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'' ' r )—.- V, .Ï 'KJ “t) \ ARIAHU SKIES ANTHONY 1 I MAIRE SUTTON ELEMENTARY SC HOOL rt Weather, page 2 1 ® » I Sherbrooke Wednesday, June 19, 1985 35 cents Hydro-Quebec Bedford action illegal, lawyer claims Births, deaths .7 Business.5 Classified .10 Comics .11 Editorial .4 Living .6 Sports .8-9 Il u^ùi/ ^ • “It s capable of destroying the world and it comes with a guarantee." By Merritt Clifton ST.JEAN — National Energy Board rulings are pending after a full day of hearings Tuesday on Hydro Quebec’s Bedford-to-Highgate power export route.Chief issues are whether or not Hydro actually began to build the line before receiving NEB approval, and whether or not the NEB has authority to grant approval in the first place.Cowansville attorney Gilles Mercure, representing landowner Denis Paradis, argued throughout the morning session that neither Hydro nor the NEB has followed due process.“We submit that the National Energy Board has no jurisdiction to hold this hearing,” Mercure contended.“The decision has already been made.” Last March, the NEB allowed Hydro to short-cut the legal procedures leading to construction of the interconnection line Instead of having to submit plans for construction along broad corridors, which would later be narrowed down to specific routes, Hydro was allowed to submit plans for specific routes right from the start.Thus the NEB in effect approved the specific route for this line at a point in the process where they normally would approve only a general direction, with all details to be negotiated later RIGHTS FORGOTTEN According to Mercure, this bypassed the public’s right of consultation.Since the National Energy Board Act stipulates that power- line siting must follow a two-step process, and since the second step had already been taken in place of the first.Mercure claimed the whole matter should be referred to the courts.Mercure requested repeatedly that National Energy Board representatives A.D Hunt, J.L Trudel, See BEDFORD page 3 Pilot warns against possible rescue plan RECORD/CHARLHS BURY .ïïms, Flat tires are enough trouble on a car, but when a tractor gets one, with no spare in sight the repairs can be a pain.Ort the other hand, don’t you wish your car had a handy jack like this?PQ survives another non-confidence motion.BEIRUT (AP) — A hijacker of TWA Flight 847 fired shots over the airport terminal today to scare reporters.But two U.S.reporters were allowed to talk to the pilot, and they quoted him as saying “We would all be dead men” if a military rescue was attempted.For a fifth day, Shiite Moslems held about 40 Americans to press their demands that Israel release more than 700 Shiite prisoners accused of planning or carrying out attacks on the Israeli army in Reagan plan calls for waiting game WASHINGTON (AP)-U.S.President Ronald Reagan says he has no choice but to wait out the terrorists holding about 40 Americans from a hijacked airliner, because to retaliate “would probably be sentencing a number of Americans to death.” Expressing his own frustration as the hostage crisis in Beirut entered its sixth day Tuesday, Reagan nonetheless reiterated his policy of refusing to submit to terrorists’ demands while holding his own fire to avoid injuring innocent victims.At his first nationally broadcast news conference in almost three months, Reagan acknowledged his long-announced policy of “swift and effective retribution” against terrorists has been stymied by the inability of the United States to locate and identify the instigators of attacks against Americans.“Retaliation in some peoples’ minds might just entail striking a blow in a general direction,” Reagan said.But he added, “If you just aim in the general direction and kill some people, well then, you’re a terrorist too."We have used our utmost capacity and intelligence gathering to try and find these people and these places .I can only say that we have gathered a considerable body of evidence, but I’m not going beyond that.“I’m as frustrated as anyone,” he added.“I’ve pounded a few walls myself.But.you have to be able to pinpoint the enemy.You can’t just start shooting without having someone in your gun-sights.” While acknowledging that the hijackers “hold all the cards once they have these people in their power,” he resisted suggestions that he was caught in the same bind in which his predecessor, Jimmy Carter, found himself during the 444-day Iranian hostage crisis that ended the day Reagan took office in 1981.As a presidential candidate in 1980, Reagan said the 52 American hostages held in the U.S.Embassy in Tehran “shouldn’t have been there six days, let alone six months.” He charged that the Car ter administration’s foreign policy “helped create the entire situation that made their kidnap possible.” southern Lebanon.Tom Goodman, an ABC spokesman in New York, said correspondents Charles Glass and Julie Flint were allowed to stand under the cockpit of the plane for eight minutes to interview pilot John Tes-trake, who was described as looking “very tired.” Asked by Glass about a possible rescue attempt, Testrake replied: “I think we would all be dead men if they did because we are continually surrounded by many, many guards.” Testrake and his two remaining crew members appeared frequently in the cockpit and occasionally peered out of an open window.Officials of Amal, the Shiite Moslem militia, said most of the American hostages are being held in Shiite-controlled western and southern Beirut, and that three crew members are still aboard the plane.Gunman hijacked the Athens-to-Rome flight with 153 passengers and crew last Friday.One passenger, U.S.navy Petty Officer Robert Dean Stethem, 23, of Waldorf, Md., was killed by the hijackers.The rest of the passengers and crew have been released.Asked about the remaining hostages, Testrake said: “We’ve been told that they’ve been taken to a safe place, that they are comfortable and being well taken care of.“I’d like for my wife and my family and all of my friends back in Missouri to know the Good Lord has taken very good care of us so far and He has seen us through some very trying times, and He will see us through to the end.” First Officer Philip Maresca, 42, of Salt Lake City, Utah, told the ABC reporters: “I’m fine, and the message to my family is they can worry a little but not too much.Our treatment has been tolerable.” Flight Attendant Benjamin Zimmermann of Cascade, Idaho said: “Everything is OK.We’re surviving.” FIRES SHOTS A gunman rifle fired six or seven times over the terminal, where dozens of reporters and photographers watched the plane from balconies.“Many reporters below you to the right,” the gunman told the control tower.