this Chicago suburb, Jemmed in the front seat are bags of
bread he forages late at night. from trieh bins outside
bakeri¢a:and grocery stores. 4.0015. , 1 ens
: Thie-rifuals each morning and afternoon, hold ‘speciat
- meaning for, the 53-year-ol¢ Norwegian {minigrant.

~~ His wife left him several ‘years agd:and be-seldom sees

_ any of hig nine children..A'1975 heart attack fiaé kept him

from working. and the family home is about to be sold for
. : . wer. ota ey ve .

back taxes. oS: Ot A ones stp EN
“My wife, she couldn’t tolerate illness: very‘ well,” Nilsoiy”
explains,.and hia family “just fell apart?" 0" 0° | >

As he heads for.the frozen pond, he.keeps.a wary eye on
the compressor that drives a stream of air’into the,water
and warms It for the birds; The machine. has been on ‘the

blink... an 7 M, oo. Bok : coe .
Nilson has a-simple philosophy :'"'Ef we didn’t pollute the

land, the birds would not be so tame, They get hungry and ~

can't find food, so: they come here.”

He walks toward the pond where about 100 geese, ducks 5 7

and.a Swan awalt breakfast, .
“Yah hoo," he signals. ‘Yah hoo.”
‘UKE AWE’ . Ot ay
’ “Look at'this one," he says, dropping a piece.of wheal
bread on the icé for the mallard. “She's like a‘wife. Always
here by my side and I don't notice her. But when Iloak for
cher; she’s there”; oe :

That special mallard almost died this: winter. She was

sitting on the pond when her body :heat melted a hole

through the ice, She was stuck until Nilson came along to

help her out, using.a pick to chip the ice away, -

Crews from the Streamwood Park District take care of -
the compressor and 4-daily feeding for the birds. Bul -

without the extras that Nilson supplies, says park. director.
“Michael Rylko, most “of the geese’ would: have fourid a
warmer climate by now. | we

“We wouldn’t have hitidreds of birds out ihere in the
winter," Rylko said. “But 1 don’t, mind, [think it’s a great
thing he's doing." _ ee -

b

_ Dollars

HERBERTG. GRUBEL
The Fraser Institute

7 Chilean free oe
market starts.
fighting back

" Chile has an unemployment rata of 25 per cent, and
inflation rages at about 30 per cent per year. The exter-
- fal debt service uses up around a third of her export

Ve

~alithorities said. °° "°° Of the’ alleged “ring.
_., he arrests, culminalfon 9 0 20,

' U.S. Secret Service agents

Uaioe rare = or rtd ae aaa a

_ Snowy scenes are back in Skeena area. --

cu

rion node

. al vo ‘ ‘ a
of. two-month operation by

and police, break up a bogus

The potential loss to the
credit ecard. industry for

Store clerks and ‘merchants.

. : : a ‘ . te, oe ok se

Credit: ring: caught. ED All Commercial
- MIAMI (AP) —Twenly-- count information slips and. Police said the ‘alleged
' four" suspects have been. blank -credit- cards, ‘in-.- counterfelfers would. get
' arrested in‘an alleged credit vestigators said. - lode FS I
card ring... believed  .Policé identified the store and account numbers from
responsible”. - for = owners as Julio Rodriguez;
~ multimillion-dollar fraud 34, and Miguel Quinones, 33, and in some cases from.

‘ yveaching as far as, Europe, : and named them as leaders: discarded ‘sales _recelpts.

estlon the price of gas

oan
ek
oF

feedstocks’ be cut.
A commiltee made. up of industry and
labor :members with federal government
‘observers recommended the price of gas to

J» all industrial users ‘be-cut 15 per cent. It
¢ sald thé measure was crucial to making -
‘Canadian -- petrochemicals ‘more -* com-'-.,

petitive internationally, 9°
The cut is seen ag an.interim step until
changes ‘in: overall pricing: policies allow.
petrochemical firms to negotiate individual -
price deals with producers, ot
’ The .report, issued’ Monday, also:
recommended the federal government give

petrochemical producers in Ontario and

_ feedstocks such as propane and butane.
Petrochemical firms, many of which had-
members on the committee, endorsed the
report, calling it an important step towards
- assuring the industry's future growth,
Bob Pierce, ‘president of Novacor

Calgary, said the document was. a
_ “reasonable compromise,” when taken
from an industry-wide perspective.

