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TEESEIe RAAT OURS eee

During the nex five years the { U.S. will spend
$$34 million per hour catching up to and passing
: the Soviets In the nuclear arms race.

If this sounds like madness consider the
‘former public military policy known as MAD,
‘for Mutually Assured Destruction: The fdea
:was to strike first. “Since | have 10 nuclear
‘bombs on.each of my missiles,-1 have a good
:chance of destroying eight or -_nine of my
_fenemy’s missiles with just one of mine._ By
:using 1000f my missiles I can wipe out 800 or 900

_ iof his missiles. And if each of her missiles has .

710 bombs, | will be destroying 8,000 to 9,000 of
bombs witich ‘otherwise night iE my

is
eee Since shé can dothesamethingtomd;

she ‘Il probably-try to hit me first. So I'd better
strike him quickly. before he attacks me. —
Le EHitting him first Is. the smartest thing to to,” is
zthe MAD idea.

E This concept Is no longer valid since the Idea
-- ¥ofa limited nuclear war has been advanced, U.
ES, Defense Secretary Welnberger has Issued a
Hive-year plan which accepts nuctear war
zfighting. as a necessity and.calls for the U. S. to
Eprepare to fight a ‘protracted’ or drawn-out
Enuclear war, President Reagan says it’s
Epossible to have a timited nuclear war without

gpushing the button.

z Some mi litary advisors warn n that the Ituston
fot “controlied nuclear war’’ has been spawned
- Spy war games and the persistent assumption
that in every war there Is a winner. There are
Eno winners In a nuclear war, however. -

* Former Secretary of State Al Halg ‘has
‘suggested firing a “demonstration” nuclear
bomb to prove to the other’ side that NATO or.
. the VU. §. mean serious business.

There are. nearly 50,000 nuclear weapons in
“the world today ‘with the explosive power of.
approximately’ one million Hiroshima bs.
Among these the U. S. and the Soviets have
about 18,000 strategic bombs, which are large
ones that travel a long distance, The numbers

of strategic bombs are expected to jump to :
31,000 by 1985... The rest are smaller. tactical .
weapons made for short-range use on a bat-.

tlefield,

The neutron bomb is already-in production.
Plans to begin producing 100 MX misstles each
carrying 10 bombs are under way. ‘There are
plans for another 14 Trident submarines. and
about 4,000 cruise missiles are to be bulit by the
end of the decade. - These: “small;. 25-foot-long

- missiles are.easy to hide from enemy spy:
satellites, Approximately 100 new B-1 bombers

are planned, with the first due in the alr by 1986. :

The Soviets will follow with thelr own versions
of these weapons they don't already have. .

There are many other conventional weapons

being built: - large naval~carrlers,. fighter.
- bombers , better fanks, and many more. The

Penatagon is also experimenting with laser ~

“weapons and killer satellites. :A‘major portion
of the space shuttle program Is ‘devoted -to

military experimentation in space. President -

Reagan has announced plans‘fo make a new
- nerve gas to counter the Soviet lead in this area.

All these developments on fap of 1,052 land.
based missiles, the 32 ‘submarines, the 376 in. ~

- tercontinental bombers bers the U;S. Already. has. in.

place and the present American pile of. some

~ 26,000 nuclear bombs. ~ ..
One might. hazard: a “guess. someone ts
preparing for. wars arr <a

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7 meatunea’ every “Weekday ‘at ‘10 Katum “yet ,
"of essential services. companies asking. for large rate in-

-. ereases. It: seems everytime I receive 4 bill from a one of
“them, I also receive notification of arate increase, . with

~ because of which, I finally decided J could no longer stand

customers heintends to add what Mr. Miller: says isan“Up.

"gallons of fuel per fill-up. He also Jet us know they would be .

Don Schaffer

*. very confused about just what his government's policy is.

- Gent. .
_ ata per cent. 0".

