Page 4, The Herald, Monday, September 17, 1979 TERRACE/KITIMAT daily herald General Office - 635-3357 Circulation - 415-4157 GEN. MANAGER - Knox Coupland EDITOR - Greg Middleton CIRCULATION - TERRACE - 635-6357 KITIMAT OF FICE - 632-2747 Published every weekday at 3212 Kalym Street, Terrace, 8.C, A member of Varifled Circulation. Authorized as second class mali, Registration number 1201. Postage pald in cash, return postage guaranteed. Published by Sterling Pubilshers NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT The Herald retains full, comptete and sole copyright in any advertisement produced and-or any editorlai or Photographie content published In the Herald. Reproduction Is not permitted without the written permission of the Publisher. EDITORIAL The current dispute between the local college and the Open Learning Institute is one of economics. Institutions of higher jearning are funded to a large extent on a per student basis. These Institutions, as the numbers of traditional students declines because the birth rate has dropped, seek out the older students to keep enrollment figures up. hat there are the clashes and is the fighting Is evidence that there is no comprehensive, overall education policy in this province. There Is a need for the large central universities, as certain projects and classes require equipment and facilities too costly to duplicate. There are also needs for smailer institutions in the larger communities around the province and a television program can link these with the major centres. As well as the traditional schools, an alternative program combining radio, television and newspapers as well as home study can meet the needs of many’ other’ students. _ What we need most, however, Is 4 Co- ordinated effort to balance the situation and see that the students benefit. ‘Of course, its a totally ridiculous idea that nuclear radiation causes genetic deformity.’ ~ OTTAWA : OFFBEAT BY RICHARD JACKSON - flicting TURNABOUT Sail may make comeback OTTAWA (CP) — The opening of the Suez canal wed to have their vessels cross the Atlantic at 33 knofs, ngelo. International Corp., has been asked by. the Brown says the City of Hamburg and the ship- ¥ pare wer COMMENT ~ By DON SCHAFFER Herald Staff Writer I may not be in the same league as Thomas Atrill as a thinker. I may not be a widely read, and my prose may not be as elegant as Mr. Atrill’s | is. However, I can read a newspaper as well as anyone else, and I must take issue with Atrill’s last ¢olumn, in the Herald (Tuesday , Sept 11). I don't know where Atrill lives, but he can’t possibly read the same papers, listen to the same radio or watch the same CBC News as I doevery day. Cetainly, Ed Broadbent is mentioned in the news almost daily. He heads the third largest party in Parliament. He may hold the balance of power when Parliament reconvenes next month. Certainly Jean Claude Parrot and MacDermott get coverage. If their unions decide to go on strike, the life of every Canadian will be affected. And of course, they are the heads of major unions. I cannot understand Mr. Atrill’s implication that every Conservative backbencher in Parliament is a terribly important person, while not a single man or woman who doesn’t share his apparently ‘Rightis” views can be, , Talso cannot understand why Mr. Atrill doesn't feel that the continuing spectacle of man's destruction of his world is important enough to be mentioned in the news. Does he think that the current disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is an insignificant event? Every oil spill, every drop of acid rain, every smog warning anywhere is important, We are killing ourselves, carrying our world to Hell in a handbagket, and if that isn’t important than nothing is. . Tam too young torecall the election Mr. Atrill refers to, Imay be too dense, or too‘red”, to understand why Mr. Atrill feels that the news industry is a tool in a socialist conspiracy. If there are no Conservative cabinet ministers “quete word for word,"’ then perhaps they haven't said anything that we haven't heard a thousand times in a thousand different ways. The recent paucity of activity in the Conservative’s summit conference in Jasper would have been the reason for a lack of “quotes,’’ not the fact that newsmen aren't interested In what was going on. One more thing comes tomind that I feel I must say. Anyone who fails to take any news they read, regardless of political blas without a grain of salt Is a fool. Any intelligent human being questions in- formation they are given from any source, Yes, ]do wonder whatis going onin the world. But I am keeping an open mind, in order to enable myself to find out, whether [ lke it or not. and the development af steam power sounded the death Imclt of commerciai sailing ships more than a century ago. But the president of an Ot- tawa consulting firm foresees the time when modern-day versions of the tall ships will be plying the seas in large numbers. “fT really do believe they will become widespread,” says C. Alexander Brown. “The determining factor is mot going to be sentiment, it'a going to be economics.” The main reason for Brown's belief in a revival of commercial sailing shipa is rising oil prices. He says it is already uneconomical to run Fropellerdriven ships at high “For many cargoes, speed is not important. “Some slipping companies that for example — which is about three times the average crossing speed of a sailing ship — now order. them to travel at 22 knots.”’ Brown says considerable research has been dane in other countries on sophisticated sailing ships with computer-controlled sails and auxiliary engines — research that expects will soon attract government support. , “We are in danger of missing the boat, if you'll excuse the pun,” he says. “I'd like to see Canada up there among the first ‘oup."” “This country does have a shipbuilding tradition, and what we did with BluenoseI1 we could do with cargo ships ona trial basis and see what comes out of it.” Brown's company, Carola- federal energy department to recommend ways of reducing Canada's oil consumption. While moet of that work has been in the trucking industry, Brown says he plans to make an informal approach to government on sailing ships as well. One design that has caught his eye is the dynaship of German inventor Wilhelm . Proles. Proles analysed the shortcomings of traditional sailing ships and came up with a plan far a 17,000-ton vessel not unlike the old schooners in appearance. However, the sails are on runners and can be folded inside hollow masts with hydraulic controls. A computer is used to set the ship's course and the actual job of sniling is reduged al- most toa one-man operation. building institute at Ham- burg University are sup- porting further research on the dynaship. Brown sees ihe nead to duplicate this research, but says the Canadian govern- ment should put together a working group of experts, including shipbuilders, to pursue the idea, “What the Canadian: ’ government needs to do is to provide the seed to get started. “They should look and see what is possible.’’ “Joe Clark is a Prairie man, 80 this thing might not excite him, but ] hope it will interest some of the mem- bers of the government from the Atlantic reglon who have some sea water in their velns, and that they will do something about, thls: ‘op-. portunity,’ <. ‘ PRISON FEATURE Ottawa-Sometirne in this coming parliamentary session, earlier than the government hopes or expects, the House of Commons will consider the sombre question: “Should we bring back capital punish- ment?” 7 . An early call of the issue to the floor may be an- ticipated because of the number of MPs who are piling bill upon bill on the Commons Order Paper call calling for restoration. The debate is sure to arouse strong passions on both sides of the argument. " But the most telllng argument has been advanced by Duncan Beattie, two-term Conservative MP for Hamilton Mountain, who is in strong support of capital punishment despite the fact that his brother Stephen, is on death row in Florida waiting for his end in the electric chair for the murder of his business partner and two women. ; Mr. Beattie is not taking what he terms could be the easy way out,” in abstaining from the vote when the issue is called for resolution by each and every MP standing up to be counted, for or against. His compelling reason is this, and no other MP in : any of the several previous debates which the abolitionists won, first quite easily, more recently by narrowing margins, has put it quite so basically: “The death penalty never really has be abolished by the House of Commons. Parliament simply turned over to the criminals the exclusive franchise of in- it.” The abolitionists still have in their ranks the heads of the three parties, Prime Minister Joe Clark, Liberal Leader Pierre Trudeau and New Democratic Leader Ed Broadbent. What they haven’t this time is strong public opinion. Perhaps they never really hadit in any of the earlier votes because it wasn’t organized and lacked clear and decisive majority articulation. Now it’s different, for if the opinion polls are correct, support by the Conservatives of the death penalty was one of the factors in their winning the election. Driven from office in that election were some 100, majority of them Liberals, with a new Democrats, and most of them abolitionists. , Whether they were all true -at-heart abolitionists is perhaps debatable. mo, oo, But not open to argument~ for the votes are there on Hansard-is the fact-'that,,.tighfly .under Prime Minister Trudeau's thumb his cabinet and the Liberal whip, they stood, disciplined and obedient, and sustained abolition. In their place are 100 or so new Members, many of them elected, arnong other reasons, for their support of the now almost public drive to bring back capital punishment. . Some already have their motions on the House Order Paper. So this time it won’t matter what Joe Ciark, Pierre Trudeau and Ed Broadbent want; the House will do what the public.says it must... 2... 043. | 94 For this time the public has the organized support of the police and more important or many lawyers and judges. Most murders in Canada take place as a result of family quarrels where enraged husbands or wives kill one another or their children. it is. questionable whether capita] punishment would deter this type of murder. But today we are facing a rapidly changing situation, an eruption of two far more terrifying kinds of murder, First, murder by madmen or terrorists who use the bomb; ‘or fire and the run~‘a world infection that already has spread, notably to Montreal--to kill large numbers of innocent people with whom they have no quarrel. Second, murders by gunmen who kill almost casually in the course of theft or other lesser crime, It is these people , the criminal, says Duncan Beattie, who Parliament has allowed to have what amounts to a monopoly on the exercise of capital Letters welcome ‘tne Herald welcomes its readers comments. All letters to the editor of general public interest will be printed. We do, however, retain the right to refuse to print lettera on grounds of possible libel or bad taste. We may algo edit letters for style and length. All letters to be considered for publication must be signed. VANCOUVER (CP) — A 4l-hour hostage-taking which ended with a prison classification officer shot to notorious of the many violent in- cidenis at the century-old British Columbia penitentiary. Tt was also the first of three hostage incidents invoiving con- victed murderer Andy Bruce, 29. Bruce and two other prisoners held 15 hostages in a vault for 41 hours in June, 1976. The vault was to have been demolished after a 1972 hostage-taking when a woman prison employee was held inside at lepoint, ‘The siege ended when a prison tlactical squad stormed the only door of the tiny, windowless