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Dear Editor:

Re: Letter to editor by
Molly Johnson - Youth Says
No to Star Wars. :

I can sympathize with the
writer’s concern for the
future with the prospect of
nuclear war ever present.

However, does she. not. re-
alize that the proposed
defensive weapons. such as
lasers, particle beams will
make nuclear missiles inop-

_ Dear Editor:

ANSWERS YOUTH
Nuclear freeze won't work

erable.

What is wrong with
developing methods to pre-
vent weapons of mass
destruction from. reaching
their target and killing
possibly millions of people?
All a laser can do is burn a
hole in a ballistic missile and
make the missile useless. :

Is she afraid that if. we
develop a defensive weapon
system that we'll use our

Military still

response from militant ladies
has been bitter... ... -

Dodging © the ‘cross-fire,
ohin-Crosbie,.. the. Minister
fo. Justice, has. isstied a
‘discission paper”’ ° asking
"us, the: ‘apathetic public, to

or express : “our... views - ‘toa

oF “Women Whiners a Curse”
“he ‘has: dared to say: “Right. -
‘now they're yelling their daft

Right now, though many
are unaware, a grim battle i is
ragi b fi

* this
‘issue. ‘There . is’ a: real pros:
‘blem.!This arises _because.
oa Our: Defence. Department ‘ac-”
‘tually, wants’, an
from, the, , equality

and: Freedoms:, “$0 that the
Department. may" cont inue to:

ide for’ not. paying ‘my taxes,
‘on, ar piece :, of” property in

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How often have we heard
~ {It Pays to Advertise”? Last
- weekend -we:took a trip to
' Little Gun Lake. Resort at
" Litde |.Gun.. Lake,. .after
reading: “about it in’ your
newspaper, a well prepared
ad with photo of tiie Lodge.
It: lived: up to all that it
: claimed, beautifully situated
‘on.the Lake, extraordinarily
good food, and nice service.
- The birds sing. all day long,

great. ;
(We! 00k | the. B. Cc. Rail
train:“to . Lillooet, | where
Norman Gladstone picked us
up ‘in‘his.air conditioned van
for an interesting ride to.the

North Vancouver’

heads’ off about not being -
‘allowed to be infantrymen.’’. -

“exemp- >

, years in .the military, because

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‘Parliamentary Conimitiee
set up to mediate on the
“problem (or whatever’ such
- Committees in “due ‘course
ever do). .

‘Here I must interject a
personal confession. Having
served six years in. he.Cana-
dian’ Army. in the last big
war, - including ‘over four
"years with the ist Division, ]
- suspected : that the question
-about,women in combat was
‘a Crosbie joke. Just too ab-

‘surd to be serious.

” But it is not a joke. This
-was confirmed when I read

in the Vancouver Stn of Ju-,

oy 19 that. a .- female

‘Tieutenant-colonel. ‘had, a

quit last September after 30

local maa to remove a stump
in ‘June.

pleted about mid June he

., immediately mailed him a
- cheque. As of to date he has.

‘the bank:stop. payment on

the shea and this cost him

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shield to wipe out the
Soviet’s missiles with a pre
emptive first strike?

According to my informa-
tion the. reality. is that the
Soviet Union has embarked
on a weapons program: to
achieve first strike capability
by 1988,

‘A nuclear freeze will never
work because the Soviets’
cannot be trusted. They will
not allow ground inspection
of ‘backwoods machismo
and sexism of the generals’
, Those sexy, men had
argued ‘‘.... that women are
unsuitable “for combat’ roles
because of their physical
limitations and the threat of
romantic. entanglements .
the front lines.””” ~

“Responding to such
heresy, so politely expressed,
the. colonel’s ‘language’. has
been scathing in her submis-
sion to the Committee and
to the media.

.My comment on ‘this
dialogue is that old: soldiers
think modern ° “soldiers :* “are
soft. How’ refreshing’” to”
know that our generals are
still tough and mean. f

It is apparent that. thejady *
colonel is
woman whom any - “ermal
man would. be fearful of
meeting on. any bat-
tleground, social or military.

David L: Mathieson
West Vancouver. : 2

wedding invitations were

mailed out ‘in February. My
‘neighbor and ‘my son. and
daughter
‘received theirs within a day
‘of 80 Of One another, but not
so ours. When my son in Ot-

in’ Coquitlam

tawa was made aware of this
he sent us a new one.,:The -
invitations. -arrived

another. :
Now [ask you, do’ you
think that this: kind. of ser-
vice’ warrants a continuing
demand for. higher salaries?
I think not. .
G.E. Ryan ©
North Vancouver

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our spiritual resources at our
command to fight the forces
of darkness which are intent
on world domination. .

In my opinion we are ap-

point in world history which
may involve nuclear war and
financial collapse. On the
optimistic side, I feel confi-
dent that: the final outome
will be a better world. ©

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Re: Sunshine Girls
_I find’ these pictures: of
scantily. clad. women appear-
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these young women seem to
be well educated and to have
‘high aspirations for
themselves. God made
women to:be cherished and
honored, not’to. be used as
objects for sex or for the
lustful looks of men.

We do have .a lot of
good-looking young women
in Vancouver, but it is not
necessary, to” expose their.
bodies to public Scrutiny. *
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