<0. ort act 80 “LAD WA PoIarinnaeresa ran CASTLEGAR NEWS, Friday, October 17, 1975 By Rev. B jad Godderif: ‘One of the things we did as panadian observers at the 7th pecial Session was monitor the news of session as it was being related to tke Canadian people, + ‘The media. seeraed to miss what was happening in New fork. The local media were a otable exception, ‘There was a process going n at the Special Session. whieh began some time ago and one which will continue on into the future in the hearts and minds ff those people committed to working for the establishment “ofa New International Econom- ic Order. \- The poor nations of. the world were saying to the rich *. nations—Please Listen! : An earller speaker at the United Nations, Dr. Hasan of Pakistan, described aa “a long, lean, highly Intelligent, almost. beautiful man” asked the Unit- ed Nations to choose. Those of us who' were observers knew that the choices belonged to each one of us—in our own little way. What were our choices? We could (1) increase and share production. I think of the Canadian grain fields which were lying fallow in the ‘early 70's because there were no markets. There were hungry ple. * ‘We could (2) equalize the wages of labor and reduce consumption, I think of the wages belng ‘asked for by meat-cutters and grocery clerks in B.C. and the commer- - cials I watch on television. Or. we could (8) deal with the consequences of malnutri- tion, poverty, starvation and death ‘in the poor nations. ‘These I cannot see, feel and amell because I live in Castle- gine? wer the last few de- Dr. Hasan told the delegates” the developing coun- tries have struggled successful- ly for their political inde- pendence. They are now strug- _ gling for their economic emanci- " pation. Is it not natural that the Car. Collides £;,0n Columbia ECA Port’Alice man has been charged with failing to yleld the Fight of way following a two- vehicle. accident: Thursday_af- ternoon, Charged is Boyd Johnson whose "1985 vehicle. sustained approximately $1,000 damage when it was in collision with a 1973 B.G.-Tel truck on Colum: bia Ave. at the ferry landing: Driver of the truck has been identified as Gordon R. * “Porter of Castlegar. No injuries were reported. Reporlers Without Eyes And Ears... So it Seemed . struggle should continue until peace on earch and goodwill among mankind are estab- Ushed. “What is required,” added, “is a vision on the part of the rich—both the oll-consum- ing and the oil-producing coun- tries. In this vision is the only chance of a pesceful solution of the current eri “Should we fal to. find a solution based on justice and equity, let us always remember that nature has its’ own grand design for the fulfillment of the destiny of mankind.” Dr. Hasan was typleal of many Third World representa- tives we met or heard in New York. Men like Ambassador Donald Mills of Jamaica,di- rector of the Division of Com- modities, UNCTAD, Bernardo Chidzero, Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria, the president of the Session, Edmundo who had his doctorate in Law, but was exiled front the Domin- ican Republic, and Victor Hsu of Mauritius, who participated in our phone conference from New York to the Kootenays, To the Canadian observers it was saddening to read and hear what our own media had to say during the Special Session—nothing or very little. It would have been very easy for us to subscribe to the generalization that reporters are “people without eyes and ears", ‘The front page stories back in Canada were not about. the diserepancy between the rich "sand poor nations. The issue as described in a GATT-FLY press release was clear and urgent. “The International. com- munity gathered-in New York will either create an environ- ment for self-reliant develop- ment within developing coun- tries to meet the needs of their people for food, housing, health and education, or they will further entrench an economic system that ties those countries to: a disastrous course of dependency that sustains the powers of present elites and ensures a growing gap between the rich and the poor.” i Can ther rich“ Be “ countries go on like this? Fan ‘the