[ EDITORIAL

(ama 4. The Herald, Friday, Avaust 31, 1979

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A student who was Involved In the
Nelghborheod Watch program spon-
sored by the RCMP here comments
below on the program and on the
response Terrace residents had to It.

That the student who worked hard for
the summer to do something to help local
residents protect themselves was

’ disappointed In not the program but In

the attitude of the locals is obvious.

The police in this town work hard to
catch these who break the law. They
spend a good deal of their time tracking
down the vandals and thieves that atiack
the homes and businesses here.

They do this in spite of a lack of In-
terest in even basie security shown by
many Terrace residents.

It can happen to you. It happens to two .

_ three Terrace residents a night.
LETTERS TO
| THE EDITOR

has ended for another property from homes “which
‘summer. The student 40 and do not participate in
workers including myself the program. The average
are going back to We !
were shown how the RCMP
and other departments of the

justice system interact. If
for

The RCMP belleves that it
works. Through tic Sommer
Job Corps the

promoted the program for
two summers and been

ir the project were available to assist residents

‘Pepeated, I would not change

Published by 1 ,

rogram, jbrought lange,
Eni St ‘oney to give
‘yeladives as ioe, as mmuct de y
department's. ‘deciaion to other question.

ithe manner in which we went

-pigns, letters were delivered
to a majority of the
households in Terrace with
invitations to come to a

itheir homes and neigh-
, safer places to
Hive.
“Between 150 and 200 homes
‘were canvassed for each
meeting. Attendance
averaged less than 15 people
per meeting, That a
minority of Terrace
residents took up our offer is

. @ result of ‘the complacency
ard cine

‘we. " § pn eee want to Pegs
ilsrvolved,”

People may not
be aaylng these ,
loud, but by their inaction
, label themaeives.
theory behind the
Neen od Watch
Program states that thieves
and vandals exist. Fur-
‘thermore, the pollce are
limited in their ability to
revent these criminals

om practising their
os or hi The

patrol their

‘region of responsibility
ly or even

‘daily. The home and
ownet is in the best
his own

has af

thank these

year. respome
has been disappointing.
Canadian Police forces
continue to fight an unending
war against crime. When
le realize that
not win that

For thelr asalstance to the
Neighborhood Watch
would like to

ople and
organizations that gave us
meeting apace, materials
and advertising. There is

alwa for any project
when this be of community
assistance isavallable, Inno

occ yordexr: CFTK .
The.'Masons, The —
can ; Christian

Reform, Sacred Heart and

Zion Baptist ’ ‘Churches,
* Omineca

Bullding Supplier,
Albert and macCalfary, The
Kermodle Friendahi
Centre, The Thornhill
Community Hall, Tha Rod

“and Gun club, The Northwest

Community College, The
Munleipallty of Terrace and
this newspaper. I would also
like to
Lions Club for the $100 they
provided to cover project
tion costs.
In closing [ would like to

- meation an interesting fact.

that
securit y
suffered -

Around half the
attended the
meetings ha

peop.
victimised already? How How
x the majority of of
ts involved in such a

y program?

wna to alk the
who did come to
meetings. These programs
work batter the greates the
number of people involved.
Work on your neignbors.

Tthink we'd all like to have
a eafer city.
Yours truly
_ (Brock Elliott)
Project Leader
Neighborhood Watch
Program -

s

“Not only won nt my wife give mea divorce, she refuses to grant r me

NEW YORK (CP) —

currency, desperately
needed by the Cuban.

overnment, presented a
fopbule in ihe trade

ia " ere i

sovereignty-association.”

é.

‘clothing and other items.
Cuban exiles back from

Havana report grim ‘shor-
tages. exist in almost
ev .

Cuban woman

for financial help.

aald that a pair of
feans. was selling for $139
U.S, in one store and other
Rats ur clothing were

Seed a 1 And U. g. dollars for

$650 a person, booking

oaing planes e sara an
cl m

three small non-U.S.

alrlines.

needed drugs, medicine,'

only 72 for $100 while
pesos for Ww
the  dificial rate is supposed

peeos, shesaidshe got —

At Jenst 60,000 Cuban-

. Americans have visited
Cuba since March, giving the -

Cuban economy a multi-
mulltipe- dollar

shot in the’
"On the humanitarian a
i. state’

- sole

‘ @ancel’ Havanatur's

operating licence.

The company has been

agent for the

reunification flights and
planned to Sig an
opera bo ,
New York and San Juan,
Puerto Rico, which all have
sizable Cuban exile com-
munities.

But the largest is in the

Bandy ul

U. embargo - policies.

- ‘The atate department says
the exile tour business to

American companies but.
whether Cuban President

TR tras SE

scale an Havanator is

here some-

“perinit | Ay mae
Havanaair last year, didn’t

U.S. cancels Coben tours. 3

While other tour ae

techni Panamanian, it
is controlled by the Cuban
‘government and “uses
charter planes fromtte

government-owned ‘Cubana
Airlines,

Havanator insiste It will
remaln in business, It: will
enti, flights, from. other.

ice te

exiles than the direct Mlam-
Havana route.
Previously, Cuban:
Americans used to fly from
Jamaica te Havana.
‘Canada, .which has full
trade “times with Cuba,
allows a twice-weekly ser-
vana. Air Canada’

