Page 4, The Herald, Monday, Deceinber 11, 1978 TERRACE/KITIMAT daily herald. Genera] Office - 635-6357 _ Published by Circulation - 635-6357 Sterling Pubiishers PUBLISHER - Laurle Mallett GEN. MANAGER - Knox Coupland EDITOR - Greg Middleton CIRCULATION - TERRACE - Andy Wightman 635-6357, KITIMAT . Pat Zelinski 632-2747, KITIMAT OFFICE - 632-2747 Published every weekday at 3212 alum Street, Terrace, &.C. A member of Varifled Circulation. Authorized as second class mall. Registration number 1201. Postage paid in cash, return pastage guaranteed. NOTE OF COPYRIGHT - The Herald retains full, camplete and Sole copyright in any advertisement produced and-or any ediforial or phatographic content published in the Herald. Reproduction Is nat permitted without the written permission of the Publisher. CONSUMER COMMENT | if i , hase), Ruy { Ai ‘a AA i i; by it iii i) t il “te wee prides ih : ist The deal was irresistable. _ A great big, brand new fridge at nearly a hundred dollars off the regular price just because ihe finish was scratched on one side. And that side would be up against a kitchen wall and wouldn’t show. There was one problem. The fridge wouldn‘t go through the door bet- ween the kitchen and the living room. A remodelling job by the previous owner of the house had leff the door an inch and a half narrower than the others — not enough to be noticeable until you tried to push a fridge through it. No matter which way it was tipped or turned, the fridge remained in the living room. Faced with the prospect of laying it on its side and disguisiig if as a coffee table, the consumer called the store and explained the problem. Fortunately, the store was willing to make an exchange on a smalier fridge. (‘’Fortunately”, because the siore was not obligated to make a refund or exchange.) The consumer had just assumed the fridge would fit — after all, the kitchen already con- tained a fridge, along with the other usual ap- pliances. What she hadn‘t realized was that the ald fridge was slightly smaller than the new one. As this consumer learned, successful shopping for major appliances requires a certain amount of pre-purchase planning. To keep from having to abandon your bargain, measure before you buy. Arm yourself with a capeful calculation of the space available for the | appliance. Write down the dimenstans and them-and your tape measure along to the store, Measure the item you plan to buy to see if it will clear hallways, doors, stairways, or other obstacles. Another point to consider is the cost of in- stallation. When replacing her old electric range, one consumer was faced with a choice between another electric range, or a gas range on sale for $70 less. She was tempted fo select the gas range since she had a gas furnace, until she discovered the cost of bringing, the gas line up from the basement would far exceed the $70 saving. Since the electrical connection was already in existence, a simple and relatively Inexpensive hook-up was all that was required for the electric range. Had the cost of gas in her area been significantly iess than electricity, the gas range might still have been the better buy, as cheaper operating costs would in time have offset the more expensive instaliation. One of the best ways of preparing for a major purchase is to read up on it before you buy. Your sul tlbrary will probably have an assortment of consumer magazines (if not, suggest you sub- scribe to some) which describe and compare various appliances: Usually the more features an appliance has, the higher the price will be. Try to select a model: which meets your needs but isn’t loaded with expensive extras you don‘t require. For example, you may find adjustable racks in a dishwasher a useful option for which you’re willing to pay extra, On the other hand, an ice water dispenser on a refrigerator may be something you'll never use. Ajl warranties are not created equal, so read them carefully. Generally speaking, the manufacturer’s responsibilities are limited to jhe proraises made In the warranty. Find out If fecal servicing is available and who pays fer pick-up anddc.ivery if required. A freezer which has to be shipped hundreds of miles for repairs is no bargain, especially if you have to pay {he shipping charees. if you're buying freight datnoqed rer. chandise, be sure to enquire lf the war: ranty still applies, tlave the salesman write on the 5H any verbal promises or representa: ior. us to the condition of the appliance. Check Ine store’s reputation with the Better Business Bureau or a local consumer group before you commit yourself, Once you've decided on the make, the colour, and the amount you can afford to pay, remember that your only assurance of getting a good price Is to comparison shop. Spare yourself the depressing discovery that you could have bought the same thing just down the road for a third less than you paid. And don't be afraid to bargain. Even the biggest and most imposing stores are not nor- malty averse to a little negotiating to secure a sale. If you’re not sure how much of a reduction to seek, try offering 10 per cent less than the asking price. You'll develop a feei for the right amount to offer after a little practices RALEIGH, N.C. Women’s liberation is older than many people realize. “Too long the male sex usurped to themselves the title of lords of the creation: enacted laws and enforced Statutes at large, without consulting or considering women worthy of being their co-ad justors, “Thus situated, a body of .. Women resolved to erect a parliament of their own, and represent themselves in the character of real women,” The date on this manifesto — March 31, 1796. Dennis Tyrer of Raleigh found it in that date’s edition of the North Carolina Minerva and Fayetteville Advertiser, ‘Tyrer's hobby is studying the old newspapers of North Carolina, He searches for tidbits of what he calls the pa) CYRUS VANCE STUDY FINDS (AP) — - It’s older than you think social history buried in their pages. To be sure, the native ‘of Britain often finds the mundane, such as wedding announcements. of 100 years ago, that sound as if they came irom a newspaper of today. “But like