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Walls Editor Emeritus AThe Barrie Examiner Friday June 18 1976 Capital punishment What is societys role The debate over the abolition of capital punishment has raged and loud across the land From Parliament Hill it has echoed into just about every living room and dining room in the na long tion Most everybody has an opinion on one of the most elemental ques tions nation can face Does the state have the right someone who has taken the life of another and the need to hang Extremists abound in abolitionist and retentionist camps and their noisy illogical and emotional rhetoric all been confronted with some time or other If the Commons defeats bill to abolish capital punishment which will soon be before it some peo ple will certainly die Minister Pierre Trudeau has said Eleven convicted murderers are now on death row Some have exhausted their right to appeal Others have not The argu so much cant and have meanings There exist people in our society capable of savage brutal murder of innocent defenseless victims There is no arguement about that There also exist people who have been wrongly convicted by the courts of murder and would have long ago forfeited their lives By were it not for some quirk that saved them from the hangmans noose What sort of person would we if the retentionists have hang their way Those that society has given up on That society has turned its back on That society is incapable of helping For nation to have to resort to capital punishment to remove the savage animal is gross ad mission of failure on someones part Perhaps failure on all our parts 1966 provided by voluntary should either be provided by regional health boards or be paid for by the boards County Health Unitsteps up in vestigation of restaurants and ments for and against have all been repeated many times They ring in our cars like Pensioners are Canadas forgotten says Dr Rynard PCSimcoe East as he calls in the Commons for $100 monthly pension for the elderly during Canada Assistance Plan debate Mayor Cooke says govern ment should not tamper with the work of voluntary agencies in the field of health work He is com menting upon royal commission report that says that services now Ellis Iiarrir Examiner Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited 16 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario Robb PublisherGeneral Manager Henshaw Managing Editor both the we have What frustrations pains de feats and black despairs will drive person to kill another in brutal and savage way Was he deprived of mothers love as child Brutalized by Denied emotional contact with another single member of the human race Or is he just com pletely utterly detached and alienated from what human life means and stands for Revenge is the reason given by the honest retentionists for keep ing capital punishment Revenge for family and friends deprived of aloved one But is not revengeadmittedly in sadistic father and irrevocably some perverse and twisted form Prime lost their what causes one person to strike out violently against another to kill Revenge perhaps against those who find life so much easier than themselves those whom luck good fortune love and happiness have em braced while they full of nothing misery anguish suffering and constant frustration and failure We have to know what makes Revenge against find the world but hardship killer before we can determine Savage mind Dead men tell no tales DOWN MEMORY LANE 10 YEARS AGO IN TOWN The Barrie Examiner beach food concessions as sum mer approaches June 18 dustry in blind at Bank of agencies Simcoe QUEENS PARK Misunderstanding about metric change Ftth Barri Examiner 16 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario Telephone 7266537 Registration Number 0484 Second Class Mail Return tage guaranteed Da Sundays and Statutory Ho idays excepted Subscription rates early by carrier 85 cents weekly $4420 yearly Single copies 15 cents By Mail Barrie $4420 yearly Simcoe County $3400 yearly Balance of Canada $3600 year ly National Advertising Offices 65 Queen St 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was smaller than the pound But this packager wasnt making an equivalent reduction in his price What was the govern ment going to do about it he asked Consumer Affairs Minis ter Sidney Handelman Nothing at least in this par ticular case Mr Handelman said He explained that the cost of the food was only one of the fac tors in the final price of package Handling marketing costs transportation etc all had to be accounted for And these re mained the same no matter what the size of the package When you consider just how broadly the changeover to met ric will apply this little in what to do with him Our kno wledge of the minds makeup how it is influenced and affected is dismally insufficient make one too eliminating the animal from among us each time he appears we avoid the larger issue We close our eyes and minds to the fact that somewhere along the something went askew We delude ourselves into think ing that we are actually doing something to reduce the number of savage and brutal acts that will be committed in the country can remove but savage brutal murders will always be with us if we dont attempt everything we can about the killer need of employees says Lawrence National Employment Service Tom McCullough in charge of pro gram at annual picnic for the Melville Laird receives silver cup from Barrie Horticultural Society for having best spring garden in city Presentation made by Mrs McLaren Smith says new dam for Utopia Conservation Area will be started nextyear VINCENTEGAN If we know what makes killer Buysiness andconsumer maybe