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page 18, November 17, 1976 - North Shore News —_ | ; | .

and’ a very hard won right! Over the centuries. countless thousands have.
sacrificed their lives to win and preserve our: right to democratic election. Just:
last week our country paid tribute to those who fought and died in this century:
«+ that we might have the opportunity to go to the polis on Nov. 20th and choose. the ©
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and itisa privilege not shared by a vast portion of the world: 1. Today there are still. ;
. untold numbers of people in prisons and even. dying for daring to demand. the». fa we
- privilege of democratic election - a privilege which we so often take for. granted. rae
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a rn oe 2 . in this last halt of the twentieth century the democratic way of life Is facing its cyte
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: cy. wl D ao. °.. fot fromthe outside in the form of powerful tyrants and their hostile armies, but...
'@ Ing: is our way. _ ‘from the Inside in ‘the form of apathy. Our people are disheartened, and...) 2 !.
i QI, /, .,,+. ' , disillusioned. The only way to combat this apathy Is to takea renewed Interest In °*: —
an 7 cr - +. gur elections and, of course, to vote! As. Edmund: Burke put it in the 18th century.)
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| ON NOV. 20th. we are called upon to elect representatives to our municigal government. ‘Of ail levels of government 1 thas’.
" municipal officials are: ‘thosé who most directly affect our Individual lives. The Polls are open from 8: 00 A.M. to 8: 00 P.M. WE’ tL SEE ©
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