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Trudeau, who has been nominated for a Nobel peace prize, began his personal peace crusade with a speech to students at a university in Guelph, Ont, It has since taken him te Washington, the United Nations in New York, several West capitals, Peking and behind the Iron Curtain to Prague, East Berlin, Bucharest and Moscow. And he vowed to continue to press his proposals — so far unsuccessful — for a summit of the five nuclear powers, a renewed and tougher non-proliferation treaty, a ban on high- altitude anti-satellit pons and on the mobil- COLLEGE BOARD mateh ‘words ox’ ‘setion ‘by resolution at the United Nations ‘calling weapons freeze, ¥ y He also called for increased spending on disarmament efforts, saying that without follow-up efforta, Trudeau's initiatives will be wasted. Broadbent cited Ganadian testing of the U.S. cruise missile as an example of what the NDP says is Trudeau's contradictory stand on disarmament, The tests, under a five-year umbrella agreement signed in July, are scheduled to begin over northwestern Canada next month. continued from front page from Trail and Nelson to Castlegar will be opposed by community residents and students alike, he said. And the cost for new facilities is not likely to be supported by the senior government. Some residents will be denied access to the limited opportunities which are presently available to them and the move to a larger organizational unit may result in less personal commit- ment’ and a lowering of quality and standards, Perra says. The d multi-campus offers a significant advantage over the present multi-campus in that it provides in- creased access to individuals living Valley region. Merry Cyanid Perra said the disadvantages of the model are “amplifications” of those listed for the multi-campus model. “The adoption of any one model by the board will result in some appre- hension and concern,” Perra noted. He said a “clear ard easy choice” for the short term — five to 10 years — is not readily identifiable. “Over the long term (20 to 30 years) towards a more compre- hensive and centralized structure should provide the greatest opportun- some programs for ties to students and ensure the best in the Trail-Beaver utilization of the available human and physical resources,” he said. Perra added that regardless of the board's decision, some form of com- munity relations activity by the board will be to overcome concerns which have developed as a result of this process. “The adoption of a best model to guide the long-term future of the co- lege and to provide for the best possible level and range of programs and services must remain a board responsibility,” he said. e spill reported service Wednesday Allan Merry, 98, of Slocan City, died Saturday in Castle- gar Hospital after a short illness. Funeral arrangements are to be announced. KAMLOOPS (CP) — A Highland Valley mining com- pany is trucking drinking water to people who live downstream of its mine until they are sure their creek and their wells are not contam- inated by deadly sodium cy- anide. They will have to wait at 1490 Days TIL YOU SEE A SALE LIKE THIS! vEAr YEAR SALE! 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GARBAGE COMPACTOR mode by Whirlpool, $469. TOSHIBA MICROWAVE OVEN Full-size, touch pod with auto detrost. $599. Ce TRADITIONAL SOFA and Chair Luxurious comfort. Reg $1140, set $699. BRAEMORE CURIO CABINET with winged mirrored back. Reg. $699, $470. CONTEMPORARY SOFA and Chair with oak trim. Reg $1099, set $699. EARLY AMERICAN SOFA and Choir. Hard-wearing Her- culon. Reg. $1099, set $699. CONTEMPORARY SOFA, Two Chairs, Ottoman. Reg. $899, 4° Piece $599. OAK WALL UNIT by Broemore. Reg. $790, $580. OAK WALL UNIT by Braemore Reg. $599, $430. BEDROOM SUITE with lorge double dresser, hutch mirror 5-drawer chest and 54/Queen d. Reg. $1099, $899. pA 63 ‘CUBIC FOOT Bor Fridge, TEN CUBIC FOOT Detrost Fridge, $499. Manual RCA, RANDOM Select 20° remoja control color TV. $619. CANDLE 14” color TV. $329. CANDLE 20” color TV. $449. 13 CUBIC FOOT Frost-f Fri A 5 15 CUBIC FOOT Frost-tree fridge, $839. 15 CUBIC FOOT Kelvinator Frost-free Fridge, $799. SKLAR CONTEMPORARY Soto ond Chair. Tough Draylon- material. Reg. $1780, set 340. LARGE, EARLY Sota OAK BEDROOM SUITE with triple dr and mirrors, wer 54/Queen headboard $1490, $1050. and Swivel Rocker. Plush nylon print with lots of showwood. Reg. $1430, $999. PINE CAPTAIN BEDS with three lorge drawers ond four shelves. Reg. $639, MODERN STYLE Braemore Sofa and Chair. Reg. $1130, $849. MANY MORE LIVINGROOM SUITES UNADVERTISED. WO ONLY: TWRrion waterbeds. Hood. less - Foot - Pedestal le Mattress Pod. $399 each. ADMIRAL 30” Deluxe Range, $599. rs. Odd Size Waterbed Bags. All Silk Floral Arrange- ments, 70% Off. All Lamps and Pictures, ‘4 Price. 