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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1967-07-27, Page 2E nye tir 410,? 400 Strange Document Ly the Cart:1- relive Chiefs as en: Lritel Ce..ne-ed inquiry On the eeIniAnietretien justiee was etrange .Hale..ed. In urging changes that wen;ild give pollee wide etn,vers senneh end arrest without -ftne benefit ot warrants, the asseeia- nee, must hevt, been well aware of the reaction thet would :follow, Th,re i,ten alme,st universal critivism the recenenerelations and the pol- v iief recent s.,net.ly have been ex- neting this. Why t te: weeld. hy Make sueh eeenniniendat lens ? eh e that the police officials, ere just getting something. off their ,enests. Our lews and judicial sys- tem are neeessarily weighted in favor inactnised person. Necessarily se for the proteetion of the innocent. 'Ent the system also works to the eelvantage of the guilty and makes tne job ef the police more difficult. If the major rceommendations of chiefs were implemented, and 'here is absolutely no chance that -,itey will be. the job of law enforce - would Much easier. More •efhninaIs would be apprehended, but, ty the same token, more innocent nersens would beoome involved in the the police net. In seeking out the ienilty. the rights ef the innocent could well be violated. There i also the danger that, given such sweeping powers. some policemen would tend to abuse them, to the detriment of their entire eommunities. The association is apparently less than satisfied with the judicial side of law enforcement as well, if their brief is an indication. Their recom- mendation that. among other things, magistrates or would-be magistrates be required to take psychiatric ex- aminations was hardly a conipliment to the beneh. The police are open targets for criticism and much of it is unde- served. The association's brief may be its way of showing why police departments are not always as ef- fective as the public expects them to be. The chiefs may simply be say- ing: 'Give us these powers and we'll shows you what can be done". If the brief was intended merely to get across this type of messagesit cannot be classed oonstructive and has no place in the affairs of such an inquiry. If it was intended as a serious pres- entation — and it seems hard to be- lieve that it was it can be dis- missed in just three words: outdated and outrageous. — Elmira (Ont.) Signet. Positive Politics Hew nine 'eltnned' offices will be eaerificed en the alter of efficiency .,fere the cuerent compulsion to - nerds -regionel" .'r "centralized" eevernment is satisfied? This is of- ten the unspoken question when such enatters are discussed by municipal elected officias, and it usually re- nains unspoken because few if any these persons apparently wish to run the risk of being accused of cle- 'ending the status quo. Doubtlessly in many cases this ap- earent unquestioning acceptance is due to a recognition of the advant- ages that may accrue to the beleag- ared taxpayer from the formation of larger municipal units. In others it eeems quite possible that it is prompted by a desire to be associat- ed with the new proposals thereby enhancing the chances of being a member of the new body if and when it conies into existence. It is not time that this masquer- ade was replaced with a more open and aggressive approach that would subject new proposals for reducing elected representation to critical scru- tiny. Only in this manner can the ratepayers be assured of a full dis- cussion of those critical issues be- fore they are persuaded by this dis- play of defensive politics, and their own indifference, to accept further dilution of their right and future opportunities for participation in government at the local level. In most other instances a person presenting a proposal is called upon by society to justify it. Why in this case is the onus so often placed upon the elected official to justify the con- tinued existence of his office? If the ranks of our elected repre- sentatives are to be culled and thinned it would be eminently pre- ferable to have as our spokesmen those persons who have examined new proposals openly and frankly rather than those who by their sil- ence and timidity choose to foist new forms of government, untried. and unexamined, on a partially informed public—(Municipal World) Which Motive? The various schemes being tried this year in which people are skating, walking, ridin' or crawlin' to Expo, -make one wonder whether the people involved are undertaking their par- ticular projects as a result of a call- ing to make some extra -ordinary ef- fort during Centennial year, or from the discovery that here is a method to mooch your way to the big fair and get a heap of publicity to boot. Jubilee year also produced its quo - to of similar gimmicks, most of the time carried out by types who held their hand out every time someone took the time to inquire what was going on. Man has climbed mountains for ages just because there are moun- tains there to climb, and there are undoubtedly some who set out on these Expo projects just to prove it can be done faster than anyone else has managed before. But when you hear of some who are doing something already done, and admit they are flat broke and depending on handouts along the way to keep them going, we can con- jure up very little sympathy for their effort.—(Grenfell (Sask.) Sun) ZURICH ("IITII4ENS George Hess was quoted as saying he will be the next prime minister of Canada. If the Liberals are thrown out of office, they will be able to look back and place the blame on Jack Pickersgill, the man responsible for moving Channel 3 closer to Toronto. As we said before, this will interfere with -the two Buffalo channels in the Toronto area. Yes George, you could very easily be the next PM. If elect- ed, will the Conservatives move Channel 3 back to Barrie where it belongs? * * NHL fans will be happy to hear that there will be a total of 22 Wednesday -night games on the CTV network. Games will originate from Toronto and Montreal. Saturday -night games will be carried by the CBC and will originate fon Toronto only, Ratings from Wednesday games will likely be higher than THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1%7 •‘'W At 17 Art1.4 "`iP;4'rep PEACEFlil. PASTIME—For many holidayers at Grand Bend a