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8-Orono Weeklv Tinies, V ..dtiiesday, December,13th, 1978 I kg means kilogram mg means mflligram Photo accessories for a memorable ,Christmas, Instant Film Sylvania Flash Bulbs KODAKI POLAROID 'FILM Vivita r Flash 600 Camera Set 59.95 Losing Both Ways Several decades ago, a mar- vellous new chemical was in- troduced to destroy plant- eating insects, a scourge of na- ture. Unfortunately, however, it turned out to have a couple of unexpected flaws. For one, the insects built up resistance to thec chemical. For another, the chemical killed animais as well as insects. So we no longer use DDT. During World War 11, an incredible new vaccine was dis- covered to cure everything from the common cold to V.D. Unfortunately, the ultimate resuit was a new strain of peni- cillin-resistant germs. Once upon a time, we used' lead as a base in paints, alumi- num wiring and a drug called Thalidomide. Now we don't. The point? Sometimes sci- ence really doesn't have much freedom ini devising cures. The cost of one cure may be a brand new disease. The same restrictions apply Io government economic poli- cies. One useful case in Point: the Banki of Canada's insis- tence on raising interest rates to protect the Canadian dol- lar and maintain a semblance of health in our international capital balances. Raising the Bank Rate - which resuits in correspond- ingly higber rates within the commercial banking system - lures foreign investment funds into the country, taking some of the downward pressure off the dollar and compensating, in part, for the billions of dol- lars which leave this country every year. But saving the dollar and improving the international capital balance through ad- justments in interest rates are only accomplished at disturb- ingly h igh cost in another area. Business expansion is slowed and unemployment rises. The pressure on business is a two-pronged attack. First, business finds that investment in new capital equipment or factories costs more, so invest- ment plans are shelved. Then customers discover that their own finance costs are higher, so they eut back on purchases;' faced with declining demand, businesses that can afford to expand decide that they no Ontario weather forecast: drifting snow, icy patches and reduced visibility during the Holiday Seas on. That's why you must be in good condition to drive under these conditions. Wmnter driv'ng. For drivers this is the most dangerous season. Con- ditions change without wamning. The dry road you're on now can quickly become treacherous at the next bend in the road... ice patches, frost, sudden snow squalls, even wet leaves create unexpected hazards. But during the Holiday Season these hazards teind te, increase. Poor visibility Co mbined with heavy traffic throughout the Holiday Season means you must be in good condition to drive under these conditions. So must your car. So keep it in good repair. And keep yourself alert at al times. If you drink, don't drive. And always watch out for the other drivers. Assume there's trouble ahead even when condi- tions look safe. Help make sure you and your family wiIl be here to enjoy another great Ontario Holiday Season. AOçuu- James Snow, Mi nister of Transportation and Communications If Attorney General Province of Ontario William Davis; Premier i M~ St. 000140. ON! * ~S3.Sfl longer have a market gap to fli. Many industries - such as construction and heavy equip- ment - depend on~ constant business expansion. Postpone- ment of business expansion (because of the impact of higher interest rates) creates unemt- ployment in these industries. And that, in turn, will cause unemployment in other indus- tries. Fuil recovery can re- quire years of corrective eco- nomic measures. We've been caught in this sort of bind before. Remem- ber the mixed hlessing of in- secticides. The Bank of Ca- nada's economic policy is the DDT of modern economics. We could be paying for the Bank's actions a long, long time. "Th ink small1'" s an edi torial miessage f rom the Canadian Federation of Independent Businessý, Helîcopter ambulance service Ontario's helicopter amb-' ulance service,' based on Sunnybrook Medical Centre in Toronto,- will continue to fly at least until the end' of March, 1979. In the mean- time, a special utilization committee, chaired by Sunny- brook's Director of Patient Services, Laura Barr, will evaluate the cost and effect- iveness of the air ambulance for the Mnister of Health. In its first 3 months, up to Augus t 31, 1978, the helicopter had carried 96 patients, 52 aduits and 44 persons 14 and under, including 13 neo-natal cases. Flights have ranged fromn Earlton in the north, Owen Sound ini the west, Kitchener in the southwest, Welland in the south, and Kingston in the east. DID YOU KNOW? Did you know that since 1960 the total number of hospital beds in service in -Ontario for each one thousand of population decreased fromi 11.5 to '7.9 in 1976? That's counting hospital beds of ail kinds. The number of beds available for active treat- ment patients went down from 5.25 per thousand in 1960 to 4.5 per thousand in 1976. That's the lowest ratio of any Canadian province ex- cept Newfoundland. Revised planning standards announc- ed last year by the Ministry of Health, as a guide to new construction, set the ratio of active treatment- bed to population in Southern Ont- ario at 3.5 beds per thousand, while ln Northern Ontario, the Ministry would like to achieve a ratio 'of 4 beds per thousand of population. Did you know that since 1971. the average length of stay in an active treatment hospital bcd has shortened from 9.9 days to 8.4 davs9 The actual number of active- tr-atmetedavai_-: mur N-,ý I