4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Februai sence of all the facts. something like this. One man’s o} The tendency to bellave that whic! much grief. It is not so much a matter o Take the current tele, Several good people who more speak of a major shift in management po fe “Orders came down from the U.S. pare a lean ship and send cash home to mother, end a little backwards and mother really does need cash. | am sure the ran! and file will not really mind slipping behi The supervisor training program showdown. People cannot run across t company — and the fight was on. ‘ 1 believe these friends of mine and hope that paraphrasing is reasonably hone service in recent. years has deteriorated close. | do know this — telep! Jerabh i teft us with slow-as-molasses mail service 18, 1981 TWU dilemma By FRED MERRIMAN The only confused, doubt the Crown or smoke signals in the s! Then we read-an a claim that telephone worke per hour, which is 30 per cent hig! Then we hear “blood in the streets’ always had the general belie! not the president, Then | saw Despite the glowering app ce and the ip of Vancouver headquarters, | think the TWU is not bein: d it h ner do | think violence or illegal ac- dvertisoment by the National Coalition group who 3. are very wall paid and we see figures like $13.72 her than my hourly wage and | start getting id th pinion ————— h we see and hear is causing many of us f getting inaccurate facts as itis t hone workers’ dilemma... as “on the horns of". ave been part of this ongoing hassle for 20 years or licy In recent years wh nt that profits will be British Columbia is Indian count ind in wages and benefits.” ot seriously underway for ‘the big e straat to a competing. telephone “ Kinnaird threatening to “close down the whole province” as though he were some kind of king or equivalent. | that organized labor was run by the members, the open belligerence on the unhappy group of TWU workers in a recent newspaper photograph and the Hickered across my mind, again, . ie ab- ich goes /,Run For former POW :— Battle not over yet (AP) — Garwood, “Prosecutors. had sought the. life acted as a guard, informed on: other pri and served as oration with the enemy in Vietnam, will go free after begging the jury of U.S. marine.officers for mercy — but his fight is not over. * ‘The same jury that last week convicted Garwood of laces of a most Someone should pany — if there be one, ition in the PP d or encouraged, put a muzzle on customers of B.C. Telephone, should start C end to the dispute or bring pressure to bear With'a competing telephone com- tivity should be condone And that, dear friends and hibc “oxithe t “"ptoad in the straets” and we, the demanding better service and on ly legal p treated fairly. | do not of a is tar super! é involvement. ly out‘of the questi tics, p is compl ning to live without the tetep is right — and I toss my hat in with the TWU. Y change career courses two or three times in’ our: to say, my friends with B.C, Telephone will decisions . . . like real estate, 7 it won't be easy and you may even fave to local -hotel to make’ ends meet wh However, it may be a better way to go th terfere or for the public to give up the confound ur probl government interference and y then we are left with lear- hone, offering moral support to whichever cause .. Some of us have been required to orking years. Perhaps, sad to make career, change Pp id time as a night clerk aia ile youare ‘learning your new trade. an waiting for the government to in- led phone. and fibre op- r with the Viet Cong and of assaulting an- other U.S. prisoner of war in Vietnam voted Friday not to send him to prison. The jurors — all Vietnam veterans — instead demoted the 84-year-old ‘Indiana na- tive to private and ordered his dishonorable discharge fromthe Marine Corps. iThey aisc ordered him to forfeit"one week's pay that had ‘accrued since his con- viction. The government has held “$147,000 in pay that Garwood secumulated during: his 14 years'as a POW. The court martial lacked the au- thority to require him to for- feit that money. Garwood’s lawyers have filed an action in the U.S. Court of Claims seeking repayment. The jury could have sen- tenced Garwood to life in prison. i Defence lawyer John Lowe said the legal battle is not over, , Presiding Judge Col. R.E. Switzer scheduled a session Tuesday to consider two mo- tions from Lowe, who asked the judge to the fe d, but Lowe urged jurors to exercise their op- tion of overturning their guilty verdict. Ina statement read to the jury Friday by a defence lawyer, Garwood asked to be allowed to remain free and try to heal his “shattered life." He said he could not explain his actions 12 years ago in Vietnam, but said he believes he “could never knowingly violate the law in- the ways:charged.” The prosecution never de- nied testimony by former . POWs who said Garwood an interpreter for the Viet- namese. But defence lawyers argued that “Garwood was driven insane in captivity and was unawére of the erimin- ality of his acts. as Former POW David Hark- er testified that Garwood hit him lightly in the ribs when guards discovered that. POWs had killed the prison commandant’s cat for food. Garwood still faces charges in nearby Jacksonville of sexually molesting ‘a: seven- year-old girl last fall. Ini his own statement to the jury Friday, . Garwood pleaded to be .allowed to make a life