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ane giant step backward
The giant flop which was to have
been a heroic American rescue mission
in Iran has left the entire world asking
questions.
President Carter,- who has taken
full responsibility for the timing of the
'll -fated mision, wit► e"er-'ually have
answer the bit ;en ,estton of all.
Why, or y 'hen many other nations
in both Eur ape amet Ica were
finally aligning ,selves behind
Carter's plea for (-cons against
Iran, did he choose tha+ moment to
undertake a quasi -mill tar y action —
against the advice of art ust all of his
international supporters?
The second important question —
why would a specially trained tactical
force, with unlimited, funds at Its dis-
posal, start into such a "dangerous ex-
ercise with only two spare helicopters
as a safeguard against accident? Fif-
teen or 20 extra machines would
appear to have been more logical.
Suppose the staging of an air op-
erations base in the Iranian desert had
been successful — by what means were
the hostages to be moved from the
American embassy in Tehran tothe
waiting aircraft? Loss of life would
have been unavoidable and the bodies
of dead Iranians would have testified
before the world to an act of invasion
and war.
The cynics, of course, are saying
thatthe Americans should have let the
contract for the rescue mission to the
Israelis.
There is no way to avoid the suspi-
cion that the inopportune timing of the
mission was connected to the American
presidential campaign. Public mood In
the United States has been shifting to
one of Impatience with six months of
inaction and a consequent decline In
the president's popularity es the elec-
tion primaries unfold.
American prsestiee has been dealt a
terrible blow': The Iranian fiasco is al-
ready being referred to as an. event as
ill- judged as the Bay of Pigs foul-up
and the senseless war ip Vietnam. And
worst of all, everyone knows that last
Thursday's blunder brought itchy fin-
gers dangerously close to those red
buttons which could precipitate the
next and final world war.
The axe must not fall
As the day of referendum comes
closer most Canadians seem to be an-
ticipating yet another election in which.
nothing more important than minor
local issues are to be determined.
The referendum in Quebec is
nothing like ordinary elections. its con-
sequences will be of far greater im-
port than the Battle of the Plains of
Abraham. Despite the fact that pre-
mier'Levesque claims the question be-
fore Quebecers is only to seek the right
to negotiate, the decision is, in fact,
whether or not those voters want to opt
out of the Canadian confederation.
The four western premiers have
faced the facts with a good deal more
honesty than most other Canadians.
They ,have stated flatly that they -will
never negotiate with Quebec on the
' matter of what Levesque so Smoothly.
calls ."sovereig3ty association". They
.: recognizeythat iphrase -tor. The definition
of a- totdi.#yy=sepai dnd'foreign' nafton:
which woiirdse"eleaIY the advantages of
close and beneficial financial ties with
its big -neighbor; but would conform to
none of: the obligatlons of its •benefac-
tor. In other words — get ati the goodies
and shoulder no responsibilities.
Much has been said and written
about the grim future which would face
Quebec, trying to, go it alone as a
French-speaking nation on.a continent
which is 90 per cent English-speaking.
Too little has been said about what
would happen to the. remainder of the
Canadian nation.
The fact is Canada would no longer
be a nation. 1 e Maritime Provinces
would be totally isolated from central
Canada. Their members of parliament
could not even travel to the national
capital without passing through a for-
eign country (Quebec or the United
States). The Atlantic region of Canada
would inevitably be drawn into the
American orbit because of proximity
and trade ties.
Western Canada,Joo, would even-
tually yield to American influence.
Prairie grain could not be shipped east
to European markets without passing
along the Seaway and the St. Lawrence
River; the (after almost entirely within
Quebec's jurisdiction. St. Lawrence.
shipping would be subjected to tolls,
just as Egypt controls the Suez Canal.
Thus .Western Canada's economic fu-
ture would lie with the United States
and Japan.
Ontario, where so much' of the
wealth of this nation° has been gener-
ated for the past 1510 ,years,: would .be
totally isolated from both east and west
and its business, . too, wo more
and more under American influe ce.
Any thoughtful Canadian of mature
years must think with sadness of the
thousands of young men from every
province who willingly took up arms
and died on the fields and in the skies of
Europe because they believed that
theirs was a great and proud nation — a
homelandworth the price of life itself.
Surely they must be looking down with
sadness on their sons and daughters,
nephews and nieces, who can feel no
great sense of alarm as they watch
their country preparing to vote itself
into oblivion.