3” as low as KELVINATOR 30" Deluxe tange, $599. McCLARY SELF-CLEAN Range, $799. GE AUTO WASHER. Auto. temperature control. $469. MOFFAT AUTOMATIC Washer, 3-cycle, 5 wash/rin- $10. Range and Dryer Cables, $2.00 each. Discontinued Fabric mples. eS FEATURE MARBLE ROLLING . PIN, wooden handles, complete with stand, only $8.41. least until Monday, Environ- ment Ministry officials said Friday. The sodium cyanide was contained in 227,000 litres of water that spilled into High- mont Creek Thursday night from a pipeline at the High- mont copper-molybdenum mine, said ministry spokes- man Geoff Swanell. The mine is located near Logan Lake, about 50 kilom- etres southwest of this south- ern Interior ¢ity and 40 kif superintendent, said Friday night the spill did not appear to have reached an embank- ment built two kilometres below the mine, where High- mont Creek enters Witches Brook. The families drinking trucked-in water live along Guichon Creek, which is fed by Witches Brook. Dave Brown, of the En- vironment Ministry's Kam- loops office, said water sam- ples taken by the ministry milligrams per litre. Swanell said the spilled mine water contained 22 milligrams per litre, and could be fatal to humans who drink it. Police file ‘Two men were apprehend- ed by Castlegar RCMP Feb. 21 for shoplifting. One was caught at the MacLeods store on Columbia Ave. after a chase. Police are withholding the men’s names. Police say they are “alarmed” at the increase of shoplifting in Castlegar SPECIALS FOR YOU Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week SUNRYPE APPLE JUICE LIGHT TUNA CLOSED UNTIL 1 P.M. WEDNESDAY CLOSED ALL DAY THURSDAY TO TAKE INVENTORY. a co Monthly Payments TAKS . Downtown Castlegar 365-2101 BREAD ite Ste Delivery by Professionals! All sales final. hy NO SPECIAL ORDERS. CENTRAL stores. According to Staff Sgt. John Stevens, “pretty well all” area businesses have been plagued with shoplift- ers, but grocery stores are the most common targets. This month Castlegar RCMP had “about 25” calls regarding shoplifters, Ste- vens said. Police advise that in con- junction with local mer- chants, they will increase surveillance and security in area stores to crack down on shoplifters. bership. ‘The convention will include fighti in. and equipment displays. Pythians hold art contest Entries are now being taken for the Knights of Pythias Poster Contest, which is open to grades 9,10, 11, and 12. This year the topic is “driving while impaired.” The purpose of the poster should be to show the detri- mental effects of driving & car, boat, plane or any other type of vehicle. The message should be about the results of impaired driving. Impairment ean encompass sleeplessness, hypnosis, pres. cription drugs for colds, ar. thritis or other health prob- lems, and fatigue, as well as alcohol and drugs, To enter plone the Twin Rivers Lodge Poster Contest chairman at 365-3835. Or contact the principal of Stan- ley Humphries Secondary School, who has information on the contest. Deadline for the contest is April 1. Cominco plant will benefit VICTORIA (CP) — A cab- inet order will now allow petrochemical producers in British Columbia to negotiate directly with producers on the price they pay for,natural though the net effect will bea courage a healthy petro chemical industry. The first to benefit from the incentives will be the Ocelot Industries methanol plant at Kitimat and Com- inco's ammonia plant at Trail, in pr roy- alites on feedstock gas, the government is eager to en- Goloff _ funeral Mary Goloff of Castlegar passed away Feb. 22 at the age of 80. She was born Feb. 20, 1904 at Yorkton, Sask. and came to B.C. in 1921, settling in Ootischenia. She married Peter Hlook- off at Ootischenia and lived at Nelson for many years. In 1960s Mrs. Goloff married George Goloff. They moved to Castlegar in 1967, where she has since resided. Mrs.Goloff is survived by two sons, Peter Halliday of Nelson and Farren Hadden of White Rock; four grandchil- guilty to a parking offense. . 8 «@ Kenneth Pickering was given a conditional discharge dren; one great h and one sister, Annie Laben- tsov of Robson. She is pre- deceased by her parents, two sisters and her husbands. Funeral services were held Friday and Saturday at Castlegar Funeral Chapel with burial in Park Memorial Cemetery. Funeral arrangements un- der the direction of Castlegar Funeral Chapel. and put on pi for nine months Jan. 31 when he was found guilty of wilfully com- mitting an indecent act in the presence of one or more per- sons. Pickering was also put on a six-month peace bond this week for causing a distur- bance in a public place. . 