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Barrie Examiner, 24 Aug 1968, p. 4

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Elie Walla Publisher EarthExaminer Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited BarriOntario William Teller General Manager MoPheraon Managing Editor SATURDAY AUGUST ii PAGE INTERPRETING THE NEWS momma Many From House Domino cam mouse MTAWA CPIParliament ban certain air of continuity as members come and mem bers go but In one way at least the session opening next month lust wont seem the same Thernli be noticeable vold dove around the bottom corner on the government side where liberal Ralrh Cowan andvlndesj ndeat Giles Gregoire used to close neighbors They wont be the only ones missed of course its hard to imagine the Com mon opening without Mike Pearson lounging back in his middlefront seal legs crossed hitd right hand twirling bil eno ece 0r withnut lu hillrah standing out prom nenily in red or orange creation lust back of the front bench TORIES GONE Along the Conservative front bench the gap will be almost as striking Davie Fulton Ricb ard Bell Mike Starr Alvin Hamilton monsoon Notables Are On the government side whole platoon of ministers will be gone inclqu PaulMartin the dean of the nun who eat in the Commons for so uninter rupted yearn before being named to the Senate Also Panneli Maurice Snuve Robert Winters John Nicholson Roger Teiilet and Hedard Roblchnud The Social Credit party will be goneentiraly of course IT though former lender Robert Thornpson will be there wear ing Conservative colors And the NDP will be mluin two of tin nhlest debaters lea er Tommy Douglas who was da leeled mi Colin Cameron the pariya re no financial critic who died in July LADIES GONE Besides Miss Lahlnreb two others of the four female mem bers of the last House will be gone Liberal Margaret Hideout and Conservative Jean Wadds They leave only one lady MP the slight grayhaired and nt tractive Grace illnclnnla NDP nbnent will be Larry tin member and daughter of founder LS VWoodcwnrth Ififflfimmd halo are Mr me greath lower of all may be air Court and Gregoire the incompatible sometime ah II Never nin will there he rerun of at classic exchange in Januaryan bliss Llhllrlh sent me the per caplia an nual cost of the CBCdown to Mr Cownn with the condition that be undulnke neither to listen to nor watch CBC radio or television for year from this dnle and to shutup about it The little but volunbie Hr Gregoire leaped bapEllly into that fray first nccur bliss Lnlliarnh ofbrlbery and then demanding $540 for each of 70000 constituentn And Mr Cownn offered quarter to bliss Lalliarah to shut up because thats all the contribution she has made to the debales worth Never again Shakoup InrMosoowSeen FBy SOme US Diplomats An Early Descent Doesnt Se eniTo Be OneVOi Our Problems Humphrey Faces Dilemma At Democratic Convention CANADAS STORY Theproblems of the Republican Party in choosing presidentialnominee ear lier this month substantial as they were are as nothing compared to those facing the Democrats who must make their choice next week The divsion in Democratic ranks is profound and despite the fact supporters of VicePresident Hubert Humphrey are saying he has the nomination locked up the McCarthy anndGoverncampaigns obviously have enough combined sup port to at least make firstballot nom ination of Humphrey poor bet The major issue at stake is the Viet nam war in all its ramifications The war in much more of an issue with the Dem ocrats than it was with the Republicans earlier this month acircumstance that speaks well for Democratsregardless of the problemsit raises within the party McCarthy and McGovern are unquestion ably going to have an influence on the Vietnam plank in the platform But just how much influence the lib erals can actually wield is moot quest ion It will not be easy for the party as whole to repudiate the policies of President representing their own party umphrey cannot repudiate themat all wthout losing his White House support hat wili likelycorne out of these dif 45 YEARS AGO lNTOWN Barrie Examiner nual Midland YMCA camp at Beausoleil Island Georgian Bay had 29 boys who earned lifesaving grades From Barrie were Ross Cowan Victor Guest Arthur Walt Gordon Sarjeant County Judge Vance declared it was unfair to collect frontage tax in connection with through highways under local improvement sys cm Cup at arrie Golf Club Mrs Alex Lea he was winner of county tournament ladies Ross principal of Barrie Collegiate prior to appointment of Girdwood was storm centre of row in Arnprior where trustees objected to dictation by him over management of high school and protested to Minister of Education Barries first community singsong Sunv day evening at Queens Park with music by Citizens hand directed by Boyd Sly vester Edmund Hardy was chairmany Ernie Ryan song leader Morethan 100 registered in tamin book at annual ScythesBanthing reunion at Killarney Beach Lake Simcoe McConkcy fam ily hadaboutlho present for picnic at St Vincent Pa at fathers hom in Ivy Managerd Roberiso of Bali Planing Mill reportedbuiiding in town very brisk Dalton Whitt cap red four firsts annualregatta Orillia Car gt Special train fromDetroit passedthrough Barri carrying ists Muskoka 3in asbenters teaching at Edgar oTwi Gear ow as 192 An Miss Ida CresWicke wori Rees mm Club 5P°5°1 lgle had somes75oooon deposit when coo Tom Spears CPR in at built wireless radio in order 800 four hnvedug iilb tedd policy1 ETEHCES W3 9T OWIT gt late the Czechoslovak affair in more or less acceptable to both aides How up Democratic