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44 Queens Park the examiner 1979 serving barrie and simcoe county Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited l6 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario L4M 4T6 Bruce Rowland publisher NEWSROOM 7266537 CIRCUlATION 7266539 ADVERTISING 7266537 CLASSIFIEDS 72824 Enjoy autumn while it lasts Now is thr best time of year to admire fall at its glorious best ll the Weather erroperates what better this Thanksgiving Weekend than long lazy MW in the countryside The colors are hard to match llitiisiiist enough crispness in the air to work up hearty ap petite without apologies toanyone And living in Simeoe the color and outdoor life is at our lotilsliji As much as wt enjoy the season theres something nagging us all lllllllt Whats bothering us is that after fall comes winter Try as we might we cant forget that the leaves the kids are playing in will sooii be covered with snow There are those who dont mind the winter The jolly muffled types who think show all summer lheyre probably waxing their skis right now getting ready for the slopes Not as though We think of winter differently We think of snow that piles up every Week until the mail box disappears We think of cars that skid and stall and rust and tottode over the winter We think of donning layer upon layer of clothing just to get outside to shovel the stuff lerisli the thought but after fall winters coming And there isnt thing we can do about it So enjoy fall this llianksgiying weekend lietause soon there wont be much to appreciate in the weather By THAYNOR McIARLANE Hi my names Glug The stranger sit ting next to us at the bar extended his hand in salute We shook his hand automatically smiling Beg pardon What was the name we asked apologetically Glug he said still smiling We managed to keep any reaction from crossing our face and just murmured Glug our old friend Watkins would have loved this one He always maintained that most people with strangesounding names were spies from Outer Space Unusual name that we said sipping on our lager SHEEN LIPS It is really he answered that sewnon smile still parting his green lips Green lips We glanced at him again with some trepidation and wonderment Sure enough they were green Actually its Irish he added We couldnt help oursclf and burst out laughing recalling dear old Irish uncle whose name was OFlahcrty and it somehow struck us as funny if his first name had been Glug Ry DON OIIEARN Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO One of the major items of business of this falls session will be report on human rights The session opens Oct 1t Its recommendations will create wide ranging controversy Human rights is afield in which little is simple good illustration is the old issue of equal pay It is one of the points on which the study is to report and which could be major issue SAME RAY The equal pay issue grew out of thebasrc feminist demand that women be paid the same rates as men When stated flatly this perhaps sounds easy enough When women are doing the same work as men they simply should be paid the same salaries or wages And when women are doing the same work as men under the same conditions and With the same productivity there is no problem we want your opinion Something on your mind Send Letter to the Editor Please make it an original copy and sign it The Examiner doesnt publish unsigned let ters but it you wish pen name will be used Include your telephone number and address as we have to verify letters Because of space limits public interest and good taste The Examiner sometimes has to edit condense or reject letters Letters to the Editor are run every day on the editorial page Send yOUIS to letters to the Editor The Examiner Post Office Box 370 IARRIE Ont MM Bars great places for meeting types Excuse me we said grinning and wip ing our mouth with coaster had an Irish uncle whose name was OFlaherty and it seemed funny if hed been named Glug cos he was bit of boozer Oh no offence we added hurriedly USED TO His smile remained frozen there and he said thats OK Im used to remarks like that Ive even been asked if Im from Outer Space he laughed scratching the small antenna projecting from the left side of his head We stiffened This was getting really scary an Irishman from the Ould Space Sod By the way we said trying to appear nonchalant Is Glug your first or last name Its both he answered smiling You mean we replied gaping you mean its Glug Glug Exactly he said flashing his ivories Ive been seriously considering having it hyphenated to GlugGlug sounds sort of more highclass dont you think so We got up from the bar stool excused oursclf and phoned Watkins to come over right away Human rights major question They get the same salaries or wages But there arent all that many work fields which men and women share So the demand quickly developed