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‘LETTERS TO
: LIME EDITOR _

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Dear Sify“; es ‘was righi, thre ras bot oie “
We would te.to driw to “mechanit to he found that | -

your attention: something roould lock at So; we ended

that we foal is lacking is your a

town aod we fel Sa be est in. Thornhill. There —

fooked into we wore tald that the owner

Apparently ‘Terrace does might be able to lool at It on
not have. any. 24 hour car.. fhe, ‘next day but tat, he
mechanics. As ‘for long ween't sure if ‘the could be
weekends, such se wo _ pat aay” raat help.
bad, there ‘was’ no: car “Then camea the decision, go

mechanic available. to leok: ‘oa Rotel (we had our doubts :

‘Kennedy's

at one's car, from Saturday, ' that we could find a room at
August 2 til Tuesday, . ory ‘Saturday night),
August 5. . ; leave the car in Terrace and
ete - thenhave tocome beck for It
ta Terrace not supposed {we'd gnlased the bus back to |
batho a of oar port Raper. OF tow tt hop.

The following le. camel way, was, te tow it home: 50.

of our Ssxper -af 3:90 a.m, Sunday, Avguat sieht to make defeat sound
-Saturday,. Aug, % ne 3 pee, bm " _ new challenge. -

around 10 p.m, . mo, ive people ae Se front ofthe And it is this capacity to

‘ ‘tow truck Lied ed hot bound’ back against. ad.’

‘We were on wit my to, we orc home. ‘versity that convinces.

Smithers for # slled, fon rele % part free from mitsing the friends and foes that Edward

wheh our car ote “Moore Kennedy, 48, has.

us atranded” halfway ie rs
bill, about “10 ‘miles: froth °
Terrace on . the iPrings::'
Rupert side. We" tried 4a, al

false someone on the CB. “a aaa aud ad op atuck in

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Finally we ‘picked up 2

couple of fellows |
mand
Cod ne
the fellows poi to a
telephone and called.» tow .
truck for ws and we'd like to:
thank him for bis help. .

The tow truck caine and: ”
we get into Terrace around
1 p.m. The driver told us.
that we could hot. be sble te.
ete acivone-to lodk'nt the-enr :
until Tuesday; but'we didn’t
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daciie Wo go be work:

A Barely «town with the

eapecialiy on a - Jong
weekend, there should be at
feast one mechanic on duty
or on call.”

We hope tii you sll Lok .

into Uhis matter and perhaps
make some change that may

- benefit the next person wha:

:* tude binawel “in

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The Herald welcomes jis readers comments.
All letters to the editor of general public interest -
will be printed, We do, however, retain the right
to refuse to print letters: on grounds a
libel or bad taste. We may also edit letters for

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. “NEW YORK (CP) -

Edward Kennedy, the last of
‘the present generation - -of
political

‘Kennedys,
somehow - managed Monday

established himself as a

power on the - American
seene, perhaps in four years -

‘the président of. the United

’ States after all,
Conceding the Democratic ’

party ‘nomination this year to

Jimmy Carter, Kennedy.

nevertheless announced he

. will pursue his’ campaign to

turn the. party again to
humane and: liberal prin-
ciples that he bas contended
Carter ‘abandoned _ as
president. wa

"“[ continue to care deeply
about. where this, party
stands, and 1 hope the
delegates will stand with me
for a truly. Democratic

platform,” he ‘said in.

message to the. party’ 5 na-

- tional convention: -
Kennedy, in defeat, ‘thugs
' laid elaim to a Place’ as

Jeaderspokesman of his

|” party's traditional role ps a
coalition led by big- -city:
‘qs workers.

. Thereare those, especially
in the Carter camp, - who

' would cliallenge the Ken-'

inedy claim as the arrogance |
: Carter Democrats in order to

speinforce his credentials
. with. the’ curfent party:
- establishment and broaden
_ his power base: This would
" enhance his chances for the

of a Boston multi-millionaire
Who self-consciously carri¢s

tre legacy of his late and:

perhaps . more ‘brilliant
political older- ‘brothers; the

' fate’ John. and Robert Ken.

nedy.
NEED TEDDY -
, Butis! isalso trie eit Hen

néedy- has something they
need.

Immediately, they need™

the disaffected 40 per cent of
the: party for whom Ken-

_nedy,. by hig persevering
*- wine-month campaign for the

presidential’ nomination,
became the natural leader.

Especially, the’ need the
Kennedy following in the big
industrial states. These are
the states — New York and
New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and. California — whih .all

-agree will be the main .

battlegrounds in the Nov. 4
elections.
. They are also the regions

where-thie polls show voters”

who dislike Carter and fear
Republican. Ronald Reagan
are talking about voting for

independent John Anderson, ~

the ‘renégade Republican

. congressman from I\linois.

’- And that groundswell may
a something else that only
Kennedy could divert to the
Democrats in November.
“It was after a lengthy Ken-
nedy-Andergon. meeting
recently that -the  in-
dependent . presidential

. gandidate emerged to say he

‘might step aside if: Kennedy

- were to Win the Democratic

nomination, Anderson [ater -
retracted somewhat, but left
his potential supporters

wondering,

Kennedy, in turn, probably.

neéds a degree of public
reconciliation with the

presidency... liv ' 1904, espe- -

oe clally if Jimmy Carter fails ~

to close tt the: Popularity gap

‘against Reagan by. election
day Nov. 4..