President would go about ending the war in other words will be as vague as that offered by the Republicans Assuming Mr Humphrey is nominat ed his biggest problcmvwill be in find ing suitable running mateThe perfect choice would be Senator Edward Ken nedy but there has been no sign he would accepta place on the ticket Sen ator McCarthy would be the logical sec ond choice because of the strength he has shown in the primaries but he would have to eat too many words before he could run with Humphrey Senator Mcv Govern the third choice would seem to be in the sametrouble although he has been less openly critical of Home phrey and the administration than has McCarthy difr Humphrey may in the endbe forced to look elsewhere fora running mate circumstance that could break off the liberals in both major parties without single nominee they could sup portThisin turn would subtract more support from Humphrey than Mr Nix on willrlose to George Wallace and could bring into existence fourth party DOWN uni10m LANE owner of Wayside Inn Craighurst mak ing markedimprovemenis Hydro now serves 23 houses at Shanty Bay Warren Pipe Organ Co received chart er to locate manufacturing plant in Bar tie capital$250000 of which $45000 was subscribed by local business men When Miss Caroline Beardsley resigned as caretaker at county court house her family had completed 77 years of con tinuous residence there Mc Cague Alliston agricultural represent fative for South Simcoe announced school fair dates Ninth annual meet ing of Ontario HorieSboers Assocn held in Toronto with attendanca of 200 One of speakers was Alex Scotty Cielahd of Barrie Depositors in defunctyHome Bank of Canada lost very heavilyIt is reported that Anguscainp Borden peo ank crashed Greatshortage of farm labor reported by Allan Hutchin son of Barrie Agltepfor North Sim Iug and steam crane brought from syhagotoyraise wreck of steamer Otonabee frombeside Big Bay Point WhaTTn Per nent Paragraphs fnrthe good old days it wasnt neces sary for avperson to become an acrobat lif anywomen in prehis Every time archeologiste eleton human toric Jim By ROD CURRIE WASHINGTON tT wish my be father to the thought but there is broadly based feeling among US diplo mate and intellectuals that with the Soviet slash into Czechoslo vakia international communism me have committed suicide so it would be long itn goring death its life could be savedor extendedby some daring transplant surgery among the Kremlin hierarchy Much of the speculation and interpretation that has flooded radio television and newspaper columns since theSuvlet inva sion is along the lines espoused by Zbigniew Brzezinski Colum bia University professor and tumor state department ad viser In the short run the hardil nera in Moscow can succeed in keeping Eastern Europe under their thumb his theory runs but in the long run it means the disintegration of internation al communism Many look fornnotherchapier in the drama in the form of new ahakeup in the Moscow leadership KREMLTN HAWKS WIN Their theory is that the Krem iln had given every indication it could live with the new liberal leadership in Prague and then suddenly changed its mind and decided to crush it This indi cates conflict of opinion in which the Kremlin hawks belatv edly gained the upper hand How the situation stabilizes after the initial emotional world To Save Garrison nyaon aowMAN In that the Englishspeaking world walled anxiously for news of General Wolseleyn expedi tion up the Nile to try to save General Gordon and the Rritish garrison besieged at Khartoum The expedition was led by tough Canadian Voyageurs who had volunteered for the task They lost the race The garrison wan massacred but the Voyageurs earned great praise from mili tary authorities for their effort Wolseley knew aboutvthe voy ageurs because in 1370 be was serving with the British army in Canada and led an expedition to Fort Gsrryto preserve peace after the Red River uprising led by Louis Riel The trl from To ronto took more an three months The most difficult part of the trip was from Port Arthur to Fort Garry by the fpawson Road tough canoe and port ageroute that had been sur veyed between lwlnssi The Voyageurs built boats for the army of 4200 men and their sup Pliesincluding cannon and am munition The boats had to be hauled thhough the woodson wooden rollers between rivers and lakes The Indian chiuf at Fort Francestried to stop the expedition but capitulated When he was given alarge quantity of four andanlt pork Dord Wolseleygwhovrosc to the top command of the British army never forgot that expedi tion and that is why he called on the Canadian Voyageurs when he was assigned tothe desperate Nile River campaign The expedition to Fort Garry was for more successful ft or rived on Aug 23 1370 and church balls were ringing all the way from Lake Winnipeg to Lower Fort Garry People gath ered along the river bank to cheer and even the indians fired SBlUteEARIEll nssislant ODonoghue who later became Fenian leader tried to persuade him to ambush the Wolseley expedition but Riel re fused because he was confident that be had made good deal with Ottawa Nevertheless he escaped to the USso he would not be arrested for the rmuder of Thomas Scott Hugh Macdonald son of Sir John member of the expedb tionpreturnsd to Winnipegdn 1832 and eventually became Premier of Manitoba OTHER EVENTS 17940rder lnCouncil divided Canada into Upper and Lower provinces effective Dec 16 tauBritish captured Wash ington DC as reprisnl for US attacks on York and Niagara lanaiSteamer Royal Wil liam left Quebceon first trip to Halifax sasssir