advanced nations consume and waste and charge for their labor as they are anid ignore the misery of the majority of the human ace? : It+ will be difficult for Canadians to tackle questions like these if their media do not make them aware of the issues facing the international com- munity. * Will the Canadian people listen to the voice of Third World people? ‘The answer appears to be “not yet". It's very difficult. to listen ‘to’ something you cannot hear. je Sueza, . es HR are 2 (GRONT nal Smo GEE,NOW THAT WE HAVE A NEW BROTHER, WE'LL GEABE TOHEAR POP TELL ALL THOSE GREAT BEDTIME j STORIES AGAIN ABOUT HOW WE WRESTLED. OLD UGLY INFLATION 7) THE co Poets Respond To Opportunity For Their. Work ‘A $1,600 grand prize will * be awarded in, the current Poetry Contest sponsored by the World of Poetry, a monthly newsletter for pocts, Poems of all styles and on ‘any subject are eligible to compote for the grand prize or for 49 other cash or merchan- dise awards, Second place is, $500. "Contest director Joseph Mellon sald, “The initial re- sponse is gratifying. Even poets who never publish are ~ sending their work.” Each winning poem will be included in the prestigious World of Poetry ‘Anthology. * Rules and official entry forms are available by writing to: World of Poetry, 801 Portola Dr., Dept. 2i1, San A 94 * Franeiseo C, Contest nein Novem: ber 80, 1975, Does Court News Serve a Purpose? SOMETHING came up on my Saskatchewan holl- day this summer past that rather intrigued me, and I thought ‘it might strike a chord responsive or other- in the breast, oF breasts, ‘of my best friends, the readers of this column. Thad thrown a small and unselect party on’ the last night of the convention. At feast it began small. It grew steadily larger because it ~ was unselect: everybody who passed the open door of my room was hollered at to cummon in, S Fortunately, most. of the people who Were passing: were weekly newspaper people with their wives, tl friends, or grandmot! With regard fo the ladies, I must confess, said he gal- lantly, that you couldn't tell the girls the grand- mothers. Peshaps that is because” it's Women’s International Year, but I doubt it. [have noticed in the last few years that girls are becoming more like grandmothers: the - glasses, the long skirts, the houlde : {good or worse, grannies are becoming mote like girls: smoking cigarettes, drinking rye’ whiskey, and elevating their bosoms, with th Well, back to the party. Federal and provincial poli- ties, women's lib, starving editors, ‘rotten kids, and _overpaid workers, were dealt with fairly-smartly and expeditiously, They were all bad, we'agreed, except for: ~ “the starving editors, the-last GULF’S WINTER TUNE-UP PACKAGE INCLUDING PARTS AND LABOUR 1 ignition system dna Disb Libris heat riser Sy a ‘and install new 3 pots and condenser; Supply and install new & spat plugs (surcharge Or resistor plugs). : “SCOPE | oe ~- JACK’S “AUTO SERVICE LTD. 850 COLUMBIA ~—° CASTLEGAR PHONE 365-7511 + Examine rotor, distri 5 ur expand high tension 6! Adjust 7 Adjust carburetor. 8 Inspect air cleaner ‘ment. rt angle timing. : 10° Ins TP tein senice tite. YQ Chceantrcre - compression, courd freezing ‘it rata coolant, i 9 ccfse ventilation valve, TUNE-UP CENTRE” _ roar TUNE-UP » . 8-CYL. oo $39 95 4 rg Use’ pate Gulf Travel Card, |} Chargex or Master Charge. Not your average service station. 442 Kt B bulwark in the fight for freedom, law and order, the old virtues, and’a return to’ the “good: years” of the Depression. », This was standard for a party, and I was pleased that everything wasso cool. But, as every host or hostess of every party, everywhere, andevery time, knows, most péople sensibly go home to, bed, and mine host is stuck with the Rag-Tag and Bob- = ‘Tail of the party, who: still: have, a few bones) stuck in Bill Smiley Si Sean like vultures on the garbage that is other + peoples’ troubles.” ‘As you can’see, Bob-Tail ” was alittle more poetic. But Z-Tag was not to be downed soeasily. He fought .K,, smart-asg. - What yond you Ido if there was & murder in your town?", You'll note that he:had by’ now dropped the subjune- Bob-Tail:"Tdignoreit, Vd say