with Donna Long and her two sons. Garwood lives with Long, the widow of an ex-marine, She and her 10-year-old son asked. the + jury in testimony earlier this UNFLOWER PETE'S) Quote of the Week A woman is a creature who -can talk herself out of almost anything but a phone booth. - week not to send Garwood to prison. oe Later, as he left the court- |. room with his. arm circled around the boy, Garwood was asked how he felt. “It’s been a long-time,” he answered quietly,” TRUMPETER IN TUNE The tuning fork was inven- ted by John Shore, a trum- - peter for G.F. Handel, in 1711, conviction after the sentence was announced. : Earlier, Lowe moved for a mistrial, saying Switzer made improper comments during the 19-week ‘court martial. Churches urge ban on lotteries OTTAWA (CP) — A group of Canadian churches has asked Justice Minister Jean Cretien to outlaw lotteries. The group, representing the Baptist F ion of “Gambling divides rather than unites, is destructive to genuine philanthropy, is ful to persons, com- munities and nations and is ing to the i Canada, the United Church and Salvation, have urged the government in a brief to refrain from direct sponsor- ship of any lottery and to in- fluence other levels of gov- ernment to do the same. In their brief, the churches urged the appointment of a royal commission to investi- gate the current state of gambling, including lotteries, desire to get something for PORT HOOD, N.S. (CP) — Members of St. Péter's Ro- man Catholic parish here have voted unanimously to withold a percentage of their federal taxes to protest the use of government funds for abortions. Parishioners will send a lution to 45, men and women ordin-. ands said “a number of highly competent Canadian theolo- gians” applied for the job and that passing over such “com- petent and gifted Canadians” appears to be “another case of Canada's inferiority. com: plex” in academic, affairs’; “Tha choice of thé selection: committee, made up of three Emmanuel alumni, three fac- ulty members and three stu- dents, is Rev. Alasdair Heron, lecturer in systematic theology at New College, Edinburgh. : French said he agrees in to casinos and off-track betting. The group said that prior to government lotteries. there was no widespread demand for them. Social. group meets The first meeting of Nei- son's new Unattached Social Group was an unqualified success according to the group's organizers. Approx- imately 25 people took the initial step toward meeting others who are also on their own and are seeking com- panionship in varied social activities. A few people came from Castlegar and interest was also expressed from as far away as Creston, New Den- ver, and Nakusp. Obviously, the social structure of most’ towns is failing to meet (satisfy) the needs of the single person, A lively discussion of pos- sibilities for future group in- volvement took place over coffee. Plans were made for a “fun night" of bowling on™ Feb. 21 at Heritage Lanes, and a potluck dinner at a later date (to be followed by a night of cards and games), After the meeting, the group moved on to the Le- gion where eveyone enjoyed the fellowship, dancing and the delightful music of the “Idaho Spud.” It is hoped that many new friendships will be formed through the club, and that the membership will be in- creased with each successful social event held. iple that it’s desirabl Can- ada and letters to their mem- ber of Parliament, Finance Minister Alan MacEachen. Before the lution was hire Canadians “but I'm re- luctant to disregard the ad- . vice of a well-balanced sel- ection it Jn the last passed, Rev. Bernard Mac- donald, of the theology de- partment of St. Francis Xav- ier University, was invited to speak to the congregation. He witheld a portion of his 1979 taxes in protest against government support of abor- tions. . PROTEST NOMINATION “TORONTO (CP) — One- third of the training analysis, you have to pick the one that's best’ qualified.” EMERGENCY GRANT TORONTO (CP) — The _Catholic diocese of. Thanh Hoa in Vietnam has received $30,000 in emergency relief aid from the Canadian Cath- olic Organization for Devel- opment and Peace. The money will go towards wily for the United Church min- istry at Victoria Uni "s pews! si underway since’ they were Emmanuel College have signed a petition protesting the nomination of a non-Can- adian as professor of sys- tematic theology. In a letter to Victoria President Goldwin French, WOMAN WROTE SYMPHONY Amy Marcy Beach's Gaelic Symphony, written in -1896, - was the first symphony com- posed by an American woman. started in the aftermath of Typhoon Ruth which hit the southeast Asian nation last Sept. 16. * The new emergency grant brings the amount of emer- gency aid sent to help ty- phoon victims in the country 460,000. (Voice of the People / ‘Homecoming ‘ Editor, Castlegar News: - Thead CG ity is «Bring a pienié supper and | sponsoring a “Home Coming” . picnic in conjunction with the annual spring ‘bazaar and auction known as the “Spring Thing.” The event - takes place on May 31, 1981 at the Steelhead School on Cardinal Road. - All former residents from near and far are cordially turn -f da! with old and new friends. : Please write to the under- sidned if you plan to attend and“ more . detailed infor- mation will be provided. a ‘Otto Johnson, 11797 Dewdney Trunk Road, R.R. 5 Mission, B.C. 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