It’s been’a long, hard way
‘to this power position for a
man only recently dismissed
as a political dilettante
trading on-the family name,
a playboy politician dirtied
-by personal scandal. *

Thecoddled youngest child

of nine, in ‘the family-:

ambitious clan spawned by
Joe and Rose . Kennedy,
Edward was first over-

shadowed and then haunted ~

by the early deaths: of ‘his

older brothers. — ‘Joe, killed .
- in the Second World War;

John; the president,
assassinated in.1963; Robert,
‘murdered in 1868 while
campaigning -for the
presidential nimination.
Edward himself was tem:
pered by personal troubles.

He escaped death ina 1064 |

plane crash that damaged

his spine, and hestill wears a .
corset: brace. Son Teddy, -
now 19, lost a leg to cancer,
Wife: Joan has “fought °

alcoholism.

Ahe he is still dogged by

the 1969 accident in which
companion Mary- -Jo
Kopechna.died.

Even his record as the

youngest U.S. senator ever.
elected, in 1062 at age 30, was _

dismissed widely as 8
‘ political inheritance from his
alder. brother John.

When he launched his
_ challenge: to Carter for the ©

"presidential nomination ‘last
Nov. 7, his effort seemed

fumbling, mistimed and a ~

probable flash in the pan.

His epeaking style was.
sometimes awkward, often.

embarrassingly booming.

‘He: seemed to erope ts

issues. .

By last Jan. 28, in a major
campaign speech at George:
town University

his... policies © on social,
economic and ‘foreign
policies. rn

He ‘also proclaimed,

‘againat the’ building odds.
even then, that “I intend to
-stay the course-— I believe
we must not permit-the.

dream of ‘social progress to

be ahattered by thase whose

promises have failed.”
Even by June. 4, when. the

Jast of the candidate primary: .

‘elections. left him with &
losing minority of committed

Democratle party delegates,

Kennedy persisted s

it was ‘this persistence,

should resist an apparent
shift. to' political. con-
servatism, that. finally

‘gained him: power in the

party and the country. .
Abraham. - Ribicoff,
retiring Connecticut senator

who: backed John Kennedy:
but opposed Edward on the:
crucial ' convention. vote.
Monday night, has said he:

finds: Edward more likable
than: his older brothers.
And Congressman Morris

‘Udall of Arizona departed:
from his keynote speech text.
at the convention to observe.

that: ‘Kennedy |g “a great

man anda great American,” ,
whose campaign ‘‘came as .

close to a genuine draft as we

have had in American *

polities. ”

Sentiments change swiftly
in politics, but those opinions
may yet catch on among the

voting majority. lt is at least’

“ significant.:that two such

“” potent pollti¢ians chose bo
"praise Kenney .

in”
Washington, he had clarified , .

his”
" insistence that the ‘country

* Suiddenly | I woke U uP
and. there a wasn te

ine of drivers. nationwide have:

Involved In automobll denia'and
en ne rigamarole. that. follows.
the. myrlad:
ce-claim forms | can
 befuddie even. the most stalwart seman:
ticlst.. The following aré
called. from various auto

'afferwards. Filling ‘out

wt

insurance : ‘corm

".California:.”

we Coming home, [drove into the rong

don’t have
m= The other’ car’ collided with ‘mine

= | thought my window “ down |
found out. if was uP. when | put. my,

om 4d: collided with a “sation

coming thé other way. - e
: “see truck backed through my wind

— & pedestrian hit me and wont!

‘my car.
—The guy was all over te ran: nn
ve anumber of times.
sahil pulled away from the side ofthe roa
glanced at my ‘mother-In- law,
over’ the. embankment.
— In my attempt to kill a tly,
a fel hone pole. if
iow tha been shopping for plants at! e
‘and was on my way home. As |
intersection a hedge sprang -Up ovciing:
my vision. I did not see the other car. :
— | had been driving my car for 40. years :
when | fell asleep at the wheel
accident.
— | was on my way
rear end trouble when my.
gave way causing me to'he'
- , My carwas. legally prea iback
F inte the other vehict@s.:: Pe ae
a, TO, avold! hitting.the t j

Inv front of me | struck ‘the pedestrian...”

‘— | wasunable to stop In time and my. cay
crashed Into the other vehicle. ‘The. driver.

_ and passengers then lett immediately for a:
vacation with injurles.

