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_ Page 4, The Herald, Wednesday, May 30, 1979

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* The Yellowhead Interprovincial High-

‘way Association is hopefull that there

“will be continued upgrading of Highway -
"36.

= Quoting various government
representatives, the association says the
signs are there will be more federal
government participation in the project
#o give us a good highway through
‘Alberta to the coast.

2 They note that now Prime Minister |

iJoe Clark said, “I generally share the
iview that upgrading the Yellowhead
; Highway would be in the national in-
: terest.”

? The association also points out that

iDon Mazankowskt said, “A Progressive |
. ?Conservative government will designate

ithe Yellowhead Highway as the nation’s
second trans-Canada Highway and will |
testablish the necessary federal-
‘provincial cost sharing agreements to
icover the costs of upgrading and

‘maintenance to the level of a first class |
modern highway.”

As well as the federal commitments to
the road, with Alberta Deputy Premier:
Hugh Horner quoted as confirming
government intentions to make the
Yellowhead route a four-land thorough-
fare across _—_ the province.

Alex Fraser, the British Columbia
minister of highways, is also on record

as Saying th province “Is most anxious to ‘|

enter into a co-operative agreement to
Upgrade the
Hennes Highway 16 would be a priority”

em. ne

? So now we have an indication that: |

veryone is willing to get on with the job:
of giving us an adequate transporation.
foute along the mid-point of
provinces. Let’s get on with It. .
? We did have amoment of concern when
we noted that Skeena had elected an
opposition member of the legislative.
assembly. There was some panic:
specuaition that the Social Credit:
government would dig up Highway 16.
and take it back. That proved to be over
reaction, however. :
: The indications from sources within.
the highways department of the
province are that most of the major
contracts are either let or so close to
being let that there would be no way the
government could punish us by grinding
to a halt on the road. ;

: Prince Rupert, as the next grain
terminal for the West, and Terrace, as
the administration centre for a growing
Industrial and resource development
area, are going to need that upgraded
road access if not only this area but the
country is going to prosper. .
_AS the Yellowhead Highway
Association notes, however, the signs
are good but only time will tell.

Letters
welcome

- The Herald welcomes Its readers com.
. Mens, All letters to the editor of generat
_ public interest will be printed. We do,
* however, retain the right to refuse to print
- letters on grounds of possible libel or bad
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. TREES

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“Your opponent ’s stooping to dirty tactics — he’s taking a clear stand on the issues.” :

~ ‘Ihly prediction: -
i] -. Av renewable- ‘source: *
q ©Cnergy, hydrogen gas “

interview given in’ fp
put a more precise date’od

be recovered from the.

1 ‘oceans by. coastal ‘nucleag
3 - power stations ‘and sal.

then be, shipped ‘as gas -oF .

converted. ‘to electricity, ©
“Glorgis sald" 7
- The lean, six-foot-four

_ French Swiss, is president of
- Gaznat, which covers

natural gas-needs of Swiss: :
Romande, ~ the french!
speaking. third of -Swif-!
zerland, He*ia’ also vies’
-presidént!.of Swisigas; the *.

i ‘‘stateowned parent company, ‘

The International Gag -

mast) Union, :#"non-political in:

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transportatidn |.

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-Aeboniarne nna oo asthe: truth.are:lucky.to. get .a- few.
mS ‘ back with the girdle ads. Just give us.
. the facts: we don’t need reporters, -

editors and the publisher foisting their |

’ . pictures. But just try to find. some.

- An exchange of views #3

“=. . By BRUCE HENDERSON
!" Editorial page editor ;
. Today's-Post, King of Prussia, Pa.
‘Dear ‘Editor:

"just can’t take it anymore, I am .
. cancelling. my subscription to your

: ‘newspaper because:

... YOU'RE BIASED. Your reporting
ds always slanted and prejudiced to
‘e"¥our- own point of view. You're always

trying to. make the liberal, leftist
. pinkos.look goad, while-those.who tell

prejudices on us with the news, Most of

. your columnists and editorials are

narrow-minded too. Why can’t they tell
it like it is?

-YOUR SENSATIONAL. Alt you

want to dois sell newspapers, You play

up the grisly murders, the gory ac-

cidents, the tragic fires. The worse the’

event, the bigger the headlines and

-'.. ” important news, like what’s happening

tO

ry. gruesome ‘stuf

ma r
‘¢

., ‘you leave me no choice. I am can-

‘in the SALT. sell-out, where the can- .

‘ a... eo Te . didates stand.on gun control, or what by exercising their choice, have a lotto ~
iO. ‘One ** >:idheleft-wingers are doing to. out do: with determining what. kind of a.
on iret cet ‘Schools’ and ‘you can’t find it. All the - press we have — and the New York -
. «7 Stuff ‘you. ‘print about crime and -. Daily News'is the biggest seller in the |

terrorists just encourages them, too;

’- ideas te other kooks.
' BAD NEWS. There's no too much
of it. Not o lo you glory in the

but you-run tt at the

“expense of good, interesting stories.

Why must we always read. about

litical scandals, plane crashes, cars

ing recalled, people with problems’.

There’s a lot of good people doing good
‘things in the world, but you'd never
know it from reading your newspaper!

