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MMWW RECEIVES PROFICIENCY PRIZE Officer Cadet Angus Watt son of Mr and Mrs Watt of Campfire Ct Bar rie received the proficiency prize in Canadian studies and administration from min ister of health and welfare Marc Lalonde at the prize giving ceremonies held recently Officer Cadet Watt 21 will continue his studies as fourth year university student in academic and military studies to obtain degree and commission in the Canadian Forces Kissinger the lone cowboy ready to step down Jan 20 WASHINGTON CP Henry Kissinger whose eight years as the voice of US foreign policy runs out Jan 20 remains the secretive lone cowboy of diplomacy as he prepares to step aside in favor of Cyrus Vance All offers of postinaugural employment are being referred to his lawyers One report sug gests he may return to Harvard Universitythe institution he gave up when he succumbed to the aphrodisiac of power Another says he may write his memoirs eagerly awaited by publishers But Kissinger has remained silent saying he will look at all offers and ideas after he re turns to private life It was Richard Nixon coax ing Kissinger into giving up his professorship at Harvard who once said he could not imagine what the government would be like without you STYLE DIFFERENT Americans are about to find out The betting is that it will be different in style if not so much insubstance Vance like Kissinger brings background of global trouble shooting to the secretary of states job He may even be more experiencedat this stagethan was Kissinger However unlike Kissinger who called himself the lone cowboy in jest over his solo performances on the world stageVance can be expected to listen to other Kissinger wor ds We cannot base foreign pol icy on star performers He said We cannot rely that somebody will come along ev ery few years to manipulate events For Kissinger manipulation was how it was all done He had carrot and stick philos ophyreward with the carrot or punish with the stick The test of statesman is his ability to recognize the real relationship of forces and to make this knowledge serve his ends he said The acid test of policy however is its ability to obtain domestic support STIFLED BY BUREALCRACY Bureaucracy was stifling to Kissinger He felt it was the bane of statesmanship and yet he once said it is dangerous to separate planning from the responsibility of execution Increasingly during the last year Kissinger found it dif ficult to obtain domestic sup port for his policies and to keep secret such international moves as he was not ready to share with the bureaucrats Presidentelect Jimmy ar ter in fit of campaign fervor described Kissinger as the real president of the US in the eyes of other nations He vowed to replace him and to make himself the symbol of US authority And he promised an end to secrecy in international negotiations We must evolve and con summate our foreign policy openly and frankly with con stant adherence to fundamental principles and high moral stati dards Carter said Kissinger said the US is pan alysing itself with debate over the morality of ways and means The most moral goal should be the preservation of peace To that end he used secrecy force and the threat of force and strongly defended his posi tions ORDAINED FORJOB Henry Alfred Kissinger seemed almost preordained to the position he reached on the world stage He was born 33 years ago into Jewish family in proHitler Germany He was 15 when the family fled to the US in 1938 He was 22yearold sergeant when the army put him in charge of administering small German town at the end of the Second World war Later he took over county with population of H00 It was his first experience with the aphrodisiac of power Swine flu program discussed by Milne By ROSS MILNE MP Peel Dufferin Simcoe Many people have asked questions this past week on whether or not they should get swine flu shot am no doctor in fact hate needles but asked the department of health and welfare for some answers to the most often asked questions Please consult your own doe tor in regard to specific questions or call Dr Mar tin executive director Ontario ministry of health 15 Overlea Blvd Toronto His office is responsible for the im munization program in On tario Some people say that the vaccination program started off with President Ford making political decision and that it is more of political gimmick than program directed towar ds real threat Dr Grisdale president of the Canadian Medical Association says Our review of the situation indicates that the proposed program is based on good scientific fact and in formed professional opinion The program will put into ef fect completely and exactly the program suggested by the national advisory committee on immunization body com posed of 11 expert physicians in the field of immunization and infectious disease control There are no litical games being played With the health of Canadians Who should take the im munization shot Dr Grisdale states With the knowledge and