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dates with boys who get

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the limita of surgery, as
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tliat can be used asa
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reluctance among many
specialists to use them,

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a gynecologist at the. ©
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Anna. Swan |

TORONTO (CP)-—— When

Anna Swan was born in

Nova Scotia, she weighed 13°
pounds. By the time she and

- her husband, the Kentucky

Giant, were presented ‘at
court to Queen Victoria, she -
was seven foot six Anches,
and famous.

But aside from her birth,

her ‘marriage’ to Marlin ’
her -

Bates of. Kentucky,
heartbreak’ ‘in childbirth,
and her death in 1889:at age.
42, not much is known about

; Anna.'
Descendants still have the -

gold watch Victoria gave :

her. But her letters, en:
trusted te a sister in Truro, .
NB. were lost_in_a fire.

‘Thus author Susan Swan

related to“Anna but at six:
foot  two-inches tall enjoys a -
~ has *
written a book that is more
fiction than fact.
TITLE BARNUM'S:

The Biggest Modern
Woman of the World, the

way showman. P, T. Bar- .

num billed Anna Swan, is

Swan's novel.
Perhaps. because of. the
similarity in sizehand the

name, Sisan Swan, who was -

born in Midland, Ont., had
heard of Anna at an early
age.

“When I was only 101 was
getting close to the height I
am now,” ‘said, Swan,

chatting over a coffee in the -

sunny kitchen her
Toronto home.

‘Ym going to be another
Anna, I thought.

“felt like King Kong, As

of

headaches when they'd see
me. Then, suddenly, in my

fashionable to be tall. Now,
T enjoy it. I think it’s quite
theatrical, and I'm

person.” -
Swan, a journalist and

freelance writer, received ,

two Canada Council grants
to help with her work,
researching through old
Halifax,

visiting Seville, Ohio, where
Anna died.

BABIES DIED
In Seville, Anna gave

birth to a stillborn child and_
later to a giant baby, after a*

nightmarish three-lay
Jabor, The baby lived only a,
few hours.

A few old photos indicale
that the gianthad goad taste
and a ladylike manner. In-
addition, author Swan found

aotie old medical records, .
from |

archival material
elrcus life and local legends

in Seville that helped her ~

piece together a rough
profile of her subject.
Otherwise she has relied
-on a talent for fiction in
painting the full, perhaps.
fanciful, portrait of Anna.
Anna was born in Nova
Scotia of modest-sized
parents and after a term at

teacher's college in Truro

theatrical

New York .and |
London, newspapers and

her’ parents, reluctantly,
permitted her to. “exhibit.”
She and the more famous
Nova Scotla ‘ giant, oe
McAsklll, appeared -

Halifax at the same time,
records show, and so the.
author presumes they/met_

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’ joined Barnum in New-York
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On: February 2, the British Columbia forest.
industry took:the unpleasant step of locking out
‘the tw ‘pulp and paper unions, shutting down
sector of British ‘Golumbiais most important
‘industry. ;
‘Why?
. The forest industry must treat its unionized
Mmployees on a fair and equal basis. And it wants
‘the pulp and Paper unions to return to bargaining
for-a néw collective agréement. i
" The industry does not want a lockout. It °
wants a settlement. But we cannot allow nego-
tiations to go ‘unresolved indefinitely.
For nine months, since the spring of 1983, the |
industry has been. Negotiating new collective
greements..
“The 45 ,000-member International “Wood-
workers: of America, the largest forest industry ©
‘Union in the province, has just ratified a. new
ontract, worked out with industry negotiators.
Essentially the same offer was made.to the
industry’ s two pulp unions, the Canadian Paper-
‘workers’ Union and the Pulp, Paper and Wood-
~workers of-Canada. But the offer was rejected ‘by
‘the 12, (000: member ‘pulp unions on the Fecom- -
ardation: of their negotiators.
=. "When -the IWA received the industry’ final.
contract ‘offer, Its negotiators ‘got together with |
the inc lustry to resolve differences. The result Is. |

refused to return to bargaining despite repeated |
suggestions from the industry to do so. ;

. another because the unions have demanded :
“equal treatment in the past..

have understood the industry's serious economic
' economy,

: problems, too, and the need for a three-year

-—play favourites with its employees through.
7 their unians. hs

PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS BUREAU

Representing 14 companies, operating
20 pulp and paper mills, in contract
negotiations with the Canadian
Paperworkers’ Union and the Pulp. Paper
and Woodworkers of Canada. '

a new three-year. collective agreement, in. the’
woods products sector. ;
The CPU and PPWC, on the other. hand, hava

The CPU and PPWC are dragging out nego- ~
tiations in the hope of getting a better deal. But -
the industry will not favour one-union over:

The industry has ‘said repeatedly over the.
past nine months that it needs a three-year -
agreement with no wage increase inthe first year.

We need this economic breather to recover from |
the more than $1 billion loss suffered during the’
recession. —~ ! :

Our biggest union, the IWA, and its members °

problems and the effect it has on the provincial

We urge the puip unions to recognize the -e

agreement with no wage increase in the first year.
Collective bargaining for this agreement must be |
resumed on a meaningful basis, andtheindustry —
is prepared to meet at any time. 7

- The forest industry can not—and will not