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OTTAWA -- It’s a commentary of sorts on the

pe of “me first-thinking’’ In the public service
that while one group or another of this vast
_ overpaid and underworked army of bureaucrats
is on-strike for higher pay, they can be uncaring.
or even contemptuous of the just demands by
_ the taxpayers fora better-dealy) |
“1 don’t think they have“ it coming.” cooly
remarked one of the executives in charge of the
annuitants’ branch of, the Inimigration : and’.
Employment. Department the ottier: day. when

asked what had happened to Its previous plans
for Increasing the payout from seven to perhaps
nine percent to Its 100,000 surviving clients. °.

“And no,” she added,:““we won't. be making
any recommendations to the, minister of any
upward adjustment.” ae

Th-story goes back a long way.

To. 1908 when the. old Labor Department,
provided an-opportunt .for..thrity Canadians |
“to. laya little. something aside for their: old
age,’ sold:-annultles,: up ta.a: lirojt of $1,200;
paying faurper-cent: interest Tee
Then whens! was $1, and not the
it IS today, this was a decent deal. . .
‘It carrled along with reasonable success until
7 when the government terminated their
sale. Fe

“But then, as the 1970's dawneda ipflation tea.
off and four percent Interest. x sac _
obody was laughing, ‘espee att?

nultants, and not even’ the: gavernment which, °.
recognizing a raw deal,raised:the payout rate ©
from four to seven percent...

That was In 1975 and.was the first adjustment

in the 67 years since the plan was instituted...

But interest rates Keptright‘on going, up-and’ | ~
the high teens, and there

up and up Into, finally, tF
were the last fragments of the annultants stuck:
at their ‘seven percent. and, dit
executive In charge of the plan, “dl sappearing”
at the annval'rate of 6,000, Bae
Last year there were 100,000 surviving.”
Now If that 6,000-a-year “attrition. rate’’ Is
correct, there would be 94,000... mo
The fast-dwindling annuitants were truly -
stuck, not only at thelr laughable seven percent,

but with the government’s now all-but-worthless
Ae got L

annuities. =". OARS eS
They couldn't sell them tike Government of

Canada bonds or other losing.‘federal In- .

vestments, but were forced to hang.on.getting a
29-cent return‘on thelr once 100-cent dollar.
Senator David ‘A. Croll, who, {lke New
Democrat Stanley
has made pensions his parllamentary. iife-work,
called It a “swindle” and a “disgrace to he
supposed Integrity of our government.” 7
Taking heart, the annuitants: put the. heat.on
the Conservative government of former Prime.
Minister Joe Clark last fall, and: Employrient:
Minister Ron Atkey agreed with
it was a shabby, shabby deal.

Especially then the bureauc
parliamentarians had been shamelessly. busy
protecting thelr own selfish Interest from in:.
flation. —- tS

So Ron Atkey,
In fact the unas

med ripoff the government

was inflicting on Its annuitants, promised a

“review”. ets - 7
As good as his word, he persuaded the an-
nvitles branch to.”‘re-examine” the situation.
_And it must have taken some real arm-
twisting, for the head of the branch was on
_ record as saying he saw no reason to take
another took and no, he wasn't making any
affirmative recommendation on his own
Initiative. a, pot
But fortunately, a minister Is usually more
powerful than the bureaucrat -- often powerful
enough to overcome the deadening inertia of the
public service which does Its best work when
doing nothing. .

"Mir, Atkey pushed It fo the point where he.was
able to say that ‘yes, It looked very much like an
adjustment {sin the. works for the annuitants”’.

mething lithe nature of an increase from

seven to nine percerit, which,

then still-rising Interest rates;.was no great.
al. ue st - .

But better than nothing.

Then the Clark gavenmnent
Employment Minister Ron Afkeys”

Into the discard went his. review ‘and
recommendation. for the ingrease and the
legislation he had ordered to iniplement it.

Now the.heat Is off, the annuities branch can
nohack to twiddiling Its thumbs. mT

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29 cent token’:

- WASHINGTON (AP). — “At the same time, several’
U.S. President: Carter, ata ;
time when ‘he. could, have.
been looking ‘forward to a:
Democratic .
national. convention, faces

triumphant

twin trials this week over his

brother Billy that could turn _

the convention into a
disaster .for him, - ‘

: A special. U.S. Senate -
subcommittee opens an.
investigatign. Tuesday into

Billy Carter's dealings with

Libya and the president

himself could be called to
testify, At the least, it: will

raise erjbarrassing ques-.