into proposal for equal pay for work of equal value And that in turn expanded into demand for equal pay for work of equal value irrespective of sex It has been confounding problem WHAT VALUE The kicker is the word value Just what is the value of any one piece of work as against another and how can you possibly judge it To take just one simple example good switchboard operator can be an asset to company If she is efficient she can help lot in the smooth running of business As the first point of public contact she is also im portant to the companys image So how do you compare her value to that of say bookkeeper who knows figures and routines The bookkeeper of course normally is paid more But is this right The switchboard op erator would say no There could be some justification on either side Similar inconsistancies arise when other standards of value are tried One possible criteria would be education and technical knowledge and training but then what about the worker with high manual skills largely learned on the job The fact is that throughout the world in industrial society and even in the third world for some years now governments and agencies have been trying to come up with an answer to this problem of value and nobody no jurisdiction has produced anything satisfactory Now Ontario is going to try Early last spring Labor Minister Robert Elgie promised that by the end of the year he would pmpose program on equal pay based on the recommendations he would be receiv ing in the human rights report It will be most interesting seeing what the repprt proposes and then what Dr Elgie does wrt it BUSINESS 7266537 EDITORS Craig Elson managing editor Stan Dtdlballs CIIY editor Bill McFarlane vvire editor REPORTERS Stephen Nicholls Dennis Lantmer Nancy Figueroa Lori Cohen Tony Panach Richard Thomas Stephen Gauer Sue Bowen camera operator Terry Field Cathy Heather Mary Delaney SALES Wayne Hay Aden Smith Steve Stunner Barb Boultori Peter Clark CLASSIFIED Your business By VINCENT EGAN Business and onsumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Hundreds of Canadians are having the work adventure of lifetime in Saudi Arabia Scores more are applying to go The wealthy Middle East kingdom which is the worlds largest oil producer is under going jetpaced industrialization In the space of just few years its industry is mov ing from distant past to become the equal of any other with the help of engineers and other experts from abroad Bell Canada has fiveyear contract worth about $l2 billion to develop the adminis tration and operations of modern telephone company Equipment is coming largely from Sweden and the Netherlands The Saudi Arabian telephone system never modernized had become totally inadequate in recent years as the country strove to deal with its enormous new oil wealth Some 600 Bell employees all male are carrying out the task or organizing the Saudi Arabian Telephone Co establishing an administrative framework and training Saudi nationals to operate the system when the Canadians go home Most of the 600 Bell men have gone to Saudi Arabia on twoyear contracts and are accom panied by some 400 dependents Junior employees go on oneyear contracts alone Take Note By ALEX MANJLRIS October and November are United Way months in our community so this is an ap propriate time to confront you with an article about the Barrie and District United Way 79 Lloyd Armstrong has been longtime associate of the United Way so let him tell you how he as an individual feels about the United Way the campaign and the volunteers Thanksgiving There has to be more to it than being thankful for bountiful harvest or the mere gratitude for such divine favours We should look just little bit further look at all the things that we have to be thankful for not just what we have on our tables but for the loved ones around us for the blue sky above for the smells of autumn for the sound of rustling leaves for the sight ADVEV USING Len Sevlck manager Calvm Felepchuk BUSINESS Marian Gough accountant Delva Mills Vikki Grant Connie Hart Jean Bass Don Saunders Lorne Wass Will Caoogan Stan Wray Bill Raynor RonGilaer Ed Allenby CIRCULATION Janie Hamel Bill Halkes manager Susan Kitchen Steve White assistant managt=r Yvonne Sierps PRESSROOM Peggy Chapell Superytsor Doug aoni Freda Stunner Janice Morton Alva LaPlantc Lisa Warry Elaine Burton Cheryl Aiken Fred Prnce Kim Pattenden Theres waiting list for job openings in both categories MORALE llltill Gordon Inns Torontobased executive vicepresident of Bell Canada is just back from tour of the companys four operating bases in Saudi Arabia In an interview he described the Canadians morale as astonishingly good you wouldnt believe it Personnel losses are running below five per cent compared with range of 35 to 40 per cent among other visiting experts Inns noted that Bell screened applicants carefully chosing those