just maybe we can un AffairsAnalyst Thomson News Service If you are one of those people who like to take speculative fling in farout investment theres new Canadian book you should know about Thats right book Its called Between FriendsEntre Amis the cost of the first press run worked out to more than $200 copy and the prepubli cation price was set at $2950 The book is major project of the National Film Board of Canadawhich brings up the inevitable comparison with an earlier NFB success called CanadaA Year Of The Land That book beautiful photo graphic essay was roduced in 1967 to mark Cana as Centen nial The NFB cautiously lim ited the first press run to 20000 copies at $20 each Should you have one of those firstedition copies in good con dition today youll be happy to know that its market value is at least $200 Reports of quotationshave Tourst in gone as high as $600 but ll dif icult to establish generally Barne area urgent accepted price for an article selling in such small volume Subsequent editions of Can adaA Year Of the Land have produced another 105000 copies with the list price having risen to $55 conv savage line brutal murderers we to learn local manager of the Midhurst Park Douglas Brian Cherry succeeds Ralph Franklin as manager of Montreal Mrs Reeve Eugene WINNIPEG CP Joe is an easygoing softspoken man of 29 with ready laugh His well trimmed beard and fashionably long brown hair give him the appearance of an intellectual But inside Stony Mountain ln stitution Joe is just another prisoner man who has nt almost half his life behind ars for compulsive thievery He is serving fiveyear term at the federal penitentiary about eight miles north of Win nipeg When he gets out he says he may well wind up back inside could see myself coming back here easily yeah easily The last bit did was four years at Prince Albert and then was out for couple of months and the time served just kind of washed off me Id forgotten about all the time did Why dont know Its something deep inside me During tour of the in stitution to allow reporters firsthand glimpse of life within prison walls Joe not his real name and penitentiary offi cident illustrates just what an involved mess it probably will be for while And costly one too For example another query in the house here was why the government already was changing over to metric sizes in its chasesletterheads boo lets etcand what the cost was The reply on cost was that no additional expense was in volved but even crediting this the effort involved if all in dustry and commerce is to change its paper sizes will be mammoth cial acted as guides OVERCAME BITTERNESS MINORITY PLUS He spoke candidly about the One of the innovations of mi nority government which has worked out well is that good many of the chairmen of com mittees this year have been op position members And for the most part they have conducted their com mittees well and without parti sanship It perhaps is not likely that this precedent will be carried on once there is majority gov ernment again But then again it might be For there is the old saying that not only should justice be done but that it also should ap ent forms pear to be done At Prince Albert overre And committees led by oppo acted Some guys can cope sition chairmen do have more some cant couldnt madea credibility bomb started fires It got to personality chan es he has un dergone since irst entering prison in 1964 Eventually he landed in the maximumsecurity peniten tiary in Prince Albert in 1968 bitter and disillusioned was working in metal shop and made club and was going to club the bull sho instructor because he didnt like the work was doing And he was right was doing sloppy work Although Joe never followed through with his plan his ha tred manifested itself in differ YOUR BUSINESS Farout investment in Between Friends ANNIVERSARY GIFT As with any other speculation there are no guarantees that Between Frien ds will appreciate in value to the extent that the NFBs Cen tennial book did One factor that could limit the price rise is the greater size of the first edition110000 copies of which 20000 are being donated to United States ublic organizations and public igures in honor of the US bi centennial The first public figure to re ceive it was President Gerald Ford whose copy was pre sented to him by Prime Minis ter Pierre Elliot Trudeau June 16 Now publishers McClelland and Stewart Ltd have ordered second press run of 50000 copies being printed by Canada by AshtonPotter Ltd which will sell at $4250 If that seems expensive even in this age of inflation consider some of the cost factors in volved in producing Between Friends The NFB sent out 32 photog raphers who took about 60000 pictures of the border regions of Canada and the US Lorraine Monk head of the NFB still photograph division eventually eliminated all but the220 best Geoffrey Matthews car tographer at the Universitv of PRISON REPORT the point where couldnt even get along with the other prison ers While still in prison in 1971 Joe began reflecting on his life started to see what was happening to me was deterio rating Thcn finally realized that it was me and not them RETURNED T0 PRISON But that was not enough to prevent another venture into crime He was released in 1974 and returned to southern Alberta where he earned good wage Working in coal mine He began stealing equipment from the company and was caught He was released on his own recognizance but violated its terms and was sentenced to his present term He was transferred to Stony Mountain mediumsecurity institution with some max imumsecurity facilities about THE PICK NE There certainly arent skeletons in your closet Toronto designed map for each of the