What about common sense
The present movement toward en-
lightened treatment of persons con-
viCtedof both minor offenses and crim-
inal acts is- laudable. For example,
some judges are sentencing the guilty
to periods of hard work rather than to
prisons. However; the age of enlighten-
ment at times departs from the basics
of common sense.
A couple of weeks ago a two-time
killer by the name of James Oag, with a
long history of violence, walked out of
the Kingston penetentiary on a day
pass. He was accompanied by a guard,
but managed to slip and walked
9 p awn Y
off a temporarily free and highly
dangerous man.
A week later a prisoner by the
name of Robinson, serving a life sen-
tence for a 1976 murder, was taken by a
guard toe show in Toronto. The
man work in the prison kitchens and
authorities apparently thought he
re—re—dad a refresher aalu 3C. Rebitisson
seemed to think he could get better
forms of refreshment elsewhere.
Prison sentences are handed down
for two reasons: the first is based on
the hope that the convicted person may
learn the folly of crime -and change his
ways when he re-enters the free world,
but the second is, or should be, simply
to remove a dangerous creature to a
place where he can never again be a
threat to the lives and safety of his fel-
low men and women. A man who has a
history of violent behaviour and has
killed two people in the past is obvious-
ly too dangerous to ever be at large, for
any reason whatsoever. Society has a
right to be protected•from such unrea-
soning savages.
Those who favor the death penalty
will say that the escape of two killers is
reason enough to justify resumption of
capital punishment. With that stand we
cannot agree — not because we are
"soft" when it comes to criminals,--but-
rather
ut
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rather because it no longer works.
Sentencing a prisoner to die hinges on
the decision of a jury. Not just a ma-
jority decision of the jury, but a
unanimous decision — and there are
many jury members today who refuse
to become responsible for another
human being's death. R only takes a
dissenting vote to let killers go free.
Much better to have such prisoners
serving life sentences than'to turn them
loose to kill again.
If you tell a man -there are 30b billion
stars in the uniierse he will believe you.
But if you tell him a park bench has just
been painted, he has to touch it tb be sure.
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THE' > 'OUR• HUN IED
by Steph,+ei S.beppard
This. is the story of four
young Americans who devise
me to take the
Bank of England for 400,000
pounds
daring aterrlischeng — truly a
great fortune in those days,
for it is the -time of which/
Charles Dickens wrote and
the place is London, teeming
centre of the civilized world
and home of the Bank Of
England.
REBORN by Leonard
Simon
Someone has discovered
the secret of eternal youth
and can administer it — to
those rich enough to afford
it. The bad news is .tt. t)ie
process requires the ,egitlitlg ,
cooperation —to the death
of healthy, young people, like•<:
19 -year-old Jill Abingdotr
who drops out of her. colpr
fortable, proper life< and'
disappears.
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ews Items from Old Files
APRIL 1933
The Westminster Guild of
St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church held its annual
meeting and elected Jack
McKibbon .. president. Vice
presidents are George
Henderson 'and Miss C.
Isbister. Treasurer is Scott
Mitchell and secretary Miss
Anna Chittick.
Work will commence -soon
on the building of Currie's
School House, SS No. 9, East
Wawanosh. The contract has
been let to W. 'H. Rintdiil,
local contractor. The old
school, which was destroyed
by fire, will be replaced by
an all -brick modern struc-
ture.
Canadians did well in the
Boston Marathon, placing
second, third and fourth: A
total of 219 were in the race
which was won by a Rhode
Island man with a record
time of two hours, 31
minutes.
At a meeting of the
Wingham Baseball Club W.
H. Gurney was elected
president. Vice presidents
are E. J. Nash and J. Mc-
Michael. W. Tiffin is
secretary -treasurer.
The neighbors and friends
of Mr. and , Mrs. Charles
Robinson, who are living on
the ninth concession of West
Wawanosh, met at their
home and presented them
with a miscellaneous
shower.
A reduction from three per
cent to two and a half per
cent in the interest rates on
savings deposits in banks
was announced by Hon. E. N.
Rhodes, minister of finance.
APRiL 1945
At the Huron -Bruce
Liberal Association con-
vention, William John
McKay was chosen as
candidate for 'the for-
thcoming.provincial election
on June 4. A native of Morris
Township, William C. King
of Brussels.. will carry the
CCF bai ne yin the riding and
the Progressive Con-
servatives will be
represented by John W.