“They’re popping up from everyway like thieves.1 will begin shooting.” One gunman on the plane told the Beirut control tower late Tuesday that if there was no progress in the negotiations by early today he would demand refuelling, fly the explosive-rigged Boeing 727 to Israel and blow it up over Tel Aviv, an air traffic controller said.However, the Beirut control tower intercepted a radio communication from the headquarters of the Shiite militia Amal shortly thereafter in which the gunman was sternly ordered to “stop this nonsense and childish games.” Presidential spokesman Larry Speakes said the White House has asked the International Red Cross to find out Israel’s plans for the release of its Shiites captives.QUEBEC (CP) — The Parti Québécois government was able to turn back a motion of nonconfidence by a margin of four votes Tuesday.The final tally on the motion, presented by Liberal Leader Robert Bourassa, was 61-57.Five of the seven independent members voted with the Liberals but their support was not enough to topple the government which had all of its members in place for the vote.As expected, independent Jerome Proulx sided with the government on the non-confidence motion — the third since the legislature session began in March.Another independent, Gilles Grégoire was absent.The Liberals TORONTO (CP) — Ontario’s 42-year Conservative dynasty rests in the hands of the lieutenant-governor after the opposition Liberals and New Democrats combined Tuesday to defeat the minority government of Premier Frank Miller.Although the suspense of Tuesday’s vote was destroyed more than three weeks ago when the New Democrats announced they would use their balance of power to back the Liberals, the normally humdrum legislature became a theatre of high drama as NDP and Liberal members stood up one by one to vote in favor of the nonconfidence motion on the Conservative speech from the throne.When it was all over.Speaker Hugh Edighoffer announced that the government had been defeated 72-52.Miller, who showed no emotion when the result was announced.were also short one member, William Cusano, who is ill.Premier René Lévesque was absent from debate on the motion because of a severe cold, but showed up for the vote which was delayed at the request of the government.During the debate, Bourassa said the government had lost all credibility because of Lévesque’s shaky grasp on the leadership and the party’s decision to jettison independence as an electoral platform.Bourassa told the assembly that questions over Lévesque’s leadership have “created a profound division that once again weakens Quebec’s position in very important negotiations.” said afterwards he would meet with his cabinet and caucus today before visiting Lt.-Gov.John Black Aird.Although Aird has the option of calling an election, most constitutional experts predict he will invite Liberal Leader David Peterson to form a government — the first Liberal administration in Ontario since 1943.Peterson, head of the provincial Liberals since 1982, said if asked to form a government, his cabinet could be sworn in next week and the legislature would be reconvened July 2 to deal with a number of pressing issues — including the contentious plan to extend full public funding to Roman Catholic high schools.While Miller would not say Tuesday what advice he would offer Aird, he sounded very much like a politician ready to assume the role of leader of the Opposition.The 58-year-old businessman from the The Liberal leader, who was sworn into the assembly last week after winning a byelection June 3, was referrring to efforts to get Quebec’s signature on the 1982 constitutional accord.CAN’T PERSUADE “A year ago they were saying that the question of independence was irreversible and federalism unacceptable,” said Bourassa.“Now they want to persuade us they believe in federalism.” Justice Minister Pierre Marc Johnson replied that Quebec’s bid for sweeping new powers was intended to allow the province “to participate solidly, proudly and confidently in the work of the Canadian federation for the years to come.” province’s Muskoka region used his debate on the throne speech, which came just before the vote, to criticize and chastise the two parties that were eager to put him out of office.“The leaders of the two opposition parties who find themselves in this compromising position in their lust for power will rue this day,” said Miller, who has called the formal NDP-Liberal agreement signed last month an aberration of parliamentary tradition because it promises no election will be called for two years.“The leader of the Liberal party of Ontario is willing to hand the NDP a blank cheque and hijack our parliamentary process and that is why I and the members of my go-verment are angry.” Peterson, 41, a lawyer and businessman from London, Ont., did not respond to Miller’s rhetoric.When the vote results were an- Independent Pierre de Belle-feuille, one of the government’s harshest critics since he left the PQ last November, joined the attack, comparing the government to the Titanic.“The Titanic has hit the iceberg and the orchestra director is asking if he should keep playing,” de Bellefeuille said.“There is not a sound or a vibration coming from the engine room, because the engines have stopped turning.” Standing in the 122-seat national assembly is: PQ 61, Liberal 53, Independent 7, and Vacant, 1.Howe ver, independent Jerome Proulx votes with the government, giving it a three vote majority including Speaker Richard Guay who casts his ballot only in a tie.nounced, he simply smiled, ap plauded and received congratulations from his caucus members.NDP Leader Bob Rae said Miller’s speech to the house epitomized the bitterness of a “sore loser” and the NDP leader expressed surprise the premier used the occasion to attack the opposition parties rather than eulogize the accomplishments of more than four decades of Conservative rule.Throughout most of the day, Rae heckled and mocked Miller and his Conservative caucus.But his characteristic smirk disappeared just before the final vote when Northern Affairs Minister Leo Bernier walked across the floor of the house and handed the NDP leader a bright red tie, something Peterson is never seen without.A stonefaced Rae threw the tie — a message from the Conservatives that he and Peterson now are indistinguishable — on the floor.But Ontario Tories fall after 42 years in power Lévesque will get more time to decide his future — party vice-president René Lévesque.Getting a letter?By Paul Mooney QUEBEC (CP) — The Parti Québécois executive is willing to give Premier René Lévesque more time to consider his future, but the issue of his leadership is still expected to dominate a weekend meeting of the party’s nalio-nal council.“I hope he makes his decision as quickly as possible, but another three weeks or a month won’t make any difference,” PQ vice-president Nadia Assimopou-los said in an interview published Tuesday.“The executive has decided to let Mr.Lévesque conti- nue his reflection.” Lévesque’s leadership has been a matter of open speculation for months.The PQ trails the Opposition Liberals badly in public opinion polls which indicate the party would fare better in the next general election, expected this fall, with a new leader.There has been speculation the 62-year-old Lévesque, who has acknowledged that he is considering stepping down, wants more time to think about his future and will make a decision later this summer when it’s least expected Assimopoulos said she is in touch with party leaders in the ridings, the PQ executive has discussed the matter and she has informed Lévesque of the party’s feelings.