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The Herald retains fall, complete and sale copyright in aay advertisement produced and or 4, Willitbe cditoris] or photugraphie enient published in the Herald, Reproduction is nat permitted BENEFICIAL foallconcerned? =, Hope for Improved TV in Davis Report Transport and Com- munications Minister Robert Strachan. loday releastd a report by Communications Consultant Barrie Clark and invited interested organizations and individuals to send him their views too by September 1. jn releasing the report, along with a companion report by Consulting Engineer S.W. Davis on methods of relaying up to four televisian channels to all communities over 1,000 population, Mr. Strachan emphasized thal no decisions have been taken and con- siderable study will be needed- before government policy can be established. . The Clark report claims the province is poorly served by an. uneoordinated communications system which grew up because exclusive . jurisdiction is exercised outside the province by various.federal agencies.” Among remedies, it suggests British Columbia follow On- tario, Alberta and Quebec by. establishing an independen!. authority to provide broad- casting services of a broadly ° educational character in bomn television and vadio, and by creating a. microwave or satellite relay system to serve éablevision and broadcasting operations, whether public or private, in all parts of the province. ¢ " “Brgbably the” major message (hat comes through. : ‘the: Clark report is that the present hadge-podge structure of television, radio and cablevision in British Columbia has enormous gaps as well as. duplications which can only be- rationalized at a government level that {s closer to the people and understands their needs for betler communications,” said . Mr; Strachan. . 7 "MT have received many verbal “or written, complaints : from groups and individual British Columbians that they do -not- “have «the broadcasting : or ‘seablevision’ services available “to others; or, if they do, that the - “reception: quality is poor,” Mr. “Strachan remarked, Sy invite. all British Colum- “.bians who are’ concerned, = particularly. groups: interested “dn the communications field, to >-: send me their advice by letter “or in-mgre detailed. briefs, 1 only -ask-'they -be mailed by -¢ September 1." : “Mr, Strachan stressed that ? any opinions expressed about " the Clark-sludy should be made‘ * after studying the report rather “than being based on earlier > speculative accounts In some newspapers. - *- “By no means dol restrict my ‘request for suggestions to _ opinions on this report,” he -- continued, ‘I would be happy ta recelve any and all opinions addressed to the improvement .:. of communications services in > our. province.” "Mr, Clark, former North ‘ Vancouver District Alderman and. Liberal MLA who has “+ become -the -Province's first. third. + Rentalaman, is a generation British Columbian -who ‘spent 16 yeard in the ~., braadcasting industry. ' ‘> Ais study, o proposal to the a Minister : of. Transport and , Communications .and not a © government’. report, was = commissioned March 18th and “was delivered June 1th, in the -. dying days of the recenl Legislative Session. Mr. Clark recommended that the report.be made public. It ‘wep released today after Mr. -, Strachan had had lime to read it "and: arrange for. printing of copies. ; Mr. Clark summed up -his oi feport in;12..specifie “recom, > mendations. Among them were miodied proposals that: © oA. British - Columbia Communications Authority be’ established by Legislalian as an - independent . agency insulated from , government, contral fo. meet federal requirements, ‘a5° permitted by -educational - individual 2. The BCAA develop and operate a province-wide microwave or satellite “trunk” network to relay good quality radio and (elevision signals in some 80 communities, recovering the cost by rate- averaged charges to private and public operations using the network in order that more remote communities could afford the cost. 3. All cablevision operations be required lo plug into the _province-wide television relay network which would supply the standard Canadian . channels, including educational and local communily programming, but be restricted to the Public Broadcasting System channel] arid a single private’ channel ° imported from the United States with BCCA operating a common commercial deletion and substitution’ function for imported channels if allowed by the Canadian-Radio- Television Commission. . 4. That BCAA. operale an. educational broadcast division, federal and = patterned. on Ontario’s Communities guidelines primarily - Educational Autharity, which would produce instructional .and,-,broadly. programming: suitable -for.. both classroam’ crédit courses and family living room fare, largely through the use of free lance talent. 