THIS WEEK
AND NEXT

By RAY ARGYLE

The eight-year war in
South Vietnam is moving
into, its final phase. After

spending
five . billlon
dollars to
keep this
Asian jun-
gle nation
out of the
Communist

AS
Roy As
choice:

The "first is to extend
the U.S. military commit-
ment there sufficiently to
ensure a clear victory over
the Viet Vong insurgents
who are supported by
Communist North Vietnam.

The secord choice is to
continue the present stra-
tegic and material aid to
the South Vietnamese in
the hope that the regime
there will somehow be
anle to fight the Commu-
aH it guerrillas to a stand-
atill.

The third choice, which
American authorities are
slowly coming around to,
is to attempt some sort of
neutralization of the whole
of what was once French
Indo-China.

one of three

Forty years ago these youngsters would have died fat
an early age from diabetes if it hadn’t been for the discovery
of two great Canadians, Dr, Banting and Dr. Best. Here
they are healthy and laughing meeting Toronto’ (:] De Charles
Best in London, England, where he
of the British Diabetic Association on the 40th anniversary
of the ey of insulin,

THE HOME TEAM

No
‘yet saying so publicly, sat
this is the only interpreta-
tion which can be put on

Defense Secretary McNa- |

Mmara’s renewed - declara-
‘tion to get American troops
out of South Vietnam by
next year.

‘There appears no other
‘escape from the present
impasse.

This was first recognized
‘by Gen. De Gaulle who in
proposing neutralization,
‘yan head-on into bitter
American reaction, which
still equates neutrality
with surrender to _Com-
munism.

And it is true that neu-
trality can be a prelude to
surrender, unless the con-
dition of neutrality is
Jacked up by. continued
American military strength.
"The old French Indo-

Chinese empire was carved

up into four states at the

1954 Geneva conference

which brought an end to

the French-Communist war
ere,

North Vietnam, under
the contro] of Marxist Ho
Chi Minh, became a Com-
‘munist people’s republic.
Laos, Cambodia and South
Vietnam remained non-
communist, Comm unist

subversion continued in all-

three states, however, and
South Vietnam was par-
ticularly vulnerable be-
eause the Americans made
the mistake of backing an
unpopular and despotic
government.

Two revolutions later,
South Vietnam continues to
fight a losing jungle war.
Laos is in near-} paralysis
under a princely trium-
virate representing Com-
munist, neutralist and
Western viewpoints. Cam-
bodia, long a_ staunch
American ally, has moved
recently toward an inde-
pendent neutralist policy
and is now protesting
further American’ capes
assistance.

The attractions of neu-

trality for these states

welgh equally on both sides
of the Iron Curtain.

North Vietnam is suffer-
fing serious agricultural de-
ficiencles which can be
solved only by drawing on
the farm wealth of South

‘Vietnam. Communist China’

is in no position to render

this kind of help, and thus

the North Vietnamese are

drawn over to the

Russian position of peace-

ful accommodation rather

‘ than the Chinese hard Une

of continued military

> assaults on Western ont-
posts.

The United States has no
desire to become further
entangled in a long, and
probably losing, guerrilla
war in the jungles of south-
east Asia. If President
Johnson is able to win a
strong mandate in the
White House, he will then
be able to resist the oppo-
sition to a negotiated
setement in southeast

“When my turn comes, somebody will have to
down with this thing!”

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» By BILL SMILEY ~

‘Caught between the
Seventeenth of Ireland and
the Twenty-first of Spring,
T-was-in a sqeandary about

a topic for
this week's
epistle. (A
f quandary is
a cross be-
tween an
Irish bog
and the
first day of
spring in
Canada.)
‘Bit ‘Salley Come to

think of it, the two have a
lot in common: the Irish
and spring in this country.
You never know what to
expect, You’ may be in for
a bout of weeping, a hurri-
+ cane of abuse, or a blast of
hot air, from either. ~

Perhaps it is this unpre-
dictability that makes the
company of the Irish and
the coming of spring in
Canada such a constant
source of bewilderment, de-
light and despair. I speak
as an expert, My wife is
half Irish and I've battled
my way through a good few
of those Eskimo's night-
mares—first day of spring
—in this land.

I never know any more
than the kids do, whether
my wife is going lo hit me
or kiss me. And |-never
know whether the twenty-
first of March is going to
wrap me in a great voluptu-
ous embrace or flay me
with a wind that would

freeze the brains of a brass _

monkey.

There's a great deal of
myth in the popular. con-
ception of those tricky
twins, the Irish and spring
in Canada.

Irishmen are supposed to °

be bubbling over with the
juices of life. They are
understood to be warm-
hearted, charming, gay and
lively. They’ re expected to
be sentimental and elo-
quent, generous and devil-
may-care, And many of
them are.

