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the examiner Thursday Nov 23 1978 serving barrio and slmcoe county Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited l6 Boyfield Street Barrie Ontario LAM 4T6 Bruce Rowland publisher NEWSROOM 7266537 CIICIILAIION 7266539 ADVERTISING 7266537 CLASSIFIEDS 7282414 Problems with cults Can it happen again That is the question which must be faced following the suicide of 409 members of religious cult in Guyana last weekend The answer appears to be that it can happen again And everyone seriously concerned with the future of Western society must worry about that Religious cults are phenomenon of our time They are disturbing phenomenon more disturbing now that the full power of the cults is realized No group or organization can be allowed to have the power of life or death over people The power of cults over adherents has been an in creasing concern to government That concern is greater now Any cult which can order 409 people to commit suicide and have 409 people actually do so is danger to itself and danger to society If cult can order members to commmit suicide then what else can it order members to do The easiest solution to the cult problem IS to ban all cults The cults though operate under the cloak of religion sweeping ban on cults would be in effect granting of official status to some religious groups That is unacceptable Freedom of religion is not right which can suddenly become privilege granted at the whim of government The solution to the cult ourselves Cults flourish problem lies within in times of disorder among the uneducated the disaffected the lonely the misguided the people so far out of the mainstream of society that feel they must form their own societies to survive Society is split into more fragments now than ever before Healing those splits bringing society back to whole made up of many parts is the answer to the pro blem of cults Gremlins strike again The Examiner gremlins must have parttime jobs counting votes in municipal elections They struck and struck hard in an editorial Tues day leaving statement by Bill Bolger director of education for the Simcoe County Separate School Board incomplete and insulting every votecounter What Bolger said during discussion of the slowness of vote counting was the people coun ting the ballots are probably not of an age to have at tended school under this board The gremlins left the phrase under this board out and distorted the meaning of Bolgers statement The gremlins are being hunted with new vigor And we pause from the hunt to apologize to Bolger and to the vote counters for the behavior of our gremlins Dear Sir In recent Saturday editorial you gave thumbs down to Mr Bill Scott candidate for school board trustee in Innisfil do not wish to quarrel with your opinion on the platform of the now defeated candidate but object to your statement which with one sweep of the pen condemns the whole school system This is the second time have had occasion to read in your editorial the carte blanche statement that little Johnny and Janie cannot read write or do simple sums Please tell me where you got this information or on what research you base this statement Not only are you wrong but also challenge you to come up with the proof The following is taken tin part from recent editorial in the Sun day edition of the Toronto Star The results are in And they show todays students are as smart as or smarter than when their parents or grandparents went to school Henry Hedges of OISE com pared results of tests given in 12 St Catharines elementary schools with those achieved in the same in 1955 and 1975 After testing 2000 students in Grade to the results showed that the 1975 group had much better vocabulary did arithmetic better and cound read every bit as well as their parents and grandparents Hedges study does not stand alone The ministry of Educa tions massive secondarypost secondary study done in 1977 showed that todays Grade 13 students do as well in mathematics ad the predecessors did in 1968 The Stars editorial concludes by stating Its time we faced facts and realized that whatever the changes in our schools over the letters to the editor years they are still doing as good job of educating young people as they ever did herewith extend to you Mr Editor or any of your reporters an invitation to visit our school sit in on classes ask questions and ex amine our teaching methods and preparation We always strive to ob tain the highest achievements and we are proud of our pupils and the community we serve Yours truly Val Brucker Principal Allandale Heights Public School Barrie Dear Sir REFLEXOLOGY Sometimes your Editorials jump in with two feet when you have not bothered to walk in another mans moccasins Eugene Sienkiewicz voluntarily treats the feet of Senior Citizens in Barrie and we feel he should be ap preicated challenge anyone to take one treatment and not feel better for it It will at least tickle