CASTLEGAR: NEWS, Thursday, Jan. 26, 1967. ; CASTLEGAR NEWS. the cn diene tet Established in Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Seven the press the people's rights maintain, unawed by influence and unbribed by gain’ | Decision to Seal Bugging Tapes is Right 1. Decision of Mr. Justice, T. A Dohm ¥o seal the controversial bugging tapes nade at the national convention of the Pulp d Paper Workers of .Canada isto be commended, His further statement that ; they: will’be erased unless needed for a ‘Prosecution under the.Radio Act —. a de- - opment he made it clear he does not ex- — ig further proof that the Supreme urt of this province is lending its weight ue wide body of ‘public: opinion that that, steps must be taken to out." ‘Meet snooping in Canada. such laws should be enacted by ee mabe Parliament, certainly this pro- vince Stout lose no time in taking action ifm this’ field as an interim fhe national government acts. _ Jt, is, interesting to note that in the united “States: President Johnson propos... ‘,, Fecommend legislation to ban all ¥ICTORIA REPORT. safeguards. until public and private spying except in instan- ces where national:security is threatened. “We should protect what Justice Bran- . deis called the. ‘right most valued) by ciy- ilized ‘men’ — the’ right to privacy”, de _ -clared the President, “We should outlaw " "| all wire-tapping — public’ and private — wherever and whenever it occurs, except _ when the security of the riation itself is’ at stake — and then only with the strictest - “We should exercise the full reach of our. constitutional’ powers. to outlaw el- ectronic ‘bugging’ and ‘snooping’.” - With eavesdropping devices now so highly. sophlsnented that an, electronic devic + led inside a tele- phone can be activated by a simple tele- phone call from hundreds, and even thou- sands, of miles away, it is high time some strong legislative action was taken. : By dames K. Nesbit 20 New MLAs are Drawing Big Crowds the largest. number of greci- * horns since brttmekonaae swept * the land in 1952, Tost peo- ple — none have horns or hal- - 08. The.thrae women: cabinet < ministeré ‘are, quite 4 the cynosure of all eyes, the ob- served of all URserver®, as they used to say in the old days. Three women cabinet minist- . «it still takes my breath ouay! Our Premier never does by halves, does he? He goes at it whole. “hog or not at all— ai the old sald. is a. festive week what arith the fancy historical opening in the old capital of New Westminster, and the State Ball at Government House here in Victoria, all the th Ce foe dents and Swarms of them, mm; realize British Columb! awful lot of costly off for less than 2, 000,000 2 sf vials city, loving cen- tennials, has decided that on March 28 next it will celebrate Cigarets Shorten Life By 14 Minutes Per Butt The Lexington vice warning people of the | Misslesippi A One of the South's leading erican people Dr. Alton Ochsner of New » head sot ithe oonanet escrjbing the smoking as a “form of suicide," industry. can produce a cigaret withou' nileo- ! tine, the physician ‘claims, ‘but .. they will never do it because no habit there tuce are being esas, die sald, $a uk ie sb dicted they would ‘not se the noted doctor said ‘it is thd‘: You’ “Cul we without the substance. Non- nicotine neigarets poe of let Dr- Ochsner’s warning is brought as a public service to readers of this newspaper en- without cost—but we But don’t Bay: OM were not warned. tii ona ‘orning, it ae fre er the 100th anniversary of Vic- toria becoming the capital of the aie Crown Colony of British Columbia. ce could be fine enough, when the. time comes, but it will not come until May on 1988, mae more than a year away. tt Victoria’s going to celebrate arch 28 is the pass- ing of a resolution asking Gov- ernor Frederick Seymour to consider canes instead of Wa Westminster as ae, Per- manent capital. How ‘silly can it be? Is Victoria going to cel- ebrate the 100th anniversary of every resolution asking that the capital be here? How clut- tered up can our history be- come. It's