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EDITORIAL —

Two clear but conflicting messages are coming out of recent protests in- volving energy. ee On the one hand, motorists are angry over both gasoline rationing and rising prices. Adollar a gallon for gasoline Is a reality that residents of remote areas faced some time ago and Is now facing the less remote and more populated centres. Violence, provoked by lineups for diminishing gasoline supplies Is being seen in the United States now. | The car and the fuel to power it is considered an essential for even those - where there are other forms of tran- sportation are available. On the other hand, we see protests against an increase in the nuclear power. After recent incidents demon- strated the hazards and risks of nuclear energy, many have reacted against: its use at all. rn) While the use of the two forms of energy, oll and nuclear power, are not

necessarily directly linked, It is.not an

elther-or situation, all forms of energy are inter-related in respect to our total energy needs and that if one is cut back others: must be utilized more. ——

Overthe next’ few years the residents of the energy-hungry United States will be facing a serious dilema, how to deal with their energy demands.

Canadians may have some extra reserves, our demands may not as yet be . as high as those of our neighbor, but we will eventually come to the same crossroad. a .

There is a reaction here against damming more rivers. The Social Credit goverhment has opted against nuclear power. There are, however, also cries for more development and an expansion of industry and manufacturing, both taking Immense amounts of energy.

It will take some hard decisions and possibly unpopular moves to enforce consérvation. It will take some bold ventures to experiment with some of the alternatives to some of the less ac- ceptable methods of providing energy.

Are we prepared to accept cutbacks? Will alternatives such as wind and solar power be further explored. The next few years will see us make some radical and fundemental changes to our way of life or face a similar crises to that In the United States. . : .

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

race just make me very iD. Especially when it comes to

ople who want the lives of ow grade murderers

Dear Sir:

Regarding Greg Mid. dieton’s article on capital

Oath taking | ' | like wedding

’ OTTAWA (CP) — It sounds a little llké a wedding ceremony with new miniaters required to swear’ tdo" i

arate oaths In ceremonies such as that before Gov.-. ~ + Gon, Bd Schreyer at the installation of Joe Clark's cabinet

three sep Monday.

First they swear allegiance to the Queen:

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WY oui do swear that you will be faithful and bear trie alle-

"glance to her Majesty Queen Eillzabeth the Second, Her Heirs -

_ and Successors according tolaw:SohelpyouGod,” --.. -

__ "Phen they reapond to a wordy oath of secrecy as members: of the Privy counel, the traditional body that advises. the.” _ Governor-General and the Queen of which the cabinet, as the =

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executive committee, fa the only truly functioning part. -”-

“You do solemnly promise

and

and swear that you will serve

: Her Mateaty truly and faithfully in the Place of Her Council ' Her ea odeaty's Deminion of Canada, you will close andsecret all such matters aa ahall be treated, debated:

resolved on in Privy Council,

keep

the same or any part thereof by Word, Writing or an nee aise taany Berson out of the same Council, butto -

such only as

be of the Council, and yet, If any matter 30

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without publishing or.

propounded, treated and debated In any such Privy Council, shall touch any particular Person, sworn of thesame Counell

upon any such matter as shall in any. wise concern. hie.

Loyalty and Fidelity to the Queen’s Majesty, you will in no. ©

‘wise open the same Lo him,

your mind and opinion to the honour and benefit of ‘the Queen's Majesty and the good of Her. Subjects without ‘par- tlallty or exception of persons, in no wise forbearing #0 to do

keep as a good Courtlllor ought to do to the utmost of your: _ power, will and discretion. So help you God.” ; : Finally, each minister takes an oath of office: .

- “'You do solemnly and sincerely promise and a

meed, displeasure, ‘

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wear that’

but keep it secret as you would.” Person until the Queen’s Majesty’s pleasure be.

honestly and truly declare:

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you will truly and faithfully, and to the best of your skill and «: knowledge, execute the powers and trusts reposed in you as -~ (minister of the designated portfolio.) So help you God,”

, Toronto. , . Organizers

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_, NUCLEAR POWER

Public interest focused

NEWCASTLE, Ont. (CP) — Ontario's nuclear industry has just gone

through perhaps its toughest week of public |

_- The increasing anti-

ruclear . feeling On- tarlo, which originated with the Three Mile Island, Pa., nuclear capped during "the ca

weekend with a protest at. the Darlington nuclear generating site, 70 Kiomstres cast of Darling he the arlington protest sa they were pleased with the outcome and a apokesman for the en- vironmental. Greenpeace Foundation ssid Monday the group is planning another: march there, poss in September. " The protest led to the arrests ‘of 66 demon-. atrators, all on charges of trespassing. Most have been released on their own recognizance, but four have refused to promise to atey away om Ontario Hydro

propeity andwere held in of the Darlington plant. ployees involved in the

jait at nearby Whitby. They have been ordered to appear again to- day.The others will ap- ‘pear June 12. : They appeared in court

for bail hearings Monday.

