|. Page 19, The Herald, Tuesday, May 22, 1979 m, se LONDON (AP) — The Daily Express says three former Beatles played and sang together at a weekend reunion celebrating the marriage of rock guitarist Eric Clapton to George Harrison’s former wife, . Patti Boyd. The reunion of Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr took place at Clapton's mansion home at Ewhurst, Surrey, about 30 kilometres from London, the newspaper Gays. + John Lennon, who lives in New York, was the only former Beatle missing, it RAYS, The -reported gathering may have been the closest the Beatles have come to a full musical reunion since they broke up in 1969. The newspaper says the three ex-Beatles, joined by BREATHES CLEAN AIR FOR LONGER - ENGINE LIFE 3600 RPM ENSURES THE SMOOTHEST, BEST CUT LAWN YOU'VE EVER SEEN! FLYMG FLOATS ON A CUSHION OF AIR #* * NO WHEEL RESISTANCE * MOWS IN ANY DIRECTION ao A sy y} . Af AVAILABLE IN HY | GAS OR ELECTRIC f, MODELS - TOOVEY HOLDINGS LTD. D5773 «4946 Greig Clapton, performed on & makeshift outdoor stage before 200 invited guests. They sang 19603 Beatles hits such as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, - “setles trio sing = -at Clapton wedding * The secret gathering cele- brated the recent wedding in Tucson, Ariz., of Clapton and Harrison's first wife, Patti, who was divorced from the exBeatle in 1077 after 11 years of marriage. Elton-John at. Soviet concert LENINGRAD (AP) Soviet teen-agers, some apparently willing to pay the rouble equivalent of $150 on the black market, pleaded Monday for ticketa to flamboyant British rack star Elton John’s concert at Oktyabrsky Hall. The 32-year-old singer arrived aboard a first-class overnight train from VA BLADE HEIGHT ADJUSTS, EASILY Moscow for the Monday night concert. *The best-known Western rock ginger ever allowed to tour the Saviet Union, John, a blzarre dresser, told reporters he had no idea what kind of reception he would recelve from his So- viet audience, “One of the reasons I wanted to come here is because I didn't know what to expect," he said. “So that makes you play harder.” 4 Before’ John's train left Moscow on Sunday night, ‘two middle-aged Russians pushed past railway security guards to get the rock star’s autograph. One of the Russians gaye him a present ~~ a smali, hard-to-find guidebook to Leningrad's . Hermitage Museum. Hours before John was scheduled to perform inside the 3,500-capacity hall here, young people outside the auditorium pleaded with foreigners and passerby to sel] them a ticket. Although the dates of four John concerts were an- nounced on Leningrad radio only two weeks ago, young Russians complained that the concert hall was sold out by the end of April. “Only important people, dfficials, can go," said Luba, 20, a student at Leningrad University who was hoping for a ticket. ' Officially priced at $9 (six roubles) each, tickets were said tobe selling on the black market for as much as $150. Just buying two tickets would exceed what the average Soviet worker earns in salary in a month. 4 aera Frank Howard on left newly elected MLA talks to constituents. ‘Sweden outlaws child spanking STOCKHOLM (AP) — A new law that forbids parents from Dealing, spanking, cuffing or, dtherwise har- ming theif, ghildren takes ‘effect in Sweden in July, but some parents are not happy about it. One father questioned sald he thought spanking was good for children, and a spokesman’ for the small Maranata religious sect said frankly: “We will go un- derground if we have to but we will continue to exercise our natural rights." Sweden will become the first country withsuch a law, adopting it in the In- ternational Year of the Child. The law is a new step in a long process aimed at protecting children’s rights here. A children’s om- budsman and an emergency phone watch ‘for youngsters already exist. , ‘When the minority Liberal government introduced the bill to ban parents from spanking last March, Justice Minister Sven Romanus said it means “our society has What premium gasoline can do for your car, premium tape can do for your car stereo. And there's no finer premium tape than Maxell, Every type of Maxell tape is designed to give you the widest frequency response, the highest possible signal-to-noise ratio and virtually no distortion. All of TUMERXCE RA NRA TM RR i ys inivorsal Sound Contre. which results in high octane sound. And to make sure our cassettes don‘t run out of gas somewhere down the road, we've constructed them to toler- ances as much as 60% higher than industry standards. We use the finest high-impact styrene, precision pins, polyester and screws. ‘ up with premium. Because of this, we believe Maxell makes the world's finest cassettes. And every year, hundreds of thousands of people who own car stereos are driven to the same conclusion. 943402 punos |Ds490AjUN Masel! Corporation of Amecica, &) Oalord Ciiee, Moanachs, NJ O7074 UNIVERSAL SOUND CENTRE .... WHERE THE MUSIC IS! Give yourself a little credit. Age Charge Card Bday! KITIMAT 107 Nacheka Centre 632-3177 - not hurt them but help taken an increasingly negative view of beating or Spanking as a means of bringing up children” There has been no organized opposition to the law but reactions from jurists, lawmakers, and - parents have been mixed. “ Said one annoyed father ot" '' three: . ver “There's a difference between deliberate spanking’ and what I would call’ an outhurst of temper. [ never spanked my kids in cold blood, only on the spur of the moment, I am sure it does them.” . Most critical ofthe law _ Were spokesmen for. the | Maranata ‘sect, a group of about 300'persons who’ spit’ from the Pentecostal Church in the 1960s. It sees physical chastisement by parents as a natural means of correction and an “ethical, moral and religious right.” The sect operates its own “pilgrim” schools in protest against the public