TORONTO (cP) aad The . Warning. accompanying birth’ control ‘pills in Canada is a pale version of, the .one that drug companies in the United States. are required to give consumers, . And deaplte assertions. ~ by Br, Robert Kinch of | Montreal, former head of the federal | traceptives, that waratigs: included ‘with | pills in the. U.S. are “tar too terrifying” and “too detailed” for Canadian - use, the goverament may: face pressure to toughen ita product Iqbelling laws. ’The Ontario: Supreme ‘Court last week found a drug company negligent for not providing - adequate warning about the risks’ inherent in its _ contraceptives. lt awarded more ~ woman who suffered “A paralysing - ‘btroke _ While on-the pill,; °°: The drug’ company, . Ortho . Pharmaceutical + (Canada) “Ltd. had: ap, | parently: followed federal : requirements regarding product warnings. It Bays | it plans to appeal the! court decision. $900,000 in damages. ary warning - Canadian’: attached ‘to packeges is for con- sumers to call their . doctors Hf they develop certain ‘symptoms,. the U.S.- warning spells out known dangers ‘of the pill. - “Blood clots (in various blood vessels in the body) ‘ are the most commen of « - the serious side effects of “oral . contraceptives," " it While the thrust of the: ; ‘says. Oil industry. continues | rebound “NEW YORK (AP) — Exxon Corp., the. world's largest oil company, sald “Tuesday ite profit rose: 39.2 per-cent in the first ’ .quarter of the year as the ‘ail industry continued to ‘ provide evidence of .a rebound from.- disap- . pointing reaults in early On Monday, "Standard Oil Co.. (Indiana), the fourth-largest ‘U.S. oil company; No. 7 Atlantic, Richfield Co. and No. 16 Ashland Oil Inc. all reported improved profit for, the first three months of 1084, : ‘Exxon report, like the ‘quarter of 1965. Revenue to $1.475 billion or $1.76 a or $122 in. the - first rose 5,1 per cent to $24.906 billion: : : from | 83.705 billion. C.C, Garvin, chairman : of Exxon, said emphasis oil prices helped prop up Indiana «Standard earned $504 milion in the - you own statton’s identifier. should use thé "words of eae aes ee eR ee DOC talk | This is the second article of a series desigried to inform mariners (commercial and pleasure) about marine.radio equipment, radio operating procedures and radio regulations particularly as they relate to the West Coast of Canada. This article outlines general marine radiotelephone procedures. Later " articles will discuss in detail procedures to be used _ for distress, urgency and safety communications. The operation of marine radiotelephone equipment is quite stralghtforward, even for newcomers who have never used a radioteléphone before of any type, provided a little preparation precedes your first call. The important thing to remember is that. radio . Communication can takeplace in only one direction at atime with the marine radio facilities currently available on the West Coast of Canada.. Therefore, after making a call or completing your transmission you must release your microphone button or you will not be able io hear a response. Prior to transmitting, particularly when making his initial call, every operator shall listen for a period progress. Remembe - that. the identifiersaf thestition being called is s al : en firat, followed by “this is” and A station having a distress, urgency, or safety message to transmit is efititled to interrupt a transmission of lower priority, Station identifiers or call signs are assigned by the Department of Communications when an applicant applies for his radio licence The use of radio call signs in addition to vesse)] names is necessary to prevent confusion that could arise during a call when two or more vessels with the same name are operating in thesame general area. Radio calls signs also assit D.0.C. in the resolution of radio in- terference problems. Radio transmitters can transmit spurious signals that may. cause serious interference to other radio stations. The use of radio call signs permits rapld location of interferring stations which is especially important when safety radio services are affected, As noted above, a radio operator may interrupt communications it he has a message of higher - priority to transmit such as a distress message. The top priority. for radiocommunications in the marine service is, ef course, distress communications followed by urgency communications, safety com- munications, communications relative ‘to direction finding bearings, communications relative to. navigation, meteorological