ON Halton Hills Outlook is each Saturday by The Her newspaper Hills a Ms I on Canadian I at burton troriloii Ontario II Hi Number 2 TIM HI fill SI- NT Don ADVERTISING MGK Dave Terry I KujyHtijn US ItrinnMocIcod IIIMI neHjstlns I IIIIN T Outlook A scrappy whiz kid feels the pressure Garth founder of has been taking York by storm opening his famous mull screen cinemas and restoring the city grand old movie houses to their former splendor plush carpets and oil New Yorkers in arc showing themselves to be less than grateful off they resented Mr Drabinsky transfer ming a popular review cinema where old movies were shown into how clean and Celebrities and other movie- goers waved placards and marched up and down the street outside the Baronet and Coronet theatres to protest against the change though the refurbished theatres opened to rave reviews Bui the real rub came when Mr raised the admission price to from Maor Fd Koch and friends descended on the new movie houses an army of pro testers demanding thai price be rolled back We will not be abused we will not be taken advantage of the mayor said as he handed out leaflets show where movies could be seen lor less lhan had no com TOUCH The bold scrappy Mr may have met his match In Toronto Mr has hod an encounter of a different sort You may remember how he stole one of his arch rival most profitable theatres not long ago The Imperial Six owned by Famous Players was housed In two adjacent buildings with owners J When the lease came up for the half Famous Players dldn own Mr Drabinsky snatched it out from under his rival nose That evening when patrons arrived for the 7 clock show Mr Drabinsky security guards had his half of the theatre under lock and key A sign on the door said the Imperial Six was Twos a Crowd closed Thi of famous Plaers move unconscionable ir responsible unfiir Then he lay in waiting da Mr would open a new thi in his half of the building Just before Mr phoned hit op bash 1o tckbrdU his cinques But when the guests arrived thi door of Ihe new thi fire marshal for hem The rail buildings was sin lot dou he announced Tht thcatri a fire hazard lo tumour Players next door so could not allow It to Mr his theatre but Famous Players mode the point that two can play the game Being a moviehousi mogul is The 39yearold Mr is praised as a giant killtr man who cracked the monopoly and Famous Canada He distribuhn bus I is a how Canadia if we put our minds It is hugely growing in leaps and bounds it has 1 screens in theatres across North America Mayor Koch protest puts Mr in a ticklish situation It thing to jour rivals mad at you but quite another to annoy jour custom trs I with Mr Koch We use him hire in Toronto we pay K to set a mova or any other a I re or thai matter If the major army wins we should enlist our own mayors in all the cities across Canada to take up the cause picketing and pam phleling to get movie admissions reduced If Mr Koch loses we should probably be thankful that werepaylngK50 not Twos a Crowd By BILL BUTTLE d were A WHILE YOURE ON HOLIDAY Pin up a stock page take your best shot Your Business liuslnesn When It page from your daily newspaper and throw darts It The advice of gurus and highpriced investment analysts Is not worth the paper printed on decided to test this popular belief against the recommendations of some of the top slock pickers in the country Our fearless reporter Peter did an admirable Job of the dart work although some of the stocks his darls landed on may seem a little off beat Both we and ihe four big Invest ment dealers we re up against have priced he shares as of Dec 1967 to make it easier to see who has won come yearend Each quarter we will compare results If the stock market falls as many think It will we hope our stocks will fall less If the market rises we hope lo beat Ihe pants off our competitors Neither our own stock selections nor those of dealers should be taken as recommendations lo buy the mentioned or any others for that matter TOPF1VF Our lop five dartchosen stock picks for Canada include Group A a Montreal designer and manufacturer of women clothing 17 Resources tl I- Youve neglecting YOUR ORAL HYGIENE lumber wholesaler and distributor Pennington Stores a women wear retnler M Union Carbide the big chemical company 1637 How that for a mixed bag such an unusual portfolio it will In difficult to rxat Midland arid Securities who hove th jinvW preferred stocks Midland picked dian Imperial Hank of Commerce La id I aw A the bus and gar removal company Noma Industries the people who make Christmas tree lights Group A big food wholesaler and Echo Hay Mines miner Pcmbcrton portfolio shows a broader tangc with slocks priced from lo more than top choice Is G lam is Gold a gold miner 5 Mac Mlllan the big forest pro ducts company Imperial Oil A recommen datlon It shares Midland and Cancom Canadian Satellite Communications which provides radio and television signals to remote areas US STOCKS When comes lo American stocks Mr dart throwing produced a surprisingly well rounded portfolio from computer software to heavy construction and a broad range of prices too All arc in US dollars Our S stock picks not to be ok en as rccom mends I ions arc Cull net a computer software and database management company 5 Fluor a worldwide engineering and heavy construction company 75 Pueblo Interna which operates supermarkets and superstores II Schcring Plough the big drug company and Pacific Gas and Electric an gas and water utility With Ihese wo challenge the blue chip list of Green shields likes IBM Philip Morris thi tobacco company that owns General roods jOI McDonald Hit ham burger wilh products rjnginj from fond drugs aid ires and Kellogg Women must take control and stop smoking Quilting smoking vitally for women take control of their lues January 1988 Is Smoking Week and Heart and Stroke Foundation of tn supports the smoking campaign for reasons First of all women should take control of their lives for the sake of their heart studies ind leu women face same risks as men if they smoke says An Ihon j Graham resident of the and Stroke of Ontario In addition women who smoke have sex specific risks due to good reason to for themselves and their children Recent research also shows thai smoking causes about half of all attacks in young and middle- aged women Even a few cigarettes a day are dangerous Women who smoke only five cigarettes a day art twice as likely to get heart disease Among pack smokers per cent of heart attacks are by smoking Women smokers who use oral contraceptives are at a much higher risk of heart attack and Other risk factors for heart disease such as high blood pressure elevated blood cholesterol and diabetes multiply the risk of cor heart disease for women who That bad news The good news is that when women slop their risk of heart disease soon mal By quilling ike positive con their chances of heart smoking of disease Despite behind quitting smoking In although nearly all have taken up the habit as teenagers in rectnt years there s been a trend among women in their twenties to Women find it difficult to quit when tobacco advertisers portray smoking power emancipation attractiveness and success and because of smoking education which has told women they need lo qull for their Most smokers quit on Ihcir own Bui some smoking programs can be a real help Those who have a physical dependence on nicotine can gel help from their physicians smoking Week IMS Is a time for women take control of their lives and Ihetr health by quilting smoking Quitting smoking Is a bigger challenge for women than men Women find It harder to take control of heir lives by quitting smoking for several reasons including nobody been telling women quit for heir own good Ihcy re sup posed do it for somebody else smoking is equaled with Humour thinness and personal Independence inmarketlngcampalgns and the dangers of smoking in their health articles The results arc showing up in the statistics Men arc quilting smoking at a faster rale than women And women arc taking up smoking In their nit Just in their teenage yean More on falling vie lo smoking into diseases Heart discnst anil on on hi mere is among women and in lung r the leading cause of death for women breast cancer into phco