Letters

THE HERALD, Wednesday, Janvary 4, |\978, PAGE 3

Dear Sir:

When I reflect on the number rot news cloglngs have cross desk over the year, I an overwhelmed the public service sup which The Art itis Society has reecived. We . are dependent on the understanding of editors ‘0 interpret our news material for the in- formation of readers. You have done this most effectively and our fund raising campaigns, up by ., 52.9 percent, are one suci+ “= indicator of your assistance.

I would like you and your readers to know that their support has made it

The Arthritis ety to provide more -. than 70,000

tments to tents ‘with arthritis

0 B.C., and to extend consultant services for

the first time-into several remote B.C, com- munities.

In those areas which Jost our services a year- and-a-half age because of budget cuts, we are now able to provide regular

treatmen from here

tweatment Arthritis Centre. Educational programs, clinical = an basic ' research are on-going - through the assistance

received. — I know that the man . Volunteers in ea -; ;@ommunity who work for

a+ the Society on a

': ground basis and o

who help at campalgn time, join with me in this

OTTAWA (CP) Farmer Brown bought ‘too many blasting caps to a with the dynamite he

5 Ss in his: at and promptl forgot about oe m

Several months later, the children of some city relatives were playing in in the barn, eum blasting and eted them’ P Within a w days, - several children in the city school .., - brought them . — “show and tell. ”

>’: The scenario is not just . br etical. One or two r cases are brought to the attention of of- _ ficials in the energy, mines and resources . department every year, . ted oie Rivieres, an

ves inspector, sai "inan interview Tuesday.

’ In response to this type ‘of potentially disastrous situation, ‘and other -gbuses associated with ‘explosives, the depart- “ment has tightened ulations governing the bale and possession of blasting materials.

- The regulations, which become effective in March, flow from 1975 amendments to the Explosives Act and are ely aimed at gettin rid of explosives whic sometimes lay forgotten but potentially dangerous _ for as long as 20 years.

i fall types of explosives, except smali quantities of *’ ammuniton and fire- . works, will need a permit “to transport and possess - the .

° PR viouly, one needed a - perm only when the * quantity exeeeded 150

VALID a DAYS “The permits, which are ‘issued by the vendor, are valid for only 90 days. * “Phere is’ no more red tape to acqillre a perm than to satiety the vendor eB

"* should’ a’ vendor not *tenow. someone seeking to. - acquire . .explogives, the

urchaser must. gain certification from the

local police.

- Robert J. Smith

. Explosive danger

suse to elear : ‘some -

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letrer of appreciation as they depend so much also on your assistance. Our information doors are always open to and your read anytime material required on arthritis an its modern, scientific treatment.

My letter carries to you andy your staff best wishes for a successful New stall Naga

ca about better services for patients with arthritis in

Yours sincerely, Robert

Executive Director

Deas Editor:

December, 1977 has come and gone.

What has become of Cloverlawn?

Cloverlawn kepi saying development s starts in ‘1977, They saying this for a few

” Please Terrace Council tells us what is hap-

PTO much tax dollars

are we losing on promises that did not come true?

Who is Cloverlawn? Is it out- siders or is it local al people who are involved

Let us start the New Year by finding the positive solution to the ee at hand.

ou, Yours Teal 7 Mrs, Lily Nielsen.

“Anyone who has a

legitimate use for ex-' ©

osives can get them,’” said,

Ve Take

“Brospectors.

not known to local businessmen, can obtain’ explosives by showing a prospecting permit.

Possession of the ex-

. plosives after the 90-day

od could result in a fine or three months in jail if they are not destroyed or Tetumed,

Abandoning the ex- plosives carries a: penaltycf ,000° or six menths in jail.

Stricter regulations, under the Criminal Code, ted SONS

sessing ‘cxptoshe es for riminel al purposes.

Des Rivieres said the rules will be enforced through spot checks by inspectors, which include members of the RCMP, Quebee Provincial Police and Montreal Urban Community police.

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fave a peaceful and prosperous year in 1978. We hope that ou will continue to onor us with your patronage during the coming year.

Practise “Tndge 3302 Kalum ° 635-6719

Quebec terrorists won’t return

have been

‘ging

MONTREAL (CP) — British trade they wouldn't get a fair Cossette-Trudel write ina trial if they returned to letter published Tuesday Canada to face charges in by Le Devoir that they the kidnapping of former have already been

ces convicted by politicians and the news media for their participation in the

October, 1970, kidnapping

of Crogs,

‘We have already been tried one hundred times since Dec. 3, 1970 when the federal Gxecutive

expelled us,"

“Charged one hundred times, judged summarily undred dmes and oo vlctod one hundred times without recourse by the political machine in ower Fig e ‘ormer members, now living in France, wrote to Premier ‘Rene . Levesque last September asking that all charges against them be dropped so they and their two children could return to Quebec. The appeal was rejected by Lev and Justice Minis Marc-Andre Bedard. - In their letter to Le Devoir, the Cossette- Trudels say the media gu conclu

ty “even tno te eed and the erent responsibilities haven't

been established before a judge or commissioner.” HAVE NO HOFE

seriously envision that will be possible to assure us a fair and equitable

trial?” vidna pping Was & political action which ed in the

can't be : context of é€ criminal their

peoltical ae in any

” action pales anime deeds done in the name of national security by the federal and provincial governments

com-

Two former members of missioner James Cross. the terrorist. Front de Louise Lanctot and her Liberation du Quebec say husband Jacques. _

ster

While recent allegations about RCMP" wrong-doing: are ex: plained away by Prime Minister Trudeau and

_ doe, Chay, of -Bullers Glass and Glen Sheppard of. Electrolux patched up the ' Electrolux, olfice window Monday after high winds caused the window, to: > break. - ‘Fox,’ i ‘they are Raa legs::.:

we od

ihdatided > + : as #4 veo

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and their police forces: .

Solicitor-General: Francis: .

illegal than FLQ acts committed in the name of Quebec. independence, the two exiles wri Like several ether prominent FLQ figures in recent years, they renounce terrorism and their former terrorist organization. Viclence, note the CossetteTrudels, ‘‘only hastened the emergence of a muscular state and police pov: power’ and slowed evolution of progressive social and palit eal trends in Que- They made virtually the same renunciation of violence in a 1972 letter to

’ a Montreal journalist who

worked for Agence de Presse Libre du Quebec, il a left-wing news agency.

The letter was later cited by the RCMP as a

justification for an illegal raid on the news agency’s office in an eftort to. obtain. information on

supposed F'LQ links with international terroris) organizations.

In their letter, nh two exiles deny sug uggeations by JeanPierre Goyer, federal supply and ser- vices minister, that they participated in terrorist activities after they were expelled ftom anada and sent to Cuba.

Goyer made his comments last October in reaction to release of the 1972 letter to the news agency.

HAVE PAID PRICE

Former FLQ members, say the Cossette-Trudels, have more than paid the price for their actions with ail sentences or ex-

in their letter Her to

thei Levesque, t uckee bec

ir plea to t 2

government, rather than

oo Ottawa. they don't sa e

want by dase te be part

“of an intergovernmental

ping-pong game_...””

rt 3304"Kalum St...

A New Year’s Greeting — toall of our patrons. The Thedest in in "78,

SULUNOUENE

Fashions .

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