: University in Palo Alto, Calif., sald Wednesday society and _ the media must change attitudes about contraception in - . y reluctance of major Industries to. inveat research money in. , aa stressing the bad.side effects of oral coritraceptives, now .. ,are’starting to.report their benefits. | i ; slumped badly in | -+ ": about -whether, % ‘Canadians. an” suppo . ~ “gecovery by I creasing: personal spending: ~ " ‘ ‘ Ja jheral - ° ‘ y vee ote Published ¢ every weekday at 010 Kalum Street, Terraces. B.C, . by: Sterling Publishers Lid. o “Authorized : as. second ctass.: mall." -Reglstration ..--. ae No ni. 1201 ‘Postage pale I in east return postage. oo as trauiatle for. goverment employees, Stailstics Ca a ‘gaya. 3 or culation: | ars ising Sales: _ “Brian Gregg’ Nick Walton. | ‘Stat 1 Writer -Photearapher: Sports: ae Cy : “Dan Schaffer es _Ketth Alford einer “ens BOOKS a (out). Recepiion-Ch itied: -Gireu ation: Carolyn Cast Maria Taylor My feed kids — NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT ut big bad monsters The Heraid rétains full. complete andsote copyright _ fake fen an In any advertisement produced and-or any editorla! or photographic content published In the Herald. Why not pe re Pars | Reproduction is not permitted without the written 7 permission of the Publisher. Es rape ona s Flanagan moved | "HALIFAX (CP) — The Irish eyes of Oliver Flanagan are ; amiling in gratitude on. Canadians on this St, Patrick’s Day. | -* The-veteran Eire’ politictan thanked Canadians for° =| helping his countrymen through the years | from the potato vee famine onward. ou “T am emotionally moved by the fact I am here on St. 7 Patrick's Day,” he gaid, “I think it is a wonderful privilege - for me, and certalnly a blessing, that I did hot think Teould achieve.’ - Flanagan, meinber ‘of the irish Parlliment for Laois; - Olfaly, was to officially open ‘the annual conference of the... Canadian Association for Irish Studies today at St. Mary’ . University. : ’ -He had no Idea Canadians were 80 enthusiastic about St. Patrick’s Day. . |. he decline in Income growth cloged outa year: “that ¥ ‘was i -° + disastrous for workers in the private sector but. not: =e nada: “the agency reports total: ‘labor income in ‘December’ at - $16.77 billion, 2.8 per cetit higher. thanrin. the corresponding i pv mofth of the Previous year = ‘an i extraordinarily Jw ‘flaure socio the Iw level of ave ‘questions about How 860 8 PET ted Jor a return ~ "percent higher tha ¢. +0 spring — under th “) pnd rising unemployment . down sharply.” .. Ip Aptil, the year-over-year increase was 9 _ ” py July.it was down'to 6.4 per cent before f ! “Tithe remaining months of the year. "While aurveya of consumer confidence show 7 pickup. in public optimism and a number ‘pCOn -vindleators suggest an economic recovery in addltion to, vhigh “savings: rate, the possibility of ‘much - of “improvement does not seem to be borne out by hat has - _ Geen happening, to labor Income. ~ : ; Income figures reflect the well-belng of Ca dten their capacity to finance a recovery. Because . consumption accounts for 65 per cent of the gro! “ product, no economic upswing is likely. toch * gtrength until either inflation fails further or ep ent 7 ‘and Incomes begin to rise: © _ Judgenot swayed EDMONTON (CP) — Faced with criticism of an Alberta Court of Appeal decision ta halvea twiee-convicted raplit’s _ gentence, Chief Justice William McGillivray:" sald Wednesday. the court can’t bow to the demands of Biublte- Interest groups. - oa _. “Celttetam is‘a healthy thing,” MeGilliveay. id in a taped interview on’ CFRN-TV. “I trust that Judea: do. a co gt AM . respond (to public criticism), but it doen't mean. that: = ——— ~ - they're always going to bow to It, “Tam not only surprised but abrolutely astonished and ‘overwhelmingly delighted abihe interest; the respect and goodwill thats in Canada for the:Irish. :-.«. “E knew everyone in Canada knew'of St. Patrick's Day, but I couldn't possibly believe. that the event ls such an important one. In my wildest dreams, T couldn't understand how the same enthusiasm 4s In excess: of what we have in Treland, . “Tt is a great tribute to the trish that the Canna have shared this day with them,” . ; HAVE STRONG BOND Irpland, bes. an important, ‘lotrel ink, swith, Gonadia whl ich has-been the basis of a strong bond between the tw / . * countries, he'said, |’ “When hunger and disease and hardship befell the Iris ~ fn 1847, they turned to Canada and they found co-operatio in-the land of thelr adoption.” : More than 100,000 ‘Iri - after the 1847 potato fa jue. * “7 am glad many: of them have! lett ‘their mark on