good music, it kind of grows and develops with you," he says. Tyrpy says he is constantly amazed by both the con- trasts and simllarities to modern life and the subjects that concerned newspaper readers in the 18th and 19th centuries. Consider the essay Man and Wife that appeared in the Wilmington Centinel and General Advertiser on Aug. 13, 1788, . “If you see a man and woman with little or no ocea- sion, often finding fault, and correcting each other in company, you may be sure they are man and wile. “If you see a lady acciden- tally fet fall a glove or handkerchief, and a gen- tleman who is next to her tell her of it, that she herself may pick it up, set them down for man and wile.” “People complain about the same things in marriage today as they did in 1788,” says Tyrer, His hobby began several! years ago when he was helping a researcher at North Carolina State University look for infor- mation for a book on black history, His research led him io the ald newspapers in the school's library, where he “became enthralled with the wealth of material con- _cerned with lifestyles.” ~Perhaps history is easier to appreciate when it’s not forced on you," he says. And who vould not find fascinating this entry of March, 1806 in the public notices section of the Wilmington Gazette? Signed by an Eliza Woods, it reads: “Whereas John Woods has given himself the trouble to inform the public in the last week's Gazette that [ have absconded from his bed and, board, without provocation, 1: have taken the same method to convinee them that I have had the most urgent provocations, amongst which is nol providing vic- tuals, clothing or any other necessary; bul he has had the inhumanity frequently to beat and bruise me even to the danger of my life... Vober a gee Hopes to push them closer LONDON (CP) — A new British study of the death of hospital patients 50 years or younger has shown that more than onethird of them contributed to their destruction through over- eating, drinking, smoking or by not complying with treatment, The study still is being conducted by London's Royal College of Physicians, which recently published an analysis of the first 250 patients. With the collaboration of hospital consultants in three regions containing about 9 miliion people, the college's medica] services study group examined causes and circumstance of deaths of patients aged one to 50 in medical wards, The report says the one important finding to emerge from the case notes was the fact that in no fewer than #8 eases, the patients con- tributed in large measure to their own death. A breakdown of what is de- scribed as 83 cases of self-de- struction shows that eight patients died from deliberate self-poisoning, six died from alcoholic cirrhosis. of the liver, and another, whose sich rip alecho eerie: arily alcoholle ino gin accelerated his death b high intake of alcohol. Thirteen patients who died from carcinoma of the bronchus were addicted to cigarettes, some smoking as many as 60 a day, while three other heavy cigarette smokers died from chronic breathing obstruction and one from bronchopneu- monia. The college report says that among those whose death was attributable to myocardial infarction there were 25 with one or more causes within their own control, Twelve were grossly overweight; 22 smoked large quantities of cigarettes; two diabetics and two hyper- tensives did not comply with their treatment, and three others had hadsymptoms for a long peried before they consulted a doctor. Nine of the 98 patients de- layed seeking medical ad- vice and in four cases this probably cost them their STUDY FINDS lives. Thirtyseven refused admission to hospital, were unwilling to submit to in- vestigation, discharged themselves from hospital, defaulted from diabetic clinics, or did not co-operate in taking medication, Doctors have been saying « for years that many of the killing diseases of middle life are not mysteries, but are contributed to by overeating or excessive use of alcohol or tobacco. But their pronouncements are not: popular—some are con- tradictory, some are disbelieyed and health education is often derided in the words: “It won't Happen to.me.” The study is to continue for at least another year. They do it to themselves WASHINGTON (CP) — US. State Secretary Cyrus Vance will try to push recalcitrant Egyptian and Israeli teaders a step closer {o a peace treaty during a hastily-arranged visit to the Middle East next week, Less than 24 hours after a stale department spokesman denied any mideast mission waa planned, the department announced that Vance had cancelled plans to attend a North Atlantic Treaty Organization meeting in Brussels this week and would instead go to Cairo and Jerusalem. The sudden shift indicated that with the mid-December deadiine for an Egyptlan- Israeli peace treaty ap- proaching apparently far more rapidly than solutions to outstanding issues, President Carter felt it was tirae for the U.S. to step into the talks again. Observers say itis unlikely that Vance will return to Washington with a treaty In hand, Instead, his visit is Gaza strip and West Bank of , alow Egypt and Israel to viewed more as another move in the U.S. effort to keep the talks on track. erigte visit apparently was red by Israel's private CoP to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's latest negotiating position. The Israeli letter, com- bined with the more harsh position taken last week by Sadat, made it clear to Carter and Vance that neither side is prepared to. make concessions without American assistance or in- itlansé While the content of Israeli Prime Minlater Menachem Begin's letter has been kept secret, there is little doubt it rejected Egypt's toughened demands on two issues that have held up _ treaty negotiations for almost a ¢o month. Sadat now is insisting on a timetable for Ierael to give autonomy to Palestinian residents of the occupied the Jordan River, Of even more concern to Israel, Sadat has demanded a renegotiation of a provision saying the Egyptian-Israell treaty supercedes all other international © agreements made by Egypt. The Egyptian proposals are viewed as an attempt