complicated enough without this new confusion. Here’s the 1867 resolution: “Resolved that were the seat - of government at Victoria’ it the detres of the: public, ad: e desires pu ad- yantageous to the Taministra. tion, conductive to the best in- terests of the country, and would diminish the cost of gov- ernment, “That, without wishing to - the in en ge sea RU F | PEOPLES 2S TURREME BL LGN Mae aa aN CUIMI ED Polition Signing Is Too: Automatic Magazine Finds A Time Magazine ‘ (Oct. 14, 1966) essay titled “the petition “game” “marke ‘insurgence of peti- explored ithe recent “put! seeat ‘testes on “The. taagazine stated ‘that 18 right ta‘ petition. “import. C) ee to, ‘practice: a kind of tte lemceracy,” but ad- led ‘that agi of petitions may have’ bectine too: ‘automa. tie. “AD adaitlonal automatic + ds. the raalation of petitions By Roy H. Coppered Editor and Publisher ° tention was distracted by a ma- 6 lying on the desk t before It was the latest issue of Zoono92, a publication of the San Diego Zoo, and thereby hangsa tale if you will pardor the expression. It is a sequel to a report that appear- ed in Ray Erwin’s Column of last Aug. 20. Here are Mr. ‘Hill's words to describe what hap pened next, as set down in th first item of what may become a historic collection of corres- a ‘a letter to Larry Sisk, a lel managing editor’ of the San Diego Tribune, he wrote: “Suddenly there © came over me the same sort oe Dlinding flash occurred to. Mason "Walsh, Pho he’ natisa that is, he'd we welten a headline say! ing W. ‘SLAW, and He” realized trend read the‘same back- ward and forward. What ‘I any, way, the: pequnell would cyt the Govérnor seem best to- carrying ou out the desire ot the 19 pebtionets. His* Extellency the ” Governor be humbly solicited to cause the next session of the Legielative Counett fo be hold- ravi Z Boe and stanted for school, I wrol names roll habit of And the Principe) rid. “Well, bless my soul.” six! 2 atid bruises and dirt Y got two black eyes and can full hours and what do' ot get? Sarai walk. ‘When I turned my back, then came the chalk. 1 got 04 Mids and 62 seete Sixty are 24 sleep. - I can hardly govern, all Pipes the | ‘@lassroom door And c Son't wateh: out they'll give. me-24' more. “You teach dix full hours to 84 brats Se And all of them yelling like dogs and cats. ‘They're cutting on the seats and writing on the walls, --- Hugging : and Hazing in the upstairs J halls. rhe last bell rings § a I start. for the: doe: y realized that Zoonooz is also‘a palindromor? Z Mr, Hill delightedly pointed this out to a colleague, who topped him by observing | that Zoonooz is more-than a palin: drome. ‘It not only reads the: same backward: and forward,”..: Mr. Hill was told. “It read the © same upside down.”. Thus ‘began a nationwide : misplaced confidence; called on: “me to produce the’ term, ‘and To8 untry « : was:unable to.do so. But'then, and Canada will continue to tell her how to Tua : have Mario sss Prodesse Hol Galy. Great » Meas... But ‘Profit’ gore a le and great ideas fut it has. also produced the Beverly Hillbillies iret in the - Nielsen - ratings), - murder. via ‘the sport of: boxing;: munder “through the “brutal”, football, collusion to ‘arise the Newspaper, Dr, ‘Dr. C.: dere his Foon Batra cage is empty at. present), nor the English faculties of the beast is too rare to have a name, since only, Z, O, N, and S look the same upside down. But he forgot I, X, and H. 200 (who di tly, sfter a city council . direct ** onatts a fluoridation ordinance, In one city, signatures were al- ; ready. being: gathered for- pe- titions Retore: the. council took action. ua Here! s a New Word Gamé that Me Gen Sure ve t's _a-palindrome), Alas is ‘swims an’ u) dedown kward-forward palindrome, and refers’ to it’ as a “vertical ‘iafertin Bishop and Kay Schilling wrote in to. suggest that NOON qualifies both ways. Bishop suggests: calling the up- side-down ones invertible pall American Grain At the present'time the United States supplies two-thirds of the import needs of grain in the food deficit regions of