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Ellie idmric Examiner Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited Walls Publisher Decision On Can Yet Be While the federal government contin ues to contend that medicare will be implemented next July public advoca cy of postponement of the plan grows stronger The inconsistency of federal concern was amply illustrated at the abortive housing conference held in Ottawa There the provinces quickly learned the federal government had no new money to offer for housing projects Across the country lack of housing has provedlo he priority problem in all provinces Funds are not available to alleviate this pressing situation but they will be forths coming for billiondollar medicare ser vice program which no longer has high priority in any area at Canada The Ottawa Journal says that the raising of billion dollars for medicare is absurd with the high prices increased taxation and inflation Canadians face next year Other comment has been equally crit ical The Winnipeg Free Press says If the federal government takes its courage in its hands and says that medi care must be postponed for the time be ing it will lose the support of those peo ple who want such program who want it now and who care not what it will cost her what its effects will be on the econ omy The government might even lose couple of cabinet ministers and this would be no great loss The Vancouver Province also believes Forest F1res The Forest Fire Research Institute has just released report covering 1066 statistics combination of favorable weather conditions andinereased efficiency in prevention and control techniques fire have resulted in the easiestvfire season on record Although total of 71171 fires were reported the total area burned in the nine provinces for which figures are available PEI doesnot report fire losses is record low 210450 acres or about onetenth the annual average for the tenyear period 195665 Human carelessness was again the principal cause of forest fires in 1906 total of 5616 fires or 72 per cent of all forest fires reported in the provin ces were attributed to man careless recreationists and settlers alone ac tonntingiroFaintostgthatf=thlsitotatF the other hand lightning the only cause not subject to human control ig 45 YEARS AGO IN TOWN Barrie Examiner Dec 28 1922 Christ mas mail biggest Barrie ever handled reported Postmaster Thompson Crew cheer to needy fa Committee headed by President Dr to or nightfllenry Sims an Channen Barrie will have con test for mayoral Huxtable is up posing John Littles attempt for th term Samuel Fisher is running against William Rusk for reeve Kiwanis Club in its first year of charter bright ened hundreds of local kiddies at Christ mas with parcels Committee for purchas ing goodscousisted of members Wives Mrs Frank Hurlburt Mrs Hunter Ken Mrs Oliver nefldy Mrs Ernest Turnbull Cameron rs Ge ge Hdbb Barrie Poultry Club held another fine Hall with Vmoredhan 50 At New Years Day munic pal election Barrie ratepayers will vote on proposed money bylaws to set up garbage collection system to provide connecting road links with provincial highways lderman Ed Byiue was chiefcrit of ci administratidn during nominati eeting ue on will have Wisdom as chair Board of Ed 16 Bayfiaid Street Barrie Ontario William Ttfar General Manager HMePhonon Managing Editor rmoar osceamnn no nos Lasnoazgtr Medicare Overruled that postponement of medicare would be cheaply bought with couple of resig nations lt comments Two of the ministers who have threat ened to resign are known to be lifr Gor don now president of the Privy Council and Health Minister MacEachen Neither would be missed Mr Gordon was dis astrous Finance minister and flop as an election mastermind His present pos ition is little more than sinecute Mr lilacEacheu has done little more than draft the medicare bill that is the hub of the present crisis Clyne chairman of ltlaelliliau and Bloedel Ltd prominent West Coast businessman said in speech that medl care was not needed in the form new proposed and Canadians could not afford it Most provinces provided medical care for those in need and he was sure that where there were defects in giving this aid legislation to remedy them would be passed liledlcare is an economic consideration with strong political overtones The Lib erals seeking party leadership will be forced to take definite stand on medi care In this regard it is of interest that the new Conservative leader Robert Stan field hns already as much as asked for postponement Liberals who believe their electoral strength depends on forcing the program through next year may well be misjudging the sentiment of their tax burdened fellow Canadians Are Costly nited some 1500 tires This single cause however accounted for 123490 acres destroyed or about 60 per cent of the provincial total Monthly statistics of acreage burned indicate that June was by far the most devastating month of the fire season total of 131070 acres were destroyed or almost twicethe acreage for all oth er months combined Since the majority of the fires were caused by man it is natural sequel that there should be prosecutions and convictions It is regrettable that out of 5616 fires only 241 chargescould he laid with any degree of certainty There were 218 convictions Unfor tunately the report gave no idea of the punishment meted out to the offenders The province of Quebec showed the best record with 92 prosecutions and 92convictions=rlsritishz€otumbiaha 3126 average Alberta 2918 Ontario 