who showed stability and capacity to adapt themselves to living conditions that might be unusual to them Everyone in Saudi Arabia nationals and visitors alike must observe total ban on alcohol Inns says that hasnt been hardship to the Canadians nor is the intense heat and in coastal regions humidity which is offset by generous use of airconditioning Living costs Gasoline is priced at less than bottled water typical apartment on the other hand rents for about $2000 month The Canadians working for Bell are provided with accommodation in modern high rise apartments or in compounds of prefabricated houses In conformity with local custom wives dont work outside the home nor go out in public unaccompanied They are expected to Good feeling to support 93 United Way 79 campaign and sound and yes the thrill of seeing flock of geese heading south We should also be thankful for being able to help eaca other and for the opportunity to do just little something for the less fortunate SUPPORTS AGENCIES During the months of October and November we can really help by giving to the Barrie and District United Way and in this manner support the 12 participating agencres There are about 450 volunteer men and women dedicating their time to raise the necessary funds for United Way agencies such as the Association for the Physically Disabled the Association for the Mentally Retarded the Victorian Order of Nurses just to mention few These volunteers share fine tradition concerned people helping COMPOSING ROOM Jack Kerney foreman Glenn Kwan asst foreman Al Hanson foreman Don Near asst loreman Tho lam Examiner is mornbor of Tho Canadian Frau CF and Audit Bumu at Published daily except Sunday and statutory holidays WE EKLY by carrier 95 cents YEARLY by carrier Circulation ABC Only tho Canadian Prus may republish now storios in this WW croditnd to CP The Anociatod Pron Routers or Agonco Franco Pro andIocal now Itoriu publishod in The Barrio Examinor Tho Barrio Examinor claim copyright on all original nawl and advortumg motorial crmd by it ompbyns and publishod in this nowcpapor 910 Copyright rogistration number mots rogiur BY MAIL Barrie $4940 Tho advortiur agroot that tho publish shall not be Iiablo for damages arising out SIMCOE COUNTY of mar advortisomorm beyond tho amount paid for tho waco actually occupiod 539 00 by that portion of tho advertisth in which tho orror occurrod whothor such or MOTOR THROWVOFF SALSOa year ELSEWHERE IN CANADA 341002 year odvortioomont mom 600 Bell workers thrive working in Saudi Arabia wear long skirts and long sleeves There are recreational activities aplenty however squash and tennis team com petitions organized handicrafts and the like Oneweek holidays are granted every four months Athens seems to be the favorite destination of the Canadian expatriates Inns said he was struck most vividly by the pace of construction activity in Saudi Arabian cities Hotels office complexes and other buildings are going up on all sides with laborers drawn from such countries as Egypt Korea India Pakistan and South Yemen Because of the Clark govemments stand in favor of moving our embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem Canadian companies have been told by Saudi Arabians that it would be waste of time to try to negotiate any further contracts The Saudi Arabians have delayed the issuance of new visas to Canadians and some who left Saudi Arabia briefly were upon their return granted only temporary visas to resume their work Inns believes that these obstacles will continue to face Canadian operations in Saudi Arabia unless and until the Clark proposal is dropped He adds however that relationships are good between individual Canadians and Saudis whom he describes as generally pleasant and hospitable toward visitors people 77 the United Way In 1978 12000 peo ple in the Barrie area were helped through the agencies supported by the United Way In the spirit of Thanksgiving is it not right that we should show our thanks to those many volunteers by giving to the United Way through the doortodoor canvas the payroll deduction plan individual pledges or by mail It must be obvious to everyone that the ex istence of the United Way agencies depends on support from all of us We who profess to care for our fellow men now have our chance the United Way campaign is on support it because giving feels good Lloyd Armstrong and many others just like he give unselfisth of their time year after year in support of the campaign We in turn can support them with our donations or pledges to the United Way rot is duo to tho nogligonu of its sanants or othomiu and thorn shall be no liability for non insartion of any odvfltisomant beyond tho amount paid for such Tho Publishol rourvu the right to odit royiso lassin or roioct on odyartist The world today New promie for Nigeria By JOHN HARBRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Nigeria