Al0 - Sunday News, August 9, 1981

inquiring

reporter

Ellsworth
Dickson

President Reagan’s hard line decision of
firing the air traffic controllers who went on
strike illegally has sparked a major con-
troversy. Some 1,000 workers have decided
to return to work rather than be fired. To
complicate things, some claim U.S. air space:
has become dangerous and it is only a matter
of time before an accident happens.

Today’s question is:

“Are you in favour of Reagan's
“get tough”’ policy with the air
trafic controllers’’?

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Della Haines
North Vancouver
Sometimes I think

Reagan has a black and
white attitude and I feel
he might have been a
ttle more sensitive to the
situation.

Scott Mayson
West Vancouver

It certainly is an essential
service and since the
strike is illegal, | am in
favour of the firings. I
think Reagan did the
right thing

lan Diviet
North Vancouver

Reagan was probably

trying to set a precedent
for future labour negotia
tions, but I think this kind
of action

both sides

may polarize

Danny Hendernon
North Vancouver

IU certainly put oa tot of

people out of work but |
guess you have to put
yout foot Gown some
where Loo bad Reagan
wasn ft banding oul

postal strike

Kathy (.fo vane tto

North V am ouaver

Keayan cle thie peas!
thing Pte ate traffic con
troller s were con sttthe
Weyally and Keagan was

past caborcinp Che law

os For these ef you who.have
been waiting expectantly for
a member of the media to
fall flat on his-her face,

from my eyebrow was
becoming a_ bit noticeable,
and J couldn't reach my arm
up to wipe it off.

Injured i in the line of duty

in my right elbow and evena

slight break in the left elbow.

Painful, but not nearly as.
bad as it sounds.

(We still can't stop him
coming in to work)

By PAT RICH

A North Shore News
reporter was injured
Wednesday evening
while covering the
spectacular fire on
Marine Drive in North
Vancouver.

And let me tell you. iUs very
embarrassing.

It's all very well to get shot
full of holes in 'Nam while on
assignment for a national
magazine thats all very
adventurous and romantic.

But to fall on vour face
and break both elbows while
working on an assignment in
North Van lacks anything
resembling adventure. or
romance for thal matter.

here’s how it happened.

It's hard to ignore flames
shooting 50 feet in the air,
even if it is TO at night and
you're not supposed to be

working and are busily
involved in a game of
‘Blockade’ on the home

computer, with two friends.

Especially if it looks like it
may be the Avalon Hotel,
many people's home away
from home, thatis on fire.

So, afteg phoning a
photographer, I wandered
down to the fire with my
friends and we discovered
what the fire really involved.

What heroic dare-devil act
of investigative journalism
was I involved in to injure
myself, you may well ask?

If the truth be known, |
was running around at the
back of the crowd in a dark
parking lot trying to find the
News photographer to
borrow a pen (contrary to
popular behef. reporters are
not -born with pens stuck
behind their ears) when the
accident took place

I tripped

And fell.

Right on my face

However 1] reacted just
quickly enoughsto get my
hands down to break my fall.
And other things as well, as
it turned out.

It hurt a lot. but | sail
wandered around a bit until I
decided the blood dripping

Girl charged
for assault

FROM PAGE A1

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Vancouver

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who was involved

Identifying those involved
weespecially a problem later,
he said

While only one person was
charged. the spokesman said
the polee display of force
was successful in controlling
the incident

Hie described the handling
of the ineident as being
similar to the handling of a
drunk who us arrested when

drunk

locked up and then

released when he has
sobercd up

Inthe Jane 24 onecident he
said there was a need to
clear the disturbane¢ and
most oof the people were
areested for causing a breach
of the poace

Phas defused the situation
tic sand

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Sobation they tthe people
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There is_a moral in the
whole incident, but don't ask
me whatit is.

And if this story looks
funny, it's because it’s being
typed with one finger.

My friends were nowhere
in sight (it turned out they
were having a beer in the
Avalon) sol walked home.

It all amounted to a break

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