To the Editor, be ; .
hr a we aly mad wt this
letter. | wanted to allow myself time to vent my.angerin
order that 1 might write a well
behalf of myself and the people of this town. .
’ During the last year; my family and friends have sutfered:
‘from high-unemployment, inflated prices, and. the stress’
. from trying to make ends meet, { am sure many je can -

sypathize with this as they are in similar situations. ‘But, | :
- What I cannot understand: or except. isthe continual harrage ee

Bull” and keep my mouth closed.
‘The Esso agent in Terrace -has annotinced - his
“charge"’ to anyone's bill who fills up with leas than’ 100° _

“around only once a month. This in essence means, ityu

~ "don’t have @ tank that can be filled only once every two!
~-+ ° months chances are you will have to pay the “‘upeharge’’ aa
.. amonthly.fillup to most houses will be less than 100 gallons,

The “up charge’ will effect people living in this area ‘who

_. own mobile homes and smaller houses as many If not most -

have only 110 and 140 gallon tanks.”
Tn mid-winter a $80.sq ft home will wee 50 to 70 gallons of
- fuel per month. If youhavea 110 or 140 gallon tank, you will
probably run out of fuel before the next fill-up or at least get.
down to the dirt at. the bottom of your tanks, if you try to ‘ill,
up ‘nly every second month. .

Our Esso agent has also mentioned there will be a-sub-
-stantial charge if he has tomakea special tripif you happen: ~-
to run out of fuel before the next.time he is due to. come .
around. The day after | received my letter in which’ it-
-simply stated, “An applicable up charge will be added to
delivery under 100 gallons” I called Mr. Miller-at the’ Esso .

bulk plant to verify what this “upcharge” meant. The girl—-

in the office agsured me as she did everyone else that had |
called previously ‘that the “upcharge’. was not going to -
effect my bill untess I ran cut of fuel between fillings, This '
was incorrect as I have explained above, - It will certainly
affect a great many of Esso’s customers. 1 feel again, that”
the public and especiaily Esso customers have the right to
know exactly what ‘this. phrase “upcharge’ means,
especially when you are choosing. your fuel agent this
winter, Also, more importantly, everyone should be con-
cerned as we all kriow if one. does it and gets away with it,
many times the others will follow suit... ~~:

1 cannot understand why our government. and oil com-
panies like Esso, keep telling us to conderve-fuel, par-

. ticularly oi], and then charge us for using less oil in smaller

homes. The only suggestions the public: relations people :

from Esso,. Vancouver, and Mr, Miller, our agent bad for -
me was that we people who are ‘trying so ‘hard to make it
through these hard economic times should go out and buy

ourselves new, bigger fuel tanks. What's: a couple hundred -

dollars to us anyway? - .
- Lastly, how can Esso justify this when filling every other
trailer in one of our many mobile home parks? Surely they .
get enough business to make it worth their while, even if .

each trailer only takes 60 gallonseach month. ,
In closing, let me just say, these increases and un-
Gerhanded tactics must stop as they are draining. our.
pocketbooks ‘and causing se much steain within household
budgets. Please be sure to let your agent know your ~
feelings regarding this new added fee, or ‘eventually you .

may find they're all doing it.,

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ont or Kathy ‘Albert

Haguayiae a

‘VICTORIA
REPORT

by FRANK
HOWARD
Skeena MLA

- Premier Bill Bennett must leave a great many people

’ When a political leader states two diametrically opposed
views on the same subject, there is bound to be confusion in
the mind of the average citizen as to just what is going on.

And With Premier Bill Bennett some very fundaniental
things have been going on which are basically wrong. Let
me give you examples. _

In 1978:Premier Bill Bennett travelled to Ottawa and ina .
formal presentation to Mr. Trudeau said: -

. all governments should restrain spending growth to
a rateat least one percentage point below the growth rate of
the economy , . . if provincial economic growth ran at 10 per

- government spending would grow not more thar

Then the premier came home. We had an election in 1979
and the following year Premier Bill Bennett increased
provincial government spending by 20 per ¢ent — and again
by 20 per cent the- following year.. The redult of that .
profligate spending Is a. slow economy -here in British |

‘Columbia. Premier Bill Bennett has drained off tax dollars.

to pay for those massive 20 per cent increases ‘and the |
money.is now all gone. *... sae
Another example. In-1978 Premier Bill Behnett “told. the -