is again embarked on an ex perience so far rare in all of Africa rule by an elected president For the first time since 1966 when the amiy seized control of Africas largest nation Nigeria began again with an elected civilian president on October lst fulfilling the armys promise to return power to responsible government The new president is Shehu Shagan member of that countrys substantial business elite and former Finance Minister President Shagaris first act after assuming office in flowing native costume was to invite opposition leaders to nominate members form their parties for available cabinet posts Nigerias last military president LtGen Olusegun Obasanjo wont be around to per form watchdog role on the new government He has already retired from the Nigerian Army to run his farm and has asked the armed forces to cooperate with the new civilian president The importance of Nigerias return to elected government cannot be under estimated This vast nation is also the most populous in Africa with growing population of 80million Moreover it is one of the worlds largest oil producers key member of OPEC Organ ization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and one of the three major offshore suppliers of oil to ourselves and the United States ISSUES OTHER THAN OII Meantime President Shagari faca some critical national problems political as well as economic In spite of the fact the highestever oil prices will bring Nigeria record $l5 billion in revenue this year the countrys other major sector farming and agriculture is in mess In fact the country has become major food importer in spite of its basic agrarian structure and this will draw off good deal of the anticipated high oil earnings The new presidents invitation to opposition parties to participate was more than hospi table measure but an essential move to maintain stability His Nigerian National Party has only 168 elected members in the countrys large 449 seat House of Representatives and minority number of 36 seats in the 195member Senate If the four leading opposition parties were to join forces against him on controversial future policy on economics or foreign affairs they could control two thirds majorities in both houses of the nowelected Nigerian Parliament 0n foreign policy Nigeria will remain strong and influential member of the non aligned group of nations and Africas strongest opponents of South Africa This means Africas largest state will demand early independence for Namibia position taken by successive military presidents and which civilian leader Shagari has said he will maintain HOPE FOR UNITY President Shagari must hope too that Nigerias three major racial and religious regions each of them larger than many smaller African nations will remain loyal to the central govemment It was the breakway of one of these the eastern Ibo section of Nigeria which lead tr the Biafran War of 196869 Interpreting the news Kennedy faces religion issue WASHINGTON CP The sight of Senator Ted Kennedy publicly greeting the Pope in Boston this week dramatically illustrates how shifting political issues contribute to making or breaking men who would be president About 20 years have past since John Kennedy fought an uphill battle against religious prejudice to win election in 1960 as the first Roman Catholic president in the United States His critics said electing John Kennedy meant building tunnel to the Vatican through which the Roman Catholic Church would wield direct influence on US affairs It was major issue in the campaign So great is the change that Ted Kennedy now basks in the reflected glory of the Popes US visit gathering publicity before an expected bid for the presidency in 1980 No one questions his religion But the debate that raged in 1959 and 1964 was deep and bitter group of 150 Protestant ministers met in Washington led by Rev Dr Norman Vincent Peale to warn that Rn man Catholic president would be under ex treme pressure by the hierarchy of his church to yield to Vatican foreign policy Another Protestant group called Citizens for Religious Freedom set up Washington headquarters to highlight the issue throughout the campaign John Kennedy finally issued public statement saying Whatever issue may come before me as president lt on birth control censorship divorce gambling will make my decision in accordance with what my conscience tells me to be the na tional interest and without regard to outside religious pressures or dictates This pledge of religious independence and the declaration by opposing Republican candidate Richard Nixon that he accepted it Without question cooled the issue It never arose again in the three years of his presidency before he was assassinattxl in 1963 Its tempting to believe society has become more tolerant since 1960 or that people care less to explain why Ted Kennedy doesnt face challenge about his religion