Hanna.
Adolf Hitler was . silent on
his 56th birthday. We can
wager that ihjJvishes now' he
had sttick to' paper -hanging
instead -of ;tr,ng toconquer
the rl4
1Wigtxtaoos is:`
tightening ,tits: throat.
Mrs. E. Anderson,.,Mrs. J.
M. Gbyltes, Edith Procter,
MBs.: HI. Wheeler and Mrs. R.
H. Procter were , elected
officers of the Belgrave
Women's Institute when the
annual meeting was held.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Farrier. and daughter have
moved to Wingham where
Mr. Farrier will open a
welding shop.
Newton's Lunches . at
Gorrie began of::Sunday to
serve chicken iirmers. This
is a new venture in our
midst, one thai'we feel sure
will warrant the patronage
of this and other com-
munities.
Biuevaie newlyweds, Mr.
and Mrs. John K. Mac
Tavish, were honored at a
social gathering in the
United Church.
APRIL 1956
W. Harry McArthur of
Owen Sound has been ap-
pointed manager of The local
branch of Ontario Hydro
Electric Power Commission.
Mr. McArthur has been with
the hydro for over 25 years.
A midnight blaze -on the
farm of Robert H. Coultes,
third line of Morris, com-
pletely destroyed one of the
largest barns in this district,
leaving damage estimated at
........, ars:
TODA'(S CHILD
BY -HELEN ALLEN
This contented little chap is Patrick. a happy boy who
can make anybody smile back at him. Born with Down's
Syndrome, which means his development is slow., he isn't
ready tq stand up yet although he is 18 months old. But
he's 'anything but slow as far as his personality is
concerned, and he's an easy child t0 care for because of
his agreeable nature.
.Pat�ric'k is'iti good health too. despite a heart.murmur
that isn't considered to be significant. He's In an infant
stimulation program to help him develop as far as he can
early in life, and it certainly seems to be doing him good.
Patrick has a healthy appetite and enjoys any food he is
given. He sleeps right through the night.
Twenty-two Down's children have been adopted so far
by people who saw them in Today's Child. it's quite likely
that captivating small Patrick will be the 23rd.
To inquire about adopting Patrick, please write to
Today's Child, Ministry of Comniunity and Social Ser-
vice, Box 888, Station K. Toronto, Ontario ftI4P 2112. In
your letter tell something of your present family and your
way of life.
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$25,000. Lost in the blaze
were over 50 Battle, 160 pigs,
75 hens, a large quantity of
hay and grain and several,
implements.
Ralph Nelson of Calgary,
Alberta, has joined the staff
of CKNX-TV as an an-
nouncer.
One of the most successful
music festivals of recent
years was held in the
Wingham District High
School auditorium when 200
Agriculture museum wants
Winghairn foundry machines
Wingham _Attysnee Times
Dear Edi', .. °' -
. •As a regular.subscriber to
.The Advance -Times and 'a
former resident, I keep
posted on local people and
events through your
columns. I want to com
pliment you on one par -
dollar column that appears
regularly, `Museum
Musings'. 1 find' the in-
formation contained in it to
be not ohly interesting but
extremely helpful. Your.
author -researcher should be
complimented. '
Ina recent column your
columnist referred to the
Wingham Agricultural
Works which was establish-
ed on Mmnie Street in 1864 by
John Ansley; acquired by R.
M. Robinson ,in 1872 and
operated for an additional 18
years •It was stated that thus
foundry manufactured, a
rather complete line of farm
machines (plows, reapers,
mowers and sawing ma-
chines).
One of the objectives of the
Ontario Agricultural
Museum in Milton is to
acquire and preserve for
posterity . agricultural ar-
tifacts manufactured in this
province. However small
these local companies may
have been, in most cases
they made some contribution
to the total. pool 'of
engineering expertise which
our Ontario farm machinery
industry:deveioped.
We are 'most' anxious to
acquire for our displays
pieces from these early
manufacturers, and if there
should ble anyone in the
Wingham area who still has
one of these Wingham
foundry machines or the,
major parts thereof we
would be pleased to hear
from him.
Also any written material,'
i.e. advertisements, man-
uals, catalogues or pictures
showing these machines at
work or on sale would be
more than useful. If the own-
ers are not anxious to part
with this material we would
be pleased to copy it and.
return the originals.
