ee e + inquiring reporter by - Barrett Fisher . .From Page 4 -as the Manchester Guardian : Weekly. ‘But in the final analysis, it ‘is the awesome gap between ‘the.Cuban weekly..‘‘review’’ Vand the Asia hotel: chain ‘magazines:that really tells From Paga 3.’ . 1984 when there was a May- oralty, Aldermanic and School Board election with a voter turnout of 43 per cent.” : Council also recommend- ed = wording for the ques- tics. That wording would limit the hours to a’ possible operation to between 9 a.m. and 6p.m. Don Bell, representing Canada Safeway, had asked council to consider not at- taching any hours to the question. Bell said would give council flexibility ‘in determining hours of operation at a later date. ° However, Alderman David Finlay wanted council to shorten the possible hours UY WITH CONS i. BU ee ISED ErUe AD HE ror DIFFERENCE HOME FURNISHINGS ', Warehouse/Showroom OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ‘(2 blks. behind the Avalon) “at 1075 Roosevelt Cres., N.Van. «13:4 §in 9000/38 ithe story of the: depth of this . WITH THE recent precedent-setting conviction against former Alberta high school teacher Jim Keegstra — guilty as charged for spreading hatred against Jews — inquiring Steve Gibson North Yancouver Yes, because why spread hatred towards another race or anybody. | don’t think his penalty was harsh enough. alienation between the puiit- ical extremes on this little planet. Another way of measuring this gulf is to compare what is written in Granma, oro- paganda organ of the Cuban dictatorship, with something that is quintessentially Sunday shopping vote to wait _of operation ix the refereit- dum to between 11 acm and 5 p.m. “There isn’t any sense in ‘going for something you can’t get,’’ Finley sai. Last year West Vancouver ’ voters narrowly turned down shopping on Sunday by a four per cent majority. “We must be cognizant that the taxpayers have already turned the proposal down once,’’ Finlay told council Finlay’s amendment failed for lack of a seconder. e freezers microwaves dishwashers * vacuums * bedroom suites Gary Rowe . North Vancouver i think they should have thrown him in jaii instead of given him a $5,000 fine. I think he’s a jerk. American, like Penthouse Magazine. In one publication (guess which?), author Claire Sterl- ing, famous for her in- vestigative articles about the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul I], argues that Ethiopian president Colonel Mengistu held off asking the’ UN Food and agricultural Organization for help to combat spreading famine until it was too late for millions of people, sim- ply because he didn’t want to allow a pall to be cast over plans for a $100 to $200 million celebration of the 10th anniversary of his revo- Ltion. Referring to rebel forces in provinces that have not knuckled under to Mengistu’s million-man ar- my (which was aided by Cuban ‘‘volunteers,’’ by the way, until even Fidel, ap- palled by the scale of the disaster, decided to tip-toe his troops away), Sterling says the Ethiopian gov- ernment, ‘‘using the famine as an excuse, iy decimating the populations of Eritrea and Tigre.” She adds: ‘‘Able-bodied Heather MacInnis North Vancouver 1 think he got off far tbo lightly. They should have put a stop to his teaching children long before they did. ublications point to males under 25 have been singled out in the two pro- vinces for forcible resettle- ment in new lands far away—thrust among hostile tribes and left to shift for themselves, without tools, seed, or credit. Runaways have been brought back... at _ gunpoint. . “Refugees from these provinces, fleeing half-dead_ with hunger: toward the borders of Somaiia and Sudan, have been bombed _by Mengistu’s air force.’* Now listen to Cuba's Granma, which says that the fight against famine ‘tis headed by the Workers’ Par- ty of Ethiopia’’ whose ‘main objective is the preservation of human life.’’ I'll give you this verbatim: “Over 2,000 Parity cadres are fighting this battle in the provinces being used for rehabilitation. The Party and government plan is to resetile this year 1.5 million persons in those provinces where there are rivers and land fit: for cultivation. Thousands of Ethiopians who have been transferred to those provinces are being provided with assistance SATURDAY JULY 27th 9 a.m-.-6 p.m. Steve Hall North Vancouver Based on what I know about it, he should have been convicted. Spreading hatred is not a good thing. > fren: ¢ ova the miss org. “Sin ay Y resettlement - 9.7 viChems, the government is working to increase production in areas not affected by the drought. Thousands of hec- tares of land in Ethicpia’s 3 ~ Wednesday, July 24, 1985 « North Shore News re PS a cS hr eter ennPSE SEN th tS reporter asks people on the street if they feel he should have been found innocent or guilty, and if guilty, was the penalty — a $5,000 fine — stiff enough? Sean Moore Vancouver oo os I think the actual convic- -tion was. bad because it boils down to a matter of freedom of ,speech. Everyone is entitled to like or dislike anyone he. chooses. The only pro- blem was he was a schoolteacher, so he should have been fired. a rence five: western provinces are being irrigated and scientific plans are being drawn up to increase production ‘.in state-owned and cooperative farms.” . . Nothing like seeing the world through red-colored glasses, eh? 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