communications, priority ' government messages, service messages and lastly “all other communications”. A newcomer to- the - marine radio world should ensure he.is aware of the . differnce between distress, urgency and salety communications. The radiotelephone distress signal is “MAYDAY” spoken three times. The distress signal indicates that a ship, aircraft or other vehicle is threatened by - grave and imminent danger and requires immediate assistance. The radiotelephone urgency signal is . “PAN PAN” spoken three tlmes. The urgency signal indicates that the caliing station has a very urgent message to transmit concerning the safety of a ship, aircraft or other vehicle, or the safety ofa person. The radiotelephone safety signal consists of the world SECURITE spoken three times, The safety signal - indicates that the station is about to transmit a message containing an important navigational or * ’ {important meteorological warning. Certain speech transmission techniques should be kept in mind and they are particularly important © when communications.are barely understandable. Speak all words plainly and end each word clearly 80. as to prevent words from running together. Avold any tendency to shout, to accent syllables artificlally, | . ' or to talk too rapidly. Keep the rate of utterance . constant, neither too fast nor too stow. Remember - ’ that the bperater receiving your message may have - to write it down. Preserve the:thythm of ordinary _ conversation, Avoid the introdudtion ‘of unnecessary sounds such as “er”. and ! ‘um" betwel ; words.’ If transmissions are barely readable; oper: Telecommunications. ‘Union) p ti alphabet: to’ clarify their siessage. Using potelics the radio.call sign “0Z1209" becomes *Charite, “ly, one, twa, 2B ro, niner’’. tite : Internationally recognized’ words and ‘phrases such as the following should be used where applicable: ROGER [ have received all of your last transmission. OVER. My, tranamission ls ended and 1 expect a .. | response from you. OUT Conversation is ended and no response is expected. ' . : Codes such as the ten-code and slang expressions should not be used: Td become a good radio operator simply requites famillarization with some internationally recognized procedures and-:the use of common sense. The next article will outline the specific precedures | to be used when making intership calls. : ’ profit increased 19.6 ; share from #1.060-billion P, pera -on. cost-cutting, ‘a cold | ‘winter and stable world firat three months of 1834, _ 8 48.9-per-cent gain on a . year ago and the second-: imaintinance ° “OE ‘quarter in “the; _ compel’s history. . ' Atlantic . - ‘Richfield’s “in the design, repair and the | Se Indiana’ ‘Siandaid said”. the’ decision’ may. be appealed and . that’ a . . te i ’ “ne * fy + a“ Ata “A clot can reault in-a stroke... a heart attack . - . or & pulmonary em- bolus. Any of these can be fatal. Clots also rarely -occur in the blood vessels of the eye, resulting in blindness or impairment _ of vision in that eye,” 1OK FOR MOST : The U.S. warning also -gays that for most wemen the pill is free of serious or unpleasant side ef- fects, - But in striking contrast ” to the Canadian warning, “ithe U.S. package insert mentions other. methods ‘of birth contro], presents »@ Chart showing com- “parative risks.and ends “presents the — with: a conclusion that || -" other | “methods in. a favorable ; aee | pill warni have fewer risks, ” the U.S. warning says. In 4 separate pamphlet for Canadian usera of Orths-Novum oral contraceptives, the company briefly men- tions only a few'of the: potentially serious side effects associated with the pill. Those are on ‘page Ii of the 14-page It _ concludes that : section iby saying: “Now that.we’ve told I you all cent to $896.1 million in “separate trial will Bave to: . the first quarter while be held to. determine the “Ashland earned $5 million ‘amount of damages... . are the most effective “light. “Oral contraceptives | - a a about, ‘the adverse sice effects that can sometimes occur with - oral’ contraceptives, we think it's time you heard about the benefits you may aprons while on the pill! “In last * week's case, Judge’ R: /E. Holland “found that Ortho’s warning ‘pamphlet ac- eompanying its. product “amounted to no warning atall.” =~ . Holland - awarded © Wightman & Smith second only to the $608.3 . million recorded In the third quarter of 1981, Earnings came to $2.03 - a share compared with: " profit af. $399 million or . $1.26 a share in the first three months .of f $399 million or $1.26 a share in -the first three months of 1983, Revenue nudged up : " 0.9 per cent to $7.53 billion from $7.46 billion, The results did not include any provision for possible payments of | gamages in - connection with th q 878 wreck of the Amoco" Cadiz"* super- tanker, which spilled 68 million gallons of oi] off the wast of France. Last week, .a federal judge ruled that Indiana Standard and two sub- -long enougtr to satisty himself that he willing aot CAURe Ete harmful interference to transmissions Jalread® :ir.'