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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-02-14, Page 18d 9 lei tge l A: a per'stlrj, 1s .ta be Kilf ,'e is the work rin f+et�t711 vi z.a. Il � m: ton ;iip�itial' Tensai,.. 4,00itt. bow. de ':.you put a m price on soeone&s life, be asks)`: Ilisurance•and pensions :fir the families of police. officers killed while on duty' are not great, ac- cording to both Chief.' King and Fred • McDonald, Mr. McDonald tends to agree with Chief King in regards to views on capital punishment. With appeal processes going right up to the cabinet, • the,is little chance .0 th : , ronperson- • bei execL ted, hesays while adding that •:a murdered person ;Cannot appeal for kds life.,• _ #. ::McDonald° says the npai,gn by the police association to reinstate capital. ,punishinent is designed ,to get public res nse ,- po and generate ate interest. "We , respect . people's views and we think they should make them known to the people represen- ting them in govern- ment," he says, The campaign urges people to find outwhere their local candidates in the upcoming election stand on capital punish- ment. 110 of the onnvaign lsters says :..'.*Let's not repeat. :the breakdownin communications we've .seen before; "70 per Cent of the population favouring retention and 50 per cent of their elected representatives voting abolition." I.n Huron -Bruce, Progr.essive. • Con - ser ;a,tlye : candidate, Murray. Cardiff says. that he understands that Prince Minister Joe Clark has said if. the issue comes ttp in Parliament, • he will allow a..free vote amongst members.: In this instance; Mr. Cardiff says he would vote yes for the reinstatement of capital punishment in Canada, especially for police offiners and Prison guards Whomlie s oe must be given security and backing by the rest of society. Liberal candidate, Graeme Craig, also says he would vote yes.for the reinstatement . of capital punishment. He ;feels that., there. has .to be some sort ; of protection. in society from the crirninal element and.says that the victims of crimes should not . be forgotten,. ° Although a referendum on the subject would cost more money, he thinks -it might be worth it in order to find out exactly how people feel. He says there is another solution to the problem too and that is to apply strict non -parole Tourist industry not reaching potential BY SHARON DIETZ (Intended for last week) Huron County Council learnedi- Thursday that the county's tourist in- dustry is not reaching its potential.. Ken Hawkes, district manager of tourism in this area, told county council the county should be doing.better than eighth out of 10 in, the but Hawkes said "There are available for last province's tourist is room for im- year but are not broken districts. provement." down into categories. The mid -western He said this area should ' Hawkes told county Ontario district which be doing betterbut the includes the counties of industry has., to be Huron, Perth, Wellington developed. and Waterloo, ranked The tourism dollar ninth out of 10 in the spins off right through the amount .of income economy of the area," generated by the -industry said Hawkes. Figures last year. Some 102 show 16 cents out of every million people touring the, dollar is spent in retail area spent some $4 billion sales and miscellaneous purchases in this area. - Tourists in 1976 spent tourism means 300 jobs in Macrame viewed council the tourism in dustry in the province is second only to• the automotive industry and Huron "should go and grab hold of the future." He said one of the problems with tour si'nris it is the "invisible in- dustry." . Statistics show that by W.I. members aw, BY MRS. S. ptained the knots, type $11 million on ac- the county. One camp commodation in the four ground and a, major hotel county ar'ea, $47 m,llion employ 100 people alone. o food _-.$32 �nillaon—at Rawkesul cathe county_, service stations, $8 has a "charming at - million on recreation and mosphere" which should the total' income' that year be developed to the ad- s . was $154 million. Figures vantage of the county: CRAWFORD, P.R.O. of cord used as. well.as the The February meeting many articles which one of the Goderich Branch of can make. The • ladies the Wotnen,s.