Prado tace day a

“appear in. our ‘Readers Write’

4 GAR: NE! 8, Thursday,

“Here let the press the people's rights

“CASTLEGAR

Established In Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Seven

unawed by ibed by gahi”

Few in Favor of Compromise With Quebec

Readers of. the News-Optimist do not
favor changing’ the British North Ameri-
can Act to accommodate Quebec, Well
over 90: families took part in a mail ballot
inserted in our edition of Jan. 31. Some
60.per cent of those replying thought
Canada should continue as a_ separate
nation. with. or without Quebec, while
only 6 per cent fayored compromise with

: (Quebec to keep her‘as part of the nation.

Only 17. per cent of those replying
favored union. with the United States,
while about'.14 per, cent wanted to, form
a nation. of western provinces.

About':3 per cent of our actual re-
plies’ said they did not like the ballot we
published.’ This group of voters sent in

-a number of. letters, many of which will

sttaw votes ofthis nature be held in lo-_
cal, provincial and national issues,

The appearance of the ballot on the
News-Optimist’s editorial page brought
an, unusually “heavy telephone response.
The’ great ‘majority of callers criticized
the ballot because: it did not contain an
opportunity for voters to cast their bal-
lots: in favor of leaving Canada the way
it is now. A. surprisingly large number
of both readers and. callers would risk.
civil war to keep’ Quebec in. Confedera-
tion with no major. compromise in. the
present political structure of the nation.
Obviously. any federal ‘government which
gives in too easily to the demands of Que-
bec will find great opposition among
westerners. "

- There’ were some surprises, One
reader from the north country with a
French Canadian name voted for union.
with the United States and said they'd
be pleased to tell why (please do) if we
wanted to know:A reader from the
Edam district wanted union with the’
USA. to! get “rid of that silly’ habit of
singing ‘God Save The Queen’.” Yet
another reader wanted to know how
many of our: subscribers were of French
origin (an ‘almost impossible task).
‘An 71

h

As Q p for their .one-.
sided ption of Canadian nationt d
there appears to be a rising sentiment
among our readers that they are asking
for too much from the rest of the nation
and not enough from themselves.

Well it’s interesting to see how the
wind is blowing. Canada appears to be in
the midst of a’ great political revolution
that will likely alter political sectionalism
for generations to come. Political : lead-
ers who seek to be national in scope may,
find it continually: more difficult as the

large of read-
ers liked the idea of.a ballot on issues of

importance and suggested that more

pr of Confederation become more
complex. — North Battleford - (Sask.)
News-Optimist 4

Poor Dr. Norman Peale is Still Mixed Up

The story outlining the views of Dr.
Norman Vincent Peale in the Dallas News

~ ig an amazing revelation. Dr. Peale is quot-

ed as saying, “I wouldn’t discuss politics,
if the country was going to fall tomorrow.”
He is talking exactly like the Germans .
who were afraid; to criticize Hitler even
after the American Army arrived.

Dr. Peale, just because you got your
fingers: burned once in politics doesn’t
mean you should shun the subject. Rather
it means you should inspect your own
philosophy and have the courage to do
something about ‘it.

Who, Dr. Peale, is going to do some-
thing about politics in this nation if all the
clergy takes your advice? Everyone knows
the average busi man. has already. ta-

sure groups. Non lawyers taking such mon-
ey from pressure groups, those not be-
longing to the lawyers’ union, would be
sent to the penitentiary. We must not leave
polities to the lawyers and a few voters.

‘We do not live in a vacuum, we must:
be concerned and active in every phase of
politics. The clergy must be concerned too.

We believe in separation of Church
and State, but we do not believe in separ-
ation of Church and politics, Democracy is
too important to be left to a few segments
of the population. All of ‘us must' work at
it all the time, unless we, want. to live like
the slaves in much of the‘ world today.