The demonstration at

Darlington, to be the ,

largest nuclear power plant in the world when

in:1987, drew more than

a, wut . ud n

1 0 ay ‘ne one -dropped: in an behalf of " Greepeace. ‘

While Hydro security men chaséd the jumpers, a crowd stormed the

. plant's fence and invaded the site. Among. those arrested were three men who climbed on-“lo a

transmission tower and’

displayed signs asking passing motorists to “Honk for No Nukes.”

The men, who went up Friday, said they would stay on the tower until Ontario Premier William Davia ordered a fuli en- vironmental assessment

construction ig completed -

and a moratorium on construction until the hearing is complete. ‘Davia told the legislature Friday that an environmental aring would delay construction at the plant by two years.

vironmental hearings on

grounds that the plant’s .

power was needed

urgently to delay .con-. oo: egbruedions?

But the protest was just one-of last week's events that have suddenly started people asking more questions about

‘nuclear power and its

future in the province's long-term energy policies.

' A report made public last week explained how - _ two employees of the

Bruce nuclear plant recelyed overdoses of radiation from an April 28

accident. It also listed —

several violations of safety procedures, lack of essential equipment and poor training of -em-

aceldent,

A reactor at the Bruce plant was shut down last Thursday after excessive steam pressure set off a shutdown system. Al- though Hydro officials

Darlington was granted expected the plant to be

.an exemptlon to en-

reapened by the weekend, " they now say it will take a few more days to repair a line. from which 4 small

amount of heavy water, - vc has been leaking for the-*‘['

oe AN Oe SE Woat two months.

‘Hydro officials also an- nounced Isst week that low levels of radiation had been found In the Pickering, Ont., water - supply from leakages at. the Pickering nuclear generating station.

Another announcement ° from Hydro last week said that leaks of

~ radioacitve heavy water .

have been the main reason the plant at Rolphton, Ont., 180 kilo- metres northwest of Ottawa, has been. shut down for two months, The plant is schedule to Teopen June 16.

punishment,

So you think the state of Florida murdered a man Laat Friday when the execution of murderer John Spenkelink took place. Well I say there is one murderer who won't be out on the street to do it again. I wonder what qn would say about a man that raped & murdered your little daughter? If you have one? Would you say hia Ilfe should be spared? So even you could continue to help pay for his keep the rest of hia ilfe. Or if he had done the same thing to your wife? Then killed a policeman who was in the process of arres him. God man these b hearts we have in our society today about the poor human

spared, Sure I want to be sure that we don't hang in- nocent people, But when there is no doubt, then I sa: why not. Why do you think our police force are for capital puntahment again? Well I'll tell you. [t i so they cen get some protection again. Just look what happened Friday night at the U.S.A. Border. A man gal nt when tn legally and when the y trol officer tried to stop whe be wae shot to death. ause I'm sure inmy mind he thought he would paver by hanged for his deed anyway. So why not take a

ng, chance. Well I have had my

aay. Harold Dennill

-, Ener

.. WASHINGTON (CP) —

Aspread of public protest cyl, a onal supplies, gaso prices and the use of nuclear et dre ham- m ome to an em- ba President Carter the fact that many Americans are’ losing falth in his policies. Perhapa more

algnificant, a majority of Americans no longer seem.to find the preal- the enarigy shortages, fot

energy es, for example — credible, — alg anual ble f and unflappaole, has frequently been poevish and snappy inre- cent weeks, with the penile, with members of

own Democratic who resist hie policy initlatives and with some companies,

of the

Further evidence president's troubles wat reflected in an Associated Prese-NBC nationwide poll that shows 68 per cent

' Americans = think

party

currant gasoline shor-

driving if they

acarcity was real, but don't belleve It

. aurve nding

mocks President Carter's

‘warning, first made two

CARTER IN TROUBLE

By GLENN SOMERVILLE

years ago and repeated in

a national energy address

in April, that ‘the energy

crisis is real ... time is " running short."

The public hasn't ac- cepted Carter's ex- planation that current energy problems can be traced to lost Iranian imports — which ac- counted for only about 2.5 per cent of dally U.S. ‘consumption —-and e&x- ceasive domestic demand, .

Carter’a solution, to remove federal controls on oll prices as an in- centive for higher production, also ran into obstacles. Many mem: bers of Congresa say they

pose it and of] multina-

onal Mobil Corp. has said it won't work.

That led to a sharp

eritoism by Carter of Mobil as ‘possibly the most irresponsible company in erica,” Mobil simply doesn't vet ta pay @ avin

ts tax accompanying décontrol, the president charged

"| ie Gasoline shortages are the most obvious ener problem but not the on one. A convoy of truckers

converg! on Washington, threatening traffle tHe-ups to drama:

tize high diesel fuel .

prices, The fuel has more than doubled in price in

recent weeks, reaching &5

cents a°U.S. gallon and more in many reglons.

