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By? "GARRY FAIR:

WASHINGTON (CP) —
One of the most powerful
eléments. on the next -
modern. battlefield’ ma
be the-individual foot-sol- |
dier, armed with a radio
and a_ sophisticated -
flashlight.

A few years from now,
that bizarre combination
may spell doom cor
thousands of mostly
tanks,  endin four
decades in which the aed
vehicle was the un-
challenged king of con-.
ventional ground war-
fare.

Using the
“flashlight’’—more
ly termed a laser’

. pra
es gnator—the soldier

will be able to “paint”
any enemy target with a
laser reflection that will
guide artillery shells or
other missiles to it as
surely as bees to honey.

_ One out fo four of the
people facing criminal
charges in B.C, cour-
trooms is an impaired
driver. They often end up
in prison along with bank-
robbers: and rapists.
Why‘ do they persist in
mbling with their jobs,
families and even lives?
Apparently, the risks do
not daunt them, A recent
survey by the
Boyanowskyteam,
researchers from. Simon
F. raser
amongat Lower Mainland
drinkers showed that 9
per cent of those proven
impaired in the survey
drove home from bars
and pubs even though
they knew they were
legally impaired. Dr.
Boyanawsky said that
while the coin-operated,
commercial ale
meters may be fun to
blow into, they don't do

‘or the more distant
future— perhaps 1000—
researchers are working
on artillery shells that
would home in -by

. themselves on targets

with the heat-emiasion
characteristics of a t nk.

The laser designator

and other curren
developments have
implications that go far
beyond courses iin
military tactics.

MAY CHANGE
STRATEGY

The new technology
threatens Upset
established assumptions
dealing with the balance
of power in Europe and
the way in which hun-
dreds ot billions of dollars
are spent on defence.

In the view of some
analysts, it also increases
the chances that. if a
conventional war ever
breaks out in Europe the
Soviet Union will try a.

surprise attack with
tactical nuclear weapons.

Under this theory, the
Russians could not count
on their massed tanks
being able to break
through swarms of rela-
tively cheap guided anti-
tank weapons. So they
might use tactical

t nuclear weapons to wipe

out such defences.

While both NATO and
the Warsaw Pact remain
officially committed to
the tank, the military
establishments are trying
to forecast the effects of
fastmoving advances in
electronics’ and
associated weaponry.

The basic development

' threatening military
assumptions is, in
current jargon, “zero
delivery error.”

WEAPONS ALREADY
EXIST

William Perry, director
of U.S. defence research,

; le | All's fair in warfare |

said in an interview the
trend “really
revolutionizes the way in
which conventional wars
will be fought.” ;

Already, U.S. forces in
Europe have _ large
numbers of Dragon
launchers, bazookastyle
weapons that fire a
rocket which the in-
fantryman can guide to
its target. In theory, he
has a sure kill on any tank
or low-flying helicopter
within its 1,000-metre
range.

Small, portable rockets
can deal with aircraft and
vehiclemounted versions
can engage the enemy at
longer range.

e trouble is that
during the flight of the
rocket, the infantrymafus
to keep sighting on the
enemy tank or helicopter
while a thin wire
unravelling from the
rocket transmits course

Drink? Don’t Drive!

involve a man who sold
his house and moved next
door to the pub so-he
could totter home without
posing a danger to others.
For the drinking
driver, the legal han-over
i when he is
charged with any of the
impaired driving
charges, including im-
paired driving itself,
being impaired while in
care and control of a car,
driving with a blood-
alcohoi count. of more
than .08 and refusing to
take a breathalizer test.
. After charging ehe
driver, the police will
usually release him if
they are sure he’s not
going to drive home. If
they think he will try to
drive, they'll keep him in
custody until he sobers up
completely.

It may be several

me DRI CTC RG unaae Mes

Atcording to Paul.
Whitehead, éne of
Canada's leading
authorities on drinking
drivers, there is no

evidence that harsh
panalties actually deter
ther.

He argues instead for
increasing the
probability of detection
and. conviction with the
use .of road-side testing
like B.C.'s mobile
claitaing halizer 43
elai . thal e
deterrent power of the
law depends not on its
severity but its
probability.

Whitehead is also
dubious about the ef-
fectiveness of the
treatment centres where
judges will sometimes
send impaired drivers in
lieu of a stretch in prison.
B.C. has such courses in
Nanaimo and Salmon
Arm. and another is
scheduled for Prince
George.