!*' wal sidiarles were negligent Soviet . a iegationé Committee, met for about | with j LAUSANNE, Switz- erland (AP) — Peter Ueberroth, president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, reiterated: today that, contrary to Soviet allegations, the United States has not violated . the Olympic charter. Ueberroth sald ‘the. | Soviet Union has a “free to attend the choice” Games, which open July He made the comment as US. and Soviet delegations opened separate meetings International _ Olympic Comimittee officials _ to discuss Soviet criticisms planning Summer Games, The delegations met privately . with 10C - president Juan Antonio Samaranch and three 10C vice-presidents ‘ before a scheduled Joint - session at loc headquarters on Lake Geneva, Ueberroth pledged to ‘talk ‘openly with . the ‘Soviets, but .said the © ’ Soviet: ‘charges had no, “president of the Soviet. operators a the ATU; {international . ‘ validity, adding ‘the issues that have been talked about are’ really non-issues. -Prior: to Ueberroth's arrival, Marat Gramov, National Olympic - -, 638- Ueberroth..denies 38 with | ; and. arrangements for _ the ag lerminal 5 Express PICK UP & DELIVERY af patio Message Answering Service J. 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Sper . rcent from a year earlier, . ‘ Revenue in‘the second - | ‘quarter of its fiscal year “Y rose 11.1 ‘per cent, to:$2 - provi from $1.0 billion : ay : But after. ” ago. ‘paying -dividends.” ta‘ ‘holders ~ ‘with a loss of 89 cents a ‘year earlier, For the first half of the ‘fiscal year, profit rose to $92.2 million or 55 cents a - share on revenue of $4.1; ‘billion, compared with ‘$14.6 million on revenue - pf $3.0 billion a year ago. f year ago, the company | lost 14 cents a -.share,” however, after paying the « , preferred dividends, i : . sya wad ae one . hour Samaranch, and termed the meeting “a good, — constructive conversa- — tion in an atmosphere of mutual understanding. ; “We will have a lot to aay, but I. can't tell you ow," he added, NCERNED SMOG the Soviets have charged U.S. government officials — with violating the Olympic charter in procedures for admitting wiet athletes to the ames: that Soviet . athletes are threatened With kidnappings by an resident group; that ident Ronald Reagan ‘ is using the Games for election-year politics; that Loa Angeles has too much smog, is too dangerous and too ex- pensive, and that the Games are over- ‘commercialized. -Gramov has denied that the Soviet campaign is, to avenge the American-led boycott of the. Moscow Olymples in 1960 protesting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. the. American protest képt. about 60 countries, including Canada, away from. the games. , ‘The Soviet Union has Until June 2 to make its decision on the Games. 8195 ETO * —Gusiness directory | Ww GS. insurance Agencies Ltd. bailar th abi ’ l The. Herald, Tuesday. April 24, tla. Page 11 1g vague Pauline. Buchan of Migsissauga, Ont., more than $900,000 alter she was left pardaily - paralysed when she suffered a slroke 13 years ago while on the pill. Some women’s groups in Canada have pushed for stronger warnings in pill packages,. but the government ‘and its advisory committee of doctors has shied away from giving consumers more details. 635-6361 ‘of preferred:”' , Ashland had a loss |; ‘of 11 cents a share in the! # first quarter, compared ~ Piece art if WITH - ’ In press commentaries, — in the second quarter: of*:;'*, \ _ _ method, except ‘ita fiscal year, compared 13: Atlantic’ kerry jsterilization, for, “wlth a-$14, S million loss a: aesbeeactey woarter. “preventing pregnancy. : year earlier. are, q Other methods, whien . A year earlier, it earned; used conscientiously, are 3227 KALUM STREET Both companies cig a $330.4 million or: $1.29.a 3) ny marked “rebound - -ghare, Reyenue rose 6.6 80 very effective and — refineries, © — which . per cent.to $6.74 billion operated at substantial ' from $6.92 billion. “ losses in early 1983. 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