few hours spent an the pier fishing is a restful break from the'every-day rush of life. While some times the perch are biting reasonably well from the pier, most of the time it is just a ease of sitting there and resting. One little girl, however, is not quite so content to sit and rest as she attempts to climb the light standard at the left of the piettire. • Don't you just loathe the way modern man lumps people into convenient categories? Single women are career girls and married women are house - t wives, and never shall the twain meet. Men are either business- men, professional men, labor- ers. or farmers' and once a fel- low is stereotyped as a member of one sect, he should never at- tempt to cross 1 he invisible line into another. All the history books ever written on Canada preach pages on. the superior democratic sys- tem which exists in this nation because fending French and English from across the ocean arrived here to heroically bat - tie it out to see who would herd the Indians onto reserves. I'll admit we have freedom in Canada but its seems to be free- dom to kick each other around until everyone is in his own sainted slot with very little op- portunity to move upwards_ in the world. Oh. I know the Bill of Rights reads just the very opposite to that. Inspirational double-talk has long been tossed to the four winds by idealists who believe the solution to any problem is to lay down ' a set of heart - rendering, head -bowing, hand - lending regulations which sound fabulous but work lousy. Publicity about Canada in other countries is designed to give the impression that this part of North America is a land where money is thrown into the streets for the ambitious to gather. Word: is if a man works hardenough in this great, young nation he can go as far as his energy will take him. That's nonsense and most Ca- nadians, sad to say, know it. Success doesn't follow the honest, early -to -bed, early -to - rise, give -a -full -measure -of -work Joe. To get ahead, a man—or for the Saturday games. * * Batman returns for a third season with a female addition to the cast. You guessed it . . . Batgirl is the newcomer. Actress Yvonne Craig will play •the role of Barbara Gor- don, Commissioner Gordon's daughter. She will have purple Batgarb, complete with tights, gold -lined batcaps, and, a utility belt full of Batgirl devices. She'll ride a batgirlcycle, complete with batfins trimmed •in white lace, a gold -fringed seat, and a large gold bow. From the Dynamic Duo to the Terrific Trio! urich PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEINiv Publisher J E. HUNT, Plant Superintendent Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Departrnent, Ottawa and for payment of postage in cash. Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Member: Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Member: Canadian Community Newspapers Representatives Subscription Rates: $3.00 per year in advance, in Canada; $4.00 in United States arid and Pore sftle copies 7 centg. Ety Shirley Keller woman — must disregard the dictates of the Christian heart and lick a boot here, cut a throat there, until every ob- stacle is removed either by false kindness or true wicked- ness. Not a prety picture of the birthday girl. Canada, is it? At just 100 years of age. mere infant as nations go. Can- ada and Canadians have learned to allow just enough handout to keep the natives quiet and the tax coffers full. Maybe this is all any citizen has a right to expect. Perhaps as long as a person is eating and living in fairly respectable quarters, he can assume he is fortunate and forget his child- ish hopes to be rewarded for a job well done. Yes, friends, the day may be gone when an office janitor can rise to the position of com- pany president through clean living, high morals and honest sweat. He may have to be con- tent with a wider broom and an extra five bucks a week while some wise guy with a smooth line, a pushy papa or a sharpened knife reaches the top to bark orders and keep the underlings in place. So, a sick society wonders why labor rebels; why farmers march on Ottawa; why lazy sharpies graduate from our schools; why good staff eludes t h e m; why the dog-eat-dog nervous strains continue to plague many of us. Even an id- iot should be able to figue out that if diligence and honesty is no longer the mark of a fine man or woman—and therefore no longer deserving ef special consideration in the everyday business of living --then condi- tions in Canada will deteriorate no matter if the average annual income is $10,000 and we have every social benefit in the book. General Contracting NOW WE ARE EQUIPPED TO SERVE YOU PLUMBING • HEATING • • ELECTRICAL WORK • We will build your HOME • COTTAGE BARN One contract will take care of your complete project Backhoe Service Now Available! Aluminum Doors and Windows STANDARD STOCK size DOORS Only $35 Completely Installed Richard Bedard DIAL 236.4679 ZURICH No Refrigeration Sunlight a n d refrigeration are enemies of unripe toma- toes. cucumbers, and peppers, warns the Ontario Food Coun- cil. c .014f:te New Cars To B Given Away At' Western Fair The .centennial of Western Fair Association will be 'vie- brated this year and eiglt.'t new 19(17 Ramblers will be -give•ri away in connection wit the celebration during the 1.007 Fair, September 8 to 16, Special arrangements to tie in with the Canadian Col:tete nial as well as the cents:131W of the association are heing planned. Advance sale tiekets will not be sold this yette and all adults purchasing regular .admission to the grounciawfl have an opportunity to partici- pate in special awards, Special exhibits from Wegt- tern Fair history will be on display along with steam irash- ing machine demonstratiaa.i and a special Canadian wildlii!G dis- play. The London Free Press pioneer newspaper plant will also be one of the key ei.eiten- nial displays. In the livestock depaientent a special program is being planned for Thursday. Septem- ber 14. Special .cattle lemon- strations will outline the Lietory of the beef and dairy ibree.d.s, costs of production and (ion- tribution that each has fitirle to the progress of the eeuntry.. JP,MOMMI-TAIMITXELIMRSHE:4 1 YVEW GOLF COURSE (li! Mile South of St. Joseph} GREEN FEES Monday to Friday (ALL. 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