These courses, whose
motto is “If you ‘drink,
that’s your business. If
you drink and drive,
that’s our .
business,’'attempt to
alter drinkers’ driving
habits, One.of their more

_ dramatic success stories

to the back-log. In the
meantime, he'll still be
able to drive. The police
must rpovide him with
the breathalizer test
certificates at least seven
days before court day if
they plan to use them in
court.

Vancouver lawyer
Henderson says that a
lawyer in first offence
easess is not always
necessary. ‘If they really
have the good on you”’ he
says pied 4 ty and
save the lawyer's fee
which is about 300 to 700
dollars, about the same
as the average first of-
fence fine. But first have
an interview with a
lawyer who will advise

.you about the defen-.

sibility of your case. This
usually costs around 25
dollars.’”

However, in second and
third offences which
involve jail terms, he
stresses the need for a
lawyer.

“The law on impaired
driving is possibly the
most complicated in the
Criminal Code" he says.
“It’s probably more
difficult to defend
yourself on one of these
charges than almost any
other type of charge.”

“If you are a‘ well-
spoken, self-confident
person and if you really

idn’t have too much to
drink, then I think there’s
a reasonable chance of
defending yourself. But
most people really have
had too much and want to
get off on a technicality.

echnicalities are things
that should be handled by
lawyers.”

One way for an accused '
driver to beeat an im-—
paired driving rap is to:
prove that proper”

rodecure wasn’t
ollowed. For example, if
he wasn't given the o
portunity to ta
privatley with his lawyer
and threfore refused to
take the breathalizer.

Police technicians are
specially trained to
operate the breathalizer
machines and if they fail
jo = operate . , them,
orrectly,' the evidence!
‘ean be thrown out of:
court. For instance, the
results of only one blow
into the machine instead
of the required two would
not be acceptable in
court. Likewise, if the
police fail to wait the
mandatory 15 minutes
before administering the
test, the defence could
argyuethat particles of
aleohol still in the
driver’s mouth had given .
an erroneous count.

Ifa driver or his lawyer
could prove that the
machine was malfun-
tioning the case would be
dismissed. This is a long
shot, however, since the
machines, which are
quite simple, are checkea

regularly.

Another defence might
involve. trying to argue
that the accused person
was not really proven to
have been the driver. Or
that he had not driven
within two hours of the
test. One driver even
successfully argued that
he had vomited prior to
the test and, as a result,
the particles of -
regurgitated alcohol
clinging to his false teeth
had caused an incorrectly
high score on the test.
The judge must be
convinced beyond a

reasonable doubt of the
guiltiness of the accused
and improbable as this
defence might seem, it
did establish a doubt
about the reliability of the
evidence against the
man.

Court-room challenges
against the use and ac-
curacy of the
breathalizer machine are
vain for the most part,
however, if the police
have followed the correct
procedure. For one thin,
all the breathalizer ex-
perts in the province .
work for the police.

Most drivers facing
impaired driving charges
plead guilty, thus baring
their necks to the steely
bite of the law without
resistance. Only about a
quarter of them dispute

eir guiltiness. In large
numbers, impaired
Heences Joh eat

cences, JON’ anu "savings.
and ‘the stubborn even
lose their freedom. These
are the unlucky ones.

Who then are the lucky
ones?

Perhaps the luckiest of
all are the frequently
impaired drivers who
somehow have never
been involved in ‘an
serious accident, even
though they risk a chance
of it 19 times greater than
a non-impaired driver.
But then, luck is
notoriously fickle.

Also lucky are the ones
who get away with it
wighout being caught. A
report released two years
ago the B.C. Alcohol
and Drug Commission
complained that only the
very were being
dteected. Drivers who
were plainly. impaired
but not roaring drunk
were ‘escaping _ the
severity of the law. (More
on them in a mement). In
fact, the report said, the
average blood-alsohol
count of drivers charged
in court was about .17
according to the
breathalizer test, more
than twice the legal level
of impairment.

However, one of ‘the
most important
suggestions of the report
for systematic, road-side

B.C, Apple Slice

Here is ‘a delicious des: .
sert for a cold winter's day -
or any. time!