“Opinion is split,” she said."The leadership problem exists and it’s rather serious.But it’s up to Mr.Lévesque to decide.” CALL FOR DEBATE Saying that time is a factor for those who feel a new leader must have a little while to turn around the party’s fortunes, Assimopoulos would not rule out the possibility some of the 300 delegates to the national council will call for a leadership debate.She said the debate could take place behind closed doors and end in a secret ballot.In the past, reporters have never been barred from meetings of the national council, the party 's governing body between conventions, and votes have always been taken by a show of hands.PQ members who want Lévesque to step aside have prepared a “Dear René” letter in recent weeks.It praises Lévesque for his service to Quebec, but asks him to resign for the sake of the party.Party sources have said the letter was to be presented to the pre- mier at the weekend meeting, but now it appears unlikely the document will be given him because of the executive’s decision to give Lévesque more time.But its existence is considered an indication of the frustration felt by some party members.Many members of the PQ caucus have delayed decisions about whether to run in the next election While the Liberals have nominated more than 100 candidates and have collected $5.2 million for their war chest, the PQ has selected only 30 candidates and raised little over $2 million. 2—The RECORD—Wednesday, June 19, 19X5 Much-maligned Wilson budget gets support from unlikely source By Kevin Dougherty MONTREAL (CP) — Finance Minister Michael Wilson got support Tuesday from a former Quebec finance minister for his plans to partially de-index old-age security pensions, along with a little free advice on how to deflect criticism of the measure.Wilson is going in the right direction with the de-indexing measure, Jacques Parizeau said, suggesting an increase in the guaranteed income supplement could compensate the most needy pensioners for the shortfall.Parizeau, who resigned from the Parti Québécois cabinet last fall, told reporters that governments have to break out of the "trap of indexation" which increases spending and cuts into tax revenues.“It (indexation) is the sort of thing our soceity can’t afford.” Raymond Garneau, a Quebec Liberal MP and Parizeau’s predecessor as the province’s finance minister, has been leading the opposition attack in the Commons against Wilson’s de-indexing measure.Parizeau described Wilson’s recent budget as “well-balanced,” although taxes were raised.The scrapping of Registered Home Ownership Savings Plans will inject money back into the economy this year.“1 should have thought of something like that,” Parizeau said.APPLAUDS MOVE He also approves of Wilson’s efforts to cut the federal deficit."This is the type of thing better done at the start of (an electoral) mandate than at the end.” Taking an unusual stance for a former Quebec finance minister, Parizeau added that the provinces should reduce their taxes to leave room for the federal go vernment to increase its taxes.In his address to a meeting of the Quebec chartered accountants, Parizeau noted the provinces can’t fall back on the Bank of Canada to spend their way out of economic downturns.They have to answer to Moody’s and Standard and Poors bond raters in New York when they run high deficits."Those holding the lower ratings are threatened in the event of a rating cut to have their bonds shut out of the pension funds and financial companies in the United States,” he said.The federal government can’t continue to cut its expenditures indefinitely, he added.“There are limits to the risks that can be taken with the economic situation.” Higher federal taxes will be needed to bring down the deficit, Parizeau said.DOLLAR TOO HIGH Turning to the Canadian dollar, Parizeau suggested that a dollar worth 65-57 cents American would be more appropriate than the current value of close to 73 cents American.If Ottawa let the dollar slide, rather than using higher interest rates to prop it up, Canadian exports would be more competitive and investment would be easier with lower interest levels.Parizeau said the determination of the federal government during the 1981-82 recession to keep the dollar near 80 cents had a disastrous impact.“I can’t understand this symbo- lism in Ottawa where they put several hundred thousand Canadians out of work to support the Canadian dollar at 80 cents for a year and a half,” he said.“It wasn’t justified at 80 cents any more than it is at 72 or 73 cents.” Parizeau resigned from the PQ cabinet in November after Premier René Lévésque dropped the party’s commitment to Quebec independence.He has returned to his teaching job at the University of Montreal’s business school where he worked before being elected to the Quebec national assembly in 1976.PM prison promise to Port Cartier cheered PORT-CARTIER, Que.(CP) — Prime Minister Brian Mulroney announced Tuesday to whistles and applause that the federal government will build a penitentiary here in his home riding of Mani-couagan.The maximum-security penitentiary, to be built near Port-Cartier on Quebec’s North Shore, signals the beginning of the depressed area’s “long march back to prosperity,” Mulroney told 500 constituents in a school gymnasium.Since 1979, when ITT-Rayonier closed a pulp mill, Port-Cartier’s population has nosedived to 7,500 from 16,000.The school where the meeting was held is surrounded by brand new housing which has never been lived in.“This part of Canada has suffered too long from a lack of jobs,” said Mulroney, who promised during the federal election campaign last summer to use his prime mi- nisterial clout in the region if elected."The project I’m announcing today is the sort of initiative that a national government can take to help stabilize the regional economy.” The ovation that greet Mulro-ney’s announcement was in sharp contrast to the skepticism he encountered Monday night when he met 150 pensioners in nearby Sept-Iles.The prime minister had promised them he would re-evalute the Conservatives’ budget plans to partially de-index their federal old-age pension cheques.The penitentiary will cost between $50 million and $60 mil-lionto build and will provide jobs for 700 people during the three-year constructionperiod.With an annual budget of $11.5 million, the facility will create permanent jobs for about 260, with another 200 spin-off jobs expected.Cops find another body at mountain stronghold WEST POINT, Calif.(AP) —The decomposing remains of a sixth person have been found near a sur-vivalist’s hideaway that has already yielded 45 pounds of charred human bones and clues to the fate of 22 missing people.Meanwhile, the San Francisco Chronicle reported today that three people missing from an apartment building in that city’s Haight-Ashbury section may be among the victims.It identified them as Maurice Wock, 38; Cheryl Okaro, 26; and Randy Jacobson, 35.The Chronicle said Leonard Lake was carrying Jacobson’s bank card when he was arrested.Lake, 39, killed himself while in custody on June 6.He swallowed a cyanide capsule.The sixth body was uncovered Tuesday by searchers at Lake’s cabin 160 kilometres east of San Francisco.Authorities say 22 missing people may be linked to Lake and his friend, Charles Ng, 24, for whom a worldwide manhunt is under way.He was believed to have travelled to Toronto.Calaveras County Coroner Terry Parker said the latest body could have been buried for up to a year and that lime “keeps the body intact.” More bones, stained clothes and a license plate were picked Tuesday from a pile of rubbish on the property where authorities already have collected the remains of five victims and 45 pounds of charred human bone fragments.Union vote will decide Marine company future MONTREAL (CP) — One thou sand Marine Industries Ltd.production workers vote today on a tentative settlement to end a bitter 10-month strike that has crippled the shipyard and cost the company millions in contracts.If ratified, the agreement will send company officials scrambling to cling to other major contracts they are in danger of losing.The 1,050 members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions and the company announced late Tuesday they agreed to proposals by provincial conciliators which union president Francois Lamou-reux said affect the length of the work week, a pension plan and overtime.