But nuclear protest groups have provided the moat dramatic signs of a re-emergence of . public protest against admin- istration policies. More than 1,-100 persons were arrested across country last weekend ina series of demonstrations, sit-ins and attempts to eceupy nuclear plants.

Thelr protests stem

- from the accident at

Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania three months ago, where a radioactive cloud was releaned in the at» mosphere threatening a wide area arouxl the plant, -. .

Carter, and = par- ticularly his energ minlater, James Schiesi- nger, are out of atep with the nuclear power op-

ponents. Schieeinger isan.

gute akon advocate of

oping nuclear power to alleviate shortages.

Recently, reports sa that even Carter's ata has been advising him to dump Schieslnger because he is a political Hability.

the’

gy protests focused —

Carter finds tittle ‘ respite these days within his own Democratic — party. Not yet a declared candidate for the 1990 presidential nominations, Carter is given fresh reasons almost weekly to doubt his chances,

Thre is a “draft Ken- nedy" movement among Democrata in the House of Representatives who feel the party’s chances of retaining pawer after 1900 are better with Senator Edward Kennedy than with Carter. This ts picking up steam now, with other movements at work In several states - drafting resolutions supporting the Massachu- setts sexiator for 1940,

who insists he ports Carter, apends a of time criticising the President, . ‘ teh thingr ap wilh other upw r Democrats, riot: has atarted a series of private dinners with influential senatora and members of the House of Represen- tatives, Though it is stilt widely speculated he will for a = second Presidential term, Carter acknowledges hid weak position each time he ls asked about reelection chances, prefacing his anawer by saying “lf I decide to run....”"

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CONSUMER ~ COMMENT

_ “Whenever I buy milk'’, the old man said, "T just.’

open up the carton, right there in the store .and smell

it, Only way I couldever tellifit’sfreshornot.” - - Is this the way you determine the freshness of a

carton of milk? Or do you make use of the best before

date on the container?

“But,” you ask, “what’s a best before date?” : Well, it’s a date marked on the carton that may look like this, “best before JN 01”. The date is a guide to - the product can reasonably - be expected to be at its peak in terms-of taste and! ©

the shopper as to how long

nutritional value

‘when

stored ' ~ ‘properly.

3: In;this case; the milk would be:at its.best for both taste andenutrition until.the first dasofirJdné! cAb-25 brevations for the names of the other months are:

FE; March - MR; April - -

AL; May - MA; June- JN; July - JL; August - AU; -

January - JA; February -

September - SE; December - DE.

October - OC; November - NO;

wit

Does this mean, then, that the milk can't be ‘sold. .

after that date?

No, it’s not an expiry date. Although not at the peak of freshness, the food could still be edible after that date, so the retailer can still sell it after the date: has

passed.

Do any other products carry a “best before" date?

All pre-packaged foods, except fresh'meat, fish and poultry, that have a shelf life of ninety days or less when properly stored must have a best before date ori the package. IF the product needs special storage conditions, instructions for storage also must be on the -

label,

_ The packaging date appears on labels of fresh meat,

fish and poultry.

So, check the ‘“‘best before” date whenever you're

buying things like milk,

yogurt, eggs, cream and

bread. Using the best before date, you no longer have to open packages in the store and “sniff” for

' freshness.

OUR CANADA

~ When the historians of the future take up the study of our times they will certainly record the revol- utionary changes in winter aport and travel. They will write about the Snowmo- hile and the impact it had on people who live in snow country,

Until Armand Bombard.. ier built a primitive auto- neige or snow sled in the 1920'a, man had to rely on skis, snowshoe or the liorse to carry him over the snow, It has revolutionized our concept of winter sport, leisure and business tirana portation. It has opened up cottage country, replaced husky doge, brought fam: ilies together. [t has been a boon to power and tele- phone companies, inval:

uable to pulp and. paper. operators and a conven. ience for trapper and police -

officer. - Prospectors

use.

them. Eskimos can range -

further on the hunt.

The shrine for users of: |

this invention is in

Val.

court, Quebec, a few nilles east of Granby. A museum *: shows more than 30 types © of snowmobiles made by

Armand Bombardier, —in-

cluding his first model and. one of thoae that went to . the North Pole.: Armand | .

Bombardier’ hae changed the world of winter. .

A great Canadian in- | -

vention.

’ Joho Fisher, Executive © Vice President. of the - Council for Canadian Unity - was Canada’s Centennlal -

Commissioner,

TODAYIN. |. HISTORY — |

1792 — Benjamin Franklin experimented with a kite and discovered that lightning was the same as atatlc electricity.

1967 — Fighting broke out between Israell and Arab forces, with both sides - claiming land and air vie: » tories,