1/2 eup butter or margarine
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup rolled cats
2 tablespoons sugar

2 eggs ;

1 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon ‘vanilla

2 cups peeled and diced
Spartan apples

1/4 cup chopped almonds °

1/2 cup sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

In saucepan melt butter.
Stir in flour, oats and sugar.
Press In 8'* square baking
pen. ae,

Beat eges until thick and ....

1

creamy. Stir in next four}
ingtedients. Sift together
flour, baking powder, salt]
and nutmeg, Stir into egg
mixture. Spread over bot-

tom layer.

Bake in 350°F, oven 307"
‘ minutes or until apples ate
tender and the crust is gold-

en brown,

Serve warm topped with
whipped cream and toasted
_ almonds if desired. Serves 9.

Tempting new treats 7

with ‘B.C,’ Apples—in a 16-4
page, new Recipe Book, For

your copy, send 25c to:

B.C. Apple
Book,

B.C. Tree Fruits Lim-
Kelowna, B.C. VIY ano

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Recipe a

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- There is no penalty

corrections to it. During
the 11 seconds the rocket
is in. flight, the in-
fantryman is extremely
vulnerable to being hit or
at least distracted by [ire.

,

But with the laser
designator system, the
projectiles would come
rom artillery or aircraft
many miles away or from
a ground launcher a few
hundred metres away
while the enemy force
searched for the hidden
soldiers who were
making them electronic
beacons.
DESTRUCTIVENESS
MOUNTS

The deployment in the
next few years of such
laser designators and
associated equipment
will bring
what military personnel
already refer to as the
“high-intensity —envi-
Tonment” of any NATO-
Warsaw Pact conflict.

testing has since been put
into practice in the
rovince's  crack-down on

inking vers. Aside
from. _ the mobile
breathalizer vans in
action trhoughout the
province, soon all traffic
police will carry a por-
table breath test which
will enable them to
screen candidates easily
for the breathalizer test
down at the station. Luck

is a diminishing factor in.

this game. _

But there is one large
category of drinkin
drivers who can th
their lucky stars for the
occasio good-humor
and discretion of B.C.
traffic cops. These are
the impaired drivers
merely suspended from
driving for 24 hours
‘rather than charged with
a criminal offence. The
police officér confiscates
the driver's licetice and
takes it to the station.
‘or
the driver beyond the
inconvenience of having
to get home without his
car and no record kept of
the suspension even if he
has been suspended or
charged previously. He
simply retrieves his
licence the next day.

~

PICKERING, Ont:
(CP) Bert Mann
bucked a growing trend
when he brought back a
Canadian business from
the United States. He
says it was worth the
risk,

A year ago, when
Armor Elevator Canada
Lid. was running into
financial difficulties,
owner A. 0. Smith Corp.
of Milwaukee went
looking for a buyer. |

Mann and three other
Canadians employed at
Armor putin a bid. It was

accepted. .
either liquidate

“Te was
or buy it and run it,”
Mann said in an in-
terview. “Since ['m a
cockeyed optimist, I
decided to buy it and put
it back on its feet! which
is what we did.”

Armor Elevator had its
beginnings in Toronto

qe

new lethality to

by Jim Ryan

As every season rolls
around =the - -: parents
teachers and public at
large are treated to a
wide range of school
plays, concerts and other
presentations.

In keeping with this
tradition, Caledonia
Senior Secondary School
Band, under the direction
of Jim Ryan, will present
a wide range of music

‘ Tuesday, December 20 at

8 p.m. in the R.E.M. Lee
Theatre. .

Music from Strauss to
streisand; Ben Hur to a
snappy percussion en-
semble ‘From the Shores
of Trinidad.” Round this
out wit shome Leroy
Anderson and a touch of
music from the Festive
Season — and you have
the makings of a fast
moving ninety minutes.

Aswith every year, this
ChristmasConcert

THE HERALD, Tuesday, December 20, 1977, PAGE 7

Caledonia band -

becomes the last for the
Grade Twelve students.
Among those leaving the
band -this year will be:
Rachel ay, Mani
Singh, Ruth .Pousette,
Wendy Sharples, Jennifer

Hales, Doreen Sieben, -

Erie Lofroth,.Jim Ryan,
Fred Potvin and Murray
Mitchell. Out of this
impressive “array of
young musicians, Ruth
Pousette will be featured,
playing a selection of
Rachmaninoff preludes
for piano and band. The
remainder of the band is
comprised of grade
eleven students: Jacki
Cook, Barb Parr, Dawn