Tf ‘you forget. the  philosoph: - Of the

J o> SOME CANADIAN SYMBOLS | ©

ohn B: Macdonald

‘his extract from a speech

UBC president Macdonald
/-was’ delivered. to the Friends
of UB!

are some ‘who.ask |

arly
‘the But.
times have changed. ‘The pace
of expanison in size and quality
has increased tremendously.
There,‘has. been a great ‘in-
crease as well in government
provision. But if higher educa-
fion is to meet its responsi-
bilities; a ‘good deal more mo-
ney than has been available
from.tax. sources is going to
pe required. :
ere is a great gain here
in another. way: the essence
of education is academic free-
dom;: freedom not only to
ch out the truth, but. to
it. Good teachers ‘can-
heir work withia limits

Christian, Dr. Peale, you. may,

ken your advice. Business’ men might lose
a dollar if they discussed politics. Who,
Dr. Peale, is left? :

Of course the lawyers are left. They
hold. most of the political offices and they
can take money.as retainer fees from pres-

Strong Case Made for

By BRUCE YOUNG
‘Vancouver Sun
wit my membership in

medical care plans for health
reasons.
The scheme was such an

sibly prevent
economic monstrosity that it @ stubbed

knots simply having to con- Yvering the pal
tend with it. :

So without consulting our
family doctor, I prescribed my
own medicine and thus became
one of the minority in B.C.
without some form of medical
coverage.

Tt has been a great relief.

However, because of the
ever-present risk of running
into high dical exp i
did hunt for an alternate plan
based on what I considered to
be efficient and economical li-
nes. If there is such a plan, rd
be pleased to hear from one
of its sales representatives.

But-salesman will be was-
ting their time contacting me
unless they can offer medical
insurance at an annual premi-
um of around $80 for a family
of five. That's all it should cost.
to protect a family from the
risk of medical catastrophies.

Then why is the average
annual - premium

pe called a.

medical care in B.C. pegged
today at the $150 level?

T's because the plans con-
tain no, built-in incentive for
restraint. ‘They provide no di-

you have to

York. World’s

rect reward for those who play
the game fairly. There is no
Ia way or Renalizing those who.
p off to see a doctor when

one of B.C.’s_ better prepaid they stub a toe.
Since doctors cannot. pos-

into th ‘fie e oe comme
t into the office, the plan co-
tied my nervous’ system in 7 ‘dent has to pay
$5 for the visit.

Because of this, the entire
system in B.C. (or more accu-
rately, a hodge podge of sys-
tems) has gone completely out ~
of control. ‘The premiums keep
rising far faster than the doc-
tors raise their rates. The lack
of regulations or. penalties to
control patients om: making

jnine. I can think of only one
scheme that would be ‘more
open to abuse and that would

Purchase Plan under whic!

Use Meat Axe

You ean draw any kind of
picture’ you like on a clean
slate and indulge your every
whim in the wilderness in lay--
ing out a New Delhi, Canberra
or prepaid or ‘Brasilia, but when you ope-
rate in an overbuilt metropolis

with a meat:
Moses, president of the New

ded as you were in 1960.
not mean you should never talk of “poll.
tics even “if you knew the country
were going to fall tomorrow.’ ‘This only
indicates you learned nothing from your
blunder of 1960. — Midlothian (Tex:)
Mirror’) * 5

people could pick up free bot-
tles after paying an annual
premium of $100.

t or by

y SI ne o
pressure, or.by popu-

, pendent upon g

funds is ‘a universil

tical interference. But a. uni-
> yeristy ‘drawing funds from a
variety of sources — in in-

‘Deductible’ Clause in Present-Day Health

tors ask a new patient. is:
“What plan are you in?” The

judices that can become: .

ever the age and'whateyer:the
tions as well as student ‘Fees
—is a university, with strength
and independence to carry on
its responsibility to teach and
do research according to its
best wisdom.

‘The. university.’ must ‘re-
main distinctive; it must, what-

z rae

that final
T-is not to

Exploit Women

The United Kingdom con-
tinues to make an unholy pro-
fit’ from ‘the exploitation of
women in industry. — Sir Wil-
liam. Carron, president. of the appetite a
Amalgamated Engineering Un- tony, for
jon. for humanity.”

posterity ‘t!
The ts

AGood Spy for aStoolpigeon

By Donald Soper

2 ‘The Tribute ‘
Part of Mr. Speaker's regular column in a British Laborite
weekly newspaper.
z *

* * ”
‘The only difference between a dirty spy and a gallant in-
telligence officer is the side he happens to be on, and even then
you never know because there are dirty gallant intelligence of-
er spies who apparently work for both sides.
One ‘thing, however, is. crystal clear.in spying, as nearly
everywhere else, -nothing succeeds like success,
A If. you are taking up this career then make sure you are
good at it, then you are not likely to be caught, and even if you
are, you staid a very fair chance of being quickly. swapped
. either for:an’ equally good. spy from the other camp, or some
unfortunate ‘stoolpigeon.