5. BCCA apply to. the Canadian Radio-Televiston Commission for a - licence to broadcast on the Channel 10 VHE : television band, which cavers the lower mainland and Victoria areas, as the main production centre of the educational broadcast division feeding: into the praovince-wide relay network serving cablvision companies. _ Besides © these salient proposals, the report also urged Mr, Strachan. to ‘continue - pressing the federal. govern: . ment for regulatory jurisdiction over communications facilities within the. province and- to. inititate a formula under which ~ ail private‘ and commercial caminunication facilities could be integrated into a technically rational ‘Provincial system" for. planning and development purposes. - fot . ‘Fhe accompan Report suggests microwave network ‘could be bullt to serve most of. the province with four channels, including one two-way channel for $21 million or a network with only two channels: for $i4 million , with annual operating costs respectively of $840,000 or $700,000. : . Alternatively, the Davis Report indicates that a lease could probably be entered into wilh the Brilish Columbia Telephone Company for the required channels for estimated annual costs of $6.4 million or $2.7 million based on a 15 year contract. Network users would in turn be billed on a utility type of formula which would average the rales charged cablevision com- panies ona per capita or similar basis, | - The Davis Reporl figures were related toa network which would replay the high-quality television signals to: Greater Victoria, Langley, Abbostford, Mission City, Chilliwack, Hope, Princeton, Merritt, Penticton - Summerland, Oliver, Kelowna- Rutland, Vernon, Armstrong, Enderby, Lumby, Revelstoke, Salmon Arm, Chase, Kamloops, Ashcroft, Clinton, Lilloet, 100 - Mile House, Williams Lake, °; Quesnel, Prince George, Fort George, MacKenzie, Chetwynd, Hudson Hope, Dawson Creek, ying Davis * -. Fort St: John, Vanderhoof, Fl. St, James, Fraser Lake, Burns Lake, Granisle, Houston, Smithers, Terrace, Kitimat, Prince Rupert, Port Edward, Massett, Queen Charlotte Clty, Osdyoos, Greenwood, Grand Forks, ‘Creston, . Cranbrook, Kimberley, Fernie, Sparweod, ’ ollizen . sideralion, the expanding role that. a. legitimate and it is in the in- terest of thé people that they be supplied as soon as possible." Other Hossiand, Trail, ‘Wartield, Montrose, Fruitvale, Castlegar, , Nelson; Invermere, Golden, Duncan ” Youbou, Ladysmith, Lake Cowichan,. Nanaimo, Parksville, Qualicum, Port Alberni, Comox, Courtenay, ‘Cumberland , Campbell River, Gold River, Powell River, Tahsis, Port Hardy, Port Alice, Port McNeill and Ocean Falls. Mr, Clark made numerods additional §- recommendations and observations but thoughout ~ his main report there ran a theme. that British Columbia, ° like other provinces, was not recelying the best of com- munications services because. of the lack of provincial government authority in the field. : Repreatedly, he blamed existing problems on federal agencies which regulate or develop broadcasting facilities” without any direct respon- sibility to the Brilish Columbian they ‘astensibly are inlended to’ serve. mary included: Cos ‘That. the proposed HCCA operate the government's computer facilities; that BCCA negotiate extension fo service by CBC and CTV; that all government departmental communications be rationalized with Transport and Comm- ‘nications Department; that BCCA encourage development of a. national educational television network; and that it publish guidelines concerning copyright law. : . Although not listed among hig major recommendations, Mr. Clark also endorsed suggestions that privately-owned B.C. Tel be. turned into a Crown Cor- poration similar to the Telephone Utilities operated by the three praire provinces for ‘decades. “Aside from any other con-. -of- communications, in” our, . aete soctely demands, Eeordiaal’ ey Bear As and “iitegvitia’ oF BIT" suc. facllities in order-to avoid, as mieh” as” possible, © ‘com-’ thunication pollution.” The report states... -"Such, communication pollution can be described as a continuation of the present © policy’ of independent and un coordinated -expansion’ of a multiplicty of separate systems cluttering the avaliable spec- trum. . This will.. preduee — an uneconomic’ inefficient service” available only to.thoge with the ability to pay the resulling high costs, + “Tis the conclusion of this report thal such communication pollution ‘Is . inevitable unless government acts Immediately - Loses that this resource, like all olher resources, is used wisely and‘to the best