“It’s an agreement in the interest of the workers,” Lamoureux said in an interview.Marine spokesman Guy Sarra-zin said company executives are “anxious” about the outcome of the vote so they can negotiate with clients to hold on to contracts.The Canadian Wheat Board has warned the firm, 65-per-cent owned by a Quebec government holding company, General Investment Corp., that it will cancel a $38.6-million contract to build it railway grain cars unless the strike ends by 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month-old infant should weigh.Flyers head for Greenland MONTREAL (CP) — Crews participating in a nine-day transatlantic air rally took off today on the next leg of their journey — a 700-kilometre hop between Frobisher Bay, N.W.T., and God-thab, Greenland.About 70 light planes, weighing between 900 and 6,300 kilograms, are involved in the rally which started in New York last week.The pilots are hoping to reach Paris — their final destination — this Sunday, an overall distance of 4,226 nautical miles.After Godthab, remaining stops are Iceland and Scotland.Tornado hits Trois-Rivières SAINT-SYLVERE, Que.(CP) — Three people were injured, one house was destroyed and six other buildings were damaged as a tornado swept through this village 20 kilometres south of Trois-Rivières on Tuesday.Roofs became airborne during the afternoon storm, which lasted about one minute.One roof landed on a house and a truck.Parked cars had their windshields shattered and one man suffered an eye injury from flying glass.Beauce man lost at sea HALIFAX (CP) — Leading seaman André Fortin, 21, has been lost overboard the HMCS Margaree, a spokesman for Canadian Forces Base Stadacona said Tuesday.The naval signalman, a native of Beauce, Que., was last seen aboard his ship early Tuesday afternoon about 200 nautical miles north of Bermuda.HMCS Margaree was on its way to this Atlantic port with four other Canadian destroyers, Algonquin, Athabaskan, Iroquois and Fraser, the Brazilian ship Liberale and the Italian ship Mistraele when it was discovered that Fortin was missing.No commitment on budget change OTTAWA (CP) — Finance Minister Michael Wilson refused to commit himself Tuesday to changing his budget proposals limiting old-age pensions before the Commons adjourns for the summer June 28.Faced with questions in the Commons from Liberal Leader John Turner, New Democrat Leader Ed Broadbent and a host of other opposition MPs, Wilson said he’s concerned about the elderly poor.Nuclear agreement with Turkey OTTAWA (CP) — Canada signed a nuclear co-operation agreement Tuesday with Turkey, taking a halting step toward this country’s first foreign reactor sale in five years.The agreement, which lays the groundwork for future deals in such areas as reactor construction, uranium supply, use of nuclear technology in health, farming and industry, and exchange of experts and technical training, was signed in Ankara by Canadian Ambassador Gilles Mathieu and Turkish Foreign Minister Yahit Halefoglu.Military supplies sent to Chile?OTTAWA (CP) — The External Affairs Department issued a permit to an Ottawa company to export paramilitary equipment to the Chilean National Police even though the government has been critical of human rights abuses in that country, New Democrat MP Nelson Riis said Monday.Documents obtained under the Access to Information Act show that Med-Eng Systems Inc.of Ottawa received an export permit dated last Nov.5, Riis told the Commons.North Warning gets bids OTTAWA (CP) — Two companies with previous experience in northern communications, CN Communications of Toronto and Microtel Ltd.of Burnaby, B.C., announced Tuesday a joint bid to supply the satellite-based communications system for the North Warning System.The bid covers the communications system which will link radar posts in the North to control centres, the two companies said in a news release.Discuss farm support — Kelleher OTTAWA (CP) — Canada and the United States should discuss their various farm support programs to ensure they won’t create trade problems, Trade Minister James Kelleher said Tuesday.Kelleher told reporters he will propose such discussions when he meets U.S.officials in Washington today and Thursday.He said Canadian farm support programs are similar to those in the States.McCurdy wants sanctions OTTAWA (CP) — New Democrat MP Howard McCurdy urged the government Tuesday to recall its ambassador to South Africa and implement economic sanctions against the country to protest a South African military raid on the capital city of Botswana and the gassing of church goers in Soweto.McCurdy, MP for the southern Ontario riding of Windsor-Walkerville, said even the United States has recalled its ambassador to South Africa for consultations to show its displeasure at the military raid.Hatfield sports cast art ST.ANDREWS, N.B.(CP) — Premier Richard Hatfield, ever a man for flair, has added a new touch to the custom of penning signatures on casts for fractured limbs.Not content with a mere signature, the flamboyant premier boasts an original work by one of New Brunswick’s best-known artists on a cast he is wearing for a broken right wrist.The centrepiece of the painting is a cluster of purple violets.New Brunswick’s provincial flower, sketched by Fredericton artist Bruno Bo-bak whose canvases command prices in several figures.Missing men declared dead PETAWAWA, Ont.(CP) — Two Canadian Forces men missing since last Wednesday when their helicopter crashed have been declared officially dead and the search for their bodies continues.Maj.Robert Elgin Connell, of Alliston, Ont.and Sgt.Henry Andersen of Peterborough, Ont.died when their helicopter crashed into an isolated lake about 40 kilometres east of Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, Capt.Robert McBride, base information officer, said Tuesday.The two men, who were on a routine training mission when the crash occurred about 10:30 p.m.EDT June 12, are each survived by a wife and two children.Fonyo back from South Seas VANCOUVER (CP) — Steve Fonyo’s South Seas soujourn has ended and the 19-year-old Journey for Lives runner is now basking in the glow of his girlfriend’s affections in southern Alberta.After more than two weeks in the exotic Cook Islands, where he soaked up sun, tall drinks and native lore, Fonyo returned to Canada on the weekend and headed to the Strathmore, Alta., home of girlfriend Sonja Gosteli.“I had a really great time, but it’s nice to be back,” Fonyo said Monday.“I really missed Sonja.” No animosity — Keegstra RED DEER, Alta.