wae erp tease TT Page 2, THE MERALD, Thursday, August 17, 1978 Carter Preparing For Blood-Curdling, Bone-Chilling WASHINGTON (CP) — While transitory diplomatic tempests and White House political blunders dominate the daily headlines, President Carter is preparing in relative obscurity to make one of the most crucial strategic decisions ever made by a peacetime president. The choice facing him is whether to abolish or radically improve the U.S. land-based missile force, one of the three founddations of Western defence. The other members of the triad are strategic-missile submarines and strategic bombers. _ Apprehensive congressional groups have called for a Carter statement on the issue by Sept. 30, warning that they will apply heavy pressure to force action. The basic problem is that the land missile force of 54 Titans and 1,000 minuteman missiles is becoming increasingly vulnerable to Soviet missiles. The pre- cise accuracy of the Soviet missiles is unknown and U.S. estimates of their accuracy are classified, but Pentagon analysts say the Soviet missiles can cer- tainly hit within 240 metres of their target. ’ 4 a - 8 Anti-Theft Paint VICTORIA (CP) — British Columbla Forest Products Ltd. Is testing a palnt that has Its own fingerprint In efforts to cut down on theft. . A company spokesman says everything from chain saws to heavy jackhammers and portable drilling rigs are being marked with the crime-fighting paint developed by Inter- national Paints (Canada) Ltd. BCFP representative George Lambert said his company and International have been working on ihe paint for more than a year, A pilot project to test the palnt In the fletd was launched a few months ago. : Lambert sald the new paint contains trace elements of rare metals which can be read through spectro-analys!s, pro- viding foalproof Identification of recovered stolen property. Lambert sald the paint offers the same conclusive evidence as a fingerprint left at the scene of a crime. “Ifa plece of equipment is recovered, police chip off some paint and send it tothe International Palni lab for analysis,“ he said. They have some people jhere who can prove that It's definitely BCFP paint, and who are prepared to make court appearances.” The company has not yet had a test case. THEFTS INCREASE . Lambert sald the project was launched because of in- creasing theft of company property by employees and out- siders. He did not have figures but sald large amounts were . Involved. Lambert sald that equipment teft In the bush by loggers Is often stolen. “'Peaple come in and pick things up like chain saws and walk off with them. No matter how carefully you try to hide - equipment, they find It. Lambert sald the fast-drying fingerprint paint can be applied to just about any surface, and slated for the marking brush are fires, batteries, power tools, hand tools, logging equipment and even logs. He sald the palnt can always be removed by the thief but Ittakes a bit of work toget It off.” ; “What we're really hoping Is that people both In and aut- side the company will see It and think twice.” Stock Market Jumps TORONTO (CP) — The Toronto stock market recorded Its sharpest advance In eight months at the close of active trading Wadnesday. - ee The TSE 300 index gained 10.13 to 1,234.63, highest since March of 1974. ; Rising energy [ssues and & seven-point jump at New York spurred the advance. . The total volume was 4.74 million compared with 3.76 mil- lien shares Tuesday. Net change +10.13 Close 1234.63 GM Recalls Trucks DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Corp. Wednesday an- nounced a recall Involving 238,-000 Chevrolet and GAAC 1978 model pickup trucks. The trucks are equipped with a frame-mounted, spare tire carrier which could become loose and fall off If the truck Is backed into something. The company 3ald in a statement that a nut on a support bolt could crack an impact. There have been two non-injury aceldenis reported because of the defect, GAA sald. Owners will be notified and a new support bolt and nut in- stalled atno charge to owners, ihe company said. “Hot Off The Press” | At News of the North YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T. (CP) — News of the North Wednesday published a frontpage story and pictures about a tire that severely damaged the newspaper's building. Craig Meclnnes, editor of the newspaper published here three times a week, sald the fire Tuesday afternoon started behind the wooden bultiding, spread quickly up the back of the bullding and gutted the top floor containing the paper’s edi- forlal offices. The ground floor, containing type-setting eaulpment, was flooded by water used to extingulsh the jaze. The cause of the fire Is not known and no dollar figure is avallable for the loss, Mcinnes said. McInnes said the staff, which was In the final stages of put- fing Wednesday's edition together, laft the building quickly and no one was injured. Last Quarrel LAGRANGE HIGHLANDS, III, (AP) — Police said a newlydivorced couple apparently engaged In a final fight that lett blood spattered from room toroam in their home and ended In murder and sulelde, A policeman, called to Investigate late Tuesday, sald he looked Into the front window of the home belonging to William and Suzonne Donnelly and saw thelr. four-year-old