Vengeance
In Paris

Now Runs

... To:Autos!

vengeance-—
run down a rival or an estrang-
Jed mate with an automobile,
The trend toward what the
press has. christened “eonju-
gal collisions”. was, started lit-
tle more than,a:year ago by
Madame Yvonne Beaune of the

central French town of Bras-

-'sacles-Mines. Despite the fact

that Madame Beaune, had bor-

“And Help Keep Them Free from Gov't.

: stance from public contribu-

‘)pand’s' name’ was-romantically
linked with Mme. Fernande
Dif, the ‘director ‘of a local
giis’ school, |
Spotting Madame Dif on
tho sidewalk one day, Madame
Beaune jammed her foot down
on the accelerator of the fam-
ly Simca, mounted the curb
and headed straight for her ri-
val. Though she missed her
target, she: did succeed in
smashing in a plate-glass win-
dow and subsequently announ-
ced: “I couldn't stand the hy-'
pocrisy. of it any longer.’ -°
Since then, there have been
“five. more known attempts at
conjugal collision. Oneof .the

; most notable was that of. Parl-
sian cafe-proprietor Oscar:Bax

who unleased- his faithful..Re-
nault on his wife, Suzanne, and
her. lover, a plumber named
Antonice Secondo. zi
~ After knocking Suzanne
into ‘a ditch and dragging Se-
condo 30 feet along a suburban
street, Bax alined that, al-
though he had lived with Su-
zanne throughout 18 years of
unwed bliss; ‘he had become
“more jeolous’’. ‘after he mar-
ried her -in 1960.
France's latest outbreak of
automotive vengeance occur-

_ fed recently when retired gen-

darme Lucien Humblot chased
his estranged wife, Apoline,
back and forth across a ‘Toulon
street in his Citroen. In the
end, however, Apoline was res-
cued unhurt by a passing po-
liceman.

rhe
coverage. is’ a

million had they paid the first
$150 Divide $1 mil-

question. bears a

r the m u
more than being a means of
agai

Qr

Most British C
i that.

are

they are paying too much for
medical coverage. Potential cri-
ties have been cleverly anes-
thetized because thelr employ-
ers pay half the shot and the
balance is raised through a
painless payroll deduction.

+ Only those who don’t qual-.
ify for. employee group plan
coverage (a group that includ-
es the self-employed and re-
tired people) are unfortunate
enough to see the situation in
its true light.

To obtain rH

a.patient with

to the
of the auto hody re-
cette “This an insurance
on.

" Auto body insurance firms
bee i

high medical bills.

A deductible plan would
hurt: few, if any, -families. A
breadwinner’s monthly income
would rise. between $11 and

ion ,
and the cost of insurance for
real medical catastrophes ave-
rages at $25. 2

The million dollars spent
meeting bills in excess of $150

ave, , been

ably smarter than -human body
insurance schemes in crackin,
down on abuse. Auto collision
schemes have a deductible cla-
use (usually .'$100)) which is
ample”..deterent. “Imagine. the
carnage on:the streets of Van-
couver if-auto insurance firms
paid for all damage no mat-
ter who was to blame.

tal sur
persons have to belong to one
or another of the individual
plans, which cost about $4 a
month more than group. plans.
Because there is no employer
to share the cost of each in-

. the - individuals are

is quite as-

Prepaid Liquor

crease,
painfully aware that costs are
getting out of control.

‘Abuse of the plans ‘is: in-
variably the main reason for
cost increases, but. the fault
does not entirely lie with the
patients. Some doctors are ap-
parently up to similar tricks.

If doctors were being ab-

solutely ehtical, why have the
larger medical plans found it
necessary to hire their own
5) st to screen
» Claims?
The first thing some doc-

hack’ your ‘way
axe, — Robert

Fair.

_ CASTLEGAR NEWS

“PHE CROSSROADS OF THE KOOTENAYS”
Castlegar, B.C. ¥

“L.-V. Campbell, Publisher,

Malt rate to the News
1s $3.00 per year, The price by delivery boy Js 40

onth, Single coples are 10 cents.

