THIS WEEK { AND NEXT BY- RAY ARGYLE The first big foreign ‘poll- cy crisis to buffet the John- son administration blew up out of the rainswept Gulf of Tonkin last week. This tropic ‘gulf, which curves down from southern a to wrap around the anclent Indochinese penin- sula, has been a virtual Communist sea since the forces of Ho-Chi Minh de-: posed the French a decade ago. Putting out from a North Vietnam port, a force of Communist PT boats twice ’ attached the U.S, destroyer Maddox, cruising in interna- tional waters‘of the Gulf. The attack on the Mad- dox, and the subsequent US, Air Force raids on North Viet Nam shore bases, put the United States ‘in an undeclared state of war with North Viet Nam. ‘This extension of the civil Het Ni tary personnel is helping the pro- ° Western regime to fight off Communist insurgents, was a predictable outcome of the increasing aggressiveness ee the viet Nam Commun- Coupled with ‘the political _situation in the United States where. President Johnson has found himself . in a tougher than' expected contest with Seu. Goldwat- er, the escalation of the war could not be avoided. This is not the first time a crisis has sidentia] election year. American’ adversaries, bel- ieving the U.S. to be preoc- cupied with internal pol- itics, have used such occa- sensitive areas of the globe. The North Viet Nam Com- munists, probably under the direction of a Peiping, have obviously chosen. this junc- ture to test American -will just as Premier Krushchev moved offensive missiles into Cuba during the 1962 mid-term U.S.congressional elections. i The Chinese have. long’ preached that the U.S. is no- thing but a ‘paper tiger’ and it was their disgust at Khru- shchev’s ‘surrender’ over Cuba that finally sealed the Soviet-Chinese split. In the context of the 1964 election, however, the Com- munists could hardly have pursued- a more reckless course. President Johnson, despite his deep desire to’ pursue the Kennedy goal of achieving a lasting detente with the Communist world, would be.committing. politi- cal suicide to react in any other fashion that he did over the Gulf of Tonkin inci- dents. The fact that the presi- dent sought Sen. Goldwat- er’s support for the air. ac- tion against North Viet Nam - which he of course rec- eived - effectively forest- alled any Republican charges. of being ‘soft’ on Communism. The most MUUUUUNUN NNER REN Ph bleh shahabebshshah-4 THE CHILDREN'S CORNER Who are these lucky fellows ‘and what instru~ ments do they 1 play? Take your pencil and find tt for yourself. SHOWCASE "WEEKLY REPORT ON THE LIVELY ARTS ENTERTAINMENT NEWS & VIEWS By AL CONNOR How did life on earth begin? Is there life on other planets“ in the universe? * Last’ October, CBC-TV's Horizon offered the’.latest’ : ; scientific answers to these age-old questions in a fascl- nating hour entitled Den- ~ fzens of Space. The program: triggered widespread reac- tion, and letters poured into the CBC. Many of the writers 're- quested copies of Lister Sin- clair’s script for the pro- gram while others yearned for a repeat showing. These latter demands will be met Sunday, August 16 at 10.00 p.m. EDT. when Horizon repeats Denizens of Space © ‘on the CBC-TV network. = The: cBc has. anounced plans to use the comm! cations satellite Syncom i 4in its exclusive» Canadian coverage of the 1964 Olym- pie Games from eyo, Ja- pan. ‘Universai’s production of “The Guns of August”, dra- matic story of events lead- ing up to World War I based on Barbara Tuchman’s Pul- itzer_ Prize winning book, will use some 200 historical photographs to add authen- : ticity to scenes depicted. Leslie Caron, teamed with .Cary Grant in. the ; movie, “Father Goose’, delights in doing of! portraits“ of her children. To keep them in one place’ while - she’s sketching, she has them do paintings of her at the same tim ie. Claude Akins, ‘eamed with Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes and Ron ‘Id Reagan in “The Killers”, has played a_vil- Jain in 273 Hollywood films. He is finally cast In.a sym- pathetic rls for Ernest SHOWS TO WATCH Fri, Aug. 14. FOOTBALL (CTV). Vancouver at Re- gina, pievallton at Ottawa. A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING (C50): Bane special on > America’s moun- Sat., ‘Aug.-15. EASTERN FOOTBALL (CBC) Mont- ER ONE ROOF (CBO). Highly praised program on parent- teen relations...” , SUGAR AND SPICE A Summer Rhapsody ‘BY BILL SMILEY Summertime in this coun- try.is a mixture of 50 many wonderful things that I would happily leave for the next world, at once, if some- one 'gald to me, “Sorry, old ; boy, but you'll never be able | to spend, another summer in . Canada." Perhaps the fascination ot a Canadian summer be-compared to falling in Jove, once a year, with a passionate, . unpredictable . Woman. * Just as you. are never quite ‘sure where you're at > with‘such a dame, you are never sure of what a Cana- dian summer has in store for you. She might greet you with the warm, seductive scents of June and. just as you are about to seize her, retreat into a frame of mind so chil- ly that you're diving for your. recently discarded woollies. In July, she turns on the charm full blast,’ clutching you {nia sizzling embrace that makes your head reel and your feet: falter.