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WARREN LOWES (Continued from page 1) q, Pakistan and to its In a sense, this is flot a surprising venture for War- ren. His background travels have taken him into most of the nooks and corners of North America - and he prefers to do it usually thie unorthodnix way. "I came to Ontario on the boxcars", he said. "When the dust siormas blew me out of Saskatchewan" and hie tram- ed over much of Europe, at one time doing newspaper work with the Canadian Armed Forces. On the local scene, Warren has spokeh out on various issues where the environment is a point of issue. His lett ers have often appeared in our columns. Participants in the tour will serve as their own drivers, navigators, chief cooks and bottle-washers. They double as an entertaînment troupe, giving enthusiastic concerts intended as the promotional link between people. It's a journey of contrasts through desert, mountain passes, snow and scathing heat, along the so-called Asian highway, the historical invasion route to India. And, by gosh, the price is right. Warren pays just $660 plus airfare, for his place in the sun. That cost, which works out to less than $5 a day, covers room and board for the entire trip. Comex is non- profit and arranges low or no-cost services for organiz- ations and governments in exchange for the goodwill concerts. "It was just intniguing - a very cheap way of seeing an incredible amount of coun- try," says a member. "We have to take clothes for everything from snow up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit in India. Everything has to be washed by hand - there are no laundromats along the way," says Warren. "Anyone who travels in Turkey talks about the bath- rooms being a littie weird, but we'll manage." "It's like an exotic camp- out. There are very few luxuries. If we're staying in a university, it won"'t e neces- sarily be a room for two. it might be a gymi for 300. "We're guaranteed a show- er at least once every 48 hours." No one can guaranitee safety. During the Comex No. 6 travellers gomt caught in a war between India and Paki- stan. "They couldn't get back because the border wvas ail mined. So they had to sel the buses, charter a plane and fly to Britain," Warren says. But Warren says he's not worried. They trust implicýity the word of Comex's enthus- iastlic mnastermind salesm-an- organizer, an Englishmran niamred Lieuitenantý-C,)oonel Lionel Gregory. Greg (As he's know;n to the tavellers) is a former com- manding officer of a regiment in - 'în who decided to win patronage of Prince Philip. Thé venture, as one onganizer puts it, "is hooked into the pa1a;ce". in fact when the "troops" return to London at the end of May, they'll spend a few days joining celebrations of the Queen's jubilee - her 25th year on the throne. Colonel Gregory, who ac- comnpanies each Comex, drop- ped in on a regular pre-trip gathering in Toronto recently and Warren's enthusiasm gnew. The travellers, most of them between the ages of 20 and 40, travel in specially- designed, sleek, silver buses, featuring swivel bucket seats, glass roof s, kitchens, and water purification systems. They're not air-conditioned, though. Each bus carnies 37 and the vehicles are in radio communication with each other. "There are still bandits in the Turkish mountains," says Warren. The colonel, he adds, is particularly worried about the stretch of road between Damascus and Baghdad. "It's about 500 miles with essentially nothing in bet- ween and he feit we'd be a nice target for some guenilla force to make an impact - kidnap us, or something,." Each participant is allowed 37 pounds of luggage, plus a sleeping bag. Clothing is a concern. "We'll be doing everything from sleeping on an acre of ground to getting up, wash- ing, putting on a shirt, and giving a concert at some high commission," says Warren. Special songs have been wrîtten for the groups' perfor- mances. The onfly criterion for acceptance by Commex, though, is a dlean bill of health. One musical standard is culled from an old Guianese folksong - Baba Noma. A sampling, of the English lyrics: Crying drums every- where, their mourning sets a rhythm on the air, if the good life ever really is to matter, time to pause a while and start to care. Anything in the name of good international relations. Warren leaves Wednesday for his flight to Englandi and then its off for a life-timne dream across the world. "See you in dune", said Warren. ASOU SEVN FET WIDbE - TWEVE EETLOG AND ON 14Ef Phone 983-5249 Orono Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, February 2nd, 1977-5' Wh-y Controls Ca-n't En"d Now The anti-inflation program passed its f irst annive-rsary in October 1976. The inflation raýte, wýhich had heen running at more thani 10 per cent for 18 monthsý prior to controls, has easýed to 6 per cent or hetter. Increases in wage de- mands aresownagrual oertrend. More aInd more people are r-eading', these first signs, of sucessasgood lreasons to abandon the anti-inflation pro- gram. This Aould he uflwise. While there has been ai slow- ing downinii food pnice in- creases, consumer prices arp stili rising too quicky. Non- food items. which account lfor more than 70'per cent of the cost of living, show,ýed a year- over-year increaise of 8.6 per cent in Nov\emýber- 1976 coin- pared to 10.2 per cent before> the Anti-Inflation Progýrami was introduced. But this in- crease isý stili too ig(h. if we try to live wt a rate of 6 per cent or miore, tlhere is g-reat danger of' inflation breaking out again to 8 or 10 pet- cent or higher. The story iýàsusiiar on wage increases. Proposed average increases in the first year of CQnsider compromise for Regional Police The deadline for Durham regional police to take over areas currently patrolled by the Ontario Provincial Police has been extended, Soliciton General John MacBeth said Wednesday. Originally the provincial government said Durham would have to replace OPP units in the haîf of the region they still patrol by March 31. Prior to that, Durham Police Chief Jon Jenkins had drawn up a plan which would have seen the regional force displace the OPP over a six-year period. While the regional police patrol only haif of Durham - Bnock, Scugog, and most of Newcastle stili being under OPP jurisdiction - they cover 80 per cent of the population. Mr. MacBeth said there would be "some comprom- ise" in the Durham deadline. Exact details are still being work ed out, he said. Other sources indicate a two or three year transition period is being considered. "We agree they have a special problem in Durham because of the rural areas that don't have much popul- ation", the minister said. He also recalled thene is a "training problem" in terms. of time. 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Thwaîtes believes the trend may increase during the next few months. cetit in the third, While U.S. costs increaised by 4.1 per cent and 5.8 per cent. Our costs m-ust declinie to a point where wve regain éompetitive- neýss with our world trading partners,. Until we do, the time is flot ripe for the ter- mination of controls. new collective agreements in the third quarter of 1976 were 12.7 per cent compared to 21.8 per cent in the first fine months of 1975. The improve- ment is considerable. How- ever,. recent Wage increases are still buildingin a premium based on anticipated inflation in the fture. This brings us to expecta- tions. A major change in the attituides and expectations of individual Canadians must be maide. We must ail think in termis of less inflation and believe in less inflation. 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