Canadian history. I am proud ..to be, here, to, say a short expression of gratitude an f rir thank to Canada and the TORONTO (CP) = The Muscular Dystrophy Assoctation of Canada: says it will be forced to reduce services and | year because of soaring costs, expanding demand and fund- {slng difficulties, * John Connors, executive director of .the Toronto-based $1 million more than it raised last year and expects to run up an additional deficit of about $500,000 this year. ‘The association has had to implement some restraint- orlented changes in priorities in order to.meet the basic ni pet in Cangda neuromuscular disorders,’’ Connors said. Ina news release. ‘Under the Ontario. Assistive Devices program, the ‘Canadian ‘people - fo ir loyall iy. devotion and appreciation for the se hy rend erpd pa by the Erish, whos. they..took in and ‘velco ed in @.mogt, atitable way in - years in which they were dying of hunger and starvation.” _ Irish-Canadians have made significant contributions to © _ Canada, Flanagan sald, There was Thomas D'Arey Mcgee, a father of Confederation and assassination: victim, Edward Blake, the 19th century justice minister who established the ‘Supreme Court of Canada, and other Irishmen who were pioneers in education, religion and the arts. , “Their contribution. to Canada seems to be the highlight of the past: ‘generations of [rish,’” Flanagan sald. Flanagan was Introduced to the House of ‘Commons on Tuesday, where hevreceived a standing ovation from members of Parliament. 7 “Never before in my lifetime was. more moved than on that occasion. It was the proudest moment of my whole : lifetime," he said. . oo, Lt og Dispensers suggested . HAMILTON © (CP) — Condom dispensers ‘should be - : Installed’in the male and female washrooms in all North -. American high ‘schools, Bays the scientist: credited with : inveriting the birth- control pill. ' Carl Djerassi, professor of chemistry. at Stanford association automatically picking up the remainder: « - But Connors says the association now will only, be able to YELLOWKNIFE, N ‘W. T. (cP) — Arctic is an : unforgiving. expanse of cruel. cold and barren: ice: which - resists attempts to. conquer its vast domain. <7. ° Corinda’ 5 sprang discovered how tough the ‘Arétic can be during his attempt ° _to become the first man to walk tot the North Pole, but he: “still isn’t ready to “admit defeat: . : The mountélneer ‘from Bristol, In ‘weatern England, wap: taken off the Polar:icecap: Wednesday, eight days after beginning his solitary journey. He was returned to base - camp Eureka, 3,500 Kilometres nortti of Winnipeg, eulffering frostbite on both ears and two fingers, forming In Hempleman-Adams’ tent, while on the Polar: ” cap, saturated his sleeping bag-and short-circulted ‘radio: _ equipment, “resulting In the: support crew losing: conta t.! - With him Saturday.” “The problem is that David is in’a smell, confined tent “and he has-to do everything in there — cook, sleep, eat + i order to reduce pregnancy and population problems...» - everything,” ‘Matrange said during: a ‘shortwave | radlo “In our prudish society it is alright to have commercials interview. . :, for vaginal deodorants, but not for diaphragm delltes. or The wet sleeping b bat otored te protectin trom sub-er0 temperatures. . . Loos . - condoms,” he sald. :. ‘The rate of unwanted pregnancies and abortions would : ', dramatically decrease If such contraceptive methods were readily available to teenagers, he sald.. ~ . “But if someone makes 4 snide remark when a: Meyear- old boy goes into a drugstore to ‘buy a condom, he’s embarrassed and could-be turned off them for. years.” He said Eastern European countries have only half as: many abortions performed. on teonagers-as. those in the ° West because information about use of condoms. and oral - contraceptives is atressed. ed Ina lecture at McMaster University, Djerasel sald what he regards as the three major social movements of the last.-- 20 years — the environmental, consumer ‘advocate and - feminist lobbies — have an anti-sclence and technology bias. and mistrust of scientific contraceptive, methods. But he said people had better face upto limited choles -bécause there -are unlikely to be major developments 1 in” ~ birth control methods for the next 25 years. “A major! reason . for. the ‘lag in. development ia the . CHICAGO (AP) — Co:'s handling of a dangerous chemical were deleted from a 7 Wednesday, - - In what’ regional ‘EPA Director’ “Valdas ‘Adamkus - headed by Donald Barnes, anid Kathy Brown, public affair _ director of the Chicago. EPA region. ~~ ~ gonelusions that said: contaminated their facility with (dioxint) And has beer the primairy contributor to contamiinatiéa of the Titeabawasree and ‘Saginaw ‘Rivers and Lake Huron. | a product that costs too much in ability’ costs. “Liability sults for oral contraceptives account for more - than all other drug lability costs. together,” he said. “waterways “ghould be prohibited.’ ‘These conclusions were removed trom ‘the fined report sent. to Washington and the ‘Michigan: Department. . , National Resources, Brown ald... Ve." : Dierassl sald the. news media, which he blamed for : .. The number tif lives saved from ovarian cancer through: re . through Its bad effects, he said. Looe. : ‘Dystrophy. services. reduced _demonstrated need for such équipment. " financial asslatance to victime of the crippling disease this - _ wheelchairs, which had been provided on request and is. . usually needed about thrée to six times a year, will be pald ‘organization, said: Wednesday the Gaioclatién apent-about needs of the greater number of those disabled. by .— ‘provinclal government currently pays 75 percent of the- cost of power wheelchairs for people under age 1,-with the - - Barren Arctic has dangers - "sleeping: in,” Matranga said. “There were times, he. was British adventurer -David. Hempleman-Adams, - 26," Camp manager: George. Matranga . said condensation | - Critical comments. deleted Comments critical at ‘Dow Chemical and could not be reached for comintent. ‘ U.S. Environmental Protection. Agency, ‘report. on orders |; ; -Washin ton. headquart Ly Ba from a Washington official, a regional EPA spokesman vale Rf quarters. to phone the comments to the regtonal office,” said Brown. © : “They” were received by Clark. and the other’ scientists. li ., - “was then that the regional grow and the dioxin werk into the. $1.5-bill - conelusions implicating Dow. in dioxih contamination, were © ne Broup grou H ion northeast coal development... removed on orders from an EPA Washington ‘committee. ‘described as an ‘“unuaual” handling ‘of the report, the. The. original draft dn the spring. of 1901 included ‘accountable: to Hernandez. (John Hernandez, acting EPA “Dow. Chemical of Midland, - ‘Mich,, has cate ae The con¢lusions iniplicating Dow . were The draft also.said consumption. of fish froma those - Dr. Milton Clark, primary author of the original report, 1s . Jags of oral contraceptives is more, thar, ied Bn a member of the group of regional sctentists. who explored - ‘ faith't'fo. review.the original ‘draft, but ‘enka jSrdering’ the contamination. He was not tin his office on Wednesday : a 189 often the criticism is from a particular group that has. a particular view of the subject. They are frequently vocal - - and it may not in any way represent what sound-minded citizens as a whole may well think of what is done in: ay given case.” " ‘His comments followed the controversy that. arose when the court unanimously decided to reduce to four years the — aight-year sentence of Dale Morgan Brown, convicted of - raping a pollo-crippled woman who -had. gone. to: his apartment to drink beer and smoke marijuana, ©»... When he announced the decision Monday, “MeGillivray. . for only once,a year by the association. _baid the court takes a-dim view. of a rapist grabbing. . Connors. said’ the” association ‘ean. ‘no “longer” ‘provide .! “gamniedde’ ‘alt! ‘thé! gine? Bisel a Sue ne ve trandpottatlon to and from clinics, unlesi patients live more. ‘than 75 kilometres away, and a maximum of $400 will be grink beer and smoke marijuana, ‘one might not "be too " provided for routine repairs to ‘equipment such as power: surprised if something happened under ~ those beds, holsta and chairs. © Sireumstances. It would not have been surprising to that “A key factor. affecting funding needs has been the - young women that something would happen to her.” difticultles, faced in raising funds during the month of . . Se ” ‘ . But spokesmen for the Sexual Assault Centres ; “in ptember,” he sald. Compounding this has been the- phenomenal increase in the cots of patient ‘ uipment arid Edmonton and Calgary were critical of the decision. _ Duanita Elentak of the Edmonton centre sald the decision " services.” . -- uid set a dangerous precedent. - ‘He sald spedial arrangements will be made for those in on ' flnancal dfeuty and children from le-ineome familie, «seit beeatne' tay makona mistake gh ob prolate 7 . Teally afraid of the precedent this kind of decision can set.” “There's a growing concern that (jail terms for. taplats). . are getting: shorter and shorter and that may indlcate‘the - offence is being yiewed as less” serious,” ‘bald Debbie "Bruckner, executive director of the Calgary