daughter, Brandie, “sianding in the blood In tha Hving roam trylng to wake her mother.” Mrs. Donnelly, 28, had been stabbed 1) times In the abdo- men, five times in the throat and once In the chest, A kitchen knife and three table forks were found next to the bod, police said. Donnelly, 33, was found In an adjacent garage, his head placed under the exhaust pipe of a car with the engine still running. Pollee sald he had cuts on his wrists and had appar- ently tried to slash them. Authorities sald every room in the suburban home west of Chicago was covered with blood and thal a partial barricade of furniture had been put up In the hallway. They speculated that the couple fought each other throughout the dwelling. The daughter was unharmed. Neighbors sald the Donnellys quarreited frequently and police recently had been called to the home to halt a disturbance. They said ater the divorce Donnelly stayed on until an apartment he had rented could be prepared. _'\n the fiscal year 1979 defente statement, defence secretary Harold Brown said that all of the SS-17, SS- 18 and SS-19 missiles being deployed in the Soviet Union have a “high singleshot kill probability” against even the recently-hardened U.S. missile silos, STRIKE FIRST With anticipated improvements in the Soviet missile force, that means the Soviet Union will have a first- strike capability against U.S. missiles by about 1993, making it possible for a Soviet missile salvo to ef- fectively destroy the landbased missile deterrent. The harmful effects of such a first-strike capability would not come solely in the unlikely event of Soviet © muclear aggression. : The first-strike Soviet capabillty would be a potent diplomatic weaponin future confrontations and woule! influence foreign perceptions of U.S. and Soviet strength. The complete vulnerability of the missile silos could Current doctrine is for the land-based missiles to “ride out” an attack, allowing the president to make a more considered decision on how and whether to retaliate. The alternative, to launch the’ missiles before they could be destroyed, assures a devastating strike on the Soviet Union—even if the detected Soviet attack turns out to be radar malfunction. One school of thought holds that the United States could simply do without its land-based missile force, relying instead on strategic missile submarines and strategic bombers as a deterrent. Such an approach, however, would mean possible disaster if satellite detection of the submarines is ever developed. Their immunity from attack would vanish, leaving them as easily destroyed ina first strikegas the fixed silos. Most of the bombers would also be caught on the ground. The solution being suggested to Carter would in- volve various means of making the landbased missiles One problem with that is sheer cost, $40 billion plied on top of the $40-billion Cruise program and the $25- billion Trident submarine program. Still, there is much to be said for modernizing the land misile system to maintain the eredibijity of each part of the triad and to preserve an option that could essential in the future. The bomber force was once on the point of being . considered useless, but developments in electronic warfare and Cruise missile technology have made it again a real threat. And, if exotic weapons like charged particle beams are developed to destroy missiles, the bomber force could again be the primary strategic deterrent. Similarly, the land-based missiles may well be worth keeping. ‘In the strange world of nuclear deterrence, where the unthinkable is routinely thought, spending $40 billion also lead a future U.S. government to ad t the “launch under attack” doctrine that has until now been carefully avoided. mobile, at a staggering cost of $40 billion, so that the Soviet Union would never be certain of the precise location of most. of them. Joe Clark Attacks DREE Charlottetown (CP) — Federal opposition leader Joe Clark said Wednesday that a Progressive Con- servative elected when Prime Minister Trudeau “gets the courage to call a general election” would change the federal system to give the provinces more say in running their own affairs, ; . “People here know better bow to run Prince Edward Island than some guy with a PhD and a computer, in government. Ottawa”, he told a luncheon for about 190 enthusiastic party workers. + He said the federal Liberal government — has in- ereasingly .concentrated power in Ottawa during the last 10 years, moving into areas where the ‘provinces, private enterprise, and volunteers could do the job better. . Clark, on a three-day Atlantic tour, said there has. to be a strong central government, but in a vast country ‘such as Canada, “diversity is not a danger.” “The federal system can allow for ‘the regions and provinces to be trusted” in running their own affairs. NEED BALANCE “We have to recognize the need for balance and let the regions do the things they do best," he said, He criticised the depart- ment of regional economic expansion (DREE}, saying people in Ottawa ‘assume what they want is better for P.E.1. rather than the people who live here,” Clark said unemployment had increased fourfold in the Atlantic region in the last 10 ears— ‘You are going ckwards,’* And in the last four years, $1.5 billion in