7

ut dhe, president's: :
ition. delegates now pledged: to’, $500,000 loan from. the

‘Carter or Senator’ Edward

Kennedy and, allow. them to’.
vote for whomever ‘they,
wished. Barnes said ini-an

dozen members of. Congress
ate ‘continuing efforts:
toward: holding an open:

Libyan government, and.
quesiions have arisen over
‘the behavior :of the’ White
House and ‘justice -depart:""

"if felt .. garth ‘tremors: as * far

west ‘as’ Windsor and Sarnia
‘through’ “London and:. Kit- -

: ghener to Teronto and Barrie

injuries were
tremor,

“on the east;
_ Nodeaths ‘or

northeast. of Lexington,

occurred ‘at 2:52: p.m, EDT:

‘and lasted 15 to 45 seconds.

‘ But.hundreds of buildings —-
mostly in the Ohio River .
town of. Mayaville;. Ky. —
_ sustained damage ranging |

. from shattered windows and

' toppled chimneys to cracked

_ foundations.

|}. Anne - Steven, a

; seismologist with. the earth

; physics branch of the

Democratic. convention,” a. interview he supports. this “ment in the handling of the ;
move that could dény Carter: because he believes it would matter. 00000 7! i¢ Canadian energy, mins a
the renominallon’he seemed be “extraordinarily difficult“ ,s: Tesourees cepa

‘to reelect” the ‘president...
. Billy Carter has-been,
troublesome fo the-president
_ before but he fids-developed :.
spokesman. for. the effort) into something mote than an -
said Sunday he expects more” embarrassment since he was.

- foreed by” the - justice’

meetings | this, week ' in™
Congress to push’ the. idea’ department to register a5.a
and recruit’ volunteers to foreign ‘agent of Libya. °°“
contact vonvention delegates © The president's brother”
to urge.them to vote'for an has acknowledged receiving .
‘open convention, .~ —, @- §220,-000 instalment .on
Suck’ & move would free’ what he described as “a

to have so firmly in'grasp a.
week ago. 7
. Representative . ; Michael!.
Barnes. (Dem... Md.),” a

~ + Senator Birch Bayh (Dem
ind,);: chairmen ‘of specia
stibcommittee, said staff
investigators ‘will, beg i |
interviews this: week with?
administration officigls ang,
possibly with.the jresident’s,
wife, Resalynn, But. he 93g)
the group will. probably ‘be)

able. to hold. only thé§,
“briefext; kind” of beari 1. felt my body vibrate In an

‘before “the .Demecrati¢
convention opens’ in Ne'
* York on.Aug. Ll.

lf
i?

r

disclosed - the :.

Knowles In the Commons,

them that yes;

avcrats and.

persuaded of the raw Injustice, .
a

In the reallty of —

fell,.and: with It

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gq | Company faces:

oR Me
eH Sis ridlee

~“tough:stru

ty

movement... ota
_ Carole. Bruner said. she -
was sitting om-her.couch in.,
her :2isifjoor.; apartment, in:
4 downtown Toronta pokingsatc
- apicture on the wall when “I

‘. east.and west direction.”

Then she saw the pictures .”
4 on the wall move.

})_ OpTAWA (CP) — A two:

yearold Canadian company
with 50 employees has.a big-

; lead in what is shaping up to

be a tough battle against
United States. com-
_ munications . giants’ in’ the .
_ manufacture of remote-can-
-trol converters for. cable
televigionyi, roa, ovate
Bruce Instrunients Lid. of
_ Almonte,.Ont., about 50. kilo-.
metres southwest of Ottawa,”
is one of only two-North |

American manufacturers of

the remotecontrol converter,
which can be‘used to bring in.

- a8 many as 40 channels,

The company “expects .

-* gales of about $5 million this
year and is pushing to in-
_ grease this by about $100,000
évery month. But in about a.
year, more thait a ddzen.
competitore, including such
giants as RCA and.Generai
Telephone, are scheduled to
enter the field.

NATURE'S]

The Polyphemus moth is nanied afte
eyed god of Greek mythology.
Itwas a closely guarded secret for over 2000 years.

- Knowing full well of the deathly consequences,
Nestorian monks dared to reveal It.
carefully bored a tiny hole into a. bamboo staff.a deposited
‘several pinhead-sized eggs. The hole was camouflaged and,
within a week, the precious eggs were
border to an eager world market. -

and Europe may never
bs T°. worm moth family.

WORLDS| _
with}.
Dennis Horwood |
_, :

". North-America, Many
colorfully patterned.

colors, fanging from

Byt their cocoons are.
cocdon. Once inside,

dependini
Chinese gi

viable.

za

during the day. They

two
In & secret spot, they
~ y The Polyphemus Silk

carried over the most

This Is just one of perhaps doze
silkworm spread from ancient’
be known.
so doing, altention was focused

__. The Polyphemus Is one.
’ spread over 10 cm., almost
wings have large spots, }
: subtle browns to vibrant rufus reds and -
yellows. The Polyphemus ls extremely attractive.
better known than their colors. Each
fall, the fat, green caterpillars: spin a creamy white, silken
the tough, silky fibers harden,.and the