in the paper tfiat So-and- them away with some taicly strong solvent. It happened. I won't mention names,- because they are two fine western? pillars of their communities, and I don’t want them run’ ‘out of town on some torn-up. rails of a defunct line of the C.P.R.,; not .tarred and feathered, but smeared from head to foot with printers’ ink hy copies of their old rials. Til just-cal them Rag-Tag and Bob-Tail. Rag-Tag finally ran out. of arguments and steam about 4 a.m., but Bob- Tail: kept. me’ up until 6.47 a.m., the bus leaving’ at 8.30 for the fishing trip, me going, him not, and T hope, if he reads this, he is dying slowly and painfully from an incur- able This is what. they, got hackingabout, with measthe 7 ‘on Such- and-Such, “Ifthe Calgary papers wanted to’ come in and make a big murder thing ote ae mM. ‘Nou keer wt i des for. widower) and talk. to her (or him) as a friend.” I won't bore you with any more. The argument went on for. two hours, with the judge (me), looking al a non- existent watch, brightly mentioning that the fishing . trip’ was. starting in two hours, and even calling room service to see what time it was. So what would you do, gentle reader, if you were a weekly editor? Would you run -the, court news, and break some poor. mathei’s ° heart? Or do you think that the public hasa right to know that the mayor gol drunk and beat up his wife? pe * this. I decided, with the full weekly editor run, in his columns court n "And that is why I thought your readers might have an opinion. Rat-Tog said: “Ab- solutely. It is our duty. ‘No one can be spared. We owe ito our readers. If I myself were convicted of impaired driving, I would run it in the Béb-Tail “spoke thus: “Blank-beep!_ Who do you think you are — God? The guy or the gal has already been judged and senten by the law. He or she has been punished. All you are doing by printing it in the paper is doubling the sen- tenee, exposing him orher to the scorn and contempt of friends and neighbors and salivating sensation-seckers fishing trip, I reint of. my partner, that there was no particular ” Doint in running court news, ny People were being . teats punished, ant why? Merely for the Sleeaton of the righteor Strangely enovgh, or not, * the people who howl and plead the most,’ when it is their family” aboul’’to be exposed in public print, are _ themostrighteous. The less « righteous are almost proud that nephew. Elmer, “got his name in the paper.” Three days later, on our roduced the subject, and saw two weekly newspapermen, this time ‘from’ Ontario,‘ practic- ally come to blows over the issue, Daily papers treat the subject With the utmost Want to Save Money i Fisher wooo syaninc STOVE 1S THE ANSWER Tie most wilelent ond versa weed con bury. © Wold a fee 12 to 18 hours. "Rawanda ta heat your home, 167g, 2" og, 20° tog. sad et ows Ps sae 98 as of Eun CH Save, save, Save, ‘AB.G PRODUCT. CT ory ks Siocon Pick me Pham 2206-7044 as ater Si Stove Works goer Re viv 202 save, this winter é cynicism. They havea court reporter,’ He or she reports only those cases before the judge which ‘will make a *good story": the salacious, the sensational, the bizarre = only those that will make the reader chuckle or slaver. What do you think? Per- haps your editor would be interested in'your opinion. Does he’ or’she run’ court news? Does [t serve any Purpose? You judge. Write him, or her. Write me, care of him or ee i would ‘really like tok how ordinary, dégent human beings feel about this. 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Boy: Scouts,” under; the 3 A system of visa require. ‘pe for Via ‘iersal Under Active: Consideration Gc ovcealght cain at this month Cubs are meeting under the leadership of Bob Hendrie“. ‘cand ps Topp. The Scene at He ‘said the: visa Rei could be KINNAIRD JUNIOR. © SECONDARY. SCHOOL which could lead.to a matching, retaliatory move'against going abroad, ; , active ‘considera. matane Praboat 40 million foreign” visteaa a yeat metal. 8 eo angled that Teade ua alap- lents, now erdss inzand out of Canada, while i? Under current rules only a tenth of a Bere cent ot th the legis : lation, but added ‘a final ‘deci- »