five major regions into which the book is divided NEW PROCESSES Then came the task of devel oping new type of paper de signed by Rolland Paper Co glossy yet free of eyestraining glare filmprocessing tech nique to compensate for the unique new slide film used by the photographers and spe cial type of binding to allow the pages to lie flat thus enhan cing the doublepagc photo spreads Financing for the unprece dented publishing project came from the federal government which put up subsidy of $11 million The end result is thing of beautya visual tour of the in ternational boundary starting at marker that divides Alaska from the Yukon and ending with the point at which Maine and New Brunswick touch at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy In between are some of the most memorable and revealing glimpses of Canadian and US lifeever caughton film Its unlikely that the govem ment will ever recover all of the money it invested in Between Friendsalthough there seems to be good chance that astute purchasers of the first edition will profit financially Joe just another prisoner behind bars half his life ayear ago His personal soulsearching is continuing at the prison with the help of clergyman but Joe concedes he has not totally conquered his compulsion to steal know its wrong but cant help it Maybe just dont have the morals Im supposed to have just don know whats wrong with me If did then Id be the one interviewing you and not the other way around When he gets out he hopes to pursue his newfound interest in religion perhaps with the Sal vation Army because their goodness intrigues me But he concedes that his bat tle with the forces of evil is not yet won Ive made so many resolu ions before that Ive broken But its getting better all the time feel Im getting closer and closer OF PUNCH Mine is just simple plan for beating winter heating costs READER FORUM UE letter took unfair swipe at chamber local merchants DearSir The letter which ap red recently takes an un air swipe at the chamber of commerce as well as all local merchants My personal feelings until this letter appeared was that had made an honest mis take in lending their name to this flyer Since their letter takes the chamber of com merce to task as well as the local merchants and our free enterprise system feel few facts must be made clear The letter opens with several paragraphs devoted to the good work done by the union and the many worth while charities they support No one would dispute their good motives for raising the money However these reasons have nothing to do with the fact the flyer was misleading advertisement The union went into the business community to com pare quality and price and were convinced it was good value No one has suggested the merchandise was not good value The basis for the charge bein laid by the RCMP an the conviction which resulted was the claim of $69 No one in Barrie had this merchandise on display at price even close to $69 We contacted the City Clerk where we were assured no licence was required The city clerk was led to believe the goods belonged to the UE an since they are taxpayer in Barrie no licence was required We then distributed the flyer to our own members The flyers were distributed all over Barrie Unfortuntely some local business person objected to this activity possibly regar ding it as competition It was indeed unfair com petition However as chamber president did not receive single call nor did our office receive single call To compare these wagon train hustlers to our own business people is like com paring Mary Poppins to the Happy Hooker Our down town business people main tain an outlet and pay taxes 52 weeks year They must take the good with the had even when business is not the bestproperty and business taxes must be paid Things are tough enough for our downtown merchants without competition from people with no overhead no taxes and who even avoided the pur chase of licence We understand that these stores have informed the federal investigator that they have sets of comparable quality at $19 or less on their shelves Not one store made this claim The fact is however that not one store had this merchandise on their shelves at $69 as the flyer advertised or even close to it figure of $29 or $30 was what the federal investigators found and had this figure been used on the handbill it is unlikely conviction would have been obtained The promoters have had their day in court and were found guilty as charged What more need be said HARPER President The Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce Bradbury is not president Dear Sir As member of the Son Voyageurs Snomobile Club am disturbed by recent arti cle in your paper quoting Ken Bradbury president of theclub would like to point out that do not necessarily disagree with Mr Bradburys com ments but what am dis turbed about is that Mr Bradbury is not the president of the SnoVoyageurs Wayne McKever is the president till the annual general meeting in October Mr Bradbury is the vicepresident and pres identelect Yours truly DOUG EWART Member of SnoVoyageurs Club Liked Brutons Ireland Dear Sir Joan Brutons two articles about Ireland on the 20th 22nd of May were very much enjoyed by this subscriber More than that the in formative descriptions backed up by her excellent photographs are just the thing needed for anyone plan ning trip to Green Isle THE WORLD TODAY Canada on the mind of US legislators By JOHN HARBRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service few days ago Prime Minis ter Trudeau presented Presi dent Ford with Canadas gift to the United States on its Bicen tennial Its $1 million picture book called Between FriendsEntre Amis