ions og ” published “every. Weekday at 9010 kK jum Steet, oF Terrace, 8.C,: by Sterling Publishers: ae _ permisslon of the Publisher. ' The purpose ; them survival skills. _ Authorized as.-second, class. mail.’ Reolstrat tion, : Po . . ee _ iter-Photogra her: ‘Sports: poe stir rng ~ wt “Don Schaffer _ Roception-Classified: ‘Cireulation: ~ 7 Carolyn Gibson . Maria Taylor “NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT. The Heraidretains full, complete: and sole copyright. vs 7 "In any advertlsement producad and-or any editorial or photographic content. published In the Herald. ~ Reproduction is net ‘permitted without the written vs Editorial People In B.C. are gaining some positive benefits from the present recession, such as learning to do more with less and how to priorize their budgets. Gloria George, a_ B.C. ~ human. commissioner fram Vancouver,’ says that there are some very, positive steps being faken by people to just durvive. They: are placing less. emphasis on materialistic gain, and bonds are ~ forming among the unemployed .who are - becoming sensitized ‘to the ; needs of. other me people, . - People are. learning to budget down to bare. necessities, and the people who are losing thelr: homes are the people who needed two Incomes to Ilve within thelr means. When one person lost'a job. their ability. to” cope with the. costs. . involved in affluence. The people who are dealing positively. with) the present economic chaos are the people who | have reallzed their own Interdependence on - “others In soclety.: 1 Is:a return to community rather than a-cluster of. ‘individuals tryin Ney? up with the damands ofthe av eri a 8 eadun ely ae ey 1 le he Shiite Another positive signin this recession Is people re nolonger relying on politictans for ean themselves, something that people who-went through the Dirty Thirtles knew. Now they are shifting their priorities and making changes | for er. People are also forming a human rights “coalition throughout. : the. province. In a recession disabled women and minority groups. are the first to be lald off, says George. They are treated as a burden on society because they .. burden Impoued by treatment. dl tlonate to. th urden - impos featnen 8 ro rena e 3 pore Ez; Menten dluprepe S qlently Beneticlal, they should be overruled by the review ~ eonimittee, It continued. For Instance, an otherwise healthy Id not be denled surpery - do not have all: their ‘faculties’. From the victims of the recession a community support group ls being formed to asalst those In need. &. Pandas waiting after mating: WASHINGTON (AP) — The mating ‘le over’ -and ‘the waiting has begun at the Natlonal Zoo.: -. ’ After four days of varying degrees of togetherness, giant . pandas Ling-Ling and Haing-Hslng are. settling back’ into ‘normal routine while zoo officials ‘are watching the calendar. If all the right things happen, Ling-Ling wil give birth between late July and early September: “to the first: panda os cub born in the United States. Hsing-Hsing, however, would. have pod! reason: -to ‘ask . Ling-Ling. whether the cub Ia his. After seven seasons of relative dlbinteret, the “tii pandas finally mated.last Friday, Bui’ to: increase the ’ chance of success, 200 officials artificially: ‘inseminated Ling-Ling twicé during the weekend witht sperm from Chia " ‘Chia, her. onetime sultor, ae al Zoo officials “don't care’” who ‘the father might be | Di, , Devra Kleiman, head of zoological ‘research, said: Sunday after Ling-Ling’ 8 annual heat, or time of ‘eonception; ended for 1968, . Officlals said it may be possible to establish ihe father's 1 identity through genetic tests when the topedtor panda cub i ls several years old. Except for Friday’ S ‘mating, Litig: ‘Ling and Heing-Haing displayed thelr usual moods ~ disinterest. and hostility — . ‘for much of the time they were togetlier.. In fact, Saturday's: - _ meeting ended in ‘‘a fight in midmorning,” Klejtian sald. Zoo officials say they are optimistic ‘about gelting’a baby panda. “We are encouraged because ‘we’ had. a natural mating and two artificial inseminations,” Kleiman eaid::; § It will be some time in June before itine samples might — “show hormonal changes that. could Indicate whether. Ling: . ’ -Ling (s pregnant, Kleiman said. w . ‘ Dr. Mitchell Bush, the zo0’s véterinarian-in-charge, anid panda cubs have been produced in China using both natural — _ mating and. artificial insemirfation: ‘Suring: the. same. - -eonception period. : ‘Kleiman said that Ling-Ling WAS insem inated with Chia- i. - Chia’s sperm because “he’s a ‘proven. breeder.” The Loridon male {s credited with artificially siring the -—--. cub born to. the. panda: Senorita: lant ‘September at: the. Madrid Zoo.