But don’t blame me if
the first Irishman you meet
after reading this is 9 lugu-

Spring.

brious, long-faced, mourn

ful, money-grubbing, pleas-,
ure-shunning, nit- picking,
self-pltying, people-hating
type. Some of them are.

Same with spring in Can-
ada. It's supposed to bea
day when the blood bur-
bles, when the young
mothers are all out with
their new baby-carriages,
when the sun smiles wildly
over the scene, when the
first tiny flowers poke their

. dainty heads up, and the
streams gurgle with rap-
ture, and the alr smells and
feels and tastes like cham-
pagne. And sometimes it is,

kok

But chances are, on the
Twenty-first of Spring,
you'll be racked by ‘flu,
you'll have a hole in your
rubbers, your eaves-
troughs will be pendulous
with ice, your car won't
start, the ice will: stretch
as far as eye can see on the’
bay, and a gale that would
curdle the blood of a Lap-
lander is howling out of the
north.

However, that’s life. And
this is my salute to the
Irish, whom 1 have loved
and hated, fought with and
laughed at. And this is also
my salute to spring, which
I have loved and hated,
coped with and cursed at.

Perhaps we should tet
some more distinguished
company have the last word
on the Irish, Like George’
Moore, who said, “My one
claim.to originality among
Irishmen is that J have
never made a speech.”

Or Mark Twain: “Give an
irishman tager for a month
and he’s a dead man, An
Irishman is lined with cop-
per, and the beer corrodes
it. But whiskey polishes the.
copper and is the saving of.

* * *

However, I intend to have
the last word on Canada’s
first day of spring, myself.
Here it is.

Canadian spring

Ain't even a season.
It's merely a ig
That's usually freezin’.

MOCO — By Barley

Eanaiian social worker Doris Clark invites in to write
har about your problem. She, answers letters of general
interest in thts column but can’t undertake personal replies.

DEAR DORIS — I havelhelp him keep from drink
five children, The last oneling? And is there a way I

am desperate to get away

from all of them.
My husband thinks a de-

ean avoid going all the way
‘without he and I getting
angry?. Remember, Doris, I
do love him even ‘so,
PUZZLED

DEAR PUZZLED — His
uj anger, his Physical urgency,

t you
wish on yourself. All you have|"
to do is grow up. He can't)
see why I want-a holiday.

His health is disgusting.
How can I convince him

just can’t carry on like a

20-year-old mother?
DEPRESSED

int to self-
Indulgence. I question his love
for you. You can’t. reform
him; but you-can keep your
own skirts clean.

ee ed
DEAR DORIS — I would
like to have your opinion on

]

DEAR DEPRESSED —|how to address my wedding
Even .a 20-year-old mother|invitations. The problem here
needs change and recreation, |is that my father passed away
Yet a robust mate can some-|this year and 1 do not live
times be honestly perplexed] ‘with my mother, although she

when she complains.

lives here in town, 1 reside
with an’ aunt and uncle. My

You need to confide com-jfiance and myself are pay:
ing for the wedding,

pletely in your doctor, both
for treatment and support of
your idea. And write in again,
enclosing ten cents and a five-
cent stamped, self-addressed
envelope, for ‘Facing Forty,”
a leaflet which will help you
what

ENGAGED

DEAR ENGAGED — You |”

could: -

(1) Extend to your mother

Change of artee (Readers: If
you would like this leaflet,

‘ write to me in’ care of. this}

newspaper as above.)
ee eee

(2) Have your aunt and

uncle do this; or

courtesy of issuing invi-
or

(8) Do it yourself.
What you do depends on

DEAR DORIS — | go with|whether” you are on good
a boy, he is 19 and I am 18,|terms with your mother,
He always wants to take me; whether your aunt and uncle

into his bedroom and, when

Ijare: closer and more’ like

won't go all the way with him,| parents, or whether you have

he gets angry with me,

He drinks a lot. He listened

been on your own a long time.
If you choose the third way,

to me about it for a while;|the form reads: “The honor
now he is in trouble again|of your presence is requested

through drinking.

Is there any way I could)

at the marriage of, etc. ...”
written out in formal style.

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HOCKEY
GHATTER

By GEORGE JACKSON

Lay -Away

It Is with tongue in check and
burning ears that yours truly sub-
mits copy this week. Hockey Chat-
ter in the Inst issue of our local
weekly was critical of the apparent
progress of our three district
Athletic Associations to unite, how-
ever a mecting held on Tuesday
March 10 saw representatives of
these groups pass. a motion to
amalgamate into one District Ath-
letic organization. This action will
certainly meet with approval of
all local sport and recreation. exe:

FOR

cutives,

The regular monthly meeting
of the’ Minor Hockey association
held ‘on’ March 11 dealt
with regular business plus special
items of interest to parents and
player, They are as follows:

The anunal meeting to be held
on April 15 in the arena hall, at
which time eleven executive mem-
bers will be elected. Rep team
coaches will be appointed, and | im
will be in charge of their leagues.

