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» * WHE OCBHAWA TIMES, Fridey, December 9, 1966 GRANDE PARISIENNE SPORT COUPE -- PONTIAC e+. Front Completely Redesigned RECORD YULETIDE SPENDING FORECAST FOR CANADIANS By THE CANADIAN PRESS Santa Claus will have to trade in his old sleigh this year for a larger model. He'll be so loaded down with color television sets, snowmo- biles, boats, skis, cordless power tools, appliances and other presents that he'll need it as Canadians head for an- other record spending spree. Alasdair McKichan, general manager of the Retail Council ef Canada which represents 35 per cent of Canadian re- tailers, says December sales should be 1 per cent more than last year's record $2,323,- 000,000. "Of course four per cent of this increase is .due to infla- tion but that still leaves a very nice six-per-cent gain," he says. A' Cross-Canada Survey by The Canadian Press shows that retail sales in most pro- vinees are booming and that retailers expect even. better returns as Christmas draws near. "There is a high level of _ employment, and wages are higher than a year ago,"' Mr. McKichan says. "People seem willing to spend." D. W. Rolling, general man- ager of the Retail Merchants Association of Canada Inc., says last year's demand for color television and shirts was greater than supply, but this year supply should meet demand. BIG GIFTS POPULAR He expects a high sales volume of major family gifts such as television sets, re- frigerators and boats. He also says that major department stores are hiring the normal amount of sea- sonal sales help. ; Halifax retailers say they expect 'fantastic' Christmas sales--partly due to starting all-week evening shopping two weeks earlier than last year. Other Maritime store own- ers and managers also expect good December sales. However, C. J. Pothier, manager of Jacobson Bros. Lid. department store in Dart- mouth, N.S., says the month's figures may be down as many people shopped early for Christmas --in October and November. Montreal retailers say sales are keeping pace with 1965 figures but are expected to pick up as Christmas draws near. Color television, books, furs and sportswear are selling strongly, they say. Ontario's salés are expected to be up eight or 10 per cent over last year's December total of $893,740,000, Mr. Rol- ling says. Harold Steele, manager of the Downtown Business Assoc- jation of Winnipeg, says *'We're expecting a really big year." "With the high economy of the farmers and the good employment situation, sales should be excellent." Harry Walton of the Retail Merchants' Association says there is no reason to believe 'the trend 'to higher Christmas * sales will not continue this year. Most other Manitoba retail- ers expressed the same opti- mism and expect to top easily last December's sales of $102,- 000,000. ' WHEAT HELPS SALES Saskatchewan businessmen also feel sales will be higher, because of the big wheat crop and the growth in the potash and oi] industries. R. S. McBride, manager of Eaton's Regina store, says: "We do a lot of business with Tural people and the crop year will really help. It's go- ing to be a good Christmas for everybody."' Edmonton store managers differ as to whether or not they will be able to top last year's record sales. I. Telmer, manager of the Hudson's Bay Co. store, says volume is ahead of last year's record. However, he adds, the dif- ficulty in Edmonton is that stores can only be open one night before Christmas this year, compared with four nights last year. H. Grisdale, manager of the Simpsons - Sears Ltd. store, says sales have been a little slow starting but emphasizes that there is an extra shop- ping day this month before Christmas. British 'Columbia retailers- are optimistic about record sales despite a year of labor problems, including the cur- rent longshoremen's stoppage. Ray Hunt, manager of the Retail Merchants Association, . Says the province had a record $250,000,000 in Christ- mas sales last year. One executive from a Van- couver department store says it is too late to adjust for an unsteady economy. "Our commitments were made long ago and we can't cut back." Book Famine Hits India By RAM SUNDAR Canadian Press Correspondent BOMBAY (CP) -- A_ book wake of the recent devaluation of the Indian rupee. The cost of imported books, has shot up by 50 to 150 per cent. India depends mainly on Britain and the United States for her imported book supplies. The Indian government feels the devaluation has given In- dian publishers an opportunity to step into the breach. The government - sponsored Na- tional Book Trust recently or- ganized India's first national book fair to stimulate public in- terest in. literature and give an impetus to Indian publishers. Some 10,000 books published in India were on display at the Bombay fair. UNESCO hailed it as "the biggest single step in book popularization in Southeast Asia'"' but Indian newspaper cri- tics said the fair merely high- lighted the problems of the In- dian publishing industry. The majority of books were de- scribed as "badly-produced." The foreign exchange crisis has precluded Indian publishers from importing the latest print- ing equipment and even parti- cipating in