(CP) — Jim Keegstra said Tuesday he has no personal animosity toward Jews.But Keegstra said he felt they had a pivotal role in history and that he had to talk about it in his social studies classes at Eckville high school.Keegstra made the comments at his Court of Queen's Bench trial on a charge of wilfully promoting hatred against Jews.Photographs look like Mengele SAO PAULO, Brazil (CP) — Photographs found in the house of a couple who say they sheltered Josef Mengele in Brazil are similar to official pictures of the Nazi war criminal, police said Tuesday.Police Chief Romeu Tuma said investigators had found 24 points of convergence, including the bridge of the nose, ears and chin.Because the photographs were taken at different ages and from different angles, the tests could not give a definite identification.But it is “highly probable” the photographs are of the same man, Tuma said.Swiss diplomat shot ISTANBUL, Turkey (Reuter) — The Swiss consul-general in Istanbul, Hans Freiburghaus, was shot and wounded by a gunman today, police said.His condition was not immediately known but diplomatic sources quoted a Swiss official as saying: “It looks bad.” Freiburghaus was taken to hospital after being hit by a gunman outside the Swiss mission in Istanbul’s Taksim district, the sources said.They had no indication of a motive for the attack.Botswana demands reparations GABORONE (Reuter) — Botswana has protested to Pretoria over an attack by South African troops last Friday in which 12 people were killed.A protest note sent by Foreign Minister Gao-sitwe Chiepe to South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha demanded reparations for the attack, describing it as a “terror raid” that “left behind a trail of death, injury and destruction.” Soccar rioters sentenced PEKING (AP) — A court has sentenced five youths accused of hooliganism and destroying property in last month’s soccer riot to prison terms ranging from four months to 2'/2 yea rs, the state-run television reported.Two of the youths also were fined for destroying property, the broadcast said Tuesday night.The May 19 riot occurred after China lost a World Cup regional qualifying match to Hong Kong 2-1.Rampaging Chinese fans hurled bottles at Hong Kong players, threw rocks at automobiles and spat on foreigners.Coal mine fire kills seven TAIPEI (AP) — Seven miners were killed and 18 injured Wednesday when a fire swept through a tunnel in a coal mine where 93 people died last December, a government official reported.Lin Chung-piao, deputy director of the Taiwan Mine Bureau, said 91 miners were working about three kilometres from the entrance of the Haishan Yikeng Coal Mine when fire broke out.Operations at the mine, 24 kilometres southwest of Taipei, were suspended following the disaster Dec.5, but officials said miners have been allowed to enter the tunnels to maintain equipment.The Dec.5 accident was the second worst on record.Chile bans party meetings SANTIAGO (Reuter) — Chile’s military government banned party political meetings in the capital Tuesday, an indication it has not changed its tough line against dissent despite lifting a seven-month state of siege.The ban was decreed by the military commander for Santiago under the state of emergency which replaced the state of siege Sunday night.Prior government permission will be required for all other meetings, except for private or family gatherings or shows in places habitually used for that purpose.Legally constituted bodies are also allowed to meet on their own premises.Drinking Pepsi a no-no?ANNISTON, Ala.(AFP) — A Coca-Cola company employee said he has been docked $150 pay and laid off for three days for drinking Pepsi Cola on the job.Dexter Gooding said his wife brought his lunch to the local Coke plant Monday from a fast-food restaurant which sells only Pepsi.Gooden said one of the managers at the plant saw him drinking the Pepsi and sent him home.Weather Cloudy with sunny 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WHY P0N7 THEY JUST MOVE TO their camy HOMES?CALM P0WN, PEAR.SHE'S GETTING TO THAT./ A « The Townships The HECORD—Wednesday, June 1», 1985—3 tiw €1___gel icecora Rock Forest tapes include ‘informants’ By Michael McDevitt SHERBROOKf: - The Quebec Police Commission has reserved judgment on whether to accept in evidence copies of tapes made of telephone and radio communications between officers and police headquarters on December 22-23, 1983 - the time during which a fatal raid on a Rock Forest motel was being planned and executed.The three-man com mission.headed by Judge Roger Gosselin, is investigating police activities which led up to the raid on the Motel Le Châtillon in Rock Forest during which one innocent man was killed and another injured.Police raided theroom at about6a.m.December 23, 1983, believing it contained the perpetrators of an armed robbery-murder of a Brink's guard at a Pascal store the previous day.Quebec City carpet layer Serge Beaudoin was killed in a burst of sub-machinegun fire during the raid.while his partner.Jean-Paul Beaumont was wounded.INFORMANTS ON TAPE?Bruno Leclerc, a lawyer representing the commission, argued Tuesday that the tapes contain information pertinent to the commission's inquiry and that they should be heard.Lawyers representing the city of Sherbrooke, the police and the police union objected, however, saying the tapes contain privileged information and could risk the exposure of certain police informants.According to Sherbrooke police captain Gaétan Blais, virtually all phone and radio communication involving the Sherbrooke police headquarters is recorded on a 24-hour.seven-track tape recording system.He added that he had been told in conversation with other police officers that the tape of the De-cemebr 22-23 period contains information which could expose the identity of police informers, but under questioning he admitted that he had no first-hand knowledge of such information even though he has edited the tapes of the period in question.WANTS IT FIRST-HAND Commission president Gosselin said a decision on whether to admit the tapes would be made soon, but told lawyers for the city and the police that he awaited first-hand testimony concerning the risk of exposure of informants.“1 am not going to accept testimony based on something overheard during a casual conversation,” he said Other testimony Tuesday came from Sherbrooke Police Chief Léon Paquin.who told how detectives Michel Salvail, André Castonguay and Roger Dion were called into a meeting by then-chief Maurice Houle immediately following the raid to explain what had happened.Paquin said he had first heard of the raid when he received a phone call at home during which he was told a suspect in the Brink's murder had been killed.He said he suspected something was wrong when he arrived at police headquarters that morning and was told police had found neither weapons nor mo ney in the raid.GIVEN CLERICAL WORK Paquin, who was then assistant director of the force, also said the three were immediately shifted to clerical work after the meeting, with the exception of Salvail who w'as allowed to continue his investigation of the murder robbery which led up to the raid.Castonguay and Dion were acquitted last August of manslaughter, assault and criminal use of weapons charges stemming from the raid.Similar charges against Salvail, whodirec ted it, were subsequently dropped.The commission inquiry, which is expected to last up to four weeks, enters its third day today.HI ( (IKII H KKY III MON Quebec Police commission president Judge Roger Gosselin said Tuesday he won V accept second-hand conversations as evidence in the inquiry into the Rock Forest affair.Bedford project violates owners’ rights, due process — lawyer Kl ( OKI) PHOTO (IRANI SIMHON I Lawyer Gilles Mercure told the National Energy Board Tuesday that Hydro has violated the rights of citizens as it pushes construction work ahead before obtaining approval.Lightning kills woman golfer WATERLOO — A woman was killed as her husband watched Tuesday when she was struck by lightning during a friendly golf game.Hollande Roy, 31.died instantly at about 3:05 p.m.Roy and her husband Yves were among 14 foursomes playing in a Quebec Police Force tournament at Waterloo golf club.They had travelled to Waterloo specially for the match from Rouyn, in northern Quebec, where Cst.Roy is posted He had previously been a member of the QPF Granby and Cowansville detachments, and the occasion had been planned as a get-together with old friends.The golfers were caught in a sudden thunderstorm while Mme.Roy was playing out of a sand trap on the number 3 hole.She was struck in the back of the head.No one else was struck.The rest of the tournament was cancelled.Townships talk SWEETSBURG WARD (JM) Daniel Lemay of Granby saw a charge of having obtained lodgings through fraudulent means dismissed.The defence admitted a cheque in an amount of $275 issued October 28, 1983, payable to Ralph MacLellan bounced.Claude Ha mann had his client testify it was for the rental of a flat and said the charge laid covered hotel rooms, boarding houses, and the like.Judge Bernard Legaré agreed and threw the case out of court.