Page 2, The Herald, Friday, October 6, 1978 Christians raked by Syrian forces BEIRUT (AFP) -- Syrian forces raked Christian Districts of this Lebanese Capital for the fourth straight day today with a hall of artillery and mortar shells and the Christian radio ‘warned 3 ee that mo 0 ting ap- peared in sight. “The situation is rapidly becoming unbearable,” said nee Gema el, leader of eT: nge party. Theheavy fighting made it diffleult to verify casualty figures, The Syrians sed no numbers, but the St easy radio our n army trucks ‘full of bodies of Syrian soldiers killed in the The Phala Christian civilians holed up Gay rights OTTAWA (CP) — Lawyer Harry Hopyto of Toronto shot rapid-fire arguments at the nine judges of the Supreme Court of Canada ag a major legal fight over homosexual rights opened today, Kopyto said the Vancouver Sun had no reasonable cause for refusing to carry an advertisement submitted by the Gay Alllance Toward Equallty (GATE) In Oc- tober, 1974, The ad was to promote the homosexual newspaper Gay Tide. GATE complained under the British Columbia human rights code and The Sun was ordered to carry the ad. However, the B.C, Court of Appeal ruled the newspaper did not have to Accept the material, in their makeshlit basement shelters that the Syrians are being heavily reinforced. More than 1,000 Lebanese , have been killed in the last eight months of Christian- Syrian battles for control of the tiny Mediterranean state, the government says. Rightists sald 6 Christians were killed and 120 wounded in today’s bombardement of = the Christian sector and mountain resorts nearby on the coast, But spokesmen gave nobreakdown of mililia and civilians, Beirut's police department reported 55 Christians were iedand about 100 wounded In the dusk-to-dawn bom: bardement of the city by Syrian artillery, mortar, tanks and multiple rocket launchers, at court A human rights com- mission board of inquiry found evidence that The Sun decision was not reasonable, said Kopyto. It had found The Sun had no real policy against homosexual mate- rial because it had carried movie ads for films ahout lesbianism and group sex. The appeal by GATE appears io have struck the interest of all nine judges on the court. All. the judges, except Mr. Justice Louis- Philippe Pigeon, asked questions of Kopyto or made comments. Pigeon was silent but took copious notes, Twice during the first hour of the appeal Chief Justice Bora Laskin asked Kopyto lo slow down his arguments. Principal of Clarence Mich Over 200 parents turned out Wednesday night to an open house at Clarence Michael Elementary school on Sparks St. to meet with teachers and visit classrooms. School Principal, Les Or?, . spoke briefly to the parents who gathered in the gymnasium. Orr welcomed the parents and introduced members of the teaching staff. His message concerning the school was that Clarence Michael placed on emphasis on a full education which included being strict about basics, but certainty not excluding cultural or recreational activities. Clyde Anouye, vice principal explained to the assembled the various fy e : ja el explains school philosophy extra-curriculum activities which are available to students. The vice-principal also explained that Terrace is part of a pilat project being conducted this year by the B.C. Dairy Foun- dation whereby students are allowed to purchase milk from the school supplied by the foundation ‘at cost price. Following the introductions in the gym parents visited classrooms and spoke to teachers. Many parents aiso took the op- portunity to speak to thase teachers who do nat have actual classrooms, but perform specialist jobs such as teachers of French, Music and Learning Assistance Teachers. i if we didn a profit What the money is for. period of five years, MacMillan Bloedel is spending more than $450 million on up- to-the-minute production facili- ties. So far this year, for example, we've committed more than $130 million for projects in British Columbia. This is a planned, deliberate investment: a matter of decision. It’s additional to our continuing expenses for wages, supplies and power—our every- day costs of staying in business. Over a Spending to stay competitive. Most of this investment will be used to equip some of the best people in the business (MB people) with the best tools avail- able, (One example: The new $54 million Alberni Pacific Saw- mill.) Why? To help them turn out even better products at lower costs. That’s essential if we're going to continue meeting world competition. t. ‘ i i The second in a series OF MB reports: . ould we $450 million in BC. “spen here’ tirely correct. ‘ ae a we Rae Si Yo Sete 7 anot ‘ © [- i i ae) uh re t expect to make Frankly, no. Profit: An investment’ in the future. If you think MacMillan Bloedel is investing this money in B.C. because we hope to earn a fair rate of return on it—you're en- Profit is what keeps us here. It’s also what is expected of us by our employees, shareholders, bankers and bond holders. With- out them, we wouldn’t stay in business long. Nor would any other company. So we intend to keep right on making the best profit we can, consistent with our responsibili- ties to our people and the com- munities we work in. A vote of confidence. Our company’s willingness to make large, long-term invest- ments in this province tells you something important about our hopes for B.C’s future. We're putting our money where our faith is. MacMillan Bloedel yo UN vane sf ay es ~ BB Polish American gets Nobel Prize STUCKHULM (AP) — Isaac Bashevis Singer, 2 master Yiddish stury- leller whuse lively tales of Jewish life are min iatures of a world of human feeling, - Was awarded the Nubel Prize fur literature Thursday. The 74-year-uld Pulish- burn novelist and shurt- sory writer, a U.S, citizen, was ciled by the Swedish Academy af Leuers for his ‘‘im- passioned Narrative art which, wilh ruots in a PolishJewish — tradiliun, brings universal human conditions to life.” In awarding the $165,000 prize, the 18- member academy compared Singer's works of “apparently inexhaustible psy: chulogical fantasy” with thuse of the greal Russian novelist Leu Tulstay, Singer, reached in Miami, where he was spending the Jewish holy days, was more modest, ielling a reporter: “I'm grateful but al the same time I am sorry that wrilers greater than { did not get it.” He said controversial U.S. novelist Henry Miller deserves the Nubel Prize ‘because of his fight fur freedom of literature.’' Pre- annuuncement favorites here for the award in- cluded British novelist Graham Greene and Turkish authur Yasar Kemal. Last year's winner was 78-yeat-uld Spanish puct Vicente Aleixandre, little knuwn vutside the Spanish-speaking world, Academy Secretary Lars _-Gyllensten,tuld reporters ‘Thursday less-known " writers are atten chosen because “that is one of our funetions, io pul forward and spread the works of — Impurtant authors,”’ “With the Nubel Prize fur literature Isaac Bashevis Singer comes up above the surface.” In the U.S,, however, — where he emigrated in 1935, selling in New, York, the prolific Singer has been widely read and admired for years. -, He.has wrilten a dozen nuvels, children’s books, --memuirs and namerous short stories, which frequently appear in the - magazine The New Yorker. Almost all of his work. was written in Yiddish, the language uf contra) European Jews, and was later translated into English, sumetimes’ by himself with the aid of others, Among his major works: are a trilogy of novela published between 193) and 1969, The Family Moskal, The Manor and The Eslate, that form a bruad family chronicle. His mare recent books include In My Father's Cuurt (1966), A Friend of Kafka (1970) and A. Crown of Feathers (1873). His latest works, both published this year, are a novel, Shusha and a book of memuirs, A Young Man in Search of Love. The Nubel Prize for medicine willbe awarded Oct, 12, the award for economies Oct. 16, and the physics and chemistry prizes Oct. 17. WEATHER An unshore flow will cuntinue lu give cloudy, cool conditions today and most of iomurrow, aS nu change in . the weather pattern is im- mediately foreseen. 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