A motion recommending the

| c.:

CONSUMERS
CORNER

Comments on our Con-
sumers Corner of last week
continued to be heard. If
you find this type of shop-

to make Head
Guards compulsory player equip-
ment next season for all Mite-Mite
and Pee-Wee players, this ruling to
progress to the next league the
following year ete. until all players
under the jurisdiction of the C&D
MHA are wearing head guards.
The annual banquct will cost
each attending player, cosch and
executive $1.00 and will be held
on April 9 at 630 p.m. in the
SHSS cafeteria. This charge {s to

ping ing
please mention it the next
time you're in PITTS DRUG
or PLAZA DRUG.

New arrivals this week
were SARNABRASS candle-
sticks from India. These,
were supposed to be split
for showing between the two
stores however they have}
proved so popular there is
not enough stock left .to
show so for the present rer
are shown .at PLA
DRUGS only — from one ae up| bi
they go very well with .our

‘HONEYLITE candles. More

stock on order now.

Also new and in limit-
ed quantities are the black
ceramic figurines from
LUXEMBOURG. Standing
9” high with a black gloss
they are very attractive and
range from $3.25 to $6.95.

+ New also and worthy
of mention are the colour-
ful glass ornaments from
GERMANY. These farm ani-
mals of blown glass are a
little higher in price than
the usual glass ornaments
one sees,qround but are de-
finitely worth the difference.
See them at PITTS: 2
STORES from $1.49," -

One of the results of the
long, long winter seems to
be the rash of - colds with
stubborn coughs now mak-
ing the rounds, We recom-
mend the REXALL family|”
of TRIPLE ACTION COUGH
Syrups for most stubborn
colds, TRIPLE ACTION ‘be-
cause it cuts phlegm quick-
ly, TRIPLE ACTION be-
eause, if sipped from - the
spoon it has.a local: soothing
effect on the irritated mem-
branes of the. throat. TRI-
PLE ACTION is available in
all strengths from childrens
to adults with the modern
cough stopper DMH. Why
not try it now.

Don’t forget Easter on
March 29th, PITTS 2
STORES. have greeting
cards from .CARLTON and
RUSTCRAFT for your plea-
sure, Baskets; cream eggs

and gay boxes by JENNY}.

LIND are also — available.
Come in and make your
choice now, PITTS. will lay
away your goods until Eas-

cover food costs only, Members
of the Beta Sigma Phi have kindly
offered to look after table arrange-
ments and serving, and to you
ladies a big, big thank you.

Travelling on the weekend
were Ed Isackson and the Pee-Wee
All Stars. Thy recorded a 5-1 vic;
tory in Creston. On home ice Miko
Lauriente and his Bantam Reps
were less gracious hosts as they
held the visiting Creston Bantams ]
for a 5.4 victory. Next Sunday at © lsjr ag tendons
10.30 am, a midget team ‘from tamoved easier
Greenwood will take on yoy to carve!
Chernoftf’s midgets in our local ice : folly

palace, (busiest place in town.) Acbautih holy ste oe

Linament has been used. li- barry

berally by fathers since last Sat-
urady’s game against the reinforceg
midgets. Three half-hour periods
caused the younger set to change
lines frequently, however they.ma-
naged to hold their own’ against | [
sentority and won by a narrow |®
margin, Now for play-off round-
up to copy deadline.

The Juveniles were eliminated
in the local semi-final. series by
the Sawmillers of the commercial
league, Midget Club “C” are also
out of the finals leaving Midget
“A” and “B” to start their best
of five series last Tuesday. They
meet again on Saturday at 7.30 a.m,
In the Bantam league “C” elimin-
ated Bantam “B” on Mouday, To-
night Bantam “A” and “C" start
their five game series at 7.30 and
will meet again on Saturday at
5 o'clock for their second game.

‘An upset. game in the Pee-
Wee league saw secon place '“D”
team” eliminated “by the fourth
place “B” team. Tonight Pee-Wee
“B" meets “BE” who got the bye
in’ the first series of semi-finals,
these same teams meet again on
Saturday morning at 9 a.m. Also on
Saturday Gem Cleaners meets P&G
Builders at 10.45 and waiting to
go on at 11.45 will be Pitts be
and Castle Tir

Gommercial Hockey

Sawmillers downed Shop Easy
Packers by a score of 13.4 in: their
first game of the semi-final com.
mercial hockey playoffs.

‘Tuesday night the Sawmillers
won over the-Packers by a score of
11-2 to take two games straight SLICED
in 3 out of 5.

:The third game between the
‘Sawmillers' and Packers will be

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