: Page Al0, June 17,1979 - Sunday News by ellsworth. dickson | “Ever since the ‘Burnaby Judge found. ‘the’ . motorcycle helmet law invalid, we have seen hundreds: of young people riding with their hair blowing in the wind. In any case, by the timé your read this, the law will have been re-written and helmets with chin straps be mandatory. ‘This issue the inguicing. Reporter _ ° ‘Should. motorcyclists be id to wear helmets?" ~AlStabl: - North Vancouver “No. It should be : matter of personal “choice. -Many motor- " cyclists find helmets very _ uncomfortable. Ven The ‘Statistics ‘seem to prove that it is safer to wear a helmet. And the. law should be enforced. Brad Parker North Vancoaver helmet law. A _ motor- cyclist can kill himself if he falls off at only 20 mph. Helmets are safer. Bob Lynn North Vancouver I think that motor- cyclists who do not wear their helmet are foolish. From personal riding experiences, I can say that helmets are safer, Andre Van Gaalen North Vancouver Yes. We need a helmet law. I’ve seen a number of motorcycle accidents. I belicve a properly designed helmet helps prevent head injuries. Yes. There should be a’ its domestic oil prices much higher and much sooner . than expected, John Crosby, minister of finance, said. Thursday: [Boost = i pes. sooner, hi ni ‘Canada may have to raise cause serious worldwide. problems. - The organization said that without ‘responsible policies. on the. part. of oil producers Crosby ‘was “speaking ‘i in Paris, where he was at- tending a meeting of- the {Organization “of onomic: Cooperation and Development (OBCD) on The: 4 “major. ‘western nations: _ belonging to . the OECD, in a joint statement, said the cost of energy is about to drive the standard . of living down, and may ‘and oil exporters, the energy Situation could severely damage the world economy. : “They said high ‘oil prices should: be introduced in a responsible manner to urge consumers. to practise _» @nérgy, conservation and to _develop sources of alternate " energy. The Liberal: government, while in ‘office, had the policy-of raising the price of domestic oil to world levels. U.S. urges immedi ate action The merthas-said it will expel © the 76,000 Vietnamese. refugees now living in the ‘country , Malaysian “_govern- a o The government has also threatened to pass legislation to shoot any Vietnamese boat people entering ~ Malaysian waters... Soviet paper reports | Afghan-Pakistan war imminent _ . Relations between Tran and the Soviet Union remain strained after a warning Tuesday — ‘to the Soviet government - that “its in- volvement. in-the affairs of Afghanistan would be regarded as ‘affecting Iran.’ And the Soviet Union has warned that a war between Pakistan and Afghanistan appears to be taking shape and the Soviet Union would not remain indifferent. The warning was con- tained in a commentary carried by the official Soviet Communist Party daily, Pravda. “Violations of Afghanistan’s sovereignty, incursions of armed gangs into territory from Pakistan, and attempts to create a crisis situation -in the area cannot ‘leave the Soviet Union indifferent,’ Pravda said. Psst! An assortment of quality used and out of print titles in: ART & ARCHITECTURE Pacific Books 1135 Lonsdale North Vancouver 980-2121 ‘Events towards a conflict in «the immediate vicinity of. our in easy stages s so as to soften the blow, ts. . Crosby said . the Con- ; servatives. agreed- with: that . policy, but he said it was ‘being reviewed to see. if it will be enough. He said domestic price of oil, may never approach world levels by the slow and easy policy. The Conservative government wants to keep. roughly’ Canadian prices level with U.S. prices, and the U.S. is expected to reach world levels by 1981. ato expel boat people Meanwhile the U.S. State department has said an the Caradian . _ increases aimed at keeping: _ compound. .the.-problems-< ‘ ployment. re theré'is no escape from reduction “in .-real.