a

another, .

and pleas that descend on an editor's desk almost .
every daylight hour. -of an election campaign is an”
awesome sight even when there’s only one contest
being fought. During B.C.’s.current- double,
election; ” therefore, never be ‘surprised. df you,

The. problem i isn't ‘only. the _

editor’ s however. The News:
Tike’: any” ‘other ° self=

. respecting newspaper — aims

to give” everybody. ‘involved
in’ this‘ mammoth’ -talkfest a

fair... shake | in. its” electi on.
‘ask
- ‘becomes harder ‘and harder :
, as the flood of paper c

“ higher and ‘higher. ;

‘Teports. — But. “the .

So in order to catch‘upa

little while this editor’s nose

is still slightly above. waer,
_ {the remainder of the present ™

column is devoted to a few

. ‘assorted elelction _ flashes
which haven't -yet made our =

regular news columns.
eee

First, is your name on the
voters’ list? |

If you're talking about the
May 10 provincial election, |
it’s too late to do anything

-information centres.

t

‘about it now, anyhow. The -

deadline passed at the
beginning of April. But if
you havén’t done so already,
you can still climb on the
“bandwagon for the May 22
fedetal election, This applies
to people qualified to vote
who, for one reason or
weren't
enumerated by the first few
days of this month.

‘In ‘that ’ ‘case: you's ve "got
until May 4 to make’ sure
your name gets on the list by
contacting your Returning

\

“you're.

‘periodically come across some sad little news
item, tucked.away at the bottom of a back Page,
under the headline “Editor found drowned.”

‘Officer. =, at. 294-1707 if
1--North - -Van-
Burnaby ti ing (i.e., east of ©

_St.:George’s Avenue, North ‘
Van) -or. at.. 925-1366 in -
Capilano. riding (anywhere
between St. George’s and -
‘Howe Sound). And don't ©

leave it until May. 4, unless

you like living dangerously.

one.

)

; Confused about the whole
election thing? Don't know.

of
course, first read the North
Shore News and Sunday
News from cover to cover --
but. if you. crave for even

more knowledge about this
' spring’s

‘political.

‘The torrent ofn messages, ss, handouts, i instructions .

Noel Wri ght
“who's standing where and for -
‘what? In that ‘case,

travaganza, you can also call —

one of the five North Shore
The.
numbers-are 985-7138, 980-
3913, 922-1311, 988-1128 or
“929-6021 -- they have all the
answers, at no _ charge,
either.

a
In B.C. this week, for the
second time since he fired
the starting gun on March

‘26, is Plerre Elliott himself,

though he isn’t coming
anywhere near the North
Shore. He was inCranbrook,
the Cariboo, the Okanagan

“and (today) Vancouver.

-good citize

Tonight he’s talking to the
s—of Nanaimo
and tomort Whe winds up

. ™ =|:
a ae a ee 8 ee

eee

The p;rize for the o

‘most directly contradictory

slogans ever used in an
election must surely be.
shared by B. C." 's Socreds and

-NDP.. .

dt

ee
|
i

“Social Credit works For
you.” ‘declare Mr.Bennett’s.
supporters. “You're . better
oft with the NDP,” retort”

-‘Barrett’s campaigners.
Pay your -penny -and take
your choice.

Bee

' The great on-again-off-

again. television debate is

now Half off and half on.

In the provincial election .

tussle Mr. Bennett still insists
he'll only debate on the tube

ee a)
ou Be ‘*

companied _

with the Menno nites up the
Valley: at Cle
prime minister's travel agent -
. Must havea fascinating job.

rbrook. A —

te Ae Mae

Barrett is
by his two
potentially embarrassing

if Mr.

. friends Jim Kinnaird,
president of the “"B.C.
‘Federation of-: Labor, and

* former left-wing, -NDP

cabinet: minister Bob

Williams:

‘Trudeau, Mr. Clark,

But i in the federal free-for-- Broadbent: -- appears to| be

all-Tory leader Joe Clark is

now reported to be ready to --

face both’ Pierre Elliott and
NDP chief Ed Broadbent in a
three-way .
playoff -- after refusing for a
month to share the limelight
with-. Ed. Maybe it has

something to. do with the -
latest CBC public opinion”
‘poll, which shows the Tories

comfortably ahead. of. the

Liberals everywhere. except —

Quebec -- ;with the NDP

‘treading water. F ‘4

“ac-

sudden — death-

Back on the local scene,
the North Sho
opinion: resea
held its own.telephone poll —
last week of a. balanced
sample of 378 North Shore

households, asking: “Which |
‘of the three pary leaders in!

the.,federal election -- Mr.

talking the most sense?”

“Nearly half’ ‘the’ rest
dents (48 per cent) didn’t
know, wouldn't

any Sense,

a j
“Of the remaining 52 per

cent .who discerned some

‘pearls of wisdom. - “coming
from the lips and news’
releases of the. leaders, 27°

per cent plumped for Mr.

Clark, 14 per cent for Mr-
Trudeau and 11 per cent t for
- Mr. Broadbent.

ELEGANT
NECK &
ARMS

1 News public | |
atch division’

say. or .
thought nobody was: talking

to mo ek, Bees i os se! ce a

ae

ace
the- week,

‘And ‘finally; 2 ‘the
cusation © of:

proving . that): politicians on |

’ the warpath ‘never miss a
point: © -provincial*
| gan candidate Joy Langan (North

NDP |

an-Seymour) charged that -

the Socred governm nt is:
quietly’ selling - 25 . frolley-
buses. to . Mexico “when.

* |trotley buses are quiet- and .

non-polluting, and there is a
shortage of buses i in Greater "
Vancouver.”:

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