by Sadat to show other Arab nations that he is forsaking neither the Palestinians nor his ties with other Arab countries in pursuing peace with Israel. And some observers say that for him to back down now might further alienate the other Arab states who ‘were united in a Baghdad ‘summit last month to oppose the (Camp David peace ac- While it is difficult to predict what Vance will do on his mission, some, analysts suggest his chief task may be to find ways to shift positions gracefully and without appearing to be alving away too much. This might involve trying to take at least some elements of the negotlations out of the spotlight of publicity that has il- luminated virtually every step of the negotiating process, U.S. officials admit that the relative open negotlating process hag been a problem, since it hag resulted in a publicairingof disagreements and numerous analyses of political repercussions of all the various options available. Officials are not ruling out the possibility of another summit meeting, with r again pus Begin and Sadat tb make oon cessions. That idea, however, is not high on the list of favored options at present. OTTAWA OFFBEAT OTTAWA - He isn't yet Prime Minister — and may never be — but that hasn't been stopping the nervous Liberals from giving Con-. servative Leader Joe Clark the same kind of treatment they once gave former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. It's the never-lay-off hassle. And it matters now whether a Conservative Leader is In or out of power.’ Nor does it make any difference to the Liberals how they are doing: well, or ag happens now, badly. The technique is the bear- down hassle. At the moment, when they seldom in the last going-on- 4 ruling years have been in as bad shape, look what the Liberals are doing to Joe Clark. They have held continuous power since they toppled . Dief in 1963, but everything that has gone wrong with the country — the economy, national unity, anything you worry about — is whose fault? Nat theirs. Never theirs. It’s the rest of the world's fault and we are the victims of the global bad-times spinoff, And if you think things may have been a little mismanaged and the situation a mite tough, shrug the Liberals, just think how much worse things would be if Joe Clark “are in charge. Then they give you their for instante — Joe Clark's tax relief plan for homeowners, telling you it’s a rob-the-poor: and reward. therich pohee, - They're the government - and in deep trouble, too, supposed to be on the defensive — but look, they've taken the offensive. Same as they did with Dief. You hear now what a terrible prime minister Dief was in his five years of power, although, with false- face grace they: cuncdde: he : has:becdme'a sort of ‘living’ + legend. Dief was PM, they laugh, Wasn't he awful? Well, was he, really? What was so wrong with his 92%-cent ‘‘pegged” dollar that stimulated trade ~ something that Pierre Trudeau's 85-cent dollar doesn’t seem to be doing. What was so crazy about Dief’s Northern Affairs Minister, the inventive and imaginative Alvin ' Hamilton's program of “Road to Resources", which opened the north for joday’ ‘8° oil, gas and mineral development operation? Nothing was wrong with them, you say? They were excellent ideas? Right. Except they weren't Liberal ideas, and so they had to be wrong, wrong, wrong. Now it’s the same with Joe Clark, They put him down. They pretend not to take him seriously. But while vidiculing, they attack. So what's Joe Clark done that’s so wrong? He hasn't flip-flop; his policies iike the Li He has spent a lot of “his me in Ottawa — while members of the Liberal cabinet, led by the prime minister, have flown about the country at the taxpayer's expense — because he believes there are more political fish to fry in the House of Commons than on the hustings. He has taken initiatives on new policies when everyone should know that initlatlve- taking and new policies belong exclusively to Liberals, Joe Clark really hasn't done anything wrong, except that the things he did were not done as a Liberal. Which raises the big question: what is a Liberal? The real Liberal Party — the party of social reform — died with Liberal overthrow in the great Grit pipeline disaster that brought Dief and his Conservatives briefly to power. It became the power-is- everything party, and what's reform until it becomes urgently. expedient, as of i It calls itself the “only national party”, but where is it now, except for an un- certain last bastion in Ot- tawa, and a fragment in Prince Edward Island? National? aie VIC P.C. MLA STEPHENS A Conservative govern- ment would not accept the recommendations of the Regional District Review Committee. Basic effect of the recommendations would be to establish four full levels of government almost everywhere in the province, Conservative policy is the opposite, to provide ways of carrying out necessary functions now undertaken by the regions while having only one level of local govern- ment. The committee seemed little concerned by what Conservatives consider terbe the fatal drawback “of regional government, the expense and red tape created by adding an un- necessary layer to the bureaucracy. When regional districts were setup it was made very clear that they were not intended lo be a fourth level of government but simply a mechanism by which residents of ynorganized territory could provide themselyes with services and organized areas could cooperate on joint projects. This has proved to be a forlorn hope, as one by one the regional administrations have succumbed to the natural tendency to build their own empires. The attitude with which the committee members arrived: at their recom- mendations is made very clear by their comment about the briefs received from the municipalities, They said of the municipal submissions that ‘‘their altitudes range from ex- treme parochialism to helpful and generous support of the regional district - concept,” . We do not believe that it is. parochial to spare the tax- payer the burden of a whole new level of bureaucracy, and it will be our policy to dismantle it. “{ still have to give you a ticket.”