' ‘Trudeau Liberal: government that the:high interest. rate

policy was correct and“. ... should be supported”. ~~”

Mr. Trudeau took that advice. We have hada hgh interest” ,

‘rate policy and’ disaster has followed: ;
But the confusing part of all this is that Premier Bill
Bennett came back ‘home and proceeded to.condemn the _

Trudeau Liberal government. for putting into effect high
interest rates just as Premier Bill Bennett had ‘advocated. -
Confusing? It certainly 1 must be-to the average citizen,

who is out of-work and facing @ bleak winter. it-certainly

‘must be to even-those who have a job. It-certainly- Sila be ee

to the'small independant business person. - - :
But it shouldn’t be confusing’. We stiould all realize that a
this is Bill Bennett's brand of politics, “It is the two story
eee ‘one story in Ottawa and a different story at
me.
But to put it another way, ‘let us look at the neat belt caper. ;
The premier was getting out of his cat and was'asked by a
newsperson why he did not have his seatbelt buckled up..

The premier replied that there were ng seatbelts in the car, |

ZOOM went the camera. into the’ front: ‘Beat of the’
were seatbelts in the car. Sh.
T suppose It all comes‘down to what neople want. Wy you
‘want a style of government with the ethics so far displayed
_by Bill, Bennett's Socreds, it is easy to gel. ‘Simply .-
acquiesce, go along with Itand vote for it, ; .
But if people want change in the morality ot their

_ government it becomes a bit more difficult, It meang that '~|- aay
~ that who wanta change telly have to work fot I

-+%

Hiought out “nen an yee

an pints in the actual

~ [e's rather. ‘mofioton ows tp read Cornerstone : witek
week after week and be confronted with the cane aned
“Christian” point of view - espetially wher it ls Uinilted:to.

“this T am'dléo sure many can sympathize, Lest week a! the end times and the divine election of the choseq oneb,
t

io “received a notice in the mail fram the Esso‘agent in “The part that bothers me the most is when does this kind of

. harrow thinded thinking rub off on the other articles in the
~ Herald.’ You claim’ to be abpve that kind of thing, Mr.

’ Gregg; but since. you've started. your Cornerstone
7 Evangelical campaign I'm beginning to. wonder. It sure
~-wollld be nice to see a Cornerstone on something else. a
=.--]-qwould ‘also lke to. ask the Herald why they spend Bb

~ them, and highschool students in ralrd, as ‘Possible em...

“Our product Tordon was the subject of a number of

“story in the United States that Tordon was accused of being
‘s2aCherokee County, Notth’ Caroling, i ‘tholight a-briet eer

readers, ..

 storiés. arise,

_ iteelf.. ‘cent ta BB per cent ¢ of the
J. people en this committee, to date, havejobst i
ies Twa people come to mind when I think of the committee,

.’ Paul Johnsba ‘and Maureen Bostock... Paul Jobngon hbs-
been active in the labour movement, and only takes home

an “impoverished” £2500. clear & month. ‘He. thas ho
- dependents. Maureen Bostock,ia. a. qualified ‘college
leacher, who “chose” to.lake a year’s leave of absence,
Now | really feel sorry for these two teople on this com-
millee . . it must be tough to budget on Paul's Income, or
know that your Job ia secure ata college institute! -

What this committee needs is to have people from
. Terrace who are really gut of work, and who know what
' gtruggle”’ is all about, ‘Those two would have no idea what

It feels like to have an agency take your kids away because

‘they weren't being fed due to lack of food, or having to sleep

‘ on old blankets because the furniture had to be sold for rent

money,

The system of change is no different on ‘this committee
‘than any other-“bureaucracy” because its middle class
people getting together and making decisions on the.“lower
"lass, And the reason they. aren't coming out to meetings
~ to talk about “their problems” is because they’ Te too busy

___—milch-bime on any other news but Jocal news, It's about .
time the reporters started digging up; local: information. '
_ Instead of copying everything off the wire: What a surprise -
it would be.to pick up a “Local” paper with an unreligious
Cornerstone, There's more news in town shan what. you

report - - belleve me. °
Brenda Silabe . .

