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Friday Feb 197a NEWSROOM 7266537 CIRCULATION 7266539 To be left alone prime freedom The freedom to be left alone Thats phrase with nice ring to it And more than nice ring it is phrase with great deal of meaning Roy McMurtry Ontarios attorneygeneral used it Monday night in speech to the Barrie Kiwanis Club The freedom to be left alone is classic conservative position on civil liberties It was significant that McMurtry the Kiwanis Civic Night when civic leaders from the Barrie area are guests of the club The idea that people should have the freedom to be left alone by both government and by others who would for their own reasons or their own lack of reason interfere with our liberties is so reactionary as to be almost radical We are living in time when the rights of the individual are more and more often being made secondary to the rights of the state Rights are more and more being defined on the basis of what is good for the state and society and less and less on what is good for the individual Yet the rights of the individual should be and must remain supreme Canadians are slowly but surely falling into the trap of protecting their rights by allowing government to pass laws which take those very rights away The RCMP will be given the right to open private mail The reaction is one of glee when it should be one of total opposition The RCMP is accused of committing illegal raids burglary stealing explosives opening private mail and probing medical records Most Canadians seem to feel the Mounties should be allowed to do this sort of thing Our most basic freedom says McMurtry is the freedom to be left alone These days it is the one freedom Canadians are in the greatest danger of losing And most Canadians are all too willing to help government take that freedom away It is time Canadians stopped helping government and started to remember that freedom of the individual is the most important freedom we have Feb 1955 Reeve Roy Hickling of Vespra was elected warden of Simcoe County Bill Garner was elected chairman of the Barrie Parks Board Traffic lights at the Five Points in Barrie were installed and went into operation Neil MacDonald was chairman of fund raising drive by Collier Street United Church to expand the Sunday School and build Fellowship Hall Robert Sarjeant down memory lane letters to the editor the examiner serving borrie and simcoe county Publisher Canadian Newspapers Company Limited 16 Baytield Street Barrie Ontario L4M 4T6 Elio Agostini publisher ADVERTISING 7266537 CLASSIFIEDS 7282414 used the phrase at and Murray Mills were directing the Barrie Red Cross fundraising campaign Mrs Heffron was elected president of the Royal Victoria Hospital Auxiliary Murdoch McCuish retired as CNR agent at Cookstown after 20 years service Cranston of Midland told county council tourism could be multimillion dollar in dustry if attractions were promoted Airlift picture sensational Dear Sir May express my extreme disappointment over some indiscreet newspaper coverage in yourJan 28th edition My specific concern deals With the picture of Mr Lloyd Tufford prior to his airlift to Toronto for emergency heart surgery Thoseof us who are colleagues or friends of Lloyd have only the deepestrespect for his musicianship and for his continuing contribu tion to the cultural life of the city But more so Mr Tufford is gentleman in the most literal sense of the word He always interpreting the news demonstrates consideration for without thought of personal gain Surely in such critical moments for Lloyd and his family your photographer should not have invaded the privacy of this gentleman Hopefully Lloyds progress back to health will not be impeded in any way by the embar rassment suffered by pictures which can only be described as thoughtless sensationalism Sincerely Mrs Jacqueline McNie Barrie others HeathThatcherleud over visit suggests it may be By BRUCE LEVETT LONDON CP The presence of black limousine outside the home of Mrs Margaret Thatcher one night recently was the first indication that divisive threeyear feud might be ending It was the official car of former Con servative Prime Minister Ted Heath who lost the party leadership to Mrs Thatcher in 1975 At that time Heath stood coldly silent when Mrs Thatcher offered him post in her we want your opinion Something on your mind Send Letter to the Editor Please make it an original copy and sign it The Examiner doesnt publish unsigned let ters but if you wish pen name will be used Include your telephone number and address as we have to verify letters Because of space limits public interest and good taste The Examiner sometimes has to edit condense or reject letters Letters to the Editor are lunovery day on the editorial page Send yours to Letters to the Editor The Examiner Post Office Box 370 BARRIE Ont L4M 4T6 shadow cabinet Since then there has been distinct chill between the two Now analysts are saying the fact that he responded when she called him to visit her may indicate that she has major job for him in the cam aign leading up to what she is certain willie an autumn election His 45minute visit during which he briefed her on his two recent trips to the Middle East is being described as the first step in Heaths return from the cold Since losing the leadership to Mrs That cher Heath has sat relatively silent on the Conservative back benches contributing little to parliamentary debate He has devoted himself to racing his ocean going yacht and serving as symphony guest conductor and writing bookshighly popular hereon both subjects BUILT REPUTATION During the estrangement Heath built up reputation as statesmanlike orator on foreign affairs and on British relations with the European Economic Community Lately however observers have com mented on what they see as diminishing of Heaths popular acclaim change they see as factor in easing Mrs Thatchers move to bring him back Newspa rs which carried pictures of the two smi ing and holding hands are