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ON. THIS DAY 432) years ago the

{ >.Monarch with the shortest reign in : British history went to her death. : >. a a complicated ‘power play by a -) faction of ‘the. English nobility to gain control of thé throne, the 16-year-old Lady Jane Grey

‘ became nominal Queen of England .

., ii; the: previous~ year” for exactly nine days before being imprisoned

_ by Queen : “Mary* d. The young -

hhine-day queen’ was beheaded on _ February 12, 1554, in the Tower of ..London where her ghost (last seen in 1957) is believed to. walk on every anniversary: ;

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‘clude | Henry VIII’s®: fifth wife, ’ Catherine Howard © (beheaded -1542) and. King . Edward VII's

mistress’ Lily Langtry.(1929). Born .

the same day: were’ Abraham. Lin- _coln and Charles Darwin’ (both

1809), and U.S. labor leader. Join ' Lewis (1880).

. ar Editor: ° ;

oe The, South African ambassador is experiencing a rough passage at

“the hands’ of * university: students

a and ‘professors:..: By

y Let him. be grateful: for the fact’

“that he. enjoys ‘the protection of a. : ‘democratic: ‘society. No one is go-’.

jambok,’ shoot him, or blind and ‘choke. him: with, teargas. Best. of : all,! “his: home .. won’ t be’ raided” ‘by

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dollar industry.

He contrived to smuggle out a love: . Message to his adoring wife, and to-

day’s acknowledged experts in this field, Messrs. Halimark and Coutts, must be eternally. grateful to him. The duke’s message ranks as the world’s first known Valentine card. ‘For. that" and” other fascinating Valentine Day tidbits I’m indebted to Hallmark’s news release scribe L.

Hermann (sex not revealed, which is a pity in light of his/her romantic. ,;

Subject.). “It ‘took. several centuries after

- Duke Charles’ handwritten Valen- :

tine before the greeting card era ar-

. Fived, But the tradition itself was g0-

ing strong over 1,100 years before they Jailed | him.

- Back in the third century ‘the . Romans were giving the Christians a hard time. That’s how St. Valen- -

tine, a one-man welfare department for Christians, came to be thrown in- to the slammer himself.

After a year on bread and water he’ was summoned before the Emperor Claudius II. The emperor took quite a liking to the young priest and offered to free him if he’d

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yet

- “secret police ai dead of night, nor

yet will he be imprisoned without trail or have his freedom restricted by arbitrary ministerial’ ‘decree. The .

‘ambassador. has every reason ‘to

feel totally. secure in’’Canada, he . has only.to observe the workings of democracy at first hand. .

Griented.. African National ‘Con: gtess hardly earns notoriety, even

the’ much ‘younger United: Demo- ~°

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rene Nears of keene

«i sights reserved.

‘forget all that Christianity nonsense.

‘and worship the Roman gods,

Valentine not only declined, he

also had the cheek to try to convert

Claudius to Christianity on the spot.’

So back to death row he was sent, pronto.

Meanwhile, he converted his jailer Asterius and the latter’s daughter to Christianity, ‘after restoring the daughter’ 's sight by faith healing. And he wrote her a farewell message

signed (you guessed it!) ‘‘From your.

cratic Front has a 2 larger following: among South African blacks. The. official parliamentary opposition”

party is of far more interest,- it: - Teflects the thinking of progressive

South ~:Africans'* and‘: ‘Organized _ commerce and industry... ‘A major

_effort is being made to bring the , “The. poorly .organized | Marxist e

eigning " Nationalist “party. to’'the

“conference ‘table’: for: ‘Peace: ‘talks ‘with black leaders.” The. viewpoints “expressed « by “the: South © African

.Peter Speck _ Noel Wright

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flicting interests.

damage.

cant financial factor.

seems stow to emerge.

Valentine’.

On February 14, A.d. 270, they.

lopped off his head outside the

Flaminian Gate in Rome. Poor : Asterius and his daughter got the. -

chop themselves shortly after. Later, however, the Valentine

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story had a happier ending. February was also the time of. the pagan’

Roman Feast .of Lupercalia —.a “love lottery” in which all. Roman

maidens put their names ina big urn -

in the public square, Unmarried men each drew a name-card and then dated the lass in question for a whole year. ; .

: Eventually, Christian priests managed to change the Feast into a

Federated Chambers of Commerce _ would be far more pertinent to re- :

ality than the habitual squalling of people who are motivated by

“anything but political expertise. .

Supporters of apartheid must be very naive to believe that. organiza-

tions of the size and standing of -

Anglo-American Corporation are setting themselves up for ‘na-

tionalization under ‘a Marxist °

Tegime.

Upcreek conilict

T he Cypress Creek battle continues, with West Van

council again caught between legitimate but con-

More than once in recent years debris-filled storm waters raging down the creek have threatened some 100 downstream homes with severe or even catastrophic flood

To provide them with permanent protection, council last summer proposed a flood control project involving an upstream debris pit and diversion channel which would eat somewhat into the properties of four upstream residents above the flood zone. Not unnaturally, the lat- ter vigorously opposed the plan.

Two weeks ago the municipality presented a modified plan moving the debris pit farther upstream, though still affecting one homeowner’s lot. Again, vociferous opposi- tion from the four upstream residents who demanded “further alternatives’”. Why, they argue, should they pay to safeguard their 100-odd downstream neighbors?? =: |

They alone, of course, would not pay. The miunicipali- ty’s share of the $2 saillion project would be borne by all West Van taxpayers. Moreover, there’s another signifi- -

The upstream four suggest a debris pit in undeveloped land above the canyon portion of the creek. While feasi- ble from an engineering viewpoint, this would add a mile to the vital diversion channel and a maior increase, ziow being estimated, in total costs for everyone. a

Though council is empowered. 79 put the debris pit wherever it deems besi, and though numbers are 100-4 on the side of the threatened downstream owners, the ob- jective, of course; is to resolve the problem. through cooperation and compromise in the best interests of all.

Upstream, a spirit of cooperation and compromise

guide for the lovelorn

, THIS FRIDAY 571 YEARS AGO Charles, Duke of Orleans —_a prisoner languishing in the Tower of London for his political sins — unwittingly launched a future multi-million

celebration of. St. Valentine — com: promising a bit.with paganism by ad. .ding Cupid, mythical’ son of the beauty goddess Venus, and his ar-

rows dipped in love potion as its per-’ - "manent symbol. Hearts came Jater.

While we're at it, you might also like'to know that ... -

Most Valentines nowadays are not exchanged by lovers. Teachers get

more than anyone, then, family” * members’ (65. per. cent),. with ’ girlfriends a poor fourth.-

. The median age of adult Valentine buyers. is 35, Sales are’ now 90 million. o : are

‘Today's’ Valentines. tend 1 to “talk ‘more about cool fun and less about eternal love, but.at least we've not

ve reverted to the Penny Dreadfuls’ of...

the late 1800s — a backlash’ against Victorian morality. Typical of of them ‘was the following: ~

: “Beware that your lying iongue -

Ts not from your vile mouth wrung.

r a {reat you ‘with scorn whenever Z. :

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vou deceitful, oily-tongued sake i in’: the grass.

Thanks a lot, L. Hermann, whatever your sex. We never - knew how much we were missing on Valentine Day!

rica:

Opposition to apartheid i is show-

_ ing’ positive results. For the first. -

* time -in’South Africa’s history its president has‘ announced the firm . ; intention, of introducing equitable im

power, sharing.’ Let the promises - become facts and South Africa will be'on the road to becoming a true

‘demcracy...

'P.du Plessis. |. '... North Vancouver