‘The Castlegar News 1s authorized as second-
class mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa, for pay~
ment of postage in cash, and is 8 member of the
Audit Bureau of Circulations. :

It ig a member of the Canadian ‘Weekly News-
papers Association, the B.C. division of the h
Weekly and
munity Newspapers Representatives.

com-

— Burt Campbell, Edltor if.
all should be to The

_ Edltor, Castlegar News, Drawer 490, Castlegar, B.C.
Letters for publication must be accompanied by the
correct names and address of the writer. Pen names
will be used’ by request; but the correct name must
be submitted. The Castlegar News reserves the right
to’ shorten letters in the fnterests. of economy of
space. ? 3

In the health field, the Bri-
tish di ed that their state
medicine scheme:was being ab-
used. ‘They had to introduce
some ,restraints because the
nation’s budget couldn’t stand
the strain.’

Even in B.C. we had the
same experience with the Hos-
pital Insurance. Service. Before
the introductioh of the $1-a-day
levy for: hospital patients (a
brilliant! idea) the clamor for
hospital beds was extreme. Ev-
en the modest $1. levy, took
enough pressure off the sche-
me to ensure its financial sur-

It should be pretty ob-

vious that there is only one.

cure -for the terrible muddle
that passes’ as medical’ cover-
age in .B.C.: Introduce a de-
duction clause under which the
individual would pay. the lit-
tle bills and thé scheme would
. pay the big ones.’
analysis

rep
heal

eal bills. o!
bers after'they‘passe
mark,

Only -8,000, or one out of
five of the plan's 40,000 mem-
berg; went over $150. These
8,000. people received a total
of $1.8. million in benefits and
this: would ‘have ‘been  trim-
med to a shade less than a

$18 (depending on the plan
he's in) if the: shared employ-
er-employee premium is put on
the paycheque instead of going
straight to a prepaid medical
care

to just over a quar-
ter of the plan’s total income
from premiums.

In other words, the scheme
spent three quarters of its
time, energy and money pay-
ing relatively small: bills that
could easily have been handled
directly between patient and
doctor. Only a quarter of the
effort went to those who need-
ed help the most.

(To confirm my conclu-
sions, I checked the method
with an actuary for a life in-
surance company. He support-
ed my findings without hesi-

tion.)
Viewed in this light, our
schemes are obviously acting
in the role of collection agents is

‘Never Leave Things Undone
William Barclay, wise Scottish writer, offers a few pointers

on living for both young and old: -.° .: os eR eae
“jt would be.a startling thing if we kept a record of -how

we spent our time, in the manner the banks keep a-record of
how we spend our.money. Each day’ is a check drawn on our
capital of time, and no man can live on his capital forever.

. “As we grow older, and as time’ grows shorter, we should

‘never leavé things half-finished — in case by waiting we will”

not be able to finish them ever,

“We should carefully choose what we are going to do, for
there is no longer time to do everything, and we should do the
things which really. matter. # 5

“We should never come to the end of a day with a quarrel,
ora. difference, or. a breach us and any fell

for it may be that the quarrel will never be mended, and’ the

breach will:never be closed.

good thing.

.The man who happily parts é

with $5 at the grog shop seems
to think it monstrous when
his doctor sends him a bill
for the same.amount. This cra-
zy attitude is the reason why
British Columbians are: paying
so much today for their health
coverage.
Recently a health plan
salesman asked me if I.were
interested in his deal. |; 7
_ He bragged that. the pre-
mium ’ (ridiculously * high) co-
vered chiropractic care up to
$9 per illness. I-retorted that
I was not too fussy about this
and he said: 3
“J had'to go to the chiro-
practor once.and:the plan paid
my bill.”
‘I asked: “How much?”
He replied proudly: “$3.""

This type of idiocy should .

be eliminated. Imagine th
of processing a $3°bill and the
paperwork involved. Experien-
ces like this ‘are the reason
why even’ themost' efficient
plans have..an administrative
overhead: of’ around.’ 10" per
cent. : 4

* ‘With ,a “deductible: plan,
overheads. would be cut to a
fraction. : Aj
the payment of the annual
premium, the plan would have

out of five members. i
Policing of the plans would q

also be much’ easier because’

the people-who manage to

up. with: medical expenses

more probab!

