Page 2 The Herald, Wedresday, July 30 1980

“TV effect on children probed _|F

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- QUEBEC (CP) — By
the time today's children -

reach adulthood, they will
have spent more time
watching television than
engaging in any other ac-
tivity except sleeping,
Bays a _ Fesearcher

studying the way children

relate to television.
And the way they watch
‘TV reflects thelr abillty-to
cope with the world, J.K.
‘Bishop told a workshop
Tuesday at the 16th
assembly of the World
Organization for Pre-
Schoo] Education.
_ Bishop, a professar at

the University of Alberta

- in Edmonton, said his
‘research into how. TV
affects the way young
* children play has ked him.
-to identify at least two

different’ ' styles of

television watching in
children, |

Some ‘children, he

found, ate ‘reacters” '—-

they watch what is going

on without becoming

involved. |.
“The ‘Feacters will sit

_tippec fotward a little,

head raised,” with’ their
eyes rounzsion. show is
being threatened, Bishop
said, “this kid will ge go over

- Bishop.
workshop his ‘yeaults- are ©
_ based on research carried —

* out in‘ Alberta with chil-

. dren of: . varying” “goclo-

' difference between boys

to the ecteen and “iey wo
_ hold'the good guy: there” ,
” ‘to keep him from danger. .
~ ghild-. is’
modifying the plot. Thisis
the child who is going to

“This:

survive.” .
told, the

economic ‘and . racial *
backgrounds. and ages. .
He said he has found no i

and’ girls,., and —
presence of the two sivies
appears to be cross-cul-
tural.

While there: are: active .

; ~ and passive forms of each.’
‘aatyle, most . cnubirgn ®
“appear” “to fall lito. ae: =

category or another.
_ One: thing that does “

" chinge a child’s watching

style is physical contact :
with ‘an- adult — the
sitting on a parent’s lap..

That way the. parent's ”

reactions steinforce the.
child’s, : Bishop. “said,
/ adding ‘that-he ‘hopes. ‘his:

work’ will . help: get. -
children to be more active _ wt
and -participatory”’ when | a

tney wateh television. °
Another .workshop | at”

: ‘the meeting — Which has °

television ads.’
“Donna

a
on
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‘ara. ‘sweetened. ‘cereals,

 .ggid~ Mrs, - White, who oh
-_ works with obese children “ vf

brought, together 1,200 ou
‘ déiegates from more than :
“40 countries -- put some.”
of the blame tor increas- -
ing’ child. obesity on.
i “excess weight as they get |
White, “a, “older, < *.
_, professor of psychology .
~ and education at Con-
-cordia University in Mon-
“real, sald studies have’ ©
~ “hoon that 60 pet cent-of . -
television .ads. ‘during... By: & on,
children’s: ‘prime. time ‘cent of avera;

" averweight ‘boys and 80

reehnd modt af the @ foods

‘Mrs. White. ‘debunked
the * notion. “that: ‘at [
children . will lose “the:

“Bighty-six per- cent of

per cerit of overweight
‘irks. will become’ over-

weight ‘adults,”” she. said, t.

218 p per ‘cent of” “average |.
1) ‘eventually became. |

“Montreal: Chil-. : :

 dronts Hoag fe © py Gary Kingston

“VICTORIA (CP) —- ~- A M0.
-Jnillion aluminum fone .
produce CAs ‘or
” automobile industry.could be
a viable operation in Bri
Columbia, - says - & _pre-
“feasibility study c
for ‘the - provinelal gov-
ernment,
athe study; done by a-Van-
: couver ‘consulting firm: and
“fabled: ‘Tuesday in. the
legislatire
_eeislacre ‘Don: Phillips,
““reeommends ‘a... Lower
“ Mainland site benaiuse of the
‘availability of secondary

used. in the

tog proce

Pea

“Sat. ti 2

Jaf s
rater we

. Tuesday’,

+

| = defects.

". casting. process — and the

‘backup services. -
dry would. employ

* about 3 ): persons
“Phillips said the “study was
‘comm tasioned because’ ae
. concerns
- added Mo" the primary
tion’ of “aluminum at -
. * the Aluminum Co. of Canada

oo ameltér at Kitimat in nor-

. thweatern B.C. is somewhat
‘limited and to examine the
“ pheadily ; developing market
: for aluminum castings. ~

TORONTO (cry — Four. ‘The use of’aluminum in ©
foreign automakers | said
they will recall
about. 9,000 cars -in ‘Cansda”
later this: summer to repair

- automobiles is on the rise as
ithe industry faces inc
pressure to produce lighter,
“more iyel-efficient vehicles.
"The study says projections

the ‘North Amerleay ‘the, atu.

by. Industty ; ‘for cast aluminasn

that the value .