Eillter’s Note: Firstletme Bay y that Corneratone is not a
religious, column but is designed to discuss the move of

Christ in our day. If it bothers the readera let them read trying te purvive!

llya Gerol, or Don Phillips, or Jean Sorensen, ete. who are - ‘ ‘Sincetely yours,

also completely concerned with their respective subjects, I ~ Sara MeFriedson

._. might also suggest that the writer of this letter also read the ae SO s ee

" other sections of the paper a. litde more, » She might notice, So a nae

~ the local neve, woo _ To the Edler," .
se ue _ . po ‘Tn response fo the Jeter tothe editor on Aug. oA, and as a ~

“To the Editor, " co "= sew parent attended by Allee Moszezynaki during the birth

of my daughter, Ihave a few comments tomake.

It is the. responsibility of every parent: to tind out
_everything they can about safely having a baby, . That in-
‘cludes checking out the side effects of all: the 20th century
procedures, none of which have been proven 100 per cent
safe, accurate or effective. Some of the more questionable
ea are ultrasound, demerol, silver. nitrate, aynthetic
oxytocin, electronic fetal monitoring and x-rays.

Of course having a baby constitutes added experience in
‘childbirth! I would. be interested to know if Ms, Mosze-
zynskl is truly 8 “Professional” in the birth business ,

' does she havean obstetrical degree; ig she a nurse midwile,
has she studied prepared childbirth? ‘Or is she just 8 nurse
who happens to work on a maternity ward? ,, .

I don’t want to go into all the little points of Ms. Moste-
zynski’s conduct at our delivery, but I: will -say. that.there
was no effort on the part of any staif member to introduce
themselves, ask for permission to administer procedures or
“drugs, tell us what the Procedure was for, or what its side
effects were,

We at the student employment centre would like to to thank
everyone who hired a student thls summer. We would plzo
like to thank those organizations who helped us promote
“ student’ employment. .Summer -jobs are essential for
students saving money to pay tuition and living expenses -
during the-echool year,. Students who were unable to go to
university this year will be attending N.C.C. and looking for
part time work. - We would encourage employers to keep

. ployees, |.

We invite everyone tow use our services again next sum-
mer should they have need of a student worker. Our student
office officially opens in early May but is.in operation to
answer any inquiries-from February on, ‘The main Catiada
- Employment Centre. office can deal with- ‘any questions or
job orders related to students, throughout the year,

Although there were 20 per cent: less jobs this year as
compared’ to last year, thanks again for all your support
and Please, keep students in mind whenever you need extra

hel : :
7 are ; Yours sincerely, What I would like to say, however, is that birth is a.
mo vo Rocque Berthiaiime natural process and that it is usually not necessary to in-
Kathy Brewer ‘ tervene at all in ne seh cn af ety others. We
Stateful when medic tervention Bn
; , Canada le Enplyietc Centre fer Siisdents available, But we believe that by choosing a hospital birth,
7 taking “non-professional” prepared ‘childbirth classes,
o the Buiter,

Avoiding unnecessary routine procedures and by having a.
loving caring support persqn with us that we were. able to

“stories in July in-several papers in British Columbia in- give our Hittie air the healthlest startinlife,

cluding, I believe, .The- Terrace Kitimat Daily Herald.

Contained in some of the coverage were references to a Yours truly

nee Brouesans
denen ie

linked to a-reported increase in the incidence of cancer

aR SR +

ip 1 the itd storie a
--T am.on-w short: visit; ani needless:to-tay| ivam> Moat
"impressed by the splendid setting of Terrace (in its nhturdl
amphitheater formed by the benches) and by the verdant
mountain background on all sides,
- However, Iam concerned at the number of hideous -
“Grad” signs desfiguring even a hillside face, overlooking
- the bridge approach from Kitimat, which I noticed today.
’ Can the graduates not be persuaded by parents (and, of —
course, by school staff) to ‘refrain ‘from, this very ob:
jectionable form of high jinks.
- What about a campaign by your chamber of commerce to
discourage students desecrating their God given heritage?
Yours truly,
T.P: Morris
Editor's Note: : Perhaps School District 88 can make Itan
annual project to have Grade 12 graduating classes scrub
out the work of former classes in our area, After a few
years. the message might sink In.