school system, and Hans Brynte, principal of one Maranata school, said: “If the authorities try to stop us-we will go un- derground and fight on. They are suddenly outlawing an old cultural tradition and parents are declared idiots incapable of rearing their . ghildren. People in other countries will laugh at this and a whole generation will. be ‘criminalized because’ _ some sociologists: shall have~ their way.” The new law prohibits “any act which, for, the purpose of punishing, causes - the child physical inju $hou bh ] egtdisturbance is mild and passing.” It is meant to include psychological punishment, but legal ex- perls have crilicized the wording on this too vague. The new ban does not . carry any specific punish- ment. However, ordinary criminal law allows sen- tences of up to 10 years for serious cases and up to two. years in milder ones. Protecting children from bodily harm.has been a long process in Sweden, Flogging - in schools was partially . banned in 1918, but as late as 1958 teachers in lower-grade - schools were-dtill'allowedité:-- use’ some’ physitul - purist ment on students. Information scientist blast insurance numbers BANFF, Alta. (CP) — Alan H, MacDonald balks at giving anybody his social insurance number, although it's routinely requested for cheques, creditcard . ap- plications and a host of other daily transactions, MacDonald, 36, incoming president of the Canadian Association for Information Science {CAIS), says ‘‘the use of that simple (social insurance) number in so many files does make tremendous economic sense," “But the social prica we must pay ig not worth it,” the director of libraries at the . University of Calgary said in an interview following the association's recent annual conference. “It's a key to so many other files.” MacDonald sald breaching the security codes of any computer system isn't hard fa person knows how to do The potential for computer burglary is one aspect of the information and computer revolution that worries MacDonald, although he's enthusiastic about what computers can do. MacDonald sald his association must consider the implications of the social changes coming with office automation, data banks and home television systema linked to central information computers. “The CAIS provides the - Heutral ground... where the technological, economic and sociological implications can be dealt with,’ He sald the information in- dustry has eagerly awaited the transition to centralized electronic data and media. One television screen ina home, linked to a central data base and other TVs, could serve as an en- tertainment, communication and calculating device, _ But such a_ centralized system has enormous potential for abuse, “If somebody wants to censor a book he's going to have to do it to thousands of copies. But If somebod wants to censor a nations. hewscast only one button has to be pushed.” He is concerned because information will be taken out of the hands of highly skilled .intermediaries and citizens will have direct interaction with the system. “Who will decide what gets on the system? “Until now information specialists like librarians have been like taxi drivers who have ferried us to in- formation. Now, I hope, they will become iike driving instructors. “Our society is formation illiterate. The average lawyer, doctor or educator operates with a rudimentary knowledge af information science,” MacDonald said the librarian. and information specialist will survive the revolution because the government or public library will he one of the few neutral, uncommercialized — in- stitutions dispensing data. “Tt’'s a function that must be preserved.” ‘He. said the federal government must take responsibility for the effecta of computer technology and in. - the association is aiming to — make it aware of the im- plications. Developing the potential of computers without a policy framework will be Hke “trying to unravel a strand of DNA without even a basic knowledge of chemistry.” MacDonald ‘said if the government ignores the information issue and. lets foreign-held companies dominate the scene then Canada will lose. He said Ottawa has been slow to develop a national information policy. Federal taxation policy was cut of step with an Industry that includes newapapers, wire services, radio, television, libraries and computer hardware and software companies, Development of the actual computer hard- ware ia tax deductible but software, or programming development, is not, : The association's was told that 80,000 to 40,000 potential jobs have been lost because foreign-owned companies process their Canadian data outside the country. Teens charged at wild party PENTICTON, B.C, (CP) — Sixteen persons were arrested early Monday on charges of obstructing police after RCMP broke up three parties involving up to 600 persons, . Bail was aet at $300 cash for each of those charged, They were to appear in court BY. Police sald 15, from the Vancouver area, are in their late teens or early 20s, Also charged Is Vince Nicolson, 30, manager of the Laguna Motel, one of the two motels where police broke up parties, 4 A spokeaman said that partles at two motels and a nearby trailer park became unruly, with 150 to 200 per- sons at each party. He said that all avaliable police, auxiliaries and the force's three police dogs were used. The trouble was centred along the motel-campground strip along Highway 97. . The spokesman said that a few bottles were thrown ‘but I guess that's to be ox- pected.” There were no . injuries. He said the 16 were arrested after they ignored police orders to disperse. Pollee also towed 24 vehicles that illegally parked in the area, Extensive damage was done by the revellers, but no estlmate waa available, tha spokesman said. He said that in unrelated incidents, five other persons were arrested for beiig , drunk in 4 public place.