our area lovelies 7 resence, Pictur NE, Victoria’s Page 4, The Herald, Wednesday; August.3),. 1983 cho race the PNE with their (left to right) are Miss: ‘ You Janine Norgaard; ‘Hazelton’s Sandra Ruth Wyssen; Prince -- __ Seorae’ s Jacqueline Allen; Prince Rupe’ ‘ There is a walting | soon a future Miss Ter the opportunity to ocompete in the contest. Carol Coan and Smither’s Kelly Klick. contestants from B.C. town’s, but perhaps Ist for Miss -PNE: race will also have Jaguars make: ‘quantim leaps MONTREAL. (CP). — Although — their’. cheapest” sticker price is $40,765, sales of Jaguar luxury cars are _ making quantum leaps over . ‘the pace of general " economic growth-this year, ‘with world sales up 42 per . cent in the first six months and’ Canadian’ sales - projected to incease 79 per cent in 1983. “I think that. wealthy people look after .. their money. better than non- - wealthy people,” explained Jonn Egan, chairman’ of Jaguar. Cars Ltd. of Coventry, England. ‘ Egan was in Montreal on. . 4 Canadian tour which, will - take him to Taranto, Calgary and Edmonton as well. Last year 220 Jaguars’ ‘were sold in Canada, This. year sales are Projected at 500 cars... . sold 263 Jaguars this year so far, running out of 1983 models. The 1984 models are already on sale. - * Standard - . includes an. on-board trip : ., computer, ~Ganadian- deaters - have Prices of the 1984 Jaguars are up .two per’ cent in. _ Canada. The bottom-of- the- line X.J6 Series III four-door _ sedan Is $40,765, the XJ6 . ’ Sovereign four-door sedan _ is $42,705 and the, XJ-S two- * door sports coupe is $47,615. . ‘The XJi2 Vanden Plas four- _ door sedan costs $46,395. . poor’ Jaguar had a reputation for quality and - value a-few. ‘years ago but’ the company says jit has made improvements. Gasoline consumption, for ‘ instance, has been cut by half. to. 13 litres: per .100. kilometres. “It (gasoline + con- sumption) is not of great concern to the consumer,” Egan said..- ; electronically controlled ‘sliding ‘sunroof, an electric locking system, | ‘air conditioning, automatic ' “power win-_ transmision, - dows and a radlo-cassette equipment deck with four speakers and: power antenna: — The interior is finished i in leather -' and * walnut. ; parielling. . Egan waid that An West * Germany, . the - company’s ©” second largest market after the United :- States, ‘the Jaguar is Teputed to be the fastest’..car | on the~ autobahns, doing, _ .250 kilometres an hour on the no-speed-limit _ssuperhighways, : 7 The cars are tested. on a special: course in ‘Italy where they are driven: constantly at 250 kilometres an hour’ ‘‘until something ~ breaks,” ~Egan said. They. have gone 24,000: kilometres - without a breakdown. ; Sixty per cent. of--all ‘Jaguars are sold in the United States. “About 70 per cent of all: the wealthy’ people jin‘the world:are-in- the United States," Fea. said, ” In 1981, the first year after . Egan took over as company “British German . “chairman, world sales ‘were - $462.5 millon. This year the ‘company anticipates sales of | $795.5 | millfon:”. Jaguar | doesn't ; release figures. | ; Egan’ praised. the. good -house-wifely - -advice'?.” ‘of -Prime’ {Minister Margaret ; Thatcher“. ‘for helping ito" turn: Jaguar around, © The... ‘Thatcher, government is comraltted to. . Selling all, - state-owned “companies including ~Jaguar’s -:parent ° company, : British Leyland — — during its . current mandate. - Most Jaguar drivers’ are - rich ~~ businessmen, ::. “professionals, but - the. late Soviet president: .. Leonid . Brezhnev. owned ‘one “and Arthur . Scargill, militant leftist president of Britain's ‘National... Union: . Mineworkers, cis. a. Vague ‘owner, . “MY, ‘Scargill is a very wealthy man," Egan sald. at these o stores REEL WAM MOTEL RIVERSIDE- GROCERY - For more Information on how to get ~~ delivered to your door call the daily. COPPERSIBE.Grocen ‘COPPER RIVER MOTEL Become a daily herald ‘subsoribor—, for only $3.60/month and receive a copy —FREE in your Friday, edition. your TELE GUIDE - ‘department, at 636-4000 Samadi Beal a ed ‘, _ BROADCAST SATELLITE WESTEND GROCERY 1 . boy i i ; “sg tit ee etn seh shbte ——} ~- Leia abe peiaeeg eae eee OR ee ee ‘ + t & CABLE LISTINGS WAYSIDE | GROCERY PINE GROCERY re clroulation “Spd tratislated Tito action”. <7: ’. member for Regina _ Profit” - or * .. of - a ‘ate lpart, rather thon vito’ of th ‘ . technology revalution, the governmetit-aidita critics agree. -Economic Deyelopmeht Minister. Donald: Johnston saya | : labor-management | ‘mechanisms: maintains «a. ‘natlonal;-competen ‘ monization of ‘technology.’ ", e Johnston’ Says ~ his ‘polley. ds my _ budgeted for technological support, this 3 Yeat, eithér directly. or through . tax incentives, . J]: Further, the government bias created: a ‘spectal cabinet’. ” ‘subcommittee which he saya “is: dedicated to'erisuring that” “the technology policy. objectives are co-ardinhted, coherent - But - opposition science erties” ‘Gordon “Gllchirisi,’ -Progessive Conservative member. from, the Torantc ding” of Scarborough East, and Simon de Jong, New Democratic East, | disagree:-" L “Why don't we-do,twice as much?” ‘asks Gilchrist. He says the policy just puts Canada’ back on track to its: target of having. 1.5 .per cent of the value ‘of: ‘ite: total’ production spent on research and development hy 1985.‘ industrial nations in percentage terms but still leave us well " behind in. absolute dollar _ternis, ‘Gilchrist gays, me ,Meanwhile, de Jong accuses the government, ot simply ; ‘reacting. to'a‘crisis. “We're reaping. the revierds of a decide ét inference ‘and criminal: neglect.” The: “government has ‘had Tepeated warnings. over ho Nees for a comprehensive technolégy policy... - However,.a ‘Canadian: Tax Foundation study has found that Canada has very.generous research and. ‘development ” incentives’ compared | with, other Industrial nations, in: oe ’ eluding Japan. . “Under reasonable assumptions, the incentives in place ; nS ; in Canada, whether narrowly or relatively-broadly defined... are ameng the most generous, if not the most: ‘penerous, we © have been able to find,’” says the foundation.. ~ ¥et,.in other areas Ottawa has been, reluctant toiact and has let Canada fall far behind other nations, The government continues to ignore repeated calls dating ‘back to the mid-i970s to set up a permanent parliamentary. * committee to continuously Study all-aspects of selentlfie “and: technological change. * . Instead, Prime Minister Trudeau recently announced, the . ‘appointment of. a chief science adviser to the goverament— whose ‘job will’ be: to..see that - long-term -aclence.-and- - “ technology interests 0 are not lost in the ston! tern palitieal - jungle.. us a ar Meanwhile; ‘of. more “pressing ‘concern ‘to: tna Canadians, especially the 1.6-million unemployed, is ‘how _ Jobs- will be freated out of Tabor-saving technological _ change. . : : And those still. employed in such depronsed industries as “te clothing and footwear want to know whether Ottawa will | continue to support: and Protect, them. from dutside com- petition. : Earlier: this: year, in a ‘speech to. U.S, busingesmen, Johnston warned that: Canada and the U.S. must: release .. ‘their “death-like grip” on so-called sunset‘Induatries, _ In later interview he said he was ‘not referring to in- dustries a3 a group but to individual companies: which show - ‘ne ‘gigns of ‘éver: ‘becoming competitive i ~“Fohnstgn i is Uwateot the fear of workets ands youl ‘pdopte preparing to enter the workforce that there. won't be Jobs. for ther. '. “He admitted when he unveiled his policy proposals that “change is always upsetting and can often be, painful,” But what he wasn't saying was how. upsetting. and painful some in his own department believe it will be. As he was unveiling his policy proposals, a confidential and grim. ‘‘discussion paper”. on the‘impact of