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sxv Aamcmmv VCVS Thursday Nov 1978 NEWSROOM 7266537 CIICULAIION 7266539 7266537 the examiner Published by Cdnadion Newspapers Company Limited Review penalties No judge would have been as harsh on the guards at Barrie Jail as the ministry of correctional services has been Four guards were punished for their part in two in cidents at Barrie Jail one in which prisoners were sprayed with fire hose and left wet in their cells until the next morning another in which excessive force was used on prisoner Two guards were fined five days pay each two 20 days pay each And one of the four sergeant was demoted as well as being fined Tough sentences particularly for the man who was demoted and who may lose part of his pension as result No civilized person condones the mistreatment of prisoners by jail guards Nor can any civilized person support punishment for alleged mistreatment when the punishment is far more severe than court would impose Barrie Jail is hell hole one the public should be allowed to see society which allows such places to exist and be used as jails must treat those imprisoned fairly and those who guard prisoners fairly Barries jail guards have not been treated fairly The punishment is out of line with the punishment the people they guard have received The ministry must review the penalties and treat the guards as fairly as the prisoners Anonymous teacher against course Dear Sirs Please find attached letter to the editor written by group of very concerned teachers regarding the Human Relations Program With teachers WORRIED over the program it becomes our respon sibility as parents to become more involved We need to know ALL the facts Looking forward to seeing the at cached letter in your paaer re main Yours very truly Brinkman Human Relations Opposition Committee Loretto Ont As an elementary school teacher in this area feel an obligation to express my negative feelings about the teachings of the Human Rela tions Course in our schools For obvious reasons teachers who disapprove of the course have been very silent and for the same reasons must remain anonymous You may think of us as cowards but most of us enjoy our jobs and would like to keep them If this Human Relations Course is going to benefit so many people why has thre been such secrecy Most teachers have not even seen course booklet and there has been no discussion whatsoever When the mathematics course was being implemented there were monthly meetings of all staffs and revisions were suggested Not so here The majority of us only became aware of it after the con troversy began in the newspapers Even now many many teachers do not realize or know of the sug gested topics on the course and those of us who do feel completely incompetent We are not qualified to teach topics such as Birth Death Stress and Pregnancy to Grade students just to mention few cannot imagine what degree Ms Mockford has which qualifies her to teach such things but my colleagues with general university degress do not consider themselves qualified We are not authorities on so ciological behavior nor are we medicallyknowledgeable Just how for example does one teach Death to 35 boys and girls And where does topic such as pregnancy lead Children should not be encouraged to discuss private family matters in front of group These topics and many others should be handled in privacy with trained counsellors would like to recommend to you that you take simple poll of the staffs in your schools Do not ask for signatures and youll find that your teachers will be very honest myst stress however that you will have to distribute the booklets of the Course Outline first Teachers are just not aware of the controversial topics which they are going to be asked to teach In conclusion would like to con gratulate you for your efforts on behalf of your children Remember there is still no known satisfactory replacement for the family unit and human relations are taught there Children learn what they live is an old adage but no one as yet can change that Thank you Name and Address Witheld Candidate calls for aid centre Dear Sir My wife and over the past couple of weeks have conducted doorto door campaign to get to know you personally to find out where you live to better understand the needs and wants of Ward Two and how these relate to the rest of the city Yes it turned out that it was vibrant pulsating part of the city but not without its problems Many people brought up problems and concerns which could not be resolved at the munici al level but could be better han led through other levels of government or ganizations or professional groups Most of these people were very frustrated and sometimes desperate because they did not know where to turn or who to approach neither did anyone else To me this would indicate that we require some kind of Citizens Bureau to help these people These people need some Central Source ere if nothing else at least some sympathetic person can direct them right off the bat to the right person agency group or level of government without being frus trated by lot of red tape and the old run around routine It is hard enough for some of these people to find the courage to ap roach officialdom about their pro lems lets try and make it