I am pleased that
Wingham now has its own
museum, . '.that.:. Wingham
residents are supporting it
enthusiastically and that
your column, 'Museum
Musings', keeps them in-
formed of the town's history.
At the same time I would
like to invite your readers to
visit the Ontario
Agricultural Museum at
Milton during our 1980
season, which opens May 12
and continues on a seven-
day -a -week basis until
Thanksgiving.
R. W. Carbert,
General Manager
Ontario Agricultural
Museum
rv+•-re•-e'W
pupils of the public school
displayed their talents. First
prize winners included Alma
Jane. Elliott, Jim Nasmith,
Cathleen Hanna, Wayne
Caslick, Sandra MacLennan,
Walton McKibbon, Sarah
Skinn and Charlie Campbell.
Vin Dittmer, sales
manager at CKNX-TV, has
accepted a position with
radio station CFCF * in
Montreal where he will be
program director. -
Campbell Brown, who has
been principal of Wroxeter
Public School for the past
two years, has accepted a
position at Markdale where
he will be principal of,a four -
room school. -
APRIL 1966
Apparently Wingham is a
likely location for one of the
new community colleges
which will be established' by,
the Ontario 'government..
Other centres in Western
Ontario expected to get
community colleges are
Owen Sound, Kitchener,
Guelph and London.
The 19th annual Turnberry
Township Music Festival
was held in Turnberry
Central School. Winner of the
special class girl's cup. was
Pattie Kechnie. Winners in
other classes included
Barbara Ryan, Larry
Fisher, Robert Darling,
DE DONKERE "LUST .
Susan Howatch •
DE GELIEFDE . ZOON .bY
Jo van Dorp-Ypota
DE -EMIGTANTEN by
Howard Fast
Debbie Reynolds, Jeanette
Riley, Vernon:, Hewitt;
St. Andrew's'Presbyterian
Church was filled to capacity
for the official opening and
dedication of the new
building.
The Wingham Kinsmen
elected new officers at their
regular meeting. Dawson
Pollock is president; Jake
Jutzi first Vice president;
John Strong Jr. treasurer
and Bill Hanula secretary.
Dr. R. M. Beyers and Dr.
D.T. Sybersma announce
the opening of a practice of
general dentistry at the
,former location of Dr. E F.
Shaunessy at 25 Patrict
Street East, Wingham.
Whitechurch welcomes
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Evans,.
Wayne, Lynn and Sherry,
who moved to the Clarence
Ritchie farm from Toronto.
Mrs. George Campbell
Hanna, the former Caroline
Mary Louisa Fisher, died at
88: She was the oldest
resident to spend liber
lifetime here.
Concerned citizens are
urged to attend council mtg.
Dear Editor,
Citizens concerned about
the proposals for Cruick-
shank Park, in particular
those preferring to see
Cruickshank Park left as a
park and retained as 'open
space' as designated in the
official town plan, are urged
to join a delegation to town
council on Monday evening,
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May 5, at 6:45 p.m. sharp.
This is their opportunity to
make their opinions felt and
to demonstrate their support
by joining their fellow
citizens who will be in at-
tendance.
There ate alternative sites
for our next senior citizens'
housing development.
ment.
Inge Wraith
Day Centre
Projects got underway
once again at the Wingham
and Area Day Centre for the
Homebound this week.
During ,.the three days
groups were Way finishing
off last minute craft projects
for the annual sale this 'week.
Price.., tagging .and.--:&essi--,.
fication of crafts were
completed by the Tuesday
and Thursday -ladies. The
sale will be held in con-
junction with the anniver-
sary of the centre, which has
been operating for a full
year.
The centre will hold an
open house during the week
of April 28. Senior citizens
use the it on Tuesdays, Wed-
nesdays and Thursdays. The
centre is 50 per cent funded
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by the community and area
of Wingham, and 50 per cent
funded by a Community and
Social Services Grant.
Each week handicapped
and homebound adults join
each other at the centre to
socialize, enjoy a hearty
-"Mal ansd oitte inferved in
educational workshops.
This week the groups
participated in ° sing -songs,
activegame!, epee iena end
discussion groups. A film,
`Go North', was made
available to the group by the
Minister of Natural Re-
sources.
if you see yourself offering
something or some talent to
this group, as a vol leer
please
call
357-1440.
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