interest of all citizens of British Columbia." At another point, Mr. Clark emphasizes that serious gape exist in, serving “outlying communities because the federal regulatory agencies, such as the CRTC and, ils. predecessors, as well as the CBC, CTV Networks and other private -broadcasters have subordinated public service to individual commercial revenue °. aspects. “By far the most serious criticism to be tevelled at the various national agencies in- volved is the total Jack of co- © ordination and co-operation they have, thus far, lexhibited,” Mr, Clark said. ‘In another criticism of the . (CRTC, Mr. Clark said it only has “responded ta commercial applications for licences rather than evolve a viable com- raunicalions plan to serve the © ‘needs of all people in the rovince. “This study concludes that rather than responding to in- dividual licence. applications, government should take the Initiative and formulate a sensible and. practical overall communications plan for the province,” ; , Public dissatisfaction with the results of present federal throadeasting policies = Is ate oy Panes te * If you wank to-gathe ‘yi ‘dan ‘teday, you "phone around your friends. In the days of the real Scottish Clans, you sen out the Fiery Cross. , - That's to say, if-you were Chief-of. the Clan. The Chief - wasjthe anly man entitled to send the Fiery Crags out and,, once he had decided, a relay of - awift-footed measenyers car: ried ag many Fiery Crosses ns were needed round the whole Clan territory.’ -_ When a Clansman saw the Fiery Cress he was‘in honor bound to rally to his Chief, pre- pared for battle. The usual rea- son for sending it out was a pending battle between two Clang, (hough sometimes it was to repel Sassenachs (for. eigners) who had, invaded the Clan territory, ? Pictures of the carrying ofthe Fiery Cross are very dramatic, , and always show a wild-syed, the mountainside with a ftam- ~ ing'cross above his head. © But the Fiery Cross didn't _, blaze at all. Teacher's Scotch Information Centrecan tell you . that the Fiery Cross ceremony. cansisted of the ‘Chief of the Clan taking a cross made of wood, searing the ends of it ina fire, and then dipping it into the biond of a gout which the Chicf himself had killed. : So, by the time the feet footed clansmen had reached even .the -nearest Clan sat- tlement, the Fiery Cross wag nu fonger aflame. toy . _, But it lit a torch in the hearts -ofthe Clansmen and they gath- ered their battle gear, said goodbye lo their wives, und ran to the uid of the Chief. aE MOH BLIMEY, THE THE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C. recommendations . listed in Mr.’ Clark’s sum-. , SMILEY KNOWS © WHEN HE'S GOT -A GOOD THING = ~ cast week, faithful read- ers, if there are any left, _ followed the enthralling, if not appalling, account of: my meteoric career in the financial world, [had suggested that I felt i was being caught in the - _ middle of a great financial squeeze when . somcon¢ offered’ to buy me Peel- Elder stock at $13 a share. { smelled something peculiar -and promised -V’d_ try. to - get to the bottom of it,” . Lhaven't, but [ hate to * part with those twenty-five shares of Peel-Elder. I've had them as-long as I’ve had my wife. a They are. all \that's left. of my. second ond .final * savage attack.on the stock market. My first was rather deflating, as. |- mentioned . lastiweek. | pet But. the second time ” afound, | didn’t take any chances. It was only when "g- trusted stock-broker told me Eldridge .Mines was going to be the hottest thing on-the market,. that |. carefully bought 1,000 °° shares.’ They cost me $330. ° The broker: was a former prisoner-of-war, so could be - trusted implicitly. The : stock held firm, , went up about five cents. a. share. in a week, and this - time there actually: was a producing gold “mine. | reckoned | was in Biscuit, City, as-we say -in these: parts, : was that there was more money in. gravel than there - ~was in gold, In thase’ days, and for. many .years to period . when What nobody told me “Bill Smiley come. I should have bought agravel pit. I have. previously related how that’ 1,000 shazes of . Eldridge has shrank to: 25 shares of Pecl-Elder, so I won't bore you, But I did fearn one of the inevitable, or so it seems. to me, laws ‘of stacks. — vt . Every time a. company gets bigger, [ have fewer stocks, Eldridge expanded, became known as Elder, with a lot of new capital- and great prospects in the offing. T was told that'-for my - 3,000 shares of that. cheap little old Eldridge, 1 would get 120 shares. of this tremendous new Elders: | There was no money in gold mining, apparently, so Elder became eel-Elder _ ‘and got heavily into real estale. Assets . increased, © profits rose, and