2 Jamie Berekoff was put on a six-month $500 peace bond. Rates Guaranteed for the Term! 1 YEAR — 994% 2-4 YEARS — 10'2° ~5 YEARS — 10%% Fixed Rate Plan — $500 Minimum (Rates subject to change without notice) UME) Keptenay Savings: U's pid rt mite ech HALIFAX (CP) Well capping experts were unable to board the abandoned drill- ing rig Vinland on Saturday,’ thwarted again by the. con: stantly changing weather around Sable Island. Seven experts tried to board the rig to evaluate damage and, to determine what must be done to stop the flow of natural gas from the Uniacke G-72 well that blew Wednesday night. Two of the seven are em- ployes of Boots and-Coots of Houston, Tex., whose job it will be to stop the flow of highly flammable, non-toxic gas from the well. No matter what they find when they are able to board the Vinland, they won't be able to start capping opera. tions for a few days, a spokesman for Shell Canada Resources, the rig’s operator, said Saturday. Laurie Taylor of Shell said the weather is changing quickly around the rig, just 12 nautical miles from Sable Island. “One minute there's zero visibility and the next it's half a mile,” he said. “Fog is rolling in and out and it looks as though they'll have to try again today.” The men tried to board the Norwegian-owned rig Fri- day, but the wind was blow- po gas across the helicopter “There's always that con- cern about ignition because it is very volatile stuff,” Taylor said, “A fire would instantly generate a fantastic amount of heat and our only hope is if signed to stand by the rig should a fire start. The Vinland's crew of 76 spent Wednesday night in enclosed lifeboats in the At- lantic off Sable Island, known as the Graveyard of the At- lantie for its history pf ship- wrecks. One of the men was stricken by a heart attack and died. Ships have been ordered to stay 15 nautical miles from the rig and planes are pro- hibited from flying below 6,000 metres without per mission. A Search and Rescue spokesman said ships would normally stay clear of the drilling area, but the order was issued to deter vessels from trying to get a close look at the rig, thereby run POPULAR SKIER . . . Todd Brooker takes time out from signing autographs tor crowd of young fans to take a look at the leader board during this weeks Canadian men’s downhill ski championship at Granite Moun- tain, Brooker's face shows he wasn't happy with sixth- place finish ott KELOWNA (CP) — Char- ges by the Canadian Union of Public Employees that the airport in this Okanagan city is unsafe are not true, says airport manager Roger Sel. lick. The union has said that three management workers are manning emergency ser vices are working 16-hour days. Union spokesman Jim Kelly said he wonders why the city is playing Russian roulette with people's ‘lives by maintaining the airport is safé when it is not But Sellick said the non union workers are not work ing those kind of hours and are only providing coverage to regularly scheduled air a » ee ifie Western Airlines, think the airport is quite safe. There are 17 union mem- bers at the airport employed as firefighters and mainten ance workers. Filling in for them are the fire chief, the former fire chief amd two auxiliary firemen. The union members have been without a contract since Dee. 31, 1982. The dispute started to heat up last Friday when three fire and emergency employ- ees were suspended after al- legedly refusing to follow the orders of the airport's fire chief. Pickets went up at the Kelowna airport the same way RECOVERY WILL BE SLOW OTTAWA (CP) — All signs Costews Photo by ning the risk of ing the treacherous Sable shoals. The blowout caused little damage to the rig, but a slick of condensates, byproducts of the gas, coats the water in the area. Non-union company unfair, judge says VANCOUVER {CP} —-A the labor board's assessment p that set up a non-union company to evade the requirements of its collective agreement is liable for damages to its union em- ployees, Mr. Justice W.H. Davies ruled Friday in B.C. Supreme Court. The ruling upheld an ear lier Labor Relations Board decision against contractor Lorne Camozzi. Camozzi set up a non- union company, Carns Creek Construction Co. Ltd., in competition with his own road construction company, Lorne W. Camozzi Co. Ltd., to bid on a CP Rail road. building job near Revelstoke, the Union said in a prepared re- lease. When the non-union com- pany was awarded the con- tract, Local 115 of the union, which had an agreement with Camozzi's union firm, laid a complaint that Camozzi had violated Section 37 of the B.C. Labor Code. The Labor Relations Board ruled that the two companies were the same employer and therefore subject to the con- ditions of the collective agreement signed by the unionized firm. The board al- so decided that Camozzi was liable for damages owed to union members for wages and benefits lost because of his i 7 of d for g the