information we have children under 16 should not be immunized number of children would end up having less not more ability to fight off the disease and some would actually develop the flu from the vaccine Then since the vaccme is grown on eggs in the laboratory we could expect number of children to suffer from allergy reactions The side effects are too numerous and serious agree the children should not be immunized The CMA agrees with the minister of health that priority should be given to protecting those who will derive the most benefit adults between 20 and 50 years of age those over 65 and all adults suf fering from chronic heart lung kidney and metabolic diseases such as diabetes How was the 1918 influenza pandemic different from other influenza pandemics It was unique because of its high mortality and the fact that so many of the fatalities occurred among apparently healty young men and women It is estimated that the 191819 pandemic resulted world wide death toll of more than 20 million with approximately 40000 fatalities in this country By comparison the Asian flu of 1957 the most severe in fluenza pandemic since caused an estimated 5000 deaths in this county primarily among the elderly or individuals with chronic illness What has been found in the investigation of the extent of human influenza caused by the swine virus It has been demonstrated that the initial outbreak of swine influenza at Ft Dix was fairly extensive Although only 12 cases have been confirmed extensive blood testing has in dicated that several hundred recruits were infects but not sick during this outbreak No spread to the nearby civilian New Jersey population has been demonstrated Is there treatment for swine influenza As with other strains of in fluenza there is no specific treatment Science has flIITYtflVZtIBIldTIZAVfigllldfiutllllhfll Encyclopedla termed luxury QUEBEC CP An en cyclopedia is luxury which is far from essential to the average family says publication of Quebecs con summer protection of ice In the most recent issue of the offices bulletin ProtegezVous Protect Yourself consumers are warned to think twice before investing $300 to $900 in an encyclopedia The big argument of sales men is that an encyclopedia is necessary for you and espe cially for your children the bulletin says But in most cases die tionary is more than sufficient for finding the information one needs quickly As for the great research work demanded of children they can easily do it in the li brary of their school PAllHthOMMISSION The article reminds con sumers that encyclopedia salesmen are not paid fixed salary and work on com mission usually about 20 per cent of the sale price The best encyclopedia saleslt man for company doing busi ness in Quebec made $74000 last year One can ask how much time his clients spent looking over his en cyclopedias the bulletin says Nevertheless the article has good things to say about certain publishers The author notes that the publishers of Encyclopaedia Britannica give tradein allowance on an old set and that Universalis considered the Dancing is Fun Theres still time to learn few basics Whether its the modern Disco Dances or more traditional like New Years Waltz Whats your interest Lets make this your most exciting Holiday Season ever We best encyclopedia in French sells its volumes one by one and never forces the buyer to pur chase the whole series Consumers are warned to check the date of publication of the encyclopedia in question to make sure it is not simply reprinting of an old edition It doesnt pay to buy new book with text which is 15 years old pedal on Learning is Easy might be the best Christmas present you ever gave yourself Call 7373610 59 LAMLA ALALAtAIAx4 Hwyr KALIALAKmLALAL however given us the ability to significantly blunt the impact of this disease Vaccines not available in 1918 are now an ef fective way to prevent the disease Antibiotics unavailable in 1918 are im portant in treating the secon dary complications of influenza and thus reducing fatalities How long is person im mune after receiving the vac cine For at least 12 months after which there would be some also The Barrie Examiner Thursday December 16 1976 17 residual but declining im munity against influenza REVACCINATION If we do vaccinate this fall and there is only small out break could the swine flu be back in the fall of 1977 If yes would we revaccinate people then Yes it is almost certain judging from past experience that swine flu would return in the fall of 1977 and perhaps before Revaccination might or might not be necessary depending upon the extent of the initial immunization program An inadequate program will result in inadequate immunity May stress again this column was meant only for general information Please consult your doctor for specific answers Preparing this article has convinced me to get shot The me says it all tANADIAl DISTI LLE or IADlAN CANADIAN DISTILLERS LIMITED The winning number for $500 worth of Qanadian Tire 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