room in the prison in suburban New West- minster. Classification officer Mary Steinhauser died in a hail of bullets and Bruce was seriously wounded, A federal commission of inquiry eriticlzed the three priyoners for Miss Steinhauser's death. But the report, by. then-Chief Justice John Farris of the B.C. Supreme Court, also criticized a series of actions by prison officials and guards, none of whom was named, However, durung his inquiry, Farris had named Gilbert Hollinger as the guard who, following the attack, mixed up the guns used by guards. The convicts were not ar- med with guns. ‘ Farris said Hollinger deliberately caused the mixup to ensure that the man who fired the shot which killed Miss Steinhauser could never be identified. Other violent chapters in the B.C. pen’s history include: = September, 144 — 100 prisoners ie TaeSadesacede abe otefedetey ae eSetearneae esate death by guards is one of the most | - hours. : smashed chairs and cupboards in five cells and damaged plumbing in support of prisoners who ricted 11 days earlier at the penitentiary in Kingston, Ont. — April, 1963 — Biggest riot at B.C. pen to date. Guard Pat Dennis was taken hostage afler three prisoners’ made an unsuccessful attempt to escape and bring attention to plight of a prisoner who had :been. trans: *- ferred to mental unit, and who they: - said was not mentally ill, At'the-.' ' pen; Dragan Cernetic, went on tele- riot in dormitory blocks. Police and - . same time, 300 prisoners began a guards used teear gas to put down: ~ the disturbance after. eight hours::.-- The hostage was‘released after 15 — August, 1977 — Prisoners staged a revolt in the exercise yard to protest the death of fellow prisoner. Walton Brass who they sgid was murdered, and to protest skin frisks in which they were stripped and searched by guards, Tear gas and fire hoses were used to end uprising .after eight hours. — December, 1970 — Three prisoners held a guard at knifepoint for 2% hours before getting their request to be transferred to St. Vincent de Paul prison in Quebec. -- Avgust, 1972 —Deputy Prison Director Hugh Grest and classi- fication officer Jean Young were held hostage for {0 hours by two soners, — February, 1975 — Michael Wayne Platko held recreation instructor Stan Blady at knifepoint for four hours before getting his requested transfer to regional psychiatric centre at Matsqui. — March, 1975 — In almost aa carbor-copy of the February a A history of violence two carpentry instructors at knifepoint to back up demands he be transferred to Stony Mountain penitentiary in Manitoba. — July, 1975 — Robert Gary Hume held a prison barber hostage, demanding to be sent to regional - psychiatric centre in Abbotsford, — February, 1976 — Bruce, Dwight - Lucas, who participated in the Steinhauser incident, and Dwight Lowe held three guards at knifepoint for 14 hours til tte re tor of the B.C. Vision and promised to improve conditions in solitary confinement amit, ' + = April, 1876 — Jean-Marc Garlepy, Serge Barrette, John Lucas and Leonard Paquette held three guards for 13 hours: Gariepy and Barrette demanded and were granted transfer to-Mataqui psychiatric centre. Lucas and Paquetie wanted transfer to a different section of the B.C. pen. — September, 1918 — Nine prisoners took Walter Day, a food services worker, and guard Wayne Clubert hostage in the prison kitchen, At the same time, prisoners in east wing went on a rampage which caused $1.5 million damage and virtually destroyed the wing. The hostage- taking and riot lasted five days. — January, 1978 — The longest hoslage-taking in the H.C. pen’s history began with an aborted breakout attempt by five prisoners, who then held 13 persons hostage. Not all of the hostages were held for the full week the drama lasted; they were released at various stages. This was Bruce's third hoetage-tak- ing. He and Stephen Hall were the last two prisoners to surrender. matstatetatiatebatetatstelstetate’ - seceitetdotetetalettely punishment. They alone can pass the sentence of death. TODAY IN HISTORY Charles Stuart, dubbed Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Young Pretender, entered Edinburgh 234 years - ago today — in-1745 — and was crowned king of Scotland: the following day. Although the Scots were not keen to invade England, Charles raised 8,000 men and began a march on London. The army, however, was forced back at Derby and the 2,000 survivors were annihilated at the battle of Culloden. Charles fled ta France where he died in exile, ; 1792 — The first assembly for Upper Canada opened at Newark of the Niagara frontier. 1939 — The Soviet Union invaded Poland during the Second World War. 1949 — A fire broke out in tf? Canada Steamship Lines ssenger vessel Noronic, ng 119 persons. 1951 — The first election was held in the Northwest Territories, 1958 — Field Marshal Vis- count Bernard Montgomery of Britain retired aa deputy supreme commander for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Good news TORONTO (CP) — An anticancer drug being tested at Toronto General Hospital has been successful in treating rats and has helped the majority of patients who volunteered for treatment. A second phase of studies involving cancer of the colon is under way. at Toronto General and Mount Sinal hospitals and should provide results in about two years, The drug, NED 137, is de- signed to stimulate natural defences, causlng the body to reject cancerous tissue similar to the way IL rejects a fransplanted heart, a Canadian Cancer Society news release said. ‘ Forty-five volunteer patients were recently treated with the drug for intestinal cancer and cancer of the pancreas. In a majority of cases, the disease regressed oF stabllized. : Tests are being conducted by Dr. Rudolf E.Falk, the | hospital’s director of on- cology service, and could. result In the drug belng used following standard cancer surgery, radlological treatments and chemotherapy, the release