Via . NEW york (AP) students ‘Into futtire shock, likes to ‘travel. around the: world with hia wite; Heldl,. factories, We ogy tick and workers tock, - “Toffler has. worked as a’ welder and . “punch: press’ Operator and on automobile : ‘assembly. line; Mra: Toffler has done her” ehare of blue: follar Work as well, - be 7@, Way of learning . ‘what - makes ‘Alvin Toffier, the” der 7 futurist who swept a generation of college ly r -““Rontisie, tepetitive mags production is i the ald way of ‘doing things,” he saidin an .. interview; “The new way is symbolized by. . er: Parker | Pen factory in England, We saw - ~ aguy. ‘atanding at a computer, To change . - :, the output; he pushes 6 button ard he can’. "stumn’ outa different machlne toad: part every two minutes, “Before this, he was a fisherman. ‘This tisheriiain ia now ‘running @ computer’ and : loving. every minute of it,” . In his ‘inst: book, Third Wave, Toffler : * > wrote that the world industrial order was Pe - { i On the ® economy, the - being replaced by a better, ‘more diver- - . sified society made. possible ‘by inex.” pensive .“.computers © and - advanced telecommunications. . ' - His latest work, Previews and Premises, . focuses ‘on his experiences’ in the work." place and probes more deenly her views on Info¢matlon revolution, productivity andsoclal change. . Toffler, who was considered the deacon. « of doom: and gloom when Future Shock was, published’ in 1970, says he’s. not a— -. pessimist; ‘'I would characterize myself as , reader, which is something that you don’t - a bltter-aweetner," he said, “I see lots of trouble, but I also: see-good outcomes. “T see @ great deal of pain and conflict and human agony which is not as different from all of human history, T ‘alto see. potentials,” we os ; ‘Futlire Shock, which has sold more than “geven’ ‘million copies, described - the. in--- : ‘government -- cesgant, “accelerating. ‘change in soclety - and how it affected us as families, ‘cor- “poration and politicians. Readers won- ite are “WINNIPEG. (CP) .— ‘A ‘rocking horse : stands next to the managing editor's desk, | a diaper pail sits:nearby and a photocopying machine is. at. work, in the — kitchen. : 7 } “Welcome ‘to HERizons. _ . The: office of this feminist-orlented ~ “magazine launched half a year ago looks like a cross between a nursery, a bona fide ’ “newsroom and mama's kitchen. " Inside,. six full-time staff members, two .. .of,whom bring their infants to work,. put uta glossy, professionallooking monthly ~ - Journal: — the only: English-language “magazine of its kittd in. Canada. La Vie'en “Tosé'is ‘its QuebetGoiniferpart=” °°"! ‘Found locally at the checkout counters of supermarket chains, HERizons takes on a. commercial look - when propped alongside’ Cosmopolitan and Chatelaine. but the similarity ends ‘there, =. Included are articles dealing with such. - lesbian |” topies “as body hair and. mothethood. Only one edition has con- tained ‘recipes ‘and. even: they, were politically correct, concentrating on wholdsome, natural ingredients, — _ “This magazine. respects you as a feel from a -lot of other women’s ‘magazines, managing editor Debbie \ Holmberg-Schwartz said in an. interview. ‘“Obviously our- magazine takes . for granted that (a) you are interested in more than fashion and (b) you have a brain and you're interested in news analysis’and (c) that you are mot the Superwoman who flles.to New York ‘and ‘back for lunch, sort-of that lifestylish ; woman that’s represented in a lot.of those |. women’s. “magazines, a *-“Women want to read about thelr real . ‘lives, not their contrived lives.” Staff. -members concentrate on producing a perky magazine that — - among other things — sets out to prove that the feminist movement isn’t entirely - For example; the cover ar of a recent issue showed‘a wall spray: -painted with the words “but I thought feminists had po : sense of humor.”