“And yet, with all this, we must avoid all sense of fran-

tic haste and. hurry. Even if there be much to do and little
“time! in which to do it, there still remains the necessity of still-
ness, and quiet, and rest, and meditation, and’ communion’ with
Go t 5 Sse ;

id. ‘
“No man should ever be so busy that he:has, no time for
thinking, or so busy working that he has not time for praying.
“Ags we growolder, there is an ever greater necessity for
the life in which haste and idleness have no place, but in which
all things are done jin the light of eternity.” :

And if anyone gets around }
to starting such a plan, Pll be
happy to ‘become a charter;
subscriber — for the good of
my health. f

Plans |

e cost *

part from recording

no further dealings with four 4

Indians, Tigers Beat Out;
Dodgers Beat Giants, Get ‘By’

By MICHAEL VECCHIO

Briefing sie results of, \
week ihe tadians took the, win | Test of iN
over fhe Tigers. to" drop them| wise guint the Glants wi
for the ‘seagon.'-"7 ;
‘The Red Sox beat the Yan- win

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INSURANCE

On Tet Nterg

on Fr
Saturday
strong

kees on the same day to also’ ‘This leaves the Red Sox and |;

drop them out of action for the | Dodgers to fight for top Spot for
jes.

the Dodgers. Pp In thier

rain being non-

ming down
ie. rained’ o1

6 ralnéd’ out| Stoochnoff and Nick
ened At for

CLEARANCE

. OF GIRLS COATS, JACKETS.
AND LADIES SUMMER HATS

All at ¥% price

CINDY'S

abest’ out’ of’ three’ se:
baat dibayratvis

There are going to be three
trophies’ handed ‘out ‘to'Winrin
terms, ‘This was decided at the |

led, “thou,
eh acer

; mmit
jointed * (Michael. Vecchio,” Nic!
: Koo

and vee decided as follows:
».'°! he | Joe" Fodor | (Castle,
Sporting Goods) trophy. will Z0
to the winning teain of the Pony
League. oN eS

The Jim Lamont (Shell gar-
age) trophy’ will’ go Ars oop
team ofthe finals, plus a: bonus
of fo to’ the’ runner-up of ‘the

30°"Phe other: trophy, donated |
by Bruce Davies, go to the! .
top''or’ first position ‘team ‘of

the sdason’s scheduled’ games. |
These trophies came into
existence this year and will
around for all’other future ball.
ey will be given each year'in
je same

Be

Sune sny

TOP. THE LIST .
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Compare our prices on - Work,
Dress or Casual Wear. Our quality.

merchandise and prices stand —
comparison. SNORE A Ee Hr

PV Re nO atiast Ih bid

Dear. Sir;

Front Page.
LET'S

wn, - but

sion:

* Suggests City
Administrator
For Castlegar:

qn my opinion we should hang
lp crepe! ‘Castlegar may have

administratoriand save the cost
of the! constant flow of highly
paid’ consultants’ these. persons
require to arrive at the simplest
and: most elementary .of deéci-

. .°;' God

sa i ee te
e some.;

where. a0nne fastlegar sume-
an ve something to celebrate
other than‘an accident of popu-
lation on! January..2.°.
FED-UP.-TAXPAYER

‘manner’ as’ decided

Vie

‘Now. we've got. something
to fight’for, fellas,'so play h
iad tay tho best team frist

Today’s Editorial —

OW. A PARTY?

it most

give us men of

it. them out

COOL” NIGHTS. Milady* will
sleep: well ‘this summer’ in
this. cool fashion,

comes from France.

tures a cost of silk
‘printed’ 8 ‘
knee-length nightdress.

which .

CASTLEGAR ‘NEWS, Thursday,, June 25, 1964

147

5

‘Minto Chapter No. 79, Or-
dor Mf'the Eastern. Star, held 4

tea and] tea. The d

Several members of Alph
Chapter, Rossland, attended The
loor prize was won

(Eastern Star Tea a Success

and_ doll's .wardrobe
by Mrs. K. Hall.

by Mrs, Kris John and the doll

Guests were greeted on thel:
arrival by Mrs. J. Raine, worthy
R. DeFoe, as-
hall. was

casion with baskets of roses.

e Se) ble wis co-
vered with a pale yellow cloth
and had an ecru lace cloth over
it. The centrepiece was a beauti-
ful arrangment ‘of roses and

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fern, flanked ‘on either side b;
slim white tapers in’ glass-hold-
d ‘silver. coffee and ‘tea

ere were several basket
nts of roses through-

a rosé bowl :with a ‘single

ing rose. Mrs. .H. Pitts. and Mrs,’

J. Waldie were responsible for

the decorations,
Mrs.

open’ and’

ual tea table was centered with
 float-

Tom

Corn
Pickl

, Mrs.
Neil and Mrs, ‘A.

| Mrs, R. DeFoe was general col

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Tarrys Help Club
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The
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