investment or potential investment “had packed up and moved out or just didn't come because of the lack of a climate of trust in Canada,” he said, Senators Fight To Save Chamber OTTAWA (CP) — After receiving clearance trom Buck- ingham Palace, the federal government issued a statement Wednesday saying Queen Elizabeth approves the highly- criticized rewording of her role as outlined in Prime Minister Trudeau’s constitutional proposals. The statement was read ta a Senate-Commons committee studying the proposals by Marc Lalonde, federal-provincial relations minister. Senators scoffed at the statement, saying the Queen had. given her approval only afier advice from her Canadian min- Isters. Constitutlonaily, the Queen has little choice but to agree with what her ministers advise. : Since the constitutional proposals were tabled In Parlia- ment Ir tune, Liberal, Progressive Conservative and New ” Democratic Party politicians in Otfawa and the provinces have condemned the government for trying to tInker with the monarch’s rale. Lalonde maintains the government wants no change in the Queen's rote but merely wants to reword the outline of the functions of. the monarch and Governor-General now. con. tained in the @ritish North America (BNA) Act of 1867. , "His statement sald:: “The prime minister recelved from’: the private secretory to the Queen, dated June 20, a letter Indleating that Her Majesty was content with the proposed change in the royal style and titles and was satisfied that the proposals would not alter the essential relationship of the Crown to Canada. . "The prime minister recelved a similar intimation from the Queen personally during the audience she gave. him in Edmonton on Aug. 5." Trudeau told the Queen last October, during her visit to Of- tawa, that tha government’ planned to Introduce con- stitutional proposals possibly affecting the Crown’s relationship to Canada, Latonde said. — “He explained the Importance thata renewal of our federal system could have in relation to meeting the campaign of the government af Quebec to persuade the people of Quebec to vote for separation of that province from Canada.” _Affer the government formulated Its proposals, former justice minister Ren Basford visited the Queen on June 15 at Buckingham Palace to show her the recommendations. Five days later, the Queen notified Trudeau of her approval. Despite the assurances given by the government, Liberal senators conilnued to oppose what they perceive as a diminished role for the Queen. : They sald the proposals would replace the Queen with the avernor-General as one of the three components of Partia- ment. The other two are the Senate and Commons. The Queen would also be replaced by the Governor- Genera! as commander. in-chlef of the armed forces, The power of the government would no longer be con- sidered vested Inthe Queen but in the Governor-General. During special Senate commitiee hearings held before the joint committee began, senators sald the proposed changes suggest republicanism and that Trudeau appears to want the Governor-General to replace the Queen as the head of state. LEADS ATTACK .-Liberal Senator Sidney Buckwold from Saskatchewan led - the attack by senators on-Wednesday. There also are pro- ‘posals fo abolish the Senate, enshrine a charter of human rights in the canstitution and give greater equality ta the French and Enolish fanguages. | The government's desire ta transform the Senate into a House of the Federation, with half its members provincially- appainted, would result In a chamber of horrors, the former Saskatoon mayor said. ; A Progressive Conservative senator from Quebec, Martial Asselin, said the constitutional proposals, contrary to Lalonde’s thinking, will do nothing to make Quebecers feel happler within Confederation. Several senators and MPs castigated the government for pushing ahead with constitutional changes before the Task Force on Canadian Unity has reported, : The work of the study group and the money it spent are wasted, sald Perrin Beatty, Progressive Conservative Mem- ber of Parliamen’ for Wellington-Grey-Dufferin Waterloo, to keep. an And that ver option open can make sense. act is a compelling argument for vigorous pursuit of nuclear disarmament, " Fulton Attacks Gov’ Mr. Jim Fulton,. federal NDP candidate in Skeena in a press release received today says: Recent announcements by the Conference Board of Canada indicaté that unemployment will continue to rise, Nearly half of the jobless in Canada are bet- ween the ages of 15 and 24. These young people must rely to an ever greater ex- tent on their families for financial support. “There are jobs for these young people on municipal projects, in business and in rural areas if the govern- ment would take the time to plan,” said Fulton. “Every town needs recreation DEDHAM, Maas. (AP) — A judge ruled today that a comatose 12-year-old boy must remain connected to life-support equipment despite a petition from his father to unplug him. Norfolk County Probate Judge Jeremiah Sullivan said evidence is not con- clusive that the brain of Louis Stone Is dead. The boy has been in a coma since July 2 when struck in the heart by-a BB gun pellet accidentally shot by his father... The: boy-iis at God: dard Memorial Hoepital.in Stoughton, Maas. 