. Inside: were cartoons, takeoffs on “ads. , directed at.women and an article entitled “wearing your politics on your sleeve . your back, and on your feet”, a first: person tongue-in-cheek account..of the _ difficulties of dressing and acting the part . - generating machine developed: ‘with the © of a feminist. ros : a Square... : ee : "attests: of: Gréenwich ‘Vilage. and’ ih --mauseums,” he said. “It was a svonderful a - time: to: go to NYU — ‘the late’ "40s, ee bj edi fitue,c or site a social. henge’ al my. life,” he’ sald, He said he had. always known he wanted to write. He. worked -freelance. and for | : ~ Fortune: Magazine, He’ covered . various. agencies‘ and profited - -politiclans,:, " : “Three: ‘Years in ‘Washington got me on: - this traci,” he sald." "T'saw intelligent, . hard-wor' - people: making decisions: ~ thal ¥ were uit af sync ‘with ‘what was golng On. . . “te wastha late *808; We had 1d Sputnik; the ” birth control pill, TV, white collar workers outnumbering blie collar workers for the firat time — all sorts of Bignificant social _ changes, and ‘Washington, was ignoring . them. "What. troubles me," Tolfiee sald, on that Americans still aren't future focused. ... The key to Japan is not their technical “}- BOOSTS BUSINESS . or education syatems or management “stills, It's thelr futurlatle thinking. - "Our basic, traditional Industrialized: aj society has fallen. apart, if we llaten to the | Democrats," hé said, ‘Their solution ‘is to : - industry... The: Republicans say © back~:to-: - basics: in |. education. Both Parties are: focused. in the’ bring © back — basic | past.” There 1s no 0 going ‘back, Toffler said, - because “basic industry will never be basic agaln. " . Feminists publish. magazine | ; My: Eaton's and The Bay pastels ‘find. tailored pants simply ‘didn’t cut | the _-mustard,” wrote Shannon. Robson of - trying to fit In.with a ‘group of feminists ; ’ partial to plaid shirts and overalls, ; “vowed that the next time I wore a pink . - top, it would be sleeveless in order to show my armpit hair," continued Robson. “And I would scratch the back of my neck a Jot during conversations:”. ‘Like’ all the ‘issues tackled by the . magazine, humor has a political face, Writer Brigitte Sutherland ‘said “that - historically, much humor; has been at the . . expense. of women «+... * “Theréfore; wornen Biive nad to HeWeRtip ” a new’ sense of humor in a way that does 4 eee not make jokes at people’ 8 expense." ; DRAWS KUDOS“ Response to the first couple of editions, a number of which were distributed free to. some neighborhoods as an experiment, came in the form of a barrage of phone calls congratulating the staff. as well as _ long, thoughtful letters. . . Witha circulation of about $0,000 it ithas | attracted “a - ‘growing. number of ad-": vertisers, and magazine distributors from other. provinces have ‘inquiried about circulating it, in their areas. Its future looks: bright, except for one thing, 0 It was launched onthe strength of money - from the federal Local Employment Assistance’ Program which covers 25 per cent of the magazine's operating costs and there is uncertainty‘ about whether _ HERizons could survive on its.own: _ As well, it has a policy of refusing. eer- : * tain ads which could go far té pay the bills. Not. wanted is anything ‘the ‘editorial _ colleétive interpreté.as sexlat,.racist or offensive. For example, that includes: pra: ‘life groups who might want-to place an ad opposing: ‘abortion. * Ideals — not money— ‘seem to be ihe top’ , priority for the magazine's founders. They ; feel they have a mission to fulfil. “T must who are: sitting at home «thinking: about. equal’ rights but .don't have the support . systems,” said Holmberg-Schwartz. ‘" “I think when a magazine like .this . comes ‘out and Says it’s perfectly natural ; and normal not to want ‘bp be abused’ and . all of that; that It strengthens them. and. therefore strengthens the movement as a whole. “Machine: makes waves - - OTTAWA (CP) An: advanced. technology company ‘hopes: to rock ‘ine: ternational markets with ‘a wayer help of the National Research Council. ° The computer-assisted machines, ‘un- veiled . Tuesday, will be capable’ of =: simulating the complex. and frequently: “sinking of the drill Hg Ocean’ hanger can be prevented, sald Joe Ploeg, head of the - *. pydraulles laboratory at the NRC, The NRC: collaborated with the Ottawa com ; ". pany in developing the prototype. ~ - The Ocean Ranger bank Feb. 14, 1080, : John’ 8 “Nfld., killing 4 men. dangerous combinations of wayesthat can. ~* threaten shipping, harbors.and oil ‘rigs « “ during severe storms, sald Roland Davis, ~~ president of Davis Engineering Ltd. with the assistance of federal grants, was given a dry run in the factory Tuesday by " - federal Supply and Services “Minister ; Charles Lapointe. Moras The machine could generate in- ternationnl sales of $Smillion during the next decade, Lapointe said. By accurately simulating