- Kennedy, Debbie Wilson,

Danniela Kanneburg,
Shiela McLarty, Leona
Jahour, Sherry Goodwin,
Jean Wreggitt, Cheryl
Flury, Chris Halvorsen,
Rhonda Vaselenak, Rod
Cross, Rick Browner,
Brian Heller, Scott

Spencer, David Wreggitt
Rick’ Braum. and David.
Kenny. From Grade Ten:-
Karen  Arnold-Smith,
Denise Warner, Kathy
Wesley, Jerry Tetrault,
and Rudy Matschling.
Its been a busy year
for the Caledonia Band,
from the “Bandorama”
in October,
brance Day ceremonies,
the Musicale ‘Doctor.
Doctor”, participation in
the “Big Bannd Ball’ and
for some student:s, all
the out of town dances,
In the future the band
has a little something
lanned for ‘St. Patricks
ay”, and formative
plans for a tour in the
Spring.
' There will be no charge
for the Tuesday night
rformance other than a
iver Collection. Make it
a date with the band —
Tuesday night, 8:00 p.m.
in the comfort of the
R.E.M. Lee Theatre.

Captain Cook Found

The search for Captain
Coo

k ended — or rather .

the search for a person to
portray that role during

Bi'Centennial .
celebrations, ended when
Vancouverite Kelvin
Andrew . ‘was ne
discovered” recently.
Selected
than 200 entries.received
in a “Search for Captain
Cook” contest, Andrew
was declared winner by a
nel of judges appointed
y BiCentennial Com-
miittee Chairman and
Tourism Minister,: the
Honourable Grace Mc-
Carthy. .
One of the first duties of
“Captain Cook” was to
participate in this year's
Grey Cup Parade in
Montreal. He attended
the massive Grey Cup
Dinner, read a
rpoclamation to a press
breakfast, attended the
NHL game at the Forum
and spoke to hundreds of
people who visited a B.C.
ospitality room.
ig PEMtor fal Py
nament of Rosts Parade”
in Pasadena, California.
He will ride on the British
Columbia float and will
greet the public per-
sonally when they view
the floats both before and
after the parade. ~
‘He will be very ‘active
in all regions of British
Columbia throughout the
Bi-Centennial year ‘ap-
pearing in such events as

. attend
cently. .. Hydrography 200 years
from |‘ more-.

the Faimont World
Barrel Stave Race in the
Rocky Mountain resort of
Fairmont Hot Springs; he
will be in the Kelowna
Snowfest Parade; speak
to over 400 delegates at
the Security ‘78 Seminar;
the ‘“Cook-

later” convention; and
the B.C. Real; Estate
Convention.

Although the majorit

of “Captain Cook’s’
activities will be within
the province he will be
travelling to Alberta,
Washington State and
other areas on behalf of
the Bi-Centennial
celebrations.
- He will be participating
in most of the major
events such as the visit of
the Tall Ships in July and
the Naval Review.

Andrew, 40, has con-
siderable acting
background and his last
two film roles were as
Captain James Cook. He
bears a striking

resemblance to the

known portraits of, Cook...
? and comes from.the same:
“area as the famous ex-

plorer Whitby,
Yorkshire, England. At
one time he was even
employed by the British
Admiralty. He moved to
Vancouver in 1966 and is
now a Canadian citizen.
- For his previous roles
as Captain Cook, Andrew
researched every

available reference book
and claims to have

Elevators up

during the depression of
the 1930s when John
Andrew Horn, an
elevator maintenance
supervisor, started his
own business. He founded
Horn Elevator Ltd.

Horn Elevator  ex-

nded across Canada,
ut Armor Elevators of
New York bought it in
1965. Mann, who had
joined horn in 1958 as
sales manager, was
made president.

In 1968, Armor was
acquired by Smith Corp.,
an automotive
manufacturer, and Horn
Elevator's name was
changed to Armor
Elevator Canada Ltd.

The plant was moved to
this community just east
of Toronto and Mann was
transferred to the U.S.
where he was appointed
executive vice-president
of Armor.

Mann, now Armor
‘president, said that if the
‘American management
made any mistakes it was
not foreseeing the eco-
nomic downturn soon
enough. ;

When Mann and his col-
leagues took control, they
moved quickly. Em-
ployment was cut sharply
to its current level of 300
workers from 1,000 and
product lines were
reduced.