— As | approached the intersection a stop

a

drove ye :

and fied an

shag lotr: :

stop sign had ever appeared before: | was
. unable tostop in time to avoid the accident.

skull fracture.
— | was sure that the old fellow would

never make It fo the other wide of the

roadway when { struck him. =. a

' — The pedestrian had no idea what
direction to go, so | ran over him, :

— | saw the slow moving, sad faced, eld
gentleman as he bounced off.my car.”
' — The indirect cause of this accident was.
a little guy in a small car. with a bight :
_ = Twas thrown from my car as.It lettithe.
road. | was later found in @ ditch by. same
stray cows. . Con ES
— The telephone pole was approaching
fast. | was attempting to swerve out of ite:

‘path when it struck my frontend. 2.5 OF

And you wonder why It takes: weeks, :

" sometimes months to receive restitution
from automobile Insurance compantes?::|t:
takes them that long to decipher what thelr. |
clients are trying to tell them! — By Neal: .
Leavitt, Reprinted from the Los Anasies
Heratd-Examiner. . a

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“TALK }

The third in a series of five articles on taw for
artists and inventors by Gordon Hardy.
if you bulld a mousetrap, how do you
prevent sorne rat from. stealing your invention?
Inventors have developed the réputation of
- being a paranold burich as they've puzzled over
how to get their inventions to the market before.
someone [umps the gun on them. Some suggest
putting plans for the Invention in: a sealed en-
velope and then having It witnessed and dated
by 4 notary public. ©
"That's a terrible ides and | tear 1" all the
time,” says Norman Cameron, a registered
patent agerit In Vancouver. Until you show the
Invention to else, the patent office
doesn't consider you ever lrvented It. You don’t
have tomake lt public but most people know one
or two confidential people they can show It fo.”
The Idea of showing the Invention to a few
trustworthy people ts that-If establishes the date
of Invention, tha key tsaue in determining | which

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vention. Unilke copyright ‘which comes

: automatically with the creation of an original

work of art, a patent is only valid when it Is
Issued by the government. Here In Canada that
means the Buread.of Intellectual Property, a
branch of the Federal Department of Consumer
and Corporate Affairs.

, The bureau Issues the patent to the first In-
ventor. In disputes over who. the first Inventor
was, the bureau issues the patent to the
claimant with sufficient evidence of being first.

If two Inventors work together on an in-_
vention, the patent will be issued jointly. If an
employee Is pald to invent something for his
employer, the Invention belongs to the em-
ployer.

According - to ‘Cameron. a ‘patent Is “a:

monopoly which the government grants to you -

In exchange for giving the public access to the
Invention. It gives you 17 years In which no one
else can use It. In this way It Increases the flow
of Ideas and Inventions.”

John Switt, a Vancouver lawyer, says patents
encourage people to Invent since they “ensure
you enjoy the frults of your labor” by preventing
anyone else from making, using or selling the.
invention In Canada for 17 years. However, once
the non-renewable 17- year period is ver,
anyone may make, use or sell the irivention In
Canada.

Apatent,itke a copyright indvetelat design or

Rime Ade eh teow SET bye tee 1

t

and belongs to the ‘Inventor unless he sells it to
someone else. But patents differ markedly ‘ from
these other categorles of intellectual property.
The. most Important, difference Is that -paten-

«table Inventions ‘Involve ‘a new arid useful

process, machine, manufacture or substance, or

anew dnd useful improvement to one of these. .

A‘ new design for a combustion engine,. for

example, would only be patentable If. it im. .
proves the engine In a utilitarian manner. .

jmprovements in the shape or appearance of an
item are protected by: Industriat Designs and not
patents. -

' Other patentable inventions might be new
pesticides or drugs, or a new type. of

7 screwdriver with a different system of fadusting

the blades: -

Patents cannot: be obtained for mere routine
design ‘improvements on existing devices,
computer programs or new. varieties of hor-

tlcultural plants. Nor can they. be obtained on.

medical treatments although. - ‘according to
Swift, equipment Invented to ‘measure the
perforrnance of medical treatments, such‘as the
electrocardiogram, would be patentable. —

A difficult question to answer Is when exactly
fo apply for a patent. Inventors must balance
ithe rush to file an application agains? the
' requirement that the Invention actually work.
Bolh Camerén and Swiit have suggestions.

Cameron explains that an inventor could not
nedsus At ape ten Meet - ws “s Pe te

fans
_vincing plans,” he says. “It doesn't have to bq
m

_within one year In other. countries will be giver
the effective filing date of the first ie

could prove It worked. “You don’t actuali ae :

to make the engine but you must heve..cant

extremely commercially successful but {t

‘function to some extent accordin
structions." ad " you: "t

Swift says, “1 bdvise people that untit ’ at
_ sure of the commercial viability of an ii ay |

don't really need the Protection of a pa
Once an Invention Is used In public; e OF i
described In publications, application-for. patent ; |
in Canada must-be made within two years: ma
publication occurs, it Is too late to. file ap :
plication In many other countries. This preb problem ©
can be overcome In most Industrialized : ‘coun: |
irles, though, If an application. Is filed. in 0
country before publication, Applications, {iter

The costs alone are enough to discourg
people. The. government filing fee. for an’ a

plication Is $150, while the at
fee Is a minimum of ‘eo What's et se»

org the,

_patent Is only: valid for Canada so Inventors

seeking patent protection in Americayy ..

European markets face repeated fees there, ; é

Fees payable to patent agents for

i no
filing applications are ext Say cr
$1,000 for Canada, raand vsvally om

Still, a truly better mousetr,
someone rich. The hopetut are ne could fo
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