‘lend itself
processing or

assembly. operations: ee <-

Phillips sald thé favorable
study gives the. erin

the automobile industry aod
indeed the industry weal 7

aluminum Pea ‘proce
in Kitimat that pours . “
stuff out into ingots,” be
said, “That seems to me to
to” further

in that area.”

challenging
project is wkely_ to. che
securing the market,
suggesting the shipment: of
unfinished castings would be
‘more acceptable: to North

for consumption of -per-
manent and semi-permanent
mold castings by the North
American: ‘automotive .in-
dustry range from 350
_ million pounds to 700 millian

- Spokesmen for the com:
panies said the repairs are

minor and will be delayed

until parts are shipped from ,
overseas.

:. The automakers have an-

- American and Japaness au

tomotive companies...
“This. would: eave. the
hightolerance ~ finishing.
tions under their direct

B.C, NOs typ 7 -

~ BROCCOLI

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B.C. CRISP

CELERY

HOT DOG and

| HAMBURGER BUNS :

CALIFORNIA NO; 1
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WATERMELON

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nounced’ they
States. -

BMW: says it is recalling -
about 3,700 of its 1977-79 3201
two-door sedans to ’ correct
an accelerator spring that
could keep the throttle open
In hot weather .even when
ure is removed from

the accelerator.

firm less than $10 each.

short time. -

463 of.

the heater ‘was in operation.

“will recall
152,287 cars in the United

The Canadian distributor
of Subaru said it isrecalling -
3,285 of its-1980 cars because.
. the windshield wipers may
stop working if the wiper
motor is switched on when’
; ee wipers ar are. frozen mS pe weekend, . W
a i a Subaru:
spokesman, sald in an in-
.. terview that the repairs will
take 20 minutes and cost the.

i Fiat said it is recalling 562 —

of its 1979 Xi-9. models
‘ because of potential engine
sluggishness when a hot
engine is restarted after the
. car has heen tumed off for a

Volkswagen says it is
i its 1960.
Vanagon models to deflect .
the exhaust: from its.
auxiliary gas heater. The
company said a fire could
start if the vehicle was
parked on dry material while '

pounds annually by 1975.
~~" 8]y addition, Japanese au:
tomobile’ manufacturers are

coming: sander “Increasing

control, and also would avoid
displacement if ‘the "labor
involved {tithe “finishing

operation,” it. e..
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"NEWS BRIEFS —

Li nr roars Be

_ REFUGEES TO MOVE
MIAMI (AP) — More than
600 Cuban refugees are to be
moved from a riverfront tent
city to.a nearby junior high

' Orange Bow! stadium until
he

wore FN eee 1

“Football League exhibition

’ season begins Aug. 15.
-MAN SUES CIRCUS -.

’ FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.

(AP) — A suit . seeking

filed against Ringling Bros.
‘and ‘Barnum Bailey Circus
and one of its clowns by a
man who claims the clown
bumillated and injured him.
Thomas ‘Hall contends he
suffered a permanent eye
injury when the clow came
up behind him ‘‘and ‘began

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP)

— Health officials say they”

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school, They had lived in the .

$140, 000 in damages has been .

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aré baffled. by- the source ‘of
an outbreak of Legionnaires’
disease which has killed 12
people so far this year. Most
of the cases reported were
near the Medical Centre
Hospital of Vermont, which
is being investigated as the
Dik IN FIRE’ ”
aIRCH RUN, Mich. (AP):

recently when fire wept
through their home. ‘in
Saginaw County, state police
said,-The victims were
Kenneth Lamrock, -6, his
brother Phillip, 5, and his
sister Katrina, 2. The
mother, Pamela Lamrock,
25, and & friend ,—.] Donald
MacHam, 33—+ were taken to
hospital.

CENTRE IN DEBT .

DETROIT. (AP) — Renal
sance Center, Detroit's .riv-
erfront development, ‘lost
‘more than $30 million in 1979
and $0.1 million. in the first
three months of 1980,'. a
Detroit newspaper reported
Tuesday. A spokesman’ for.
the Renaissance Center
Partnership — the 51 major
corporations which }
own the $857 mill tlttttent — _—.,

* ‘TOP “ATTORNEY. ‘SEN:

‘‘TENCED © m
CHICAGO (AP) _ “[uinols

- Attorney General Willlam

Scott, still proclaiming his
innocence, was sentericed to
ayear and a day.in | prison for

tax fraud and automatically

_ forfeited his, office. under
terms of the state con-
stitution, Scott, 53, once the
state's most” popular
Republican who was elected
to four terms‘ as top legal
officer, will remain free until
there is a decision - mn aa
appeal.

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| freed

VANCOUVER (cr). =
Former federal prison
Danny Harold’ Cowls =
aquitted ‘Tuesday
proyinelal court on rn
counts of alding a prisoner to
escape custody after: the

” prisoner refused to antl

Judge HJ. McGivera dis"

~ missed the charges against
Cowie when prisoner Gilbert -
Palma Lpe 32, whoo tastour *
previous convictions for

. @seape and a fifth charge

pending, refused to anewer

_ questions put by the Crown
berate he said he wanted to
remain geutral. ~