storm’ con- — ditions in test pools containing’ scale ~ models, it is hoped stich tragedies as. the — } "The federal research council now is testing a three-metre-high scale model of _ the Ocean Ranger in its Ottawa wave. A prototype of the machine; developed = basin, but ite curtent generating machines " can’t reproduce the complex conditions of. that tragic storm, Ploeg said. DRIVEN BY COMPUTER . The new machine will use one hundred . or .more’ hydraulic-powered. blades working together to churn the water to the desired condition. The machine: will be’ driven by @ computer programmed by the research council based on its research: of, wave characterietica. Poles 6. vatl ous levela, ofiettely were - ‘beattals 7 aoe | i! Tt is- a Work that grew out of an atic! an _ Toldler had written for Horizon magazine . | "ia 1985: on “the future as a-way of life;"" “ha denee, I've been thinking about . ” ‘become 4 part-of,! game: designer Rick: Dyer’ ‘sald. J. action: the ‘player, tales, : Wagner pald.. Columbus ‘to give a concert recently, a ‘pbout 180 riautical miles southeast of St. "preemie * os anciaLes 3 iAP) Has Peo orMaitaken ta nat, i ae The ‘day of ‘implecniinded se aah ‘video games : ‘with: ‘chide computerdrawn im ages ard. difficul to-" _ sontro} ‘elibracters may | he over, industry execu ves : iy. : a ‘an attempt toluré customers back into arcades, ~eomputer wizards, 4 animators and , writers are _ de meal ‘put the players “ip” the. = “al we! regolngto have isan adventure that j you , “TGading ‘this’ technological revolution 18 -oné ‘of - *Dyer’s inventions,’ Dragon’s. Lair,’ which: features, - . Movie-quallty “animation, stereo sound stored: ‘on “laser, dises :and “Interactive” control of. a, ‘herole T Talat, Dirk the Daring. - : Dragon’s Lajr, in: which ‘Dirk must 1 we brain and - ‘brawn-to overcome an army of goons, ghouls‘ and*’. _ beasties to rescue a fair princess, created a sensation * “when it was Introduced last. month. ‘Arcade ¢ operators “gay the lines at the machines have been long, even” + thongh Dragon's Lair is the first game: to coat: 50 cents ‘aplay, © .. Sales are up so ‘tar that: filling sales orders fs just’ “impossible . right . now," sald ‘Tom: Campbell, ° . marketing director for the game’s manufacturer, Cinematronics of El Cajon, Calif, _ . Campbell said 2, DO0 of the Dragon's Lair consoles are in arcades, and the company has orders for 6,500 - more at about $4,000 each — double what con- ventional arcade games cost, Don ‘Bluth,-the ex-Walt Disney Studio artist who’ | drew the Dragon's Lair animation, sald the game.was:: ° grossing between $1,000 and $2,000 a week. per. . machine. It coat simillion to develop. .. = mee _ Jay Stein, manager “of the Yellow Brick Road’ Arcade In San Diego, ‘said the game was a definite’ boost to the arcade business, whlch, industry solirces' - ’ ‘Bay, has sagged this year after grossing i. 4 billion in 1982:. - In: ‘the firet quarter ‘of “1933, the communication “electronics: division of. Warner’ Communications, ‘which consists mostly of Atari, loat $45.6 million, and: - - Atari haa ald off 1,600 employees. Arcade managers say interest in Dragon's ‘Late is ; building, even ‘though ance: 8 player memorizes the proper moves inthe game's 38 scenes — which are . ~ petrleved- from. the video disc depending upon what © > the game san be beaten “easly. Other drawbacks te ‘Dragon ‘8 Lair include its crude ~ two-directional “py: : ptich!? and the: Momentary. blackouts as the liser searches for the next scene. Campbell. sald he knew of four, other game manufacturers developing laser disc games, -with several due to be introduced i in the next few months. All _ fibout PEOPLE Actor Robert Wagner says that witen his wife, Natalie. . Wood, died in a boating accident almost two years ago-he — suffered “the deepest depression you can ever know.” “Losing someone you love so suddenly, 60 tragically... you fee] you’re going. to hit bottom,” Wagner’ said. in, an interview published in McCall's ‘magazine. “I couldn't get out of bed because I was absolutely. devastated.” He said he sent his two youngest daughters, ages 9 and 12, to a psychiatrist because “I wanted ‘them to realize. that it _ Wasn't the end. ” -Wagner, nowW involved with actress Jill St; John, has moved. from -the home he sharéd with Wood. The yacht _ where she died Nov, 29, 1981, has been pul up for sale. ' “The' sea. no longer holds rituch attraction ‘for me,” Speaking