(PAGE 2 HIGH ALTITUDE BANQUET — Passengers on CP Air flights over the weekend will enjoy traditional New Year’s dining although six miles above mother earth. At the airline’s Van- be served flight, aboard an international THE HERALD, THR WINNIPEG (CP) — Mani- toba’s liquor laws, which have varied through the years from a brawling laissez-faire to an authoritarian deep blue, seem to be in the process of relax- ing again. In recent months the prov- ince’s legislators have put throwgh amendments which permit minors a drink with ‘their parents in licensed: din- ing spots and sports fans the legal right to guzzle beer al games and horse races. Anybody over 18 can drink without his parents. In car- peled beverage rooms the blue-collar worker can get a one-ounce shot for 60 cents or the voyeuristically - inclined can walch young women dis- robe for the price of a draft beer. , Officials of the Manitoba Liquor Control Commission, a body that once forced woutd- be drinkers to order and pay for their booze a day in ad- vance, proclaim proudly that - the Keystone province has the most liberal liquor laws in Canada. It has nol always been thus. Liquor-loving have had to travel a long dry road, through periods of pro- hibilion, dreary taverns, hip flasks and bottle clubs, to ap- proach again the pioneer days when liquor flowed like the Red River in springtime. HAD EVIL REPUTATION ___In the 1870s, ‘80s and '90s, Manitoba, or more particu- larly the -newly-incorporated city of Winnipeg and ‘its clam- oring bars and brothels, was an oasis on the stern Western landscape for the hedonistic couver flight kitchen, chefs Ron "ler. Gallvitz, left, Fred Loenen and John Reeve display one of their creations to To others, it was a blot. As historian W. BL Morton notes in Manitoba: A History, Win- nipeg in 1876 was considered one of the most evil places in Canada, and the YMCA con- Schizophrenics Anonymous combats myths. surrounding mental.illness. Dougie is alittle boy who used to see vultures inhis bedroom at night, and sinister men telling him to do bad things. Dianne used to smell smoke and see fire, and hear voices. At the age of 22, she was heading for a life of chronicity. Both are nurmal people today. Dougie is doing ad- vanced work in grade four. Dianne is a busy: mother of two and an enthusiastic member of Schizophrenics Anonymous. Both were helped by proper, modern treatment methods for schizophrenia, a biochemical illness which puts more people in hospital than all physical illnesses combined, and ac- counts for one out of every four hospital beds. There are many people like ~” Dougie and Dianne ‘who were fortunate enough to find help, but there are many more who are not so fortunate, These are - the men, women and children who suffer symptoms which no oe understands, and which. they cannot cope with becawe they do. not know what they have, They are always tired, depressed, and anxious when there are no reasons why they Definite swing to plastics Oldtime furniture makers will wince at the thought — but their work is being duplicated, without apologies, in plastic. Delicate wood carving effects are one example of the new plastic inroads. Raised surfaces on sideboards and dining room tables are another. Even office furnitures has fallen under the ‘plastic spell. “Definitely there's a swing to” plastics, including : urethanes, FRP and thermoplastics," said Peter G. Garneau, manager of the Canadian Furniture Mart. “Equally important, there's a. new honesty about the use of plastics. Manufacturers aren't pretending any more. They're saying ‘This furniture is made of plastic, and doesn’t it look great? ov a” . A full ange of plastic, ap- ~The average person, has. about’ 1 chance in’. of being polled ‘during’: “his Hfetime for his opinion, the. citation -he listened | tb, or the -booke he read. res their opinions: ‘every: —eith buy.it of : fhe doe te eyelet 4 population ‘in France in a year ": + i about: 30 gallons of wine and - 10 gallons.o they don't.’ lis a8. air the ph . ‘which. after heart diseases and - cancer. is: the’ ‘biggest Killer in”. Readers of this + newapsper | exe: a man's consumption of pure alco -hol atumore than: seven: galli plications will go on display when the Canadian Furniture Mart — largest annual show of its kind in Canada — opens in Toronto January 8. “The difference is first, more complicated designs are coming. up in plastic; and second, more furniture ap- plications are all. plastic,” Mr. Garneau said. “Several manufacturers are making complete plastic shells for sofas and chairs. They’re aiming at a mobile society, —' which wants furniture that is light and easy to move. And they're providing a range af choice.. nilure lines in wood,” - Spokesmen within the in- - dustry attribute new emphasis . on plastic toa variety of factors, including versatility of plastic 30,000 .to traditional fur- | manufacturing equipment — lower cost on long production runs — also Jess dependence on ‘skilled help. The prime test