easier for them Bureaucracy and red tape have driven people to their wits end and even beyond on occasion The Central Source could act as sort of ombudsman for the in dividual to make sure that people do not lose out because they are not ful ly aware of their rights or do not know where to go Citizens Bureau need not come out of our municipal tax dollars but could come from local initiative grants or funded through the efforts of the United Way or other organiza tions Wont someone take up the challenge and make an effort to pro vide this badly needed service for our community ust think how it could be an open and to some of our youth perhaps your son or daughter Alex Manjuris Aldermanic Candidate for Ward Two NEWSROOM Sean Finlay managing editor Sheila McGovern city editor novearisme up 74 VilMIItnuru lIl Len Savlck manager iCheryt Aiken Bill McFarlane wire editor sALEs Dave Fuller sports editor Bert stevens Sue Burke lifestyle editor Barb Bouiton REPORTERSt Julie Franks serving borrle and Stmcoe county Carl De curse Brian DonlevY Stephen Nicholls Aden Smith melFtillerml lSieve Skinner an er NED lb Boyiield Street Barrie Ontario LAM 4T6 fugugrfim zfitfiétupmtor Jami Goal Freda Shlnner Bruce Rowland publisher Les CM khaggryt 233 it to DVEtKNG Clsuos 62332325 garage Jearztzr Bflilflmgml 7282414 7266537 illfiii 5Cth GRAD 6009 WE CAN ALWM 057E BRIGHT YOUNG MANu Parliament Hill Ry STEWART MacIEOI Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service ntario Liberal Leader Stuart Smith was perhaps ovcrstaling his case when he suggested that Alberta Premier Peter Loug heed is more impressed with the almighty dollar than he is with anadianism Nonetheless Loughccds immense provincial wealth coupled with his con tinuous battle for more regional and provincial powers is bound to raise questions about his contributio to the currcnl unity dc bate Even some fellow Conservative premiers have hinlcd privately that at times the Alberta premier sccms unduly conCcrncd with the longterm economic Your business By VINCENT EGAN Business and onsumcr Affairs Analyst Thomson News Sirvicc This month and next the peak period for giftbuying are the makcorbrcak lays cach year for book publishers This year the Canadian book trade is in something like turmoilv or at lcast is going through severe shakingout One reason for the problems as in so many other fields of busincss is the generally dc presscd slatc of the anadian cionomy Another is that book publishing seems to be an inhercnlly unprofitable activity and book retailing is probably more chanccy than most other forms of merchandising This fall several corporate takeovers have occurred in the publishing trade As always heads have rolled Among the firms whose ownership has changed hands are Colcs Books Gage Publishing and George Mchod Ltd Macmillan of Canada Ltd which was bought by Macleanllunter Ltd in iiflii has accepted the resignationseitltcr voluntary or otherwisecf scvcral longservice em ployees in an apparent move to reduce ex pcnses and improve profitability The company says it may publish fewer titles in 1979 than in 1978 What will happen when owners and in vestors realize they cant possibly earn what they consider to be reasonable rate of return on investment in book publishing asks James Lorimer an author and head of Torontobased publishing house that bears his name These are some possible answers that he believes may be supplied to his question Go to formula publishing Harlequin Enterprises of Toronto has been highly successful with romance novels written to formula but less successful with the same approach to science fiction lmport foreign books instead of publishing Canadian works This could be successful strategy Lorimer says but it does no good for Canada COMPOSING ROOM BUSINESS Jack Kornay foreman Marian Gouoh accountant Glenn Kwan asst foreman Delve Mllls zDon Saunders Gall McFarland Lorne Wan Vikki Grant lit Cadooan Marlon Cyopeck Stan Wray vv lelil Raynor Ed Allenby CIRCULATION tJanIe Hamel Bill Haikes manager susan Kitchen Steve White assistant manager Ron Glider lRandy Fielding laarbara Strict Alva LaPlante pnsssnoom PM Marion Don Near toreman lEIalne Porter Fred Prince asst torema lHarrIs Blanchard larian Marr ti hailth of his provincc and doesnt indicate enough interest in other regional trouble spots Mind you its very easy to be jealous of Loughecd who can no longer keep track of the millions of dollars that spew into his Heritage Fund every day And because he is basking in the batik there is probably tendency for others to think he should become philanthropist for the rest of Canada He is perceived by some to be somewhat selfish as be continuously reminds everyone that Albertas natural resources are not unlimited and the untold billions now being harvested from oil and gas must be put aside for rainy day Yes Lougliccd will agree Alberta is rich Book industry facing turmoil Closc down or sell out to another firm Exploit subsidiary rights for trade books These includc the sale of massmarket paperback rights booksclub rights film and television rights While the costs of primary book publishing absorbs 85 to per cent of sales rcvcnucs it costs publishers little or nothing cxtra loscll subsidiary rights RETAILINti RISKS Rinkretailing would appear at first glance to be