of McCall’s, comedienne Joan Rivers told the magazine she cringes “if somebody dares to tell me an off- . ¢olor: joke,” ” know there are a lot of women “These are tasteless times," Rivers said. “Everybody is. frightened, grabbing out, values gone, losing: all restraint. ‘And I'vé.ridden‘on that crest." Rivers alo said she worries that peopie’ tight think her own personality is the.same as,her stage charactér. “T love that woman up there because she’s s0.common and vulgar and so terrific,’ Rivers said. “However, I wouldn't want to be that woman’ 8 friend.” "| Sometimes it doesn't matter how famous you are. So the Beach Boys found out when they had to pay to attend thelr . own concert, _” . '. When the rock group went to the Ohio State Falr in. security guard. wasn’t impressed with their clalths to fame. - _ “I don't care who, they ‘are,"” replied the guard, insisting they weren't getting In the gate Without a ticket. , : So the Beach Boys forked over: #4 each to attend their own concert. - A public relations assistant for the fair confirmed the band members. were charged admission at the gate after they had apparently forgotten: their passes. He said the money was refunded later. 4 , An 11. ‘year-old South Carolina: alt! who went to see the - Statue af Liberty before an incurable disease blinded her Is “" asking her neighbors to help restore the symbol of freedom. “Whermama told me that the lady needed tobe repaired, - [just wanted to do something fot her," said Donna ‘Daley of ~ Ridgeland, The child, who saw the statue in New York nearly two : Years figo before the disease, retinitis pigmentosa, took hi sight away, has pledged $100. towards’ the $230-mitfion restoration of the monument. She.and her mother have . challenged area residents to match: the donation. _ ‘The New York State Statue of’ Liberty Commission hopes to raise the money needed had reetiee fi the statue in time for - ts" ‘100th birthday In. 1966," °° * - NASHVILLE, "Ténn, (AP) — Veteran country music -alnger Merle Haggard, with . six. ‘nominations in five _ categories; leads the field of ‘finalists ‘for the: Country. - Music Association ; anital: - awards, ‘It : was announced.’ Tuesday. : Willie ' ‘Nelaon, Ricky "Skaggs and John ‘Anderson follow. > Haggard? 2 with: ~iominationa in five of. the he ‘eatagoriés. .The™: “popular - progressive group: Alabama... ‘twice in the Vocal Duo of the - ’ Year Category - — once with: ‘Nelson’ and ‘once... with - George: Jones, Other duo’ collected: four nominations, The winners-will- be ‘an: “nounced on a televised show. at ‘the Grand. Ole Opry House - on. Oct. Anne Murray . host _ the program. . Haggard, best known for ~ the -1960 hit. Okie ‘From ~ Muskogee, jofmed Barbara Mandrell, Alabama, Nelson and. Skaggs as‘ finalists for the top CMA-~ award, Entertainer of the Year. Haggard, an ex-convict ‘'who - was - pardoned ‘by .- Ronald Reagan in 1972 while “The. was . governor - California, won the award in _ 4970, The singer spent two * Years. and nine months in « California's “San Quentin . * Prison for breaking into’ a “afte - in 1957 and was "paroled in 1960. Mandrell..ia the . only ~ person to win Entertainer of * the’ Year twice, an award ‘Advantage studied > REGINA » Séslentchewan (CPS, television * viewers; who have only had “gable, programming for five \'years, may ‘be among the: . first people in: Canada to ~ take advantage of a new - satellite service. Cinematronics plans twa more. . 9 ihe. Canadian Rao _ ‘San Diego-based ‘Sega Electronics has been test . [ evitn “and. telecom § marketing Astron Belt, a game combining laser disc. AL starting hearings next week backgrounds ‘with. computer-generated characters.: on a proposal to broadcast - Entertainment Sciences, a Huntington Beach, , . signals from ‘Detroit and 2 Calif. . company, has created a game, Bouncer; using . Seattle through elght " conventional ~ microprocessors, : and” ‘computer. -. "Saskatchewan ‘ cable - memory boards the company sai L gives ; ‘a player’. systems. o “total” control’ of sharply. -rende “cartoon -Canailian; | a Sbataciers th. 3: Das “pga magne f © domimumications luc., “Bouncer ‘ “features. sevei: ‘computer-ahimated °’ ‘known as Cancom, has been characters in. four different tavern: ‘settings. The - licensed to carry the service Bouncer: must keep “undesirables,” such as a drunk: : _ on a: channal beamed “or a -wothanizer, out of the bar. through the Anik D satellite. Caneom calls: the system three plus one’ because it offers the thrée American | commercial networks — CBS; ABC and NBC — as well ‘as PBS, ‘the, public . television: network PBS. | Cancom : Says the new service could - change “television viewing across - Canada. About. 