Charles Grey and Sir George Gipps arrived to in vestigate conditions in Canada leZNanaimo BC was is tablishedby Governor Douglas 16 Bayiield Street Rarrie Ontario Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office De partment Ottawa end for payment of postage in cash Rnturn postage vguaranteodz Daily Sundaysand Statutory Holidays excepted carrier 50c weakly $2500 yearl Single copies loci By mail Barrie$26oo yearly Ontario $1200 year motor throw ff 515 year Out side on sit year Out side Canada British posse alone $15 year 11 forci $32 yebls Natiohalltdverti as 425 Universit AvenueToro to 640Cat units Mont real Member of Canadian Freehand Audi lirtailatlonoi clualvelyf entitled In the use for republication of all news dispatchenvin thin paper cred ited to it or The Associated Prone Reutersand also the local innsFirst censusof North west Territories showed Assii nlhoin moon Saskatchewan 10700 AlertB 500 inLCoal miners in Alberta and British Columbin1renched agreement with operators after beuig on strike since March 1922 lotsVancouver Province named EC sea serpent Ogapo 03 Subscription ratesdaily by For what in men it he shall gain they and lose an own so shall give in for his so Every man with hinmin on the material ought to sioplo enuof through the head Thursday with 22calihre ile whilef playing in twat compa Hnute ela abort no ice aid theboydied outrage and how the West reacts in the weeks ahead will influence this power struggle Several highly regarded rchol are of the Soviet scene already have warned against overreact ing stating that massive US defence budget increase and an outpouring of militant antiComA murusi sentiment would strengthen the hand of the new Kremlin force Statements no for by President Johnson and the state department sympa thetic but unomotionni indicate ndndrdstrntion circles agree MIGHT PROVE COSbe fn other words if the West keeps its cool while the big Communist parties outside the Soviet orbit the neutral and the underdeveloped countries contin ue their expressions of displeas ure with the Soviet thrust the whole adventure could be shown to have cost more than it was worth This would rcnssert the au thority of the more moderate men in the Kremlin It ispusst ble they would contrive to iso much the same way the 115 seeks to isolate the Vietnam ab fair and at the some time con tinue the governments recent more conciliatory tone on dis armament and the like But for many in the United States the cold war in on again the ironCurtain is firmlyin place and there should be no truck withthe Communists If ih prevails here as it is more likely to do if Republi can Richard Nixon wins the Nov 15 presidential elec tion Ce government hopes of improving relations with Communist China will run into even stiffer US opposition than it has inpthe past school hou SEPTEMBER kroisrmrlonfi VJICeniruIICollegiuie offices on nesday rThursd QUEENS 199 3199M Off 113 Butfiic brisket By DON WIN VTORONTO Thin icon of those odd case that are always cropping up here in the Hamilton area local council would like to give star seryman temporary reduc tion In his ill flte mans premiseavtront on nbighwny which in undergoing malor reconstruction Tha work was scheduled to be finished in the early spring But it ran into daily and ntill is not completed The man grew his regular stock expecting to servehis nor malJrade But his customers are blocked off and he baa had to take beating The council is sympathetic but it centdo anything Why Because there is no oro vision in the Municipal Act to give onetime easement in taxes This will undoubicdb be question that Municipal Affairs people will look at as they re vlew the actn review which Hun DArcy hiclfeough has an nounccd is underway For with the wealth of high way rebuiidlng and constructlm and delaysunderway today it is situation which wouldnt in any way be unique NOT EASY Yet dont think it la all easy for government such situation For if it were to out in that to correct clnuae authorizing councils to STARTS potthrough temporary in re duction what would happen There could be delu Every taxpayer who felt Acrirninatcd against by anyth municipality did or say perhaps didnt clear snow quickly enough and blocked his accesscould be harassing officials looking for kickback Probably the last people In lhe world who would want gen ernipowers for reduction would be the councils them selveseven though now they say gosh were sorry that we cant hclp Which one more demonstra tion that while the law may at times be an ass the lawmaker often perhaps most of the time shouldnt get the blame There are good many sltul than in government towards which even Solomon would any no dice When the revisions of the Iliu nlcipal Act come into the open ahd this will probably be grad unin point of minor interein will be to see whether the ex perts have been able to comeup with any answer to this knotty little problem They probably will For though thepeople to govern genloun The reason for this of course is that it is the weaknesses in govemmcni that are tnllted aboutnut its strengths ment are very often derided Ithey can be both able and in action TECHNIGDLOIVPANAVIBIDN SAT Tr SUN ONLY Sheldeet Gun in the DRIVEIN THEATRE if Dir or mitt North Collegioier itnmiuncrunrrfor opening Ionian DISTRICT fisrconoinv SCHOQLS i968 Grade in Gymnninrium Grades 10 is in Grades ll 12 Classrooms All Grade 13 students and themrequiring special withguidance problems are invitedtodiscuss ihese matters attire school ayand Friday Augustus 29 and 30 ring metables andstudents

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