“ Chia Chia appears to be rt heiter lover. at long-distance than in person, He was brought to Wathiigton to romancé ; Ling-Ling in1981, but ihe: ‘aftale falled to brodce an offspring, 2 rights. jers. They had forgotten how torely on | _ benefit. expected, and-what are.the patient's wishes?" to re-educate People. by giving. - Patients have. last. words - WABHINGTON, GAP) eriAtter atu ime one. of ty ne, me ntroverstal ,quentjons . confrs ntihg = hlediclhe, ay poet dential commission says the ‘dinate decision about. -Hfe-sustaining therapy rests with the patient — — not doctors, . ‘hospitals or government agencies: © Ifmentally competent patients want toend lite-stistaintikt . therapy or forgo resuscitation in a crisis, it Is ethically,” proper for hospitals and doctors to-aliow them to.doso, the...” : President's Commission on Ethical Problems in Medicine _ Bald today. | ‘ -Patlents should make the final decision and ‘if they are... incapable, the last word should come fron thelt: families ov.” a designated representative, the Kroup said ina repari, ‘The-conimission sald the central ethical concerns upon. which.these therapy. decisions: should rest ; ‘are: “Ts” the, The -report:-said: law-making: bodies: and: the - courts: professionals.or hospitals, - - - Doctors..and - hospitals are _vesponalble ‘for. cleatiy. outlining the* treatment. options. available sind theli’.-, consequences, . ‘and: for assisting’ patients in making. the. , decisions’ that are (n thelr best Interest, the Feport taid. a E “Hentth: cara 5 professionals serve patlents beat by. “mialntalning a presuription in favor of sustalning life,” said: - the report, ‘‘while recognizing that conipetent patients are entitled to choose to fargo any treatments, including those” that. sustaln jife.” : . The Li-member congressanalj-apponted ‘comniiss an, _Renerally should stay out of niedical decistons, except in, child with Down'ssyndrome & extracrdinary. cases where the wishes of patients or thely representatlyes cannot be resaived- with, those of health, we sapraden n lelda of medica, law,. theology: ethice: nd con ni ie fl of °y ‘These groups would be particularly useful in advising on- the ‘treatment. of inconipetent - patients, ¢ children and: comatose individuals suffering a: permanent loss ‘of consciousness. . life and death situations, the coniriisalon said; - 8 Ror: ‘exaniple, ‘parenta should decide on treatnient for. ‘ thelr seriously. tll newborns and therapies expected: 1 be | i. “futile need hot. be provided, the conrulsslon ald: But ‘if parents decide to deny Infants therapy that can be: for a correctable. physical ‘complication, Iteald. = “The report sald the law should not. require that particular ~ therapies be applied or continued, except for basle nursing care, leaving these decisions to theli Fépresentatives, ae ' ”-Morrig: Abram, .a New. York. city tawyer and: former fan ies sor president of Brandeiq. ‘Univeralty who was chalrman of the - . coniniasion, sald ethical concerna about medical: dectatong ~ have increased: because of advances In medicine. ~“For. almost every ‘life-threatening condition, sone intervention can delay the moment of death," Abram sald. “Furthermore, dying no longer takes. place at home. — about -60 per cent of Aniericans now | dle In ‘nompltals or ‘iaraing homes. " Trappers: make new: claims - “NORTH BAY, Ont. (CP) — ‘Anti: strapping. Kroups” are deliberately misleading the’ public ‘about the cruelty of trapping niethods in. order.