“ofthis épisode mfipl'mbetest (au aiid Your Gollegiles,~"

- Here's what happened. A free-lance journalist. thought be
had founda health threatening situation in Cherokee
County and wrote a story about it for a small circulation
magazine. The story was adapted by a feature sérvice and
fed to some 50 newspapers across the United States, Papers
as influential as The Chicago Tribune ran front page ar-
ticles on the North Carolina “‘health scare.” The Toronto
Star published a version of the story April 19. _

-Back in Cherokee County, however, the weekly Cherokee:
Scout checked with health authorities and found that no link
between Tordon and an alleged increase in the incidence of
cancer for the county could be confirmed and that the .
original journaiist’s accusation’s against our product were
scientifically unsupportable.

‘I think you'll agree the case illustrates the importance for
a journalist of selecting competent, ‘authoriatative. and
unbiased sources and the difficulty inherent -In asseasing
and interpreting admittedly complex data for the benefit ot .

I , like others at Dow who work for the development of a
sound, professional relationship between our company and
the news media, strongly support the efforts of-journallsts
to seek out acknowledged scientific experts in univeraities,
" governments and yes, corporations, whenever public health ,

OTTAWA
VIEWPOINT

by JIM FULTON

‘And we fully appreciate the problems journalists can -
encounter when Interpreting complex sclentific data or

positions. os Skeena me
. wo, _ Sincerely yours,
SO ; . * qandoa Butte APR..
De canada Fubite eater
~ Western Camda Fete lat . The government finely Got its wisha few weeks ago when
“tot the Editor, —T Bill G-109, the urea formalichyde foam insulation com-

_ pensation bill, was passed by Parliament. ,
This hopelessly inadequate . bill comes nowhere near ,
resolving the many problems associated with UFFI. . ;
_ Questions remain and the government must recognize that
the only just solution is full compensation. - ‘
Both the Libegals and Conservatives wanted to jam, the

I would like to thank all the organizers of the 1054-1964:
Class reunion tor making. a dream come true for Ho many ~
“_people. Ao
‘It was fantastic: ‘seeing all wy old school motes and’
coming home for a week. ;

cane “Thank you, -” -UFF'I bill through the House of Commons without debate.
Robert Melvin Only - the NDP stood up for the estimated £0,000 UFFI
Bellingham, Washington. homeowners across Canda,

“The NDP offered reasonable solutions to this goverment,
- perpetrated . nightmare. Constant liaison . with’ the -

PS How about: -another” one in 19677
Fa ae poo et homeowners’: ‘advisory council and Consunier ~ Affairs
; RAN BO |. Minister Andre Ouellet. These meetings achieved several’
mer me | important gains, for homeowners such as’ universal ap- ”
iJ os |” plication. of government aasistance regardless of the level
:|. of formaldehyde gas, ‘in the ‘home, dropping the. testing“,
| | criteria, and agreement from the minister to reconsider the
; dealing for. quallfication of the:government program. :
|... Pressure, from the NDP-also resulted.in. referral -of
™ “ miresoived UFFI questions to a. ‘parliamentary ‘landing
|. epmumittee for further-investigation: os en ut
“|. eo Wer put. forward. several: recommendations. - that. this
' committee should follow, .The:Tories failed to,put forward
any concrete ‘program of-asslstance;-;Like-the Liberals,
they simply wanted to wash:their hands of the entire issue.
- “The NDP also pressed for a full day's debate before Bill
- C-108_was passed. - We; laid out clearly the “problems,
‘ questions, and minimum solutions associated with UFFI.
- All the Liberals did was explain how great their assistance
program is for homeowners, The Tory contribution was a
18-mintite harangueé on how the NDP was holding up the bill.
“The truth of the matter is that we have fought for ‘the
- homeowners all along; and will continue to fight ofi their
|. behalf until” they “receive full compensation and | a "Just —
: solution to. this.problem.”-

__ The UFF' issue is not debd. Paseage of of Bul D0 wil ot

lence the controversy, sss