comes at the Canadian furniture Mart, when manufacturers and retailers assess new lines. should be. Often they’ ‘are told there is nothing wrong with them, and that it is all in their’ minds, They may see visions or hear voices. They may believe people are watching them or talking about them. - Not--so long .ago, badly designed mental hospitals and high drug costs loomed large in their lives, Today, thanks to the Canadian. Schizophrenia Foundation, a new organization dedicated to helping schizophrenics in Canada, they are leaming what their future’ ean hold — recovery and nor- mal living, This is a new and exciting standard never’ before dreamed of in psychiatry. . The CSF gives badly needed information to fill-a gap in public knowledge and un- derstanding, and to destroy, popular myths surrounding schizophrenia, ~ ODDITIES IN THE NEWS LONDON (CP) — Senator Edward Kennedy, the wife of theAustralian prime minister and the spouse of Britain's ambassador in Washington - figure high on The Daily Mir- ror's "top of the clanger-drop- — pers" list for 1971. In Britain, dropping a clan- ’ ger means dropped a brick, or pulling a foot in it or, simply, boobing. The five-million-cir- ‘ culation Mirror, the country” 8 biggest-selling daily, called its " special class of '71 “‘the lem- on-drop kids. ” “4 The list, compiled’ by col- ., umnis t. ‘Keith Waterhouse, - awarded Kerinedy “the Chap- ~ paquiddiek life-Saving medal, deaths - with crossed shamrock: "’ leaves, for his intervention in‘ : * theaffairsofafar-vffcountry _. "of Which he knows little.’ PARIS (Reuter) = "Brance = pays a hefty: price for having sumption per capita. -_ Officially, drinking kills more than 30,000 Frenchmen a ‘year... but a leading campaigner ‘against alecholism'says the fig- ure probably is closer to 100,000. - A vigorous. publicity. cam: .paign by the government. and: - ‘private organizations has only managed to contain alcoholism, : France: . _ Officlal figures show the aver- e consumption. per head of heer. os “This puts the aver: a French ‘ladder: of fame ‘award’.‘to -, : Sonia McMahon, wife of the ~ ’ Australian primeminister, for. . . : “giving her~hushand a. leg- 4. up.” Photographs. of Mrs. * Theshamrock is the Repub-. ~ lic of Ireland's. national sym. ' >, bol a the world's highest aléohol con-. Kennedy ‘aroused: ‘wide- spread British criticism in Oc- ‘wober when he called for the oy immediate withdrawal of Brit: .. : ish troops from Northern Ire- | - _ land and urged the’ establish-, ms . mentofa united Irdland, ° : Waterhouse, also gave: ‘the a and that those who marry " “during: the pig's “rule | vill McMahon wearlng arevealing. maxi skirt slit. up‘the thigh -~ ‘were ‘published:. Trond the. : world March 10, the day her: ° “% husband beeame * primes minls- oa is deadline. ‘commemorative rice bowl" for ‘‘her assurances to the Uniled: States about Viet- nam. 71 The citation quoted cher as — saying:;. "Saving face means so much more to the Asians than life. Life means nothing, but nothing totkem.. .." ‘HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese lovers in Hong Kong, believing that. the coming ‘Year of the Rat will be a bad . one in which to. wed, are hurrying to marriage regis - tries. . : Chinese fortune tellers say. 7 Manitobans _ (AUB KITIMAT, 1.0. vention of that year offered a prayer for its salvation. Liquor, or the banning of it, became an all-pervading issue in Manitoba polities for more than three decades. Under pressure from the prohibitionists, the first plebi- Scite on liquor was held in 1892 and voters were two-to- one in favor of. banning its sale in the province. BSB SRN SN Oe ei sr RS The Libera) administration of the time, unsure of its con- , Stitutional ground, declined to “act on the plebiscite and passed the problem to the . Conservatives who. took. office In 1899 on a platform that in- “eluded a pledge to end public sale of liquor. KEPT ON FLOWING For 16 years the Conserva- live administrations of Hugh Dirty’ books give officials trouble OTTAWA (CP) — There.is no doubt that books of an “immoral or indecent character” give Canadian customs officials more trouble than those of a “treasonable or seditious nature.” In reply to written questions from David- Orlikow (NDP Winnipeg North), Revenue Minister . Herb Gray informed the Commons Wednesday that in 1970 only two importations of a treasonable or seditious nature were prohibited from entering Canada. But in the same year, 4,461 importations of immoral or indecent books and pamphlets were stopped. Mr. Gray said the decision to prohibit entry is made by officials of the customs and excise branch. The decisions can be appealed to the deputy minister and his decision can be appealed to ‘the neous. Soon Shipowners could receive bad deal ST, JOHN’S (CP) — Some Newfoundland shipowners say they will be forced to employ two crews for each vessel if fed- eral regulations scheduled to come into effect Jan. 1 are not changed, and may eventually be forced out of business. The