Mann said he wants to ©

produce elevators

q

uniformly and with a
solid reputation for
quality. -

He said sales are ex-
pected to be about $13
million this year, only
half of what they were in
1973. But after several
ears of losses running
into millions of dollars, he
anticipated a reasonable

acquired a great affinity
with Samee Cook, the

man,
“I'm thrilled to have
been chosen to portray
this great man, but I am
even more honoured and
delighted to be albe to
represent the Privince of
British Columbia and the
country which I love.”
AS described in one of
the many books written
about the real Cook he
was an essentially a man
of peace. He never
commanded a ship of the
line and he never fought
in a major t naval
engagement; yet a
from Nelson he ramians 7
today the most famous of
all Britain's captains,
and this surely is the
measure of his greatness.

As a leader of men,
Cook was a natural. He

was an excellent seaman ~

and navigator, superb
cartographer, an ac-
curate observer and the
formeost explorer of his
own or any age.

“a odetean erureeecanaier

Remem- .

; British Columbia hag «7

ec: an en 2
to ‘pro c

celebrations in honor

Captain Cook — a man
who played a major role.
in the beginning of the
province. 1978 has been
designated as Your Year
of Discovery" with an
invitation to residents
and visitors alike to
‘aeut Bkrulr evo
British Collumbia in the
Spirit of Captain Cook.”

profit this year.

Mann said the
Pickering plant is suf-
fering from overcapacity
and he is looking for
means to diversify and
use its technological,
engineering and man-
ufacturing strength.

Construction now is in
the doldrums, he noted,

and said it is difficult to .

determine when it will
improve.

“Construction always
‘runs in cycles and it is
bound to swing up again,

but I don’t think we'll see
the same type of boom we
had before.

“We see a swing to
medium and low-rise

buildings, six or seven .

floors, the type they have
in Europe.’

Armor’s product line
has been refined to
concentrate on
residential market.

* Snowmobile for fun

Vernon, B.C.
Dedicated, active and
hardworking. These are
three tralts required of
any group attem a
successful fund raiser for
charity and
snowmobilers  displa
them all! State an
provincial snowmobile
associations throughout
North America have
become increasingly well
known as major con-
tributors to chrity drives.
In some areas, sthe
snowmobile ansociations
provide the single largest
source of funds for the
state or provincial
charitable organizations.

This year keeping
with the fine traditions
set by North American's
snowmobilers, the British
Columbia Snowmobile
Association will be co-
sponsoring a Province
wode “Snowarama” for

—

crippled children. In co-
operation with the Lion’s
Society for Crippled
Children in B.C. the 100
mile ride-a-thon ls being
Planned for February
eB OSV.A Ik
.C.S.V.A. spokesman,
Bill Shields, of Vernon,
says he is very optimistic
of the resulta that can be
achieved through the
hard work of his fellow
snowmobilers. Shields
stated that a target of
$70,000 is not at all
unrealistic for this
venture. The ride itself
will be organized on the
same basis as the Ontario
Federation of
Snowmobile Clubs and
the Ontario Snowmobile
Distributors .

Association’s four year
experience with
Snowarama.

Last year, the OFSC
and OSDA raised $340,W0

through the
Whipper Watson
Snowarama for Timmy.
The OFSC, OSDA and the
Society have been
working together on the
Snowarama four con-
secutive years. Susan
Brower, spokeswoman
for. the Ontario Society
for Crippled Children,
said theat the Society
approached

snowmobile community
about support for
Snowarama and received
‘‘,. just the best response.
They have been great!
For crippled children,
they just can’t say no."

Pledge amounts vary
per mile, but each rider is
expected to bring in at
least $30.00. The Onttario
Easter Seal Society
administers the
Snowarama, rpoviding
gusoline and bow!s of hot

annual

chile for the riders at
established checkpoints.
They also co-ordinate
their efforts with
snowmobilers who
provide trail grooming
services.

Ms. Brower, a
snowmobiler herself,
reportsthat .
snowmobilers alwyas
have fun working on
Snowarams, and that it

has been the “best
promotion'' for the
children and the |

snowmobilers. She said:
“This {is terrific.”’ Brower
explained that the
snowmobilers are helpin
the crippled children an
at the same time they are
enhancing the image of
the sport of
snowmobiling. Asked
what it's like to work with
snowmobilers, in one
Word Susan Brower said,
“Super! aa

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