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Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday 1K2 Is destruction assured A twosided arguiaeilt To the of The Herald The popular belief thai owning nuclear arms acta a deterrent lo war for years Hiroshima Until the early 1970s the primary purpose of Warsaw Pact and NATO s possesion of nuclear arms was self defence Mutually assured des traction MAO was viable if con ventional war fare I resolve con lict We were lucky thai Vietnam lands t Inp nuc trigger threal ens us daily How large a stockpile would prove an effective deterrent Since lion unanswerable veiled Interests extract from page A5 greater and greater sums armament each would for big have to put out vast sums Letters to the Editor Parents face dilemma To ihe of The Herald How can we claim to love our children and remain silent about atomic weapons How dare we calm their childish nightmares whilst in reality we create the end of humanity How can we leach to care for others when Ihe superpowers plan to annihilate millions How should we speak of trust and hope if we arc unwilling lo lake the first to peace How dare we give Ihcm birth unless offer them life Howca PLEASE Ann and Iksoon Dawson Crescent Georgetown vote anything bul YES DISARM Mr Norman seems to miss the or the year old girl Ford was lhal one viewpoint is in Ihe schools Our child as students deserie the opportunity to see both sides of issue This includes anli hunt issue the wolf issue The Vol i Yes nuclear issue should be used only Teachers arc allow their own view why should thai view be Ihe one that is aired hi j the child par think otherwise Should Ihe teacher then make the student s par out to be totally wrong This issue has gotten out of hand is do all such and as 1 turn written before is a nutter of federal politics and not local If all those who were concerned their members of pari ament and get our iumnl prime minister lo call an election we could da something with our Thai would be time to call for a for disarma Not in local political elections The current council should be ashamed of themselves for being into adding Ihe issue lo ballot Possibly the few opponents the films and ition period is that i feci the same way I would not attend for that And the slight fundamental re- scholars is prob- to Mr Norman their feelings I harbor fed gloom nor the socalled Threatened by mistrust and better ways to kill The US government pro vided funds develop Ihc MX I craning II and Cruise missiles in response to the Soviet deployment of to Eastern Europe Is this deterrence or Ion We are now in a stale or readiness called launch on warning If one side detects an attack it will activate responding miss Ilea Instantly Such split second timing can only be handled b computers So a decision requiring elect speed has been en out of human hands This launch on warn log capability currently exists only in Ilussla and the but the disease can spread Witness ens ions between Guyana and Venezuela bolh arming themselves from their suppliers The latest strategy in the East West weapons buildup is to Increase Ihc number and complexity of nuclear arms to achieve a window of opportunity The theory runs that when superiority Is attained strike Since the other side inferior in strength we will win Is his why we bear anew that we may be able to survive a nuclear strike Despite continuing armament talks the last agreement a ban on toxic weapons use was passed In If governments cant agree can we as ordinary citizens hope to Impact world survival by voting for nuclear disarm Ten years Is long enough to wait On Nov vole YES Yours sincerely Dl a Anderson Charles Georgetown of money for surveillance In order to ascertain what the other side is doing Never would the Soviets have nuclear weapons and the S The Americans pride themselves on being tary giants as do the Soviets but they are both so untrustworthy that a disarmament plan would have to be very complex and expensive One main setback In nuclear disarmament is the fact that the Ameti cans don I want to disarm at present This is all part of the S strategy The Soviet Union cannot con llnue to match the in he firms race It Ihe Soviets do ihey will suffer economic collapse they have little choice In a few more years they will have to drop out of the arms race allowing the cans superiority When this happens Ihe US will be in the position to lake advantage of the situation The result of this could be quite costly Either A a full scale nuclear war because the Americana would want to disarm only a fraction of their missiles so to leave enough to knock out any Soviet dry while the Sov lets have none This would put the S in the position to dictate to the Soviets and if the Soviets don t do as they re told they face destruction Then the Soviets would have lo decide if they would rather be under a strong right wing dkla or dead It would more than likely turn out to be war Or global disarma ment This would be quite unlikely once the cans nave the Soviets on their knees The time is now to vote for nuclear disarmament before former can arise Finally Inclosing lo express a strong dislike Tor the final paragraph yourortlcle Isceyouhatc the Russian people Well If you look back in history you will find that most wars have started from complete breakdowns in communication between the parties involved the unwillingness to Iry to understand the other side and the failure misunderstandings and problems There are always Ions to problems May I also point out that that is the easiest way to create conflict between people And you sir hale something you know next to nothing about Come on people look the other side of the facts before condemning anyone or any country Michael R Williams Georgetown Motorcycle mishap injures local man VINCE WHELAN BELIEVES REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IS KG BUSINESS AND IT MUST BE RUN ACCORDINGLY The current Regional Council In creased our taxes by The previous Council created a deficit of 1 1 million dollars still not adequately explained The proposed budget cuts could mean less Police Protection less Teachers less snow clearing and services tor Ac ton The people of Acton both need and deserve sound representation has the the Knowledge Hie energy and proven dedication to bring the Community needs before the Region for Positive Action On Nov Your VOTE Is Your VOICE ELECT VINCE WHELAN Agonal Councillor Ward One For Information 853 2615 Office DROP IN FOR COFFEE A Georgetown man is In satisfactory condition at the Georgetown Mcmor Hospital following a motorcycle accident last Wednesday David Murray tured a leg when he struck a stone wall with his Yamaha and went flying over the wall There was Si dam age to the bike and damage to a comer of the Mr Murray had been travelling along Winston Churchill Boule vard near when he lost control upon approaching a curve and skidded across the oppo site lane and Into a wall six me Ires from the road way He was taken to the Georgetown hospital by ambulance A VOTE FOR PETER NORTON FOR COUNCIL MEANS SOMETHING TO 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