busincss in which it is impossible to lose moncy sincc unsold merchandisi can simply bc rtlurncd to the publisher who supplied it on consignment But book stores can and do fail And when they do the banks recover their loans by seizing the stores inventory and selling it at depressed prices This is obviously of dubious legality since the books in retailers hands are almost always on consignment and are therefore the property of the publishing company Booksellcrs usually put 40 per cent mark up on thcii mcrcliandisv that is on the sale of 810 book they keep $4 and pay the publisher $6 Typically that allows the bookseller to break even on the vast bulk of the stores turnover The profits are expected to come from the occasional bestseller Now however in the bigger centres of population intense and aggressive price com petition between retail chains has led to deep discounting Peter Newmans newest book The Bronfman Dynasty for example is being sold in some stores for half of its $1795 list price Thats applauded naturally enough by some consumer advocates who wonder why bookselling should be virtually the only major trade that still tries to maintain fixed retail prices But the spread of discounting of current bestsellers could threaten the continued existence of independent booksellers who without the financial resources of the chains are already operating on the narrowest of profit margins WE MUST FIND WAY TO HELP THEM Published daliy except Sunday and statutory holidays WEEK LY by carrier 90cents YEAR LY by carrier $4690 BY MAIL parrle $4600 SIMCOE COUNTY 83650 MOTOR THROWOFF 33 year ELSEWHERE lN CANADA 33550ayear St Montreal lllGill 6Cth GRAY UllCAN 6U REM 0R WRITE angrynu tillI zmfllxau Lougheeds stance on unity open to questions from others really rich But we are rich on very short term basis unless we can build that diver sification in and we could be havenot province in the future if we blow this oppor tunity But while he is adamant in protecting Albertas resources for Albertans the premier now favors more gas exports to the United States MORE POWER It seems that everything he dots is per ceived to be move toward greater provincial wealth or greater provincial au tonomy He came to that recent federal provincial autonomy He came to that recent federalprovincial constitutional conference armed with 29point program to decen tralize power in the country Its something poor province can do with immunity but not province with embarrassing wealth Simply because have different per spective as to what would unite the country than Mr Trudeau or the present federal government doesnt make my feelings my deep feelings about the country any less than his says the premier feel very strongly about Canada but happen to be of the view that the way to keep this country together is to be responsive to the regions of Canada He says that his people want decisions from government that is closer to them than Ot tawa There was also feeling in the West that we havent had really federal govern ment that has been sort of friend sup porter What Lougheed wants is greater decision making power closer to the people but with Ottawa retaining enough clout to continue helping depressed regions Hes all for equal ization payments They should be able to use their spending power to go into areas that in the short term require additional aSsistancc and you wont have Albertans complaining about projects or development or even programs in the provinces that are not doing well economically FEW INITIATIVES Its just that Loughecd with his vast wealth doesnt seem to take many iniatives on behalf of more depressed parts of the country His dedication to Canada is no less than any other premier said one senior federal official at that federalprovincial conference Its just that given his particular circum stances his dedication should appear to be whole lot greater This official said that boughted doesnt seem concerned about eliminating the image of selfsatisfied banker who lectures the poor about the need to save money He thought that the Alberta premier could make far greater contribution to national unity at this time if he indicated greater willingness to reach out to other provinces It seems that every time he makes the news he is talking about the need to protect the economic wellbeing of Albertas future generations Its as though all the worlds resources are renewable except Albertas As said Smith probably went bit far in saying Lougheed now wants to revenge cen tral Canada for the prosperit it has had in the past but there is no oubt that the premier at the very least has an image problem in this respect ll lunar The Examiner is member of The Canadian Press CF and Audi Bureau of Circulations ABC only the Canadian Press may re publish news stories in this newspaper credited to CF The Associated Press Reuters or Agence France Presse and local news stories published in The mmincr The Examiner claims copyright on all original news and advertismq material created by its employees and published in this newspaper Copyright registration number 70186 register at National advertising offices 65 Queen St Toronto au lllfl 640 Cothcort The advertiser agrees that the publisher shall not be liable tor damages aris m9 out of errors in advertisements beyond the amount