your sense of human and in many cases it gives great relief Sincerely Mrs Norah Raikes Dear Sir As Barrie resident would like to bring to your attention the ser vices of the Farmers Market on MulcasterStreet It is open every Saturday morning am to noon On display are farm fresh eggs vegetables home bak ing and crafts There is good selection of plants and other items Come and visit soon it will be worth your while We are open all year Yours truly Mrs Yvoone Exell Barrie BUSINESS 7266537 NEWSROOM Sean Finlay managing editor sheila McGovern city editor Bill McFarlane wire editor Sue Burke litestyle editor Dave Fuller sports editor REPORTERS Carl De Gurse Stephen NIcholIs Dennis Lanthier tan Mulgrew Nancy Figueroa Lesley clutt Stephen Gauer entertainment Lori Cohen stall photographer Betty Armor camera operator Gary Forbgs sports ADVERTISING Len Sevlck manager SALES Bert Stevens Julie Franks Brian Donievy Aden Smith Steve Skinner Brenda Woods CLASSIFIED Ruth Blais supervisor Freda shinner Peggy Chapell Dana Homewood Janice Morton igfl limmr 11 llg ltl7Ié Il 110 Parliament Hill Ry SIIIWART Nliicl III III ttttziwzi Ilurciiu Thomson Ncws Scrvicc Unfortunately Irimc Ministcr Irudcnu doesnt consult with inc is lll pondiis zip pointmcnts but hnvc llllS iincoiiiloiinblc feeling that thc qualitics hc looks tor do not include scnsc of humor Actually liudcnu llIlIISlll has llttl show It tcndcncy to look for the funny side of things Furthermore the pcoplc lic iiSstKlilltS llll are not famous for thcir giggling Its too bad rcnlly lxtitllSi their is cviiy Your business Ry INIENI Eli Business and onsumcr Affairs Analyst Thomson Ncws Scrvicc Whilc thc artcr Adiiiinistrntion in the United States is planning to rcducc its fcdcrnl budget deficit lhc lrudcuu imcrnmcnt is planning to llICIlilSl zinndns In both cases economists cnn citc ini pressivc arguments in support But when thc economists have had thcir say its always thc polil icians who decide As the prime minister said rcccntly and as Finance Minislcr lcanhrcticiis hudgct sub scqucntly confirmed mammoth and growing budget deficits are iicccptnblc hcrc When Jimmy Carter took office in the White House in January 1977 lic too was big spender Ihc IVS budgct dcficit sonicd frotn an annual rntc of $373 billion It tlic first quarter of that yczir to Shut billion III lllt fourth This year howcvcr thc nrtcr Ad ministration has imposcd sonic disciplinc upon itself and the burcziucmcy lhc ycartoyczir iutc of lllliiSt in US public ijinding has bccn rcduccd to two pcr cent and the US dcficit hus bccii cut to on annual rate of $252 billion The budch deficit for thc 1070 fiscal liil originally pItthCltKl at $1500 billion now is projected at $388 billion The fiscal lfllltl deficit is projected to be less than $30 billion IIEEIER DEBT Finance Minister hrcticiis Nov Iti budch speech forccast rise in iinzidns fiscal deficit for the curicnt yczir to $I2 billion two months ago lie was forecasting ii rccord $1lttbillionshortfall For the new fiscal year starting ncxl April hretien estimates that cxpcnditurcs will exceed revenues by $l07 billion Eziilicr hc had forecast $97 billion dcfici In it pcrcapita basis then our fcdcrzil budget deficits are running tlircc to four times giezitcr than the American In todays tcrms thc US fiscal policy is COMPOSING ROOM Jack Kerney foreman Glenn Kwan asst toremart Don Saunders Lorne Waos Witt Cadogan Stan Wray Blli Raynor Ed Allenby Janie Hamel Susan Kltchen Ron Gilder Barbara strigl PRESSROOM Don Near toreman Fred Palnce asst loreman Harris Blanchard Brian Marr BUSINESS Marian Gough accountant Deiva Mills Gail McParland Vlkki Grant Marion Cyopeck CIRCULATION Bill Halkes manager Steve White assistant manager Randy Fielding Alva LaPlanle Pal Merson Elaine Porter Cheryl Aiken MAKE UP YOUR MIND to also 60 WANTED NEW GOVERNMENT Published daily except Sunday and statutory holidays WEEKLY by carrier 90 cents YEARLY by carrier $4600 BY MAIL Barrie $4630 SIMCOE COUNTY $3650 MOTOR THROWOFF $394 year ELSEWHERE IN CANADA $3850 year St Montreal The Examiner is member at The Canadian Press and Audit Bureau Circulation 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 material created by its employees and published in this newspaper Copyright registration number toms register 61 National advertising ottices 65 Queen St Toronto 86 I710 6A0 Cathcart The advertiser agrees that the publisher shall not be liable tor damages aris ing out of errors in advertisements beyond the amount paid tor the space ac tualiy occupied by that portion of the advertisement in which the error oc curred whether such error is due to the negligence of its servants or other wise and there shall be no liability for non insertion of any advertisement beyond the amount paid tor such advertisement Sense of humor would be nice in Canadas next govgen likclihood that us the priiiic ministcr decich who should bccomc thc ncxt Iovcrnor litnirnl of Canada lic will ovcrlook in ex ticiiicly mlunblc