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Whitby Free Press, 18 Nov 1971, p. 2

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Page 2, Thursday, November 18th, 1971, WHITBY FREE PRESS ...From The 'Horse's Mouth' The House of Commons not being able to a s s u r e O shawa-Whi tby Member of Parliament Ed E3roadbent of the United State's clear position on maintenance of production safeguards for Canada in the controversial Canada-U. S. auto-pact, Mr. Broadbentwill attempt a more pre- cisespelling out of that position - from the American camp. Since yesterday morning, and until F r i d ay afternoon, Mr. Broadbent has been and will continue to determine fur- t h e r , the Am e r ic an position behind closed doors in Washington. Three top American civil servants: William Johnson, director of the Canad- ian Affairs Section of the United States State Department; David Thompson, Chief of Economicá Section for Canada in the State Department and Rober t Ham- m e r s c h ley, Director of the Canadi an Affai r s Section of the Department of Commerce, along with Senator Frank Church of the Canada-U. S. parliament committee and another Detroit congress- man are the top American civil servants and off icials on whom the ready-for- business M.P. will launch his query L e a v i n gno s t o n e enturned, Mr. Broadbent w i I I attempt to arrange for f u r t h e r meetings with other officials during his Washington visit. The Oshawa-Whitby M. P. , who claims thatnoone in the'House' has thus f a r b e e n able to spell1 out to him just w ha t the Am e ri c an position is, may h imself h ave a few answers for the House on his return. boaski is A BETTER BUY... Some people say it's the all new aero-dynamic design! Some say it's the new Salsbury automatic drives I Others claim it's the gas tank cap with gauge. Others still maintain ifs the longer chassis on the Mark Il wide-track. There's something special about Boa Ski all right and that's the people who build it. We put more into Boa Ski so you get more out of it. 3-~ê Oshawa.Discount House 1916 Dundas St. East Oshawa, Ont. (416) 725-1343 FROM A BIRD'S EYE VIEW j f onlytokeepyouwarm, butalso provides S i is t for ti tude to tacke any expert siope, Th a t b lessed time of year we have whetheryou are capable or not. The al t grown to hate, called Winter, witll disadvantage of keeping warm this way soon be upon us. Actually it's rather is that sometimes you can't find your late this year, and so I have brought it car in the parking lot at the end of the upon myself to give some tips for any- day. Actua11y 1 can remember days when bodyabot totak up kiig.t couldn't even find the parking lot. body about to take up skiing. Which end is which? Eiotional'involvement, healthy The first thing to do, of course, is The next step is to become emotion- to buy sk i i s and equipment. When you oat, the rih ski alws.esont enter the store try to pick a salesman orig o tosfitealldoesn t who is not shifty-eyed or looks like a matter. T o ni easeskis u s e d c a r s a lesman. And neer - nogowherever they da weIplease, ne ver - ask the salesman which end is nomatterwhich skis are on which feet. thefrontof theski. If youmake this mis- After putting on your skis you must take he will immediately sense a weak- familrarize yoursetf wlth the peculari- ness and pounce 1ike a hungry wolf. tics. To do this, you shou1d first try T h e basic n e e d's are skis, poles, walking around in them. At this point boots and warm clothing. The skis you first become emotionally involved shoul d have a good binding that will because they don't like walkingaround releaseyour foot from the ski upon im- and youill discover a real conflictof pact with a tree, or any other foolish de sires. Occasional btessings have o b j e ct t h a t may have blindly strayed beenknownto help, but this is touchy into your path on the slopes. The bind- because you don't know if your skis are ing, if properly adjusted, will release ProtestantorAtheist, andan insult will youir foot about a 3sth of a second be- only lead to a further rift in relations. f o r e y o u r ankle breaks. But you can read about this in more detail while y ou're in the hospital recovering from your first "fun" ski outing. Boots shouldfit fairly tight and must be flat on the bottom tojoin with the skiis. Poles, contrary to the myth that they shouîId fit under your arm pits, shout d be as long as is comfortable. If· the salesman wants to use the arm- pit measure, simply tell him your deo- dorant ran out yesterday and sidetrack him to clothes. Wine skins a must! Ski clothing can be expensive, but you could get away with cheap clothing by investing in a wine skin and a six months stock of red wine. The wine serves not Screaing a no-no Another point at which emotional in- volvement is at a peak is when your skis strive for a straight line downhill at 40 m. p. h. while you wish to turn or stop. Caution must be exercised about screan- ing at this point because such behaviour wi 11only attract attentionto the fact you a r e not yet the master of your skis. If you survive this latter incident, it won't take you long to realize that your skis are the master and you'must place your I ife in their hands, or rather feet - and you probably will! continued on page 10 \4% lh-, mmougo, j

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