Robert Dudley, president of Polysar Ltd. -
and chairman of Petrosar Ltd. of Sarnia;
Ont., urged Ottawa to. move early and
positively, on the report’s recom-
mendations. .
LEERY OF CUTS _ m,

But gas producers are leery of price-cut
recommendations even’ though the report

federal and provincial front-end taxes and
royalties. oe
already sells at 65 per cent of the BTU’

tisk of eroding already poor producer
'. returns, he said. .

CARPET.
CARE_

- Steam Cleaning

«« ‘@redit card holders" names 30 % OFF

Bm Ask about our new auto deoderizing service /

support 4 cut if it came only out of govern:

“the higher volumes of gas sold. :
+ Gray also opposes aid to the oil-based *
‘petrochemical companies, Petrosar and

up to- $200 million in aid to oil-based |

Quebec to help them convert to gas-based *

Chemicals Ltd., an arm_of Nova Corp. of -

seems to guggest the cuts come from _

"Tan Smyth, executive director of the .
Canadian Petroleum Association, said gas .

- equivalent price of oil. Further cuts run the .

“unacceptable.” He said gas was already :
selling below its replacement cost, =

Jim Gray, vice-president of Canadian °
Hunter Exploration .Ltd., echoed other
‘industry spokesmen but said: be would ;
ment. revenues: The committee report :
argues governments could recover. the /

"; money:through normal corporate taxes on ;

Petromont Lid. of Montreal, to. switch to _

cheaper gas feedstocks, The two firms >:

account for 40 per cent of Canadian
petrothemical production. eer
“They can’t have it both ways,” he said.
“Why should we give people grants if they |
adopted a policy that Isn't working out in {
the fuliness of time.” ot
EXPECTS IMPROVEMENT
_ Gray said the report projects it will take
several years for recommendations to take

4
+
s
*

. effect by which time he said natural gas j

markets generally should have improved. !

Jim Hay, chairman of Dow Chemical -:
Canada Lid., said although: the report :
leaves the question of where a price cut «:

"should be made for future study the general -.:

view.was it should come from the govern- =:
ment’'s share. _ é ot ~
He said an underlying premise of the --.

_ report is a ‘strong oil and gas industry is =:
-erucial to a strong petrochemical sector. ="

“‘]t’s the taxation that has made the raw ~!

‘thaterials uncompetitive,” ‘added "Bob °}

Seath, spokesman for Union Carbide ~/-
Canada Ltd. oo

Petrochemical executives also defended
aid to the oil-based petrochemical  :
producers, saying it is necessary: lo
preserve jobs and cut costs. - , :

‘Oil feedstocks would not be cut out en-
tirely since some petrochemical products
can only be made from oil.

Flood, Smoke & Fire |
Emergency Service: Clean-up ee

A SERVICE =

7 . Dave Grown OUT OF 35. CALL COLLECT. +
| They, said--the « niaterials TM” og ee : | f |. bee

phoney plastic are available: , SreveRgee - a

at most art supply stores. .