-to. ‘ralge. funds: for their ‘organizations, eaya the president of the, Ontario ‘Trappers. Association, . “Phe public ia. being misted,” Al, Giroux told a weekend: ‘rappers! envention, “Theyie re ot being Informed about 2 a want you to take ¢ one of these _with water every four years.” the’: nieeting, which’. featured: ; ‘displays, workshops and . contests. involving trap-aetting : a “-gkeinning,: But * beneath the ‘ canaraderie’ was ° ‘an -wndsrcurrent of doubt about. the: future ofthe. ‘trapplig o hadustey becauna of increasing e eritielsni abdut Its’ cruelty t to . ‘ apinals.:: ane | iadiatey. ‘and. show them. we are wing and Y prepared to ] © assist In the research ‘and. development af miore, ‘mane ” wy capping devices,” Giroux said... |) Re :eriticized anti-trapping. groupe “tor ‘Tot ‘hel - “develop more humane trapping techniques and for, eae ” a ithe fact that trapping ig the livelihood of tone’ Deople; i 1 pita 9 13 uoNite | aes * antl irappinig groups, lito are ‘ytlting bp take, the prend _ and butter off people's tables, can’t possibly. care ‘Aabpul.the Sree of animals because they don’t care about People! he i Bal je 1 7 it they did care about animais, they would fssist: tie ond ©: .. Rive us funds to do more research on humane devices. All | the new ‘huniane devices that. have been invented over.the . | - years were invented by (rappers, not the humane epelety," = ping ito ‘The latest criticiam of the trapping industry came last weels from: ‘the Canadian Federation of Huniane Societies,” “whieh threatened to take theVederal Roverniment to court Ie ‘doesn’t bin legthold traps. _-y tthe federation claims more humane iraps: are: “available” : : and’ the trap violates thé Criminal Code, which’ ‘prohibits. » “unnecessary pain. and sulfering’” for snimals; We 7 Giroux called the threat.a' bluff anda. publicity atunt ig “raise Money ‘from the lille any way they can: Monte “hasiled-to members evenipassed ‘school | “Sgt, Syd Young ‘. force, sald after the & holds prejudices toward the people he ee ‘Ontario Police! Act makes it almos i v fred. A : the ni.qut’ “been. processed:and has’ fone. through the syaten;’ “Young told.6 warkshop on the use of discretion by. palice . > thelr altitude. , “prosecuting some: crimes and ignoring . -othei “discernib _-dgelding-what crimes to pursue and it Is tiie. such ‘guidelines.:: - the. fifth-warniest. winter on record, “- ™hollstle stripping.” - ues Two ‘of the "eonspitacy”. organizers — Wingtii Sonie “ arid'a woman described ofily as-a friend — pee o ‘clothes duringan undulating dance. Sone spectators Yolried on the dancing, but hot in the atripping; others lapped out a éconimended that hospitals’ nd iotter Birth, oe “homes: eta ish fethica: comitittees'“to" review nated: "but people dati ‘let their critical | treatment decisions. cae to listen, cofinider finding a new OME, Oe ~ *°The X-Ray Information Book eatiniates'that 90 per cent of : the dlagnostle X-rays given-in the U,8, are ‘tn - with the. lay, “Pregnant wonien . indications. of. ‘gerious disease. - "Walter said affir ati ors f ron visibl oning police: ‘officets per 0 eminar that even: - How do you scree aiuch policemen. and how r it? he asked. "You can't fire polleenan once-he’s s officers {hatin nioat platoons and divisions, the same:police ¢ arding are usually. thé siibject of repeated coriplaints: ‘He sald an officer: ‘thay | be a firat-rate law en yreer in 99 per-cent of his follce duties except for’ his bidf.y "The department | feels that rather than trying: to “firesach an officer, It would be better to cure him of the actlbide ‘through: etraining: and ‘special courses. ~ But ‘Young anid. ifthe officer continues to sh is littié that can be-done, °. - “Law enforcers: were also accused at ‘the’ ¢ '. digeretion.. <<: a - “Alan: Borbvoy,- sectoral “counsel to the an Civil |: Liberties: “Association, told: the seminar: : ere Ate. no public - gliidelines” that: poll -_ He ‘baid the 1981 ralds on Toronto ‘bath-houwe ‘in which hundreds of homosexal:nien were arrested, and: ihe failure "to take action on large-scale, legal : consumption. of alcohol “at Torénto Argonaut football games were exahiples’ of using . “discretion to enforce one law while others are: ‘eonventently :- Ignored, - “The police never have and do: not ‘enforce every jaw,” ” gaid Borovoy. “Nor do they enforce every law inthe same way. Tell me, when was the last time they dispatched 200 * pfficers ‘to the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) to = crack down on drinking at the games?” ~~" oe Spring. springing “ : NEW YORK (AP) = From ice sculpting by fai rious chefs to “holistic stripping” and body painting, ‘the: ites* of cto with some niodern. trappings, were- celebrated _ ‘Sunday on the sidewalks of New York. . “+ With the alin beaming brightly and temperatures “oe 10 eto - Pa dint degrees Celsius New. Yorkers and tourists a0 aid Rood ._Irithe Soho section of Manhattan, a group of young people organized 9 1968 Spring Equinox Conspiracy, complete with ed off: their baat.’ ” “Woman: with water-soluble fluoreacent palrita, Sante, who said her nanie was an acronynt fot § Setvabt bo ebfd Th GaP Raciety Vou Sat Rave yolir Body ffl ad sind WEP Be naked, ee “She ‘¢alled sthipping 7 Othe moat bai bute nothing stands between. you.” es ‘In Midtown, cullnary experts from nine” Shiajor ‘with an ice-carving denionsiration in Rockefeller: 'Ceritre. “Chef Gerhard Wessels, 22, of the St. Regis Sheraton hotel described the ice seulpturing as a perfect way to reel spring. ‘ace said the large sculptures of swans, draqons, horaefish and pelicans, which rvelt about two centimetres an hour, “ gynibolized winter's. dying. ” The melting of the ice (a like the wititer ice thawing; “then the flowers grow,"he ald, polnting to flowers prowling in Plariters and an icy sculptured pelleari turning to water. "Spring officially ‘arrives with the vernal equinox at 11:39 pm, » EST, When the aun moves directly over the equator. “X-rays studied — “North Americans undergo mulllions of dental and medical X-rays every year anda U.S, consunier roup says much of the radiation is unnecessary and ls urging people. lo atk more questions. before they agree to such. testa)... "The Health, Research Group has produced a. guide for consumera called The X-Ray’ Information. Book, I¢. was written by Priscilia-Laws, a physica professor who worked jwith the group. to study the Hinks. involved In Giagnoatic X- . raya, . De, ‘Sidney: Wolfe, shead of the health. ‘coup, which is affiliated. with Ralph Nader's Public Citizen organization, sald X-ray testa. “properly and appropriately done, are an ‘important part of the practice of medicine and dentistry. - “But what about X-rays that should nothave been done at “the fut industry: and it’s too bed, but It's a. good way: yor all or opes that were done with poorly: finigtioning -these organilzations to ralee money.!! “40%... “: More than 2,000 trappers from across Canada. took ipart ‘In: educational or Seat ae Poor techniques ‘or inadequate.‘ patient “protection?..In, each, case, the patient: is-the. victim of aunnéceasary. radiation and its ' ‘attendant hazards,” ., Wolle said'consumers should ask doctors.and dentists ' exactly why each X-ray.ip needed. Is. it ‘almply. a repeat ofa _, similar procedure done relatively recently? , Why’ can’t the existing X- -ray,be used? If you decide. you don’t -want.a new Kray, tell your doctor arid, says Wolfe, it the docton, refuses necessary. Wolfe also sald that as many as one: fifth of.the Xray | units checked by’ alate radiation. inspectors are. not: n. ‘conipliance raat met causing. tease to -be xposed: lo =. ‘and. [egal ant : entities uy pel a i an punts a adil ened from Figures {or Canada were not cavaligbl a ig ihe tenn earch Group. pulde saya there. are several ti Batlgnts can ,do tg avold ennecesnary Xerays, (Ae bi v fily tgs days ae savy Gi ‘ slion the benefit of any: Cray and keep ar ‘i your tn By history fae ype of test} where it was m8 you can avalable ‘ain ell.a practitione beat already = Woman shiould Astor: “their. : loctor 0 dentist immediately. if there is any ‘chance: they. ‘are. ent n. particularly should avoid Me ‘Tower batk or the ‘abdominal region tinless the Saye trong ~ = Avoid mobile X-ray units if possible, produce minjature films, a process. “whith often: tiv alves more, exposure. than conventional machines, _— Refuse to-submit to dental. X-rays. as’ part ‘ You Be get Brant Kingman, a freelance: arta; then covered: ach . ‘nietropotitan-area restaurants aid hotels ushered if apring . ‘Elhical review committees could: assure that relatives or. other representatives of those who:can't make thelr own... ~~ deeistons consider all available alternatives, particularly, In: 1 hese waits atten : - ‘routing checkup | unless you have spect A | dentist can n justly the need for new t ne aes si me