paid for the space ac malty occupied by that portion at the advertisement in which the error oc curred whether such error is due to the negligence at its servants or other wise and there shall be no liabilily for non insertion of any advertisement beyond the amount paid for such advertisement Anticipating overthrow By JOHN IIARBRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Anticipating the worst when power blocs are upset the US state department is speculating on the disruption which would follow from the overthrow of the seemingly allpowerful shah of Iran Continuing unrest rocks the shahs empire with walkouts strikes and violence disrupting vital services in Iranian cities and even closing down for time the worlds largest oil refinery at Abadan Open resistance to the shahs dictatorship has come from many sources in the last few months conservative Moslems and their religious leaders trade unions with no bargaining rights university students and some professional groups The overthrow of the shah if violence against his regime persists could not only open up Iran to Communist influences but would place in jeopardy the largest military establishment in the Middle East The imperial forces of the shah own and operate more tanks than the British army most of them Britishbuilt more support helicopters than the US marine corps which operates the same kind and modern USbuilt fleet destroyers lon delivery The twitchy state department view is not without foundation After the Second World War and an allied military occupation of most of what was then called Persia USSR military forces stayed in the country presumably to ultimately gain control through the national Tudeh Communist Party of the whole country FIRST COLD WAR RISIS The threat of retaliatory action by President Harry Truman of the United States if the Russians did not withdraw from nor thwest Iran was one of the first Cold War crises between the West and the USSR after the Second World War This is the historic background Speculation about the future is also based on the fact SaudiArabia with its intensely anti Communist system which has always viewed Iran as buffer against USSR penetration of the Arabian peninsula could toughen up its stand about Soviet penetration of the region This presence already exists in the Arabian Peninsula through two Marxist states one facing the Red Sea and the other on the In dianOcean The surrogate USSR military presence in the region is the major Cuban military sup port of the Marxist military regime in Ethiopia US department of defence intelligence estimates place this force at about 16000 or approximately half the Cuban troops and advisers presently on duty in African Marxist countries further followthrough which could affect the Egyptianlsraeli peace treaty still being negotiated is that SaudiArabia is major financial backer of the sick Egyptian economy Would this support be reduced since it also includes military aid if the Saudis saw themselves threatened by Iran without the shah and his vast military establishment on theloose REFORMS TOO LATE The shah has introduced substantial reforms not only because of these internal upheavals but in response to President Jimmy Carters human rights cause around the world Has it come too late for tyrant who rules through vicious secret police Sadak with branches around the world and huge army Washington appears justified in its new worries about trait Interpreting the news Last trump forShah WASHINGTON CP Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi has played what some ob servers say may be his last trump card in his struggle to retain control of riottorn Iran By appointing fourstar general as prime minister the shah has conceded that despite the imposition of martial law he cannot maintain order with civilian government The appointment of Gen Gholan Reza Azhari came as little surprise to experts on the affairs of the oilrich country who had predicted weeks ago that such action might be necessary if the latest civilian government was unable to stop the months of violence Since then the situation has degenerated About 37000 oil refinery workers demanding an end to martial law went on strike last week severely damaging the countrys most important economic activity And new round of rioting during the weekend signalled the end of the civilian government under JaafarShariLEmami The question now is whether the military rule will be able to accomplish what the civilian governments could notreconcile both conservative and leftist opposition to the shahs policies The US moved quickly to announce its support of the shahs establishment of military government and said it does not be lieve the latest round of violence and turmoil poses threat to his rule To suggest otherwise one official said might further weaken the shahs position The depth of US concern was underscored however by the formation during the week end of special working group at the state department which is monitoring the Iranian situation on 24hour basis At the heart of US concern is the fact that Iran provides about five per cent of total US oil consumption And if the shah falls the security of that supply would be threatened The position to the shah comes from an odd al lance of leftists mainly young Iranians and students