centre. . . McGillivray refused to discuss specific cases during the interview, but spoke in general terms of criticism levelled at the “judiciary for imposing sentences. sometimes Fegarded as being too light. “I hope that we're perceptive to what we perceive to be a . public-view,” he said, “But this does not mean we are going to. respond to particular groups of views of what a sentence provide the addtional 8 per cent “where there is a clearly He also said‘ battery | replacement. for “mechanized “He spent the last three days without his sleeping bag, he ~ just used part of the inner bag and that was all he was _ actually shaking. with the cold.” ’ Expedition organizors, who had. ‘been tracking Hempleman-Adame's progress: ‘by satellite, decided it.was _ beat to return him. to -the bane camp to, eolve: the: __-pondensation problem, ©. _ Shou! d be. "Matrangerexpects to have the situa on under control by comer to try to he conslatent with what! ] belnig done in ~ Friday. “David will be fown back to the same spot where - he was picked.up and will continue on from thera.” - This is the fourth delay weather and equipment problems have thrust on Hempleman-Adams, ; ’-He has spent four years preparing for the qRllometre trek to the Pole which he expects-will take him six. weeks. : Het will carry. a 58-kllogram - backpack: containing :cold- "weather gear, 4 tent, -high-protein food. and-sephisticated * - “pleetronle rescue,’ . -communteations ‘Bnd. ‘navigation ~ equipment. . His two-man support team plana: ‘to ‘drop further food : guppies at regular intervals; °-. “One northern expert gives Hempleman-Adams lese than’ a -.40-per-cent chance :for survival agalnst: dangers ‘that - Ainelude the cold, polar bears, falls on towering presstire ridges and’ sea ice melting underneath him. « “But I don’t know what to aay to the public beyond anjing we're trylng to temper justice with mercy but-at thé.same © _ the we don’t think we have the ‘reputation of being, the’ “hottest court in Canada. " Socreds challenged | MAPLE RIDGE, B.O. (CP) — The B.C. New Democratic, - Party will call-a royal commission to investigate all- Social * Credit government spending if it wins power in the next provincial election, Party. Leader Dave ‘B. iar ve “Barrett - ‘Mledged Barrett's announcement — his first concrete proporal in . what. appears to be'a pre-election warm-up —~ came at a meeting of about 200 supportersin this communit abo 25 : kilometres east of Vancouver. - . y * ., Barrett said later‘he wants to put “the whole’ orks” under the microscope, particularly the funding’ ft ‘several. " BC. pe rheri mo, eet He said in an Interview that if electad premier, ‘he: will Bulan on “and fang particularly. the B.C. es Corp. and itd fuindin Pes demi £ of the. N26million B. Cc. said be algo wants to know h “Dow reviewed it and made comments, and was directéd | ~ money’ Was spent ini.the ans Bs te o ack pie Inve taint C Conp,, which now boasts a $i, L-billion debt, and mitch Wionty from gerieral revenue has been: ‘plowed . Brown said Dow received ‘the draft report from EPA's in Washington made changes over ‘Goon! of time: though - conference. ‘calls between, the two m {r ; be unemiploynient aud. job: ‘reation, ‘but, had refused: 7 ay: 5 ‘0 " “4 co-ordinating cominittec working on the dioxin Feport ; specifi’ ag olhep areas, + in. Washington: was headed by Donald Barnes, who was eens let slip his royal commission plan ina vagye . re erence during an-Ad-lib speech and admitted afterwards he hadn't planned to announce it until tloger. to an election. “We want a’complete public ‘Accounting: ‘of. every: penny . spent, , Particularly in the way: Crown: “cbrporations, have ~ heen misused in this province,” he said, ““T want évéry citizen to, understand quickly, honestly and “openly éxactly where we are, The only way. for us to make a new beginning is to have every citizen, no matter: who'they | » Support, widerstand. what a mess ‘we. are invoke “Barrett had spent the. day - ‘glad-handing | and: main- streeltig . in ithe Maple . Ridge’ area, where. the .NDP desperately wants to unseat the Socreds, It Iga: the -Dewdney riding: — ~ where. co- smeidentaly Be Barrettrw first -He had previously said the NDP's main’ platform would omitted at the paige of the work group in Washington ked w iether that méa that th the: request to delete the. conclusions y was minds by Wa thington headquarters Brown ~ “Yes,’ " me fn: ashington an. wednesday, “Herisnider told : a congressional’ committee ‘that “he: alléwed Dow. “in. good - deletion of unfavorable references, elected in, iseo. . ' : . : a “But when & lady dccompanies’s mat hbme’at’S a.mi"to