowfléke.

farmer and farny ‘supply’:

‘dealer, .-said’” residents:

: ‘ahould -have. fought hatder
"to keep their rail line,
~ “Pool: said it was closing -

the elevators because of the”
railway’ and. the railway.

sald it was closing because

of the Pool,” said Lyne,
“We never really got to the
bottom of it before it was foo ,
late,"

a ILL FEELINGS REMAIN
‘ . Despite: ilk. *. feelings’.
some farmers have’ refused
to deal. with the farmer-”
‘owned’ ‘Pool’
“Closings. —~. some residents
of ‘Snowflake and nearby.

. oO "Lenore,
: The “metric: meas," as’ Scott calis it, ‘Is

“since +

‘Kenton

‘the . .

hand.
“ Bradwardine feel the loas of
-_ the 26-kilométre branch line _-

and how much sho could
the’ details ofthe ‘cart
tenan ce, not because she

Phin grass 1 near “CPR: tracks

. family — - but there's not too’.
many towns getting bigger. .
‘these days.”*

. George ‘Spedman, . “who. -

runs “a grocery. and dry -

.” goods store in Lenore, said

of he is happy with his lot.

“It’s a close-knit’ com--_
munity and Isay hello to my
customers -by name,’” said
‘-Speelman; “‘This business is
~_ Very low pressure and I'm:
about as independent. ag you.
ean get. m, : .
Oldtimers : say the: detlirie’
« had started long before the

railway. decidéd to pull out,

“Roy Booker, 70, said he ©
' believes Snowflake was. at '

its peak in the early 19003 .

and “has: « been ©.
crumbling ever. sinc “
Booker; one of 11 children

; Taised on -his.- parents’
-remembers..

homestead,
‘there used to be a bank, two
‘hotels, a bakery, doctor’s

-affice, barber shop, herd-
’ ware stores lumberyard and -
along

even | - jail *
- Snowflake’s “main | strect.
BUSING. PREVENTED
That toesn't.niean people
in the -area have given. up
trying” to -maintain.- their
easy-going rural lifestyle.
Last’ ‘spring, residents
blocked an attempt by the
school board:te bus Grade 7

and § students to. another ,

town from” Snowflake’s

~\y Spectfleally;*Erola” will” haye"to™ “decide”
Whether to lay charges against a group of, .
Conservative MPs operating an imperial-..
measure ‘gas’ station since January: in
contravention of the metric-only Jaw.
A federal inquiry into the pricing. ”
- policles of ‘the major. oil- companies, |
‘alleged attempts by the National Hockey

—- beunette for the last 34% years-and‘T hope “~
Mrs. ‘Erala ‘will give congumers a. -higher ;
- profile” than the previous minister, who —
really relegated it to about fourth on the
totem |
Barbara Shand, president of the ‘Con- |
" sumers, Association of Canada, said in an
" lolerelew from Toronto that she hopes to
conv Vince Erola of the need to look, more at

bi ro _CODRUMET, imRat ho severnent .

_. HURT BY QuorTas .
Shand specifically cited textile and
clothing import. quotas, which: force
consumers to buy higher-priced domestic
products.
‘Andrew Roman of the Toronte-based

7 DS. spreads slowly

The ‘deadly: new ‘disease Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndrome — AIDS — -

aaa alist the government by. homeawners *
with urea formaldehyde foam

.« Pesponsibilities.

with these issues, “not just.as a good

: ; advocate,” /‘

The most common signs of the disease
pre fever, night sweats, extreme fatigue,

is spreading in Canada, says a report in - Weight loss, diarrhea and the inability to
. the ‘Canadian Medical Association -Bhake infections, =...
Journal, - - AIDS basso far been confined to certain

There. now are 25 confirmed | cases. and
signs that incidence of the disease is
accelerating here as it has in the U.S., say
' doctors from the Quebec AIDS Commitiee-
Comite SIDA du Quebec, There now are
more than 900 confirmed cases in the U.S. -

: -. In Canada, cases of AIDS have been
reported in Montreal, Torehto;, Windsor
and Vancouver. '

With AIDS, | the body's defence a

mechanisms break down and are unable to
‘cope with viral and bacterlal attacks they
normally, would fend. off. ‘easily, The.
’ pessarchers say more than'70 per cent of°
AIDS victims have died within two years
__ 0 being diagnosed.
; Noting that in the past threo years there
‘has been: an exponential increase in the
‘qumbér'of cases reported, the researchers
say Canadian doctors should be aware of
* the signs and symptoms ‘of the diséase.