qiiiility tlic ibilily toch its laughing at IlllStlHS crtninly none of tlic ciirrcnt pollticnl lcudcrs arc cncouruging IlllS It may sound lllltlttllS pcihzips cvcn tactlions but this may lx thc giczitcst role viiw ioviiiioi ticncrzil could play at thc picsciil llIIIt Siiicc lIIS toriiinl rolc that of the Quanix pllNtlliil rcprcscntiitivc in nnv Itll rlomiit scim to ltl tukin too scriously by ggerdefichs feeding inflation iiiti iiillutionniy ito thc cxlcnt that any dcticit running into tons of billions of dollars can bc so considcrmli lhnl ncccssiirily implics ii risk of ii mild recession lllill would Sqllltlt thc inflationary lot out of tlic cconoiiiy and cnuhlc it to resume hcnltliy growth lzitcr llcrc on tlic otlicr hand our politicians hnvc ncvcr liccn nblc to bite thc bulch and try sciiously to lcul with thc cunccr of inflation With budch dcficits in ihc rzingc of $107 billion to $12 billion inflation will continue to flourish likc it hot llIIS flower tSII NICIIIIS Ihc impact of highcr budgct dcficits in niiiidii will bc fclt first in our capital ninrkcts lhc govcinmciit will hch tostcp up its borrowing in ordcr to pay its bills It lxciiiic economist with Midland ltohcity ltd llltSlIlllll dcnlcrs cslimntcs that the govcintncnt of nnndzi will nccd to borrow lwtwccn $12 billion and $135 billion in thc ciirrcnt fiscal ycni cnding ncxl Miirch Ill and sonic $1 billion in tlic following fiscal yciir llowcvci tlic conjunction of wciikcncd busincss borrowing presumably the rcsult of subdiicd growth XIXCliillUllS and ti Wcak cxcliiingc intc should cnnblc relatively smooth financing proccss this yczir Kcnlic idds ct in spitc of sonic awkwardness in financing domcsticully furthci cnlnrgcd cnsh rcquircmcnt intcrcst lillS should dcclinc substantially ovcr thc coursc of 1970 lndicd prcscntly dismuying govcrnmcnt borrowing sntistics should givc way to II sharply dccclcrnting trcnd as growth rc cchry and govcrnmcnt discipline lIliiltllilllA in thc lutci stages of 1079 Ilnforlunzitcly the interim suggcsts furl licr tough sledding llic thrccpcrccnlzigcpoint icduct ion in tlic iiiziiiutiicturing sulcs tax and the doubling of thc cciling on tlic personal cmploymcnt cxpcnsc deduction will hpr little but oiin ii little to cushion the bumps pcriod MINISTER BUlLT HIM 5WIMMING lOOLl most pcoplc pcrhaps the prestigious office could be uscd to lighten our normal national burdcns and know this is reaching bit encourage us to cvcn smile at oursclvcs ItEtIINi IRES It may be my imagination but ovcr the last decade or so wc seem to have begun taking ltlllStlVlS far too seriously And surely we cant go much further in this respect than making continuing national television saga out of II political leaders sitting around confcrcncc table arguing over constitution II years nftci thc country was formed That kind of thing mach us boring to outsiders Pardon the rumbling but when was the last time you heard federal political lcadcr suggcst wc should bccnjoying lifc Nosir we should bc constantly woriicd about national unity If wc are Englishspeaking we should not say anything that might be misin tcrprctcd in Qucbcc if we arc French spcziking we should not say anything that will bc misunderstood in thc othcr province If wc laugh ill all someone might take offcncc We arc rcmindcd by those on one side that it is our patriotic duty to spend our moncy in Canada and not travel The other side tells us we arc heading for economic ruin in any cvcnt Someone is always complaining that we get too much Amcrican television And those who dont make these complaints are whining about thc state of anadiali television Every day we are rcmindcd by someone about increasing racial tensions Now we arc bcing buffcttcd by bitching about Ensliicst tensions SMILESIIANIIEROIS Academics seem to make fortune in Canada telling us about our vciy distinctive culture and that any fool can sec how tiiiiquc wc arc in this rcspcct And then on our national holiday we watch Ukrainian dan ccrs Scottish bagpipers and American squarc dancers dcmonst rate this cullurc We even managed to take serious view of this Of course any misplaced smiles could bc intcrprcttxl as 1i slight toward some minority group We cant be too careful you know Its zi lot to ex cct but it would be great if Irudcziu even through accident could come up with GovernorGeneral who would manage to get us chuckling at ourselves And there must be some natural humor buried in country in which one side claims to bc conqucrcrs but the conqucrcd wont allow the conqucrcis to use their language whilc the original settlers accusc both tlic conquered and conquerors of being squatters and whilc our elected leaders go into their l12tli your in search of tclcviscd con stitutioii Even if Trudeau found it funny hc couldnt say so because it might nlicniitc votcrs in English Canada Tlnrk cant laugh bccausc of the some danger in French Canada And New Dcmocrzitic Lcadcr Ed Ilroadbcnt wouldnt dare laugh because socilists are