-, Last week, I called your paper to get a

photographer to come and take a

an Preture of my daughter's Brownie Fly-
‘: Up, but of course, no one could come, .
‘Too bad she wasn't hit by a car on the ~
: "Way: she would have inade page one!
““¥OURE LIACCURATE. You've
always got your facts wrong, and when -
fou get around to printing a correction,

t's. buried. inside somewhere. ‘Most
liticians, movie stars and athletes

“being misquoted, and I can’t say I
blame them. All the time, they're
having to issue statements saying that

’ ‘wasn’t what they said at all, and

pointing out what they really meant to

say. I’m surprised they don't sue’ you
right out of business. :

YOU LET US DOWN. Your

headlines are too big and provocative,

. and often misrepresent the story. You

. don’t give us enough of what we need to

kriow: I always go to the polls feeling -

that I hardly know anything about the
candidates. Yeu don’t give us enough
in-depth reporting elther. And you're
freedom and too much power.
I’ve tried to be patient with you, but

. célling my subscription. ...

' Irate Reader

_ Dean reader}---

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* Juicy murder, with dramatic pictures,

‘they. think it's a kick to get “the:

A : ‘.. GOOD-NEWS. You just don’t read
-: publicity, and besides, you're: giving

_ readers misquote us when they say,. ‘I
- hardly recognize.a story once it’s been .

: usletters disagreeing with what we said

fe the press because they're always — in editorjals when it isn't what we said

@ same. The press has too much’

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caetatcan t take it dnymorg,, Iam...
newspaper Hechuse:'  -” -
YOU'RE , BIASED. You read
everything according to your own
prejudices, and if what we: report
‘doesn’t agree with your views, you say
we're slanted. Let me tell you, there’s |
more slanted reading going on in this
country than slated writing. You say
4

ry: 18 Av mean?.We

to indicate what certain developments

might. mean, without getting

opinionated about it (except on the

editorial page),.Either way, we can’t
YOU JUST WANT sensationalism.

Let us print a front page story about 4

and we'll be sold out in an hour. But let
us lead with a sigificant story about
-Matural gas deregulation — that’s
going to-affect you a.lot more than.a -
murder across town — and you'll yawn
and turn to the sports page. Readers,

country; not the New York Times... -

‘it... We print pictures of cute - kids,
stories about ladies’ clubs and features
about interesting people. If it's your
kid, your club or your neighbor, the
item goes in a scrapbook. Otherwise,
you skip it and plunge into the. police
news. An you'll read every word of a

. Sex scandal before you call us up to.
complain about how disgusting it was
of us to print it. Most news, by
‘definition, is bad — or at least ab
normal. You aren't going to read a long
story about 300 planes landing safely at
Philadelphia airport today, and sean .
the passenger lists; but let one of those

‘planes crash and you'll want every
detail. : Me

YOU'RE INACCURATE. So many -

read it in the newspapers” that we:

passed around, You'll sometimes send -

at all. And you believe that politician
who loves. to blame the press for
“misquoting’’ him when he has been
called on something he shouldn't have
said and has to save face quickly. —
YOU LET US: DOWN, You skir-
headlines without reading the stories
and think you're well. informed. We.
print reams of material about can- .
didates and you can’t be bothered with
it; but you know which ones are
divorced, how many kids they have,
and what their wives look like. You're
allthe same: you think the press is one
big organization run by the New York
Times, when every newspaper is in-,
dependent and unique. i.
‘Have tried to be patient with you,
but you leave me no choice. I'am
cancelling your subscription... .
Bote td Frustfated Editor

ft pits . ion: ae .
F i "'Subseription ito our. TransCanada Pipelines

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ends June 1.

- ternatlongl federatiqn of the

gad ‘associations.of. 34
countries: was.:.founded
years ago for the exchang¢ .
of technical information og
coal gasificatlon., ©. 2° 0
Within 15" years : coal
masification aghin will be an.
important source: of f°
expected to provide
to last fourcentunies, he said,
The 8-year-old-economiat .

]-- was in Toronto to attend the |
union's world gas conference

held every three years in the
home country of the current
president.’ ‘The - current
president’ is James Kerr,
head of Torontobased

“The five-day conference
Gas is cheaper and in- -
volves fewer problems than
muclear power and oi], he
sald, and the nature of the
technology nedded to put it —
into. use means there will

|. never be a gas equivalent of --
im Bry

I (he
help erring, Cou
- atte

6° ten of! Petnozs:-

ting to form a carte)

would find it: difficult

- becausg ‘'to buy or sell gas. -

involves. a 25-year contract

‘generally and because in-

vestments must come from
seller and buyer, both

partes are stuck with’ the:

execution’ of the contract,”

- It will never be posalble to
ship even liquefied natural
gas like all Althol pet
type od gas can be

‘by tanker, the seller must:
build. liquefying facilities
and the buyer . must :
installations to convert the

' liquefied gas back inte a gas,
he said." _ *

The ' most, important

_ natural gas developments in

. the world includ

those in.

- the Netherlands, the North —

Sea and the Soviet Union --~-.
although Giorgis said it was.
difficult to find out what's -
golng on in that country, —

China is another unknown, . -
but the union hes been in-
contact with representatives
from that country fot the last - °-
six months and Giorgia said:
his organization would ac-

_ cept China as a member if it

applies, China sent throe-
are to the conference.

. Jn North America, major

developénts are in Northern
Canada, Alaska and Mexico’
and while Mexico involyeq .
politteal uncertainty, ‘there,
always some eleimént of
political uncertainty with
producing countries.” ..

Letters to:

- Dear.Sirs =,

’ to the s
for
grateful

; children of Britlah Colum
and the Yukon.

Chairman of the

SxCeSS
target of $880,000,

Qur continulng success in
this campaign now In its Sand,
year je In no small
port.of the media
‘whith we -are indeed

Please accept this ¢er- |
tificate signed by the
Board, ag a .
token of our gratitude for’
helping us do ‘what: we ‘do:
best...serve the handicap,

an . .
% wo

Flt

to . } ‘Sincerdly,. .
' Barbara E. Willett.
Director of Public Relations