section “is not intended as a punishment for a prior event, but rather it is meant to fur- ther effective industrial rela. tions.” Fred Randall, Local 115 business manager, said the union “had to pursue the Camozzi case to establish whether or not companies could avoid their commit- ments to a trade union mere- ly by registering another company name.” Randall said that the Social Credit government has been talking about eliminating or weakening Section 37 by legislating changes to the Operating Engineers‘labor code. “We hope that our success in the courts will persuade the employers of this prov- ince to abandon their attack on Section 37. We also hope the provincial government will recognize the wisdom of the Supreme Court's de- cision.” About 100 protesters from the B.C. and Yukon Building Trades Council gathered Thursday in front of a Van- couver hotel where the Can- adian Construction Associ- ation held its annual con- vention. The association is lobbying the federal gov. ernment to exempt it from a section of the Canada Labor Code forbidding unionized Davies ruled Friday that from setting up parallel, non-union affiliates. merchants. Two major VANCOUVER (CP) — Sunday shopping in British Columbia is sparkipg acon frontation between shopping mall landlords and small Vancouver-area Coquitlam Centre and Lougheed Mall, will launch Sunday shopping next month in an attempt to get a piece of what they believe are ever-increasing Sunday sales. But the plan is running into opposition. Sue Hlokcff, owner of Tropik Sun Fruit and Nutt in Coquitlam Centre, says she has gathered several petitions signed by employees and tenants opposed to Sunday opening. “The reason the merchants are opposed is because none of the major department stores will be open and, whether we like it or not, the major department stores bring people into the mall,” she said. ck Blair, manager of Coquitlam Centre which plans The move to wide-open shopping centres, J toopen for Sunday shopping on March 11 from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., acknowledges a petition is being circulated “but that is not unusual.” “Not all staff and owners are happy about Sunday opening, but then we also have a lot of staff and owners who are quite happy. Right now, about 142 stores (out of 160) will be open and I'm going to Toronto to talk to management of some of the national chains and I'm sure more will come in and be open on Sunday.” The department stores “will come around to thinking of Sunday as a major shopping day and then will be open,” he said. John McLean, regional sales promotion manager for The Bay, said, “at this point in time, we are not planning to open on Sunday.” “There is, however, a possibility that this: could change.” Sunday shopping sparks merchant /landlord clash nO} diti do not suggest recovery will continue at the more moderate pace established by the end of last year, Statis- ties Canada reported Friday. A slowing in consumer de- mand during the first three months of this year appears inevitable, considering furni- ture and appliance sales in November dropped after 13 The company believes “ warrant Sunday opening . . . we believe we would only do six days of business in seven days if we were open on Sunday,” McLean said. “We realize that in the U.S., Sunday shopping is probably the most productive day on a per-square-foot sales basis. We don’t believe it would be viable for us to open Sunday even if the Americans do well. We would have to hire extra staff and keep the computer and credit department open.” CUSTOMERS WANT IT Karen Marcellus, manager of the Lougheed Mall, which will launch Sunday shopping on March 5 from noon to 5 p.m. cites competitive reasons and customer ac- ceptance for the move. “Take a look at Granville Island, Robson Square, Chinatown and Gastown in the summer (shopping divtricts in Vancouver) .. . there is every indication that pébple do desire to shop Sunday and, if we're open; they’ will shop hére,” Stan Shapiro, professor of marketing at Simon Fraser University, said Sunday shopping “has come about primarily as a result of changing lifestyles.” “With over half of the women, it puts tremendous pressure on retailers to open on Sunday. During the week, while a woman is working, she often finds it difficult to shop. Retailers who open Sunday usually end up taking business away from someone else and also create new business. Also, I think that some of the business that was done in Bellingham, (Wash.) by Canadians will now end up being done locally.” Shapiro said he believes the large department stores will open Sunday. work force consisting of months of in- creases, the agency said. The combination of weak- ened consumer confidence and fewer jobs being created in final quarter of 1983 “rein- force the indications