Could this be the next Canadian Brass. The
only way you'll find out is by galing to the
Paclfic Northwest Music Festival, starting
March 5 through to the 17. From left to right

are:

"Allan Power, Andrew Hope, Rodger
Talstra and Michael Wong. The boys are in
grade 8 at Skeena Junior Secondary and as
well are part of the Skeena Gold Band.

may seem far-fetched: to.

' people

|.

compare the . “thedicine
wheel” at Tipperary: Creek,
just north of” here, with
Britain's Stonehenge, «| :

The aix-metré ‘circle. of
stones, surrounded by en,
outer ‘ring’ 15* metres in,’
diameter, and “by: ‘three.
outlying cairns, does. not ”
have the visual impact of -
Britain's . famous |
prehistorle monument. :

But, like Stonehenge, the :.
medicine © wheel ©.‘ offers
testimony of.a prehistoric .
whose “concerns -
aparently went:: “beyond °
mere survival, and as with
Stonehenge, thes builders’
purpose remains a Tiatter |
for debate. :

Emie . Walker,... ar--.
cheologist at the University. .
of Saskatchewan, says the *
structure was probably

7 built within“ the. last 1,500

years... - a
That would take: it one of
the newest of 15 prehistoric |
sites located at. Npperary

mall
‘natural beauty on ‘the bank

: River, ey
The name medicine whéel
“comes. ‘from the supposition
‘that the’ structure was used
by tribal’ medicine men for.
’ seremonial. purposes, -
_ MARK BOLSTICE? |
However, recent research

‘indicates the structure may-
: “aetually have been a sortof. ..

‘ calendar, : - oriented ° to
astronomical _ “phenomena
. suchas solstice sunrise and
‘sunset, - ws

' Research “Indicates
Stonehenge, dated hetween
2100 and: 160) BC, ‘may have

had a. “aornewhat | similar.
astronomical ‘function. - Bul.

Stonehenge, located. on
Salisbury Plain," is, much
bigger, consisting: of large

standing stones: 2.9.metres

to 2.4: metres tall arranged
in a circle with ‘a diametre
of about 104 metres, pos

_ Walker. says the common

impression of prehistoric -
plainsdwellers as pinltive

. of starvation is false...
Of the South Saskatchewan. i

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j MINNEAPOLIS (AP) —
‘calling the Dalkon Shield
an instrument of death,

mutilation and disease,"’ a
. federal judge accused three
top officials of A. H. Robins

Co. of putting profits above

_ used the intrauterine birth

_
bout

PEOPLE _

Elizabeth Taylor - says treatment to
overcome drug dependency also made her
face up to her alcoholism, and the Academy

Award-winning actress is convinced. she’

has kicked both habits.

Taylor, 52, said she knew the time had
come fo seek help when she entered a
‘hospital for tests and was so tense’ she had
to be sedated into incoherence.

“It got to the point where I would try to
say something and the thought from miy
brain would never reach my tongue,” she
said.

“] was taking far too many prescription
druss, [needed sleeping pills to go to sleep

wight of my life for about the last 25
years.”

She said she will make no immediate
plans for the future.

“] am still trying to “find the real ,

Elizabeth Taylor and make her stand up
and keep standing up.”

© Just back from a tour of West Africa’s
drought-stricken areas, Princess Anne has
launched a new appeal in London to raise
about $1 million for a nutrition unit to save
starving children in Bangladesh,

The princess said Wednesday that the
‘centre in Dacca, visited by her mother,
Queen Elizabeth, during an Asian tour last
year, was vital because it would teach
-anothers how to care for their children.

.| The appeal was sponsored by the Save
the Children Fund, of which the princess is

“president, and Britain’s Townswomen’s .

“Guild, a voluntary organization of which
she i is a patron. :

‘ Two veterans of the Canadian film in-
dustry, Norman McLaren and Nat Taylor,
“are to receive special recognition from. the
‘Academy of Canadian Cinema later this
‘month,

++ McLaren, 70, an Oscar-winning film-
“maker who has collected more than. 500
international awards, will be given the
academy’s special achievement award for
lifetime contributions to film-making.

: McLaren, once called Canada's Walt
Disney by Time magazine because of his
‘pioneering work in animated films, has

more than 65 fiims to his eredit.” .
Taylor, a movie distributor, theatre
owner and publisher of books on film, is to.

receive Air Canada’s award for con--

tributions to the business of film-making.

The awards wili.be part of-the annual
Genie presentations March 21, to be shown
live on CBC-TY.

Jane Fonda made a second unexpected
appearance in a department store’ Wed-
nesday to push her line of exercise clothing,
and told admirers she wouldn't he: in-.
timidated by critics of her political beliefs.

Thé 46-year-old actress, whose fitness

“books have sold in the millions, wore a

bright pink skirt and a striped: pink-and-

_ White blouse from her Jane Fonda Workout

line. Red lace-up boots completed the en
semble,”

“The store does not know i'm here, ” ehe
said in the lingerie department at the D,. H
Holmes store in New Orleans. “I’m here
because I want to support my clothes..”

Store officials had called off plans,for an
appearance by Fonda because of what they
said were hundreds of complaints about her
liberal politics.

On: Tuesday, the actress dropped into a
North Miami Beach, Fla., .department
store that had nixed an appearance. -

r

It’s a sure sign that apritig i is‘on. the way:

New York Yankee ballplayers ‘arguing with
team owner George Steinbrenner...

On Tuesday, slugger Date. Winfield. was
miffed, Wednesday, it Was team. captain
Graig Nettles,

Nettles, who signed a two-year: $e -

million contract last October, said. he
wanted to be traded after. ‘learning
smanager Yogi Berra plans to platcon, him
at third base with Taby Harrah.

