Sars tt SPES O TEAR Ae ene PAGE 4, THE HERALD, Tuesday, November 1, 1977 (the herald) Published by Sterling Publishers ‘ General Office ~ 635-6357 Circulation (Terrace) - 635-6357 (Kitlmat) - 632-6209 PUBLISHER... W.R. (BILL? LOISELLE MANAGING EDITOR... STU OUCKLOW Published every weekday at 3212 Kalum St. Terrace B.C. A member of Varitlad Clreutation. Authorized rs second class mall. Registration number 1201. Postage pal. cash, return postage guaranteed. NOTE OF COPYRIGHT The Herald retains full. complete and sole copyright in any advertisement produced and-or any: adiorlal or photographie content published In the Harald. Reproduction Canct permitted without the written permission of the r. Interpreting the news Aid stalls talks WASHINGTON (CP) — The United States and Vienam are making tentative moves toward establishing normal relations, but the question of post-war aid for the Southeast Asian country is stadling the effort. Such ald was promised in the 1978 Paris ceasefire agreement, when the U.S. believed it had succeeded in its effort to maintain a non-communist government in South Viemam. Less than two years later, however, the North Viet- namese invasion of the south and the eventual union of the two regions under the Communist regime in Hanoi showed that the U.S. had in fact lost the war. Former president Richard Nixon promised recon- struction aid of about $3.25 billion, plus commedity assistance of about $1 billion. But Congress imposed a ban on direct aid to the new regime. PROMISES REPAIRS Despite statements by President Carter that the U.S. is frying torepair the damages of recent war and stretch out a hand of friendship to those countries with whom in the st we have had animosity,’’ the U.S. still refuses to offer inancial aid. . U.S. officials indicated recently that the country would not follow a United Nations resolution asking for post-war assistance, repeating its position that the U.S. need not honor the 1973 pledge because-North Vietnam did not keep its promise not to send more troops into South Vietnam. Hanoi has said such aid would be a prerequisite to nor- malization of relations and maintained that the U.S. is no living up to its responsibilities. : The aid issue was a major stumbling block in Paris talks on normalization held earlier this year, Vietnam apparently hoped that its admission to the UN General Assembly in September would allow further talks with the U.S. but the discussions have not developed. And while the state department says it is prepared to re- sume talks with Vietnam at any time or place, officials acknowledge that the two sides are far apart on the aid question. TRADE A FACTOR One factor which may. go. a long way in prompting a re- sumption of discussions ig the potential for t¥ade with Viet- nam aaah ae hal yee With a population of 50 million, Vietnam is the 16th largest country. The American Management Association, which represents 60,000 business and government managers, noted recently that Vietnam has ‘vast resources, a soaring import rate —up 33 per cent last jar and an urgent n for many of the products an erican business can supply.” . Viemam has said that it, too, wants commercial relations, including grants or sales of food grains, fer- tilizers, tools and machinery. It also has expressed interest in possible U.S, aid to expioit offshore ail reserves, e strategic importance of Vietnam also provides a major incentive for the U.S. to seek better relations. Both sides recognize that tremendous benefits likely would result from improved relations, but they are playing a waiting game. The question now is which side will give in first on the aid issue. Grants kill initiative WINDSOR, Ont. (CP) —- manent basis or turn it over Specialized government another organization” — services that grants are killing volunteer groups, says the president of the Association of May Court Clubs of Canada. Mrs, Lois Peckitt of Chatham, Ont., said in an interview she believes the days of the volunteer may be numbered. ‘It is the policy in most May Court Clubs to start a new pilot project each year. Then after the trial period is over, and the need for the project is firmly established, the club may take the project on a per- HCRAAR Mrs. Peckitt said the need for volunteers will never end but the type of work they do may change as society changes. “Local groups have an advantage over govern- ment. Being members of the community, we are in touch with the community’s problems and needs and don't have the bureaucratic red tape to cope with. “We can get to work ‘immediately and solve the problem or at least look for a cure,” C1977 Universa! Prew Syrdkcote “Hey Pop! Your hearing aid has slipped down the leg of your pants!” Young Mortimer, the theatre critic, finds much more to occuppy his mind than his coming marriage to the minister’s daughter. old ladies of the Brewster household who ease their infrequent tenants on to a more blissful existance with & Unwitting partner in diabolical scheme is this nice, old man who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, involved in, among other things, digging the Panama Canal in the Arsenic an Arsenic and Old Lace takes place in the Brewster household owned by two dear, old ladies who have discovered a new way to lessen the sadness in the world. , The action begins when their newphew Mortimer discovers that a crime has been committed in the house on the evening of: his enfagement. The events that follow lead to a very fast-moving play which is pure comedy carrying a very light tough of comment from the author as he pokes fun at theatre ecrtics and more than hints at the in- competence of the jpolice force. Imagine two old ladies, a man who thinks he is the president of the United States, two criminals, a few policemen, a theartre critic and a minister’s daughter, all coming and going in a house where numberous very dead bodyies are hidden. The situation alone caused delightful misun- derstandings and a great deal of verbal comedy and dramatic irony as no one in what is going on and some have no idea whatsoever. The humor is hightened by the characters, their at- titued and = contrasting outlooks on the matters at hand. Teddy, for example, sinister purpose. 7 oe “4% a i basement of the Brewster house. The diggings serve a Old Lace manages to relate all events to his life as Theorore Roosevelt; and beware Johnathan. He was the kind of boy who liked to cut worms in two with his teeth. The play will be showing at the Terrace Little Theatre Nov. 3 and 4 and 9 through 12. For advance tickets, admission will be $3 Nov. 3, $4 on other nights and $5 Nov. 12. All tickets at the door ar $5. the household knows exactly Jonathan, left, the black sheep of the Brewster family, was the kind of hoy who liked to cut worms in two with his teeth. He looks like he’s ready {o do the same to his cohort, a certain Dr, Einstein, who specializes in surgically rearranging the faces of thos willing to pay Hfe. for new identities. Sait the aid of a litte elderherry wine mixed with a fatal dose of arsenic. He snatches the dribnk from the hand of an unsuspecting tenant, saving his