of a marked slowing in retail sales in the first quarter of 1984,” it said. The agency's comments are based on shifts in its November composite of lead- ing economic indicators, ranging from stock prices to new motor vehicle-sales. The composite index, a signal of underlying trends in the economy before they be come visible, registered a gain of 1.08 per cent in November, a slight slowing from the increase of 1.35 per cent in October. The movement in the index essentially confirms a Stat- istics Canada report last month which suggested the economy stumbled in Novem- ber, reflecting an overall slowdown in the recovery during the final quarter of last year. “And it is likely this slow down will continue early in 1964,” the agency said in its economic review of Novem. ber developments. Although manufacturing continues to be one of the strong sectors in the econ. omy, it also is showing signs of more moderate growth in response to a slowdown in domestic demand, the agency said Friday. Western Express The $100,000 Western Ex- press winning numbers for Feb. 22 are: 2335712, 2350144, 1200487. The $50,000 winning num- bers are: 1614169, 1808066. Last six digits win $2,000, last five digits win $200, last four digits win $50; and last three digits win $10. The five numbers for mer chandise prizes are: 268A377 wins a new car, 169B122 wins dream kitchen appliances, 304597 wins a big screen color T.V., 177D786 wins a stereo system, and 240E815 wins video recorders. The millionaire's club num ber is 4. Parents of Olson victims are awarded compensation VANCOUVER (CP) — The parents of four children murdered by Clifford Robert Olson won a bitter-sweet victory Friday when a British Columbia Supreme Court judge awarded them damages under the Families Compen sation Act. Mr. Justice George Murray awarded $10,000 each to three families and $15,000 to a fourth. Three of the four families also received funeral expenses. Last December, two other: families were awarded $10,000 each to three families and $50,000 to a fourth. Three of the four families also received funeral expenses. Last December, two other families were awarded $10,000 each — the same sum Olson was paid every time he led police to the grave of one of his victims. Olson pleaded guilty in January 1982 to 11 counts of first-degree murder in deaths of 11 youngsters whose bodies or remains were found in remote locations in southwestern British Columbia. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and is being held in Kingston Penitentiary in Ontario. “We feel pretty good about it,” Stephen Partington said. His son Simon was murdered in July, 1961. “The as- sessment by Judge Murray was a really fair one.” Another parent of an Olson victim, Sigmund Wolf steiner, called the awards “our first victory.” PRAISES JUDGE “] think the judge did a super job,” Wolfsteiner said. He lost his daughter Sandra to Olson in May, 1961. She was 17. “This is the first step forward. It means that this parasite by the name of Olson is now losing. He can't be allowed to win.” Wolfsteiner said he is looking forward to Tuesday, when another judge will hear a separate action to have the awards paid from the $100,000 so-called Olson trust fund. The fund consists of money the RCMP paid Olson to lead them to the locations of his victims’ bodies. He also hopes a public inquiry will one day be called into the Olson murders and the way authorities dealth with them. Wolfsteiner said he is still haunted by about ‘Pod’ praised TORONTO (CP) — A coalition of Canadian health organizations and physicians has praised the action of Alpine skier Steve Podborski, who re- fused to accept the Export A Cup after winning thé Canadian downhill cham- pionship Thursday. “Podborski’s action is leadership which, because of his influence om. young people, will probably t#aAs-' late . . . into the elimifiktioh of hundreds of unnecessary premature deaths caused by smoking,” Dr. Richard Hasselback, a cancer spec- ialist with Princess Mar- garet Hospital in Toronto, says in a statement issued Friday by the Coalition of Health Interests. Podborski, 26, of Tor- onto, said he participated in the race because he felt the Olson murders and their aftermath, and wants their entire history examined in public. “I'm a religious man,” Wolfsteiner said. “God gives and God takes away. But not in this manner, not by the hands of some sickie.” NO FUNDS WITHDRAWN Lawyer Kevin Morrison assured the court Thursday that no extraordinary withdrawls will he made from the Olson fund before Tuesday's hearing by Justice W.H Davies. Partington told Justice Murray Friday his wife. Marguerite, could not come to court because she had just given birth to a baby. In an interview later, he would not discuss the addition to his family. Also awarded $10,000 were