• SWEETSBURG WARD (JMl -Roger Dumont, 59, of Cowansville, who earlier pleaded guilty to a charge of simple sexual aggression with a five-year-old femah, was shown the clemency of the court.Claude Hamann produced a psychiatric report from Dr.Pierre Gagné who said it was an isolated incident and the man was not a pedophile.Hamann noted the lack of violence, pointed out his client had no prior record and could benefit from a suspended sentence with the possibility of some community work Crown attorney Henry Koy-serlingk merely noted it was a serious offence.Judge Bernard Lgaré noted the isolation of the act, suspended his sentence for two years, bound Dumont over for the same period, and ordered him to perform 50 hours of community work within the next six months.YOUNG PfOPli KAVI RIGHTS OTHERS DO TOO! Continued from page I and J.Farmer suspend the proceedings pending a formal judicial ruling.In something akin to the story line of the black comedy novel Catch 22.by Joseph Heller.Hydro Quebec attorney Jean Marchand countered that in view of “the importance of this project to Hydro, and the amount of money involved.Hydro Quebec has a right to proceed with these hearings and a right to be heard, in order to continue." The Bedford-Highgate power line must be completed and carrying electricity by September, 1986, if Hydro is to fulfill its 10-year export agreement with the Vermont Electrical Co-operative.Two afternoon hearing sessions and closing arguments also focussed on due process.Mercure called Paradis and neighbor Denise Brassard, a rabbit breeder, as witnesses.Both testified that Hydro crews have already cleared virtually all the land along the export line corridor.AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS Paradis, brother of Brome-Missisquoi MNA Pierre Paradis and a partner in the law firm Paradis, Paradis, & Associates, presented extensive photographic evidence.On June 10, Paradis said, he and a photographer had flown over the entire export line route in a rented helicopter.The route clearly showed up in his aerial photos, except where the line is to cross his tree farm.The Paradis farm is under a 20-year forest management plan.and new trees were planted in the area that the line will cross only six years ago.Since the two ends of the export route must meet, and since Para dis’ land lies between the cleared sections, it was clear that Hydro has already clearly defined their preferred route, whether or not the NEB agrees, he contended.Mercure and Paradis contended that the forest management plan put the tree farm into the category of protected agricultural land.They noted that unauthorized cutting on the land by Hydro Quebec surveyors is already subject of a suit for $186,000 in damages and compensation, filed in Quebec Superior Court.MISTAKES NEEDED?As well, they argued, the surveyors’ activity is further evidence that Hydro is going ahead to build the line where the utility wants it, willy-nilly and regardless of any NEB decision.Paradis quoted a telephone conversation he claimed to have had with Hydro official Jules Martel on May 2.“He asked permission to cut trees on my land, and I said no,” Paradis related.“Then he said, ‘Our employees will have to make a mistake — we need those surveys.’” Following Paradis to the stand, rabbit-farmer Brossard drew laughter from Hydro public relations and engineering staff clustered at the back of the room, wrhen she speculated that colored posts in the cleared areas were to indicate the positions of transmission line towers.Under cross-examination by Mercure, Hydro chief construction supervisor Pierre Desjardins admitted later that this is exactly what the posts are for.Mercure objected that Desjardins' admission amounted to admitting that Hydro had begun construction and had already defined its detailed route.NEB panel chairman Trudel asked Desjardins to rephrase his remarks to avoid incriminating Hydro and in dicating contempt for the board.Desjardins said that 37 of the 39 landowners affected by the Bedford-Highgate line have already settled with Hydro.Paradis and another neighbor, Orabell Bullock, are the only holdouts.Bullock, present throughout the day, did not take the stand Her attorney rose only to endorse and sometimes repeat Mercure’s arguments.iOJ mm.i»Ssi ^¦1 Ki.roRD mom (IRANI simeon The National Energy Board has a problem on its is flaunting the law as it prepares to build a power hands as members A.D.Hunt, JTrudel J.Fanner export line from Bedford to Vermont, and were told in St-Jean Tuesday that Hydro Quebec CHUS $1 million won’t cover 1983-84 deficit SHERBROOKE — The same day the Sherbrooke University hospital centre (CHUS) sent out an SOS' announcing that it has an operating deficit of $310,318 for the 12 months which ended March 31, the Quebec Ministry of Social Affairs offered the hospital a cheque for a flat $1 million.But the government money can’t be used to cover the deficit, and hospital officials will still have to make up the losses — somehow.CHUS general manager Normand Simoneau revealed the deficit Tuesday as he presented the hospital’s financial report for the 1984-85 fiscal year.The $310,000 loss seems minor as a fraction of the hospital’s total operating budget of over $60 million, but the books must end up balanced, one way or another.The loss was mainly incurred, Simoneau said, when CHUS “closed” 73 beds for part of last summer, causing a reduction of 7,154 “hospitalization days”, which are normally paid for by Quebec.“We took Hotel Dieu SHERBROOKE — The Hotel-Dieu hospital is getting a $3-million facelift, thanks to a grant from Quebec to upgrade its building and facilities.The Social Affairs ministry grant was announced Tuesday by St-François MNA Réal Rancourt, who says he hopes to bring some extra money to other hospitals in Sherbrooke next year.The Sherbrooke University hospital centre got$l millionTuesday as well; last week Cowansville’s Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins hospital got $2 million.The Hotel-Dieu money will “permit Hotel-dicu to bring up to date its safety file and respond adequately to needs identified some time ago," Rancourt said in a press release.measures we shouldn’t have dared to,” Simoneau said.This summer, Simoneau added, only 42 beds will be left idle during the holiday period.As for the deficit, the hospital hopes the government realizes it has been under-funding the CHUS and will come through with a bigger cheque.Services to school boards and underpayment by the Quebec hospi tal insurance plan also contributed to the CHUS deficit, said hospital board president Jean-Roch Perron $l-MILLION CAPITAL GRANT