filled with fine ictures along that great un efended frontier between Canada and the US Will confuse you if suggest the book has something in com mon with the Montreal Olym pics The reason is that this sum mer only that border will not be undefended but guarded on our side anyway by specially trained and equipped Canadian Armed Forces troops They are already in ition to help prevent mem rs of world terrorists from sneaking into Canada to attack the Olym pic Games And in Canadian airports many of them close to that al most undefended border Cana dian citizens are being asked for personal identification from now to the time theOlympics are over The suggestion has been made to carry your passport even for short transborder visit of the kind made in the And if you are citizen of Middle East nation which means read Arab the Cana dian government now requires visa before entering Canada 0N US MINDS Not only because of the Olym pics but for other reasons re lating to uncertainty in eco nomic matters Canada is very much on the mind of American political leaders and legislators these days Business Week the weekly management news magazine of New York says that the US oil industry is worried about the encroachments of PetroCan the federal governments state oil corporation into the oil in dustry Until the arrival of our na tional oil co ration the US and other oreignowned oil companies had the industry all to themselves an ownership situation in foreign country unique in the oil industry Even in Brazil where the fed eral government is more ori ented to the need for foreign in vestment than our own at present large and dominant state oil corporation called Pet robras Brazilian Petroleums dominates the primary activi tiesof theoil in ustry Undoubtedly too the mem bers of Congress have heard or read of proposals from our New Democratic Party to nationalize Imperial Oil Limited the largest US owned oil multinational in CANADAS STORY Americans expected an easy Victory By BOB BOWMAN It was June18 1812 that the United States declared war on Britain with the intention of capturing the British North American coloniesbeginning with Canada The Americans expected an easy victory They had great numerical su riority an be lieved that anadians wanted to be liberated from British tyranny Thomas Jefferson said The annexation of Canada this year as far as the neighborhood of Quebec will be mere matter WE WANT YOUR OPINION Letters submitted for publication must be original copies signed by the writer Please include your street ad dress and phone number although they will not be published Letters which can not be authenticated by phone cannot be published For the sake of space blic interest and good taste he Examiner reserves the right to edit con dense or reject letter of marching and will give us ex perience for the attack on Halifax the next and the final expulsion of England from the American continent Actually there was little fighting in Quebec and most of the action took place in what now is Ontario The first invasion took place in July when General Hull led force across the river from De troit He was easil defeated by General Brock an Indian Chief Tecumseh and Detroit was cap tured The the Americans realized that they were up against tough proposition Efforts were made to capture Montreal without success and they were defeated at Chat eauguay and Cryslers Farm while trying to get there There were sea battles off the Maritimes but the most serious naval operations were on the Great Lakes Historians say that nobody won the War of 1812 It was stalemate Yet it must be recor ded that the Americans failed in their primary objective to capture Canada It was wonder that the war did not begin before 1812 Britain had been involved in Lets have more items leatures or whatever like IS LUCIETAYLOR 12MurraySt Barrie Ont Canada Normally such suggestions would not worry American oil men and politicians But in Ontario the largest userprovince for oil products the provincial NDP is the offiL cial opposition and an election there could be called any time Which in roundabout way brings me back to the $1 million extravaganza book and the undefended border Perhaps that large outlay was timely given the gowing number of differences between our two countries We have diversified often craggy slimlypopulated front tier between us the Olympics aside truly undefended so of ten repeated in corny contexts but mercifully true RIGHT NEIGHBOR repeat here what have written before about counting our blessings that America and not some other super power is our neighbor We could have had the largest electrified barbed wire border in history over 3000 miles of it if the lovable Soviet Union were on the other side But we have the powerful ir rascible but like us freedom loving Uncle Sam To him very happy 200th war with France since 1793 and the US owed France debt for having helped the Americans defeat the British in 1783 In fact Napoleon planned to send an army up the Mississippi to recapture Canada for France OTHER JUNE 18 EVENTS loosChamplain and De Monts began to explore from St Croix River to Cape Cod lessPierre LeMoyne Iber ville captured Moose Factory James Bay rimBoundary was decided from St Lawrence through Great Lakes 1855Sault Ste Marie Canal was rebuilt masCrows Nest Pass rail way opened with special rates linoBlackfoot Indians sold 115000 acres to government of Alberta for $14 an acre i956Queen Elizabeth reZ viewed 300 winners of Victoria Cross of whom 30 were Cana dians 1959Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrived in New foundland to begin 45day tour of Canada rimGeneral election result was Conservatives 116 Liberals 99 Social Creditso NDP 19