regulations say the work week aboard Newfoundland- owned ships is not to exceed 44 hours plus eight hours over- time. ‘eo Py ML: Clancy,” manager of “Bye Peter Steamships Ltd’ and Harold Lake of H, B. Clyde Lake Ltd. said some shipowners could be forced aut of business. “There's going to be very lit- tl shipping left in Newfound- land—only Canadian National and department of transport ships," Mr. Clancy said in an interview Wednesday. Eric Harvey, president of the Newfoundland Shipowners Association, said a brief will be presented to the federal govern- ment at a meeting here Jan. 18- 19 outlining the shippers’ rea- sons for opposing the regula- tions. The regulations constitute the fourth of four phases’ to bring working conditions aboard Newfoundland ships in line with the Canada Labor (standards) Code passed in 4965, ‘Newfoundland . “vessels” ‘were exempted from provisions of the code by a federal order issued in 1867 which provided for a gradual reduction of working hours. By Jan. 1, 1970 the work week had been reduced to 52 hours from 64 hours in 1968, Most liberal Canadian liquor — laws now in effect in Manitoba — John” Macdonald and R. P. Roblin fretted about the con- stitutional aspects and _politi- cal impact. of prohibition. When the Liberals returned to office in 1915, again on a plat- | form prominently featuring © prohibition, liquor still flowed . freely in most parts: of the province. Times and political realities had changed, however: The - successful fight for women’s - suffrage had become entwined with the prohibition issue and the new Liberal government, contemplating the enfran- chisement of thousands of temperance-minded females, moved. quickly to take the. fatal step. The prohibition law that was passed in 1916, ‘after drafling by the temperance . "groups and - churches, pro- hibited sale of alcohol in Man- itoba, but did allow private in- dividuals to import it from ~ other provinces. In 1920, with the. assistance of the federal government which passed 4 law. prohibit- ing inter-provincial shipment of liquor, the drought was complete. The Manitoba tem- perance movement, with such leading lights as suffragette Nellie McCiung and Dr. C. W Gordon, (a best-selling author ' of the lime under the pseu- donym Ralph Connor) had triumphed, if only briefly. But the complete drought was short-lived. By 1923, with the court dockets jammed and - the illicit trade flourishing, the government beet tb Ihe pressure and allowed sult: of liquor—through: government lion only: , uor they bought from govern- ment stores into the still-dry am United States, it was not until 1928’ thal the beer parlors fam were allowed to reopen. . Womer: were not allowed in [im ‘these dingy halls, and the male patrons, many of whom had taken their first drinks - leaning casually on the mag- nificent bars of pre-prohibi- tion limes, were forced to sit, ro quietly and be served.- After. an exhaustive two years of hearings, a commis- sian headed by former. pre- mier. John Bracken in. 1956 produced the report on -which Manitoba's liquor laws are based. ~‘ - ‘The Bracken recommenda: tions opened up a new era of: ealing, drinking and enter- tainment and stand as a wa-. tershed in’ the slow change from the days of foreed absti- -nence. However, under ‘the .New Democratic Party govern- ment ‘of Premier Ed Schreyer, which came to of- fice in June, 1969, Manitoba “became the first province to let its 18-year-olds drink le- gally when the age of major- ily was lowered from 21. in Seplember, 1970. bem fy te, Our | prayers go with yours, for | ” a New Year of peace and abundance, We wish you much happiness, and thank you sincerely. IRENE AND MURIEL. VANCE'S HOME ARTS 517 West 3rd Avenue They say that getting thére is halfthe fun, But. - if you tried to take.a world tour on your. own, you could wind up notgettingthere at all. To find out the easy way to travel ‘ —anywhere in the world—open the pages of your newspaper, You'll find articles about exciting places and advertisements for economical tours. And they’reall written with you inmind. Travel editors speak from experience because they've been where you'd like to go. Think about it. What would you do without your newspaper? | ABITIBI PAPER COMPANY LTD: MTORONTO. ONTARIO, /(AetmBl . . . Newsprint suppliers to, the, world's pr _ stores and for home consump a Although many Manitobans . made fortunes running the lig- Bm the present Year of the Pig: _- holds . good. omens. for those who marry. and “government [0p to the ‘end of ‘Novern ; 320 marriages “had been: registered this year—an ave! “more ‘than: for. the same :pe- * “plod last'year: !Fortune:teller, Mak Ping-fé said the’ pigs‘is. a luck-giver’ bring forth many children,” Wat Chi-lee, an expert from - -& gehool of fortune’. telling ve warned that children nin On ry en eee sea pest be good scholara;’ But’ fortune teil : ‘a tue tong. said it'““will-be-good fo making money; for b » men as well as thieves;“tob- bers and thug d th efor e: wills be