2026 and New Brunswick 2926 DOWNMEMORY LANE man for 1923 Now thats good name to headthe group In Midland man named Bath will head towns water and Flos Township al Ontario Municipal Board handed down judgment that 000 acres ftownlimits should be handed back to Township of Boys KC ctedfon Bar peareti for1 property owners who pe titlone Land isnorth of Codrington St Chimes are being of St Andrews William talledn Worshi House will feature Rudolp 1V Gloria Swanson in Beyond with regular orchestra in pit mar has it thatsoine starso amous Dumbells willspiit away Capt Meet Plunkettgand formtheir pm to stage company VorHanEorroasfVIEws tonnes Andrus newco Ottawa Citizen The Canadian Bar Association Ms been talking to Justice Minister Trudeau about themethod of appointing judges It 13 nntiost niat the present system gt leaves thedoor open to the occasional selection of an unsuitable Judge any system might do that though the assoc fatten proposals would reduce the possi bility of error Equally important partisan political stigma is attached to all appointments Informal nonsuitations are often old Ohlitio mm The association commit set pp in eaehprovtncehand its adi The president of the bar financiatfori Weir has argued thats man might only Newspaper Publishetl OTTAWA REPORT Most Predictions For 67 Come True By PATRICK NICHOLSON Last New Years Eva this col umn offered some predictions from old Paldralga Almanac of events which would happen dur ing 1967 This is an appropriateday to go through the risky exercise of checking over those predictions but do that with some confi4 dence and am happy to note that the record of completion is of route which would maka any football fan proud of his teams quarterback It on not very hard to pro diet that Canadians would enjoy larger incomes than ever be fore but would pay more in taxes than ever before By June the wage increasu demanded at the point of the strike in 1966 will have filtered through lo the retail lore pain ing store prices to the chagrin of Mrs Canucki Well that cer lq 11 waatr sunuse Mus QUEENS PARK conference Added To Premiers Image By DON OHEARN TORONTO Politically 1967 was unusual in that leaders of all three of our parties in the province could look back on the year with certain satisfaction The political highlight of the year of course was the general election NDP header Donald lilac Donald got the most gratifica tion out of this when he was able to increase his pertya standing in the house from eight to 20 members Thiswas the best showing it CANADAS STORY Confusion Ca and its predecessor the CCF had made in live elections The election gave the party new stature and put it in po sition where it could conceiva bly rise to power in the future NIXON HUNG0N The Liberals under Robert Nixon only increased their standing by sixtto as members The election honever was not without its rewards for Mr Nixon One of these was that he man aged to hang on to his position as Leader of the Opposition used post that Mr MacDonald ardent ly desired And while the Liberal showing was not as dramatic as that of the NDP the party does have its largest representation in the house since 1943 the year it lost the government Alsothe election was hardly truetest of Mr Nixons leader ship He had been inofttce only relatively short time had not had the chance to formulate pol icies of his own andhad to work with largely an inherited organization DIDNT D0 WELL Pie ier Robarts of course ome out of the election veryweil The government dropped to seats in house which had been increased from 100 seats to M7 seats through redistribution TheK holdlnndtfcjt By Marriage Ey non Bowman Until 1034 marriage in Canada was far more risky than it is todayl Many people uldhot be certain that they were mar riedat all in the eyes of the law Most of the confusion arose because Quehesl Act of 1714 BE roman Catholic or Angtcsn clergy This created severe proble peeiall Canada three Anglican clergyman as late 1199 Marriage services were often conducted by commanding cers of military posts or by ctvri magistrates buttheir legality could be questioned Children born of doubtful marriages egitimste inheriting merit Ottawa tof postage thrash yearly By ma Barrie$2$00 ll year Mail out 0414 year Dub aide Canada British posses US and anal Advertising Offices 415 University Avenue Toron 040 Cathcart qu Mon xWest Fender EC Member of in Canadian Asaoclation the Canadian PruandAIldlt Bluest of in mutational but normal nus be hard habits Viledby nut Law by the influxof United Empire loyalists after 173a Most of themvwere Methodists Pres byterians Baptists and Quail era Others were Calvinists gt Lutherans Mennonites and so on John Graves Simcoe the first LieutenantGovernor of Upper Canada was determined ls iisvlowest in years was generally felt the partys campaign was below its recent standards Mr Roberts did win how ever and with comfortable majority And he had most rewarding political experience in another area during the year This was his Confederation of Tomorrow Cduference The premier emerged from hutch Endymion conference with great pres nip officl church and opposed reformol the marriage laws WIC In 1796 themagistrates of the eastern districts asked that 1min lsters of all denominations be allowed to perform marriages but Simene would not hearrofi He said the idea was the pro net of wicked head and disloy heat flowers the began to mprove when Simcoe left im ABEYEIIW Scot New Quebec In the other provinces lt on who marred pivic officials lamLower Cunadalegiafn