speculating that the 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registration number 203815 register bl BY MAIL Barrie $4680 National advertising offices as Queen St Toronto sumo 640 Cathcart 5i SiMCOE coumvl Montreal $3650 $39 year $3850a year Previous election dates By STEWART MacLEOD Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service As Prime Minister Trudeau ponders the date of the next federal election which is al most certain for sometime this year he is obviously keeping wary eye on economic in dicators popularity polls and forthcoming events that could affect the outlook of voters All are important elements in election planning But if Trudeau were butt of baseballthats the game in which statistics seem to outrank the scoreboardhe would probably pay good deal more attention to previous election dates before making decision In baseball as you know managers spend days and days determining that left handed hitters with cleft palates have hit more home runs between Aug and Aug 13 than in any other period of the year Well if Trudeau took the same approach he would see that federal Liberals have won more elections in the fall than in any other arter on the calendar They havent done badly in the spring either come to think of it But if the prime minister is totally un decided and if he wants to lean on precedent his best bet would be to call fall election By VINCENT EGAN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Isnt it strange Insurance companies are all computerlike efficiency in sending you your premium notice and cashing your chequebut all bureaucracy when its their turn to pay you for legitimate claim It couldnt be that they count on the sheer size of their corporate structure to over whelm the policyholder who wants to be paid could it Some peoplenot necessarily antibusiness activiststhink it could be after having gone through the experience of trying to collect and encountering series of unfulfilled com mitments unanswered letters and limp excuses about clerical problems Even the governments regulatory authorities who dont have the reputation of being excessively tough toward insurers may be feeling some concern Ontarios superintendent of insurance Murray Thompson was mildly critical of property insurers in his recent talks to the Insurance Institute of Ontario He cited some instances of what he described as failure of the industry to recognize or respond to and in many cases surmount its own privileged position It often is failure to recognize or identify public concern as potential danger points hesaid PROBLEM AREAS As one example Thompson pointed to the case of number of insurance companies who Since Confederation incidentally there have been 30 federal general elections and the Liberals have won 18 of them Twelve of those elections have been held in what is generally called summer 10 have been held in the fall another five were in the winter months and the remaining three were in the spring In those summer elections the Liberals and Conservatives each won sixthe only time in the statistics the race was closeso if Trudeau has any statistical instincts we can forget summer election But in those fall elections the Liberals walked off with eight of them while the Tories managed to win only two In baseball this would constitute overwhelming odds You know that bit about teams with more than two bilingual players not winning in particular stadium under firstquarter moon since 1922 In the five winter elections the Con servatives actually came out on top winning three of them So no Liberal prime minister in his right mind would consider fielding team under these conditions Barring emergency conditions its difficult to see how any prime minister in his right mind would want winter election anyway But since prime ministers tend to rely on instinct as much as statistics one never knows group together to provide protection in highrisk area But when claim arises one or two membercompanies of the group might refuse to pay their share thus holding up settlement of the claim Another example is the increasing trend to package coverages in the homeowners policy which makes it difficult for the consumer to find basic residential fire irsurance policy providing limits requested by the insurer at reasonable rates No doubt its good thing to insure house toils full value if the consumer can afford it But persuasion to buy insurance to value can become compulsion to buy where there is no alternative Thompson said This is hardly desirable and it certainly can raise the hackles The superintendent reported one en couraging trend In Ontario complaints about insurance are down to almost half of their level of two years agoin part because of the industrys emphasis on education and training Complaints to the Ontario Superintendent of Insurance should be addressed to 555 Yonge St Toronto M4Y 1Y7 telephone 416 9652508 PROPERTY LOSSES Since house is the biggest investment that most people make in the course of their lives and Since it is vulnerable to the vagaries of weather its essential to have adequate prop aty insuranceregardless of the low esteem in which you may hold the industry One absentminded couple let their in surance lapse at mid1976 Two months later show Liberals win in fall In the three spring elections the Liberals have won two of them which means that Trudeau rather daring sort might be tempted to lengthen those odds BEYOND SEASONS However he might prefer to take broader look at the statistics and decide that the par ticular season is not that important He could merely look at the general statistics since 1996 and take comfort from the fact that since then the Conservatives have managed to win only six elections Beginning in 1896 the Liberals won four in row Then after brief interruption and beginning again in 1921 they won three in row There was another depression pause for them and then they took up again in 1935 winning five in row In 1957 John Diefen baker provided the Liberals with another breather