earnings. The 1933 real growth rate has been negative. va ; each countérfeit card is -
"During a recent academic conference I attendedin | ©, rw a. far oe Pi roughly $10,000, said in- WEDNESDAY 5 nl . 9
Chile, these problems were discussed intensively, [ STC U2eC a8 lar 85 OwWil- ot officials. who at-' ||... om p. . ™ aM.
Chilean economists are very sensitive about the sug- zerland,* investigators _ in tended a-news. conference.” ne oe
gestion that the problems are due to the right-wing dic- Operation. Master Badge rare - -_ —. 7 ~. 3
torahip and the experiment with free markets. | said. - S cre” where” investigators gave | = “Joo g ; | - 1 FIRST |: :
“They point to several Latin American countries [ ‘details of.the probe. -. - ae = 4 5 6 7 9 12 13 CHOICE. |. ;
with. democratic regimes and jqtighly-managed Se William, °°. "Neumann, | ; w ; . : fo:
economies and much poorer economic performance. In ‘ In.araid at a Miami video " i toa: _ . ; i
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best of the 12 Latin American countries. In.1982itwas J. oe International, said 39 per: - 0 cont) y geafarsans one Fint Business Intreducing ‘| Con‘t World a
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troubles that have beset he nduaei Countries, there, recording, machines, 100.’ credit cards last year was in. | 6 15 News’ Hour . pntty News MASH a tener Reeame bu rac Gated . one
are strong, reasons ior". attriow Alle's, troubles" honey credit ace rida. : KOMO.d Cont. = Top Skeena Con’) "| Theories & | Telelournat Maria at
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replacing them with a 10-per-cen form rate, Ex- “ i . ; WV Tha Fache > | Marker Tosa Teons
change controis were removed. The social security an °F 215 winter Elsewnere of Life Place Edition to Computers Sa Cecheet con os
éyster was privatized. Soverument ot la and mo 20 olympic Con't Night Erant | Piagnonin | Visions pour Con't -¢
industrial subsidies were s ramatically. . ; ug Games ton't ss | court aD: nt Mourtr con't :
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economy grew at unprecedented rates of around eight: | rrows : 10 s | cont Dukes Ehawnore [Natensi —|Throupnthe | once | DUne Paix | cod
r-cent in real terms annually during the }. An ae oe | cons oD Cone. The. 20th Century ref haot :
ation abated, the currency was strong and enemploy-. By Nigel E.Hannatord = | a5 - | con't Hovzard Con't Journal BI Moyers | SPicuiture | root. ano p
maori drifted down. People spoke of Chile's economic ; ; an ree . ,, vom 4 crv hewn Kino : Nicht a ssestery deve taon i
' *. But tt did not last. The global recession hit. And, as ; So . | 1 News vinter (nen aews | Entertatnment | con't wire pail
it turns out, there were some economic. pollcy ao W. If soll axed Baas ivente Games | Final Tonight Tonight. Con't Sarajevo Can't
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cancellation of a 100-per-cent de sit insurance 7 g 0 ¥ [ ence a5, [of 1 flight with te, Con't con't Shooting :
scheme for banks. Heated competition for deposits: : . ee Peg, —
caused high Interest rates that attracted domestic and It was a foregone conclusion that once the en- = we Big | David ", 7685 Late en a
foreign depositors in vast quantities. These deposit in- vironmentalist types heard about the wolf éull propos: at eee Pee Rowe oven . Goldie end am 2
flows covered serlous deficlencies In banks' earnings ed for northern B,C. this winter; they would raise a col- 248 News” Waltons | can't theBoxer Con't
‘and thelr real estate speculation. But depositors did not lective howl. a an ;
. care since they were fully Insured. ; a So. far we have heard from George Clements, from :- ‘ ,
Eventually, the bubble burst. Half-finished and un- _the B.C, Association for the Protection of Fur Bearing THURSDAY = g a mi =: A 0 m Zt
sold condominiutns dot the fashionable seaside resort Animals and Farley Mowatt, author of the book Never or . one .
of Ving del Mar and the ski area of Portillo— not unilke - Cry Wolf. They both think it’s frightful, No doubt there - : _
the way they do at Whistler, in Florida and at Spain’s will be more comment in the same vein from other peo- 315 Good + feanada Today | Flim Ful Morning Stray :
Costa ‘tel Sol. ae ple gettingonthebandwaggon. ey re Marne AM me sitet. faa one as
Berievolent dictators want to be loved. So, when the ‘Now Farley Mowatt has gathered quite a reputation as con't font cot | bps Rogers Con't us