“I didn’t re-sign’ to ‘become 'a platoon

player,” Nettles said al training camp in.

Fort Lauderdale, Fla: “It’s a slap in the
face, a stab in the back. I totd them if they
can make the right deal, make it.”
Steinbrener replied: “I have no. in-
tention of trading him. He got the contract
he wanted.” ~

With ©
:€oupon 4
{Only -

the health of women who _

., Robins

_ continues

judicial .

‘Lundsford,

control device, cegrs
US. District. Judge ‘Miles

Lord Jéctured the officers of |

the ‘pharmaceutical com-
pany Wednesday, after
approving settlement ..‘of
seven “lawsuits, over " the

" gontraceptive for i 2 reported .

$4.6 million. Fo
. “Your company, without

_warning to women, invaded

thelr bodies by the millions
andcaused them injuries by
the thousands,” Lord said in
a prepared speech.

“Your company in. the’
face . of overwhelming
evidence denies its guilt and
iis :monstrous
mischief. You have ‘taken
the bottom line as your
guiding beacon and the low.
road as your route. This is

‘corporate irresponsibility at

its meanest,” -

Less than an‘ hour after :

the hearing, Robins issued a
statement . denying the
judge's allegations, The.

gompany, based. in. Rie! =

mond, Va., accused Lord of
bias and “a gross abuse ‘af
discretion. and
power,”

As the judge spoke, the.
officials --- E. Claiborne
Jr., president; -
William Forrest, ‘chief
counsel; ‘and = Dr. Carl
director .of-
research and - development

— sat silently beside their

7 lawyers, “who objected.
strenuously | to. Lord's
comments. «

REQUIRED READING |. |

Earlier -— in.

‘proceedings, the judge fs

required the three to read” cy

speech on corporate.
irresponsibility. \ he. . had -
given before a church group,

in 1981. But he saved his real:
fire for the, courtroom, . '

saying: “I hope it, burns ifs .-.
mark into your soul.” ‘

Lord accused Lundsfard
of violating “every ethical
precept” of the Hippocratic
oath, the ", medical:

- profession’ 5 protnise to save’
. _ lives, and told Forrest:

“You have | not brought
“honor. to your profession. ”
The judge then criticized,
the company. for failing to
natify women who may still .
be wearing the shield that it |
shouldbe removed. The |
shield was inserted, i in more
than. two million women in °

the early 1970s, but ‘was ° the last Dalkon Shield cases .

taken off the riarket in 1974
because of evidence that. it
caused infections ‘and other
problems,

Lord said more than 9, oo
women have made -claims
that they “gave up part of
their. womanhood” .as a

Cause of
“strokes?

TORONTO (CP).
‘Women have’ — suffered

Strokes at a much: greater _

‘vate ‘since the birth ‘control
. ‘pill. became a popular form:
of: "contraception, “a”

_ neurologist told’an Ontario

Supreme - trial
Wednesday. ~

Dr. Viadimit Hachinski, a°

- Court |

specialist in ‘strokes at
University Hospital in
London, ‘Ont., said an

Ontarlo study of ‘stroke
victims shows’ strokes in
women ‘increased 57 per:

. cent during the peried after
the pills were introduced

(1967 and 1968) compared to
an earlier period (1989 and
1959), ‘ :

Buchan, 35, claims. the 7

company’s. birth ‘control
pills, Ortho-Novum 1-50;
caused her’ ‘1971 atroke,
‘which permanently

‘ Weakened her | left arm and —

‘leg. .
Hachinski sald he blames

her stroke on a combination —
=’ of the pills and j aheart valve - .

condition . from - which
Buchan suffers, .” adding
there . is , “compelling |

evidence” that she’ would
not -have had the stroke .
~ without taking the ‘birth
~ control pills,

Dalkon Shield called instrument of death —

are more than 3,000! cases
stilt pending i in U.S. courts.

Several women who had
sued-the company were at
the . two-hour, hearing, - and

some of them wept as Laid -

spoke, _
The’ settlement | included

“remaining before Lord, who

had earlier | : planned io
consolidate 23 such, cases -

into one-trial,

The Dalkon Shield has nat
been marketed . in’ Canada
for 10 years, ae

dalism:
“development; .

Hoset Lid.. |
com in and_ see

Our great line
- _a siring fashion —

“The Paleo-Indlans “were

oo yery “sophisticated,” ‘be
. Said. 7
"spake * puffato a

: procurement for example:
"They would spend days
“slowly . moving —
- aldng: until they got them
‘: into just the right position to ©
', stampede them into-a trap.

animals

“The whole group had to

‘work ,together to-do this,

taking into’. account
numerous factors, such as

- the composition of the herd,
- the wind direction: and the

. topography.

- efficient at what they did.” -

“They - were

DATE- HABITATION _
Walker . ‘believes ’ the

“Saskatoon: area has ‘ been

inhabited at. least’ .8,000~

years; basing his estimate
on a. scientific . technique |
. called carbon dating and on

the analysis of arrowheads,

“It's like recognizing a “53
’ he said.
“Certain kinds: of projectile

‘tips were made ~ during
certain periods.”
He ‘knows of no other

archeological site on the
Northern Plains that can

_. compare . with’ Tipperary.
result, of ‘the ‘shield. There =
‘ diversity -

Creek. in. - termg: .of . the
‘of.’ . ‘resources,
preservation . from’ van-
‘or \* modern
“ and" ac-
cessibility.\.. Me

sile, encountered in ‘the
Northern Plains. in “this
small’ area: it is a. con-
tinuum ‘that leadg right into

the coming ofthe pioneers, - fl
“The occurrence of these
. Sites

within walking
distance of each other in-a

completely natural setting

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