350 cable systems | _-have’ applied. to use the ‘ Cancom service, but the Saskatchewan CRTC hearings are believed to be | + the first ° province-wide "application. made by cable operators. “Guys living in Port Hardy, 3B.C., Frobisher Bay,. N.W.T., St. .John’'s, Nild., and even Regina . could be watching the same : television - station,” 4 James of Canconi said in a “telephone” interview. from Winnipeg. * Cancom (CBS), WDIV (NBC) and WTVS (PBS) — because they wanted-stations in the — eastern time zone close lo a satellite ground station. The signals will be beamed fram : Windsor, Ont:, just across the border from Detroit. “They added KOMO (ABC) from Seattle, for the con- | | venience ‘- of viewers ‘in- British Columbia because Seattle is in the same time zone. BETTER RECEPTION ” For Saskatchewan viewers, the new system will provide a better, more -reliable picture. " "The. current system, which beams . in signals from North Dakota stations ’ by microwave, fades in and out. Last winter, a blizzard knocked PBS off Saskat- chewan screens for {wo months, .. callers to radio showa seem to support the new Cancom system by a wide margin, but Premier Grant Devine. _ hag opposed the idea. ' Devine, who represents © the southeastem, - border- ‘country Hding of Estevan, “said in a telegram to the 10 when. Nelsen. “and — thrée+time’ ~ Grammy. Award winner of. . Satellite x Reg f “chose - three: Detroit stations — WJBK - - Letters to the editor. and The, Harald; Wednesday, August 17,17 ~” Haggard leads: finalists | of. the Year are Skaggs’, ‘Nelson won in 1979 snd . Alabama received in 1962, , Skaggs, who was chosen No. 1 male vocalist a year ago, Haggard, _Anderson,. Nelson and Lee Greenwood were named as- finalists for Male Vocalist’ of the Year,. “while finalists ‘for Fernale _ Vocalist of the Year are ° Lacy J. Dalton, Emmylou. Harris, .. Reba: < "MeEntire, 7 ‘Mandrell ‘and last-year’s. winner, Janie Fricke, - ..- Haggard was “nominaied , 4 If You're Gonna’: Do. “Me _ Wroitig,..0.U.,-written “by: = Kerry Chater and Austin’ ~ |. { Roberts, and 16th Avenue. a finaliats.are David Frizzell. and Shelly West —Wwho have Won the award the. past two years — Eddie Rabbitt and _ Crystal Gayle, and’ Don ‘Williams and Harris, - was also nominated for ‘Ajbum of;the ‘Year. : . Skaggs’ album Highways and Heartaches, Fricke's It Ain’t Easy, Alabama’s The Closer You Get, ‘and Anderson's Wild and Blue ‘round out the finalists for . J - Won the laat two years... the top album. award. . Swingin’, ©. Anderson's ‘eatchy tune about front- was: ” nominated for Single of the’ porch . romance, “ Year, which is awarded to- ‘the singer, and Song of the’ Year, which is given to the songwriter, = Other finalists: for Single CRTC last month the North. ‘Dakota stations and weather . broadcasts that “are. helpful to the , - Saskatchewan farmer. These services will be missed on the new System, : Haggard’ and. Nelson's © album, Pancho and Lefty. carry agriculture farm reports - tbroke, I “Always- ‘Get! Lucky With You hy George. 3 ‘Jones, 1.0.U. by Green- 9) wood, and Pancha and Lefty ; by Haggard and Neleon: :. Johnny’ -Christépher, not Wayne Thompson and Mark mr, ' James, who won Songofthe: "i Year awards last year for). ‘Always: On. My ‘Mind,: are _ ‘again. finalists. dn :. that | z ‘category for the! sume song. Th by Thomas Schuyler. Alabama, the Ook Ridge “ on Boys, and The Whites are of the Year.and Alabama, The Whites and: the “Oak Ridge Boys Band are the Group of the Year. The ‘Bellamy Brothers-and the Statler: Brothers round out category. ’ finallata in'the Vocal Group : “nominees for Instrumental ‘the top vocal group award . The Statlers have won . eight ‘times. Alabama’ has ‘Vocal Group of the Year - The Charile Daniels Bard “and the Ricky Skaggs Band _ are the other two groupa in’. . the Instrumental | category. Finalists ~~ for Instrumentalist of the Year. are, Chet Atkins, Johnny Gimble, Charlie. McCoy Hargus (Pig) Robbins and ’ Buddy Spicher. . Andergzon, —- Gosdin, - McEntire, George Strait, ‘and The Whites are finalists for the Horlzon Award, given to the most promising newcomer, . 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