` rnstitute ,....were ..post interested -and_ was held in MacKay Hall took full advantage of the February 7. The opportunity to examine on singing of the Institute the articles and ask Grace preceded a questions. bountiful pot luck lun- In thanking Mrs. Craig, cheon under ,,Mthe con- Mrs. Young presented venership of Mrs. C. her with a gift. Taylor and Mrs. G.Eight points for sic- Young. g cessful living were read ,Mrs. ' M. Clairmont by Mrs. Young who also presided' over the conducted three contests. business period which . opened-wb ifih--the-•iristitirte The 'r1-e•eti'rrg'"ei-osed--- Ode and Mary Stewart with the Queen. A Penny Collect. ` Sale followed. Mrs. Clairmont - welcomed . the members and visitors. A special visitor was Mrs. .William Porter, District President of,the Women's Institutes. She spoke briefly; expressing her pleasure at being asked to meet ,again with the ladies with whorn she had been associated before joining the Goderich Township Women's Institute. She was presented with &gift. Roll call was answered by20 members. Birthday greetings were sung for Mrs. S. McPhee; Mrs. C. Moore and Mrs. D, Riehl with Mrs. C. Taylor at the piano. Plans were completed for the sale of tickets on the afghan. A donation • will be made to the MacKay Center for Seniors. Mrs. A. McTaggart read a letter from Mrs. C, Diamond, President. of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontar.io. She stressed 1980 as "The Year of the Institute - What, where and why for the W.I." Mrs. G. Young had prepared a most in- teresting program. , Mrs. F. Craig displayed the beautiful and useful macrame articles she had created. She eu- W. J. Denomme FLOWER SHOP 524 8132 ,As DAY O -NOTICE- Great OricEGreat Lakes Taxi PHONE 524-9221 anywhere -'anytime•• Special rates on out-of-town trips. Please note we do not use our meters for any trips outside the town limits. Also rumors have been going around that Great Lakes Taxi is going out of business which is not at all true. Please don't believe ell you hear, just dial 49221 and as always, it is our pleasure to serve you. 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New >':emocratfe. 1=andda..te, Tony. 14cQ1ia 'i ',on the othrer- hand, snye°lie would vote against the reinstatement Or g al -capitunishnient .p,.. because he is not con- vinced onvinced that it is effective as a deterrent against 'murder• Although he would vote no, he stresses that he Auld also, work towards making the penal - system more of-. feeti&e, He feels that a better solution than capital punishment is to give mandatory minimum sentences of 25 years with no parole to persons convicted of first degree murder and 10 years to persons convicted of second degree. He says it is con- tradictory for the state to condemn murder• and condone capital punish- ment at the same time. He does not feel .that capital punishment would be the cheaper solution to the erimi.ilal problem beeauise if a person wae. condemned to die, there would be more appeals and court costs on ,his behalf. Also, juries would proba:i y be more reluctant •to pass guilty verdicts knbwing that' the accused could be put .to ,death, he says. He thinks that, there should `be more op- rt f- vi s portunity for eon et to do productive work while , irk prison in order to help pay for prison costs, to help build a small fund to establish themselves when released from prison and to help build a fund for the; victims of `crimes. • "I don't think capital punishment is effective for the; purposes_ claimed. I don't think it will solve the problems of rising crime rates and violence' in society. I would rather see longer mandatory sentences . " Mr. McQuail quoted statistics showing that iWei0O04 ntep Qulfnxatdirpdn h decreased from. s? Per- to 2, 5 in 1978,, #R ,saga this - proves. hispr€ives. - that Oolishing capital punishment in 197.6 didn't result . iii a dra.sti:n tnerease in murder, Reintroducing• .:capital punishment„ he feels.,. would open the door for violent response by, society' towards many; people. . „`It's a matter of how to make the .system' work ,best for soeiety,"J a says while once again stressing that the penal system should be made more effective. Joe Clark, Pierre Trudeau, and Ed Broadbent are not in faxes:. of reinstating -- capital punishment. It's a controversial and "emotional issue, one. which, must first be decided individually and then collectively as - -a -- moral voice at the government level. rvifl Iexa .,54. ctric;l¢I! R, 'i. e t • CIo er. 1,41 #�Qed.: � kik �.. , � � • R Work:' M, ReusQ Moto tes, CPU ; 5244492 • A? 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