the world. It produces half the corn and two-thirds of the soybean grown in the world. These crops, along with wheat, have become its three most important export crops. It is that avail- expected able crop land in the United States will be utilized by 1975 be- cause of the growing demand for U.S. grain crops in the world market and that- comes increasing domestic use. knew there 9 was -5 something I had Jorgotien: It was.my annual e nation’and my Pre- dictions for the forthcoming year,” : for which 'm sure you have been. waiting Ampatienty ‘Weil here it is. Cae : report to th the world. She will continue to show the worl co-existence «. wit — Farm and Ranch Review. “He's borné out by Dmitri Bormann’s bool on Vacation, which offers these alindromes: ‘Dennis notes that Lieut. George Hor- atio Derby, one of California’s earliest humorists, wrote of Yreka Bakery as a palin- drome" 5% : ~ pecom: ‘ton aria it will fo-un unequal led helghte an and Mr. Bennett. will.be named oman of the Centennial and:he will:presezit’him- Gold with: gold: medal nected doa ‘of ‘the > ers, DenS ae Sere, 100d. tae oad owe 3 Ottawa demanding “that Centennial: Year; marking the years - 100 years of Canada’s ‘existence, should be . made the occasion of: the raising of the pen- ‘sion to $100, one for each year, of. the ,cen- nary. Coming down to: Tocal affairs,. Nelson will lenicy. ation, physically if not mentally and morally. a This bein a being Centennial Year the Queen will make Prime Minister Pearson ’a Knight: of the Thistle with the title of ord Much of’ Durt- © castle. Mr. Diefenbaker will mova in the House that Mr. Pearson be forced to resign his future here Ie top city in ch Kootneays: : where 1p Cy and d her Kinnaird will 10 ally proclal le stalwart continue: to have a good opinion: 108 itself with ited civic. government a model of bumbling ef- continue.to dream of a in- a to cuca Ss ee News win vadian citizenship, but the motion will be ‘jected and held over until the expiration of tho. ntury. In: Canada’s hermophroditic : ‘armed ‘ser-- vices, the navy’s bosun’s pipes‘ will be super: ceded by the Scottish pipes, all former. army and air force ranks will be expected to dance the hornpipe’ and the general's salute: will be next ‘ce glass In the coun cles One Man's opto Oe be the best Paper aie tb - Pursue Honesty’ ‘What a good and pleasant place this bad old world could be if everyone in all his deal- ings. ‘would be fair and just: With perfect hon- esty ‘everything ‘could |be based.on confidence and trust. Bargains would ‘be ‘honored, pledges — Local Inland Natural Gas “Natural gas is like a thous-| kin-| and other things from which we ‘Co. branch :manager Reg Skin- ner states that’ statistics just re- ceived from the: Vancouver fire department ‘show, that causes of ‘fires in that area are?: Oll burners 162, defective electric wiring 45, ‘electric ‘appliances 195, and gas and appliances 19. Mr, Skinner: went’on: to: say that natural gas is now the most widely used heating fuel in Bri- tish Columbia and statistics from every fire department prove ‘it fos ben witout doubt definitely le: matically shuts o! universally used ‘‘fail-safe” prin- elpal “Al ‘Natural Gas . installa- tions in the Castlegar district have ‘tobe installed in accord- : erunent gas ‘inspection Separt: ance with strict ‘government re- ue oe and are subsequently ected by the provincial goy- ment, ‘Because of this,” he add- ed,’ “natural | gas insiallations are usually: ofa much higher standard than most’ other heat- ing fuels,” Gio He went on to say that “na- tural gas itself, unllke the old manufactured gas used | years ago, is non poisonous.