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Zurich Citizens News, 1966-02-24, Page 2PAGE TWO ear Cornmeal More Noise Than Battle By the time he got his medicare legis- lation through the Ontario Legislature, at the end of last week, Premier John Robarts should have been able to feel sympathetic with (hockey referees, It happens to a referee sometimes that two angry team coaches, on opposite sides of the rink, are abusing :him loudly for favoring the other team. Each accuses the referee of being a seventh man on the ice for the ether team. During the dosing stages of the debate on Ontario's cautious medicare scheme, New Democrat speakers in the Legislature were accusing the Robarts government of "selling out to the doctors", while at the very same time, the Ontario Medical Asso- ciation was mustering its members for op- position to the Robarts seheme. On one side the government was assailed for being too kind to the doctors, and on the other side for not being kind enough to doctors. If he follows the example of a sensible hockey referee {as he probably will) Pre- mier Robarts will arrange to have two deaf ears, at times when it is convenient to be deaf. He does not seem to have done any more to protect the medical profession, at the expense of the taxpayer, than it was necessary to do. On the other hand, noth- ing in the Ontario medicare legislation appears to restrict the right of the doctors to get money from their patients, to the limit of the patients' ability to pay. The opposition of the Ontario Medical Association to Ontario medicare was stated on Friday, in the form of seven principles ., ......,,._,140.6.,. ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1966 laid down by the executive of the associa- tion. It was reported Saturday that 4,500 doctors in Ontario, a majority of all the doctors in the province, had signed pledges to support OMA action on the basis of the seven principles. Six of the seven are worded vaguely, and do not create a basis for aclear-cut clash of opinions. One of the seven is clearly stated: "That the OMA fee sched- ule is not open to negotiation or proration except where the profession Itself wishes to make some special arrangements." Being interpreted into the language of the common people, this means that the doctors are taking a stand on the principle that doctors, only doctors and nobody but doctors, can decide how much money the doctors should get. Nothing in the new Ontario medicare legislation runs counter to this principle. It has always been the right of the doctors to say how much money the doctors should get, It still is their right, and the Ontario version of medicare does not disturb them in that right. If a doctor decides he should get $100 from a case, and the case does not pay the $100, the doctor continues to have the right to threaten suit, to sue, to get judgment, to distrain and to garnishee. The courts will help him after Ontario medicare comes in effect, just as they have in the past. Now that the medicare legislation has become law, there seems to be no likeli- hood of any real clash.—Stratford Beacon - Herald. Anything Less Than 100% Is Bad Would you like to be in a class where you had to write 8,000 words a day and undergo a public examination every week? We thought about this following our last issue when a couple of glaring errors stood out in cold type for all to see. In one heading the mayor was referred to as major; we were able to correct this before the run was completed but it indicates the problem in publishing a newspaper. In last week's issue of 16 pages we had approximately 48 columns of news and editorial material. That's slightly more than 40,000 words. Whether written or typed, the 40,000 words had to be checked for spelling and grammar, then sent to the linotype ma- chines for setting into type. The 8,000 lines of type were then proofread before being juggled to fit into columns of vary- ing lengths. The 40,000 words had to be handled at least three time and each time there was a chance of error. Then there were the advertisements and the heading and many changes neces- sary for each issue (date lines on each page, for example). This work is done under pressure of a deadline which becomes increasingly tense as Wednesday afternoon approaches. Dur- ing all this there are the continual inter- ruptions of telephone and personal callers. At the Iast hour changes must be made to fit articles and headings and ads into the available space. Suddenly the dealine comes and the last forms go on the press. Some 3,000 copies are printed and distributed. During the next several hours 9,000 readers examine their copies with a critical eye. They jump gleefully on each mis- take. If a reader finds three or four mis- takes he gets the impression the newspaper staff are altogether too careless. How could anyone make three or four mistakes in only 40,000 words? They should be letter perfect. We sympathize with our readers. Like all newspaper publishers we aim to get one issue 100% perfect but the closest we ever get is 98 or 99%. How simple life would be for a news- paper publisher if he could go back to school where 50% was considered a pass and 75% placed him in the honor class. And instead of 9,000 examiners, there was only one. But there is no time for pleasant day- dreaming. As soon as one issue is off the press it's time to start writing for the next one.