See on

are made up
kage tours,

Old blue Edison’s sought

“OTTAWA.
OFFBEAT —

BY RICHARD JACKSON

Ottawa,- You'd never know. it from i
“fale wrapped up in he veces

Canadian news despatches from :
Zambia, on
and light

pean in, nthe sweetness

“elas

because moat
care one way or another.
But St Sn peeas—well, that's eat
ome Daily E by far the largest of the

om, hh sit Seeaader of the oe

beating of Bri Prime inser Margaret Ta
Caer ae ener democracy,

The Express opened tat front inal splash’ jo

Editor John

Joshua Nkomo, sat smirking under a Union Jack a tow

seats above Mra, Margéret ‘Thatcher: at the Com
momeilt Conference, fi myself,’ but be
“Nikotno ‘AT am here for was:
officially invited: by conference. host, blan:
President Kemmeth Kaunda as an extra snub to Mrs.
Thatcher who is being constantly insulted here as a
“The: juerilla chief-whoee ‘boys terrorize the
Zimbabwe-Rhodesian border from Zambia and who
publicly gloated when they ‘shot down two civilian
airlinera~was still full of i
“Mrs. Thatcher has learned a lot, he said lottily, “
but 1 I don't think the British know what majority rule.
“Anyway ‘the war has advanced to such a of

content oa African tales that "such a man

_ should be allowed to alt among the Commonweith:

Gelegates supposeldly devoted to the Ideals of
humanity, justice and democracy.

. “Yet wy sat in the oval hall in a white shirt and
dark suit there were no signs of outrage at his record’

‘of terror campaigns against churches gnd schools

woe

SASKATOON (CP) — ‘companies, “although from the same plate.” The - Edison
Until records hit companies such as There are only a few of | phs of the early
the market in 1912, Columbia also produced the fragile wax records 10008 scratched cut
Thomas Edison's Blue cylinder records. among the museum's - m
Amberols were con- _ of -wax and © music to comedy, in tones.
sidered the finest in Graeme West, rr dn ; ol avers rractically oe
cylinder records, productiog manager at. unrecognizable. ;
were named for their blue Studio West recording: ‘Period of oy
color and followed his in Szakatoon, says Anite Janis, one of the Popular songs of the
brown black wax the cylinder record: Persons Catatoouing the’: times such as Abide With
Amberois. probably could have - meet ys the.wax, ‘Me, On Moonlight Bay
attained the same: id not have as” and Casey Jones are part

The Western. technical as fiat ; @ life as the harder of the museum’s col-
Development Museum in records since both had uloid type.” They’ lection, along with more
Saskatoon has been good and bad points, -«'': racked more eeslly and obscure ones such as I
ca about 1,200 of a ___, Sould warp If stored in. Lost’ My Heart In .
the ear Amberol "The need to mase ‘humid conditioss, .
records from § produce really tipped the But even the’ high The old records have,’
1801 to 1029. " jeales im favor of fiat .. quality Blue Ambercls been catalogued by

_ ‘records,"" West explains: are a far cry from the Saskatoon students under
The name was usedby = ‘With a Mat record ¥ils:. Selita ater agrant from the National
Edison's three recording can print qut many copiagy-.., “Cophonk of today. Museums of Canada, - _
HL
NEW YORK (AP) — slowed this year, publishers © Some iblishing induates president: of 5,
economic recession ™ have seen thelr sales slide, oe, Bublah that Bale B Dalton Booksellers, which
a body blow to Hoffman says an AAP sellers were hurt by the last claims to be the largest
pu . find survey of 87 publishing recession, But they say that chaln of bookstores in the
that consumers pte reacting houses indicates that sales trend want virtually un- United States,
prices by reducing the first five months noticed at the ime becawe ‘We depend on these hig
of bardcoret rool aod me book prices ware rising so books to get people into the
The decline in sales is x ooks god mass: fast that total sales stores,” where they will
causing deep concern {n- tine cks— were ros even though fewer impulsively buy other Utles,
normally lucrative dav posly by to a books were sold. -
penaiage i TR gee in- i pet mt ron the same But: there Is m Another factor hurting
is looking for that. this dme the pinch is sales may be the in
ways a. "ower costs and fs hooks fave traditionally being some areas of stores
even trying selective price done very well during Some retailers say epecialising in used
cuts to stimulate sales. of * puitlabers ven’t delivered with readers
“Tt seemed to have been a Royace Smith, executive “blockbuster” best- able to trade in their old
relatively drector of the American that draw customers, books. No ai in bose
business,” says Alexander Booksellers Association It is an article of faith siatiaticg 0 on bales In those
° Hoffman, cha of the, "But not this " among bookeeliera that big stores zine:
Association of American He estimates thataaies In hit books are readied io craw articls ic ea aul, ject
Publishers. ‘In 1973-74, the’ bookstores were people into bookstores
industry didn't even feel it.” about 10 per ceat in of big iotorea ¢intared in varhng
But as the economy has second quarter, Htles,” completa Fioy he

across the Rhodesian border.
"Indeed the real tragedy is that three out of four of
the leaders of the Commonwealth will accept the
pressure verdict of the warlike African atates that the _
- deryoriat Ruontols one bf the sole true representatives —

“What has to be faced now is this: it-is highty
unlikely, to put it mildiy, that an agreed solution can
be worked out.

“For itis doubtful that the givérillas will

°c odithe new Zimbabwe. poe

them.

“Of course we must go throught the motions om
trying to secure and ent, but in the end-we!
have to act with or without #.

«ys!'And that action can only take the form of lifting)
wal,” ganctions against Rhodevia; ‘by. November at the;

latest, and extending reg, inition.
: “Would this break up the Cormmonwealth?

; pnt 80 , it would be a pity. Bug we can live without:

whe British, to read their press, have bad it with,
carrying white man’s burden for the ‘Com-|
monwealth unrestricted black immingration, Tact.
riots in London and the industrial midlands,
nationalization during this very conference, ‘of British’
oil interests as an extra goad,

But to read in The Express that the Commonwealth,
can get lost is like being told there was no Rudyard.
Kipling, no lilac-time at Kew, and that Trafalgar:

Letiers weleomg

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