Meanwhile St-François MNA Réal Rancourt announced Tuesday that the CHUS will get a $1-million grant from Social Affairs Minister Guy Chevrette’s $40-million capital expenditure fund for Quebec hospitals.Last week a $2-million grant was released for the same fund, for a new emergency ward at Cowansville’s Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins hospital.Sherbrooke's Hotel-Dieu hospital will get $3 million.gets facelift Hotel Dieu spokesman Denis Gauvin said the $3 million in repairs will only allow the hospital to conform to existing safety regulations.First among the renovations at Hotel-Dieu will be a complete rebuilding of its surgery wing and operating rooms, Gauvin said A new air-circulation system will be installed and surgeons will be able to gaze down on their patients lying on new operating tables.The Hotel-Dieu surgery facilities date from 1944.The “old" part of the hospital will get new windows, and a new ventilation system will provide higher-quality air to the entire hospital, hopefully along with savings on heating bills.The CHUS million will gofor “various works, paving roofs, repairing windows and bringing certain wings of the hospital more into line with regulations governing safety in public buildings.’ Rancourt said in a press release.Only two hitches came with the Quebec cheque.The hospital must use the money to fix up the building — not to fix up the deficit — and it cannot be spent before the 1986-87 fiscal year, which at the CHUS be gins next April 1.FRESH GRADE A TURKEYS e-io tbs.kg.3.28 Ib.1.49 SIRLOIN STEAK Class A-1, full slice kg.7.91 Ib.3.59 FRESH LOCAL LAMB FRONTS kg 5.71 Ib 2.59 LARGE FRESH SOCKEYE SALMON kg.12.10 ib.5.49 HYGRADE SMOKED MEAT4x2oz.1.99 PLATTER STYLE SLICED BACON i ib.package 1.69 ICEBURG LETTUCE Quebec, slze18 .55 CARROHS WITH TOPS Bunch .79 LARGE CANTALOUPE size 23 .89 FRESH GREEN BEANS i ib.package .97 CALIFORNIA NECTARINES size 96 ib.69 KLEENEX WHITE TISSUE 200 s .99 HEINZ TOMATO JUICE 48oz tin 1.09 MINUTE MAID ORANGE JUICE Frozen, 12 oz.1.49 CL0VERLEAF TUNA Flake, light, 184g 1.09 FRET0S0R D0RIT0S CHIPS 150g.89 JAMAICAN GINGER BEER id oz.6 tor 2.95 Tel.562-1531 4—The RECORD—Wednesday, June 19, 1985 1____foei mcara The Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Editorial Strange bedfellows The Liberals didn’t topple the Parti Québécois government Tuesday, but they certainly made their point.Opposition leader Robert Bourassa tabled his failed non-confidence motion on the grounds that the PQ has lost its legitimacy because Premier René Lévesque has a dubious hold on his party’s leadership and because the PQ has decided not to carry the independence banner in the next general election.The vote was close — 61-57.It could have been a closer, too.Five out of the seven former PQ MNAs who now sit as independents voted with the Liberals.One of them, Gilles Grégoire, who was ousted from the party after he was convicted of contributing to the deliquency of seven minors, wasn’t present for the vote.It is not unimaginable that all seven could have voted with the Opposition.That would have created a tie.The Liberals were short one man — the potential tiebreaker.On another day the outcome might have been different.That is all speculation, of course.What isn’t speculation is the way the non-confidence motion highlighted the degree to which the PQ has lost its legitimacy as a political party.Five former party members who felt they were stabbed in the back when independence was dropped from their election platform in turn stabbed Lévesque in the back yesterday by voting with the Liberals.Separatists voting with the Liberals! With Robert Bourassa! Schizophrenia makes strange bedfellows.As well, Justice Minister Pierre-Marc Johnson said during the debate on the motion that his government’s recent constitution proposals to Ottawa were intended to allow Quebec “to participate solidly, proudly and confidently in the work of the Canadian federation for the years to come.” Bourassa couldn’t have said it any better himself.The PQ is decidely undecided.Is it a separatist party or not?Bourassa was right when he said in the National Assembly that questions about Lévesque’s leadership, which stem from the PQ’s split personality, create “a profound division that once again weakens Quebec’s position in very important negotiations.” In other words, why should the federal government negotiate a new constitution deal with Quebec when it isn’t clear what kind of a deal Quebec wants?No wonder Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is stalling on a response.Like everyone else, he’s waiting for the voters to decide whether he’ll be dealing with the PQ or the Liberals after Quebec signs the constitution, even if it doesn’t appear that it will make much difference.Mulroney is just waiting for a legitimate government in Quebec.PETER SCOWEN Bruce Levett Who was no longer picking his teeth Fiendish new techniques are being developed in the United States in the unremitting war on drinking drivers and speeders.One of these from California is a $600 flashlight which contains a built-in sensor to detect alcohol on a driver’s breath.No, you will not be asked to blow into the officer’s flashlight (loaded with copper-top batteries, no doubt).Instead, he will just flash it casually around as he chats amiably through the driver’s open window.As it passes in the vicinity of the driver’s face, the gadget sucks in air past an electrochemical cell and, within 10 to 15 seconds provides a digital display reading on the handle.This reading is intended to indicate whether there is enough alcohol on the breath to warrant more comprehensive testing.The state of Maryland, however, is eschewing such high-tech developments in its determination to make certain its drivers conform to the 55-miles-an-hour (that’s 88 kilometres) speed limit.In future, drivers may expect to see what police there are calling the rolling roadblock.Patrol cars will line up abreast, one to each lane, and proceed at exactly the limit.Impatient drivers won't have room to pass.Of course, this system works only on divided highways.NABS CANADIAN It was this very same state of Maryland — a beautiful area of green grass, white fences and chestnut-brown horses bordering Washington, D.C.— that once nabbed a young Canadian journalist hurrying on his appointed rounds.In those days, there were no stool-pigeon flashlights nor rolling roadblocks.There was just this dusty, lime-green, dented half-ton pickup sitting beside the highway with a bale of hay in the box.At the wheel, there was a bumpkin in a battered 10-gallon straw hat.He was even picking his teeth.Well, sir, that there pickup — which you would have thought would have had to drop down into bull low to make any kind of grade — sprayed gravel for a block and a half as it took out after that young Canadian journalist.A red light appeared on the dashboard and a siren began to wail.By the time the dusty, lime-green, dented halfton with a bale of hay in the box pulled up behind the stopped and shaking Canadian the hayseed behind the wheel had transformed himself into an immaculate state trooper who was no longer picking his teeth “Heh, heh Wonderful deception, officer Quite effective.” The booted and gun-hung young man smiled, but continued writing.“Why, thank you, sir,’’ he said.“This is farming country, you know — get’s 'em every time.Drive carefully, now, hear?” The ‘straight forward’ days of public hangings Further to my last bit in which 1 pleaded for harsher punishment for child abusers and murderers, I’ve spent some time discussing the entire penal system with many of my redneck friends.The general feeling I get is that many people feel the present systems are far too soft, to the point of being meaningless.Apparently the inmates union (or whatever) has become strong enough to make life behind bars almost pleasant.Decent meals, radio, stereo, television and fewer work requirements make life in the “big house” anything but punishment.Not only is life easy but it costs approximately $150 per day to support a convicted criminal.I’m not too good at mathematics but my calculator computes $150 a day times 365 to a total of $54,750 per year paid out of public funds to support each person who —- because of his actions against the public — has to be kept away from the public.In effect we pay each criminal a support wage of $54,750 to stay away from us.That’s pretty good money no matter how you slice it.NO WONDER The criminal life makes a lot of sense.Rob and steal to support yourself and if you get caught earn $54,750 while you take a vacation.While you’re taking your vacation you can come home on weekends, have your wife or girlfriend stay over, get beer and drugs, watch dirty movies and generally have a good time until your sentence runs out.No wonder we ha ve so many repeat customers in our penal system.In the old days things were a little different.The dungeon had few amenities.Hot water, television, ping-pong and other pleasantries were noticeably absent.The criminal, chained to the wall, sometimes was fed as often as once a day and sometimes could even call his dinner food.He had O f Where the pavement x ends 7 JIM LAWRENCE no call for nice clothing, as remaining chained in one place didn’t call for more than one set of clothing — usually the ones he was wearing when arrested.His plumbing facilities were fairly primitive — being limited to the area on the floor in which he tried not to sleep.His pleasures were reduced to counting his fingers — a task he could accomplish easily in the dark.He was, however, allowed pets — in fact if he didn’t sleep lightly his “pets” would eat off his toes.Life was simple, straight-forward and criminals once released rarely returned to enjoy another stay.AXE OR GUILLOTINE Murderers on the other hand were publicly executed either by hanging, or by having their head removed with axe or guillotine (an invention useless for cordwood).The execution was held in a public place as a warning to those who might be contemplating the crime.It allowed the public the opportunity to satisfy their more bloodthirsty desires and a chance to wager on the length of time the star attraction would take to expire.In the midst of this carnival atmosphere the convicted murderer would be hanged or chopped, depending on local custom.The punishment for murder was clear for all to see.Rarely did a convicted murderer get a chance to repeat his crime, as having to hold your head under your arm restricts activities somewhat.In general the wages of crime were unpleasant.As the years passed and we decided we were more civilized the dungeon was replaced by large institutions and the inmates were forced to work on public roads — hence the term ‘road gang’.Criminals were forced to do some public good in return for their evil ways.Public floggings were taken inside the buildings, hangings became less public, but life remained reasonably unpleasant.A reminder that most people look on criminals as public offenders.MORE RELAXED Today of course we tend to take a more relaxed approach to offenders.The emphasis is on rehabilitation — trying to make a good guy out of the bad guy.There are no criminals anymore, just members of society who, because of their environment and upbringing, have been forced to commit acts of an anti social nature.These people are, after all, human beings and should be treated with dignity and compassion.Treated so well in fact that statistics of repeat offenders are well over 50 per cent, the threat of incarceration is no longer a deterrent and crime rates all over the world are increasing.All over the world except where dungeon conditions still exist and the threat of imprisonment holds fear.While we were trying hard to finish Paul Jenne’s last bottle of rum the other night, somebody made a good suggestion.We should have two systems.The first system is for the firsttime offenders, and offenders of crimes of a minor nature.These people would be put to work on public projects.Strictly supervised they should shovel snow, clean rivers and lakes, paint public buildings and generally pay their debt to society by working off their sentence.They could live at home and support themselves on the meager pay allowance for their public job.However, seven days a week for the duration of their sentence they would ha ve to appear at a predetermined location for work allocation.Part of their sentence would be a visit to the second system.THE SECOND SYSTEM The second system would be for offenders of major proportion and second time offenders.There would be large institutions filled with a rabbit warren of small cells.There would be no television or radio, no steak dinners, no beer or wine, no ping-pong, no warm comfortable conditions; in fact life would be cold, barren and boring.Public flogging would be returned.Public executions for those convicted of murder would be brought back.In fact the second system would be as unpleasant as humanly possible without being cruel.People who spent some time imprisoned here would not be so likely to desire a second lengthy visit.Criminals are criminals and should be treated as such.I don’t believe rehabilitation is a reality unless the threat of real prison exists, real prison with unpleasant living conditions.Prison, for my mind, is not a summer camp for those we want to keep out of sight.Of course this opinion will not be popular with the bleeding-hearts or those who sell prison uniforms.However for those who have had a family member murdered, or their store robbed, or their car stolen, or any other offence on the list of nasty experiences now punishable by prison, there might be some agreement.Why should we pay $54,750 a year per inmate when this amount is only added on top of their original crime against us?Hell, $54,750 would run my entire second system idea for five years.Letter The Creator knew all of us before we were born Dear Sir: There has been so much said about Dr.Morgentaler’s abortion clinics that I would have supposed that long ago the church generally would have made clear to the public what the Scriptures do say about this whole matter.I think it can be demonstrated biologically that once the ovum is fertilized in a human being, that object be- comes a person.The fact is of course that a fertilized ovum always develops into a human being and not into anything else.There are some very interesting portions of Scripture which should carry weight in this matter.Psalm 129, verses 14 to 16 give David's thoughts on the development of the human embryo.I think these verses show a depth of philosophy and the knowledge of embryology which is far in advance of anything that the human race knew about until modern times.We also have a reference in Ephesians, chapter 1 and verse 4 which says that the elect were chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world.There is a similar passage in the book of Revelation which says that the names are written in the Lamb’s book of life from the foundation of the world.All these Scriptures \\ I just een-t a ^ poSi