mntracle was in bloom, they fully endexed wages to In- _for himself over the years and his book Never Cry Wolf — on . yy
fldtion. This antl-market policy made it impossible to has been made into a film. It deals with his observa~ 13 20-FAlnute Webster + Pbeed Huntley . Sesame . Fables of the con't i
achieve a drop In real wages necessary to deal with the . tlons.of a group of Arctic wolves in the Keewatin Bar- . 130 ane cane Cont company at Leone Slory Mouvement. | By ri
recession of the 1980s. The problem has since: been . rens in Eastern Canada, ai of Night Con‘t con't . | Frlenaly Con't ’ book Tours Cespn i
eliminated. - an we I wouldn't choose to argue with anybody who has . pa
- ” Chilean policymakers also made the mistake of managed to get on first-name terms with a pack of - Benson fon't Ove ton ganadien Tredeotts Deslgning = | Passe | Con't .
[bing the exchange rate, The policy brought initlal wolves about how they manage thelr domestic alfairs. 10: ring olymple Connection . | ar Inventive Chit interte Parrout Cont ,
short-term stability, but eventually: it led:to.an over. 1 do, however, know of several experienced wilderness 45 | Con't Highlights House Orasup, | Upciose , | at War Teoe Con't 2
valued peso. This created serious imbalances. Im.198t-" [| users, guides, local hunters, ranchers and so on, who ; —e . ; ;
82 capital inflows stopped, exports decreased and large would argue with Mr. Mowatt if he tried to suggest that '  [Famity - Con't - wor ato Sauarne TBA Frgehond te. queer : :
paymentsdeficitsdeveloped’ © ~=°.° = Four dwn local indigenous timber wolves behave with Ll: Feud Suns Search tor Street oo Ant gan | oer Atstiers Gat
. After devaluation, trade Is now- balanced. But | the décorum of his beloved Angeline and Uncle Albert, WS Hepe What Tomorrow Cont Humsn Gardener Bertotine Has
.many private firms and individuals that had taken on: | ("~>To'try and suggest that wolves do not seriously in- J /— :
obligations in dollars went bankrupt. They-could not.-| "7 hibit the expansion of northern meose, elk and caribou 1s Alt Noor Days AN? why in ia? ParlerMol Avis de Seen
earn enough pesos to pay their debt at the higher price, populations is simply to ignore the evidence. The peo- 12 0 | deen Nooo ue Chadren Reming | World Business| atio | Wind
ofdolilars, aa a : ple Who have proposed and supported the, wolf cull 45 | Con't s|con'e | Lives Con't Rainbow Summ Bou : Con't ;
The crisis brought some, minor retreat from the aren't idots any more than they are royues, though it - ce
free market policies. Tariffs have:teen raised to 20- seems clear from the southern press that we in the a One Anoiner Another BC Blotrope rave} Ino Bou con't
per-cent, Public works projects are.in operation. Ex- northareabouttobeportrayedthus. © = ] % Lite World eons News oe eee en Con Cont at
change contralshavebeenrelmpoted.; 0 * Just for once; it would be nice if some of our critics a Live con't cont dd on ite Level | 10. Jour ‘| Odyasey, :
- But there has been no ‘wholesale return to would take the trouble to investigate what it Is we are : : ; _ :
economic engineering. Importantly, there has been no» _ trying to do up here before they talk about It, Then, if General Definition The =, | Wok with Movls age Ie Con's
return of the old hordes of bureaucrats who, once in - they still feel it's wrong, I guess it’s a free world and 2 cont ciympic . | Game bet for Soreckets | Cowt cinema The :
power, Justify their employment by harassment of the Pep rlate make whatever comments they feel ap- 43 | Cont Hightignts | cont Yoursait Cont sf cont Malec Sword
private sector. oa Deere . eo . ; : cant a
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Chita. Recovery of economic activity tn the industrial deal more hemperate. They would: not include such ” 3 a Woman cont ron’ od ne The Creative uae aie Cs Sarcatar
countries will rekindle demand and raise prices for. remarks os that the Politicians who back thié plin are r) Con't Con't Con't Restless Women Wie.Gehis | Con't con't
_ Chile's exports. The country’s relatively free market is . more vicious than animals they seek to kill, nor — — Tame voyage -
poised to take advantage of the opportunities, Thaveno. | | that “t's In keeping with the sort of people you have in ws fata car curt Leort street cont Leon cant
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