-An experi- ment was conducted recently by the American Gas ‘Assoclation, where -four’ men Played ‘cards An Investigation Into. Bugging Devices Used i in Car Sales Industry Has Opened . gaging inquiry counsel George Mummy. a QC, Friday open- ed an investigation into the use of bugging devices ‘in fhe car sales bret royal commission’ on invasion of privacy. Murray added he is anxious to hear from anyone who has a complaint about bugging able of bugging private conversa- lons in a booth at its Broadway ineaao ne “] am starting an investiga- tion immediately,”: Murray said. He said lf necessary, he will call} te: witnesses to testify’ before the He said he plans to discuss the matter with Lloyd Kinneard, | ti manager of the Automotive Re- tailer’s. Association. The royal commission's new terms of reference authorizq "1180 West Broadway. Hon and background of use, in. order. to. dolencing if legislation is necessary to serve privacy as a civil tight Murray; earlier invited sub- missions on the subject from any interested persons or orgi tions, A-Sun reporter and photo- grapher’' discovered. ‘a’ micro- phone speaker concealed behind a’ picture in one of the show- room booths at Zephyr Motors, | g, Zephyr’ president ‘Weldon said later an_in- and convenient. See Our. . : American Stand And y you. will be too. All the heat you want is at your finger tips and it is soclean . She's | ‘Delighted With Her GAS. HEAT d Gas Fi SMITH’ 'S . Both forced air and hot water units ee We will be delighted, too, to talk over your. heating requirements and give you an‘esti- . mate on your installation or conversion. _ WORKMANSHIP. ALWAYS GUARANTEED PLUMBING ~& HEATING , .* Phone 365- 7581 lesmen -im+ mediate ‘communication: with the sales .. mana; in. his:: since salesmen were not. author-| tercom system at the company’s showrooms is‘electronically cap- able of overhearing conversa- tions in the ‘bi But he insisted the system is neither used nor intended for use to pug private conversations of customers. “They. are not bugging. de- vices unless.-you- class -all-sorts]- of inter-office * communications devices as bugging never use them for. listening to conversations of customers.” McFarlane: said he would not condone ‘use of the system for ee He said it was-or, stalled to. give . salt ginal ized to: Stone: a sale without his Sparorate: ‘polteetive Mrs. 5) hostess gift for the evening. “Valley Vista ucW. Unit Holds Regular ‘Meeting Members. of the Valley. \ Vis- ta Unit: of the Kinnaird. ited Church ' met recently at mee home of. Mrs. F. Stamp-Vincent. oR trom th read “Keep Lent 1967” from the current is- appointed representative tor the ew, on the committee of stew- ards. Members "suggested an all- out effort to add to their col- Tection: of: Nabob: coupons with Mrs. Bignell: being | the’ main Oln| ignell’-received the ioe two ‘pours a a room in which’ the atnoephere: contained | 25 per cent natural gas, aud showed absolutely no ill-effects, “Piping systems are install- ed and tested ‘with air. CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Jan. 26, 1967 Natural Gas Has Many Uses and Makes Many Contributions Throughout Economy MAKES IT. EASY Gas is used to melt'and re- fine’ metal, harden’ large steel plates or tiny gears, It! helps or’ motor. cars, Food, Clothing, shelter, the basic essentials’ of modem life, utilize large quan- tities of gas. At every. turn, gas is used, and those who use it ex- ‘| plain how jesse of iat mak. es gas uni piles ideal: foriu un- | Umitea lies wing 01 natural gas pipelines ‘a through each day’ is ‘equivatent’.to. the daily‘ Canadian Pal output} > of He Niagara Fu PIPELINES To bring ‘natural ‘gas from the. well to) the: consumer, re- quired “the | construction obs a vasi more than one and a half times ground the world! | NATURAL GAS Approximately 1,325,000 re- Annual Reports _ Of Guiders Heard By Several Mothers : Several ‘mothers were pre- gent at the> recent’ meeting of the’ Parents Association to the Kinnaird Brownie ''and’ Guides where the: annual reports of the guiders were heard. It ‘was noted that the West meeting ‘will ‘be held ‘this year at’ the Kinnaird Hall on March 18, ‘A guiders’’ spoon was also displayed with those present ex: distribution mains — enough, if place: the feeling it would if| make an. ropriate - farewell gift for aulders e na gas meters were in service in Canada at the end of 1983, Based onthe aver- age size of the Canadian family, this. represents over. 5,000,000 all other | heats