6 - Wednesday, April 17, 1985 - North Shore News Editorial Page Blind violence Blind violence rganized pretest backed by violence, is becoming too much of « way of life in Canada, We. wonder how many par- ticipants realize its potential for backfiring. Typical was the chanting mob of over 3,000 anti-abortionists who last Saturday tried toi in- timidate some 900 pro-choice supporters from hearing a specch by Montreal abortionist Dr. . ‘Henry Morgentalcr. Reportedly, the confron- ‘tation led to pushing, shoving, kicking and manhandling of a five-month Pregnant The. impiicaiions of such behavior go far- | beyond. Saturday’s distasteful scene. outside . Sohn. Oliver:;School. The News holds no : ief ‘Dr. r, Morgentaler. But in a free 'ysical threats, or a actual ‘only offend against a free drive: ‘for dramatic media blind to the greatly in- gainst- non-union worlders at ‘Epo, With Sikh. attacks. on, Indian consulate property. With: the. Zundel - trial... With the murderous Arienian onslaught on the Turkish embassy. : Aad in countless other. cases. What . the perpetrators overlook is that violence ingy win the public’s attention bui not its hearts ‘and minds. ietman war a. poli. one third of wnkn ‘ leaders aspiring. on hr forget ‘So. fast: the’ details of your, retnat isplay ‘Advertising’ lassified Advertising | 986-6222 Irculation ‘Operations Manager Berni Hitiard oo} Circulation Director Advertising Director - Sales McGown “Dave Je neson | Bill “Editor: in-Chiel . Noel Wright.) 7 Advertising Director ’ Production: director. - Administration - ” ~ Chris ‘Johnson Mike Goodsell Classified Manager Photo raph: Mana er Val Steph e bed anager Terry Peters: . : “North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent suburban _ Devespaper and qualified under Schedule tll, Part ill, Paragraph Ht of the Excise Tax Aci, is published each Wednesday. Friday-and Sunday by - “ North Shore Free Press Ltd. and distributed to every doar on the North | Shore: Second. Class Mait Registration Number 3885. Entire contents: 7 . 985 North Shore Free Press Lto. All rights seserved. . Jaccepted “tor “unsolicited material “fneluging . h ch'shoe f) be accompanied by a stamped. ss. javerage, Wednesday Friday & Sunday) -. HIS: PAPER. IS RECYCLABLE “STAR WARS” are coming to the marketplace. An. epic discovery by a 17th century British astronomer is being exploited to bring selected Canadian industries and businesses a sales bo- “nanza during, the: next 42 months. At least, that’ s the hope of Dan Eustace of Toronto- but let’s leave him for the moment and backtrack 2,225 years to China. It was there, _in 240 B.C., that they first “documented: the appearance of the most spectacular -cosmic body after the sun and the moon. It reappeared at lengthy intervals through the. cen- , turies that followed. At the : 7 time. of the’ destruction of Jerysalem‘in-A.D.66. At the : Battle of Hastings in 1066. During the Great Piague of the. Middle Ages... ‘Again in 1531. And again in 1607. Enter Edmund Halley, born in 1656 near. London, a brilliant * scientist, “pal “of Isaac: Newton (of falling ap-. ple fame) and later Britain’s Astronomer Royal. Scanning the night skies in 1682, he --was fascinated to ‘observe a: brilliant ball of light with an sweeping across the heavens. He ‘set "” elongated ‘‘tail’?..- about checking the old re-. cords. Be 1984 TAX RETURN PERSONAL DEDUCTIONS © CHARTES YU. SUPPORTED IN [9B One heavenly sales plan! bucks to te made ‘from the ~ story by launching: an opera- S, tion called : General ..Comet Industries. . They) got together. | The ‘delightfully simple - "idea is merely an ‘official’? ._ Halley's .Comet.logo: which Ryan *devised -and ““copy- righted, and is now franchis-. - ing worldwide to.makers .of |. ceverything from® cocktail. ‘grabbed the’ exclus’ hirts' to glasse: ‘Cana- dian rights and his’ Cafiadian “Comet! Marketing ‘Limited is © , gow’ busy.” licensing ‘the’ ‘gim- — + “Twenty years of painstak- ing research finally convinc- oed-him that. this was the ‘selfsame phenomenon ‘‘reported every 75-76 years throughout history: the big- gest, brightest comet ever to orbit ‘the solar” system. Whereupon, he went out on . a limb. and -predicted it would be back again in 1758. ‘And sure enough, right on schedule .16 years after his death, the object henceforth to be known for all time as |. Halley’s Comet was spotted on Christmas night 1758 by a German astronomer nam- ed, Johann Palitzsch. Since -then it’s returned oniy twice, in 1834 and 1910. This fall it will be visible once more to --the naked eye from December through April i] - 1986--literally a once-in-a- . photos submitted , HEAVENLY SALES BOOSTING LOGO, displayed’ by - marketing. eiitrepreneur:, Dan Eustace. Edmund would have ’ been confused... lifetime event that won't be seen again until 2061. So back to Mr. Eustace, a Toronto marketing | whiz. Last’ year, -after . reading ‘about Halley’s. Comet, ;: he discovered that marketing hot shot, Owen Ryan of New. York, had already. anticipated the. big another © ‘mick from coast? to’ édast ‘to “promote goods: and