—Pictou (N.S.) Advocate. Train For Five Goderich council has become a roaring mouse in the last few days. It appears that members of our municipal body are preparing to bite deeply into the exposed calf of the CNR urge. Why the excitement? For once the town fathers have decided to rally around the cause of principle and defend our "vital" passenger service. Unfortunately they appear to be the only people concern- ed about the forthcoming battle to be held in the courtyard of the Board of Transport Commissioners. It is true that a principle should be defended. But is it really a principle any more when there is no purpose behind it? The facts of the matter are these: Fewer than five people per day use the service. Many local residents find it more con- venient to motor to Stratford before catch- ing the train. It is costing the CNR thousands of dollars each year to maintain this service which has proved as ineffective for us as it has proved unprofitable to them. If this service were necessary for the welfare of this community and Huron County we would be among the first to lodge an objection to the proposed shut- down. The planned boycott of the CNR freight service is ridiculous because it will never work. Why should our .merchants rally behind an issue without an essential cause? The proposed stopping of the pas- senger service has done little except allow a few leading citizens to let' off steam. The idea of the little councils taking on the giant CNR would make a first class fairy-tale plot but in the terms of cold, hard facts it seems pointless. As they sally forth into the fray per- haps the councillors may find time to question the need for their action. At the moment We are much more concerned with whether or not we have a proper ambu- lance service here. The last passenger train from Goderich will draw few tears from local residents.— Goderich Signal -Star. Zurich News PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher J E. HUNT, Plant Superintendent Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa and for payment of postage in cash. Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Member: Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Mamber: Canadian Community Newspapers Representatives Subscription Rates; $3.00 perear in advance, in Canada; $4.00 in *United States andand Foreign; single copies T cents. From My Window By Shirley Keller THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW Most sickeningly sneaky of all advertising gimmicks em - played in this spend -crazy sa• ciety of ours are those too com- mon brochures we get in the mail addresser 'Do the House- holder". True, it is a simple matter to discard them into the gar- bage along with used coffee grounds. and some of them are even large enough to use for wrapping potato peelings. But when I consider the energy spent by postal employees to deliver them, the money paid annually to transport this un- necessary trash from home to municipal dumping grounds and the number of unwary folk who have been hooked into less than favorable dealings, I get abso- lutely livid. In recent months, our mail box has spilled over with en armload of coupons, bargain offers, elippable vouchers, pre- ferred customer credit cards, come-on letters and puzzles that when solved would earn a sub- stantial reduction on the pur- chase price of an article of the winner's choice, For the ridiculous fee of $100 our home could have had a complete face-lifting outdoors, including a backyard paradise featuring a large swimming pool that would be the envy of the neighborhood ...providing of (in the fine print) we sup- plied a few minor extras—like topsoil and fertilizer for the lawn, concrete, flagstone and a water filtering system for the swimming pool, shutters, win- dow boxes, awnings, etc, for the house; plus the labor to install them. Oh, yes, this price of $100 was good only so long as we pursuaded ten other home- owners to invest $1000 each in the house siding, plastic pool liner, five pounds of lawn seed, a half dozen scraggly shrubs and a package of marigold seeds specifically mentioned in the deal. - Another company was willing to sacrifice a full set of the most up-to-date encyclopedia just so the offspring of pre- ferred customers could reap the benefits of their parents' hon- esty and integrity. No strings attached, thinly -you, unless you neglected to make a purchase of $800 