Smiley wound up ‘with something like 12% shares of Peel- Elder. es mo There was one -haleyon Peel-Elder went.up to.more than $20- a share; | was tempted to sell., 1} could lave come out. only . about “$100. in the -hote,- after twenty years. Not bad,: that, But [ bung imthere, x Then, about a year ago, Peel-Elder, with. a flamboy- ant burst: of ‘something. or, other, “informad-'me- that, ‘asa loyal shareholder, | ‘ could have two shares for every one { had. 1 don't remember the details, 1 think you had to be a white Anglican with some tecth missing, a bad back, and no more oF less than two children, neither of them _ self-supporting. way, | qualified. That’s how 1 wound up with 25 shares of Peel-Elder. And now. along comes an impressive brochure~ fram an outfit called Hambro | Canada’ Limited with an offer to.buy at $13.a share. In February and March ! could have sold for about 14, Hambro is a Canadian affiliate of Hambros Ltd., a London, England, based international merchant bank- er, with a good many fingers in a good many pies. Hambro Canada Ltd. already owns almost per. cent of Peel-Elder, tut wants to buy the rest, Most af “the directors - and officers of Pecl-Elder gre also directors or officers ~ of Hambro Canada Limited. ‘Are you confused? - Me too, It’s pretly obviously, a ~ ‘takeaver of an estublished Canadian corporation by a Something like that. Any- ~ 50. WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1974 British-based . corporation, with somebody - “probably "> ahott tosmake: dk ppe"at ” ‘bullion in the process. ~~ And “here’s. . something ... else- that puzdles‘nie. After thirty-odd ‘years “of Wileh- ing Peel-Elder grow rom a «sickly little gold mine into a ‘husky corporation, and,, watching my share. of the . cake diminish from a small; wedge to.actumb, [ sudden. ly get two whacking .groat. dividend. ‘ cheques -::from * Peel-Elder. One for-$2,94, the othec for $1.50.:—° <>. Wouldn't you be:-wary:: when you'd not received a- dividend for three decades and suddenly gat «two “in one mail? - wee 4 The offer to: buy “me 4 “gut, from Hambro Canada : Ltd,, states rather sternly -- that the offer will expire * July 23rd. ‘ if | accept: the offer, | will receive $325, The stock “east me. $330. thirty. years ago, And- “Trudeau ‘would probably want 4 capital ... - pains taxifisold. Wel}, there. we are. I _ stared out in a. quandary and I've ended ina’ quag- | mire. | wish Pd pot that _ original $330 into, a'coupte, of beach lots which would - now: be. warth $20,000. 1. wish I'd gone into pig farm-._, ing. | wish | could win a sweepstakes 8" However, that's the way.‘ it gacs with us chaps-who. play the market. We accept“: . the fact that we're compul. -: sive gamblérs and take’ our’ losses with a stiff lower lip:-' But f won't séli that © stock, Let them fight “it . oul, the corporate bums..45. short-kilted Highlander bound. | ing: over the heather or down ~ : WIRE AT \TAGAINS. MB IT MAKES YER SICK ~ TALKIN’ ABOUT CANCELLIN' THE MATCH 4 A BITOF WATER ON THE PITCH? as If that ‘old faith- ful'Refrigerator of yours ap- pears ready for retirement look to the August issue of Cdnadian Consumer for Consumer's Association of Canada Test Results on nine popular no- frost, two docr models, before you decided on a replacement, The main purpose’ of a refrigerator is ta keep foods at- proper slorage temperatures between 0-5 degrees; F.in- the freezer, and about.s7,dégrees F inithe-tentre of the mainspate of-the refrigerator: * °°: , To test: how: well they: could achieve these temperalures, CAC loaded refrigerators to capacity and placed them in enviramentally _ controlled rooms. The internal tem- peratures of freezer and mainspace were checked while the rooms werekept at:70 and 90 degrees F.' refrigerators were also tested al a room tem- perature. of 110 degrees to determine how they would react - to extreme condilions. Unlike ranges, refrigerators cannot be sel at a specific” lemperature. Consumers should also remember. that temperatures. within a » refrigerator will vary depen- ~ ding on how full the unit is and how many times the door is opened, .Seven of the nine models CAC tested had separate controls for the freezer and mainspace. - an arrangement which provides better distribution of cold air. Temperatures in a meat keeper should range from 30 to 35 degrees EF’. Two refrigerators tested by CAC advertise a seven day meat - keeper Agriculture. Canada considers that: only cured meats can safely be stored unfrozen for seven days... - me Allunits tested were equipped with heated butter conditioners but butter stored at this soft setling should be used within - two days. Vegetable crispers should maintain temperatures between 40 and 42 degrees for bes! storage