iurq voteg szsnoo for govern money could not bnitd railway none 005 to ting Hull Ide imGovernor Baudtot British Columbia predicted For ur River moms lasshardtop I113 75bit political image had been held before an iafte retention his majority probably would havebeen much larger art will God ravery dwell with men on the earths Chronicles 618 Th greatest privilege of presence of the lord new ocrfo ransom John Portland tainly happened Governor General Georges Vanier will bow out in 1967 to he succeeded by Roland Mich enter new Canadian High Com missioner to India Alas the Governor General died before his retirement come but he was succeeded by Mr Mich llQL Mike Pearson will resign as Liberal leader in September and his place will be taken by Paul Martin In fact Peor son announced his resignation three months later than predict ed and Paul Martin is shown by public opinion polls to be his most likely subcessor SOME DEPART Some other top Liberal politi cians were tagged as likely to disappear from Parliament litll of these five Transport Minister Jack Pickersgill and Justice Minister Luclcn Cardin did retire Guy Fsvrcnu dledi Valter Gordon is in hospital and Fisheries Minister Robl chuud awaits his promised sena torsbip Tho CBC will have as its new executive head monolin gual Englishspealtlng Cana dian Senior eivd servant George Davidson hits that do scriptlou and be has reportedly been chosen to fill the now va cant position as chief executitea but his expected appointment suffered delay through Parlia ments lengthy debate on the new andcasl hill By Novmeber nationwide clamour will have compelled the federal government to im posemore meaningful proicc the for automnbflepassengerr and to curb the pollution of our fair land air water flora and fauna The Tories Flora Mae donald will not be curbed in deed the government did more in November to set up safety standards for automobiles and did take first steps to curb polw lutiooPrime Minister Pearson designating himself as Minister of Pollution Flora Macdonald sacked from the Comervntiva Partys head office the previous year was back at her old Job in November ORDER OF CANADA predicted that as the high light of our birthday cclcbra tions on July the as yct un born Order of Canada would he conferred upon deserving Ca nadla ns Order was created and the first award announced on July Then came the prediction that in or around April tour prov inces would call centennial gen eral elections in which the New Democrats would pick up votes and seats notably in Ontario and Saskatchewan That all happened except that tho New Dcms did not do so well in 535 to he won ahhough they certainly did in Ontario Somuch for the plusscs The two had slips made by Old Pad raig were that John Dlef would again be the guest of honour at the Christmas party given by Conservative MP5 and that at tendance at Expo would not reach 500001 AK werrnnw know Dlef was no longer Tory leader at the time of that Christmas partyhe did not at tend ltand Expoa turnstiles clicked over 50000000 times Old Padraigs only confident prediction for 1000 that the outlook is so uncertain that he could not approach that some record this year AROUND THE WORLD ReportsDiiier 0n Popularity in US In South Vietnam pump pains Foreign Affairs Analyst confidential report leaked to the New York Times in Sat gon reveals details of disturb ing nntiAmericnnism among anticommunist South Viet namese at the same time the superior of the Americans who wrote the repmt in question from the Vietnamese villages work has issued an Lophnuniefiamnmtzffimnarwmmmé gon about the improved nttl tudeot the South Vietnamese people Whom is one tolbelleve this superior Gen William Westmorsland or his suhoadla notes on whose reports he must base his conclusions Interesting snippets of such reports have been leaking to the press in Saigon and3eech leak eventually brings an official ad mission sometimes an inadvert ent admission For instance at press conference in Decern 000 live in areas where the Vtct Cong is dominant This sounds impressive until one looks at the rest of Mr Komers statistics where one discovers thatof 12500 hamlets in the countryside only 216 are classed as totally secure from the Viet Congs 0f the remaining hamlets the remaining 0000 hamlets are piaeed somewhere on ascalepf sectiritytoinsecurity How one can say that one hamlet to sixty percent secure while another is only fifty per cent secure uaaf not explained but presumably one could say that hamlet at tacked only fifty times in one hundred days was fifty per cent seetne from statistical point of view though those who or wounded or killed in the fifty tasks and their neighbours wh barely escaped wopld hard calLtheir conditiohsecurity or wounded Up until that Septem ber American authorities in ed that civiliancasualties South Vietnam run at aboutt 50000 year Last May Sen Edward Kennedy released the results of an investigation by some of aldes showing that 1000oo would he nearer the truth room is now he official estimate the American authori ties in Saigon give Col Wm ll Muncrief Jr Itsi lodrnnd 5000 of these 100000 casualties 0010 net Moncrief attributed to per cent or 40000 to the Viet Cong and 30 per cent to allied artillery and air strikesand do per cent to small arms fire mortar rounds and other weap ons used in direct engage menls the lastrfouriwords ob viously refer to exchanges of fire be cell the Viet Gong and awareHIth Tint=3 namese nearupopulated or ds dur tacks on ages HI lilo oeomsaux ri IWEIRIACK mm hammer unwarrst