international book exhibitions. A Bombay bookseller has sug- gested the government make a special arrangement with Can- ada and the Scandinavian coun- tries to import quality paper re- quired by the industry. "Canada has given us food aid to the tune of $75,000,000," he told a meeting. "I am sure she will also respond te our book famine." Statistics show that fewer books are being published in India year by year. Last year, 20,115 pooks were published compared with 24,596 in 1963-64. Use Of Breathalyzer Backed By Bar Association The Canadian Bar Associa- tion has thrown its solid sup- port behind a proposal calling for the compulsory use of breathalizer tests on drivers suspected of drinking. The proposal, put forward by the Bar Association's council, got overwhelming backing from lawyers attending the general meeting in Winnipeg. Calling for changes in the criminal code to make the use of breathalizers compulsory, the proposal will be passed on to the federal minister of justice for. his consideration. If the changes were made, a driver would be guilty of an offence if he had .08 per cent of alcohol in his blood. This level is reached by an average man if he has 3% drinks in about half an hour. The proposal suggests the 'testing * shoold" be 'done' by *a breathalizer operated by a qualified technician. The result would be admitted as evidence, but not accepted as final proof, by a court. 'A driver refusing to take a test after being asked to do so by the police would be guilty of an offence, the proposal sug- gests. An amendment to the Bar Association council's original proposal was made, however, to safeguard the interests of accused drivers. Introduced by Toronto lawyer William Somerville, the amend- ment said drivers should be in- formed when taking a breath- alizer test that they could also have urine or blood tests. These would be sealed and made available, if needed, for an accused's defence. It was seconded by Winnipeg lawyer Frank Muldoon and hpassed' almost unanimously. © - famine has hit India in the |' SAIGON (Reuters) -- United encouraged to strum guitars in an effort to ease the strain of one of the most difficult jobs in the Viet Nam war. The daily mission of this elite group of men is to fly an un- armed jet to a selected point on the map in North or South Viet Nam, photograph it and get safely back to base. Flying by day and night, un- able' to hit back at the enemy, the reconnaissance pilots live with tensions rarely known by an infantryman. - To provide off-duty diversion, Capt. Raymond G. Troxler, a flight medical officer who is preoccupied with all aspects of the problems facing the recon- naissance pilots, flew to The States reconnaissance puvis aiv | 'Some Guitar Plucking, Beer Eases Jet Pilots' Tensions | Philippines and bought 20 guit- "They strum and sing and kick up a noise," Troxler says. "It helps a little." He also. cribes beer in moderate amounts. : "Beer is absorbed by the sys- tem much more slowly than -- some other drinks, and a man relaxes over a longer period," he says. "It is a very good sleeping-pill,"' ' The pilots are also encour- aged to do weightlifting and play handball to tire their mus- cles, since all are well used to the physical exertion of flying high-speed jets. The pilots, who have only one day off in 10, live an essentially close-knit life: Many of them fly F4-C Phan- tom jets, the most modern in operational use in Viet Nam. STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -- Being sent- to prison has be- come an almost attractive prop- osition to some criminals in Sweden since the prison board announced that families may in some circumstances be allowed to live with convicts during their term behind bars. The idea is to be part of a rehabilitation process and will be tried as an experiment at two of Sweden's smaller prisons. At one of them, wives, fian- cees and children will be al- lowed to visit husbands and boy friends for a few days at a time, paying for their food and board. ROOF FLOATS FREE One corner of the domed roof of, Maple Leaf Gardens, Tor- onto, is not fastened to the walls, to leave room for expan- sion and contraction with the seasons. Novel Rehabilitation Notion Planned For Swedish Prisons At the other, they will live in permanent prison apartments during the convict's entire sen- tence, But maximum security will be maintained. - The apartments will be avaik able to the families of prisoners in danger of suffering psycho- logically because of the hard- ship their sentences may impose upon. their family, or of prison- ers who are not hardened crim- inals but who might well drift into this category if they served their sentences with hard-core convicts. The Swedish prison service has long been noted for its hu- mane methods. Another experiment in rehabil- itation is taking place at a new prison in central Sweden where prisoners are given the key to their cell doors so they can visit showers, hobby rooms, tele- vision rooms and the rest room at will, The escape incidence for Swe- dish prisons is about seven per cent. v Don't Miss The Fabulous Pre-Christmas, Specials at MACDONALD FORD SALES ON BRAND NEW 1967 FORDS FOR EXAMPLES TURN TO PAGE 15 GNSIDE BACK CO MONTH * &