not supposed to do this in public But just think of the fun thc right Governor General could have The World today Academics link up By JOHN IIARBRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Canadas links with the nations of Latin America mainly through business trade and technologysharing may soon be augmented by first major effort to establish academic linkages This is the major proposal of the newly formed Center for Research and the Caribbean formed last week at York Uni versity near Toronto The concc of Canadian and Latin American sc olars working jointly on major rogram is not new Aca emic linkages with the rest of our hemisphere were proposed as part of the Foreign Policy Review on Latin America of March 19 called by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau at the start of his first government In spite of proposals during that threeday meeting of government and private sector specialists on Latin America that Canadian cultural institutes be formed in the Americas the resultant White Paper on Foreign Policy in 1970 called for only business and trade ties Nevertheless Tanadianvlatin American scholarly contacts have been maintained since then on limited basis by the Canadian Association for Latin American Studies iAlASi which has held two of its annual conferences in Mexico and Ecuador NEWRELATIONSHIP This time the prospect of expanding per manent and steady CanadianLatin American relationships beyond the business community is starting from firm base The new Latin American Center at York University has generous two year grant from the Donner Canadian Foundation and will work closely with FLACSO Spanish language initials for the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences FLACSO founded in Rio de Janeiro Brazil in 1957 uses its academic and financial re sources to work with government university and local institutions throughout the hemi sphere with various disciplines in the social sciences The first proposed project of the new Canadian center for Latin American studies will be major study of the social and economic structures of Ecuador This will be conducted between York and Toronto univer sities and major Ecuadorian research center However some of the academics in at tendance felt firm future for the new center would rest on priority for comparative studies of common anadian and Latin American problems These include models for development role of indigenous peoples income disparities and national directions for middle powers In the past the strong cultural as well as physical distances between Canada and Latin American scholars had seriously impeded the formation of permanent academic ties This was not necessarily true with other institutes dealing with Third World problems formed at earlier dates in Canadian universities AFRICA FAVUREI African studies were somehow favored over Iatin American ones probably because of the common colonial association with the old British Empire and just as important the common use of the English language The need of such institutes within already hardpressed universities might seem spurious at this time to the maninthe street Nevertheless the rise and expansion in Canada of special institutes serving the business and managerial groups doing business abroad has given them essential knowledge and understanding of the complex societies of our growing Third World trade partners Interpreting the news Ratification not likely WASHINGTON WM 77 Pros pects for ratification of two amendments to the US onstitution now before state legislatures are becoming gloomy The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment which would allow residents of the capital to elect at least three congressmen may be in big trouble The Equal Rights Amendment is in the same position it was almost two years ago three states short of the 38 needed for ratification Results of the Nov US elections brought little comfort to supporters of the proposals who hope for action in several states when many legislatures resume sitting in January The Republican party surpassed its ob jcctive of picking up not gain of 200 state legislature seats in the election Ihcy gained just over 300 While the ItIIIXI£ilS still control the majority of the more than 7000 state legislature seals the presence of few extra conservative Republicans in statc houses may swing votes against ratification in close Scnzitc contests The recent Pennsylvania vote which defeated ratification of the District of olumbia amendment illustrates the situation Whilc four of cvciy five Democrats voted in favor of the plan only two of the 83 Republican legislators endorsed it Willi iiiorc Republicans in Harrisburg and other state capitals ncxt your the already difficult task of getting the amendment approved is madc tougher Many Republicans 1ch tlic amendment is move to increase thc black liberal vote in ongrcss at the cxpcnsc of their states representation and their partys position in Congress