~ But when you thrown caution to the winds and submit your- self entirely to the affair—in short, when you go on your. holldays~ she has a change of mood and weeps for two weeks without pause. When August comes, her murmurous langor, the sheer, delectable sight and smell of her, sends you run- ning ence more into round, golden arms--and her perfume gives you hay fev- er. On “Labor Day, leaving you frustated, exasperated, exhausted ‘and broke, she , men. bankrolls., Ah, ‘she’s a bad one, old Mesmeranda Summer. She delights in making kids whi- ny or ac giving them sun- burn, : directing ‘them ‘into: reese of, poison iivy. - ‘This’ for the’ sake of tor- a menting their mothers. * She‘ doesn't’ tke women, you see. That 1s, young wo-' id. her malice to- ward: them is: easily grasped by looking at the costumes “she. persuades {hem to wear at the beaches © in town. I wouldn't be saririaed to hear her chort- Ing. merrily. about the top- less > swim ‘suit silliness, which she doubtless started. Teenagers’ she likes to tease. She fills them with mysterious urges and yearnings which make them drive like retarded orang- outarigs, dance in thelr bare feet amid broken bottles and rattlesnakes, and fall in Tove with people who should ‘be put away in institutfons. She's not pure evil, ~ though. She‘ has. a ‘rather soft ‘spot for the older folk. “, She warms their’ arthritic joints with her hot.’ tender hands. She fills their lonely hearts with pleasure in her loveliness. And she reminds them. in subtle fashfon. of the days when they knew her Tong ago, when they . Were young and passionate themselves. ; Every time I feel the cool, “.smooth hands of children after swimming, every time “ T-walk a lonely beach and see lights across the bay, . everv time I hear the silken rustling of her garments tn the evening trees, ¥ know I am ‘once ‘again. in to that wonderful. : witch-the smilesionce, and heads south to look for fresher lovers and bigger + Canadi ‘glad. * And I'm Have a problem? Write’ to Canadian social Doris Clark 'in care of this; newspaper. DEAR DORIS—1 am the” wife ‘ofan only: child .who never grew up.’ We can’t seem to get nome on any subject, My in-laws don't | care for me because I am straight- forward. One resides in our. home and is an invalid who +: needs care. I am the pigeon who gives it,:but after all this pigeon does there's still degrading talk to anyone who will listen. My big baby of a husband won't attempt to straighten out. this: person. .The letter from “Insulted"”. describes me too. I’ve had these prob- Jems for 15 years, DISGUSTED DEAR DISGUSTED — If | “straightforward” means “frank”, your reaction is the ‘oppostie to “Insulted’s’’. She held her peace too much. ‘ But if (as in her case) your husband suspects you and countermands your,or- ‘ders to the children, as well as not standing up for yeu agains t.complaining in. laws, you both need a new aperoach. , Don't continue to go it alone". Talk with a counsel- Jor trained to help, be it so-" : minister priest. sending your right name, ‘address and ten cents, for literature on Helping Fami- Nes in Trouble. DEAR DORIS— H the man is a'very distinguished ‘person, how ‘would one in- luce him to a not-so-dis- tinguished''woman? ’ ' MISS PROPER DEAR MISS PROPER— Very distinguished, like the mayor or the bishop or the company president? - Then present her to him, men- Moning his name first: “Your Worship, may | pre- sent Mrs. Ordinary’) And then to her:. ‘Jean, this is Mayor Tops.” CONFIDENTIAL ,._ TO: WORRIED PARENT—Your curfews are: O.K.. Never mind © your © son's’. all-the- -boys-do-it' routine. But, do you talk things over. as a family This -is better than Jaying down a dictum .“‘be- ‘cause I say so’, Help him to °: ‘think through to.a things: mutual agreement. “DEAR DORIS—My ‘very close high’ schoo! friend’ a : getting married ‘soon. They are having a shower for her and 1 am to:make the Pre. sentation Gould ‘you ‘forward any ideas that you ‘may have? oe ae DEAR CHUM—Msy ::p. of Readings Suitable for A _ Shower"? are; lous! /—, Vand 5on their” wey to you. The min thing’ isto wish + cher, happiness.’ ms * (Readers: These readings are available for ten cents apd a stamped envelope.) trick -or treatment? WEST- FOOTBALL (CTY). Regina at Vancouver. Thurs.; Aug. 20. JACK i ee (CTV). EAST FOOT. ALL (CTV), Toronto. at Riontreal Clyde’s Choice OF ANEW HOVE By CLYDE GILMOUR MOCO — By Barley There's good fun’ in “FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. ‘Sean. Connery..as James Bond, Ian Fleming’s tough and ‘dapper super- SPY, Boas up against an Iron tain’ temptress and a profeseional assasin -on. a : speeding train. Book of the Week By PERCY ROWE |» ————— We usually © think of ‘World War If in the terms of the Battle of Britain, D- day, and ‘so on. : In OPERATION BARBOS- SA, by Ronald Seth, pub- lished by- Copp Clark: at $5.50, we get a vivid ac- count of the: brelide to Hit- pect of this new crisis * that the Communists were doing very: well in South Viet Nam without directly confronting American pow- rin Asia. The war was go ing well for the Viet Cong rebels, and the South Viet- namese appeared -to be weakening in the face of growing Communist ‘sup- port in the rural areas. The best that the U.S. could hope for - short of another Korea - would have been a negotiated settlement which President: Johnson might have been able to consider sometime. after the 1964 elections. Why the Communists de elded to directly confront American power, and what role the Soviet. Union will pursue in the crisis, are the big background ‘questions te the Gulf of Tonkin encoun- SPARKS by Witrota You're @ diptoe mat when you beara the ort of ‘letting the other fallow have your wy. . aan ler’s Russia 28. ae i101 eae a 82 Enclosure Bie RESEREEEAE THE ANSWER TO THIS PUZZLE 18 IN|. BOSSE’'S * JEWELLERY AD’ ON PAGE 3. Bosse’s also has: the» - ; answer.to all your JEWELLERY NEEDS le jae Go a eet ee Business ‘and Professional Directory Phone, $65-3571 Aus CASTLEGAR. 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