and they rested until 1963 when they proceeded to win another five in row With those kind of odds it could be argued Trudeau can pick any season he chooses But as any baseball buff will tell you there is one monstrous catch The fact is no political party in Canadian history has ever won more than five general elections in row So for Irudeaus own peace of mind perhaps its just as well he doesnt follow baseball too closely Insurance authorities concerned about complaints freak thunderstorm inflicted extensive roof and structural damage to their eightyearold house while leaving nearby houses almost untouched frequent cause of dissension between consumer and insurer is depreciation and inflation They are apt to disagree on such questions as the life expectancy of an ap pliance for example or the current re placement value of some insured item consumer who feels that the insurance adjusters valuation and settlement offer are too low should write to the insurance com pany setting forth in detail the points that the aduster may have overlooked If stalemate persists the provincial superintendent of insurance may or may not be willing to interecede in the dispute upon request Or there may be no alternative but to take legal actionwhich could be expensive and timeconsuming bible thought All that the Father giveth me shall come to me and him that cometh to me will in no wise cast out John 637 Why tarry when there is so much welcome waiting God loves you and has plans for your life Hurry home and see what they are Come unto me will give you rest Whosoever will may come If we are too busy for Gods business we are too busy Attend the services in your church and pray for Gods servant The Examiner is member at The Canadian Press CP and Audit Bureau at Circula tions ABC Only the Canadian Press may re publish news stories in this newspaper credited to CF The Associated Press Reuters or Agence FrancePresse and local news stories published in The Examiner The Examiner claims copyright on all original news and advertising 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publicthe package in which the beans come But shouldnt be allimportant As long as the style is acceptable the quality of the beans the substance should be the real basis of choice And unless there is dramatic change the NDP delegates wont have that choice For in theircampaigns all three candidates almost exclusively have been stressing style Whatever they have had to say has been mainly vehicle to show how they can say it They have had the common end of style though their means have been different THREE LOBSTERS Ian Deans the Hamilton fireman has been talking lot of economics And Ian Deans talking economics is like dressing lobster in pinafore It is ridiculous He doesnt know economics But his talking about them is matter of style Not being profound or intelllectual he has been trying to wear wrapper which would say he is Michael Cassidy the Ottawa journalist and academic comes in from another angle In his career Cassidy has always stressed substancehis intellect and his knowledgefor what they are worth But this has been heavy stuff It has won him few friends or even companions among his colleagues and in his party So he has been trying to come on as an ingenue Wearing threepiece plumvelvet suits and generally aiming to say See Im not really dull Really folks Im light heart With Mike Breaugh the Oshawa school teacher and former alderman it is hard to say just what he stands for It seems largely case of if you are for it Mike is for it But he definitely has his public style He has been trying to come across as the wit and the good guy So once again unless there is dramatic change and this is most likely the NDPers will mostly be buying can of beans And until is gradully opened for them but the experience of office they really wont know whats in it Canadas story Confederates got sympathy BOB BOWMAN Although Canada and the other British North American colonies had abolished slavery by 1830 there was great deal of sympathy for the Confederate states in the US Civil War Jefferson Daviss wife and family lived in Montreal during the conflict and he joined them there after his release from prison Confederate prisoners of war escaped to Canada and were sheltered There were also Confederate cells of saboteurs in Montreal Toronto and even in Victoria BC One of the most daring of the saboteurs was Bennett Burleigh Scottish engineer who fined the Southern forces He invented ttery that could be attached to the hull of ship to blow it up He took part in number of raids on Northern shipping and then sought refuge in Canada where he continued is activities In 1864 Burleigh went on board the Philo Parsons running between Detroit and Sand usky City and arranged to have the ship make special stop at Amherstburg 0nt to ick up 16 more passen ers They were felow saboteurs who he Burleigh overpower the crew Then they used the Philo Parsons to capture another ferry and were fortunate to find passenger who was carrying $80000 Later they took part in scheme to cap ture Michigan but it failed when Con federates coming overland failed to meet them at the rendezvous The US demanded that Burleigh be arrested and deported There was hearing before the Recorder of Toronto Feb 1865 and it was decided that Burleigh had com mitted unlawful acts on Lake Erie He was deported despite public outcry and is be ieved to have been killed by firing squad OTHER FEB EVENTS 1767Montreal citizens petitioned King George III to abolish religious discrimination in appointments to public offices 1831lord Aylmer became governor general 1916The centre block of Parliament buildings Ottawa was destroyed by fire Bilingual teachers in Ottawa went on strike 1951Premier Rene Pleven of France visited Canada and discussed defence with federal government at Ottawa 1960Canada agreed to contribute $25000000 to laying of transPacific cable minFederal government ap roved merger of Imperial Bank of Gene 13 and Canadian Bank of Commerce