conditions. COS THERE'S pecoming widely, evident, the report suggests, -* : “British ‘Columbia has an olbigation to these demands for better quality programnje service and should nol rely either on the CRTC or on the CBC,” he said ae —"“Niether of Uiese bodies Is. directly answerable to the people fo British Columbia and this study concludes provincial action is essential.” : Mr, Clark also sdid thal.” . “many communities in the... ‘ province are still to receive BB HEY, ANDY! THEY'VE JUST SAID JY ON RADIO THAT THE MATCH gr '2 ON “YER CAN GO 577 thelr first radio and tolovision .. . service, As already. noted, thelr "requests far such services are * News and Views” Although temperature is the most crucial factor in a refrigerator, storage space’ is obviously.a top priorirty too. CAC found that half width ’ adjustable shelves offer. more variely for storing large or bulky items than those with full adjustable:shelves. Adjustable ; door shelves ‘and ‘stops:.at’ the pag of shelves to prevent small ‘itema from. falling off are ad- dilional convience features on ‘some models, _ What to look for before you invest in a refrigerator: 1. Is it big enough for your family. And will it fit into the space available in your kitchen. - Measure carefully, allowing for space for air circulation around “the unit, 2. Does it provide adequate shelf space; are the shelves adjustable, You'll miss that extra shelf you have ta take out ‘to store a large item. 3! Will crispers be long enough for a stalk of celery, deep “enough, tor a head of lettuce. 4. Ave’ adjustable shelves easy - to move or must you fight with othem, - - 5. Are adjustable door provided. . , . 1s the light bulb. well protected and easy to replace. shelves but , 7. will decorative trim be easy toclean. - _. 8 .Are there any sharp edges. Check around’ shelf ends, compartment doors, un- derneath drawer pulls and shelf -@, Note location of ‘controls. Will they be easy toreach If the _refrigerator is loaded. 10, Do erispers and meat drawers have stops.. Do they roll easily in and out. 11, Does it roll cut on casters for cleaning. When setting out to purchase your nexl refrigerators, also. keep in mind that the capacity for storage staled ‘by, the manifacturer does not lake into account space wasted by controls, shelves, crispers and so on, i Remember too thal frost-free _ models. which eliminate the Letters The Editor, Dear Sir; : __ [would hope that the Northern MLA's will remember that they were elected to represent the . Interests of their constituencies and will stand together and | vigourously oppose the recently announced 20 percent increase in Hydro rates to residential” costumers .and 70 percent in- crease to bulk users. . This increase will obviously C.B.C. Dear Mrs. Campagnolo;. This letter is in connection wilh C.B.C, radio in this area. During the Diefenbaker years, nighttime radio broadcasting was discontinued ‘through the low power relay . transmitters which cover the northern part of this province, :- . It was an economy. move, al that time, bul it seems to me that we ought to have had it . “For. in- ¢ reinstated long ago. stance C.B.C. radia began broadcasting at 8:15 this morning. , Lalso object lo much of the . asininity that emanates from begin: with the August issue.: tiresome job of defrosting, use - approximately twice as much energy a$ compareable to manual defrost: varieties. Check Canadian Consumer's’ list of relative costs to operate various mededs. = For full detials. on ‘con-, venience features, warranties and CAC’s rating on how well refrigerators .. maintained proper temperalures. -under varying conditions, pee the August issue of Canadian Consumer on sale at your local newsstand for 90. cents, or available fam CAC 251 Laurier -. Ave,, Ottawa, Ontario, KP 527," or send’ $5 for ‘your’ CAC membership, and request hail’ hit us in the north harder. than those in thesouth., If B.C: Hydro .: were not a ‘government cor- poration I expect the voice of the MLA’s would be heard loud and clea a coe ' . Yours truly oe Gail Johnson c.cy GrahamiLea *! Hartley Dent . . Doug Kelly” - Alf Nunweiller RADIO the Prince Rupert radio slalicn,’ moronic weather talks a. - untelligible “telephone in- teryiews, for example. Wauld you pléase do what you can te ‘bring about .the necessary impravements? - Surely we pay enough. taxes to. - warrant 6 24-hour C.B.C, radio service. And I am equally sure - that we deserve a higher callber. of’radio station employee ‘that «* :. we have al present. 0/2021 Thank you, RS Yours Truly, Thomas’ Atrill, RTO Ors LEZENG Ul Sark = vy ly] v4.0 9 ys oy Rye, Many people once believed Uhat an emerald Was anemblem: of success ip love--try glying a see for yourself! few to the ane yon love'and: