C10 S, Thursday, May 17,1979 /Doug Pringle / WiHo SAYS CANADIANS AREN'T BUSINESS OPPOR- INISTS? The American record industry is gettln ng fa nervous these days about the number of Canadian manufactured records that are showing up in the record stores across the U.S. With the imbalance In the import/export duties between the U.S. and Canada and the current state of the Canadian dollar, Canadian record distributors can offer the same hit records at anywhere from 25 cents to a dollar cheaper than their American counterparts. Of course, the American retailers are quite happy to take the savings but it is becoming a real matter of concern for American record manufacturers, Apparently thls trend also seems to. be spreading to Enron fait for the backlash! niillion. Here's resents a Bross of a Wadleigh, “The primary motivation for thls festival is hardly money. The _ goal is to put on the best rock ‘n’ roll concert of the pcade, and believe me, there are better ways to make - money than putting on the rock ‘n’ roll concert of the decade.” Outside o! gettin # job as an inside worker at the post office, I can’t one, _ David Frest 3 THE BEE GEES WILL BE THE STARS of their own 90 - minute television special for NBC sometime next year, The show will trace the careers of the Brothers Gibb and will include footage from home movies as well as film of the band in the studio. Robert Stigwood and David Frost will also a appear and also act as executive producers for the special {Your Stars / Group effort pays off handsomely over the com- ing week; individual effort may prove a hindrance to the success of joint opera- tions. It is important that those wishing to strike out on their own do so without support, whether demanding or ‘expecting - week's activities. Remain calm, LIBRA: (Sept. 23-Oct.7)- + This is a week when you need much time for your- self, See that you get it. Refuse to be pulled in two, directions, (Oct, 8-Oct, 22) = Old business. proves a bone‘ of New or moral, from those with whom they once shared a purpose and a goal. The future. looks ex- tremely bright by week's -end — for those who have to work willingly for the welfare of all. Change is to be looked upon as opportunity. A, shift in direction of effort yields gain, personal and material, and is to be wel- comed. Those who adapt quickly, smoothly, end the week in a. mood of opti- TAURUS: (April 20-May 5) — Reorganize your work around new objectives. Otherwise, you may find yourself working for wor- 20)— Spend time with loved ones on the home front. Employment scene activi- /ties bring tension; work it out with co-workers. GEMINI: (May 21-June 6) ~Ignore your own reserva- tions regarding new enterprise. Jump in with both feet; there’s gain to be made. (June 7-June 20) - - Youth and age join hands week to overcome dif- ficulties neither knew the other had. Be ready to give — to get! 7) - An improvement in on been guided by enjoinders . nout goals. (May 6-May CANCER: (June 21—July | business, however, smooths the way to new responsibilities. SCORPIO: (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) ~ Take advantage of an invitation to meet people of influence. You can feather your own nest if you so choose. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) — Keep your emotional bal- ance, especially at mid- week when those around you are inclined to over- react in all directions. ' SAGITTARIUS: (Nov. .22- Dec. 7) — Unless you can. read successfully between the lines, you may well be left behind in the area of. -work, (Dec. 8Dec, 21) — Invention is essential if you are to survive the week's challenges in financial and emotional good health. Be daring. CAPRICORN: (Dee. 22- Jan. 6) — Renovation, rede- coration, reassessment: These are essential to your financial stability. Be cre- tative, (Jan, ‘7-Jan. 19). = ° i Consider — and reconsider - — the value of real estate. This is a good time-to be buyer or seller ~ if. you know your facts. AQUARIUS: (Jan. 20- Feb, 3)— Perform well on the employment scene —in spite of personal matters which threaten to . Resist distrac- the home front does much to solve difficulties in other areas. (July &July 22) - Success results from com- promise this week. Don't but don’t give in too readily yourself, LEO: (JULY 23-Aug. 7) — Make no secret deals, To do so is to court a general failure of most of your fair. (Aug.8-Aug. 22) — work ‘schedule. Don’t an- tagonize those who offer to help — even if you'd rather work alone. VIRGO: (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) cause goals to be more distant than you expect. Make allowances for another's health. (Sept. 8- Sept. 22)— A‘ personal! ap- pearance -~ your own or another's — brings an ele- ment of intrigue into the force another to your will —-. personal relationships. 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Adjustable Imperial Roto Spreader ratty =i {ype hopper. mBRISCO cowrD We're not Sain to haves an NDP. government, As far as Liberals are concerned | think ’ theyre. going to go down the continued from Page C2 He was trying to deal with at the same time he was trying, to cope with the Genelle con.’ frontation ‘and trying ‘to en-. courage Kootenay Weat muni- cipal-: officials to sponsor a public forum conducted by a group of “quasi-official” experts iclear po ind radiation, Questioned ‘on. what he describes as the “gerrymander- * it his riding by the federal government.’ in’ 1978, Brisco that 'the removal of the on area — which gave him 15 par:cent of his popular vote in 1874— from Kootenay West ing redistribution “narrows my:thances for: re-election.” +"The’ point-that has to be remembered iB teat under. re- the 5 would have been easy for me to --say ‘what the hell, I'm not going to be representing ‘that area-in future, why bother?’ ” But he, said Creston resi- dents’ — including the. Lower Kootenay native Indian band, for, whom ‘he helped ‘secure about $600,000 under several. federal’ programs for restora: tion’ of the 640. acres - of. agricultural land they occipy in’ the Creston Flats — “are just as important to me sind have just -as many, problems as anyone else in Kootenay West.”, * “I think that people recog: nize the work I have done, my, dedication to this. riding,” he adds, “And I think on that basis a lot of people from all parties are going to support me in this election.” ‘The provincial Tories, he didp’t change,” he explains. “Those areas still remained within your. federal constitu- ency until the election writ was dropped.” ‘When I lost Creston under redistribution I suppose it insists, represent a “separate entity” from the federal party. He terms statements made by B.C. PC leader Vic Stephens in the campaign leading up to last week's provincial election “un- fortunate.” “I'm. quite’. prepared. to admit it,” he'said.'“There are those Conservatives who. are supporting, the’ Socreds \‘and there’ are. Conservatives’ siip- porting the Socreds.” “I don't know why people “are. 50 bloody paranoid about this whole issue, I think it’s a non-issue, because if you look at any other province in Canada there are at least three parties.” He cites differences be- tween B.C. NDP leader Dave Barrett and NDP Saskatche- ‘wan premier Allan Blakeney and federal NDP leader Ed Broadbent on price and income controls as an example’ of differences between provincial.’ and federal parties, The incumbent PC ‘candl- date questions the’ ability’ of New, Democrat contender Lyle Kristiansen and Liberal ‘candi- °- date Peter Kendall to represent -. the area effectively. “The NDP made a big issue out of the fact that they held the balance of power in: 1972 when ‘we had a minority. gov- ernment,” Brisco says. "Look at the record herein Kootenay West — it sure as hell dossn't. °°< reflect any clout from: that: °~ balance of power. What did the -': previous: NDP MP: do for Kootenay West when he was in a’ position, ' supposedly,” with significant clout? ‘First’ of all, we're. not going to have an NDP govern- “ment. 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