3: ius - The father, Neville Stone, 49, said Monday he wanted Canadian MONTREAL (CP) — U.S, dollar in terms of Canadian funds at 3:30 pm. EDT Wednesday was down 9-100 at $1.1384, Pound sterling facilities and landscaping; every business would benefit from new creative energy and every farm has a potential for labour.” “increasing the production of goods and services through long-term planning and job creation. must become our national priority," continued Fulton, “Last week we heard the Prime Minister apologize for ten years of poor govera- ment. The facts however are clear, Canada needs a government dedicated to long-term solution, short term budgets, after all, apologies don’t buy. groceries or raise families.” Not Proud” | the boy removed from devices keeping him breathing. He switched from testimony July 28in which he had pleaded with the judge to keep the boy on a respirator. “A vegetable,” Stone sald, “T can't live with seeing him like that.” Myra Stone, Louie's mother, had said she wanted her son to remain on the . -equipment. Dr. Milton Brougham, chief surgeon at Carney, Hospital, testifying.far the: parents, said some of Louis's roflexes still persist-and the boy has not sustained total brain death. : ‘ was down 19-50 at §2.2469, In New York, the Canadian dollar wad up 7-100 at $0.8784 and pound sterling was down 7-20 at $1.0715. — ‘Born Innocent’ Case Dismissed Many Questions Still Unanswered WASHINGTON (CP) — The dismissal last week of the Born Innocent damage suit against the NBC television network provides few answers to the complex and disturbing questions about the effects of TV violence on viewers. Shortiy before a San Fran- cisco judge threw out the $11- million suit, NBC lawyers assured him that the 1974 television drama did not incite the grisly rape of a nine-year-old girl just four days after Born Innocent was screened, The jury never got a change to decide what did cause the attack, since NBC persuaded the judge to dismiss the case on con- stitutional grounds. But the question of motive— what prompted four children to pin the nine- year-old down on a@ dune and rape her with a beer bottle—likely will persist, analyats say. Earning Drop Ef it wasn't the scene in Born Innocent which graphically portrayed the rape of a girl by three or four others using the handle of a plumber’s helper—a type of attack considered by human sexuality experts to be fairly rare—what Was it? CREATES RISK The child's lawyer, Marvin Lewls, accused NBC of negilgence and recklessness for what he termed the forseeable result of the broadcast which, aired in family viewing time, “created an undue risk of harm" for the chilé and perhapa for others. For NBC, the main job was to show that television drama is protected by the U.S. Constitutlon's First | Amendment, which allows for freedom of expression. - NBC warned, probably correctly, that IEitis not, any violent scene in future television shows, movies, books, newspapers or other media might be held ac- countable for real-life crime committed using similar methods, The judge in the case ruled that Lewis would have to prove that the film incited the attack on the girl. And, following the lead of the U.S,- Supreme Court, he in- terpreted incitement of a crime to mean advocacy of'a crime. Such a task, Lewis con- ceded, was impossible. He plans to appeal. ; In using the 2% minute Tape scene, NBC says its Intention waa to cause revulsion and condemnation of such acts—exactly the opposite of the. effeet the child’s family and lawyer al- lege. The tragedy of the case ap- pears to be, however, that if the child's attackera did in fact, get the idea from the television show, then the Intentions of the network are meaningless. White Pass-Yukon Fires Nine VANCOUVER (CP) — White Pass and Yukon Corp. announced Tuesday that it has dismissed nine senior execullves in a major reorganizational shuffle. The integrated tran- sportation company, which has been experiencing financial difficulties declined to name the em- ployees dropped. R. A. Hubber-Richard, company chairman, said in an interview reorginizgtion in the Van- couver office was prompled by a significant decline in revenue due to ihe loss of Casstat' Asbestos Corp. tonnage and by the decision to locate the company's senior operating managers in Whitehorse, Yukon. Cassiar closed its Clinton Creek, Yukon, mine earlier this year and sald it would Ship asbestos from its other mine in northern British Columbia through the port of Stewart instead of using White Pass-Yukon, News of the dismissals came as the company an- nounced a first-half loss of $49,000 or 12 cents a share compared with a profit of $597,000 or 22 cents a share in the corresponding period last year. The company blamed poor results in Yuken and Alaska trucking operations com- bined with high maintenance costs of locomotive and track’ in its rail operations. If the attackers watched Born Innocent—something which has not been deter- mined—Iit might be perfectly reasonable to assume that - the fictional presentation served ag at least the basis of the idea behind the real-life crime, Analyats predict that if the case is*appealed, NBC will probably be cleared of responsibility for the brutal attack of the child. 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