technology prepared for his department was being leaked to: the j press. Technology will destroy Up to two million jobs in less than. 10 years, creating chronic high unemployment and social. discord, the paper warned. “Johnston, clearly embarrassed by the leak, tried to play ‘down the study as nothing more than a discussion paper. " But he still refuses to make it public, ” ‘ “The biggest sin;” says de Jong, is Johnston’ 8 ‘ek of "openness with the public; vo “There.are major changes. coming down the line which: * will affect millions of people and for the government to say ” Sorry’ folks, you-can't look at this information’ oil's {ust so stupid, so stupid:" - ~The discussion, paper is overly pessimistic, argues ” Johnston, who says no one really knows how many Jobs :. technology will create ‘or destroy. “People are fearful of the impact of some of ‘these policies ~ ~owithout really understanding what they do or what the -_ impact will be," he says, "It's just an undefined anxiety out » there in certain quarters.” ’ Shirley Carr, executive vice-president of the Canadian ~ Labor Congress, agrees no one knows what the net impact on Jobe will be. . “However, on the basis of the available evidence to date, we in the labor. movernent feel there are reasonable. Chenge considered : ‘MONTREAL (CP) — The Parti Nationalist may have to: “undergo aname change before it is even officialy launched. The problem is the similarity-between the party's name _ and that of an obscure new Montreal-based party; the Parti natlonal canadien, sald Ron Gould, assistant chief electoral officer, in a telephone interview from Ottawa. | Voters might be confused by the similarity between the names; even:thoigh the two parties have nothing. in-com- . :‘mon — the Parti natidnaliste is to act. ‘asthe Parti : Quebecois's proxy.on the federal ‘scene. while ‘the Parti: national canadien appears to, revolve ‘around the Idea. of _ monetary reform. | . “To ‘appear on: the ballot at the next election, parties. pst be ‘registered with the chief electoral officer and meet * certain criteria. | ‘The Parti nationatiate ia the hely of the Union s populate, a. “\ patty setup ln time for the 1970 federal electiin'to carry the ‘Quebec independerice fight to Ottawa: The. Dnion Populaire didnot have the backing of the PQ. <= But the PQ has sineé-come around to approving: the idea. : “of forming a distinct party to fight the good: fight'in | Ottawa - gn Marcel Léger, former ‘Quebec environinient ‘minister, “has just set! it up. | - Leger, as interim leader, asked the chief elector ai officer. in a letter last week to approve changing. the name ‘of. the - Union populaire {0 Parti nationaliate, a . “The chief returning officer must determine whether he a can accept the change of name," said Gould, _ ‘The request js being reviewed andthe. problem of the © f. ..- Similarity between the party’s chosen name and thal‘af the. a Parti national canadien ip a “majer, consideration: ” 7, \ \ 1 t e: igh | i ‘thekcelience within the, university structure’. :, encourage i - $100" million for j ‘technological ‘development, on top of the $3 billion ‘already Twice that would just put.us on par with other major. “ Ad ton: says “that the ue is one element. Sood aaa hi Policy. ‘will-address. ' : \ : Another element tg the: reccgition by, the “Bhucetton tem:and by| students, especially young: wo womnen;: of the with: ‘he newte eines Institute atudy-blarhed | ec jobs for 60 Der ‘cent | ( Says, urtent “Byst heed for skills to cope “recent -C:D, Howe: limnaiteh of skills and ‘sinéinployment; : -- Meanwhile, Jolinston aayahls proposalsare: also to increase and improve the research that Is ta “and ‘the speed at.which: technologieal_ changes m -the’ lab, to the workplace... Part of this will be accomplished by increasing the money * being Spent on encouraging research and development, which has.not been sufficient in‘the past, he’ says. |. “Despite the plethora of problems facing. the country — ‘and Canada is not alone — Johnston, doesn't share the pessimism of many Canadians. | “Being, the kind of optimist I am: 1 think welll aiereome all of'them.” — . "But he adds: “The only qitestion Is within ‘what kind of “time frame > can we. do it quickly enough.’ mop “4 A designed llya Gerol’s HOT SPOTS. _ Sterling News Service , : Feature: ” Shortest way to. Middle East peace | “More than a year ago the Israell army - 7 ‘started its Operation’ Shlomo Halll. (Peace for Galilee). “It-took Israeli defence forces only a ‘few ~ days to reach the outskirts of Beirut; As a _Tesult the Palestinian Liberation organiza- “tion’shas been destroyed as an: active military force and weakened ag & political: - entity. It took. the world almost ‘a year to realize oo the ‘depth ‘ofthe deception with which the | North Ameri¢ah media, together with some ‘ _ European: newspapers and the official press ' of the eastern bloc, covered the: events in. } _ the summer.of 1982. aE, . “Today, Operation Peace for Galilee: ‘and - its consequences, seen: with the advantage -of hindsight, are the convincing proof that. determination and a belief that freedom . ‘and democracy could be and. should: be efended is the Shortest waytopeace. sly feck thé (number! “is usefdl“ casualties among the civilian population in Lebanon given to the public by the reporters | and editors. in the. first weeks of the ~ Lebanese conflict. Eighteen thousand dead: . and 30,000 wounded — that was the conclu- _ Sion of the CBC in Canada and NBC in the United. ae Thirty thousand dead and 68, eae wo — these were the numbers e@ ae ‘ASS and Moscow Radio.” - “The ancient-cities of Tyre and Sidon‘are “jin 4st do not exist any more” ene bac Sat asthe American network reporters agreed. A year later it was of- ficially announced by ‘the central govern- ment of Lebanon that the casualties did not exceed 1,600 hundred people, and in both cities of Tyre and Sidon a total of 68 buildings were. destroyed. ‘The combined population of both cities, by the way, is — 380, 000 people: When the PLO was forced by the Israeli “army to leave Beirut and South Lebanon, Journalists such as Orlana Fallaci and . Georgianne Geyer wrote that it was amoral victory for the PLO. Several months later Ikram Sartavi,.the PLO moderate who was: recently- killed by his colleagues from the group of Abu. Nidal, commented: “One more: such victory: and we will see. each other in Fiji.” AS a result of the Ieraeli operation in. Lebanon the central government in-Beirut had for the firat.time in seven years the op- portunity to start the process of the restora- tion of the sovereignty, of its country. The agreement between Lebanon and’ Israel ~ “about the simultaneous withdrawal. of all foreign troops — Israelis, Syrians and the PLO — from Lebanese soil was the most essential contribution to the future of an in- dependent Lebanon. People might have. different views on " Menachem Begin, the. prime minister of -Israe]. His stubbornness: and bluntness, his . obsession with the Holocaust and his tough ‘Manner in dealing with his partners bring _ . him more enemiesthan friends. _- ‘Yetone cannot deny that itwas Begin ‘who — * brought peace to three of the four borders . Which Israel has with Arab countries, The ' full diplomatic and economic relations with Beyot, normal.-business and: regular unof- ~ ficial contacts with Jordan, “as well as - . economic, military and’political relations . with Lebanon, -broke the ring of-isolation in. ‘ which the Jewish State ‘found itself during \ ‘té three decades of existence. Even Syria \ "agreed to establish a’. working group together with the United States tosearch for . normalization of the Middle East situation. . There is no easy way to peace but one thing is clear — that firmness on basic prin- ciples ‘and the flexibility on the tactical tegues isthe most Premaiaing Way. /-Amang . the Couinty x apiplace | \ 4 \ ‘