or more within ten days at the store. My husband and I could have flown to Spain with $500 to spend, All we had to do was work the simple puzzle and mail it in together with our approval to meet with at, COm- pany salesman who would show us his product and ask us one qualifying question —like ,how many light years away is a star that in 2090 will disappear and is Jailing toward the earth now at the speed of sound on a course estimated to be xy-ab times z miles away from the furthest planet which is thought to be one million miles due west of the second furthest planet, both still unplotted by astronomers. It is unthinkable there are adults gullible enough to be caught in traps similar to these and even more unbelievable that such schemes, actually within the law, are permitted to use the Royal mail as their agent. But I suppose this is democracy—that valuable some- thing leaving nen free to live according to his conscience. My only source of pleasure en the receipt of such material is the satisfaction I get in rip- ping the unopened envelopes to shreds and watehing the baited bits fall harmlessly into the waste basket, 0 Obituary JOHN FABER Residents of Hensall and community were saddened to learn of the sudden death of John Faber, 58, who passed away suddenly at his home, RR 1, Hensall, Friday evening while watching television, Surviving are his widow, the former Beatrice Madge Ford; one daughter, Mrs. William (Joyce) Sims, Exeter; his fa ther, Scoffer Faber, RR 1, Hen sail; four brothers, Harry RR 1, Hensall; Radius and Egbert of RR 3, Kippen; Cornelius, RR 3, Exeter, and three grandchil dren, Public service was held from Bonthron funeral home, Mon day, at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. H F. Currie. Burial was in Hensall Union Cemetery. Pall bearers were Harvey Hyde, Gordon Troyer, Bruce Tuckey, Bob Pryde, Bill Row- cliffe, Malcolm Dougall. FIFTH ANNUAL SAUERKRAUT SUPPER Delicious Sauerkraut or Cole Slaw with Tasty Spareribs Also Home-made Pies Wednesday, March 9 Zurich Community Centre 5:30 P.M, TO 7:30 P.M. Tickets: $2,00 Children under 12: $1.00 Sponsored by ZURICH AND DISTRICT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MATTRESSES SPRING -FILLED Smooth Top 4 ft. 6 in. REGULAR VALUE $39.95 Only $35 ALL SIZES Spring Filled, REGULAR VALUE $24.95 Only $19 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE SPECIAL BARGAIN$! Westlake Furniture ZURICH Television Views by William Whiting Area TV stations have ord- ered and are continuing to order color equipment follow- ing the recent announcement from the BIG which allows 11 stations in Canada to commence color telecasting this fall, Tom Daley, of CFPL-TV, London, informed us the other day that their station was equipped and ready to go with color film ten years ago. Since that time they have scrapped the color equipment, which was purchased then, and are instal- ling new equipment. They ex- pect delivery any day of their first color video-tape machine. A second has been ordered for summer delivery. As for programming, Daley predicts Channel 10 will run about 45 hours network and local each week. From CKNX-TV Wingham, G. W. Cruickshank, the general manager, says he hopes to tele - east color on October 1, 1967. The station will be equipped to telecast both the CBC net- work programs and their own film shows. Stations applied in four dif- ferent categories: 1, Color net- work; 2, color film programs and slides; 3, color video-tape; 4, 'live' looal programs using color cameras. Most stations applied for the first three cate- gories, leaving out number 4. Channels 9 in Toronto and 13 in Kitchener applied and re- ceived approval in all cate- gories. To date, there has been no commilton. ent from CHCH-TV Ham- * * * It should be quite a session in Ottawa this week when the Board of Broadcast Governors hears the application of the CTV affiliates to buy the net- work. A Hamilton group wants. to buy it, as does a station in Moncton. And then, there's a group of people who call them- selves he Canadian Broadcast- ing roadcasting League, who would propose to run it as an educational network and remove all enter- tainment programs. These peo- ple are a bunch of nuts who haven't got a chance in hell of getting their application ap- proved. But they'll be there to make noise. They're idiots — just plain idiots. CALL McADAMS RADIO AND TELEVISION REPAIRS To Television,. Car Radios, Transistors, Hi.Fi, Etc. The Finest Testing Equipment available, Dial 236-4094 or 4186 ZURICH BUILDING CONTRACTOR • CUSTOM CARPENTRY - YOU NAME IT . . . - WF'LL DO IT! No lob is too large or toe small for us. DICK BEDARD DIAL 2364679 -- ZURICH Call Us for Free Estimates Amonessomni Count on Us to HEATINGDo Things Right! re wins - Our skilled, experienced men take pride in their expert work- manship. When they do a job, you KNOW it's right! 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