. But there are other com

-flalds. They are sometime
buildings, watting patiently for dusk.
Moth {s tinked fo an Incredible.
a billion-dollar Industry. But, +o
st people, they are a beautiful discovery and a testimony
to the endless variety of Ifving things found outside our door.

historical story, as well as to

ns of legends. Just how the
China to other parts of Asia
But spread it did. And, In.
nother. members of the silk-

Ot the 800 world species, there are 69 different kinds In

of them are of a large size and |

member of this family.
the:span of.a large ha

-Ats wings
nd. Thelr -

which are. surrounded by. many

~ transformation from caterpitlar fo moth
it Is at this point that the cocoons are miost valuable,

on the manner in: which they were spun. Th
in Ikworm spins Its. cocoon. fram one -continuous ..
thread. When unwound, It
The Polyphemus and other
“Spin ‘one continuous thread. “This, as wel
. nature of the silk, has not made the cocoons commercially

numerous willow and alder. . ‘Therefore,
_ causes Is generally minimal... °
The Polyphemus Is locally ¢
Because of their nocturnal habits,
' are, however, attracted by bright
* lights, especially those used to Hight parking lots“and playing
s found clinging to amp posts or

begins to take-place.

may be:several kilometers tong. -
North American silk moths, do not

as well as the coarser

“any dartage it.

ommon throughout B.C.

they are not often seen

' the swaylg they felt was.nok.

" Mayaville, a town: of-:7,6
people 115 kilometres. nor-

. time!- a) quake. had ‘been

' quakes rarely register above’

-can maintaln

‘gn ultra-gonte signal, Qther’”

_ open. garage doors...

_day by November, ‘Most: of”

_ moll, is’ placing heavy em-.~

mercial implications. Among its
favored foods are orchard trees; thus It Is. considered a pest.
by: some farmers. In other areas, it feeds ‘mainly on the

’ development tostay ahead in,
- the matket while ft becomes \"
~ known throughout North...

_dlceprerident of englaaeriag,”

where 20,000 w hi
the Indians .play Callfornia:..
Angels, announcer. Herb: -
Score said “the whole crowd: = -
became very quiet and.were”.
‘Jooking ‘around,": when’ the.
tremor was fet eres Sa
At’ Tiger Stadium: int
Detroit, an. announcer tad: -
40,000: fans - watching eet
Migers and Oakland A’s that’

their’ imagination." "ss

" Most of thé damage was?)

concentrated near
mi: of-:7,500°

theast of Lexington. State”
emergency officials esti-”
mated 200 homes abd busi-:
nesses were damaged. «°°
Waverly. Person, “@ .
geophysicist ' with. - the
National: Earthquake In-"-
formation Centre in Golden,”
Colo.; sald'it was the first:

recorddd:: ‘in ‘that. part of:

northern Kentucky. He sald
edrihqualtes' ifthe area were
véry “yhre“And eastern: -

4.5; TE Was ‘dot’known what. -. ‘
caused Sunday's quake.“ **.

The Richter . . scale.
measures ground motion as‘:
recorded on. seismographs: -

Ci

pei
—
Dhar

. “Beyond the year (what’”
happens)” depends’ on’,
research -and: development,”
and on, what, leadership we-~
dri. the ™
market,” says .Bruce In-* .
struments president. John
+ The most common type of "-
converter Hoty. available is a"
small’ push-button. ‘control .
box attached to the televiaion.”"*
set bya long wire, 9/2.”
However, these could,
become obsolete soon a8’: ,
remote-control models ¢ .
become . more readily :
available. oe eb:
‘Bruce Instruments’ $169.05.5 ii
converter — aboutthe same,
price as the: most expensive.
wired models — operates via |

models use infra-red light. In .

}, similar to.
‘pocket ‘caleulators* or the.
small portable controls that a

“Kelly says his firm is:
looking at retailing through ..
stores ‘and selling. to cable.’
firms: which would. then -.
supply:their customers...
direcily, 0
The big. problem is cred...
bility. NoU.S. cable operator);
fas heard of Bruce In-. |.
struments, let. alone. of °;
Almonte, said Kelly. “They.”
don't want to deal with any’.
‘company whose succéss they.”
have any doubts about.”

AUS. order could amount...
‘to 50,000 units. Production is“
now about 150 wnits.a day

and scheduled to rise. to 00a *

its sales are in Toronto,
although” its - product. has .
recently become availablein ©.
OtAWA ge
The'company, located ina
rambling old brick. building: *
which once. was a woolen . -

phasis. of . product ©.

America. © 7 Eo re
Tt was formed. two years--’~
ago by Bruce Hempell, now

who worked for an‘Otlawa

converter | manufacturer .;
which collapsed, Kelly

_became president. last.

January..after leaving. -
Systemhouse Ltd, an Ot - j .
tawa ‘computer, consulting,  /
firm. Cm bat

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