“Vigilance by physiclans is, of utmost
importance," says the committee, led by
“Dr. NJ. Gilmore of Montreal's Royal
Victoria, Hospital. —

“They point out that while ATDS can be .
difficult to recognize In its early stages,

groupe in the population, the researchers
say. Homosexuals and bisexuals account —
-for 73 per cent of cases, intravenous drug

immigrants.to North America’ for about:
alx percent.

in hemophiliacs, many of whom need
regular boosts of ‘a: blood-clotting ©

‘confirmed Canadian cases, two are ,
_- hemophiliacs.’ Five per cent: of AIDS
sufferers are prostitutes, - ‘recipients | of
blood transfusions, and infants, spouses or
- Partners of individuals. with AIDS,. the
‘Tesearchers Bays -

Because... AIDS. is probably
“tramamissible, people in contact with AIDS

‘ minimize risk of infection; However, the
’ doctors add, there isso far “no evidence

care workers,” =
The cause of the discass is unknown, but -
» the researchers: say it-could-be a virus.
* .. They suggest that doctors: report |
- ~guspected cases to the Laboratory Centre
“failure to recognize it or to start for Disease Control in Ottawa or to
treatment promptly can be catastrophic.” -provincial health authorities...

By Robin Adams Sloan

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Ceara area renminbi SRS EDREREDEROEY at Ya) VERNER

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res’ to ‘thé I st, would
asp P i Original promotional ‘plans

. When will we see the
tabalous Mri t in more play 8 garbage collector who

movies? — “church of the called f ‘aramount Pic-,
ea? . Clean to rid the ghetto of tures, predueses of- both

a ‘a, - vice and “inspire people.” filme, to present

: oO Me. Soun “ dance’’ as a sort o

: iors tilnhing prefect. tike =n inspirational distaff version, if you will, of.

_ John Travolta’s hit “Satur-
day Night Fever” with the
heroine, Alex, played byJ Jen.

Beals, to be the fe

* D.C: Cab," & movie com-
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in which the ‘ Team” TV
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Q. Afler ing thé movie
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League to reatrict ‘Sompetition ; and a suit _

. Roman hopes Erola will be able to deal +

cabinet player but asa zealous consumer .

abusers for 12 per cent and Haitian .’
: One per cetit of the cases have occurred -

ingredient from donated Blood. Of the 25.

‘victims should take. precaution: to

that AIDS has been transmitted to health |

.. Was just | another defeat: in a-

losing baitle. "ge a
"It hasa’t been missed as.

‘much as I thought it would -
- be,” sald Lloyd Horn, who
combination |
" hardware store and Post

‘runs =. the

offiee in Lenore.
“There's no doubt it had

. anvihnipact:.Wwe" lost+thé -
= elevator agent.
" insulation also fall under Erola's - mo ;

and - bis,

Ist
QUALITY:

_ But'-on another: front,
Frank Goertzen, who runs
Snowflake's bulk fue]
station with his brother,

- ) gaid Imperial Oil Ltd. wants

toshut down the operation.

- Goertzen: said | if that |

- Happen’, they'll ‘have’ ‘to

feature’ and necessary. main~ '

close their auta repair shop, 7

ed interested, but because he.

ormation for’ her to: knw.

“ (‘The sales: person ius a piotessiogai,”'she ald. pte:
red, He pala ha knew there werw probably. alot of things I.
aunt ca earé €.about, ‘but that he felt he Abul polat them out: ‘

« Streets ~ “ee
“We've ‘asked. (Imperial)

good, but they said no."

7 Residents of Snowflake:

“and Kenton are also waiting
for road” “improvements
' promised after the rail line
shut down. Farni trucks
_ travelling” . to ~ ‘distant

elevator : "points have worn:

om local roads. .
A spokesman for” the

‘Manitoba Department of:
Highways said $52 million in

“road improvements will be
needed because of rail-Jine

abandonments, but Ottawa .
: and the ‘Manitoba govern-.

'. Ment are still haggling over
‘how to split the cost:

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