Sharon and Gary Rosen feldt, mother and stepfather of Daryn Todd Johnsrude, who was 16 when she was murdered in April, 1981. Mary Elizabeth Court was awarded $15,000. Her state ment said she had suffered a stroke in 1978 and relied on her daughter Ada for household chores. Ada was 14 when she was murdered in June, 1961. a co} to younger racers, but he would not accept the trophy put up RJR-MacDonald Tobacco because “I don’t want to be associated with a tobacco company.” ficult for the industry to advertise. “They want to shut the industry down from a health point of view and, on the other hand, they want to keep the industry alive from a taxation point of view,” the former agri- culture minister said in a radio interview. Sport Minister Jacques Olivier and Health Minis- ter Monique Begin said in a joint statement last month the government could not support the Can- adian Ski Association fi nancially if it did not alter a sponsorship arrangement with RJR-MacDonald To- bacco Inc. The government, through Sport Canada, gives the association $2.5 million annually. It could not “support a sponsorship that assotiates skiing and smoking” while “commit ted to prevention of smok. among youth,” the statement said. Wise said his Elgin riding and those of Oxford A pany called Podborski “a real pro because he's lived up to his commitment by being here.” Meanwhile, Conserva- tive MP John Wise says the federal government has created a ridiculous situation by depending upon the billions of dollars tobacco industry taxes bring while making it dif- and d-Norfolk, all in, southwestern Ontario, produce 93 per cent of Canada’s tobacco and have been adversely affected by sagging tobacco sales around the world. The industry has been taxed to death and produc- tion has falled to about 85 kilograms from 136 mi kilograms over the ha said. Brainwashing experiments set the standard TORONTO (CP) — Experiments conducted on Montreal students in the 1950s to explain Communist brainwashing ended up providing blueprints on mind-controlling inter rogation techniques to various Western defence ministries, says the man who led the study. Dr. Donald Hebb, 79, a former head of McGill Uni versity’s psychology department who led the sensory deprivation study between 1951 and 1953, said his group realized when they began writing their report that they were basically drawing up an interrogation manual. A year after it was written in 1955 for the Defence Research Board in Ottawa, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency financed Ewen Cameron, the founder of the Allan Memorial Institute at McGill, to carry on Hebb's work by using hallucinogens such as LSD. Cameron's work now is the subject of a civil suit in Washington. CIA obtained by hii lawyer James Turner and the Church of Scientology in Toronto concerning a CIA project called Operation Bluebeard show that Hebb's study was secretly infiltrated and monitored from the time it was first discussed in Ottawa. USE STUDENTS Hebb's study into sensory deprivation involved 90 undergraduate students at McGill, who were blindfolded, had their ears plugged, and were kept isolated for up to three days. At the end of the isolation, Hebb’s team found they could persuade the students of the existence of ghosts and poltergeists — spirits that make their presence felt through sound — and absurd hypotheses. In 1956, following allegations in Parliament that the government was financing brainwashing experiments, Hebb told reporters the $40,000 study was financed by the Defence Research Board in Ottawa. He said it was intended to explain and combat Communist brainwashing and some success had been achieved. He said in a recent interview from his Nova Scotia home the public was i d to ize what the experiments had revealed. “I had no suspicion when we began that it would turn out to be what it did... It was clear when we made our report to the Defence Research Board that we were des cribing formidable interrogation techniques,” he said. GROUP UPSET Toward the end of the experiments, the group became upset that they were describing means of “political warfare” that could be used to control political and social attitudes, he said. Some details of the report were published in medical journals in anticipation of what students involved in the study might say The details were subsequently described in psychology textbooks as pioneering work in sensory deprivation. The entire report was only circulated internally and given to defence research boards in Britain and the United States. Dr. Omond Solandt, then head of the Defence Research Board, said the CIA had been interested im the work and likely got a copy. Hebb said no after-effects were found in the subjects, al! sent by the university's employment bureau and paid $15 a day »