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Censors have problems
The resignation of Rosemary Sexton from the
Ontario Board of Censors is indicative of a body
which is badly in need of an overhaul.
Sexton, the wife of a Toronto lawyer was one of
the more outspoken members of the board and was
one of the members who supported the showing of
the uncut version of the controversial West German
film, The Tin Drum.
The board's problems which first came to light
under the chairmanship of the retired Donald Sims
appear to continue under the leadership of new
chairman Mary Brown.
Sextbn said she quit before she was forced out
by Brown.
While there are obviously many pros and cons
to censorship, a group responsible for the ad-
ministration of the norms of society must be
operated in an atmosphere where political and per-
sonal considerations must not unduly influence the
actions of the group.
In the case of Brown, Sexton said that the board
chairman had cast the deciding vote on whether to
show a film made by a leading American soft porn
producer. Brown had not viewed the move, Sexton
laid.
There have been other instances where the
operator of the projector has recommended to the
board that certain cuts in films be made.
A solution must be found to the censor board's
problem.
Corner problem should be settled
It is time for a final solution, once and for all, to
the visibility problem at the corner of Goshen and
Highway 84.
In what is a major change in policy, the
Chamber of Commerce have given up on the idea of
stop signs or a stoplight at the corner and its
something which village council should take notice
of.
Long-time Chamber member and former
village councillor Ray McKinnon commanded the
attention of the Chamber meeting Thursday when
he said the painting of no parking signs on the
roadways near the corner did increase the safety of
the intersection.
What McKinnon asked for and it seems a
reasonable request, is for the extension of the no -
parking areas as indicated in the original Chamber
report made a year ago.
The major obstacle to the extension of the no
parking areas appears to come from streets and
sidewalks committee chairman Isidore Laporte
who said in July "It will be a race track if the
streets are cleared of vehicles."
Laporte's statement doesn't hold water if taken
into consideration that the problem with speeding
vehicles takes place during the off hours of the day
and not on a Friday evening at 5 p.m.
The reduction of a few more parking places
should not be a major consideration as the village
lost quite a few more spaces due to the revamping
of Goshen Street.
Losing a couple of parking spaces in return for
a safer intersection for pedestrians and vehicles
alike seems to be a pretty reasonable trade-off.
Hopefully, council tonight (Thursday) will once
again entertain the Chamber's proposals and will
resolve this problem to everyone's satisfaction.
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F. Auto talk
Misellaueous
Ramblings
By
TOM CREECH
With the introduction of the 1981 model North
American cars only a few weeks ago there's a lot of
cariosity of how their gas mileage figures will be.
K cars, X cars, Escort: and Lynx are all names
which the car purchasing public will become in-
creasingly familiar with as the price of petroleum con-
tinues to rise thanks to, our friends in Edmonton and
Ottawa.
Any of you who have bought cars in the past year
and a half are already quite familiar with GM's X
cars, the Citation, Omega, Skylark and'Phoenix. These
autos have set the trend with their combinations of
good fuel economy, small outer size and comparative-
ly large interiors.
Over at the ''New Chrysler Corporation" the K car
is being called the auto which either; makes oc eaks
the heavily government subsidized firm . which has
generally been recognized in the past as the least in-
ovative of the Big Three.
The K -car is a definite break from tradition as it
employs the latest in front wheel drive technology
which Chryslerlearned through the building of its Om-
nis and Horizons.
The Plymouth Reliant and Dodge Aries are very
conservatively style d but good looking cars somewhat
• along the lines of the very successful Oldsmobile
Cutlass.
The firm which came out with the revolutionary
Airflow auto 45 years ago has a first in the North
American auto trade, a front wheel drive station
wagon.
In a major difference with the X -cars which will be
their main competition, the Reliant and Aries will only
be available with four cylinder engines although the
optional engine is the largest four cylinder engine ,
made in the world for use in cars.
Both the base 2.2 litre and optional 2.6 litre are
said to give the cars adequate acceleration and good
gas economy with a figure of over 40 miles to the
gallon on the highway being mentioned.
Providing that Chrysler markets the cars properly
and drastically improves their quality control the
Reliant and Aries should be winners.
Down the road at Ford a similar battle with rapid-
ly obsolescent cars and, declining profits is being
fought but without U.S. or Canadian government help..
The saviour at Dearborn will be the Ford Escort
and Mercury Lynx, replacements for the Ford Pinto
and Mercury Bobcat, the last survivors from the se-
cond foray into four cylinder, made at home cars by
North American manufacturers in the past 20 years.
Ford also appears to have dope their homework on
the Escort/Lynx with the front wheel drive subcom-
pacts having significantly improved mileage figures
over their predecessors.
This auto is truly a world car with parts from
literally all over the globe being assembled for this
continent's version of the car.
In keeping with the industry trend, engines have
been down -sized with the base engine being 1-3 litres
with the optional engine sizing out to 1.6 litres.
Styling in the 1960's sense is non-existent but the
car is pleasant in a utilitarian sense. Early in 1981 a
sporty version of the car is scheduled to be introduced,
which by the way, will be manufactured at Ford's
Talbotville plant.
Needless to say our friends at GM are busy as they
get ready for the spring 1981 introduction of a new line
of front wheel drive autos which will replace the Mon-
za and Skyhawk range. The new car has severely
angular lines and will be powered by a 1.8 litre engine.
For those fans of the Camaro and Firebird, front
wheel drive versions on a 10 inch shorter wheelbase
are scheduled to be introduced a year from now.
"Spy" photos indicate that the cars will be hatchbacks
and are styled in a‘ very recognizable fashion.
Lots of people in Kenosha Wisconsin are quite ex-
cited thanks to the two new machines which American
Motors have introduced, the Eagle SX -4 and the
Renault 18.
The SX -4 is a full-time four wheel drive subcom-
pact based on the Spirit while the 18 is the first visible
proof of the co-operation between AMC and the giant
French firm.
Purchasers of Volkswagen products in Canada will
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